Average Annual Expenditures of all Consumer Units, by Region and Size of Unit statistics

[In dollars. Based on Consumer Expenditure Survey. Data are averages for the noninstitutional population. Expenditures reported here are out-of-pocket] Composition of regions: NORTHEAST: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. MIDWEST: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas. SOUTH: Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. WEST: Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, and Hawaii]


								1997		1997		1997		1997		1997			1998		1998		1998		1998		1998
	1991,	1992,	1993,	1994,	1995,	1996,	1997											1998
Item	all	all	all	all	all	all	all		Region					Size of consumer unit				all		Region					Size of consumer unit
	consumer	consumer	consumer	consumer	consumer	consumer	consumer											consumer
	units	units	units	units	units	units	units	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	One	Two or more	Two	Three	Four	Five+	units	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	One	Two or more	Two	Three	Four	Five+
												person	person	persons	persons	persons	persons						person	person	persons	persons	persons	persons

Number of consumer units (in thousands)	97,918	100,019	100,049	102,210	103,024	104,212	105,576	21,090	25,228	36,832	22,426	30,330	75,246	32,491	16,558	15,412	10,785	107,182	20,886	25,348	37,339	23,609	30,684	76,498	33,234	17,353	15,105	10,806
Income before taxes 1/..	33,901	33,854	34,868	36,838	36,948	38,014	39,926	43,336	39,222	35,691	44,368	22,174	47,172	43,003	47,628	54,619	48,449	41,622	45,333	40,920	38,397	44,036	22,956	49,427	44,997	49,949	57,189	51,415
Income after taxes 1/	30,729	30,786	31,890	33,755	33,893	34,864	36,684	40,166	35,904	33,292	39,839	20,163	43,429	39,146	43,848	50,707	45,345	38,358	42,015	37,627	35,776	39,921	20,917	45,651	41,389	45,764	52,937	48,470
Age of reference person.	47.5	47.6	47.8	47.6	48.0	47.7	47.7	48.1	48.8	47.7	46.2	50.1	46.8	53.2	43.8	40.6	40.5	47.6	48.7	48.1	47.5	46.3	50.2	46.6	52.9	43.5	40.3	41
Average number in consumer unit:
Persons.	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.7	1	3.1	2	3	4	5.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	1	3.1	2	3	4	5.5
Children under 18	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.8	n.a.	1	0.1	0.8	1.7	2.9	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	n.a.	1	0.1	0.8	1.7	2.9
Persons 65 and over.	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.1
Earners.	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.4	0.6	1.6	1.2	1.8	2	2.2	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.4	0.6	1.6	1.2	1.7	2	2.2
Vehicles	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2	1.6	2.2	1.9	2.1	1	2.4	2.2	2.4	2.5	2.5	2	1.7	2.2	1.9	2	1	2.3	2.2	2.4	2.5	2.6
Percent distribution:
Male.	65	64	63	62	63	60	59	57	62	58	59	42	66	67	60	68	67	58	58	60	56	59	43	64	65	60	66	64
Female..	35	36	37	38	37	40	41	43	38	42	41	58	34	33	40	32	33	42	42	40	44	41	57	36	35	40	34	36
Percent homeowner	63	61	63	63	64	64	64	59	69	66	58	45	71	74	67	74	67	64	61	69	67	58	45	72	73	69	76	70
With mortgage	39	36	37	37	38	38	38	35	39	39	39	19	46	36	48	59	52	39	35	40	39	39	19	47	36	50	61	55
Without mortgage	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	25	29	28	20	26	26	37	19	15	15	26	25	29	28	19	26	25	37	19	15	14
Renter..	37	39	37	37	36	36	36	41	31	34	42	55	29	26	33	26	33	36	39	31	33	42	55	28	27	31	24	30
Black	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	11	9	19	5	12	12	8	15	13	17	12	11	9	19	5	11	12	9	15	12	17
White and other..	89	89	88	89	89	88	88	89	91	81	95	88	88	92	85	87	83	88	89	91	81	95	89	88	91	85	88	83
Elementary (1-8).	10	10	10	8	9	8	7	7	6	9	7	9	7	8	6	5	8	7	6	5	8	7	8	6	6	5	5	8
High school (9-12)..	43	43	43	43	44	41	39	42	41	41	32	35	41	40	40	40	49	39	39	43	41	31	35	40	40	39	38	44
College.	46	46	47	48	47	50	53	51	52	50	60	56	52	52	54	55	42	54	54	53	51	61	56	53	53	55	56	47
Never attended and other..	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2	/2	/2	/2	/2	/2	/2	/2	/2	/2	1	b/	b/	b/	b/	1	b/	b/	b/	b/	b/	1
At least one vehicle owned	86	86	86	86	86	85	87	79	89	89	88	73	92	93	92	92	91	87	79	89	89	88	72	93	93	91	93	93

Average annual expenditures	$29,614	$29,846	$30,692	$31,751	$32,277	$33,797	$34,819	$36,070	$33,791	$32,226	$39,037	$20,923	$40,358	$36,617	$40,926	$45,225	$43,929	$35,535	$37,535	$34,513	$32,958	$38,938	$21,483	$41,158	$36,973	$41,388	$47,020	$45,569
Food.	4,271	4,273	4,399	4,411	4,505	4,698	4,801	5,358	4,631	4,426	5,077	2,579	5,663	4,886	5,513	6,463	7,177	4,810	5,146	4,737	4,450	5,159	2,640	5,673	4,672	5,701	6,623	7,488
Food at home.	2,651	2,643	2,735	2,712	2,803	2,876	2,880	2,970	2,739	2,771	3,125	1,354	3,470	2,787	3,370	4,101	4,860	2,780	2,917	2,725	2,592	3,016	1,408	3,325	2,604	3,307	3,935	4,797
Cereals and bakery products	404	411	434	429	441	447	453	504	446	415	474	218	544	423	522	666	781	425	461	431	386	448	214	508	387	491	633	747
Cereals and cereal products..	145	141	160	162	165	166	161	177	154	149	175	72	196	142	186	243	311	146	158	150	128	162	71	176	121	162	229	299
Bakery products..	259	270	274	267	276	281	292	326	292	266	299	146	348	281	336	423	470	278	303	281	258	286	143	332	266	330	404	448
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs	709	687	734	732	752	737	743	789	663	753	774	309	911	717	877	1,056	1,361	723	785	687	710	729	332	879	673	863	979	1,423
Beef.	228	210	234	227	228	215	224	214	207	235	233	88	276	211	264	326	428	218	234	226	207	215	88	270	208	256	291	462
Pork.	144	156	154	156	156	157	157	141	153	173	150	65	193	156	182	218	289	146	146	149	153	131	63	179	141	181	199	268
Other meats	102	94	98	94	104	99	96	112	101	88	90	42	117	88	117	138	179	92	105	99	83	87	44	111	84	105	128	182
Poultry.	122	123	131	137	138	144	145	177	119	141	151	61	177	137	175	213	257	137	155	112	137	146	63	166	119	162	204	272
Fish and seafood.	81	77	87	89	97	88	89	108	58	85	110	37	108	94	103	120	146	98	113	73	97	112	56	115	91	123	114	179
Eggs.	31	28	30	30	30	34	33	36	25	31	41	15	39	33	37	41	61	32	33	27	32	38	18	38	30	35	43	61
Dairy products.	294	302	295	289	297	312	314	327	308	290	345	152	376	294	361	461	537	301	324	301	273	327	152	361	275	366	434	524
Fresh milk and cream	129	134	128	127	123	132	128	130	129	119	140	60	155	115	144	190	243	120	121	121	112	132	58	145	102	144	184	228
Other dairy products	165	168	167	162	174	180	186	198	179	171	205	92	222	178	217	270	294	181	203	180	161	196	94	216	173	222	250	296
Fruits and vegetables	429	428	444	437	457	490	476	525	430	438	541	245	565	486	542	629	753	472	514	445	425	539	258	557	469	549	643	726
Fresh fruits..	133	127	137	133	144	153	150	169	146	131	170	83	176	159	158	194	235	149	161	145	126	180	86	174	151	166	200	225
Fresh vegetables.	127	127	132	135	137	147	143	162	122	125	176	72	170	151	177	172	218	145	161	129	131	171	78	172	148	167	191	228
Processed fruits.	97	100	96	93	96	110	102	115	92	93	116	56	120	98	115	145	162	101	113	96	92	111	59	118	95	125	140	152
Processed vegetables	72	74	79	76	80	80	80	79	70	89	79	34	98	79	92	118	137	76	80	75	75	77	35	93	76	92	113	121
Other food at home	815	814	827	825	856	889	895	825	892	876	991	430	1,075	867	1,066	1,289	1,428	858	833	862	798	973	451	1,020	800	1,037	1,246	1,376
Sugar and other sweets.	101	102	113	105	112	114	114	109	116	115	117	52	138	116	125	166	188	109	109	115	95	125	62	128	103	129	150	173
Fats and oils.	72	72	78	79	82	83	81	85	73	81	86	37	98	83	92	110	136	77	77	75	75	82	39	92	73	91	105	138
Miscellaneous foods.	375	384	365	362	377	391	403	346	408	387	476	194	484	362	505	601	663	388	362	387	365	450	202	462	347	476	596	617
Nonalcoholic beverages.	224	213	225	233	240	252	245	228	240	253	251	120	293	243	280	348	389	231	226	234	222	247	118	276	217	279	329	382
Food prepared by cunsumer unit on
out-of-town trips..	42	43	46	46	45	49	52	57	55	40	62	26	62	63	64	65	52	53	58	51	42	70	31	62	59	63	66	66
Food away from home	1,620	1,631	1,664	1,698	1,702	1,823	1,921	2,388	1,892	1,655	1,952	1,225	2,193	2,099	2,144	2,362	2,318	2,030	2,229	2,011	1,859	2,144	1,232	2,348	2,067	2,394	2,689	2,691
Alcoholic beverages.	297	301	268	278	277	309	309	379	306	229	377	246	334	405	289	285	255	309	368	284	249	378	298	313	364	310	253	245
Housing.	9,252	9,477	9,636	10,106	10,465	10,747	11,272	12,480	10,532	9,877	13,255	7,586	12,750	11,541	12,896	14,346	13,890	11,713	13,173	11,035	10,321	13,354	7,843	13,264	12,059	13,149	15,228	14,379
Shelter	5,191	5,411	5,415	5,686	5,932	6,064	6,344	7,539	5,653	5,070	8,089	4,742	6,990	6,249	7,183	7,885	7,645	6,680	8,042	6,043	5,392	8,198	4,817	7,428	6,687	7,438	8,551	8,121
Owned dwellings	3,280	3,310	3,331	3,492	3,754	3,783	3,935	4,704	3,785	3,059	4,818	2,003	4,713	4,044	4,637	5,789	5,311	4,245	5,105	4,108	3,387	4,989	2,073	5,116	4,337	5,080	6,457	5,696
Mortgage interest and charges	1,932	1,968	1,878	1,919	2,107	2,114	2,225	2,351	1,955	1,779	3,143	941	2,743	2,031	2,806	3,634	3,518	2,455	2,616	2,168	2,051	3,259	1,000	3,038	2,216	3,223	4,125	3,752
Property taxes	789	782	825	922	932	939	971	1,569	1,088	630	838	550	1,141	1,113	1,105	1,260	1,110	1,015	1,662	1,090	687	884	561	1,198	1,148	1,137	1,380	1,194
Maintenance, repair, insurance, other
expenses	559	560	628	651	716	729	738	784	742	650	836	512	830	900	727	895	684	775	828	851	649	845	512	880	973	720	952	751
Rented dwellings..	1,588	1,761	1,714	1,799	1,786	1,864	1,983	2,298	1,477	1,694	2,731	2,512	1,770	1,650	2,025	1,586	2,005	1,978	2,356	1,517	1,638	2,675	2,471	1,780	1,749	1,878	1,576	2,002
Other lodging..	323	340	370	395	392	417	426	536	391	317	541	227	506	555	521	510	329	458	581	417	368	534	272	532	601	480	518	423
Utilities, fuels, and public services	1,990	1,984	2,112	2,189	2,193	2,347	2,412	2,480	2,452	2,463	2,220	1,563	2,755	2,458	2,808	3,035	3,168	2,405	2,460	2,401	2,519	2,179	1,536	2,753	2,481	2,770	3,025	3,186
Natural gas.	250	252	279	283	268	291	301	396	446	185	238	197	343	311	338	373	402	284	373	401	171	258	181	325	289	318	358	402
Electricity.	803	787	836	861	870	907	909	830	834	1,094	762	555	1,051	942	1,066	1,155	1,210	921	831	854	1,143	723	570	1,062	959	1,040	1,176	1,251
Fuel oil and other fuels	102	92	99	98	87	108	108	255	115	55	48	66	124	119	127	137	120	85	225	70	48	36	54	98	97	90	115	88
Telephone	618	623	658	690	708	772	809	785	778	839	817	583	900	789	954	995	1,016	830	814	801	858	828	581	929	839	990	991	1,022
Water and other public services..	217	230	241	257	260	268	286	215	279	290	355	161	336	296	323	375	420	285	217	274	299	334	149	339	296	332	385	422
Household operations..	448	487	469	490