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Table 3-4b: Contributions to Gross Domestic Product (GDP): Selected Industries

(Chained 1996 $ billions)

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  1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 R1997 R1998 1999 2000
GDP by industry                      
Services 1,362 1,352 1,391 1,418 1,458 1,510 1,564 1,632 1,699 1,775 1,865
Health services 423 433 443 437 438 444 459 460 461 471 485
Educational services 50 53 53 55 57 59 58 59 61 62 65
Finance, insurance, and real estate 1,251 1,271 1,297 1,329 1,348 1,393 1,437 1,521 1,622 1,714 1,810
Manufacturing 1,102 1,066 1,085 1,123 1,206 1,285 1,316 1,387 1,444 1,532 1,595
Durable goods 585 559 569 600 657 715 748 813 893 965 1,034
Nondurable goods 520 511 520 525 551 570 568 575 556 574 574
Government 1,008 1,012 1,015 1,013 1,016 1,017 1,020 1,036 1,047 1,061 1,085
Federal 385 385 382 373 367 354 347 347 348 347 353
State and local 624 628 634 640 649 663 674 688 700 714 732
Retail trade 560 555 570 582 617 641 687 745 800 844 906
Wholesale trade 395 417 445 452 482 483 530 584 663 689 708
Construction 291 269 272 279 297 300 316 325 349 370 379
For-hire transportation 181 186 194 201 219 225 243 249 258 269 281
Electric, gas, and sanitary services 190 196 193 193 197 207 208 202 194 213 218
Communications 155 162 169 182 191 202 215 218 231 257 284
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing 119 121 131 123 136 123 130 144 146 153 166
Mining 106 101 96 101 108 113 113 117 120 112 95
Total GDP 6,708 6,676 6,880 7,063 7,348 7,544 7,813 8,160 8,509 8,857 9,224
Statistical discrepancya 35 22 47 68 61 27 33 29 -30 -70  -123
% of GDP                      
Services 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
Health services 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
Educational services 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Finance, insurance, and real estate 19 19 19 19 18 18 18 19 19 19 20
Manufacturing 16 16 16 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17
Durable goods 9 8 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 11 11
Nondurable goods 8 8 8 7 8 8 7 7 7 6 6
Government 15 15 15 14 14 13 13 13 12 12 12
Federal 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4
State and local 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8
Retail trade 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 10
Wholesale trade 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 7 8 8 8
Construction 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
For-hire transportation 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Electric, gas, and sanitary services 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2
Communications 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Mining 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

KEY: R = revised.

a Equals the current dollar statistical discrepancy deflated by the implicit price deflator for gross domestic business product.

NOTES: Data for 1997 and 1998 have been revised by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Percentages based on the revised estimates have been recalculated but may appear unchanged due to the number of significant digits shown.

Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

SOURCES:

1990-95: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Survey of Current Business, (Washington, DC, June 2000), table 6.

1996-97: Ibid., (Washington, DC, December 2000), table 6.

1998-2000: Ibid., (Washington, DC, November 2001), table 6, Internet site http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/ARTICLES/2001/11november/1101gdpxind.pdf.