The Federal Debt, Budget and Spending
Federal Spending vs. Population and GDP
Reorder Data:  Growth in Spending  Deficits & Debt  
Spending Factored by Population and Inflation  
The Constitutional Dollar's Value Today  

Year	Total Spending ($ millions)	Growth from PY	U.S. Population	Growth from PY	GDP ($ billions)	Spending % of GDP
1789			3,791,287
1790			3,929,214	3.6%
1791	4.3		4,067,141	3.5%
1792	5.1	19.0%	4,205,068	3.4%
1793	4.5	-11.8%	4,342,995	3.3%
1794	7.0	56.0%	4,480,922	3.2%
1795	7.5	7.9%	4,618,849	3.1%
1796	5.7	-24.0%	4,756,775	3.0%
1797	6.1	7.1%	4,894,702	2.9%
1798	7.7	25.2%	5,032,629	2.8%
1799	9.7	25.9%	5,170,556	2.7%
1800	10.8	11.6%	5,308,483	2.7%
1801	9.4	-12.9%	5,501,623	3.6%
1802	7.9	-16.3%	5,694,763	3.5%
1803	7.9	-.1%	5,887,902	3.4%
1804	8.7	11.1%	6,081,042	3.3%
1805	10.5	20.5%	6,274,182	3.2%
1806	9.8	-6.7%	6,467,322	3.1%
1807	8.4	-14.8%	6,660,462	3.0%
1808	9.9	18.9%	6,853,601	2.9%
1809	10.3	3.5%	7,046,741	2.8%
1810	8.2	-20.7%	7,239,881	2.7%
1811	8.1	-1.2%	7,479,738	3.3%
1812	20.3	151.7%	7,719,595	3.2%
1813	31.7	56.2%	7,959,453	3.1%
1814	34.7	9.6%	8,199,310	3.0%
1815	32.7	-5.8%	8,439,167	2.9%
1816	30.6	-6.5%	8,679,024	2.8%
1817	21.8	-28.6%	8,918,881	2.8%
1818	19.8	-9.2%	9,158,739	2.7%
1819	21.5	8.3%	9,398,596	2.6%
1820	18.3	-14.9%	9,638,453	2.6%
1821	15.8	-13.4%	9,961,210	3.3%
1822	15.0	-5.1%	10,283,966	3.2%
1823	14.7	-2.0%	10,606,723	3.1%
1824	20.3	38.2%	10,929,480	3.0%
1825	15.9	-22.0%	11,252,237	3.0%
1826	17.0	7.4%	11,574,993	2.9%
1827	16.1	-5.3%	11,897,750	2.8%
1828	16.4	1.6%	12,220,507	2.7%
1829	15.2	-7.3%	12,543,263	2.6%
1830	15.1	-.4%	12,866,020	2.6%
1831	15.2	.7%	13,286,363	3.3%
1832	17.3	13.4%	13,706,707	3.2%
1833	23.0	33.1%	14,127,050	3.1%
1834	18.6	-19.1%	14,547,393	3.0%
1835	17.6	-5.7%	14,967,737	2.9%
1836	30.9	75.7%	15,388,080	2.8%
1837	37.2	20.7%	15,808,423	2.7%
1838	33.9	-9.1%	16,228,766	2.7%
1839	26.9	-20.6%	16,649,110	2.6%
1840	24.3	-9.6%	17,069,452	2.5%
1841	26.6	9.2%	17,695,118	3.7%
1842	25.2	-5.1%	18,320,782	3.5%
1843	11.9	-53.0%	18,946,448	3.4%
1844	22.3	88.4%	19,572,112	3.3%
1845	22.9	2.7%	20,197,776	3.2%
1846	27.8	21.1%	20,823,440	3.1%
1847	57.3	106.3%	21,449,106	3.0%
1848	45.4	-20.8%	22,074,772	2.9%
1849	45.1	-.7%	22,700,436	2.8%
1850	39.5	-12.2%	23,326,100	2.8%
1851	47.7	20.6%	24,138,080	3.5%
1852	44.2	-7.4%	24,950,060	3.4%
1853	48.2	9.0%	25,762,040	3.3%
1854	58.0	20.5%	26,574,020	3.2%
1855	59.7	2.9%	27,386,000	3.1%
1856	69.6	16.5%	28,212,000	3.0%
1857	67.8	-2.6%	29,037,000	2.9%
1858	74.2	9.4%	29,862,000	2.8%
1859	69.1	-6.9%	30,687,000	2.8%
1860	63.1	-8.6%	31,502,000	2.7%
1861	66.5	5.4%	32,214,000	2.3%
1862	475	613.4%	32,926,000	2.2%
1863	715	50.5%	33,637,000	2.2%
1864	865	21.1%	34,349,000	2.1%
1865	1,298	50.0%	35,060,000	2.1%
1866	521	-59.9%	35,772,000	2.0%
1867	258	-50.5%	36,483,000	2.0%
1868	377	46.5%	37,195,000	2.0%
1869	323	-14.4%	37,906,000	1.9%
1870	310	-4.1%	38,655,000	2.0%
1871	292	-5.6%	39,555,000	2.3%
1872	278	-5.0%	40,596,000	2.6%
1873	290	4.6%	41,677,000	2.7%
1874	303	4.2%	42,796,000	2.7%
1875	275	-9.3%	43,951,000	2.7%
1876	265	-3.5%	45,137,000	2.7%
1877	241	-9.0%	46,353,000	2.7%
1878	237	-1.8%	47,598,000	2.7%
1879	267	12.7%	48,866,000	2.7%
1880	268	.3%	50,156,000	2.6%
1881	261	-2.6%	51,316,000	2.3%
1882	258	-1.0%	52,495,000	2.3%
1883	265	2.9%	53,693,000	2.3%
1884	244	-8.0%	54,911,000	2.3%
1885	260	6.6%	56,148,000	2.3%
1886	242	-6.8%	57,404,000	2.2%
1887	268	10.5%	58,680,000	2.2%
1888	268	-.0%	59,974,000	2.2%
1889	299	11.7%	61,289,000	2.2%
1890	318	6.3%	62,622,000	2.2%
1891	366	15.0%	63,844,000	2.0%
1892	345	-5.7%	65,086,000	1.9%
1893	383	11.1%	66,349,000	1.9%
1894	368	-4.2%	67,632,000	1.9%
1895	356	-3.1%	68,934,000	1.9%
1896	352	-1.1%	70,254,000	1.9%
1897	366	3.9%	71,592,000	1.9%
1898	443	21.2%	72,947,000	1.9%
1899	605	36.5%	74,318,000	1.9%
1900	521	-13.9%	76,303,000	2.7%
1901	525	.8%	77,647,000	1.8%
1902	485	-7.6%	79,003,000	1.7%
1903	517	6.6%	80,893,000	2.4%
1904	584	13.0%	82,601,000	2.1%
1905	567	-2.9%	84,219,000	2.0%
1906	570	.5%	85,837,000	1.9%
1907	579	1.6%	87,455,000	1.9%
1908	659	13.8%	89,073,000	1.9%
1909	694	5.3%	90,691,000	1.8%
1910	694	.0%	92,267,000	1.7%
1911	691	-.4%	93,682,000	1.5%
1912	690	-.1%	95,097,000	1.5%
1913	715	3.6%	96,512,000	1.5%
1914	726	1.5%	97,927,000	1.5%
1915	746	2.8%	99,343,000	1.4%
1916	713	-4.4%	100,758,000	1.4%
1917	1,954	174.1%	102,173,000	1.4%
1918	12,677	548.8%	103,588,000	1.4%
1919	18,493	45.9%	105,003,064	1.4%
1920	6,358	-65.6%	106,543,032	1.5%
1921	5,062	-20.4%	108,207,856	1.6%
1922	3,289	-35.0%	109,872,672	1.5%
1923	3,140	-4.5%	111,537,496	1.5%
1924	2,908	-7.4%	113,202,320	1.5%
1925	2,924	.6%	115,829,000	2.3%
1926	2,930	.2%	116,531,960	.6%
1927	2,857	-2.5%	118,196,784	1.4%
1928	2,961	3.6%	119,861,608	1.4%
1929	3,127	5.6%	121,878,000	1.7%	104	3.0%
1930	3,320	6.2%	123,188,000	1.1%	97.4	3.4%
1931	3,577	7.7%	124,149,000	.8%	83.7	4.3%
1932	4,659	30.2%	124,949,000	.6%	67.5	6.9%
1933	4,598	-1.3%	125,690,000	.6%	57.4	8.0%
1934	6,541	42.3%	126,485,000	.6%	61.2	10.7%
1935	6,412	-2.0%	127,362,000	.7%	69.7	9.2%
1936	8,228	28.3%	128,181,000	.6%	78.5	10.5%
1937	7,580	-7.9%	128,961,000	.6%	87.8	8.6%
1938	6,840	-9.8%	129,969,000	.8%	89.0	7.7%
1939	9,141	33.6%	131,028,000	.8%	89.0	10.3%
1940	9,468	3.6%	132,122,000	.8%	96.5	9.8%
1941	13,653	44.2%	133,402,000	1.0%	114	12.0%
1942	35,137	157.4%	134,860,000	1.1%	144	24.4%
1943	78,555	123.6%	136,739,008	1.4%	180	43.6%
1944	91,304	16.2%	138,396,992	1.2%	209	43.7%
1945	92,712	1.5%	139,928,000	1.1%	221	41.9%
1946	55,232	-40.4%	141,388,992	1.0%	223	24.8%
1947	34,496	-37.5%	144,126,000	1.9%	235	14.7%
1948	29,764	-13.7%	146,631,008	1.7%	257	11.6%
1949	38,835	30.5%	149,188,000	1.7%	272	14.3%
1950	42,562	9.6%	151,684,000	1.7%	274	15.6%
1951	45,514	6.9%	154,287,008	1.7%	321	14.2%
1952	67,686	48.7%	156,954,000	1.7%	349	19.4%
1953	76,101	12.4%	159,564,992	1.7%	373	20.4%
1954	70,855	-6.9%	162,391,008	1.8%	378	18.7%
1955	68,444	-3.4%	165,275,008	1.8%	395	17.3%
1956	70,640	3.2%	168,220,992	1.8%	428	16.5%
1957	76,578	8.4%	171,274,000	1.8%	451	17.0%
1958	82,405	7.6%	174,140,992	1.7%	461	17.9%
1959	92,098	11.8%	177,072,992	1.7%	492	18.7%
1960	92,191	.1%	180,760,000	2.1%	520	17.7%
1961	97,723	6.0%	183,742,000	1.6%	531	18.4%
1962	106,821	9.3%	186,590,000	1.5%	569	18.8%
1963	111,316	4.2%	189,300,000	1.5%	600	18.5%
1964	118,528	6.5%	191,927,008	1.4%	642	18.5%
1965	118,228	-.3%	194,347,008	1.3%	688	17.2%
1966	134,532	13.8%	196,599,008	1.2%	757	17.8%
1967	157,464	17.0%	198,752,000	1.1%	812	19.4%
1968	178,134	13.1%	200,744,992	1.0%	870	20.5%
1969	183,640	3.1%	202,736,000	1.0%	949	19.3%
1970	195,649	6.5%	205,088,992	1.2%	1,014	19.3%
1971	210,172	7.4%	207,692,000	1.3%	1,082	19.4%
1972	230,681	9.8%	209,924,000	1.1%	1,179	19.6%
1973	245,707	6.5%	211,939,008	1.0%	1,314	18.7%
1974	269,359	9.6%	213,898,000	.9%	1,442	18.7%
1975	332,332	23.4%	215,980,992	1.0%	1,559	21.3%
1976	371,792	11.9%	218,086,000	1.0%	1,736	21.4%
1977	409,218	10.1%	220,288,992	1.0%	1,975	20.7%
1978	458,746	12.1%	222,628,992	1.1%	2,220	20.7%
1979	504,032	9.9%	225,106,000	1.1%	2,505	20.1%
1980	590,947	17.2%	227,715,008	1.2%	2,732	21.6%
1981	678,249	14.8%	229,988,992	1.0%	3,060	22.2%
1982	745,755	10.0%	232,200,992	1.0%	3,231	23.1%
1983	808,385	8.4%	234,326,000	.9%	3,442	23.5%
1984	851,874	5.4%	236,392,992	.9%	3,847	22.1%
1985	946,422	11.1%	238,510,000	.9%	4,142	22.9%
1986	990,460	4.7%	240,691,008	.9%	4,398	22.5%
1987	1,004,083	1.4%	242,860,000	.9%	4,654	21.6%
1988	1,064,481	6.0%	245,092,992	.9%	5,017	21.2%
1989	1,143,829	7.5%	247,396,992	.9%	5,407	21.2%
1990	1,253,130	9.6%	249,951,008	1.0%	5,738	21.8%
1991	1,324,331	5.7%	252,699,008	1.1%	5,928	22.3%
1992	1,381,649	4.3%	255,472,000	1.1%	6,222	22.2%
1993	1,409,522	2.0%	258,256,000	1.1%	6,561	21.5%
1994	1,461,907	3.7%	259,343,008	.4%	6,949	21.0%
1995	1,515,884	3.7%	260,138,000	.3%	7,323	20.7%
1996	1,560,608	3.0%	261,763,600	.6%	7,700	20.3%
1997	1,601,307	2.6%	263,389,200	.6%	8,183	19.6%
1998	1,652,685	3.2%	265,014,800	.6%	8,636	19.1%
1999	1,702,035	3.0%	266,640,400	.6%	9,115	18.7%
2000	1,789,216	5.1%	281,421,906	5.5%	9,817	18.2%
2001	1,863,190	4.1%	285,226,284	1.4%	10,568	17.6%
2002	2,011,153	7.9%	288,125,973	1.0%	10,879	18.5%
2003	2,160,117	7.4%	289,985,771	.6%	11,334	19.1%
2004	2,293,006	6.2%	292,805,643	1.0%	12,091	19.0%
2005	2,471,971	7.8%	295,583,436	.9%	12,891	19.2%
2006	2,655,057	7.4%	298,442,420	1.0%	13,687	19.4%
2007	2,728,702	2.8%	301,279,593	1.0%	14,325	19.0%
2008	2,982,554	9.3%	304,228,257	1.0%	14,756	20.2%
2009	3,517,681	17.9%	307,212,123	1.0%	14,414	24.4%
2010	3,456,213	-1.7%	308,745,538	.5%	14,791	23.4%
2011	3,818,819	10.5%	311,060,000	.7%	15,387	24.8%
2012	3,728,686	-2.4%	313,394,000	.8%	16,094	23.2%
2013	3,803,367	2.0%	315,744,000	.7%	16,619	22.9%
2014	4,161,230	9.4%	318,112,000	.7%	17,332	24.0%
2015 (est.)	4,385,531	5.4%	320,498,000	.8%	18,219	24.1%

The GDP, or Gross Domestic Product, represents every dollar spent by U.S. consumers, business and government for the purchase of domestic finished products and services. Purchases of raw materials and parts for further processing or assembly are excluded.
The primary sources for budget and spending information are the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Office of Management and Budget.
Data marked '(est.)' are official projections, usually fairly optimistic.