Table 3-1 Value Added by For-Hire Transportation to the U.S. Gross Domestic Product (Billions of current dollars)
Table 3-1
Value Added by For-Hire Transportation to the U.S. Gross Domestic
Product (Billions of current dollars)
| 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For-hire transportation total | 206 | 223.2 | 233.4 | 243.4 | 261.8 | 288.7 | 302.7 | 313.9 |
| Trucking and warehousing | 79.2 | 86.4 | 89 | 92.1 | 99.4 | 114.1 | 122.0 | 126.0 |
| Air | 56.4 | 62.5 | 67.7 | 70.8 | 78.6 | 85.8 | 90.2 | 93.0 |
| Rail | 22 | 23.3 | 23.6 | 23.4 | 23 | 24.3 | 23.2 | 22.9 |
| Local and interurban passenger transit | 11.3 | 11.6 | 12.4 | 13.4 | 14.9 | 16.8 | 17.6 | 18.7 |
| Water | 10.7 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 12.2 | 13.1 | 13.6 | 13.7 | 14.8 |
| Pipelines, except natural gas | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.2 |
NOTE: Transportation industry includes transportation services.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Industry Accounts Data, Gross Domestic Product by Industry, available at http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/dn2/gpoc.htm as of October 31, 2001.
- For-hire transportation firms contributed 3.2 percent of the value added to the U.S. Gross Domestic Product in 2001.
- Water transportation accounts for 4.7 percent of for-hire transportation's contribution to GDP.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Income and Product Accounts data, tables 1.1 and 1.3 as of September 2001 based on Survey of Current Business.