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US Historical Spending

Executive Office of the President

(Millions of Dollars)

1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 estimate 2011 estimate 2012 estimate 2013 estimate 2014 estimate 2015 estimate
12 13 15 16 16 19 21 24 29 38 47 50 67 93 80 74 75 81 96 96 95 94 96 111 108 110 122 124 158 193 186 194 231 215 202 221 237 417 283 246 451 386 3349 7686 5379 2956 1173 743 715 501 427 409 418 425

Source: http://taxpayertreasurehunt.com/images/0/0b/Historical-Tables.pdf

General Government Historical Spending

Function and Subfunction 1976 TQ 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Legislative functions 780 188 878 913 932 1111 1036 1175 1418 1443 1358 1412 1572 1602 1784 1810 2021 2136 2108 2106 2172 1925 2006 2073 2343 2237 2716 2922 3144 3166 3270 3428 3539
Executive direction and management 71 18 83 79 84 102 108 95 103 111 118 110 120 128 137 296 188 212 254 210 199 206 227 437 491 448 583 565 537 569 620 530 533
Central fiscal operations 1768 462 1912 2118 2375 2667 2809 2928 3395 3621 3854 4032 4761 5159 6021 6032 6288 7037 7295 7707 7751 7641 7426 10873 9739 8466 9330 9827 11692 9903 10171 10675 10651
General property and records management 316 58 350 181 344 293 409 251 450 303 400 418 225 63 422 2249 2024 432 681 719 270 275 578 34 528 -70 501 530 913 810 625 1097 486
Central personnel management 99 25 109 126 133 145 162 141 142 148 149 136 141 145 151 161 171 179 186 185 177 154 150 149 154 161 170 180 212 207 237 210 203
General purpose fiscal assistance 9751 3470 9342 10454 8282 8664 6249 6389 6361 6795 6322 5847 1369 1963 2043 2033 2138 1893 1919 2213 1908 2073 2192 2192 2033 2058 2473 2555 7676 7702 3419 3930 3847
Other general government 470 177 531 618 493 592 763 542 793 489 561 757 981 1803 812 719 1450 1693 1472 924 1685 837 1412 980 2296 2108 2086 2158 2779 2502 1367 1151 1708
Deductions for offsetting receipts –322 –150 –256 –289 –198 –351 –222 –216 –636 –513 –506 –78 –623 –694 –893 –361 –718 –480 –739 –2087 –1077 –1694 –1497 –855 –884 –2383 –1754 –812 –1745 –1068 –2841 –1359 –2346
Total General government 12932 4248 12948 14200 12445 13226 11313 11305 12026 12399 12258 12634 8546 10169 10478 12939 13562 13101 13176 11977 13085 11417 12494 15883 16700 13025 16105 17925 25208 23791 16868 19662 18621

Source: http://taxpayertreasurehunt.com/images/0/0b/Historical-Tables.pdf




Below is a table covering Outlays by agency. You can see there has been a significant upward trend in spending over the years. This is not adjusted for inflation.

On page 115 of File:Historical-Tables.pdf you will see the Budget Authority by Agency. The Executive Office of the President makes a jump from $70,000,000 in 1976 to $18,763,000,000 in 2004.

OUTLAYS BY AGENCY: 2001–2015

Source: Historical Tables, Budget of the U. S. Government Fiscal Year 2011: File:Historical-Tables.pdf

(in millions of dollars)

Department or other unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Legislative Branch 2,959 3,187 3,396 3,890 3,984 4,101 4,294 4,410 4,702 5,423 5,579 5,292 5,204 5,306 5,434
The Judiciary 4,380 4,828 5,127 5,389 5,547 5,823 6,006 6,347 6,645 7,159 7,512 7,351 7,148 7,246 7,402
Agriculture 68,071 68,622 72,737 71,560 85,308 93,533 84,427 90,795 114,440 142,016 145,748 137,917 141,477 138,626 136,116
Commerce 5,003 5,312 5,665 5,829 6,147 6,372 6,475 7,721 10,718 16,714 11,500 10,430 9,948 9,016 9,050
Defense—Military
 290,185 331,845 388,686 437,034 474,354 499,344 528,578 594,662 636,775 692,031 721,285 653,424 633,918 642,903 657,336
Education 35,523 46,373 57,145 62,780 72,858 93,368 66,372 65,963 53,389 106,944 94,261 85,178 88,711 93,794 96,694
Energy 16,319 17,669 19,379 19,892 21,271 19,649 20,116 21,400 23,683 38,278 44,390 34,792 28,072 28,041 27,471
Health and Human Services 425,885 465,326 504,922 542,982 581,390 614,274 671,982 700,442 796,267 868,762 934,426 911,291 980,674 1,064,595 1,114,243
Homeland Security 15,040 17,583 31,977 26,587 38,711 69,032 39,172 40,684 51,725 52,903 54,723 46,847 45,538 45,870 46,918
Housing and Urban Development 33,865 31,788 37,410 44,984 42,453 42,435 45,561 49,088 61,019 62,518 53,082 48,153 44,269 44,730 44,590
Interior 7,743 9,739 9,193 8,606 9,292 9,037 10,469 9,817 11,775 12,042 14,045 12,803 11,772 11,783 11,683
Justice 18,443 21,178 20,790 29,601 22,361 23,324 23,349 26,545 27,711 30,333 31,924 33,700 31,661 31,141 31,564
Labor 39,707 64,686 69,563 56,687 46,949 43,138 47,544 58,838 138,157 209,265 116,902 90,790 85,810 81,804 78,555
State 7,487 9,327 9,343 10,915 12,748 12,953 13,737 17,493 21,427 25,726 28,745 30,065 30,954 31,238 31,384
Transportation 49,231 56,252 50,764 54,879 56,596 60,139 61,697 64,944 73,004 90,944 86,665 82,817 82,097 80,209 81,794
Treasury 388,268 371,187 368,256 375,844 410,240 464,675 490,589 548,797 701,775 502,980 593,550 685,279 762,579 848,062 921,117
Veterans Affairs 45,012 50,868 56,921 59,554 69,815 69,777 72,792 84,749 95,457 124,565 124,215 122,369 133,194 140,366 147,107
Corps of Engineers 4,640 4,727 4,682 4,728 4,719 6,944 3,918 5,075 6,842 10,536 6,929 5,879 4,577 4,504 4,610
Other Defense—Civil Programs 34,131 35,136 39,874 41,726 43,481 44,435 47,112 45,785 57,276 54,317 55,719 56,457 58,063 59,632 61,089
Environmental Protection Agency 7,367 7,451 8,041 8,328 7,913 8,321 8,259 7,939 8,070 11,301 11,177 9,980 9,096 8,680 8,543
Executive Office of the President 246 451 386 3,349 7,686 5,379 2,956 1,173 743 715 501 427 409 418 425
General Services Administration –309 –684 589 –451 20 24 27 343 319 1,782 2,279 2,170 1,555 1,007 923
International Assistance Programs 11,804 13,289 13,449 13,639 15,024 13,917 12,752 11,359 14,797 23,899 24,343 28,223 30,542 33,006 36,021
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 14,092 14,405 14,610 15,152 15,602 15,125 15,861 17,833 19,168 19,123 17,863 18,953 19,768 20,347 20,725
National Science Foundation 3,662 4,155 4,690 5,092 5,403 5,510 5,488 5,785 5,958 7,819 7,647 7,558 7,672 8,062 8,320
Office of Personnel Management 50,894 52,540 54,135 56,547 59,500 62,400 58,431 64,393 72,302 71,603 73,463 75,956 78,849 82,636 85,780
Small Business Administration –570 493 1,558 4,075 2,502 905 1,175 528 2,246 5,978 1,388 1,112 971 944 959
Social Security Administration (On-budget) 40,007 45,816 46,333 49,008 54,556 53,252 54,917 58,602 78,657 85,108 80,933 77,304 86,124 90,989 95,767
Social Security Administration (Off-budget) 421,257 442,010 461,400 481,200 506,779 532,491 566,846 599,197 648,892 683,867 708,620 738,430 774,960 815,822 860,617
Other Independent Agencies (On-budget) 11,387 16,705 14,579 10,103 16,766 14,003 12,913 47,221 47,635 2,001 31,832 26,928 13,888 10,817 8,688
Other Independent Agencies (Off-budget) 2,302 –651 –5,245 –4,130 –1,791 –1,075 5,093 2,417 304 6,426 4,226 –13 –24 –21 –21
Allowances –4 18,750 21,676 –4,187 9,895 37,090 78,277
Undistributed offsetting receipts –191,125 –200,706 –210,449 –212,526 –226,213 –237,548 –260,206 –277,791 –274,193 –271,127 –283,287 –288,823 –303,928 –317,433 –333,650
(On-budget) (–114,404) (–115,009) (–117,303) (–114,967) (–123,436) (–128,201) (–141,904) (–150,928) (–142,013) (–137,793) (–148,634) (–150,648) (–158,918) (–164,185) (–170,922)
(Off-budget) (–76,721) (–85,697) (–93,146) (–97,559) (–102,777) (–109,347) (–118,302) (–126,863) (–132,180) (–133,334) (–134,653) (–138,175) (–145,010) (–153,248) (–162,728)
Total outlays 1,862,906 2,010,907 2,159,906 2,292,853 2,471,971 2,655,057 2,728,702 2,982,554 3,517,681 3,720,701 3,833,861 3,754,852 3,915,443 4,161,230 4,385,531


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