]^2 TIMBER TRENDS IN THE UNITED STATES 



Table 3. — Gross national product and consumption of industrial raw materials, 1920-2000 









Consumption of industrial raw materials 



Year 



Gross national product 



Total 



Per thousand 

 dollars of GNP 



Per capita 



1920 



Billions of 1961 

 dollars 



143.0 

 190.3 

 236.8 

 366.5 

 511.1 

 518.7 



Billions of 195k 

 dollars 



123.5 

 164.5 

 205.8 

 318.1 

 439.9 

 447.7 



Billions of 1 95 k 

 dollars 



6.6 



6.6 



8.5 



11.5 



11.9 



11.7 



195k dollars 

 53.40 

 40.10 

 41.30 

 36.20 

 27.10 

 26.10 



195k dollars 



62.00 



1930 



53.60 



1940 - - - 



64.30 



1950 



75.50 



I960 - -.. 



65.90 



1961 



63.70 







PROJECTIONS 



1970 ... 



710.0 



990.0 



1,380.0 



1,920.0 



610.0 



860.0 



1,190.0 



1,650.0 



13.8 

 16.4 

 19.5 

 23.8 



22.60 

 19.10 

 16.40 

 14.40 



66.30 



1980 



1990 



2000 -_ 



68.00 

 69.60 

 73.20 







Note: Industrial raw materials are identical to "physical 

 structure materials" as used by the Bureau of the Census. 



Sources: GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT: 1920, de- 

 rived from data published by the Joint Committee on the 

 Economic Report, Potential Economic Grotvth of the United 

 States During the Next Decade, 1954. 1930-61, Office of 

 the President, Economic Report of the President, January 

 1962 and 1964. 



CONSUMPTION OF INDUSTRIAL RAW MATE- 

 RIALS: 1920-61, U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau 

 of the Census, Raw Materials in the United States Economy: 

 1900-1961, 1963, (Working Paper No. 6). 



PROJECTIONS: U.S. 

 Forest Service. 



Department of Agriculture, 



Table 4. — Construction expenditures and consumption of construction materials, 1920-2000 









Consumption of construction materials 



Year 



Construction expenditures ' 





Per thousand 





• 







Total 



dollars of 

 construction 

 expenditures 



Per thousand 

 dollars of GNP 



Per capita 





Billions of 



Billions of 



Billions of 











1961 dollars 



195k dollars 



195k dollars 



195k dollars 



195k dollars 



195k dollars 



1920 



19.1 



15.7 



2.8 



178.30 



22.70 



26.30 



1930 



34.3 



28.3 



2.7 



95.40 



16.40 



21.90 



1940 



34.5 



28.5 



3.0 



105.30 



14.60 



22.70 



1950 



55.5 



45.8 



4.3 



93.90 



13.50 



28.20 



1960 



74.7 



61.7 



5.0 



81.00 



11.40 



27.70 



1961 



76.5 



63.1 



4.9 



77.70 



10.90 



26.70 



PROJECTIONS 



1970 



1980 



1990 



2000 



98.0 

 125.0 

 156.0 

 197.0 



81.2 

 103.2 

 128.3 

 162.7 



6.1 

 7.1 

 8.3 

 9.8 



75.10 

 68.80 

 64.70 

 60.20 



10.00 

 8.30 

 7.00 

 6.00 



29.30 

 29.50 

 29.60 

 30.20 







' Excludes farms and railroads. 



Sources: CONSTRUCTION EXPENDITURES: 1920- 

 50, derived from the U.S. Department of Commerce, 

 Bureau of the Census publication Historical Statistics of 

 the United States, 1960. 1960 and 1961 derived from the 

 U.S. Department of Commerce, Business and Defense 

 Services Administration's monthly report. Construction 

 Review. 



CONSUMPTION OF CONSTRUCTION MATE- 

 RIALS: 1920-61, Bureau of the Census, Raw Materials in 

 the United States Economy: 1900-1961, 1963, (Working 

 Paper No. 6). 



PROJECTIONS: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

 Forest Service. 



