[Historical Tables]
[Section 15 - Total (Federal and State and Local) Government Finances]
[Table 15.4 - Total Government Expenditures by Major Category of Expenditure: 1947-1997]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
Table 15.4--TOTAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES BY MAJOR CATEGORY OF EXPENDITURE: 1947-1997
(in billions of dollars)
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Federal Payments For
Individuals State and
-------------------------- Local From
Fiscal Year Total Defense and Net Social Other Own Sources
Government International Interest Security Federal (Except Net
and Other Interest)
Medicare
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1947....................................................... 44.7 18.6 4.3 0.4 8.6 2.6 10.0
1948....................................................... 42.0 13.7 4.4 0.5 8.5 2.7 12.2
1949....................................................... 52.3 19.2 4.6 0.6 9.5 5.0 13.4
1950....................................................... 57.5 18.4 4.9 0.7 12.9 5.7 14.9
1951....................................................... 61.4 27.2 4.7 1.5 8.8 3.4 15.8
1952....................................................... 84.6 48.8 4.7 2.0 8.9 3.4 16.9
1953....................................................... 94.0 54.9 5.2 2.6 8.3 5.1 17.9
1954....................................................... 89.9 50.9 4.8 3.3 9.3 2.6 19.1
1955....................................................... 89.5 45.0 4.9 4.3 10.0 4.3 21.0
1956....................................................... 93.2 44.9 5.2 5.4 9.8 5.4 22.5
1957....................................................... 101.1 48.6 5.4 6.5 10.5 5.6 24.5
1958....................................................... 109.2 50.2 5.7 8.0 12.9 5.7 26.7
1959....................................................... 120.3 52.2 5.9 9.5 13.2 11.4 28.0
1960....................................................... 122.1 51.1 7.1 11.4 12.8 10.0 29.8
1961....................................................... 131.1 52.8 6.8 12.2 15.3 10.7 33.2
1962....................................................... 142.7 58.0 7.0 14.0 14.9 13.0 35.8
1963....................................................... 149.2 58.7 7.9 15.5 15.5 13.9 37.8
1964....................................................... 158.9 59.7 8.2 16.2 16.0 18.4 40.4
1965....................................................... 161.9 55.9 8.4 17.1 16.0 20.6 43.9
1966....................................................... 182.3 63.7 9.0 20.3 16.8 24.4 48.2
1967....................................................... 210.9 77.0 9.5 24.5 18.7 27.0 54.2
1968....................................................... 237.8 87.2 10.1 28.4 21.4 30.0 60.6
1969....................................................... 252.3 87.1 11.7 33.0 24.2 26.6 69.7
1970....................................................... 273.6 86.0 12.8 36.4 28.4 30.4 79.5
1971....................................................... 299.7 83.0 13.2 42.6 38.0 31.7 91.2
1972....................................................... 328.7 84.0 14.2 47.7 45.3 38.2 99.4
1973....................................................... 349.7 80.8 15.3 57.2 47.5 42.8 106.1
1974....................................................... 387.5 85.1 17.8 65.7 54.7 42.4 121.8
1975....................................................... 468.2 93.6 18.7 77.7 76.2 61.6 140.4
1976....................................................... 523.0 96.1 22.5 89.6 91.0 68.4 155.4
TQ......................................................... 135.6 24.7 6.0 24.0 21.5 18.8 40.6
1977....................................................... 575.1 103.6 25.6 104.5 92.5 78.7 170.2
1978....................................................... 635.9 112.0 28.4 116.7 95.0 99.5 184.2
1979....................................................... 697.1 123.8 30.8 130.8 103.1 103.8 204.9
1980....................................................... 803.8 146.7 34.6 151.0 127.5 113.2 230.7
1981....................................................... 917.5 170.6 46.3 179.1 145.5 114.2 261.8
1982....................................................... 1,014.3 197.6 57.3 203.1 154.8 105.2 296.3
1983....................................................... 1,095.8 221.8 59.2 224.0 172.5 100.3 318.0
1984....................................................... 1,157.3 243.3 78.0 237.0 164.2 96.3 338.5
1985....................................................... 1,277.0 268.9 91.7 256.1 171.2 120.7 368.3
1986....................................................... 1,347.8 287.5 95.5 270.7 180.5 115.6 397.8
1987....................................................... 1,404.3 293.6 97.5 285.0 186.3 100.5 441.3
1988....................................................... 1,492.7 300.8 108.4 302.5 198.1 111.2 471.6
1989....................................................... 1,601.7 313.1 119.4 324.4 211.6 125.2 507.9
1990....................................................... 1,756.6 313.1 132.5 353.8 230.3 171.8 555.2
1991....................................................... 1,870.4 289.1 141.7 380.7 269.6 190.5 598.8
1992....................................................... 1,961.1 314.5 144.8 414.3 313.4 140.1 634.0
1993....................................................... 2,024.0 308.3 145.9 444.8 338.0 119.5 667.5
1994....................................................... 2,105.0 298.7 149.0 476.2 346.0 137.9 697.2
1995....................................................... 2,193.0 288.5 173.4 510.1 364.5 120.5 736.0
1996....................................................... 2,270.6 279.2 180.0 538.1 371.3 130.8 771.1
1997....................................................... 2,351.2 285.7 179.6 569.4 380.7 121.4 814.3
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