US Government Growth 1930-2009 – Update

Since my last update included some projections and my own estimates, I am herewith updating data on US government growth with completely and 100% finalized actual data:

All this data is of course as always available at the US Government Printing office.

Update: I have now corrected this chart by excluding the budget addendum for Federal grants.

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