USA Statistics in Brief--Energy, Transportation, and Communication

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USA Statistics in Brief--Energy, Transportation, and Communications

ENERGY	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Production (quadrillion British thermal unit (Btu).)	71.3	71.9	70.8	70.0	¹70.4
Imports (quadrillion Btu.)	29.0	30.2	29.4	31.0	¹33.0
Consumption (quadrillion Btu.)	99.0	96.5	97.9	98.3	¹99.7
Consumption per capita (million Btu.)	352	338	340	338	340
Crude oil production, domestic (million barrels)²	2,131	2,118	2,097	2,073	1,988
Crude oil imports (million barrels) ²	3,311	3,405	3,336	3,521	3,674
TRANSPORTATION	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Motor vehicle registrations (million)	221	230	230	231	(NA)
Airline revenue passengers (million)	666	622	613	646	698
COMMUNICATIONS	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Cellular telephone subscribers (million)	109.5	128.4	140.8	158.7	182.1
Cable TV subscribers (million)	66.3	66.7	66.5	66.1	³65.9
Daily newspaper circulation (million)	55.8	55.6	55.2	55.2	54.6

NA Not available.
\1 Preliminary.
\2 42 gallon barrels. Includes lease condensate.
\3 Estimate.

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