[Economic Indicators February, 2003]
[Page Number 6]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
DISPOSITION OF PERSONAL INCOME

According to revised estimates, per capita disposable personal income in 
chained (1996) dollars rose at an annual rate of 1.7 percent in the 
fourth quarter of 2002.
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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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1993 .........................................   5,610.0     674.6    4,935.3      4,584.5      350.8     5,261.3    18,981   20,235   17,133   18,264          0.1        7.1        260,011
1994 .........................................   5,888.0     722.6    5,165.4      4,849.9      315.5     5,397.2    19,626   20,507   17,920   18,724          1.3        6.1        263,194
1995 .........................................   6,200.9     778.3    5,422.6      5,120.2      302.4     5,539.1    20,361   20,798   18,657   19,058          1.4        5.6        266,327
1996 .........................................   6,547.4     869.7    5,677.7      5,405.6      272.1     5,677.7    21,072   21,072   19,438   19,438          1.3        4.8        269,448
1997 .........................................   6,937.0     968.8    5,968.2      5,715.3      252.9     5,854.5    21,887   21,470   20,277   19,891          1.9        4.2        272,687
1998 .........................................   7,426.0   1,070.4    6,355.6      6,054.1      301.5     6,168.6    23,037   22,359   21,226   20,601          4.1        4.7        275,891
1999 .........................................   7,786.5   1,159.1    6,627.4      6,453.3      174.0     6,328.4    23,749   22,678   22,384   21,373          1.4        2.6        279,062
2000 .........................................   8,406.6   1,286.4    7,120.2      6,918.6      201.5     6,630.3    25,237   23,501   23,690   22,061          3.6        2.8        282,128
2001 .........................................   8,685.3   1,292.1    7,393.2      7,223.5      169.7     6,748.0    25,957   23,692   24,531   22,390           .8        2.3        284,822
2002 r........................................   8,947.2   1,118.1    7,829.1      7,522.8      306.3     7,049.8    27,236   24,525   25,402   22,873          3.5        3.9        287,456
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                                                                                          Seasonally adjusted annual rates
 
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1999:III .....................................   7,807.7   1,167.2    6,640.5      6,507.2      133.3     6,325.0    23,763   22,634   22,542   21,471          0.3        2.0        279,449
      IV .....................................   7,960.2   1,201.8    6,758.4      6,629.4      129.0     6,399.3    24,109   22,828   22,882   21,666          3.5        1.9        280,328
 
2000:I .......................................   8,211.6   1,256.3    6,955.3      6,775.9      179.4     6,530.4    24,745   23,234   23,311   21,887          7.3        2.6        281,076
      II .....................................   8,350.2   1,273.0    7,077.2      6,869.8      207.5     6,607.6    25,118   23,451   23,562   21,998          3.8        2.9        281,758
      III ....................................   8,487.8   1,299.6    7,188.2      6,976.7      211.5     6,676.8    25,447   23,637   23,847   22,150          3.2        2.9        282,476
      IV .....................................   8,576.6   1,316.7    7,259.8      7,052.1      207.7     6,706.2    25,635   23,680   24,039   22,206           .7        2.9        283,202
 
2001:I .......................................   8,658.1   1,340.6    7,317.5      7,143.9      173.7     6,704.3    25,785   23,624   24,330   22,291          -.9        2.4        283,794
      II .....................................   8,676.2   1,336.1    7,340.0      7,198.5      141.6     6,694.8    25,805   23,537   24,468   22,317         -1.5        1.9        284,442
      III ....................................   8,706.2   1,181.9    7,524.2      7,222.0      302.2     6,864.0    26,387   24,071   24,491   22,342          9.4        4.0        285,154
      IV .....................................   8,700.9   1,309.7    7,391.2      7,329.6       61.5     6,729.1    25,853   23,537   24,834   22,609         -8.6         .8        285,898
 
2002:I .......................................   8,803.4   1,136.8    7,666.7      7,396.3      270.4     6,961.0    26,759   24,296   25,040   22,735         13.5        3.5        286,507
      II .....................................   8,914.0   1,121.8    7,792.2      7,477.9      314.3     7,027.2    27,144   24,479   25,271   22,790          3.0        4.0        287,072
      III ....................................   8,993.3   1,107.3    7,886.0      7,583.0      303.0     7,081.6    27,404   24,609   25,579   22,969          2.1        3.8        287,770
      IV r....................................   9,077.8   1,106.4    7,971.5      7,633.9      337.6     7,129.3    27,633   24,714   25,714   22,997          1.7        4.2        288,475
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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.
    Source: Department of Commerce 
(Bureau of Economic Analysis and 
Bureau of the Census).