You can download any of the raw data series used to compile the government spending data in usgovernmentspending.com. You select the data series you want and then copy-paste the tab delimited data from a textbox on this page into your spreadsheet.

Warning: The raw data series typically do not extend the whole length of US history. Check out charts if you want full-length data series.

Download Instructions:

Prepare a suite of data for download by making a selection from one of the dropdown menus below. You can select:

A group of functionally related spending data series
An individual spending data series

You can also remove individual data series that you don’t want.

Select Functional Data Series Group: Select a group of data series to download (you can add individual data series later):

Add Individual Data Series: Select Spending Data Series to add to download (you can add more later):

Change Data Units: You can download data in raw format (i.e., in the units used in the database for each item, or in $ billion, $ million, or percent of GDP.

Select Fiscal Year: You can select the budget for which you want to download estimated federal spending.

Copy and Paste: When you have created the dataset you want then just copy the tab-delimited text in the textbox below (click cursor in text box, then press ctrl-A then press ctrl-C) and paste it into your spreadsheet.

Year GDP (152) International security assistance 1962 586 1958 1963 618 2185 1964 664 1830 1965 719 1599 1966 788 1590 1967 832 1530 1968 910 1051 1969 984 1102 1970 1038 1094 1971 1127 1367 1972 1238 1446 1973 1382 1427 1974 1500 1824 1975 1638 2535 1976 1825 2683 1977 2030 3075 1978 2294 3926 1979 2562 3655 1980 2788 4763 1981 3127 5095 1982 3253 5416 1983 3535 6613 1984 3931 7924 1985 4218 9391 1986 4460 10499 1987 4736 7106 1988 5100 4500 1989 5482 1467 1990 5801 8652 1991 5992 9823 1992 6342 7490 1993 6667 7639 1994 7085 6642 1995 7415 5252 1996 7839 4565 1997 8332 4632 1998 8794 5135 1999 9354 5531 2000 9952 6387 2001 10286 6560 2002 10642 7907 2003 11142 8620 2004 11868 8369 2005 12638 7895 2006 13399 7811 2007 14078 7982 2008 14441 9480 2009 14258 6247 2010 14624 9896 2011 15299 10074 2012 16203 9257 2013 17182 8972 2014 18193 8926 2015 19190 9036

Here is a formatted version of the data you have selected.

Year	GDP	(152) International security assistance

1962	585.7	1958
1963	617.8	2185
1964	663.6	1830
1965	719.1	1599
1966	787.7	1590
1967	832.4	1530
1968	909.8	1051
1969	984.4	1102
1970	1038.3	1094
1971	1126.8	1367
1972	1237.9	1446
1973	1382.3	1427
1974	1499.5	1824
1975	1637.7	2535
1976	1824.6	2683
1977	2030.1	3075
1978	2293.8	3926
1979	2562.2	3655
1980	2788.1	4763
1981	3126.8	5095
1982	3253.2	5416
1983	3534.6	6613
1984	3930.9	7924
1985	4217.5	9391
1986	4460.1	10499
1987	4736.4	7106
1988	5100.4	4500
1989	5482.1	1467
1990	5800.5	8652
1991	5992.1	9823
1992	6342.3	7490
1993	6667.4	7639
1994	7085.2	6642
1995	7414.7	5252
1996	7838.5	4565
1997	8332.4	4632
1998	8793.5	5135
1999	9353.5	5531
2000	9951.5	6387
2001	10286.2	6560
2002	10642.3	7907
2003	11142.1	8620
2004	11867.8	8369
2005	12638.4	7895
2006	13398.9	7811
2007	14077.6	7982
2008	14441.4	9480
2009	14258.2	6247
2010	14623.9	9896
2011	15299	10074
2012	16203.3	9257
2013	17182.2	8972
2014	18192.6	8926
2015	19190.4	9036

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Now Updated with 2008 State and Local Numbers

usgovernmentspending.com is now updated with the latest numbers for State and Local Spending data from the US Census Bureau. The latest values are for FY 2008. State and local spending and revenue after 2008 are "guesstimated" by projecting the change between 2007 and 2008 to subsequent years.

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Education

“We have met with families in which for weeks together, not an article of sustenance but potatoes had been used; yet for every child the hard-earned sum was provided to send them to school.”
E. G. West, Education and the State

Mutual Aid

In 1911... at least nine million of the 12 million covered by national insurance were already members of voluntary sick pay schemes. A similar proportion were also eligible for medical care.
Green, Reinventing Civil Society

Democratic Capitalism

Three dynamic and converging systems functioning as one: a democratic polity, an economy based on markets and incentives, and a moral-cultural system which is plural and, in the largest sense, liberal.
Michael Novak, The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism

Government Expenditure

The Union publishes an exact return of the amount of its taxes; I can get copies of the budgets of the four and twenty component states; but who can tell me what the citizens spend in the administration of county and township?
Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America