Average Annual Expenditures of all Consumer Units, by Race and Age of Householder statistics


							1997			1997						1997					1997			1998			1998						1998					1998
	1991,	1992,	1993,	1994,	1995,	1996,
	all	all	all	all	all	all	All	Housing tenure		White		Hispanic origin		Type of area		AGE		Age				AGE		All	Housing tenure		White		Hispanic origin		Type of area		AGE		AGE				AGE
	consumer	consumer	consumer	consumer	consumer	consumer	consumer			and	Black													consumer			and	Black
ITEM	units	units	units	units	units	units	units	Homeowner	Renter	other		Hispanic	Non-	Urban	Rural	Under 25	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+	65 - 74	75 and	units	Homeowner	Renter	other		Hispanic	Non-	Urban	Rural	Under 25	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+	65 - 74	75 and
													hispanic			years	years	years	years	years	years		over							hispanic			years	years	years	years	years	years		over

Number of consumer units (1,000)...	97,918	100,019	100,049	102,210	103,024	104,212	105,576	67,249	38,327	93,004	12,572	8,905	96,670	92,216	13,360	7,501	19,918	24,560	19,343	12,316	21,936	12,109	9,827	107,182	68,916	38,266	94,435	12,748	9,051	98,131	93,854	13,328	8,255	19,969	24,241	20,058	12,829	21,830	11,874	9,957
Income before taxes 1/....................	33,901	33,854	34,868	36,838	36,948	38,014	39,926	47,898	26,031	41,382	28,678	29,976	40,907	41,072	32,299	15,666	40,247	48,788	55,260	41,734	23,965	27,492	19,425	41,622	50,578	25,854	43,066	29,378	31,073	42,681	42,965	32,427	16,839	41,782	50,894	58,705	44,238	24,011	27,037	20,229
Income after taxes 1/.....................	30,729	30,786	31,890	33,755	33,893	34,864	36,684	43,863	24,173	37,921	27,130	28,048	37,536	37,700	29,926	15,005	36,871	44,510	50,397	38,234	22,640	25,786	18,590	38,358	46,447	24,119	39,596	27,860	29,210	39,277	39,541	30,259	15,973	38,430	46,762	53,257	40,834	22,892	25,654	19,442
Age of reference person...................	47.5	47.6	47.8	47.6	48.0	47.7	47.7	52.2	39.9	48.1	45	42	48.3	47.4	50.2	21.2	29.7	39.5	49.1	59.3	74.6	69.4	81.1	47.6	52.1	39.6	48	45.1	41.8	48.2	47.2	50.9	21.4	29.7	39.5	49.2	59.4	74.7	69.3	81
Average number in consumer unit:
Persons..................................	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.7	2.2	2.5	2.8	3.4	2.4	2.5	2.6	1.8	2.8	3.2	2.7	2.2	1.7	1.9	1.5	2.5	2.7	2.2	2.5	2.8	3.2	2.4	2.5	2.6	1.8	2.8	3.3	2.7	2.2	1.7	1.9	1.5
Children under 18........................	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	1	1.3	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.4	1.1	1.3	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.1	/2	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	1	1.2	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.4	1.1	1.4	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.1	b/
Persons 65 and over......................	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	/2	/2	/2	/2	0.1	1.3	1.3	1.4	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.4	b/	b/	b/	b/	0.1	1.4	1.4	1.3
Earners..................................	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.2	1.4	1.2	1.6	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.2	1.5	1.7	1.8	1.4	0.4	0.6	0.2	1.3	1.4	1.2	1.4	1.2	1.5	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.5	1.7	1.8	1.3	0.4	0.6	0.2
Vehicles.................................	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2	2.4	1.2	2.1	1.2	1.7	2	1.9	2.5	1	1.8	2.2	2.5	2.3	1.5	1.8	1.2	2	2.4	1.2	2.1	1.3	1.6	2	1.9	2.5	1.1	1.8	2.2	2.5	2.3	1.5	1.8	1.2
Percent distribution:
Male.....................................	65	64	63	62	63	60	59	64	49	61	40	61	59	59	61	49	60	62	64	62	51	58	42	58	63	49	60	39	59	58	57	60	52	58	59	63	61	51	57	45
Female...................................	35	36	37	38	37	40	41	36	51	39	60	39	41	41	39	51	40	38	36	38	49	42	58	42	37	51	40	61	41	42	43	40	48	42	41	37	39	49	43	55
Percent homeowner........................	63	61	63	63	64	64	64	100	(NA)	66	44	47	65	61	79	9	44	64	77	79	79	81	77	64	100	n.a	67	46	42	66	62	82	10	43	69	77	78	80	83	76
With mortgage...........................	39	36	37	37	38	38	38	60	(NA)	39	30	31	39	38	38	6	38	52	57	41	14	19	8	39	60	n.a	40	30	28	40	39	39	7	37	58	57	38	15	21	9
Without mortgage........................	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	40	(NA)	27	14	16	27	23	42	4	6	12	20	38	65	62	68	26	40	n.a	27	16	14	27	23	43	3	6	11	20	40	65	63	67
Renter...................................	37	39	37	37	36	36	36	(NA)	100	34	56	53	35	39	21	91	56	36	23	21	21	19	23	36	n.a.	100	33	54	58	34	38	18	90	57	31	23	22	20	17	24
Black....................................	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	8	18	(NA)	100	4	13	13	5	13	14	13	12	12	8	10	7	12	8	18	n.a.	100	6	12	13	5	12	14	14	12	11	9	10	7
White and other..........................	89	89	88	89	89	88	88	92	82	100	(NA)	96	87	87	95	87	86	87	88	88	92	90	93	88	92	82	100	n.a.	94	88	87	95	88	86	86	88	89	91	90	93
Elementary (1-8).........................	10	10	10	8	9	8	7	7	8	7	8	23	6	7	11	2	3	3	5	10	19	16	23	7	6	7	6	8	23	5	6	9	2	3	3	4	9	17	14	21
High school (9-12).......................	43	43	43	43	44	41	39	39	40	38	50	44	39	38	50	33	36	39	34	43	47	47	47	39	37	41	37	50	45	38	37	50	33	36	39	32	45	46	47	45
College..................................	46	46	47	48	47	50	53	54	52	55	41	32	55	55	39	64	61	57	61	47	33	37	29	54	56	51	56	42	30	56	56	41	65	62	58	63	46	36	38	33
Never attended and other.................	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2	/2	/2	/2	/2	1	/2	/2	/2	/4	/3	/2	/3	/3	1	1	1	b/	b/	1	b/	1	2	b/	b/	b/	d/	c/	c/	c/	1	1	1	1
At least one vehicle owned...............	86	86	86	86	86	85	87	95	73	89	71	80	88	86	93	66	89	92	93	88	81	87	75	87	95	72	89	71	81	87	86	94	67	88	91	93	90	81	87	75

Average annual expenditures...............	$29,614	$29,846	$30,692	$31,751	$32,277	$33,797	$34,819	$40,480	$24,866	$36,076	$25,509	$29,333	$35,325	$35,614	$29,353	$18,450	$34,902	$40,413	$45,239	$35,954	$24,413	$27,792	$20,279	$35,535	$41,452	$24,859	$36,848	$25,796	$30,013	$36,044	$36,349	$29,813	$19,436	$34,779	$42,154	$45,475	$37,329	$24,721	$27,830	$20,987
Food.....................................	4,271	4,273	4,399	4,411	4,505	4,698	4,801	5,432	3,684	4,967	3,571	4,869	4,796	4,897	4,150	2,838	4,650	5,666	6,028	5,085	3,486	4,066	2,786	4,810	5,416	3,711	4,956	3,725	5,099	4,783	4,887	4,274	3,075	4,577	5,753	5,999	4,900	3,456	3,869	2,950
Food at home............................	2,651	2,643	2,735	2,712	2,803	2,876	2,880	3,219	2,280	2,929	2,515	3,363	2,839	2,905	2,707	1,566	2,758	3,382	3,440	3,139	2,293	2,600	1,924	2,780	3,115	2,170	2,831	2,399	3,366	2,725	2,805	2,605	1,518	2,547	3,314	3,388	2,831	2,264	2,443	2,044
Cereals and bakery products............	404	411	434	429	441	447	453	510	352	463	376	468	452	459	413	249	432	540	548	470	360	402	309	425	480	324	436	340	463	421	428	404	226	386	521	502	410	362	380	340
Cereals and cereal products...........	145	141	160	162	165	166	161	176	136	163	148	190	159	162	154	97	168	197	189	160	118	130	103	146	161	120	148	134	172	144	148	136	83	150	187	171	121	113	118	107
Bakery products.......................	259	270	274	267	276	281	292	335	215	300	228	279	293	296	259	151	264	344	359	310	242	272	207	278	320	203	288	206	291	277	280	268	142	237	334	331	289	249	262	232
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs.........	709	687	734	732	752	737	743	818	611	727	861	1,057	716	752	684	385	702	865	915	830	580	676	465	723	804	577	712	812	1,036	694	734	652	356	643	864	896	769	587	651	509
Beef..................................	228	210	234	227	228	215	224	246	185	221	244	326	215	226	205	125	219	264	284	231	162	190	128	218	244	171	222	192	339	207	220	208	118	196	263	269	232	170	198	137
Pork..................................	144	156	154	156	156	157	157	171	133	152	194	225	151	154	178	75	144	174	193	187	133	148	115	146	164	112	140	188	213	140	146	143	66	114	171	179	169	131	139	121
Other meats...........................	102	94	98	94	104	99	96	107	78	96	97	114	95	96	97	51	84	120	111	110	77	92	60	92	103	72	93	84	125	89	92	92	45	86	110	113	90	77	81	71
Poultry...............................	122	123	131	137	138	144	145	158	122	140	185	189	141	149	121	78	146	174	172	150	111	135	81	137	149	114	131	181	185	132	141	107	64	136	172	170	134	96	103	87
Fish and seafood......................	81	77	87	89	97	88	89	102	65	86	106	144	84	94	51	37	80	97	117	114	67	77	54	98	108	79	93	131	114	96	101	73	40	82	113	127	107	84	101	63
Eggs..................................	31	28	30	30	30	34	33	35	29	32	35	58	30	33	32	20	28	35	38	37	30	33	27	32	34	29	32	36	60	30	33	29	22	29	35	37	37	30	30	30
Dairy products.........................	294	302	295	289	297	312	314	352	246	328	210	346	311	316	301	169	303	387	359	325	252	284	212	301	340	231	315	203	346	297	303	293	173	284	373	343	299	246	259	231
Fresh milk and cream..................	129	134	128	127	123	132	128	141	105	134	87	169	125	127	138	79	125	164	138	122	106	118	91	120	133	97	125	84	154	117	120	125	70	117	154	126	115	101	104	96
Other dairy products..................	165	168	167	162	174	180	186	211	141	194	123	178	186	189	163	90	177	224	221	203	146	167	121	181	207	134	189	120	192	180	183	168	103	167	219	217	184	146	155	135
Fruits and vegetables..................	429	428	444	437	457	490	476	526	386	485	402	607	464	486	407	242	434	525	558	549	433	472	386	472	530	367	480	412	594	461	481	411	246	412	521	585	512	427	447	402
Fresh fruits..........................	133	127	137	133	144	153	150	166	122	156	113	199	146	155	118	77	137	161	174	169	147	151	143	149	169	113	153	121	207	144	154	114	74	124	158	189	170	141	146	134
Fresh vegetables......................	127	127	132	135	137	147	143	154	123	148	107	208	137	146	120	64	124	151	174	185	128	143	109	145	160	117	148	119	201	140	149	118	69	130	158	181	158	130	141	118
Processed fruits......................	97	100	96	93	96	110	102	117	76	103	99	114	101	104	90	55	97	117	117	108	92	101	82	101	115	77	101	102	107	101	103	90	63	90	112	125	105	90	87	93
Processed vegetables..................	72	74	79	76	80	80	80	89	65	80	84	87	80	80	79	46	76	95	93	87	65	76	52	76	86	60	77	70	79	76	75	88	40	68	92	90	79	66	73	57
Other food at home.....................	815	814	827	825	856	889	895	1,013	685	925	666	884	896	893	902	520	887	1,066	1,060	965	668	766	550	858	961	672	889	631	928	852	860	846	517	822	1,035	1,062	841	642	706	563
Sugar and other sweets................	101	102	113	105	112	114	114	132	82	117	93	103	115	114	119	53	106	130	139	131	96	111	79	109	124	82	113	79	92	111	109	107	56	95	132	131	112	94	100	86
Fats and oils.........................	72	72	78	79	82	83	81	91	64	81	80	92	80	80	90	39	72	88	94	99	76	82	68	77	86	60	78	70	95	75	77	80	42	65	88	95	80	70	73	66
Miscellaneous foods...................	375	384	365	362	377	391	403	453	315	420	278	388	404	407	376	240	434	501	462	403	278	299	252	388	433	306	403	278	411	386	390	371	247	398	475	475	350	276	299	247
Nonalcoholic beverages................	224	213	225	233	240	252	245	273	194	251	194	263	243	241	270	160	232	294	292	267	178	217	130	231	251	194	237	186	285	226	229	240	146	216	287	289	223	164	182	142
Food prepared by consumer unit on
out-of-town trips	42	43	46	46	45	49	52	64	30	56	20	38	53	52	46	28	43	52	73	65	41	57	21	53	66	30	58	18	44	54	54	48	28	48	52	73	75	39	51	23
Food away from home.....................	1,620	1,631	1,664	1,698	1,702	1,823	1,921	2,214	1,404	2,038	1,056	1,506	1,958	1,992	1,442	1,272	1,893	2,283	2,588	1,946	1,193	1,466	863	2,030	2,301	1,540	2,125	1,326	1,733	2,058	2,082	1,669	1,557	2,030	2,439	2,611	2,069	1,192	1,426	906
Alcoholic beverages......................	297	301	268	278	277	309	309	324	283	332	137	206	318	329	174	253	380	348	358	283	197	268	111	309	325	281	330	152	276	312	324	201	311	372	328	346	314	194	231	148
Housing..................................	9,252	9,477	9,636	10,106	10,465	10,747	11,272	12,712	8,742	11,573	9,044	9,907	11,397	11,712	8,238	5,860	11,774	13,415	13,892	11,090	8,082	8,876	7,107	11,713	13,326	8,804	12,041	9,280	10,089	11,864	12,166	8,529	6,151	12,015	14,181	14,154	11,979	8,388	9,085	7,552
Shelter.................................	5,191	5,411	5,415	5,686	5,932	6,064	6,344	6,726	5,673	6,512	5,098	5,797	6,394	6,716	3,778	3,656	6,964	7,864	7,829	5,783	4,003	4,365	3,557	6,680	7,191	5,761	6,877	5,224	6,148	6,730	7,076	3,896	3,795	7,232	8,400	8,095	6,316	4,271	4,592	3,888
Owned dwellings........................	3,280	3,310	3,331	3,492	3,754	3,783	3,935	6,143	61	4,165	2,235	2,672	4,051	4,115	2,691	381	3,435	5,244	5,586	4,059	2,612	3,021	2,109	4,245	6,570	58	4,495	2,390	2,592	4,398	4,434	2,917	414	3,519	5,955	5,874	4,494	2,817	3,278	2,267
Mortgage interest and charges.........	1,932	1,968	1,878	1,919	2,107	2,114	2,225	3,474	34	2,341	1,369	1,750	2,269	2,348	1,379	224	2,368	3,448	3,396	1,927	547	779	260	2,455	3,798	35	2,580	1,525	1,642	2,530	2,583	1,550	255	2,487	4,008	3,535	2,249	662	899	378
Property taxes........................	789	782	825	922	932	939	971	1,517	14	1,039	469	527	1,012	1,025	597	101	639	1,054	1,303	1,195	1,060	1,197	891	1,015	1,573	12	1,084	504	487	1,064	1,066	656	75	613	1,161	1,404	1,247	1,085	1,200	948
Maintenance, repairs, insurance, other
expenses..................................	559	560	628	651	716	729	738	1,152	14	785	397	395	770	742	715	57	429	743	887	936	1,006	1,045	957	775	1,199	11	831	361	463	804	784	711	84	419	787	935	997	1,070	1,179	940
Rented dwellings.......................	1,588	1,761	1,714	1,799	1,786	1,864	1,983	33	5,405	1,883	2,721	2,972	1,892	2,151	827	3,002	3,291	2,234	1,515	1,145	1,051	911	1,223	1,978	29	5,488	1,888	2,644	3,337	1,852	2,163	670	3,144	3,434	2,033	1,433	1,214	1,092	850	1,380
Other lodging..........................	323	340	370	395	392	417	426	550	207	464	143	153	451	450	260	273	238	386	729	579	340	432	226	458	592	216	494	191	218	480	479	309	237	279	412	788	608	362	464	241
Utilities, fuels, and public services...	1,990	1,984	2,112	2,189	2,193	2,347	2,412	2,864	1,619	2,406	2,461	2,169	2,435	2,404	2,472	1,092	2,229	2,694	2,890	2,654	2,157	2,321	1,954	2,405	2,856	1,592	2,396	2,471	2,090	2,434	2,399	2,445	1,145	2,221	2,688	2,893	2,602	2,171	2,370	1,933
Natural gas............................	250	252	279	283	268	291	301	376	169	298	324	265	304	324	141	88	264	327	321	342	338	341	334	284	347	170	277	337	274	285	305	135	95	257	309	329	320	290	290	289
Electricity............................	803	787	836	861	870	907	909	1,093	585	909	909	761	922	882	1,090	390	785	1,015	1,114	1,013	839	911	751	921	1,109	582	919	933	729	939	897	1,094	416	803	1,019	1,111	1,011	884	976	775
Fuel oil and other fuels...............	102	92	99	98	87	108	108	151	31	117	41	55	113	86	261	11	69	108	147	126	131	134	127	85	118	26	91	41	33	90	68	203	13	54	85	106	114	106	115	95
Telephone..............................	618	623	658	690	708	772	809	854	730	791	945	833	807	814	773	550	893	921	952	842	551	627	458	830	891	718	818	915	811	831	834	801	560	888	947	993	835	595	679	494
Water and other public services........	217	230	241	257	260	268	286	390	104	292	241	256	289	297	207	55	218	323	357	331	297	309	283	285	390	96	290	245	243	289	295	212	61	219	328	355	323	296	310	279
Household operations....................	448	487	469	490	508	522	548	686	308	571	379	322	569	586	287	191	659	724	554	402	452	392	526	546	687	291	575	326	347	564	577	326	196	679	727	498	433	464	387	556
Personal services......................	211	242	228	230	258	259	263	307	186	266	245	202	269	282	135	132	493	450	146	59	108	75	149	260	304	181	267	207	214	264	274	160	136	493	441	141	60	117	44	205
Other household expenses...............	237	245	241	260	250	263	285	379	121	306	134	120	301	305	152	58	167	274	409	343	343	317	377	286	384	110	309	119	133	300	303	166	60	186	285	357	374	347	342	351
Housekeeping supplies...................	424	433	410	393	430	464	455	557	275	477	289	398	460	454	459	163	403	524	552	523	412	449	368	482	599	268	514	244	392	490	485	463	188	366	549	547	755	393	423	356
Laundry and cleaning supplies..........	116	118	103	109	110	119	116	132	88	117	108	147	113	115	121	56	112	139	137	130	90	105	73	118	136	84	121	95	139	116	116	132	49	110	139	141	127	98	106	88
Other household products...............	185	195	194	174	194	205	210	264	115	222	123	168	214	209	219	60	179	249	258	245	190	207	170	232	303	105	251	93	177	238	234	220	88	154	255	246	472	172	184	157
Postage and stationery.................	123	119	113	110	125	140	129	161	72	138	58	82	133	130	119	47	112	136	157	148	132	138	124	132	161	79	142	56	76	137	135	111	51	101	156	159	156	123	133	111
Household furnishings and equipment.....	1,200	1,162	1,230	1,348	1,403	1,350	1,512	1,879	867	1,606	818	1,220	1,539	1,552	1,243	759	1,518	1,609	2,066	1,728	1,059	1,349	703	1,601	1,993	892	1,679	1,015	1,111	1,646	1,629	1,400	826	1,517	1,817	2,121	1,873	1,089	1,313	820
Household textiles.....................	100	92	102	100	100	76	79	99	45	83	53	63	81	82	60	45	70	80	116	100	54	72	33	105	132	57	113	44	98	106	108	87	41	89	106	140	138	91	126	49
Furniture..............................	294	316	317	318	327	321	387	468	246	402	277	368	389	400	299	257	475	430	515	390	190	268	95	377	468	214	393	264	300	385	386	319	158	440	465	439	425	221	274	158
Floor coverings........................	115	71	87	120	177	101	78	101	38	83	37	26	82	81	53	18	69	57	70	101	124	142	102	144	186	69	149	109	18	156	152	89	28	47	147	278	133	159	189	124
Major appliances.......................	132	141	143	149	155	162	169	215	89	178	105	144	172	168	177	76	149	181	193	246	141	167	109	164	212	78	164	165	131	167	166	153	101	134	195	203	194	128	147	106
Small appliances, miscellaneus
housewares...........................	81	84	87	81	85	84	92	107	65	100	30	73	94	94	80	46	76	97	131	123	65	79	49	80	96	52	86	39	70	81	82	68	51	66	90	103	101	59	75	39
Miscellaneous household equipment......	477	458	493	581	557	607	707	890	385	760	316	547	722	727	573	317	678	764	1,041	768	484	622	316	729	899	422	775	394	496	751	736	684	448	742	813	958	882	431	503	344
Apparel and services.....................	1,735	1,710	1,676	1,644	1,704	1,752	1,729	1,991	1,266	1,742	1,631	1,958	1,709	1,772	1,435	1,247	1,957	2,062	2,107	1,656	1,045	1,302	735	1,674	1,855	1,345	1,673	1,675	1,934	1,649	1,724	1,321	1,134	1,781	2,193	2,199	1,498	820	1,041	550
Men and boys............................	429	450	426	395	425	423	407	464	306	417	332	490	400	413	363	269	453	496	550	357	219	295	128	399	446	313	398	403	356	403	411	313	243	420	558	530	339	175	232	106
Men, 16 and over.......................	345	369	335	305	329	330	323	368	244	337	218	362	320	328	285	247	355	333	457	318	197	262	120	314	348	253	319	276	253	319	324	243	221	315	387	450	294	152	198	96
Boys, 2 to 15..........................	84	80	90	90	96	93	84	96	62	80	114	128	80	85	78	22	98	163	93	39	22	33	8	85	98	61	79	127	103	83	87	70	23	105	170	80	45	23	33	9
Women and girls.........................	706	680	658	652	660	718	680	804	462	698	550	668	681	693	594	466	700	793	834	684	480	552	393	651	753	468	664	560	722	645	669	526	412	585	854	931	583	360	431	272
Women, 16 and over.....................	607	586	566	552	559	607	574	677	393	590	459	528	578	586	493	434	580	578	719	633	458	521	381	548	629	402	560	456	563	547	566	424	382	460	654	818	533	334	394	261
Girls, 2 to 15.........................	99	94	93	100	101	111	106	127	69	108	91	139	103	107	101	33	120	215	115	51	23	31	12	103	124	66	103	105	160	98	104	102	31	126	200	113	50	25	37	12
Children under 2 years old........................	82	78	79	80	81	82	77	84	65	77	78	140	72	81	52	111	163	90	51	34	22	25	18	73	74	72	71	84	118	69	75	56	96	143	91	49	41	22	25	18
Footwear................................	242	231	249	254	278	298	315	354	244	309	357	417	306	315	310	250	342	390	347	337	189	232	138	281	307	234	268	376	465	264	285	255	205	290	397	348	242	131	173	80
Other apparel products and services.....	277	272	264	264	259	230	250	285	189	242	314	243	251	270	115	151	300	293	325	243	135	199	58	270	276	258	272	252	273	270	284	170	176	343	294	342	293	132	180	75
Transportation...........................	5,151	5,228	5,453	6,044	6,016	6,382	6,457	7,622	4,412	6,687	4,754	5,585	6,537	6,455	6,472	3,734	7,051	7,254	8,734	6,708	3,812	4,645	2,785	6,616	7,871	4,357	6,868	4,752	5,934	6,679	6,654	6,352	4,149	6,728	7,873	8,509	7,101	4,025	4,972	2,897
Vehicle purchases (net outlay)..........	2,111	2,189	2,319	2,725	2,639	2,815	2,736	3,253	1,829	2,830	2,036	2,367	2,770	2,691	3,042	1,737	3,238	3,038	3,704	2,641	1,482	1,826	1,059	2,964	3,560	1,892	3,071	2,175	2,834	2,976	2,961	2,990	2,084	3,090	3,703	3,730	3,075	1,593	2,033	1,069
Cars and trucks, new...................	1,078	1,131	1,216	1,391	1,194	1,209	1,229	1,634	517	1,299	712	772	1,271	1,260	1,012	513	1,159	1,378	1,808	1,374	777	942	574	1,383	1,846	550	1,435	998	1,104	1,409	1,410	1,191	480	1,195	1,777	1,925	1,641	809	930	665
Cars and trucks, used..................	1,013	1,022	1,079	1,290	1,411	1,568	1,464	1,558	1,298	1,485	1,307	1,594	1,451	1,385	2,004	1,196	2,007	1,594	1,849	1,267	686	850	485	1,532	1,655	1,312	1,580	1,178	1,690	1,518	1,503	1,740	1,491	1,855	1,891	1,755	1,420	716	997	381
Other vehicles.........................	20	36	24	44	34	38	43	60	14	47	18	/4	47	46	26	27	71	67	47	/2	19	34	/4	49	59	31	56	d/	41	50	47	59	113	40	35	49	14	68	106	23
Gasoline and motor oil..................	995	973	977	986	1,006	1,082	1,098	1,276	784	1,138	798	1,095	1,098	1,065	1,322	693	1,123	1,294	1,430	1,188	648	801	461	1,017	1,187	710	1,054	743	970	1,021	993	1,185	654	1,016	1,203	1,308	1,077	645	796	465
Other vehicle expenses..................	1,741	1,776	1,843	1,953	2,016	2,058	2,230	2,649	1,497	2,310	1,640	1,785	2,271	2,273	1,939	1,087	2,295	2,556	3,079	2,369	1,376	1,641	1,050	2,206	2,632	1,437	2,295	1,541	1,777	2,245	2,242	1,949	1,176	2,253	2,572	2,928	2,372	1,382	1,632	1,084
Vehicle finance charges................	282	256	244	235	261	276	293	337	215	291	307	254	296	285	349	162	418	349	388	260	95	137	43	319	380	209	327	264	275	323	309	389	211	421	393	423	284	111	168	43
Maintenance and repairs................	614	612	620	680	653	645	682	813	450	712	454	548	694	683	671	324	598	788	942	760	491	571	393	641	754	436	666	451	523	652	650	578	357	568	750	844	696	473	531	404
Vehicle insurance......................	614	629	678	690	713	698	755	895	509	776	596	675	762	765	686	341	746	837	994	851	549	661	411	739	879	486	762	564	662	746	749	663	383	683	815	1,008	810	551	637	447
Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, other
charges..............................	231	279	301	347	390	440	501	603	322	531	282	308	519	540	233	260	533	582	755	499	241	272	202	507	619	305	540	262	318	524	534	318	224	581	615	654	582	247	295	190
Public transportation...................	304	290	314	381	355	427	393	444	303	408	280	339	398	426	168	217	395	365	522	509	305	378	216	429	491	318	448	293	352	436	458	228	235	369	394	543	577	405	510	279
Health care..............................	1,554	1,634	1,776	1,755	1,732	1,770	1,841	2,289	1,054	1,950	1,035	1,167	1,903	1,819	1,988	425	1,236	1,605	1,945	2,187	2,855	2,900	2,799	1,903	2,392	1,022	2,015	1,069	1,096	1,977	1,873	2,109	445	1,185	1,688	2,186	2,158	2,936	2,933	2,938
Health insurance........................	656	725	800	815	860	827	881	1,090	515	922	579	546	912	865	997	200	577	748	845	965	1,523	1,547	1,494	913	1,144	498	955	605	537	948	897	1,028	206	604	790	941	991	1,528	1,549	1,503
Medical services........................	555	533	574	571	511	543	531	671	286	572	229	352	548	531	531	128	422	547	658	664	564	636	475	542	688	280	585	226	303	564	539	567	136	373	557	738	642	596	592	601
Drugs...................................	252	278	301	286	280	303	320	396	187	340	179	202	331	316	352	65	169	210	303	407	637	594	691	346	436	183	366	196	193	360	336	412	79	143	240	377	429	670	664	676
Medical supplies........................	92	97	101	83	80	97	108	132	65	116	49	67	112	108	108	31	67	100	139	151	130	123	138	102	124	62	110	42	64	105	102	102	23	66	101	130	96	142	128	159
Entertainment............................	1,472	1,500	1,626	1,567	1,612	1,834	1,813	2,202	1,130	1,940	872	1,137	1,875	1,851	1,551	1,051	1,865	2,129	2,416	1,900	1,103	1,300	861	1,746	2,092	1,120	1,862	882	1,148	1,801	1,770	1,574	974	1,757	2,215	2,142	1,904	1,044	1,312	724
Fees and admissions.....................	378	379	414	439	433	459	471	587	267	509	191	237	492	496	296	263	424	574	679	451	296	390	180	449	556	256	486	175	234	468	471	289	266	421	525	628	455	289	340	227
Television, radios, sound equipment.....	468	492	590	533	542	561	577	640	467	587	507	474	587	588	502	437	618	671	683	561	400	470	314	535	586	442	550	421	506	538	553	407	403	557	640	644	543	342	378	298
Pets, toys, and playground equipment....	271	274	293	289	322	335	327	402	194	357	98	228	335	323	347	188	345	403	395	376	188	237	128	329	415	175	354	150	185	343	330	321	133	351	422	390	353	210	253	159
Other entertainment supplies, equipment,
and services...........................	356	355	328	306	315	479	439	573	202	488	76	198	461	444	405	162	477	481	659	512	219	203	239	433	536	247	473	137	222	452	415	558	172	428	628	480	554	204	341	40
Personal care products and services......	399	387	385	397	403	513	528	602	397	514	631	479	532	542	425	292	530	586	637	541	441	494	376	401	462	290	403	388	333	407	413	319	262	371	435	515	413	330	338	320
Reading..................................	163	162	166	165	163	159	164	199	102	175	77	66	173	169	125	64	132	160	205	198	174	195	148	161	195	99	173	72	62	170	166	123	64	135	162	209	184	163	180	143
Education................................	447	426	455	460	471	524	571	582	550	612	269	456	581	616	257	1,114	483	604	1,068	281	153	227	61	580	609	527	611	349	319	604	627	251	1,139	499	597	1,051	388	102	150	46
Tobacco products and smoking supplies....	276	275	268	259	269	255	264	265	261	276	170	111	278	251	349	200	261	329	312	292	156	213	87	273	276	268	284	194	138	285	263	344	186	252	344	338	334	151	206	87
Miscellaneous............................	860	765	715	749	766	855	847	976	621	886	563	694	862	865	727	275	757	989	1,106	1,061	619	745	463	860	1,005	599	896	595	703	875	850	933	300	772	972	1,026	1,164	694	818	546
Cash contributions.......................	950	958	961	960	925	940	1,001	1,284	504	1,046	669	398	1,056	1,032	789	157	484	945	1,431	1,208	1,326	1,196	1,485	1,109	1,408	572	1,181	575	537	1,162	1,161	747	206	673	997	1,503	1,252	1,529	1,486	1,582
Personal insurance and pensions..........	2,787	2,750	2,908	2,957	2,967	3,060	3,223	4,000	1,861	3,377	2,086	2,299	3,308	3,303	2,673	940	3,341	4,322	4,998	3,466	964	1,362	473	3,381	4,222	1,866	3,555	2,089	2,348	3,476	3,472	2,735	1,040	3,662	4,415	5,297	3,740	888	1,208	505
Life and other personal insurance.......	356	353	399	398	374	353	379	510	148	386	321	205	395	378	381	47	239	383	604	523	334	406	244	398	539	146	415	279	178	419	400	386	64	255	429	576	627	324	379	258
Pensions and Social Security............	2,431	2,397	2,509	2,559	2,593	2,707	2,844	3,490	1,712	2,990	1,765	2,095	2,913	2,925	2,291	893	3,102	3,939	4,394	2,943	630	956	229	2,982	3,683	1,721	3,140	1,811	2,169	3,057	3,072	2,349	976	3,407	3,986	4,721	3,114	564	829	247

Sources of income before taxes:
Money income before taxes 1/..............	33,901	33,854	34,868	36,838	36,948	38,014	39,926	47,898	26,031	41,382	28,678	29,976	40,907	41,072	32,299	15,666	40,247	48,788	55,260	41,734	23,965	27,492	19,425	41,622	50,578	25,854	43,066	29,378	31,073	42,681	42,965	32,427	16,839	41,782	50,894	58,705	44,238	24,011	27,037	20,229
Wages and salaries.......................	25,553	25,064	26,494	27,795	28,497	29,560	31,506	37,375	21,276	32,535	23,554	24,689	32,178	32,694	23,596	13,098	37,455	43,458	47,985	30,684	5,626	8,494	1,936	32,889	39,461	21,319	33,925	24,100	26,391	33,542	34,283	23,344	14,553	38,548	45,563	51,425	31,947	4,955	7,545	1,719
Self-employment income...................	2,552	2,490	2,119	2,452	2,038	2,318	1,969	2,530	991	2,153	549	1,454	2,020	1,946	2,125	434	1,076	2,881	3,795	2,039	703	905	443	2,239	2,955	979	2,435	578	1,270	2,336	2,236	2,261	366	1,673	3,142	3,665	3,494	528	664	357
Social Security, private and government
retirement..............................	3,584	3,887	4,034	4,203	4,356	4,334	4,531	6,082	1,827	4,777	2,626	2,124	4,768	4,441	5,124	/5 123	231	659	1,577	6,899	15,293	15,563	14,946	4,618	6,217	1,805	4,796	3,112	1,974	4,884	4,499	5,439	51	205	590	1,665	6,578	16,131	16,379	15,821
Interest, dividends, rental income,
and other property income..............	1,164	1,130	1,029	1,160	862	761	822	1,193	175	909	154	180	885	857	589	155	155	569	767	1,089	1,820	1,907	1,707	871	1,235	230	959	129	129	946	894	712	262	270	321	955	1,250	1,948	1,923	1,980
Unemployment and workers' compensation,
veterans' benefits	245	341	309	316	280	213	206	218	186	205	213	200	207	203	227	66	160	245	278	353	115	80	159	193	201	179	187	246	222	190	194	188	80	162	199	297	344	82	100	60
Public assistance, supplemental security,
income, food stamps.....................	389	471	468	483	462	437	382	159	771	290	1,098	802	341	390	328	425	452	426	378	428	237	285	176	330	148	652	265	884	582	305	338	277	385	377	405	319	355	186	218	146
Regular contributions for support........	284	336	282	287	273	243	293	234	397	300	243	343	288	316	144	714	446	357	276	93	69	91	40	260	213	341	270	173	320	254	283	103	646	324	389	180	119	71	40	110
Other income.............................	130	136	133	142	180	148	217	108	407	214	242	185	220	225	166	651	271	193	204	150	102	167	19	221	149	349	229	155	183	225	238	103	497	222	286	199	151	109	169	35
Personal taxes 1/.........................	3,172	3,068	2,978	3,083	3,055	3,150	3,241	4,036	1,858	3,461	1,548	1,929	3,371	3,372	2,372	660	3,376	4,278	4,863	3,500	1,325	1,706	835	3,264	4,132	1,735	3,470	1,517	1,862	3,404	3,424	2,168	866	3,352	4,132	5,448	3,404	1,118	1,383	787
Federal income taxes.....................	2,431	2,286	2,217	2,288	2,235	2,372	2,468	3,063	1,431	2,645	1,101	1,525	2,561	2,584	1,697	516	2,567	3,244	3,757	2,663	977	1,257	617	2,472	3,104	1,359	2,636	1,076	1,471	2,572	2,602	1,578	673	2,588	3,132	4,208	2,523	752	937	521
State and local income taxes.............	612	624	601	629	641	665	645	778	412	677	396	369	672	664	518	143	752	897	941	669	173	245	79	630	780	365	661	367	345	658	660	421	186	693	830	1,042	649	145	200	77
Other taxes..............................	128	157	160	166	179	113	129	195	14	139	51	34	138	125	157	/5 1	56	137	164	169	175	204	139	162	248	11	172	73	46	174	161	169	7	71	171	198	232	222	247	190
Income after taxes 1/.....................	30,729	30,786	31,890	33,755	33,893	34,864	36,684	43,863	24,173	37,921	27,130	28,048	37,536	37,700	29,926	15,005	36,871	44,510	50,397	38,234	22,640	25,786	18,590	38,358	46,447	24,119	39,596	27,860	29,210	39,277	39,541	30,259	15,973	38,430	46,762	53,257	40,834	22,892	25,654	19,442
Net change in total assets and liabilities	478	-1,529	-2,185	-562	-986	-1,689	1,105	2,283	-963	1,063	1,414	-144	1,220	1,127	947	1,004	471	2,509	1,527	1,368	-377	907	-1,960	-1,919	-2,895	-160	-1,884	-2,171	-2,047	-1,907	-1,965	-1,592	2,233	-4,220	-2,833	-4,139	-1,822	1,616	2,062	1,085
Net change in total assets...............	3,005	3,045	4,381	3,960	3,097	4,049	5,886	9,343	-179	6,147	3,955	2,315	6,215	6,044	4,795	2,303	9,596	8,237	6,960	4,122	1,153	3,168	-1,329	6,116	9,328	332	6,673	1,991	4,200	6,293	6,369	4,336	3,754	6,991	9,562	4,611	7,234	3,108	4,069	1,962
Net change in total liabilities..........	2,526	4,574	6,567	4,522	4,083	5,738	4,781	7,060	784	5,084	2,541	2,459	4,995	4,917	3,848	1,300	9,126	5,728	5,433	2,754	1,531	2,260	631	8,035	12,223	492	8,557	4,162	6,247	8,199	8,334	5,928	1,521	11,211	12,395	8,750	9,056	1,492	2,008	878
Other financial information:........
Other money receipts......................	317	400	435	567	461	309	458	625	165	515	36	215	481	410	789	220	347	488	610	559	417	608	181	463	615	188	513	89	90	497	481	332	178	616	230	620	524	508	744	226
Mortgage principal paid, owned property...	-578	-844	-898	-1,107	-1,064	-960	-1,051	-1,626	-42	-1,119	-550	-671	-1,086	-1,079	-860	-71	-670	-1,418	-1,894	-1,441	-359	-518	-164	-1,160	-1,782	-38	-1,244	-535	-549	-1,216	-1,189	-954	-209	-676	-1,573	-1,972	-1,693	-443	-604	-252
Estimated market value of owned home......	67,519	66,530	66,719	68,759	71,751	73,168	76,480	119,495	1,006	81,777	37,295	48,742	79,035	78,117	65,181	6,814	46,345	81,250	103,626	99,134	85,668	92,886	76,773	80,523	124,724	918	85,887	40,786	47,335	83,584	81,993	70,170	7,448	47,367	87,242	106,618	108,112	90,833	99,817	80,118
Estimated monthly rental value of owned
home...................................	413	416	435	462	496	503	538	839	9	568	310	348	555	555	418	58	369	577	697	683	589	629	540	570	883	7	602	338	332	592	588	444	61	374	648	731	727	616	671	551
Gifts of goods and services...............	1,000	968	993	1,008	987	1,119	1,059	1,255	715	1,113	660	758	1,087	1,101	773	629	762	910	1,789	1,272	889	1,083	652	1,068	1,304	640	1,132	589	611	1,110	1,102	826	497	669	884	1,901	1,372	906	996	797
Food....................................	79	76	77	84	88	62	68	86	35	73	25	59	69	72	40	48	30	74	130	77	42	47	36	84	116	27	92	30	34	89	87	65	15	27	57	223	124	41	31	53
Housing.................................	272	276	267	262	250	280	273	292	240	290	149	180	282	275	259	180	250	246	426	328	193	215	166	314	341	265	335	154	177	327	314	311	164	254	253	534	388	247	273	214
Housekeeping supplies.................	41	39	36	38	38	40	37	46	20	41	8	31	37	36	43	13	32	46	39	44	33	41	24	41	51	25	45	17	26	43	42	37	22	32	55	51	48	28	30	25
Household textiles....................	13	13	12	16	10	8	8	11	4	9	3	4	9	9	7	3	5	6	12	15	9	11	7	16	20	8	18	4	12	17	17	11	3	12	8	18	40	18	27	8
Appliances and miscellaneous
housewares...........................	30	31	28	26	27	30	27	34	16	30	5	24	28	27	32	12	22	18	42	55	19	25	12	30	37	16	33	5	21	30		30	10	20	28	39	48	28	38	15
Major appliances....................	6	7	7	5	5	8	6	8	3	7	2	11	6	6	8	3	5	3	10	13	5	8	2	7	9	3	8	2	8	7	7	9	5	2	9	10	7	7	10	4
Small appliances and miscellaneous
housewares.........................	24	24	21	21	23	22	21	26	13	23	3	13	22	20	24	9	17	15	31	41	14	17	10	22	27	13	25	3	13	23	22	22	5	18	18	28	42	20	27	11
Miscellaneous household equipment.....	73	70	77	65	66	81	66	85	33	73	14	34	69	68	52	31	55	60	105	95	45	58	29	71	89	38	77	24	28	75	72	65	36	70	65	89	104	55	61	47
Other housing.........................	116	123	113	117	109	120	135	116	167	137	119	87	139	136	125	121	136	115	229	119	86	80	94	156	144	178	163	106	91	162	155	168	92	120	98	337	147	118	119	118
Apparel and services....................	259	254	251	246	258	296	252	305	158	250	269	223	255	262	189	135	210	229	379	332	202	260	132	225	267	148	231	178	188	228	234	158	154	189	217	290	277	200	260	126
Males 2 and over......................	72	78	80	64	70	78	61	77	34	64	38	64	61	61	63	15	53	44	95	87	61	73	46	60	72	37	60	57	47	61	64	27	28	46	51	83	87	56	74	34
Females 2 and over....................	99	87	90	94	94	99	81	98	52	84	61	72	82	83	69	51	57	83	110	101	76	99	48	80	100	43	84	46	71	81	85	48	37	47	89	112	108	69	84	52
Children under 2......................	36	37	36	35	39	41	33	38	23	34	25	43	32	34	24	22	44	33	39	32	20	23	17	32	38	23	33	30	28	33	32	39	44	41	34	33	27	21	24	18
Other apparel products and services...	52	53	46	53	55	78	77	93	50	68	145	44	80	84	33	48	56	69	136	112	45	64	22	52	57	44	53	45	41	53	54	44	46	55	42	63	55	53	78	22
Jewelry and watches.................	27	29	24	26	27	44	49	63	23	40	112	16	51	54	11	42	33	40	96	56	29	45	10	25	23	29	27	15	9	27	25	29	26	30	15	30	20	31	46	12
All other apparel products and
services..........................	25	24	21	27	29	34	29	29	27	28	34	28	29	30	22	5	23	29	40	55	16	19	12	27	33	16	27	30	32	27	29	15	20	25	28	33	35	22	32	10
Transportation..........................	56	51	53	56	48	60	57	74	26	62	15	38	58	61	29	42	22	29	84	56	101	119	78	49	60	30	50	47	35	51	50	45	35	23	49	50	70	65	81	47
Health care.............................	29	24	42	35	22	43	30	42	10	33	8	17	32	33	15	7	9	19	48	60	39	27	53	38	48	18	41	13	16	40	41	16	3	4	20	49	24	98	21	191
Entertainment...........................	70	73	80	84	86	110	99	115	71	105	55	47	103	103	72	37	86	84	147	138	85	114	49	85	109	42	92	36	54	88	88	64	26	68	70	120	158	65	87	39
Toys, games, hobbies, and tricycles...	28	28	31	32	29	40	41	49	28	44	20	17	43	42	34	10	48	35	44	65	36	40	31	30	37	17	32	14	21	31	30	30	12	23	25	35	56	28	41	13
Other entertainment...................	43	45	50	51	57	70	58	66	44	61	35	31	60	61	38	28	38	49	103	74	49	74	18	55	72	25	60	22	33	57	58	35	14	45	45	85	102	37	46	26
Education...............................	116	107	116	114	120	128	155	200	77	171	38	118	159	166	82	142	28	101	446	98	113	163	50	154	215	45	166	65	33	166	167	64	58	33	100	471	192	48	71	20
All other gifts.........................	118	106	107	127	114	140	125	140	97	128	102	77	129	130	88	37	127	127	129	183	115	138	88	119	148	66	126	65	74	123	121	104

1/ Components of income and taxes are derived from "complete income reporters" only.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,Consumer Expenditures in 1998, and earlier reports.

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*Consumer Expenditure Survey Program

This program consists of two surveys -- the quarterly Interview survey and the Diary survey that provide information on thebuying habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer unit (families and singleconsumers) characteristics.

Annual income and expenditures integrated from the Interview and Diary surveys in varying detail, classified byincome, age, consumer unit size, and other demographic characteristics of consumer units, since 1984. Annual income and expenditures from the Interview and Diary surveys by selected consumer unit characteristics, since1980.

Quarterly Interview survey data by selected consumer unit characteristics, since 1984.

Coverage

* The surveys target the total noninstitutionalized population (urban and rural) of the United States in 1980, 1984 andthereafter. The surveys targeted the urban noninstitutionalized population in 1981 through 1983. * The data are collected in independent quarterly Interview and weekly Diary surveys of approximately 5,000 samplehouseholds. Each survey has its own independent sample, and each collects data on household income andsocioeconomic characteristics. * The Interview survey includes monthly out-of-pocket expenditures such as housing, apparel, transportation, health care,insurance, and entertainment. * The Diary survey includes weekly expenditures of frequently purchased items such as food and beverages, tobacco,personal care products, and nonprescription drugs and supplies.

*EXPENDITURES

Expenditures consist of the transaction costs, including excise and sales taxes, of goods and services acquired during theinterview or recordkeeping period. Expenditure estimates include expenditures for gifts, but exclude purchases or portionsof purchases directly assignable to business purposes. Also excluded are periodic credit or installment payments on goodsor services already acquired. The full cost of each purchase is recorded even though full payment may not have been made atthe date of purchase. The order of the expenditures listed here follows the order of presentation in published CE tables.

The major expenditure categories are:

Food Housing Apparel and Services Transportation Health Care Entertainment Other Expenditures

FOOD

Food at home refers to the total expenditures for food at grocery stores or other food stores and food prepared by theconsumer unit on trips. It excludes the purchase of nonfood items.

Cereals and cereal products includes ready-to-eat and cooked cereals, pasta, flour, prepared flour mixes, and other cerealproducts such as cornmeal, corn starch, and rice.

Bakery products includes bread (white and other than white), crackers and cookies, biscuits and rolls, cakes, cupcakes,bread and cracker products, pies, tarts, sweet rolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts, and other frozen and refrigerated bakeryproducts such as cookies, bread and cake dough, and batter.

Beef includes ground beef, roasts, steaks, veal, and other cuts of beef, excluding canned beef.

Pork includes bacon, pork chops, ham (including canned), roasts, sausage, and other cuts of pork.

Other meats includes frankfurters; lunch meats such as bologna, liverwurst, and salami; also lamb, mutton, goat, game, andorgan meats.

Poultry includes fresh and frozen chickens and other fresh and frozen poultry (Cornish hens, turkey, duck, etc.).

Fish and seafood includes canned fish and seafood and fresh or frozen finfish and shellfish.

Eggs includes fresh eggs as well as powdered eggs and egg substitutes.

Fresh milk and cream includes fresh whole milk and other fresh milk such as buttermilk and fresh cream (including tablecream, whipping cream, fresh sour cream, and fresh sour cream dressing).

Other dairy products includes butter, cheese, ice cream products, yogurt, powdered milk, condensed and evaporated milk,liquid and powdered diet beverages, malted milk, milk shakes, chocolate milk, and other specified dairy products.

Fresh fruits includes all fresh fruits.

Fresh vegetables includes all fresh vegetables.

Processed fruits includes all frozen fruits and fruit juices, canned and dried fruits, and canned or bottled fruit juices.

Processed vegetables includes canned, dried, and frozen vegetables, and vegetable juices.

Sugar and other sweets includes sugar, candy and chewing gum, artificial sweeteners, jams, jellies, preserves, fruit butters,syrup, fudge mixes, icings, and other sweets.

Fats and oils includes margarine, shortening and salad dressings, nondairy cream substitutes and imitation milk, and peanutbutter.

Miscellaneous foods includes frozen prepared meals and other foods, canned and packaged soups, potato chips, nuts andother snacks, condiments and seasonings, olives, pickles, relishes, sauces and gravies, baking needs and other specifiedcondiments, other canned and packaged prepared foods, salads, desserts, and baby foods.

Nonalcoholic beverages includes diet and nondiet carbonated drinks (cola, fruit, and other carbonated drinks), coffee(roasted, instant, and freeze dried), tea (loose, instant, and ready-to-drink), and other nonalcoholic beverages, includingnoncarbonated fruit drinks, breakfast substitutes, chocolate flavored powders, and other specified nonalcoholic beverages.

Food away from home includes all meals (breakfast, lunch, brunch, and dinner) at restaurants, carryouts, and vendingmachines, including tips, plus meals as pay, special catered affairs such as weddings, bar mitzvahs, and confirmations, andmeals away from home on trips.

Alcoholic beverages includes beer and ale, wine, whiskey, gin, vodka, rum, and other alcoholic beverages.

HOUSING

Owned dwellings includes interest on mortgages, property taxes and insurance, refinancing and prepayment charges, groundrent, expenses for property management/security, homeowners' insurance, fire insurance and extended coverage, expensesfor repairs and maintenance contracted out, and expenses of materials for owner-performed repairs and maintenance fordwellings used or maintained by the consumer unit. Mortgage principal repayments are payments of loans and are shown inOther financial information.

Rented dwellings includes rent paid for dwellings, rent received as pay, parking fees, maintenance, and other expenses.

Other lodging includes all expenses for vacation homes, school, college, hotels, motels, cottages, trailer camps, and otherlodging while out of town.

Utilities, fuels, and public services includes natural gas, electricity, fuel oil, wood, kerosene, coal, bottled gas, water,garbage and trash collection, sewerage maintenance, septic tank cleaning, telephone charges, and other public services.

Domestic services includes babysitters, day care tuition, care of invalids, and domestic and other duties.

Other household expenses includes housekeeping services, gardening and lawn care services, coin-operated laundry andappliances and other household equipment, repair of computer systems for home use, reupholstering and furniture repair,rental and repair of lawn and gardening tools, and rental of other household equipment.

Housekeeping and garden supplies includes laundry and cleaning supplies, cleaning and toilet tissues, stationery supplies,postage, miscellaneous household products, and lawn and garden supplies.

Household textiles includes bathroom, bedroom, kitchen, dining room, and other linens, curtains and drapes, slipcovers anddecorative pillows, and sewing materials.

Furniture includes living room, dining room, kitchen, bedroom, nursery, porch, lawn, and other outdoor furniture.

Floor coverings includes installation and replacement of wall-to-wall carpets, room-size rugs, and other soft floorcoverings.

Major appliances includes refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers, stoves, ovens, garbage disposals, vacuum cleaners,microwaves, air-conditioners, sewing machines, washing machines and dryers, and floor cleaning equipment.

Small appliances/miscellaneous housewares includes small electrical kitchen appliances, portable heating and coolingequipment, china and other dinnerware, flatware, glassware, silver and other serving pieces, nonelectric cookware, andplastic dinnerware. Excludes personal care appliances.

Miscellaneous household equipment includes typewriters, luggage, lamps and other light fixtures, window coverings,clocks, lawnmowers and gardening equipment, other hand and power tools, telephone answering devices, telephoneaccessories, computers and computer hardware for home use, computer software and accessories for home use, calculators,office equipment for home use, floral arrangements and house plants, rental of furniture, closet and storage items, householddecorative items, infants' equipment, outdoor equipment, smoke alarms, other household appliances, and smallmiscellaneous furnishings.

APPAREL AND SERVICES

Men's and boys' apparel includes coats, jackets, sweaters, vests, sportcoats, tailored jackets, trousers, slacks, shorts andshort sets, sportswear, shirts, underwear, nightwear, hosiery, uniforms, and other accessories.

Women's and girls' apparel includes coats, jackets, furs, sportcoats, tailored jackets, sweaters, vests, blouses, shirts,dresses, dungarees, culottes, slacks, shorts, sportswear, underwear, nightwear, uniforms, hosiery, and other accessories.

Apparel for children under 2 includes coats, jackets, snowsuits, underwear, diapers, dresses, crawlers, sleeping garments,hosiery, footwear, and other accessories for children under 2.

Footwear includes articles such as shoes, slippers, boots, and other similar items. It excludes footwear for children under 2and special footwear used for sports such as bowling or golf shoes.

Other apparel products and services includes material for making clothes, shoe repair, alterations and repairs, sewingpatterns and notions, clothing rental, clothing storage, dry cleaning, sent out laundry, watches, jewelry, and repairs towatches and jewelry.

TRANSPORTATION

Vehicle purchases (net outlay) includes the net outlay (purchase price minus trade-in value) on new and used domestic andimported cars and trucks; other vehicles include attachable campers, trailers, motorcycles, and private planes.

Vehicle finance charges includes the dollar amount of interest paid for a loan contracted for the purchase of vehiclesdescribed above.

Gasoline and motor oil includes gasoline, diesel fuel, and motor oil.

Maintenance and repairs includes tires, batteries, tubes, lubrication, filters, coolant, additives, brake and transmissionfluids, oil change, brake adjustment and repair, front-end alignment, wheel balancing, steering repair, shock absorberreplacement, clutch and transmission repair, electrical system repair, exhaust system repair, body work and painting, motorrepair, repair to cooling system, drive train repair, drive shaft and rear-end repair, tire repair, other maintenance andservices, and auto repair policies.

Vehicle insurance includes the premium paid for insuring cars, trucks, and other vehicles.

Public transportation includes fares for mass transit, buses, trains, airlines, taxis, private school buses, and boats.

Vehicle rent, licenses, and other charges includes leased and rented cars, trucks, motorcycles, and aircraft, inspectionfees, State and local registration, drivers' license fees, parking fees, towing charges, and tolls.

HEALTH CARE

Health insurance includes health maintenance plans (HMO's), Blue Cross/Blue Shield, commercial health insurance,Medicare, Medicare supplemental insurance, and other health insurance.

Medical services includes hospital room and services, physicians' services, service of a practitioner other than physician,eye and dental care, lab tests, X-rays, nursing, therapy services, care in convalescent or nursing home, and other medicalcare.

Drugs includes prescription and nonprescription drugs, internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs.

Medical supplies includes topicals and dressings, antiseptics, bandages, cotton, first aid kits, contraceptives, syringes, icebags, thermometers, sunlamps, vaporizers, heating pads, medical appliances such as braces, canes, crutches, and walkers,eyeglasses, and hearing aids, rental and repair of medical equipment.

ENTERTAINMENT

Fees and admissions includes fees for participant sports; admissions to sporting events, movies, concerts, plays; health,swimming, tennis and country club memberships, and other social recreational and fraternal organizations; recreationallessons or instruction; rental of movies, and recreation expenses on trips.

Television, radio, and sound equipment includes television sets, video recorders, video cassettes, tapes, disks, diskplayers, video game hardware, video game cartridges, cable TV, radios, phonographs, tape recorders and players, soundcomponents, records and tapes, and records and tapes through record clubs, musical instruments, and rental and repair of TVand sound equipment.

Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground equipment includes pet food, pet services, veterinary expenses, toys, games, hobbies,tricycles, and playground equipment.

Other entertainment equipment and services includes indoor exercise equipment, athletic shoes, bicycles, trailers,campers, camping equipment, rental of campers and trailers, hunting and fishing equipment, sports equipment, winter sportsequipment, water sports equipment, boats, boat motors and boat trailers, rental of boats, landing and docking fees, rental andrepair of sports equipment, photographic equipment, film and film processing, photographer fees, repair and rental of photoequipment, fireworks, pinball and electronic video games.

OTHER EXPENDITURES

Personal care products and services includes products for the hair, oral hygiene products, shaving needs, cosmetics andbath products, electric personal care appliances, other personal care products, personal care services for males and females.

Reading includes subscriptions for newspapers, magazines, and books through book clubs; purchase of single copynewspapers and magazines, newsletters, books, and encyclopedias and other reference books.

Education includes tuition, fees, textbooks, supplies, and equipment for public and private nursery schools, elementary andhigh schools, colleges and universities, and other schools.

Tobacco products and smoking supplies includes cigarettes, cigars, snuff, loose smoking tobacco, chewing tobacco, andsmoking accessories such as cigarette or cigar holders, pipes, flints, lighters, pipe cleaners, and other smoking products andaccessories.

Miscellaneous includes safety deposit box rental, checking account fees and other bank services, legal fees, accounting fees,funerals, cemetery lots, union dues, occupational expenses, and finance charges other than for mortgage and vehicles.

Cash contributions includes cash contributed to persons or organizations outside the consumer unit including alimony andchild support payments, care of students away from home, and contributions to religious, educational, charitable, or politicalorganizations.

Life, endowment, annuities, and other personal insurance includes premiums for whole life and term insurance;endowments; income and other life insurance; mortgage guarantee insurance; mortgage life insurance; premiums for personalliability, accident and disability, and other nonhealth insurance other than for homes and vehicles.

Retirement, pensions, and Social Security includes all Social Security contributions paid by employees; employee'scontributions to railroad retirement, government retirement, and private pension programs; retirement programs forself-employed.INCOME AND PERSONAL TAXES

Income is the combined income of all consumer unit members 14 years of age or over during the 12 months preceding theinterview. The components of income are described below. The order of the definitions of income and personal taxesfollows the order of presentation in published CE tables.

For a definition of Complete income reporters or Quintiles of income, see the Characteristics section above.

Money income before taxes is the total money earnings and selected money receipts during the 12 months prior to theinterview date. It includes the following components:

Wages and salaries includes total money earnings for all consumer unit members, 14 years of age and over, from all jobs,including civilian wages and salaries, Armed Forces pay and allowances, piece-rate payments, commissions, tips, NationalGuard or Reserve pay (received for training periods), and cash bonuses before deductions for taxes, pensions, union dues,etc.

Self-employment income includes net business and farm income, which consists of net income (gross receipts minusoperating expenses) from a profession or unincorporated business or from the operation of a farm by an owner, tenant, orsharecropper. If the business or farm is a partnership, only an appropriate share of net income is recorded. Losses are alsorecorded.

Social Security, private and government retirement includes the following: (1) payments by the Federal Governmentmade under retirement, survivors', and disability insurance programs to retired persons, to dependents of deceased insuredworkers, or to disabled workers; and (2) private pensions or retirement benefits received by retired persons or theirsurvivors, either directly or through an insurance company.

Interest, dividends, rental income, and other property income includes interest income on savings or bonds; paymentsmade by a corporation to its stockholders, periodic receipts from estates or trust funds; net income or loss from the rental ofproperty, real estate, or farms, and net income or loss from roomers or boarders.

Unemployment and workers' compensation and veterans' benefits includes income from unemployment compensationand workers' compensation, and veterans' payments including educational benefits, but excluding military retirement.

Public assistance, supplemental security income, and food stamps includes public assistance or welfare, including moneyreceived from job training grants; supplemental security income paid by Federal, State, and local welfare agencies tolow-income persons who are age 65 or over, blind, or disabled; and the value of food stamps obtained.

Regular contributions for support includes alimony and child support as well as any regular contributions from personsoutside the consumer unit.

Other income includes money income from care of foster children, cash scholarships, fellowships, or stipends not based onworking; and meals and rent as pay.

Federal income taxes includes Federal income taxes withheld in survey year to pay for income earned in survey year plusadditional taxes paid in survey year to cover any underpayment or underwithholding of taxes in the year prior to the survey.

State and local income taxes includes State and local income taxes withheld in survey year to pay for income earned insurvey year plus additional taxes paid in survey year to cover any underpayment or underwithholding of taxes in year priorto survey.

Other taxes includes personal property and other personal taxes paid, including Social Security taxes for the self-employedpaid in the survey year to cover any underpayment or underwithholding of taxes in the year prior to the survey.

OTHER FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The items here are not part of expenditures or income. They are provided for additional information.

Net change in assets includes changes in savings and checking accounts; purchases of securities (stocks, bonds, or mutualfunds) in the year which they were held to the end of the year, sales of securities which were purchased in a prior year;changes in the balances of money owed to the consumer unit (CU); sales and purchases, and repairs and improvements toown dwelling occupied by the CU; vacation home, recreational property, unimproved land and other property owned by theCU; changes in investments in unincorporated family businesses and farms; amounts received or reimbursements from thesale of vehicles; principal amounts of trust held on own dwelling, vacation home, and other properties owned by the CU; andsurrender of insurance policies. This value has a positive or negative sign to indicate increase or decrease in assets.

Net change in liabilities includes changes in mortgage principal on own dwelling occupied by the consumer unit (CU),vacation home, recreational property, unimproved land and other property owned by the CU; payments of mortgage interestdue before either survey year of the survey period; money owed on purchases of cars, trucks, and other vehicles, and moneyowed to other creditors such as department stores, banks, credit unions, finance companies, insurance companies, doctors,dentists, and other medical practitioners. This value has a positive or negative sign to indicate increases or decreases inliabilities.

Other money receipts includes lump-sum payment from estates, trusts, insurance, sale of house furnishings, refunds fromoverpayment on Social Security, refunds from insurance policies, and refunds from property taxes.

Mortgage principal paid on owned property includes the reduction of mortgage principal on a mortgage obtained prior tothe interview quarter for a home or any other property. This is not included in homeowner costs, but is repayment of a loan.

Gifts of goods and services includes gift expenditures for persons outside of the consumer unit: (1) clothing for females andmales over 2 years of age, and infants under 2 years of age; (2) jewelry and watches; (3) small appliances andmiscellaneous housewares; (4) blankets, sheets, towels, and table linens; and (5) all other gifts. These items have alreadybeen defined. Their values are given so they can be subtracted from the expenditure totals if the value of consumption withinthe household is desired.

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