The US government spent over $2 trillion in 2002, with major categories including Social Security, National Defense, Medicare, Healthcare, and Interest. Other categories include Education, Transportation, Veterans Services, and Agriculture.
Actual payments made by the US government in 2002 amounted to just over two trillion dollars, or $2 trillion! We’ve taken a close look at the budget and pulled out some of the major categories to give you an idea of the budgets. The underlying amounts are in millions of dollars (1,000,000). See the “notes” section below for further descriptions of the categories.
category
Millions of dollars
Social Security
456,413
National defense
348,555
Medicare
230,855
Salute
196,545
Interest
170,951
Other
97,794
Powered. employee retirement
83,193
Education/Society Services
70,544
Transportation in Damanhur
61,862
Veterans Services
50,984
Unemployment
50,645
Administration of justice
34,316
Food assistance
33,228
Natural resources
29,454
International business
22,357
Agriculture
22,188
General government
17,385
Space flight
13,473
Community development
12,991
General science
7,242
Note:
Social Security: Disability Insurance (DI) and social security payments.
National Defense: military personnel, operations, procurement, research.
Medicare: Hospitalization Insurance (HI), Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI).
Healthcare: Medicaid grants, National Institute of Health, health services.
Interest: Interest payments on public debt.
Other: All other payments not specifically listed in this table.
Federal Employee Retirement: Federal Employee Retirement, Disability, and Related Programs.
Educational/social services: public broadcasting, conference library, tuition fees, financial aid for students.
Transport: administration, maintenance and construction of transport infrastructures.
Veterans Services: Financial and medical aid for veterans.
Unemployment: unemployment insurance.
Administration of justice: law enforcement, border control, prison system.
Food assistance: meal vouchers and child nutrition programmes.
Natural Resources: Pollution Control, Land Management, Recreational Resources.
International Affairs: International Security Assistance, Humanitarian Assistance, Department of State.
Agriculture: farm subsidies, research, programs.
General government: central fiscal operations, general government expenditure.
Spaceflight: procurement, operations, research and support activities.
Community Development: Disaster Relief, Community Programs, Indian Programs.
General sciences: Basic research funding through the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy (does not include space research).
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