Table :

TABLE 9-1 U.S. Real GDP per Capita

Year

Percentage of 1900 real GDP per capita

Percentage of 2010 real GDP per capita

1900

100%

    13%

1920

136   

 18

1940

171   

 23

1980

454   

 60

2000

696   

 92

2010

758   

100

Sources: Angus Maddison, Statistics on World Population, GDP, and Per Capita GDP, 1–2008AD, “The First Update of the Madison Project: Reestimating Growth Before 1820http://www.ggdc.net/maddison; Bureau of Economic Analysis.