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Table 1-1 Economic and Social Characteristics of the United States: 1990, 2000, 2010, 2012, and 2013

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

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  1990 2000 2010 2012 2013 Percent change, 1990 to 2013
Resident population (thousands) 248,791 282,172 (R) 309,347 314,112 1318,857 28.2
Households (thousands) 93,347 104,705 117,538 121,084 122,459 31.2
Median household income (2013 $) 51,735 56,800 52,646 51,758 51,939 0.4
Civilian labor force (thousands) 125,840 (R) 142,586 (R) 153,885 154,966 155,387 23.5
Employed2 (thousands) 118,793 (R) 136,901 (R) 139,077 142,467 143,932 21.2
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting (percent) 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.5 -22.4
Mining 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.7 36.5
Construction 6.9 7.3 6.5 6.3 6.4 -6.2
Manufacturing 16.8 14.4 10.1 10.3 10.3 -38.5
Wholesale and retail trade 14.7 14.6 14.2 14.0 13.7 -7.1
Transportation and utilities 5.1 5.4 5.1 5.1 5.2 0.1
Information 2.9 3.0 2.3 2.1 2.1 -29.4
Financial activities 7.1 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.8 -3.4
Professional and business services 9.4 10.0 11.0 11.6 11.7 23.8
Education and health services 17.5 19.1 23.1 22.7 22.6 29.0
Leisure and hospitality 8.0 8.2 9.0 9.3 9.4 17.0
Other services 4.3 4.7 4.9 5.0 5.0 15.0
Public administration 4.7 4.5 5.0 4.7 4.7 -1.7
Business establishments (thousands) 6,176 7,070 7,397 7,432 7,488 31.2
Governments3 485,006 587,576 NA 90,056 NA NA
Gross domestic product (millions of chained 2009 $) (R) 8,955,000 (R) 12,559,700 (R) 14,783,800 15,369,200 15,710,300 75.4
Foreign trade (millions of chained 2009 $) (R) 1,366,500 (R) 2,994,600 (R) 4,012,000 4,372,700 4,460,100 226.4
Goods (percent) NA (R) 78.7 (R) 75.9 75.9 75.7 NA
Services (percent) NA (R) 21.1 (R) 24.1 24.1 24.3 NA

KEY: NA = not available; R = revised.

1 2014.

2 Based on the 2002 Census Industry Classification system. Data for 1990 do not appear in the source document; they are estimated using the Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalk from the 1990 Census Industry Classification system to the 2002 Census Industry Classification system.

3 Data for governments come from the Census of Governments, which is collected every 5 years.

4 1992.

5 2002.

SOURCES: Population: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Population Profile of the United States, available at www.census.gov/popest/as of September 2015. Households: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Families and Living Arrangements, table HH-2, available at www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam.html as of July 2015. Civilian Labor Force and Employment: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey, available at www.census.gov/cps/data/ as of July 2015. Median household income: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Historical Income Tables, table H-6, available at www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/data/historical/household/index.html as of July 2015. Business establishments: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, available at www.census.gov/econ/cbp/ as of July 2015. Governmental units: U.S Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Census of Governments, available at www.census.gov/govs as of July 2015. Gross domestic product and foreign trade: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts Table, tables 1.1.6, available at http://www.bea.gov/national/index.htm as of July 2015.