[Historical Tables]
[Section 6 - Composition of Federal Government Outlays]
[Table 6.1 - Composition of Outlays: 1940-2003]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
Table 6.1--COMPOSITION OF OUTLAYS: 1940-2003
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Category 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
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-------------------------------------------------------------In millions of current dollars-------------------------------------------------------------
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Total outlays................... 9,468 13,653 35,137 78,555 91,304 92,712 55,232 34,496 29,764 38,835
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National defense \1\............ 1,660 6,435 25,658 66,699 79,143 82,965 42,681 12,808 9,105 13,150
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals...... 1,657 1,730 1,758 1,647 1,721 2,215 5,673 9,052 9,043 10,065
Direct payments \2\......... (1,360) (1,374) (1,348) (1,220) (1,260) (1,784) (5,222) (8,292) (8,208) (9,029)
Grants to State and local
governments................ (298) (356) (410) (427) (461) (432) (451) (761) (835) (1,036)
All other grants.............. 574 491 482 487 449 427 368 842 777 840
Net Interest \2\.............. 899 943 1,052 1,529 2,219 3,112 4,111 4,204 4,341 4,523
All other \2\................. 4,995 4,601 7,081 9,414 9,092 5,382 3,867 9,141 8,141 12,035
Undistributed offsetting
receipts \2\................. -317 -547 -894 -1,221 -1,320 -1,389 -1,468 -1,552 -1,643 -1,779
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Total nondefense............ 7,808 7,218 9,479 11,856 12,161 9,747 12,551 21,688 20,659 25,685
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In billions of constant (FY 1992) dollars
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Total outlays................... 104.2 143.1 335.3 655.2 749.6 775.8 481.1 266.2 223.6 289.0
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National defense \1\............ 22.9 70.5 231.2 514.3 606.5 680.0 390.1 108.6 81.7 110.6
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals...... 16.0 16.1 15.0 12.7 12.3 15.1 36.5 53.7 49.6 53.7
Direct payments \2\......... (13.1) (12.8) (11.5) (9.4) (9.0) (12.1) (33.6) (49.2) (45.0) (48.2)
Grants to State and local
governments................ (2.9) (3.3) (3.5) (3.3) (3.3) (2.9) (2.9) (4.5) (4.6) (5.5)
All other grants.............. 7.0 6.4 6.3 5.9 5.3 5.0 4.0 6.8 6.2 6.2
Net Interest \2\.............. 8.4 8.4 8.7 12.0 16.7 22.8 28.2 25.7 24.6 24.6
All other \2\................. 54.0 49.1 86.7 127.6 127.9 72.1 37.8 86.8 77.9 111.1
Undistributed offsetting
receipts \2\................. -4.0 -7.2 -12.3 -17.2 -18.8 -19.1 -15.4 -15.3 -16.5 -17.2
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Total nondefense............ 81.3 72.7 104.3 140.8 143.4 95.9 91.1 157.6 141.8 178.4
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As percentages of GDP
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Total outlays................... 9.8 12.0 24.4 43.6 43.7 41.9 24.8 14.7 11.6 14.3
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National defense \1\............ 1.7 5.6 17.8 37.1 37.9 37.5 19.1 5.5 3.5 4.8
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals...... 1.7 1.5 1.2 0.9 0.8 1.0 2.5 3.9 3.5 3.7
Direct payments \2\......... (1.4) (1.2) (0.9) (0.7) (0.6) (0.8) (2.3) (3.5) (3.2) (3.3)
Grants to State and local
governments................ (0.3) (0.3) (0.3) (0.2) (0.2) (0.2) (0.2) (0.3) (0.3) (0.4)
All other grants.............. 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.3
Net Interest \2\.............. 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 1.1 1.4 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7
All other \2\................. 5.2 4.0 4.9 5.2 4.4 2.4 1.7 3.9 3.2 4.4
Undistributed offsetting
receipts \2\................. -0.3 -0.5 -0.6 -0.7 -0.6 -0.6 -0.7 -0.7 -0.6 -0.7
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Total nondefense............ 8.1 6.3 6.6 6.6 5.8 4.4 5.6 9.2 8.1 9.5
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Addendum: GDP ($ billions)...... 96.5 113.9 144.2 180.0 209.0 221.4 222.9 234.9 256.6 271.7
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As percentages of outlays
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Total outlays................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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National defense \1\............ 17.5 47.1 73.0 84.9 86.7 89.5 77.3 37.1 30.6 33.9
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals...... 17.5 12.7 5.0 2.1 1.9 2.4 10.3 26.2 30.4 25.9
Direct payments \2\......... (14.4) (10.1) (3.8) (1.6) (1.4) (1.9) (9.5) (24.0) (27.6) (23.3)
Grants to State and local
governments................ (3.1) (2.6) (1.2) (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) (0.8) (2.2) (2.8) (2.7)
All other grants.............. 6.1 3.6 1.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.7 2.4 2.6 2.2
Net Interest \2\.............. 9.5 6.9 3.0 1.9 2.4 3.4 7.4 12.2 14.6 11.6
All other \2\................. 52.8 33.7 20.2 12.0 10.0 5.8 7.0 26.5 27.4 31.0
Undistributed offsetting
receipts \2\................. -3.4 -4.0 -2.5 -1.6 -1.4 -1.5 -2.7 -4.5 -5.5 -4.6
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Total nondefense............ 82.5 52.9 27.0 15.1 13.3 10.5 22.7 62.9 69.4 66.1
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6.1--COMPOSITION OF OUTLAYS: 1940-2003--Continued
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Category 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
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-------------------------------------------------------------In millions of current dollars-------------------------------------------------------------
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Total outlays................... 42,562 45,514 67,686 76,101 70,855 68,444 70,640 76,578 82,405 92,098
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National defense \1\............ 13,724 23,566 46,089 52,802 49,266 42,729 42,523 45,430 46,815 49,015
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals...... 13,664 10,279 10,853 10,950 12,610 14,297 15,208 17,027 20,931 22,757
Direct payments \2\......... (12,407) (8,955) (9,528) (9,460) (10,999) (12,674) (13,534) (15,226) (18,810) (20,393)
Grants to State and local
governments................ (1,257) (1,324) (1,325) (1,490) (1,611) (1,623) (1,674) (1,802) (2,121) (2,364)
All other grants.............. 996 964 1,108 1,332 1,431 1,574 1,877 2,164 2,770 4,088
Net Interest \2\.............. 4,812 4,665 4,701 5,156 4,811 4,850 5,079 5,354 5,604 5,762
All other \2\................. 11,182 8,373 8,313 9,432 6,134 8,488 9,541 10,750 10,670 15,089
Undistributed offsetting
receipts \2\................. -1,817 -2,332 -3,377 -3,571 -3,397 -3,493 -3,589 -4,146 -4,385 -4,613
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Total nondefense............ 28,838 21,948 21,597 23,299 21,589 25,715 28,117 31,148 35,590 43,083
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In billions of constant (FY 1992) dollars
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Total outlays................... 301.0 309.0 447.4 479.2 432.0 411.3 403.9 417.8 428.1 463.5
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National defense \1\............ 113.5 176.1 326.4 350.1 322.2 275.0 256.6 262.1 258.5 258.8
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals...... 74.0 52.7 53.5 53.2 60.3 68.3 71.8 78.2 93.4 99.9
Direct payments \2\......... (67.2) (45.9) (47.0) (45.9) (52.6) (60.6) (63.9) (69.9) (83.9) (89.5)
Grants to State and local
governments................ (6.8) (6.8) (6.5) (7.2) (7.7) (7.8) (7.9) (8.3) (9.5) (10.4)
All other grants.............. 7.8 6.7 7.5 8.5 9.3 10.0 11.6 12.4 14.7 20.7
Net Interest \2\.............. 26.6 24.3 23.7 25.5 23.5 23.5 23.9 24.3 24.8 25.0
All other \2\................. 95.3 70.2 65.4 71.5 44.3 61.8 65.7 68.8 65.1 87.0
Undistributed offsetting
receipts \2\................. -16.3 -21.1 -29.0 -29.5 -27.7 -27.1 -26.0 -27.9 -28.4 -27.8
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Total nondefense............ 187.4 132.8 121.0 129.1 109.9 136.4 147.1 155.7 169.6 204.8
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As percentages of GDP
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Total outlays................... 15.6 14.2 19.4 20.4 18.7 17.3 16.5 17.0 17.9 18.7
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National defense \1\............ 5.0 7.3 13.2 14.2 13.0 10.8 9.9 10.1 10.2 10.0
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals...... 5.0 3.2 3.1 2.9 3.3 3.6 3.6 3.8 4.5 4.6
Direct payments \2\......... (4.5) (2.8) (2.7) (2.5) (2.9) (3.2) (3.2) (3.4) (4.1) (4.1)
Grants to State and local
governments................ (0.5) (0.4) (0.4) (0.4) (0.4) (0.4) (0.4) (0.4) (0.5) (0.5)
All other grants.............. 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.8
Net Interest \2\.............. 1.8 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2
All other \2\................. 4.1 2.6 2.4 2.5 1.6 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.3 3.1
Undistributed offsetting
receipts \2\................. -0.7 -0.7 -1.0 -1.0 -0.9 -0.9 -0.8 -0.9 -1.0 -0.9
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Total nondefense............ 10.5 6.8 6.2 6.2 5.7 6.5 6.6 6.9 7.7 8.8
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Addendum: GDP ($ billions)...... 273.6 321.3 348.9 373.1 378.0 395.3 427.6 450.5 460.6 491.8
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As percentages of outlays
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Total outlays................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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National defense \1\............ 32.2 51.8 68.1 69.4 69.5 62.4 60.2 59.3 56.8 53.2
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals...... 32.1 22.6 16.0 14.4 17.8 20.9 21.5 22.2 25.4 24.7
Direct payments \2\......... (29.2) (19.7) (14.1) (12.4) (15.5) (18.5) (19.2) (19.9) (22.8) (22.1)
Grants to State and local
governments................ (3.0) (2.9) (2.0) (2.0) (2.3) (2.4) (2.4) (2.4) (2.6) (2.6)
All other grants.............. 2.3 2.1 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.3 2.7 2.8 3.4 4.4
Net Interest \2\.............. 11.3 10.2 6.9 6.8 6.8 7.1 7.2 7.0 6.8 6.3
All other \2\................. 26.3 18.4 12.3 12.4 8.7 12.4 13.5 14.0 12.9 16.4
Undistributed offsetting
receipts \2\................. -4.3 -5.1 -5.0 -4.7 -4.8 -5.1 -5.1 -5.4 -5.3 -5.0
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Total nondefense............ 67.8 48.2 31.9 30.6 30.5 37.6 39.8 40.7 43.2 46.8
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6.1--COMPOSITION OF OUTLAYS: 1940-2003--Continued
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Category 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
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-------------------------------------------------------------In millions of current dollars-------------------------------------------------------------
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Total outlays............................... 92,191 97,723 106,821 111,316 118,528 118,228 134,532 157,464 178,134
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National defense \1\........................ 48,130 49,601 52,345 53,400 54,757 50,620 58,111 71,417 81,926
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals.................. 24,162 27,525 28,938 30,958 32,217 33,103 37,076 43,211 49,849
Direct payments \2\..................... (21,682) (24,907) (25,987) (27,677) (28,658) (29,385) (32,771) (38,392) (43,779)
Grants to State and local governments... (2,480) (2,618) (2,951) (3,280) (3,559) (3,718) (4,305) (4,819) (6,070)
All other grants.......................... 4,534 4,497 4,958 5,281 6,571 7,159 8,557 10,387 12,454
Net Interest \2\.......................... 6,947 6,716 6,889 7,740 8,199 8,591 9,386 10,268 11,090
All other \2\............................. 13,238 14,191 18,965 19,734 22,492 24,663 27,944 29,475 30,861
Undistributed offsetting receipts \2\..... -4,820 -4,807 -5,274 -5,797 -5,708 -5,908 -6,542 -7,294 -8,045
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Total nondefense........................ 44,061 48,122 54,477 57,915 63,771 67,608 76,421 86,047 96,208
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In billions of constant (FY 1992) dollars
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Total outlays............................... 462.3 477.6 514.3 516.8 540.7 531.6 586.7 665.8 722.7
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National defense \1\........................ 260.3 262.2 271.4 265.9 269.5 248.9 274.0 323.4 352.2
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals.................. 104.2 117.0 121.9 128.9 132.3 134.1 147.3 167.0 186.6
Direct payments \2\..................... (93.5) (105.9) (109.5) (115.2) (117.6) (119.0) (130.2) (148.3) (163.8)
Grants to State and local governments... (10.7) (11.1) (12.4) (13.7) (14.6) (15.1) (17.1) (18.6) (22.7)
All other grants.......................... 22.6 22.6 24.6 25.4 31.0 33.0 39.3 46.0 52.8
Net Interest \2\.......................... 29.9 28.5 28.9 32.1 33.5 34.6 36.9 39.1 40.7
All other \2\............................. 73.7 74.3 95.9 94.5 103.0 109.5 119.1 123.2 124.9
Undistributed offsetting receipts \2\..... -28.6 -26.9 -28.4 -29.9 -28.5 -28.5 -30.0 -32.8 -34.8
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Total nondefense........................ 201.9 215.5 243.0 250.9 271.4 282.6 312.6 342.5 370.2
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As percentages of GDP
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Total outlays............................... 17.8 18.4 18.8 18.6 18.5 17.2 17.9 19.4 20.5
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National defense \1\........................ 9.3 9.3 9.2 8.9 8.6 7.4 7.7 8.8 9.4
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals.................. 4.7 5.2 5.1 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.9 5.3 5.7
Direct payments \2\..................... (4.2) (4.7) (4.6) (4.6) (4.5) (4.3) (4.4) (4.7) (5.0)
Grants to State and local governments... (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) (0.6) (0.5) (0.6) (0.6) (0.7)
All other grants.......................... 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.4
Net Interest \2\.......................... 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3
All other \2\............................. 2.6 2.7 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.6
Undistributed offsetting receipts \2\..... -0.9 -0.9 -0.9 -1.0 -0.9 -0.9 -0.9 -0.9 -0.9
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Total nondefense........................ 8.5 9.1 9.6 9.7 10.0 9.8 10.2 10.6 11.1
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Addendum: GDP ($ billions).................. 518.2 530.9 567.5 598.3 640.0 686.7 752.8 811.9 868.1
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As percentages of outlays
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Total outlays............................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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National defense \1\........................ 52.2 50.8 49.0 48.0 46.2 42.8 43.2 45.4 46.0
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals.................. 26.2 28.2 27.1 27.8 27.2 28.0 27.6 27.4 28.0
Direct payments \2\..................... (23.5) (25.5) (24.3) (24.9) (24.2) (24.9) (24.4) (24.4) (24.6)
Grants to State and local governments... (2.7) (2.7) (2.8) (2.9) (3.0) (3.1) (3.2) (3.1) (3.4)
All other grants.......................... 4.9 4.6 4.6 4.7 5.5 6.1 6.4 6.6 7.0
Net Interest \2\.......................... 7.5 6.9 6.4 7.0 6.9 7.3 7.0 6.5 6.2
All other \2\............................. 14.4 14.5 17.8 17.7 19.0 20.9 20.8 18.7 17.3
Undistributed offsetting receipts \2\..... -5.2 -4.9 -4.9 -5.2 -4.8 -5.0 -4.9 -4.6 -4.5
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Total nondefense........................ 47.8 49.2 51.0 52.0 53.8 57.2 56.8 54.6 54.0
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6.1--COMPOSITION OF OUTLAYS: 1940-2003--Continued
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Category 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 TQ
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-------------------------------------------------------------In millions of current dollars-------------------------------------------------------------
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Total outlays............................... 183,640 195,649 210,172 230,681 245,707 269,359 332,332 371,792 95,975
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National defense \1\........................ 82,497 81,692 78,872 79,174 76,681 79,347 86,509 89,619 22,269
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals.................. 57,225 64,806 80,564 93,055 104,739 120,407 153,836 180,634 45,534
Direct payments \2\..................... (49,983) (56,079) (70,030) (79,112) (90,860) (105,557) (137,074) (160,576) (40,449)
Grants to State and local governments... (7,243) (8,727) (10,533) (13,943) (13,879) (14,851) (16,762) (20,058) (5,085)
All other grants.......................... 12,887 15,301 17,532 20,386 27,911 28,442 32,956 38,946 10,819
Net Interest \2\.......................... 12,699 14,380 14,841 15,478 17,349 21,449 23,244 26,727 6,949
All other \2\............................. 26,318 28,102 28,471 32,171 32,437 36,462 49,390 50,251 14,611
Undistributed offsetting receipts \2\..... -7,986 -8,632 -10,107 -9,583 -13,409 -16,749 -13,602 -14,386 -4,206
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Total nondefense........................ 101,143 113,958 131,300 151,507 169,026 190,012 245,824 282,173 73,707
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In billions of constant (FY 1992) dollars
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Total outlays............................... 707.1 710.7 718.5 739.8 749.8 759.8 848.0 886.1 221.1
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National defense \1\........................ 337.4 315.4 287.1 263.7 239.6 228.3 224.1 216.8 52.1
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals.................. 205.9 223.1 264.8 294.2 318.8 339.7 394.7 434.7 106.1
Direct payments \2\..................... (179.9) (193.0) (230.2) (250.1) (276.6) (297.8) (351.7) (386.5) (94.3)
Grants to State and local governments... (26.1) (30.1) (34.6) (44.1) (42.3) (41.9) (43.0) (48.3) (11.9)
All other grants.......................... 51.4 56.7 60.2 66.3 86.3 80.5 83.4 90.9 24.3
Net Interest \2\.......................... 44.7 48.0 47.2 46.9 50.4 58.1 57.1 61.2 15.4
All other \2\............................. 100.2 99.7 94.2 99.4 95.3 100.8 124.0 116.9 32.9
Undistributed offsetting receipts \2\..... -32.5 -32.2 -35.0 -30.7 -40.7 -47.8 -35.2 -34.5 -9.7
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Total nondefense........................ 369.7 395.3 431.3 476.1 510.2 531.5 623.9 669.1 169.0
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As percentages of GDP
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Total outlays............................... 19.4 19.4 19.5 19.6 18.8 18.7 21.4 21.5 21.1
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National defense \1\........................ 8.7 8.1 7.3 6.7 5.9 5.5 5.6 5.2 4.9
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals.................. 6.0 6.4 7.5 7.9 8.0 8.4 9.9 10.4 10.0
Direct payments \2\..................... (5.3) (5.6) (6.5) (6.7) (7.0) (7.3) (8.8) (9.3) (8.9)
Grants to State and local governments... (0.8) (0.9) (1.0) (1.2) (1.1) (1.0) (1.1) (1.2) (1.1)
All other grants.......................... 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.4
Net Interest \2\.......................... 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
All other \2\............................. 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.5 3.2 2.9 3.2
Undistributed offsetting receipts \2\..... -0.8 -0.9 -0.9 -0.8 -1.0 -1.2 -0.9 -0.8 -0.9
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Total nondefense........................ 10.7 11.3 12.2 12.9 12.9 13.2 15.8 16.3 16.2
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Addendum: GDP ($ billions).................. 947.9 1,009.0 1,077.7 1,176.9 1,306.8 1,438.1 1,554.5 1,730.4 454.8
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As percentages of outlays
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Total outlays............................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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National defense \1\........................ 44.9 41.8 37.5 34.3 31.2 29.5 26.0 24.1 23.2
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals.................. 31.2 33.1 38.3 40.3 42.6 44.7 46.3 48.6 47.4
Direct payments \2\..................... (27.2) (28.7) (33.3) (34.3) (37.0) (39.2) (41.2) (43.2) (42.1)
Grants to State and local governments... (3.9) (4.5) (5.0) (6.0) (5.6) (5.5) (5.0) (5.4) (5.3)
All other grants.......................... 7.0 7.8 8.3 8.8 11.4 10.6 9.9 10.5 11.3
Net Interest \2\.......................... 6.9 7.4 7.1 6.7 7.1 8.0 7.0 7.2 7.2
All other \2\............................. 14.3 14.4 13.5 13.9 13.2 13.5 14.9 13.5 15.2
Undistributed offsetting receipts \2\..... -4.3 -4.4 -4.8 -4.2 -5.5 -6.2 -4.1 -3.9 -4.4
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Total nondefense........................ 55.1 58.2 62.5 65.7 68.8 70.5 74.0 75.9 76.8
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6.1--COMPOSITION OF OUTLAYS: 1940-2003--Continued
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Category 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
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-------------------------------------------------------------In millions of current dollars-------------------------------------------------------------
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Total outlays............................... 409,218 458,746 504,032 590,947 678,249 745,755 808,380 851,874 946,423
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National defense \1\........................ 97,241 104,495 116,342 133,995 157,513 185,309 209,903 227,413 252,748
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals.................. 196,978 211,761 233,837 278,530 324,658 357,924 396,523 401,209 427,302
Direct payments \2\..................... (174,268) (186,967) (206,276) (245,879) (286,807) (319,123) (353,951) (355,856) (377,950)
Grants to State and local governments... (22,710) (24,795) (27,561) (32,652) (37,851) (38,800) (42,572) (45,353) (49,352)
All other grants.......................... 45,609 53,035 55,697 58,641 56,778 49,266 49,789 52,104 56,343
Net Interest \2\.......................... 29,901 35,458 42,636 52,538 68,774 85,044 89,828 111,123 129,504
All other \2\............................. 54,369 69,716 72,996 87,184 98,567 94,311 96,313 91,982 113,224
Undistributed offsetting receipts \2\..... -14,879 -15,720 -17,476 -19,942 -28,041 -26,099 -33,976 -31,957 -32,698
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Total nondefense........................ 311,977 354,251 387,689 456,951 520,736 560,446 598,478 624,461 693,675
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Total outlays............................... 901.6 944.9 957.3 1,015.9 1,056.3 1,086.0 1,123.1 1,129.2 1,209.0
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National defense \1\........................ 216.4 217.4 221.9 229.4 241.8 263.6 284.0 287.4 306.1
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals.................. 439.9 442.2 450.1 484.5 515.1 533.3 564.0 548.7 564.4
Direct payments \2\..................... (389.2) (390.4) (397.1) (427.7) (455.0) (475.5) (503.5) (486.7) (499.1)
Grants to State and local governments... (50.7) (51.8) (53.1) (56.8) (60.1) (57.8) (60.6) (62.0) (65.2)
All other grants.......................... 98.7 107.6 104.2 98.8 86.3 69.5 67.0 67.3 70.2
Net Interest \2\.......................... 63.7 70.5 78.3 88.6 105.6 122.0 123.2 146.7 165.2
All other \2\............................. 115.0 139.2 136.4 149.7 151.1 136.0 132.5 122.5 145.7
Undistributed offsetting receipts \2\..... -32.2 -32.0 -33.6 -35.1 -43.7 -38.3 -47.5 -43.3 -42.6
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Total nondefense........................ 685.1 727.4 735.5 786.5 814.4 822.4 839.1 841.9 903.0
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As percentages of GDP
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Total outlays............................... 20.8 20.7 20.2 21.7 22.2 23.2 23.6 22.3 23.1
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National defense \1\........................ 4.9 4.7 4.7 4.9 5.2 5.8 6.1 6.0 6.2
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals.................. 10.0 9.6 9.4 10.2 10.6 11.1 11.6 10.5 10.4
Direct payments \2\..................... (8.8) (8.5) (8.3) (9.0) (9.4) (9.9) (10.3) (9.3) (9.2)
Grants to State and local governments... (1.2) (1.1) (1.1) (1.2) (1.2) (1.2) (1.2) (1.2) (1.2)
All other grants.......................... 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.2 1.9 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4
Net Interest \2\.......................... 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.9 2.3 2.6 2.6 2.9 3.2
All other \2\............................. 2.8 3.2 2.9 3.2 3.2 2.9 2.8 2.4 2.8
Undistributed offsetting receipts \2\..... -0.8 -0.7 -0.7 -0.7 -0.9 -0.8 -1.0 -0.8 -0.8
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Total nondefense........................ 15.8 16.0 15.5 16.8 17.1 17.5 17.5 16.4 16.9
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Addendum: GDP ($ billions).................. 1,971.4 2,212.6 2,495.9 2,718.9 3,049.1 3,211.3 3,421.9 3,812.0 4,102.1
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As percentages of outlays
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Total outlays............................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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National defense \1\........................ 23.8 22.8 23.1 22.7 23.2 24.8 26.0 26.7 26.7
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals.................. 48.1 46.2 46.4 47.1 47.9 48.0 49.1 47.1 45.1
Direct payments \2\..................... (42.6) (40.8) (40.9) (41.6) (42.3) (42.8) (43.8) (41.8) (39.9)
Grants to State and local governments... (5.5) (5.4) (5.5) (5.5) (5.6) (5.2) (5.3) (5.3) (5.2)
All other grants.......................... 11.1 11.6 11.1 9.9 8.4 6.6 6.2 6.1 6.0
Net Interest \2\.......................... 7.3 7.7 8.5 8.9 10.1 11.4 11.1 13.0 13.7
All other \2\............................. 13.3 15.2 14.5 14.8 14.5 12.6 11.9 10.8 12.0
Undistributed offsetting receipts \2\..... -3.6 -3.4 -3.5 -3.4 -4.1 -3.5 -4.2 -3.8 -3.5
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Total nondefense........................ 76.2 77.2 76.9 77.3 76.8 75.2 74.0 73.3 73.3
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6.1--COMPOSITION OF OUTLAYS: 1940-2003--Continued
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Category 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
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-------------------------------------------------------------In millions of current dollars-------------------------------------------------------------
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Total outlays............................... 990,460 1,004,122 1,064,489 1,143,671 1,253,163 1,324,400 1,381,681 1,409,414 1,461,731
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National defense \1\........................ 273,375 281,999 290,361 303,559 299,331 273,292 298,350 291,086 281,642
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals.................. 451,261 471,277 500,656 536,030 584,090 650,263 727,646 782,678 822,098
Direct payments \2\..................... (397,036) (413,522) (438,222) (468,677) (506,958) (557,766) (615,461) (658,389) (686,866)
Grants to State and local governments... (54,225) (57,755) (62,434) (67,353) (77,132) (92,497) (112,185) (124,289) (135,232)
All other grants.......................... 57,929 50,452 52,720 54,322 57,952 61,837 65,562 69,171 75,195
Net Interest \2\.......................... 136,047 138,652 151,838 169,266 184,221 194,541 199,421 198,811 202,957
All other \2\............................. 104,855 98,198 105,881 117,706 164,184 183,823 129,982 105,054 117,610
Undistributed offsetting receipts \2\..... -33,007 -36,455 -36,967 -37,212 -36,615 -39,356 -39,280 -37,386 -37,772
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Total nondefense........................ 717,085 722,123 774,129 840,112 953,832 1,051,108 1,083,331 1,118,328 1,180,089
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In billions of constant (FY 1992) dollars
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Total outlays............................... 1,230.5 1,214.0 1,245.9 1,284.9 1,353.7 1,366.1 1,381.7 1,374.8 1,392.8
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National defense \1\........................ 324.7 330.0 333.9 338.3 324.6 283.3 298.4 286.6 271.9
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals.................. 577.3 583.7 595.5 608.0 632.3 671.8 727.6 761.1 780.9
Direct payments \2\..................... (507.9) (512.2) (521.2) (531.6) (548.9) (576.2) (615.5) (640.3) (652.5)
Grants to State and local governments... (69.4) (71.5) (74.2) (76.4) (83.4) (95.5) (112.2) (120.9) (128.5)
All other grants.......................... 70.1 58.7 59.5 59.6 61.1 62.9 65.6 67.5 71.8
Net Interest \2\.......................... 168.8 167.2 176.9 189.3 197.8 200.2 199.4 193.7 193.1
All other \2\............................. 131.7 119.3 123.9 131.9 178.0 188.2 130.0 101.3 109.6
Undistributed offsetting receipts \2\..... -42.0 -44.9 -43.8 -42.1 -40.0 -40.4 -39.3 -35.6 -34.5
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Total nondefense........................ 906.0 884.1 912.0 946.6 1,029.1 1,082.8 1,083.3 1,088.1 1,120.9
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As percentages of GDP
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Total outlays............................... 22.6 21.8 21.5 21.4 22.0 22.6 22.5 21.8 21.4
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National defense \1\........................ 6.2 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.3 4.7 4.9 4.5 4.1
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals.................. 10.3 10.2 10.1 10.0 10.3 11.1 11.8 12.1 12.0
Direct payments \2\..................... (9.1) (9.0) (8.8) (8.8) (8.9) (9.5) (10.0) (10.2) (10.0)
Grants to State and local governments... (1.2) (1.3) (1.3) (1.3) (1.4) (1.6) (1.8) (1.9) (2.0)
All other grants.......................... 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1
Net Interest \2\.......................... 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0
All other \2\............................. 2.4 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.9 3.1 2.1 1.6 1.7
Undistributed offsetting receipts \2\..... -0.8 -0.8 -0.7 -0.7 -0.6 -0.7 -0.6 -0.6 -0.6
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Total nondefense........................ 16.4 15.7 15.6 15.7 16.8 17.9 17.6 17.3 17.2
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Addendum: GDP ($ billions).................. 4,374.3 4,605.1 4,953.5 5,351.8 5,684.5 5,858.8 6,143.2 6,475.1 6,845.7
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As percentages of outlays
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Total outlays............................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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National defense \1\........................ 27.6 28.1 27.3 26.5 23.9 20.6 21.6 20.7 19.3
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals.................. 45.6 46.9 47.0 46.9 46.6 49.1 52.7 55.5 56.2
Direct payments \2\..................... (40.1) (41.2) (41.2) (41.0) (40.5) (42.1) (44.5) (46.7) (47.0)
Grants to State and local governments... (5.5) (5.8) (5.9) (5.9) (6.2) (7.0) (8.1) (8.8) (9.3)
All other grants.......................... 5.8 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.9 5.1
Net Interest \2\.......................... 13.7 13.8 14.3 14.8 14.7 14.7 14.4 14.1 13.9
All other \2\............................. 10.6 9.8 9.9 10.3 13.1 13.9 9.4 7.5 8.0
Undistributed offsetting receipts \2\..... -3.3 -3.6 -3.5 -3.3 -2.9 -3.0 -2.8 -2.7 -2.6
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Total nondefense........................ 72.4 71.9 72.7 73.5 76.1 79.4 78.4 79.3 80.7
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6.1--COMPOSITION OF OUTLAYS: 1940-2003--Continued
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1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Category 1995 1996 1997 estimate estimate estimate estimate estimate estimate
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-------------------------------------------------------------In millions of current dollars-------------------------------------------------------------
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Total outlays............................... 1,515,729 1,560,512 1,601,235 1,667,815 1,733,217 1,785,046 1,834,392 1,859,554 1,945,374
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National defense \1\........................ 272,066 265,748 270,473 264,112 265,489 268,670 269,750 272,125 288,515
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals.................. 874,558 909,393 950,051 991,516 1,036,656 1,083,371 1,139,495 1,181,087 1,247,873
Direct payments \2\..................... (728,765) (761,795) (801,204) (830,453) (866,513) (903,377) (947,724) (978,673) (1,033,304
)
Grants to State and local governments... (145,793) (147,598) (148,847) (161,063) (170,143) (179,994) (191,771) (202,414) (214,569)
All other grants.......................... 79,130 80,175 85,313 89,859 101,117 104,269 103,314 102,503 102,069
Net Interest \2\.......................... 232,169 241,090 244,013 242,694 241,754 236,496 233,556 227,136 220,601
All other \2\............................. 102,261 101,726 101,358 126,000 130,693 138,042 135,444 132,250 134,632
Undistributed offsetting receipts \2\..... -44,455 -37,620 -49,973 -46,366 -42,492 -45,802 -47,167 -55,547 -48,316
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Total nondefense........................ 1,243,663 1,294,764 1,330,762 1,403,703 1,467,728 1,516,376 1,564,642 1,587,429 1,656,859
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In billions of constant (FY 1992) dollars
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Total outlays............................... 1,407.8 1,412.0 1,414.0 1,441.0 1,466.1 1,477.8 1,485.1 1,472.0 1,505.1
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National defense \1\........................ 256.4 240.3 239.3 229.3 226.0 224.0 220.1 217.3 225.4
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals.................. 808.8 822.5 836.7 855.3 874.9 894.6 919.8 931.9 962.4
Direct payments \2\..................... (674.0) (689.0) (705.6) (716.3) (731.3) (746.0) (765.0) (772.3) (797.0)
Grants to State and local governments... (134.8) (133.5) (131.1) (138.9) (143.6) (148.6) (154.8) (159.7) (165.4)
All other grants.......................... 73.3 72.1 74.7 77.0 84.7 85.2 82.4 79.7 77.5
Net Interest \2\.......................... 215.3 218.6 216.4 211.3 206.3 197.7 191.0 181.8 172.7
All other \2\............................. 93.3 90.2 88.0 105.6 107.9 111.8 107.6 102.6 102.2
Undistributed offsetting receipts \2\..... -39.3 -31.6 -41.1 -37.4 -33.6 -35.5 -35.8 -41.2 -35.1
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Total nondefense........................ 1,151.4 1,171.6 1,174.7 1,211.8 1,240.2 1,253.8 1,265.0 1,254.8 1,279.7
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As percentages of GDP
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Total outlays............................... 21.1 20.7 20.1 20.0 20.0 19.7 19.4 18.8 18.8
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National defense \1\........................ 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals.................. 12.2 12.1 11.9 11.9 11.9 12.0 12.1 12.0 12.1
Direct payments \2\..................... (10.1) (10.1) (10.0) (9.9) (10.0) (10.0) (10.0) (9.9) (10.0)
Grants to State and local governments... (2.0) (2.0) (1.9) (1.9) (2.0) (2.0) (2.0) (2.0) (2.1)
All other grants.......................... 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0
Net Interest \2\.......................... 3.2 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.1
All other \2\............................. 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3
Undistributed offsetting receipts \2\..... -0.6 -0.5 -0.6 -0.6 -0.5 -0.5 -0.5 -0.6 -0.5
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Total nondefense........................ 17.3 17.2 16.7 16.8 16.9 16.8 16.6 16.1 16.0
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Addendum: GDP ($ billions).................. 7,194.8 7,529.8 7,972.4 8,348.0 8,684.6 9,047.3 9,440.4 9,880.4 10,336.3
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As percentages of outlays
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Total outlays............................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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National defense \1\........................ 17.9 17.0 16.9 15.8 15.3 15.1 14.7 14.6 14.8
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals.................. 57.7 58.3 59.3 59.4 59.8 60.7 62.1 63.5 64.1
Direct payments \2\..................... (48.1) (48.8) (50.0) (49.8) (50.0) (50.6) (51.7) (52.6) (53.1)
Grants to State and local governments... (9.6) (9.5) (9.3) (9.7) (9.8) (10.1) (10.5) (10.9) (11.0)
All other grants.......................... 5.2 5.1 5.3 5.4 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.5 5.2
Net Interest \2\.......................... 15.3 15.4 15.2 14.6 13.9 13.2 12.7 12.2 11.3
All other \2\............................. 6.7 6.5 6.3 7.6 7.5 7.7 7.4 7.1 6.9
Undistributed offsetting receipts \2\..... -2.9 -2.4 -3.1 -2.8 -2.5 -2.6 -2.6 -3.0 -2.5
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Total nondefense........................ 82.1 83.0 83.1 84.2 84.7 84.9 85.3 85.4 85.2
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\1\ Includes a small amount of grants to State and local governments and direct payments for individuals.
\2\ Includes some off-budget amounts; most of the off-budget amounts are direct payments for individuals (social security benefits).