Federal Receipts and Outlays: 1950-2015 Unified, Public, and Gross Budget Deficit: 1970-2015
              RECEIPTS, OUTLAYS, AND SURPLUSES OR DEFICITS(-): 1940-2015
                                (billions of dollars)

                                           Public
        Total    Total  Unified   Public  Def w/o    Gross    OASDI Medicare
Year Receipts  Outlays  Deficit  Deficit    OASDI  Deficit  Surplus  Surplus      GDP
---- --------  -------  -------  -------  -------  -------  -------  -------  -------
1940      6.5      9.5     -2.9                                 0.6              96.8
1941      8.7     13.7     -4.9     -5.5     -6.1     -6.8      0.7             114.1
1942     14.6     35.1    -20.5    -19.5    -20.4    -21.7      0.8             144.3
1943     24.0     78.6    -54.6    -60.0    -61.1    -63.4      1.0             180.3
1944     43.7     91.3    -47.6    -57.0    -58.2    -61.4      1.2             209.2
1945     45.2     92.7    -47.6    -50.4    -51.6    -56.0      1.2             221.4
1946     39.3     55.2    -15.9     -6.7     -7.7    -10.9      1.0             222.6
1947     38.5     34.5      4.0     17.5     16.4     13.8      1.2             233.2
1948     41.6     29.8     11.8      8.1      6.8      5.1      1.2             256.6
1949     39.4     38.8      0.6      1.9      0.7     -0.6      1.3             271.3
1950     39.4     42.6     -3.1     -4.7     -6.3     -4.2      1.6             273.1
1951     51.6     45.5      6.1      4.7      2.9      1.6      1.8             320.2
1952     66.2     67.7     -1.5     -0.4     -2.3     -3.8      1.9             348.7
1953     69.6     76.1     -6.5     -3.6     -5.4     -6.9      1.8             372.5
1954     69.7     70.9     -1.2     -6.1     -7.8     -4.8      1.7             377.0
1955     65.5     68.4     -3.0     -2.1     -3.2     -3.6      1.1             395.9
1956     74.6     70.6      3.9      4.5      3.0      1.7      1.5             427.0
1957     80.0     76.6      3.4      2.8      2.1      0.4      0.8             450.9
1958     79.6     82.4     -2.8     -7.0     -7.6     -7.4      0.5             460.0
1959     79.2     92.1    -12.8     -8.4     -7.7     -7.8     -0.7             490.2
1960     92.5     92.2      0.3     -2.1     -1.9     -3.1     -0.2             518.9
1961     94.4     97.7     -3.3     -1.5     -1.9     -2.1      0.4             529.9
1962     99.7    106.8     -7.1     -9.7     -8.4    -10.3     -1.3             567.8
1963    106.6    111.3     -4.8     -6.0     -5.2     -7.4     -0.8             599.2
1964    112.6    118.5     -5.9     -2.9     -3.5     -5.7      0.6             641.5
1965    116.8    118.2     -1.4     -3.9     -4.1     -6.3      0.2      0.0    687.5
1966    130.8    134.5     -3.7     -2.9     -2.3     -6.2     -0.6      0.9    755.8
1967    148.8    157.5     -8.6     -2.9     -6.9    -11.9      4.0      1.0    810.0
1968    153.0    178.1    -25.2    -22.9    -25.5    -28.2      2.6     -0.1    868.4
1969    186.9    183.6      3.2     11.4      7.7      2.9      3.7      0.7    948.1
1970    192.8    195.6     -2.8     -5.1    -10.9    -15.2      5.9      0.3   1012.7
1971    187.1    210.2    -23.0    -19.8    -22.9    -27.3      3.0      0.7   1080.0
1972    207.3    230.7    -23.4    -19.3    -22.4    -27.8      3.1     -0.1   1176.5
1973    230.8    245.7    -14.9    -18.5    -19.0    -30.4      0.5      1.8   1310.6
1974    263.2    269.4     -6.1     -2.8     -4.6    -17.6      1.8      4.1   1438.5
1975    279.1    332.3    -53.2    -51.0    -53.0    -58.0      2.0      2.1   1560.2
1976    298.1    371.8    -73.7    -82.7    -79.5    -87.0     -3.2      0.7   1738.1
1977    355.6    409.2    -53.7    -71.7    -66.4    -77.4     -3.9      1.2   1973.5
1978    399.6    458.7    -59.2    -58.0    -53.8    -70.2     -4.3      2.4   2217.5
1979    463.3    504.0    -40.7    -33.2    -31.2    -52.9     -2.0      2.6   2501.4
1980    517.1    590.9    -73.8    -71.6    -70.5    -79.6     -1.1      0.7   2724.2
1981    599.3    678.2    -79.0    -77.5    -72.5    -85.8     -5.0      2.8   3057.0
1982    617.8    745.7   -128.0   -135.2   -127.2   -142.5     -7.9      4.8   3223.7
1983    600.6    808.4   -207.8   -212.7   -225.3   -234.3      0.2      6.2   3440.7
1984    666.4    851.8   -185.4   -169.7   -170.0   -192.9      0.3      5.6   3844.4
1985    734.0    946.3   -212.3   -200.3   -207.8   -252.8      9.4      4.1   4146.3
1986    769.2    990.4   -221.2   -233.4   -239.5   -303.1     16.7      5.5   4403.9
1987    854.3   1004.0   -149.7   -149.1   -168.7   -225.5     19.6      8.9   4651.4
1988    909.2   1064.4   -155.2   -161.9   -200.7   -255.1     38.8     15.3   5008.5
1989    991.1   1143.7   -152.6   -139.1   -191.5   -266.7     52.4     22.4   5399.5
1990   1032.0   1253.0   -221.0   -220.8   -279.1   -338.5     58.2     15.5   5734.5
1991   1055.0   1324.2   -269.2   -277.4   -331.0   -391.9     53.5     15.4   5930.5
1992   1091.2   1381.5   -290.3   -310.7   -361.5   -403.6     50.7     13.6   6242.0
1993   1154.3   1409.4   -255.1   -248.7   -295.4   -349.3     46.8     10.2   6587.3
1994   1258.6   1461.8   -203.2   -184.7   -241.4   -292.3     56.8      1.1   6976.6
1995   1351.8   1515.8   -164.0   -171.3   -231.8   -277.3     60.4     -7.1   7341.1
1996   1453.1   1560.5   -107.4   -129.7   -196.1   -260.9     66.4      8.9   7718.3
1997   1579.2   1601.1    -21.9    -38.3   -119.6   -187.7     81.3     -1.1   8211.7
1998   1721.7   1652.5     69.3     51.2    -48.2   -109.0     99.4      6.6   8663.0
1999   1827.5   1701.8    125.6     88.7    -36.0   -127.3    124.7     26.3   9208.4
2000   2025.2   1789.0    236.2    222.6     70.7    -23.2    151.8     29.9   9821.0
2001   1991.1   1862.9    128.2     90.2    -72.8   -141.2    163.0     25.2  10225.3
2002   1853.1   2010.9   -157.8   -220.8   -379.9   -428.5    159.1     28.6  10543.9
2003   1782.3   2159.9   -377.6   -373.0   -528.7   -561.6    155.7      8.1  10979.8
2004   1880.1   2292.9   -412.7   -382.1   -533.0   -594.6    150.9      6.1  11685.6
2005   2153.6   2472.0   -318.3   -296.7   -470.2   -550.6    173.5     12.5  12445.7
2006   2406.9   2655.1   -248.2   -236.8   -422.0   -546.1    185.2     41.8  13224.9
2007   2568.0   2728.7   -160.7   -206.2   -392.8   -499.4    186.6     22.1  13896.0
2008   2524.0   2982.6   -458.6   -767.9   -953.6  -1035.3    185.7     19.6  14439.0
2009   2105.0   3517.7  -1412.7  -1741.7  -1879.0  -1889.8    137.3     -6.8  14237.2

2010*  2165.1   3720.7  -1555.6  -1752.9  -1837.6  -1910.8     84.7    -30.1  14623.9
2011*  2567.2   3833.9  -1266.7  -1200.7  -1300.6  -1357.4    100.0    -36.9  15299.0
2012*  2926.4   3754.9   -828.5   -973.8  -1094.0  -1191.6    120.3    -13.7  16203.3
2013*  3188.1   3915.4   -727.3   -853.5   -989.4  -1117.8    135.9    -23.4  17182.2
2014*  3455.5   4161.2   -705.8   -813.7   -960.2  -1078.8    146.5    -49.1  18192.6
2015*  3633.7   4385.5   -751.9   -849.0  -1007.1  -1151.0    158.0    -39.8  19190.4

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             RECEIPTS, OUTLAYS, AND SURPLUSES OR DEFICITS(-): 1940-2015
                                (percentage of GDP)

                                           Public
        Total    Total  Unified   Public  Def w/o    Gross    OASDI Medicare      GDP
Year Receipts  Outlays  Deficit  Deficit    OASDI  Deficit  Surplus  Surplus   ($bil)
---- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
1940      6.8      9.8     -3.0                                 0.6              96.8
1941      7.6     12.0     -4.3     -4.8     -5.3     -6.0      0.6             114.1
1942     10.1     24.3    -14.2    -13.5    -14.1    -15.0      0.6             144.3
1943     13.3     43.6    -30.3    -33.3    -33.9    -35.2      0.6             180.3
1944     20.9     43.6    -22.7    -27.3    -27.8    -29.4      0.6             209.2
1945     20.4     41.9    -21.5    -22.8    -23.3    -25.3      0.5             221.4
1946     17.7     24.8     -7.2     -3.0     -3.5     -4.9      0.5             222.6
1947     16.5     14.8      1.7      7.5      7.0      5.9      0.5             233.2
1948     16.2     11.6      4.6      3.1      2.7      2.0      0.5             256.6
1949     14.5     14.3      0.2      0.7      0.3     -0.2      0.5             271.3
1950     14.4     15.6     -1.1     -1.7     -2.3     -1.6      0.6             273.1
1951     16.1     14.2      1.9      1.5      0.9      0.5      0.6             320.2
1952     19.0     19.4     -0.4     -0.1     -0.7     -1.1      0.5             348.7
1953     18.7     20.4     -1.7     -1.0     -1.4     -1.8      0.5             372.5
1954     18.5     18.8     -0.3     -1.6     -2.1     -1.3      0.4             377.0
1955     16.5     17.3     -0.8     -0.5     -0.8     -0.9      0.3             395.9
1956     17.5     16.5      0.9      1.0      0.7      0.4      0.3             427.0
1957     17.7     17.0      0.8      0.6      0.5      0.1      0.2             450.9
1958     17.3     17.9     -0.6     -1.5     -1.6     -1.6      0.1             460.0
1959     16.2     18.8     -2.6     -1.7     -1.6     -1.6     -0.1             490.2
1960     17.8     17.8      0.1     -0.4     -0.4     -0.6      0.0             518.9
1961     17.8     18.4     -0.6     -0.3     -0.4     -0.4      0.1             529.9
1962     17.6     18.8     -1.3     -1.7     -1.5     -1.8     -0.2             567.8
1963     17.8     18.6     -0.8     -1.0     -0.9     -1.2     -0.1             599.2
1964     17.6     18.5     -0.9     -0.4     -0.5     -0.9      0.1             641.5
1965     17.0     17.2     -0.2     -0.6     -0.6     -0.9      0.0      0.0    687.5
1966     17.3     17.8     -0.5     -0.4     -0.3     -0.8     -0.1      0.1    755.8
1967     18.4     19.4     -1.1     -0.4     -0.9     -1.5      0.5      0.1    810.0
1968     17.6     20.5     -2.9     -2.6     -2.9     -3.3      0.3      0.0    868.4
1969     19.7     19.4      0.3      1.2      0.8      0.3      0.4      0.1    948.1
1970     19.0     19.3     -0.3     -0.5     -1.1     -1.5      0.6      0.0   1012.7
1971     17.3     19.5     -2.1     -1.8     -2.1     -2.5      0.3      0.1   1080.0
1972     17.6     19.6     -2.0     -1.6     -1.9     -2.4      0.3      0.0   1176.5
1973     17.6     18.7     -1.1     -1.4     -1.5     -2.3      0.0      0.1   1310.6
1974     18.3     18.7     -0.4     -0.2     -0.3     -1.2      0.1      0.3   1438.5
1975     17.9     21.3     -3.4     -3.3     -3.4     -3.7      0.1      0.1   1560.2
1976     17.1     21.4     -4.2     -4.8     -4.6     -5.0     -0.2      0.0   1738.1
1977     18.0     20.7     -2.7     -3.6     -3.4     -3.9     -0.2      0.1   1973.5
1978     18.0     20.7     -2.7     -2.6     -2.4     -3.2     -0.2      0.1   2217.5
1979     18.5     20.1     -1.6     -1.3     -1.2     -2.1     -0.1      0.1   2501.4
1980     19.0     21.7     -2.7     -2.6     -2.6     -2.9      0.0      0.0   2724.2
1981     19.6     22.2     -2.6     -2.5     -2.4     -2.8     -0.2      0.1   3057.0
1982     19.2     23.1     -4.0     -4.2     -3.9     -4.4     -0.2      0.1   3223.7
1983     17.5     23.5     -6.0     -6.2     -6.5     -6.8      0.0      0.2   3440.7
1984     17.3     22.2     -4.8     -4.4     -4.4     -5.0      0.0      0.1   3844.4
1985     17.7     22.8     -5.1     -4.8     -5.0     -6.1      0.2      0.1   4146.3
1986     17.5     22.5     -5.0     -5.3     -5.4     -6.9      0.4      0.1   4403.9
1987     18.4     21.6     -3.2     -3.2     -3.6     -4.8      0.4      0.2   4651.4
1988     18.2     21.3     -3.1     -3.2     -4.0     -5.1      0.8      0.3   5008.5
1989     18.4     21.2     -2.8     -2.6     -3.5     -4.9      1.0      0.4   5399.5
1990     18.0     21.9     -3.9     -3.9     -4.9     -5.9      1.0      0.3   5734.5
1991     17.8     22.3     -4.5     -4.7     -5.6     -6.6      0.9      0.3   5930.5
1992     17.5     22.1     -4.7     -5.0     -5.8     -6.5      0.8      0.2   6242.0
1993     17.5     21.4     -3.9     -3.8     -4.5     -5.3      0.7      0.2   6587.3
1994     18.0     21.0     -2.9     -2.6     -3.5     -4.2      0.8      0.0   6976.6
1995     18.4     20.6     -2.2     -2.3     -3.2     -3.8      0.8     -0.1   7341.1
1996     18.8     20.2     -1.4     -1.7     -2.5     -3.4      0.9      0.1   7718.3
1997     19.2     19.5     -0.3     -0.5     -1.5     -2.3      1.0      0.0   8211.7
1998     19.9     19.1      0.8      0.6     -0.6     -1.3      1.1      0.1   8663.0
1999     19.8     18.5      1.4      1.0     -0.4     -1.4      1.4      0.3   9208.4
2000     20.6     18.2      2.4      2.3      0.7     -0.2      1.5      0.3   9821.0
2001     19.5     18.2      1.3      0.9     -0.7     -1.4      1.6      0.2  10225.3
2002     17.6     19.1     -1.5     -2.1     -3.6     -4.1      1.5      0.3  10543.9
2003     16.2     19.7     -3.4     -3.4     -4.8     -5.1      1.4      0.1  10979.8
2004     16.1     19.6     -3.5     -3.3     -4.6     -5.1      1.3      0.1  11685.6
2005     17.3     19.9     -2.6     -2.4     -3.8     -4.4      1.4      0.1  12445.7
2006     18.2     20.1     -1.9     -1.8     -3.2     -4.1      1.4      0.3  13224.9
2007     18.5     19.6     -1.2     -1.5     -2.8     -3.6      1.3      0.2  13896.0
2008     17.5     20.7     -3.2     -5.3     -6.6     -7.2      1.3      0.1  14439.0
2009     14.8     24.7     -9.9    -12.2    -13.2    -13.3      1.0      0.0  14237.2

2010*    14.8     25.4    -10.6    -12.0    -12.6    -13.1      0.6     -0.2  14623.9
2011*    16.8     25.1     -8.3     -7.8     -8.5     -8.9      0.7     -0.2  15299.0
2012*    18.1     23.2     -5.1     -6.0     -6.8     -7.4      0.7     -0.1  16203.3
2013*    18.6     22.8     -4.2     -5.0     -5.8     -6.5      0.8     -0.1  17182.2
2014*    19.0     22.9     -3.9     -4.5     -5.3     -5.9      0.8     -0.3  18192.6
2015*    18.9     22.9     -3.9     -4.4     -5.2     -6.0      0.8     -0.2  19190.4

* estimated

Note: Public Deficit equals change in Public Debt; Gross Deficit equals change in
      Gross Debt;  Gross Debt equals debt held by the public (called Public Debt
      here) plus debt held by government accounts; OASDI includes Old-Age and
      Survivors Insurance Fund (OAS) and Disability Insurance Fund (DI);
      negative numbers denote deficits
Source: Budget of the United States Government, FY 2011: Historical Tables,
        tables 1.1, 7.1, 13.1

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