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Total US Government Spending

Headline federal, state, local, and total US government spending.

  Amounts in $ trillionFY 2018FY 2019 
Federal Spending4.114.53
Intergov. Transfers-0.69-0.74
State Spending1.821.89
Local Spending1.91.95
Total Spending7.147.63
Spending: actual budgeted guesstimated

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 2017; latest local data: FY 2016.

Total Spending Pie Chart for FY 2019

We have total spending data (federal+state+local) going back to 1820. Individual state and local spending data going back to 1957.

  Spending FunctionsFY 2019 
Pensions inc. SoSec$1.46 trillion
Health care$1.71 trillion
Education$1.14 trillion
Defense$0.94 trillion
Welfare$0.46 trillion
Protection$0.3 trillion
Transportation$0.36 trillion
Gen. Government$0.2 trillion
Other Spending$0.57 trillion
Interest$0.5 trillion
TOTAL Spending$7.63 trillion
Spending: guesstimated

Actual Federal Spending for FY 2018

From US Treasury Monthly Report for September 2018.

Total Federal Outlays: $4.11 trillion

Total Federal Receipts: $3.33 trillion

Federal Deficit: $779 billion

Total Federal Debt: $21.46 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 2018, the deficit was $779 billion.

This year, FY 2019, the deficit is budgeted at $1,092 billion.

Federal Debt

The Gross Federal Debt is the gross amount of debt outstanding issued by the US Treasury.

Last year, FY 2018, the gross federal debt ended at $21.46 trillion.

This year, FY 2019, the gross federal debt is budgeted at $22.78 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 2019 at $1,118 billion, including Medicaid at $650 billion, and other welfare spending at $467 billion.

Defense Spending

Defense Spending in the United States is budgeted in FY 2019 at $940.0 billion, including Pentagon spending $684.6 billion, veterans spending at $201.1 billion and foreign aid spending at $54.3 billion.

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Spending Data Sources

Spending data is from official government sources.

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.

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Data Sources for 2017_2024:

Sources for 2017:

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

Sources for 2024:

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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CBO Long Term Budget Outlook for 2019

On June 25, 2019 the Congressional Budget Office released its annual Long Term Budget Outlook for 2019, which projects federal spending and revenue out into the 2040s.  As before, the CBO study shows that federal health-care programs and interest costs will eat the budget, with federal spending exceeding 28 percent GDP by mid century while federal revenue stays below 20 percent GDP.

UsGovernmentspending.com has updated its chart of the CBO Long Term Budget Outlook here.  You can download the data and also view CBO Long Term Budget Outlooks going back to 1999.

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