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Table 106.60. Gross domestic product, state and local expenditures, national income, personal income, disposable personal income, median family income, and population: Selected years, 1929 through 2016
Year Gross domestic product (in billions) State and local direct general expenditures (in millions)1 National income (in billions) Personal income (in billions) Disposable personal income (in billions of chained 2009 dollars)2 Disposable personal income per capita Median family income Population (in thousands)
Current dollars Chained 2009 dol- lars2 All direct general expendi- tures Education expendi-tures Current dollars Chained 2009 dol- lars2 Current dollars Constant 2015 dol-lars3 Midyear data4 Resident as of July 15
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
1929 $104.6 $1,056.6 $94.2 $85.3 $843.0 $685 $6,917 121,878 121,767
1939 93.5 1,163.6 82.5 73.6 923.2 551 7,046 131,028 130,880
1940 102.9 1,266.1 $9,229 $2,638 91.6 79.4 986.2 588 7,464 132,122 132,122
1950 300.2 2,184.0 22,787 7,177 267.0 233.9 1,521.9 1,417 10,033 $3,319 151,684 152,271
1960 543.3 3,108.7 51,876 18,719 479.9 422.5 2,146.9 2,083 11,877 5,620 $39,374 180,760 180,671
                           
1970 1,075.9 4,722.0 131,332 52,718 940.1 864.6 3,413.2 3,713 16,643 9,867 53,767 205,089 205,052
1971 1,167.8 4,877.6 150,674 59,413 1,017.0 932.1 3,570.4 3,998 17,191 10,285 53,692 207,692 207,661
1972 1,282.4 5,134.3 168,550 65,814 1,123.0 1,023.6 3,741.2 4,287 17,821 11,116 56,340 209,924 209,896
1973 1,428.5 5,424.1 181,357 69,714 1,257.0 1,138.5 3,968.6 4,747 18,725 12,051 57,482 211,939 211,909
1974 1,548.8 5,396.0 198,959 75,833 1,350.8 1,249.3 3,923.6 5,135 18,343 12,902 55,946 213,898 213,854
                           
1975 1,688.9 5,385.4 230,721 87,858 1,451.1 1,366.9 4,020.0 5,645 18,613 13,719 54,971 215,981 215,973
1976 1,877.6 5,675.4 256,731 97,216 1,614.8 1,498.5 4,144.0 6,079 19,002 14,958 56,674 218,086 218,035
1977 2,086.0 5,937.0 274,215 102,780 1,798.7 1,654.6 4,274.8 6,613 19,406 16,009 57,056 220,289 220,239
1978 2,356.6 6,267.2 296,984 110,758 2,029.9 1,859.7 4,470.5 7,322 20,080 17,640 58,834 222,629 222,585
1979 2,632.1 6,466.2 327,517 119,448 2,248.2 2,078.2 4,557.8 8,037 20,248 19,587 59,669 225,106 225,055
                           
1980 2,862.5 6,450.4 369,086 133,211 2,426.8 2,317.5 4,590.5 8,861 20,158 21,023 57,594 227,726 227,225
1981 3,211.0 6,617.7 407,449 145,784 2,722.1 2,596.5 4,705.6 9,785 20,458 22,388 56,002 230,008 229,466
1982 3,345.0 6,491.3 436,733 154,282 2,840.4 2,779.5 4,803.3 10,442 20,685 23,433 55,280 232,218 231,664
1983 3,638.1 6,792.0 466,516 163,876 3,060.5 2,970.3 4,971.0 11,170 21,214 24,580 55,649 234,333 233,792
1984 4,040.7 7,285.0 505,008 176,108 3,444.0 3,281.8 5,314.0 12,284 22,480 26,433 57,453 236,394 235,825
                           
1985 4,346.7 7,593.8 553,899 192,686 3,684.2 3,516.3 5,476.2 12,991 22,960 27,735 58,282 238,506 237,924
1986 4,590.2 7,860.5 605,623 210,819 3,848.2 3,725.7 5,687.8 13,661 23,632 29,458 60,802 240,683 240,133
1987 4,870.2 8,132.6 657,134 226,619 4,119.2 3,955.9 5,811.0 14,274 23,929 30,970 61,833 242,843 242,289
1988 5,252.6 8,474.5 704,921 242,683 4,493.4 4,276.3 6,083.9 15,386 24,826 32,191 61,996 245,061 244,499
1989 5,657.7 8,786.4 762,360 263,898 4,782.2 4,619.9 6,268.7 16,380 25,340 34,213 63,165 247,387 246,819
                           
1990 5,979.6 8,955.0 834,818 288,148 5,036.1 4,906.4 6,393.5 17,235 25,555 35,353 62,203 250,181 249,623
1991 6,174.0 8,948.4 908,108 309,302 5,186.1 5,073.4 6,438.4 17,688 25,395 35,939 61,014 253,530 252,981
1992 6,539.3 9,266.6 981,253 324,652 5,499.7 5,413.0 6,714.2 18,684 26,133 36,573 60,555 256,922 256,514
1993 6,878.7 9,521.0 1,033,167 342,287 5,754.8 5,649.0 6,823.6 19,211 26,216 36,959 59,718 260,282 259,919
1994 7,308.8 9,905.4 1,077,665 353,287 6,140.2 5,937.3 7,010.7 19,906 26,611 38,782 61,381 263,455 263,126
                           
1995 7,664.1 10,174.8 1,146,188 378,273 6,479.5 6,281.0 7,245.8 20,753 27,180 40,611 62,764 266,588 266,278
1996 8,100.2 10,561.0 1,189,356 398,859 6,899.4 6,667.0 7,476.1 21,615 27,719 42,300 63,651 269,714 269,394
1997 8,608.5 11,034.9 1,247,436 419,053 7,380.4 7,080.7 7,751.3 22,527 28,397 44,568 65,645 272,958 272,647
1998 9,089.2 11,525.9 1,314,496 450,365 7,857.3 7,593.7 8,208.1 23,759 29,723 46,737 67,921 276,154 275,854
1999 9,660.6 12,065.9 1,398,533 483,259 8,324.4 7,988.4 8,477.7 24,617 30,350 48,831 69,485 279,328 279,040
                           
2000 10,284.8 12,559.7 1,502,768 521,612 8,907.0 8,637.1 8,902.2 26,206 31,524 50,732 69,822 282,398 282,162
2001 10,621.8 12,682.2 1,621,757 563,572 9,184.6 8,991.6 9,148.7 27,179 32,075 51,407 68,819 285,225 284,969
2002 10,977.5 12,908.8 1,732,478 594,694 9,436.8 9,153.9 9,431.6 28,127 32,754 51,680 68,085 287,955 287,625
2003 11,510.7 13,271.1 1,817,513 621,335 9,864.2 9,491.1 9,690.1 29,198 33,342 52,680 67,887 290,626 290,108
2004 12,274.9 13,773.5 1,903,915 655,182 10,540.9 10,052.9 10,035.7 30,697 34,221 54,061 67,834 293,262 292,805
                           
2005 13,093.7 14,234.2 2,007,490 688,314 11,239.8 10,614.0 10,189.4 31,760 34,424 56,194 68,201 295,993 295,517
2006 13,855.9 14,613.8 2,117,161 728,917 12,004.8 11,393.9 10,595.4 33,589 35,458 58,407 68,661 298,818 298,380
2007 14,477.6 14,873.7 2,259,364 774,170 12,321.4 12,000.2 10,820.6 34,826 35,866 61,355 70,137 301,696 301,231
2008 14,718.6 14,830.4 2,401,417 826,061 12,427.8 12,502.2 10,987.3 36,101 36,078 61,521 67,726 304,543 304,094
2009 14,418.7 14,418.7 2,495,901 851,689 12,126.1 12,094.8 10,942.5 35,616 35,616 60,088 66,379 307,240 306,772
                           
2010 14,964.4 14,783.8 2,537,892 860,118 12,739.5 12,477.1 11,055.1 36,274 35,685 60,236 65,483 309,801 309,347
2011 15,517.9 15,020.6 2,579,509 862,271 13,352.3 13,254.5 11,331.2 37,811 36,305 60,974 64,259 312,114 311,719
2012 16,155.3 15,354.6 2,589,268 869,475 14,061.9 13,915.1 11,688.3 39,455 37,179 62,241 64,252 314,377 314,103
2013 16,691.5 15,612.2 2,621,156 876,252 14,444.8 14,073.7 11,527.6 39,157 36,414 65,471 66,619 316,569 316,427
2014 17,393.1 15,982.3 2,706,935 904,310 15,153.9 14,809.7 11,931.0 40,838 37,415 66,632 66,709 318,887 318,907
                           
2015 18,036.6 16,397.2 15,665.3 15,458.5 12,343.3 42,095 38,432 70,697 70,697 321,173 321,419
2016 18,569.1 16,662.1 15,986.7 12,667.3 43,371 39,170 323,391 323,890
—Not available.
1 Data for years prior to 1970 include expenditures for government fiscal years ending during that particular calendar year. Data for 1970 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. More information is available at https://www.bea.gov/scb/account_articles/national/0597od/maintext.htm.
3 Data adjusted by the CPU-RS, which is a price index of inflation that incorporates most of the improvements in methodology made to the current CPI-U since 1978 into a single, uniform series. See Census Bureau, Money Income in the United States: 1999 (www.census.gov/prod/2000pubs/p60-209.pdf).
4 Population of the United States including armed forces overseas. Includes Alaska and Hawaii beginning in 1960.
5 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. Excludes overseas armed forces personnel.
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 Survey, Income, retrieved July 6, 2017, from https://census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/income-poverty/historical-income-families.html; Population Estimates, retrieved June 2, 2015, from https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/time-series/demo/popest/intercensal-2000-2010-national.html and August 2, 2016, from https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/2016/demo/popest/nation-total.html; and State and Local Government Finances, retrieved July 6, 2017, from http://www.census.gov/govs/local/. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts Tables, retrieved July 6, 2017, from http://www.bea.gov/iTable/index_nipa.cfm. (This table was prepared July 2017.)

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