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Table 3-10: National Transportation and Economic Trends

Friday, October 10, 2014

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  1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Passenger-miles (billions) 1,324 1,626 2,161 2,533 2,867 (R) 3,312 (R) 3,933 (R) 3,964 (R) 4,078 (R) 4,156 (R) 4,253 (R) 4,299 (R) 4,430 (R) 4,568 (R) 4,692 (R) 4,822 (R) 5,098 (R) 5,108 (R) 5,205 (R) 5,279 (R) 5,459 (R) 5,518 (R) 5,578 (R) 5,626 (R) 5,522 (R) 4,832 (R) 4,847 (R) 4,846 4,896
Index (1980 = 100) 46 57 75 88 100 (R) 116 (R) 137 (R) 138 (R) 142 (R) 145 (R) 148 (R) 150 (R) 155 (R) 159 (R) 164 (R) 168 (R) 178 (R) 178 (R) 182 (R) 184 (R) 190 (R) 192 (R) 195 (R) 196 (R) 193 (R) 169 (R) 169 (R) 169 171
Ton-miles (billions) U U U U (R) 4,173 (R) 4,221 (R) 4,655 (R) 4,676 (R) 4,805 (R) 4,859 (R) 5,089 (R) 5,289 (R) 5,394 (R) 5,445 (R) 5,464 (R) 5,483 (R) 5,501 (R) 5,520 (R) 5,539 (R) 5,579 (R) 5,619 (R) 5,659 (R) 5,699 (R) 5,740 (R) 5,998 (R) 5,468 5,690 5,899 U
Index (1980 = 100) U U U U (R) 100 (R) 101 (R) 112 (R) 112 (R) 115 (R) 116 (R) 122 (R) 127 (R) 129 (R) 130 (R) 131 (R) 131 (R) 132 (R) 132 (R) 133 (R) 134 (R) 135 (R) 136 (R) 137 (R) 138 (R) 144 (R) 131 136 141 U
Populationa (millions) 181 194 205 216 228 238 250 253 257 260 263 (R) 263 (R) 265 (R) 268 (R) 270 (R) 273 282 285 288 290 293 296 298 301 304 307 309 312 314
Index (1980 = 100) 79 85 90 95 100 105 110 111 113 114 116 117 118 120 121 123 124 125 126 127 129 130 131 132 134 135 136 137 138
Industrial Production Indexb (1980=100) 46 63 74 81 100 97 (R) 110 109 112 116 122 128 (R) 133 143 (R) 151 158 (R) 164 158 159 161 164 170 173 178 (R) 172 (R) 152 (R) 161 (R) 166 172
Gross Domestic Product                                                          
Current $ (billions) 526 719 1,038 1,638 2,788 4,218 5,801 5,992 6,342 6,667 7,085 7,415 7,839 8,332 8,794 9,354 9,952 10,286 10,642 11,142 11,853 12,623 13,377 14,029 14,292 13,974 14,499 15,076 15,685
Index (1980 = 100) 19 26 37 59 100 151 208 215 227 239 254 266 281 299 315 335 357 369 382 400 425 453 480 503 513 501 520 541 563
Chained (2005) $ (billions) 2,829 3,607 4,266 4,875 5,834 6,843 8,027 8,008 8,280 8,516 8,863 9,086 9,426 9,846 10,275 10,771 11,216 11,338 11,543 11,836 12,247 12,623 12,959 13,206 13,162 12,758 13,063 13,299 13,593
Index (1980 = 100) 48 62 73 84 100 117 138 137 142 146 152 156 162 169 176 185 192 194 198 203 210 216 222 226 226 219 224 228 233

KEY: R = revised; U = data are unavailable.

a Annual estimates as of July 1 of each year. Data include Armed Forces abroad.

b Industrial Production Index covers manufacturing, mining, and utilities. To make it comparable with other data, Industrial Production Index is re-based to the year 1980.

NOTES

Passenger miles is the summation of all modes from table 1-40 less transit motor bus and demand responsive.

Ton-miles is the summation of all modes from table 1-50.

SOURCES

Passenger-miles:

U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, table 1-40, available at http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/ as of June 19, 2014.

Ton-miles:

U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), National Transportation Statistics, table 1-50, available at http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/ as of June 19, 2014.

Population:

1960-99: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table 2, available at http://www.census.gov/ as of Aug. 4, 2011.

2000-12: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, Population Estimates, available at http://www.census.gov/popest/data/index.html as of June 19, 2014.

Industrial Production Index:

1960-75: Council of Economic Advisors, Economic Report of the President, Industrial Production Indexes, table B-52, available at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/eop/download.html as of Feb. 09, 2010.

1980-2012: The Federal Reserve System, Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization, Annual Revision Release (Washington DC: March Annual Issues), table 1A, available at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/ as of June 19, 2014.

Gross Domestic Product:

U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Industry Economic Accounts, available at http://www.bea.gov/industry/gpotables/ as of June 19, 2014.