Freight Facts and Figures 2010
Table 1-2. Population and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Region: 1980-2008
Although freight moves throughout the United States, the demand for freight transportation is driven primarily by the geographic distribution of population and economic activity. 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 | 2007 | 2008 | Percent change, 1980 to 2008 |
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| Resident Population (thousands) | 226,549 | 248,789 | 282,172 | (R) 304,375 | (R) 304,375 | 34 |
| Northeast | 49,136 | 50,828 | (R) 53,930 | (R) 55,060 | (R) 55,060 | 12 |
| Midwest | 58,868 | 59,670 | (R) 64,815 | (R) 66,596 | (R) 66,596 | 13 |
| South | 75,372 | 85,454 | (R) 101,869 | (R) 112,021 | (R) 112,021 | (R) 49 |
| West | 43,173 | 52,837 | (R) 64,467 | (R) 70,698 | (R) 70,698 | 64 |
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| GDP (millions of 2000 $)1 | 5,054,549 | 6,994,329 | 9,749,103 | 11,439,232 | 11,523,637 | 128 |
| Northeast | 1,107,283 | 1,604,121 | 2,077,436 | 2,410,543 | 2,439,675 | 120 |
| Midwest | 1,262,917 | 1,566,939 | 2,174,719 | 2,367,972 | 2,376,526 | 88 |
| South | 1,608,531 | 2,220,755 | 3,212,076 | 3,883,705 | 3,907,737 | 143 |
| West | 1,075,817 | 1,602,514 | 2,284,873 | 2,776,103 | 2,797,637 | 160 |
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| GDP per capita (millions of 2000 $)1 | 22,311 | 28,113 | 34,550 | (R) 37,583 | (R) 37,860 | 70 |
| Northeast | 22,535 | 31,560 | (R) 38,521 | (R) 43,780 | (R) 44,309 | 97 |
| Midwest | 21,453 | 26,260 | (R) 33,552 | (R) 35,557 | (R) 35,686 | 66 |
| South | 21,341 | 25,988 | (R) 31,532 | (R) 34,669 | (R) 34,884 | (R) 63 |
| West | 24,919 | 30,329 | (R) 35,442 | (R) 39,267 | (R) 39,572 | (R) 59 |
Key: R = revised.
1As of October 26, 2006, the Bureau of Economic Analysis renamed the gross state product (GSP) series to gross domestic product (GDP) by state.
Notes: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding. Chained dollars are not additive, especially for periods farther away from the base year of 2000. Because of this, GDP for all regions is not equal to total GDP.
Sources:
Population: 1980-1990: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2004-2005 (Washington, DC: 2005). 2000-2008: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Population Division, Annual Population Estimates, table 8, available at www.census.gov/popest/states/NST-ann-est.html as of July 2, 2010.
Gross Domestic Product: 1980-1990: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Economic Accounts, available at www.bea.gov/regional/ as of June 11, 2004; 2000-2008: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Economic Accounts, available at www.bea.gov/regional/ as of July 2, 2010.
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