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Table 3-12: Personal Expenditures by Category

(Current $ millions)

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	(R) 1960	(R) 1965	(R) 1970	(R) 1975	(R) 1980	(R) 1985	(R) 1990	(R) 1991	(R) 1992	(R) 1993	(R) 1994	(R) 1995	(R) 1996	(R) 1997	(R) 1998	(R) 1999	(R) 2000	(R) 2001	(R) 2002	(R) 2003	(R) 2004	(R) 2005	(R) 2006	2007
Total expenditures	331,725	443,779	648,465	1,034,394	1,757,133	2,720,305	3,839,937	3,986,066	4,235,265	4,477,887	4,743,286	4,975,787	5,256,832	5,547,400	5,879,483	6,282,474	6,739,378	7,055,038	7,350,721	7,703,630	8,195,862	8,707,820	9,224,507	9,734,187
Transportation	42,843	59,375	81,462	132,364	238,939	377,667	471,680	447,265	483,158	520,812	567,305	594,576	641,805	685,203	717,973	785,045	853,428	872,366	882,220	921,716	976,481	1,049,863	1,093,370	1,138,730
Transportation as a percent of total expenditures	12.9	13.4	12.6	12.8	13.6	13.9	12.3	11.2	11.4	11.6	12.0	11.9	12.2	12.4	12.2	12.5	12.7	12.4	12.0	12.0	11.9	12.1	11.9	11.7
Food and tobacco	89,200	108,802	154,566	238,278	376,837	498,389	677,767	699,912	717,333	740,551	767,914	790,057	820,099	850,049	888,719	944,768	1,003,707	1,051,956	1,091,058	1,134,005	1,200,612	1,273,517	1,351,641	1,431,718
Clothing, accessories, and jewelry	32,742	41,384	57,640	85,619	132,272	188,265	261,481	263,532	280,903	293,369	306,289	314,492	327,199	337,431	356,260	379,584	396,953	397,137	406,988	418,784	441,470	464,115	491,122	511,349
Personal care	5,568	8,103	11,512	16,067	25,482	38,762	56,948	58,494	61,968	64,437	68,098	72,781	77,005	82,869	86,178	89,451	93,372	94,524	96,731	100,404	106,683	111,909	115,680	121,793
Housing	48,151	65,426	94,075	147,710	256,171	412,710	597,939	631,114	658,466	683,886	726,142	764,386	800,092	842,613	894,612	948,412	1,006,456	1,073,711	1,123,113	1,161,807	1,226,784	1,298,688	1,381,341	1,465,948
Household operation	46,708	62,056	84,846	135,671	233,326	343,603	433,288	444,277	466,032	497,475	529,581	553,478	586,609	616,249	641,849	675,208	719,278	740,318	747,402	781,120	822,363	878,064	923,409	968,244
Medical care	22,209	34,710	61,293	109,892	209,618	376,388	635,133	692,866	761,108	808,997	853,318	904,963	950,741	1,002,794	1,069,376	1,130,846	1,218,341	1,327,310	1,441,209	1,556,533	1,670,169	1,782,147	1,899,848	2,016,265
Personal business	14,118	20,101	31,785	54,909	95,229	177,525	250,859	279,658	306,656	329,982	336,123	349,561	376,036	412,925	446,055	491,581	539,098	536,516	546,991	559,661	610,938	651,475	691,909	744,252
Recreation	18,492	26,856	43,104	70,541	117,481	189,717	290,166	301,980	321,319	351,014	383,372	418,151	448,367	474,475	505,798	546,067	585,712	604,024	629,877	659,897	707,805	746,928	791,120	829,646
Education and research	4,376	7,006	12,695	20,610	33,481	53,880	83,700	89,269	96,036	101,480	107,281	114,346	122,650	129,682	140,028	150,488	163,771	178,077	190,180	203,095	212,789	225,877	239,639	256,901
Religious and welfare activities	5,198	7,102	10,973	18,287	34,757	55,657	88,651	92,918	102,283	106,467	115,250	120,356	130,464	134,234	145,962	154,478	172,284	186,470	200,090	207,142	218,955	225,111	241,333	253,571
Foreign travel and other, net	2,121	2,858	4,514	4,445	3,540	7,742	-7,673	-15,219	-19,998	-20,582	-17,386	-21,361	-24,233	-21,125	-13,327	-13,453	-13,022	-7,373	-5,137	-536	811	127	4,097	-4,231
Disposable Personal Income (DPI)	365,400	498,100	735,700	1,187,400	2,009,000	3,109,300	4,285,800	4,464,300	4,751,400	4,911,900	5,151,800	5,408,200	5,688,500	5,988,800	6,395,900	6,695,000	7,194,000	7,486,800	7,830,100	8,162,500	8,680,900	9,092,000	9,629,100	10,177,000
Transportation as a percent of DPI	11.7	11.9	11.1	11.1	11.9	12.1	11.0	10.0	10.2	10.6	11.0	11.0	11.3	11.4	11.2	11.7	11.9	11.7	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.5	11.4	11.2

KEY: R = revised.

SOURCES

DPI: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts Tables, table 2.1, Internet site http://www.bea.gov/bea/dn/nipaweb/index.asp as of May. 13, 2008.

All except DPI: Ibid., National Income and Product Accounts Tables, table 2.3.5u, Internet site http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/nipa_underlying/SelectTable.asp as of June 9, 2008.