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GDP: $576.4 bln GO: $0.0 bln	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. 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. 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. State of Georgia State and Local Government Spending	< OH GA MI > Pop: 10.5 million
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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	0.0	0.0	6.4	1.0	7.3
[+]	Health Care	0.0	0.0	11.8	4.3	16.1
[+]	Education	0.0	0.0	8.8	18.8	27.6
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[+]	Welfare	0.0	0.0	2.3	1.4	3.7
[+]	Protection	0.0	0.0	1.6	5.1	6.7
[+]	Transportation	0.0	0.0	3.4	3.7	7.1
[+]	General Government	0.0	0.0	0.9	3.0	3.9
[+]	Other Spending	0.0	0.0	1.0	10.0	11.0
[+]	Interest	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.8	1.4
[+]	Balance	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
[+]	Total Spending: Start chart	0.0	0.0	36.8	48.0	84.8
[+]	Federal Deficit	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
[+]	Gross Public Debt	0.0	0.0	13.2	42.8	56.0
[+]	Other Borrowing	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
[+]	Agency/GSE Debt	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
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The table shows overall government expenditures for the specified fiscal year. Spending totals are aggregated for each major government function.

For the United States the table shows spending for all levels of government—federal spending, state spending, and local spending.
For individual states the table shows expenditures for state and local governments only.

For explanation of Gov. Xfer column see blog on “All About Intergovernmental Transfers.”

For explanation of Other Borrowing row see blog on “The Feds Borrow More than the ‘Deficit.’”

All federal outlays prior to 2018, state spending prior to 2017 and local spending prior to 2016 are actual. More recent spending, including future years out to 2023, are budgeted, estimated, or guesstimated.

Federal expenditure for 1962 through 2023 is based on federal subfunction data published in the president’s Budget of the United States Government. State and local expenditure—both for the United States as a whole and for individual states—for 1992 through 2011 is derived from spending, revenue, and debt numbers in the US Census Bureau’s annual survey of State and Local Government Finances.

State and local expenditure for the United States as a whole between 1971 and 1991 is obtained from Statistical Abstract of the United States. State and local expenditure for individual states between 1957 and 1991 is obtained from an MS Access database at a US Census Bureau site: Govt_Finances.zip.

Federal expenditure between 1792 and 1961 and state and local expenditure for the United States as a whole between 1902 and 1971 is obtained from the US Census Bureau’s Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970.

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State of Georgia, State and Local Government Spending Fiscal Year 2018 GDP: $576.4 bln GO: $0.0 bln Amounts in $ billion Fed Gov. Xfer State Local Total Pensions<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td><td>6.4<td>g<td>1.0<td>g<td>7.3<td>g Health Care<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td>f<td>11.8<td>g<td>4.3<td>g<td>16.1<td>g Education<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td>f<td>8.8<td>g<td>18.8<td>g<td>27.6<td>g Defense<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td><td>0.0<td>g<td>0.0<td>g<td>0.0<td>g Welfare<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td>f<td>2.3<td>g<td>1.4<td>g<td>3.7<td>g Protection<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td>f<td>1.6<td>g<td>5.1<td>g<td>6.7<td>g Transportation<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td>f<td>3.4<td>g<td>3.7<td>g<td>7.1<td>g General Government<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.9<td>g<td>3.0<td>g<td>3.9<td>g Other Spending<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td>f<td>1.0<td>g<td>10.0<td>g<td>11.0<td>g Interest<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td><td>0.6<td>g<td>0.8<td>g<td>1.4<td>g Balance<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td>g<td>0.0<td>g<td>0.0<td>g Total Spending<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td>f<td>36.8<td>g<td>48.0<td>g<td>84.8<td>g Federal Deficit<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td><td>0.0<td><td>0.0<td><td>0.0<td> Gross Public Debt<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td><td>13.2<td>g<td>42.8<td>g<td>56.0<td>g Other Borrowing<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td><td>0.0<td><td>0.0<td><td>0.0<td> Agency/GSE Debt<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td><td>0.0<td><td>0.0<td><td>0.0<td> Legend: g - 'guesstimated' projection by usgovernmentspending.com f - Data Sources: <a href="https://usgovernmentspending.blogspot.com/2017/05/gross-state-product-update-for-2016.htmlState GDP Information Federal: <a href="https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=BUDGET&browsePath=Fiscal+Year+2019&searchPath=Fiscal+Year+2019&leafLevelBrowse=false&isCollapsed=false&isOpen=true&packageid=BUDGET-2019-TAB&ycord=822Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2, 5.1, 7.1 State and Local: <a href="https://www.census.gov/govs/local/State and Local Gov. Finances <a href="https://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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<table> <tr><td>State of Georgia, State and Local Government Spending <tr><td>Fiscal Year 2018 <tr><td>GDP: $576.4 bln<td>GO:<td>$0.0 bln <tr><td>Amounts in $ billion <tr><td><td>Fed<td><td>Gov. Xfer<td><td>State<td><td>Local<td><td>Total <tr><td>Pensions<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td><td>6.4<td>g<td>1.0<td>g<td>7.3<td>g <tr><td>Health Care<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td>f<td>11.8<td>g<td>4.3<td>g<td>16.1<td>g <tr><td>Education<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td>f<td>8.8<td>g<td>18.8<td>g<td>27.6<td>g <tr><td>Defense<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td><td>0.0<td>g<td>0.0<td>g<td>0.0<td>g <tr><td>Welfare<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td>f<td>2.3<td>g<td>1.4<td>g<td>3.7<td>g <tr><td>Protection<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td>f<td>1.6<td>g<td>5.1<td>g<td>6.7<td>g <tr><td>Transportation<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td>f<td>3.4<td>g<td>3.7<td>g<td>7.1<td>g <tr><td>General Government<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.9<td>g<td>3.0<td>g<td>3.9<td>g <tr><td>Other Spending<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td>f<td>1.0<td>g<td>10.0<td>g<td>11.0<td>g <tr><td>Interest<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td><td>0.6<td>g<td>0.8<td>g<td>1.4<td>g <tr><td>Balance<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td>g<td>0.0<td>g<td>0.0<td>g <tr><td>Total Spending<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td>f<td>36.8<td>g<td>48.0<td>g<td>84.8<td>g <tr><td>Federal Deficit<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td><td>0.0<td><td>0.0<td><td>0.0<td> <tr><td>Gross Public Debt<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td><td>13.2<td>g<td>42.8<td>g<td>56.0<td>g <tr><td>Other Borrowing<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td><td>0.0<td><td>0.0<td><td>0.0<td> <tr><td>Agency/GSE Debt<td>0.0<td>f<td>0.0<td><td>0.0<td><td>0.0<td><td>0.0<td><tr><td colspan=10>Legend:<tr><td colspan=10> g - 'guesstimated' projection by usgovernmentspending.com<tr><td colspan=10> f - <tr><td colspan=10>Data Sources:<tr><td colspan=10><a href="https://usgovernmentspending.blogspot.com/2017/05/gross-state-product-update-for-2016.htmlState GDP Information<tr><td colspan=10>Federal: <a href="https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=BUDGET&browsePath=Fiscal+Year+2019&searchPath=Fiscal+Year+2019&leafLevelBrowse=false&isCollapsed=false&isOpen=true&packageid=BUDGET-2019-TAB&ycord=822Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2, 5.1, 7.1<tr><td colspan=10>State and Local: <a href="https://www.census.gov/govs/local/State and Local Gov. Finances<tr><td colspan=10><a href="https://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<tr><td colspan=10>source: usgovernmentspending.com<tr><td colspan=10></table>

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Data Sources: For a discussion of the sources of the government spending data used here read How We Got the Data for usgovernmentspending.com.

Intergovernmental Transfers: The column labeled “Gov. Xfer” in the table represents monies paid by the federal government as grants and aid to state and local governments. These are “intergovernmental transfers.”

For a discussion read All About Intergovernmental Transfers.

Federal Spending by Agency Code: If you drill down below the federal subfunction level you can see federal spending split up into about 4,000 agency code accounts.

For a discussion read Federal Spending at the Agency Code Level

Actual vs. Budgeted: Government spending data in usgovernmentspending.com includes historical spending and also future spending in three categories: budgeted, estimated, and guesstimated. Records of recent spending are more detailed than historical records of earlier times.

For a table of data sources see Government Spending Data: Sources.

Government Spending Updates: The most recent year for actual federal spending is FY 2017. The most recent year for actual state spending is FY 2016. The most recent year for actual local government spending is FY 2015.

Typically, federal spending for the fiscal year ending September 30 is first updated from the US Treasury data published in mid October each year, and then updated when the federal budget is published the following February. State and local spending is updated when published by the US Census Bureau.

The update schedule is published on Government Spending Update Schedule.

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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.
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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.