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This Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) annual report presents integrated data from the 2016 Diary and Interview portions of the CE, including data tables. The tables show average expenditures, income, and characteristics for consumer units (CUs) classified by income before taxes by quintile, decile, and range; age of the reference person; size of the consumer unit; composition of the consumer unit; number of earners; housing tenure (homeowner or renter) and type of area (urban or rural); region of residence; occupation; highest education level of any consumer unit member; race; Hispanic or Latino origin; and the newest table, generation of reference person. This report highlights spending patterns for 2016 from the CE, including a brief discussion of expenditure changes for the year, and provides a description of the CE survey.
Consumer spending increased 2.4 percent in 2016, according to annual data from the CE. This follows an increase of 4.6 percent in 2015, previously recorded by the CE. The average annual expenditures by CUs increased from $55,978 in 2015 to $57,311 in 2016.1 Accompanying the 2016 increase in expenditures was an increase of 7.2 percent in average income before taxes from 2015 ($69,627) to 2016 ($74,664). Prices, as measured by the average annual change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U, U.S. city average, all items, base period 1982–1984=100), rose by 1.3 percent in 2016, compared with the 2.4-percent increase in spending.2 In 2015, prices as measured by the CPI-U increased by 0.1 percent, compared with the 4.6-percent increase in spending.
During 2016, spending increased for 7 of the 9 largest aggregated categories of expenditures tracked by CE: food, housing, healthcare, entertainment, education, cash contributions, and personal insurance and pensions. (See table A.) The majority of these increases were modest. Expenditures on food, housing, entertainment, and education rose only slightly, up between 1.1 and 2.6 percent. However, expenditures on healthcare and personal insurance and pensions rose more noticeably, with healthcare up 6.2 percent and personal insurance and pensions up 7.6 percent. The most notable increase was in expenditures on cash contributions, which rose 14.4 percent, following a 2.5-percent decline in 2014 and a 1.7-percent increase in 2015. In contrast, expenditures on apparel and services and on transportation declined in 2016, by 2.3 and 4.8 percent, respectively.
In related economic developments, according to the Current Population Survey, the monthly unemployment rate fell from 4.9 percent in January 2016 to 4.7 percent in December 2016, with an average monthly rate of 4.9 percent.3 This compares with average monthly unemployment rates of 6.2 percent in 2014 and 5.3 percent in 2015. Despite these declines, the unemployment rate still remained above the 4.6-percent rates seen in 2006 and 2007, before the recession. Although the number of long-term unemployed individuals (those without a job for 27 weeks or more) declined from 2.3 million in 2015 to 2.0 million in 2016, it was still higher than before the recession (1.2 million in 2007).4
Item | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | Percent change | ||
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2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | |||||
Number of consumer units (in thousands) | 125,670 | 127,006 | 128,437 | 129,549 | … | … | … |
Consumer unit characteristics: | |||||||
Income before taxes | $63,784 | $66,877 | $69,627 | $74,664 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 7.2 |
Age of reference person | 50.1 | 50.3 | 50.5 | 50.9 | … | … | … |
Average number in consumer unit: | |||||||
People | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | … | … | … |
Children under 18 | .6 | .6 | .6 | .6 | … | … | … |
Adults 65 and older | .3 | .4 | .4 | .4 | … | … | … |
Earners | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | … | … | … |
Vehicles | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | … | … | … |
Percent homeowner | 64 | 63 | 62 | 62 | … | … | … |
Average annual expenditures | $51,100 | $53,495 | $55,978 | $57,311 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 2.4 |
Food | 6,602 | 6,759 | 7,023 | 7,203 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 2.6 |
Food at home | 3,977 | 3,971 | 4,015 | 4,049 | -.2 | 1.1 | .8 |
Cereals and bakery products | 544 | 519 | 518 | 524 | -4.6 | -.2 | 1.2 |
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs | 856 | 892 | 896 | 890 | 4.2 | .4 | -.7 |
Dairy products | 414 | 423 | 413 | 410 | 2.2 | -2.4 | -.7 |
Fruits and vegetables | 751 | 756 | 769 | 783 | .7 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
Other food at home | 1,412 | 1,382 | 1,419 | 1,442 | -2.1 | 2.7 | 1.6 |
Food away from home | 2,625 | 2,787 | 3,008 | 3,154 | 6.2 | 7.9 | 4.9 |
Alcoholic beverages | 445 | 463 | 515 | 484 | 4.0 | 11.2 | -6.0 |
Housing | 17,148 | 17,798 | 18,409 | 18,886 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 2.6 |
Shelter | 10,080 | 10,491 | 10,742 | 11,128 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 3.6 |
Owned dwellings | 6,108 | 6,149 | 6,210 | 6,295 | .7 | 1.0 | 1.4 |
Rented dwellings | 3,324 | 3,631 | 3,802 | 4,035 | 9.2 | 4.7 | 6.1 |
Other lodging | 649 | 710 | 730 | 798 | 9.4 | 2.8 | 9.3 |
Utilities, fuels, and public services | 3,737 | 3,921 | 3,885 | 3,884 | 4.9 | -.9 | .0 |
Household operations | 1,144 | 1,174 | 1,309 | 1,384 | 2.6 | 11.5 | 5.7 |
Housekeeping supplies | 645 | 632 | 655 | 660 | -2.0 | 3.6 | .8 |
Household furnishings and equipment | 1,542 | 1,581 | 1,818 | 1,829 | 2.5 | 15.0 | .6 |
Apparel and services | 1,604 | 1,786 | 1,846 | 1,803 | 11.3 | 3.4 | -2.3 |
Transportation | 9,004 | 9,073 | 9,503 | 9,049 | .8 | 4.7 | -4.8 |
Vehicle purchases (net outlay) | 3,271 | 3,301 | 3,997 | 3,634 | .9 | 21.1 | -9.1 |
Gasoline and motor oil | 2,611 | 2,468 | 2,090 | 1,909 | -5.5 | -15.3 | -8.7 |
Other vehicle expenses | 2,584 | 2,723 | 2,756 | 2,884 | 5.4 | 1.2 | 4.6 |
Public and other transportation | 537 | 581 | 661 | 623 | 8.2 | 13.8 | -5.7 |
Healthcare | 3,631 | 4,290 | 4,342 | 4,612 | 18.1 | 1.2 | 6.2 |
Entertainment | 2,482 | 2,728 | 2,842 | 2,913 | 9.9 | 4.2 | 2.5 |
Personal care products and services | 608 | 645 | 683 | 707 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 3.5 |
Reading | 102 | 103 | 114 | 118 | 1.0 | 10.7 | 3.5 |
Education | 1,138 | 1,236 | 1,315 | 1,329 | 8.6 | 6.4 | 1.1 |
Tobacco products and smoking supplies | 330 | 319 | 349 | 337 | -3.3 | 9.4 | -3.4 |
Miscellaneous | 645 | 782 | 871 | 959 | 21.2 | 11.4 | 10.1 |
Cash contributions | 1,834 | 1,788 | 1,819 | 2,081 | -2.5 | 1.7 | 14.4 |
Personal insurance and pensions | 5,528 | 5,726 | 6,349 | 6,831 | 3.6 | 10.9 | 7.6 |
Life and other personal insurance | 319 | 327 | 333 | 322 | 2.5 | 1.8 | -3.3 |
Pensions and Social Security | 5,209 | 5,399 | 6,016 | 6,509 | 3.6 | 11.4 | 8.2 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
Table B details expenditure shares, or the percent distribution of total annual expenditures by major expenditure categories, for all CUs from 2013 to 2016. Expenditure shares usually do not fluctuate much in the short term and therefore are more useful for identifying spending trends over time. As in previous years, housing was the largest component of overall expenditures, accounting for 33.0 percent of total expenditures in 2016. Housing expenditures were followed by transportation (15.8 percent) and food expenditures (12.6 percent).
The most notable changes in expenditure shares between 2015 and 2016 were in personal insurance and pensions, and the transportation subcategories of vehicle purchases and gasoline and motor oil. Personal insurance and pensions rose from 11.3 percent to 11.9 percent of average annual expenditures. The share for total transportation declined from 17.0 percent to 15.8 percent. Within that category, vehicle purchases declined from 7.1 percent to 6.3 percent, comparable to 2013 and 2014 levels of 6.4 percent and 6.2 percent, respectively. Gasoline and motor oil expenditure shares continued their multiyear decline, from 3.7 percent in 2015 to 3.3 percent in 2016. Expenditure shares on gasoline and motor oil in 2013 and 2014 were 5.1 and 4.6 percent, respectively. As previously mentioned, cash contribution shares increased, up from 3.2 percent to 3.6 percent of total expenditures; all other shares for major categories remained within 0.2 percentage points of their 2015 levels.
Spending category | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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Average annual expenditures | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Food | 12.9 | 12.6 | 12.5 | 12.6 |
Food at home | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.1 |
Food away from home | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
Alcoholic beverages | .9 | .9 | .9 | .8 |
Housing | 33.6 | 33.3 | 32.9 | 33.0 |
Shelter | 19.7 | 19.6 | 19.2 | 19.4 |
Utilities, fuels, and public services | 7.3 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 6.8 |
Household operations | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
Housekeeping supplies | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
Household furnishings and equipment | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
Apparel and services | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
Transportation | 17.6 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 15.8 |
Vehicle purchases (net outlay) | 6.4 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 6.3 |
Gasoline and motor oil | 5.1 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
Other vehicle expenses | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.0 |
Public and other transportation | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
Healthcare | 7.1 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.0 |
Entertainment | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
Personal care products and services | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
Reading | .2 | .2 | .2 | .2 |
Education | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
Tobacco products and smoking supplies | .6 | .6 | .6 | .6 |
Miscellaneous | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
Cash contributions | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
Personal insurance and pensions | 10.8 | 10.7 | 11.3 | 11.9 |
Life and other personal insurance | .6 | .6 | .6 | .6 |
Pensions and Social Security | 10.2 | 10.1 | 10.7 | 11.4 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
Average expenditures on mortgage interest and charges for homeowners with a mortgage decreased only slightly to $7,934 in 2016 from $7,939 in 2015. By comparison, homeowners with a mortgage spent $8,779 on this component in 2007. This expenditure decline reflects the continuing trend of lower interest rates seen after the start of the 2007–09 recession.5
In addition, the 2007–09 recession led to an overall trend of fewer CUs owning homes. Despite the economic recovery, which began in 2009, homeownership rates have not climbed back to prerecession levels. From 2000 to 2010, homeownership rates stayed between 66 percent and 68 percent, but in the current decade, the rate has fallen steadily to 62 percent. (See chart 1.)
According to the CPI-U, rents for primary residences have increased 26.5 percent between 2007 and 2016. Over the same period, the average annual rental payments reported in the CE increased 36.5 percent ($10,557 in 2016, compared with $7,732 in 2007), reflecting the increase in demand for rental units; also over this period, the share of consumer units who rent rose from 33 to 38 percent.
Average expenditures on gasoline decreased in 2016. CUs spent 8.7 percent less in 2016 ($1,748) than they did in 2015 ($1,915), reflecting continuing low oil prices throughout 2016. Chart 2 shows the percent change in expenditures on gasoline and the price of gasoline between 2007 and 2016. For most years, the change in consumer spending on gasoline is similar to the change in gasoline prices. In 2016, the percentage decline in spending on gasoline was smaller (8.7 percent) than the drop in the CPI index for gasoline (11.3 percent) for the second year in a row. However, the difference of 11.1 percentage points in 2015 was more pronounced.
Gasoline expenditures decreased in every income quintile in 2016. The highest quintile had the largest percentage decrease in expenditures from 2015 to 2016—a decline of 10.3 percent—from $2,887 to $2,589. The middle three quintiles all reported similar declines, ranging from a 7.7-percent decline to a 9.6-percent decline. The lowest quintile reported a 4.2-percent decline in gasoline expenditures.
Spending increased across all five income quintiles in 2016. This continued the trend from 2015, which also saw increases in all five income quintiles. (See chart 3.) The top quintile increased spending by 1.6 percent, the smallest increase in percentage terms. The second quintile increased spending by 4.9 percent, and the other three quintiles increased spending between 1.9 and 3.8 percent. Table C shows more details on spending by income quintile.
All income quintiles spent more on food away from home, housing, healthcare, and personal insurance and pensions in 2016 than those in 2015. (See table C.) Among these categories, spending on healthcare and personal insurance and pensions rose most significantly, with increases averaging 6.7 percent among the quintiles. Transportation expenditures rose 5.9 percent and 1.2 percent for the lowest and second quintiles, but declined for the highest three quintiles. Food at home, apparel and services, cash contributions, and entertainment expenditures rose for three of the five quintiles.
For the lowest quintile, the increase in total expenditures (2.7 percent) is just over half the increase in income (4.3 percent). In contrast, for the second and third quintiles, the increase in total expenditures is twice that of income. While the fourth and fifth income quintiles experienced larger increases in income than expenditures, the highest quintile had both the largest percentage increase in income (11.7 percent) and the smallest percentage increase in total expenditures (1.6 percent) of any group.
Item | Lowest | Second | Third | Fourth | Highest | |||||
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Dollar | Percent | Dollar | Percent | Dollar | Percent | Dollar | Percent | Dollar | Percent | |
Income before taxes | 473 | 4.3 | 633 | 2.2 | 957 | 1.9 | 3360 | 4.2 | 20823 | 11.7 |
Average annual expenditure change | ||||||||||
Total | 668 | 2.7 | 1707 | 4.9 | 1752 | 3.8 | 1239 | 1.9 | 1713 | 1.6 |
Food | 95 | 2.5 | -44 | -0.9 | 425 | 7.3 | 271 | 3.3 | 163 | 1.3 |
Food at home | 3 | 0.1 | -159 | -4.9 | 252 | 7.3 | 193 | 4.2 | -117 | -1.8 |
Food away from home | 92 | 7.2 | 115 | 6.6 | 173 | 7.3 | 78 | 2.2 | 280 | 4.6 |
Housing | 377 | 3.8 | 720 | 5.6 | 506 | 3.2 | 279 | 1.4 | 626 | 1.9 |
Apparel and services | 84 | 10.9 | 25 | 2.2 | 216 | 16.6 | -25 | -1.3 | -514 | -12.8 |
Transportation | 208 | 5.9 | 69 | 1.2 | -356 | -4.0 | -399 | -3.5 | -1720 | -9.6 |
Healthcare | 226 | 11.7 | 105 | 3.1 | 301 | 7.6 | 115 | 2.2 | 629 | 8.9 |
Entertainment | -124 | -9.7 | 45 | 2.6 | 125 | 5.6 | 358 | 11.7 | -31 | -0.5 |
Cash contributions | -154 | -21.6 | 377 | 35.8 | -34 | -2.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 1144 | 28.0 |
Personal insurance and pensions | 53 | 8.9 | 26 | 1.5 | 247 | 6.2 | 595 | 7.8 | 1603 | 9.1 |
All other expenditures | -97 | -4.9 | 384 | 17.5 | 321 | 12.0 | 45 | 1.2 | -187 | -2.2 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
Food expenditures increased for all but the second quintile in 2016. This is similar to 2015, when expenditures increased for all but the third quintile. The third quintile registered the largest percentage increase in food expenditures, an increase of 7.3 percent, from $5,799 in 2015 to $6,224 in 2016. Both food-at-home spending and food-away-from-home expenditures increased by 7.3 percent. Although expenditures on food away from home for all quintiles increased, with percentage increases ranging from 2.2 to 7.3 percent, no clear pattern emerged for expenditures on food at home. The lowest, third, and fourth quintiles increased expenditures by 0.1 percent to 7.3 percent, and the second and highest quintiles decreased expenditures by 4.9 and 1.8 percent, respectively.
1 A consumer unit consists of either: (1) all members of a particular household who are related by blood, marriage, adoption, or other legal arrangements; (2) a person living alone or sharing a household with others or living as a roomer in a private home or lodging house or in permanent living quarters in a hotel or motel, but who is financially independent; or (3) two or more persons living together who use their income to make joint expenditure decisions.
2 Data output for “all items in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, not seasonally adjusted” from the Consumer Price Index – All Urban Consumers (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics), https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CUUR0000SA0.
3 Data output for “unemployment level” from Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics), https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS13000000.
4 Data output for “number unemployed for 27 weeks & over” from Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics), https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS13008636.
5 “Business Cycle Dating Committee, National Bureau of Economic Research” (National Bureau of Economic Research, September 2010), http://www.nber.org/cycles/sept2010.html.
Item | All consumer units | Lowest 20 percent | Second 20 percent | Third 20 percent | Fourth 20 percent | Highest 20 percent |
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Number of consumer units (in thousands) |
129,549 | 25,884 | 26,019 | 25,905 | 25,900 | 25,842 |
Lower limit |
(1) | (1) | $19,868 | $38,163 | $64,418 | $108,040 |
Consumer unit characteristics: |
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Income before taxes |
$74,664 | $11,389 | $28,976 | $50,563 | $84,173 | $198,674 |
Age of reference person |
50.9 | 54.3 | 54.2 | 49.7 | 47.8 | 48.7 |
Average number in consumer unit: |
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People |
2.5 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
Children under 18 |
.6 | .3 | .5 | .6 | .7 | .8 |
Adults 65 and older |
.4 | .4 | .6 | .4 | .3 | .2 |
Earners |
1.3 | .5 | .8 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
Vehicles |
1.9 | .9 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
Percent homeowner |
62 | 40 | 54 | 60 | 73 | 85 |
Average annual expenditures |
$57,311 | $25,138 | $36,770 | $47,664 | $64,910 | $112,221 |
Food |
7,203 | 3,862 | 4,978 | 6,224 | 8,436 | 12,513 |
Food at home |
4,049 | 2,502 | 3,112 | 3,697 | 4,738 | 6,193 |
Cereals and bakery products |
524 | 314 | 413 | 513 | 608 | 772 |
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs |
890 | 607 | 710 | 791 | 1,021 | 1,320 |
Dairy products |
410 | 246 | 316 | 384 | 472 | 630 |
Fruits and vegetables |
783 | 442 | 591 | 702 | 914 | 1,266 |
Other food at home |
1,442 | 892 | 1,082 | 1,308 | 1,723 | 2,205 |
Food away from home |
3,154 | 1,360 | 1,866 | 2,527 | 3,698 | 6,320 |
Alcoholic beverages |
484 | 158 | 261 | 350 | 569 | 1,082 |
Housing |
18,886 | 10,267 | 13,552 | 16,315 | 20,687 | 33,653 |
Shelter |
11,128 | 6,331 | 7,883 | 9,342 | 12,136 | 19,981 |
Owned dwellings |
6,295 | 1,883 | 3,175 | 4,546 | 7,532 | 14,372 |
Rented dwellings |
4,035 | 4,279 | 4,362 | 4,417 | 3,868 | 3,244 |
Other lodging |
798 | 169 | 345 | 379 | 736 | 2,366 |
Utilities, fuels, and public services |
3,884 | 2,321 | 3,218 | 3,818 | 4,451 | 5,618 |
Household operations |
1,384 | 584 | 815 | 996 | 1,419 | 3,112 |
Housekeeping supplies |
660 | 376 | 517 | 623 | 684 | 1,102 |
Household furnishings and equipment |
1,829 | 655 | 1,119 | 1,537 | 1,998 | 3,840 |
Apparel and services |
1,803 | 860 | 1,164 | 1,519 | 1,959 | 3,511 |
Transportation |
9,049 | 3,767 | 5,992 | 8,464 | 10,931 | 16,114 |
Vehicle purchases (net outlay) |
3,634 | 1,332 | 2,492 | 3,542 | 4,383 | 6,432 |
Gasoline and motor oil |
1,909 | 902 | 1,408 | 1,909 | 2,435 | 2,895 |
Other vehicle expenses |
2,884 | 1,308 | 1,811 | 2,628 | 3,550 | 5,127 |
Public and other transportation |
623 | 225 | 281 | 386 | 564 | 1,661 |
Healthcare |
4,612 | 2,156 | 3,528 | 4,266 | 5,442 | 7,677 |
Entertainment |
2,913 | 1,146 | 1,783 | 2,344 | 3,409 | 5,888 |
Personal care products and services |
707 | 333 | 490 | 569 | 777 | 1,364 |
Reading |
118 | 64 | 86 | 96 | 115 | 229 |
Education |
1,329 | 681 | 759 | 618 | 988 | 3,605 |
Tobacco products and smoking supplies |
337 | 305 | 335 | 362 | 383 | 302 |
Miscellaneous |
959 | 336 | 646 | 1,008 | 1,062 | 1,748 |
Cash contributions |
2,081 | 558 | 1,431 | 1,301 | 1,891 | 5,233 |
Personal insurance and pensions |
6,831 | 645 | 1,766 | 4,227 | 8,262 | 19,302 |
Life and other personal insurance |
322 | 88 | 180 | 238 | 319 | 785 |
Pensions and Social Security |
6,509 | 556 | 1,586 | 3,989 | 7,942 | 18,517 |
Footnotes: (1) Not applicable. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
Item | All consumer units | Lowest 10 percent | Second 10 percent | Third 10 percent | Fourth 10 percent | Fifth 10 percent | Sixth 10 percent | Seventh 10 percent | Eighth 10 percent | Ninth 10 percent | Highest 10 percent |
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Number of consumer units (in thousands) |
129,549 | 12,880 | 13,004 | 12,979 | 13,040 | 12,949 | 12,956 | 12,926 | 12,973 | 12,881 | 12,960 |
Lower limit |
(1) | (1) | $12,119 | $19,868 | $28,707 | $38,163 | $49,958 | $64,418 | $82,996 | $108,039 | $153,580 |
Consumer unit characteristics: |
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Income before taxes |
$74,664 | $6,502 | $16,229 | $24,432 | $33,499 | $43,931 | $57,192 | $73,568 | $94,739 | $127,268 | $269,644 |
Age of reference person |
50.9 | 49.1 | 59.4 | 54.5 | 53.8 | 50.6 | 48.8 | 48.1 | 47.4 | 48.2 | 49.3 |
Average number in consumer unit: |
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People |
2.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
Children under 18 |
.6 | .3 | .3 | .5 | .5 | .6 | .6 | .7 | .7 | .8 | .8 |
Adults 65 and older |
.4 | .3 | .5 | .5 | .6 | .4 | .3 | .3 | .2 | .2 | .2 |
Earners |
1.3 | .5 | .5 | .8 | .9 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.1 |
Vehicles |
1.9 | .8 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
Percent homeowner |
62 | 33 | 46 | 51 | 58 | 57 | 63 | 68 | 77 | 82 | 88 |
Average annual expenditures |
$57,311 | $23,588 | $26,675 | $34,221 | $39,308 | $43,975 | $51,351 | $59,395 | $70,411 | $87,432 | $136,873 |
Food |
7,203 | 3,789 | 3,933 | 4,739 | 5,217 | 5,891 | 6,557 | 7,502 | 9,370 | 10,328 | 14,692 |
Food at home |
4,049 | 2,407 | 2,596 | 3,089 | 3,136 | 3,526 | 3,868 | 4,257 | 5,219 | 5,509 | 6,876 |
Cereals and bakery products |
524 | 302 | 327 | 401 | 426 | 499 | 528 | 543 | 674 | 702 | 843 |
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs |
890 | 614 | 601 | 708 | 712 | 739 | 842 | 917 | 1,125 | 1,170 | 1,470 |
Dairy products |
410 | 228 | 265 | 316 | 317 | 371 | 396 | 437 | 507 | 568 | 693 |
Fruits and vegetables |
783 | 429 | 454 | 604 | 578 | 675 | 729 | 840 | 988 | 1,107 | 1,424 |
Other food at home |
1,442 | 834 | 950 | 1,061 | 1,103 | 1,243 | 1,372 | 1,520 | 1,926 | 1,962 | 2,447 |
Food away from home |
3,154 | 1,382 | 1,337 | 1,650 | 2,082 | 2,364 | 2,689 | 3,245 | 4,151 | 4,819 | 7,815 |
Alcoholic beverages |
484 | 143 | 173 | 230 | 291 | 312 | 388 | 514 | 624 | 785 | 1,378 |
Housing |
18,886 | 9,567 | 10,961 | 12,829 | 14,271 | 15,511 | 17,119 | 19,285 | 22,085 | 26,719 | 40,547 |
Shelter |
11,128 | 5,873 | 6,785 | 7,569 | 8,195 | 8,966 | 9,718 | 11,369 | 12,899 | 15,341 | 24,593 |
Owned dwellings |
6,295 | 1,621 | 2,143 | 2,687 | 3,661 | 4,025 | 5,066 | 6,566 | 8,493 | 10,795 | 17,926 |
Rented dwellings |
4,035 | 4,092 | 4,464 | 4,526 | 4,199 | 4,635 | 4,200 | 4,156 | 3,581 | 3,287 | 3,200 |
Other lodging |
798 | 161 | 178 | 356 | 335 | 306 | 451 | 647 | 825 | 1,258 | 3,467 |
Utilities, fuels, and public services |
3,884 | 2,121 | 2,519 | 2,994 | 3,442 | 3,665 | 3,971 | 4,208 | 4,693 | 5,136 | 6,097 |
Household operations |
1,384 | 547 | 621 | 785 | 845 | 923 | 1,068 | 1,263 | 1,574 | 2,256 | 3,962 |
Housekeeping supplies |
660 | 388 | 365 | 466 | 568 | 582 | 663 | 648 | 720 | 996 | 1,208 |
Household furnishings and equipment |
1,829 | 638 | 672 | 1,015 | 1,222 | 1,374 | 1,700 | 1,798 | 2,198 | 2,990 | 4,686 |
Apparel and services |
1,803 | 876 | 845 | 1,094 | 1,233 | 1,381 | 1,657 | 1,869 | 2,050 | 2,526 | 4,493 |
Transportation |
9,049 | 3,379 | 4,153 | 5,371 | 6,610 | 7,638 | 9,290 | 10,136 | 11,722 | 14,495 | 17,724 |
Vehicle purchases (net outlay) |
3,634 | 1,139 | 1,523 | 2,147 | 2,835 | 3,124 | 3,959 | 3,900 | 4,864 | 6,064 | 6,797 |
Gasoline and motor oil |
1,909 | 835 | 969 | 1,282 | 1,534 | 1,815 | 2,003 | 2,279 | 2,590 | 2,858 | 2,931 |
Other vehicle expenses |
2,884 | 1,203 | 1,413 | 1,695 | 1,927 | 2,374 | 2,881 | 3,460 | 3,638 | 4,629 | 5,621 |
Public and other transportation |
623 | 202 | 249 | 248 | 314 | 324 | 447 | 497 | 630 | 944 | 2,374 |
Healthcare |
4,612 | 1,742 | 2,565 | 3,136 | 3,918 | 4,144 | 4,388 | 5,160 | 5,722 | 6,772 | 8,577 |
Entertainment |
2,913 | 1,036 | 1,256 | 1,663 | 1,902 | 2,042 | 2,646 | 2,916 | 3,902 | 4,604 | 7,165 |
Personal care products and services |
707 | 317 | 350 | 453 | 527 | 534 | 605 | 734 | 820 | 1,085 | 1,643 |
Reading |
118 | 65 | 63 | 79 | 92 | 98 | 95 | 124 | 105 | 157 | 300 |
Education |
1,329 | 928 | 437 | 1,004 | 514 | 478 | 757 | 913 | 1,064 | 2,097 | 5,104 |
Tobacco products and smoking supplies |
337 | 290 | 319 | 311 | 359 | 360 | 363 | 404 | 361 | 386 | 219 |
Miscellaneous |
959 | 355 | 316 | 573 | 719 | 1,016 | 999 | 1,082 | 1,042 | 1,462 | 2,031 |
Cash contributions |
2,081 | 456 | 658 | 1,328 | 1,533 | 1,281 | 1,322 | 1,697 | 2,083 | 2,739 | 7,711 |
Personal insurance and pensions |
6,831 | 644 | 645 | 1,411 | 2,120 | 3,290 | 5,164 | 7,058 | 9,461 | 13,278 | 25,290 |
Life and other personal insurance |
322 | 76 | 101 | 150 | 211 | 216 | 261 | 277 | 361 | 554 | 1,014 |
Pensions and Social Security |
6,509 | 568 | 544 | 1,261 | 1,910 | 3,074 | 4,903 | 6,781 | 9,099 | 12,723 | 24,276 |
Footnotes: (1) Not applicable. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
Item | All consumer units | Less than $15,000 | $15,000 to $29,999 | $30,000 to $39,999 | $40,000 to $49,999 | $50,000 to $69,999 | $70,000 to $99,999 | $100,000 to $149,999 | $150,000 to $199,999 | $200,000 and more |
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Number of consumer units (in thousands) |
129,549 | 17,368 | 22,935 | 13,332 | 11,116 | 16,846 | 18,201 | 16,131 | 6,338 | 7,284 |
Consumer unit characteristics: |
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Income before taxes |
$74,664 | $8,383 | $22,167 | $34,703 | $44,589 | $59,369 | $83,595 | $120,512 | $170,704 | $345,002 |
Age of reference person |
50.9 | 51.9 | 56.4 | 53.7 | 49.9 | 48.7 | 47.9 | 47.7 | 49.0 | 49.6 |
Average number in consumer unit: |
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People |
2.5 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
Children under 18 |
.6 | .3 | .4 | .5 | .6 | .6 | .7 | .8 | .8 | .9 |
Adults 65 and older |
.4 | .4 | .5 | .6 | .4 | .3 | .3 | .2 | .2 | .2 |
Earners |
1.3 | .4 | .7 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
Vehicles |
1.9 | .9 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
Percent homeowner |
62 | 36 | 50 | 59 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 81 | 85 | 91 |
Average annual expenditures |
$57,311 | $23,657 | $31,913 | $40,144 | $44,150 | $52,088 | $65,086 | $84,154 | $109,516 | $158,896 |
Food |
7,203 | 3,768 | 4,437 | 5,221 | 6,028 | 6,739 | 8,436 | 10,351 | 13,550 | 16,054 |
Food at home |
4,049 | 2,450 | 2,904 | 3,064 | 3,656 | 3,893 | 4,772 | 5,554 | 6,718 | 7,135 |
Cereals and bakery products |
524 | 304 | 374 | 416 | 521 | 524 | 611 | 700 | 828 | 892 |
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs |
890 | 617 | 667 | 690 | 773 | 840 | 1,012 | 1,190 | 1,465 | 1,531 |
Dairy products |
410 | 234 | 298 | 312 | 384 | 393 | 480 | 565 | 728 | 666 |
Fruits and vegetables |
783 | 429 | 549 | 570 | 704 | 738 | 919 | 1,120 | 1,345 | 1,504 |
Other food at home |
1,442 | 866 | 1,017 | 1,076 | 1,274 | 1,398 | 1,750 | 1,979 | 2,352 | 2,540 |
Food away from home |
3,154 | 1,318 | 1,533 | 2,157 | 2,371 | 2,847 | 3,664 | 4,797 | 6,832 | 8,919 |
Alcoholic beverages |
484 | 133 | 215 | 280 | 320 | 420 | 596 | 734 | 1,169 | 1,659 |
Housing |
18,886 | 9,698 | 12,268 | 14,533 | 15,575 | 17,331 | 20,564 | 26,003 | 33,319 | 46,076 |
Shelter |
11,128 | 5,992 | 7,343 | 8,326 | 9,033 | 9,979 | 11,959 | 14,962 | 19,942 | 28,041 |
Owned dwellings |
6,295 | 1,736 | 2,524 | 3,799 | 4,003 | 5,336 | 7,284 | 10,422 | 14,290 | 20,762 |
Rented dwellings |
4,035 | 4,112 | 4,516 | 4,162 | 4,759 | 4,150 | 3,973 | 3,365 | 3,562 | 2,780 |
Other lodging |
798 | 144 | 302 | 364 | 272 | 494 | 702 | 1,175 | 2,090 | 4,498 |
Utilities, fuels, and public services |
3,884 | 2,178 | 2,868 | 3,526 | 3,629 | 4,013 | 4,459 | 5,019 | 5,506 | 6,534 |
Household operations |
1,384 | 546 | 742 | 851 | 914 | 1,090 | 1,397 | 2,116 | 2,870 | 4,840 |
Housekeeping supplies |
660 | 372 | 426 | 573 | 597 | 620 | 710 | 979 | 1,229 | 1,177 |
Household furnishings and equipment |
1,829 | 611 | 889 | 1,258 | 1,402 | 1,628 | 2,039 | 2,927 | 3,772 | 5,484 |
Apparel and services |
1,803 | 855 | 968 | 1,313 | 1,414 | 1,622 | 2,010 | 2,456 | 3,691 | 5,290 |
Transportation |
9,049 | 3,511 | 4,949 | 6,850 | 7,744 | 9,173 | 11,120 | 13,658 | 16,455 | 19,029 |
Vehicle purchases (net outlay) |
3,634 | 1,257 | 1,883 | 3,032 | 3,100 | 3,710 | 4,458 | 5,763 | 6,244 | 7,510 |
Gasoline and motor oil |
1,909 | 848 | 1,178 | 1,587 | 1,822 | 2,069 | 2,451 | 2,782 | 2,924 | 2,920 |
Other vehicle expenses |
2,884 | 1,201 | 1,629 | 1,925 | 2,484 | 2,941 | 3,631 | 4,264 | 5,732 | 5,611 |
Public and other transportation |
623 | 206 | 259 | 306 | 337 | 452 | 581 | 848 | 1,555 | 2,987 |
Healthcare |
4,612 | 1,850 | 3,049 | 4,128 | 3,931 | 4,498 | 5,469 | 6,560 | 7,769 | 9,137 |
Entertainment |
2,913 | 1,045 | 1,526 | 1,989 | 1,978 | 2,756 | 3,451 | 4,350 | 5,874 | 8,262 |
Personal care products and services |
707 | 314 | 407 | 554 | 533 | 613 | 789 | 1,058 | 1,443 | 1,813 |
Reading |
118 | 61 | 73 | 94 | 105 | 100 | 114 | 147 | 251 | 349 |
Education |
1,329 | 751 | 789 | 519 | 484 | 739 | 1,012 | 1,841 | 3,015 | 6,743 |
Tobacco products and smoking supplies |
337 | 297 | 313 | 356 | 371 | 368 | 390 | 376 | 254 | 204 |
Miscellaneous |
959 | 317 | 482 | 798 | 1,016 | 994 | 1,067 | 1,420 | 1,580 | 2,301 |
Cash contributions |
2,081 | 444 | 1,275 | 1,289 | 1,251 | 1,428 | 1,801 | 2,658 | 3,537 | 10,901 |
Personal insurance and pensions |
6,831 | 614 | 1,161 | 2,222 | 3,400 | 5,307 | 8,270 | 12,543 | 17,609 | 31,079 |
Life and other personal insurance |
322 | 86 | 128 | 225 | 209 | 260 | 319 | 511 | 713 | 1,235 |
Pensions and Social Security |
6,509 | 527 | 1,034 | 1,997 | 3,191 | 5,047 | 7,951 | 12,031 | 16,896 | 29,844 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
Item | All consumer units | Under 25 years | 25-34 years | 35-44 years | 45-54 years | 55-64 years | 65 years and older | 65-74 years | 75 years and older |
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Number of consumer units (in thousands) |
129,549 | 7,306 | 20,872 | 21,458 | 24,054 | 24,641 | 31,217 | 18,201 | 13,016 |
Consumer unit characteristics: |
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Income before taxes |
$74,664 | $58,141 | $66,470 | $92,576 | $99,423 | $80,474 | $48,035 | $57,229 | $35,178 |
Age of reference person |
50.9 | 21.4 | 29.6 | 39.5 | 49.5 | 59.4 | 74.3 | 68.9 | 81.8 |
Average number in consumer unit: |
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People |
2.5 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
Children under 18 |
.6 | .4 | 1.0 | 1.4 | .7 | .2 | .1 | .1 | (1) |
Adults 65 and older |
.4 | (1) | (1) | (1) | .1 | .1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
Earners |
1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.4 | .5 | .7 | .3 |
Vehicles |
1.9 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.3 |
Percent homeowner |
62 | 17 | 37 | 57 | 69 | 76 | 77 | 79 | 76 |
Average annual expenditures |
$57,311 | $34,438 | $52,838 | $66,444 | $71,166 | $61,346 | $45,756 | $50,873 | $38,691 |
Food |
7,203 | 4,551 | 6,914 | 8,700 | 8,790 | 7,273 | 5,804 | 6,600 | 4,729 |
Food at home |
4,049 | 2,301 | 3,749 | 4,725 | 4,811 | 4,190 | 3,571 | 3,984 | 3,017 |
Cereals and bakery products |
524 | 289 | 491 | 631 | 612 | 522 | 473 | 526 | 403 |
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs |
890 | 518 | 811 | 1,021 | 1,076 | 938 | 776 | 886 | 628 |
Dairy products |
410 | 207 | 401 | 487 | 473 | 424 | 359 | 389 | 318 |
Fruits and vegetables |
783 | 429 | 730 | 950 | 910 | 784 | 703 | 768 | 617 |
Other food at home |
1,442 | 858 | 1,317 | 1,636 | 1,741 | 1,523 | 1,260 | 1,415 | 1,051 |
Food away from home |
3,154 | 2,250 | 3,165 | 3,975 | 3,979 | 3,083 | 2,232 | 2,616 | 1,712 |
Alcoholic beverages |
484 | 230 | 539 | 538 | 563 | 541 | 370 | 412 | 315 |
Housing |
18,886 | 11,391 | 18,587 | 22,908 | 22,034 | 18,647 | 15,886 | 16,858 | 14,542 |
Shelter |
11,128 | 7,513 | 11,617 | 13,699 | 12,996 | 10,648 | 8,819 | 9,138 | 8,373 |
Owned dwellings |
6,295 | 1,242 | 4,276 | 7,976 | 8,307 | 7,188 | 5,419 | 6,198 | 4,328 |
Rented dwellings |
4,035 | 5,881 | 6,960 | 5,026 | 3,567 | 2,441 | 2,583 | 1,921 | 3,510 |
Other lodging |
798 | 390 | 381 | 697 | 1,122 | 1,019 | 817 | 1,019 | 536 |
Utilities, fuels, and public services |
3,884 | 2,054 | 3,305 | 4,319 | 4,620 | 4,246 | 3,548 | 3,785 | 3,218 |
Household operations |
1,384 | 513 | 1,539 | 2,206 | 1,227 | 1,082 | 1,279 | 1,238 | 1,337 |
Housekeeping supplies |
660 | 239 | 543 | 667 | 791 | 736 | 697 | 794 | 567 |
Household furnishings and equipment |
1,829 | 1,072 | 1,584 | 2,018 | 2,402 | 1,934 | 1,542 | 1,904 | 1,046 |
Apparel and services |
1,803 | 1,216 | 1,942 | 2,508 | 2,332 | 1,661 | 1,070 | 1,265 | 807 |
Transportation |
9,049 | 6,042 | 9,124 | 10,352 | 10,992 | 9,727 | 6,814 | 8,420 | 4,583 |
Vehicle purchases (net outlay) |
3,634 | 2,852 | 4,029 | 4,129 | 4,169 | 3,858 | 2,623 | 3,340 | 1,621 |
Gasoline and motor oil |
1,909 | 1,380 | 1,906 | 2,379 | 2,386 | 2,010 | 1,264 | 1,532 | 889 |
Other vehicle expenses |
2,884 | 1,499 | 2,641 | 3,078 | 3,658 | 3,199 | 2,432 | 2,944 | 1,730 |
Public and other transportation |
623 | 311 | 549 | 766 | 779 | 660 | 495 | 604 | 343 |
Healthcare |
4,612 | 1,162 | 2,887 | 4,076 | 4,931 | 5,513 | 5,994 | 6,014 | 5,967 |
Entertainment |
2,913 | 1,454 | 2,564 | 3,509 | 3,654 | 3,114 | 2,365 | 2,850 | 1,697 |
Personal care products and services |
707 | 387 | 603 | 807 | 873 | 741 | 634 | 700 | 544 |
Reading |
118 | 43 | 69 | 94 | 136 | 121 | 173 | 172 | 175 |
Education |
1,329 | 3,106 | 1,197 | 1,286 | 2,456 | 1,090 | 350 | 503 | 138 |
Tobacco products and smoking supplies |
337 | 308 | 305 | 370 | 441 | 420 | 198 | 247 | 130 |
Miscellaneous |
959 | 311 | 586 | 1,052 | 1,403 | 1,127 | 827 | 894 | 734 |
Cash contributions |
2,081 | 820 | 1,070 | 1,596 | 2,369 | 3,010 | 2,429 | 2,082 | 2,915 |
Personal insurance and pensions |
6,831 | 3,417 | 6,450 | 8,647 | 10,191 | 8,360 | 2,840 | 3,858 | 1,416 |
Life and other personal insurance |
322 | 39 | 151 | 297 | 393 | 478 | 342 | 384 | 282 |
Pensions and Social Security |
6,509 | 3,378 | 6,299 | 8,350 | 9,798 | 7,882 | 2,498 | 3,473 | 1,135 |
Footnotes: (1) Value is too small to display. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
Item | All consumer units | One person | Two or more people | ||||
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Total | Two people | Three people | Four people | Five or more people | |||
Number of consumer units (in thousands) |
129,549 | 38,458 | 91,092 | 42,848 | 19,122 | 16,789 | 12,332 |
Consumer unit characteristics: |
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Income before taxes |
$74,664 | $36,171 | $90,916 | $78,396 | $94,056 | $117,727 | $93,046 |
Age of reference person |
50.9 | 54.9 | 49.2 | 55.1 | 46.1 | 43.0 | 42.2 |
Average number in consumer unit: |
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People |
2.5 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.7 |
Children under 18 |
.6 | (1) | .8 | .1 | .7 | 1.5 | 2.7 |
Adults 65 and older |
.4 | .4 | .4 | .6 | .2 | .1 | .2 |
Earners |
1.3 | .6 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
Vehicles |
1.9 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
Percent homeowner |
62 | 47 | 69 | 72 | 65 | 69 | 62 |
Average annual expenditures |
$57,311 | $35,199 | $66,526 | $60,787 | $66,974 | $77,775 | $70,867 |
Food |
7,203 | 3,829 | 8,562 | 7,409 | 8,516 | 10,191 | 10,646 |
Food at home |
4,049 | 2,049 | 4,852 | 4,077 | 4,921 | 5,685 | 6,436 |
Cereals and bakery products |
524 | 256 | 632 | 503 | 627 | 794 | 893 |
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs |
890 | 432 | 1,074 | 902 | 1,074 | 1,229 | 1,489 |
Dairy products |
410 | 214 | 488 | 401 | 499 | 583 | 661 |
Fruits and vegetables |
783 | 385 | 942 | 791 | 985 | 1,096 | 1,215 |
Other food at home |
1,442 | 762 | 1,715 | 1,480 | 1,736 | 1,981 | 2,178 |
Food away from home |
3,154 | 1,780 | 3,710 | 3,332 | 3,595 | 4,506 | 4,210 |
Alcoholic beverages |
484 | 358 | 535 | 608 | 510 | 483 | 381 |
Housing |
18,886 | 13,125 | 21,304 | 19,186 | 21,599 | 25,027 | 23,187 |
Shelter |
11,128 | 8,478 | 12,247 | 11,124 | 12,512 | 14,313 | 12,922 |
Owned dwellings |
6,295 | 3,305 | 7,558 | 6,805 | 7,573 | 9,379 | 7,673 |
Rented dwellings |
4,035 | 4,772 | 3,724 | 3,206 | 4,116 | 3,945 | 4,612 |
Other lodging |
798 | 402 | 965 | 1,114 | 823 | 989 | 637 |
Utilities, fuels, and public services |
3,884 | 2,407 | 4,508 | 4,012 | 4,590 | 5,102 | 5,291 |
Household operations |
1,384 | 834 | 1,616 | 1,153 | 1,879 | 2,272 | 1,924 |
Housekeeping supplies |
660 | 396 | 767 | 733 | 719 | 858 | 850 |
Household furnishings and equipment |
1,829 | 1,009 | 2,168 | 2,164 | 1,898 | 2,483 | 2,200 |
Apparel and services |
1,803 | 1,019 | 2,120 | 1,630 | 2,122 | 2,843 | 2,905 |
Transportation |
9,049 | 4,746 | 10,856 | 10,098 | 10,772 | 12,165 | 11,856 |
Vehicle purchases (net outlay) |
3,634 | 1,625 | 4,482 | 4,256 | 4,504 | 4,827 | 4,765 |
Gasoline and motor oil |
1,909 | 1,007 | 2,290 | 1,928 | 2,304 | 2,708 | 2,955 |
Other vehicle expenses |
2,884 | 1,728 | 3,361 | 3,192 | 3,327 | 3,711 | 3,542 |
Public and other transportation |
623 | 386 | 723 | 722 | 637 | 919 | 593 |
Healthcare |
4,612 | 2,852 | 5,353 | 5,761 | 5,207 | 5,255 | 4,296 |
Entertainment |
2,913 | 1,696 | 3,418 | 3,288 | 3,133 | 4,041 | 3,516 |
Personal care products and services |
707 | 434 | 819 | 788 | 810 | 865 | 882 |
Reading |
118 | 105 | 123 | 140 | 89 | 116 | 128 |
Education |
1,329 | 758 | 1,569 | 1,238 | 1,872 | 2,126 | 1,492 |
Tobacco products and smoking supplies |
337 | 243 | 377 | 336 | 460 | 374 | 391 |
Miscellaneous |
959 | 709 | 1,064 | 1,015 | 1,009 | 1,393 | 870 |
Cash contributions |
2,081 | 2,260 | 2,005 | 2,205 | 1,846 | 1,794 | 1,846 |
Personal insurance and pensions |
6,831 | 3,065 | 8,421 | 7,084 | 9,030 | 11,101 | 8,471 |
Life and other personal insurance |
322 | 140 | 399 | 389 | 386 | 402 | 446 |
Pensions and Social Security |
6,509 | 2,925 | 8,022 | 6,695 | 8,644 | 10,699 | 8,025 |
Footnotes: (1) Not applicable. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
Item | All consumer units | Married couple consumer units | One parent, at least one child under 18 | Single person and other consumer units | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Married couple only | Married couple with children | Other married couple consumer units | |||||||
Total | Oldest child under 6 | Oldest child 6 to 17 | Oldest child 18 or older | |||||||
Number of consumer units (in thousands) |
129,549 | 62,939 | 27,987 | 30,006 | 5,567 | 15,033 | 9,406 | 4,946 | 6,622 | 59,988 |
Consumer unit characteristics: |
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Income before taxes |
$74,664 | $101,708 | $87,440 | $114,375 | $104,863 | $118,994 | $112,623 | $105,591 | $41,780 | $49,921 |
Age of reference person |
50.9 | 51.2 | 59.2 | 43.9 | 33.4 | 41.7 | 53.6 | 50.5 | 38.7 | 52.0 |
Average number in consumer unit: |
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People |
2.5 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 1.7 |
Children under 18 |
.6 | .8 | (1) | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.2 | .6 | 1.4 | 1.7 | .2 |
Adults 65 and older |
.4 | .4 | .8 | .1 | (1) | (2) | .2 | .6 | (2) | .4 |
Earners |
1.3 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Vehicles |
1.9 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
Percent homeowner |
62 | 79 | 84 | 75 | 66 | 73 | 82 | 73 | 34 | 48 |
Average annual expenditures |
$57,311 | $74,275 | $67,224 | $81,507 | $74,379 | $85,317 | $79,634 | $70,426 | $42,211 | $40,966 |
Food |
7,203 | 9,437 | 8,147 | 10,607 | 8,996 | 11,043 | 10,860 | 9,750 | 5,841 | 4,894 |
Food at home |
4,049 | 5,316 | 4,530 | 5,952 | 5,213 | 6,180 | 6,024 | 5,997 | 3,532 | 2,704 |
Cereals and bakery products |
524 | 693 | 557 | 799 | 656 | 865 | 779 | 833 | 481 | 342 |
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs |
890 | 1,160 | 996 | 1,272 | 1,108 | 1,283 | 1,350 | 1,436 | 790 | 602 |
Dairy products |
410 | 540 | 443 | 624 | 624 | 641 | 597 | 585 | 353 | 272 |
Fruits and vegetables |
783 | 1,048 | 896 | 1,176 | 1,089 | 1,188 | 1,208 | 1,153 | 643 | 504 |
Other food at home |
1,442 | 1,875 | 1,638 | 2,081 | 1,735 | 2,202 | 2,091 | 1,989 | 1,266 | 983 |
Food away from home |
3,154 | 4,121 | 3,618 | 4,655 | 3,783 | 4,863 | 4,835 | 3,753 | 2,309 | 2,190 |
Alcoholic beverages |
484 | 583 | 642 | 541 | 557 | 568 | 491 | 493 | 200 | 408 |
Housing |
18,886 | 23,365 | 20,662 | 25,988 | 27,517 | 27,470 | 22,712 | 22,733 | 15,775 | 14,500 |
Shelter |
11,128 | 13,265 | 11,643 | 14,906 | 15,286 | 16,164 | 12,670 | 12,495 | 9,201 | 9,098 |
Owned dwellings |
6,295 | 9,226 | 8,236 | 10,378 | 9,966 | 11,172 | 9,354 | 7,844 | 3,185 | 3,564 |
Rented dwellings |
4,035 | 2,810 | 1,968 | 3,430 | 4,718 | 3,697 | 2,242 | 3,812 | 5,812 | 5,123 |
Other lodging |
798 | 1,229 | 1,439 | 1,097 | 602 | 1,295 | 1,074 | 839 | 205 | 411 |
Utilities, fuels, and public services |
3,884 | 4,817 | 4,325 | 5,141 | 4,009 | 5,205 | 5,710 | 5,628 | 3,480 | 2,950 |
Household operations |
1,384 | 1,893 | 1,262 | 2,546 | 5,244 | 2,456 | 1,092 | 1,500 | 1,357 | 852 |
Housekeeping supplies |
660 | 864 | 853 | 870 | 754 | 893 | 902 | 886 | 463 | 458 |
Household furnishings and equipment |
1,829 | 2,526 | 2,578 | 2,524 | 2,224 | 2,751 | 2,338 | 2,224 | 1,274 | 1,142 |
Apparel and services |
1,803 | 2,297 | 1,639 | 2,923 | 2,810 | 3,252 | 2,465 | 2,260 | 1,914 | 1,248 |
Transportation |
9,049 | 11,940 | 11,159 | 12,757 | 10,695 | 13,000 | 13,586 | 11,428 | 6,825 | 6,247 |
Vehicle purchases (net outlay) |
3,634 | 4,882 | 4,774 | 5,174 | 4,226 | 5,277 | 5,572 | 3,714 | 3,066 | 2,388 |
Gasoline and motor oil |
1,909 | 2,489 | 2,083 | 2,797 | 2,268 | 2,869 | 2,995 | 2,922 | 1,582 | 1,336 |
Other vehicle expenses |
2,884 | 3,704 | 3,439 | 3,884 | 3,501 | 3,859 | 4,148 | 4,129 | 1,877 | 2,120 |
Public and other transportation |
623 | 866 | 863 | 902 | 700 | 995 | 871 | 663 | 299 | 404 |
Healthcare |
4,612 | 6,369 | 7,062 | 5,782 | 5,086 | 5,696 | 6,333 | 5,998 | 2,218 | 3,029 |
Entertainment |
2,913 | 3,829 | 3,620 | 4,143 | 3,241 | 4,999 | 3,315 | 3,101 | 2,002 | 2,037 |
Personal care products and services |
707 | 904 | 860 | 958 | 686 | 1,023 | 1,013 | 832 | 615 | 504 |
Reading |
118 | 147 | 174 | 123 | 119 | 114 | 140 | 134 | 41 | 95 |
Education |
1,329 | 1,838 | 1,319 | 2,398 | 1,032 | 2,654 | 2,799 | 1,370 | 990 | 831 |
Tobacco products and smoking supplies |
337 | 335 | 297 | 333 | 232 | 292 | 459 | 567 | 311 | 342 |
Miscellaneous |
959 | 1,176 | 1,038 | 1,277 | 1,000 | 1,279 | 1,436 | 1,352 | 788 | 750 |
Cash contributions |
2,081 | 2,351 | 2,756 | 2,052 | 1,555 | 2,167 | 2,164 | 1,875 | 1,233 | 1,891 |
Personal insurance and pensions |
6,831 | 9,702 | 7,848 | 11,624 | 10,853 | 11,762 | 11,861 | 8,534 | 3,460 | 4,190 |
Life and other personal insurance |
322 | 500 | 502 | 501 | 280 | 537 | 574 | 489 | 189 | 150 |
Pensions and Social Security |
6,509 | 9,202 | 7,346 | 11,123 | 10,572 | 11,225 | 11,287 | 8,045 | 3,271 | 4,041 |
Footnotes: (1) No data reported. (2) Value is too small to display. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
Item | All consumer units | Single consumers | Consumer units of two or more people | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No earner | One earner | No earner | One earner | Two earners | Three or more earners | ||
Number of consumer units (in thousands) |
129,549 | 16,870 | 21,587 | 12,539 | 25,557 | 41,706 | 11,289 |
Consumer unit characteristics: |
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Income before taxes |
$74,664 | $19,447 | $49,241 | $33,392 | $68,444 | $109,159 | $138,283 |
Age of reference person |
50.9 | 68.5 | 44.3 | 66.6 | 49.1 | 44.4 | 48.1 |
Average number in consumer unit: |
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People |
2.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.4 |
Children under 18 |
.6 | (1) | (1) | .3 | 1.0 | .9 | 1.0 |
Adults 65 and older |
.4 | .7 | .1 | 1.3 | .4 | .1 | .2 |
Earners |
1.3 | (1) | 1.0 | (1) | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Vehicles |
1.9 | .9 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 3.0 |
Percent homeowner |
62 | 55 | 42 | 77 | 61 | 69 | 74 |
Average annual expenditures |
$57,311 | $28,438 | $40,438 | $44,940 | $58,176 | $73,922 | $82,951 |
Food |
7,203 | 3,291 | 4,228 | 6,527 | 7,543 | 9,148 | 11,460 |
Food at home |
4,049 | 2,135 | 1,986 | 4,171 | 4,561 | 4,937 | 6,170 |
Cereals and bakery products |
524 | 276 | 242 | 556 | 600 | 636 | 803 |
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs |
890 | 482 | 395 | 921 | 1,016 | 1,078 | 1,414 |
Dairy products |
410 | 230 | 202 | 417 | 456 | 506 | 594 |
Fruits and vegetables |
783 | 392 | 380 | 796 | 902 | 945 | 1,232 |
Other food at home |
1,442 | 755 | 767 | 1,482 | 1,587 | 1,772 | 2,127 |
Food away from home |
3,154 | 1,157 | 2,242 | 2,356 | 2,983 | 4,212 | 5,290 |
Alcoholic beverages |
484 | 196 | 478 | 339 | 376 | 664 | 673 |
Housing |
18,886 | 11,892 | 14,084 | 15,286 | 19,731 | 23,411 | 23,824 |
Shelter |
11,128 | 7,350 | 9,360 | 8,137 | 11,379 | 13,636 | 13,642 |
Owned dwellings |
6,295 | 3,064 | 3,494 | 5,290 | 6,314 | 8,650 | 8,856 |
Rented dwellings |
4,035 | 3,962 | 5,404 | 2,002 | 4,194 | 3,936 | 3,786 |
Other lodging |
798 | 324 | 462 | 845 | 872 | 1,049 | 1,001 |
Utilities, fuels, and public services |
3,884 | 2,333 | 2,464 | 3,876 | 4,191 | 4,567 | 5,707 |
Household operations |
1,384 | 1,003 | 702 | 1,014 | 1,360 | 2,081 | 1,145 |
Housekeeping supplies |
660 | 388 | 402 | 736 | 714 | 776 | 913 |
Household furnishings and equipment |
1,829 | 818 | 1,155 | 1,522 | 2,087 | 2,350 | 2,418 |
Apparel and services |
1,803 | 780 | 1,197 | 1,245 | 1,963 | 2,334 | 2,759 |
Transportation |
9,049 | 3,429 | 5,774 | 7,646 | 9,290 | 11,985 | 13,903 |
Vehicle purchases (net outlay) |
3,634 | 1,209 | 1,950 | 3,334 | 3,869 | 4,894 | 5,623 |
Gasoline and motor oil |
1,909 | 644 | 1,291 | 1,380 | 1,997 | 2,529 | 3,077 |
Other vehicle expenses |
2,884 | 1,366 | 2,012 | 2,472 | 2,780 | 3,750 | 4,337 |
Public and other transportation |
623 | 211 | 522 | 460 | 643 | 811 | 866 |
Healthcare |
4,612 | 3,335 | 2,476 | 6,387 | 4,878 | 5,248 | 5,673 |
Entertainment |
2,913 | 1,406 | 1,919 | 2,367 | 3,113 | 3,830 | 3,784 |
Personal care products and services |
707 | 361 | 489 | 628 | 713 | 905 | 973 |
Reading |
118 | 100 | 110 | 172 | 103 | 115 | 155 |
Education |
1,329 | 663 | 833 | 311 | 1,214 | 1,809 | 2,885 |
Tobacco products and smoking supplies |
337 | 220 | 262 | 304 | 365 | 363 | 533 |
Miscellaneous |
959 | 594 | 799 | 554 | 1,209 | 1,142 | 1,020 |
Cash contributions |
2,081 | 1,633 | 2,750 | 1,974 | 1,970 | 1,948 | 2,331 |
Personal insurance and pensions |
6,831 | 538 | 5,040 | 1,199 | 5,710 | 11,020 | 12,976 |
Life and other personal insurance |
322 | 128 | 150 | 329 | 364 | 405 | 527 |
Pensions and Social Security |
6,509 | 410 | 4,890 | 869 | 5,345 | 10,615 | 12,449 |
Footnotes: (1) Not applicable. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
Item | All consumer units | Housing tenure | Type of area | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Homeowner | Renter | Urban | Rural | ||||||
Total | Homeowner with mortgage | Homeowner without mortgage | Total | Central city | Other urban | ||||
Number of consumer units (in thousands) |
129,549 | 80,836 | 46,325 | 34,512 | 48,713 | 118,551 | 47,450 | 71,101 | 10,998 |
Consumer unit characteristics: |
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Income before taxes |
$74,664 | $92,081 | $109,022 | $69,341 | $45,762 | $75,215 | $68,832 | $79,474 | $68,734 |
Age of reference person |
50.9 | 55.4 | 49.6 | 63.1 | 43.6 | 50.5 | 48.2 | 52.1 | 55.4 |
Average number in consumer unit: |
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People |
2.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
Children under 18 |
.6 | .6 | .8 | .3 | .6 | .6 | .6 | .6 | .5 |
Adults 65 and older |
.4 | .5 | .3 | .8 | .2 | .4 | .3 | .4 | .5 |
Earners |
1.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
Vehicles |
1.9 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
Percent homeowner |
62 | 100 | 100 | 100 | (1) | 61 | 49 | 68 | 82 |
Average annual expenditures |
$57,311 | $66,719 | $76,898 | $52,316 | $41,711 | $58,255 | $53,669 | $61,303 | $47,255 |
Food |
7,203 | 8,126 | 8,881 | 6,751 | 5,676 | 7,332 | 6,692 | 7,754 | 5,898 |
Food at home |
4,049 | 4,529 | 4,802 | 4,015 | 3,254 | 4,083 | 3,608 | 4,396 | 3,707 |
Cereals and bakery products |
524 | 583 | 614 | 525 | 427 | 532 | 462 | 577 | 453 |
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs |
890 | 967 | 1,004 | 898 | 762 | 894 | 796 | 957 | 854 |
Dairy products |
410 | 464 | 493 | 409 | 320 | 410 | 366 | 439 | 406 |
Fruits and vegetables |
783 | 878 | 932 | 774 | 626 | 801 | 718 | 855 | 605 |
Other food at home |
1,442 | 1,637 | 1,759 | 1,409 | 1,120 | 1,447 | 1,265 | 1,567 | 1,389 |
Food away from home |
3,154 | 3,596 | 4,079 | 2,736 | 2,422 | 3,249 | 3,084 | 3,358 | 2,191 |
Alcoholic beverages |
484 | 551 | 627 | 417 | 372 | 508 | 498 | 515 | 236 |
Housing |
18,886 | 20,680 | 25,295 | 14,436 | 15,911 | 19,506 | 18,285 | 20,319 | 12,201 |
Shelter |
11,128 | 11,242 | 14,905 | 6,324 | 10,940 | 11,667 | 11,289 | 11,919 | 5,321 |
Owned dwellings |
6,295 | 10,040 | 13,668 | 5,171 | 82 | 6,523 | 5,100 | 7,473 | 3,838 |
Rented dwellings |
4,035 | 104 | 90 | 123 | 10,557 | 4,321 | 5,438 | 3,576 | 945 |
Other lodging |
798 | 1,097 | 1,147 | 1,030 | 301 | 822 | 751 | 869 | 539 |
Utilities, fuels, and public services |
3,884 | 4,633 | 4,980 | 4,169 | 2,640 | 3,882 | 3,494 | 4,141 | 3,907 |
Household operations |
1,384 | 1,730 | 2,049 | 1,300 | 809 | 1,440 | 1,353 | 1,498 | 782 |
Housekeeping supplies |
660 | 808 | 804 | 817 | 416 | 658 | 587 | 705 | 683 |
Household furnishings and equipment |
1,829 | 2,266 | 2,558 | 1,826 | 1,106 | 1,859 | 1,562 | 2,057 | 1,509 |
Apparel and services |
1,803 | 1,934 | 2,262 | 1,369 | 1,585 | 1,831 | 1,860 | 1,812 | 1,504 |
Transportation |
9,049 | 10,705 | 12,241 | 8,591 | 6,304 | 8,956 | 7,798 | 9,727 | 10,047 |
Vehicle purchases (net outlay) |
3,634 | 4,366 | 5,017 | 3,492 | 2,419 | 3,526 | 2,953 | 3,909 | 4,793 |
Gasoline and motor oil |
1,909 | 2,199 | 2,490 | 1,808 | 1,427 | 1,883 | 1,599 | 2,072 | 2,191 |
Other vehicle expenses |
2,884 | 3,416 | 3,875 | 2,748 | 2,002 | 2,888 | 2,530 | 3,125 | 2,825 |
Public and other transportation |
623 | 724 | 859 | 543 | 455 | 659 | 716 | 621 | 238 |
Healthcare |
4,612 | 5,867 | 5,818 | 5,926 | 2,529 | 4,599 | 3,866 | 5,087 | 4,755 |
Entertainment |
2,913 | 3,610 | 4,142 | 2,799 | 1,757 | 2,930 | 2,664 | 3,106 | 2,736 |
Personal care products and services |
707 | 819 | 904 | 686 | 520 | 726 | 690 | 750 | 505 |
Reading |
118 | 146 | 138 | 168 | 71 | 121 | 105 | 131 | 90 |
Education |
1,329 | 1,452 | 1,839 | 931 | 1,123 | 1,409 | 1,507 | 1,344 | 459 |
Tobacco products and smoking supplies |
337 | 319 | 320 | 319 | 367 | 318 | 276 | 346 | 547 |
Miscellaneous |
959 | 1,189 | 1,345 | 974 | 579 | 927 | 794 | 1,016 | 1,301 |
Cash contributions |
2,081 | 2,694 | 2,310 | 3,210 | 1,063 | 2,102 | 2,158 | 2,065 | 1,852 |
Personal insurance and pensions |
6,831 | 8,625 | 10,775 | 5,740 | 3,853 | 6,989 | 6,478 | 7,331 | 5,124 |
Life and other personal insurance |
322 | 446 | 515 | 354 | 115 | 321 | 265 | 359 | 330 |
Pensions and Social Security |
6,509 | 8,179 | 10,260 | 5,385 | 3,737 | 6,668 | 6,213 | 6,972 | 4,794 |
Footnotes: (1) Not applicable. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
Item | All consumer units | Northeast | Midwest | South | West |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of consumer units (in thousands) |
129,549 | 23,559 | 27,743 | 49,829 | 28,419 |
Consumer unit characteristics: |
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Income before taxes |
$74,664 | $78,679 | $69,426 | $67,731 | $88,606 |
Age of reference person |
50.9 | 52.4 | 51.2 | 50.8 | 49.7 |
Average number in consumer unit: |
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People |
2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
Children under 18 |
.6 | .5 | .6 | .6 | .7 |
Adults 65 and older |
.4 | .4 | .4 | .4 | .4 |
Earners |
1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
Vehicles |
1.9 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
Percent homeowner |
62 | 59 | 66 | 64 | 58 |
Average annual expenditures |
$57,311 | $60,784 | $54,907 | $52,674 | $64,833 |
Food |
7,203 | 7,159 | 7,062 | 6,727 | 8,173 |
Food at home |
4,049 | 4,127 | 3,952 | 3,796 | 4,504 |
Cereals and bakery products |
524 | 558 | 525 | 485 | 564 |
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs |
890 | 926 | 819 | 863 | 972 |
Dairy products |
410 | 440 | 418 | 362 | 459 |
Fruits and vegetables |
783 | 829 | 738 | 711 | 909 |
Other food at home |
1,442 | 1,373 | 1,452 | 1,375 | 1,600 |
Food away from home |
3,154 | 3,032 | 3,110 | 2,931 | 3,669 |
Alcoholic beverages |
484 | 567 | 490 | 388 | 576 |
Housing |
18,886 | 21,462 | 17,007 | 16,961 | 21,944 |
Shelter |
11,128 | 13,514 | 9,562 | 9,439 | 13,640 |
Owned dwellings |
6,295 | 7,760 | 5,942 | 5,404 | 6,990 |
Rented dwellings |
4,035 | 4,726 | 2,944 | 3,318 | 5,784 |
Other lodging |
798 | 1,029 | 676 | 718 | 866 |
Utilities, fuels, and public services |
3,884 | 3,995 | 3,781 | 3,923 | 3,824 |
Household operations |
1,384 | 1,563 | 1,177 | 1,323 | 1,543 |
Housekeeping supplies |
660 | 630 | 693 | 646 | 678 |
Household furnishings and equipment |
1,829 | 1,759 | 1,793 | 1,630 | 2,259 |
Apparel and services |
1,803 | 1,951 | 1,644 | 1,711 | 1,987 |
Transportation |
9,049 | 8,128 | 8,556 | 9,298 | 9,855 |
Vehicle purchases (net outlay) |
3,634 | 2,696 | 3,389 | 4,167 | 3,716 |
Gasoline and motor oil |
1,909 | 1,591 | 1,885 | 1,946 | 2,131 |
Other vehicle expenses |
2,884 | 2,953 | 2,796 | 2,751 | 3,142 |
Public and other transportation |
623 | 888 | 487 | 435 | 866 |
Healthcare |
4,612 | 4,655 | 4,959 | 4,277 | 4,823 |
Entertainment |
2,913 | 2,783 | 3,034 | 2,661 | 3,342 |
Personal care products and services |
707 | 715 | 687 | 643 | 827 |
Reading |
118 | 95 | 121 | 96 | 171 |
Education |
1,329 | 1,949 | 1,225 | 1,020 | 1,456 |
Tobacco products and smoking supplies |
337 | 367 | 411 | 335 | 244 |
Miscellaneous |
959 | 1,001 | 1,079 | 711 | 1,245 |
Cash contributions |
2,081 | 2,845 | 1,874 | 1,718 | 2,285 |
Personal insurance and pensions |
6,831 | 7,110 | 6,758 | 6,126 | 7,906 |
Life and other personal insurance |
322 | 369 | 366 | 292 | 293 |
Pensions and Social Security |
6,509 | 6,740 | 6,392 | 5,835 | 7,613 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
Item | All consumer units | Self-employed workers | Wage and salary earners | Retired | All other, including not reporting | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total wage and salary earners | Managers and professionals | Technical, sales and clerical workers | Service workers | Construction workers and mechanics | Operators, fabricators and laborers | |||||
Number of consumer units (in thousands) |
129,549 | 8,217 | 78,980 | 31,667 | 19,426 | 16,631 | 3,830 | 7,426 | 25,085 | 17,268 |
Consumer unit characteristics: |
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Income before taxes |
$74,664 | $136,997 | $86,207 | $115,329 | $69,926 | $55,871 | $66,548 | $82,695 | $39,538 | $43,236 |
Age of reference person |
50.9 | 50.4 | 44.3 | 44.7 | 43.4 | 43.7 | 44.8 | 45.5 | 73.7 | 48.5 |
Average number in consumer unit: |
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People |
2.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 2.7 |
Children under 18 |
.6 | .7 | .7 | .7 | .7 | .7 | .8 | .7 | .1 | .8 |
Adults 65 and older |
.4 | .3 | .1 | .1 | .1 | .2 | .1 | .2 | 1.2 | .2 |
Earners |
1.3 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | .2 | .6 |
Vehicles |
1.9 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
Percent homeowner |
62 | 76 | 59 | 68 | 55 | 47 | 55 | 58 | 79 | 48 |
Average annual expenditures |
$57,311 | $83,717 | $62,025 | $79,493 | $55,935 | $44,917 | $49,163 | $48,700 | $44,025 | $42,605 |
Food |
7,203 | 8,835 | 7,789 | 9,625 | 7,444 | 5,933 | 6,578 | 5,828 | 5,791 | 5,856 |
Food at home |
4,049 | 4,787 | 4,161 | 4,882 | 3,962 | 3,454 | 3,767 | 3,488 | 3,603 | 3,855 |
Cereals and bakery products |
524 | 601 | 536 | 634 | 505 | 459 | 441 | 444 | 473 | 511 |
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs |
890 | 1,036 | 905 | 1,035 | 860 | 745 | 913 | 838 | 801 | 885 |
Dairy products |
410 | 483 | 420 | 504 | 404 | 328 | 372 | 347 | 363 | 397 |
Fruits and vegetables |
783 | 953 | 811 | 977 | 732 | 698 | 766 | 626 | 705 | 689 |
Other food at home |
1,442 | 1,715 | 1,488 | 1,732 | 1,462 | 1,224 | 1,275 | 1,233 | 1,261 | 1,374 |
Food away from home |
3,154 | 4,047 | 3,628 | 4,743 | 3,482 | 2,479 | 2,811 | 2,340 | 2,188 | 2,001 |
Alcoholic beverages |
484 | 753 | 549 | 738 | 518 | 324 | 496 | 368 | 358 | 247 |
Housing |
18,886 | 25,571 | 20,063 | 24,822 | 18,408 | 15,969 | 16,906 | 14,958 | 15,674 | 14,997 |
Shelter |
11,128 | 14,909 | 11,973 | 14,926 | 10,966 | 9,668 | 9,695 | 8,356 | 8,816 | 8,823 |
Owned dwellings |
6,295 | 10,235 | 6,641 | 9,257 | 5,694 | 4,185 | 5,069 | 4,274 | 5,509 | 3,983 |
Rented dwellings |
4,035 | 3,007 | 4,568 | 4,439 | 4,775 | 5,065 | 4,241 | 3,635 | 2,563 | 4,222 |
Other lodging |
798 | 1,667 | 764 | 1,230 | 497 | 418 | 385 | 447 | 744 | 618 |
Utilities, fuels, and public services |
3,884 | 4,700 | 4,004 | 4,403 | 3,793 | 3,577 | 4,007 | 3,812 | 3,536 | 3,452 |
Household operations |
1,384 | 2,088 | 1,479 | 2,106 | 1,265 | 885 | 971 | 959 | 1,165 | 933 |
Housekeeping supplies |
660 | 896 | 655 | 804 | 605 | 508 | 710 | 472 | 675 | 553 |
Household furnishings and equipment |
1,829 | 2,979 | 1,952 | 2,583 | 1,780 | 1,331 | 1,523 | 1,360 | 1,483 | 1,236 |
Apparel and services |
1,803 | 2,878 | 1,982 | 2,541 | 1,895 | 1,409 | 1,400 | 1,451 | 1,187 | 1,388 |
Transportation |
9,049 | 10,962 | 10,073 | 11,830 | 9,607 | 7,886 | 8,497 | 9,444 | 6,664 | 6,927 |
Vehicle purchases (net outlay) |
3,634 | 3,557 | 4,100 | 4,872 | 3,775 | 3,121 | 3,086 | 4,370 | 2,553 | 3,110 |
Gasoline and motor oil |
1,909 | 2,485 | 2,146 | 2,317 | 1,971 | 1,911 | 2,352 | 2,296 | 1,219 | 1,553 |
Other vehicle expenses |
2,884 | 3,811 | 3,157 | 3,594 | 3,387 | 2,435 | 2,794 | 2,425 | 2,434 | 1,852 |
Public and other transportation |
623 | 1,110 | 671 | 1,048 | 474 | 419 | 265 | 353 | 458 | 412 |
Healthcare |
4,612 | 6,485 | 4,238 | 5,388 | 3,989 | 2,899 | 3,212 | 3,515 | 6,038 | 3,356 |
Entertainment |
2,913 | 4,010 | 3,133 | 4,114 | 2,876 | 2,160 | 2,526 | 2,133 | 2,342 | 2,223 |
Personal care products and services |
707 | 1,041 | 753 | 996 | 712 | 518 | 554 | 465 | 610 | 482 |
Reading |
118 | 136 | 111 | 161 | 93 | 66 | 69 | 74 | 170 | 63 |
Education |
1,329 | 2,847 | 1,516 | 2,300 | 1,178 | 915 | 419 | 974 | 195 | 1,397 |
Tobacco products and smoking supplies |
337 | 334 | 346 | 264 | 396 | 305 | 566 | 540 | 218 | 473 |
Miscellaneous |
959 | 1,610 | 1,000 | 1,290 | 1,031 | 653 | 456 | 749 | 700 | 844 |
Cash contributions |
2,081 | 3,069 | 2,109 | 3,441 | 1,311 | 896 | 1,455 | 1,568 | 2,281 | 1,193 |
Personal insurance and pensions |
6,831 | 15,187 | 8,363 | 11,984 | 6,476 | 4,984 | 6,029 | 6,633 | 1,797 | 3,158 |
Life and other personal insurance |
322 | 619 | 318 | 436 | 293 | 179 | 227 | 238 | 313 | 210 |
Pensions and Social Security |
6,509 | 14,568 | 8,045 | 11,548 | 6,183 | 4,805 | 5,802 | 6,395 | 1,484 | 2,947 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
Item | All consumer units | Less than college graduate | College graduate | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Less than high school graduate | High school graduate | High school graduate with some college | Associate's degree | Total | Bachelor's degree | Master's, professional, doctoral degree | ||
Number of consumer units (in thousands) |
129,549 | 76,929 | 8,882 | 26,204 | 27,478 | 14,365 | 52,620 | 30,888 | 21,732 |
Consumer unit characteristics: |
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Income before taxes |
$74,664 | $46,779 | $27,926 | $40,272 | $51,063 | $62,112 | $115,432 | $100,224 | $137,048 |
Age of reference person |
50.9 | 51.8 | 57.3 | 53.4 | 49.3 | 50.1 | 49.7 | 48.7 | 51.1 |
Average number in consumer unit: |
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People |
2.5 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
Children under 18 |
.6 | .6 | .6 | .6 | .6 | .7 | .6 | .6 | .7 |
Adults 65 and older |
.4 | .4 | .5 | .4 | .4 | .3 | .3 | .3 | .4 |
Earners |
1.3 | 1.2 | .7 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
Vehicles |
1.9 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
Percent homeowner |
62 | 56 | 44 | 55 | 55 | 66 | 72 | 69 | 77 |
Average annual expenditures |
$57,311 | $42,173 | $27,291 | $37,134 | $45,510 | $54,073 | $79,285 | $69,305 | $93,509 |
Food |
7,203 | 5,783 | 4,553 | 5,032 | 6,207 | 7,057 | 9,207 | 8,351 | 10,440 |
Food at home |
4,049 | 3,503 | 3,054 | 3,249 | 3,573 | 4,098 | 4,816 | 4,506 | 5,263 |
Cereals and bakery products |
524 | 459 | 387 | 421 | 482 | 526 | 616 | 577 | 672 |
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs |
890 | 806 | 800 | 778 | 790 | 892 | 1,008 | 976 | 1,053 |
Dairy products |
410 | 349 | 312 | 315 | 359 | 413 | 495 | 460 | 546 |
Fruits and vegetables |
783 | 632 | 568 | 584 | 637 | 745 | 995 | 890 | 1,147 |
Other food at home |
1,442 | 1,257 | 986 | 1,151 | 1,304 | 1,522 | 1,702 | 1,603 | 1,846 |
Food away from home |
3,154 | 2,280 | 1,499 | 1,784 | 2,634 | 2,959 | 4,391 | 3,845 | 5,177 |
Alcoholic beverages |
484 | 311 | 189 | 197 | 385 | 448 | 728 | 591 | 924 |
Housing |
18,886 | 14,368 | 10,694 | 13,202 | 15,164 | 17,228 | 25,469 | 22,763 | 29,320 |
Shelter |
11,128 | 8,168 | 6,372 | 7,521 | 8,568 | 9,689 | 15,456 | 13,919 | 17,641 |
Owned dwellings |
6,295 | 3,897 | 2,162 | 3,278 | 4,142 | 5,632 | 9,802 | 8,430 | 11,752 |
Rented dwellings |
4,035 | 3,921 | 4,101 | 3,974 | 4,019 | 3,525 | 4,201 | 4,464 | 3,827 |
Other lodging |
798 | 349 | 109 | 270 | 407 | 533 | 1,454 | 1,025 | 2,062 |
Utilities, fuels, and public services |
3,884 | 3,501 | 2,612 | 3,403 | 3,599 | 4,041 | 4,444 | 4,229 | 4,750 |
Household operations |
1,384 | 844 | 500 | 717 | 953 | 1,078 | 2,173 | 1,664 | 2,896 |
Housekeeping supplies |
660 | 558 | 457 | 490 | 592 | 674 | 805 | 723 | 922 |
Household furnishings and equipment |
1,829 | 1,298 | 755 | 1,071 | 1,451 | 1,745 | 2,591 | 2,228 | 3,111 |
Apparel and services |
1,803 | 1,357 | 1,227 | 1,073 | 1,468 | 1,729 | 2,435 | 2,128 | 2,875 |
Transportation |
9,049 | 7,392 | 3,946 | 6,616 | 7,785 | 10,180 | 11,465 | 10,454 | 12,904 |
Vehicle purchases (net outlay) |
3,634 | 3,000 | 1,411 | 2,767 | 3,006 | 4,398 | 4,560 | 4,239 | 5,017 |
Gasoline and motor oil |
1,909 | 1,736 | 1,113 | 1,625 | 1,833 | 2,136 | 2,162 | 2,090 | 2,265 |
Other vehicle expenses |
2,884 | 2,392 | 1,197 | 2,058 | 2,628 | 3,278 | 3,597 | 3,249 | 4,095 |
Public and other transportation |
623 | 265 | 225 | 166 | 317 | 368 | 1,146 | 877 | 1,527 |
Healthcare |
4,612 | 3,628 | 2,266 | 3,441 | 3,685 | 4,699 | 6,047 | 5,360 | 7,024 |
Entertainment |
2,913 | 2,045 | 1,099 | 1,691 | 2,345 | 2,684 | 4,165 | 3,676 | 4,864 |
Personal care products and services |
707 | 524 | 316 | 423 | 579 | 726 | 969 | 858 | 1,128 |
Reading |
118 | 70 | 30 | 65 | 80 | 83 | 187 | 138 | 256 |
Education |
1,329 | 606 | 57 | 305 | 1,021 | 699 | 2,385 | 1,745 | 3,294 |
Tobacco products and smoking supplies |
337 | 445 | 366 | 490 | 449 | 402 | 180 | 220 | 124 |
Miscellaneous |
959 | 732 | 349 | 720 | 752 | 956 | 1,291 | 1,195 | 1,427 |
Cash contributions |
2,081 | 1,127 | 496 | 823 | 1,417 | 1,516 | 3,475 | 2,484 | 4,883 |
Personal insurance and pensions |
6,831 | 3,786 | 1,704 | 3,055 | 4,173 | 5,666 | 11,283 | 9,340 | 14,044 |
Life and other personal insurance |
322 | 210 | 132 | 183 | 221 | 287 | 485 | 389 | 622 |
Pensions and Social Security |
6,509 | 3,575 | 1,572 | 2,871 | 3,951 | 5,379 | 10,798 | 8,952 | 13,422 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
Item | All consumer units | White and all other races, and Asian | Black or African-American | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | White and all other races(1) | Asian | ||||
Number of consumer units (in thousands) |
129,549 | 112,562 | 106,931 | 5,631 | 16,987 | |
Consumer unit characteristics: |
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Income before taxes |
$74,664 | $78,249 | $77,357 | $95,173 | $50,914 | |
Age of reference person |
50.9 | 51.3 | 51.7 | 43.5 | 48.7 | |
Average number in consumer unit: |
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People |
2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.4 | |
Children under 18 |
.6 | .6 | .6 | .7 | .6 | |
Adults 65 and older |
.4 | .4 | .4 | .2 | .3 | |
Earners |
1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.2 | |
Vehicles |
1.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.2 | |
Percent homeowner |
62 | 66 | 66 | 54 | 41 | |
Average annual expenditures |
$57,311 | $59,588 | $59,182 | $67,267 | $42,127 | |
Food |
7,203 | 7,486 | 7,442 | 8,230 | 5,284 | |
Food at home |
4,049 | 4,204 | 4,199 | 4,288 | 2,996 | |
Cereals and bakery products |
524 | 542 | 540 | 580 | 405 | |
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs |
890 | 904 | 897 | 1,014 | 796 | |
Dairy products |
410 | 437 | 443 | 336 | 226 | |
Fruits and vegetables |
783 | 812 | 801 | 988 | 583 | |
Other food at home |
1,442 | 1,509 | 1,518 | 1,370 | 986 | |
Food away from home |
3,154 | 3,282 | 3,243 | 3,942 | 2,288 | |
Alcoholic beverages |
484 | 513 | 524 | 342 | 285 | |
Housing |
18,886 | 19,461 | 19,226 | 24,002 | 15,055 | |
Shelter |
11,128 | 11,446 | 11,193 | 16,249 | 9,021 | |
Owned dwellings |
6,295 | 6,721 | 6,576 | 9,473 | 3,473 | |
Rented dwellings |
4,035 | 3,858 | 3,751 | 5,907 | 5,202 | |
Other lodging |
798 | 866 | 866 | 868 | 345 | |
Utilities, fuels, and public services |
3,884 | 3,922 | 3,941 | 3,555 | 3,632 | |
Household operations |
1,384 | 1,458 | 1,431 | 1,971 | 893 | |
Housekeeping supplies |
660 | 689 | 700 | 510 | 467 | |
Household furnishings and equipment |
1,829 | 1,946 | 1,960 | 1,718 | 1,042 | |
Apparel and services |
1,803 | 1,835 | 1,808 | 2,290 | 1,580 | |
Transportation |
9,049 | 9,305 | 9,278 | 9,771 | 7,352 | |
Vehicle purchases (net outlay) |
3,634 | 3,704 | 3,719 | 3,419 | 3,172 | |
Gasoline and motor oil |
1,909 | 1,959 | 1,958 | 1,974 | 1,578 | |
Other vehicle expenses |
2,884 | 2,991 | 2,983 | 3,111 | 2,169 | |
Public and other transportation |
623 | 651 | 619 | 1,266 | 434 | |
Healthcare |
4,612 | 4,911 | 4,939 | 4,397 | 2,625 | |
Entertainment |
2,913 | 3,094 | 3,133 | 2,418 | 1,702 | |
Personal care products and services |
707 | 725 | 727 | 689 | 580 | |
Reading |
118 | 128 | 130 | 91 | 50 | |
Education |
1,329 | 1,391 | 1,315 | 2,825 | 916 | |
Tobacco products and smoking supplies |
337 | 350 | 361 | 148 | 250 | |
Miscellaneous |
959 | 1,010 | 1,014 | 929 | 625 | |
Cash contributions |
2,081 | 2,190 | 2,221 | 1,603 | 1,358 | |
Personal insurance and pensions |
6,831 | 7,188 | 7,065 | 9,533 | 4,464 | |
Life and other personal insurance |
322 | 336 | 339 | 289 | 228 | |
Pensions and Social Security |
6,509 | 6,852 | 6,726 | 9,244 | 4,236 | |
Footnotes: (1) All other races includes Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, American Indian or Alaska Native, and approximately 1 percent reporting more than one race. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
Item | All consumer units | Hispanic or Latino | Not Hispanic or Latino | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | White and all other races | Black or African-American | |||
Number of consumer units (in thousands) |
129,549 | 16,985 | 112,564 | 96,019 | 16,545 |
Consumer unit characteristics: |
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Income before taxes |
$74,664 | $56,073 | $77,470 | $81,992 | $51,227 |
Age of reference person |
50.9 | 44.2 | 51.9 | 52.5 | 48.8 |
Average number in consumer unit: |
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People |
2.5 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
Children under 18 |
.6 | 1.0 | .5 | .5 | .6 |
Adults 65 and older |
.4 | .2 | .4 | .4 | .3 |
Earners |
1.3 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
Vehicles |
1.9 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.2 |
Percent homeowner |
62 | 45 | 65 | 69 | 41 |
Average annual expenditures |
$57,311 | $47,023 | $58,862 | $61,697 | $42,304 |
Food |
7,203 | 6,917 | 7,246 | 7,578 | 5,273 |
Food at home |
4,049 | 4,164 | 4,032 | 4,207 | 2,988 |
Cereals and bakery products |
524 | 524 | 525 | 545 | 401 |
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs |
890 | 1,068 | 863 | 875 | 795 |
Dairy products |
410 | 399 | 411 | 443 | 225 |
Fruits and vegetables |
783 | 880 | 768 | 800 | 583 |
Other food at home |
1,442 | 1,293 | 1,464 | 1,545 | 984 |
Food away from home |
3,154 | 2,753 | 3,214 | 3,371 | 2,285 |
Alcoholic beverages |
484 | 345 | 505 | 542 | 286 |
Housing |
18,886 | 17,102 | 19,155 | 19,853 | 15,081 |
Shelter |
11,128 | 10,234 | 11,263 | 11,650 | 9,017 |
Owned dwellings |
6,295 | 4,065 | 6,632 | 7,171 | 3,505 |
Rented dwellings |
4,035 | 5,866 | 3,758 | 3,517 | 5,159 |
Other lodging |
798 | 304 | 873 | 962 | 353 |
Utilities, fuels, and public services |
3,884 | 3,695 | 3,912 | 3,955 | 3,663 |
Household operations |
1,384 | 929 | 1,453 | 1,549 | 892 |
Housekeeping supplies |
660 | 574 | 673 | 707 | 473 |
Household furnishings and equipment |
1,829 | 1,671 | 1,853 | 1,992 | 1,036 |
Apparel and services |
1,803 | 1,982 | 1,776 | 1,814 | 1,551 |
Transportation |
9,049 | 8,202 | 9,177 | 9,479 | 7,414 |
Vehicle purchases (net outlay) |
3,634 | 3,023 | 3,726 | 3,811 | 3,234 |
Gasoline and motor oil |
1,909 | 2,145 | 1,873 | 1,922 | 1,591 |
Other vehicle expenses |
2,884 | 2,513 | 2,939 | 3,074 | 2,153 |
Public and other transportation |
623 | 521 | 638 | 673 | 436 |
Healthcare |
4,612 | 2,606 | 4,914 | 5,303 | 2,658 |
Entertainment |
2,913 | 1,876 | 3,068 | 3,300 | 1,711 |
Personal care products and services |
707 | 607 | 722 | 745 | 583 |
Reading |
118 | 52 | 128 | 141 | 50 |
Education |
1,329 | 808 | 1,407 | 1,489 | 932 |
Tobacco products and smoking supplies |
337 | 151 | 365 | 384 | 254 |
Miscellaneous |
959 | 708 | 997 | 1,059 | 637 |
Cash contributions |
2,081 | 860 | 2,265 | 2,420 | 1,369 |
Personal insurance and pensions |
6,831 | 4,807 | 7,136 | 7,590 | 4,504 |
Life and other personal insurance |
322 | 141 | 349 | 369 | 233 |
Pensions and Social Security |
6,509 | 4,666 | 6,787 | 7,221 | 4,271 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
Item | All consumer units | Birth year of 1927 or earlier (1) | Birth year from 1928 to 1945 (1) | Birth year from 1946 to 1964 | Birth year from 1965 to 1980 | Birth year of 1981 or later |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of consumer units (in thousands) |
129,549 | 2,331 | 16,880 | 45,087 | 35,578 | 29,675 |
Consumer unit characteristics: |
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Income before taxes |
$74,664 | $31,272 | $40,230 | $79,736 | $95,168 | $65,373 |
Age of reference person |
50.9 | 91.0 | 77.1 | 60.2 | 43.3 | 27.9 |
Average number in consumer unit: |
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People |
2.5 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 2.6 |
Children under 18 |
.6 | (2) | (2) | .2 | 1.2 | .9 |
Adults 65 and older |
.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | .4 | (2) | (2) |
Earners |
1.3 | .1 | .4 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
Vehicles |
1.9 | .8 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.5 |
Percent homeowner |
62 | 63 | 79 | 76 | 62 | 33 |
Average annual expenditures |
$57,311 | $35,344 | $41,763 | $61,204 | $68,532 | $48,576 |
Food |
7,203 | 3,118 | 5,492 | 7,324 | 8,870 | 6,316 |
Food at home |
4,049 | 2,023 | 3,450 | 4,224 | 4,830 | 3,370 |
Cereals and bakery products |
524 | 265 | 457 | 531 | 639 | 438 |
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs |
890 | 336 | 728 | 950 | 1,062 | 734 |
Dairy products |
410 | 219 | 347 | 422 | 490 | 348 |
Fruits and vegetables |
783 | 414 | 701 | 787 | 954 | 650 |
Other food at home |
1,442 | 788 | 1,216 | 1,533 | 1,686 | 1,200 |
Food away from home |
3,154 | 1,095 | 2,042 | 3,100 | 4,040 | 2,946 |
Alcoholic beverages |
484 | 205 | 326 | 518 | 552 | 461 |
Housing |
18,886 | 17,858 | 14,417 | 18,917 | 22,669 | 16,959 |
Shelter |
11,128 | 11,899 | 7,907 | 10,740 | 13,473 | 10,678 |
Owned dwellings |
6,295 | 3,146 | 4,972 | 7,214 | 8,159 | 3,665 |
Rented dwellings |
4,035 | 8,258 | 2,259 | 2,410 | 4,500 | 6,625 |
Other lodging |
798 | 494 | 676 | 1,117 | 814 | 388 |
Utilities, fuels, and public services |
3,884 | 2,622 | 3,455 | 4,220 | 4,466 | 3,020 |
Household operations |
1,384 | 2,195 | 1,114 | 1,150 | 1,811 | 1,316 |
Housekeeping supplies |
660 | 379 | 684 | 764 | 720 | 457 |
Household furnishings and equipment |
1,829 | 764 | 1,258 | 2,043 | 2,200 | 1,488 |
Apparel and services |
1,803 | 615 | 920 | 1,602 | 2,577 | 1,753 |
Transportation |
9,049 | 3,142 | 5,952 | 9,762 | 10,545 | 8,426 |
Vehicle purchases (net outlay) |
3,634 | 1230 (3) | 2,243 | 3,864 | 4,044 | 3,771 |
Gasoline and motor oil |
1,909 | 465 | 1,139 | 1,942 | 2,416 | 1,802 |
Other vehicle expenses |
2,884 | 1,141 | 2,127 | 3,301 | 3,289 | 2,361 |
Public and other transportation |
623 | 306 | 443 | 655 | 795 | 492 |
Healthcare |
4,612 | 5,263 | 6,197 | 5,492 | 4,492 | 2,473 |
Entertainment |
2,913 | 1,223 | 2,114 | 3,144 | 3,613 | 2,311 |
Personal care products and services |
707 | 565 | 602 | 756 | 826 | 563 |
Reading |
118 | 173 | 187 | 130 | 115 | 64 |
Education |
1,329 | 13 (3) | 143 | 1,295 | 1,756 | 1,645 |
Tobacco products and smoking supplies |
337 | 71 (3) | 155 | 386 | 399 | 313 |
Miscellaneous |
959 | 422 | 784 | 1,184 | 1,166 | 518 |
Cash contributions |
2,081 | 1,780 | 2,615 | 2,717 | 1,936 | 1,007 |
Personal insurance and pensions |
6,831 | 894 | 1,856 | 7,976 | 9,015 | 5,768 |
Life and other personal insurance |
322 | 244 | 302 | 447 | 340 | 128 |
Pensions and Social Security |
6,509 | 650 | 1,555 | 7,529 | 8,676 | 5,640 |
Footnotes: (1) Birth year data processed before January 2017 for the Diary survey and April 2017 for the Interview survey had a cutoff date of 1928 instead of 1927. (2) Value is too small to display. (3) Data are likely to have large sampling errors. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
Starting in 1888, the CE was collected approximately every 10 years until 1973; annual collection began in late 1979. The CE’s principal objective is to collect information on the buying habits of U.S. consumers. Consumer expenditure data are used in a variety of research activities by government, business, labor, and academic analysts. In addition, the data are required for the regular revision of the CPI market basket. The CE, which is conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, consists of two survey instruments with independent samples: a Diary Survey and an Interview Survey. The Diary Survey is completed by participating consumer units (CUs) for two consecutive 1-week periods. The Interview Survey records expenditures of CUs obtained in four interviews over the course of 12 months, conducted at 3-month intervals. Results in this report are based on integrated data from both surveys. Survey participants record dollar amounts for goods and services purchased during the reporting period, regardless of whether payment is made at the time of purchase. Expenditure amounts include all sales and excise taxes for items purchased by the consumer unit. All business-related expenditures are excluded from both surveys, as are expenditures for which the CU is reimbursed.
For the Diary survey, the CE Program draws a sample of 12,000 addresses per year, and determines that approximately 10,000 of those addresses are occupied housing units. The other 2,000 addresses are generally nonexistent, nonresidential, or vacant. Then approximately 6,000 of those occupied housing units respond to the survey, and each of those households completes two weekly diaries for a total of 12,000 weekly diaries per year. Likewise, for the Interview survey, the CE Program visits 12,000 addresses per quarter, and determines that 10,000 of those addresses have occupied housing units. Then 6,000 of those occupied housing units respond to the survey for a total of 6,000 quarterly interviews per quarter. With the rotating panel, some CUs rotate out of the survey each quarter, while others rotate in. Each CU is interviewed once per quarter, for four consecutive quarters. Data are collected on an ongoing basis in 91 geographic areas of the United States.
The Interview Survey is designed to capture expenditure data that respondents can reasonably recall for a period of 3 months or longer. In general, these expenditures are relatively large, such as expenditures for real property, automobiles, and major appliances, or they occur on a regular basis, such as rent, utility payments, and insurance premiums. The Interview Survey also collects data on expenditures incurred on leisure trips. Including broad estimates of food spending, it is estimated that about 95 percent of expenditures are covered in the Interview Survey. Nonprescription drugs, household supplies, and personal care items are excluded.
The Diary Survey is designed to capture expenditures on small, frequently purchased items that are normally more difficult for respondents to recall buying over an extended period. Detailed entries of expenses are kept for food and beverages—consumed either at home or in eating places—and for tobacco, housekeeping supplies, nonprescription drugs, personal care products and services, most apparel, and any other goods or services purchased within the period. Expenditures incurred by members of the CU while away from home overnight or longer are excluded from the Diary Survey. Although this survey was designed to collect information on expenditures that could not be recalled easily over an extended period, respondents are asked to report all expenses (except those spent while traveling overnight that the consumer unit incurs during the survey week.)
Integrated data from the Diary and Interview Surveys provide a complete accounting of consumer expenditures and income that neither survey is designed to do on its own. Data on some expenditure items are collected in only one of the surveys. For example, the Diary Survey does not collect information on reimbursements, whereas the Interview Survey does. Examples of expenditures for which reimbursements are excluded from the Diary Survey are medical care; automobile repairs; and construction, repairs, alterations, and maintenance of property. For items that are unique to one survey or the other, the choice of which survey to use as the source of data is obvious. However, there is considerable overlap in coverage between the surveys, and integrating the data involves a determination of the appropriate survey from which to select specific expenditure items. When data are available from both surveys, the more reliable of the two as determined by statistical methods is selected. As a result, some items are selected from the Interview Survey, others from the Diary Survey. Because of the overlap in the item coverage between the two surveys, the survey source is reviewed every 2 years and statistical methods are used to select the best source. See “CE Source Selection for Publication Tables” in the Consumer Expenditure Survey Anthology, 2011 (BLS Report, no. 1030) for source selection details.
The population and spending coverage of the CE differs from those used by the CPI. The CE data cover the total population including rural areas, whereas the CPI covers only the population in urban and metropolitan areas. Definitions of components also differ between the CE and CPI. For example, homeownership is treated differently in the two surveys: actual expenditures of homeownership are reported in the CE, whereas the CPI uses a rental equivalence approach that estimates the change in the cost of obtaining, in the rental marketplace, services equivalent to those provided by owner-occupied homes. (For an overview of the CPI methodology, see https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/cpihom.pdf.)
Interpreting the data
Expenditures are average dollars spent for CUs with specified characteristics, regardless of whether a particular unit incurred an expense for a specific item during the recordkeeping period. The average expenditure for an item may be considerably lower than the expenditure by the CUs that purchased the item. The less frequently an item is purchased, the greater the difference between the average for all consumer units and the average for those purchasing the item. Similarly, an individual CU may spend more or less than the average, depending on its particular characteristics. Factors such as income, age of family members, geographic location, and personal preference also influence expenditures. In addition, even within groups with similar characteristics, the distribution of expenditures varies substantially. These points should be considered when comparing reported averages to individual circumstances. Users of these survey data should also keep in mind that prices for many goods and services have risen since the survey was conducted. For example, all prices, as measured by the CPI-U, increased 1.3 percent from 2015 (annual average index) to 2016 (not seasonally adjusted). In addition, sample surveys are subject to two types of error: sampling and nonsampling. Sampling errors occur because the data are collected from a sample representing the population, rather than from the entire population. Nonsampling errors result from the inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information, differences in interviewers’ abilities, mistakes in recording or coding, and other processing errors. For additional information on these types of errors see under ‘Sampling and Nonsampling Errors’ https://www.bls.gov/cex/csxfaqs.htm.
Tables
Tables in this report include integrated data from both the Diary and Interview components of the CE, enabling data users to associate the full range of expenditures with consumers’ demographic characteristics. Tables show data classified by income quintile, income decile, income class, age of the reference person, size of the consumer unit, composition of the consumer unit, number of earners, housing tenure, type of area (urban or rural), race, Hispanic origin, region of residence, occupation, highest education level of any consumer-unit member, and generation of reference person. More detailed tables for these classifications can be accessed on the CE page of the BLS website. Also available are tables showing average annual data over a 2-year period for
1. income before taxes, cross-tabulated by age, consumer unit size, or region;
2. single consumers by gender, cross-tabulated by either income or age; and
3. selected metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs).
Tables are available for 1984–2016. The CE also produces prepublication tables, which are more detailed and contain additional subcategories of spending, but also have larger variances. They are available by request; email: CEXInfo@bls.gov. Prepublication tables for all CUs are available on the experimental tables CE page.
Public-use microdata
The 2016 CE public-use microdata, including Interview Survey data, Diary Survey data, and paradata (information about the survey process), are available on the CE website for free electronic download. The Interview Survey files contain expenditure data in two different formats: MTBI files that present monthly values by coding items based on the CPI pricing scheme, and EXPN files that organize expenditures by the section of the Interview Survey questionnaire in which they are collected. Expenditure values on EXPN files cover different periods depending on the specific questions asked, and the files also contain relevant nonexpenditure information not found on the MTBI files.
Beginning with the 2013 public-use microdata, the new estimates of local, state, and federal tax liabilities are included. The CE introduced these estimates to improve the quality of the surveyed tax liabilities, which suffered from low response rates. The respondent-provided tax data were still available in the public-use microdata for 2013, after which they were no longer collected. For more information on the improvements, see Improving Data Quality in the Consumer Expenditure Survey with TAXSIM. For new applications of the tax estimates, see New estimates of Personal Taxes in the Consumer Expenditure Survey.
Free public-use microdata are available online from the years 1996 to 2016. For releases published before 1996, users can continue to purchase USB flash drives using the public-use microdata order form. Future releases of public-use microdata will be available online for free download.
Other survey information
Other survey information available on the website includes answers to frequently asked questions, a glossary of terms, and order forms for survey products. Beginning with the 2000 data, estimates of standard errors for integrated Diary and Interview Survey data are also available.
The Consumer Expenditure program also publishes Beyond the Numbers articles. These reports include analyses of expenditure data as they apply to various topics of interest, as well as methodological and research articles pertaining to a number of survey topics. Some of these articles are Hispanic household spending in 2015 and Use with Caution: interpreting Consumer Expenditure income group data. Additional data also are presented in articles in the Monthly Labor Review.
Information on the methodology used to calculate and collect CE data can be found in the CE Handbook of Methods, and information on data quality can be found in Data Quality in the CE Surveys. Also included are general articles and research papers using CE data, including documents in the CE research library.
For more detailed information on the availability of current and earlier data, contact the Division of Consumer Expenditure Surveys, Office of Prices and Living Conditions, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20212-0001; call (202) 691-6900; email: CEXInfo@bls.gov; or visit us at our homepage. Information in this publication is in the public domain and, with appropriate credit, may be reproduced without permission. Upon request, the information in this report will be made available to individuals who are sensory-impaired. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200. Federal Relay Service: 1-800-877-8339.