Revised State and Local Finances for 2012-2017

Recently the Census Bureau has updated its State and Local Government Finance Historical Datasets and Tables for the years 2012 thru 2017. usgovernmentspending.com updated its state and local data on June 3, 2020. The changes are typically minor, as shown in the following table for state and local finances for the entire United States showing Total Spending and Total Revenue in billions of dollars.

Year	State Spending			State Revenue			Local Spending			Local Revenue
$ billion	Before	After	Diff	Before	After	Diff	Before	After	Diff	Before	After	Diff
2012	1,497	1,504	+4	1,368	1,338	-30	1,651	1,651	0	1,077	1,074	-3
2013	1,516	1,526	+10	1,668	1,696	+28	1,662	1,662	0	1,155	1,153	-2
2014	1,550	1,574	+24	1,814	1,807	-7	1,712	1,713	+1	1,229	1,220	-9
2015	1,634	1,639	+5	1,555	1,559	+4	1,763	1,763	0	1,206	1,199	-7
2016	1,692	1,703	+9	1,499	1,500	+1	1,814	1,826	+12	1,212	1,215	+3
2017	1,765	1,764	-1	1,892	1,872	0	1,895	1,897	+2	1,336	1,336	0

Similar changes may apply to individual states.

The spending and revenue data for individual cities, counties, and special districts has also been updated.