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Funding

Where government money comes from and goes — federal spending by agency and function, and per-state revenue, spending, and officeholders. Coverage-honest: figures we don't have yet show "—".

Federal funding is where the government’s money comes from — mostly taxes — and where it goes: agencies, programs, and payments. Learn more →

Spending$7,009,973,667,049Total money the federal government spent in this fiscal year — all federal spending (Treasury, net).
Receipts$5,234,616,386,315Total federal revenue collected — income, payroll, corporate and other taxes — for this fiscal year (Treasury, net).
Deficit$1,775,357,280,734The one-year gap when spending exceeds receipts (a surplus if receipts are higher). A single year — not the accumulated debt.

Receipts vs. spending over time

The gap between spending and receipts (revenue) is the annual deficit. Treasury (net).

Federal receipts, spending, and deficit by fiscal year
FYSpendingReceiptsDeficit
2016$3,854,100,140,610$3,266,688,370,973$587,411,769,636
2017$3,980,605,417,586$3,314,893,904,524$665,711,513,062
2018$4,107,741,496,584$3,328,745,244,718$778,996,251,866
2019$4,446,583,636,481$3,462,195,610,149$984,388,026,331
2020$6,551,872,254,654$3,419,955,005,765$3,131,917,248,888
2021$6,818,157,647,017$4,045,978,858,727$2,772,178,788,289
2022$6,271,507,596,876$4,896,119,043,921$1,375,388,552,955
2023$6,134,432,040,451$4,439,283,739,921$1,695,148,300,531
2024$6,751,551,633,812$4,918,735,644,738$1,832,815,989,074
2025$7,009,973,667,049$5,234,616,386,315$1,775,357,280,734
National debt (FY2025)$37,637,553,494,936Total public debt outstanding at the end of this fiscal year — the running total of all past deficits, not one year's shortfall.

National debt over time

U.S. national debt by fiscal year
FYNational debt
2017$20,244,900,016,054
2018$21,516,058,183,180
2019$22,719,401,753,434
2020$26,945,391,194,615
2021$28,428,918,570,049
2022$30,928,911,613,307
2023$33,167,334,044,723
2024$35,464,673,929,172
2025$37,637,553,494,936
2026$39,913,529,319,465

National totals from Treasury; the breakdown below is USAspending. Data from USAspending · Treasury

Federal revenue by source over time — individual income tax, payroll (social insurance), corporate, excise, and the rest. Treasury (net); sources sum to total receipts.

  • Individual income taxes$2,656,044,447,27650.7%
  • Social insurance & retirement (payroll)$1,748,293,811,96333.4%
  • Corporation income taxes$452,089,303,4208.6%
  • Customs duties$194,865,739,8733.7%
  • Excise taxes$105,936,465,3082.0%
  • Miscellaneous receipts$47,924,573,3860.9%
  • Estate & gift taxes$29,462,045,0900.6%

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Federal receipts by source over fiscal year
FYIndividual income taxesSocial insurance & retirement (payroll)Corporation income taxesCustoms dutiesExcise taxesMiscellaneous receiptsEstate & gift taxes
2016$1,546,074,928,108$1,115,062,819,158$299,570,939,628$34,837,269,317$95,045,415,455$154,742,996,991$21,354,002,317
2017$1,587,119,168,060$1,161,895,526,037$297,047,881,065$34,575,150,111$83,822,381,041$127,666,088,631$22,767,709,580
2018$1,683,537,216,745$1,170,699,412,099$204,733,303,759$41,298,963,822$94,988,171,026$110,505,101,069$22,983,076,198
2019$1,717,857,487,902$1,243,086,864,806$230,244,746,814$70,783,723,012$98,914,554,368$84,636,700,924$16,671,532,322
2020$1,608,661,926,485$1,309,954,436,375$211,844,662,324$68,550,229,846$86,782,067,346$116,537,527,368$17,624,156,022
2021$2,044,377,037,669$1,314,088,927,584$371,831,354,722$79,984,829,486$75,271,184,579$133,285,449,480$27,140,075,206
2022$2,632,145,029,572$1,483,527,132,766$424,865,169,900$99,907,565,997$87,726,258,305$135,397,489,336$32,550,398,045
2023$2,176,480,648,911$1,614,453,772,007$419,583,849,964$80,337,268,464$75,803,570,858$38,956,481,932$33,668,147,784
2024$2,426,066,988,326$1,709,558,485,436$529,866,802,638$77,036,909,945$101,435,326,697$43,155,255,587$31,615,876,109
2025$2,656,044,447,276$1,748,293,811,963$452,089,303,420$194,865,739,873$105,936,465,308$47,924,573,386$29,462,045,090

Data from USAspending

FY2025 totals on the left; click any row to toggle its line on the over-time chart. The 5 largest are charted by default.

Federal spending by top recipients over time
FYHEALTH CARE SERVICES, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OFNYS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHHEALTH & HUMAN SVC COMMN TXPA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICESLOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
2016$58,679,901,361$36,663,088,646$25,941,043,440$15,212,858,740$10,460,635,474
2017$63,927,130,976$40,444,345,105$24,698,320,174$20,438,238,194$27,375,008,778
2018$63,025,493,336$42,843,617,678$24,420,183,214$20,703,627,363$15,376,641,875
2019$47,388,782,360$45,589,235,301$27,387,440,626$22,213,720,883$14,548,999,590
2020$66,834,345,710$51,781,669,254$38,736,271,683$30,395,815,749$39,984,123,452
2021$80,623,224,216$47,016,017,745$50,461,406,804$36,606,097,127
2022$92,805,350,196$59,027,177,480$52,801,604,770$37,082,521,803$17,046,108,741
2023$85,074,979,927$55,223,608,073$50,293,692,682$37,494,637,758$32,458,309,890
2024$100,886,953,232$72,334,774,716$42,235,368,056$34,371,951,817$14,364,177,653
2025$112,537,529,310$76,534,795,756$40,735,915,751$36,169,292,300$34,094,675,624