Download Data for Year 2018:

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Here is how to get your government spending data. You can use controls on the table below to change the data, including:

• The fiscal year
• The view
• The level of spending detail
• The units, including billions, millions, percent of GDP, percent of spending
• An individual state

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Step 1: Select the data set you want

In the table below, click the controls to get the data you want.

1. Click the “-1yr” and “+1yr” text-links or the “2018” drop-down to change the year from 2018 to the year you want.
2. Click the “Change View” controls to change the data labels to the view you want.
3. Click the expander [+] controls to add more detail.
4. Click the “$ billion” drop-down to change the units.
5. Click the “United States” drop-down to change to an individual state.

Go ahead and use the controls on the table below to get the particular spending information you want to download.

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$ billion$ million$ trillionpercent GDPpercent GO% non-gov GDPpct federalpct total$000 per capit$ per capitacodes Units: By default, values are displayed in billions of nominal dollars. By using a dropdown control in the table heading you can select millions of dollars, percent of GDP, percent of federal total, percent of overall total, dollars per capita of population, and thousand dollars per capita of population. 1792180018101820183018401850186018701880189019001910192019301940195019601970198019902000201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024202520262029 Fiscal Year: The default year displayed is the current US government fiscal year. But you can select any year you want using the dropdown control in the table heading. At the top and bottom of the dropdown only years ending in “0” are shown. Select a year to get close, then select the year you want. You can increase or decrease the year using the “yr” text links in the table heading. FY 26* Fed BudFY 25 Fed BudgFY 24 Fed BudgFY 23 Fed BudgFY 22 Fed BudgFY 21 Fed BudgFY 20 Fed BudgFY 19 Fed BudgFY 18 Fed BudgFY 17 Fed BudgFY 16 Fed BudgFY 15 Fed BudgFY 14 Fed BudgFY 13 Fed BudgFY 12 Fed BudgFY 11 Fed BudgFY 10 Fed BudgFY 09 Fed BudgFY 08 Fed BudgFY 07 Fed BudgFY 06 Fed BudgFY 05 Fed BudgFY 04 Fed BudgFY 03 Fed BudgFY 02 Fed BudgFY 01 Fed BudgFY 00 Fed BudgFY 99 Fed BudgFY 98 Fed BudgFY 97 Fed BudgFY 96 Fed BudgFY 95 Fed BudgFY 94 Fed BudgFY 93 Fed BudgFY 92 Fed BudgFY 91 Fed BudgFY 90 Fed BudgFY 89 Fed BudgFY 88 Fed BudgFY 87 Fed BudgFY 86 Fed Budg US Budget Year: By default, the table displays budgeted and estimated numbers from the most recent US Federal Budget submitted to the Congress by the president. But you can look at numbers from other US Federal Budgets using this dropdown control.
GDP: $20,798.7 bln GO: $36,504.5 bln	state, localstate&local State and Local Spending: By default, state and local spending are displayed separately. But you can select state'n local and display state and local spending combined. United States-------------AlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of CoFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyoming US or State: By default, the table shows values for governments in the United States overall. But for years after 1991 you can select individual states by selecting the state dropdown control in the table heading or the text link right above it. No Pie ChartTotal PieFederal PieState PieLocal PieState&Local Pi Pie Chart: Select a pie chart you wish to display. You can create a pie chart for federal, state and local, and overall spending/revenue. United States Federal State and Local Government Spending	US CA >  Pop: 326.8 million
-5yr -1yr   Fiscal Year 2018 in $ billion   +1yr +5yr

View: people old function radical census programs altprog oldprog COFOG Change Data View: The default view of spending data is by function. But you can also view data by program or the UN COFOG classification system.				Fed	Gov. Xfer	State	Local	Total	chart
[+]	Pensions			1,047.4	0.0	268.8	56.6	1,372.9
[+]	Health Care			1,139.9	-462.9	720.8	174.7	1,572.4
[+]	Education			107.9	-56.5	322.9	736.4	1,110.7
[+]  Charts: Click on a to display a bar of data in a row or column of this table. Click on to display a time-series chart of data in a row. [+] Drill-down: Click on the [+] to drill down to more detailed numbers. For federal spending line items (but not revenue) you can drill down three levels to view about 4,000 items of spending at the “agency code” level.	Defense			859.0	0.0	1.2	0.0	860.3
[+]	Welfare			348.3	-81.3	112.6	99.1	478.8
[+]	Protection			38.2	-6.3	75.4	192.0	299.3
[+]	Transportation			92.8	-64.8	142.8	167.0	337.8
[+]	General Government			48.0	-4.1	64.8	85.5	194.1
[+]	Other Spending			102.5	-20.7	92.6	389.1	563.5
[+]	Interest			325.0	0.0	45.8	65.3	436.1
[+]	Balance			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
[+]	Total Spending:  Start chart			4,109.0	-696.5	1,847.7	1,965.7	7,225.9
[+]	Federal Deficit			779.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	779.1
[+]	Gross Public Debt			21,462.3	0.0	1,173.5	1,958.8	24,594.6
[+]	Other Borrowing			477.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	477.6
[+]	Agency GSE Debt			9,089.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	9,089.6
[+]	Grants			696.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	696.5
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Spending: Pie Chart: Select a pie chart you wish to display. You can create a pie chart for federal, state and local, and overall spending/revenue. a - actual Data Sources: GDP, GO: GDP, GO Sources Federal: Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2, 5.1, 7.1 State and Local: State and Local Gov. Finances 'Guesstimated' by projecting the latest change in reported spending forward to future years							Switch to revenue

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Step 2: Download Your Data

Copy/Paste Data

You can copy data and then paste it into a document on your computer:

• A simple text table with the top-line numbers for total spending across all governments.
• A tab-delimited table that you can cut and paste into your spreadsheet program.
• A simple table using html <table> tags without styling.
• A fully styled html <table> with all the styles included.

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Top-line numbers

If you want just the top-line total numbers for overall government spending, federal, state, and local, then here they are:

Use your cursor to copy and paste the following lines into your own content:

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Here is a bar chart of the top-line numbers. Right click the cursor to copy or save the image:

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Tab-delimited Table

Here is the spending table with columns tab-delimited. You can cut and paste directly into a spreadsheet:

You can copy all the text in the textbox by clicking your cursor in the box. Then press Ctrl-A and Ctrl-C and paste the text into your spreadsheet.

United States Federal, State and Local Government Spending Fiscal Year 2018 GDP: $20,798.7 bln GO: $36,504.5 bln Amounts in $ billion Fed Gov. Xfer State Local Total Pensions 1,047.4 a 0.0 268.8 a 56.6 a 1,372.9 a Health Care 1,139.9 a -462.9 a 720.8 a 174.7 a 1,572.4 a Education 107.9 a -56.5 a 322.9 a 736.4 a 1,110.7 a Defense 859.0 a 0.0 1.2 a 0.0 a 860.3 a Welfare 348.3 a -81.3 a 112.6 a 99.1 a 478.8 a Protection 38.2 a -6.3 a 75.4 a 192.0 a 299.3 a Transportation 92.8 a -64.8 a 142.8 a 167.0 a 337.8 a General Government 48.0 a -4.1 a 64.8 a 85.5 a 194.1 a Other Spending 102.5 a -20.7 a 92.6 a 389.1 a 563.5 a Interest 325.0 a 0.0 45.8 a 65.3 a 436.1 a Balance 0.0 a 0.0 a 0.0 a 0.0 a 0.0 a Total Spending 4,109.0 a -696.5 a 1,847.7 a 1,965.7 a 7,225.9 a Federal Deficit 779.1 a 0.0 0.0 0.0 779.1 a Gross Public Debt 21,462.3 a 0.0 1,173.5 a 1,958.8 a 24,594.6 a Other Borrowing 477.6 a 0.0 0.0 0.0 477.6 a Agency GSE Debt 9,089.6 a 0.0 0.0 0.0 9,089.6 a Grants 696.5 a 0.0 0.0 0.0 696.5 a Legend: a - actual reported Data Sources: GDP, GO: usgovernmentspending.blogspot.com/search/label/usgdpGDP, GO Sources Federal: www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/budget/2025/BUDGET-2025-TABFed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2, 5.1, 7.1 State and Local: www.census.gov/programs-surveys/gov-finances.htmlState and Local Gov. Finances usgovernmentspending.blogspot.com/2011/03/change-to-guesstimated-state-and-local.html'Guesstimated' by projecting the latest change in reported spending forward to future years source: usgovernmentspending.com

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Simple html <table>

Maybe you want to get the data formatted in html for insertion into your content as a table. Here is the data in html with a simple table setup. There are no fancy tags or styles. Just a straight table with <table>, <tr>, and <td> tags.

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<table><caption>United States Federal<br>State and Local Government Spending<br>Fiscal Year 2018<br>Amounts in $ billion<tr><td> <td>Fed<td>Gov.<br>Xfer<td>State<td>Local<td>Total<tr><td>Pensions<td>1,047.4<td>0.0<td>268.8<td>56.6<td>1,372.9<tr><td>Health Care<td>1,139.9<td>-462.9<td>720.8<td>174.7<td>1,572.4<tr><td>Education<td>107.9<td>-56.5<td>322.9<td>736.4<td>1,110.7<tr><td>Defense<td>859.0<td>0.0<td>1.2<td>0.0<td>860.3<tr><td>Welfare<td>348.3<td>-81.3<td>112.6<td>99.1<td>478.8<tr><td>Protection<td>38.2<td>-6.3<td>75.4<td>192.0<td>299.3<tr><td>Transportation<td>92.8<td>-64.8<td>142.8<td>167.0<td>337.8<tr><td>General Government<td>48.0<td>-4.1<td>64.8<td>85.5<td>194.1<tr><td>Other Spending<td>102.5<td>-20.7<td>92.6<td>389.1<td>563.5<tr><td>Interest<td>325.0<td>0.0<td>45.8<td>65.3<td>436.1<tr><td>Balance<td>0.0<td>0.0<td>0.0<td>0.0<td>0.0<tr><td>Total Spending<td>4,109.0<td>-696.5<td>1,847.7<td>1,965.7<td>7,225.9<tr><td>Federal Deficit<td>779.1<td>0.0<td>0.0<td>0.0<td>779.1<tr><td>Gross Public Debt<td>21,462.3<td>0.0<td>1,173.5<td>1,958.8<td>24,594.6<tr><td>Other Borrowing<td>477.6<td>0.0<td>0.0<td>0.0<td>477.6<tr><td>Agency GSE Debt<td>9,089.6<td>0.0<td>0.0<td>0.0<td>9,089.6<tr><td>Grants<td>696.5<td>0.0<td>0.0<td>0.0<td>696.5<tr><td colspan=6>source: <a href="https://www.usgovernmentspending.com">usgovernmentspending.com</a></table>

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Fully styled table

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class="sphead"> chart  <tr class="tier" id="00"><td class="lbltier" width="1%"> <td class="lbltier" colspan=3><a title="Pensions, disability">Pensions</a><td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 1,047.4<td class="sptier" width="8%"> 0.0<td class="sptiera" width="9%"> 268.8<td class="sptiera" width="9%"> 56.6<td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 1,372.9<td class="sptiera" >  <tr class="tiere" id="10"><td class="lbltier" width="1%"> <td class="lbltier" colspan=3><a title="Health care">Health Care</a><td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 1,139.9<td class="sptiera" width="8%"> -462.9<td class="sptiera" width="9%"> 720.8<td class="sptiera" width="9%"> 174.7<td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 1,572.4<td class="sptiera" >  <tr class="tier" id="20"><td class="lbltier" width="1%"> <td class="lbltier" colspan=3><a title="K-12, college, training">Education</a><td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 107.9<td class="sptiera" width="8%"> -56.5<td class="sptiera" width="9%"> 322.9<td class="sptiera" width="9%"> 736.4<td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 1,110.7<td class="sptiera" >  <tr class="tiere" id="30"><td class="lbltier" width="1%"> <td class="lbltier" colspan=3><a title="Military, foreign policy, veterans, foreign aid">Defense</a><td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 859.0<td class="sptier" width="8%"> 0.0<td class="sptiera" width="9%"> 1.2<td class="sptiera" width="9%"> 0.0<td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 860.3<td class="sptiera" >  <tr class="tier" id="40"><td class="lbltier" width="1%"> <td class="lbltier" colspan=3><a title="Cash welfare, food stamps, unemployment benefits, workers compensation, housing, excluding health care">Welfare</a><td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 348.3<td class="sptiera" width="8%"> -81.3<td class="sptiera" width="9%"> 112.6<td class="sptiera" width="9%"> 99.1<td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 478.8<td class="sptiera" >  <tr class="tiere" id="50"><td class="lbltier" width="1%"> <td class="lbltier" colspan=3><a title="Police, fire, law courts, prisons">Protection</a><td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 38.2<td class="sptiera" width="8%"> -6.3<td class="sptiera" width="9%"> 75.4<td class="sptiera" width="9%"> 192.0<td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 299.3<td class="sptiera" >  <tr class="tier" id="60"><td class="lbltier" width="1%"> <td class="lbltier" colspan=3><a title="Road, rail, airports">Transportation</a><td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 92.8<td class="sptiera" width="8%"> -64.8<td class="sptiera" width="9%"> 142.8<td class="sptiera" width="9%"> 167.0<td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 337.8<td class="sptiera" >  <tr class="tiere" id="70"><td class="lbltier" width="1%"> <td class="lbltier" colspan=3><a title="Legislative, executive, finance">General Government</a><td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 48.0<td class="sptiera" width="8%"> -4.1<td class="sptiera" width="9%"> 64.8<td class="sptiera" width="9%"> 85.5<td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 194.1<td class="sptiera" >  <tr class="tier" id="80"><td class="lbltier" width="1%"> <td class="lbltier" colspan=3><a title="Research, economic development, agriculture, energy, environment">Other Spending</a><td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 102.5<td class="sptiera" width="8%"> -20.7<td class="sptiera" width="9%"> 92.6<td class="sptiera" width="9%"> 389.1<td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 563.5<td class="sptiera" >  <tr class="tiere" id="90"><td class="lbltier" width="1%"> <td class="lbltier" colspan=3><a title="Interest on government debt">Interest</a><td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 325.0<td class="sptier" width="8%"> 0.0<td class="sptiera" width="9%"> 45.8<td class="sptiera" width="9%"> 65.3<td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 436.1<td class="sptiera" >  <tr class="tier" id="E0"><td class="lbltier" width="1%"> <td class="lbltier" colspan=3><a title="">Balance</a><td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 0.0<td class="sptiera" width="8%"> 0.0<td class="sptiera" width="9%"> 0.0<td class="sptiera" width="9%"> 0.0<td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 0.0<td class="sptiera" >  <tr class="tiere" id="F0"><td class="lbltier" width="1%"> <td class="lbltier" colspan=3><a title="Federal: total outlays including grants to state and local. State and local: direct spending on programs">Total Spending</a>:  <i>Start <a href="spending_chart_2008_2028USb_F0t">chart</a></i><td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 4,109.0<td class="sptiera" width="8%"> -696.5<td class="sptiera" width="9%"> 1,847.7<td class="sptiera" width="9%"> 1,965.7<td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 7,225.9<td class="sptiera" >  <tr class="tier" id="G0"><td class="lbltier" width="1%"> <td class="lbltier" colspan=3><a title="">Federal Deficit</a><td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 779.1<td class="sptier" width="8%"> 0.0<td class="sptier" width="9%"> 0.0<td class="sptier" width="9%"> 0.0<td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 779.1<td class="sptiera" >  <tr class="tiere" id="H0"><td class="lbltier" width="1%"> <td class="lbltier" colspan=3><a title="">Gross Public Debt</a><td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 21,462.3<td class="sptier" width="8%"> 0.0<td class="sptiera" width="9%"> 1,173.5<td class="sptiera" width="9%"> 1,958.8<td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 24,594.6<td class="sptiera" >  <tr class="tier" id="I0"><td class="lbltier" width="1%"> <td class="lbltier" colspan=3><a title="">Other Borrowing</a><td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 477.6<td class="sptier" width="8%"> 0.0<td class="sptier" width="9%"> 0.0<td class="sptier" width="9%"> 0.0<td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 477.6<td class="sptiera" >  <tr class="tiere" id="J0"><td class="lbltier" width="1%"> <td class="lbltier" colspan=3><a title="">Agency GSE Debt</a><td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 9,089.6<td class="sptier" width="8%"> 0.0<td class="sptier" width="9%"> 0.0<td class="sptier" width="9%"> 0.0<td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 9,089.6<td class="sptiera" >  <tr class="tier" id="K0"><td class="lbltier" width="1%"> <td class="lbltier" colspan=3><a title="">Grants</a><td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 696.5<td class="sptier" width="8%"> 0.0<td class="sptier" width="9%"> 0.0<td class="sptier" width="9%"> 0.0<td class="sptiera" width="10%"> 696.5<td class="sptiera" > <tr class=foot><td class="lblhead" colspan=7>Spending: <br>a - <b><span style="color:blue" title="actual reported spending/revenue">actual</span></b><br>Data Sources:<br><i>GDP, GO:</i> <a href="https://usgovernmentspending.blogspot.com/search/label/usgdp">GDP, GO Sources</a><br><i>Federal:</i> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/budget/2025/BUDGET-2025-TAB">Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2, 5.1, 7.1</a><br><i>State and Local:</i> <a href="https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/gov-finances.html">State and Local Gov. Finances</a><br><a href="https://usgovernmentspending.blogspot.com/2011/03/change-to-guesstimated-state-and-local.html">'Guesstimated'</a> by projecting the latest change in reported spending forward to future years<td class="lblhead" colspan=3></table></span></div><p>

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