Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2018 

 (Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated) 

Married couple consumer units 

Married couple with children 

Item Aggregate Total 

Married 

couple 

only 

Total 

Oldest 

child 

under 6 

Oldest 

child 

6 to 17 

Oldest 

child 18 

or older 

Other 

married 

couple 

consumer 

units 

One 

parent, 

at least 

one child 

under 18 

Single 

person 

and other 

consumer 

units 

Number of consumer units (in thousands) ................................ 131,439 65,254 30,106 29,906 5,248 14,530 10,128 5,242 6,780 59,405 

Percent distribution of consumer units ................................ 100.0 49.6 22.9 22.8 4.0 11.1 7.7 4.0 5.2 45.2 

Consumer unit characteristics (mean values): 

 Income before taxes ................................................................ $78,635 $109,223 $93,651 $124,937 $114,877 $123,289 $132,513 $109,009 $43,445 $49,052 

 Income after taxes ................................................................ 67,241 92,122 78,763 104,650 95,991 103,881 110,241 97,375 41,447 42,853 

 Age of reference person ................................................................ 51.1 51.7 59.3 44.3 33.4 41.5 54.0 50.7 40.4 51.7 

 Average number in consumer unit: 

 People ................................................................................................ 2.5 3.1 2.0 4.0 3.5 4.2 3.9 4.9 2.9 1.7 

 Children under 18 ................................................................ .6 .8 ( 1 ) 1.6 1.5 2.2 .6 1.4 1.7 .2 

 Adults 65 and older ................................................................ .4 .5 .8 .1 ( 1 ) ( 1 ) .3 .6 ( 1 ) .3 

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

 Vehicles ................................................................................................ 1.9 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.0 2.3 3.0 2.8 1.2 1.3 

Percent distribution: 

 Reference person: 

 Men ................................................................................................47 55 59 51 61 49 48 52 19 42 

 Women ................................................................................................ 53 45 41 49 39 51 52 48 81 58 

 Housing tenure: 

 Homeowner ................................................................................................ 63 79 84 76 64 74 85 74 37 49 

 With mortgage................................................................ 37 50 41 60 56 61 59 52 29 24 

 Without mortgage ................................................................ 26 29 43 16 8 12 25 22 9 25 

 Renter................................................................................................ 37 21 16 24 36 26 15 26 63 51 

 Race of reference person: 

 Black or African-American ................................................................ 13 8 7 9 8 9 9 10 32 17 

 White, Asian, and all other races ................................................................ 87 92 93 91 92 91 91 90 68 83 

 Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person: 

 Hispanic or Latino ................................................................ 13 14 7 19 14 20 21 28 19 11 

 Not Hispanic or Latino ................................................................ 87 86 93 81 86 80 79 72 81 89 

 Education of reference person: 

 Elementary (1-8) ................................................................ 3 3 2 4 2 3 7 5 3 3 

 High school (9-12) ................................................................ 30 26 26 24 17 23 28 35 32 34 

 College ................................................................................................ 67 71 72 72 82 73 65 58 65 63 

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

 At least one vehicle owned or leased ................................ 88 97 96 97 95 97 97 96 83 80 

Annual aggregate expenditures ................................................................ $8,043,521 64.7 27.3 32.3 5.2 16.2 10.8 5.1 4.1 31.2 

 Food ................................................................................................ 1,039,471 64.4 26.2 32.8 4.6 17.6 10.6 5.4 4.8 30.8 

 Food at home ................................................................ 585,605 64.2 25.6 33.0 4.7 17.3 11.0 5.6 5.0 30.8 

 Cereals and bakery products ................................................................ 74,683 65.2 24.5 34.8 4.5 19.1 11.1 6.0 5.2 29.5 

 Cereals and cereal products ................................................................ 23,301 64.9 22.0 36.0 5.0 18.7 12.4 6.8 5.5 29.6 

 Bakery products ................................................................51,382 65.4 25.6 34.2 4.3 19.3 10.6 5.6 5.1 29.5 

 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ................................................................ 126,032 64.7 25.4 32.9 4.5 16.9 11.4 6.5 5.0 30.3 

 Beef................................................................................................ 33,249 66.8 25.6 34.3 5.1 18.2 11.0 6.9 4.7 28.5 

 Pork................................................................................................ 23,605 65.3 26.8 32.2 3.9 16.4 11.9 6.3 4.9 29.7 

 Other meats ................................................................ 16,979 66.2 26.4 34.2 4.3 17.9 12.0 5.6 4.8 29.0 

 Poultry ................................................................................................ 23,651 61.6 22.2 34.2 4.8 17.9 11.5 5.2 5.5 33.0 

 Fish and seafood ................................................................20,168 63.4 26.5 28.6 3.8 13.6 11.1 8.4 5.2 31.4 

 Eggs ................................................................................................ 8,380 63.8 24.6 32.9 5.4 16.6 10.9 6.3 4.7 31.5 

 Dairy products ................................................................ 58,917 65.1 26.3 33.7 5.0 17.7 11.0 5.1 4.6 30.4 

 Fresh milk and cream ................................................................ 19,225 63.9 23.5 34.6 5.6 17.9 11.1 5.8 4.8 31.3 

 Other dairy products ................................................................ 39,692 65.7 27.7 33.3 4.7 17.5 11.0 4.7 4.4 29.9 

 Fruits and vegetables ................................................................ 112,519 65.3 26.8 33.2 4.8 17.3 11.1 5.4 4.8 29.9 

 Fresh fruits ................................................................ 41,670 66.6 28.0 32.9 5.3 17.4 10.3 5.6 4.7 28.7 

 Fresh vegetables ................................................................37,063 65.8 27.5 33.0 4.3 17.0 11.7 5.3 4.5 29.7 

See footnotes at end of table. 
Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2018 —

Continued 

 (Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated) 

Married couple consumer units 

Married couple with children 

Item Aggregate Total 

Married 

couple 

only 

Total 

Oldest 

child 

under 6 

Oldest 

child 

6 to 17 

Oldest 

child 18 

or older 

Other 

married 

couple 

consumer 

units 

One 

parent, 

at least 

one child 

under 18 

Single 

person 

and other 

consumer 

units 

 Processed fruits ................................................................14,951 62.8 24.0 33.5 4.9 17.8 10.7 5.4 4.4 32.8 

 Processed vegetables ................................................................ 18,835 63.6 24.8 34.0 4.7 17.3 12.0 4.8 5.7 30.7 

 Other food at home ................................................................ 213,454 62.8 25.3 32.2 4.7 16.9 10.7 5.3 5.1 32.1 

 Sugar and other sweets................................................................ 19,743 64.2 27.4 31.5 4.0 17.8 9.7 5.2 4.8 31.0 

 Fats and oils ................................................................ 15,452 64.8 27.3 32.4 3.8 16.9 11.7 5.1 4.9 30.3 

 Miscellaneous foods ................................................................ 113,442 62.8 24.3 32.9 5.5 16.9 10.5 5.6 5.1 32.1 

 Nonalcoholic beverages ................................................................ 57,406 60.8 25.0 30.9 3.6 16.4 10.9 4.8 5.3 33.9 

 Food prepared by consumer unit on 

 out-of-town trips ................................................................7,412 71.5 34.3 33.0 3.8 17.7 11.4 4.2 2.9 25.6 

 Food away from home ................................................................ 453,865 64.6 26.9 32.6 4.5 18.0 10.1 5.2 4.6 30.8 

 Alcoholic beverages ................................................................ 76,468 64.1 36.4 24.2 4.7 12.9 6.7 3.5 3.0 32.9 

 Housing ................................................................................................ 2,640,250 60.8 25.1 30.8 5.7 15.3 9.8 4.9 4.4 34.7 

 Shelter ................................................................................................ 1,544,072 58.6 24.3 29.7 5.3 15.1 9.4 4.5 4.5 37.0 

 Owned dwellings ................................................................877,720 71.1 29.3 36.4 5.9 18.0 12.5 5.3 2.8 26.2 

 Mortgage interest and charges ................................ 364,770 74.2 24.9 43.8 7.8 23.2 12.8 5.5 3.5 22.4 

 Property taxes................................................................ 289,139 70.9 31.3 35.1 5.3 16.6 13.2 4.5 2.4 26.7 

 Maintenance, repairs, insurance, other 

 expenses ................................................................ 223,811 66.3 34.0 26.1 3.7 11.5 11.0 6.2 2.1 31.6 

 Rented dwellings ................................................................558,452 35.8 13.5 18.9 4.7 10.3 3.9 3.5 7.5 56.7 

 Other lodging ................................................................ 107,901 74.5 39.7 31.6 3.2 15.4 12.9 3.3 2.5 23.1 

 Utilities, fuels, and public services ................................ 532,153 61.1 25.6 29.9 4.0 14.4 11.5 5.6 4.8 34.1 

 Natural gas ................................................................ 53,888 59.8 25.0 30.3 4.7 14.4 11.2 4.5 5.0 35.2 

 Electricity ................................................................................................ 196,651 59.2 25.5 28.3 3.9 13.8 10.6 5.4 5.1 35.7 

 Fuel oil and other fuels ................................................................ 15,964 63.6 32.5 26.9 3.0 9.9 14.0 4.3 2.8 33.6 

 Telephone services ................................................................ 184,982 62.6 25.2 31.5 3.9 15.3 12.3 6.0 4.7 32.6 

 Residential phone service, VOIP, and phone 

 cards ................................................................................................ 28,853 58.7 31.9 22.1 1.8 9.7 10.6 4.6 3.6 37.7 

 Cellular phone service ................................................................ 156,129 63.4 23.9 33.2 4.3 16.3 12.6 6.2 4.9 31.7 

 Water and other public services ................................ 80,668 62.5 25.8 30.5 4.1 15.0 11.4 6.2 4.6 32.9 

 Household operations ................................................................ 200,080 68.6 22.4 41.7 15.7 18.1 7.9 4.5 4.4 26.9 

 Personal services ................................................................62,046 79.5 2.5 71.2 40.6 27.7 3.0 5.8 6.1 14.4 

 Other household expenses ................................................................ 138,034 63.8 31.4 28.5 4.6 13.9 10.1 3.9 3.6 32.6 

 Housekeeping supplies ................................................................ 98,029 63.5 27.5 30.5 3.7 16.4 10.4 5.5 3.9 32.6 

 Laundry and cleaning supplies ................................................................ 24,108 63.3 22.7 35.1 4.0 19.4 11.7 5.5 4.8 31.9 

 Other household products ................................................................ 56,598 64.4 28.6 30.0 3.8 16.2 9.9 5.8 3.8 31.8 

 Postage and stationery ................................................................ 17,323 60.9 30.3 25.8 3.0 12.9 10.0 4.8 3.1 36.0 

 Household furnishings and equipment ................................ 265,917 66.7 30.3 30.8 4.7 15.9 10.2 5.6 3.7 29.5 

 Household textiles ................................................................14,576 61.8 34.6 21.8 4.2 11.2 6.4 5.4 4.7 33.5 

 Furniture ................................................................................................ 68,141 67.7 33.2 30.1 5.9 15.6 8.7 4.5 4.9 27.3 

 Floor coverings ................................................................ 3,327 62.0 33.9 24.9 4.8 8.1 12.0 3.2 2.5 35.5 

 Major appliances ................................................................ 39,911 71.0 28.7 36.3 4.6 16.6 15.0 6.1 2.8 26.2 

 Small appliances, miscellaneous housewares ................................ 15,545 66.8 31.6 30.2 5.2 13.1 11.9 5.0 4.9 28.3 

 Miscellaneous household equipment ................................124,416 65.5 28.5 30.8 4.1 17.0 9.7 6.2 3.1 31.4 

 Apparel and services ................................................................244,915 63.4 23.9 34.1 5.7 17.8 10.6 5.3 5.6 31.0 

 Men and boys ................................................................ 55,134 63.4 23.2 35.5 6.5 17.6 11.5 4.6 4.8 31.8 

 Men, 16 and over ................................................................ 44,202 61.2 27.2 30.1 5.9 11.5 12.8 3.9 2.6 36.2 

 Boys, 2 to 15 ................................................................ 10,932 72.1 7.3 57.3 9.0 42.3 6.0 7.5 13.8 14.1 

 Women and girls ................................................................ 99,043 64.5 25.1 34.3 4.8 19.1 10.4 5.1 5.6 29.9 

 Women, 16 and over ................................................................ 83,668 63.0 28.5 29.4 4.3 14.9 10.2 5.2 4.8 32.1 

 Girls, 2 to 15 ................................................................ 15,376 72.5 6.8 60.8 7.3 42.3 11.3 4.9 9.9 17.6 

 Children under 2................................................................ 10,242 69.5 12.3 45.3 24.8 17.2 33.3 11.9 7.4 23.1 

 Footwear ................................................................................................ 51,372 62.1 23.6 33.3 3.8 17.0 12.5 5.2 7.2 30.8 

 Other apparel products and services ................................ 29,124 59.6 25.5 28.8 4.2 15.8 8.8 5.3 4.0 36.4 

 Transportation ................................................................................................ 1,282,692 66.8 26.6 34.6 5.7 16.8 12.1 5.7 4.1 29.0 

 Vehicle purchases (net outlay) ................................................................ 522,435 69.9 26.9 37.2 7.3 17.3 12.5 5.7 3.5 26.6 

 Cars and trucks, new ................................................................ 239,926 76.6 34.1 38.2 9.9 16.9 11.4 4.3 2.7 20.7 

 Cars and trucks, used ................................................................ 273,899 63.7 20.8 36.2 5.0 17.6 13.6 6.7 4.3 32.0 

 Other vehicles ................................................................ 8,610 76.6 23.2 41.8 39.3 22.7 39.7 311.7 33.3 20.1 

 Gasoline, other fuels, and motor oil ................................ 277,165 64.4 24.3 33.8 4.8 16.4 12.6 6.3 4.3 31.3 

 Other vehicle expenses ................................................................ 375,532 64.2 26.4 32.2 4.7 15.8 11.7 5.6 4.8 31.0 

 Vehicle finance charges................................................................ 29,143 69.0 26.6 36.3 6.1 17.6 12.6 6.1 3.2 27.8 

See footnotes at end of table. 
Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2018 —

Continued 

 (Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated) 

Married couple consumer units 

Married couple with children 

Item Aggregate Total 

Married 

couple 

only 

Total 

Oldest 

child 

under 6 

Oldest 

child 

6 to 17 

Oldest 

child 18 

or older 

Other 

married 

couple 

consumer 

units 

One 

parent, 

at least 

one child 

under 18 

Single 

person 

and other 

consumer 

units 

 Maintenance and repairs ................................................................ 116,921 64.2 29.0 30.4 4.8 15.2 10.4 4.8 4.5 31.2 

 Vehicle insurance ................................................................128,054 61.5 22.7 32.4 34.2 15.8 12.4 6.4 5.7 32.8 

 Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other 

 charges ................................................................................................ 101,413 66.3 28.2 32.7 4.7 16.0 12.0 5.4 4.4 29.2 

 Public and other transportation ................................................................ 107,561 67.6 31.6 32.0 4.0 18.2 9.8 4.0 4.4 28.1 

 Healthcare ................................................................................................ 652,982 67.7 34.3 28.0 4.4 12.8 10.8 5.4 2.8 29.5 

 Health insurance ................................................................ 447,507 67.8 34.1 28.0 4.5 12.7 10.8 5.6 2.9 29.2 

 Medical services................................................................ 119,426 68.8 32.6 31.2 5.1 14.3 11.8 5.0 2.7 28.5 

 Drugs ................................................................................................ 63,492 65.1 37.1 23.0 2.6 10.8 9.6 5.0 2.5 32.3 

 Medical supplies................................................................ 22,556 66.0 37.8 23.6 3.1 11.0 9.6 4.6 2.7 31.3 

 Entertainment ................................................................................................ 423,720 67.1 32.5 30.3 4.2 16.7 9.4 4.3 4.0 28.9 

 Fees and admissions ................................................................ 100,636 72.8 26.8 42.2 4.6 27.8 9.8 3.9 4.2 23.0 

 Audio and visual equipment and services ................................ 135,311 59.8 27.6 27.4 3.8 13.5 10.1 4.8 4.7 35.4 

 Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground equipment ................................ 107,134 65.5 30.7 28.9 5.1 14.5 9.3 5.9 3.9 30.7 

 Pets ................................................................................................ 86,945 64.0 32.4 25.8 4.0 11.9 9.9 5.8 3.2 32.8 

 Toys, hobbies, and playground equipment ................................ 20,189 71.8 23.5 42.3 10.0 25.5 6.7 6.0 6.7 21.5 

 Other entertainment supplies, equipment, and 

 services ................................................................................................ 80,639 74.1 50.5 22.0 2.9 11.0 8.1 1.6 2.8 23.1 

 Personal care products and services ................................ 100,865 61.8 26.7 30.5 4.5 15.6 10.4 4.7 5.1 33.1 

 Reading ................................................................................................ 14,178 61.0 31.9 26.6 2.8 12.2 11.6 2.5 4.6 34.4 

 Education ................................................................................................ 184,932 69.3 20.4 43.5 1.8 22.8 18.9 5.4 4.5 26.2 

 Tobacco products and smoking supplies ................................ 45,556 45.7 18.1 20.9 2.2 10.4 8.3 6.7 4.3 50.0 

 Miscellaneous ................................................................................................ 130,444 60.0 28.1 27.4 3.3 13.7 10.4 4.5 4.1 35.9 

 Cash contributions ................................................................ 248,127 68.1 39.4 24.9 2.8 13.2 8.8 3.8 2.6 29.3 

 Personal insurance and pensions ................................................................ 958,921 70.0 26.8 37.8 6.4 18.8 12.6 5.3 3.5 26.6 

 Life and other personal insurance ................................ 61,099 74.2 34.2 34.7 5.0 15.6 14.1 5.3 2.6 23.2 

 Pensions and Social Security ................................................................ 897,823 69.7 26.3 38.1 6.5 19.0 12.5 5.3 3.5 26.8 

Sources of income and personal taxes: 

 Money income before taxes ................................................................ $10,335,717 69.0 27.3 36.1 5.8 17.3 13.0 5.5 2.9 28.2 

 Wages and salaries ................................................................ 8,090,941 70.4 23.9 40.8 6.8 20.2 13.8 5.7 3.0 26.6 

 Self-employment income ................................................................ 687,710 76.0 30.0 39.3 5.9 15.9 17.5 6.7 2.1 21.9 

 Social Security, private and government 

 retirement ................................................................................................ 1,138,817 59.6 48.0 6.9 3

.2 .7 6.0 4.8 .8 39.7 

 Interest, dividends, rental income, other 

 property income ................................................................ 255,147 67.6 42.7 22.5 1.7 9.6 11.3 2.4 1.3 31.1 

 Public assistance, Supplemental Security 

 Income, Supplementary Nutrition Assistance 

 Program (SNAP) ................................................................ 59,199 31.0 7.1 17.3 1.7 9.7 5.8 6.7 18.3 50.7 

 Unemployment and workers' compensation, 

 veterans' benefits, and regular contributions 

 for support ................................................................................................ 62,650 41.0 23.2 16.1 31.7 8.2 6.2 1.8 15.7 43.3 

 Other income ................................................................ 41,253 39.2 15.2 19.9 3.8 8.3 7.7 4.1 6.1 54.7 

 Personal taxes (contains some imputed values) ................................ 1,497,670 74.5 29.9 40.5 6.6 18.8 15.1 4.1 .9 24.6 

 Federal income taxes ................................................................ 1,187,149 74.7 30.4 40.3 6.5 18.7 15.2 4.0 .6 24.7 

 State and local income taxes ................................................................ 300,289 73.9 27.5 41.8 7.3 19.7 14.8 4.6 1.9 24.2 

 Other taxes ................................................................................................ 10,232 76.4 49.6 23.6 32.1 9.7 11.7 33.2 32.7 20.9 

 Income after taxes ................................................................8,838,047 68.0 26.8 35.4 5.7 17.1 12.6 5.8 3.2 28.8 

1

 Value is too small to display. 

2

 No data reported. 

3

 Data are likely to have large sampling errors. 

Source: Consumer Expenditure Survey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, September, 2019