US Historical Spending
Executive Office of the President
(Millions of Dollars)
1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 estimate | 2011 estimate | 2012 estimate | 2013 estimate | 2014 estimate | 2015 estimate |
12 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 29 | 38 | 47 | 50 | 67 | 93 | 80 | 74 | 75 | 81 | 96 | 96 | 95 | 94 | 96 | 111 | 108 | 110 | 122 | 124 | 158 | 193 | 186 | 194 | 231 | 215 | 202 | 221 | 237 | 417 | 283 | 246 | 451 | 386 | 3349 | 7686 | 5379 | 2956 | 1173 | 743 | 715 | 501 | 427 | 409 | 418 | 425 |
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Source: Historical-Tables
General Government Historical Spending
Function and Subfunction | 1976 | TQ | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
Legislative functions | 780 | 188 | 878 | 913 | 932 | 1111 | 1036 | 1175 | 1418 | 1443 | 1358 | 1412 | 1572 | 1602 | 1784 | 1810 | 2021 | 2136 | 2108 | 2106 | 2172 | 1925 | 2006 | 2073 | 2343 | 2237 | 2716 | 2922 | 3144 | 3166 | 3270 | 3428 | 3539 |
Executive direction and management | 71 | 18 | 83 | 79 | 84 | 102 | 108 | 95 | 103 | 111 | 118 | 110 | 120 | 128 | 137 | 296 | 188 | 212 | 254 | 210 | 199 | 206 | 227 | 437 | 491 | 448 | 583 | 565 | 537 | 569 | 620 | 530 | 533 |
Central fiscal operations | 1768 | 462 | 1912 | 2118 | 2375 | 2667 | 2809 | 2928 | 3395 | 3621 | 3854 | 4032 | 4761 | 5159 | 6021 | 6032 | 6288 | 7037 | 7295 | 7707 | 7751 | 7641 | 7426 | 10873 | 9739 | 8466 | 9330 | 9827 | 11692 | 9903 | 10171 | 10675 | 10651 |
General property and records management | 316 | 58 | 350 | 181 | 344 | 293 | 409 | 251 | 450 | 303 | 400 | 418 | 225 | 63 | 422 | 2249 | 2024 | 432 | 681 | 719 | 270 | 275 | 578 | 34 | 528 | -70 | 501 | 530 | 913 | 810 | 625 | 1097 | 486 |
Central personnel management | 99 | 25 | 109 | 126 | 133 | 145 | 162 | 141 | 142 | 148 | 149 | 136 | 141 | 145 | 151 | 161 | 171 | 179 | 186 | 185 | 177 | 154 | 150 | 149 | 154 | 161 | 170 | 180 | 212 | 207 | 237 | 210 | 203 |
General purpose fiscal assistance | 9751 | 3470 | 9342 | 10454 | 8282 | 8664 | 6249 | 6389 | 6361 | 6795 | 6322 | 5847 | 1369 | 1963 | 2043 | 2033 | 2138 | 1893 | 1919 | 2213 | 1908 | 2073 | 2192 | 2192 | 2033 | 2058 | 2473 | 2555 | 7676 | 7702 | 3419 | 3930 | 3847 |
Other general government | 470 | 177 | 531 | 618 | 493 | 592 | 763 | 542 | 793 | 489 | 561 | 757 | 981 | 1803 | 812 | 719 | 1450 | 1693 | 1472 | 924 | 1685 | 837 | 1412 | 980 | 2296 | 2108 | 2086 | 2158 | 2779 | 2502 | 1367 | 1151 | 1708 |
Deductions for offsetting receipts | –322 | –150 | –256 | –289 | –198 | –351 | –222 | –216 | –636 | –513 | –506 | –78 | –623 | –694 | –893 | –361 | –718 | –480 | –739 | –2087 | –1077 | –1694 | –1497 | –855 | –884 | –2383 | –1754 | –812 | –1745 | –1068 | –2841 | –1359 | –2346 |
Total General government | 12932 | 4248 | 12948 | 14200 | 12445 | 13226 | 11313 | 11305 | 12026 | 12399 | 12258 | 12634 | 8546 | 10169 | 10478 | 12939 | 13562 | 13101 | 13176 | 11977 | 13085 | 11417 | 12494 | 15883 | 16700 | 13025 | 16105 | 17925 | 25208 | 23791 | 16868 | 19662 | 18621 |
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Source: https://www.johnfgroom.com/pdf?file=Historical-Tables
Below is a table covering Outlays by agency. You can see there has been a significant upward trend in spending over the years. This is not adjusted for inflation.
On page 115 of File:Historical-Tables.pdf you will see the Budget Authority by Agency. The Executive Office of the President makes a jump from $70,000,000 in 1976 to $18,763,000,000 in 2004.
OUTLAYS BY AGENCY: 2001–2015
Source: Historical Tables, Budget of the U. S. Government Fiscal Year 2011: File:Historical-Tables.pdf
(in millions of dollars)
Department or other unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Legislative Branch | 2,959 | 3,187 | 3,396 | 3,890 | 3,984 | 4,101 | 4,294 | 4,410 | 4,702 | 5,423 | 5,579 | 5,292 | 5,204 | 5,306 | 5,434 |
The Judiciary | 4,380 | 4,828 | 5,127 | 5,389 | 5,547 | 5,823 | 6,006 | 6,347 | 6,645 | 7,159 | 7,512 | 7,351 | 7,148 | 7,246 | 7,402 |
Agriculture | 68,071 | 68,622 | 72,737 | 71,560 | 85,308 | 93,533 | 84,427 | 90,795 | 114,440 | 142,016 | 145,748 | 137,917 | 141,477 | 138,626 | 136,116 |
Commerce | 5,003 | 5,312 | 5,665 | 5,829 | 6,147 | 6,372 | 6,475 | 7,721 | 10,718 | 16,714 | 11,500 | 10,430 | 9,948 | 9,016 | 9,050 |
Defense—Military | 290,185 | 331,845 | 388,686 | 437,034 | 474,354 | 499,344 | 528,578 | 594,662 | 636,775 | 692,031 | 721,285 | 653,424 | 633,918 | 642,903 | 657,336 |
Education | 35,523 | 46,373 | 57,145 | 62,780 | 72,858 | 93,368 | 66,372 | 65,963 | 53,389 | 106,944 | 94,261 | 85,178 | 88,711 | 93,794 | 96,694 |
Energy | 16,319 | 17,669 | 19,379 | 19,892 | 21,271 | 19,649 | 20,116 | 21,400 | 23,683 | 38,278 | 44,390 | 34,792 | 28,072 | 28,041 | 27,471 |
Health and Human Services | 425,885 | 465,326 | 504,922 | 542,982 | 581,390 | 614,274 | 671,982 | 700,442 | 796,267 | 868,762 | 934,426 | 911,291 | 980,674 | 1,064,595 | 1,114,243 |
Homeland Security | 15,040 | 17,583 | 31,977 | 26,587 | 38,711 | 69,032 | 39,172 | 40,684 | 51,725 | 52,903 | 54,723 | 46,847 | 45,538 | 45,870 | 46,918 |
Housing and Urban Development | 33,865 | 31,788 | 37,410 | 44,984 | 42,453 | 42,435 | 45,561 | 49,088 | 61,019 | 62,518 | 53,082 | 48,153 | 44,269 | 44,730 | 44,590 |
Interior | 7,743 | 9,739 | 9,193 | 8,606 | 9,292 | 9,037 | 10,469 | 9,817 | 11,775 | 12,042 | 14,045 | 12,803 | 11,772 | 11,783 | 11,683 |
Justice | 18,443 | 21,178 | 20,790 | 29,601 | 22,361 | 23,324 | 23,349 | 26,545 | 27,711 | 30,333 | 31,924 | 33,700 | 31,661 | 31,141 | 31,564 |
Labor | 39,707 | 64,686 | 69,563 | 56,687 | 46,949 | 43,138 | 47,544 | 58,838 | 138,157 | 209,265 | 116,902 | 90,790 | 85,810 | 81,804 | 78,555 |
State | 7,487 | 9,327 | 9,343 | 10,915 | 12,748 | 12,953 | 13,737 | 17,493 | 21,427 | 25,726 | 28,745 | 30,065 | 30,954 | 31,238 | 31,384 |
Transportation | 49,231 | 56,252 | 50,764 | 54,879 | 56,596 | 60,139 | 61,697 | 64,944 | 73,004 | 90,944 | 86,665 | 82,817 | 82,097 | 80,209 | 81,794 |
Treasury | 388,268 | 371,187 | 368,256 | 375,844 | 410,240 | 464,675 | 490,589 | 548,797 | 701,775 | 502,980 | 593,550 | 685,279 | 762,579 | 848,062 | 921,117 |
Veterans Affairs | 45,012 | 50,868 | 56,921 | 59,554 | 69,815 | 69,777 | 72,792 | 84,749 | 95,457 | 124,565 | 124,215 | 122,369 | 133,194 | 140,366 | 147,107 |
Corps of Engineers | 4,640 | 4,727 | 4,682 | 4,728 | 4,719 | 6,944 | 3,918 | 5,075 | 6,842 | 10,536 | 6,929 | 5,879 | 4,577 | 4,504 | 4,610 |
Other Defense—Civil Programs | 34,131 | 35,136 | 39,874 | 41,726 | 43,481 | 44,435 | 47,112 | 45,785 | 57,276 | 54,317 | 55,719 | 56,457 | 58,063 | 59,632 | 61,089 |
Environmental Protection Agency | 7,367 | 7,451 | 8,041 | 8,328 | 7,913 | 8,321 | 8,259 | 7,939 | 8,070 | 11,301 | 11,177 | 9,980 | 9,096 | 8,680 | 8,543 |
Executive Office of the President | 246 | 451 | 386 | 3,349 | 7,686 | 5,379 | 2,956 | 1,173 | 743 | 715 | 501 | 427 | 409 | 418 | 425 |
General Services Administration | –309 | –684 | 589 | –451 | 20 | 24 | 27 | 343 | 319 | 1,782 | 2,279 | 2,170 | 1,555 | 1,007 | 923 |
International Assistance Programs | 11,804 | 13,289 | 13,449 | 13,639 | 15,024 | 13,917 | 12,752 | 11,359 | 14,797 | 23,899 | 24,343 | 28,223 | 30,542 | 33,006 | 36,021 |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 14,092 | 14,405 | 14,610 | 15,152 | 15,602 | 15,125 | 15,861 | 17,833 | 19,168 | 19,123 | 17,863 | 18,953 | 19,768 | 20,347 | 20,725 |
National Science Foundation | 3,662 | 4,155 | 4,690 | 5,092 | 5,403 | 5,510 | 5,488 | 5,785 | 5,958 | 7,819 | 7,647 | 7,558 | 7,672 | 8,062 | 8,320 |
Office of Personnel Management | 50,894 | 52,540 | 54,135 | 56,547 | 59,500 | 62,400 | 58,431 | 64,393 | 72,302 | 71,603 | 73,463 | 75,956 | 78,849 | 82,636 | 85,780 |
Small Business Administration | –570 | 493 | 1,558 | 4,075 | 2,502 | 905 | 1,175 | 528 | 2,246 | 5,978 | 1,388 | 1,112 | 971 | 944 | 959 |
Social Security Administration (On-budget) | 40,007 | 45,816 | 46,333 | 49,008 | 54,556 | 53,252 | 54,917 | 58,602 | 78,657 | 85,108 | 80,933 | 77,304 | 86,124 | 90,989 | 95,767 |
Social Security Administration (Off-budget) | 421,257 | 442,010 | 461,400 | 481,200 | 506,779 | 532,491 | 566,846 | 599,197 | 648,892 | 683,867 | 708,620 | 738,430 | 774,960 | 815,822 | 860,617 |
Other Independent Agencies (On-budget) | 11,387 | 16,705 | 14,579 | 10,103 | 16,766 | 14,003 | 12,913 | 47,221 | 47,635 | 2,001 | 31,832 | 26,928 | 13,888 | 10,817 | 8,688 |
Other Independent Agencies (Off-budget) | 2,302 | –651 | –5,245 | –4,130 | –1,791 | –1,075 | 5,093 | 2,417 | 304 | 6,426 | 4,226 | –13 | –24 | –21 | –21 |
Allowances | –4 | 18,750 | 21,676 | –4,187 | 9,895 | 37,090 | 78,277 | ||||||||
Undistributed offsetting receipts | –191,125 | –200,706 | –210,449 | –212,526 | –226,213 | –237,548 | –260,206 | –277,791 | –274,193 | –271,127 | –283,287 | –288,823 | –303,928 | –317,433 | –333,650 |
(On-budget) | (–114,404) | (–115,009) | (–117,303) | (–114,967) | (–123,436) | (–128,201) | (–141,904) | (–150,928) | (–142,013) | (–137,793) | (–148,634) | (–150,648) | (–158,918) | (–164,185) | (–170,922) |
(Off-budget) | (–76,721) | (–85,697) | (–93,146) | (–97,559) | (–102,777) | (–109,347) | (–118,302) | (–126,863) | (–132,180) | (–133,334) | (–134,653) | (–138,175) | (–145,010) | (–153,248) | (–162,728) |
Total outlays | 1,862,906 | 2,010,907 | 2,159,906 | 2,292,853 | 2,471,971 | 2,655,057 | 2,728,702 | 2,982,554 | 3,517,681 | 3,720,701 | 3,833,861 | 3,754,852 | 3,915,443 | 4,161,230 | 4,385,531 |
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