Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer Expenditure Surveys, 2022

 (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)1......................... 134,090 64,074 28,864 29,570 4,344 14,706 10,520 5,640 6,525 63,491 

Percent distribution of consumer units................................ 100.0 47.8 21.5 22.1 3.2 11.0 7.8 4.2 4.9 47.3 

Consumer unit characteristics (mean values):

 Income before taxes......................................................... $94,003 $130,934 $111,791 $147,423 $143,431 $150,262 $145,103 $142,453 $53,674 $60,879 

 Income after taxes............................................................ 83,195 114,467 97,099 128,427 124,426 129,793 128,170 130,162 54,636 54,570 

 Age of reference person .................................................. 52.1 52.0 59.3 44.9 33.3 41.7 54.3 51.6 40.2 53.4 

 Average number in consumer unit:

 People........................................................................... 2.4 3.2 2.0 4.1 3.5 4.2 4.0 4.8 2.9 1.6 

 Children under 18 ......................................................... .6 .8 ( 2 ) 1.6 1.5 2.2 .7 1.2 1.7 .2 

 Adults 65 and older....................................................... .4 .5 .9 .1 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) .3 .7 ( 2 ) .4 

 Earners.......................................................................... 1.3 1.7 1.1 2.0 1.7 1.8 2.5 2.4 1.2 1.0 

 Vehicles......................................................................... 1.9 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.1 2.3 3.0 2.6 1.2 1.4 

Percent distribution:

 Reference person:

 Men ............................................................................... 49 55 56 55 62 56 52 51 20 45 

 Women.......................................................................... 51 45 44 45 38 44 48 49 80 55 

 Housing tenure:

 Homeowner................................................................... 65 80 83 79 75 77 83 77 36 53 

 With mortgage ........................................................... 38 52 41 61 64 65 53 54 27 26 

 Without mortgage ...................................................... 27 29 41 18 ( 2 ) 12 30 23 9 27 

 Renter ........................................................................... 35 20 17 21 25 23 17 23 64 47 

 Race of reference person:

 Black or African-American ............................................ 13 9 7 9 ( 2 ) 9 9 16 31 16 

 White, Asian, and all other races, not including

 Black or African-American......................................... 87 91 93 91 91 91 91 84 69 84 

 Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person:

 Hispanic or Latino ......................................................... 15 15 9 19 16 18 20 26 20 14 

 Not Hispanic or Latino .................................................. 85 85 91 81 84 82 80 74 80 86 

 Education of reference person:

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

 High school (9-12)......................................................... 28 23 24 22 18 21 25 31 38 31 

 College.......................................................................... 69 74 75 74 79 76 69 65 59 66 

 Never attended and other............................................. ( 3 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 3 ) 

 At least one vehicle owned or leased .............................. 89 97 97 96 96 96 96 96 83 82 

Annual aggregate expenditures .......................................... $9,782,862 62.5 25.2 31.9 4.4 16.5 11.0 5.4 3.7 33.8 

 Food ................................................................................. 1,251,954 62.3 23.7 33.6 4.7 17.2 11.7 5.1 4.6 33.1 

 Food at home................................................................ 764,242 61.6 23.5 33.0 4.9 16.3 11.8 5.0 4.6 33.8 

 Cereals and bakery products..................................... 95,405 62.2 22.8 34.3 4.6 17.5 12.2 5.1 4.7 33.1 

 Cereals and cereal products .................................. 28,807 62.5 22.1 35.6 4.8 18.5 12.3 4.8 5.0 32.5 

 Bakery products...................................................... 66,598 62.1 23.1 33.7 4.5 17.1 12.1 5.3 4.5 33.4 

 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ................................... 162,883 60.9 23.3 32.6 4.7 15.5 12.4 5.0 4.7 34.3 

 Beef ........................................................................ 42,539 62.5 25.2 31.7 3.7 15.6 12.4 5.5 4.6 32.9 

 Pork ........................................................................ 33,024 63.3 22.4 36.0 ( 2 ) 15.9 13.7 4.9 4.0 32.7 

 Other meats............................................................ 22,444 62.8 25.4 32.2 4.0 15.4 12.9 5.2 4.5 32.7 

 Poultry..................................................................... 28,755 57.2 20.2 32.4 4.6 16.3 11.5 4.6 6.0 36.8 

 Fish and seafood.................................................... 24,469 58.9 23.6 30.6 4.6 14.3 11.6 4.7 ( 2 ) 37.1 

 Eggs........................................................................ 11,652 58.5 21.6 31.8 5.5 14.9 11.4 5.1 5.9 35.6 

 Dairy products............................................................ 71,295 62.8 24.1 33.4 5.4 16.9 11.2 5.3 4.8 32.4 

 Fresh milk and cream............................................. 22,541 61.3 22.4 33.7 5.9 17.6 10.3 5.2 5.7 33.0 

 Other dairy products............................................... 48,754 63.4 24.8 33.3 5.1 16.5 11.6 5.3 4.4 32.1 

 Fruits and vegetables ................................................ 147,321 62.0 23.7 33.4 5.0 16.9 11.5 4.8 4.7 33.3 

 Fresh fruits.............................................................. 54,448 63.4 24.0 34.7 5.2 17.5 11.9 4.8 4.6 32.0 

 Fresh vegetables .................................................... 47,210 61.5 24.2 32.5 4.8 16.9 10.9 4.8 4.9 33.6 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer Expenditure Surveys, 2022 — 

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...................................................... 19,288 60.6 22.4 33.4 5.4 16.1 11.9 4.8 4.5 35.0 

 Processed vegetables ............................................ 26,375 61.0 23.3 32.6 4.8 16.3 11.4 5.1 4.9 34.1 

 Other food at home.................................................... 287,338 61.2 23.7 32.5 4.9 15.8 11.8 4.9 4.5 34.3 

 Sugar and other sweets ......................................... 26,427 63.6 25.3 32.9 4.5 16.1 12.4 5.4 4.7 31.6 

 Fats and oils ........................................................... 21,038 62.2 24.5 32.9 4.3 16.8 11.8 4.8 4.5 33.3 

 Miscellaneous foods............................................... 149,686 60.8 23.0 33.2 5.6 16.2 11.4 4.6 4.7 34.5 

 Nonalcoholic beverages ......................................... 78,246 59.7 23.2 31.2 4.2 14.7 12.3 5.4 4.3 35.9 

 Food prepared by consumer unit on out of town

 trips...................................................................... 11,941 68.4 31.9 31.4 3.4 16.6 11.4 5.1 3.0 28.6 

 Food away from home .................................................. 487,712 63.5 23.8 34.4 4.3 18.7 11.4 5.3 4.5 32.0 

 Alcoholic beverages ......................................................... 78,159 57.8 29.0 25.0 3.8 11.6 9.7 3.8 2.5 39.6 

 Housing ............................................................................ 3,258,013 58.3 23.3 29.6 4.7 15.5 9.5 5.4 4.3 37.3 

 Shelter........................................................................... 1,945,236 55.7 22.5 28.0 4.0 15.2 8.8 5.2 4.4 39.9 

 Owned dwellings........................................................ 1,103,524 67.0 26.5 34.2 4.9 18.6 10.7 6.2 2.5 30.5 

 Mortgage interest and charges .............................. 415,786 70.7 22.5 41.5 6.5 23.1 11.9 6.7 3.1 26.2 

 Property taxes ........................................................ 344,551 67.4 28.4 33.0 4.2 17.4 11.4 6.0 2.6 30.0 

 Maintenance, repairs, insurance, and other

 expenses ............................................................. 343,187 62.2 29.6 26.8 3.9 14.2 8.7 5.9 1.8 36.0 

 Rented dwellings ....................................................... 669,166 32.9 12.8 16.3 2.8 9.1 4.4 3.8 7.9 59.2 

 Other lodging ............................................................. 172,546 71.5 34.1 33.0 2.3 17.5 13.2 4.4 2.6 25.9 

 Utilities, fuels, and public services................................ 609,999 59.4 24.1 28.9 3.5 14.1 11.3 6.4 4.5 36.1 

 Natural gas ................................................................ 71,739 58.2 23.7 28.6 3.5 13.9 11.2 5.9 4.7 37.1 

 Electricity.................................................................... 225,710 57.3 24.0 27.4 3.5 13.5 10.4 5.9 4.8 38.0 

 Fuel oil and other fuels .............................................. 21,506 68.9 29.8 25.6 ( 2 ) 10.8 10.6 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 29.3 

 Telephone services.................................................... 191,929 60.1 23.3 30.5 3.3 14.6 12.6 6.3 4.7 35.2 

 Residential phone service, VOIP, and phone

 cards.................................................................... 19,716 54.2 30.6 18.9 ( 2 ) 7.2 10.5 4.7 2.3 43.5 

 Cellular phone service............................................ 172,214 60.8 22.4 31.9 3.6 15.5 12.8 6.5 5.0 34.2 

 Water and other public services ................................ 99,115 61.4 24.8 29.9 3.7 15.1 11.1 6.7 3.9 34.7 

 Household operations................................................... 247,981 65.1 21.3 39.6 13.2 19.0 7.4 4.1 4.5 30.4 

 Personal services ...................................................... 65,450 77.9 ( 2 ) 71.8 37.6 32.4 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 7.2 15.0 

 Other household expenses........................................ 182,531 60.5 27.7 28.1 4.4 14.2 9.5 4.6 3.6 35.9 

 Housekeeping supplies................................................. 105,461 60.6 26.8 28.1 5.1 12.4 10.5 5.6 5.1 34.4 

 Laundry and cleaning supplies.................................. 22,757 57.7 24.6 28.1 3.8 12.4 11.9 5.0 6.6 35.7 

 Other household products ......................................... 65,552 62.1 27.6 28.6 5.3 12.5 10.7 6.0 4.6 33.2 

 Postage and stationery.............................................. 17,151 58.3 26.8 26.2 ( 2 ) 12.3 7.9 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 36.9 

 Household furnishings and equipment ......................... 349,336 65.8 27.0 33.5 4.5 17.5 11.5 5.3 3.5 30.6 

 Household textiles ..................................................... 18,516 60.5 22.9 32.3 ( 2 ) 16.2 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 34.8 

 Furniture..................................................................... 100,050 70.9 31.2 35.0 3.4 20.6 11.0 4.8 3.3 25.7 

 Floor coverings .......................................................... 4,504 66.9 25.0 40.0 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 30.3 

 Major appliances........................................................ 54,687 68.1 26.2 35.0 4.1 17.6 13.3 6.8 3.7 28.2 

 Small appliances and miscellaneous

 housewares ............................................................ 19,045 59.1 27.5 26.1 4.5 13.5 8.1 5.5 4.3 36.5 

 Miscellaneous household equipment ........................ 152,534 63.1 25.1 32.9 5.3 16.2 11.5 5.2 3.4 33.5 

 Apparel and services........................................................ 260,599 62.4 20.4 37.1 5.6 20.1 11.3 5.0 ( 2 ) 31.6 

 Men and boys ............................................................... 60,825 69.0 19.8 44.9 ( 2 ) 24.6 14.2 4.3 3.8 27.2 

 Men, 16 and over....................................................... 46,479 66.1 25.1 37.3 ( 2 ) 17.5 15.0 3.7 ( 2 ) 31.4 

 Boys, 2 to 15.............................................................. 14,346 78.6 ( 2 ) 69.7 ( 2 ) 47.8 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 8.0 ( 2 ) 

 Women and girls ........................................................... 98,514 61.8 21.6 35.0 4.4 18.1 12.5 5.3 ( 2 ) 30.1 

 Women, 16 and over ................................................. 86,260 59.7 23.9 30.6 3.9 13.5 13.1 5.1 ( 2 ) 32.5 

 Girls, 2 to 15 .............................................................. 12,255 77.3 ( 2 ) 65.8 7.6 50.1 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 9.7 13.0 

 Children under 2 ........................................................... 9,903 65.9 ( 2 ) 51.9 35.2 14.9 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 Footwear ....................................................................... 53,423 60.6 20.8 35.9 3.6 21.6 10.7 3.9 5.7 33.7 

 Other apparel products and services............................ 37,934 55.0 22.1 27.7 ( 2 ) 17.5 6.9 5.2 2.6 42.4 

 Transportation .................................................................. 1,648,616 62.8 23.9 33.2 4.1 16.4 12.7 5.8 3.4 33.7 

 Vehicle purchases (net outlay) ..................................... 602,859 64.2 23.0 35.8 4.8 18.0 13.0 5.5 ( 2 ) 33.5 

 Cars and trucks, new................................................. 294,368 69.6 27.7 36.2 ( 2 ) 17.1 15.0 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 28.7 

 Cars and trucks, used................................................ 300,222 58.8 18.4 35.2 5.5 18.7 11.0 5.2 ( 2 ) 38.1 

 Other vehicles............................................................ 8,269 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 Gasoline, other fuels, and motor oil.............................. 418,327 62.7 23.1 32.9 3.8 16.0 13.1 6.8 4.2 33.1 

 Other vehicle expenses ................................................ 514,121 61.0 24.9 30.4 3.8 14.3 12.3 5.7 4.0 35.0 

 Vehicle finance charges ............................................ 39,501 64.3 21.7 34.9 5.0 18.1 11.9 7.7 4.5 31.2 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer Expenditure Surveys, 2022 — 

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 ........................................... 155,554 60.7 26.4 29.4 3.4 14.0 12.0 4.9 4.3 35.0 

 Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other

 charges................................................................... 105,564 64.8 27.0 32.7 ( 2 ) 16.5 11.2 5.2 2.7 32.5 

 Vehicle insurance ...................................................... 213,503 58.8 23.4 29.3 3.3 12.8 13.2 6.1 4.3 36.8 

 Public and other transportation..................................... 113,309 64.3 27.0 33.1 3.1 18.7 11.3 4.3 3.5 32.2 

 Healthcare........................................................................ 784,461 64.3 30.8 27.9 3.2 14.1 10.7 5.6 2.6 33.1 

 Health insurance........................................................... 515,341 64.7 31.7 27.0 3.3 13.2 10.6 5.9 2.7 32.6 

 Medical services ........................................................... 158,696 66.0 26.9 33.3 3.4 19.3 10.7 5.7 3.0 31.0 

 Drugs............................................................................. 82,408 58.5 31.0 23.4 2.5 10.4 10.6 4.0 1.8 39.7 

 Medical supplies ........................................................... 28,016 64.2 33.8 26.1 2.2 12.2 11.7 4.3 2.8 33.0 

 Entertainment................................................................... 463,625 65.9 27.2 34.3 4.8 19.8 9.7 4.4 3.4 30.7 

 Fees and admissions .................................................... 111,620 71.3 24.6 42.6 4.1 28.9 9.6 4.0 4.0 24.7 

 Audio and visual equipment and services .................... 136,793 56.8 24.9 26.5 3.1 13.7 9.8 5.4 3.5 39.6 

 Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground equipment .......... 121,681 63.1 27.3 31.4 6.1 15.1 10.1 4.4 3.8 33.1 

 Pets............................................................................ 99,286 62.4 29.4 28.8 ( 2 ) 13.8 9.6 4.2 3.4 34.2 

 Toys, hobbies, and playground equipment ............... 22,395 66.2 17.8 43.1 9.8 21.1 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 28.2 

 Other entertainment supplies, equipment, and

 services...................................................................... 93,530 76.5 ( 2 ) 39.4 ( 2 ) 24.0 8.9 3.3 1.8 21.7 

 Personal care products and services............................... 116,121 59.7 25.1 29.4 3.7 14.8 10.8 5.2 5.0 35.3 

 Reading............................................................................ 15,644 56.8 27.4 26.4 ( 2 ) 12.4 10.4 3.0 3.9 39.3 

 Education ......................................................................... 179,063 71.7 21.3 44.4 ( 2 ) 24.0 19.0 6.1 2.6 25.7 

 Tobacco products and smoking supplies ........................ 49,790 47.4 20.1 19.5 2.0 9.1 8.5 7.7 3.7 49.0 

 Miscellaneous .................................................................. 135,227 57.2 26.6 25.5 2.8 14.5 8.2 5.1 4.7 38.1 

 Cash contributions ........................................................... 369,374 72.2 45.0 23.4 2.1 12.9 8.4 3.9 ( 2 ) 26.2 

 Personal insurance and pensions.................................... 1,172,216 68.7 24.6 37.9 5.6 19.6 12.7 6.3 2.7 28.6 

 Life and other personal insurance ................................ 69,620 73.8 34.8 31.9 3.6 16.9 11.4 ( 2 ) 2.1 24.1 

 Pensions and Social Security ....................................... 1,102,596 68.4 23.9 38.3 5.7 19.7 12.8 6.2 2.8 28.8 

Sources of income and personal taxes:

 Income before taxes......................................................... $12,604,933 66.6 25.6 34.6 4.9 17.5 12.1 6.4 2.8 30.7 

 Wages and salaries ...................................................... 9,818,116 68.0 22.2 39.2 5.8 20.2 13.2 6.6 2.9 29.0 

 Self-employment income .............................................. 863,769 73.4 27.9 37.9 ( 2 ) 19.5 12.9 7.6 ( 2 ) 23.9 

 Social Security, private and government

 retirement................................................................... 1,396,199 56.7 44.9 6.6 ( 2 ) .7 5.9 5.1 .6 42.7 

 Interest, dividends, rental income, and other

 property income......................................................... 307,597 66.2 46.4 15.9 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 32.8 

 Public assistance, Supplemental Security Income,

 Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program

 (SNAP)....................................................................... 83,294 33.2 6.4 20.3 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 7.5 6.6 16.8 50.0 

 Unemployment and workers' compensation,

 veterans' benefits, and regular contributions for

 support....................................................................... 89,571 43.1 21.9 18.8 ( 2 ) 9.1 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 44.4 

 Other income ................................................................ 46,387 30.9 14.7 14.6 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 61.7 

 Personal taxes (contains some imputed values)............. 1,449,337 72.8 29.3 38.8 5.7 20.8 12.3 4.8 ( 2 ) 27.6 

 Federal income taxes ................................................... 1,068,402 73.2 30.5 38.3 5.8 20.3 12.2 4.4 -1.3 28.1 

 Stimulus payment (through Q20221)............................ ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) 

 State and local income taxes........................................ 369,717 71.8 25.7 40.3 5.6 22.0 12.7 5.8 1.9 26.4 

 Other taxes ................................................................... 11,217 67.9 31.2 33.0 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 7.6 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 28.6 

 Income after taxes............................................................ 11,155,596 65.7 25.1 34.0 4.8 17.1 12.1 6.6 3.2 31.1 

1

 Data are rounded to the nearest thousands.

2

 Data are suppressed due to the Relative Standard Error (RSE) being equal to or greater than 25 percent. See www.bls.gov/cex/tables-getting-started-guide.htm for more information.

3

 Value is too small to display.

4

 No data reported.

Source: Consumer Expenditure Surveys, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, September, 2023