Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Section A: POPULATION -- Highlights -- Area and Population of the United States -- Annual Population Estimates for the United States -- Annual Estimates of the Population, by Sex -- Annual Estimates of the Population, by Age -- Resident Population, by Sex -- Median Age of the Population, by Race and Sex -- Marital Status of the Population, by Age and Sex -- Population of Regions, by Race and Residence -- Population of States, by Race -- Land Area of the United States -- Households, by Number of Persons -- Resident Population Projections -- Components of Population Change -- Center of Population -- Section B: VITAL STATISTICS AND HEALTH -- Highlights -- Live Births, Deaths, Marriages and Divorces -- Birth Rate-Total and Fertility Rate for Women 15-44 Years Old -- Fertility Rate by Race -- Birth Rates of Unmarried Women ages 15 to 44 -- Expectation of Life (in Years) at Birth -- Fetal Death Ratio -- Death Rate, by Race and Sex -- Marriage Rate -- Divorce Rate -- Total National Health Expenditures -- National and Personal Health Care Expenditures -- Physicians, Dentists and Nurses -- and Medical, Dental and Nursing Schools -- Hospitals and Beds -- Average Daily Census and Admissions to Hospitals -- Hospital Expense Per Patient Day -- Hospital Expenses and Personnel -- Index of Per Capita Consumption of Selected Nutrients -- Per Capita Consumption of Selected Beverages -- Nutrients in Foods Available for Civilian Consumption Per Capita Per Day -- Current Cigarette Smoking -- Drug Use, by Type of Drug and Age Group -- AIDS Cases Reported, by Patient Characteristic -- Abortions-Number, Rate, and Ratio, by Race -- Section C: MIGRATION -- Highlights -- Immigrants, by Country: 1820 to 1997 -- Formal Removals and Voluntary Departures of Aliens -- Section D: LABOR -- Highlights -- Labor Force Status of the Population.

Unemployment -- Unemployment Rates for Selected Groups in the Labor Force -- Unemployment Rates, by Industry -- Labor Force and Employment, by Industry -- Average Annual Earnings of Employees -- Earnings and Hours of Production Workers in Manufacturing -- Labor Union Membership -- Work Stoppages -- Work Injury Frequency Rates in Manufacturing and Mining -- Federal Minimum Wage Rates -- Self-Employed Workers, by Industry and Occupation -- Marital Status of Women in the Civilian Labor Force -- Section F: NATIONAL INCOME AND WEALTH -- Highlights -- Gross National Product -- Per Capita Income and Product Series -- National Income by Sector, Legal Form of Organization -- National Income Without Capital Consumption Adjustment by Industry Group -- Personal Income by States -- Sources and Uses of Savings -- Persons Below Povery Level and Below 125 Percent of Poverty Level -- GDP in Current and Chained (1996) Dollars -- Current-Cost Net Stock of Fixed Assets and Consumer Durable Goods -- Chain-Type Quantity Indexes for Net Stock -- Section G: CONSUMER INCOME AND EXPENDITURES -- Highlights -- Number and Median Money Income of Families -- Personal Consumption Expenditures -- Apparent Civilian Per Capita Consumption of Foods -- Families by Total Money Income, Race, and Hispanic Origin of Householder -- Share of Aggregate Income Received by Each Fifth and Top Five Percent of Households -- Share of Aggregate Income Received by Each Fifth and Top Five Percent of Families -- Section H: SOCIAL STUDIES -- Highlights -- Social Welfare Expenditures Under Public Programs -- Estimated Workers Under Social Insurance Programs -- Public Assistance-Payments, Recipients, and Average Monthly Payments -- Private Philanthropy-Estimated Fund Flows by Donors and Recipients -- Kindergarten, Elementary and Secondary Schools and Enrollment.

Public Elementary and Secondary School Expenditures -- Public Elementary and Secondary Schools-Attendance and Instructional Staff -- Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools -- High School Graduates -- Institutions of Higher Education-Number and Faculty -- Institutions of Higher Education-Total Enrollment -- Institutions of Higher Education-Current Fund Expenditures -- Institutions of Higher Education-Degrees Conferred by Sex -- National Parks, Monuments and Allied Areas -- State Parks -- Participation in Selected Recreational Activities -- Personal Consumption Expenditures for Recreation -- Travel to Foreign Countries-Travelers and Expenditures -- Foreign Visitors to the United States -- Crimes and Crime Rates -- Federal Drug Seizures -- Suicides -- Police Officers Killed -- Persons Arrested, by Sex and Age -- Criminal Justice System-Public Expenditures -- Lawyers-Selected Characteristics -- U.S. Supreme Court-Cases Filed and Disposed of During October Terms -- U.S. District Courts-Civil and Criminal Cases -- U.S. District Courts-Trials -- Juvenile Court-Cases Handled -- Federal and State Institutions-Prisoners -- Prisoners Executed Under Civil Authority -- Social Security-Covered Employment, Earnings, and Contribution Rates -- Private Pension Plans-Summary -- State Unemployment Insurance-Summary -- Elementary and Secondary Schools-Teachers and Pupil-Teacher Ratios With Projections -- Educational Attainment -- Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) Scores and Characteristics of College-Bound Seniors -- Libraries-Number, by Type -- Foreign (Nonimmigrant) Student Enrollment in College -- Institutions of Higher Education-Charges -- Quantity of Books Sold and Value of U.S. Domestic Consumer Expenditures -- Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts-Membership and Units -- Performing Arts-Selected Data -- Fire Losses-Total and Percent Change.

Federal Prosecutions of Public Corruption -- Adults on Probation, in Jail or Prison, or on Parole -- Immigration Border Patrol and Investigation Activities -- Section J: LAND, WATER AND CLIMATE -- Highlights -- Territorial Expansion and Land and Water Area of the United States -- Estimated Water Use -- Tornadoes, Floods, and Tropical Cyclones -- Municipal Solid Waste Generation, Recovery, and Disposal -- National Air Pollutant Emissions -- Section K: AGRICULTURE -- Highlights -- Farm Population, Farms, Land in Farms and Value of Farm Property and Real Estate -- Farms and Land in Farms by Size of Farm -- Farmers' Marketing and Purchasing of Cooperatives Number, Memberships and Business -- Balance Sheet of the Farming Sector -- Farm Income and Expenses -- Consumer Expenditures, Farm Value and Marketing Bill for All Farm Food Products -- Acreages of Harvested Crops -- Corn and Wheat Acreage and Production -- Soybeans and Sorgham Grain and Acreage -- Irish Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes-Acreage, Production and Price -- Rice Acreage and Production -- Hay, Cotton, and Tobacco Acreage and Production -- Livestock-Number, Value Per Head, Production and Price -- Meat Slaughtering, Production -- Cows Kept for Milk on Farms -- Poultry and Eggs-Number, Production and Price -- Gross Farm Product-Summary -- Agricultural Exports and Imports-Value -- Section L: FORESTRY AND FISHERIES -- National Forest System Areas and Purchases -- Domestic Production, Net Imports and Apparent Consumption of Industrial Timber Products -- Per Capita Consumption of Timber Products -- Paper and Board Domestic Production, Apparent Consmption, and Waste Paper Consumption -- Newsprint Production, Shipments, Consumption, Stocks, Imports and Price -- Yield and Value of Domestic Fisheries, Imports and Exports -- Fisheries-Employment, Fishing Craft and Establishments.

Forest and Timberland Area, Sawtimber and Stock -- Section M: MINERALS -- Highlights -- Summary of Mineral Operations -- Value of Mineral Products -- Production and Calculated Consumption of Mineral Energy Fuels -- Crude Petroleum-Production, Value, and Proved Reserves -- Section N: CONSTRUCTION AND HOUSING -- Highlights -- Value of New Private and Public Construction -- Value of Construction Contracts Awarded -- Mobile Home Shipments -- Low-Rent Public Housing Units -- Value of Gross and Net Stocks of Residential Structures -- Mean Age of Stocks of Residential Structures -- Occupied Housing Units and Tenure of Homes -- Housing Units Vacancy Rates -- Residential Nonfarm Mortgage Debt Outstanding -- Section P: MANUFACTURING -- Highlights -- Manufactures' Summary -- Value of Manufactures' Shipments, Inventories and Orders -- Manufacturing Corporations-Sales, Profits and Stockholders' Equity -- Section Q: TRANSPORTATION -- Highlights -- Volume of Domestic Intercity Passenger Traffic -- Volume of Domestic Intercity Freight Traffic -- Mileage of Rural Roads and Municipal Streets -- Class I Intercity Motor Carriers of Passengers and Property -- Public Highway Debt -- Motor Vehicle Sales from U.S. Factories, Motor Vehicle Registrations, and Motor Fuel Usage Consumption -- Miles of Travel by Motor Vehicles -- Motor Vehicle Deaths and Death Rates -- Motor Vehicle Accidents-Number and Deaths -- Public Transit Mileage, Equipment, Passengers and Passenger Revenue -- Oil Pipelines Operated and Oil Originated -- Railroad Mileage and Equipment -- Railroad Freight Traffic -- Merchant Vessels Completed by U.S. Shipyards -- Shipbuilding in Private Shipyards -- Merchant Vessels Launched and Owned-World and United States -- United States Flag Merchant Vessels, Steam and Motor -- Net Tonnage Capacity of Vessels Entered and Cleared -- U.S. Scheduled Airline Industry.

Airports, Aircraft, Pilots and Miles Flown.