Welcome

National Priorities Project is a federal budget research organization. Yes, we're wonks. But we also believe all people—even the non-wonks—should understand the local impact of federal dollars.

Our database has two types of information: social indicators (example: unemployment rates) and federal expenditures (example: amount spent on unemployment insurance).

Compare them. Find your state and county and tell a story.

We're working every day to improve the Federal Priorities Database. Track our changes, data updates, and new data stories on Twitter and our blog.

More importantly, help set our priorities by telling us how the database can be more useful to your work.