Table 64. Education of reference person: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2011

(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) ...... 122,287 85,229 16,146 30,810 25,361 12,912 37,058 23,578 13,480 

Percent distribution of consumer units ........... 100.0 69.7 13.2 25.2 20.7 10.6 30.3 19.3 11.0 

Consumer unit characteristics (mean values):

Income before taxes .................................... $63,685 $48,337 $32,564 $46,370 $52,965 $63,664 $98,983 $90,962 $113,013 

Income after taxes ....................................... 61,673 47,482 32,502 45,664 51,734 62,203 94,311 87,120 106,888 

Age of reference person ............................... 49.7 50.3 54.6 51.6 47.2 47.8 48.4 47.1 50.6 

Average number in consumer unit:

Persons ...................................................... 2.5 2.5 2.8 2.5 2.3 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.4 

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

Persons 65 and older ................................. .3 .3 .5 .4 .3 .2 .3 .3 .3 

Earners ....................................................... 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 

Vehicles ...................................................... 1.9 1.8 1.4 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 

Percent distribution:

Sex of reference person:

Male ............................................................ 47 45 43 46 47 40 51 50 52 

Female ........................................................ 53 55 57 54 53 60 49 50 48 

Housing tenure:

Homeowner ................................................ 65 60 52 63 58 67 76 74 79 

With mortgage .......................................... 40 34 23 34 37 44 54 53 55 

Without mortgage ..................................... 25 26 29 29 21 23 22 21 24 

Renter ......................................................... 35 40 48 37 42 33 24 26 21 

Race of reference person:

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

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

Hispanic or Latino origin of reference

person:

Hispanic or Latino ....................................... 12 15 34 12 10 8 7 7 6 

Not Hispanic or Latino ................................ 88 85 66 88 90 92 93 93 94 

Education of reference person:

Elementary (1-8) ......................................... 5 7 35 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.

High school (9-12) ...................................... 34 48 64 100 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.

College ....................................................... 62 45 n.a. n.a. 100 100 100 100 100 

Never attended and other ........................... 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.

At least one vehicle owned or leased ........... 88 85 76 87 86 93 93 93 93 

Annual aggregate expenditures ...................... $6,073,536 57.5 7.7 20.1 18.9 10.7 42.5 25.8 16.7 

Food ............................................................. 787,257 60.4 9.2 22.0 18.9 10.3 39.6 24.8 14.8 

Food at home ............................................. 467,770 63.6 11.0 23.6 18.9 10.1 36.4 23.1 13.3 

Cereals and bakery products .................... 64,679 63.4 10.9 23.5 18.8 10.2 36.6 23.6 13.0 

Cereals and cereal products ................... 21,313 63.0 12.0 22.2 18.8 10.0 37.0 24.0 13.1 

Bakery products ...................................... 43,367 63.6 10.3 24.2 18.9 10.3 36.4 23.4 13.0 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ................... 101,455 66.8 12.6 24.6 19.4 10.3 33.2 21.3 11.8 

Beef ........................................................ 27,130 68.6 13.2 24.6 20.3 10.5 31.4 20.6 10.8 

Pork ........................................................ 19,738 71.0 13.4 26.5 21.0 10.1 29.0 19.6 9.4 

Other meats ............................................ 14,936 65.6 11.3 26.3 18.1 9.9 34.4 22.7 11.8 

Poultry .................................................... 18,829 66.3 13.4 24.2 18.2 10.4 33.7 21.5 12.3 

Fish and seafood .................................... 14,718 59.6 10.4 20.5 18.0 10.7 40.4 23.9 16.5 

Eggs ....................................................... 6,103 68.1 12.9 25.2 19.9 10.1 31.9 20.2 11.7 

Dairy products .......................................... 49,586 61.9 10.5 22.1 18.7 10.7 38.1 24.2 13.9 

Fresh milk and cream ............................. 18,250 65.4 11.9 23.5 18.9 11.1 34.6 22.4 12.3 

Other dairy products ............................... 31,336 59.9 9.7 21.3 18.5 10.4 40.1 25.3 14.8 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 64. Education of reference person: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2011 — 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

Fruits and vegetables ............................... $87,131 60.5 10.8 22.6 18.1 9.0 39.5 24.2 15.3 

Fresh fruits .............................................. 30,139 57.9 10.4 21.6 17.3 8.6 42.1 25.1 17.0 

Fresh vegetables .................................... 27,327 59.0 10.7 22.2 17.7 8.4 41.0 24.6 16.3 

Processed fruits ...................................... 14,106 63.3 10.5 22.7 19.7 10.5 36.7 23.9 12.8 

Processed vegetables ............................ 15,560 65.7 12.0 25.3 18.9 9.4 34.3 21.9 12.4 

Other food at home ................................... 164,919 63.9 10.4 24.0 19.2 10.3 36.1 23.0 13.1 

Sugar and other sweets .......................... 17,598 63.4 9.7 23.6 19.2 10.9 36.6 23.5 13.1 

Fats and oils ........................................... 13,360 68.0 12.4 26.1 19.8 9.7 32.0 21.2 10.8 

Miscellaneous foods ............................... 84,156 62.9 9.8 23.8 18.9 10.5 37.1 23.4 13.7 

Nonalcoholic beverages ......................... 43,996 66.8 11.7 25.3 19.9 9.9 33.2 21.6 11.6 

Food prepared by consumer unit on

out-of-town trips .................................... 5,809 47.4 7.7 13.6 16.5 9.6 52.6 30.4 22.2 

Food away from home ................................ 319,487 55.8 6.4 19.7 18.9 10.6 44.2 27.3 17.0 

Alcoholic beverages ..................................... 55,649 49.7 4.1 15.8 19.3 10.5 50.3 31.6 18.7 

Housing ........................................................ 2,054,287 58.1 8.5 20.3 18.8 10.5 41.9 25.1 16.8 

Shelter ........................................................ 1,201,512 56.4 8.4 19.4 18.5 10.0 43.6 26.0 17.7 

Owned dwellings ...................................... 751,805 50.9 5.7 18.2 16.9 10.1 49.1 28.8 20.2 

Mortgage interest and charges ............... 389,328 50.2 5.1 17.6 17.2 10.2 49.8 29.7 20.1 

Property taxes ........................................ 225,560 50.8 6.1 18.8 16.4 9.5 49.2 28.3 20.9 

Maintenance, repairs, insurance, other

expenses .............................................. 136,917 53.3 6.7 18.9 16.8 10.9 46.7 27.2 19.4 

Rented dwellings ...................................... 370,466 71.4 15.0 23.7 22.4 10.3 28.6 18.6 10.0 

Other lodging ............................................ 79,240 37.6 3.0 11.5 16.0 7.0 62.4 33.5 28.9 

Utilities, fuels, and public services .............. 455,734 66.0 10.9 24.5 19.4 11.2 34.0 21.2 12.8 

Natural gas ............................................... 51,316 60.8 10.0 22.5 18.6 9.7 39.2 23.7 15.5 

Electricity .................................................. 174,008 68.4 11.9 25.8 19.3 11.3 31.6 20.0 11.6 

Fuel oil and other fuels ............................. 19,178 63.4 10.2 27.0 16.1 10.0 36.6 20.0 16.5 

Telephone services .................................. 149,977 66.1 10.2 24.0 20.3 11.6 33.9 21.3 12.6 

Water and other public services ............... 61,254 64.3 10.6 22.8 19.0 11.9 35.7 22.3 13.4 

Household operations ................................. 137,221 49.8 5.1 16.0 18.6 10.1 50.2 28.5 21.8 

Personal services ..................................... 48,703 44.4 4.7 12.7 17.5 9.5 55.6 30.2 25.4 

Other household expenses ....................... 88,519 52.7 5.3 17.9 19.2 10.4 47.3 27.5 19.8 

Housekeeping supplies .............................. 74,925 60.3 8.3 22.0 18.5 11.5 39.7 25.7 14.0 

Laundry and cleaning supplies ................. 17,680 67.7 11.6 25.1 19.1 11.8 32.3 21.6 10.8 

Other household products ........................ 41,389 59.8 7.4 21.8 18.8 11.8 40.2 26.7 13.6 

Postage and stationery ............................. 15,856 53.5 6.9 18.9 17.2 10.5 46.5 27.8 18.7 

Household furnishings and equipment ....... 184,895 55.7 5.6 18.5 19.6 11.9 44.3 26.0 18.3 

Household textiles .................................... 13,312 52.9 7.4 18.0 18.8 8.7 47.1 26.6 20.5 

Furniture ................................................... 43,772 55.3 6.2 19.0 18.5 11.7 44.7 25.4 19.3 

Floor coverings ......................................... 2,444 31.3 3.3 14.2 8.5 5.3 68.7 32.2 36.5 

Major appliances ...................................... 23,713 62.0 6.9 18.9 22.3 13.9 38.0 19.8 18.2 

Small appliances, miscellaneous

housewares ............................................ 10,902 53.7 5.1 19.0 19.3 10.2 46.3 28.7 17.6 

Miscellaneous household equipment ....... 90,753 55.5 4.8 18.4 19.9 12.4 44.5 27.3 17.2 

Apparel and services .................................... 212,172 57.4 8.9 20.1 18.5 10.0 42.6 26.7 15.9 

Men and boys ............................................. 49,239 59.7 7.9 21.3 20.7 9.9 40.3 24.7 15.6 

Men, 16 and over ...................................... 39,518 58.4 7.1 21.1 21.0 9.2 41.6 25.4 16.1 

Boys, 2 to 15 ............................................. 9,721 64.9 10.8 22.2 19.1 12.7 35.1 21.7 13.4 

Women and girls ......................................... 87,921 54.3 7.8 19.2 17.4 9.9 45.7 28.9 16.8 

Women, 16 and over ................................ 73,594 52.6 7.3 18.8 17.0 9.4 47.4 30.2 17.2 

Girls, 2 to 15 ............................................. 14,327 63.2 10.6 21.3 19.3 12.0 36.8 22.1 14.7 

Children under 2 ......................................... 8,309 63.1 13.6 21.2 17.3 11.1 36.9 22.2 14.7 

Footwear ..................................................... 39,141 62.1 11.0 21.8 18.6 10.7 37.9 24.2 13.7 

Other apparel products and services .......... 27,561 54.4 9.6 17.5 18.1 9.1 45.6 28.2 17.4 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 64. Education of reference person: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2011 — 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

Transportation .............................................. $1,013,652 60.8 7.6 21.6 20.1 11.4 39.2 24.9 14.3 

Vehicle purchases (net outlay) ................... 326,330 59.7 6.1 21.3 19.9 12.4 40.3 26.1 14.2 

Cars and trucks, new ................................ 154,747 49.4 2.1 17.7 19.0 10.5 50.6 31.7 18.9 

Cars and trucks, used ............................... 163,737 69.3 9.7 25.0 20.6 14.0 30.7 21.2 9.6 

Other vehicles ........................................... 7,846 64.0 28.6 17.9 24.0 213.6 36.0 217.4 218.5 

Gasoline and motor oil ................................ 324,618 66.6 10.0 24.2 20.4 12.0 33.4 21.3 12.1 

Other vehicle expenses .............................. 299,599 60.1 7.1 21.2 21.4 10.5 39.9 26.1 13.8 

Vehicle finance charges ........................... 28,444 65.1 6.3 22.3 22.1 14.4 34.9 23.5 11.4 

Maintenance and repairs .......................... 98,390 58.3 6.9 19.9 20.3 11.2 41.7 26.3 15.4 

Vehicle insurance ..................................... 119,847 64.6 7.8 23.8 23.7 9.2 35.4 25.2 10.2 

Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other

charges ................................................... 52,917 50.7 6.2 17.0 17.7 9.9 49.3 29.2 20.0 

Public and other transportation ................... 63,106 39.4 5.9 12.1 14.1 7.2 60.6 30.9 29.7 

Health care ................................................... 405,048 61.5 8.9 22.7 18.9 11.0 38.5 23.5 14.9 

Health insurance ......................................... 235,058 61.8 9.1 23.6 18.8 10.3 38.2 23.4 14.8 

Medical services ......................................... 93,870 58.7 7.6 20.1 19.0 12.0 41.3 24.6 16.6 

Drugs .......................................................... 59,747 65.8 10.6 23.6 19.3 12.3 34.2 22.2 12.0 

Medical supplies ......................................... 16,373 57.4 8.1 21.3 18.4 9.7 42.6 24.2 18.4 

Entertainment ............................................... 314,210 56.7 6.1 19.3 19.9 11.5 43.3 27.0 16.3 

Fees and admissions .................................. 72,630 40.2 2.8 12.2 16.1 9.0 59.8 33.9 26.0 

Audio and visual equipment and services .. 119,383 64.4 8.7 23.9 21.1 10.7 35.6 22.8 12.8 

Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground

equipment ................................................. 76,944 58.6 6.4 21.1 19.6 11.4 41.4 27.4 14.0 

Other entertainment supplies, equipment,

and services ............................................. 45,253 59.8 4.1 15.2 22.9 17.6 40.2 26.3 13.9 

Personal care products and services ........... 77,421 55.7 7.2 19.0 18.7 10.8 44.3 27.2 17.1 

Reading ........................................................ 14,113 47.3 4.6 15.2 17.0 10.6 52.7 28.7 23.9 

Education ...................................................... 128,467 43.8 3.1 9.1 21.9 9.7 56.2 35.0 21.2 

Tobacco products and smoking supplies ..... 42,869 86.8 15.0 37.4 22.7 11.6 13.2 10.1 3.1 

Miscellaneous ............................................... 94,719 59.1 6.6 20.0 19.1 13.4 40.9 22.9 18.0 

Cash contributions ........................................ 210,440 49.3 5.9 16.7 16.6 10.1 50.7 28.9 21.8 

Personal insurance and pensions ................ 663,231 49.1 5.2 16.4 16.9 10.6 50.9 28.9 22.0 

Life and other personal insurance .............. 38,780 54.5 5.7 21.0 14.3 13.5 45.5 25.2 20.3 

Pensions and Social Security ..................... 624,451 48.8 5.2 16.1 17.0 10.4 51.2 29.1 22.1 

Sources of income and personal taxes:

Money income before taxes ......................... 7,787,814 52.9 6.8 18.3 17.2 10.6 47.1 27.5 19.6 

Wages and salaries .................................... 6,090,520 50.9 5.6 17.3 17.0 11.0 49.1 29.0 20.1 

Self-employment income ............................ 399,724 40.0 6.0 12.9 14.2 6.8 60.0 38.4 21.7 

Social Security, private and government

retirement ................................................. 935,295 67.2 12.7 27.0 18.6 8.9 32.8 16.6 16.2 

Interest, dividends, rental income, other

property income ........................................ 156,669 47.6 4.9 10.8 20.7 11.2 52.4 23.6 28.8 

Unemployment and workers’

compensation, veterans’ benefits ............. 70,822 71.6 9.3 27.0 21.4 13.8 28.4 18.0 10.4 

Public assistance, supplemental security

income, food stamps ................................ 63,631 90.3 29.3 33.4 16.6 11.0 9.7 7.1 2.6 

Regular contributions for support ............... 44,545 71.2 7.0 20.2 30.5 13.5 28.8 19.9 8.9 

Other income .............................................. 26,609 64.6 13.6 20.0 25.0 5.9 35.4 20.0 15.5 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 64. Education of reference person: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2011 — 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

Personal taxes (missing values not imputed) $245,993 29.6 .4 8.9 12.7 7.7 70.4 36.8 33.6 

Federal income taxes ................................. 167,583 24.1 -.8 6.4 11.5 6.9 75.9 39.0 36.9 

State and local income taxes ...................... 61,783 38.4 2.4 12.8 14.3 9.0 61.6 34.0 27.6 

Other taxes ................................................. 16,627 52.4 4.8 18.6 18.9 10.1 47.6 25.9 21.7 

Income after taxes ........................................ 7,541,821 53.7 7.0 18.7 17.4 10.6 46.3 27.2 19.1 

1 Value less than or equal to 0.5. 2 Data are likely to have large sampling errors.

n.a. Not applicable.

Source: Consumer Expenditure Survey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, September, 2012