The Budget Tables

Each year the Office of Management & Budget (OMB) produces several volumes of data in support of the budget for that year.  These reports always contain interesting nuggets of historical information.  Let's look at some from its supporting documents for the FY 2017 budget. submitted by the President.

Education
% of Adults Graduating High School
1960 - 58
2014 - 89

% of Adults Graduating College
1960 - 11
2014 - 33.5

Reading & Math Scores for 17-year olds - Unchanged from 1970 to 2014

Health
Life Expectancy (at birth)
1960 - 69.7
2014 - 78.8

Crime
Property Crimes per 100,000 households
1980 - 49,610
2014 - 11,806

Violent Crimes (per 100,000 people)
1980 - 4,940
1995 - 7,068
2014 - 2,010

Murder Rate (per 100,000 people)
1960 - 5.1
1970 - 7.9
1980 - 10.2
1990 - 9.4
2014 - 4.5

Environment & Energy
Ozone (PPM)
1980 - 0.101
2014 - 0.068

Particulate Matter
2000 - 13.5
2014 -  8.8

Energy Consumption per capita (mmBTU)
2000 - 342
2014 - 309

Energy Consumption per GDP
1960 - 14.5
2014 -  6.2

Federal Spending (in $trillions)
1980 - 0.591
1990 - 1.253
2000 - 1.789
2007 - 2.729
2009 - 3.517
2014 - 3.506
2016 - 3.951
2021 - 5.124 (est.)

Changes in Budget Spending By Category Over Time
Categories
National Defense (ND)
Human Resources(HR) - Education, Social Security, Health, Veterans
Physical Resources(PR) - Energy, Natural Resources & Environment, Transportation, Commerce
Interest
Other - International Affairs, Science, Agriculture

$ in billions 

	1960	%	2000	%	2007	%	2017	%
ND	48	49	294	16	551	19	617	15
HR	26	28	1,195	61	1,758	63	2,969	69
PR	8	8	85	5	134	5	150	4
Interest	7	7	223	12	237	8	303	7
Other	8	8	107	6	130	5	217	5