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

Economic activity and the demand for freight transportation are no longer concentrated almost exclusively in the Northeast manufacturing belt of the United States, with raw materials flowing from the South and West. Population, employment, and income figures show a spread of economic activity throughout the United States.

Table in Excel format | Historical data

	1980	1990	2000	2003	2004	Percent change, 1980 to 2004
Resident Population (thousands)	226,549	248,789	281,423	290,810	293,655	30
Northeast	49,136	50,828	(R) 53,595	54,398	54,571	11
Midwest	58,868	59,670	(R) 64,395	65,406	65,730	12
South	75,372	85,454	(R) 100,234	104,538	105,945	41
West	43,173	52,837	(R) 63,199	66,466	67,409	56
GSP ($2000 millions)	5,054,549	6,994,329	(R) 9,749,103	10,289,258	10,720,847	112
Northeast	1,107,283	1,604,121	(R) 2,073,076	2,176,628	2,271,720	105
Midwest	1,262,917	1,566,939	(R) 2,176,746	2,243,163	2,313,685	83
South	1,608,531	2,220,755	(R) 3,210,017	3,437,836	3,582,160	123
West	1,075,817	1,602,514	(R) 2,289,264	2,431,631	2,553,282	137
GSP per capita ($2000 millions)	22,311	28,113	(R) 34,642	35,381	36,508	64
Northeast	22,535	31,560	(R) 38,680	40,013	41,629	85
Midwest	21,453	26,260	(R) 33,803	34,296	35,200	64
South	21,341	25,988	(R) 32,025	32,886	33,812	58
West	24,919	30,329	(R) 36,223	36,585	37,877	52

Key: R = revised.

Sources: Population: 1980-2003 — U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2004-2005 (Washington: 2005); 2004 — Ibid., Population Division, Annual Population Estimates, table 1, available at http://www.census.gov/popest/states/NST-ann-est.html as of June 29, 2005; 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 23, 2005.

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