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2004 US Federal, State, and Local Government Spending

by Christopher Chantrill
March 16, 2007 at 8:03 pm

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THIS TABLE aggregates all government spending in the United States of America for the fiscal year 2004 organized by government function. As of the time of writing, FY 2004 is the latest year for which actual government spending is available for all levels of government.

The table is derived from two spreadsheets published by the United States government.

Federal spending is obtained from Table 3.2 — Outlays by Function and Subfunction: 1962–2010 in Budget of the United States Government: Historical Tables Fiscal Year 2006 published by the Executive Office of the President of the United States.

State and local government spending is obtained from Table 1. State and Local Government Finances by Level of Government and by State: 2003-04 published by the United States Census Bureau.

United States Federal, State,
and Local Government Spending
Fiscal Year 2004

 FedGov.StateLocalTotal
  Xfer   
Amounts in billions of dollars
Tier One - Seniors860 11126998
--Social Security496   496
--Medicare269   269
--Disability7   7
--Gov. Retirement89 11126226
 
Tier Two - Education85-60201538764
--K-1234-347498505
--Higher25-2516331194
--Other25 31965
 
Tier Three - Welfare471-320411137699
--Cash and Food Stamps46 12967
--Health, Hospitals270-2107194225
--Social Services110-11028034314
--Unemployment45 48093
 
Tier Four - Defense588-114853677
--Military456   456
--Veterans60 2 61
--Justice, Police, Fire, Prisons72-114653160
 
Tier Five - Transportation65-4112484232
 
General Government22 4357123
 
Interest322 3349403
 
Other468-54713321,266
 
Total Government Spending in the United States for FY 20042,292-4261,4061,2584,530

Note: All values are taken exactly from the two spreadsheets referenced above and rounded to the nearest billion dollars, except for the column labeled “Gov. Xfer.”

The “Gov. Xfer” column represents intergovernmental transfers from the federal government to the states and local governments. For instance, Medicaid (included under Health, Hospitals) is a joint federal-state program in which the federal government reimburses state governments for 50 percent or more of their expenses.

The exact size of the intergovernmental transfer for each program is not given in the two tables, so the amount shown on each line of the table is an estimate made by the author. The total of all transfers is $426 billion from the feds to the state and local governments, a number that is published in the Census Bureau table of state and local government spending referenced above.

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