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Table 31. Gross domestic product, state and local expenditures, personal income, disposable personal income, median family income, and population: Selected years, 1929 through 2008
Year Gross domestic product (in billions) State and local direct general expenditures (in millions)1 Personal income (in billions) Disposable personal income (in billions of chained 2005 dollars)2 Disposable personal income per capita Median family income Population (in thousands)
Current dollars Chained 2005 dol- lars2 All direct general expendi- tures Education expendi-tures Current dollars Chained 2005 dollars2 Midyear data3 Resident as of July 14
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1929 $103.6 $977.0 $84.9 $792.0 $683 $6,498 121,878 121,767
1939 92.2 1,072.8 72.9 861.4 545 6,574 131,028 130,880
1940 101.4 1,166.9 $9,229 $2,638 78.4 918.6 581 6,953 132,122 132,122
1950 293.7 2,006.0 22,787 7,177 228.9 1,401.5 1,384 9,240 $3,319 151,684 152,271
1960 526.4 2,830.9 51,876 18,719 411.3 1,963.9 2,020 10,865 5,620 180,760 180,671
                     
1970 1,038.3 4,269.9 131,332 52,718 838.6 3,108.8 3,586 15,158 9,867 205,089 205,052
1971 1,126.8 4,413.3 150,674 59,413 903.1 3,249.1 3,859 15,644 10,285 207,692 207,661
1972 1,237.9 4,647.7 168,550 65,814 992.6 3,406.6 4,140 16,228 11,116 209,924 209,896
1973 1,382.3 4,917.0 181,357 69,714 1,110.5 3,638.2 4,615 17,166 12,051 211,939 211,909
1974 1,499.5 4,889.9 198,959 75,833 1,222.7 3,610.2 5,010 16,878 12,902 213,898 213,854
                     
1975 1,637.7 4,879.5 230,721 87,858 1,334.9 3,691.3 5,497 17,091 13,719 215,981 215,973
1976 1,824.6 5,141.3 256,731 97,216 1,474.7 3,838.3 5,972 17,600 14,958 218,086 218,035
1977 2,030.1 5,377.7 274,215 102,780 1,632.5 3,970.7 6,514 18,025 16,009 220,289 220,239
1978 2,293.8 5,677.6 296,984 110,758 1,836.7 4,156.5 7,220 18,670 17,640 222,629 222,585
1979 2,562.2 5,855.0 327,517 119,448 2,059.5 4,253.8 7,956 18,897 19,587 225,106 225,055
                     
1980 2,788.1 5,839.0 369,086 133,211 2,301.5 4,295.6 8,794 18,863 21,023 227,726 227,225
1981 3,126.8 5,987.2 407,449 145,784 2,582.3 4,410.0 9,726 19,173 22,388 230,008 229,466
1982 3,253.2 5,870.9 436,733 154,282 2,766.8 4,506.5 10,390 19,406 23,433 232,218 231,664
1983 3,534.6 6,136.2 466,516 163,876 2,952.2 4,655.7 11,095 19,868 24,674 234,333 233,792
1984 3,930.9 6,577.1 505,008 176,108 3,268.9 4,989.1 12,232 21,105 26,433 236,394 235,825
                     
1985 4,217.5 6,849.3 553,899 192,686 3,496.7 5,144.8 12,911 21,571 27,735 238,506 237,924
1986 4,460.1 7,086.5 605,623 210,819 3,696.0 5,315.0 13,540 22,083 29,458 240,683 240,133
1987 4,736.4 7,313.3 657,134 226,619 3,924.4 5,402.4 14,146 22,246 30,970 242,843 242,289
1988 5,100.4 7,613.9 704,921 242,683 4,231.2 5,635.6 15,206 22,997 32,191 245,061 244,499
1989 5,482.1 7,885.9 762,360 263,898 4,557.5 5,785.1 16,134 23,385 34,213 247,387 246,819
                     
1990 5,800.5 8,033.9 834,818 288,148 4,846.7 5,896.3 17,004 23,568 35,353 250,181 249,623
1991 5,992.1 8,015.1 908,108 309,302 5,031.5 5,945.9 17,532 23,453 35,939 253,530 252,981
1992 6,342.3 8,287.1 981,253 324,652 5,347.3 6,155.3 18,436 23,958 36,573 256,922 256,514
1993 6,667.4 8,523.4 1,033,167 342,287 5,568.1 6,258.2 18,909 24,044 36,959 260,282 259,919
1994 7,085.2 8,870.7 1,077,665 353,287 5,874.8 6,459.0 19,678 24,517 38,782 263,455 263,126
                     
1995 7,414.7 9,093.7 1,146,188 378,273 6,200.9 6,651.6 20,470 24,951 40,611 266,588 266,278
1996 7,838.5 9,433.9 1,189,356 398,859 6,591.6 6,870.9 21,355 25,475 42,300 269,714 269,394
1997 8,332.4 9,854.3 1,247,436 419,053 7,000.7 7,113.5 22,255 26,061 44,568 272,958 272,647
1998 8,793.5 10,283.5 1,314,496 450,365 7,525.4 7,538.8 23,534 27,299 46,737 276,154 275,854
1999 9,353.5 10,779.8 1,398,533 483,259 7,910.8 7,766.7 24,356 27,805 48,950 279,328 279,040
                     
2000 9,951.5 11,226.0 1,502,768 521,612 8,559.4 8,161.5 25,945 28,899 50,732 282,413 282,172
2001 10,286.2 11,347.2 1,621,757 563,572 8,883.3 8,360.1 26,809 29,303 51,407 285,294 285,040
2002 10,642.3 11,553.0 1,732,478 594,694 9,060.1 8,637.1 27,806 29,984 51,680 288,055 287,727
2003 11,142.1 11,840.7 1,817,513 621,335 9,378.1 8,853.9 28,816 30,454 52,680 290,729 290,211
2004 11,867.8 12,263.8 1,903,194 655,361 9,937.2 9,155.1 30,303 31,209 54,061 293,348 292,892
                     
2005 12,638.4 12,638.4 2,012,422 689,057 10,485.9 9,277.3 31,338 31,338 56,194 296,036 295,561
2006 13,398.9 12,976.2 2,121,946 727,967 11,268.1 9,650.7 33,183 32,296 58,407 298,820 298,363
2007 14,077.6 13,254.1 11,894.1 9,860.6 34,478 32,679 61,355 301,737 301,290
2008 14,441.4 13,312.2 12,238.8 9,911.3 35,486 32,546 61,521 304,529 304,060
—Not available.
1 Data for years prior to 1963 include expenditures for government fiscal years ending during that particular calendar year. Data for 1963 and later years are the aggregations of expenditures for government fiscal years that ended on June 30 of the stated year. General expenditures exclude expenditures of publicly owned utilities and liquor stores, and of insurance-trust activities. Intergovernmental payments between state and local governments are excluded. Payments to the federal government are included.
2 Constant dollars based on a chain-price index, which uses the geometric mean of output weights of adjacent time periods compiled over a time series. Chain-price indexes reflect changes in prices, while implicit price deflators reflect both changes in prices and in the composition of output.
3 Population of the United States including Armed Forces overseas. Includes Alaska and Hawaii beginning in 1960.
4 Resident population of the United States. Includes Alaska and Hawaii beginning in 1958. Data for 1990 and later years include revisions based on the 2000 census.
NOTE: Gross domestic product (GDP) data are adjusted by the GDP chained weight price deflator. Personal income data are adjusted by the personal consumption deflator. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance in the United States, retrieved September 25, 2009, from http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/dinctabs.html; Population Estimates, retrieved September 23, 2009, from http://www.census.gov/popest/national/asrh/2008-nat-res.html; and State and Local Government Finances, retrieved August 12, 2008, from http://www.census.gov/govs/www/estimate.html. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts Tables, retrieved September 24, 2009, http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/SelectTable.asp?Selected=N. (This table was prepared September 2009.)

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