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Current Government Spending in the US

Fiscal Year	Federal Spending	State Spending	Local Spending	Total Spending
2016	$3.85 trillion	$1.71 trillion	$1.82 trillion	$6.72 trillion
2017	$3.98 trillion	$1.78 trillion	$1.87 trillion	$6.96 trillion
2018	$4.17 trillion	$1.85 trillion	$1.93 trillion	$7.23 trillion
2019	$4.41 trillion	$1.92 trillion	$1.99 trillion	$7.62 trillion

Note that federal spending is gross spending, and includes monies transferred to state and local governments. State and local spending is direct spending on programs.

Federal 2016 Government Spending

There are three levels of governments in the US: federal, state, and local. The following table shows Federal spending. Federal spending includes grants and transfers to state and local governments.

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Federal 2016 Spending by Function

	Function	-yr 2016 +yr
	Total Spending	$3.9 trillion
	Pensions	$1.0 trillion
	Health Care	$1.1 trillion
	Education	$0.1 trillion
	Defense	$0.8 trillion
	Welfare	$0.4 trillion
		Spending: actual

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1. Federal spending after 2017 is budgeted.
2. State spending after 2015 and local spending after 2015 are “guesstimated” by projecting the latest change in reported spending forward to future years

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

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Spending by Government Level

Government Spending includes federal, state, and local spending. Intergovernmental transfers represent federal grants and transfers spent by states or local governments on programs at the state or local level.

	2015	2016	2017

Federal Spending	3.7	3.9	4.0
State Spending	1.6	1.7	1.8
Local Spending	1.8	1.8	1.9
Intergovernmental Transfers	-0.6	-0.7	-0.7
Total Spending	6.5	6.7	7.0
Spending: actual guesstimated²

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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.

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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.

Budget News

FY 2019 Budget Release Date
White House budget release on Feb. 12 at the earliest

White House says full fiscal 2018 budget to be released on May 23
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Trump FY18 Budget News
Discretionary spending on March 16.

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Data Sources for 2016:

GDP, GO: GDP, GO Sources
Federal: Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2, 5.1, 7.1
State and Local: State and Local Gov. Finances
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Federal Budget for FY19 Released

On February 12, 2019, we updated usgovernmentspending.com with the numbers from the historical tables in the Budget of the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2019. Actual revenue for FY 2017 and estimated revenue through FY 2023 come from Historical Tables 2.1, 2.4, and 2.5. Actual spending for FY 2017 and estimated spending at the subfunction level through FY 2023 come from Table 3.2. Budget Authority estimates come from Table 5.1, federal debt estimates come from Table 7.1 and GDP estimates come from Table 10.1. Intergovernmental transfers come from Table 12.3.

Here is how headline budget estimates for the upcoming FY 2019 fiscal year have changed since the release of the FY 2017 budget a year ago in 2016.

**FY 2019 Federal Budget Changes Since 2017**
$ billion	Estimate in FY18 Budget	Estimate in FY19 Budget	Change
Federal Outlays	$4,339.6	$4,406.7	+$67.1
Federal Receipts	$3,813.7	$3,422.3	-$391.4
Federal Deficit	$525.9	$984.4	+$458.5

You can see line item changes from budget to budget here. You can compare budget estimates with actuals here.

Account level spending estimates through FY 2023 come from the Outlays table in the Public Budget Database and were updated on usgovernmentspending.com on February 12, 2018.

Account level budget authority estimates through FY 2023 come from the Budget Authority table in the Public Budget Database and were updated on usgovernmentspending.com on February 12, 2018.