Nominal gross domestic product by major demand category

This table also can be found in the article, "The U.S. economy to 2020: recovery in uncertain times," published in the January 2012 Monthly Labor Review.

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Table 4.3 Nominal gross domestic product by major demand category, 1990, 2000, 2010, and projected 2020

Category

Billions of current dollars

Percent distribution

1990

2000

2010

2020

1990

2000

2010

2020

Gross domestic product

$5,800.5

$9,951.5

$14,526.5

$23,669.5

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Personal consumption expenditures

3,835.4

6,830.4

10,245.5

16,600.5

66.1

68.6

70.5

70.1

Gross private domestic investment

861.0

1,772.2

1,795.1

3,604.3

14.8

17.8

12.4

15.2

Exports

552.1

1,093.2

1,839.8

4,257.9

9.5

11.0

12.7

18.0

Imports1

629.8

1,475.3

2,356.7

5,034.6

10.9

14.8

16.2

21.3

Federal defense consumption expenditures and gross investment

373.9

371.0

819.2

980.5

6.4

3.7

5.6

4.1

Federal nondefense consumption expenditures and gross investment

133.6

205.0

403.6

451.8

2.3

2.1

2.8

1.9

State and local consumption expenditures and gross investment

674.2

1,154.9

1,780.0

2,809.0

11.6

11.6

12.3

11.9

Footnotes:
  1 Imports are subtracted from the other components of GDP because they are not produced in the United States.

Source: Historical data: Bureau of Economic Analysis; Projected data: Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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