The Federal Debt, Budget and Spending
Growth in Federal Spending
Reorder Data:  Spending vs. Population & GDP  Deficits & Debt  
Spending Factored by Population and Inflation  
The Constitutional Dollar's Value Today  

Year	On-Budget Outlays ($ millions)	Off-Budget Outlays ($ millions)	Total Outlays ($ millions)	Growth from PY	Annual Inflation Rate
1789					-.9%
1790					3.8%
1791	4.3		4.3		2.7%
1792	5.1		5.1	19.0%	1.8%
1793	4.5		4.5	-11.8%	3.5%
1794	7.0		7.0	56.0%	10.9%
1795	7.5		7.5	7.9%	14.4%
1796	5.7		5.7	-24.0%	5.3%
1797	6.1		6.1	7.1%	-3.8%
1798	7.7		7.7	25.2%	-3.3%
1799	9.7		9.7	25.9%	.0%
1800	10.8		10.8	11.6%	2.0%
1801	9.4		9.4	-12.9%	1.3%
1802	7.9		7.9	-16.3%	-15.7%
1803	7.9		7.9	-.1%	5.4%
1804	8.7		8.7	11.1%	4.4%
1805	10.5		10.5	20.5%	-.7%
1806	9.8		9.8	-6.7%	4.3%
1807	8.4		8.4	-14.8%	-5.4%
1808	9.9		9.9	18.9%	8.6%
1809	10.3		10.3	3.5%	-2.0%
1810	8.2		8.2	-20.7%	.0%
1811	8.1		8.1	-1.2%	6.8%
1812	20.3		20.3	151.7%	1.3%
1813	31.7		31.7	56.2%	20.0%
1814	34.7		34.7	9.6%	9.9%
1815	32.7		32.7	-5.8%	-12.3%
1816	30.6		30.6	-6.5%	-8.6%
1817	21.8		21.8	-28.6%	-5.3%
1818	19.8		19.8	-9.2%	-4.4%
1819	21.5		21.5	8.3%	.0%
1820	18.3		18.3	-14.9%	-7.8%
1821	15.8		15.8	-13.4%	-3.5%
1822	15.0		15.0	-5.1%	3.7%
1823	14.7		14.7	-2.0%	-10.6%
1824	20.3		20.3	38.2%	-7.9%
1825	15.9		15.9	-22.0%	2.6%
1826	17.0		17.0	7.4%	.0%
1827	16.1		16.1	-5.3%	.8%
1828	16.4		16.4	1.6%	-5.0%
1829	15.2		15.2	-7.3%	-1.8%
1830	15.1		15.1	-.4%	-.9%
1831	15.2		15.2	.7%	-6.3%
1832	17.3		17.3	13.4%	-1.0%
1833	23.0		23.0	33.1%	-1.9%
1834	18.6		18.6	-19.1%	2.0%
1835	17.6		17.6	-5.7%	2.9%
1836	30.9		30.9	75.7%	5.7%
1837	37.2		37.2	20.7%	2.7%
1838	33.9		33.9	-9.1%	-2.6%
1839	26.9		26.9	-20.6%	.0%
1840	24.3		24.3	-9.6%	-7.1%
1841	26.6		26.6	9.2%	1.0%
1842	25.2		25.2	-5.1%	-6.7%
1843	11.9		11.9	-53.0%	-9.2%
1844	22.3		22.3	88.4%	1.1%
1845	22.9		22.9	2.7%	1.1%
1846	27.8		27.8	21.1%	1.1%
1847	57.3		57.3	106.3%	7.6%
1848	45.4		45.4	-20.8%	-4.0%
1849	45.1		45.1	-.7%	-3.2%
1850	39.5		39.5	-12.2%	2.2%
1851	47.7		47.7	20.6%	-2.1%
1852	44.2		44.2	-7.4%	1.1%
1853	48.2		48.2	9.0%	.0%
1854	58.0		58.0	20.5%	8.6%
1855	59.7		59.7	2.9%	3.0%
1856	69.6		69.6	16.5%	-1.9%
1857	67.8		67.8	-2.6%	2.9%
1858	74.2		74.2	9.4%	-5.7%
1859	69.1		69.1	-6.9%	1.0%
1860	63.1		63.1	-8.6%	.0%
1861	66.5		66.5	5.4%	6.0%
1862	475		475	613.4%	14.2%
1863	715		715	50.5%	24.8%
1864	865		865	21.1%	25.2%
1865	1,298		1,298	50.0%	3.7%
1866	521		521	-59.9%	-2.6%
1867	258		258	-50.5%	-6.8%
1868	377		377	46.5%	-3.9%
1869	323		323	-14.4%	-4.1%
1870	310		310	-4.1%	-4.3%
1871	292		292	-5.6%	-6.4%
1872	278		278	-5.0%	.0%
1873	290		290	4.6%	-2.0%
1874	303		303	4.2%	-4.9%
1875	275		275	-9.3%	-3.7%
1876	265		265	-3.5%	-2.3%
1877	241		241	-9.0%	-2.3%
1878	237		237	-1.8%	-4.8%
1879	267		267	12.7%	.0%
1880	268		268	.3%	2.5%
1881	261		261	-2.6%	.0%
1882	258		258	-1.0%	.0%
1883	265		265	2.9%	-1.6%
1884	244		244	-8.0%	-2.5%
1885	260		260	6.6%	-1.7%
1886	242		242	-6.8%	-2.6%
1887	268		268	10.5%	.9%
1888	268		268	-.0%	.0%
1889	299		299	11.7%	-2.6%
1890	318		318	6.3%	-1.8%
1891	366		366	15.0%	.0%
1892	345		345	-5.7%	.0%
1893	383		383	11.1%	-.9%
1894	368		368	-4.2%	-4.6%
1895	356		356	-3.1%	-1.9%
1896	352		352	-1.1%	.0%
1897	366		366	3.9%	-1.0%
1898	443		443	21.2%	.0%
1899	605		605	36.5%	.0%
1900	521		521	-13.9%	1.0%
1901	525		525	.8%	1.1%
1902	485		485	-7.6%	.0%
1903	517		517	6.6%	.0%
1904	584		584	13.0%	.0%
1905	567		567	-2.9%	.0%
1906	570		570	.5%	.0%
1907	579		579	1.6%	.0%
1908	659		659	13.8%	.0%
1909	694		694	5.3%	.0%
1910	694		694	.0%	.0%
1911	691		691	-.4%	.0%
1912	690		690	-.1%	20.0%
1913	715		715	3.6%	-3.3%
1914	726		726	1.5%	1.7%
1915	746		746	2.8%	.0%
1916	713		713	-4.4%	8.5%
1917	1,954		1,954	174.1%	17.2%
1918	12,677		12,677	548.8%	17.3%
1919	18,493		18,493	45.9%	14.8%
1920	6,358		6,358	-65.6%	15.8%
1921	5,062		5,062	-20.4%	-10.3%
1922	3,289		3,289	-35.0%	-6.7%
1923	3,140		3,140	-4.5%	2.0%
1924	2,908		2,908	-7.4%	.0%
1925	2,924		2,924	.6%	2.0%
1926	2,930		2,930	.2%	2.0%
1927	2,857		2,857	-2.5%	-1.9%
1928	2,961		2,961	3.6%	-2.0%
1929	3,127		3,127	5.6%	.0%
1930	3,320		3,320	6.2%	-2.0%
1931	3,577		3,577	7.7%	-9.2%
1932	4,659		4,659	30.2%	-10.1%
1933	4,598		4,598	-1.3%	-5.0%
1934	6,541		6,541	42.3%	2.6%
1935	6,412		6,412	-2.0%	2.6%
1936	8,228		8,228	28.3%	1.3%
1937	7,582	-2.0	7,580	-7.9%	3.7%
1938	6,850	-10.0	6,840	-9.8%	-1.2%
1939	9,154	-13.0	9,141	33.6%	-2.4%
1940	9,482	-14.0	9,468	3.6%	1.2%
1941	13,618	35.0	13,653	44.2%	4.9%
1942	35,071	66.0	35,137	157.4%	10.5%
1943	78,466	89.0	78,555	123.6%	6.3%
1944	91,190	114	91,304	16.2%	2.0%
1945	92,569	143	92,712	1.5%	1.9%
1946	55,022	210	55,232	-40.4%	8.6%
1947	34,193	303	34,496	-37.5%	14.9%
1948	29,396	368	29,764	-13.7%	7.6%
1949	38,408	427	38,835	30.5%	-1.4%
1950	42,038	524	42,562	9.6%	1.4%
1951	44,237	1,277	45,514	6.9%	7.8%
1952	65,956	1,730	67,686	48.7%	2.0%
1953	73,771	2,330	76,101	12.4%	.6%
1954	67,943	2,912	70,855	-6.9%	.6%
1955	64,461	3,983	68,444	-3.4%	.0%
1956	65,668	4,972	70,640	3.2%	1.3%
1957	70,562	6,016	76,578	8.4%	3.1%
1958	74,902	7,503	82,405	7.6%	3.0%
1959	83,102	8,996	92,098	11.8%	.6%
1960	81,341	10,850	92,191	.1%	1.8%
1961	86,046	11,677	97,723	6.0%	1.2%
1962	93,286	13,535	106,821	9.3%	1.1%
1963	96,352	14,964	111,316	4.2%	1.1%
1964	102,794	15,734	118,528	6.5%	1.1%
1965	101,699	16,529	118,228	-.3%	1.7%
1966	114,817	19,715	134,532	13.8%	3.3%
1967	137,040	20,424	157,464	17.0%	2.6%
1968	155,798	22,336	178,134	13.1%	4.6%
1969	158,436	25,204	183,640	3.1%	5.4%
1970	168,042	27,607	195,649	6.5%	5.6%
1971	177,346	32,826	210,172	7.4%	4.4%
1972	193,824	36,857	230,681	9.8%	3.4%
1973	200,118	45,589	245,707	6.5%	6.1%
1974	217,270	52,089	269,359	9.6%	11.2%
1975	271,892	60,440	332,332	23.4%	9.0%
1976	302,183	69,609	371,792	11.9%	5.7%
1977	328,502	80,716	409,218	10.1%	6.6%
1978	369,089	89,657	458,746	12.1%	7.6%
1979	404,054	99,978	504,032	9.9%	11.3%
1980	476,618	114,329	590,947	17.2%	13.2%
1981	543,053	135,196	678,249	14.8%	10.6%
1982	594,351	151,404	745,755	10.0%	6.2%
1983	661,277	147,108	808,385	8.4%	3.2%
1984	686,061	165,813	851,874	5.4%	4.3%
1985	769,615	176,807	946,422	11.1%	3.6%
1986	806,962	183,498	990,460	4.7%	1.7%
1987	809,308	194,775	1,004,083	1.4%	3.7%
1988	860,077	204,404	1,064,481	6.0%	4.1%
1989	932,918	210,911	1,143,829	7.5%	4.9%
1990	1,028,065	225,065	1,253,130	9.6%	5.4%
1991	1,082,644	241,687	1,324,331	5.7%	4.2%
1992	1,129,310	252,339	1,381,649	4.3%	3.0%
1993	1,142,935	266,587	1,409,522	2.0%	3.0%
1994	1,182,535	279,372	1,461,907	3.7%	2.5%
1995	1,227,220	288,664	1,515,884	3.7%	2.9%
1996	1,259,704	300,904	1,560,608	3.0%	2.9%
1997	1,290,681	310,626	1,601,307	2.6%	2.3%
1998	1,336,081	316,604	1,652,685	3.2%	1.6%
1999	1,381,257	320,778	1,702,035	3.0%	2.2%
2000	1,458,451	330,765	1,789,216	5.1%	3.4%
2001	1,516,352	346,838	1,863,190	4.1%	2.8%
2002	1,655,491	355,662	2,011,153	7.9%	1.6%
2003	1,797,108	363,009	2,160,117	7.4%	2.3%
2004	1,913,495	379,511	2,293,006	6.2%	2.7%
2005	2,069,760	402,211	2,471,971	7.8%	3.4%
2006	2,232,988	422,069	2,655,057	7.4%	3.2%
2007	2,275,065	453,637	2,728,702	2.8%	2.9%
2008	2,507,803	474,751	2,982,554	9.3%	3.9%
2009	3,000,665	517,016	3,517,681	17.9%	-.4%
2010	2,901,531	554,682	3,456,213	-1.7%	1.6%
2011	3,317,275	501,544	3,818,819	10.5%	3.2%
2012	3,145,904	582,782	3,728,686	-2.4%	2.8%
2013	3,169,290	634,077	3,803,367	2.0%	3.0%
2014	3,498,677	662,553	4,161,230	9.4%	2.0%
2015 (est.)	3,687,663	697,868	4,385,531	5.4%	1.0%

"Off-Budget" outlays include Social Security and Medicare; "On-Budget" outlays include all other government operating expenses and programs.
The primary sources for budget and spending information are the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Office of Management and Budget.
Data marked '(est.)' are official projections, usually fairly optimistic.