Table 1300. Age of reference person: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer Expenditure Survey,

2015

(Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated)

Item Aggregate

Under

25

years

25-34

years

35-44

years

45-54

years

55-64

years

65 years

and older

65-74

years

75 years

and older

Number of consumer units (in thousands) ................... 128,437 7,605 21,018 21,514 24,252 24,089 29,960 17,336 12,623

Percent distribution of consumer units ........................ 100.0 5.9 16.4 16.8 18.9 18.8 23.3 13.5 9.8

Consumer unit characteristics (mean values):

Income before taxes .................................................. $69,627 $31,606 $64,472 $84,938 $95,248 $75,262 $46,627 $54,067 $36,408

Income after taxes ..................................................... 60,448 29,612 57,274 72,980 79,845 63,984 42,959 49,079 34,553

Age of reference person ............................................ 50.5 21.4 29.6 39.5 49.6 59.3 74.3 68.9 81.6

Average number in consumer unit:

People ..................................................................... 2.5 2.0 2.7 3.3 2.8 2.2 1.7 1.8 1.6

Children under 18 .................................................... .6 .4 1.0 1.4 .7 .2 .1 .1 1 ( )

Adults 65 and older .................................................. .4 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) .1 1.4 1.4 1.4

Earners .................................................................... 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.3 .5 .7 .3

Vehicles ................................................................... 1.9 1.1 1.7 1.9 2.3 2.1 1.7 1.9 1.4

Percent distribution:

Reference person:

Men .......................................................................... 47 45 48 46 48 49 46 49 42

Women .................................................................... 53 55 52 54 52 51 54 51 58

Housing tenure:

Homeowner ............................................................. 62 14 39 57 70 75 79 80 77

With mortgage ....................................................... 35 7 33 46 50 40 22 29 12

Without mortgage .................................................. 27 7 6 11 20 35 57 51 66

Renter ...................................................................... 38 86 61 43 30 25 21 20 23

Race of reference person:

Black or African-American ....................................... 13 15 15 14 14 12 9 10 8

White, Asian, and all other races ............................. 87 85 85 86 86 88 91 90 92

Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person:

Hispanic or Latino .................................................... 13 20 17 20 14 10 6 6 6

Not Hispanic or Latino ............................................. 87 80 83 80 86 90 94 94 94

Education of reference person:

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

High school (9-12) ................................................... 32 33 24 29 31 33 40 36 45

College .................................................................... 64 66 74 68 65 64 55 60 47

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

At least one vehicle owned or leased ........................ 87 65 88 90 91 90 85 89 79

Annual aggregate expenditures ................................... $7,186,766 3.5 15.4 19.5 23.4 19.8 18.5 11.8 6.7

Food .......................................................................... 900,446 4.5 16.0 20.7 21.9 19.0 17.8 11.5 6.3

Food at home .......................................................... 514,702 4.1 15.0 20.2 21.5 20.0 19.2 12.3 6.9

Cereals and bakery products ................................. 66,391 4.2 15.2 20.4 20.4 19.3 20.6 12.6 8.0

Cereals and cereal products ................................ 22,068 4.8 17.6 21.8 20.5 17.6 17.6 11.1 6.5

Bakery products ................................................... 44,322 3.9 14.0 19.7 20.3 20.1 22.1 13.4 8.7

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ................................ 114,849 4.3 14.3 20.4 22.8 20.0 18.1 12.1 6.1

Beef ..................................................................... 31,423 4.5 13.4 18.8 25.8 19.8 17.7 12.2 5.5

Pork ..................................................................... 21,158 4.2 13.3 19.2 22.1 21.5 19.7 12.9 6.8

Other meats ......................................................... 15,926 4.1 14.9 22.2 22.4 19.2 17.2 11.5 5.8

Poultry ................................................................. 22,111 5.2 16.4 20.8 22.4 19.9 15.3 9.8 5.5

Fish and seafood ................................................. 16,114 3.2 13.1 22.3 20.2 20.5 20.7 14.2 6.5

Eggs .................................................................... 8,117 4.5 16.2 21.3 20.0 18.3 19.7 12.4 7.2

Dairy products ....................................................... 52,911 3.8 15.6 20.4 20.7 19.8 19.8 12.3 7.5

Fresh milk and cream .......................................... 17,918 4.0 16.4 22.0 20.4 18.2 19.0 11.6 7.5

Other dairy products ............................................ 34,993 3.7 15.2 19.6 20.8 20.6 20.2 12.7 7.5

Fruits and vegetables ............................................ 98,557 3.9 15.0 21.1 20.3 19.7 20.0 12.3 7.8

Fresh fruits ........................................................... 36,381 4.0 14.4 21.2 20.3 19.7 20.4 12.2 8.2

Fresh vegetables ................................................. 31,675 3.7 15.7 21.5 19.6 19.7 19.8 12.6 7.2

Processed fruits ................................................... 13,806 3.8 14.9 21.0 21.2 18.7 20.5 11.6 8.8

Processed vegetables ......................................... 16,695 4.0 15.0 20.3 21.2 20.2 19.3 12.3 7.0

Other food at home ................................................ 181,993 4.1 15.2 19.6 21.9 20.4 18.8 12.3 6.5

Sugar and other sweets ....................................... 19,899 3.3 11.8 17.3 26.5 20.7 20.3 13.0 7.4

Fats and oils ........................................................ 14,272 4.3 13.7 19.6 20.7 20.7 20.9 13.1 7.8

Miscellaneous foods ............................................ 93,116 4.3 16.7 20.2 21.3 20.1 17.5 11.3 6.1

Nonalcoholic beverages ...................................... 47,969 4.5 14.6 19.3 21.6 20.5 19.5 12.8 6.7

Food prepared by consumer unit on out-of-town

trips .................................................................... 6,736 1.6 11.1 18.6 23.1 22.5 23.2 17.9 5.3

Food away from home ............................................. 385,744 5.0 17.4 21.4 22.6 17.7 16.0 10.4 5.5

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1300. Age of reference person: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer Expenditure Survey,

2015 — Continued

(Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated)

Item Aggregate

Under

25

years

25-34

years

35-44

years

45-54

years

55-64

years

65 years

and older

65-74

years

75 years

and older

Alcoholic beverages .................................................. 66,053 3.1 17.8 22.3 19.5 21.2 16.0 11.4 4.6

Housing ..................................................................... 2,364,054 3.7 16.3 20.2 21.7 18.6 19.6 12.0 7.6

Shelter ..................................................................... 1,379,703 4.1 16.9 20.6 21.9 17.9 18.6 11.2 7.4

Owned dwellings ................................................... 797,604 1.1 11.5 20.9 25.2 20.8 20.5 13.2 7.3

Mortgage interest and charges ............................ 367,185 1.1 15.4 26.8 28.1 17.9 10.6 8.0 2.6

Property taxes ..................................................... 245,762 1.1 8.8 17.1 24.3 22.8 26.0 16.2 9.8

Maintenance, repairs, insurance, other

expenses ........................................................... 184,657 1.1 7.5 14.3 20.5 23.7 32.9 19.5 13.4

Rented dwellings ................................................... 488,331 9.4 27.2 21.4 16.3 12.1 13.6 6.3 7.3

Other lodging ......................................................... 93,768 1.9 8.6 13.9 23.4 23.6 28.6 20.3 8.3

Utilities, fuels, and public services ........................... 498,993 3.1 13.9 18.5 22.6 20.2 21.8 13.3 8.4

Natural gas ............................................................ 54,109 2.3 12.6 18.7 22.2 20.6 23.7 13.7 10.0

Electricity ............................................................... 187,517 3.3 14.2 18.1 22.0 19.9 22.6 13.7 8.8

Fuel oil and other fuels .......................................... 14,944 31.8 9.1 10.8 21.9 20.6 35.9 21.7 14.2

Telephone services ............................................... 173,020 3.5 14.9 19.6 23.5 20.1 18.4 11.9 6.5

Residential phone service, VOIP, and phone

cards .................................................................. 41,648 1.4 6.1 13.5 20.4 23.6 35.0 19.4 15.6

Cellular phone service ......................................... 131,372 4.2 17.6 21.6 24.4 19.0 13.2 9.5 3.7

Water and other public services ............................ 69,403 2.6 12.7 18.1 22.4 20.8 23.4 13.7 9.7

Household operations .............................................. 168,069 2.1 21.1 25.3 17.8 13.6 20.0 11.1 8.8

Personal services .................................................. 54,815 1.6 38.4 39.5 9.0 2.9 8.5 2.6 35.9

Other household expenses .................................... 113,254 2.4 12.8 18.4 22.1 18.7 25.5 15.3 10.2

Housekeeping supplies ........................................... 83,920 2.7 13.3 16.3 20.9 21.8 25.0 16.0 9.0

Laundry and cleaning supplies .............................. 19,977 3.7 14.7 18.6 22.5 21.7 18.8 11.8 7.0

Other household products ..................................... 47,123 2.3 12.8 16.2 20.3 22.0 26.3 17.1 9.2

Postage and stationery .......................................... 16,820 2.4 13.0 13.8 20.8 21.1 28.9 17.9 10.9

Household furnishings and equipment .................... 233,369 3.7 15.7 18.9 21.2 21.5 18.9 13.1 5.8

Household textiles ................................................. 14,721 2.1 13.6 15.5 25.5 23.0 20.3 15.3 5.0

Furniture ................................................................ 64,508 4.8 16.7 22.4 22.0 19.8 14.3 9.9 4.4

Floor coverings ...................................................... 2,277 2.5 12.5 14.7 21.9 18.1 30.2 23.6 6.6

Major appliances ................................................... 34,442 3.4 13.1 19.9 18.6 21.7 23.3 15.0 8.3

Small appliances, miscellaneous housewares ...... 15,075 3.6 14.3 19.8 20.6 22.5 19.3 12.7 6.5

Miscellaneous household equipment .................... 102,348 3.4 16.7 16.9 20.9 22.2 19.9 14.1 5.8

Apparel and services ................................................. 236,770 4.4 17.1 23.1 25.9 16.5 13.1 9.4 3.7

Men and boys .......................................................... 54,101 4.0 19.0 23.6 22.8 19.2 11.4 7.2 4.2

Men, 16 and over ................................................... 42,437 4.3 17.7 19.8 23.7 21.3 13.3 8.4 4.9

Boys, 2 to 15 .......................................................... 11,665 3.0 23.9 37.5 19.3 11.8 4.6 3.1 1.5

Women and girls ...................................................... 89,390 4.3 15.1 20.5 28.6 16.0 15.6 11.7 3.9

Women, 16 and over ............................................. 76,371 4.6 14.9 17.8 28.6 16.8 17.3 12.9 4.4

Girls, 2 to 15 .......................................................... 13,019 2.7 16.1 36.1 28.6 11.0 5.5 4.2 1.2

Children under 2 ...................................................... 10,617 7.1 40.8 22.8 13.4 10.0 6.0 3.8 32.2

Footwear .................................................................. 45,358 4.6 15.5 25.3 25.9 16.8 12.0 9.1 2.9

Other apparel products and services ....................... 37,302 4.2 14.1 26.0 27.7 15.0 13.0 9.2 3.8

Transportation ........................................................... 1,220,227 4.0 16.9 19.3 23.3 19.8 16.7 11.3 5.4

Vehicle purchases (net outlay) ................................ 513,354 4.6 18.7 19.6 22.9 19.1 15.0 10.2 4.8

Cars and trucks, new ............................................. 251,280 2.6 18.1 16.4 19.8 24.4 18.7 13.5 5.2

Cars and trucks, used ............................................ 254,526 6.3 19.3 22.9 26.0 13.8 11.6 7.1 4.6

Other vehicles ........................................................ 7,548 11.5 322.2 318.2 323.2 20.2 34.6 34.6 2 ( )

Gasoline and motor oil ............................................. 268,378 4.1 16.9 20.2 23.6 19.2 16.1 11.0 5.1

Other vehicle expenses ........................................... 353,650 3.3 14.6 17.8 24.1 21.2 18.9 12.7 6.2

Vehicle finance charges ........................................ 27,761 3.5 19.9 22.1 24.1 19.8 10.6 8.2 2.4

Maintenance and repairs ....................................... 107,445 3.7 12.4 18.5 24.3 21.3 19.7 13.0 6.7

Vehicle insurance .................................................. 138,278 33.3 12.8 15.6 24.8 22.4 21.1 13.8 7.3

Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other

charges ................................................................ 80,166 2.7 18.7 19.1 22.7 19.6 17.2 12.2 5.0

Public and other transportation ................................ 84,845 2.9 15.4 20.1 21.1 20.5 20.0 13.4 6.5

Healthcare ................................................................. 557,632 1.3 10.5 14.9 20.3 22.1 30.9 17.7 13.2

Health insurance ...................................................... 382,399 1.1 11.0 15.3 20.4 21.6 30.5 17.6 12.9

Medical services ...................................................... 101,639 1.8 10.0 15.5 21.0 23.3 28.5 15.7 12.9

Drugs ....................................................................... 54,502 1.5 8.3 11.2 18.6 23.7 36.6 22.2 14.4

Medical supplies ...................................................... 19,093 2.7 8.6 14.3 19.1 20.3 35.0 18.6 16.4

Entertainment ............................................................ 364,844 2.9 14.4 18.7 21.9 22.0 20.1 14.1 6.0

Fees and admissions ............................................... 83,746 2.2 13.8 24.5 25.3 16.1 18.1 12.4 5.7

Audio and visual equipment and services ............... 139,150 3.7 14.9 18.4 21.5 19.7 21.7 13.5 8.3

Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground equipment ...... 83,773 2.5 14.3 16.7 21.7 25.0 19.8 14.8 5.1

Pets ....................................................................... 67,752 2.5 12.1 14.6 22.6 27.5 20.7 15.2 5.5

Toys, hobbies, and playground equipment ............ 16,021 2.4 23.5 25.2 18.1 14.5 16.2 12.9 3.3

Other entertainment supplies, equipment, and

services ................................................................. 58,175 2.5 14.3 14.0 17.8 32.1 19.3 17.3 2.0

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1300. Age of reference person: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer Expenditure Survey,

2015 — Continued

(Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated)

Item Aggregate

Under

25

years

25-34

years

35-44

years

45-54

years

55-64

years

65 years

and older

65-74

years

75 years

and older

Personal care products and services ........................ 87,580 3.7 15.0 19.8 22.3 19.8 19.3 11.8 7.5

Reading ..................................................................... 14,635 2.0 12.6 13.8 17.3 19.2 35.1 18.1 17.0

Education ................................................................... 168,837 11.6 14.0 15.0 38.2 16.6 4.6 3.0 1.7

Tobacco products and smoking supplies .................. 44,865 3.9 17.1 18.4 25.1 21.5 14.0 10.0 4.0

Miscellaneous ............................................................ 111,848 1.4 11.9 21.9 22.5 18.3 24.0 15.2 8.8

Cash contributions ..................................................... 233,568 1.3 7.9 15.3 24.9 21.3 29.3 16.9 12.5

Personal insurance and pensions ............................. 815,408 2.4 15.5 20.4 29.1 22.6 10.0 7.8 2.2

Life and other personal insurance ........................... 42,750 .4 6.2 15.9 26.9 27.2 23.3 16.1 7.2

Pensions and Social Security .................................. 772,658 2.5 16.0 20.6 29.2 22.4 9.3 7.4 1.9

Sources of income and personal taxes:

Money income before taxes ...................................... $8,942,648 2.7 15.2 20.4 25.8 20.3 15.6 10.5 5.1

Wages and salaries ................................................. 6,987,593 3.0 18.0 23.7 28.6 20.0 6.8 5.6 1.1

Self-employment income ......................................... 560,432 2.1 8.9 18.9 31.4 24.8 13.9 10.3 3.5

Social Security, private and government retirement 1,001,966 .3 1.2 2.2 6.1 18.8 71.5 41.0 30.5

Interest, dividends, rental income, other property

income ................................................................... 223,138 .5 2.1 7.0 18.4 24.7 47.3 26.5 20.8

Public assistance, Supplemental Security Income,

Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program

(SNAP) .................................................................. 72,912 4.9 19.7 19.6 20.0 23.1 12.7 8.1 4.6

Unemployment and workers’ compensation,

veterans’ benefits, and regular contributions for

support ................................................................... 55,500 4.9 15.0 20.1 20.3 22.2 17.6 10.7 6.9

Other income ........................................................... 41,106 22.7 25.4 13.1 13.9 12.8 12.1 6.5 5.6

Personal taxes (contains some imputed values) ....... 1,178,841 1.3 12.8 21.8 31.7 23.0 9.3 7.3 2.0

Federal income taxes .............................................. 913,322 1.2 12.2 21.6 32.2 23.2 9.7 7.5 2.2

State and local income taxes ................................... 256,536 1.7 15.2 23.2 30.5 21.6 7.8 6.6 1.1

Other taxes .............................................................. 8,984 31.0 8.3 9.1 15.7 47.6 18.3 11.5 6.8

Income after taxes ..................................................... 7,763,806 2.9 15.5 20.2 24.9 19.9 16.6 11.0 5.6

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, August, 2016