[Historical Tables]
[Section 6 - Composition of Federal Government Outlays]
[Table 6.1 - Composition of Outlays: 1940-2008]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]
Table 6.1--COMPOSITION OF OUTLAYS: 1940-2008
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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 (298) (356) (410) (427) (461) (432) (451) (761) (835) (1,036)
governments................
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 -317 -547 -894 -1,221 -1,320 -1,389 -1,468 -1,552 -1,643 -1,779
receipts \2\.................
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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 1996) dollars
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Total outlays................... 94.3 129.2 297.8 611.3 755.2 804.1 458.4 255.3 218.7 292.9
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National defense \1\............ 17.8 58.3 196.5 480.5 628.6 716.5 365.7 99.4 76.5 109.1
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals...... 16.8 17.0 15.8 13.4 13.0 15.9 38.6 57.3 52.3 56.7
Direct payments \2\......... (13.8) (13.5) (12.1) (9.9) (9.5) (12.8) (35.6) (52.5) (47.5) (50.9)
Grants to State and local (3.0) (3.5) (3.7) (3.5) (3.5) (3.1) (3.1) (4.8) (4.8) (5.8)
governments................
All other grants.............. 7.4 6.9 6.8 6.4 5.7 5.4 4.3 7.4 6.6 6.7
Net Interest \2\.............. 8.7 8.8 9.2 12.5 17.4 23.9 29.4 27.2 25.7 25.9
All other \2\................. 47.5 45.4 81.6 114.1 106.3 58.0 33.4 77.3 73.0 111.9
Undistributed offsetting -4.1 -7.3 -11.9 -15.5 -15.7 -15.3 -13.4 -13.5 -15.5 -17.5
receipts \2\.................
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Total nondefense............ 76.5 70.8 101.4 130.9 126.8 87.9 92.4 155.8 142.1 183.7
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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 37.0 37.9 37.5 19.2 5.5 3.6 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 (0.3) (0.3) (0.3) (0.2) (0.2) (0.2) (0.2) (0.3) (0.3) (0.4)
governments................
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 -0.3 -0.5 -0.6 -0.7 -0.6 -0.6 -0.7 -0.7 -0.6 -0.7
receipts \2\.................
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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)...... 96.7 114.0 144.2 180.1 209.0 221.3 222.7 234.6 256.4 271.5
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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 (3.1) (2.6) (1.2) (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) (0.8) (2.2) (2.8) (2.7)
governments................
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 -3.4 -4.0 -2.5 -1.6 -1.4 -1.5 -2.7 -4.5 -5.5 -4.6
receipts \2\.................
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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: 1940-2008--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 (1,257) (1,324) (1,325) (1,490) (1,611) (1,623) (1,674) (1,802) (2,121) (2,364)
governments................
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 -1,817 -2,332 -3,377 -3,571 -3,397 -3,493 -3,589 -4,146 -4,385 -4,613
receipts \2\.................
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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 1996) dollars
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Total outlays................... 312.5 326.0 483.5 510.4 456.8 431.3 425.8 442.4 450.8 494.6
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National defense \1\............ 113.9 186.1 352.4 372.1 341.4 285.4 265.3 270.4 267.2 267.7
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals...... 78.0 55.6 56.5 56.1 63.7 72.2 75.9 82.7 98.7 105.6
Direct payments \2\......... (70.9) (48.4) (49.6) (48.5) (55.6) (64.0) (67.6) (73.9) (88.7) (94.6)
Grants to State and local (7.2) (7.2) (6.9) (7.7) (8.1) (8.2) (8.4) (8.7) (10.0) (11.0)
governments................
All other grants.............. 8.4 7.1 8.0 9.0 9.9 10.6 12.3 13.1 15.5 21.8
Net Interest \2\.............. 27.9 25.7 24.9 26.8 24.7 24.7 25.2 25.6 26.0 26.3
All other \2\................. 102.0 74.5 76.8 80.4 48.8 69.6 78.8 87.1 79.2 110.1
Undistributed offsetting -17.7 -22.9 -35.1 -34.1 -31.6 -31.2 -31.8 -36.6 -36.0 -36.7
receipts \2\.................
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Total nondefense............ 198.6 140.0 131.0 138.3 115.6 145.9 160.4 171.9 183.5 227.1
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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 14.1 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 (0.5) (0.4) (0.4) (0.4) (0.4) (0.4) (0.4) (0.4) (0.5) (0.5)
governments................
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 -0.7 -0.7 -1.0 -1.0 -0.9 -0.9 -0.8 -0.9 -1.0 -0.9
receipts \2\.................
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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)...... 273.4 321.0 348.8 373.4 378.0 395.2 427.7 450.7 461.1 492.1
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As percentages of outlays
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Total outlays................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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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 (3.0) (2.9) (2.0) (2.0) (2.3) (2.4) (2.4) (2.4) (2.6) (2.6)
governments................
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 -4.3 -5.1 -5.0 -4.7 -4.8 -5.1 -5.1 -5.4 -5.3 -5.0
receipts \2\.................
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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: 1940-2008--Continued
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Category 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
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-------------------------------------------------------------In millions of current dollars-------------------------------------------------------------
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Total outlays................... 92,191 97,723 106,821 111,316 118,528 118,228 134,532 157,464 178,134 183,640
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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 82,497
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals...... 24,162 27,525 28,938 30,958 32,217 33,103 37,076 43,211 49,849 57,225
Direct payments \2\......... (21,682) (24,907) (25,987) (27,677) (28,658) (29,385) (32,771) (38,392) (43,779) (49,983)
Grants to State and local (2,480) (2,618) (2,951) (3,280) (3,559) (3,718) (4,305) (4,819) (6,070) (7,243)
governments................
All other grants.............. 4,534 4,497 4,958 5,281 6,571 7,159 8,557 10,387 12,454 12,887
Net Interest \2\.............. 6,947 6,716 6,889 7,740 8,199 8,591 9,386 10,268 11,090 12,699
All other \2\................. 13,238 14,191 18,965 19,734 22,492 24,663 27,944 29,475 30,861 26,318
Undistributed offsetting -4,820 -4,807 -5,274 -5,797 -5,708 -5,908 -6,542 -7,294 -8,045 -7,986
receipts \2\.................
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Total nondefense............ 44,061 48,122 54,477 57,915 63,771 67,608 76,421 86,047 96,208 101,143
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In billions of constant (FY 1996) dollars
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Total outlays................... 493.0 509.2 556.9 556.9 585.0 575.6 637.0 719.7 779.2 757.3
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National defense \1\............ 273.0 274.2 287.3 281.5 286.5 264.5 292.3 346.9 379.1 361.0
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals...... 110.0 123.5 128.7 136.0 139.7 141.6 155.7 176.7 197.7 217.7
Direct payments \2\......... (98.7) (111.8) (115.5) (121.6) (124.3) (125.7) (137.6) (157.0) (173.6) (190.1)
Grants to State and local (11.3) (11.8) (13.1) (14.4) (15.4) (15.9) (18.1) (19.7) (24.1) (27.6)
governments................
All other grants.............. 24.0 24.0 26.1 27.0 33.0 35.1 41.9 49.1 56.4 55.2
Net Interest \2\.............. 31.4 29.9 30.4 33.7 35.3 36.3 38.8 41.2 42.9 47.0
All other \2\................. 93.0 93.9 123.3 120.1 130.2 136.9 149.3 147.4 145.4 115.6
Undistributed offsetting -38.5 -36.3 -38.9 -41.3 -39.5 -38.8 -41.0 -41.5 -42.1 -39.2
receipts \2\.................
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Total nondefense............ 219.9 235.1 269.6 275.5 298.6 311.1 344.7 372.8 400.2 396.3
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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 17.8 19.4 20.5 19.3
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National defense \1\............ 9.3 9.3 9.2 8.9 8.5 7.4 7.7 8.8 9.4 8.7
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals...... 4.7 5.2 5.1 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.9 5.3 5.7 6.0
Direct payments \2\......... (4.2) (4.7) (4.6) (4.6) (4.5) (4.3) (4.3) (4.7) (5.0) (5.3)
Grants to State and local (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) (0.6) (0.5) (0.6) (0.6) (0.7) (0.8)
governments................
All other grants.............. 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.4
Net Interest \2\.............. 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.3 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 2.8
Undistributed offsetting -0.9 -0.9 -0.9 -1.0 -0.9 -0.9 -0.9 -0.9 -0.9 -0.8
receipts \2\.................
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Total nondefense............ 8.5 9.0 9.6 9.7 9.9 9.8 10.1 10.6 11.1 10.7
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Addendum: GDP ($ billions)...... 518.9 531.8 568.5 599.7 641.3 687.9 754.2 813.5 868.4 949.2
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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\............ 52.2 50.8 49.0 48.0 46.2 42.8 43.2 45.4 46.0 44.9
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals...... 26.2 28.2 27.1 27.8 27.2 28.0 27.6 27.4 28.0 31.2
Direct payments \2\......... (23.5) (25.5) (24.3) (24.9) (24.2) (24.9) (24.4) (24.4) (24.6) (27.2)
Grants to State and local (2.7) (2.7) (2.8) (2.9) (3.0) (3.1) (3.2) (3.1) (3.4) (3.9)
governments................
All other grants.............. 4.9 4.6 4.6 4.7 5.5 6.1 6.4 6.6 7.0 7.0
Net Interest \2\.............. 7.5 6.9 6.4 7.0 6.9 7.3 7.0 6.5 6.2 6.9
All other \2\................. 14.4 14.5 17.8 17.7 19.0 20.9 20.8 18.7 17.3 14.3
Undistributed offsetting -5.2 -4.9 -4.9 -5.2 -4.8 -5.0 -4.9 -4.6 -4.5 -4.3
receipts \2\.................
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Total nondefense............ 47.8 49.2 51.0 52.0 53.8 57.2 56.8 54.6 54.0 55.1
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6.1--COMPOSITION OF OUTLAYS: 1940-2008--Continued
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Category 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 TQ 1977 1978
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-------------------------------------------------------------In millions of current dollars-------------------------------------------------------------
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Total outlays................... 195,649 210,172 230,681 245,707 269,359 332,332 371,792 95,975 409,218 458,746
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National defense \1\............ 81,692 78,872 79,174 76,681 79,347 86,509 89,619 22,269 97,241 104,495
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals...... 64,806 80,564 93,055 104,739 120,407 153,836 180,634 45,534 196,978 211,761
Direct payments \2\......... (56,079) (70,030) (79,112) (90,860) (105,557) (137,074) (160,576) (40,449) (174,268) (186,967)
Grants to State and local (8,727) (10,533) (13,943) (13,879) (14,851) (16,762) (20,058) (5,085) (22,710) (24,795)
governments................
All other grants.............. 15,301 17,532 20,386 27,911 28,442 32,956 38,946 10,819 45,609 53,035
Net Interest \2\.............. 14,380 14,841 15,478 17,349 21,449 23,244 26,727 6,949 29,901 35,458
All other \2\................. 28,102 28,471 32,171 32,437 36,462 49,390 50,251 14,611 54,369 69,716
Undistributed offsetting -8,632 -10,107 -9,583 -13,409 -16,749 -13,602 -14,386 -4,206 -14,879 -15,720
receipts \2\.................
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Total nondefense............ 113,958 131,300 151,507 169,026 190,012 245,824 282,173 73,707 311,977 354,251
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In billions of constant (FY 1996) dollars
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Total outlays................... 761.6 768.2 791.6 799.3 810.8 909.3 948.0 237.3 964.7 1,014.0
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National defense \1\............ 338.5 308.5 282.6 255.3 244.9 240.7 231.6 55.8 230.2 230.6
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals...... 235.2 279.7 311.1 337.3 359.0 416.4 459.5 112.3 465.6 468.3
Direct payments \2\......... (203.6) (243.2) (264.5) (292.6) (314.7) (371.1) (408.5) (99.7) (411.9) (413.5)
Grants to State and local (31.7) (36.6) (46.6) (44.7) (44.3) (45.4) (51.1) (12.5) (53.7) (54.9)
governments................
All other grants.............. 61.1 64.9 71.7 93.7 87.4 90.9 99.5 26.6 108.2 118.0
Net Interest \2\.............. 50.5 49.6 49.4 53.0 61.2 60.1 64.6 16.3 67.2 74.6
All other \2\................. 115.2 107.2 113.5 108.4 115.8 143.3 134.0 38.0 132.2 161.0
Undistributed offsetting -38.8 -41.6 -36.7 -48.6 -57.5 -42.3 -41.2 -11.7 -38.5 -38.5
receipts \2\.................
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Total nondefense............ 423.2 459.7 509.1 543.8 565.8 668.5 716.4 181.5 734.6 783.4
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As percentages of GDP
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Total outlays................... 19.3 19.4 19.5 18.8 18.7 21.3 21.4 21.1 20.8 20.7
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National defense \1\............ 8.1 7.3 6.7 5.9 5.5 5.5 5.2 4.9 4.9 4.7
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals...... 6.4 7.4 7.9 8.0 8.3 9.9 10.4 10.0 10.0 9.5
Direct payments \2\......... (5.5) (6.5) (6.7) (6.9) (7.3) (8.8) (9.2) (8.9) (8.8) (8.4)
Grants to State and local (0.9) (1.0) (1.2) (1.1) (1.0) (1.1) (1.2) (1.1) (1.2) (1.1)
governments................
All other grants.............. 1.5 1.6 1.7 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.4
Net Interest \2\.............. 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6
All other \2\................. 2.8 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.5 3.2 2.9 3.2 2.8 3.1
Undistributed offsetting -0.9 -0.9 -0.8 -1.0 -1.2 -0.9 -0.8 -0.9 -0.8 -0.7
receipts \2\.................
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Total nondefense............ 11.2 12.1 12.8 12.9 13.2 15.8 16.2 16.2 15.8 16.0
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Addendum: GDP ($ billions)...... 1,013.2 1,081.4 1,181.5 1,308.1 1,442.1 1,559.8 1,736.7 454.8 1,971.3 2,218.6
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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\............ 41.8 37.5 34.3 31.2 29.5 26.0 24.1 23.2 23.8 22.8
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals...... 33.1 38.3 40.3 42.6 44.7 46.3 48.6 47.4 48.1 46.2
Direct payments \2\......... (28.7) (33.3) (34.3) (37.0) (39.2) (41.2) (43.2) (42.1) (42.6) (40.8)
Grants to State and local (4.5) (5.0) (6.0) (5.6) (5.5) (5.0) (5.4) (5.3) (5.5) (5.4)
governments................
All other grants.............. 7.8 8.3 8.8 11.4 10.6 9.9 10.5 11.3 11.1 11.6
Net Interest \2\.............. 7.4 7.1 6.7 7.1 8.0 7.0 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.7
All other \2\................. 14.4 13.5 13.9 13.2 13.5 14.9 13.5 15.2 13.3 15.2
Undistributed offsetting -4.4 -4.8 -4.2 -5.5 -6.2 -4.1 -3.9 -4.4 -3.6 -3.4
receipts \2\.................
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Total nondefense............ 58.2 62.5 65.7 68.8 70.5 74.0 75.9 76.8 76.2 77.2
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6.1--COMPOSITION OF OUTLAYS: 1940-2008--Continued
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Category 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
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Total outlays................... 504,028 590,941 678,241 745,743 808,364 851,853 946,396 990,430 1,004,082 1,064,455
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National defense \1\............ 116,342 133,995 157,513 185,309 209,903 227,413 252,748 273,375 281,999 290,361
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals...... 233,837 278,530 325,216 358,342 396,933 401,868 428,051 452,069 472,079 501,661
Direct payments \2\......... (206,276) (245,879) (286,808) (319,139) (353,953) (355,866) (377,961) (397,049) (413,541) (438,238)
Grants to State and local (27,561) (32,652) (38,408) (39,202) (42,980) (46,001) (50,090) (55,020) (58,538) (63,422)
governments................
All other grants.............. 55,697 58,641 56,221 48,864 49,381 51,456 55,605 57,135 49,669 51,732
Net Interest \2\.............. 42,633 52,533 68,766 85,032 89,808 111,102 129,478 136,017 138,611 151,803
All other \2\................. 72,996 87,184 98,566 94,295 96,315 91,972 113,213 104,841 98,179 105,865
Undistributed offsetting -17,476 -19,942 -28,041 -26,099 -33,976 -31,957 -32,698 -33,007 -36,455 -36,967
receipts \2\.................
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Total nondefense............ 387,686 456,946 520,728 560,434 598,462 624,440 693,648 717,054 722,083 774,094
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In billions of constant (FY 1996) dollars
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Total outlays................... 1,028.0 1,092.5 1,137.0 1,167.8 1,209.6 1,214.7 1,304.7 1,332.5 1,314.8 1,351.0
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National defense \1\............ 236.7 245.3 259.3 282.3 305.0 309.2 330.5 353.7 360.5 364.5
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals...... 477.3 514.1 548.1 567.9 601.8 586.8 604.6 621.0 628.2 642.0
Direct payments \2\......... (421.1) (453.8) (483.4) (505.7) (536.6) (519.7) (533.8) (545.4) (550.3) (560.8)
Grants to State and local (56.3) (60.3) (64.8) (62.1) (65.2) (67.2) (70.8) (75.6) (77.9) (81.2)
governments................
All other grants.............. 114.3 108.1 93.3 75.4 72.9 72.9 76.0 75.8 63.3 63.9
Net Interest \2\.............. 82.9 93.8 112.0 129.4 130.9 156.2 176.2 180.7 179.2 190.1
All other \2\................. 157.1 173.4 177.7 159.3 157.2 141.3 168.2 150.8 136.8 142.8
Undistributed offsetting -40.3 -42.1 -53.4 -46.5 -58.2 -51.8 -50.8 -49.6 -53.3 -52.5
receipts \2\.................
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Total nondefense............ 791.4 847.3 877.7 885.5 904.6 905.5 974.1 978.8 954.3 986.5
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As percentages of GDP
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Total outlays................... 20.1 21.6 22.2 23.1 23.5 22.2 22.9 22.5 21.6 21.2
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National defense \1\............ 4.6 4.9 5.1 5.7 6.1 5.9 6.1 6.2 6.1 5.8
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals...... 9.3 10.2 10.6 11.1 11.5 10.5 10.3 10.3 10.2 10.0
Direct payments \2\......... (8.2) (9.0) (9.4) (9.9) (10.3) (9.3) (9.1) (9.0) (8.9) (8.7)
Grants to State and local (1.1) (1.2) (1.3) (1.2) (1.2) (1.2) (1.2) (1.3) (1.3) (1.3)
governments................
All other grants.............. 2.2 2.1 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.0
Net Interest \2\.............. 1.7 1.9 2.2 2.6 2.6 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0
All other \2\................. 2.9 3.2 3.2 2.9 2.8 2.4 2.7 2.4 2.1 2.1
Undistributed offsetting -0.7 -0.7 -0.9 -0.8 -1.0 -0.8 -0.8 -0.7 -0.8 -0.7
receipts \2\.................
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Total nondefense............ 15.5 16.7 17.0 17.4 17.4 16.3 16.8 16.3 15.5 15.4
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Addendum: GDP ($ billions)...... 2,503.8 2,732.1 3,061.6 3,228.6 3,440.5 3,839.4 4,136.6 4,401.4 4,647.0 5,014.7
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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\............ 23.1 22.7 23.2 24.8 26.0 26.7 26.7 27.6 28.1 27.3
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals...... 46.4 47.1 47.9 48.1 49.1 47.2 45.2 45.6 47.0 47.1
Direct payments \2\......... (40.9) (41.6) (42.3) (42.8) (43.8) (41.8) (39.9) (40.1) (41.2) (41.2)
Grants to State and local (5.5) (5.5) (5.7) (5.3) (5.3) (5.4) (5.3) (5.6) (5.8) (6.0)
governments................
All other grants.............. 11.1 9.9 8.3 6.6 6.1 6.0 5.9 5.8 4.9 4.9
Net Interest \2\.............. 8.5 8.9 10.1 11.4 11.1 13.0 13.7 13.7 13.8 14.3
All other \2\................. 14.5 14.8 14.5 12.6 11.9 10.8 12.0 10.6 9.8 9.9
Undistributed offsetting -3.5 -3.4 -4.1 -3.5 -4.2 -3.8 -3.5 -3.3 -3.6 -3.5
receipts \2\.................
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Total nondefense............ 76.9 77.3 76.8 75.2 74.0 73.3 73.3 72.4 71.9 72.7
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6.1--COMPOSITION OF OUTLAYS: 1940-2008--Continued
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Category 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
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Total outlays................... 1,143,646 1,253,165 1,324,369 1,381,655 1,409,489 1,461,877 1,515,802 1,560,535 1,601,250 1,652,585
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National defense \1\............ 303,559 299,331 273,292 298,350 291,086 281,642 272,066 265,753 270,505 268,456
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals...... 537,374 585,669 652,029 729,788 784,957 824,758 877,423 912,749 953,778 981,604
Direct payments \2\......... (468,683) (506,958) (557,412) (615,097) (658,032) (686,496) (728,386) (761,460) (800,884) (817,662)
Grants to State and local (68,691) (78,711) (94,617) (114,691) (126,925) (138,262) (149,037) (151,289) (152,894) (163,942)
governments................
All other grants.............. 52,984 56,373 59,716 63,056 66,535 72,165 75,886 76,484 81,266 82,174
Net Interest \2\.............. 168,981 184,347 194,448 199,344 198,713 202,932 232,134 241,053 243,984 241,119
All other \2\................. 117,960 164,060 184,239 130,397 105,583 118,151 102,748 102,116 101,690 126,426
Undistributed offsetting -37,212 -36,615 -39,356 -39,280 -37,386 -37,772 -44,455 -37,620 -49,973 -47,194
receipts \2\.................
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Total nondefense............ 840,087 953,834 1,051,077 1,083,305 1,118,403 1,180,235 1,243,736 1,294,782 1,330,745 1,384,129
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In billions of constant (FY 1996) dollars
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Total outlays................... 1,399.6 1,483.6 1,501.6 1,515.1 1,507.6 1,531.9 1,551.5 1,560.5 1,568.8 1,598.9
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National defense \1\............ 369.7 354.7 310.1 327.4 314.3 298.1 282.0 265.8 264.8 259.9
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals...... 659.0 688.5 734.3 797.6 836.3 861.4 895.7 912.7 933.9 949.9
Direct payments \2\......... (574.8) (596.1) (627.7) (672.2) (701.1) (716.9) (743.6) (761.5) (784.2) (791.2)
Grants to State and local (84.2) (92.5) (106.5) (125.4) (135.3) (144.4) (152.1) (151.3) (149.7) (158.7)
governments................
All other grants.............. 63.6 65.2 66.9 69.6 71.8 76.0 77.6 76.5 79.5 78.9
Net Interest \2\.............. 203.8 214.2 217.5 217.3 211.6 211.5 236.8 241.1 239.3 233.2
All other \2\................. 154.7 209.2 221.4 150.4 116.2 125.9 106.3 102.1 100.2 121.8
Undistributed offsetting -51.1 -48.4 -48.6 -47.1 -42.5 -41.0 -46.8 -37.6 -48.9 -44.9
receipts \2\.................
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Total nondefense............ 1,029.9 1,128.8 1,191.4 1,187.8 1,193.3 1,233.8 1,269.5 1,294.8 1,304.0 1,338.9
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As percentages of GDP
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Total outlays................... 21.2 21.8 22.3 22.2 21.5 21.1 20.7 20.3 19.6 19.1
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National defense \1\............ 5.6 5.2 4.6 4.8 4.4 4.1 3.7 3.5 3.3 3.1
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals...... 9.9 10.2 11.0 11.7 12.0 11.9 12.0 11.9 11.7 11.3
Direct payments \2\......... (8.7) (8.8) (9.4) (9.9) (10.0) (9.9) (9.9) (9.9) (9.8) (9.4)
Grants to State and local (1.3) (1.4) (1.6) (1.8) (1.9) (2.0) (2.0) (2.0) (1.9) (1.9)
governments................
All other grants.............. 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9
Net Interest \2\.............. 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.9 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.8
All other \2\................. 2.2 2.9 3.1 2.1 1.6 1.7 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.5
Undistributed offsetting -0.7 -0.6 -0.7 -0.6 -0.6 -0.5 -0.6 -0.5 -0.6 -0.5
receipts \2\.................
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Total nondefense............ 15.5 16.6 17.7 17.4 17.1 17.0 17.0 16.8 16.3 16.0
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Addendum: GDP ($ billions)...... 5,405.5 5,735.6 5,930.4 6,218.6 6,558.4 6,944.6 7,324.0 7,694.6 8,185.2 8,663.9
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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\............ 26.5 23.9 20.6 21.6 20.7 19.3 17.9 17.0 16.9 16.2
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals...... 47.0 46.7 49.2 52.8 55.7 56.4 57.9 58.5 59.6 59.4
Direct payments \2\......... (41.0) (40.5) (42.1) (44.5) (46.7) (47.0) (48.1) (48.8) (50.0) (49.5)
Grants to State and local (6.0) (6.3) (7.1) (8.3) (9.0) (9.5) (9.8) (9.7) (9.5) (9.9)
governments................
All other grants.............. 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.9 5.0 4.9 5.1 5.0
Net Interest \2\.............. 14.8 14.7 14.7 14.4 14.1 13.9 15.3 15.4 15.2 14.6
All other \2\................. 10.3 13.1 13.9 9.4 7.5 8.1 6.8 6.5 6.4 7.7
Undistributed offsetting -3.3 -2.9 -3.0 -2.8 -2.7 -2.6 -2.9 -2.4 -3.1 -2.9
receipts \2\.................
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Total nondefense............ 73.5 76.1 79.4 78.4 79.3 80.7 82.1 83.0 83.1 83.8
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See footnotes at end of table.
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2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Category 1999 2000 2001 2002 estimate estimate estimate estimate estimate estimate
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-------------------------------------------------------------In millions of current dollars-------------------------------------------------------------
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Total outlays................... 1,701,891 1,788,773 1,863,895 2,010,975 2,140,377 2,229,425 2,343,399 2,463,663 2,576,203 2,710,517
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National defense \1\............ 274,873 294,495 305,500 348,555 376,286 390,419 410,092 423,192 436,437 460,546
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals...... 1,001,535 1,054,336 1,128,221 1,243,786 1,347,058 1,381,840 1,457,665 1,540,219 1,616,699 1,710,040
Direct payments \2\......... (825,692) (867,546) (920,183) (1,012,162 (1,095,710 (1,117,106 (1,171,638 (1,234,915 (1,292,217 (1,364,645
) ) ) ) ) ) )
Grants to State and local (175,843) (186,790) (208,038) (231,624) (251,348) (264,734) (286,027) (305,304) (324,482) (345,395)
governments................
All other grants.............. 91,237 97,867 109,126 119,835 132,826 134,026 136,254 134,697 134,817 136,805
Net Interest \2\.............. 229,756 222,951 206,168 170,951 161,441 176,395 204,025 224,529 239,844 254,071
All other \2\................. 144,935 161,705 161,891 175,654 173,052 200,413 202,967 209,335 214,406 217,528
Undistributed offsetting -40,445 -42,581 -47,011 -47,806 -50,286 -53,668 -67,604 -68,309 -66,000 -68,473
receipts \2\.................
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Total nondefense............ 1,427,018 1,494,278 1,558,395 1,662,420 1,764,091 1,839,006 1,933,307 2,040,471 2,139,766 2,249,971
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In billions of constant (FY 1996) dollars
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Total outlays................... 1,620.7 1,660.6 1,692.3 1,797.9 1,877.9 1,920.1 1,981.6 2,045.0 2,097.5 2,163.4
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National defense \1\............ 260.7 270.9 275.9 307.6 327.4 335.5 347.3 353.9 360.7 374.9
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals...... 955.7 982.3 1,027.6 1,118.7 1,185.5 1,192.3 1,232.0 1,274.9 1,309.4 1,355.2
Direct payments \2\......... (787.9) (808.3) (838.2) (910.5) (964.4) (963.9) (990.2) (1,022.2) (1,046.6) (1,081.6)
Grants to State and local (167.8) (174.0) (189.5) (208.3) (221.2) (228.4) (241.7) (252.6) (262.7) (273.6)
governments................
All other grants.............. 85.7 88.6 95.6 103.9 112.7 111.2 110.5 106.9 104.5 103.5
Net Interest \2\.............. 219.3 208.8 188.5 154.3 143.9 154.9 176.5 191.1 200.7 208.9
All other \2\................. 136.6 147.9 145.6 153.0 149.6 169.6 169.0 171.8 173.0 172.6
Undistributed offsetting -37.3 -37.8 -40.8 -39.7 -41.2 -43.3 -53.8 -53.5 -50.8 -51.8
receipts \2\.................
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Total nondefense............ 1,360.1 1,389.8 1,416.5 1,490.3 1,550.4 1,584.7 1,634.2 1,691.1 1,736.8 1,788.5
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As percentages of GDP
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Total outlays................... 18.6 18.4 18.6 19.5 19.9 19.7 19.7 19.7 19.7 19.7
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National defense \1\............ 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.3
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals...... 11.0 10.8 11.3 12.0 12.5 12.2 12.3 12.3 12.3 12.4
Direct payments \2\......... (9.0) (8.9) (9.2) (9.8) (10.2) (9.9) (9.9) (9.9) (9.9) (9.9)
Grants to State and local (1.9) (1.9) (2.1) (2.2) (2.3) (2.3) (2.4) (2.4) (2.5) (2.5)
governments................
All other grants.............. 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0
Net Interest \2\.............. 2.5 2.3 2.1 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8
All other \2\................. 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6
Undistributed offsetting -0.4 -0.4 -0.5 -0.5 -0.5 -0.5 -0.6 -0.5 -0.5 -0.5
receipts \2\.................
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Total nondefense............ 15.6 15.4 15.6 16.1 16.4 16.3 16.3 16.3 16.3 16.4
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Addendum: GDP ($ billions)...... 9,137.7 9,718.8 10,021.5 10,336.6 10,756.8 11,303.1 11,883.6 12,482.6 13,104.2 13,751.5
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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\............ 16.2 16.5 16.4 17.3 17.6 17.5 17.5 17.2 16.9 17.0
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals...... 58.8 58.9 60.5 61.8 62.9 62.0 62.2 62.5 62.8 63.1
Direct payments \2\......... (48.5) (48.5) (49.4) (50.3) (51.2) (50.1) (50.0) (50.1) (50.2) (50.3)
Grants to State and local (10.3) (10.4) (11.2) (11.5) (11.7) (11.9) (12.2) (12.4) (12.6) (12.7)
governments................
All other grants.............. 5.4 5.5 5.9 6.0 6.2 6.0 5.8 5.5 5.2 5.0
Net Interest \2\.............. 13.5 12.5 11.1 8.5 7.5 7.9 8.7 9.1 9.3 9.4
All other \2\................. 8.5 9.0 8.7 8.7 8.1 9.0 8.7 8.5 8.3 8.0
Undistributed offsetting -2.4 -2.4 -2.5 -2.4 -2.3 -2.4 -2.9 -2.8 -2.6 -2.5
receipts \2\.................
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Total nondefense............ 83.8 83.5 83.6 82.7 82.4 82.5 82.5 82.8 83.1 83.0
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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).