Total Local Government General Current Expenditures  1977-2009

  Fiscal    Local Governmen
  Year      General Current
            Expenditure ( In Billions of 2010 $)
    1977       $443
    1978       $447
    1979       $448
    1980       $453
    1981       $454
    1982       $469
    1983       $483
    1984       $503
    1985       $531
    1986       $566
    1987       $598
    1988       $622
    1989       $646
    1990       $677
    1991       $701
    1992       $731
    1993       $751
    1994       $773
    1995       $795
    1996       $815
    1997       $835
    1998       $877
    1999       $911
    2000       $945
    2001       $988
    2002      $1,030
    2003      $1,066
    2004      $1,090
    2005      $1,109
    2006      $1,127
    2007      $1,176
    2008      $1,216
    2009      $1,240