StateWAFY 2016–2025

State of Washington

Spending growth since FY 2016

Actual Spending (not adjusted for inflation) versus spending if it had grown proportionally to inflation and population since 2016.

Sources

Every figure for State of Washington links to its underlying source.

Total Spending: p. 46_FY2016_WA_St_ACFR_https://ofm.wa.gov/sites/default/files/public/legacy/cafr/2016/Final_CAFR_11012016.pdf#page=46 · p. 48_FY2017_WA_St_ACFR_https://ofm.wa.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/default/files/public/accounting/report/CAFR/2017/CAFR17.pdf#page=48 · p. 46_FY2018_WA_St_ACFR_https://ofm.wa.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/default/files/public/accounting/report/CAFR/2018/CAFR18.pdf#page=46 · p. 46_FY2019_WA_St_ACFR_https://ofm.wa.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/default/files/public/accounting/report/CAFR/2019/CAFR19.pdf#page=46 · p. 46_FY2020_WA_St_ACFR_https://ofm.wa.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/default/files/public/accounting/report/CAFR/2020/CAFR20.pdf#page=46 · p. 45_FY2021_WA_St_ACFR_https://ofm.wa.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/default/files/public/accounting/report/CAFR/2021/ACFR21.pdf#page=45 · p. 47_FY2022_WA_St_ACFR_https://ofm.wa.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/default/files/public/accounting/report/CAFR/2022/ACFR22.pdf#page=47 · p. 47_FY2023_WA_St_ACFR_https://ofm.wa.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/default/files/public/accounting/report/CAFR/2023/ACFR23.pdf#page=47 · p. 47_FY2024_WA_St_ACFR_https://ofm.wa.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/default/files/public/accounting/report/CAFR/2024/ACFR24.pdf#page=47 · p. 48_FY2025_WA_St_ACFR_https://ofm.wa.gov/wp-content/uploads/FY-2025-Annual-Comprehensive-Financial-Report.pdf#page=48
Inflation (CPI-U): BLS series CUUR0400SA0 — CPI-U West Region, NSA (June values)_https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CUUR0400SA0
Population: Census PEP Vintage 2019 — state totals (nst-est2019-01.xlsx)_https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2010-2019/state/totals/nst-est2019-01.xlsx · Census PEP Vintage 2025 — state totals (NST-EST2025-POP.xlsx)_https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2025/state/totals/NST-EST2025-POP.xlsx
Wages: ACS S2001 (2012-2016) FIPS 53 WA_https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2016.S2001?g=040XX00US53 · ACS S2001 (2013-2017) FIPS 53 WA_https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2017.S2001?g=040XX00US53 · ACS S2001 (2014-2018) FIPS 53 WA_https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2018.S2001?g=040XX00US53 · ACS S2001 (2015-2019) FIPS 53 WA_https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2019.S2001?g=040XX00US53 · ACS S2001 (2016-2020) FIPS 53 WA_https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S2001?g=040XX00US53 · ACS S2001 (2017-2021) FIPS 53 WA_https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2021.S2001?g=040XX00US53 · ACS S2001 (2018-2022) FIPS 53 WA_https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2022.S2001?g=040XX00US53 · ACS S2001 (2019-2023) FIPS 53 WA_https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2023.S2001?g=040XX00US53 · ACS S2001 (2020-2024) FIPS 53 WA_https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2024.S2001?g=040XX00US53

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The dashed counterfactual and the Growth % benchmark are the same calculation shown two ways. See the methodology page for full source documentation and footnotes.