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

Expenditure Survey, 2015

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) ......... 128,437 62,003 28,007 29,300 5,313 14,374 9,613 4,697 7,400 59,034

Consumer unit characteristics:

Income before taxes

Mean .............................................. $69,627 $96,764 $84,390 $107,586 $99,362 $110,541 $107,713 $103,044 $41,092 $44,701

SE .................................................. 871.92 1,375.91 1,571.03 2,474.74 3,620.73 4,217.38 3,023.13 3,833.67 2,039.52 643.55

CV(%) ............................................. 1.25 1.42 1.86 2.30 3.64 3.82 2.81 3.72 4.96 1.44

Income after taxes

Mean .............................................. 60,448 83,075 72,346 91,894 85,078 93,490 93,275 92,030 39,241 39,342

SE .................................................. 634.35 994.40 1,245.31 1,625.06 2,663.76 2,791.01 2,132.11 3,087.54 1,598.62 474.10

CV(%) ............................................. 1.05 1.20 1.72 1.77 3.13 2.99 2.29 3.35 4.07 1.21

Age of reference person ................................... 50.5 51.3 59.3 43.7 32.9 41.5 53.0 51.2 39.0 51.2

Average number in consumer unit:

People ............................................................ 2.5 3.2 2.0 4.0 3.5 4.2 3.9 5.0 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 ( ) .3

Earners ........................................................... 1.3 1.6 1.1 2.0 1.7 1.8 2.5 2.4 1.0 1.0

Vehicles .......................................................... 1.9 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.0 2.4 3.0 2.9 1.2 1.3

Percent distribution:

Reference person:

Men ................................................................ 47 54 57 53 56 51 54 44 16 44

Women ........................................................... 53 46 43 47 44 49 46 56 84 56

Housing tenure:

Homeowner .................................................... 62 79 84 74 64 73 82 75 37 48

With mortgage .............................................. 35 49 39 58 57 61 56 49 27 22

Without mortgage ......................................... 27 30 46 16 7 13 26 26 10 26

Renter ............................................................ 38 21 16 26 36 27 18 25 63 52

Race of reference person:

Black or African-American .............................. 13 8 6 9 6 7 12 13 30 16

White, Asian, and all other races ................... 87 92 94 91 94 93 88 87 70 84

Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person:

Hispanic or Latino .......................................... 13 13 7 18 13 18 19 22 19 12

Not Hispanic or Latino .................................... 87 87 93 82 87 82 81 78 81 88

Education of reference person:

Elementary (1-8) ............................................ 3 3 2 4 1 3 6 5 2 3

High school (9-12) .......................................... 32 29 30 26 19 24 32 37 33 36

College ........................................................... 64 68 68 70 80 72 61 58 65 61

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

At least one vehicle owned or leased ............... 87 96 96 96 96 97 96 96 84 78

Average annual expenditures

Mean .............................................. $55,978 $73,344 $65,534 $80,741 $74,838 $81,612 $82,782 $74,292 $45,745 $38,899

SE .................................................. 594.00 883.09 971.83 1,302.49 2,073.54 1,637.64 2,304.12 2,737.46 1,622.16 511.37

CV(%) ............................................. 1.06 1.20 1.48 1.61 2.77 2.01 2.78 3.68 3.55 1.31

Food

Mean .............................................. 7,023 9,142 7,733 10,555 8,961 10,766 11,143 9,069 6,112 4,850

Share .............................................. 12.5 12.5 11.8 13.1 12.0 13.2 13.5 12.2 13.4 12.5

SE .................................................. 77.17 122.56 166.51 202.82 479.05 280.69 365.89 469.58 284.93 77.38

CV(%) ............................................. 1.10 1.34 2.15 1.92 5.35 2.61 3.28 5.18 4.66 1.60

Food at home

Mean .............................................. 4,015 5,169 4,273 6,003 5,059 6,139 6,328 5,481 3,786 2,797

Share .............................................. 7.2 7.0 6.5 7.4 6.8 7.5 7.6 7.4 8.3 7.2

SE .................................................. 50.10 85.52 98.01 146.53 275.96 179.56 240.68 305.73 175.66 54.59

CV(%) ............................................. 1.25 1.65 2.29 2.44 5.45 2.92 3.80 5.58 4.64 1.95

Cereals and bakery products

Mean .............................................. 518 667 532 789 647 828 809 729 537 355

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

SE .................................................. 6.93 13.38 12.60 22.61 48.92 29.75 38.34 47.14 28.81 7.75

CV(%) ............................................. 1.34 2.01 2.37 2.86 7.56 3.59 4.74 6.47 5.37 2.18

Cereals and cereal products

Mean .............................................. 172 221 161 276 257 287 269 250 208 115

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .2 .3 .3 .4 .3 .3 .5 .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, 2015 — 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 .................................................. 3.32 5.87 5.09 10.70 24.49 15.10 17.14 21.65 16.67 3.10

CV(%) ............................................. 1.93 2.66 3.17 3.88 9.54 5.27 6.38 8.65 8.00 2.69

Bakery products

Mean .............................................. 346 446 371 514 390 541 541 479 328 240

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

SE .................................................. 5.11 9.63 11.07 15.21 32.54 19.27 27.42 35.89 18.87 6.43

CV(%) ............................................. 1.48 2.16 2.98 2.96 8.34 3.56 5.07 7.50 5.75 2.68

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

Mean .............................................. 896 1,147 939 1,336 980 1,379 1,474 1,241 851 630

Share .............................................. 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.7 1.3 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.9 1.6

SE .................................................. 16.91 29.45 43.02 46.59 81.89 59.79 77.40 94.98 46.24 21.07

CV(%) ............................................. 1.89 2.57 4.58 3.49 8.36 4.34 5.25 7.65 5.44 3.34

Beef

Mean .............................................. 245 319 271 364 242 375 417 335 238 166

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

SE .................................................. 9.40 17.59 32.16 20.49 28.74 36.65 30.24 45.22 18.56 9.11

CV(%) ............................................. 3.83 5.51 11.86 5.63 11.87 9.78 7.25 13.51 7.80 5.49

Pork

Mean .............................................. 165 209 176 241 145 263 260 212 152 119

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

SE .................................................. 4.76 7.27 8.29 14.02 13.09 21.20 19.01 22.80 15.12 5.77

CV(%) ............................................. 2.88 3.48 4.71 5.81 9.01 8.04 7.30 10.77 9.94 4.84

Other meats

Mean .............................................. 124 159 119 199 177 209 196 163 123 86

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

SE .................................................. 3.73 5.95 5.51 13.36 42.04 14.86 14.75 21.73 11.08 4.81

CV(%) ............................................. 3.01 3.73 4.63 6.71 23.82 7.12 7.51 13.34 9.04 5.57

Poultry

Mean .............................................. 172 217 164 267 204 266 305 235 175 124

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

SE .................................................. 3.51 6.87 6.61 11.81 17.35 13.74 25.09 28.19 15.94 4.28

CV(%) ............................................. 2.03 3.16 4.04 4.42 8.48 5.16 8.22 12.00 9.09 3.46

Fish and seafood

Mean .............................................. 126 163 143 175 130 175 201 201 102 89

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

SE .................................................. 4.68 7.80 9.63 13.31 20.69 15.40 28.19 33.83 14.85 5.73

CV(%) ............................................. 3.72 4.80 6.73 7.60 15.95 8.79 14.02 16.86 14.53 6.47

Eggs

Mean .............................................. 63 79 66 90 82 90 93 96 61 46

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

SE .................................................. 1.40 2.17 2.83 3.71 8.03 4.42 8.35 7.94 6.34 1.91

CV(%) ............................................. 2.21 2.73 4.29 4.14 9.82 4.89 8.97 8.23 10.44 4.13

Dairy products

Mean .............................................. 413 540 436 637 591 658 630 570 387 279

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

SE .................................................. 6.57 10.87 11.65 16.84 39.39 24.22 29.28 37.41 26.30 8.03

CV(%) ............................................. 1.59 2.01 2.68 2.64 6.66 3.68 4.64 6.56 6.79 2.88

Fresh milk and cream

Mean .............................................. 140 181 137 219 230 224 204 218 142 95

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

SE .................................................. 2.40 3.81 3.99 7.08 20.59 8.75 9.86 16.11 8.05 2.80

CV(%) ............................................. 1.72 2.10 2.92 3.23 8.97 3.91 4.83 7.40 5.66 2.95

Other dairy products

Mean .............................................. 273 358 299 419 362 434 426 353 245 184

Share .............................................. .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5

SE .................................................. 5.23 8.34 9.49 12.03 27.29 17.82 23.38 28.85 22.46 6.37

CV(%) ............................................. 1.92 2.33 3.18 2.87 7.55 4.10 5.49 8.18 9.17 3.46

Fruits and vegetables

Mean .............................................. 769 1,000 838 1,145 1,023 1,129 1,242 1,098 656 532

Share .............................................. 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4

SE .................................................. 12.06 20.78 24.08 40.46 81.34 47.44 61.70 75.82 44.87 12.51

CV(%) ............................................. 1.57 2.08 2.88 3.53 7.95 4.20 4.97 6.91 6.84 2.35

Fresh fruits

Mean .............................................. 284 376 319 430 367 444 443 395 223 191

Share .............................................. .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5

SE .................................................. 5.11 9.32 10.79 17.90 33.03 23.47 28.81 30.29 21.17 5.55

CV(%) ............................................. 1.80 2.48 3.39 4.16 9.00 5.28 6.50 7.67 9.48 2.90

Fresh vegetables

Mean .............................................. 247 322 279 356 352 323 410 378 199 171

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

SE .................................................. 4.50 8.05 10.68 15.55 35.12 16.08 27.52 30.19 15.02 4.61

CV(%) ............................................. 1.82 2.50 3.83 4.37 9.97 4.98 6.71 7.99 7.54 2.69

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, 2015 — 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 .............................................. 108 135 103 164 143 159 183 145 99 80

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

SE .................................................. 2.73 3.83 3.96 7.33 15.70 9.16 12.99 13.82 10.26 3.37

CV(%) ............................................. 2.53 2.85 3.83 4.47 10.96 5.75 7.10 9.56 10.32 4.24

Processed vegetables

Mean .............................................. 130 167 136 195 160 202 206 181 134 90

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

SE .................................................. 3.64 5.06 6.76 8.08 16.84 9.18 14.18 21.62 13.12 3.86

CV(%) ............................................. 2.80 3.03 4.95 4.13 10.52 4.55 6.90 11.96 9.81 4.30

Other food at home

Mean .............................................. 1,419 1,815 1,530 2,095 1,819 2,146 2,174 1,843 1,356 1,001

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

SE .................................................. 22.77 33.75 39.44 54.76 97.80 75.51 81.39 115.12 69.66 27.77

CV(%) ............................................. 1.60 1.86 2.58 2.61 5.38 3.52 3.74 6.25 5.14 2.77

Sugar and other sweets

Mean .............................................. 155 191 175 211 157 222 223 171 124 120

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

SE .................................................. 10.26 5.64 8.33 8.50 16.18 13.37 13.24 20.93 10.90 22.30

CV(%) ............................................. 6.61 2.95 4.77 4.03 10.30 6.02 5.93 12.26 8.78 18.55

Fats and oils

Mean .............................................. 111 139 119 156 109 157 182 153 109 82

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

SE .................................................. 2.70 3.59 5.03 6.01 10.14 8.32 12.43 17.34 9.81 2.98

CV(%) ............................................. 2.42 2.59 4.23 3.85 9.28 5.29 6.84 11.37 9.03 3.64

Miscellaneous foods

Mean .............................................. 726 938 758 1,128 1,120 1,146 1,106 875 735 497

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

SE .................................................. 11.98 19.39 27.15 31.82 61.29 41.45 46.67 53.99 42.53 12.04

CV(%) ............................................. 1.65 2.07 3.58 2.82 5.47 3.62 4.22 6.17 5.78 2.42

Nonalcoholic beverages

Mean .............................................. 374 468 391 528 382 538 597 560 357 275

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

SE .................................................. 7.60 12.38 12.30 20.82 34.29 30.99 39.41 54.53 25.22 7.44

CV(%) ............................................. 2.03 2.64 3.14 3.94 8.98 5.76 6.60 9.73 7.06 2.71

Food prepared by consumer unit on

out-of-town trips

Mean .............................................. 52 79 87 72 50 83 65 84 30 27

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

SE .................................................. 2.69 4.69 5.68 6.79 7.22 8.54 9.21 11.19 6.90 1.20

CV(%) ............................................. 5.12 5.91 6.53 9.50 14.34 10.24 14.07 13.29 22.71 4.46

Food away from home

Mean .............................................. 3,008 3,974 3,460 4,552 3,902 4,627 4,814 3,587 2,326 2,053

Share .............................................. 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.6 5.2 5.7 5.8 4.8 5.1 5.3

SE .................................................. 46.82 69.78 114.17 107.00 252.09 163.26 225.56 269.73 152.83 48.62

CV(%) ............................................. 1.56 1.76 3.30 2.35 6.46 3.53 4.69 7.52 6.57 2.37

Alcoholic beverages

Mean .............................................. 515 620 701 564 591 531 603 486 249 434

Share .............................................. .9 .8 1.1 .7 .8 .7 .7 .7 .5 1.1

SE .................................................. 21.77 28.59 50.10 37.85 102.60 45.66 65.43 84.77 34.60 28.96

CV(%) ............................................. 4.23 4.61 7.15 6.71 17.37 8.61 10.85 17.44 13.88 6.67

Housing

Mean .............................................. 18,409 22,901 20,508 25,198 27,153 26,132 22,737 22,846 16,829 13,869

Share .............................................. 32.9 31.2 31.3 31.2 36.3 32.0 27.5 30.8 36.8 35.7

SE .................................................. 196.17 317.00 401.91 422.73 873.16 645.50 509.96 758.81 588.40 140.78

CV(%) ............................................. 1.07 1.38 1.96 1.68 3.22 2.47 2.24 3.32 3.50 1.02

Shelter

Mean .............................................. 10,742 12,925 11,554 14,334 14,755 15,324 12,622 12,305 9,837 8,564

Share .............................................. 19.2 17.6 17.6 17.8 19.7 18.8 15.2 16.6 21.5 22.0

SE .................................................. 126.16 203.37 271.38 266.96 524.20 458.49 312.86 464.76 473.79 113.68

CV(%) ............................................. 1.17 1.57 2.35 1.86 3.55 2.99 2.48 3.78 4.82 1.33

Owned dwellings

Mean .............................................. 6,210 9,017 8,098 10,063 9,519 10,943 9,049 7,964 3,898 3,552

Share .............................................. 11.1 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.7 13.4 10.9 10.7 8.5 9.1

SE .................................................. 85.72 144.80 205.79 236.94 574.29 403.39 282.40 547.19 367.86 103.45

CV(%) ............................................. 1.38 1.61 2.54 2.35 6.03 3.69 3.12 6.87 9.44 2.91

Mortgage interest and charges

Mean .............................................. 2,859 4,298 3,010 5,559 6,055 6,159 4,387 4,107 2,043 1,450

Share .............................................. 5.1 5.9 4.6 6.9 8.1 7.5 5.3 5.5 4.5 3.7

SE .................................................. 57.41 108.25 98.42 181.79 431.62 286.87 215.09 401.65 215.48 57.18

CV(%) ............................................. 2.01 2.52 3.27 3.27 7.13 4.66 4.90 9.78 10.55 3.94

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, 2015 — 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 .............................................. 1,913 2,759 2,728 2,868 2,301 3,022 2,950 2,266 1,040 1,135

Share .............................................. 3.4 3.8 4.2 3.6 3.1 3.7 3.6 3.0 2.3 2.9

SE .................................................. 37.37 52.28 81.91 71.68 133.47 131.19 94.58 151.84 100.08 37.62

CV(%) ............................................. 1.95 1.89 3.00 2.50 5.80 4.34 3.21 6.70 9.62 3.31

Maintenance, repairs, insurance, other

expenses

Mean .............................................. 1,438 1,960 2,361 1,637 1,162 1,762 1,712 1,592 815 967

Share .............................................. 2.6 2.7 3.6 2.0 1.6 2.2 2.1 2.1 1.8 2.5

SE .................................................. 39.44 64.18 108.30 102.42 143.16 195.88 150.57 172.02 148.83 47.19

CV(%) ............................................. 2.74 3.27 4.59 6.26 12.32 11.12 8.80 10.81 18.26 4.88

Rented dwellings

Mean .............................................. 3,802 2,783 2,013 3,414 4,794 3,442 2,609 3,433 5,560 4,652

Share .............................................. 6.8 3.8 3.1 4.2 6.4 4.2 3.2 4.6 12.2 12.0

SE .................................................. 60.96 110.05 120.65 177.27 403.88 278.74 237.02 324.43 287.02 88.85

CV(%) ............................................. 1.60 3.96 5.99 5.19 8.42 8.10 9.09 9.45 5.16 1.91

Other lodging

Mean .............................................. 730 1,125 1,442 857 442 939 964 908 379 359

Share .............................................. 1.3 1.5 2.2 1.1 .6 1.2 1.2 1.2 .8 .9

SE .................................................. 41.89 75.17 146.76 53.84 50.31 67.95 120.92 153.23 81.48 20.47

CV(%) ............................................. 5.74 6.68 10.18 6.28 11.39 7.24 12.54 16.88 21.52 5.70

Utilities, fuels, and public services

Mean .............................................. 3,885 4,814 4,374 5,092 4,067 5,147 5,577 5,705 3,717 2,930

Share .............................................. 6.9 6.6 6.7 6.3 5.4 6.3 6.7 7.7 8.1 7.5

SE .................................................. 32.01 44.21 49.46 58.85 89.49 82.99 94.39 92.76 90.72 35.43

CV(%) ............................................. .82 .92 1.13 1.16 2.20 1.61 1.69 1.63 2.44 1.21

Natural gas

Mean .............................................. 421 507 462 547 458 563 574 526 392 335

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

SE .................................................. 13.47 16.94 21.62 21.63 32.55 24.43 27.82 29.72 35.23 12.12

CV(%) ............................................. 3.20 3.34 4.68 3.95 7.10 4.34 4.85 5.65 8.98 3.62

Electricity

Mean .............................................. 1,460 1,766 1,657 1,804 1,458 1,834 1,952 2,177 1,483 1,136

Share .............................................. 2.6 2.4 2.5 2.2 1.9 2.2 2.4 2.9 3.2 2.9

SE .................................................. 14.83 19.98 22.93 25.38 41.59 34.72 41.06 58.87 48.14 15.23

CV(%) ............................................. 1.02 1.13 1.38 1.41 2.85 1.89 2.10 2.70 3.25 1.34

Fuel oil and other fuels

Mean .............................................. 116 145 172 120 53 123 152 137 90 90

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

SE .................................................. 8.36 11.81 16.12 12.37 16.83 15.99 24.09 25.50 22.91 9.05

CV(%) ............................................. 7.19 8.16 9.36 10.33 31.56 13.03 15.84 18.64 25.50 10.08

Telephone services

Mean .............................................. 1,347 1,705 1,453 1,889 1,504 1,857 2,148 2,059 1,285 979

Share .............................................. 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.0 2.3 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.5

SE .................................................. 12.96 20.06 23.14 27.36 39.01 39.32 58.47 54.87 39.76 13.81

CV(%) ............................................. .96 1.18 1.59 1.45 2.59 2.12 2.72 2.66 3.09 1.41

Residential phone service, VOIP, and

phone cards

Mean .............................................. 324 394 418 363 169 362 471 452 219 264

Share .............................................. .6 .5 .6 .4 .2 .4 .6 .6 .5 .7

SE .................................................. 6.05 9.20 11.84 12.99 16.47 17.32 19.28 32.69 21.29 5.69

CV(%) ............................................. 1.87 2.33 2.83 3.58 9.76 4.79 4.10 7.23 9.73 2.16

Cellular phone service

Mean .............................................. 1,023 1,311 1,035 1,526 1,335 1,495 1,677 1,606 1,066 715

Share .............................................. 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.9 1.8 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.3 1.8

SE .................................................. 11.96 18.24 20.37 27.05 39.04 35.83 58.01 54.36 30.00 14.47

CV(%) ............................................. 1.17 1.39 1.97 1.77 2.92 2.40 3.46 3.38 2.81 2.02

Water and other public services

Mean .............................................. 540 692 630 732 594 770 751 806 467 391

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

SE .................................................. 12.19 13.62 14.94 17.06 28.25 21.83 26.75 42.06 24.45 13.22

CV(%) ............................................. 2.26 1.97 2.37 2.33 4.76 2.83 3.56 5.22 5.23 3.38

Household operations

Mean .............................................. 1,309 1,811 1,239 2,417 5,191 2,270 1,103 1,438 1,562 749

Share .............................................. 2.3 2.5 1.9 3.0 6.9 2.8 1.3 1.9 3.4 1.9

SE .................................................. 41.75 79.13 69.03 141.06 437.08 180.23 67.78 175.87 136.70 24.22

CV(%) ............................................. 3.19 4.37 5.57 5.84 8.42 7.94 6.15 12.23 8.75 3.23

Personal services

Mean .............................................. 427 668 98 1,253 4,101 972 98 419 873 117

Share .............................................. .8 .9 .2 1.6 5.5 1.2 .1 .6 1.9 .3

SE .................................................. 27.29 53.74 53.87 108.40 390.61 106.07 26.05 124.98 115.92 17.71

CV(%) ............................................. 6.39 8.04 54.76 8.65 9.52 10.91 26.54 29.80 13.27 15.11

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, 2015 — 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 .............................................. 882 1,143 1,141 1,164 1,090 1,298 1,005 1,019 688 632

Share .............................................. 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.6

SE .................................................. 22.19 41.40 45.01 68.61 86.11 123.22 53.14 79.34 39.04 14.13

CV(%) ............................................. 2.52 3.62 3.94 5.89 7.90 9.50 5.29 7.79 5.67 2.24

Housekeeping supplies

Mean .............................................. 655 893 890 904 797 884 997 846 418 426

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

SE .................................................. 16.44 27.92 43.46 32.45 69.17 59.78 65.25 82.73 41.59 13.92

CV(%) ............................................. 2.51 3.13 4.88 3.59 8.68 6.76 6.54 9.78 9.96 3.27

Laundry and cleaning supplies

Mean .............................................. 156 205 172 232 203 233 247 242 115 107

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3

SE .................................................. 5.03 8.62 11.34 12.20 25.99 21.06 22.13 36.55 18.54 5.09

CV(%) ............................................. 3.23 4.20 6.61 5.26 12.82 9.03 8.95 15.11 16.10 4.75

Other household products

Mean .............................................. 368 510 533 499 445 484 554 446 225 231

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

SE .................................................. 12.20 21.44 36.06 22.29 42.56 42.83 40.37 59.98 18.57 11.19

CV(%) ............................................. 3.32 4.21 6.77 4.47 9.56 8.86 7.29 13.46 8.26 4.85

Postage and stationery

Mean .............................................. 131 177 186 173 149 167 196 158 78 88

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

SE .................................................. 4.76 8.03 11.89 13.39 21.81 19.55 28.50 46.00 23.10 5.68

CV(%) ............................................. 3.63 4.53 6.41 7.75 14.61 11.70 14.57 29.06 29.74 6.48

Household furnishings and equipment

Mean .............................................. 1,818 2,459 2,450 2,451 2,342 2,508 2,438 2,553 1,296 1,200

Share .............................................. 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.0 3.1 3.1 2.9 3.4 2.8 3.1

SE .................................................. 56.24 86.80 118.56 131.46 174.50 149.87 296.39 292.58 122.36 47.79

CV(%) ............................................. 3.09 3.53 4.84 5.36 7.45 5.98 12.16 11.46 9.44 3.98

Household textiles

Mean .............................................. 115 157 133 176 203 131 234 180 70 75

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

SE .................................................. 7.61 13.96 22.60 20.78 40.82 21.05 59.09 44.62 19.29 8.65

CV(%) ............................................. 6.63 8.91 17.03 11.77 20.13 16.01 25.20 24.83 27.71 11.54

Furniture

Mean .............................................. 502 647 663 622 584 727 487 709 387 364

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

SE .................................................. 26.87 37.78 64.90 50.83 66.45 83.59 53.02 122.65 56.96 27.02

CV(%) ............................................. 5.35 5.84 9.79 8.17 11.38 11.50 10.88 17.29 14.74 7.41

Floor coverings

Mean .............................................. 18 20 26 16 15 15 19 16 17 15

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

SE .................................................. 1.68 2.16 4.02 2.19 2.81 3.51 3.42 6.17 5.56 2.30

CV(%) ............................................. 9.45 10.52 15.71 13.37 18.96 22.72 18.33 39.22 31.98 15.47

Major appliances

Mean .............................................. 268 373 405 353 228 423 318 301 236 163

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

SE .................................................. 11.89 23.49 28.92 37.69 43.99 62.95 37.75 43.45 36.29 9.82

CV(%) ............................................. 4.43 6.30 7.15 10.67 19.33 14.87 11.88 14.43 15.36 6.04

Small appliances, miscellaneous

housewares

Mean .............................................. 118 152 145 161 145 141 201 146 76 85

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

SE .................................................. 6.43 9.57 10.92 16.50 25.11 11.78 45.03 32.71 9.36 6.89

CV(%) ............................................. 5.47 6.29 7.55 10.28 17.27 8.35 22.37 22.45 12.39 8.07

Miscellaneous household equipment

Mean .............................................. 798 1,110 1,080 1,122 1,167 1,070 1,178 1,201 510 498

Share .............................................. 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.1 1.3

SE .................................................. 34.52 61.22 85.36 87.85 149.00 81.36 240.31 225.62 92.87 26.18

CV(%) ............................................. 4.33 5.52 7.90 7.83 12.77 7.61 20.40 18.79 18.20 5.26

Apparel and services

Mean .............................................. 1,846 2,287 1,650 2,913 2,931 2,987 2,802 2,307 1,806 1,377

Share .............................................. 3.3 3.1 2.5 3.6 3.9 3.7 3.4 3.1 3.9 3.5

SE .................................................. 98.91 82.92 95.42 148.52 358.01 248.87 225.81 260.22 192.39 184.83

CV(%) ............................................. 5.36 3.63 5.78 5.10 12.21 8.33 8.06 11.28 10.65 13.42

Men and boys

Mean .............................................. 422 567 387 726 551 758 782 673 495 257

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

SE .................................................. 17.50 28.19 32.74 45.26 86.30 54.35 109.34 86.94 112.88 17.65

CV(%) ............................................. 4.15 4.97 8.46 6.23 15.66 7.17 13.98 12.92 22.81 6.87

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, 2015 — 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 .............................................. 331 439 359 498 376 425 688 557 217 228

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

SE .................................................. 15.29 24.17 29.79 38.10 67.02 44.56 99.02 83.91 93.88 16.61

CV(%) ............................................. 4.62 5.50 8.29 7.65 17.85 10.49 14.39 15.05 43.32 7.29

Boys, 2 to 15

Mean .............................................. 91 128 28 228 176 333 94 115 278 29

Share .............................................. .2 .2 2 ( ) .3 .2 .4 .1 .2 .6 .1

SE .................................................. 4.98 7.57 5.40 14.87 37.45 21.98 25.32 15.19 46.56 3.93

CV(%) ............................................. 5.48 5.93 19.44 6.52 21.34 6.60 26.94 13.16 16.74 13.50

Women and girls

Mean .............................................. 697 851 673 1,024 1,024 990 1,082 863 638 539

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.4

SE .................................................. 37.37 40.17 63.15 66.35 175.64 71.50 116.46 149.97 77.66 69.03

CV(%) ............................................. 5.36 4.72 9.38 6.48 17.15 7.22 10.77 17.38 12.18 12.82

Women, 16 and over

Mean .............................................. 596 703 645 762 865 618 934 700 400 503

Share .............................................. 1.1 1.0 1.0 .9 1.2 .8 1.1 .9 .9 1.3

SE .................................................. 36.53 34.87 63.72 59.24 166.24 67.09 113.57 141.72 65.47 67.93

CV(%) ............................................. 6.13 4.96 9.87 7.78 19.21 10.85 12.17 20.26 16.37 13.51

Girls, 2 to 15

Mean .............................................. 101 147 28 262 159 372 148 164 238 36

Share .............................................. .2 .2 2 ( ) .3 .2 .5 .2 .2 .5 .1

SE .................................................. 4.94 11.03 4.37 22.70 31.65 32.99 32.06 31.29 30.78 4.15

CV(%) ............................................. 4.87 7.49 15.69 8.66 19.92 8.87 21.65 19.13 12.95 11.56

Children under 2

Mean .............................................. 83 119 49 183 558 134 46 149 128 38

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

SE .................................................. 7.12 14.34 20.18 20.71 84.57 27.73 14.28 43.61 56.31 6.91

CV(%) ............................................. 8.59 12.05 40.91 11.32 15.17 20.65 30.96 29.35 44.04 17.98

Footwear

Mean .............................................. 354 452 294 622 526 671 600 381 422 240

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

SE .................................................. 19.33 24.02 29.76 46.32 96.69 60.62 83.36 75.29 65.03 28.52

CV(%) ............................................. 5.46 5.31 10.12 7.44 18.37 9.04 13.89 19.75 15.42 11.90

Other apparel products and services

Mean .............................................. 291 299 247 358 272 434 291 241 124 303

Share .............................................. .5 .4 .4 .4 .4 .5 .4 .3 .3 .8

SE .................................................. 46.88 48.72 27.68 103.74 52.76 212.21 34.30 48.20 12.20 85.90

CV(%) ............................................. 16.13 16.32 11.22 29.01 19.40 48.88 11.77 19.97 9.82 28.31

Transportation

Mean .............................................. 9,503 12,691 10,852 14,196 12,997 13,628 15,747 14,268 7,983 6,334

Share .............................................. 17.0 17.3 16.6 17.6 17.4 16.7 19.0 19.2 17.5 16.3

SE .................................................. 218.03 301.36 395.76 449.64 1,054.73 595.15 958.71 947.94 718.88 196.42

CV(%) ............................................. 2.29 2.37 3.65 3.17 8.12 4.37 6.09 6.64 9.01 3.10

Vehicle purchases (net outlay)

Mean .............................................. 3,997 5,494 4,382 6,441 6,309 6,140 6,963 6,214 3,499 2,487

Share .............................................. 7.1 7.5 6.7 8.0 8.4 7.5 8.4 8.4 7.6 6.4

SE .................................................. 187.87 257.03 327.41 406.10 955.45 540.29 837.25 800.89 642.55 150.26

CV(%) ............................................. 4.70 4.68 7.47 6.30 15.15 8.80 12.02 12.89 18.36 6.04

Cars and trucks, new

Mean .............................................. 1,956 2,848 2,803 2,973 3,775 2,791 2,801 2,334 1,470 1,081

Share .............................................. 3.5 3.9 4.3 3.7 5.0 3.4 3.4 3.1 3.2 2.8

SE .................................................. 126.00 209.10 279.80 309.90 954.86 393.91 486.23 643.40 447.68 102.68

CV(%) ............................................. 6.44 7.34 9.98 10.43 25.29 14.11 17.36 27.57 30.46 9.49

Cars and trucks, used

Mean .............................................. 1,982 2,581 1,527 3,418 2,409 3,345 4,085 3,645 2,015 1,348

Share .............................................. 3.5 3.5 2.3 4.2 3.2 4.1 4.9 4.9 4.4 3.5

SE .................................................. 96.92 136.36 185.14 247.83 447.89 336.02 597.62 558.82 388.79 111.87

CV(%) ............................................. 4.89 5.28 12.12 7.25 18.60 10.04 14.63 15.33 19.30 8.30

Other vehicles

Mean .............................................. 59 65 52 50 125 4 77 234 15 58

Share .............................................. .1 .1 .1 .1 .2 2 ( ) .1 .3 2 ( ) .1

SE .................................................. 10.84 16.90 21.28 21.96 82.38 3.03 49.06 125.16 12.92 18.31

CV(%) ............................................. 18.44 25.99 40.67 43.89 66.05 72.76 63.41 53.42 87.16 31.74

Gasoline and motor oil

Mean .............................................. 2,090 2,735 2,260 3,085 2,629 3,030 3,420 3,388 1,753 1,453

Share .............................................. 3.7 3.7 3.4 3.8 3.5 3.7 4.1 4.6 3.8 3.7

SE .................................................. 24.17 34.03 31.17 48.41 89.03 60.09 95.09 100.29 61.93 23.97

CV(%) ............................................. 1.16 1.24 1.38 1.57 3.39 1.98 2.78 2.96 3.53 1.65

Other vehicle expenses

Mean .............................................. 2,756 3,560 3,254 3,819 3,420 3,491 4,571 3,771 2,356 1,950

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, 2015 — 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 .............................................. 4.9 4.9 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.3 5.5 5.1 5.2 5.0

SE .................................................. 57.92 105.52 163.30 134.68 304.35 169.41 326.08 354.35 332.92 76.21

CV(%) ............................................. 2.10 2.96 5.02 3.53 8.90 4.85 7.13 9.40 14.13 3.91

Vehicle finance charges

Mean .............................................. 216 299 230 347 358 340 352 409 174 134

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

SE .................................................. 5.50 8.75 11.95 12.82 27.29 18.15 23.19 36.44 10.86 6.42

CV(%) ............................................. 2.54 2.92 5.19 3.69 7.61 5.34 6.59 8.91 6.24 4.78

Maintenance and repairs

Mean .............................................. 837 1,090 1,012 1,155 898 1,139 1,324 1,146 678 589

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

SE .................................................. 23.03 38.59 72.56 44.77 69.26 72.42 65.64 136.52 63.78 23.02

CV(%) ............................................. 2.75 3.54 7.17 3.88 7.71 6.36 4.96 11.91 9.41 3.91

Vehicle insurance

Mean .............................................. 1,079 1,331 1,242 1,396 1,101 1,146 1,969 1,459 925 824

Share .............................................. 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.4 2.4 2.0 2.0 2.1

SE .................................................. 54.06 88.05 125.09 118.55 260.55 120.09 296.68 286.02 355.72 76.99

CV(%) ............................................. 5.01 6.62 10.07 8.49 23.66 10.48 15.06 19.61 38.47 9.34

Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other

charges

Mean .............................................. 624 840 769 921 1,062 866 926 757 579 403

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

SE .................................................. 23.68 41.04 56.95 58.11 98.42 88.66 79.90 90.93 91.50 24.50

CV(%) ............................................. 3.79 4.88 7.40 6.31 9.27 10.23 8.63 12.01 15.79 6.08

Public and other transportation

Mean .............................................. 661 901 956 851 639 966 792 896 374 444

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.1 .9 1.2 1.0 1.2 .8 1.1

SE .................................................. 25.32 50.52 71.44 49.77 88.96 65.96 79.21 142.83 57.98 23.15

CV(%) ............................................. 3.83 5.61 7.48 5.85 13.91 6.82 10.00 15.95 15.50 5.22

Healthcare

Mean .............................................. 4,342 6,077 6,692 5,529 4,778 5,435 6,083 5,833 2,371 2,765

Share .............................................. 7.8 8.3 10.2 6.8 6.4 6.7 7.3 7.9 5.2 7.1

SE .................................................. 58.11 99.64 128.32 139.59 249.40 165.60 264.64 273.66 160.78 46.66

CV(%) ............................................. 1.34 1.64 1.92 2.52 5.22 3.05 4.35 4.69 6.78 1.69

Health insurance

Mean .............................................. 2,977 4,160 4,566 3,783 3,395 3,702 4,119 4,084 1,622 1,905

Share .............................................. 5.3 5.7 7.0 4.7 4.5 4.5 5.0 5.5 3.5 4.9

SE .................................................. 38.63 67.17 82.60 104.87 203.01 124.32 196.74 206.79 123.41 31.69

CV(%) ............................................. 1.30 1.61 1.81 2.77 5.98 3.36 4.78 5.06 7.61 1.66

Medical services

Mean .............................................. 791 1,149 1,186 1,138 957 1,143 1,231 1,002 473 455

Share .............................................. 1.4 1.6 1.8 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.0 1.2

SE .................................................. 34.90 63.59 84.48 88.66 87.06 81.69 206.28 119.57 61.55 26.77

CV(%) ............................................. 4.41 5.53 7.12 7.79 9.10 7.15 16.76 11.93 13.00 5.88

Drugs

Mean .............................................. 425 566 699 437 303 416 543 587 195 303

Share .............................................. .8 .8 1.1 .5 .4 .5 .7 .8 .4 .8

SE .................................................. 10.07 16.18 28.17 16.97 30.96 24.91 35.74 51.48 27.62 11.69

CV(%) ............................................. 2.37 2.86 4.03 3.88 10.23 5.99 6.58 8.78 14.19 3.86

Medical supplies

Mean .............................................. 149 201 242 170 123 174 190 161 81 101

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

SE .................................................. 5.79 8.74 14.79 9.86 16.94 13.44 20.11 19.52 11.02 9.25

CV(%) ............................................. 3.89 4.34 6.13 5.80 13.74 7.74 10.59 12.14 13.63 9.13

Entertainment

Mean .............................................. 2,842 3,807 3,811 3,897 2,998 4,325 3,751 3,263 2,144 1,906

Share .............................................. 5.1 5.2 5.8 4.8 4.0 5.3 4.5 4.4 4.7 4.9

SE .................................................. 65.23 118.93 226.41 128.98 188.81 170.06 244.59 222.64 115.37 46.43

CV(%) ............................................. 2.30 3.12 5.94 3.31 6.30 3.93 6.52 6.82 5.38 2.44

Fees and admissions

Mean .............................................. 652 978 833 1,161 729 1,556 805 706 516 325

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.0 1.9 1.0 .9 1.1 .8

SE .................................................. 25.16 44.45 57.61 67.27 90.80 114.96 61.79 80.63 63.31 12.11

CV(%) ............................................. 3.86 4.55 6.92 5.79 12.46 7.39 7.68 11.43 12.28 3.72

Audio and visual equipment and services

Mean .............................................. 1,084 1,276 1,208 1,329 1,029 1,433 1,334 1,369 1,016 889

Share .............................................. 1.9 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.8 1.6 1.8 2.2 2.3

SE .................................................. 12.71 20.07 27.04 32.57 43.35 52.50 66.59 79.08 47.01 18.81

CV(%) ............................................. 1.17 1.57 2.24 2.45 4.21 3.66 4.99 5.78 4.63 2.12

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, 2015 — 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 .............................................. 653 866 873 883 812 843 988 730 405 455

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

SE .................................................. 23.92 40.22 73.73 53.71 97.84 76.73 123.75 121.47 53.18 26.80

CV(%) ............................................. 3.66 4.65 8.44 6.08 12.05 9.10 12.53 16.63 13.14 5.89

Pets

Mean .............................................. 528 679 759 626 353 587 846 535 314 392

Share .............................................. .9 .9 1.2 .8 .5 .7 1.0 .7 .7 1.0

SE .................................................. 23.54 38.89 68.31 46.53 39.18 62.78 116.24 131.54 48.03 26.48

CV(%) ............................................. 4.46 5.72 9.00 7.43 11.10 10.69 13.73 24.58 15.28 6.76

Toys, hobbies, and playground equipment

Mean .............................................. 125 186 114 256 459 256 142 195 90 63

Share .............................................. .2 .3 .2 .3 .6 .3 .2 .3 .2 .2

SE .................................................. 5.89 12.98 13.58 25.48 87.04 32.69 26.84 39.48 16.55 5.16

CV(%) ............................................. 4.71 6.97 11.93 9.94 18.95 12.78 18.97 20.23 18.33 8.19

Other entertainment supplies, equipment,

and services

Mean .............................................. 453 687 897 525 428 494 624 459 207 237

Share .............................................. .8 .9 1.4 .6 .6 .6 .8 .6 .5 .6

SE .................................................. 48.87 96.52 196.26 66.63 83.86 54.54 175.15 127.10 39.65 32.28

CV(%) ............................................. 10.79 14.05 21.87 12.70 19.57 11.04 28.07 27.72 19.13 13.62

Personal care products and services

Mean .............................................. 683 875 811 928 815 967 931 928 641 483

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.2

SE .................................................. 10.80 17.02 25.39 31.13 71.66 44.17 61.99 117.94 43.78 16.61

CV(%) ............................................. 1.58 1.95 3.13 3.35 8.80 4.57 6.66 12.70 6.83 3.44

Reading

Mean .............................................. 114 152 183 134 91 143 147 79 57 80

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

SE .................................................. 5.22 8.18 15.75 8.38 13.97 11.68 21.14 10.68 8.51 5.53

CV(%) ............................................. 4.57 5.38 8.62 6.24 15.27 8.19 14.36 13.51 14.96 6.87

Education

Mean .............................................. 1,315 1,794 957 2,533 924 2,194 3,927 2,177 1,108 837

Share .............................................. 2.3 2.4 1.5 3.1 1.2 2.7 4.7 2.9 2.4 2.2

SE .................................................. 79.53 144.23 122.91 272.43 198.11 209.43 671.63 647.51 188.35 69.44

CV(%) ............................................. 6.05 8.04 12.84 10.75 21.44 9.54 17.10 29.75 16.99 8.30

Tobacco products and smoking supplies

Mean .............................................. 349 341 270 346 228 340 420 726 232 373

Share .............................................. .6 .5 .4 .4 .3 .4 .5 1.0 .5 1.0

SE .................................................. 11.39 15.17 16.64 20.61 27.17 34.53 39.29 79.14 29.57 13.93

CV(%) ............................................. 3.26 4.45 6.16 5.96 11.93 10.14 9.36 10.90 12.77 3.73

Miscellaneous

Mean .............................................. 871 1,032 961 1,091 1,062 1,026 1,204 1,087 849 704

Share .............................................. 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.9 1.8

SE .................................................. 45.65 71.07 99.98 97.34 198.20 105.80 186.00 252.46 262.52 34.52

CV(%) ............................................. 5.24 6.89 10.40 8.92 18.66 10.32 15.45 23.22 30.91 4.91

Cash contributions

Mean .............................................. 1,819 2,419 2,823 2,150 1,303 2,372 2,285 1,690 1,294 1,254

Share .............................................. 3.2 3.3 4.3 2.7 1.7 2.9 2.8 2.3 2.8 3.2

SE .................................................. 68.39 104.29 167.20 153.04 199.04 284.16 180.04 248.63 308.85 54.66

CV(%) ............................................. 3.76 4.31 5.92 7.12 15.27 11.98 7.88 14.71 23.88 4.36

Personal insurance and pensions

Mean .............................................. 6,349 9,206 7,582 10,706 10,006 10,766 11,003 9,532 4,071 3,633

Share .............................................. 11.3 12.6 11.6 13.3 13.4 13.2 13.3 12.8 8.9 9.3

SE .................................................. 116.57 206.27 239.19 351.72 454.90 460.03 721.97 678.53 435.78 82.63

CV(%) ............................................. 1.84 2.24 3.15 3.29 4.55 4.27 6.56 7.12 10.70 2.27

Life and other personal insurance

Mean .............................................. 333 545 535 548 356 589 593 590 167 131

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

SE .................................................. 24.46 50.92 74.84 70.12 42.76 133.17 69.54 149.94 28.80 7.68

CV(%) ............................................. 7.35 9.34 14.00 12.79 12.00 22.61 11.72 25.41 17.24 5.88

Pensions and Social Security

Mean .............................................. 6,016 8,661 7,048 10,158 9,650 10,177 10,410 8,942 3,904 3,503

Share .............................................. 10.7 11.8 10.8 12.6 12.9 12.5 12.6 12.0 8.5 9.0

SE .................................................. 113.55 201.91 226.82 338.14 444.31 440.83 709.01 655.29 433.81 82.15

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, 2015 — 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(%) ............................................. 1.89 2.33 3.22 3.33 4.60 4.33 6.81 7.33 11.11 2.35

Sources of income and personal taxes:

Money income before taxes

Mean .............................................. $69,627 $96,764 $84,390 $107,586 $99,362 $110,541 $107,713 $103,044 $41,092 $44,701

SE .................................................. 871.92 1,375.91 1,571.03 2,474.74 3,620.73 4,217.38 3,023.13 3,833.67 2,039.52 643.55

CV(%) ............................................. 1.25 1.42 1.86 2.30 3.64 3.82 2.81 3.72 4.96 1.44

Wages and salaries

Mean .............................................. 54,405 77,146 57,018 95,274 92,844 99,462 90,355 84,077 33,678 33,118

Share .............................................. 78.1 79.7 67.6 88.6 93.4 90.0 83.9 81.6 82.0 74.1

SE .................................................. 851.84 1,473.26 1,419.83 2,490.22 3,137.06 3,903.17 3,022.40 3,427.44 1,821.66 602.40

CV(%) ............................................. 1.57 1.91 2.49 2.61 3.38 3.92 3.35 4.08 5.41 1.82

Self-employment income

Mean .............................................. 4,363 6,884 6,417 7,579 4,973 8,037 8,333 5,334 1,738 2,045

Share .............................................. 6.3 7.1 7.6 7.0 5.0 7.3 7.7 5.2 4.2 4.6

SE .................................................. 231.97 447.55 563.67 616.77 1,321.83 935.68 1,111.84 1,440.29 434.37 164.80

CV(%) ............................................. 5.32 6.50 8.78 8.14 26.58 11.64 13.34 27.00 25.00 8.06

Social Security, private and government

retirement

Mean .............................................. 7,801 9,284 16,432 2,295 104 990 5,457 10,262 1,225 7,068

Share .............................................. 11.2 9.6 19.5 2.1 .1 .9 5.1 10.0 3.0 15.8

SE .................................................. 172.97 314.74 455.49 280.87 51.72 209.50 738.95 905.92 229.77 208.32

CV(%) ............................................. 2.22 3.39 2.77 12.24 49.61 21.17 13.54 8.83 18.75 2.95

Interest, dividends, rental income, other

property income

Mean .............................................. 1,737 2,576 3,879 1,526 740 1,108 2,586 1,356 547 1,006

Share .............................................. 2.5 2.7 4.6 1.4 .7 1.0 2.4 1.3 1.3 2.3

SE .................................................. 140.39 267.02 500.36 261.98 226.93 283.19 617.72 370.59 270.18 105.97

CV(%) ............................................. 8.08 10.37 12.90 17.17 30.68 25.56 23.89 27.33 49.41 10.54

Public assistance, Supplemental Security

Income, Supplementary Nutrition

Assistance Program (SNAP)

Mean .............................................. 568 336 167 392 248 431 412 990 1,886 646

Share .............................................. .8 .3 .2 .4 .2 .4 .4 1.0 4.6 1.4

SE .................................................. 23.66 20.51 27.23 32.23 51.85 50.85 62.76 150.61 169.28 34.81

CV(%) ............................................. 4.17 6.11 16.29 8.23 20.90 11.80 15.24 15.21 8.98 5.39

Unemployment and workers’ compensation,

veterans’ benefits, and regular contributions

for support

Mean .............................................. 432 318 314 278 184 270 341 590 1,681 396

Share .............................................. .6 .3 .4 .3 .2 .2 .3 .6 4.1 .9

SE .................................................. 30.78 37.05 57.01 41.20 62.82 54.58 81.59 135.98 257.76 39.66

CV(%) ............................................. 7.12 11.66 18.15 14.83 34.08 20.19 23.96 23.04 15.33 10.03

Other income

Mean .............................................. 320 221 163 243 269 242 231 435 338 422

Share .............................................. .5 .2 .2 .2 .3 .2 .2 .4 .8 .9

SE .................................................. 26.13 28.82 32.61 37.72 89.91 46.33 55.17 150.88 133.67 39.59

CV(%) ............................................. 8.16 13.03 20.06 15.52 33.48 19.14 23.92 34.72 39.58 9.39

Personal taxes (contains some imputed

values)

Mean .............................................. 9,178 13,690 12,044 15,692 14,285 17,050 14,438 11,013 1,851 5,359

Share .............................................. 13.2 14.1 14.3 14.6 14.4 15.4 13.4 10.7 4.5 12.0

SE .................................................. 295.70 440.64 393.15 913.65 1,037.71 1,541.25 993.85 1,148.26 503.08 301.19

CV(%) ............................................. 3.22 3.22 3.26 5.82 7.26 9.04 6.88 10.43 27.18 5.62

Federal income taxes

Mean .............................................. 7,111 10,679 9,719 12,012 10,711 13,096 11,110 8,091 907 4,141

Share .............................................. 10.2 11.0 11.5 11.2 10.8 11.8 10.3 7.9 2.2 9.3

SE .................................................. 221.98 348.85 348.94 737.52 814.32 1,260.02 801.59 943.15 393.80 223.60

CV(%) ............................................. 3.12 3.27 3.59 6.14 7.60 9.62 7.21 11.66 43.43 5.40

State and local income taxes

Mean .............................................. 1,997 2,934 2,230 3,623 3,490 3,905 3,275 2,834 911 1,150

Share .............................................. 2.9 3.0 2.6 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.0 2.7 2.2 2.6

SE .................................................. 96.48 132.31 114.73 205.16 267.52 317.39 219.76 237.68 125.21 81.35

CV(%) ............................................. 4.83 4.51 5.15 5.66 7.67 8.13 6.71 8.39 13.75 7.07

Other taxes

Mean .............................................. 70 77 96 57 84 50 53 89 33 67

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

SE .................................................. 19.68 16.62 30.96 11.07 24.69 12.29 14.53 26.36 9.16 36.46

CV(%) ............................................. 28.14 21.58 32.33 19.37 29.57 24.51 27.36 29.61 27.53 54.32

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, 2015 — 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 .............................................. 60,448 83,075 72,346 91,894 85,078 93,490 93,275 92,030 39,241 39,342

Share .............................................. 86.8 85.9 85.7 85.4 85.6 84.6 86.6 89.3 95.5 88.0

SE .................................................. 634.35 994.40 1,245.31 1,625.06 2,663.76 2,791.01 2,132.11 3,087.54 1,598.62 474.10

CV(%) ............................................. 1.05 1.20 1.72 1.77 3.13 2.99 2.29 3.35 4.07 1.21

Addenda:

Net change in total assets and liabilities

Mean .............................................. $6,937 $10,370 $11,448 $8,737 $944 $9,027 $12,612 $14,121 $985 $4,078

SE .................................................. 1,479.63 2,474.65 2,657.36 3,821.18 8,820.17 4,357.08 6,748.76 10,446.16 3,095.89 1,224.10

CV(%) ............................................. 21.33 23.86 23.21 43.73 934.83 48.27 53.51 73.98 314.46 30.02

Net change in total assets

Mean .............................................. 15,442 21,429 18,252 24,422 32,134 23,745 21,174 21,701 11,016 9,708

SE .................................................. 1,446.39 2,446.15 2,394.72 3,883.02 8,231.96 3,365.24 7,085.38 9,482.54 3,462.63 1,211.17

CV(%) ............................................. 9.37 11.42 13.12 15.90 25.62 14.17 33.46 43.70 31.43 12.48

Net change in total liabilities

Mean .............................................. 8,504 11,059 6,803 15,685 31,190 14,717 8,562 7,580 10,032 5,630

SE .................................................. 685.63 1,153.44 1,263.51 1,961.90 7,360.08 2,492.94 3,665.55 3,904.83 2,903.39 639.08

CV(%) ............................................. 8.06 10.43 18.57 12.51 23.60 16.94 42.81 51.51 28.94 11.35

Other financial information:

Other money receipts

Mean .............................................. 766 598 597 472 212 711 259 1,390 518 974

SE .................................................. 181.72 138.18 123.14 204.19 78.15 405.96 103.13 1,066.99 140.86 383.44

CV(%) ............................................. 23.72 23.10 20.62 43.26 36.86 57.11 39.85 76.75 27.21 39.38

Mortgage principal paid on owned property

Mean .............................................. -1,757 -2,677 -2,165 -3,214 -2,121 -3,447 -3,470 -2,382 -984 -887

SE .................................................. 43.10 81.83 85.91 121.32 147.37 160.72 261.45 257.26 89.81 33.48

CV(%) ............................................. -2.45 -3.06 -3.97 -3.77 -6.95 -4.66 -7.53 -10.80 -9.12 -3.78

Estimated market value of owned home

Mean .............................................. 162,749 236,784 239,486 238,072 184,902 249,672 250,111 212,639 79,657 95,406

SE .................................................. 3,202.93 5,696.40 7,500.08 8,445.43 11,396.74 13,328.06 12,503.96 16,390.89 7,711.25 2,938.76

CV(%) ............................................. 1.97 2.41 3.13 3.55 6.16 5.34 5.00 7.71 9.68 3.08

Estimated monthly rental value of owned

home

Mean .............................................. 930 1,289 1,308 1,281 1,083 1,322 1,330 1,221 496 607

SE .................................................. 11.23 18.28 22.81 26.46 51.85 42.15 36.17 65.71 34.49 13.28

CV(%) ............................................. 1.21 1.42 1.74 2.06 4.79 3.19 2.72 5.38 6.96 2.19

Gifts of goods and services, total

Mean .............................................. 1,249 1,597 1,908 1,236 806 1,011 1,818 1,981 547 967

SE .................................................. 72.43 97.34 170.77 88.45 107.49 144.90 215.04 668.03 92.52 106.85

CV(%) ............................................. 5.80 6.09 8.95 7.16 13.34 14.33 11.83 33.73 16.91 11.05

Food

Mean .............................................. 91 115 148 90 79 86 102 67 22 75

SE .................................................. 10.60 11.93 16.98 12.98 22.02 17.72 21.97 16.79 7.70 21.36

CV(%) ............................................. 11.60 10.39 11.44 14.40 27.89 20.50 21.52 25.09 34.83 28.55

Alcoholic beverages

Mean .............................................. 15 17 24 10 16 11 5 12 5 13

SE .................................................. 2.38 3.71 7.60 2.11 3.78 4.04 2.03 5.73 2.34 3.14

CV(%) ............................................. 16.44 22.16 31.33 20.83 24.15 36.41 37.87 47.92 51.94 23.61

Housing

Mean .............................................. 244 299 393 219 229 164 299 231 173 195

SE .................................................. 16.51 23.46 41.94 23.47 79.23 24.14 48.82 57.88 46.18 19.04

CV(%) ............................................. 6.76 7.84 10.67 10.69 34.60 14.74 16.33 25.05 26.63 9.79

Housekeeping supplies

Mean .............................................. 30 43 54 31 17 32 37 48 9 19

SE .................................................. 3.75 6.30 9.59 4.82 4.42 6.39 10.58 32.51 5.17 3.30

CV(%) ............................................. 12.38 14.72 17.73 15.71 26.11 20.10 28.78 67.53 56.48 17.11

Household textiles

Mean .............................................. 8 11 12 12 2 19 5 1 6 5

SE .................................................. 1.99 4.03 3.55 7.99 1.86 15.69 2.45 .77 4.69 1.48

CV(%) ............................................. 25.36 37.50 30.70 68.59 82.29 82.32 49.05 60.94 81.38 29.76

Appliances and miscellaneous housewares

Mean .............................................. 22 28 42 14 22 9 19 23 6 17

SE .................................................. 3.33 3.66 7.51 2.13 8.52 3.15 4.77 14.74 2.98 4.85

CV(%) ............................................. 15.44 13.29 17.96 14.95 39.38 35.67 25.61 64.88 49.81 28.47

Major appliances

Mean .............................................. 8 10 17 5 7 3 5 2 ( ) 4 6

SE .................................................. 1.33 2.17 4.49 1.61 6.52 1.36 2.35 .28 2.64 2.32

CV(%) ............................................. 16.73 21.61 25.70 35.61 90.71 39.93 50.14 96.37 60.82 37.60

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, 2015 — 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 .............................................. 14 17 24 10 14 5 14 22 2 11

SE .................................................. 2.56 3.45 6.66 1.72 5.57 2.93 4.58 14.74 1.12 4.27

CV(%) ............................................. 18.79 19.72 27.34 17.58 38.57 53.86 32.80 65.72 67.84 39.31

Miscellaneous household equipment

Mean .............................................. 48 60 73 48 48 24 86 54 11 39

SE .................................................. 5.88 6.38 10.88 10.64 13.19 6.33 30.26 25.98 3.84 9.11

CV(%) ............................................. 12.34 10.65 14.88 22.14 27.64 26.37 35.22 48.44 34.15 23.31

Other housing

Mean .............................................. 137 158 213 115 140 80 153 105 141 114

SE .................................................. 11.84 18.06 34.61 18.31 74.88 13.47 30.95 30.51 45.50 14.47

CV(%) ............................................. 8.64 11.41 16.29 15.94 53.30 16.81 20.29 28.97 32.21 12.68

Apparel and services

Mean .............................................. 253 248 274 211 259 151 280 310 212 264

SE .................................................. 41.42 24.55 43.84 28.35 46.00 33.34 62.47 113.16 65.54 85.34

CV(%) ............................................. 16.36 9.90 15.99 13.44 17.79 22.04 22.34 36.53 30.91 32.38

Males, 2 and over

Mean .............................................. 59 68 70 61 47 48 90 100 32 52

SE .................................................. 5.17 8.58 14.36 10.74 19.13 9.66 28.81 38.96 15.34 8.01

CV(%) ............................................. 8.81 12.59 20.56 17.56 40.80 19.99 31.96 38.95 47.89 15.48

Females, 2 and over

Mean .............................................. 64 78 92 58 62 23 111 112 47 51

SE .................................................. 6.50 10.99 21.07 10.92 21.88 8.06 30.07 63.43 18.01 7.21

CV(%) ............................................. 10.15 14.15 23.01 18.93 35.57 34.86 27.02 56.40 38.29 14.06

Children under 2

Mean .............................................. 40 54 49 59 120 58 26 58 75 21

SE .................................................. 6.15 11.06 20.20 13.32 36.17 23.26 8.32 26.35 58.69 6.81

CV(%) ............................................. 15.25 20.30 41.33 22.43 30.15 39.92 31.76 45.30 78.04 32.41

Other apparel products and services

Mean .............................................. 90 48 64 33 30 22 52 39 58 140

SE .................................................. 36.86 8.63 15.64 11.06 10.28 11.14 21.32 17.03 26.11 80.35

CV(%) ............................................. 40.90 18.12 24.46 33.69 34.07 51.76 40.96 43.56 45.20 57.57

Jewelry and watches

Mean .............................................. 60 7 10 6 4 3 12 2 ( ) 3 123

SE .................................................. 36.32 2.22 3.49 3.71 2.39 2.30 10.62 .28 2.55 80.04

CV(%) ............................................. 60.72 29.64 35.80 57.43 59.33 65.93 87.86 56.80 80.22 65.24

All other apparel products and services

Mean .............................................. 30 40 54 26 26 18 40 39 55 17

SE .................................................. 4.71 7.96 15.22 9.52 9.85 9.00 18.55 17.00 26.01 3.61

CV(%) ............................................. 15.53 19.86 28.09 36.09 37.70 49.90 46.41 44.06 47.64 21.36

Transportation

Mean .............................................. 139 182 260 95 35 111 102 264 22 108

SE .................................................. 19.81 34.64 72.48 19.15 13.25 34.28 25.13 127.32 7.33 22.55

CV(%) ............................................. 14.25 19.03 27.91 20.23 38.38 30.78 24.56 48.20 33.74 20.79

Healthcare

Mean .............................................. 34 27 43 14 4 13 20 22 3 45

SE .................................................. 7.46 7.20 17.80 4.18 2.99 6.52 8.41 20.92 1.68 14.77

CV(%) ............................................. 21.84 26.26 41.81 30.37 78.07 48.49 42.24 96.59 59.26 32.74

Entertainment

Mean .............................................. 95 127 153 116 126 74 174 48 14 70

SE .................................................. 8.69 14.33 28.45 18.82 46.34 14.65 48.36 15.60 4.08 10.13

CV(%) ............................................. 9.17 11.24 18.56 16.27 36.76 19.73 27.77 32.21 29.28 14.55

Toys, games, arts and crafts, and tricycles

Mean .............................................. 29 41 43 41 79 22 50 30 7 19

SE .................................................. 3.80 6.27 8.91 10.37 36.50 5.87 19.50 14.94 3.08 3.62

CV(%) ............................................. 12.97 15.33 20.89 25.16 46.49 26.13 38.90 49.96 46.00 18.67

Other entertainment

Mean .............................................. 66 87 111 74 48 52 124 19 7 50

SE .................................................. 6.83 12.04 22.19 15.15 24.65 12.44 41.92 6.28 2.26 8.55

CV(%) ............................................. 10.42 13.92 20.06 20.35 51.85 24.01 33.79 33.88 31.11 17.01

Personal care products and services

Mean .............................................. 16 18 16 20 9 26 16 16 26 14

SE .................................................. 2.82 4.59 4.14 9.05 5.16 16.82 5.80 8.06 16.99 2.51

CV(%) ............................................. 17.26 25.89 25.99 45.69 60.49 64.01 36.59 50.53 64.74 18.33

Reading

Mean .............................................. 6 7 11 4 6 1 7 4 1 5

SE .................................................. .85 1.16 2.28 1.31 3.38 .37 3.51 2.26 .58 1.13

CV(%) ............................................. 14.81 16.92 21.28 36.02 59.65 39.63 53.65 64.10 54.10 22.26

Education

Mean .............................................. 278 463 448 402 8 327 732 941 50 112

SE .................................................. 34.06 65.23 89.20 73.38 4.42 104.94 172.95 601.10 27.25 23.87

CV(%) ............................................. 12.24 14.07 19.93 18.25 57.19 32.07 23.62 63.86 54.77 21.29

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, 2015 — 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 .............................................. 77 94 138 56 37 45 81 66 19 67

SE .................................................. 5.85 11.03 21.68 8.77 18.75 10.58 19.33 42.94 4.90 7.52

CV(%) ............................................. 7.59 11.78 15.73 15.77 50.06 23.34 23.85 65.06 25.25 11.26

1 No data reported.

2 Value is too small to display.

Source: Consumer Expenditure Survey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, August, 2016