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Current Government Spending in the US
| Fiscal Year | Federal Spending | State Spending | Local Spending | Total Spending |
| 2018 | $4.11 trillion | $1.84 trillion | $1.98 trillion | $7.23 trillion |
| 2019 | $4.45 trillion | $1.91 trillion | $2.06 trillion | $7.71 trillion |
| 2020 | $4.79 trillion | $1.99 trillion | $2.14 trillion | $8.14 trillion |
| 2021 | $4.83 trillion | $2.07 trillion | $2.23 trillion | $8.33 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.
Total 1939 Government Spending
There are three levels of governments in the US: federal, state, and local. The following table shows Total spending. Total spending includes federal, state, and local spending.
Total 1939 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.
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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.
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Data Sources for 1939:
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Federal: Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the US, Colonial Times to 1970
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Federal Budget for FY21 Released
Here is how headline budget estimates for the upcoming FY 2021 fiscal year have changed since the release of the FY 2020 budget a year ago in Winter 2019.
| $ billion | Estimate for 2020 in FY2020 Budget | Estimate for 2020 in FY2021 Budget | Change |
| Federal Outlays | $4,745.6 | $4,789.8 | +$44.2 |
| Federal Receipts | $3,644.8 | $3,706.3 | +$61.5 |
| Federal Deficit | $1,100.8 | $1,083.4 | -$17.4 |
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 2025 come from the Outlays table in the Public Budget Database and were updated on usgovernmentspending.com on February 10, 2020.
Account level budget authority estimates through FY 2025 come from the Budget Authority table in the Public Budget Database and were updated on usgovernmentspending.com on February 10, 2020.
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