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Total US Government Spending
Headline federal, state, local, and total US government spending.
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Total US government spending includes federal, state, and local government spending net of intergovernmental transfers.
Intergovernmental Transfers are federal spending transferred to state and local govenments. State and local spending is guesstimated. Latest state data: FY 2018; latest local data: FY 2018.
Total Spending Pie Chart for FY 2021
We have total spending data (federal+state+local) going back to 1820. Individual state and local spending data going back to 1957.
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Actual Federal Spending for FY 2020
From US Treasury Monthly Report for September 2020.
Total Federal Outlays: $6.55 trillion
Total Federal Receipts: $3.42 trillion
Federal Deficit: $3,132 billion
Total Federal Debt: $26.88 trillion
See details of federal spending numbers and pie chart.
Federal Deficits
The Deficit is the amount by which the federal government’s total budget outlays exceeds its total receipts for a fiscal year.
Last year, FY 2020, the deficit was $3,132 billion.
This year, FY 2021, the deficit is budgeted at $966 billion.
Federal Debt
The Gross Federal Debt is the gross amount of debt outstanding issued by the US Treasury.
Last year, FY 2020, the gross federal debt ended at $26.88 trillion.
This year, FY 2021, the gross federal debt is budgeted at $28.2 trillion.
Welfare Spending
Welfare Spending in the United States includes health care for the poor; income security including EITC, SSI, TANF; food assistance; housing assistance; unemployment compensation.
Welfare Spending is budgeted in FY 2021 at $1,153 billion, including Medicaid at $688 billion, and other welfare spending at $465 billion.
Defense Spending
Defense Spending in the United States is budgeted in FY 2021 at $1,065.1 billion, including Pentagon spending $767.1 billion, veterans spending at $237.3 billion and foreign aid spending at $60.7 billion.
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Spending Data Sources
Spending data is from official government sources.
- Federal spending data since 1962 comes from the president’s budget.
- All other spending data comes from the US Census Bureau.
Gross Domestic Product data comes from US Bureau of Economic Analysis and measuringworth.com.
Detailed table of spending data sources here.
Federal spending data begins in 1792.
State and local spending data begins in 1820.
State and local spending data for individual states begins in 1957.
Gross Federal Debt
| Debt Now: | $27,257,698,674,893.38 | Debt 2/28: | $23,409,959,150,243.63 |
usgovernmentspending.com now shows the new numbers for total FY 2020 total outlays and receipts on its Estimate vs. Actual page. The Monthly Treasury Statement includes "Table 4: Receipts of the United States Government, September 2019 and Other Periods." This table of receipts by source is used for usgovernmentspending.com to post details of federal receipt actuals for FY 2020. This FTS report on FY 20 actuals is a problem for usgovernmentspending.com because this site uses Historical Table 3.2--Outlays by Function and Subfunction from the Budget of the United States as its basic source for federal subfunction outlays. But the Monthly Treasury Statement only includes "Table 9. Summary of Receipts by Source, and Outlays by Function of the U.S. Government, September 2020 and Other Periods". Subfunction amounts don't get reported until the FY22 budget in February 2021. Until then usgovernmentspending.com estimates actual outlays by "subfunction" for FY 2020 by factoring subfunction budgeted amounts for FY20 by the ratio between relevant actual and budgeted "function" amounts where actual outlays by subfunction cannot be gleaned from the Monthly Treasury Statement. On top of that, the unbudgeted spending to fight the COVID-19 virus is tucked into various places where you'd least expect it. We have tried to unearth these monies in the FTS and translate them into subfunction amounts. Final detailed FY 2020 actuals will not appear on usgovernmentspending.com until the FY 2022 federal budget is published in February 2021 with the actual outlays for FY 2020 in Historical Table 3.2--Outlays by Function and Subfunction. Budget NewsU.S. budget deficit Historical Tables | The White House Trump to Begin Releasing Fiscal 2020 Budget Plan on March 11 > archive BlogState and Local Finances for FY 2018 CBO Long Term Budget Outlook for 2020 State FY20 Taxes Update > blog Spend linksus numbers • us budget • custom chart • deficit/gdp • spend/gdp • debt/gdp • us gdp • us real gdp • state gdp • breakdown • federal • state • local • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • california • texas |
