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Table 1-1. Economic and Social Characteristics of the United States: 1980-2005 (Historical)

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Characteristic 1980 1990 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Percent change,
1980 to 2005
Resident population (thousands) 227,225 249,623 (R) 282,193 (R) 285,108 (R) 287,985 (R) 290,850 (R) 293,657 296,410 30.4
Households (thousands) 80,776 93,347 104,705 108,209 109,297 111,278 112,000 113,146 40.1
Median household income ($2000) 35,057 38,257 41,990 41,082 40,612 40,553 40,468 NA NA
Civilian labor force (thousands) 106,940 125,840 142,583 143,734 144,863 146,510 147,401 149,320 39.6
Employed1 (thousands) 99,303 118,793 136,891 136,933 136,485 137,736 139,252 141,730 42.7
Employed
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting (percent)		 NA 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 NA
Employed
Mining		 NA 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 NA
Employed
Construction		 NA 6.9 7.3 7.4 7.3 7.4 7.7 7.9 NA
Employed
Manufacturing		 NA 16.8 14.4 13.5 12.6 12.3 11.8 11.5 NA
Employed
Wholesale and retail trade		 NA 14.7 14.6 14.5 14.5 15.0 15.0 15.1 NA
Employed
Transportation and utilities		 NA 5.1 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.0 5.2 NA
Employed
Information		 NA 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.4 NA
Employed
Financial activities		 NA 7.1 6.8 6.9 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.2 NA
Employed
Professional and business services		 NA 9.4 10.0 10.3 10.3 10.1 10.1 10.1 NA
Employed
Education and health services		 NA 17.5 19.1 19.6 20.2 20.5 20.6 20.6 NA
Employed
Leisure and hospitality		 NA 8.0 8.2 8.3 8.5 8.4 8.5 8.5 NA
Employed
Other services		 NA 4.3 4.7 4.7 4.9 4.9 5.0 5 NA
Employed
Public administration		 NA 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.6 NA
Business establishments (thousands) NA 6,176 7,070 7,095 7,201 7,255 (R) 7,388 7,500 NA
Governments 281,831 385,006 NA NA 87,576 NA NA NA NA
Gross domestic product ($2000 millions) 5,161,700 7,112,500 9,817,000 9,890,700 10,048,800 (R) 10,301,000 (R) 10,703,500 11,048,600 114.0
Foreign trade2 ($2000 millions) 631,335 1,168,168 2,572,000 2,472,312 2,497,804 (R) 2,571,833 (R) 2,832,692 3,013,471 377.3
Foreign trade
Goods		 467,359 836,787 2,027,800 1,940,289 1,955,179 2,029,054 2,236,538 2,393,053 412.0
Foreign trade
Goods (percent)		 74.0 71.6 78.8 78.5 78.3 (R) 78.9 (R) 79.0 79.4 7.3
Foreign trade
Services		 163,976 331,381 544,200 532,023 542,625 542,779 596,155 620,418 278.4
Foreign trade
Services (percent)		 26.0 28.4 21.2 21.5 21.7 (R) 21.1 (R) 21.0 20.6 -20.7

Key: NA = not available.

1Based on the 2002 North American Industrial Classification System. Data for 1990 do not appear in the source document; they are estimated using the Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalk from the 1990 Standard Industrial Classification system to the 2002 North American Industrial Classification System.
21982
31992

Sources: Unless otherwise stated all data from: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2007 (Washington, DC: 2005) and earlier editions, available at http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/ as of May 31, 2007.

Median household income: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Historical Income Tables, table H-6, available at www.census.gov/hhes/income/histinc/h06ar.html as of May 31, 2007.

Business establishments: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, available at http://www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/view/cbpview.html as of May 31, 2007.

Gross domestic product and foreign trade: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts Tables, tables 1.1.5, 1.1.6, 4.2.4, available at www.bea.doc.gov as of June 12, 2007.

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