Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

Table 3-1b: U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Attributed to For-Hire Transportation Services

(Chained 2000 $ billions)

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  1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 (R) 2005 (R) 2006 2007
TOTAL U.S. GDP 7,113 7,101 7,337 7,533 7,836 8,032 8,329 8,704 9,066.9 (R) 9,470.4 9,817.0 9,890.7 (R) 10,048.9 10,301.0 10,675.8 10,989.5 11,294.8 11,523.9
For-hire transportation services GDP, total 187.9 196.2 207.4 217.1 234.7 242.7 255.1 266.6 275.8 (R) 287.5 301.6 293.6 300.2 (R) 306.3 334.1 347.6 354.8 363.7
Air transportation 26.6 24.8 28.5 30.1 35.1 38.1 45.1 47.5 48.7 52.9 57.7 57.0 62.8 67.2 75.5 81.3 81.5 90.3
Rail transportation 19.8 22.9 22.8 23.2 24.6 25.3 25.2 23.6 24.4 24.8 25.5 24.8 24.4 25.7 26.1 27.4 28.7 28.7
Water transportation 4.4 4.9 5.2 5.6 6.1 6.0 6.7 7.3 7.0 6.4 7.2 6.8 5.6 5.4 6.1 6.0 7.2 8.0
Truck transportation 59.8 63.8 68.1 72.3 79.1 80.8 83.8 87.7 91.0 91.9 92.8 87.9 87.5 88.9 97.3 101.0 101.8 105.3
Transit and ground passenger transportation 11.9 10.2 10.3 11.0 11.4 12.0 12.0 13.9 14.3 14.7 14.5 14.5 14.6 14.3 15.4 15.0 14.9 15.4
Pipeline transportation 7.6 7.4 7.4 6.9 6.4 7.4 7.4 6.9 6.9 7.7 8.7 8.3 9.6 9.3 10.6 11.6 11.5 11.6
Other transportation and support activities 46.8 50.5 52.0 54.2 56.6 55.8 56.4 59.7 62.6 66.2 70.2 69.4 70.6 70.3 77.4 77.2 79.0 76.7
Warehousing and storage 12.5 13.3 14.6 15.5 16.9 18.0 18.8 20.8 22.0 23.4 25.0 24.4 25.6 26.9 28.3 32.36 33.35 34.7
Percent of U.S. GDP                                    
For-hire transportation services 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.0 (R) 3.0 3.1 3.0 (R) 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.2
Air transportation 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 (R) 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 (R) 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8
Rail transportation 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2
Water transportation 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Truck transportation 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
Transit and ground passenger transportation 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Pipeline transportation 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other transportation and support activities 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Warehousing and storage 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Percent of for-hire transportation services GDP                                    
Air transportation 14.2 12.6 13.7 13.9 15.0 15.7 17.7 17.8 17.7 (R) 18.4 19.1 19.4 20.9 (R) 21.9 22.6 23.4 23.0 24.8
Rail transportation 10.5 11.7 11.0 10.7 10.5 10.4 9.9 8.9 8.8 8.6 8.5 8.4 8.1 8.4 7.8 7.9 8.1 7.9
Water transportation 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.2 2.4 2.3 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 2.0 2.2
Truck transportation 31.8 32.5 32.8 33.3 33.7 33.3 32.8 32.9 33.0 32.0 30.8 29.9 29.1 29.0 29.1 29.1 28.7 29.0
Transit and ground passenger transportation 6.3 5.2 5.0 5.1 4.9 4.9 4.7 5.2 5.2 5.1 4.8 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.3 4.2 4.2
Pipeline transportation 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.2 2.7 3.0 2.9 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.9 2.8 3.2 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.2
Other transportation and support activities 24.9 25.7 25.1 25.0 24.1 23.0 22.1 22.4 22.7 23.0 23.3 23.6 23.5 23.0 23.2 22.2 22.3 21.1
Warehousing and storage 6.7 6.8 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.4 7.4 7.8 8.0 8.1 8.3 8.3 8.5 8.8 8.5 9.3 9.4 9.5

KEY: R = revised.

NOTE

Details may not add to totals due to the nature of the chained dollar calculations.

SOURCE

U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Industry Economic Accounts, available at http://www.bea.gov/industry/index.htm as of March 2009.


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