Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2007 Released

Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2007 Released and Now Online
From the summary/news release

Adults and teens will spend nearly five months (3,518 hours) next year watching television, surfing the Internet, reading daily newspapers and listening to personal music devices. Thatâ€™s only one of thousands of nuggets of information on Americana and the world in the U.S. Census Bureauâ€™s Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2007, released today.

â€œThe Statistical Abstract is a collaborative effort that showcases our government statistics and the work of the international community, private industry and nonprofit agency researchers,â€ said Census Bureau Director Louis Kincannon.

According to projections from a communications industry forecast (Table 1110), people will spend 65 days in front of the TV, 41 days listening to radio and a little over a week on the Internet in 2007. Adults will spend about a week reading a daily newspaper and teens and adults will spend another week listening to recorded music. Consumer spending for media is forecasted to be $936.75 per person.

Direct to 2007 Statistical Abstract of the United States
Available in PDF by table number and page number. The PDF file containing the index is here. The data tables are also available in XLS format here (searchable).