Table 1-2. Population and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Region: 1980-2006
The demand for freight transportation is spread throughout the United States by the distribution of population and economic activity as measured in GDP by State. While both population and economic activity have grown faster in the West and South than in the Northeast and Midwest, the growth in economic activity per capita has been highest in the Northeast.
Table in Excel format | Historical data
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1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2006 | Percent change, 1980 to 2006 |
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| Resident Population (thousands) | 226,549 | 248,789 | (R) 282,217 | (R) 296,507 | 299,398 | 32 |
| Northeast | 49,136 | 50,828 | (R) 53,675 | (R) 54,679 | 54,741 | 11 |
| Midwest | 58,868 | 59,670 | (R) 64,502 | (R) 65,936 | 66,218 | 12 |
| South | 75,372 | 85,454 | (R) 100,573 | (R) 107,552 | 109,084 | 45 |
| West | 43,173 | 52,837 | (R) 63,467 | (R) 68,339 | 69,356 | 61 |
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| GSP ($2000 millions)1 | 5,054,549 | 6,994,329 | (R) 9,203,792 | (R) 10,923,830 | 11,291,419 | 123 |
| Northeast | 1,107,283 | 1,604,121 | (R) 1,957,791 | (R) 2,287,913 | 2,351,861 | 112 |
| Midwest | 1,262,917 | 1,566,939 | (R) 2,083,730 | (R) 2,333,148 | 2,377,114 | 88 |
| South | 1,608,531 | 2,220,755 | (R) 3,044,624 | (R) 3,696,021 | 3,831,479 | 138 |
| West | 1,075,817 | 1,602,514 | (R) 2,117,647 | (R) 2,606,748 | 2,730,965 | 154 |
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| GSP per capita ($2000)1 | 22,311 | 28,113 | (R) 32,612 | (R) 36,842 | 37,714 | 69 |
| Northeast | 22,535 | 31,560 | (R) 36,475 | (R) 41,842 | 42,963 | 91 |
| Midwest | 21,453 | 26,260 | (R) 32,305 | (R) 35,385 | 35,898 | 67 |
| South | 21,341 | 25,988 | (R) 30,273 | (R) 34,365 | 35,124 | 65 |
| West | 24,919 | 30,329 | (R) 33,366 | (R) 38,144 | 39,376 | 58 |
Key: R = revised.
1As of the October 26, 2006 release, the BEA renamed the gross state product (GDP) series to gross domestic product (GDP) by state.
Sources: Population: 1980-1990 – U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2004-2005 (Washington, DC: 2005); 2000-2006 – Ibid., Population Division, Annual Population Estimates, table 8, available at http://www.census.gov/popest/states/NST-ann-est.html as of June 7, 2007; Gross Domestic Product: 1980-1990 – 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; 2000-2006 – U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Economic Accounts, available at http://www.bea.gov/bea/regional/gsp/ as of June 7, 2007.
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