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 (000) Total federal outlays (E00) Total state/local outlays 1962 586 106821 0 1963 618 111316 0 1964 664 118528 0 1965 719 118228 0 1966 788 134532 0 1967 833 157464 0 1968 910 178134 0 1969 985 183640 0 1970 1039 195649 0 1971 1127 210172 0 1972 1238 230681 0 1973 1383 245707 0 1974 1500 269359 0 1975 1638 332332 0 1976 1825 371792 0 1977 2031 409218 0 1978 2295 458746 0 1979 2563 504028 0 1980 2790 590941 0 1981 3128 678241 0 1982 3255 745743 0 1983 3537 808364 0 1984 3933 851853 0 1985 4220 946396 0 1986 4463 990441 0 1987 4740 1004080 0 1988 5104 1064480 0 1989 5484 1143830 0 1990 5803 1253130 0 1991 5996 1324330 0 1992 6338 1381650 1146850000 1993 6657 1409520 1210100000 1994 7072 1461910 1260640000 1995 7398 1515880 1347760000 1996 7817 1560610 1393710000 1997 8304 1601310 1456890000 1998 8747 1652680 1525760000 1999 9268 1702040 1622100000 2000 9817 1789220 1742910000 2001 10128 1863190 1894840000 2002 10470 2011150 2047150000 2003 10961 2160120 2159770000 2004 11686 2293010 2260330000 2005 12422 2472200 2368690000 2006 13178 2655440 2474110000 2007 13808 2728940 2585660000 2008 14265 2982880 2702240000 2009 14240 3997840 2824080000 2010 14729 3591080 2951410000 2011 15500 3614770 3084480000 2012 16470 3632750 3223550000 2013 17498 3817460 3368890000 2014 18386 4016020 0

Here is a formatted version of the data you have selected.You can remove a data series by selecting “out” in the dropdown for each data series.

Year	GDP	(000) Total federal outlays	(E00) Total state/local outlays

1962	585.6	106821	0
1963	617.7	111316	0
1964	663.6	118528	0
1965	719.1	118228	0
1966	787.8	134532	0
1967	832.6	157464	0
1968	910	178134	0
1969	984.6	183640	0
1970	1038.5	195649	0
1971	1127.1	210172	0
1972	1238.3	230681	0
1973	1382.7	245707	0
1974	1500	269359	0
1975	1638.3	332332	0
1976	1825.3	371792	0
1977	2030.9	409218	0
1978	2294.7	458746	0
1979	2563.3	504028	0
1980	2789.5	590941	0
1981	3128.4	678241	0
1982	3255	745743	0
1983	3536.7	808364	0
1984	3933.2	851853	0
1985	4220.3	946396	0
1986	4462.8	990441	0
1987	4739.5	1004080	0
1988	5103.8	1064480	0
1989	5484.4	1143830	0
1990	5803.1	1253130	0
1991	5995.9	1324330	0
1992	6337.7	1381650	1146850000
1993	6657.4	1409520	1210100000
1994	7072.2	1461910	1260640000
1995	7397.7	1515880	1347760000
1996	7816.9	1560610	1393710000
1997	8304.3	1601310	1456890000
1998	8747	1652680	1525760000
1999	9268.4	1702040	1622100000
2000	9817	1789220	1742910000
2001	10128	1863190	1894840000
2002	10469.6	2011150	2047150000
2003	10960.8	2160120	2159770000
2004	11685.9	2293010	2260330000
2005	12421.9	2472200	2368690000
2006	13178.4	2655440	2474110000
2007	13807.5	2728940	2585660000
2008	14264.6	2982880	2702240000
2009	14240.2	3997840	2824080000
2010	14728.8	3591080	2951410000
2011	15499.8	3614770	3084480000
2012	16470.4	3632750	3223550000
2013	17497.8	3817460	3368890000
2014	18386.4	4016020	0

US FY10 budget numbers now loaded.

usgovernmentspending.com has updated its database with the US Budget Historical Tables for FY 2010 as published May 11, 2009.

May 11, 2009 updates include

Actual spending and revenue for FY08
Estimated spending and revenue through FY14
Estimated GDP through FY14
Estimated Federal Debt through FY14

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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