Table 1701. Housing tenure, type of area, race of reference person, and Hispanic origin of reference person: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1997 (Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | |Race of reference | Hispanic origin | | Housing tenure | Type of area | person | of | | | | |reference person Item |Aggregate | | | | __________________ _______________ __________________ _________________ | | | | | | | | | | | Home- | Renter | Urban | Rural |White and| Black |Hispanic| Non- | | owner | | | | other | | |Hispanic | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | Number of consumer units (in thousands).........| 105,576| 67,249 | 38,327 | 92,216| 13,360| 93,004 | 12,572 | 8,905 | 96,670 Percent distribution of consumer units..........| 100.0| 63.7 | 36.3 | 87.3| 12.7| 88.1 | 11.9 | 8.4 | 91.6 | | | | | | | | | Consumer unit characteristics (mean values): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Income before taxes 1/........................| $39,926| $47,898 |$26,031 |$41,072|$32,299| $41,382 |$28,678 |$29,976 |$40,907 Income after taxes 1/.........................| 36,684| 43,863 | 24,173 | 37,700| 29,926| 37,921 | 27,130 | 28,048 | 37,536 Age of reference person.......................| 47.7| 52.2 | 39.9 | 47.4| 50.2| 48.1 | 45.0 | 42.0 | 48.3 | | | | | | | | | Average number in consumer unit: | | | | | | | | | Persons.....................................| 2.5| 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.5| 2.5| 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 2.4 Children under 18...........................| .7| .7 | .7 | .7| .6| .7 | 1.0 | 1.3 | .6 Persons 65 and over.........................| .3| .4 | .1 | .3| .3| .3 | .2 | .2 | .3 Earners.....................................| 1.3| 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.3| 1.4| 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.3 Vehicles....................................| 2.0| 2.4 | 1.2 | 1.9| 2.5| 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.0 | | | | | | | | | Percent distribution: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sex of reference person: | | | | | | | | | Male......................................| 59| 64 | 49 | 59| 61| 61 | 40 | 61 | 59 Female....................................| 41| 36 | 51 | 41| 39| 39 | 60 | 39 | 41 | | | | | | | | | Housing tenure: | | | | | | | | | Homeowner.................................| 64| 100 | n.a. | 61| 79| 66 | 44 | 47 | 65 With mortgage...........................| 38| 60 | n.a. | 38| 38| 39 | 30 | 31 | 39 Without mortgage........................| 26| 40 | n.a. | 23| 42| 27 | 14 | 16 | 27 Renter....................................| 36| n.a. | 100 | 39| 21| 34 | 56 | 53 | 35 | | | | | | | | | Race of reference person: | | | | | | | | | Black.....................................| 12| 8 | 18 | 13| 5| n.a. | 100 | 4 | 13 White and other...........................| 88| 92 | 82 | 87| 95| 100 | n.a. | 96 | 87 | | | | | | | | | Education of reference person: | | | | | | | | | Elementary (1-8)..........................| 7| 7 | 8 | 7| 11| 7 | 8 | 23 | 6 High school (9-12)........................| 39| 39 | 40 | 38| 50| 38 | 50 | 44 | 39 College...................................| 53| 54 | 52 | 55| 39| 55 | 41 | 32 | 55 Never attended and other..................| (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | 1 | (2) | | | | | | | | | At least one vehicle owned or leased........| 87| 95 | 73 | 86| 93| 89 | 71 | 80 | 88 | | | | | | | | | Annual aggregate expenditures...................|$3,674,032| 74.1 | 25.9 | 89.3| 10.7| 91.3 | 8.7 | 7.0 | 93.0 | | | | | | | | | Food..........................................| 505,791| 72.3 | 27.7 | 88.9| 11.1| 91.2 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 91.9 Food at home................................| 303,340| 71.4 | 28.6 | 87.9| 12.1| 89.7 | 10.3 | 9.2 | 90.8 Cereals and bakery products...............| 47,710| 72.0 | 28.0 | 88.3| 11.7| 90.2 | 9.8 | 8.2 | 91.8 Cereals and cereal products.............| 16,998| 69.5 | 30.5 | 87.7| 12.3| 89.1 | 10.9 | 9.3 | 90.7 Bakery products.........................| 30,712| 73.4 | 26.6 | 88.6| 11.4| 90.8 | 9.2 | 7.6 | 92.4 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs............| 78,267| 70.3 | 29.7 | 88.2| 11.8| 86.3 | 13.7 | 11.3 | 88.7 Beef....................................| 23,545| 70.2 | 29.8 | 88.2| 11.8| 87.1 | 12.9 | 11.5 | 88.5 Pork....................................| 16,549| 69.6 | 30.4 | 85.5| 14.5| 85.4 | 14.6 | 11.3 | 88.7 Other meats.............................| 10,142| 70.8 | 29.2 | 87.0| 13.0| 88.1 | 11.9 | 9.4 | 90.6 Poultry.................................| 15,272| 69.6 | 30.4 | 89.3| 10.7| 84.9 | 15.1 | 10.3 | 89.7 Fish and seafood........................| 9,326| 73.5 | 26.5 | 92.6| 7.4| 85.8 | 14.2 | 12.9 | 87.1 Eggs....................................| 3,433| 68.2 | 31.8 | 87.5| 12.5| 87.2 | 12.8 | 14.1 | 85.9 | | | | | | | | | Dairy products............................| 33,038| 71.7 | 28.3 | 87.7| 12.3| 92.1 | 7.9 | 8.7 | 91.3 Fresh milk and cream....................| 13,494| 70.5 | 29.5 | 86.2| 13.8| 92.0 | 8.0 | 10.4 | 89.6 Other dairy products....................| 19,544| 72.5 | 27.5 | 88.7| 11.3| 92.2 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 92.4 Fruits and vegetables.....................| 50,093| 70.7 | 29.3 | 89.0| 11.0| 90.0 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 89.9 Fresh fruits............................| 15,847| 70.7 | 29.3 | 90.0| 10.0| 91.1 | 8.9 | 10.4 | 89.6 Fresh vegetables........................| 15,035| 69.0 | 31.0 | 89.2| 10.8| 91.2 | 8.8 | 11.5 | 88.5 Processed fruits........................| 10,772| 73.1 | 26.9 | 88.8| 11.2| 88.6 | 11.4 | 8.8 | 91.2 Processed vegetables....................| 8,439| 70.9 | 29.1 | 87.3| 12.7| 87.7 | 12.3 | 8.6 | 91.4 | | | | | | | | | Other food at home........................| 94,232| 72.4 | 27.6 | 87.1| 12.9| 91.2 | 8.8 | 7.8 | 92.2 Sugar and other sweets..................| 12,039| 74.1 | 25.9 | 86.6| 13.4| 90.4 | 9.6 | 7.1 | 92.9 Fats and oils...........................| 8,537| 71.5 | 28.5 | 85.7| 14.3| 88.3 | 11.7 | 9.0 | 91.0 Miscellaneous foods.....................| 42,452| 71.8 | 28.2 | 88.0| 12.0| 91.8 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 92.4 Nonalcoholic beverages..................| 25,752| 71.4 | 28.6 | 85.8| 14.2| 90.6 | 9.4 | 8.5 | 91.5 Food prepared by consumer unit | | | | | | | | | on out-of-town trips...................| 5,453| 79.0 | 21.0 | 88.7| 11.3| 95.4 | 4.6 | 6.2 | 93.8 Food away from home.........................| 202,451| 73.6 | 26.4 | 90.4| 9.6| 93.5 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 93.7 | | | | | | | | | Alcoholic beverages...........................| 32,576| 67.0 | 33.0 | 92.8| 7.2| 94.8 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 94.7 | | | | | | | | | Housing.......................................| 1,189,819| 71.9 | 28.1 | 90.7| 9.3| 90.4 | 9.6 | 7.4 | 92.6 Shelter.....................................| 669,759| 67.5 | 32.5 | 92.5| 7.5| 90.4 | 9.6 | 7.7 | 92.3 Owned dwellings...........................| 415,427| 99.4 | .6 | 91.3| 8.7| 93.2 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 94.3 Mortgage interest and charges...........| 234,934| 99.5 | 0.5 | 92.2| 7.8| 92.7 | 7.3 | 6.6 | 93.4 Property taxes..........................| 102,530| 99.5 | .5 | 92.2| 7.8| 94.3 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 95.4 Maintenance, repairs, insurance, | | | | | | | | | other expenses.........................| 77,964| 99.3 | .7 | 87.7| 12.3| 93.6 | 6.4 | 4.5 | 95.5 Rented dwellings..........................| 209,376| 1.1 | 98.9 | 94.7| 5.3| 83.7 | 16.3 | 12.6 | 87.4 Other lodging.............................| 44,956| 82.3 | 17.7 | 92.3| 7.7| 96.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 97.0 | | | | | | | | | Utilities, fuels, and public services.......| 254,681| 75.6 | 24.4 | 87.0| 13.0| 87.9 | 12.1 | 7.6 | 92.4 Natural gas...............................| 31,774| 79.6 | 20.4 | 94.1| 5.9| 87.2 | 12.8 | 7.4 | 92.6 Electricity...............................| 95,934| 76.6 | 23.4 | 84.8| 15.2| 88.1 | 11.9 | 7.1 | 92.9 Fuel oil and other fuels..................| 11,373| 89.4 | 10.6 | 69.4| 30.6| 95.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 95.7 Telephone services........................| 85,416| 67.3 | 32.7 | 87.9| 12.1| 86.1 | 13.9 | 8.7 | 91.3 Water and other public services...........| 30,184| 86.8 | 13.2 | 90.8| 9.2| 89.9 | 10.1 | 7.6 | 92.4 Household operations........................| 57,905| 79.6 | 20.4 | 93.4| 6.6| 91.8 | 8.2 | 4.9 | 95.1 Personal services.........................| 27,777| 74.3 | 25.7 | 93.5| 6.5| 88.9 | 11.1 | 6.5 | 93.5 Other household expenses..................| 30,128| 84.6 | 15.4 | 93.3| 6.7| 94.4 | 5.6 | 3.5 | 96.5 | | | | | | | | | Housekeeping supplies.......................| 47,914| 78.2 | 21.8 | 87.0| 13.0| 92.5 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 93.1 Laundry and cleaning supplies.............| 12,202| 72.7 | 27.3 | 86.6| 13.4| 89.0 | 11.0 | 10.1 | 89.9 Other household products..................| 22,125| 80.3 | 19.7 | 86.6| 13.4| 93.1 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 93.7 Postage and stationery....................| 13,588| 79.8 | 20.2 | 88.1| 11.9| 94.7 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 95.0 Household furnishings and equipment.........| 159,560| 79.2 | 20.8 | 89.6| 10.4| 93.6 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 93.3 Household textiles........................| 8,353| 79.4 | 20.6 | 90.4| 9.6| 92.1 | 7.9 | 6.7 | 93.3 Furniture.................................| 40,894| 77.0 | 23.0 | 90.2| 9.8| 91.5 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 92.0 Floor coverings...........................| 8,198| 82.6 | 17.4 | 91.3| 8.7| 94.4 | 5.6 | 2.7 | 97.3 Major appliances..........................| 17,861| 81.0 | 19.0 | 86.7| 13.3| 92.6 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 92.8 Small appliances, miscellaneous housewares| 9,689| 74.6 | 25.4 | 88.9| 11.1| 96.1 | 3.9 | 6.4 | 93.6 Miscellaneous household equipment.........| 74,566| 80.3 | 19.7 | 89.7| 10.3| 94.7 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 93.7 | | | | | | | | | Apparel and services..........................| 182,168| 73.6 | 26.4 | 89.4| 10.6| 88.8 | 11.2 | 9.0 | 91.0 Men and boys................................| 42,883| 72.8 | 27.2 | 88.6| 11.4| 90.3 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 90.3 Men, 16 and over..........................| 34,034| 72.7 | 27.3 | 88.7| 11.3| 92.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 91.0 Boys, 2 to 15.............................| 8,848| 73.1 | 26.9 | 88.2| 11.8| 83.9 | 16.1 | 12.6 | 87.4 Women and girls.............................| 71,671| 75.5 | 24.5 | 88.8| 11.2| 90.4 | 9.6 | 7.8 | 92.2 Women, 16 and over........................| 60,493| 75.3 | 24.7 | 89.0| 11.0| 90.5 | 9.5 | 7.3 | 92.7 Girls, 2 to 15............................| 11,178| 76.6 | 23.4 | 87.8| 12.2| 89.8 | 10.2 | 10.8 | 89.2 Children under 2............................| 8,117| 69.6 | 30.4 | 91.3| 8.7| 88.0 | 12.0 | 14.4 | 85.6 Footwear....................................| 33,126| 72.0 | 28.0 | 87.3| 12.7| 86.6 | 13.4 | 10.5 | 89.5 Other apparel products and services.........| 26,372| 72.8 | 27.2 | 94.1| 5.9| 85.2 | 14.8 | 7.7 | 92.3 | | | | | | | | | Transportation................................| 681,669| 75.2 | 24.8 | 87.3| 12.7| 91.2 | 8.8 | 7.3 | 92.7 Vehicle purchases (net outlay)..............| 288,830| 75.7 | 24.3 | 85.9| 14.1| 91.1 | 8.9 | 7.3 | 92.7 Cars and trucks, new......................| 129,741| 84.7 | 15.3 | 89.6| 10.4| 93.1 | 6.9 | 5.3 | 94.7 Cars and trucks, used.....................| 154,513| 67.8 | 32.2 | 82.7| 17.3| 89.4 | 10.6 | 9.2 | 90.8 Other vehicles............................| 4,576| 88.6 | 11.4 | 92.4| 3/7.6| 95.1 | 3/4.9 | (4) | 100.0 Gasoline and motor oil......................| 115,872| 74.1 | 25.9 | 84.8| 15.2| 91.3 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 91.6 Other vehicle expenses......................| 235,459| 75.6 | 24.4 | 89.0| 11.0| 91.2 | 8.8 | 6.7 | 93.3 Vehicle finance charges...................| 30,914| 73.3 | 26.7 | 84.9| 15.1| 87.5 | 12.5 | 7.3 | 92.7 Maintenance and repairs...................| 71,947| 76.0 | 24.0 | 87.5| 12.5| 92.1 | 7.9 | 6.8 | 93.2 Vehicle insurance.........................| 79,709| 75.5 | 24.5 | 88.5| 11.5| 90.6 | 9.4 | 7.5 | 92.5 Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, | | | | | | | | | other charges............................| 52,889| 76.7 | 23.3 | 94.1| 5.9| 93.3 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 94.8 Public transportation.......................| 41,508| 72.0 | 28.0 | 94.6| 5.4| 91.5 | 8.5 | 7.3 | 92.7 | | | | | | | | | Health care...................................| 194,300| 79.2 | 20.8 | 86.3| 13.7| 93.3 | 6.7 | 5.3 | 94.7 Health insurance............................| 93,042| 78.8 | 21.2 | 85.7| 14.3| 92.2 | 7.8 | 5.2 | 94.8 Medical services............................| 56,065| 80.4 | 19.6 | 87.3| 12.7| 94.9 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 94.4 Drugs.......................................| 33,804| 78.9 | 21.1 | 86.0| 14.0| 93.4 | 6.6 | 5.2 | 94.8 Medical supplies............................| 11,389| 78.0 | 22.0 | 87.3| 12.7| 94.6 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 94.9 | | | | | | | | | Entertainment.................................| 191,334| 77.4 | 22.6 | 89.1| 10.9| 94.3 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 94.8 Fees and admissions.........................| 49,699| 79.4 | 20.6 | 92.0| 8.0| 95.2 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 95.8 Television, radios, sound equipment.........| 60,946| 70.6 | 29.4 | 89.0| 11.0| 89.6 | 10.4 | 6.9 | 93.1 Pets, toys, and playground equipment........| 34,409| 78.6 | 21.4 | 86.4| 13.6| 96.5 | 3.5 | 5.6 | 94.4 Other entertainment supplies, equipment, | | | | | | | | | and services...............................| 46,281| 83.3 | 16.7 | 88.3| 11.7| 97.9 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 96.3 | | | | | | | | | Personal care products and services...........| 55,644| 72.8 | 27.2 | 89.7| 10.3| 85.8 | 14.2 | 7.4 | 92.6 | | | | | | | | | Reading.......................................| 17,270| 77.3 | 22.7 | 90.3| 9.7| 94.4 | 5.6 | 3.4 | 96.6 | | | | | | | | | Education.....................................| 60,241| 65.0 | 35.0 | 94.3| 5.7| 94.4 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 93.3 | | | | | | | | | Tobacco products and smoking supplies.........| 27,839| 64.0 | 36.0 | 83.3| 16.7| 92.3 | 7.7 | 3.6 | 96.4 | | | | | | | | | Miscellaneous.................................| 89,432| 73.4 | 26.6 | 89.1| 10.9| 92.1 | 7.9 | 6.8 | 93.2 | | | | | | | | | Cash contributions............................| 105,671| 81.7 | 18.3 | 90.0| 10.0| 92.0 | 8.0 | 3.4 | 96.6 | | | | | | | | | Personal insurance and pensions...............| 340,278| 79.0 | 21.0 | 89.5| 10.5| 92.3 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 94.0 Life and other personal insurance...........| 39,975| 85.8 | 14.2 | 87.3| 12.7| 89.9 | 10.1 | 4.6 | 95.4 Pensions and Social Security................| 300,303| 78.1 | 21.9 | 89.8| 10.2| 92.6 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 93.8 | | | | | | | | | Sources of income and personal taxes: 1/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Money income before taxes.....................| 3,393,329| 76.2 | 23.8 | 89.4| 10.6| 91.8 | 8.2 | 6.7 | 93.3 Wages and salaries..........................| 2,677,703| 75.4 | 24.6 | 90.2| 9.8| 91.4 | 8.6 | 7.0 | 93.0 Self-employment income......................| 167,347| 81.6 | 18.4 | 85.9| 14.1| 96.8 | 3.2 | 6.6 | 93.4 Social Security, private and government | | | | | | | | | retirement.................................| 385,053| 85.3 | 14.7 | 85.2| 14.8| 93.4 | 6.6 | 4.2 | 95.8 Interest, dividends, rental income, other | | | | | | | | | property income............................| 69,871| 92.2 | 7.8 | 90.6| 9.4| 97.9 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 98.0 Unemployment and workers' compensation, | | | | | | | | | veterans' benefits.........................| 17,511| 67.2 | 32.8 | 85.6| 14.4| 88.1 | 11.9 | 8.7 | 91.3 Public assistance, supplemental security | | | | | | | | | income, food stamps........................| 32,480| 26.4 | 73.6 | 88.8| 11.2| 67.1 | 32.9 | 18.9 | 81.1 Regular contributions for support...........| 24,922| 50.7 | 49.3 | 93.6| 6.4| 90.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 89.5 Other income................................| 18,442| 31.6 | 68.4 | 90.0| 10.0| 87.2 | 12.8 | 7.7 | 92.3 | | | | | | | | | Personal taxes................................| 275,498| 79.1 | 20.9 | 90.4| 9.6| 94.5 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 94.7 Federal income taxes........................| 209,750| 78.9 | 21.1 | 91.0| 9.0| 94.9 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 94.5 State and local income taxes................| 54,803| 76.7 | 23.3 | 89.5| 10.5| 93.0 | 7.0 | 5.1 | 94.9 Other taxes.................................| 10,945| 96.0 | 4.0 | 84.1| 15.9| 95.5 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 97.6 | | | | | | | | | Income after taxes............................| 3,117,831| 76.0 | 24.0 | 89.3| 10.7| 91.5 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 93.1 | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Components of income and taxes are derived from "complete income reporters" only; see glossary. 2/ Value less than 0.5. 3/ Data are likely to have large sampling errors. 4/ No data reported. n.a. Not applicable.