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

Year	On-Budget Outlays ($ millions)	On-Budget Surplus ($ millions)	Off-Budget Outlays ($ millions)	Off-Budget Surplus ($ millions)	National Debt ($ millions)	Debt as % of GDP
1789
1790					75.5
1791	4.3	.1			77.2
1792	5.1	-1.4			80.4
1793	4.5	.2			78.4
1794	7.0	-1.6			80.7
1795	7.5	-1.4			83.8
1796	5.7	2.7			82.1
1797	6.1	2.6			79.2
1798	7.7	.2			78.4
1799	9.7	-2.1			83.0
1800	10.8	.1			83.0
1801	9.4	3.5			80.7
1802	7.9	7.1			77.1
1803	7.9	3.2			80.4
1804	8.7	3.1			82.3
1805	10.5	3.1			75.7
1806	9.8	5.8			69.2
1807	8.4	8.0			65.2
1808	9.9	7.1			57.0
1809	10.3	-2.5			53.2
1810	8.2	1.2			48.0
1811	8.1	6.4			45.2
1812	20.3	-10.5			56.0
1813	31.7	-17.3			81.5
1814	34.7	-23.5			99.8
1815	32.7	-17.0			127
1816	30.6	17.1			123
1817	21.8	11.3			103
1818	19.8	1.8			95.5
1819	21.5	3.1			91.0
1820	18.3	-.4			90.0
1821	15.8	-1.2			93.5
1822	15.0	5.2			90.9
1823	14.7	5.8			90.3
1824	20.3	-.9			83.8
1825	15.9	6.0			81.1
1826	17.0	8.2			74.0
1827	16.1	6.8			67.5
1828	16.4	8.4			58.4
1829	15.2	9.6			48.6
1830	15.1	9.7			39.1
1831	15.2	13.3			24.3
1832	17.3	14.6			7.0
1833	23.0	10.9			4.8
1834	18.6	3.2			.0
1835	17.6	17.9			.0
1836	30.9	20.0			.3
1837	37.2	-12.3			3.3
1838	33.9	-7.6			10.4
1839	26.9	4.6			3.6
1840	24.3	-4.8			5.3
1841	26.6	-9.7			13.6
1842	25.2	-5.2			20.2
1843	11.9	-3.6			32.7
1844	22.3	7.0			23.5
1845	22.9	7.0			15.9
1846	27.8	1.9			15.6
1847	57.3	-30.8			38.8
1848	45.4	-9.6			47.0
1849	45.1	-13.8			63.1
1850	39.5	4.1			63.5
1851	47.7	4.9			68.3
1852	44.2	5.7			66.2
1853	48.2	13.4			59.8
1854	58.0	15.8			42.2
1855	59.7	5.6			35.6
1856	69.6	4.5			32.0
1857	67.8	1.2			28.7
1858	74.2	-27.5			44.9
1859	69.1	-15.6			58.5
1860	63.1	-7.1			64.8
1861	66.5	-25.0			90.6
1862	475	-423			524
1863	715	-602			1,120
1864	865	-601			1,816
1865	1,298	-964			2,678
1866	521	37.2			2,756
1867	258	233			2,650
1868	377	28.3			2,583
1869	323	48.1			2,545
1870	310	102			2,436
1871	292	91.1			2,322
1872	278	96.6			2,210
1873	290	43.4			2,151
1874	303	2.3			2,160
1875	275	13.4			2,156
1876	265	29.0			2,131
1877	241	40.1			2,108
1878	237	20.8			2,159
1879	267	6.9			2,299
1880	268	65.9			2,091
1881	261	100			2,019
1882	258	146			1,857
1883	265	133			1,722
1884	244	104			1,625
1885	260	63.5			1,579
1886	242	94.0			1,556
1887	268	103			1,465
1888	268	111			1,385
1889	299	87.8			1,249
1890	318	85.0			1,122
1891	366	26.8			1,006
1892	345	-90.1			968
1893	383	2.3			961
1894	368	-61.2			1,017
1895	356	-31.5			1,097
1896	352	-14.0			1,223
1897	366	-18.1			1,227
1898	443	-38.0			124
1899	605	-89.1			1,437
1900	521	46.4			1,263
1901	525	63.0			1,222
1902	485	77.0			1,178
1903	517	45.0			1,159
1904	584	-43.0			1,136
1905	567	-23.0			1,132
1906	570	25.0			1,143
1907	579	87.0			1,147
1908	659	-57.0			1,178
1909	694	-90.0			1,148
1910	694	-18.0			1,147
1911	691	11.0			1,154
1912	690	3.0			1,194
1913	715	-1.0			1,193
1914	726	-1.0			1,188
1915	746	-63.0			1,191
1916	713	48.0			1,255
1917	1,954	-853			2,976
1918	12,677	-9,032			12,455
1919	18,493	-13,363			25,485
1920	6,358	291			24,299
1921	5,062	509			23,977
1922	3,289	737			22,963
1923	3,140	713			22,350
1924	2,908	963			21,251
1925	2,924	717			20,516
1926	2,930	865			19,643
1927	2,857	1,156			18,512
1928	2,961	939			17,604
1929	3,127	735			16,931	16.3%
1930	3,320	738			16,185	16.6%
1931	3,577	-461			16,801	20.1%
1932	4,659	-2,735			19,487	28.9%
1933	4,598	-2,601			22,539	39.3%
1934	6,541	-3,586			27,053	44.2%
1935	6,412	-2,803			28,701	41.2%
1936	8,228	-4,305			33,779	43.0%
1937	7,582	-2,460	-2.0	267	36,425	41.5%
1938	6,850	-486	-10.0	397	37,165	41.8%
1939	9,154	-3,362	-13.0	516	40,440	45.4%
1940	9,482	-3,484	-14.0	564	50,696	52.5%
1941	13,618	-5,594	35.0	653	57,531	50.5%
1942	35,071	-21,333	66.0	830	79,200	54.9%
1943	78,466	-55,595	89.0	1,041	142,648	79.2%
1944	91,190	-48,735	114	1,178	204,079	97.6%
1945	92,569	-48,720	143	1,167	260,123	117.5%
1946	55,022	-16,965	210	1,028	270,991	121.6%
1947	34,193	2,862	303	1,156	257,149	109.5%
1948	29,396	10,548	368	1,248	252,031	98.2%
1949	38,408	-684	427	1,263	252,610	93.0%
1950	42,038	-4,702	524	1,582	256,853	93.9%
1951	44,237	4,259	1,277	1,843	255,288	79.5%
1952	65,956	-3,383	1,730	1,864	259,097	74.3%
1953	73,771	-8,260	2,330	1,767	265,963	71.3%
1954	67,943	-2,831	2,912	1,677	270,812	71.6%
1955	64,461	-4,091	3,983	1,098	274,366	69.4%
1956	65,668	2,494	4,972	1,453	272,693	63.8%
1957	70,562	2,639	6,016	773	272,252	60.4%
1958	74,902	-3,315	7,503	546	279,666	60.7%
1959	83,102	-12,149	8,996	-700	287,465	58.5%
1960	81,341	510	10,850	-209	290,525	55.9%
1961	86,046	-3,767	11,677	432	292,648	55.1%
1962	93,286	-5,881	13,535	-1,264	302,928	53.3%
1963	96,352	-3,967	14,964	-789	310,324	51.7%
1964	102,794	-6,546	15,734	632	316,059	49.2%
1965	101,699	-1,605	16,529	194	322,318	46.8%
1966	114,817	-3,068	19,715	-630	328,498	43.4%
1967	137,040	-12,620	20,424	3,977	340,445	41.9%
1968	155,798	-27,742	22,336	2,581	368,685	42.4%
1969	158,436	-508	25,204	3,749	365,769	38.5%
1970	168,042	-8,694	27,607	5,852	380,921	37.6%
1971	177,346	-26,052	32,826	3,019	408,176	37.7%
1972	193,824	-26,422	36,857	3,050	435,936	37.0%
1973	200,118	-15,403	45,589	495	466,291	35.5%
1974	217,270	-7,971	52,089	1,836	483,893	33.6%
1975	271,892	-55,259	60,440	2,018	541,925	34.8%
1976	302,183	-70,512	69,609	-3,220	628,970	36.2%
1977	328,502	-49,761	80,716	-3,899	706,398	35.8%
1978	369,089	-54,920	89,657	-4,266	776,602	35.0%
1979	404,054	-38,745	99,978	-1,984	829,471	33.1%
1980	476,618	-72,715	114,329	-1,120	909,050	33.3%
1981	543,053	-73,956	135,196	-5,020	994,845	32.5%
1982	594,351	-120,052	151,404	-7,937	1,137,345	35.2%
1983	661,277	-208,035	147,108	212	1,371,710	39.9%
1984	686,061	-185,650	165,813	262	1,564,657	40.7%
1985	769,615	-221,697	176,807	9,364	1,817,521	43.9%
1986	806,962	-237,976	183,498	16,730	2,120,629	48.2%
1987	809,308	-168,357	194,775	18,627	2,350,277	50.5%
1988	860,077	-192,265	204,404	37,087	2,602,338	51.9%
1989	932,918	-205,393	210,911	52,755	2,857,431	52.9%
1990	1,028,065	-277,626	225,065	56,591	3,233,313	56.3%
1991	1,082,644	-321,435	241,687	52,198	3,665,303	61.8%
1992	1,129,310	-340,408	252,339	50,087	4,064,620	65.3%
1993	1,142,935	-300,398	266,587	45,347	4,411,489	67.2%
1994	1,182,535	-258,840	279,372	55,654	4,692,750	67.5%
1995	1,227,220	-226,367	288,664	62,415	4,973,983	67.9%
1996	1,259,704	-174,019	300,904	66,588	5,224,811	67.9%
1997	1,290,681	-103,248	310,626	81,364	5,413,146	66.2%
1998	1,336,081	-29,925	316,604	99,195	5,526,193	64.0%
1999	1,381,257	1,920	320,778	123,690	5,656,271	62.1%
2000	1,458,451	86,422	330,765	149,819	5,674,178	57.8%
2001	1,516,352	-32,445	346,838	160,681	5,807,463	55.0%
2002	1,655,491	-317,417	355,662	159,659	6,198,401	57.0%
2003	1,797,108	-538,418	363,009	160,833	6,760,014	59.6%
2004	1,913,495	-567,961	379,511	155,234	7,354,657	60.8%
2005	2,069,760	-493,611	402,211	175,265	7,905,300	61.3%
2006	2,232,988	-434,494	422,069	186,313	8,451,350	61.7%
2007	2,275,065	-342,153	453,637	181,452	9,007,653	62.9%
2008	2,507,803	-641,850	474,751	183,295	10,024,724	67.9%
2009	3,000,665	-1,549,679	517,016	136,993	11,909,829	82.6%
2010	2,901,531	-1,370,494	554,682	77,005	13,561,623	91.7%
2011	3,317,275	-1,702,997	501,544	57,878	14,790,340	96.1%
2012	3,145,904	-1,177,185	582,782	75,948	16,066,241	99.8%
2013	3,169,290	-944,740	634,077	43,334	16,738,183	100.7%
2014	3,498,677	-852,269	662,553	146,490	17,824,071	102.8%
2015 (est.)	3,687,663	-909,921	697,868	158,069	19,683,285	108.0%

"Off-Budget" outlays include Social Security and Medicare; "On-Budget" outlays include all other government operating expenses and programs.
A negative (-) number in the Surplus column is a deficit.
The GDP, or Gross Domestic Product, represents every dollar spent by U.S. consumers, business and government for the purchase of domestic finished products and services. Purchases of raw materials and parts for further processing or assembly are excluded.
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.