[Economic Indicators March, 2005]
[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 (2000) dollars rose at an annual rate of 7.2 percent in the 
fourth quarter of 2004.
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                                                                                                        Dispos-      Per capita     Per capita personal
                                                                                                         able        disposable          consumption       Percent
                                                                                                       personal   personal  income      expenditures     change  in   Saving as
                                                          Less:     Equals:      Less:      Equals:    income in ---------------------------------------  real  per  percent of    Population,
                   Period                     Personal  Personal  Disposable    Personal    Personal   billions                                            capita                including Armed
                                               income    current    personal  outlays \1\   saving        of               Chained             Chained   disposable  disposable  Forces overseas
                                                          taxes     income                              chained   Current   (2000)   Current    (2000)     personal    personal  (thousands) \2\
                                                                                                        (2000)    dollars            dollars   dollars     income      income
                                                                                                        dollars            dollars
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                                                                Billions of dollars                                              Dollars
                                                    Percent
 
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1995 .......................................   6,152.3     744.1    5,408.2      5,157.3      250.9     5,905.7    20,287   22,153    18,665    20,382          1.6        4.6        266,588
1996 .......................................   6,520.6     832.1    5,688.5      5,460.0      228.4     6,080.9    21,091   22,546    19,490    20,835          1.8        4.0        269,714
1997 .......................................   6,915.1     926.3    5,988.8      5,770.5      218.3     6,295.8    21,940   23,065    20,323    21,365          2.3        3.6        272,958
1998 .......................................   7,423.0   1,027.0    6,395.9      6,119.1      276.8     6,663.9    23,161   24,131    21,291    22,183          4.6        4.3        276,154
1999 .......................................   7,802.4   1,107.5    6,695.0      6,536.4      158.6     6,861.3    23,968   24,564    22,491    23,050          1.8        2.4        279,328
2000 .......................................   8,429.7   1,235.7    7,194.0      7,025.6      168.5     7,194.0    25,472   25,472    23,862    23,862          3.7        2.3        282,429
2001 .......................................   8,724.1   1,237.3    7,486.8      7,354.5      132.3     7,333.3    26,236   25,698    24,723    24,216           .9        1.8        285,366
2002 .......................................   8,878.9   1,051.2    7,827.7      7,668.5      159.2     7,559.5    27,159   26,229    25,592    24,715          2.1        2.0        288,217
2003 .......................................   9,161.8   1,001.9    8,159.9      8,049.3      110.6     7,733.8    28,034   26,570    26,663    25,270          1.3        1.4        291,073
2004 r......................................   9,673.0   1,038.9    8,634.0      8,531.9      102.1     8,007.3    29,372   27,240    27,998    25,965          2.5        1.2        293,951
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                                                                                         Seasonally adjusted annual rates
 
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2001:I .....................................   8,688.7   1,296.6    7,392.1      7,253.5      138.6     7,283.0    26,004   25,620    24,469    24,108          0.3        1.9        284,265
      II ...................................   8,719.9   1,312.3    7,407.6      7,318.8       88.7     7,252.1    25,995   25,450    24,626    24,110         -2.6        1.2        284,959
      III ..................................   8,733.1   1,110.3    7,622.8      7,361.2      261.6     7,452.2    26,678   26,081    24,703    24,150         10.3        3.4        285,736
      IV ...................................   8,754.8   1,230.0    7,524.8      7,484.4       40.5     7,346.0    26,264   25,640    25,090    24,494         -6.6         .5        286,502
 
2002:I .....................................   8,803.6   1,065.8    7,737.8      7,528.5      209.3     7,537.6    26,947   26,249    25,202    24,550          9.8        2.7        287,154
      II ...................................   8,897.1   1,052.1    7,845.0      7,635.0      210.0     7,588.4    27,257   26,366    25,500    24,666          1.8        2.7        287,812
      III ..................................   8,895.7   1,046.7    7,849.0      7,722.9      126.1     7,555.1    27,199   26,181    25,740    24,777         -2.8        1.6        288,575
      IV ...................................   8,919.2   1,040.3    7,878.8      7,787.6       91.2     7,558.0    27,231   26,123    25,922    24,867          -.9        1.2        289,328
 
2003:I .....................................   9,002.2   1,025.7    7,976.5      7,897.0       79.5     7,591.2    27,507   26,179    26,243    24,975           .9        1.0        289,977
      II ...................................   9,105.7   1,030.7    8,075.0      7,982.9       92.1     7,671.1    27,782   26,392    26,479    25,155          3.3        1.1        290,656
      III ..................................   9,209.3     941.7    8,267.6      8,107.8      159.8     7,822.9    28,368   26,842    26,841    25,397          7.0        1.9        291,442
      IV ...................................   9,330.0   1,009.4    8,320.5      8,209.4      111.1     7,849.6    28,474   26,862    27,086    25,552           .3        1.3        292,217
 
2004:I .....................................   9,445.0   1,006.6    8,438.4      8,351.6       86.8     7,897.0    28,813   26,964    27,521    25,755          1.5        1.0        292,872
      II ...................................   9,592.7   1,030.6    8,562.1      8,448.7      113.4     7,951.5    29,168   27,088    27,778    25,797          1.9        1.3        293,540
      III ..................................   9,700.4   1,048.9    8,651.5      8,588.1       63.4     8,009.5    29,395   27,214    28,142    26,053          1.9         .7        294,315
      IV r..................................   9,953.8   1,069.5    8,884.2      8,739.3      145.0     8,170.9    30,108   27,691    28,546    26,254          7.2        1.6        295,077
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    \1\ Includes personal 
consumption expenditures, personal 
interest payments (nonmortgage), and 
personal current transfer payments.
    \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).