[Economic Indicators January, 2002]
[Page Number 6]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
DISPOSITION OF PERSONAL INCOME

According to advance estimates, per capita disposable personal income in 
chained (1996) dollars fell at an annual rate of 9.0 percent in the 
fourth quarter of 2001.
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                                                                                                          Dispos-      Per capita         Per capita
                                                                                                           able        disposable          personal        Percent
                                                            Less:                                        personal   personal  income     consumption     change  in   Saving as
                                                          Personal    Equals:      Less:      Equals:    income in ------------------    expenditures     real  per  percent of    Population,
                    Period                      Personal   tax and  Disposable    Personal    Personal   billions                    -------------------   capita                including Armed
                                                 income    nontax     personal  outlays \1\   saving        of               Chained                     disposable  disposable  Forces overseas
                                                          payments    income                              chained   Current   (1996)  Current   Chained    personal    personal  (thousands) \2\
                                                                                                          (1996)    dollars           dollars   (1996)     income      income
                                                                                                          dollars            dollars            dollars
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                                                                  Billions of dollars                                             Dollars
                                                      Percent
 
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1992 .........................................   5,390.4     635.8    4,754.6      4,340.9      413.7     5,189.3    18,524   20,217   16,401   17,900          1.8        8.7        256,677
1993 .........................................   5,610.0     674.6    4,935.3      4,584.5      350.8     5,261.3    18,979   20,233   17,131   18,262           .1        7.1        260,037
1994 .........................................   5,888.0     722.6    5,165.4      4,849.9      315.5     5,397.2    19,624   20,504   17,918   18,722          1.3        6.1        263,226
1995 .........................................   6,200.9     778.3    5,422.6      5,120.2      302.4     5,539.1    20,358   20,795   18,655   19,055          1.4        5.6        266,364
1996 .........................................   6,547.4     869.7    5,677.7      5,405.6      272.1     5,677.7    21,069   21,069   19,435   19,435          1.3        4.8        269,485
1997 .........................................   6,937.0     968.8    5,968.2      5,715.3      252.9     5,854.5    21,881   21,464   20,272   19,886          1.9        4.2        272,756
1998 .........................................   7,426.0   1,070.4    6,355.6      6,054.1      301.5     6,168.6    23,031   22,354   21,221   20,597          4.1        4.7        275,955
1999 .........................................   7,777.3   1,159.2    6,618.0      6,457.2      160.9     6,320.0    23,708   22,641   22,391   21,381          1.3        2.4        279,144
2000 .........................................   8,319.2   1,288.2    7,031.0      6,963.3       67.7     6,539.2    24,889   23,148   23,818   22,152          2.2        1.0        282,489
2001 p........................................   8,724.7   1,306.3    7,418.3      7,297.2      121.1     6,773.4    25,947   23,691   24,697   22,550          2.3        1.6        285,908
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                                                                                                        Seasonally adjusted annual rates
 
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1998:III .....................................   7,490.7   1,083.7    6,407.0      6,095.6      311.4     6,209.9    23,183   22,470   21,331   20,674          2.4        4.9        276,367
      IV .....................................   7,575.8   1,108.5    6,467.3      6,189.7      277.6     6,246.6    23,329   22,533   21,604   20,867          1.1        4.3        277,217
 
1999:I .......................................   7,631.4   1,120.4    6,511.0      6,280.6      230.4     6,268.2    23,428   22,555   21,880   21,064           .4        3.5        277,910
      II .....................................   7,719.6   1,142.6    6,577.0      6,401.8      175.2     6,300.0    23,602   22,609   22,239   21,303          1.0        2.7        278,657
      III ....................................   7,818.7   1,171.3    6,647.3      6,506.5      140.8     6,332.4    23,778   22,651   22,530   21,462           .7        2.1        279,562
      IV .....................................   7,939.3   1,202.5    6,736.8      6,639.7       97.2     6,379.2    24,022   22,747   22,909   21,693          1.7        1.4        280,446
 
2000:I .......................................   8,104.4   1,245.3    6,859.1      6,805.7       53.5     6,431.6    24,392   22,872   23,406   21,948          2.2         .8        281,202
      II .....................................   8,271.0   1,277.3    6,993.7      6,905.6       88.1     6,523.7    24,801   23,134   23,670   22,079          4.7        1.3        281,994
      III ....................................   8,381.5   1,300.2    7,081.3      7,026.9       54.5     6,566.5    25,029   23,209   23,984   22,240          1.3         .8        282,923
      IV .....................................   8,519.6   1,329.8    7,189.8      7,115.1       74.7     6,634.9    25,331   23,376   24,209   22,341          2.9        1.0        283,838
 
2001:I .......................................   8,640.2   1,345.2    7,295.0      7,216.2       78.8     6,679.0    25,634   23,470   24,519   22,449          1.6        1.1        284,582
      II .....................................   8,714.6   1,351.4    7,363.2      7,281.7       81.5     6,719.2    25,798   23,541   24,682   22,523          1.2        1.1        285,418
      III ....................................   8,771.8   1,195.5    7,576.4      7,291.0      285.3     6,917.5    26,457   24,157   24,646   22,503         10.9        3.8        286,360
      IV p....................................   8,772.0   1,333.2    7,438.8      7,399.8       39.0     6,777.9    25,895   23,594   24,941   22,725         -9.0         .5        287,272
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    \1\ Includes personal 
consumption expenditures, interest 
paid by persons, and personal 
transfer payments to rest of the 
world (net).
    \2\ Annual data are averages of 
quarterly data, which are averages 
for the period.
    Estimates shown here are by 
Bureau of Economic Analysis. See 
Survey of Current Business, December 
2001.
    Source: Department of Commerce 
(Bureau of Economic Analysis and 
Bureau of the Census).