Table 1-2: Population and Gross State Product (GSP) by Region

Economic activity and the demand for freight transportation are spread throughout the United States as shown by the distribution of population, employment, and income.

Table in Excel format | Historical data

	1980	1990	2000	2004	2005	Percent change, 1980 to 2005
Resident Population (thousands)	226,549	248,789	(R) 282,193	(R) 293,657	296,410	31
Northeast	49,136	50,828	(R) 53,672	(R) 54,582	54,642	11
Midwest	58,868	59,670	(R) 64,497	(R) 65,694	65,972	12
South	75,372	85,454	(R) 100,566	(R) 105,994	107,505	43
West	43,173	52,837	(R) 63,458	(R) 67,387	68,291	58
GSP ($2000 millions)	5,054,549	6,994,329	(R) 9,749,104	(R) 10,661,769	11,035,753	118
Northeast	1,107,283	1,604,121	(R) 2,077,436	(R) 2,243,557	2,305,997	108
Midwest	1,262,917	1,566,939	(R) 2,174,719	(R) 2,316,348	2,352,354	86
South	1,608,531	2,220,755	(R) 3,212,076	(R) 3,586,803	3,738,067	132
West	1,075,817	1,602,514	(R) 2,284,873	(R) 2,515,061	2,639,335	145
GSP per capita ($2000)	22,311	28,113	(R) 34,548	(R) 36,307	37,231	67
Northeast	22,535	31,560	(R) 38,706	(R) 41,104	42,202	87
Midwest	21,453	26,260	(R) 33,718	(R) 35,260	35,657	66
South	21,341	25,988	(R) 31,940	(R) 33,840	34,771	63
West	24,919	30,329	(R) 36,006	(R) 37,323	38,648	55

Key: R = revised.

Sources: Population: 1980-1990 — U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2004-2005 (Washington, DC: 2005); 2000-2005 — Ibid., Population Division, Annual Population Estimates, table 8, available at http://www.census.gov/popest/states/NST-ann-est.html as of June 6, 2006; Gross State Product: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Economic Accounts, available at http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/regional/gsp/ as of June 11, 2004; 2000-2005 — U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Economic Accounts, available at http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/regional/gsp/ as of June 6, 2006.