Table 3600. Consumer units of one person by age of reference person: Average annual expenditures and characteristics, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1989-90 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Total | Under | | | | | 65 and | | 75 and Item | one | 25 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | over | 65-74 | over | person | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | Number of consumer units (in thousands).........| 26,913 | 4,186 | 5,165 | 3,391 | 2,552 | 2,773 | 8,845 | 4,117 | 4,728 | | | | | | | | | Consumer unit characteristics: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Income before taxes 1/........................|$18,314 | $9,356 |$23,677 |$30,269 |$26,472 |$17,951 |$12,599 |$14,097 |$11,245 Income after taxes 1/.........................| 16,471 | 8,714 | 20,978 | 26,144 | 23,438 | 16,327 | 11,841 | 13,173 | 10,636 Average number of persons in consumer unit....| 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 Age of reference person.......................| 49.6 | 21.0 | 29.1 | 39.1 | 49.4 | 59.8 | 75.9 | 69.5 | 81.5 | | | | | | | | | Average number in consumer unit: | | | | | | | | | Earners.....................................| .6 | .9 | 1.0 | .9 | .9 | .6 | .1 | .2 | .1 Vehicles....................................| 1.0 | .8 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | .8 | 1.0 | .6 Children under 18...........................| n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. Persons 65 and over.........................| .3 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | | | | | | | | | Percent distribution: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sex of reference person: | | | | | | | | | Male......................................| 44 | 54 | 62 | 60 | 46 | 39 | 23 | 29 | 19 Female....................................| 56 | 46 | 38 | 40 | 54 | 61 | 77 | 71 | 81 | | | | | | | | | Housing tenure: | | | | | | | | | Percent homeowner.........................| 42 | 2 | 24 | 41 | 53 | 60 | 63 | 65 | 62 Homeowner with mortgage.................| 18 | 1 | 21 | 34 | 37 | 23 | 9 | 16 | 4 Homeowner without mortgage..............| 25 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 37 | 54 | 49 | 58 Renter....................................| 58 | 98 | 76 | 59 | 47 | 40 | 37 | 35 | 38 | | | | | | | | | Race of reference person: | | | | | | | | | Black.....................................| 11 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 9 White and other...........................| 89 | 93 | 90 | 84 | 85 | 88 | 90 | 89 | 91 | | | | | | | | | Education of reference person: | | | | | | | | | Elementary (1-8)..........................| 12 | 1 | (2) | 2 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 23 | 38 High school (9-12)........................| 37 | 27 | 26 | 32 | 44 | 54 | 43 | 49 | 38 College...................................| 50 | 72 | 74 | 66 | 49 | 35 | 24 | 27 | 21 Never attended and other..................| 1 | (3) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | At least one vehicle owned..................| 73 | 65 | 86 | 83 | 83 | 79 | 61 | 72 | 51 | | | | | | | | | Average annual expenditures.....................|$16,970 |$11,851 |$20,744 |$23,969 |$22,704 |$17,622 |$12,683 |$13,860 |$11,637 | | | | | | | | | Food..........................................| 2,280 | 1,820 | 2,703 | 2,825 | 2,826 | 2,607 | 1,786 | 1,881 | 1,698 Food at home................................| 1,131 | 643 | 996 | 1,193 | 1,338 | 1,514 | 1,213 | 1,273 | 1,159 Cereals and bakery products...............| 172 | 104 | 137 | 168 | 201 | 212 | 201 | 203 | 200 Cereals and cereal products.............| 57 | 38 | 48 | 53 | 55 | 66 | 69 | 68 | 69 Bakery products.........................| 115 | 66 | 89 | 114 | 146 | 147 | 133 | 135 | 131 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs............| 262 | 115 | 228 | 269 | 331 | 405 | 275 | 297 | 255 Beef....................................| 77 | 30 | 70 | 90 | 88 | 113 | 82 | 91 | 74 Pork....................................| 48 | 18 | 33 | 46 | 66 | 89 | 52 | 57 | 48 Other meats.............................| 40 | 20 | 35 | 40 | 65 | 62 | 37 | 40 | 35 Poultry.................................| 48 | 19 | 43 | 44 | 53 | 70 | 55 | 58 | 52 Fish and seafood........................| 34 | 21 | 36 | 36 | 43 | 47 | 32 | 34 | 30 Eggs....................................| 15 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 18 | 16 | | | | | | | | | Dairy products............................| 141 | 86 | 127 | 139 | 163 | 178 | 156 | 158 | 154 Fresh milk and cream....................| 67 | 42 | 56 | 66 | 74 | 75 | 80 | 79 | 81 Other dairy products....................| 74 | 44 | 71 | 73 | 89 | 104 | 76 | 79 | 72 Fruits and vegetables.....................| 212 | 98 | 179 | 218 | 227 | 257 | 261 | 264 | 258 Fresh fruits............................| 68 | 31 | 58 | 63 | 70 | 83 | 86 | 87 | 85 Fresh vegetables........................| 65 | 24 | 58 | 68 | 70 | 86 | 77 | 80 | 74 Processed fruits........................| 49 | 30 | 40 | 52 | 51 | 50 | 59 | 56 | 62 Processed vegetables....................| 31 | 13 | 23 | 35 | 35 | 38 | 38 | 41 | 36 | | | | | | | | | Other food at home........................| 344 | 240 | 326 | 399 | 416 | 461 | 320 | 350 | 293 Sugar and other sweets..................| 41 | 23 | 28 | 44 | 54 | 53 | 47 | 50 | 45 Fats and oils...........................| 29 | 15 | 21 | 29 | 27 | 45 | 35 | 37 | 33 Miscellaneous foods.....................| 149 | 119 | 143 | 170 | 167 | 203 | 135 | 140 | 130 Nonalcoholic beverages..................| 110 | 72 | 116 | 134 | 144 | 142 | 94 | 105 | 83 Food prepared by consumer unit | | | | | | | | | on out-of-town trips...................| 16 | 11 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 19 | 4/3 Food away from home.........................| 1,149 | 1,178 | 1,707 | 1,631 | 1,488 | 1,093 | 573 | 609 | 539 | | | | | | | | | Alcoholic beverages...........................| 271 | 357 | 521 | 446 | 307 | 162 | 56 | 72 | 42 | | | | | | | | | Housing.......................................| 5,849 | 3,316 | 6,934 | 8,119 | 7,407 | 6,076 | 5,022 | 5,367 | 4,717 Shelter.....................................| 3,690 | 2,249 | 4,814 | 5,464 | 4,762 | 3,646 | 2,739 | 2,982 | 2,528 Owned dwellings...........................| 1,437 | 74 | 1,662 | 2,364 | 2,269 | 1,602 | 1,302 | 1,510 | 1,121 Mortgage interest.......................| 741 | 48 | 1,296 | 1,782 | 1,437 | 551 | 206 | 335 | 94 Property taxes..........................| 333 | 4/7 | 176 | 331 | 371 | 511 | 513 | 537 | 492 Maintenance, repairs, insurance, | | | | | | | | | other expenses.........................| 362 | 18 | 190 | 251 | 461 | 540 | 584 | 639 | 535 Rented dwellings..........................| 1,942 | 1,983 | 2,898 | 2,609 | 1,956 | 1,569 | 1,221 | 1,208 | 1,233 Other lodging.............................| 311 | 191 | 254 | 491 | 537 | 475 | 216 | 264 | 175 | | | | | | | | | Utilities, fuels, and public services.......| 1,187 | 568 | 1,139 | 1,351 | 1,442 | 1,438 | 1,291 | 1,372 | 1,221 Natural gas...............................| 157 | 39 | 120 | 162 | 187 | 230 | 200 | 220 | 183 Electricity...............................| 441 | 177 | 393 | 489 | 555 | 571 | 503 | 530 | 478 Fuel oil and other fuels..................| 60 | 8 | 31 | 51 | 51 | 58 | 107 | 92 | 120 Telephone.................................| 432 | 328 | 533 | 553 | 516 | 442 | 348 | 390 | 311 Water and other public services...........| 97 | 16 | 62 | 97 | 133 | 138 | 133 | 140 | 127 Household operations........................| 221 | 25 | 114 | 237 | 197 | 211 | 381 | 262 | 484 Personal services.........................| 47 | 4/1 | 4/22 | 4/33 | 4/9 | 4/5 | 113 | 4/6 | 206 Other household expenses..................| 174 | 24 | 92 | 204 | 188 | 206 | 268 | 256 | 278 | | | | | | | | | Housekeeping supplies.......................| 198 | 98 | 188 | 225 | 220 | 241 | 217 | 252 | 184 Laundry and cleaning supplies.............| 48 | 23 | 47 | 64 | 48 | 56 | 51 | 55 | 47 Other household products..................| 72 | 24 | 71 | 79 | 87 | 96 | 79 | 89 | 70 Postage and stationery....................| 78 | 51 | 71 | 82 | 85 | 88 | 87 | 108 | 68 Household furnishings and equipment.........| 554 | 378 | 679 | 843 | 786 | 540 | 394 | 498 | 300 Household textiles........................| 42 | 24 | 39 | 52 | 48 | 59 | 40 | 56 | 25 Furniture.................................| 170 | 165 | 236 | 277 | 216 | 170 | 80 | 104 | 58 Floor coverings...........................| 34 | 4/9 | 4/33 | 47 | 4/54 | 4/33 | 35 | 4/40 | 4/30 Major appliances..........................| 71 | 34 | 86 | 104 | 94 | 62 | 64 | 76 | 54 Small appliances, miscellaneous housewares| 35 | 26 | 38 | 45 | 36 | 45 | 31 | 33 | 28 Miscellaneous household equipment.........| 202 | 120 | 246 | 318 | 338 | 171 | 144 | 189 | 104 | | | | | | | | | Apparel and services..........................| 927 | 829 | 1,178 | 1,628 | 1,137 | 924 | 517 | 729 | 324 Men and boys................................| 218 | 225 | 372 | 308 | 325 | 161 | 82 | 128 | 40 Men, 16 and over..........................| 207 | 225 | 362 | 300 | 318 | 137 | 70 | 112 | 32 Boys, 2 to 15.............................| 10 | 4/0 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 12 | 16 | 4/8 Women and girls.............................| 399 | 353 | 356 | 807 | 435 | 448 | 273 | 387 | 168 Women, 16 and over........................| 386 | 349 | 346 | 776 | 427 | 438 | 260 | 366 | 162 Girls, 2 to 15............................| 12 | 4/4 | 10 | 32 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 5 Children under 2............................| 11 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 4 Footwear....................................| 112 | 76 | 145 | 192 | 122 | 124 | 75 | 99 | 53 Other apparel products and services.........| 187 | 168 | 289 | 304 | 240 | 175 | 80 | 105 | 59 | | | | | | | | | Transportation................................| 2,719 | 2,351 | 3,896 | 3,869 | 3,463 | 2,979 | 1,469 | 1,844 | 1,142 Vehicle purchases (net outlay)..............| 987 | 945 | 1,501 | 1,482 | 903 | 1,142 | 492 | 547 | 4/444 Cars and trucks, new......................| 519 | 405 | 774 | 931 | 434 | 522 | 289 | 262 | 4/313 Cars and trucks, used.....................| 459 | 531 | 693 | 541 | 469 | 619 | 202 | 284 | 131 Other vehicles............................| 9 | 4/8 | 34 | 4/10 | (5) | (5) | 4/1 | 4/1 | (5) Gasoline and motor oil......................| 548 | 560 | 715 | 713 | 733 | 635 | 301 | 421 | 196 Other vehicle expenses......................| 926 | 673 | 1,401 | 1,356 | 1,273 | 923 | 504 | 664 | 364 Vehicle finance charges...................| 142 | 119 | 273 | 238 | 213 | 97 | 33 | 65 | 4/6 Maintenance and repairs...................| 364 | 265 | 525 | 506 | 497 | 414 | 207 | 266 | 155 Vehicle insurance.........................| 317 | 222 | 434 | 446 | 395 | 326 | 219 | 278 | 167 | | | | | | | | | Vehicle rental, licenses, other charges...| 103 | 67 | 170 | 166 | 168 | 86 | 45 | 55 | 36 Public transportation.......................| 258 | 173 | 278 | 318 | 554 | 279 | 172 | 211 | 139 | | | | | | | | | Health care...................................| 946 | 244 | 600 | 792 | 805 | 1,026 | 1,552 | 1,412 | 1,675 Health insurance............................| 376 | 49 | 221 | 238 | 317 | 433 | 673 | 650 | 693 Medical services............................| 352 | 130 | 238 | 386 | 318 | 355 | 518 | 444 | 583 Drugs.......................................| 164 | 32 | 83 | 112 | 128 | 179 | 297 | 273 | 318 Medical supplies............................| 54 | 32 | 59 | 56 | 42 | 59 | 64 | 44 | 81 | | | | | | | | | Entertainment.................................| 799 | 717 | 1,169 | 1,125 | 1,327 | 758 | 358 | 468 | 262 Fees and admissions.........................| 239 | 234 | 379 | 335 | 287 | 223 | 114 | 137 | 93 Television, radios, sound equipment.........| 283 | 288 | 413 | 396 | 357 | 245 | 154 | 199 | 114 Pets, toys, and playground equipment........| 135 | 52 | 163 | 213 | 345 | 153 | 63 | 83 | 45 Other entertainment supplies, equipment, | | | | | | | | | and services...............................| 141 | 143 | 214 | 181 | 338 | 136 | 28 | 49 | 10 | | | | | | | | | Personal care products and services...........| 215 | 185 | 226 | 281 | 261 | 256 | 170 | 197 | 146 | | | | | | | | | Reading.......................................| 111 | 66 | 119 | 171 | 148 | 113 | 92 | 104 | 82 | | | | | | | | | Education.....................................| 296 | 999 | 328 | 152 | 272 | 175 | 46 | 48 | 4/44 | | | | | | | | | Tobacco products and smoking supplies.........| 159 | 118 | 179 | 258 | 286 | 217 | 74 | 119 | 35 | | | | | | | | | Miscellaneous.................................| 474 | 233 | 514 | 812 | 695 | 512 | 360 | 479 | 254 | | | | | | | | | Cash contributions............................| 672 | 48 | 348 | 885 | 1,305 | 611 | 912 | 703 | 1,093 | | | | | | | | | Personal insurance and pensions...............| 1,253 | 568 | 2,029 | 2,605 | 2,467 | 1,206 | 269 | 438 | 123 Life and other personal insurance...........| 124 | 20 | 106 | 196 | 170 | 180 | 125 | 151 | 102 Pensions and Social Security................| 1,129 | 548 | 1,923 | 2,410 | 2,297 | 1,026 | 145 | 287 | 21 | | | | | | | | | Sources of income and personal taxes: 1/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Money income before taxes.....................| 18,314 | 9,356 | 23,677 | 30,269 | 26,472 | 17,951 | 12,599 | 14,097 | 11,245 Wages and salaries..........................| 11,910 | 7,789 | 21,640 | 25,756 | 21,008 | 10,034 | 800 | 1,559 | 113 Self-employment income......................| 1,225 | 92 | 1,217 | 3,271 | 2,975 | 1,373 | 436 | 799 | 4/107 Social Security, private and government | | | | | | | | | retirement.................................| 3,248 | 4/26 | 116 | 308 | 599 | 3,958 | 8,288 | 8,774 | 7,849 Interest, dividends, rental income, other | | | | | | | | | property income............................| 1,242 | 148 | 198 | 440 | 908 | 1,509 | 2,695 | 2,491 | 2,880 Unemployment and workers' compensation, | | | | | | | | | veterans' benefits.........................| 126 | 32 | 100 | 170 | 236 | 275 | 94 | 103 | 85 | | | | | | | | | Public assistance, supplemental security | | | | | | | | | income, food stamps........................| 124 | 4/13 | 57 | 114 | 181 | 321 | 147 | 131 | 162 Regular contributions for support...........| 323 | 1,016 | 205 | 130 | 443 | 300 | 109 | 198 | 28 Other income................................| 115 | 241 | 144 | 81 | 121 | 181 | 31 | 42 | 20 | | | | | | | | | Personal taxes................................| 1,843 | 641 | 2,699 | 4,124 | 3,034 | 1,625 | 758 | 924 | 608 Federal income taxes........................| 1,457 | 519 | 2,114 | 3,354 | 2,398 | 1,293 | 569 | 684 | 465 State and local income taxes................| 340 | 123 | 567 | 732 | 548 | 241 | 130 | 178 | 86 Other taxes.................................| 45 | -1 | 18 | 38 | 88 | 91 | 60 | 61 | 58 | | | | | | | | | Income after taxes............................| 16,471 | 8,714 | 20,978 | 26,144 | 23,438 | 16,327 | 11,841 | 13,173 | 10,636 | | | | | | | | | Addenda: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Net change in total assets and liabilities....| 114 | 313 | 869 | 10 | 2,118 | -20 | -917 | -1,168 | -698 Net change in total assets..................| 872 | 774 | 2,672 | 2,495 | 2,625 | 153 | -1,035 | -1,419 | -701 Net change in total liabilities.............| 758 | 460 | 1,803 | 2,485 | 507 | 173 | -118 | -251 | -3 | | | | | | | | | Other financial information: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Other money receipts........................| 288 | 102 | 243 | 712 | 167 | 164 | 315 | 350 | 284 Mortgage principal paid on owned property...| -228 | -16 | -238 | -474 | -573 | -281 | -113 | -201 | -37 Estimated market value of owned home........| 35,271 | 1,241 | 23,169 | 39,441 | 50,061 | 51,434 | 47,510 | 47,442 | 47,569 Estimated monthly rental value of owned home| 231 | 11 | 159 | 263 | 315 | 322 | 311 | 335 | 290 | | | | | | | | | Gifts of goods and services, total............| 733 | 414 | 606 | 918 | 1,282 | 896 | 678 | 762 | 600 Clothing, males 2 and over..................| 53 | 28 | 50 | 39 | 89 | 83 | 49 | 75 | 26 Clothing, females 2 and over................| 77 | 32 | 77 | 129 | 150 | 73 | 61 | 100 | 26 Clothing, children under 2..................| 11 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 4 Jewelry and watches.........................| 42 | 45 | 78 | 55 | 45 | 54 | 11 | 20 | 4 Small appliances and miscellaneous | | | | | | | | | housewares.................................| 12 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 13 Household textiles..........................| 8 | 4/4 | 4/3 | 4/18 | 4/2 | 4/2 | 11 | 4/19 | 4/4 All other gifts.............................| 529 | 291 | 365 | 651 | 971 | 651 | 527 | 529 | 523 | | | | | | | | | _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Components of income and taxes are derived from "complete income reporters" only; see glossary. 2/ Value less than 0.5. 3/ Value less than 0.05. 4/ Data are likely to have large sampling errors. 5/ No data reported. n.a. Not applicable.