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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.
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Year
GDP
(501) Elementary, secondary, and vocational education
(B21) Federal Intergovernmental - Education
(E12) Current Operations - Elementary and Secondary Education
(F12) Construction - Elementary and Secondary Education
(G12) Other Capital Outlay - Elementary and Secondary Education
(K12) Equipment Only - G12 Subcode
(SEL) Local schools
1902
24.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
238
1903
25.9
0
0
0
0
0
0
256
1904
25.7
0
0
0
0
0
0
275
1905
28.8
0
0
0
0
0
0
295
1906
31
0
0
0
0
0
0
317
1907
33.9
0
0
0
0
0
0
340
1908
30.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
365
1909
32.2
0
0
0
0
0
0
392
1910
33.4
0
0
0
0
0
0
421
1911
34.3
0
0
0
0
0
0
453
1912
37.4
0
0
0
0
0
0
486
1913
39.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
522
1914
36.5
0
0
0
0
0
0
589
1915
38.7
0
0
0
0
0
0
664
1916
49.6
0
0
0
0
0
0
749
1917
59.7
0
0
0
0
0
0
845
1918
75.8
0
0
0
0
0
0
952
1919
78.3
0
0
0
0
0
0
1074
1920
88.4
0
0
0
0
0
0
1212
1921
73.6
0
0
0
0
0
0
1366
1922
73.4
0
0
0
0
0
0
1541
1923
85.4
0
0
0
0
0
0
1626
1924
86.9
0
0
0
0
0
0
1716
1925
90.6
0
0
0
0
0
0
1811
1926
96.9
0
0
0
0
0
0
1911
1927
95.5
0
0
0
0
0
0
2017
1928
97.4
0
0
0
0
0
0
2024
1929
103.6
0
0
0
0
0
0
2030
1930
91.2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2037
1931
76.5
0
0
0
0
0
0
2043
1932
58.7
0
0
0
0
0
0
2050
1933
56.4
0
0
0
0
0
0
1839
1934
66
0
0
0
0
0
0
1628
1935
73.3
0
0
0
0
0
0
1766
1936
83.8
0
0
0
0
0
0
1904
1937
91.9
0
0
0
0
0
0
2038
1938
86.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2172
1939
92.2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2232
1940
101.4
0
0
0
0
0
0
2292
1941
126.7
0
0
0
0
0
0
2259
1942
161.9
0
0
0
0
0
0
2225
1943
198.6
0
0
0
0
0
0
2285
1944
219.8
0
0
0
0
0
0
2344
1945
223
0
0
0
0
0
0
2615
1946
222.2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2886
1947
244.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
3625
1948
269.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
4363
1949
267.2
0
0
0
0
0
0
5135
1950
293.7
0
0
0
0
0
0
5906
1951
339.3
0
0
0
0
0
0
6384
1952
358.3
0
0
0
0
0
0
6862
1953
379.3
0
0
0
0
0
0
7822
1954
380.4
0
0
0
0
0
0
8947
1955
414.7
0
0
0
0
0
0
10129
1956
437.4
0
0
0
0
0
0
11165
1957
461.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
11657
1958
467.2
0
0
0
0
0
0
13032
1959
506.6
0
0
0
0
0
0
14034
1960
526.4
0
0
0
0
0
0
15166
1961
544.8
0
0
0
0
0
0
16608
1962
585.7
482
0
0
0
0
0
17739
1963
617.8
553
0
0
0
0
0
18759
1964
663.6
579
0
0
0
0
0
20399
1965
719.1
719
0
0
0
0
0
21966
1966
787.7
1627
0
0
0
0
0
25091
1967
832.4
2310
0
0
0
0
0
27590
1968
909.8
2516
0
0
0
0
0
29305
1969
984.4
2470
0
0
0
0
0
33752
1970
1038.3
2893
0
0
0
0
0
37461
1971
1126.8
3333
0
0
0
0
0
41766
1972
1237.9
3686
0
0
0
0
0
45658
1973
1382.3
3573
0
0
0
0
0
48789
1974
1499.5
3573
0
0
0
0
0
53059
1975
1637.7
4349
0
0
0
0
0
61485
1976
1824.6
4200
0
0
0
0
0
67674
1977
2030.1
4638
0
0
0
0
0
71546
1978
2293.8
5186
0
0
0
0
0
76703
1979
2562.2
6123
0
0
0
0
0
83385
1980
2788.1
6893
0
0
0
0
0
92930
1981
3126.8
7099
0
0
0
0
0
100535
1982
3253.2
6722
0
0
0
0
0
105761
1983
3534.6
6258
0
0
0
0
0
112945
1984
3930.9
6483
0
0
0
0
0
120896
1985
4217.5
7598
0
0
0
0
0
131987
1986
4460.1
7802
0
0
0
0
0
145111
1987
4736.4
7869
0
0
0
0
0
156910
1988
5100.4
8377
0
0
0
0
0
169694
1989
5482.1
9150
0
0
0
0
0
185851
1990
5800.5
9918
0
0
0
0
0
202009
1991
5992.1
11372
0
0
0
0
0
217643
1992
6342.3
12402
27791000
205736000
14826700
6594180
257632
0
1993
6667.4
13481
30380000
217667000
14408400
7880030
219406
0
1994
7085.2
14258
32203600
227289000
12817900
6874960
200859
0
1995
7414.7
14694
34044800
239433000
15303700
9504190
184209
0
1996
7838.5
14871
36224300
250485000
19770000
9097910
175211
0
1997
8332.4
15073
35986400
261774000
22923800
9900290
219950
0
1998
8793.5
16606
38922300
281867000
25030500
11167100
0
0
1999
9353.5
17589
42050800
299104000
28338000
12429700
352342
0
2000
9951.5
20578
45873500
320031000
32389400
12760300
8960430
0
2001
10286.2
22858
49945000
343874000
35539100
12865300
338056
0
2002
10642.3
25879
55997100
357922000
40555200
12739100
7906510
0
2003
11142.1
31473
61900800
377385000
39196800
11921000
375226
0
2004
11867.8
34360
71010100
399078000
41182900
11794300
7014280
0
2005
12638.4
38271
74135800
418896000
42211400
12297900
117109
0
2006
13398.9
39710
79397400
441271000
46077600
13178900
112540
0
2007
14077.6
38430
79518700
469469000
51801600
13649000
133660
0
2008
14441.4
38918
80646900
495349000
55131000
15151600
0
0
2009
14258.2
53206
81791100
522656000
58674400
16819600
0
0
2010
14623.9
84087
82951500
551468000
62445500
18671200
0
0
2011
15299
61040
84128400
581868000
66459000
20726600
0
0
2012
16203.3
45060
85322000
613944000
70730500
23008300
0
0
2013
17182.2
44470
86532500
647788000
75276500
25541200
0
0
2014
18192.6
45535
87760200
683498000
80114700
28352900
0
0
2015
19190.4
46213
89005300
721177000
85263900
31474100
0
0
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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.
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
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
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
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