[Economic Indicators May, 2009]
[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 5.6 percent in the 
first quarter of 2009.
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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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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    25,473   25,473    23,864    23,864          3.7        2.3        282,413
2001 .......................................   8,724.1   1,237.3    7,486.8      7,354.5      132.3     7,333.3    26,243   25,704    24,729    24,222           .9        1.8        285,294
2002 .......................................   8,881.9   1,051.8    7,830.1      7,645.3      184.7     7,562.2    27,183   26,253    25,518    24,646          2.1        2.4        288,055
2003 .......................................   9,163.6   1,001.1    8,162.5      7,987.7      174.9     7,729.9    28,076   26,588    26,498    25,093          1.3        2.1        290,729
2004 .......................................   9,727.2   1,046.3    8,680.9      8,499.2      181.7     8,008.9    29,592   27,302    27,939    25,776          2.7        2.1        293,348
2005 .......................................  10,269.8   1,207.8    9,062.0      9,029.5       32.5     8,121.4    30,611   27,434    29,368    26,320           .5         .4        296,036
2006 .......................................  10,993.9   1,353.2    9,640.7      9,570.0       70.7     8,407.0    32,263   28,134    30,812    26,869          2.6         .7        298,820
2007 .......................................  11,663.2   1,492.8   10,170.5     10,113.1       57.4     8,644.0    33,706   28,648    32,181    27,351          1.8         .6        301,737
2008 r......................................  12,100.6   1,457.3   10,643.3     10,450.7      192.7     8,753.6    34,950   28,745    33,028    27,164           .3        1.8        304,529
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                                                                                         Seasonally adjusted annual rates
 
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2005:III ...................................  10,289.1   1,222.3    9,066.9      9,129.8      -62.9     8,084.0    30,592   27,276    29,662    26,446         -2.3        -.7        296,378
      IV ...................................  10,561.0   1,252.5    9,308.6      9,234.2       74.4     8,231.8    31,331   27,706    29,934    26,472          6.5         .8        297,109
 
2006:I .....................................  10,781.6   1,316.0    9,465.6      9,371.2       94.4     8,334.2    31,791   27,991    30,316    26,692          4.2        1.0        297,743
      II ...................................  10,913.2   1,341.1    9,572.1      9,518.0       54.2     8,360.4    32,078   28,018    30,704    26,817           .4         .6        298,399
      III ..................................  11,056.1   1,356.2    9,699.9      9,651.8       48.1     8,407.1    32,422   28,101    31,031    26,895          1.2         .5        299,175
      IV ...................................  11,224.7   1,399.6    9,825.1      9,739.0       86.1     8,526.2    32,754   28,424    31,194    27,070          4.7         .9        299,965
 
2007:I .....................................  11,473.0   1,459.5   10,013.5      9,904.2      109.3     8,617.7    33,307   28,664    31,681    27,265          3.4        1.1        300,644
      II ...................................  11,577.5   1,489.4   10,088.0     10,056.9       31.1     8,604.5    33,478   28,555    32,049    27,336         -1.5         .3        301,332
      III ..................................  11,730.4   1,501.6   10,228.8     10,182.0       46.8     8,671.1    33,858   28,702    32,325    27,403          2.1         .5        302,108
      IV ...................................  11,872.1   1,520.5   10,351.5     10,309.2       42.4     8,683.1    34,179   28,670    32,664    27,399          -.4         .4        302,865
 
2008:I .....................................  11,960.5   1,535.0   10,425.5     10,404.9       20.6     8,667.9    34,351   28,560    32,957    27,401         -1.5         .2        303,498
      II ...................................  12,152.2   1,346.1   10,806.0     10,538.2      267.9     8,891.0    35,531   29,234    33,335    27,427          9.8        2.5        304,128
      III ..................................  12,170.4   1,470.7   10,699.7     10,559.9      139.8     8,696.4    35,096   28,525    33,337    27,095         -9.4        1.3        304,872
      IV r..................................  12,119.5   1,477.4   10,642.0     10,299.7      342.3     8,758.2    34,821   28,657    32,484    26,734          1.9        3.2        305,619
 
2009:I r....................................  12,060.6   1,276.7   10,783.9     10,308.4      475.5     8,897.4    35,213   29,053    32,461    26,782          5.6        4.4        306,245
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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.
    Note.--Revisions include changes 
to series affected by revised wage 
and salary estimates for 2008:IV.
    Source: Department of Commerce 
(Bureau of Economic Analysis and 
Bureau of the Census).