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California: Quintiles of income before taxes, 2021–2022

Annual expenditure means and characteristics, Consumer Expenditure Surveys
Item	All Consumer Units	Lowest 20 Percent	Second 20 Percent	Third 20 Percent	Fourth 20 Percent	Highest 20 Percent
Number of Consumer Units	14,474,625	2,552,347	2,649,895	3,142,215	3,107,505	3,022,663
Consumer Unit Characteristics:
Income before taxes	$104,398.98	$15,102.74	$41,320.77	$71,963.78	$117,021.36	$255,841.59
Age of reference person	51.2	56.2	53.4	48.7	49.7	49.0
Average Number in Consumer Unit:
People	2.7	1.7	2.4	2.8	3.0	3.2
Children under 18	0.6	0.3	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.8
Adults 65 and older	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.3
Earners	1.5	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.9	2.1
Vehicles	1.9	1.1	1.5	1.8	2.3	2.5
Percent Distribution:
Reference Person:
Men	49.8	45.4	41.0	50.5	55.6	54.7
Women	50.2	54.6	59.0	49.5	44.4	45.3
Housing tenure:
Homeowner	54.3	34.4	42.2	47.8	65.0	77.3
With mortgage	35.3	10.2	17.1	32.4	47.8	62.8
Without mortgage	18.9	24.1	25.1	15.4	17.1	14.5
Renter	45.7	65.6	57.8	52.2	35.0	22.7
Race of Reference Person:
Black or African-American	4.6	5.1	6.1	4.1	4.9	3.3
White, Asian, and all other races, not including Black or African-American	95.4	94.9	93.9	95.9	95.1	96.7
Hispanic or Latino Origin of Reference Person:
Hispanic or Latino	30.5	27.8	33.9	36.8	32.8	20.8
Not Hispanic or Latino	69.5	72.2	66.1	63.2	67.2	79.2
Education of Reference Person:
Elementary (1-8)	3.7	6.5	5.8	3.3	3.3	0.3
High school (9-12)	23.2	31.9	29.5	26.7	21.2	8.8
College	72.5	60.2	63.3	69.6	75.3	90.9
Never attended and other	0.6	1.5	1.3	0.4	0.2	0.0
At least one vehicle owned or leased	91.4	73.7	91.1	93.9	97.5	97.5

Average annual expenditures	$80,528.34	$39,559.98	$52,890.59	$70,585.03	$90,558.18	$141,154.60
Food	10,614.17	6,370.40	7,484.63	10,604.40	11,960.55	16,644.27
Food at home	6,423.46	4,280.33	5,233.22	6,276.26	7,145.38	9,173.10
Cereals and bakery products	800.04	530.70	636.10	844.08	897.55	1,094.82
Cereals and cereal products	251.10	162.07	185.24	259.76	313.40	336.98
Bakery products	548.95	368.63	450.86	584.32	584.16	757.84
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs	1,429.53	923.00	1,168.96	1,482.21	1,573.47	2,000.82
Beef	351.10	229.20	260.02	403.47	371.32	495.02
Pork	282.52	134.95	263.88	284.47	299.91	423.94
Other meats	168.10	103.77	134.00	153.58	212.16	236.81
Poultry	273.70	189.37	217.43	297.23	317.96	348.02
Fish and seafood	245.33	179.13	210.77	233.21	248.18	355.35
Eggs	108.77	86.58	82.85	110.23	123.94	141.68
Dairy products	600.40	455.04	531.65	553.95	624.41	835.92
Fresh milk and cream	209.82	145.19	209.66	178.21	210.30	302.18
Other dairy products	390.58	309.85	321.99	375.74	414.11	533.74
Fruits and vegetables	1,373.38	905.77	1,171.51	1,256.17	1,543.78	1,984.43
Fresh fruits	542.05	346.28	456.53	481.53	605.03	818.68
Fresh vegetables	476.57	322.32	444.54	449.76	524.90	636.35
Processed fruits	156.17	112.73	125.08	149.58	170.01	224.27
Processed vegetables	198.59	124.44	145.36	175.31	243.84	305.12
Other food at home	2,220.12	1,465.81	1,725.00	2,139.85	2,506.17	3,257.11
Sugar and other sweets	179.05	153.63	141.87	152.26	188.03	261.52
Fats and oils	156.34	118.22	133.80	140.59	173.91	215.26
Miscellaneous foods	1,207.52	775.92	903.72	1,204.05	1,411.10	1,750.66
Nonalcoholic beverages	589.44	396.12	498.72	569.64	607.89	873.96
Food prepared by consumer unit on out of town trips	87.77	21.92	46.89	73.31	125.25	155.70
Food away from home	4,190.71	2,090.06	2,251.41	4,328.15	4,815.16	7,471.16

Alcoholic beverages	757.00	274.23	362.07	714.58	791.44	1613.94

Housing	30,362.05	17,471.97	22,495.54	27,584.48	32,322.66	49,200.03
Shelter	19,835.45	12,032.45	14,888.55	18,414.57	20,875.24	31,169.23
Owned dwellings	9,519.09	2,859.69	5,117.48	6,372.97	10,931.03	20,820.08
Mortgage interest and charges	4,238.86	773.61	1,656.84	2,744.08	4,843.18	10,361.16
Property taxes	2,867.40	1,043.39	1,532.24	1,837.68	3,122.01	6,386.78
Maintenance, repairs, insurance, and other expenses	2,412.83	1,042.70	1,928.40	1,791.21	2,965.83	4,072.15
Rented dwellings	8,959.66	8,467.54	9,109.55	11,197.18	8,620.32	7,266.64
Other lodging	1,356.70	705.22	661.53	844.41	1,323.89	3,082.51
Utilities, fuels, and public services	4,578.35	2,561.53	3,812.39	4,392.44	5,254.73	6,450.73
Natural gas	473.41	296.40	440.07	443.73	521.71	633.30
Electricity	1,579.31	971.43	1,383.03	1,472.73	1,816.51	2,131.62
Fuel oil and other fuels	65.57	22.23	48.62	74.92	93.66	78.42
Telephone services	1,495.52	811.05	1,209.58	1,522.17	1,722.21	2,063.43
Residential phone service, VOIP, and phone cards	133.59	143.47	124.06	124.86	140.24	135.86
Cellular phone service	1,361.93	667.58	1,085.52	1,397.31	1,581.98	1,927.57
Water and other public services	964.53	460.42	731.08	878.89	1,100.63	1,543.96
Household operations	2,094.62	962.87	1,162.01	1,468.08	2,366.58	4,242.74
Personal services	577.54	101.91	125.40	175.31	766.68	1,599.26
Other household expenses	1,517.08	860.96	1,036.61	1,292.77	1,599.90	2,643.48
Housekeeping supplies	882.45	647.39	644.29	945.47	882.28	1,305.53
Laundry and cleaning supplies	197.46	148.04	187.28	248.08	212.16	190.86
Other household products	538.38	375.60	331.47	543.49	535.45	918.42
Postage and stationery	146.61	123.75	125.54	153.90	134.68	196.25
Household furnishings and equipment	2,971.19	1,267.73	1,988.30	2,363.91	2,943.83	6,031.79
Household textiles	170.57	75.53	89.86	209.51	90.75	388.42
Furniture	800.80	217.48	380.28	491.11	780.00	2,005.33
Floor coverings	38.06	15.94	30.26	25.95	28.55	85.94
Major appliances	461.64	266.84	260.95	370.66	457.42	902.25
Small appliances and miscellaneous housewares	188.57	97.43	147.20	183.74	250.81	252.36
Miscellaneous household equipment	1,311.55	594.50	1,079.74	1,082.95	1,336.30	2,397.49

Apparel and services	2,094.84	1,003.54	1,531.47	2,452.29	2,077.55	3,383.75
Men and boys	465.23	142.99	268.07	681.81	517.19	719.96
Men, 16 and over	341.06	116.06	220.18	531.31	370.33	468.22
Boys, 2 to 15	124.17	26.93	47.90	150.49	146.86	251.74
Women and girls	808.11	486.09	563.41	817.06	793.33	1,389.19
Women, 16 and over	709.68	412.55	486.44	704.54	702.62	1,249.66
Girls, 2 to 15	98.43	73.54	76.97	112.52	90.71	139.53
Children under 2	61.11	17.06	40.22	113.88	102.88	31.79
Footwear	392.74	155.16	373.68	579.63	315.68	532.32
Other apparel products and services	367.65	202.23	286.09	259.91	348.48	710.49

Transportation	12,132.97	5,645.39	8,159.77	10,684.80	15,235.81	19,426.54
Vehicle purchases (net outlay)	4,168.51	1,652.14	2,263.34	3,547.21	5,354.48	7,390.15
Cars and trucks, new	2,283.44	739.24	832.03	1,723.37	3,062.55	4,641.02
Cars and trucks, used	1,838.55	912.91	1,431.31	1,714.33	2,231.70	2,702.14
Other vehicles	46.52	0.00	0.00	109.51	60.24	46.99
Gasoline, other fuels, and motor oil	3,226.32	1,742.42	2,596.26	3,048.62	4,125.07	4,292.43
Other vehicle expenses	3,940.19	2,007.91	2,867.28	3,532.10	4,745.21	6,125.40
Vehicle finance charges	247.30	62.74	185.93	245.52	330.11	373.65
Maintenance and repairs	1,172.37	729.77	931.23	933.98	1,639.00	1,541.96
Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other charges	754.89	306.91	335.24	625.41	685.44	1,707.06
Vehicle insurance	1,765.63	908.49	1,414.88	1,727.19	2,090.67	2,502.72
Public and other transportation	797.95	242.91	432.88	556.86	1,011.05	1,618.57

Healthcare	5,599.86	2,952.58	4,177.76	5,310.23	6,838.29	8,136.56
Health insurance	3,819.04	2,056.87	2,871.55	3,667.85	4,571.12	5,521.66
Medical services	1,087.80	384.41	669.31	1,050.82	1,523.47	1,639.16
Drugs	500.22	410.72	411.90	452.07	506.58	719.03
Medical supplies	192.80	100.58	225.00	139.50	237.12	256.72

Entertainment	3,751.92	1,563.82	2,531.12	3,030.57	4,601.74	6,611.05
Fees and admissions	815.59	278.07	269.62	529.88	928.22	1,939.65
Audio and visual equipment and services	1,126.87	653.84	885.59	1,126.81	1,242.86	1,646.99
Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground equipment	1,085.23	538.39	1,058.40	1,055.51	1,203.26	1,500.47
Pets	866.94	474.63	770.02	810.15	987.37	1,238.45
Toys, hobbies, and playground equipment	218.29	63.76	288.38	245.35	215.88	262.01
Other entertainment supplies, equipment, and services	724.23	93.52	317.51	318.38	1,227.41	1,523.94

Personal care products and services	978.79	502.32	699.42	1,033.12	1,166.81	1,436.66

Reading	130.65	79.10	122.44	105.60	153.73	186.36

Education	1,482.14	1,196.85	463.81	666.60	1,184.69	3,783.07

Tobacco products and smoking supplies	241.45	286.12	275.95	213.25	270.65	172.35

Miscellaneous	1,023.11	608.55	685.52	762.27	1,117.89	1,851.73

Cash contributions	1,934.20	808.13	1,087.70	1,398.16	1,607.85	4,519.93

Personal insurance and pensions	9,425.20	796.99	2,813.41	6,024.68	11,228.52	24,188.36
Life and other personal insurance	448.09	146.19	226.74	298.38	494.66	1,004.81
Pensions and Social Security	8,977.11	650.80	2,586.66	5,726.30	10,733.86	23,183.55

Sources of Income:
Income before taxes	104,398.98	15,102.74	41,320.77	71,963.78	117,021.36	255,841.59
Wages and salaries	82,023.32	4,928.11	25,492.31	55,413.82	92,784.45	213,280.88
Self-employment income	8,213.43	935.65	1,889.64	3,454.52	7,453.15	25,631.49
Social Security, private and government retirement	9,163.12	6,209.23	10,400.01	9,828.77	11,544.28	7,433.06
Interest, dividends, rental income, and other property income	2,938.56	317.50	739.14	1,447.05	3,340.58	8,217.18
Public assistance, Supplemental Security Income, Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)	642.93	1,491.35	1,130.91	332.38	338.66	134.37
Unemployment and workers' compensation, veterans' benefits, and regular contributions for support	1,108.88	664.31	1,331.27	1,304.36	1,239.62	951.68
Other income	308.75	556.57	337.49	182.87	320.62	192.93
Personal taxes	12,285.56	-2,856.79	-3139.81	953.02	9,705.77	53,027.84
Federal income taxes	9,625.92	-1,799.21	-1,945.97	1,683.02	8,084.92	39,259.45
Stimulus payment	-1,305.70	-995.71	-1,433.47	-1,781.50	-1,491.36	-769.97
State and local income taxes	3,924.65	-74.39	215.56	1,016.39	3,075.07	14,449.86
Other taxes	40.69	12.53	24.07	35.12	37.13	88.49