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Table 3-6: National Transportation and Economic Trends
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Passenger-miles
(billions) |
1,327 |
1,630 |
2,170 |
2,561 |
2,895 |
3,326 |
3,946 |
3,976 |
4,089 |
4,166 |
4,262 |
4,309 |
4,442 |
4,580 |
4,706 |
4,837 |
4,953 |
5,179 |
5,248 |
(R)
5,259 |
5,436 |
U |
Index
(1980 = 100) |
46 |
56 |
75 |
88 |
100 |
115 |
136 |
137 |
141 |
144 |
147 |
149 |
153 |
158 |
163 |
167 |
171 |
179 |
181 |
(R) 182 |
188 |
U |
Ton-miles
(billions) |
U |
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 |
3,780 |
3,778 |
3,758 |
U |
U |
U |
U |
Index
(1980 = 100) |
U |
62 |
74 |
76 |
100 |
99 |
107 |
108 |
112 |
113 |
118 |
122 |
125 |
123 |
124 |
126 |
126 |
126 |
U |
U |
U |
U |
Populationa (millions) |
181 |
194 |
205 |
216 |
228 |
238 |
250 |
253 |
257 |
260 |
263 |
267 |
268 |
273 |
276 |
279 |
(R) 282 |
(R) 285 |
(R) 288 |
(R) 291 |
293 |
296 |
Index
(1980 = 100) |
79 |
85 |
90 |
95 |
100 |
105 |
110 |
111 |
113 |
114 |
116 |
117 |
118 |
120 |
121 |
123 |
124 |
125 |
126 |
128 |
129 |
130 |
Industrial
Production Indexb (2002=100) |
(R) 26 |
(R)
35 |
(R)
42 |
(R)
46 |
(R)
56 |
(R)
61 |
(R)
69 |
(R)
68 |
(R)
70 |
(R)
73 |
(R)
77 |
(R)
80 |
(R)
84 |
(R)
90 |
(R)
95 |
(R)
99 |
(R)
104 |
(R)
100 |
(R)
100 |
(R)
101 |
105 |
(P) 108 |
Gross
Domestic Product |
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Current
$ (billions) |
526 |
719 |
1,039 |
1,638 |
2,790 |
4,220 |
5,803 |
5,996 |
6,338 |
6,657 |
7,072 |
7,398 |
7,817 |
8,304 |
8,747 |
9,268 |
9,817 |
(R)
10,128 |
(R)
10,470 |
(R)
10,961 |
11,713 |
12,456 |
Index
(1980 = 100) |
19 |
26 |
37 |
59 |
100 |
151 |
208 |
215 |
227 |
239 |
254 |
265 |
280 |
298 |
314 |
332 |
352 |
(R) 363 |
(R) 375 |
(R) 393 |
420 |
447 |
Chained
(2000) $ (billions) |
2,502 |
3,191 |
3,772 |
4,311 |
5,162 |
6,054 |
7,113 |
7,101 |
7,337 |
7,533 |
7,836 |
8,032 |
8,329 |
8,704 |
9,067 |
9,470 |
9,817 |
(R)
9,891 |
(R)
10,049 |
(R)
10,301 |
10,704 |
11,049 |
KEY: P = preliminary; R = revised; U = data are not available.
a Annual estimates as of July 1. Includes Armed Forces abroad.
b Industrial Production Index covers manufacturing, mining, and
utilities.
SOURCES
Passenger-miles:
1960-2004: Summation of all modes from the passenger-miles table
in chapter 1, less transit motor bus.
Ton-miles:
1960-2001: Summation of all modes from the ton-miles table in
chapter 1.
Population:
1960-99: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2000 (Washington, DC: 2001), table 2.
2000-05: Ibid., Monthly National
Population Estimates, available at Internet
site http://www.census.gov as of Feb. 5, 2007.
Industrial Production
Index:
1960-2005: Council of Economic Advisors, Economic
Report of the President, available at
www.gpoaccess.gov/eop/tables04.html as of Feb. 5, 2007, 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.
1998-2005: Ibid., http://www.bea.gov/bea/dn/gdplev.xls as of
Feb. 5, 2007.
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