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Consumer Expenditure Surveys

CES Program Links

Calendar year means, shares across all items, and coefficients of variation by demographic characteristics

Below are tables and discontinued tables listed back to 2012. For tables prior to 2012, see the following links:

Expenditure means for 1961 to 2011
Expenditure shares across all items for 1989 to 2011
Variance measures for 2000 to 2011

Calendar year means, shares across all items, and coefficients of variation by demographic characteristics
Table	PDF	Excel	Notes
Consumer unit
Income
Income before taxes	2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012	2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Quintiles of income before taxes	2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012	2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Deciles of income before taxes	2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014	2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Geography
Region of residence	2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012	2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Population size of area	2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012	2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012	Errata in 2016
Type of area of CU	2020 2019	2020 2019
Additional demographics
Composition of CU	2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012	2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Highest education level of any CU member	2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012	2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Housing tenure of CU	2020 2019	2020 2019
Number of earners in CU	2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012	2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Size of CU	2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012	2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Reference person
Age
Age of reference person	2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012	2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Generation of reference person	2020 2019 2018 2017 2016	2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
Selected age ranges of reference person	2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012	2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Additional demographics
Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person	2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012	2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Occupation of reference person	2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012	2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Race of reference person	2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012	2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012

Discontinued calendar year means, shares across all items, and coefficients of variation by demographic characteristics
Table	PDF	Excel	Notes
Consumer unit
Income
Higher Income before taxes	2014 2013 2012	2014 2013 2012
High Income before taxes	2001-2002 2000-2001 1999-2000 1998-1999 1997-1998
Mixed demographics
Housing tenure and type of area	2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012	2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012

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