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 (552) Health research and training 1962 586 580 1963 618 722 1964 664 925 1965 719 780 1966 788 918 1967 832 1184 1968 910 1517 1969 984 1599 1970 1038 1688 1971 1127 1801 1972 1238 2085 1973 1382 2423 1974 1500 2497 1975 1638 2779 1976 1825 3323 1977 2030 3524 1978 2294 3752 1979 2562 3607 1980 2788 4161 1981 3127 4615 1982 3253 4618 1983 3535 4552 1984 3931 4767 1985 4218 5376 1986 4460 5921 1987 4736 6156 1988 5100 7186 1989 5482 7870 1990 5801 8611 1991 5992 8899 1992 6342 10021 1993 6667 10794 1994 7085 11000 1995 7415 11569 1996 7839 10827 1997 8332 11847 1998 8794 13073 1999 9354 14383 2000 9952 15979 2001 10286 17926 2002 10642 21356 2003 11142 24044 2004 11868 27099 2005 12638 28050 2006 13399 28828 2007 14078 29279 2008 14441 29883 2009 14258 30565 2010 14624 32697 2011 15299 38459 2012 16203 34387 2013 17182 31763 2014 18193 31323 2015 19190 31472

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

Year	GDP	(552) Health research and training

1962	585.7	580
1963	617.8	722
1964	663.6	925
1965	719.1	780
1966	787.7	918
1967	832.4	1184
1968	909.8	1517
1969	984.4	1599
1970	1038.3	1688
1971	1126.8	1801
1972	1237.9	2085
1973	1382.3	2423
1974	1499.5	2497
1975	1637.7	2779
1976	1824.6	3323
1977	2030.1	3524
1978	2293.8	3752
1979	2562.2	3607
1980	2788.1	4161
1981	3126.8	4615
1982	3253.2	4618
1983	3534.6	4552
1984	3930.9	4767
1985	4217.5	5376
1986	4460.1	5921
1987	4736.4	6156
1988	5100.4	7186
1989	5482.1	7870
1990	5800.5	8611
1991	5992.1	8899
1992	6342.3	10021
1993	6667.4	10794
1994	7085.2	11000
1995	7414.7	11569
1996	7838.5	10827
1997	8332.4	11847
1998	8793.5	13073
1999	9353.5	14383
2000	9951.5	15979
2001	10286.2	17926
2002	10642.3	21356
2003	11142.1	24044
2004	11867.8	27099
2005	12638.4	28050
2006	13398.9	28828
2007	14077.6	29279
2008	14441.4	29883
2009	14258.2	30565
2010	14623.9	32697
2011	15299	38459
2012	16203.3	34387
2013	17182.2	31763
2014	18192.6	31323
2015	19190.4	31472

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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.

Note: usgovernmentspending.com always shows total spending, including federal, state, and local.

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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

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

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