Table 2010. Highest education level of any member: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2013

(Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated)

Item Aggregate

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional,

doctoral

degree

Number of consumer units (in thousands) ................. 125,670 77,102 9,974 26,151 26,646 14,331 48,568 28,552 20,016

Percent distribution of consumer units ...................... 100.0 61.4 7.9 20.8 21.2 11.4 38.6 22.7 15.9

Consumer unit characteristics (mean values):

Income before taxes ................................................ $63,784 $43,135 $24,078 $38,064 $45,440 $61,369 $96,564 $80,844 $118,987

Income after taxes ................................................... 56,352 40,166 24,164 36,146 41,960 55,306 82,047 70,306 98,796

Age of reference person .......................................... 50.1 50.7 54.4 53.0 47.9 48.8 49.2 47.9 51.0

Average number in consumer unit:

People ................................................................... 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6

Children under 18 .................................................. .6 .6 .8 .5 .5 .7 .6 .6 .6

Adults 65 and older ................................................ .3 .4 .4 .4 .3 .3 .3 .3 .4

Earners .................................................................. 1.3 1.1 .7 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5

Vehicles ................................................................. 1.9 1.7 1.1 1.6 1.7 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.2

Percent distribution:

Reference person:

Men ........................................................................ 47 45 41 44 46 45 52 52 51

Women .................................................................. 53 55 59 56 54 55 48 48 49

Housing tenure:

Homeowner ........................................................... 64 57 45 59 55 66 74 70 79

With mortgage ..................................................... 37 29 16 26 31 43 50 48 53

Without mortgage ................................................ 26 28 29 34 25 23 24 22 26

Renter .................................................................... 36 43 55 41 45 34 26 30 21

Race of reference person:

Black or African-American ..................................... 13 15 15 16 15 13 8 8 8

White, Asian, and all other races ........................... 87 85 85 84 85 87 92 92 92

Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person:

Hispanic or Latino .................................................. 13 16 35 16 13 11 7 8 5

Not Hispanic or Latino ........................................... 87 84 65 84 87 89 93 92 95

Education of reference person:

Elementary (1-8) .................................................... 7 10 54 7 3 1 1 1 1 ( )

High school (9-12) ................................................. 30 46 45 93 17 13 6 8 3

College .................................................................. 63 44 n.a. n.a. 80 85 93 91 96

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

At least one vehicle owned or leased ...................... 87 83 67 82 85 92 94 93 95

Annual aggregate expenditures ................................. $6,420,909 46.2 4.0 14.1 17.2 10.9 53.8 28.3 25.5

Food ........................................................................ 829,220 50.0 5.1 15.9 19.2 9.8 50.0 27.7 22.3

Food at home ........................................................ 499,500 53.1 6.0 17.7 19.4 10.0 46.9 26.7 20.2

Cereals and bakery products ............................... 68,273 53.3 5.9 17.8 19.6 10.0 46.7 27.4 19.4

Cereals and cereal products .............................. 23,233 53.3 6.7 17.1 19.3 10.2 46.7 28.0 18.7

Bakery products ................................................. 45,040 53.2 5.5 18.1 19.8 9.9 46.8 27.0 19.7

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................. 107,569 56.6 6.5 19.1 20.6 10.5 43.4 25.5 17.9

Beef ................................................................... 27,468 59.6 6.3 21.2 21.1 11.0 40.4 23.4 17.0

Pork ................................................................... 21,327 59.0 6.5 19.0 22.6 10.9 41.0 25.5 15.6

Other meats ....................................................... 14,994 54.9 5.6 19.0 19.6 10.7 45.1 26.4 18.7

Poultry ............................................................... 21,334 56.5 6.7 18.7 21.3 9.8 43.5 25.3 18.2

Fish and seafood ............................................... 15,360 49.8 6.9 15.9 16.8 10.1 50.2 29.4 20.8

Eggs .................................................................. 7,086 57.1 7.5 19.2 21.0 9.4 42.9 24.1 18.9

Dairy products ..................................................... 51,984 52.2 6.3 17.4 19.1 9.5 47.8 26.6 21.2

Fresh milk and cream ........................................ 19,052 56.0 7.8 18.8 19.8 9.6 44.0 25.4 18.6

Other dairy products .......................................... 32,932 50.1 5.4 16.6 18.7 9.4 49.9 27.2 22.7

Fruits and vegetables .......................................... 94,265 50.6 6.1 16.6 18.5 9.4 49.4 27.1 22.3

Fresh fruits ......................................................... 33,896 48.4 6.2 15.3 17.8 9.0 51.6 27.5 24.2

Fresh vegetables ............................................... 29,638 50.0 6.1 16.1 18.1 9.7 50.0 26.8 23.2

Processed fruits ................................................. 14,430 51.9 5.9 17.9 18.4 9.6 48.1 27.7 20.4

Processed vegetables ....................................... 16,301 54.9 6.0 18.8 20.9 9.3 45.1 26.5 18.5

Other food at home .............................................. 177,408 52.4 5.6 17.4 19.2 10.2 47.6 27.1 20.5

Sugar and other sweets ..................................... 17,927 51.7 5.1 17.4 19.8 9.4 48.3 26.9 21.4

Fats and oils ...................................................... 14,666 55.6 7.2 18.5 20.8 9.2 44.4 26.1 18.3

Miscellaneous foods .......................................... 91,381 50.8 5.0 17.1 18.7 10.0 49.2 28.0 21.1

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2010. Highest education level of any member: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2013 — Continued

(Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated)

Item Aggregate

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional,

doctoral

degree

Nonalcoholic beverages .................................... 48,186 56.8 6.7 18.9 20.1 11.1 43.2 25.5 17.7

Food prepared by consumer unit on

out-of-town trips ............................................... 5,249 33.7 2.5 7.4 14.6 9.3 66.3 29.3 37.0

Food away from home ........................................... 329,720 45.4 3.7 13.3 18.8 9.6 54.6 29.2 25.5

Alcoholic beverages ................................................ 55,838 41.5 2.6 11.4 17.8 9.7 58.5 30.3 28.2

Housing ................................................................... 2,154,893 47.1 4.6 14.6 17.2 10.7 52.9 27.8 25.1

Shelter ................................................................... 1,266,815 45.5 4.6 13.9 16.8 10.2 54.5 28.5 26.0

Owned dwellings ................................................. 767,621 38.7 2.8 11.6 14.0 10.2 61.3 31.1 30.2

Mortgage interest and charges .......................... 386,864 36.7 2.4 10.2 13.5 10.6 63.3 32.8 30.5

Property taxes ................................................... 232,237 39.0 3.0 12.6 14.0 9.5 61.0 29.8 31.2

Maintenance, repairs, insurance, other

expenses ......................................................... 148,521 43.1 3.6 13.9 15.3 10.3 56.9 29.0 27.9

Rented dwellings ................................................. 417,678 61.8 8.6 19.5 22.9 10.8 38.2 23.1 15.1

Other lodging ....................................................... 81,516 26.8 .9 5.9 12.5 7.4 73.2 31.8 41.4

Utilities, fuels, and public services ......................... 469,641 55.4 5.5 18.6 19.1 12.2 44.6 24.9 19.8

Natural gas .......................................................... 49,331 51.6 5.1 17.8 17.9 10.8 48.4 26.7 21.7

Electricity ............................................................. 178,655 58.2 6.5 20.0 19.4 12.3 41.8 23.3 18.4

Fuel oil and other fuels ........................................ 17,893 53.9 5.6 20.7 16.5 11.1 46.1 21.9 24.2

Telephone services ............................................. 159,750 54.6 4.6 17.4 19.7 12.9 45.4 25.9 19.5

Residential phone service, VOIP, and phone

cards ................................................................ 44,991 55.6 6.0 20.9 18.2 10.5 44.4 23.8 20.6

Cellular phone service ....................................... 114,759 54.2 4.1 16.0 20.3 13.8 45.8 26.7 19.1

Water and other public services .......................... 64,013 52.6 4.9 17.8 18.1 11.8 47.4 26.0 21.4

Household operations ............................................ 143,783 36.9 2.6 10.2 14.1 10.0 63.1 28.3 34.8

Personal services ................................................ 46,265 30.3 2.5 7.8 11.5 8.5 69.7 28.7 41.1

Other household expenses .................................. 97,517 40.1 2.7 11.4 15.3 10.7 59.9 28.1 31.8

Housekeeping supplies ......................................... 80,958 49.5 5.2 15.1 18.7 10.5 50.5 28.2 22.4

Laundry and cleaning supplies ............................ 19,330 56.5 6.8 19.4 20.6 9.8 43.5 25.8 17.7

Other household products ................................... 43,997 49.5 5.2 14.8 18.9 10.7 50.5 27.9 22.6

Postage and stationery ........................................ 17,631 41.7 3.3 11.1 16.4 10.8 58.3 31.5 26.9

Household furnishings and equipment .................. 193,695 43.9 3.4 12.6 16.8 11.0 56.1 29.2 26.9

Household textiles ............................................... 12,238 44.0 3.7 12.9 14.7 12.7 56.0 29.4 26.6

Furniture .............................................................. 48,061 41.0 3.3 12.8 14.8 10.1 59.0 31.3 27.7

Floor coverings .................................................... 2,523 30.9 1.4 8.9 12.5 8.0 69.1 28.9 40.2

Major appliances ................................................. 26,906 44.8 4.6 11.3 18.0 11.0 55.2 26.6 28.6

Small appliances, miscellaneous housewares .... 12,618 45.5 5.0 13.1 15.1 12.2 54.5 29.9 24.6

Miscellaneous household equipment .................. 91,348 45.3 2.9 12.9 18.2 11.2 54.7 28.8 25.9

Apparel and services ............................................... 201,485 46.4 5.2 13.9 17.8 9.6 53.6 30.6 23.0

Men and boys ........................................................ 47,037 48.9 4.9 14.2 20.4 9.4 51.1 29.2 21.9

Men, 16 and over ................................................. 38,230 47.7 4.3 13.7 20.8 8.8 52.3 31.0 21.3

Boys, 2 to 15 ........................................................ 8,807 54.1 7.1 16.4 18.8 11.7 45.9 21.6 24.3

Women and girls .................................................... 79,946 43.9 4.6 12.8 16.4 10.1 56.1 31.9 24.1

Women, 16 and over ........................................... 66,193 42.1 4.5 11.2 15.7 10.7 57.9 32.9 25.0

Girls, 2 to 15 ........................................................ 13,752 52.9 4.8 20.8 20.2 7.1 47.1 27.2 19.9

Children under 2 .................................................... 9,360 53.5 7.6 17.2 18.7 10.1 46.5 29.9 16.6

Footwear ................................................................ 38,605 50.2 6.8 16.7 18.3 8.5 49.8 28.0 21.7

Other apparel products and services ..................... 26,537 41.6 4.7 11.0 16.3 9.6 58.4 33.0 25.4

Transportation ......................................................... 1,131,403 48.7 3.7 15.0 17.7 12.2 51.3 28.4 22.9

Vehicle purchases (net outlay) .............................. 411,079 47.6 3.3 15.2 16.1 13.0 52.4 29.3 23.2

Cars and trucks, new ........................................... 196,465 39.4 2.8 11.6 14.7 10.4 60.6 30.2 30.4

Cars and trucks, used .......................................... 209,764 54.9 3.9 18.5 16.9 15.7 45.1 28.4 16.7

Other vehicles ...................................................... 4,849 63.1 2 ( ) 23.9 38.0 31.2 36.9 26.7 310.2

Gasoline and motor oil ........................................... 328,170 54.7 4.5 17.4 19.7 13.0 45.3 26.1 19.2

Other vehicle expenses ......................................... 324,668 48.4 3.8 13.9 19.1 11.5 51.6 29.0 22.7

Vehicle finance charges ...................................... 25,577 51.1 2.7 13.9 18.9 15.6 48.9 27.9 21.0

Maintenance and repairs ..................................... 104,941 49.2 3.8 13.9 19.2 12.3 50.8 26.8 23.9

Vehicle insurance ................................................ 127,215 52.1 4.9 15.7 21.2 10.3 47.9 30.7 17.2

Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other

charges .............................................................. 66,935 39.0 2.2 10.3 15.3 11.1 61.0 29.3 31.7

Public and other transportation .............................. 67,486 27.3 2.0 6.9 11.4 7.0 72.7 31.6 41.1

Healthcare ............................................................... 456,305 49.9 4.4 16.1 18.3 11.2 50.1 26.6 23.4

Health insurance .................................................... 280,178 51.0 3.9 17.2 18.3 11.5 49.0 26.4 22.6

Medical services .................................................... 100,095 45.7 5.7 12.1 17.1 10.8 54.3 28.9 25.4

Drugs ..................................................................... 59,023 53.7 4.7 17.7 20.6 10.8 46.3 24.3 22.1

Medical supplies .................................................... 17,009 44.7 2.9 17.5 15.6 8.7 55.3 25.4 29.8

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2010. Highest education level of any member: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2013 — Continued

(Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated)

Item Aggregate

Less than college graduate College graduate

Total

Less

than

high

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

High

school

graduate

with

some

college

Associate’s

degree Total Bachelor’sdegree

Master’s,

professional,

doctoral

degree

Entertainment .......................................................... 311,898 44.7 3.4 12.9 16.9 11.5 55.3 28.5 26.8

Fees and admissions ............................................. 71,520 26.6 .9 6.2 11.4 8.1 73.4 32.1 41.3

Audio and visual equipment and services ............. 121,164 53.2 4.6 17.8 18.8 12.0 46.8 26.1 20.7

Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground equipment .... 74,869 46.8 4.6 14.4 16.6 11.2 53.2 30.2 23.0

Pets ..................................................................... 57,751 47.7 4.7 15.1 17.2 10.6 52.3 29.8 22.4

Toys, hobbies, and playground equipment .......... 17,119 43.6 4.2 11.9 14.3 13.2 56.4 31.3 25.1

Other entertainment supplies, equipment, and

services ............................................................... 44,345 47.3 2.1 8.2 21.3 15.8 52.7 26.4 26.3

Personal care products and services ...................... 76,418 44.6 3.8 13.8 17.2 9.7 55.4 30.0 25.5

Reading ................................................................... 12,880 37.5 2.3 11.0 14.8 9.3 62.5 28.5 34.0

Education ................................................................. 142,959 28.9 1.1 5.0 15.2 7.7 71.1 34.1 37.0

Tobacco products and smoking supplies ................ 41,419 77.5 7.6 29.8 24.2 15.8 22.5 15.9 6.6

Miscellaneous .......................................................... 81,005 44.4 4.0 10.8 17.7 11.9 55.6 28.1 27.5

Cash contributions ................................................... 230,489 38.1 2.7 11.4 13.8 10.2 61.9 26.0 35.9

Personal insurance and pensions ........................... 694,698 38.4 2.1 10.8 14.3 11.2 61.6 30.6 31.0

Life and other personal insurance ......................... 40,049 40.2 2.6 14.5 12.7 10.5 59.8 26.8 33.0

Pensions and Social Security ................................ 654,649 38.3 2.1 10.6 14.4 11.2 61.7 30.9 30.8

Sources of income and personal taxes:

Money income before taxes .................................... $8,015,737 41.5 3.0 12.4 15.1 11.0 58.5 28.8 29.7

Wages and salaries ............................................... 6,304,653 38.9 2.2 11.0 14.5 11.1 61.1 30.4 30.7

Self-employment income ....................................... 411,346 37.2 4.2 8.6 12.3 12.1 62.8 28.1 34.7

Social Security, private and government

retirement ............................................................ 944,320 58.3 6.9 22.7 18.9 9.9 41.7 20.7 21.0

Interest, dividends, rental income, other property

income ................................................................. 177,270 27.1 1.4 6.7 12.0 7.0 72.9 28.2 44.7

Public assistance, supplemental security income,

food stamps ......................................................... 67,072 85.9 18.6 30.9 23.8 12.6 14.1 10.7 3.5

Unemployment and workers’ compensation,

veterans’ benefits, and regular contributions for

support ................................................................. 76,887 58.9 2.9 15.8 22.9 17.2 41.1 21.0 20.1

Other income ......................................................... 34,190 63.5 7.5 16.9 30.1 8.9 36.5 18.7 17.8

Personal taxes (contains some imputed values) ..... 933,945 24.5 -.1 5.4 9.9 9.3 75.5 32.2 43.3

Federal income taxes ............................................ 721,736 23.1 -.4 4.8 9.5 9.2 76.9 32.2 44.7

State and local income taxes ................................. 204,680 29.2 .9 7.3 11.4 9.7 70.8 32.0 38.8

Other taxes ............................................................ 7,530 36.4 1.8 9.4 14.5 10.6 63.6 35.9 27.7

Income after taxes ................................................... 7,081,792 43.7 3.4 13.3 15.8 11.2 56.3 28.3 27.9

1 Value is too small to display.

2 No data reported.

3 Data are likely to have large sampling errors.

n.a. Not applicable.

Source: Consumer Expenditure Survey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, September, 2014