EconStats U.S. Budget Deficit (or Surplus) by Quarter These are calendar quarters not fiscal quarters. That is, 198004 is the fourth calendar quarter of 1980; months January, February and March. File: defq.csv Units: millions of dollars , , , , , , Deficit or yyyyq , Receipts, Outlays, Surplus (-) 19804 , 127002, 154795, 27793 19811 , 133633, 171026, 37394 19812 , 182860, 166479, -16382 19813 , 155777, 164904, 9127 19814 , 147191, 195407, 48215 19821 , 143602, 167298, 23696 19822 , 178883, 181385, 2502 19823 , 149293, 185537, 36243 19824 , 137044, 205310, 68265 19831 , 139825, 200779, 60954 19832 , 166506, 195698, 29192 19833 , 157187, 194130, 36943 19834 , 149403, 212725, 63321 19841 , 154787, 209339, 54451 19842 , 186921, 211361, 24439 19843 , 175245, 208373, 33129 19844 , 166149, 237621, 71473 19851 , 174116, 232662, 58547 19852 , 206544, 238564, 32019 19853 , 187242, 237136, 49924 19854 , 177248, 252377, 75129 19861 , 179625, 240839, 61214 19862 , 214708, 245219, 30512 19863 , 197510, 251796, 54286 19864 , 190014, 254760, 64746 19871 , 193749, 252216, 58467 19872 , 253533, 251051, -2482 19873 , 216846, 245777, 28931 19874 , 204679, 286875, 82195 19881 , 207683, 245135, 37452 19882 , 268091, 267721, -320 19883 , 227763, 263586, 35824 19884 , 221567, 290503, 68935 19891 , 219408, 280266, 60858 19892 , 308166, 285159, -23006 19893 , 241560, 288092, 46533 19894 , 228716, 299302, 70588 19901 , 229470, 309718, 80249 19902 , 319391, 331149, 11758 19903 , 253730, 311605, 57875 19904 , 249393, 335867, 86474 19911 , 233175, 298888, 65714 19912 , 307329, 333265, 25937 19913 , 264369, 355736, 91367 19914 , 254796, 338608, 83812 19921 , 238905, 354465, 115560 19922 , 321413, 349801, 28388 19923 , 275340, 337919, 62579 19924 , 265144, 385608, 120465 19931 , 261983, 324639, 62655 19932 , 331229, 349276, 18047 19933 , 294871, 349009, 54138 19934 , 287167, 378676, 91508 19941 , 289254, 347887, 58633 19942 , 362981, 362733, -247 19943 , 318049, 371256, 53207 19944 , 317732, 381121, 73389 19951 , 307105, 380372, 73267 19952 , 403898, 380917, -22980 19953 , 332761, 373002, 40240 19954 , 324107, 379854, 55927 19961 , 321514, 393476, 71961 19962 , 445585, 391892, -53693 19963 , 361559, 394989, 33430 19964 , 345994, 405188, 59193 19971 , 349085, 401054, 51969 19972 , 496442, 396363, -100080 19973 , 387433, 398313, 10879 19974 , 386377, 426055, 39678 19981 , 378492, 408675, 30184 19982 , 544140, 407211, -136930 19983 , 412400, 409252, -3149 19984 , 412598, 467131, 54533 19991 , 401646, 395895, -5751 19992 , 564399, 421340, -143058 19993 , 448643, 418553, -30089 19994 , 443606, 463881, 20276 20001 , 433735, 448697, 14962 20002 , 656025, 444249, -211774 20003 , 491673, 431312, -60361 20004 , 461991, 464335, 2345 20011 , 459770, 482221, 22451 20012 , 660273, 466532, -193739 20013 , 409012, 450912, 41900 20014 , 466310, 501666, 35356 20021 , 412634, 509199, 96565