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George W. Bush's Legacy—By the Numbers |
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2000 |
2006 |
% change |
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GDP (billions of 2000 dollars) |
$9,891.7 |
$11,415.3 |
16.3% |
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Employment (millions) |
135.208 |
144.427 |
6.8% |
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Foreign-born employment (millions.) |
16.954 |
22.225 |
31.1% |
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Federal spending (billions. of 2000 dollars) |
$1,789.2 |
$2,247.1 |
25.6% |
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Foreign-born population (millions) |
31.2 |
39.6 |
27.2% |
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Illegal alien population (millions) |
6.700 |
11.980 |
78.8% |
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Sources: |
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Employment, foreign-born employment: BLS - unpublished work tables. |
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Federal spending: OMB, FY2008 Budget. PDF |
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Foreign-born population (millions): Census (2000); BLS unpublished tables (2006) |
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Illegal alien population: Pew Hispanic Center, PDF |
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U.S. Employment by Nativity, 2006-2050 (number in thousands) |
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Total |
US Born |
Foreign Born |
% Foreign-born |
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2000 |
135,208 |
118,254 |
16,954 |
12.5% |
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2006 |
144,427 |
122,202 |
22,225 |
15.4% |
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Projections based on 2000-06 employment trend: |
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2010 |
151,498 |
124,876 |
26,622 |
17.6% |
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2025 |
187,826 |
135,435 |
52,391 |
27.9% |
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2050 |
316,958 |
155,050 |
161,908 |
51.1% |
Source: Current Population Survey. Unpublished work tables prepared by Dr. Abraham Mosisa, BLS.
Edwin S. Rubenstein (email him) is President of ESR Research Economic Consultants in Indianapolis.
