Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2016

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:

Income before taxes

Mean .............................................. $74,664 $101,708 $87,440 $114,375 $104,863 $118,994 $112,623 $105,591 $41,780 $49,921

SE .................................................. 1,447.86 1,497.07 1,832.20 2,013.89 3,401.10 3,405.48 3,181.67 6,319.56 2,742.80 2,653.60

CV(%) ............................................. 1.94 1.47 2.10 1.76 3.24 2.86 2.83 5.98 6.56 5.32

Income after taxes

Mean .............................................. 64,175 86,758 74,334 97,250 89,556 100,369 96,818 93,411 39,706 43,182

SE .................................................. 963.10 1,069.45 1,391.88 1,394.35 2,610.67 2,383.30 2,372.99 4,118.44 1,899.37 1,694.92

CV(%) ............................................. 1.50 1.23 1.87 1.43 2.92 2.37 2.45 4.41 4.78 3.93

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:

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 distribution:

Reference person:

Men ................................................................ 47 53 56 51 54 49 53 48 19 44

Women ........................................................... 53 47 44 49 46 51 47 52 81 56

Housing tenure:

Homeowner .................................................... 62 79 84 75 66 73 82 73 34 48

With mortgage .............................................. 36 50 41 59 58 62 55 50 24 22

Without mortgage ......................................... 27 28 43 16 7 11 28 23 10 27

Renter ............................................................ 38 21 16 25 34 27 18 27 66 52

Race of reference person:

Black or African-American .............................. 13 7 6 8 6 8 8 11 32 17

White, Asian, and all other races ................... 87 93 94 92 94 92 92 89 68 83

Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person:

Hispanic or Latino .......................................... 13 14 7 19 17 19 21 26 18 11

Not Hispanic or Latino .................................... 87 86 93 81 83 81 79 74 82 89

Education of reference person:

Elementary (1-8) ............................................ 3 3 2 3 1 3 6 7 2 3

High school (9-12) .......................................... 32 28 30 26 20 23 33 36 33 35

College ........................................................... 65 68 68 71 79 74 61 56 65 61

Never attended and other .............................. 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 1 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 1 ( ) 2 ( )

At least one vehicle owned or leased ............... 87 96 96 96 97 96 96 95 82 79

Average annual expenditures

Mean .............................................. $57,311 $74,275 $67,224 $81,507 $74,379 $85,317 $79,634 $70,426 $42,211 $40,966

SE .................................................. 593.55 835.56 932.87 1,263.31 1,684.83 1,917.20 2,042.73 2,217.91 1,368.16 640.95

CV(%) ............................................. 1.04 1.12 1.39 1.55 2.27 2.25 2.57 3.15 3.24 1.56

Food

Mean .............................................. 7,203 9,437 8,147 10,607 8,996 11,043 10,860 9,750 5,841 4,894

Share .............................................. 12.6 12.7 12.1 13.0 12.1 12.9 13.6 13.8 13.8 11.9

SE .................................................. 94.56 150.93 148.67 271.32 449.65 298.42 564.80 467.41 273.81 92.09

CV(%) ............................................. 1.31 1.60 1.82 2.56 5.00 2.70 5.20 4.79 4.69 1.88

Food at home

Mean .............................................. 4,049 5,316 4,530 5,952 5,213 6,180 6,024 5,997 3,532 2,704

Share .............................................. 7.1 7.2 6.7 7.3 7.0 7.2 7.6 8.5 8.4 6.6

SE .................................................. 55.32 86.14 101.42 137.98 287.10 180.64 238.38 331.37 176.61 57.53

CV(%) ............................................. 1.37 1.62 2.24 2.32 5.51 2.92 3.96 5.53 5.00 2.13

Cereals and bakery products

Mean .............................................. 524 693 557 799 656 865 779 833 481 342

Share .............................................. .9 .9 .8 1.0 .9 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.1 .8

SE .................................................. 9.92 14.87 18.38 21.47 59.73 25.79 36.52 60.57 27.08 10.17

CV(%) ............................................. 1.89 2.15 3.30 2.69 9.10 2.98 4.69 7.27 5.63 2.97

Cereals and cereal products

Mean .............................................. 172 223 167 264 216 292 248 298 169 115

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .2 .3 .3 .3 .3 .4 .4 .3

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2016 — Continued

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

Cereals and cereal products

SE .................................................. 4.17 5.56 7.18 8.61 15.92 12.05 14.74 25.76 13.59 6.67

CV(%) ............................................. 2.43 2.49 4.29 3.26 7.37 4.13 5.94 8.63 8.03 5.80

Bakery products

Mean .............................................. 353 470 390 535 440 573 531 535 312 227

Share .............................................. .6 .6 .6 .7 .6 .7 .7 .8 .7 .6

SE .................................................. 7.71 11.29 13.19 16.39 49.15 19.65 26.91 43.48 22.99 6.20

CV(%) ............................................. 2.19 2.40 3.38 3.06 11.17 3.43 5.07 8.13 7.38 2.73

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

Mean .............................................. 890 1,160 996 1,272 1,108 1,283 1,350 1,436 790 602

Share .............................................. 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.7 2.0 1.9 1.5

SE .................................................. 15.36 23.78 33.03 38.23 67.88 53.64 75.49 109.47 59.98 18.94

CV(%) ............................................. 1.73 2.05 3.32 3.01 6.12 4.18 5.59 7.62 7.59 3.15

Beef

Mean .............................................. 244 329 309 332 306 337 339 426 204 154

Share .............................................. .4 .4 .5 .4 .4 .4 .4 .6 .5 .4

SE .................................................. 6.42 10.70 20.83 14.31 33.64 23.29 26.06 71.83 23.61 8.41

CV(%) ............................................. 2.63 3.25 6.74 4.31 10.98 6.91 7.70 16.88 11.55 5.46

Pork

Mean .............................................. 169 216 193 230 182 235 248 266 149 119

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .3 .3 .2 .3 .3 .4 .4 .3

SE .................................................. 3.51 6.70 10.10 10.97 16.68 14.41 21.74 26.77 19.67 5.68

CV(%) ............................................. 2.08 3.10 5.23 4.78 9.18 6.12 8.75 10.05 13.24 4.77

Other meats

Mean .............................................. 120 160 133 184 158 193 186 165 114 77

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .3 .2

SE .................................................. 2.98 4.82 6.31 7.55 15.41 9.48 14.40 15.62 13.63 2.94

CV(%) ............................................. 2.48 3.02 4.76 4.11 9.77 4.92 7.76 9.46 11.97 3.80

Poultry

Mean .............................................. 172 218 153 263 205 269 286 321 153 122

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .2 .3 .3 .3 .4 .5 .4 .3

SE .................................................. 4.47 7.56 7.95 11.01 17.29 16.52 20.67 41.69 14.70 4.86

CV(%) ............................................. 2.61 3.47 5.20 4.19 8.42 6.14 7.23 12.99 9.63 3.97

Fish and seafood

Mean .............................................. 130 169 152 184 183 169 208 182 106 88

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .3 .3 .2 .2

SE .................................................. 5.72 9.46 8.71 14.31 24.87 18.09 28.11 21.17 12.37 5.93

CV(%) ............................................. 4.41 5.59 5.73 7.78 13.61 10.71 13.51 11.60 11.72 6.70

Eggs

Mean .............................................. 56 69 56 80 75 79 84 75 65 40

Share .............................................. .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .2 .1

SE .................................................. 1.64 1.97 2.79 2.82 6.15 3.79 6.03 8.57 16.22 1.55

CV(%) ............................................. 2.94 2.86 4.96 3.53 8.23 4.77 7.21 11.36 25.08 3.82

Dairy products

Mean .............................................. 410 540 443 624 624 641 597 585 353 272

Share .............................................. .7 .7 .7 .8 .8 .8 .7 .8 .8 .7

SE .................................................. 6.73 10.96 12.62 16.44 47.05 24.23 24.72 37.09 18.94 6.82

CV(%) ............................................. 1.64 2.03 2.85 2.64 7.54 3.78 4.14 6.34 5.37 2.50

Fresh milk and cream

Mean .............................................. 139 182 139 217 236 218 202 219 135 92

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .2 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .2

SE .................................................. 2.83 4.63 5.49 6.97 21.76 9.98 10.59 13.75 7.90 2.83

CV(%) ............................................. 2.03 2.55 3.96 3.22 9.21 4.57 5.24 6.27 5.87 3.08

Other dairy products

Mean .............................................. 271 358 304 407 388 423 395 366 218 180

Share .............................................. .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .4

SE .................................................. 4.90 7.67 9.25 12.10 29.41 17.49 18.31 28.21 15.44 5.46

CV(%) ............................................. 1.81 2.14 3.04 2.97 7.58 4.14 4.64 7.71 7.08 3.03

Fruits and vegetables

Mean .............................................. 783 1,048 896 1,176 1,089 1,188 1,208 1,153 643 504

Share .............................................. 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.2

SE .................................................. 12.51 20.57 25.24 37.28 68.65 47.09 76.02 73.19 48.19 15.32

CV(%) ............................................. 1.60 1.96 2.82 3.17 6.30 3.96 6.29 6.35 7.49 3.04

Fresh fruits

Mean .............................................. 288 389 320 453 431 453 466 405 241 181

Share .............................................. .5 .5 .5 .6 .6 .5 .6 .6 .6 .4

SE .................................................. 6.08 9.85 11.79 18.44 31.26 21.34 40.09 30.40 23.00 6.46

CV(%) ............................................. 2.11 2.53 3.69 4.07 7.26 4.71 8.61 7.50 9.55 3.57

Fresh vegetables

Mean .............................................. 254 340 305 366 348 362 383 378 192 165

Share .............................................. .4 .5 .5 .4 .5 .4 .5 .5 .5 .4

SE .................................................. 3.86 8.07 11.26 14.11 28.77 19.77 30.36 29.31 17.08 6.17

CV(%) ............................................. 1.52 2.38 3.69 3.85 8.28 5.46 7.92 7.75 8.88 3.74

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2016 — Continued

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

Processed fruits

Mean .............................................. 109 143 117 165 159 167 165 165 95 72

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2

SE .................................................. 2.46 3.92 4.89 6.95 15.50 7.61 13.08 13.72 10.61 3.28

CV(%) ............................................. 2.26 2.74 4.19 4.21 9.78 4.55 7.92 8.32 11.20 4.56

Processed vegetables

Mean .............................................. 133 176 154 192 153 206 194 205 115 87

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .3 .3 .2

SE .................................................. 3.88 6.26 8.70 7.16 12.31 8.87 12.38 20.91 9.75 3.86

CV(%) ............................................. 2.93 3.56 5.65 3.73 8.06 4.31 6.40 10.22 8.45 4.47

Other food at home

Mean .............................................. 1,442 1,875 1,638 2,081 1,735 2,202 2,091 1,989 1,266 983

Share .............................................. 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.3 2.6 2.6 2.8 3.0 2.4

SE .................................................. 20.81 32.80 36.98 51.87 118.03 70.09 75.49 126.69 72.53 23.62

CV(%) ............................................. 1.44 1.75 2.26 2.49 6.80 3.18 3.61 6.37 5.73 2.40

Sugar and other sweets

Mean .............................................. 148 197 175 213 160 222 232 220 127 96

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .3 .3 .2 .3 .3 .3 .3 .2

SE .................................................. 4.35 6.44 10.19 10.21 17.49 13.48 20.84 19.31 12.77 5.13

CV(%) ............................................. 2.94 3.28 5.83 4.78 10.96 6.08 8.98 8.76 10.07 5.33

Fats and oils

Mean .............................................. 111 148 131 161 118 171 172 172 85 73

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2

SE .................................................. 3.24 5.39 6.41 7.42 12.64 12.12 11.48 20.65 9.63 3.50

CV(%) ............................................. 2.91 3.63 4.91 4.60 10.70 7.10 6.69 12.00 11.34 4.76

Miscellaneous foods

Mean .............................................. 734 953 813 1,085 1,011 1,147 1,031 949 685 498

Share .............................................. 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.6 1.2

SE .................................................. 11.04 19.39 22.76 31.17 78.33 40.54 42.75 79.81 43.10 14.33

CV(%) ............................................. 1.50 2.03 2.80 2.87 7.75 3.53 4.15 8.41 6.29 2.88

Nonalcoholic beverages

Mean .............................................. 393 495 440 537 387 570 572 561 341 286

Share .............................................. .7 .7 .7 .7 .5 .7 .7 .8 .8 .7

SE .................................................. 7.11 9.54 12.97 16.36 34.91 23.25 27.64 35.90 24.81 8.91

CV(%) ............................................. 1.81 1.93 2.95 3.05 9.02 4.08 4.83 6.40 7.28 3.11

Food prepared by consumer unit on

out-of-town trips

Mean .............................................. 55 82 79 84 59 93 85 87 28 30

Share .............................................. .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1

SE .................................................. 2.51 4.18 5.63 5.30 7.70 8.15 7.86 14.27 7.93 1.96

CV(%) ............................................. 4.55 5.09 7.09 6.31 12.95 8.79 9.31 16.48 28.49 6.59

Food away from home

Mean .............................................. 3,154 4,121 3,618 4,655 3,783 4,863 4,835 3,753 2,309 2,190

Share .............................................. 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.7 5.1 5.7 6.1 5.3 5.5 5.3

SE .................................................. 64.74 108.69 126.25 178.83 261.90 173.88 402.11 282.79 167.63 59.70

CV(%) ............................................. 2.05 2.64 3.49 3.84 6.92 3.58 8.32 7.54 7.26 2.73

Alcoholic beverages

Mean .............................................. 484 583 642 541 557 568 491 493 200 408

Share .............................................. .8 .8 1.0 .7 .7 .7 .6 .7 .5 1.0

SE .................................................. 16.66 27.46 40.83 40.10 81.31 57.93 60.71 99.01 30.57 19.20

CV(%) ............................................. 3.44 4.71 6.36 7.41 14.60 10.20 12.37 20.07 15.28 4.71

Housing

Mean .............................................. 18,886 23,365 20,662 25,988 27,517 27,470 22,712 22,733 15,775 14,500

Share .............................................. 33.0 31.5 30.7 31.9 37.0 32.2 28.5 32.3 37.4 35.4

SE .................................................. 149.46 234.81 279.32 328.57 697.43 576.56 426.00 609.29 372.89 181.15

CV(%) ............................................. .79 1.00 1.35 1.26 2.53 2.10 1.88 2.68 2.36 1.25

Shelter

Mean .............................................. 11,128 13,265 11,643 14,906 15,286 16,164 12,670 12,495 9,201 9,098

Share .............................................. 19.4 17.9 17.3 18.3 20.6 18.9 15.9 17.7 21.8 22.2

SE .................................................. 113.28 164.19 219.23 238.01 502.04 365.90 312.50 429.59 288.31 155.81

CV(%) ............................................. 1.02 1.24 1.88 1.60 3.28 2.26 2.47 3.44 3.13 1.71

Owned dwellings

Mean .............................................. 6,295 9,226 8,236 10,378 9,966 11,172 9,354 7,844 3,185 3,564

Share .............................................. 11.0 12.4 12.3 12.7 13.4 13.1 11.7 11.1 7.5 8.7

SE .................................................. 79.27 150.03 164.45 255.15 516.89 394.14 286.49 397.26 257.19 91.37

CV(%) ............................................. 1.26 1.63 2.00 2.46 5.19 3.53 3.06 5.06 8.08 2.56

Mortgage interest and charges

Mean .............................................. 2,889 4,431 3,148 5,692 5,984 6,358 4,456 4,032 1,655 1,409

Share .............................................. 5.0 6.0 4.7 7.0 8.0 7.5 5.6 5.7 3.9 3.4

SE .................................................. 52.35 106.11 103.18 165.52 350.34 249.38 226.56 251.81 128.43 58.61

CV(%) ............................................. 1.81 2.39 3.28 2.91 5.85 3.92 5.08 6.24 7.76 4.16

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2016 — Continued

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

Property taxes

Mean .............................................. 1,969 2,809 2,771 2,958 2,411 3,088 3,075 2,124 945 1,201

Share .............................................. 3.4 3.8 4.1 3.6 3.2 3.6 3.9 3.0 2.2 2.9

SE .................................................. 28.53 48.80 56.87 80.28 128.15 130.40 112.80 109.43 83.29 28.85

CV(%) ............................................. 1.45 1.74 2.05 2.71 5.32 4.22 3.67 5.15 8.81 2.40

Maintenance, repairs, insurance, other

expenses

Mean .............................................. 1,437 1,986 2,316 1,728 1,571 1,727 1,823 1,687 584 954

Share .............................................. 2.5 2.7 3.4 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.3 2.4 1.4 2.3

SE .................................................. 38.73 75.45 121.93 91.74 187.93 136.19 139.07 224.83 198.38 48.21

CV(%) ............................................. 2.70 3.80 5.26 5.31 11.96 7.89 7.63 13.33 33.95 5.05

Rented dwellings

Mean .............................................. 4,035 2,810 1,968 3,430 4,718 3,697 2,242 3,812 5,812 5,123

Share .............................................. 7.0 3.8 2.9 4.2 6.3 4.3 2.8 5.4 13.8 12.5

SE .................................................. 64.12 84.84 109.38 125.34 311.08 190.01 172.03 354.64 238.31 109.17

CV(%) ............................................. 1.59 3.02 5.56 3.65 6.59 5.14 7.67 9.30 4.10 2.13

Other lodging

Mean .............................................. 798 1,229 1,439 1,097 602 1,295 1,074 839 205 411

Share .............................................. 1.4 1.7 2.1 1.3 .8 1.5 1.3 1.2 .5 1.0

SE .................................................. 33.99 52.64 86.32 56.23 71.64 90.52 131.29 185.24 28.64 33.61

CV(%) ............................................. 4.26 4.28 6.00 5.12 11.90 6.99 12.22 22.07 13.97 8.17

Utilities, fuels, and public services

Mean .............................................. 3,884 4,817 4,325 5,141 4,009 5,205 5,710 5,628 3,480 2,950

Share .............................................. 6.8 6.5 6.4 6.3 5.4 6.1 7.2 8.0 8.2 7.2

SE .................................................. 36.08 52.68 54.25 65.64 73.48 79.78 90.15 135.40 70.75 33.03

CV(%) ............................................. .93 1.09 1.25 1.28 1.83 1.53 1.58 2.41 2.03 1.12

Natural gas

Mean .............................................. 355 428 380 461 391 458 508 499 315 282

Share .............................................. .6 .6 .6 .6 .5 .5 .6 .7 .7 .7

SE .................................................. 10.52 12.58 14.63 15.43 18.95 18.44 23.19 32.13 21.26 11.02

CV(%) ............................................. 2.97 2.94 3.85 3.34 4.84 4.03 4.56 6.44 6.75 3.91

Electricity

Mean .............................................. 1,444 1,738 1,620 1,799 1,413 1,836 1,969 2,031 1,398 1,141

Share .............................................. 2.5 2.3 2.4 2.2 1.9 2.2 2.5 2.9 3.3 2.8

SE .................................................. 16.13 22.19 19.70 28.13 33.09 32.44 49.28 71.48 38.04 15.31

CV(%) ............................................. 1.12 1.28 1.22 1.56 2.34 1.77 2.50 3.52 2.72 1.34

Fuel oil and other fuels

Mean .............................................. 85 108 132 90 71 78 120 88 55 64

Share .............................................. .1 .1 .2 .1 .1 .1 .2 .1 .1 .2

SE .................................................. 5.81 8.60 13.06 7.44 15.47 10.07 16.85 14.52 17.46 4.76

CV(%) ............................................. 6.81 7.94 9.93 8.26 21.68 12.86 14.08 16.58 31.90 7.40

Telephone services

Mean .............................................. 1,431 1,807 1,529 2,011 1,499 2,024 2,293 2,151 1,264 1,055

Share .............................................. 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.0 2.4 2.9 3.1 3.0 2.6

SE .................................................. 13.62 21.77 26.82 31.03 43.50 38.74 51.00 66.68 43.51 13.94

CV(%) ............................................. .95 1.20 1.75 1.54 2.90 1.91 2.22 3.10 3.44 1.32

Residential phone service, VOIP, and

phone cards

Mean .............................................. 307 374 425 327 141 327 437 371 192 250

Share .............................................. .5 .5 .6 .4 .2 .4 .5 .5 .5 .6

SE .................................................. 7.25 9.24 12.07 12.98 19.59 16.00 23.04 20.03 22.86 7.14

CV(%) ............................................. 2.36 2.47 2.84 3.97 13.87 4.89 5.27 5.39 11.91 2.85

Cellular phone service

Mean .............................................. 1,124 1,433 1,104 1,684 1,358 1,696 1,856 1,780 1,072 804

Share .............................................. 2.0 1.9 1.6 2.1 1.8 2.0 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.0

SE .................................................. 12.03 19.64 22.51 24.96 40.92 32.42 47.40 70.16 41.55 13.16

CV(%) ............................................. 1.07 1.37 2.04 1.48 3.01 1.91 2.55 3.94 3.88 1.64

Water and other public services

Mean .............................................. 569 735 666 780 634 809 820 859 449 408

Share .............................................. 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 .9 .9 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.0

SE .................................................. 13.54 17.58 25.18 19.24 24.68 23.11 28.34 35.85 26.09 12.30

CV(%) ............................................. 2.38 2.39 3.78 2.47 3.89 2.86 3.46 4.17 5.81 3.01

Household operations

Mean .............................................. 1,384 1,893 1,262 2,546 5,244 2,456 1,092 1,500 1,357 852

Share .............................................. 2.4 2.5 1.9 3.1 7.0 2.9 1.4 2.1 3.2 2.1

SE .................................................. 35.95 51.40 38.44 91.61 306.56 112.78 54.64 89.32 80.09 43.09

CV(%) ............................................. 2.60 2.72 3.04 3.60 5.85 4.59 5.00 5.95 5.90 5.06

Personal services

Mean .............................................. 457 712 54 1,363 4,143 1,147 63 482 693 163

Share .............................................. .8 1.0 .1 1.7 5.6 1.3 .1 .7 1.6 .4

SE .................................................. 26.73 40.76 14.63 81.57 282.20 86.30 20.50 66.05 72.08 35.34

CV(%) ............................................. 5.86 5.72 26.86 5.98 6.81 7.52 32.65 13.70 10.40 21.74

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2016 — Continued

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

Other household expenses

Mean .............................................. 927 1,181 1,208 1,183 1,100 1,309 1,029 1,018 664 690

Share .............................................. 1.6 1.6 1.8 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.7

SE .................................................. 17.26 20.40 29.11 32.35 68.00 50.43 42.28 65.93 35.84 21.34

CV(%) ............................................. 1.86 1.73 2.41 2.74 6.18 3.85 4.11 6.48 5.40 3.09

Housekeeping supplies

Mean .............................................. 660 864 853 870 754 893 902 886 463 458

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.1

SE .................................................. 11.84 21.36 33.41 30.95 76.80 53.98 58.15 93.66 44.92 16.25

CV(%) ............................................. 1.79 2.47 3.91 3.56 10.18 6.05 6.44 10.58 9.70 3.55

Laundry and cleaning supplies

Mean .............................................. 160 197 183 209 152 218 229 207 144 120

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .3 .3 .2 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3

SE .................................................. 4.30 7.30 14.75 8.93 18.04 15.61 20.89 24.39 16.14 5.53

CV(%) ............................................. 2.69 3.70 8.05 4.26 11.89 7.15 9.11 11.80 11.18 4.61

Other household products

Mean .............................................. 363 491 483 506 494 510 506 451 237 236

Share .............................................. .6 .7 .7 .6 .7 .6 .6 .6 .6 .6

SE .................................................. 9.13 15.56 22.54 23.69 65.08 41.34 33.26 43.52 28.56 10.42

CV(%) ............................................. 2.51 3.16 4.67 4.68 13.18 8.10 6.58 9.65 12.03 4.42

Postage and stationery

Mean .............................................. 137 175 187 155 109 164 168 228 81 102

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .3 .2 .1 .2 .2 .3 .2 .2

SE .................................................. 6.47 10.35 12.85 13.10 27.34 17.78 24.47 63.95 13.56 10.82

CV(%) ............................................. 4.71 5.92 6.87 8.45 25.16 10.83 14.61 28.05 16.71 10.61

Household furnishings and equipment

Mean .............................................. 1,829 2,526 2,578 2,524 2,224 2,751 2,338 2,224 1,274 1,142

Share .............................................. 3.2 3.4 3.8 3.1 3.0 3.2 2.9 3.2 3.0 2.8

SE .................................................. 52.29 93.92 153.66 107.92 150.55 212.62 200.48 177.74 99.16 46.61

CV(%) ............................................. 2.86 3.72 5.96 4.28 6.77 7.73 8.57 7.99 7.79 4.08

Household textiles

Mean .............................................. 98 135 124 146 144 131 172 133 109 57

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .3 .1

SE .................................................. 5.44 9.26 15.60 13.29 27.10 16.04 26.39 34.73 30.34 3.88

CV(%) ............................................. 5.53 6.85 12.61 9.08 18.80 12.21 15.38 26.05 27.88 6.86

Furniture

Mean .............................................. 460 623 611 639 605 743 494 593 403 295

Share .............................................. .8 .8 .9 .8 .8 .9 .6 .8 1.0 .7

SE .................................................. 19.22 33.77 48.09 52.06 74.49 88.49 56.82 95.12 42.67 18.28

CV(%) ............................................. 4.18 5.42 7.87 8.14 12.31 11.90 11.51 16.04 10.58 6.21

Floor coverings

Mean .............................................. 20 26 28 24 39 25 14 23 12 16

Share .............................................. 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) .1 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( ) 2 ( )

SE .................................................. 1.52 2.42 3.70 3.12 11.47 3.85 2.77 9.51 2.83 3.03

CV(%) ............................................. 7.47 9.39 13.00 13.11 29.31 15.67 20.29 42.21 24.58 19.50

Major appliances

Mean .............................................. 283 391 421 352 314 413 277 459 264 172

Share .............................................. .5 .5 .6 .4 .4 .5 .3 .7 .6 .4

SE .................................................. 12.32 22.92 43.16 26.03 52.37 40.31 31.13 64.78 45.77 10.72

CV(%) ............................................. 4.35 5.86 10.26 7.40 16.70 9.76 11.25 14.12 17.33 6.25

Small appliances, miscellaneous

housewares

Mean .............................................. 123 155 163 152 147 159 143 125 87 93

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2

SE .................................................. 5.58 8.57 17.24 10.27 32.22 13.88 19.00 24.45 17.29 6.88

CV(%) ............................................. 4.53 5.54 10.57 6.78 21.93 8.76 13.24 19.49 19.82 7.42

Miscellaneous household equipment

Mean .............................................. 845 1,196 1,230 1,211 976 1,280 1,239 891 399 511

Share .............................................. 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.3 .9 1.2

SE .................................................. 41.06 76.85 134.28 76.02 110.43 138.69 161.13 100.42 47.05 38.88

CV(%) ............................................. 4.86 6.43 10.91 6.28 11.32 10.83 13.00 11.27 11.80 7.61

Apparel and services

Mean .............................................. 1,803 2,297 1,639 2,923 2,810 3,252 2,465 2,260 1,914 1,248

Share .............................................. 3.1 3.1 2.4 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.1 3.2 4.5 3.0

SE .................................................. 63.08 97.15 80.06 205.22 259.37 325.77 280.75 232.21 187.87 62.39

CV(%) ............................................. 3.50 4.23 4.88 7.02 9.23 10.02 11.39 10.27 9.81 5.00

Men and boys

Mean .............................................. 427 563 377 731 664 773 702 612 448 274

Share .............................................. .7 .8 .6 .9 .9 .9 .9 .9 1.1 .7

SE .................................................. 21.70 29.18 32.30 56.53 106.45 67.88 93.31 100.48 70.72 29.59

CV(%) ............................................. 5.09 5.18 8.56 7.73 16.03 8.78 13.29 16.42 15.78 10.78

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2016 — Continued

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

Men, 16 and over

Mean .............................................. 323 414 338 488 451 424 610 411 135 244

Share .............................................. .6 .6 .5 .6 .6 .5 .8 .6 .3 .6

SE .................................................. 20.77 27.17 29.65 45.98 84.10 44.00 89.51 93.34 39.82 29.27

CV(%) ............................................. 6.43 6.56 8.78 9.43 18.66 10.38 14.66 22.71 29.44 11.99

Boys, 2 to 15

Mean .............................................. 104 149 40 243 213 350 92 201 313 30

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .1 .3 .3 .4 .1 .3 .7 .1

SE .................................................. 6.65 10.98 8.22 20.10 46.33 37.63 23.99 51.91 47.53 3.92

CV(%) ............................................. 6.42 7.37 20.64 8.26 21.70 10.76 26.12 25.84 15.19 12.89

Women and girls

Mean .............................................. 665 837 643 1,036 856 1,163 940 742 720 468

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.7 1.1

SE .................................................. 23.71 34.17 52.21 59.18 124.64 70.87 132.29 87.14 90.81 30.08

CV(%) ............................................. 3.57 4.08 8.12 5.71 14.57 6.10 14.07 11.74 12.61 6.43

Women, 16 and over

Mean .............................................. 571 703 599 811 711 815 862 642 513 432

Share .............................................. 1.0 .9 .9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 .9 1.2 1.1

SE .................................................. 21.96 34.51 51.48 56.75 125.28 65.06 125.96 81.31 85.37 28.57

CV(%) ............................................. 3.84 4.91 8.59 7.00 17.61 7.98 14.60 12.67 16.63 6.62

Girls, 2 to 15

Mean .............................................. 94 134 44 225 144 347 77 101 207 36

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .1 .3 .2 .4 .1 .1 .5 .1

SE .................................................. 5.06 9.05 6.64 17.12 26.93 33.06 14.04 23.03 26.08 4.37

CV(%) ............................................. 5.41 6.74 15.22 7.62 18.69 9.52 18.13 22.84 12.62 11.99

Children under 2

Mean .............................................. 66 103 37 164 578 99 27 117 70 25

Share .............................................. .1 .1 .1 .2 .8 .1 2 ( ) .2 .2 .1

SE .................................................. 4.95 10.62 7.66 19.08 88.53 18.53 7.61 33.33 15.77 4.06

CV(%) ............................................. 7.47 10.27 20.97 11.60 15.32 18.80 28.05 28.46 22.41 16.47

Footwear

Mean .............................................. 388 466 319 596 444 672 567 522 512 286

Share .............................................. .7 .6 .5 .7 .6 .8 .7 .7 1.2 .7

SE .................................................. 18.86 23.83 26.10 47.07 92.88 56.11 92.01 97.63 90.60 27.13

CV(%) ............................................. 4.86 5.11 8.18 7.89 20.91 8.35 16.24 18.70 17.70 9.47

Other apparel products and services

Mean .............................................. 257 326 263 395 268 546 229 267 164 194

Share .............................................. .4 .4 .4 .5 .4 .6 .3 .4 .4 .5

SE .................................................. 30.98 61.79 21.66 130.79 33.77 260.89 26.56 59.97 18.38 15.10

CV(%) ............................................. 12.05 18.94 8.22 33.11 12.59 47.79 11.60 22.48 11.20 7.79

Transportation

Mean .............................................. 9,049 11,940 11,159 12,757 10,695 13,000 13,586 11,428 6,825 6,247

Share .............................................. 15.8 16.1 16.6 15.7 14.4 15.2 17.1 16.2 16.2 15.2

SE .................................................. 195.49 287.13 363.84 432.01 624.67 587.05 795.41 831.37 635.59 180.24

CV(%) ............................................. 2.16 2.40 3.26 3.39 5.84 4.52 5.85 7.27 9.31 2.89

Vehicle purchases (net outlay)

Mean .............................................. 3,634 4,882 4,774 5,174 4,226 5,277 5,572 3,714 3,066 2,388

Share .............................................. 6.3 6.6 7.1 6.3 5.7 6.2 7.0 5.3 7.3 5.8

SE .................................................. 159.02 240.40 332.53 340.09 603.13 524.54 648.59 759.83 585.88 159.80

CV(%) ............................................. 4.38 4.92 6.97 6.57 14.27 9.94 11.64 20.46 19.11 6.69

Cars and trucks, new

Mean .............................................. 1,650 2,317 2,459 2,303 1,548 2,454 2,507 1,593 929 1,029

Share .............................................. 2.9 3.1 3.7 2.8 2.1 2.9 3.1 2.3 2.2 2.5

SE .................................................. 118.57 201.32 278.34 255.16 527.39 403.49 450.25 448.67 370.56 100.25

CV(%) ............................................. 7.19 8.69 11.32 11.08 34.07 16.44 17.96 28.17 39.88 9.74

Cars and trucks, used

Mean .............................................. 1,919 2,485 2,245 2,769 2,638 2,710 2,941 2,114 2,115 1,303

Share .............................................. 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.2 3.7 3.0 5.0 3.2

SE .................................................. 104.80 150.60 210.17 198.85 338.65 293.86 415.75 464.81 445.73 105.03

CV(%) ............................................. 5.46 6.06 9.36 7.18 12.84 10.84 14.14 21.99 21.07 8.06

Other vehicles

Mean .............................................. 66 80 69 102 40 112 124 8 22 55

Share .............................................. .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .2 2 ( ) .1 .1

SE .................................................. 15.07 22.85 35.06 35.96 24.21 52.73 67.95 7.68 19.03 17.92

CV(%) ............................................. 22.94 28.45 50.50 35.10 60.34 47.17 54.64 100.72 87.52 32.44

Gasoline and motor oil

Mean .............................................. 1,909 2,489 2,083 2,797 2,268 2,869 2,995 2,922 1,582 1,336

Share .............................................. 3.3 3.4 3.1 3.4 3.0 3.4 3.8 4.1 3.7 3.3

SE .................................................. 22.86 33.89 35.22 44.29 55.58 54.45 62.32 72.27 41.39 25.11

CV(%) ............................................. 1.20 1.36 1.69 1.58 2.45 1.90 2.08 2.47 2.62 1.88

Other vehicle expenses

Mean .............................................. 2,884 3,704 3,439 3,884 3,501 3,859 4,148 4,129 1,877 2,120

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2016 — Continued

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

Other vehicle expenses

Share .............................................. 5.0 5.0 5.1 4.8 4.7 4.5 5.2 5.9 4.4 5.2

SE .................................................. 64.85 99.54 131.26 136.66 234.54 197.62 229.33 446.09 148.69 76.78

CV(%) ............................................. 2.25 2.69 3.82 3.52 6.70 5.12 5.53 10.80 7.92 3.62

Vehicle finance charges

Mean .............................................. 226 319 250 380 358 392 374 340 175 134

Share .............................................. .4 .4 .4 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .4 .3

SE .................................................. 4.68 8.14 10.66 12.43 21.03 18.19 28.21 25.72 15.27 5.86

CV(%) ............................................. 2.07 2.55 4.27 3.27 5.88 4.64 7.53 7.57 8.73 4.39

Maintenance and repairs

Mean .............................................. 849 1,107 1,014 1,170 870 1,164 1,355 1,247 569 608

Share .............................................. 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.7 1.8 1.3 1.5

SE .................................................. 18.64 29.01 40.02 42.12 57.71 59.75 71.39 103.41 34.55 25.76

CV(%) ............................................. 2.20 2.62 3.95 3.60 6.63 5.13 5.27 8.29 6.08 4.24

Vehicle insurance

Mean .............................................. 1,149 1,404 1,336 1,429 1,422 1,349 1,559 1,660 726 915

Share .............................................. 2.0 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.6 2.0 2.4 1.7 2.2

SE .................................................. 53.14 79.44 122.97 115.81 205.34 163.05 201.48 427.47 131.71 68.82

CV(%) ............................................. 4.62 5.66 9.20 8.10 14.44 12.09 12.92 25.76 18.15 7.52

Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other

charges

Mean .............................................. 660 874 839 905 850 954 859 882 408 463

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.0 1.1

SE .................................................. 23.95 32.54 47.68 38.56 81.36 58.25 59.11 107.50 46.29 26.27

CV(%) ............................................. 3.63 3.72 5.68 4.26 9.57 6.11 6.88 12.18 11.35 5.67

Public and other transportation

Mean .............................................. 623 866 863 902 700 995 871 663 299 404

Share .............................................. 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.1 .9 1.2 1.1 .9 .7 1.0

SE .................................................. 20.60 38.75 53.26 51.62 63.28 77.49 91.56 83.44 38.82 15.72

CV(%) ............................................. 3.31 4.48 6.17 5.73 9.04 7.79 10.51 12.59 13.00 3.89

Healthcare

Mean .............................................. 4,612 6,369 7,062 5,782 5,086 5,696 6,333 5,998 2,218 3,029

Share .............................................. 8.0 8.6 10.5 7.1 6.8 6.7 8.0 8.5 5.3 7.4

SE .................................................. 73.07 115.03 141.02 152.15 245.34 161.11 266.58 284.89 139.46 62.59

CV(%) ............................................. 1.58 1.81 2.00 2.63 4.82 2.83 4.21 4.75 6.29 2.07

Health insurance

Mean .............................................. 3,160 4,372 4,813 3,992 3,476 3,904 4,438 4,177 1,549 2,067

Share .............................................. 5.5 5.9 7.2 4.9 4.7 4.6 5.6 5.9 3.7 5.0

SE .................................................. 42.12 67.40 81.69 108.04 170.48 120.94 188.02 227.60 95.85 43.15

CV(%) ............................................. 1.33 1.54 1.70 2.71 4.90 3.10 4.24 5.45 6.19 2.09

Medical services

Mean .............................................. 838 1,175 1,203 1,165 1,232 1,139 1,168 1,081 379 535

Share .............................................. 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.4 1.7 1.3 1.5 1.5 .9 1.3

SE .................................................. 34.68 53.35 80.75 62.95 117.70 63.46 112.18 134.12 71.29 34.02

CV(%) ............................................. 4.14 4.54 6.71 5.40 9.56 5.57 9.61 12.41 18.82 6.36

Drugs

Mean .............................................. 463 621 809 449 271 447 557 604 213 321

Share .............................................. .8 .8 1.2 .6 .4 .5 .7 .9 .5 .8

SE .................................................. 13.35 20.16 31.68 21.09 27.70 31.57 33.63 61.14 34.56 13.05

CV(%) ............................................. 2.89 3.25 3.92 4.70 10.22 7.07 6.04 10.13 16.19 4.07

Medical supplies

Mean .............................................. 151 201 237 177 107 206 171 137 76 106

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .4 .2 .1 .2 .2 .2 .2 .3

SE .................................................. 4.97 8.60 17.64 7.56 12.03 11.30 12.30 14.81 10.88 6.52

CV(%) ............................................. 3.30 4.29 7.44 4.28 11.26 5.47 7.19 10.83 14.23 6.15

Entertainment

Mean .............................................. 2,913 3,829 3,620 4,143 3,241 4,999 3,315 3,101 2,002 2,037

Share .............................................. 5.1 5.2 5.4 5.1 4.4 5.9 4.2 4.4 4.7 5.0

SE .................................................. 66.99 109.38 137.79 191.32 242.76 353.52 193.30 219.59 113.61 78.30

CV(%) ............................................. 2.30 2.86 3.81 4.62 7.49 7.07 5.83 7.08 5.68 3.84

Fees and admissions

Mean .............................................. 681 996 795 1,238 672 1,666 890 664 437 375

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.5 .9 2.0 1.1 .9 1.0 .9

SE .................................................. 21.87 36.75 41.89 56.84 59.60 109.47 59.76 89.74 58.30 21.49

CV(%) ............................................. 3.21 3.69 5.27 4.59 8.87 6.57 6.72 13.52 13.33 5.72

Audio and visual equipment and services

Mean .............................................. 1,085 1,288 1,247 1,325 1,079 1,458 1,259 1,292 958 885

Share .............................................. 1.9 1.7 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.8 2.3 2.2

SE .................................................. 16.91 32.91 24.93 56.73 58.39 111.52 38.52 42.94 44.03 14.87

CV(%) ............................................. 1.56 2.56 2.00 4.28 5.41 7.65 3.06 3.32 4.60 1.68

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2016 — Continued

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

Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground

equipment

Mean .............................................. 740 929 939 964 855 1,160 719 651 464 566

Share .............................................. 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.4 .9 .9 1.1 1.4

SE .................................................. 45.64 70.43 83.24 123.88 89.49 249.78 98.33 103.44 75.63 60.75

CV(%) ............................................. 6.16 7.58 8.87 12.84 10.47 21.52 13.67 15.89 16.30 10.74

Pets

Mean .............................................. 583 709 733 719 470 869 630 500 261 484

Share .............................................. 1.0 1.0 1.1 .9 .6 1.0 .8 .7 .6 1.2

SE .................................................. 39.37 61.78 66.30 114.21 55.49 234.03 94.91 94.06 38.77 58.99

CV(%) ............................................. 6.75 8.71 9.04 15.87 11.81 26.94 15.07 18.83 14.86 12.20

Toys, hobbies, and playground equipment

Mean .............................................. 157 220 205 245 385 292 89 151 203 82

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .3 .3 .5 .3 .1 .2 .5 .2

SE .................................................. 11.80 21.12 34.83 24.67 58.05 33.47 16.14 31.96 64.92 8.03

CV(%) ............................................. 7.50 9.59 16.96 10.07 15.07 11.47 18.06 21.12 31.96 9.79

Other entertainment supplies, equipment,

and services

Mean .............................................. 406 616 638 616 635 715 447 494 143 212

Share .............................................. .7 .8 .9 .8 .9 .8 .6 .7 .3 .5

SE .................................................. 35.91 59.45 104.22 86.29 208.21 122.79 98.95 113.06 28.12 32.13

CV(%) ............................................. 8.84 9.64 16.32 14.00 32.79 17.17 22.13 22.88 19.69 15.17

Personal care products and services

Mean .............................................. 707 904 860 958 686 1,023 1,013 832 615 504

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 .9 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.5 1.2

SE .................................................. 11.27 17.75 28.03 26.34 50.55 45.20 64.62 56.85 50.19 14.89

CV(%) ............................................. 1.59 1.96 3.26 2.75 7.37 4.42 6.38 6.83 8.16 2.96

Reading

Mean .............................................. 118 147 174 123 119 114 140 134 41 95

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .3 .2 .2 .1 .2 .2 .1 .2

SE .................................................. 5.72 9.52 15.36 11.40 16.60 10.19 26.87 24.04 5.70 6.78

CV(%) ............................................. 4.86 6.47 8.81 9.24 13.93 8.91 19.23 17.99 14.05 7.11

Education

Mean .............................................. 1,329 1,838 1,319 2,398 1,032 2,654 2,799 1,370 990 831

Share .............................................. 2.3 2.5 2.0 2.9 1.4 3.1 3.5 1.9 2.3 2.0

SE .................................................. 69.57 115.77 182.81 140.40 267.51 259.97 273.58 282.22 146.42 111.13

CV(%) ............................................. 5.24 6.30 13.86 5.85 25.91 9.80 9.77 20.61 14.80 13.37

Tobacco products and smoking supplies

Mean .............................................. 337 335 297 333 232 292 459 567 311 342

Share .............................................. .6 .5 .4 .4 .3 .3 .6 .8 .7 .8

SE .................................................. 10.95 14.11 19.11 19.40 32.60 30.26 42.75 65.67 37.52 14.25

CV(%) ............................................. 3.25 4.21 6.44 5.82 14.03 10.37 9.32 11.57 12.06 4.17

Miscellaneous

Mean .............................................. 959 1,176 1,038 1,277 1,000 1,279 1,436 1,352 788 750

Share .............................................. 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.5 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.8

SE .................................................. 43.48 68.47 86.07 131.86 187.71 186.91 219.39 445.17 131.84 58.99

CV(%) ............................................. 4.53 5.82 8.29 10.33 18.77 14.61 15.28 32.92 16.72 7.86

Cash contributions

Mean .............................................. 2,081 2,351 2,756 2,052 1,555 2,167 2,164 1,875 1,233 1,891

Share .............................................. 3.6 3.2 4.1 2.5 2.1 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.9 4.6

SE .................................................. 213.04 99.81 151.02 118.16 373.82 129.29 152.52 312.99 355.58 436.31

CV(%) ............................................. 10.24 4.25 5.48 5.76 24.05 5.97 7.05 16.70 28.85 23.08

Personal insurance and pensions

Mean .............................................. 6,831 9,702 7,848 11,624 10,853 11,762 11,861 8,534 3,460 4,190

Share .............................................. 11.9 13.1 11.7 14.3 14.6 13.8 14.9 12.1 8.2 10.2

SE .................................................. 146.30 211.94 235.81 341.44 469.60 434.18 874.57 416.65 211.44 221.50

CV(%) ............................................. 2.14 2.18 3.00 2.94 4.33 3.69 7.37 4.88 6.11 5.29

Life and other personal insurance

Mean .............................................. 322 500 502 501 280 537 574 489 189 150

Share .............................................. .6 .7 .7 .6 .4 .6 .7 .7 .4 .4

SE .................................................. 13.80 24.91 26.02 36.89 32.18 60.90 44.60 53.55 51.02 8.44

CV(%) ............................................. 4.29 4.98 5.19 7.37 11.48 11.34 7.77 10.96 26.99 5.64

Pensions and Social Security

Mean .............................................. 6,509 9,202 7,346 11,123 10,572 11,225 11,287 8,045 3,271 4,041

Share .............................................. 11.4 12.4 10.9 13.6 14.2 13.2 14.2 11.4 7.7 9.9

SE .................................................. 138.78 203.75 227.01 338.91 459.91 414.52 860.30 392.60 195.75 221.33

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2016 — Continued

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

Pensions and Social Security

CV(%) ............................................. 2.13 2.21 3.09 3.05 4.35 3.69 7.62 4.88 5.99 5.48

Sources of income and personal taxes:

Money income before taxes

Mean .............................................. $74,664 $101,708 $87,440 $114,375 $104,863 $118,994 $112,623 $105,591 $41,780 $49,921

SE .................................................. 1,447.86 1,497.07 1,832.20 2,013.89 3,401.10 3,405.48 3,181.67 6,319.56 2,742.80 2,653.60

CV(%) ............................................. 1.94 1.47 2.10 1.76 3.24 2.86 2.83 5.98 6.56 5.32

Wages and salaries

Mean .............................................. 57,319 81,433 60,132 100,628 96,174 105,686 95,181 85,510 33,434 34,656

Share .............................................. 76.8 80.1 68.8 88.0 91.7 88.8 84.5 81.0 80.0 69.4

SE .................................................. 751.26 1,157.84 1,355.49 1,719.89 3,205.88 2,826.09 2,917.82 5,745.51 2,041.98 906.29

CV(%) ............................................. 1.31 1.42 2.25 1.71 3.33 2.67 3.07 6.72 6.11 2.62

Self-employment income

Mean .............................................. 6,270 7,812 6,972 8,866 6,874 10,022 8,196 6,179 2,430 5,076

Share .............................................. 8.4 7.7 8.0 7.8 6.6 8.4 7.3 5.9 5.8 10.2

SE .................................................. 1,162.86 688.33 788.49 862.63 1,471.60 1,278.54 1,381.75 1,749.46 877.33 2,436.69

CV(%) ............................................. 18.55 8.81 11.31 9.73 21.41 12.76 16.86 28.31 36.11 48.00

Social Security, private and government

retirement

Mean .............................................. 8,001 9,136 16,103 2,323 168 1,096 5,560 11,045 1,599 7,516

Share .............................................. 10.7 9.0 18.4 2.0 .2 .9 4.9 10.5 3.8 15.1

SE .................................................. 166.26 289.86 470.48 180.33 64.93 174.87 461.95 908.95 226.02 203.78

CV(%) ............................................. 2.08 3.17 2.92 7.76 38.66 15.96 8.31 8.23 14.14 2.71

Interest, dividends, rental income, other

property income

Mean .............................................. 1,751 2,359 3,462 1,590 933 1,212 2,583 780 389 1,264

Share .............................................. 2.3 2.3 4.0 1.4 .9 1.0 2.3 .7 .9 2.5

SE .................................................. 158.28 264.92 564.71 232.68 206.79 165.82 691.90 222.74 152.85 153.85

CV(%) ............................................. 9.04 11.23 16.31 14.63 22.17 13.68 26.78 28.57 39.34 12.17

Public assistance, Supplemental Security

Income, Supplementary Nutrition

Assistance Program (SNAP)

Mean .............................................. 519 303 147 337 250 333 397 978 1,827 600

Share .............................................. .7 .3 .2 .3 .2 .3 .4 .9 4.4 1.2

SE .................................................. 24.38 19.52 22.38 35.03 42.50 46.38 52.32 107.19 158.79 38.85

CV(%) ............................................. 4.70 6.44 15.20 10.38 17.00 13.94 13.19 10.97 8.69 6.47

Unemployment and workers’ compensation,

veterans’ benefits, and regular contributions

for support

Mean .............................................. 444 383 377 330 150 337 424 736 1,693 371

Share .............................................. .6 .4 .4 .3 .1 .3 .4 .7 4.1 .7

SE .................................................. 33.37 46.00 59.57 52.22 50.79 83.69 93.96 167.05 321.96 33.08

CV(%) ............................................. 7.51 12.03 15.82 15.83 33.79 24.83 22.14 22.70 19.02 8.91

Other income

Mean .............................................. 360 282 247 301 314 308 282 363 409 437

Share .............................................. .5 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 1.0 .9

SE .................................................. 28.34 38.75 68.50 46.50 87.53 76.17 69.44 145.16 91.26 44.16

CV(%) ............................................. 7.87 13.74 27.69 15.45 27.86 24.74 24.60 40.00 22.33 10.11

Personal taxes (contains some imputed

values)

Mean .............................................. 10,489 14,949 13,105 17,126 15,308 18,625 15,805 12,179 2,074 6,738

Share .............................................. 14.0 14.7 15.0 15.0 14.6 15.7 14.0 11.5 5.0 13.5

SE .................................................. 508.27 479.14 526.99 664.04 884.20 1,099.48 910.16 2,348.93 893.68 977.75

CV(%) ............................................. 4.85 3.21 4.02 3.88 5.78 5.90 5.76 19.29 43.09 14.51

Federal income taxes

Mean .............................................. 8,367 11,795 10,574 13,381 11,856 14,616 12,310 9,074 1,188 5,564

Share .............................................. 11.2 11.6 12.1 11.7 11.3 12.3 10.9 8.6 2.8 11.1

SE .................................................. 485.47 355.70 412.68 534.38 774.27 914.13 744.05 2,025.06 740.86 981.21

CV(%) ............................................. 5.80 3.02 3.90 3.99 6.53 6.25 6.04 22.32 62.36 17.63

State and local income taxes

Mean .............................................. 2,046 3,049 2,442 3,674 3,392 3,937 3,421 2,687 863 1,126

Share .............................................. 2.7 3.0 2.8 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.0 2.5 2.1 2.3

SE .................................................. 91.94 138.61 138.91 168.50 193.38 251.24 198.36 319.26 157.25 51.39

CV(%) ............................................. 4.49 4.55 5.69 4.59 5.70 6.38 5.80 11.88 18.22 4.57

Other taxes

Mean .............................................. 75 106 89 70 59 72 74 418 23 48

Share .............................................. .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .4 .1 .1

SE .................................................. 17.97 30.21 24.74 18.70 20.69 25.35 25.50 240.45 7.02 14.86

CV(%) ............................................. 23.92 28.49 27.69 26.60 34.80 35.17 34.52 57.59 30.84 30.71

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2016 — Continued

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

Income after taxes

Mean .............................................. 64,175 86,758 74,334 97,250 89,556 100,369 96,818 93,411 39,706 43,182

Share .............................................. 86.0 85.3 85.0 85.0 85.4 84.3 86.0 88.5 95.0 86.5

SE .................................................. 963.10 1,069.45 1,391.88 1,394.35 2,610.67 2,383.30 2,372.99 4,118.44 1,899.37 1,694.92

CV(%) ............................................. 1.50 1.23 1.87 1.43 2.92 2.37 2.45 4.41 4.78 3.93

Addenda:

Net change in total assets and liabilities

Mean .............................................. $8,721 $12,897 $14,087 $14,772 $8,059 $17,327 $14,662 - $5,210 $2,798 $4,994

SE .................................................. 1,059.57 1,986.00 2,466.00 3,039.79 7,856.32 5,152.65 5,945.23 7,968.77 3,295.92 1,213.08

CV(%) ............................................. 12.15 15.40 17.51 20.58 97.48 29.74 40.55 -152.95 117.79 24.29

Net change in total assets

Mean .............................................. 15,570 22,447 19,691 27,761 25,155 32,626 21,530 5,807 5,376 9,478

SE .................................................. 981.31 1,949.24 2,554.50 3,147.55 6,326.57 4,936.19 5,057.37 5,456.04 3,292.21 1,238.24

CV(%) ............................................. 6.30 8.68 12.97 11.34 25.15 15.13 23.49 93.95 61.23 13.06

Net change in total liabilities

Mean .............................................. 6,848 9,550 5,604 12,989 17,096 15,298 6,867 11,018 2,578 4,485

SE .................................................. 611.08 1,127.43 1,327.61 1,907.74 5,770.77 3,407.98 2,547.10 3,668.91 1,160.87 554.84

CV(%) ............................................. 8.92 11.81 23.69 14.69 33.76 22.28 37.09 33.30 45.02 12.37

Other financial information:

Other money receipts

Mean .............................................. 718 568 817 358 462 230 500 432 321 919

SE .................................................. 159.13 98.44 191.56 79.72 238.64 76.56 207.44 152.92 85.08 301.24

CV(%) ............................................. 22.17 17.34 23.44 22.28 51.67 33.27 41.48 35.42 26.50 32.79

Mortgage principal paid on owned property

Mean .............................................. -1,908 -2,975 -2,656 -3,331 -2,499 -3,518 -3,524 -2,618 -950 -895

SE .................................................. 94.38 193.34 361.40 147.02 214.88 265.30 216.16 234.10 90.58 51.07

CV(%) ............................................. -4.95 -6.50 -13.61 -4.41 -8.60 -7.54 -6.13 -8.94 -9.53 -5.71

Estimated market value of owned home

Mean .............................................. 172,263 250,205 254,851 251,567 201,597 263,008 262,857 215,651 67,379 102,063

SE .................................................. 3,390.32 5,994.78 8,992.13 8,334.56 11,146.16 11,383.85 11,748.19 12,482.05 5,203.77 2,705.57

CV(%) ............................................. 1.97 2.40 3.53 3.31 5.53 4.33 4.47 5.79 7.72 2.65

Estimated monthly rental value of owned

home

Mean .............................................. 971 1,351 1,384 1,350 1,155 1,391 1,400 1,171 452 630

SE .................................................. 10.93 18.70 26.66 25.04 45.22 39.97 39.54 44.58 28.76 9.66

CV(%) ............................................. 1.13 1.38 1.93 1.86 3.92 2.87 2.83 3.81 6.36 1.53

Gifts of goods and services, total

Mean .............................................. 1,125 1,489 1,966 1,175 621 1,355 1,215 681 722 781

SE .................................................. 57.62 87.24 180.29 83.52 99.73 142.33 152.67 90.83 161.23 64.36

CV(%) ............................................. 5.12 5.86 9.17 7.11 16.06 10.50 12.57 13.34 22.32 8.24

Food

Mean .............................................. 74 101 131 86 43 83 117 20 40 50

SE .................................................. 4.53 8.38 16.38 12.34 13.14 17.03 27.39 5.56 19.20 7.10

CV(%) ............................................. 6.09 8.27 12.49 14.31 30.63 20.57 23.39 27.68 48.33 14.32

Alcoholic beverages

Mean .............................................. 13 12 16 9 7 11 6 5 7 14

SE .................................................. 1.91 2.48 4.71 2.64 4.38 4.39 3.24 3.18 4.25 3.57

CV(%) ............................................. 15.05 20.78 28.61 30.26 63.51 39.58 53.16 64.69 63.59 25.03

Housing

Mean .............................................. 238 311 390 255 180 293 238 202 129 172

SE .................................................. 15.60 24.70 40.65 29.79 51.55 49.63 27.00 57.10 28.20 16.08

CV(%) ............................................. 6.55 7.94 10.43 11.69 28.71 16.93 11.32 28.21 21.83 9.34

Housekeeping supplies

Mean .............................................. 26 36 44 27 38 25 23 48 3 17

SE .................................................. 2.35 4.78 7.70 3.36 17.20 3.93 7.97 37.39 2.16 2.00

CV(%) ............................................. 9.12 13.22 17.54 12.46 44.89 15.61 34.28 77.65 63.05 11.83

Household textiles

Mean .............................................. 10 17 26 11 8 16 6 2 1 4

SE .................................................. 1.90 3.63 5.83 3.98 4.40 7.89 2.76 1.03 .54 1.39

CV(%) ............................................. 18.66 21.10 22.46 34.91 53.71 49.49 45.34 67.47 103.06 39.01

Appliances and miscellaneous housewares

Mean .............................................. 21 28 43 14 8 13 18 28 2 17

SE .................................................. 2.52 3.80 8.28 3.08 3.42 3.96 6.29 12.45 .83 2.89

CV(%) ............................................. 11.80 13.65 19.43 22.41 44.19 29.37 35.41 43.79 39.70 17.27

Major appliances

Mean .............................................. 9 13 21 7 3 6 9 13 1 4

SE .................................................. 1.82 2.81 5.26 2.20 2.18 2.79 4.87 9.18 .42 1.53

CV(%) ............................................. 21.17 21.04 25.53 32.81 72.86 44.02 51.73 73.35 82.29 34.23

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2016 — Continued

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

Small appliances and miscellaneous

housewares

Mean .............................................. 13 14 22 7 5 7 8 16 2 12

SE .................................................. 2.12 3.42 7.12 1.69 2.45 1.91 3.16 8.46 .70 2.66

CV(%) ............................................. 16.59 23.63 32.31 23.97 51.68 26.74 37.96 53.15 43.95 21.75

Miscellaneous household equipment

Mean .............................................. 43 59 73 54 90 53 33 12 24 27

SE .................................................. 3.99 7.93 12.31 12.71 41.41 18.51 8.83 5.20 17.50 2.60

CV(%) ............................................. 9.27 13.44 16.96 23.71 45.90 34.99 26.37 43.12 72.58 9.46

Other housing

Mean .............................................. 138 171 205 149 35 186 158 112 99 108

SE .................................................. 14.12 21.97 37.01 22.61 11.33 41.80 26.69 38.32 22.05 14.84

CV(%) ............................................. 10.24 12.86 18.08 15.18 32.28 22.53 16.90 34.15 22.27 13.80

Apparel and services

Mean .............................................. 190 234 299 182 224 173 173 171 212 139

SE .................................................. 9.56 14.53 30.24 21.97 48.60 31.52 29.71 50.30 84.40 12.43

CV(%) ............................................. 5.02 6.21 10.11 12.06 21.66 18.27 17.19 29.33 39.72 8.91

Males, 2 and over

Mean .............................................. 51 67 91 48 30 57 43 39 57 32

SE .................................................. 4.25 7.88 15.33 8.46 11.37 13.90 11.29 19.06 26.28 3.22

CV(%) ............................................. 8.38 11.84 16.78 17.74 37.45 24.30 26.40 48.99 46.00 9.91

Females, 2 and over

Mean .............................................. 63 76 105 53 65 34 75 55 55 49

SE .................................................. 5.33 9.80 18.04 11.11 32.45 10.18 19.30 27.49 28.58 7.84

CV(%) ............................................. 8.48 12.83 17.13 21.16 49.87 30.22 25.77 49.89 52.00 16.03

Children under 2

Mean .............................................. 27 40 36 47 105 41 24 13 19 14

SE .................................................. 2.82 5.13 7.71 8.30 23.78 12.97 7.37 4.53 7.94 2.70

CV(%) ............................................. 10.39 12.94 21.30 17.59 22.75 31.73 31.18 35.40 42.71 18.97

Other apparel products and services

Mean .............................................. 50 51 66 35 24 41 31 65 82 44

SE .................................................. 4.03 5.56 10.38 6.17 14.26 10.11 9.45 30.35 34.68 6.25

CV(%) ............................................. 8.13 10.88 15.66 17.74 58.37 24.78 30.07 46.94 42.38 14.26

Jewelry and watches

Mean .............................................. 14 8 12 4 10 1 5 9 12 20

SE .................................................. 2.60 1.84 4.36 .98 4.80 .58 2.26 6.72 11.11 5.22

CV(%) ............................................. 18.79 23.95 37.54 25.90 50.50 50.02 48.90 71.54 91.35 25.53

All other apparel products and services

Mean .............................................. 36 43 55 31 15 40 27 55 70 23

SE .................................................. 3.56 5.51 9.41 5.96 10.64 10.09 8.78 29.61 33.01 4.33

CV(%) ............................................. 9.95 12.67 17.22 19.21 71.37 25.46 32.74 53.58 47.38 18.54

Transportation

Mean .............................................. 101 79 107 61 36 55 87 31 127 122

SE .................................................. 16.20 10.47 19.22 12.95 14.36 13.54 30.87 9.66 87.15 27.71

CV(%) ............................................. 15.97 13.17 17.93 21.06 39.76 24.60 35.57 30.74 68.62 22.78

Healthcare

Mean .............................................. 28 24 32 19 11 22 18 5 3 35

SE .................................................. 4.41 4.40 8.62 5.19 10.60 8.74 6.66 2.51 2.29 9.02

CV(%) ............................................. 15.72 18.49 26.58 27.54 97.73 39.44 36.29 55.64 68.03 25.67

Entertainment

Mean .............................................. 95 121 165 84 86 99 59 91 42 72

SE .................................................. 7.81 13.15 27.22 14.76 22.31 26.27 13.24 35.32 14.97 8.66

CV(%) ............................................. 8.23 10.88 16.53 17.52 25.89 26.48 22.30 38.93 35.86 11.97

Toys, games, arts and crafts, and tricycles

Mean .............................................. 43 58 87 35 44 40 20 36 12 30

SE .................................................. 5.52 11.38 24.62 7.60 20.36 10.08 5.56 27.38 9.30 5.95

CV(%) ............................................. 12.81 19.50 28.28 21.92 46.02 24.92 27.77 75.90 75.22 20.02

Other entertainment

Mean .............................................. 52 63 78 50 42 59 39 55 29 43

SE .................................................. 3.73 7.19 9.39 11.36 12.43 21.73 10.83 21.37 13.11 7.34

CV(%) ............................................. 7.21 11.49 12.10 22.93 29.65 36.98 27.53 39.10 44.64 17.22

Personal care products and services

Mean .............................................. 13 13 16 11 4 12 13 4 10 14

SE .................................................. 1.47 2.32 3.81 3.37 2.86 4.67 7.43 2.53 8.14 3.08

CV(%) ............................................. 11.13 18.25 23.22 31.69 77.56 39.53 58.19 64.76 85.13 21.71

Reading

Mean .............................................. 4 5 8 2 3 2 2 1 1 5

SE .................................................. .70 1.14 2.44 .62 1.40 .89 1.20 .51 .71 .84

CV(%) ............................................. 15.91 24.19 30.96 25.91 40.29 45.72 49.21 71.13 80.18 18.58

Education

Mean .............................................. 276 474 601 418 8 558 437 98 111 85

SE .................................................. 30.43 58.11 122.93 54.28 3.71 91.74 117.90 55.20 44.61 22.59

CV(%) ............................................. 11.04 12.26 20.47 12.99 46.08 16.44 26.97 56.49 40.30 26.46

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2016 — Continued

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

All other gifts

Mean .............................................. 92 116 200 47 19 47 63 53 41 73

SE .................................................. 10.21 16.89 35.88 9.69 6.55 15.24 19.69 11.43 20.09 9.46

CV(%) ............................................. 11.09 14.59 17.94 20.57 34.59 32.16 31.07 21.50 49.14 13.05

1 No data reported.

2 Value is too small to display.

Source: Consumer Expenditure Survey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, August, 2017