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State Guesstimated2 2026 Government Spending
There are three levels of governments in the US: federal, state, and local. The following table shows State spending. State and local government spending includes “direct” spending on programs only.
State 2026 Spending by Function
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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.
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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.
Detailed table of spending data sources here.
Medicare breakdown here; Medicaid breakdown 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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Gross Federal Debt
| Debt Now: | $37,889,756,572,760.44 | Debt 2/2020: | $23,409,959,150,243.63 |
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Data Sources for 2026:
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State FY25 Taxes Update
On November 22, 2025 usgovernmentspending.com updated FY2025 state revenue with quarterly tax data released by the US Census Bureau on September 2, 2025. Local tax data was updated by assuming that local taxes for 2024 changed by the same percent as state taxes of the same type.
| $ billion | FY2025 Estimate | FY2025 Actual |
| State Income Tax Revenue | $908 | $798 |
| Total State Revenue | $2,815 | $3.072 |
State and local spending projections for FY2026 to FY2029 have been reestimated using the "Guesstimate" method.
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State FY25 Taxes Update
On November 22, 2025 usgovernmentspending.com updated FY2025 state revenue with quarterly tax data released by the US Census Bureau on September 2, 2025. Local tax data was updated by assuming that local taxes for 2024 changed by the same percent as state taxes of the same type.
| $ billion | FY2025 Estimate | FY2025 Actual |
| State Income Tax Revenue | $908 | $798 |
| Total State Revenue | $2,815 | $3.072 |
State and local spending projections for FY2026 to FY2029 have been reestimated using the "Guesstimate" method.
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