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Budget FY 2016 - Historical Tables, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2016

Provides data on budget receipts, outlays, surpluses or deficits, Federal debt, and Federal employment over an extended time period, generally from 1940 or earlier to 2016 or 2020. To the extent feasible, the data have been adjusted to provide consistency with the 2016 Budget and to provide comparability over time.

Category: Budget and Presidential Materials

Collection: Budget of the United States Government

SuDoc Class Number: PREX 2.8/8:

Date Issued: February 2, 2015

Publication Title: Historical Tables, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2016

Fiscal Year: 2016

Historical Tables

Introduction to the Historical Tables

Section 1 - Overview of Federal Government Finances

Table 1.1 - Summary of Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or Deficits (–): 1789–2020

Table 1.2 - Summary of Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or Deficits (–) as Percentages of GDP...

Table 1.3 - Summary of Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or Deficits (–) in Current Dollars...

Table 1.4 - Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or Deficits (–) by Fund Group: 1934–2020

Section 2 - Composition of Federal Government Receipts

Table 2.1 - Receipts by Source: 1934–2020

Table 2.2 - Percentage Composition of Receipts by Source: 1934–2020

Table 2.3 - Receipts by Source as Percentages of GDP: 1934–2020

Table 2.4 - Composition of Social Insurance and Retirement Receipts and of Excise Taxes: 1940–2020

Table 2.5 - Composition of ‘‘Other Receipts’’: 1940–2020

Section 3 - Federal Government Outlays by Function

Table 3.1 - Outlays by Superfunction and Function: 1940–2020

Table 3.2 - Outlays by Function and Subfunction: 1962–2020

Section 4 - Federal Government Outlays by Agency

Table 4.1 - Outlays by Agency: 1962–2020

Table 4.2 - Percentage Distribution of Outlays by Agency: 1962–2020

Section 5 - Budget Authority by Agency and by Subfunction

Table 5.1 - Budget Authority by Function and Subfunction: 1976–2020

Table 5.2 - Budget Authority by Agency: 1976–2020

Table 5.3 - Percentage Distribution of Budget Authority by Agency: 1976–2020

Table 5.4 - Discretionary Budget Authority by Agency: 1976–2020

Table 5.5 - Percentage Distribution of Discretionary Budget Authority by Agency: 1976–2020

Table 5.6 - Budget Authority for Discretionary Programs: 1976–2020

Section 6 - Composition of Federal Government Outlays

Table 6.1 - Composition of Outlays: 1940–2020

Section 7 - Federal Debt

Table 7.1 - Federal Debt at the End of Year: 1940–2020

Table 7.2 - Debt Subject to Statutory Limit: 1940–2020

Table 7.3 - Statutory Limits on Federal Debt: 1940–Current

Section 8 - Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category and Budget Authority for Discretionary...

Table 8.1 - Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category: 1962–2020

Table 8.2 - Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category in Constant (FY 2009) Dollars: 1962–2020

Table 8.3 - Percentage Distribution of Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category: 1962–2020

Table 8.4 - Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category as Percentages of GDP: 1962–2020

Table 8.5 - Outlays for Mandatory and Related Programs: 1962–2020

Table 8.6 - Outlays for Mandatory and Related Programs in Constant (FY 2009) Dollars: 1962–2020

Table 8.7 - Outlays for Discretionary Programs: 1962–2020

Table 8.8 - Outlays for Discretionary Programs in Constant (FY 2009) Dollars: 1962–2020

Section 9 - Federal Government Outlays for Major Public Physical Capital, Research and...

Table 9.1 - Total Investment Outlays for Major Public Physical Capital, Research and Development...

Table 9.2 - Major Public Physical Capital Investment Outlays in Current and Constant (FY 2009...

Table 9.3 - Major Public Physical Capital Investment Outlays in Percentage Terms: 1940–2016

Table 9.4 - National Defense Outlays for Major Public Direct Physical Capital Investment: 1940–2016

Table 9.5 - Nondefense Outlays for Major Public Direct Physical Capital Investment: 1940–2016

Table 9.6 - Composition of Outlays for Grants for Major Public Physical Capital Investment: 1941...

Table 9.7 - Summary of Outlays for the Conduct of Research and Development: 1949–2016 (in Current...

Table 9.8 - Composition of Outlays for the Conduct of Research and Development: 1949–2016

Table 9.9 - Composition of Outlays for the Conduct of Education and Training: 1962–2016

Section 10 - Gross Domestic Product and Implicit Outlay Deflators

Table 10.1 - Gross Domestic Product and Deflators Used in the Historical Tables: 1940–2020

Section 11 - Federal Government Payments for Individuals

Table 11.1 - Summary Comparison of Outlays for Payments for Individuals: 1940–2020 (in Current...

Table 11.2 - Functional Composition of Outlays for Payments for Individuals: 1940–2020

Table 11.3 - Outlays for Payments for Individuals by Category and Major Program: 1940–2020

Section 12 - Federal Grants To State and Local Governments

Table 12.1 - Summary Comparison of Total Outlays for Grants to State and Local Governments: 1940...

Table 12.2 - Total Outlays for Grants to State and Local Governments by Function and Fund Group...

Table 12.3 - Total Outlays for Grants to State and Local Governments by Function, Agency, and...

Section 13 - Social Security and Medicare

Table 13.1 - Cash Income, Outgo, and Balances of the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds...

Section 14 - Total (Federal and State and Local) Government Finances

Table 14.1 - Total Government Receipts in Absolute Amounts and as Percentages of GDP: 1948–2014

Table 14.2 - Total Government Expenditures: 1948–2014

Table 14.3 - Total Government Expenditures as Percentages of GDP: 1948–2014

Table 14.4 - Total Government Expenditures by Major Category of Expenditure: 1948–2014

Table 14.5 - Total Government Expenditures by Major Category of Expenditure as Percentages of GDP...

Table 14.6 - Total Government Surpluses or Deficits (–) in Absolute Amounts and as Percentages of...

Section 15 - Federal Health Spending

Table 15.1 - Outlays for Health Programs: 1962–2020

Section 16 - Executive Branch Civilian Full-Time Equivalent Employment

Table 16.1 - Total Executive Branch Civilian Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees: 1981–2016

Table 16.2 - Total Executive Branch Civilian Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees: 1981–2016 as...