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Table 1.1-SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS, OUTLAYS, AND SURPLUSES OR DEFICITS(-): 1789-2006
(in millions of dollars)
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    Total       On-Budget       Off-Budget  
Year Surplus or Surplus or Surplus or
Receipts Outlays  Deficit (-) Receipts Outlays  Deficit (-) Receipts Outlays  Deficit (-)
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1789-1849 1,160 1,090 70 1,160 1,090 70 --- --- ---
1850-1900 14,462 15,453 -991 14,462 15,453 -991 --- --- ---
1901 588 525 63 588 525 63 --- --- ---
1902 562 485 77 562 485 77 --- --- ---
1903 562 517 45 562 517 45 --- --- ---
1904 541 584 -43 541 584 -43 --- --- ---
1905 544 567 -23 544 567 -23 --- --- ---
1906 595 570 25 595 570 25 --- --- ---
1907 666 579 87 666 579 87 --- --- ---
1908 602 659 -57 602 659 -57 --- --- ---
1909 604 694 -89 604 694 -89 --- --- ---
1910 676 694 -18 676 694 -18 --- --- ---
1911 702 691 11 702 691 11 --- --- ---
1912 693 690 3 693 690 3 --- --- ---
1913 714 715 -* 714 715 -* --- --- ---
1914 725 726 -* 725 726 -* --- --- ---
1915 683 746 -63 683 746 -63 --- --- ---
1916 761 713 48 761 713 48 --- --- ---
1917 1,101 1,954 -853 1,101 1,954 -853 --- --- ---
1918 3,645 12,677 -9,032 3,645 12,677 -9,032 --- --- ---
1919 5,130 18,493 -13,363 5,130 18,493 -13,363 --- --- ---
1920 6,649 6,358 291 6,649 6,358 291 --- --- ---
1921 5,571 5,062 509 5,571 5,062 509 --- --- ---
1922 4,026 3,289 736 4,026 3,289 736 --- --- ---
1923 3,853 3,140 713 3,853 3,140 713 --- --- ---
1924 3,871 2,908 963 3,871 2,908 963 --- --- ---
1925 3,641 2,924 717 3,641 2,924 717 --- --- ---
1926 3,795 2,930 865 3,795 2,930 865 --- --- ---
1927 4,013 2,857 1,155 4,013 2,857 1,155 --- --- ---
1928 3,900 2,961 939 3,900 2,961 939 --- --- ---
1929 3,862 3,127 734 3,862 3,127 734 --- --- ---
1930 4,058 3,320 738 4,058 3,320 738 --- --- ---
1931 3,116 3,577 -462 3,116 3,577 -462 --- --- ---
1932 1,924 4,659 -2,735 1,924 4,659 -2,735 --- --- ---
1933 1,997 4,598 -2,602 1,997 4,598 -2,602 --- --- ---
1934 2,955 6,541 -3,586 2,955 6,541 -3,586 --- --- ---
1935 3,609 6,412 -2,803 3,609 6,412 -2,803 --- --- ---
1936 3,923 8,228 -4,304 3,923 8,228 -4,304 --- --- ---
1937 5,387 7,580 -2,193 5,122 7,582 -2,460 265 -2 267
1938 6,751 6,840 -89 6,364 6,850 -486 387 -10 397
1939 6,295 9,141 -2,846 5,792 9,154 -3,362 503 -13 516
1940 6,548 9,468 -2,920 5,998 9,482 -3,484 550 -14 564
1941 8,712 13,653 -4,941 8,024 13,618 -5,594 688 35 653
1942 14,634 35,137 -20,503 13,738 35,071 -21,333 896 66 830
1943 24,001 78,555 -54,554 22,871 78,466 -55,595 1,130 89 1,041
1944 43,747 91,304 -47,557 42,455 91,190 -48,735 1,292 114 1,178
1945 45,159 92,712 -47,553 43,849 92,569 -48,720 1,310 143 1,167
1946 39,296 55,232 -15,936 38,057 55,022 -16,964 1,238 210 1,028
1947 38,514 34,496 4,018 37,055 34,193 2,861 1,459 303 1,157
1948 41,560 29,764 11,796 39,944 29,396 10,548 1,616 368 1,248
1949 39,415 38,835 580 37,724 38,408 -684 1,690 427 1,263
1950 39,443 42,562 -3,119 37,336 42,038 -4,702 2,106 524 1,583
1951 51,616 45,514 6,102 48,496 44,237 4,259 3,120 1,277 1,843
1952 66,167 67,686 -1,519 62,573 65,956 -3,383 3,594 1,730 1,864
1953 69,608 76,101 -6,493 65,511 73,771 -8,259 4,097 2,330 1,766
1954 69,701 70,855 -1,154 65,112 67,943 -2,831 4,589 2,912 1,677
1955 65,451 68,444 -2,993 60,370 64,461 -4,091 5,081 3,983 1,098
1956 74,587 70,640 3,947 68,162 65,668 2,494 6,425 4,972 1,452
1957 79,990 76,578 3,412 73,201 70,562 2,639 6,789 6,016 773
1958 79,636 82,405 -2,769 71,587 74,902 -3,315 8,049 7,503 546
1959 79,249 92,098 -12,849 70,953 83,102 -12,149 8,296 8,996 -700
1960 92,492 92,191 301 81,851 81,341 510 10,641 10,850 -209
1961 94,388 97,723 -3,335 82,279 86,046 -3,766 12,109 11,677 431
1962 99,676 106,821 -7,146 87,405 93,286 -5,881 12,271 13,535 -1,265
1963 106,560 111,316 -4,756 92,385 96,352 -3,966 14,175 14,964 -789
1964 112,613 118,528 -5,915 96,248 102,794 -6,546 16,366 15,734 632
1965 116,817 118,228 -1,411 100,094 101,699 -1,605 16,723 16,529 194
1966 130,835 134,532 -3,698 111,749 114,817 -3,068 19,085 19,715 -630
1967 148,822 157,464 -8,643 124,420 137,040 -12,620 24,401 20,424 3,978
1968 152,973 178,134 -25,161 128,056 155,798 -27,742 24,917 22,336 2,581
1969 186,882 183,640 3,242 157,928 158,436 -507 28,953 25,204 3,749
1970 192,807 195,649 -2,842 159,348 168,042 -8,694 33,459 27,607 5,852
1971 187,139 210,172 -23,033 151,294 177,346 -26,052 35,845 32,826 3,019
1972 207,309 230,681 -23,373 167,402 193,824 -26,423 39,907 36,857 3,050
1973 230,799 245,707 -14,908 184,715 200,118 -15,403 46,084 45,589 495
1974 263,224 269,359 -6,135 209,299 217,270 -7,971 53,925 52,089 1,836
1975 279,090 332,332 -53,242 216,633 271,892 -55,260 62,458 60,440 2,018
1976 298,060 371,792 -73,732 231,671 302,183 -70,512 66,389 69,609 -3,220
TQ 81,232 95,975 -14,744 63,216 76,555 -13,339 18,016 19,421 -1,405
1977 355,559 409,218 -53,659 278,741 328,502 -49,760 76,817 80,716 -3,899
1978 399,561 458,746 -59,186 314,169 369,089 -54,920 85,391 89,657 -4,266
1979 463,302 504,032 -40,729 365,309 404,054 -38,745 97,994 99,978 -1,984
1980 517,112 590,947 -73,835 403,903 476,618 -72,715 113,209 114,329 -1,120
1981 599,272 678,249 -78,976 469,097 543,053 -73,956 130,176 135,196 -5,020
1982 617,766 745,755 -127,989 474,299 594,351 -120,052 143,467 151,404 -7,937
1983 600,562 808,385 -207,822 453,242 661,277 -208,035 147,320 147,108 212
1984 666,486 851,874 -185,388 500,411 686,061 -185,650 166,075 165,813 262
1985 734,088 946,423 -212,334 547,918 769,615 -221,698 186,171 176,807 9,363
1986 769,215 990,460 -221,245 568,986 806,962 -237,976 200,228 183,498 16,731
1987 854,353 1,004,122 -149,769 640,951 810,290 -169,339 213,402 193,832 19,570
1988 909,303 1,064,489 -155,187 667,812 861,798 -193,986 241,491 202,691 38,800
1989 991,190 1,143,671 -152,481 727,525 932,760 -205,235 263,666 210,911 52,754
1990 1,031,969 1,253,198 -221,229 750,314 1,028,133 -277,819 281,656 225,065 56,590
1991 1,055,041 1,324,403 -269,361 761,157 1,082,716 -321,559 293,885 241,687 52,198
1992 1,091,279 1,381,684 -290,404 788,853 1,129,345 -340,492 302,426 252,339 50,087
1993 1,154,401 1,409,512 -255,110 842,467 1,142,925 -300,457 311,934 266,587 45,347
1994 1,258,627 1,461,902 -203,275 923,601 1,182,530 -258,929 335,026 279,372 55,654
1995 1,351,830 1,515,837 -164,007 1,000,751 1,227,173 -226,422 351,079 288,664 62,415
1996 1,453,062 1,560,572 -107,510 1,085,570 1,259,668 -174,098 367,492 300,904 66,588
1997 1,579,292 1,601,282 -21,990 1,187,302 1,290,656 -103,354 391,990 310,626 81,364
1998 1,721,798 1,652,619 69,179 1,305,999 1,336,015 -30,016 415,799 316,604 99,195
1999 1,827,454 1,702,875 124,579 1,382,986 1,382,097 889 444,468 320,778 123,690
2000 2,025,218 1,788,826 236,392 1,544,634 1,458,061 86,573 480,584 330,765 149,819
2001 estimate 2,136,946 1,856,238 280,708 1,633,076 1,508,504 124,572 503,870 347,734 156,136
2002 estimate 2,191,734 1,960,564 231,170 1,660,814 1,601,414 59,400 530,920 359,150 171,770
2003 estimate 2,258,240 2,016,226 242,014 1,697,428 1,648,652 48,776 560,812 367,574 193,238
2004 estimate 2,338,816 2,076,718 262,098 1,748,529 1,696,970 51,559 590,287 379,748 210,539
2005 estimate 2,437,783 2,168,745 269,038 1,808,786 1,776,379 32,407 628,997 392,366 236,631
2006 estimate 2,528,711 2,223,902 304,809 1,870,204 1,817,759 52,445 658,507 406,143 252,364
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* $500 thousand or less.
Note: Budget figures prior to 1933 are based on the ``Administrative Budget'' 
concepts rather than the ``Unified Budget'' concepts.