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Freight Facts and Figures 2009

Table 1-1. Economic and Social Characteristics of the United States: 1980-2007 (Historical)

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Empty cell. 1980 1990 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Percent change,
1980 to 2007
Resident population (thousands) 226,546 248,791 (R) 282,171 (R) 285,039 (R) 287,726 (R) 290,210 (R) 292,892 (R) 295,560 (R) 298,362 301,290 33.0
Households (thousands) 80,776 93,347 104,705 108,209 109,297 111,278 112,000 113,343 114,384 116,011 43.6
Median household income ($2000) 35,057 38,257 41,990 41,082 40,612 40,553 40,468 (R) 40,864 41,168 41,454 18.2
Civilian labor force (thousands) 106,940 125,840 142,583 143,734 144,863 146,510 147,401 (R) 150,002 152,677 153,836 0.0
Employed1 (thousands) 99,303 118,793 136,891 136,933 136,485 137,736 139,252 141,730 144,427 146,047 47.1
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting (percent) NA 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 NA
Mining NA 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 NA
Construction NA 6.9 7.3 7.4 7.3 7.4 7.7 7.9 8.1 8.1 NA
Manufacturing NA 16.8 14.4 13.5 12.6 12.3 11.8 11.5 11.3 11.2 NA
Wholesale and retail trade NA 14.7 14.6 14.5 14.5 15.0 15.0 15.1 14.8 14.3 NA
Transportation and utilities NA 5.1 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.0 5.2 5.2 5.2 NA
Information NA 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.4 NA
Financial activities NA 7.1 6.8 6.9 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.2 NA
Professional and business services NA 9.4 10.0 10.3 10.3 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.3 10.7 NA
Education and health services NA 17.5 19.1 19.6 20.2 20.5 20.6 20.6 20.7 21.0 NA
Leisure and hospitality NA 8.0 8.2 8.3 8.5 8.4 8.5 8.5 8.4 8.5 NA
Other services NA 4.3 4.7 4.7 4.9 4.9 5.0 5 4.9 4.8 NA
Public administration NA 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.6 NA
Business establishments (thousands) NA 6,176 7,070 7,095 7,201 7,255 7,388 7,500 7,601 7,705 NA
Governments2 381,831 485,006 NA NA 587,576 NA NA NA NA 89,527 NA
Gross domestic product ($2000 millions) 5,161,700 7,112,500 9,817,000 9,890,700 10,048,800 10,301,000 10,675,800 (R) 10,989,500 (R) 11,294,800 11,523,900 123.3
Foreign trade ($2000 millions) 631,335 1,168,168 2,572,000 2,472,312 2,497,804 2,571,833 2,832,692 (R) 3,025,827 (R) 3,246,608 3,399,774 438.5
Goods 467,359 836,787 2,027,800 1,940,289 1,955,179 2,029,054 2,236,538 (R) 2,399,637 (R) 2,572,499 2,676,464 472.7
Goods (percent) 74.0 71.6 78.8 78.5 78.3 78.9 79.0 79.3 79.2 78.7 6.3
Services 163,976 331,381 544,200 532,023 542,625 542,779 596,155 626,190 674,109 723,310 341.1
Services (percent) 26.0 28.4 21.2 21.5 21.7 21.1 21.0 20.7 20.8 21.3 -18.1

Key: NA = not available; R = revised.

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.

2Data for governments come from the Census of Governments, which is collected every five years.

31982

41992

52002

Sources:

Population: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Population Profile of the United States, available at www.census.gov/population/www/pop-profile/profile.html as of September 17, 2009.

Households: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Families and Living Arrangements, table HH-1, available at www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam.html as of September 17, 2009.

Civilian Labor Force: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey, available at www.bls.gov/data as of September 17, 2009.

Employment: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, available at www.bls.gov/ces as of September 17, 2009.

Median household income:U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Historical Income Tables, table H-6, available at www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/histinc/inchhtoc.html as of July 30, 2009.

Business establishments:U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, available at www.census.gov/econ/cbp/index.html as of August 5, 2009.

Governments: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Census of Governments, available at www.census.gov/govs as of September 17, 2009.

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, and 4.2.4, available at www.bea.gov/national/FA2004/index.asp as of July 30, 2009.

 

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