Table 1600. Number of earners in consumer unit: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012

(Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated)

Item Aggregate

Single consumers Consumer units of two or more persons

No earner One earner No earner One earner Two earners

Three or

more

earners

Number of consumer units (in thousands) ................. 124,416 15,943 20,999 11,753 26,075 39,702 9,944

Percent distribution of consumer units ...................... 100.0 12.8 16.9 9.4 21.0 31.9 8.0

Consumer unit characteristics (mean values):

Income before taxes ................................................ $65,596 $19,704 $45,033 $33,243 $63,836 $94,352 $110,647

Income after taxes ................................................... 63,370 19,590 42,400 33,164 61,604 91,013 107,809

Age of reference person .......................................... 50.0 67.6 44.1 64.6 47.8 43.9 47.1

Average number in consumer unit:

Persons ................................................................. 2.5 1.0 1.0 2.4 3.0 3.1 4.4

Children under 18 .................................................. .6 n.a. n.a. .4 1.0 .9 1.0

Persons 65 and older ............................................ .3 .7 .1 1.2 .3 .1 .1

Earners .................................................................. 1.3 n.a. 1.0 n.a. 1.0 2.0 3.3

Vehicles ................................................................. 1.9 .9 1.2 1.7 1.9 2.4 3.3

Percent distribution:

Sex of reference person:

Male ....................................................................... 47 37 54 45 42 50 46

Female ................................................................... 53 63 46 55 58 50 54

Housing tenure:

Homeowner ........................................................... 64 57 45 74 63 72 79

With mortgage ..................................................... 39 11 29 21 38 55 61

Without mortgage ................................................ 26 46 16 53 25 17 18

Renter .................................................................... 36 43 55 26 37 28 21

Race of reference person:

Black or African-American ..................................... 13 14 13 15 16 10 9

White, Asian, and all other races ........................... 87 86 87 85 84 90 91

Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person:

Hispanic or Latino .................................................. 13 6 9 9 16 14 20

Not Hispanic or Latino ........................................... 87 94 91 91 84 86 80

Education of reference person:

Elementary (1-8) .................................................... 4 9 2 7 5 3 6

High school (9-12) ................................................. 33 45 26 45 37 27 32

College .................................................................. 62 46 72 48 58 70 62

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

At least one vehicle owned or leased ...................... 88 67 83 85 91 95 96

Annual aggregate expenditures ................................. $6,397,517 5.8 11.8 7.3 22.1 41.8 11.3

Food ........................................................................ 819,604 5.4 9.9 8.7 25.2 40.5 10.3

Food at home ........................................................ 486,910 6.0 8.4 9.9 26.3 39.1 10.3

Cereals and bakery products ............................... 66,794 6.0 8.4 10.3 26.3 38.7 10.2

Cereals and cereal products .............................. 22,600 5.3 8.1 9.4 26.2 40.4 10.6

Bakery products ................................................. 44,195 6.4 8.6 10.7 26.4 37.8 10.0

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................. 105,859 5.7 7.6 10.1 26.9 38.8 10.9

Beef ................................................................... 28,106 4.8 6.9 9.2 27.0 39.9 12.1

Pork ................................................................... 20,587 6.6 6.7 11.0 27.5 37.8 10.4

Other meats ....................................................... 15,167 6.1 8.4 10.1 25.0 39.3 11.2

Poultry ............................................................... 19,791 5.2 8.7 9.6 27.5 38.5 10.5

Fish and seafood ............................................... 15,616 5.9 7.0 11.1 27.2 39.4 9.4

Eggs .................................................................. 6,592 6.8 9.1 10.6 27.1 35.8 10.6

Dairy products ..................................................... 52,026 5.8 8.4 9.4 26.5 39.8 10.1

Fresh milk and cream ........................................ 18,859 6.1 8.2 10.1 27.1 38.6 9.9

Other dairy products .......................................... 33,166 5.6 8.5 9.1 26.1 40.5 10.2

Fruits and vegetables .......................................... 90,779 6.3 8.8 10.1 26.0 38.5 10.3

Fresh fruits ......................................................... 32,449 6.2 8.5 9.3 25.9 39.5 10.5

Fresh vegetables ............................................... 28,084 6.0 9.0 10.6 25.9 38.4 10.1

Processed fruits ................................................. 14,127 7.2 9.0 10.2 26.5 37.1 10.0

Processed vegetables ....................................... 16,119 6.2 8.8 10.6 26.0 37.9 10.5

Other food at home .............................................. 171,452 6.0 8.8 9.7 26.0 39.5 10.0

Sugar and other sweets ..................................... 18,227 6.3 8.3 11.0 26.5 38.8 9.1

Fats and oils ...................................................... 14,169 6.5 8.3 10.5 25.9 38.8 10.1

Miscellaneous foods .......................................... 86,841 5.9 8.7 9.6 26.0 40.0 9.9

Nonalcoholic beverages .................................... 45,966 6.2 9.3 9.4 26.2 38.3 10.5

Food prepared by consumer unit on

out-of-town trips ............................................... 6,250 4.5 9.6 8.9 22.5 44.7 9.8

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1600. Number of earners in consumer unit: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

(Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated)

Item Aggregate

Single consumers Consumer units of two or more persons

No earner One earner No earner One earner Two earners

Three or

more

earners

Food away from home ........................................... 332,694 4.5 12.1 6.8 23.5 42.6 10.5

Alcoholic beverages ................................................ 56,038 3.3 18.6 6.9 21.0 42.3 7.9

Housing ................................................................... 2,100,777 7.4 12.8 7.6 22.3 39.7 10.1

Shelter ................................................................... 1,230,537 7.9 14.5 6.6 21.9 39.2 10.0

Owned dwellings ................................................. 753,428 6.2 10.6 6.8 21.8 43.2 11.5

Mortgage interest and charges .......................... 381,563 2.5 10.5 3.8 21.7 49.0 12.5

Property taxes ................................................... 228,378 8.0 10.1 8.9 22.1 39.5 11.4

Maintenance, repairs, insurance, other

expenses ......................................................... 143,487 12.9 11.3 11.3 21.6 34.0 9.0

Rented dwellings ................................................. 396,419 11.8 22.9 5.9 22.2 30.6 6.6

Other lodging ....................................................... 80,690 4.5 9.7 8.1 22.1 43.6 12.0

Utilities, fuels, and public services ......................... 453,897 7.9 10.8 9.2 22.8 37.7 11.6

Natural gas .......................................................... 44,709 8.6 10.3 9.1 23.2 36.6 12.2

Electricity ............................................................. 172,668 8.5 10.8 10.1 23.3 36.6 10.6

Fuel oil and other fuels ........................................ 17,037 10.4 10.7 11.3 21.4 36.5 9.7

Telephone services ............................................. 154,169 6.6 11.0 7.6 22.3 39.6 12.9

Water and other public services .......................... 65,312 8.3 10.2 10.1 22.9 37.4 11.2

Household operations ............................................ 144,181 7.2 9.2 8.0 21.6 46.3 7.7

Personal services ................................................ 45,824 4.2 2.0 4.8 19.5 65.5 4.0

Other household expenses .................................. 98,357 8.7 12.5 9.5 22.5 37.3 9.4

Housekeeping supplies ......................................... 75,737 6.2 8.7 11.5 26.5 38.5 8.7

Laundry and cleaning supplies ............................ 19,298 5.6 9.4 10.6 25.5 39.1 9.8

Other household products ................................... 39,558 6.0 8.4 11.9 26.9 37.9 8.8

Postage and stationery ........................................ 16,882 7.1 8.7 11.4 26.8 39.1 6.9

Household furnishings and equipment .................. 196,425 4.4 11.3 8.5 22.7 43.3 9.8

Household textiles ............................................... 15,233 3.8 12.0 10.8 23.3 39.8 10.2

Furniture .............................................................. 48,707 4.4 12.9 6.0 24.6 42.0 10.0

Floor coverings .................................................... 2,018 3.4 10.3 7.9 17.7 50.6 10.1

Major appliances ................................................. 24,541 5.7 9.4 8.9 19.4 45.3 11.4

Small appliances, miscellaneous housewares .... 12,163 4.6 12.9 7.0 21.1 46.5 8.0

Miscellaneous household equipment .................. 93,763 4.2 10.7 9.5 22.8 43.4 9.5

Apparel and services ............................................... 215,644 3.8 10.6 6.8 25.9 42.2 10.6

Men and boys ........................................................ 50,648 2.9 12.1 5.5 25.4 43.3 10.8

Men, 16 and over ................................................. 39,715 3.3 14.6 5.7 23.1 41.8 11.4

Boys, 2 to 15 ........................................................ 10,933 1.5 2.8 4.7 33.7 48.7 8.6

Women and girls .................................................... 85,509 4.5 9.5 7.5 26.0 42.6 9.9

Women, 16 and over ........................................... 71,105 5.3 10.9 7.9 23.3 42.1 10.4

Girls, 2 to 15 ........................................................ 14,404 1.0 2.6 5.4 39.4 44.6 7.1

Children under 2 .................................................... 7,865 21.5 2.3 6.2 36.3 47.1 6.5

Footwear ................................................................ 43,072 2.7 9.3 8.1 28.3 40.7 10.9

Other apparel products and services ..................... 28,550 5.7 15.5 5.4 20.3 40.4 12.8

Transportation ......................................................... 1,119,253 4.2 10.9 6.6 21.8 43.4 13.1

Vehicle purchases (net outlay) .............................. 399,436 2.8 9.9 6.1 21.7 45.4 14.1

Cars and trucks, new ........................................... 203,867 3.5 8.4 7.8 21.3 45.8 13.3

Cars and trucks, used .......................................... 188,620 2.2 11.8 4.6 22.5 43.9 15.1

Other vehicles ...................................................... 6,949 2.3 25.2 3 ( ) 9.8 74.5 210.2

Gasoline and motor oil ........................................... 342,863 4.2 11.1 6.6 21.3 42.7 14.0

Other vehicle expenses ......................................... 309,497 5.7 11.6 7.3 22.4 41.6 11.5

Vehicle finance charges ...................................... 27,789 2.5 9.8 4.3 19.8 49.0 14.7

Maintenance and repairs ..................................... 101,286 6.0 13.1 6.6 20.6 41.5 12.2

Vehicle insurance ................................................ 126,416 6.9 10.0 8.6 24.5 40.0 9.9

Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other

charges .............................................................. 54,006 4.1 13.3 6.9 21.8 41.7 12.2

Public and other transportation .............................. 67,457 5.8 12.3 5.7 22.6 43.2 10.4

Health care .............................................................. 442,435 10.2 9.3 13.3 22.5 34.8 10.0

Health insurance .................................................... 256,394 9.7 8.5 14.3 22.5 34.8 10.1

Medical services .................................................... 104,331 10.6 11.4 8.9 22.4 36.2 10.5

Drugs ..................................................................... 63,997 11.2 9.3 16.2 22.8 32.0 8.5

Medical supplies .................................................... 17,714 9.8 8.8 13.2 20.2 36.7 11.3

Entertainment .......................................................... 323,950 5.7 11.1 7.1 23.0 43.3 9.8

Fees and admissions ............................................. 76,417 3.9 10.6 5.3 24.0 45.6 10.6

Audio and visual equipment and services ............. 121,785 7.9 12.5 8.5 21.6 39.4 10.1

Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground equipment .... 80,551 5.2 11.4 7.7 24.4 43.4 8.0

Other entertainment supplies, equipment, and

services ............................................................... 45,197 3.9 7.5 5.6 22.4 49.9 10.8

Personal care products and services ...................... 78,083 6.0 11.7 7.7 23.4 40.8 10.3

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1600. Number of earners in consumer unit: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

(Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated)

Item Aggregate

Single consumers Consumer units of two or more persons

No earner One earner No earner One earner Two earners

Three or

more

earners

Reading ................................................................... 13,609 9.2 13.3 10.8 20.8 36.0 10.0

Education ................................................................. 150,202 4.7 11.9 2.1 19.7 43.6 18.0

Tobacco products and smoking supplies ................ 41,271 8.6 13.8 9.3 23.0 34.3 11.0

Miscellaneous .......................................................... 103,102 7.9 15.1 11.4 21.6 35.2 8.8

Cash contributions ................................................... 237,950 9.4 13.7 12.0 19.0 36.7 9.2

Personal insurance and pensions ........................... 695,600 .4 13.0 1.0 17.6 53.3 14.6

Life and other personal insurance ......................... 43,871 5.3 7.7 8.5 21.1 45.6 11.8

Pensions and Social Security ................................ 651,729 2.1 13.4 2.5 17.4 53.8 14.8

Sources of income and personal taxes:

Money income before taxes .................................... $8,161,225 3.8 11.6 4.8 20.4 45.9 13.5

Wages and salaries ............................................... 6,436,072 4 ( ) 12.4 3 ( ) 19.7 52.3 15.6

Self-employment income ....................................... 362,895 3 ( ) 17.0 3 ( ) 20.7 48.3 14.0

Social Security, private and government

retirement ............................................................ 997,987 24.3 4.8 33.1 22.3 13.2 2.3

Interest, dividends, rental income, other property

income ................................................................. 168,945 19.9 12.6 15.9 26.6 19.8 5.2

Unemployment and workers’ compensation,

veterans’ benefits ................................................ 53,295 12.2 8.5 11.4 25.4 31.0 11.5

Public assistance, supplemental security income,

food stamps ......................................................... 66,378 20.1 2.5 25.6 33.5 13.6 4.7

Regular contributions for support .......................... 47,222 23.1 10.9 16.0 27.1 18.1 4.8

Other income ......................................................... 28,432 23.6 16.4 11.7 18.4 22.0 8.0

Personal taxes (missing values not imputed) .......... 276,995 .7 20.0 .3 21.0 47.9 10.2

Federal income taxes ............................................ 195,125 .2 20.9 -.5 21.6 48.2 9.6

State and local income taxes ................................. 65,453 .4 19.1 .2 19.0 49.1 12.2

Other taxes ............................................................ 16,418 7.4 12.0 11.0 21.5 39.2 8.9

Income after taxes ................................................... 7,884,230 4.0 11.3 4.9 20.4 45.8 13.6

1 Value is less than or equal to 0.5.

2 Data are likely to have large sampling errors.

3 No data reported.

4 Value is less than or equal to 0.05.

n.a. Not applicable.

Source: Consumer Expenditure Survey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, September, 2013