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Senior Citizen Politics
Senior Citizens Get About Half of Federal Budget in
2005: Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid
Per capita spending highest in Alaska, Virginia,
Maryland, New Mexico, North Dakota
Oct. 9, 2007 - Social Security, Medicare and
Medicaid, programs primarily serving senior citizens, accounted for more
than $1 trillion of the $2.3 trillion the federal government spent in
2005, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, which publishes the only
consolidated source of data on the geographic distribution of federal
expenditures.
The
Consolidated Federal Funds Report for Fiscal Year 2005 [PDF] is a
presentation of data on most domestic spending by the federal government
for state and county areas of the United States, including the District
of Columbia and U.S. outlying areas. The data released today include
expenditures for the Defense Department and the Department of Homeland
Security.
The report covers direct payments, grants,
procurement awards, and salaries and wages by federal agency and
program. The report does not include expenditures for selected
intelligence agencies, international payments, foreign aid and interest
on the federal debt.
A companion report released today,
Federal Aid to States for Fiscal Year 2005 [PDF], contains federal
agency and program-level data on grants to state and local governments.
Consolidated Federal Funds Report highlights:
● In 2005, the federal government spent $2.3
trillion, up 6 percent from 2004.
● Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid spending
accounted for almost $1.1 trillion in 2005, nearly half of total federal
spending and an 8 percent increase over 2004.
● Defense Department spending totaled $374
billion in 2005, an 8 percent increase over 2004, and was highest in
California, Virginia, Texas, Florida and Maryland.
● Five states California, New York, Texas,
Florida and Pennsylvania received one-third of all federal funds in
2005.
● Per capita federal spending among states was
highest in Alaska ($13,916), Virginia ($12,572), Maryland ($11,936), New
Mexico ($10,698) and North Dakota ($10,413).
● Los Angeles County, Calif., led the list of
entities below the state level receiving federal funds, followed by New
York City, N.Y.; Cook County, Ill.; San Diego County, Calif.; and
Maricopa County, Ariz.
The data in these reports are not subject to
sampling variability, but are subject to nonsampling errors, which
include errors of response and processing.
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Detailed tables
Census Bureaus note: These reports present data
for the states and counties only. They do not support the application of
federal spending data directly for other areas such as places and
congressional districts.
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