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Personal Consumption Expenditures for Recreation: 1990–2005

(dollars in billions)

Type of product or service	1990	1995	2000	2002	2003	2004	2005
Books and maps	$16.2	$23.2	$33.7	$36.9	$38.5	$40.6	$42.2
Magazines, newspapers, and sheet music	21.6	27.5	35.0	35.3	36.6	39.6	43.8
Nondurable toys and sport supplies	32.8	44.4	56.6	59.0	60.2	63.5	67.2
Wheel goods, sports, and photographic equipment¹	29.7	39.7	57.6	60.6	68.0	71.4	81.5
Video and audio products, computer equipment, and musical instruments	53.0	81.5	116.6	119.1	121.3	133.4	141.2
Video and audio goods, including musical instruments	44.1	57.2	72.8	74.9	75.2	81.8	85.8
Computers, peripherals, and software	8.9	24.3	43.8	44.2	46.1	51.6	55.4
Radio and television repair	3.2	3.6	4.2	4.0	4.0	4.6	4.8
Flowers, seeds, and potted plants	10.9	14.0	18.0	18.0	18.8	18.3	19.7
Admissions to specified spectator amusements	15.1	21.1	30.4	34.6	35.6	37.4	38.3
Motion picture theaters	5.1	5.6	8.6	9.6	9.9	9.9	9.7
Legitimate theaters and opera, and entertainments of nonprofit institutions²	5.2	8.1	10.3	11.5	11.6	12.4	12.7
Spectator sports³	4.8	7.4	11.5	13.5	14.1	15.1	15.9
Clubs and fraternal organizations except insurance⁴	13.5	17.4	19.0	21.1	22.1	22.3	23.5
Commercial participant amusements⁵	25.2	48.8	75.8	83.5	89.2	100.7	107.3
Pari-mutuel net receipts	3.5	3.7	5.0	5.3	5.3	5.6	6.2
Other⁶	65.4	93.4	133.9	151.1	160.9	170.9	180.0
Total recreation expenditures	$290.2	$418.1	$585.7	$628.3	$660.7	$708.4	$756.3
Percent of total personal consumption	7.6%	8.4%	8.7%	8.5%	8.5%	8.6%	8.7%

1. Includes boats and pleasure aircraft.

2. Except athletic.

3. Consists of admissions to professional and amateur athletic events and to racetracks, including horse, dog, and auto.

4. Consists of dues and fees excluding insurance premiums.

5. Consists of billiard parlors; bowling alleys; dancing, riding, shooting, skating, and swimming places; amusement devices and parks; golf courses; sightseeing buses and guides; private flying operations; casino gambling; and other commercial participant amusements.

6. Consists of net receipts of lotteries and expenditures for purchases of pets and pet care services, cable TV, film processing, photographic studios, sporting and recreation camps, video cassette rentals, and recreational services, elsewhere classified.

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts, 1929–2003; and Survey of Current Business. See also Statistical Abstracts of the United States, 2006.

Miscellaneous

Expenditure per Consumer Unit for Entertainment and Reading