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4-1 U.S. Gross Domestic Product by Major Spending Category: 2010

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

4-1 U.S. Gross Domestic Product by Major Spending Category: 2010

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Category Percentage
Housing 18.7
Health care 15.4
Food 10.0
Transportation-relateda 9.2
Education 7.1
Recreation 6.6
Otherb 33.1

aIncludes transportation-related goods (e.g., vehicles and fuel) and services (e.g., auto insurance), private investment in transportation-related structures and equipment, net exports related to transportation, and change in motor vehicles inventory.
bIncludes all other categories.

Note: Percentages do not sum to 100 due to rounding.

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, calculated based on data from U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Account Tables, available at http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/Index.asp as of October 2011 as reported in U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, table 3-5, available at http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/ as of October 2011.