| 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.
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