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Local Spending Data API

Welcome to the National Priorities Project's API. These data are the source of our local spending data online search tool at https://www.nationalpriorities.org/interactive-data/database/search/.

The API is for NPP's internal use and is not publicly supported.

Spending Data

• Individual Receipts, Total
  Bureau of Economic Analysis
  Personal Current Transfer Receipts

• Individual Receipts, Government
  Bureau of Economic Analysis
  Personal Current Transfer Receipts from Government

• Federal Contracts
  USASpending.gov
  Federal Contract Dollars

• Federal Jobs and Compensation
  Bureau of Economic Analysis

• State/Local General Revenue
  U.S. Census Bureau
  Annual State Government Finances and State & Local Government Finances report

• State/Local Revenue from Federal Government
  U.S. Census Bureau
  Annual State Government Finances and State & Local Government Finances report

• USASpending (Assistance Awards)
  Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
  USASpending.gov is a website maintained by OMB as a result of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006. It catalogs monetary awards granted by the U.S. federal government.

Revenue Data

• Federal Tax
  Internal Revenue Service
  The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Data Book is published annually by the Internal Revenue Service and contains statistical tables and organizational information on a fiscal year basis. The report provides data on collecting the revenue, issuing refunds, enforcing the law, assisting the taxpayer, and the budget and workforce.

• Individual Income Tax
  Internal Revenue Service
  Income tax data published annually by the IRS (SOI Tax States - Historic Table 2). Data captured is each state's net income tax total (though the numbers haven't been adjusted to reflect refundable tax credits.

Supporting Data

• Population Estimates
  U.S. Census Bureau

• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
  U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)
  A U.S. government-wide compendium of available federal assistance programs.

• Labor Underutilization (underemployed, discouraged, and marginally attached workers)
  U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics