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Table 3-3a: U.S. Gross Domestic Demand (GDD) Attributed to Transportation-Related Final Demand

(Current $ billions)

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  1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 R1998 R1999 2000
Gross Domestic Demand 2,810.5 4,327.2 5,874.6 6,006.9 6,346.7 6,702.8 7,141.3 7,484.7 7,902.1 R8,407.8 8,933.3 9,519.4 10,236.9
Total domestic transportation-related final demandc 350.5 530.6 R645.2 R634.2 R672.2 R723.0 R786.2 R825.3 880.2 R933.5 981.7 1,085.1 1,162.0
Total transportation in GDD (%) 12.5 12.3 R11.0 R10.6 R10.6 R10.8 R11.0 R11.0 11.1 11.1 11.0 11.4 11.4
Personal consumption of transportation                          
Motor vehicles and parts 87.0 175.7 R206.4 R182.8 R200.2 R222.1 R242.3 249.3 256.3 R264.2 288.8 324.7 346.8
Gasoline and oil 86.7 97.2 R107.3 R102.5 R104.9 R106.6 R109.0 113.3 124.2 R128.1 114.8 129.5 165.3
Transportation services 64.7 100.0 R141.8 R142.8 R155.0 R166.2 R180.9 197.7 214.2 234.4 246.3 257.4 272.8
Total 238.4 372.9 R455.5 R428.1 R460.1 R494.9 R532.2 560.3 594.7 R626.7 649.9 711.6 784.9
Gross private domestic investment                          
Transportation structures 3.7 4.3 3.0 3.2 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.4 5.4 5.9 7.0 6.2 5.2
Transportation equipment 48.4 69.7 R75.7 79.5 R86.1 R98.1 R117.8 126.1 138.9 R151.4 168.2 199.1 195.9
Total 52.1 74.0 R78.7 82.7 R89.8 R102.2 R122.1 130.5 144.3 R157.3 175.2 205.3 201.1
Government transportation-related purchases                          
Federal purchasesa 7.0 10.0 12.9 14.5 15.3 15.9 17.1 16.3 17.2 17.6 18.3 18.6 19.5
State and local purchasesa 48.8 67.5 90.1 93.2 95.6 100.7 106.6 109.8 115.2 R123.6 130.0 140.7 147.6
Defense-related purchasesb 4.2 6.2 R8.0 R15.7 R11.4 R9.3 8.2 8.4 8.8 R8.3 8.3 8.9 8.9
Total 60.0 83.7 R111.0 R123.4 R122.3 R125.9 131.9 134.5 141.2 R149.5 156.6 168.2 176.0

KEY: R = revised.

a Federal purchases and state and local purchases are the sum of consumption expenditures and gross investment.

b Defense-related purchases are the sum of the transportation of material and travel.

c Sum of total personal consumption of transportation, total gross private domestic investment, and total government-related purchases.

SOURCES:

Gross domestic demand:

U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Survey of Current Business (Washington, DC: August 2001), table 1.

Federal, state, and local government purchases:

1980-97: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Survey of Current Business (Washington, DC: October 2001), table 3.15.

1998-2000: Ibid., Internet site http://www.bea.doc.gov/ as of Oct. 22, 2001, table 1.1.

All other data:

U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Internet site http://www.bea.doc.gov/ as of Oct. 22, 2001, tables 2.2, 3.10, 5.6, and 5.8, and Survey of Current Business (Washington, DC: August 2001), table 1 (p. 121).