Stimulus: How Fast We're Spending Nearly $800 Billion
Note: This table is no longer updated.
How much of the roughly $800 billion (see note below) in stimulus spending and tax cuts has actually gone out the door? We’ve been tracking the progress of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act outlays since the program was authorized by Congress. The estimates below are from individual department Web sites and Recovery.gov, the government’s stimulus tracking site. According to the latest numbers, some agencies appear to have exceeded their total authorization. We’re still trying to get an explanation for that. See also our visualization, the Stimulus Speed Chart.
| Agency | Spent (Thousands) | In Process (Thousands) | Left to Spend (Thousands) | Total (Thousands) | Spent (%) | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Army Corps of Engineers | $2,428,517 | $2,273,936 | -$102,453 | $4,600,000 | 52.79% | |
| Corporation for National and Community Service | $147,360 | $44,566 | $9,073 | $201,000 | 73.31% | |
| Department of Agriculture | $17,536,616 | $5,344,893 | $5,144,430 | $28,025,940 | 62.57% | |
| Department of Commerce | $1,671,582 | $5,150,646 | $1,093,772 | $7,916,000 | 21.12% | |
| Department of Defense | $3,297,404 | $3,253,415 | $884,180 | $7,435,000 | 44.35% | |
| Department of Education | $63,649,011 | $33,615,913 | $973,077 | $98,238,000 | 64.79% | |
| Department of Energy | $8,662,066 | $24,548,457 | -$470,524 | $32,739,999 | 26.46% | |
| Department of Homeland Security | $534,096 | $1,640,067 | $585,836 | $2,760,000 | 19.35% | |
| Department of Justice | $2,136,391 | $1,862,212 | -$63,603 | $3,935,000 | 54.29% | |
| Department of Labor | $62,581,220 | $3,942,088 | $4,276,692 | $70,800,000 | 88.39% | |
| Department of State | $185,137 | $212,413 | $166,450 | $564,000 | 32.83% | |
| Department of the Interior | $1,307,027 | $1,882,060 | -$199,088 | $2,990,000 | 43.71% | |
| Department of the Treasury* | $7,694,498 | $3,533,044 | -$1,910,542 | $9,317,000 | 82.59% | |
| Department of Transportation | $20,819,040 | $18,835,973 | $8,464,987 | $48,120,000 | 43.26% | |
| Environmental Protection Agency | $4,139,772 | $2,982,276 | $97,951 | $7,220,000 | 57.34% | |
| General Services Administration | $1,312,345 | $4,785,611 | -$240,957 | $5,857,000 | 22.41% | |
| Health and Human Services | $89,371,861 | $27,356,580 | $28,971,559 | $145,700,000 | 61.34% | |
| Housing and Urban Development | $6,563,704 | $6,988,037 | $58,259 | $13,610,000 | 48.23% | |
| NASA | $717,340 | $329,930 | -$45,270 | $1,002,000 | 71.59% | |
| National Endowment for the Arts | $46,041 | $3,959 | $- | $50,000 | 92.08% | |
| National Science Foundation | $598,511 | $2,401,195 | $2,294 | $3,002,000 | 19.94% | |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $141,537 | $- | $14,863 | $156,400 | 90.50% | #VALUE! |
| Small Business Administration | $519,260 | $135,446 | $75,293 | $730,000 | 71.13% | |
| Smithsonian | $23,906 | $1,094 | $- | $25,000 | 95.62% | |
| Social Security Administration | $13,719,451 | $18,723 | $720,426 | $14,458,600 | 94.89% | |
| US Agency for International Development | $22,138 | $15,854 | $8 | $38,000 | 58.26% | |
| Veterans Affairs | $1,041,193 | $782,479 | -$415,472 | $1,408,200 | 73.94% | |
| TOTALS | $310,867,025 | $151,940,872 | $48,091,242 | $510,899,139 | 60.85% | |
Note: We say “roughly $800 billion” because it’s something of a moving target. The original Congressional Budget Office estimate for the stimulus is $787 billion, and the White House uses that figure. Budget authority approved by Congress totals $792 billion, a figure we have used previously on this page. The latest CBO estimate for the stimulus is $814 billion.
* The Treasury Department reports some spending for affordable housing and renewable energy grants that predates the stimulus.
This chart and other stories are part of Eye on the Stimulus, our blog dedicated to tracking the stimulus from bill to building.