USA Statistics in Brief


                                               1990     1993     1994
HEALTH
National health expenditures ($bil)             697      884     (NA)
  Per capita (dol.)                           2,686    3,299     (NA)
Persons without health insurance (percent)     13.9     15.3     (NA)
Days of hospital care per 1,000 persons         792      720     (NA)

SOCIAL WELFARE
Social Security (OASDI) ($bil)                  248      302     (NA)
State unemployment insurance ($bil)              18       22     (NA)
AFDC payments \1($bil)                           19       23     (NA)

GOVERNMENT
Federal government:
  Budget receipts ($bil)                      1,031    1,154    1,258
  Budget outlays ($bil)                       1,253    1,409    1,461
  Deficit ($bil)                               -221     -255     -203
  Gross debt outstanding ($bil)               3,207    4,351    4,644
State and local government:
  General revenue ($bil)                        713    (NA)      (NA)
  Direct general expenditures ($bil)            835    (NA)      (NA)
  Debt outstanding ($bil)                       861    (NA)      (NA)

EMPLOYMENT
Civilian labor force, 16 and over (mil)       124.8    128.0    131.1
Unemployment rate (percent)                     5.5      6.8      6.1
Weekly earnings, 1982 dollars                   259      255      256
Index of productivity (1982=100)              110.7    117.2    119.9
Index of real compensation per hour
 (1982=100)                                   103.8    107.2    107.8

INCOME
Gross domestic product (GDP) ($bil)           5,546    6,343    6,738
  In constant (1987) dollars ($bil)           4,897    5,135    5,344
    Per person (dol.)                        19,593   19,879   20,476
Personal income ($bil)                        4,674    5,375    5,702
Disposable personal income ($bil)             4,051    4,689    4,960
  Per person (dol.)                          16,205   18,153   19,003

Median family money income (dol.) \2         35,353   36,959     (NA)
  In constant (1993) dollars (dol.) \2       39,086   36,959     (NA)

Persons below poverty level (mil) \2           33.6     39.3     (NA)
  Percent of all persons \2                    13.5     15.1     (NA)

PRICES (annual percent change)
Consumer price index (1982-84=100):
  All items                                     5.4      3.0      2.6
  Food                                          5.8      2.2      2.4
  Shelter                                       5.4      3.0      3.1
  Medical care                                  9.0      5.9      4.8
  Fuel and other utilities                      3.5      3.0      1.2
Producer price index (1982=100):
  Crude materials                               5.6      2.0     -0.7
  Intermediate materials                        2.2      1.3      2.0
  Finished consumer goods                       5.4      1.1      0.2

ENERGY
Production (Quad. Btu.)                        67.9     65.3     67.4
Imports (Quad. Btu.)                           19.0     21.5     22.6
Consumption (Quad. Btu.)                       81.3     83.9     85.6
Crude oil production, domestic (mil. bbl.)    2,685    2,499    2,432
Crude oil imports (mil. bbl.)                 2,151    2,477    2,565

AGRICULTURE
Farms (1,000)                                 2,140    2,064    2,040
Land in farms (mil. acres)                      987      978      975
Net farm income ($bil)                         46.9     43.4     49.7

BUSINESS
Industrial production index (1987=100)        106.0    107.6    112.0
Value of new construction ($bil)                442      466      507
Housing starts (1,000)                        1,193    1,288    1,457
New home sales (1,000)                          534      666      670
Manufacturers shipments ($bil)                2,870    3,102    3,370
Merchant wholesalers, sales ($bil)            1,794    1,941    2,073
Retail stores, sales ($bil)                   1,845    2,074    2,237

FINANCE
Mortgage debt outstanding ($bil)              3,764    4,230    4,426
Consumer installment credit
 outstanding ($bil)                             735      794      911
Interest rates (percent):
  Home mortgages, conventional, new           10.08     7.37     8.58
  Prime rate charged by banks                 10.01     6.00     7.15
Dow-Jones industrial average                  2,679    3,525    3,794

FOREIGN COMMERCE
Current account balance ($bil)                -91.7   -103.9   -155.7
Merchandise trade balance ($bil)             -101.7   -115.6   -151.1
  General exports ($bil)                      393.6    465.1    512.7
  General imports ($bil)                      495.3    580.7    663.8

NA Not available.
\1 Aid to Families with Dependent Children program.
\2 1990 data based on 1980 census population controls; 1993 data based
on 1990 census population controls.