Freight Facts and Figures 2011

Table 1-2. Population and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Region: 1980-2009 (Historical)

	1980	1990	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Percent change, 1980 to 2008
Resident Population (thousands)	226,549	248,789	282,172	285,082	287,804	290,326	293,046	295,753	298,593	301,580	304,375	307,007	35.5
Northeast	49,136	50,828	53,668	53,930	54,168	54,364	54,514	54,598	54,710	54,879	55,060	55,284	12.5
Midwest	58,868	59,670	64,494	64,815	65,075	65,319	65,588	65,806	66,082	66,359	66,596	66,837	13.5
South	75,372	85,454	100,560	101,869	103,185	104,432	105,874	107,411	108,931	110,573	112,021	113,318	50.3
West	43,173	52,837	63,451	64,467	65,376	66,211	67,070	67,938	68,870	69,768	70,698	71,568	65.8

GDP (millions of 2005 $)¹	5,696,999	7,883,332	11,223,130	11,364,239	11,560,341	11,807,823	12,212,645	12,554,538	12,895,854	13,143,678	13,100,045	12,773,853	124.2
Northeast	1,248,023	1,808,010	2,344,250	2,398,348	2,412,035	2,439,921	2,503,575	2,560,788	2,633,028	2,675,100	2,675,477	2,601,053	108.4
Midwest	1,423,439	1,766,102	2,490,900	2,475,032	2,522,897	2,579,374	2,631,667	2,657,256	2,674,217	2,713,076	2,688,533	2,601,907	82.8
South	1,812,981	2,503,020	3,763,080	3,850,551	3,931,904	4,017,319	4,181,820	4,308,377	4,436,831	4,535,375	4,509,795	4,442,409	145.0
West	1,212,557	1,806,199	2,622,605	2,640,199	2,693,471	2,770,469	2,895,912	3,028,114	3,151,810	3,220,291	3,226,165	3,126,002	157.8

GDP per capita (2005 $)¹	25,147	31,687	39,774	39,863	40,167	40,671	41,675	42,449	43,189	43,583	43,039	41,608	65.5
Northeast	25,399	35,571	43,681	44,471	44,529	44,881	45,925	46,902	48,127	48,745	48,592	47,049	85.2
Midwest	24,180	29,598	38,622	38,186	38,769	39,489	40,124	40,380	40,468	40,885	40,371	38,929	61.0
South	24,054	29,291	37,421	37,799	38,105	38,468	39,498	40,111	40,731	41,017	40,258	39,203	63.0
West	28,086	34,184	41,333	40,954	41,199	41,843	43,178	44,572	45,764	46,157	45,633	43,679	55.5

¹As of October 26, 2006, the Bureau of Economic Analysis renamed the gross state product (GSP) series to gross domestic product (GDP) by state.

Note: 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); 2000-2009: 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 August 8, 2011.

Gross Domestic Product: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Economic Accounts, available at www.bea.gov/regional/ as of August 8, 2011.

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