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MOTOR VEHICLES - 24.9 PERCENT
INLAND WATERWAYS - 16.3 PERCENT
OIL PIPELINES - 22 PERCENT
DOMESTIC AIRLINES - 3 PERCENT
ENERGY:
ELECTRIC POWER - 2,572 THOUSAND MILLION KILOWATT
HOURS (17.7 PERCENT NUCLEAR)
DOMESTIC CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION - 3,047 THOUSAND
MILLION BARRELS
IMPORTS OF CRUDE OIL - 1,706 THOUSAND MILLION
BARRELS
NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION - 481.6 THOUSAND MILLION
CUBIC METERS
COAL PRODUCTION - 831.7 MILLION METRIC TONS
LABOR FORCE:
119.900,000 PEOPLE
AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE - 6 2 PERCENT
ORGANIZED LABOR:
12,692.000 (10.6 PERCENT OF CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE)
The American economy is a free enterprise system that has
emerged from the labors of millions of American workers; from the
choices that tens of millions of consumers have expressed in the
marketplace; from the efforts of thousands of private business people;
and from the activities of government officials at all levels who have
undertaken the tasks that individual Americans cannot perform.
The nation's income and productivity have risen enormously over
the past 70 years. In this period, the money for personal consumption
tripled in real purchasing power. The gross national product (GNP)
per capita quadrupled, reflecting growth in worker productivity.
Together, all sectors of the American economy produce almost
$4,527 thousand million dollars worth of goods and services annually,
and each year they turn out almost $251 thousand million more. The
consumption of these goods and services is spread widely. Most