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	US Federal Government FY 16 Budget Estimated Outlays in $ billion nominal
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		Estimated Outlays from US Federal FY 16 Budget
Change View: people old functions 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.		FY 2015 Outlays	FY 2016 Outlays	FY 2017 Outlays	FY 2018 Outlays	FY 2019 Outlays	FY 2020 Outlays
[+]	Pensions	951.4	1,005.4	1,055.8	1,112.8	1,183.0	1,252.3
[+]	Health Care	1,017.7	1,107.4	1,134.1	1,175.0	1,272.6	1,338.1
[+]	Education	149.0	119.2	130.0	138.9	146.9	152.9
[+] 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	813.9	851.8	840.4	822.7	835.4	851.3
[+]	Welfare	383.5	399.4	409.0	407.4	420.0	425.1
[+]	Protection	58.7	58.5	62.3	61.2	62.0	64.3
[+]	Transportation	92.9	98.7	103.8	107.2	108.1	109.8
[+]	General Government	25.0	29.3	27.7	28.0	29.1	30.3
[+]	Other Spending	37.3	46.7	93.4	145.9	112.0	118.5
[+]	Interest	229.2	283.0	361.3	424.2	483.5	543.8
[+]	Balance	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
[+]	Total Spending: Start chart	3,758.6	3,999.5	4,217.8	4,423.3	4,652.6	4,886.4
[+]	Federal Deficit	582.5	474.3	462.8	478.9	517.7	554.1
[+]	Gross Public Debt	18,627.6	19,333.8	20,095.1	20,870.3	21,640.3	22,413.2
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Budget Updates: The president’s budget is typically published each year in February.

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US Federal Government Spending Fiscal Year 2015 - 2020 Estimated Outlays in $ billion nom Year FY 2015 Outlays FY 2016 Outlays FY 2017 Outlays FY 2018 Outlays FY 2019 Outlays FY 2020 Outlays Pensions 951.4 b 1,005.4 b 1,055.8 b 1,112.8 b 1,183.0 b 1,252.3 b Health Care 1,017.7 b 1,107.4 b 1,134.1 b 1,175.0 b 1,272.6 b 1,338.1 b Education 149.0 b 119.2 b 130.0 b 138.9 b 146.9 b 152.9 b Defense 813.9 b 851.8 b 840.4 b 822.7 b 835.4 b 851.3 b Welfare 383.5 b 399.4 b 409.0 b 407.4 b 420.0 b 425.1 b Protection 58.7 b 58.5 b 62.3 b 61.2 b 62.0 b 64.3 b Transportation 92.9 b 98.7 b 103.8 b 107.2 b 108.1 b 109.8 b General Government 25.0 b 29.3 b 27.7 b 28.0 b 29.1 b 30.3 b Other Spending 37.3 b 46.7 b 93.4 b 145.9 b 112.0 b 118.5 b Interest 229.2 b 283.0 b 361.3 b 424.2 b 483.5 b 543.8 b Balance 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Total Spending 3,758.6 b 3,999.5 b 4,217.8 b 4,423.3 b 4,652.6 b 4,886.4 b Federal Deficit 582.5 b 474.3 b 462.8 b 478.9 b 517.7 b 554.1 b Gross Public Debt 18,627.6 e 19,333.8 e 20,095.1 e 20,870.3 e 21,640.3 e 22,413.2 e Legend: b - budgeted estimate in US FY16 budget e - estimated by usgovernmentspending.com Data Sources for 2015: Federal: <a href="https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=BUDGET&browsePath=Fiscal+Year+2016&searchPath=Fiscal+Year+2016&leafLevelBrowse=false&isCollapsed=false&isOpen=true&packageid=BUDGET-2016-TAB&ycord=822 Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2, 5.1, 7.1 Data Sources for 2020: Federal: <a href="https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=BUDGET&browsePath=Fiscal+Year+2016&searchPath=Fiscal+Year+2016&leafLevelBrowse=false&isCollapsed=false&isOpen=true&packageid=BUDGET-2016-TAB&ycord=822 Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2, 5.1, 7.1 source: usgovernmentspending.com

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State Finances for FY2016

On May 11, 2017 the US Census Bureau released data on state finances for FY 2015 here, including spending and revenue for each individual state and for all states combined.

On April 10, 2018 we updated state and local spending and revenue data for FY2016 through FY2023 as follows:

We replaced "guesstimated" state spending and revenue data for FY2016 using the new FY2016 data from the Census Bureau.
We replaced "guesstimated" local spending and revenue data for FY 2016 with estimates for each spending and revenue category using the trends in state finances between FY 2015 and FY 2016.
We replaced "guesstimated" state revenue data for FY 2017 with data from the Census Bureau's quarterly state tax summary here.
We replaced "guesstimated" local revenue data for FY 2016 with estimates for each category using trends for each category of state revenue between FY 2015 and FY 2016.
We replaced "guesstimated" state and local spending and revenue for FY 2017 thru FY2023 with new guesstimates based on the latest Census Bureau data for FY 2016 state finances and FY 2017 quarterly tax data.