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

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

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

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(Billions of current dollars)

  1980 1985 1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 (R) 2006 (R) 2007 (R) 2008 (R) 2009 2010
TOTAL U.S. GDP 2,788.1 4,217.5 5,800.5 7,414.7 7,838.5 8,332.4 8,793.5 9,353.5 9,951.5 10,286.2 10,642.3 (R) 11,142.2 (R) 11,853.3 (R) 12,623.0 13,377.2 14,028.7 14,291.5 13,939.0 14,526.5
For-hire transportation services GDP, total 102.6 137.1 172.8 231.7 241.3 261.8 275.6 287.1 301.4 302.6 302.4 319.8 347.0 (R) 369.5 394.0 404.9 415.0 391.7 402.5
Air transportation 13.1 19.3 31.3 46.2 46.9 53.6 52.4 54.3 53.1 45.2 46.8 53.2 56.1 55.7 59.7 60.2 59.9 60.4 63.3
Rail transportation 20.2 21.0 18.6 21.1 20.9 19.7 21.2 21.8 22.8 22.6 21.7 23.1 24.3 27.0 30.6 31.7 35.1 30.7 32.1
Water transportation 3.5 4.0 5.1 6.3 6.6 7.0 6.8 6.8 8.1 8.2 7.4 (R) 8.2 (R) 8.3 (R) 8.9 11.7 12.8 14.3 14.4 14.7
Truck transportation 28.4 39.4 49.7 69.3 73.1 80.3 86.9 93.4 97.0 97.8 97.2 (R) 102.3 (R) 110.7 (R) 119.6 125.3 127.2 122.3 110.8 116.0
Transit and ground passenger transportation 5.8 7.3 9.0 11.8 12.8 14.8 16.0 17.2 17.8 18.4 19.2 (R) 19.4 20.9 21.2 22.5 24.0 25.3 25.7 26.1
Pipeline transportation 5.1 7.3 6.0 6.7 7.1 7.2 7.8 8.9 9.1 14.7 10.3 10.2 11.5 10.4 11.3 12.5 16.1 14.6 15.3
Other transportation and support activities 20.2 29.3 39.9 51.6 54.3 57.2 61.1 61.4 67.5 70.3 73.4 76.0 83.9 (R) 92.0 96.3 96.9 100.8 93.9 93.2
Warehousing and storage 6.4 9.5 13.0 18.8 19.6 21.9 23.4 23.4 25.8 25.3 26.3 (R) 27.4 (R) 31.3 (R) 34.8 36.6 39.6 41.3 41.2 41.9
Percent of U.S. GDP                                      
For-hire transportation services 3.68 3.25 2.98 3.12 3.08 3.14 3.13 3.07 3.03 2.94 2.84 2.87 2.93 2.93 2.95 2.89 2.90 2.81 2.77
Air transportation 0.47 0.46 0.54 0.62 0.60 0.64 0.60 0.58 0.53 0.44 0.44 0.48 0.47 0.44 0.45 0.43 0.42 0.43 0.44
Rail transportation 0.72 0.50 0.32 0.28 0.27 0.24 0.24 0.23 0.23 0.22 0.20 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.23 0.23 0.25 0.22 0.22
Water transportation 0.13 0.09 0.09 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.09 0.09 0.10 0.10 0.10
Truck transportation 1.02 0.93 0.86 0.93 0.93 0.96 0.99 1.00 0.97 0.95 0.91 0.92 (R) 0.93 (R) 0.95 0.94 0.91 0.86 0.79 0.80
Transit and ground passenger transportation 0.21 0.17 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.17 0.18 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.18 0.18 0.18
Pipeline transportation 0.18 0.17 0.10 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.10 0.09 0.14 0.10 0.09 0.10 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.11 0.10 0.11
Other transportation and support activities 0.72 0.69 0.69 0.70 0.69 0.69 0.69 0.66 0.68 0.68 0.69 0.68 0.71 0.73 0.72 0.69 0.71 0.67 0.64
Warehousing and storage 0.23 0.23 0.22 0.25 0.25 0.26 0.27 0.25 0.26 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.26 0.28 0.27 0.28 0.29 0.30 0.29
Percent of for-hire transportation services GDP                                      
Air transportation 12.77 14.08 18.11 19.94 19.44 20.47 19.01 18.91 17.62 14.94 15.48 16.64 16.17 (R) 15.07 15.15 14.87 14.43 15.42 15.73
Rail transportation 19.69 15.32 10.76 9.11 8.66 7.52 7.69 7.59 7.56 7.47 7.18 7.22 7.00 7.31 7.77 7.83 8.46 7.84 7.98
Water transportation 3.41 2.92 2.95 2.72 2.74 2.67 2.47 2.37 2.69 2.71 2.45 (R) 2.56 (R) 2.39 (R) 2.41 2.97 3.16 3.45 3.68 3.65
Truck transportation 27.68 28.74 28.76 29.91 30.29 30.67 31.53 32.53 32.18 32.32 32.14 (R) 31.99 (R) 31.90 (R) 32.37 31.80 31.42 29.47 28.29 28.82
Transit and ground passenger transportation 5.65 5.32 5.21 5.09 5.30 5.65 5.81 5.99 5.91 6.08 6.35 (R) 6.07 6.02 5.74 5.71 5.93 6.10 6.56 6.48
Pipeline transportation 4.97 5.32 3.47 2.89 2.94 2.75 2.83 3.10 3.02 4.86 3.41 3.19 3.31 2.81 2.87 3.09 3.88 3.73 3.80
Other transportation and support activities 19.69 21.37 23.09 22.27 22.50 21.85 22.17 21.39 22.40 23.23 24.27 23.76 24.18 (R) 24.90 24.44 23.93 24.29 23.97 23.16
Warehousing and storage 6.24 6.93 7.52 8.11 8.12 8.37 8.49 8.15 8.56 8.36 8.70 (R) 8.57 (R) 9.02 (R) 9.42 9.29 9.78 9.95 10.52 10.41

KEY: R = revised.

NOTE

Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE

U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Industry Economic Accounts, Interactive tables, available at http://www.bea.gov/industry/index.htm as of Dec. 13, 2011.