# Historical GDP, where can I find information?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 4, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-gdp-where-can-i-find-information/227521 "2004-02-04T18:48:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-gdp-where-can-i-find-information/227521/1 "2004-02-04T18:48:54Z")

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I must be an internet sleuthing novice, because I cant seem to find any information on historical rates of GDP for the U.S. going back to 1900. The little bit of information I was able to find only went back till about 1940, and was in nominal amounts only.

Where can I find historical (back to 1900 preferably) GDP figures adjusted for inflation?

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**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-gdp-where-can-i-find-information/227521/2 "2004-02-04T19:00:14Z")

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Try this

[http://www.eh.net/hmit/gdp/](http://www.eh.net/hmit/gdp/)