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US Federal Budget & Government Spending

FY2021 USASpending File B gross outlays / FRED · USAspending File B (GTAS), FRED

Gross Outlays$9.2T
Impact Score
51/ 100
DATAUSAspending File B (GTAS), FRED

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FY2021 Federal Budget Data

FY2021 reported gross outlays: $9.2T from USAspending File B (as identified by the API). Budgetary resources and Treasury receipts are separate series. Federal fiscal years run from October 1 to September 30. Figures are reported by source; the API does not provide a verified data-as-of date.

Gross Outlays
FY2021
USAspending File B (as identified by the API)
Budgetary Resources
FY2021
USAspending budgetary resources

Federal Gross Outlays by Function

Gross Outlays Ledger

FY2021 DATA

Gross Outlays / Actual Spending: Payments made by the federal government during the fiscal year, before subtracting offsetting receipts. The amounts are grouped by budget function.

Income Security

#1 Spend
Entitlements
Gross Outlays
$1.9T
Warning

Medicare

Health
Gross Outlays
$1.4T
Warning

Social Security

Entitlements
Gross Outlays
$1.2T
Stable

National Defense

Top Risk
Defense
Gross Outlays
$1.1T
Critical

Health (Medicaid & Other)

Health
Gross Outlays
$896.9B
Warning

General Government

Admin
Gross Outlays
$696.2B
Stable

Net Interest

Debt
Gross Outlays
$579.6B
Critical

Commerce and Housing Credit

Commerce
Gross Outlays
$387.8B
Good

Education, Training, Employment & Social Services

Education
Gross Outlays
$310.1B
Leak

Veterans Benefits and Services

Veterans
Gross Outlays
$251.4B
Stable

Transportation

Infrastructure
Gross Outlays
$201.7B
Stable

Administration of Justice

Justice
Gross Outlays
$88.5B
Stable

Community and Regional Development

Housing
Gross Outlays
$76.7B
Warning

International Affairs

Foreign Policy
Gross Outlays
$74.6B
Warning

Natural Resources and Environment

Environment
Gross Outlays
$71.9B
Stable

General Science, Space, and Technology

Science
Gross Outlays
$38.4B
Good

Agriculture

Agriculture
Gross Outlays
$35.6B
Stable

Energy

Energy
Gross Outlays
$16.2B
Stable
DATA INTEGRITY STATEMENT

Source Data: The backend identifies the outlay series as USAspending File B gross outlays. Its source statement identifies Treasury MTS receipts and USAspending budgetary resources as separate series. File B gross outlays drive function rows and the headline when present. Treasury net outlays remain the funding/receipts denominator. Offsetting receipts stay on the Treasury net basis and must not be percentage-normalized into the File B gross total. Snapshot updatedAt/fetchedAt: 2026-06-23T17:34:38.662201+00:00.

Scope: File B gross outlays are not Treasury MTS net cash outlays and should not be mixed with them. Open a budget function to see the full File B tree.

About the Federal Budget Data

FY2021 reported gross outlays: $9.2T from USAspending File B (as identified by the API). Budgetary resources and Treasury receipts are separate series. Gross outlays are before offsets and are not Treasury net cash outlays. The listed functions are not a verified reconciliation to the headline total.

Amounts are supplied by public-data APIs. Impact scores, status ratings and AI commentary are analytical content, not official audit findings. The API does not establish a link from each funding source to each function or recipient. See the methodology and sources.

Gross Outlays: FY2021 · Budgetary Resources: FY2021

Federal Budget Questions

What does the FY2021 headline measure?

FY2021 reported gross outlays: $9.2T from USAspending File B (as identified by the API). Budgetary resources and Treasury receipts are separate series.

How do budgetary resources, obligations and outlays differ?

Budgetary resources include new budget authority, balances carried forward and other resources. Obligations are commitments; outlays generally record payments. These series do not measure newly enacted appropriations or reconcile directly to one another.

Which functions have the largest reported outlays?

FY2021, USAspending File B (as identified by the API); amounts are rounded as published by the API.

  • Income Security$1.9T
  • Medicare$1.4T
  • Social Security$1.2T
  • National Defense$1.1T

How is the federal budget funded?

Treasury receipts and the budget deficit use net outlays as their denominator. These selected funding lines are not a reconciliation to File B gross outlays.

  • Borrowing / Budget Deficit$2.8T (40.7% of Treasury net outlays)
  • Individual Income Taxes$2.0T (30.0% of Treasury net outlays)
  • Payroll Taxes (FICA/SECA)$1.3T (18.4% of Treasury net outlays)
  • Corporation Income Taxes$371.8B (5.5% of Treasury net outlays)