[Historical Tables]
[Front Matter]
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                    Contents of the Historical Tables

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Introduction:

  Structure, Coverage and Concepts..............................       1

  Historical Trends.............................................       5

  Section Notes.................................................      11

Section 1--Overview of Federal Government Finances..............      21
   Table 1.1--Summary of Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or          21
   Deficits (-): 1789-2008......................................
   Table 1.2--Summary of Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or          23
   Deficits (-) as Percentages of GDP: 1930-2008................
   Table 1.3--Summary of Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or          25
   Deficits (-) in Current Dollars, Constant (FY 1996) Dollars,
   and as Percentages of GDP: 1940-2008.........................
   Table 1.4--Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or Deficits (-)        27
   by Fund Group: 1934-2008.....................................

Section 2--Composition of Federal Government Receipts...........      29
   Table 2.1--Receipts by Source: 1934-2008.....................      29
   Table 2.2--Percentage Composition of Receipts by Source: 1934-     31
   2008.........................................................
   Table 2.3--Receipts by Source as Percentages of GDP: 1934-         33
   2008.........................................................
   Table 2.4--Composition of Social Insurance Taxes and               35
   Contributions and of Excise Taxes: 1940-2008.................
   Table 2.5--Composition of ``Other Receipts'': 1940-2008......      42

Section 3--Federal Government Outlays by Function...............      44
   Table 3.1--Outlays by Superfunction and Function: 1940-2008..      44
   Table 3.2--Outlays by Function and Subfunction: 1962-2008....      52

Section 4--Federal Government Outlays by Agency.................      70
   Table 4.1--Outlays by Agency: 1962-2008......................      70
   Table 4.2--Percentage Distribution of Outlays by Agency: 1962-     76
   2008.........................................................

Section 5--Budget Authority (On-and Off-Budget).................      81
   Table 5.1--Budget Authority by Function and Subfunction: 1976-     81
   2008.........................................................
   Table 5.2--Budget Authority by Agency: 1976-2008.............      93
   Table 5.3--Percentage Distribution of Budget Authority by          97
   Agency: 1976-2008............................................
   Table 5.4--Discretionary Budget Authority by Agency: 1976-        101
   2008.........................................................
   Table 5.5--Percentage Distribution of Discretionary Budget        105
   Authority by Agency: 1976-2008...............................

Section 6--Composition of Federal Government Outlays............     109
   Table 6.1--Composition of Outlays: 1940-2008.................     109

Section 7--Federal Debt.........................................     116
   Table 7.1--Federal Debt at the End of Year: 1940-2008........     116
   Table 7.2--Debt Subject to Statutory Limit: 1940-2008........     118
   Table 7.3--Statutory Limits on Federal Debt: 1940-Current....     119

Section 8--Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category...........     123
   Table 8.1--Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category: 1962-      123
   2008.........................................................
   Table 8.2--Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category in          124
   Constant (FY 1996) Dollars: 1962-2008........................
   Table 8.3--Percentage Distribution of Outlays by Budget           125
   Enforcement Act Category: 1962-2008..........................
   Table 8.4--Outlays by Budget Enforcement Act Category as          126
   Percentages of GDP: 1962-2008................................
   Table 8.5--Outlays for Mandatory and Related Programs: 1962-      127
   2008.........................................................
   Table 8.6--Outlays for Mandatory and Related Programs in          133
   Constant (FY 1996) Dollars: 1962-2008........................
   Table 8.7--Outlays for Discretionary Programs: 1962-2008.....     139
   Table 8.8--Outlays for Discretionary Programs in Constant (FY     145
   1996) Dollars: 1962-2008.....................................
   Table 8.9--Budget Authority for Discretionary Programs: 1976-     151
   2008.........................................................

Section 9--Federal Government Outlays for Major Public Physical      155
 Capital, Research and Development, and Education and Training..
   Table 9.1--Total Investment Outlays for Major Public Physical     155
   Capital, Research and Development, and Education and
   Training: 1962-2004..........................................
   Table 9.2--Major Public Physical Capital Investment Outlays       156
   in Current and Constant (FY 1996) Dollars: 1940-2004.........
   Table 9.3--Major Public Physical Capital Investment Outlays       158
   in Percentage Terms: 1940-2004...............................
   Table 9.4--National Defense Outlays for Major Public Direct       160
   Physical Capital Investment: 1940-2004.......................


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Section 9 (Continued)...........................................
   Table 9.5--Nondefense Outlays for Major Public Direct             162
   Physical Capital Investment: 1940-2004.......................
   Table 9.6--Composition of Outlays for Grants for Major Public     164
   Physical Capital Investment: 1941-2004.......................
   Table 9.7--Summary of Outlays for the Conduct of Research and     171
   Development: 1949-2004 (In Current Dollars, as Percentages of
   Total Outlays, as Percentages of GDP, and in Constant (FY
   1996) Dollars)...............................................
   Table 9.8--Composition of Outlays for the Conduct of Research     172
   and Development: 1949-2004...................................
   Table 9.9--Composition of Outlays for the Conduct of              179
   Education and Training: 1962-2004............................

Section 10--Gross Domestic Product and Implicit Outlay Deflators     182
   Table 10.1--Gross Domestic Product and Deflators Used in the      182
   Historical Tables: 1940-2008.................................

Section 11--Federal Government Payments for Individuals.........     184
   Table 11.1--Summary Comparison of Outlays for Payments for        184
   Individuals: 1940-2008 (In Current Dollars, as Percentages of
   Total Outlays, as Percentages of GDP, and in Constant (FY
   1996) Dollars)...............................................
   Table 11.2--Functional Composition of Outlays for Payments        186
   for Individuals: 1940-2008...................................
   Table 11.3--Outlays for Payments for Individuals by Category      194
   and Major Program: 1940-2008.................................

Section 12--Federal Grants To State and Local Governments.......     218
   Table 12.1--Summary Comparison of Total Outlays for Grants to     218
   State and Local Governments: 1940-2008 (in Current Dollars,
   as Percentages of Total Outlays, as Percentages of GDP, and
   in Constant (FY 1996) Dollars)...............................
   Table 12.2--Total Outlays for Grants to State and Local           220
   Governments, by Function and Fund Group: 1940-2008...........
   Table 12.3--Total Outlays for Grants to State and Local           226
   Governments, by Function, Agency, and Program: 1940-2008.....

Section 13--Social Security and Medicare........................     271
   Table 13.1--Cash Income, Outgo, and Balances of the Social        271
   Security and Medicare Trust Funds: 1936-2008.................

Section 14--Federal Sector Transactions in the National Income       285
 and Product Accounts...........................................
   Table 14.1--Federal Transactions in the National Income and       285
   Product Accounts for Federal Fiscal Years: 1947-2004.........
   Table 14.2--Federal Transactions in the National Income and       289
   Product Accounts as Percentages of GDP for Federal Fiscal
   Years: 1947-2004.............................................

Section 15--Total (Federal and State and Local) Government           293
 Finances.......................................................
   Table 15.1--Total Government Receipts in Absolute Amounts and     293
   as Percentages of GDP: 1947-2002.............................
   Table 15.2--Total Government Expenditures: 1947-2002.........     294
   Table 15.3--Total Government Expenditures as Percentages of       295
   GDP: 1947-2002...............................................
   Table 15.4--Total Government Expenditures by Major Category       296
   of Expenditure: 1947-2002....................................
   Table 15.5--Total Government Expenditures by Major Category       297
   of Expenditure as Percentages of GDP: 1947-2002..............
   Table 15.6--Total Government Surpluses or Deficits (-) in         298
   Absolute Amounts and as Percentages of GDP: 1947-2002........

Section 16--Federal Health Spending.............................     299
   Table 16.1--Total Outlays for Health Programs: 1962-2008.....     299

Section 17--Government Employment...............................     300
   Table 17.1--Total Executive Branch Civilian Employees, 1940-      300
   2002.........................................................
   Table 17.2--Total Executive Branch Civilian Employees, 1940-      302
   2002 (as percentage of total)................................
   Table 17.3--Total Executive Branch Civilian Full-Time             304
   Equivalent (FTE) Employees, 1981-2004........................
   Table 17.4--Total Executive Branch Civilian Full-Time             305
   Equivalent (FTE) Employees, 1981-2004 (as percentage of
   total).......................................................
   Table 17.5--Government Employment and Population, 1962-2002..     306