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- Summary of Federal Government Finances
- 1789Ð1997
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- (in millions of dollars)
- Year Total Revenue Total Expenditures Surplus or Deficit (-)
- 1789Ð1791 4 4 *
- 1792 4 5 -1
- 1793 5 4 *
- 1794 5 7 -2
- 1795 6 8 -1
- 1796 8 6 3
- 1797 9 6 3
- 1798 8 8 *
- 1799 8 10 -2
- 1800 11 11 *
- 1801 13 9 4
- 1802 15 8 7
- 1803 11 8 3
- 1804 12 9 3
- 1805 14 11 3
- 1806 16 10 6
- 1807 16 8 8
- 1808 17 10 7
- 1809 8 10 -3
- 1810 9 8 1
- 1811 14 8 6
- 1812 10 20 -10
- 1813 14 32 -17
- 1814 11 35 -24
- 1815 16 33 -17
- 1816 48 31 17
- 1817 33 22 11
- 1818 22 20 2
- 1819 25 21 3
- 1820 18 18 *
- 1821 15 16 -1
- 1822 20 15 5
- 1823 21 15 6
- 1824 19 20 -1
- 1825 22 16 6
- 1826 25 17 8
- 1827 23 16 7
- 1828 25 16 8
- 1829 25 15 10
- 1830 25 15 10
- 1831 29 15 13
- 1832 32 17 15
- 1833 34 23 11
- 1834 22 19 3
- 1835 35 18 18
- 1836 51 31 20
- 1837 25 37 -12
- 1838 26 34 -8
- 1839 31 27 5
- 1840 19 24 -5
- 1841 17 27 -10
- 1842 20 25 -5
- 1843 8 12 -4
- 1844 29 22 7
- 1845 30 23 7
- 1846 30 28 2
- 1847 26 57 -31
- 1848 36 45 -10
- 1849 31 45 -14
- 1850 44 40 4
- 1851 53 48 5
- 1852 50 44 6
- 1853 62 48 13
- 1854 74 58 16
- 1855 65 60 6
- 1856 74 70 4
- 1857 69 68 1
- 1858 47 74 -28
- 1859 53 69 -16
- 1860 56 63 -7
- 1861 42 67 -25
- 1862 52 475 -423
- 1863 113 715 -602
- 1864 265 865 -601
- 1865 334 1,298 -964
- 1866 558 521 37
- 1867 491 358 133
- 1868 406 377 28
- 1869 371 323 48
- 1870 411 310 102
- 1871 383 292 91
- 1872 374 278 97
- 1873 334 290 43
- 1874 305 303 2
- 1875 288 275 13
- 1876 294 265 29
- 1877 281 241 40
- 1878 258 237 21
- 1879 274 267 7
- 1880 334 268 66
- 1881 361 261 100
- 1882 404 258 146
- 1883 398 265 133
- 1884 349 244 104
- 1885 324 260 63
- 1886 336 242 94
- 1887 371 268 103
- 1888 379 268 111
- 1889 387 299 88
- 1890 403 318 85
- 1891 393 366 27
- 1892 355 345 10
- 1893 386 383 2
- 1894 306 368 -61
- 1895 325 356 -31
- 1896 338 352 -14
- 1897 348 366 -18
- 1898 405 443 -38
- 1899 516 605 -89
- 1900 567 521 46
- 1901 588 525 63
- 1902 562 485 77
- 1903 562 517 45
- 1904 541 584 -43
- 1905 544 567 -23
- 1906 595 570 25
- 1907 666 579 87
- 1908 602 659 -57
- 1909 604 694 -89
- 1910 676 694 -18
- 1911 702 691 11
- 1912 693 690 3
- 1913 714 715 *
- 1914 725 726 *
- 1915 683 746 -63
- 1916 761 713 48
- 1917 1,101 1,954 -853
- 1918 3,645 12,677 -9,032
- 1919 5,130 18,493 -13,363
- 1920 6,649 6,358 291
- 1921 5,571 5,062 509
- 1922 4,026 3,289 736
- 1923 3,853 3,140 713
- 1924 3,871 2,908 963
- 1925 3,641 2,924 717
- 1926 3,795 2,930 865
- 1927 4,013 2,857 1,155
- 1928 3,900 2,961 939
- 1929 3,862 3,127 734
- 1930 4,058 3,320 738
- 1931 3,116 3,577 -462
- 1932 1,924 4,659 -2,735
- 1933 1,997 4,598 -2,602
- 1934 2,955 6,541 -3,586
- 1935 3,609 6,412 -2,803
- 1936 3,923 8,228 -4,304
- 1937 5,387 7,580 -2,193
- 1938 6,751 6,840 -89
- 1939 6,295 9,141 -2,846
- 1940 6,548 9,468 -2,920
- 1941 8,712 13,653 -4,941
- 1942 14,634 35,137 -20,503
- 1943 24,001 78,555 -54,554
- 1944 43,747 91,304 -47,557
- 1945 45,159 92,712 -47,553
- 1946 39,296 55,232 -15,936
- 1947 38,514 34,496 4,018
- 1948 41,560 29,764 11,796
- 1949 39,415 38,835 580
- 1950 39,443 42,562 -3,119
- 1951 51,616 45,514 6,102
- 1952 66,167 67,686 -1,519
- 1953 69,608 76,101 -6,493
- 1954 69,701 70,855 -1,154
- 1955 65,451 68,444 -2,993
- 1956 74,587 70,640 3,947
- 1957 79,990 76,578 3,412
- 1958 79,636 82,405 -2,769
- 1959 79,249 92,098 -12,849
- 1960 92,492 92,191 301
- 1961 94,388 97,723 -3,335
- 1962 99,676 106,821 -7,146
- 1963 106,560 111,316 -4,756
- 1964 112,613 118,528 -5,915
- 1965 116,817 118,228 -1,411
- 1966 130,835 134,532 -3,698
- 1967 148,822 157,464 -8,643
- 1968 152,973 178,134 -25,161
- 1969 186,882 183,640 3,242
- 1970 192,807 195,649 -2,842
- 1971 187,139 210,172 -23,033
- 1972 207,309 230,681 -23,373
- 1973 230,799 245,707 -14,908
- 1974 263,224 269,359 -6,135
- 1975 279,090 332,332 -53,242
- 1976 298,060 371,792 -73,732
- 1977 355,559 409,218 -53,659
- 1978 399,561 458,746 -59,186
- 1979 463,302 504,032 -40,729
- 1980 517,112 590,947 -73,835
- 1981 599,272 678,249 -78,976
- 1982 617,766 745,755 -127,989
- 1983 600,562 808,380 -207,818
- 1984 666,499 851,888 -185,388
- 1985 734,165 946,499 -212,334
- 1986 769,260 990,505 -221,245
- 1987 854,396 1,004,164 -149,769
- 1988 909,303 1,064,489 -155,187
- 1989 991,190 1,143,671 -152,481
- 1990 1,031,969 1,253,163 -221,194
- 1991 1,055,041 1,324,400 -269,359
- 1992 1,091,279 1,381,681 -290,402
- 1993 1,154,401 1,409,414 -255,013
- 1994 1,258,627 1,461,731 -203,104
- 1995 1,351,830 1,515,729 -163,899
- 1996 1,453,062 1,560,330 -107,268
- 1997 est. 1,505,425 1,631,016 -125,591
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- *$500,000 or less
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- Note: Due to rounding, the surplus or deficit may not equal exactly the difference between revenues and expenditures.
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- Sources: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Office of Management and Budget
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