Public spending context

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U.S. government spending landscape

Planned and recorded spending.

Federal spending is shown against the current full-year budget estimate. State and city totals use the latest nationwide releases because there is no single, live national budget plan for those governments.

Planned vs. recorded spendingShared scale · $ trillions

Budget estimateRecorded expenditure

FederalFY2026 · through July 2026

Budget estimate

$7.54T

Outlays to date

$6.28T

83%of full-year estimate outlaid

StateLatest nationwide actual · FY2024

Expenditure

$3.20T

National planned total is not centrally consolidated.

CityLatest complete municipal total · FY2022

Expenditure

$0.74T

National planned total is not centrally consolidated.

Reading note: These are total government expenditures, not procurement-only dollars. Do not add the rows together: reporting years differ and federal transfers can also appear in state or local totals.

Official sources: U.S. Treasury, July 2026 MTS · U.S. Census, 2024 State & Local Government Finances · 2022 Census of Governments

State & city budget explorer

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Browse all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and 19,500+ incorporated or consolidated Census places. The finder shows the latest comparable expenditure benchmark when available—and clearly flags when a live FY2026 balance has not been published in a national source.

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Official coverage2025 Census Gazetteer 2024 State & Local Government FinanceActual expenditures are historical benchmarks—not approved FY2026 budgets or live unspent balances.

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