State and Local Government Debt

 Posted by  Government Debt
Oct 082010
 
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The following chart shows U.S. State and Local Government Debt as a percentage to GDP, or to the economy. The data starts in 1902.

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U.S. State and Local Government Debt as a Percentage to GDP

US State And Local Debt As Percentage Of GDP
Fiscal Years 1900 to 2009
Year GDP-US
$ billion		 Gross Public Debt -statelocal
pct GDP
1900 20.6 0.00
1901 22.3 0.00
1902 24.1 8.74 a
1903 25.9 8.70 i
1904 25.7 9.38 i
1905 28.8 8.95 i
1906 31 8.89 i
1907 33.9 8.70 i
1908 30.1 10.48 i
1909 32.2 10.48 i
1910 33.4 10.80 i
1911 34.3 11.25 i
1912 37.4 11.03 i
1913 39.1 11.29 a
1914 36.5 13.26 i
1915 38.7 13.71 i
1916 49.6 11.73 i
1917 59.7 10.69 i
1918 75.8 9.23 i
1919 78.3 9.79 i
1920 88.4 9.51 i
1921 73.6 12.53 i
1922 73.4 13.77 a
1923 85.4 12.79 i
1924 86.9 13.58 i
1925 90.6 14.07 i
1926 96.9 14.21 i
1927 95.5 15.58 a
1928 97.4 16.08 i
1929 103.6 15.91 i
1930 91.2 19.02 i
1931 76.5 23.86 i
1932 58.7 32.72 a
1933 56.4 33.81 i
1934 66 28.68 a
1935 73.3 26.20 i
1936 83.8 23.24 a
1937 91.9 21.17 i
1938 86.1 22.57 a
1939 92.2 21.54 i
1940 101.4 20.00 a
1941 126.7 15.64 i
1942 161.9 11.94 a
1943 198.6 9.27 i
1944 219.8 7.95 a
1945 223 7.49 i
1946 222.2 7.16 a
1947 244.1 7.08 i
1948 269.1 6.93 a
1949 267.2 8.00 i
1950 293.7 8.21 a
1951 339.3 7.99 i
1952 358.3 8.40 a
1953 379.3 8.91 a
1954 380.4 10.23 a
1955 414.7 10.67 a
1956 437.4 11.17 a
1957 461.1 11.50 a
1958 467.2 12.44 a
1959 506.6 12.65 a
1960 526.4 13.29 a
1961 544.8 13.77 a
1962 585.7 13.80 a
1963 617.8 13.77 a
1964 663.6 13.90 a
1965 719.1 13.84 a
1966 787.7 13.59 a
1967 832.4 13.65 a
1968 909.8 13.32 a
1969 984.4 13.57 a
1970 1038.3 13.83 a
1971 1126.8 14.11 a
1972 1237.9 14.14 a
1973 1382.3 13.60 a
1974 1499.5 13.80 a
1975 1637.7 13.43 a
1976 1824.6 13.21 a
1977 2030.1 12.81 a
1978 2293.8 12.21 a
1979 2562.2 11.86 a
1980 2788.1 12.05 a
1981 3126.8 11.64 a
1982 3253.2 12.45 a
1983 3534.6 12.87 a
1984 3930.9 12.85 a
1985 4217.5 13.48 a
1986 4460.1 14.77 a
1987 4736.4 15.17 a
1988 5100.4 14.80 a
1989 5482.1 14.56 a
1990 5800.5 14.84 a
1991 5992.1 15.28 a
1992 6342.3 15.38 a
1993 6667.4 15.21 a
1994 7085.2 15.17 a
1995 7414.7 15.04 a
1996 7838.5 14.92 a
1997 8332.4 14.66 a
1998 8793.5 14.60 a
1999 9353.5 14.64 a
2000 9951.5 14.59 a
2001 10286.2 15.11 a
2002 10642.3 12.61 a
2003 11142.1 16.27 a
2004 11867.8 16.44 a
2005 12638.4 16.50 a
2006 13398.9 16.43 a
2007 14077.6 17.12 a
2008 14441.4 17.66 a
2009 14258.2 18.90 g
Legend:
a – actual reported
i – interpolated between actual reported values
g – ‘guesstimated’ projection by usgovernmentspending.com

For additional data, click on usgovernmentspending.com.  For statistics on state and local government spending, click on State and Local Government Spending.

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