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Table 3-6: National Transportation and Economic Trends

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	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Passenger-miles (billions)	1,327	1,630	2,170	2,561	2,895	3,326	3,946	3,976	4,089	4,165	4,262	4,333	4,483	4,623	4,749	4,904	U
Index (1980 = 100)	46	56	75	88	100	115	136	137	141	144	147	150	155	160	164	169	U
Ton-miles (billions)	1,562	1,854	2,207	2,285	2,989	2,949	3,196	3,233	3,337	3,364	3,527	3,648	3,725	3,682	3,710	3,814	U
Index (1980 = 100)	52	62	74	76	100	99	107	108	112	113	118	122	125	123	124	128	U
Population^a (millions)	181	194	205	216	228	238	250	253	255	258	261	263	^R266	268	270	273	281
Index (1980 = 100)	79	85	90	95	100	^R105	110	111	112	113	114	116	^R117	118	119	120	123
Industrial Production Index^b (1992 = 100)	37	50	59	63	80	88	99	97	100	103	109	114	^R120	^R128	^R134	^R140	U
Gross Domestic Product
Current $ (billions)	527	^R720	^R1,040	^R1,635	^R2,796	^R4,213	^R5,803	^R5,986	^R6,319	^R6,642	^R7,054	^R7,401	^R7,813	^R8,318	^R8,782	^R9,269	9,873
Index (1980 = 100)	19	26	37	^R58	100	^R151	^R208	^R214	^R226	^R238	^R252	^R265	^R279	^R298	^R314	332	353
Chained (1996) $ (billions)^R	2,377	3,029	3,578	4,084	4,901	5,717	6,708	6,676	6,880	7,063	7,348	7,544	7,813	8,160	8,509	8,857	9,224

KEY: R = revised; U = data are not available.

^a Estimates as of July 1. Includes Armed Forces abroad.

^b Industrial Production Index covers manufacturing, mining, and utilities.

SOURCES:

Passenger-miles:

1960-1999: Summation of all modes from the passenger-miles table in chapter 1.

Ton-miles:

1960-1999: Summation of all modes from the ton-miles table in chapter 1.

Population:

1960-1999: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2000 (Washington, DC: 2001), table 2.

2000: U.S Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, USA Statistics in Brief, supplement to Statistical Abstract of the United States available at Internet site http://www.census.gov/statab/www/part1.html as of Apr. 2001.

Industrial Production Index:

1960-1999: Council of Economic Advisors, Economic Report of the President (Washington, DC: February 2001), table B-51.

Gross Domestic Product:

1960-97: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Survey of Current Business (Washington, DC: August 1998), table 1, pp. 147-148, and table 2A, pp. 151-152.

1998-2000: Ibid., Survey of Current Business (Washington, DC: February 2001), tables 1.1 and 1.2.