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| Revenue Units: By default, government revenue is displayed in billions of dollars. But using a dropdown control in the table heading you can select $ bln 2017, pct GDP and more. Chart Title: You can create a title for your chart. Use the text field to enter a title and click the button to the right of the text field. US or State: By default, the chart shows overall United States government revenue. But you can select revenue for individual states by selecting the state dropdown control in the table heading. State, Local: By default, you can chart state revenue or local revenue by clicking a radio button in the selection table. But you can chart state-and-local combined by selecting state n local in the state/local dropdown control in the table heading. |
View: There are many ways to view the revenue data. The default view is functional. There is a census view that conforms with the revenue categories used by the US Census Bureau in its Statistical Abstract. There is a COFOG view that categorizes revenue using the UN methodology. US Budget Year: By default, the chart displays budgeted and estimated federal revenue in the current US Budget submitted to the Congress by the president. But you can look at previous budgeted numbers using this dropdown control. Mandatory: By default the chart shows all spending without regard to mandatory or discretionary. Select Mandatory if you
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Data Range Start Year: You can select any start year you want using the dropdown control in the table heading. At the top and bottom of the dropdown only years ending in “0” are shown. Select a start year to get close, then select the start year you want. End Year: You can select any end year you want using the dropdown control in the table heading. At the top and bottom of the dropdown only years ending in “0” are shown. Select an end year to get close, then select the end year you want. |
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| Data Series: Select a revenue series you want to chart from a dropdown on the left. If you select on the bottom dropdown you will add a data series (up to a maximum of five). The right-hand dropdown allows you to replace a data series with a more narrowly focused series. Click the “X” link to remove a data series from the chart. | X | ||||||
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If you’d like to create your own custom download of revenue data you should use the table above to make your selections.
- Select the year range: Select the start year and the end year you want by selecting the years you want in the two year dropdown boxes.
- Select revenue items: Just select the revenue item you want from the dropdown control. If you select from the < select > you will add another data series to your chart. Up to 5 data series are allowed at once. Click the “X” link to remove a data series from the chart.
- Select units: You can select the display in billions of nominal (i.e. inflated) dollars, billions of real (i.e. year 2000) dollars, or as percent of GDP.
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| Year | Inflation | GDP-US $ billion nominal | Population-US million | Total Direct Revenue - Total $ billion nominal | ||
| 1980 | 8.71 | 2856.5 | a | 226.546 | 885.80 | a |
| 1981 | 9.82 | 3260.6 | a | 228.670 | 1015.71 | a |
| 1982 | 5.8 | 3366.3 | a | 230.815 | 1076.72 | a |
| 1983 | 3.86 | 3689.2 | a | 232.979 | 1104.02 | a |
| 1984 | 3.81 | 4084.3 | a | 235.164 | 1221.50 | a |
| 1985 | 3.14 | 4386.8 | a | 237.369 | 1347.39 | a |
| 1986 | 1.92 | 4607.7 | a | 239.595 | 1439.30 | a |
| 1987 | 2.75 | 4884.6 | a | 241.842 | 1581.88 | a |
| 1988 | 3.96 | 5282.8 | a | 244.110 | 1676.15 | a |
| 1989 | 3.9 | 5695.4 | a | 246.399 | 1822.44 | i |
| 1990 | 3.89 | 6015.1 | a | 248.710 | 1927.72 | a |
| 1991 | 3.28 | 6205.9 | a | 251.802 | 1981.75 | a |
| 1992 | 2.15 | 6566.6 | a | 254.933 | 2097.67 | a |
| 1993 | 2.52 | 6882.1 | a | 258.103 | 2226.49 | a |
| 1994 | 2.19 | 7331.1 | a | 261.312 | 2374.57 | a |
| 1995 | 2.13 | 7683.1 | a | 264.561 | 2540.94 | a |
| 1996 | 1.78 | 8131.4 | a | 267.850 | 2731.75 | a |
| 1997 | 1.86 | 8662.8 | a | 271.180 | 2949.39 | a |
| 1998 | 1.19 | 9121.1 | a | 274.552 | 3187.57 | a |
| 1999 | 1.41 | 9686.6 | a | 277.966 | 3350.94 | a |
| 2000 | 2.55 | 10318.2 | a | 282.172 | 3675.57 | a |
| 2001 | 2.22 | 10598 | a | 285.082 | 3456.82 | i |
| 2002 | 1.5 | 10984 | a | 287.804 | 3299.19 | a |
| 2003 | 2.07 | 11566.7 | a | 290.326 | 3378.38 | i |
| 2004 | 2.89 | 12305.3 | a | 293.046 | 3891.15 | a |
| 2005 | 3.36 | 13142.6 | a | 295.753 | 4243.60 | a |
| 2006 | 3.21 | 13870.2 | a | 298.593 | 4696.05 | a |
| 2007 | 2.63 | 14564.1 | a | 301.580 | 5171.14 | a |
| 2008 | 2.03 | 14899 | a | 304.375 | 4667.42 | a |
| 2009 | 0.11 | 14448.9 | a | 307.007 | 3665.64 | a |
| 2010 | 1.45 | 15141.6 | a | 309.327 | 4718.93 | a |
| 2011 | 2.4 | 15647.7 | a | 311.583 | 5096.47 | a |
| 2012 | 1.72 | 16319.5 | a | 313.878 | 4861.94 | a |
| 2013 | 1.65 | 16953.8 | a | 316.060 | 5623.83 | a |
| 2014 | 1.96 | 17804.2 | a | 318.386 | 6048.47 | a |
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On March 11, 2024, we updated usgovernmentspending.com with the numbers from the Public Budget Database in the Budget of the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2025.
Here is how headline budget estimates for the upcoming FY 2024 fiscal year have changed since the release of the FY 2024 budget a year ago in Winter 2023.
| $ billion | Estimate for 2024 in FY2024 Budget | Estimate for 2024 in FY2025 Budget | Change |
| Federal Outlays | $6,371.8 | $6,940.9 | +$569.1 |
| Federal Receipts | $4,802.5 | $5,081.6 | +$279.1 |
| Federal Deficit | $1,569.4 | $1,859.4 | +$290.0 |
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Account level spending estimates through FY 2029 come from the Outlays table in the Public Budget Database and were updated on usgovernmentspending.com on March 11, 2024.
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Sources
US Treasury Combined Statement
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U.S. Federal Individual Income Tax Rates History, 1913-2011
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