Table 1500. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012

Item

Husband and wife consumer units

One

parent,

at least

one child

under 18

Single

person

and other

consumer

units

Total

Husband

and wife

only

Husband and wife with children Other

husband

and wife

consumer

units

Total

Oldest

child

under 6

Oldest

child

6 to 17

Oldest

child 18

or older

Number of consumer units (in thousands) ......... 60,428 25,936 29,252 5,676 14,797 8,778 5,241 6,524 57,463

Consumer unit characteristics:

Income before taxes

Mean .............................................. $90,393 $81,717 $98,104 $85,200 $100,698 $102,074 $90,293 $34,194 $43,086

SE .................................................. 1,431.34 1,800.23 1,836.68 2,672.54 2,894.28 2,985.69 3,706.22 1,399.41 1,365.28

CV(%) ............................................. 1.58 2.20 1.87 3.14 2.87 2.93 4.10 4.09 3.17

Income after taxes

Mean .............................................. 87,507 78,420 95,387 82,637 98,029 99,179 88,494 34,475 41,268

SE .................................................. 1,383.23 1,787.63 1,754.93 2,534.81 2,673.68 2,866.09 3,608.03 1,349.93 1,021.11

CV(%) ............................................. 1.58 2.28 1.84 3.07 2.73 2.89 4.08 3.92 2.47

Age of reference person ................................... 50.1 58.4 42.8 32.7 40.9 52.7 49.9 38.0 51.3

Average number in consumer unit:

Persons .......................................................... 3.2 2.0 3.9 3.5 4.2 3.9 4.9 2.9 1.7

Children under 18 ........................................... .9 n.a. 1.6 1.5 2.2 .6 1.4 1.7 .2

Persons 65 and older ..................................... .4 .7 .1 1 ( ) 1 ( ) .2 .6 1 ( ) .3

Earners ........................................................... 1.6 1.2 1.9 1.7 1.8 2.4 2.3 1.0 .9

Vehicles .......................................................... 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.0 2.5 3.1 2.9 1.2 1.3

Percent distribution:

Sex of reference person:

Male ............................................................... 52 55 51 54 51 49 46 16 44

Female ........................................................... 48 45 49 46 49 51 54 84 56

Housing tenure:

Homeowner .................................................... 80 85 76 64 76 86 74 36 51

With mortgage .............................................. 52 42 61 57 64 61 54 28 25

Without mortgage ......................................... 27 43 15 7 12 25 20 8 26

Renter ............................................................ 20 15 24 36 24 14 26 64 49

Race of reference person:

Black or African-American .............................. 8 7 9 8 9 8 11 34 15

White, Asian, and all other races ................... 92 93 91 92 91 92 89 66 85

Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person:

Hispanic or Latino .......................................... 13 7 16 15 18 15 25 17 12

Not Hispanic or Latino .................................... 87 93 84 85 82 85 75 83 88

Education of reference person:

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

High school (9-12) .......................................... 30 30 28 20 27 34 41 39 36

College ........................................................... 66 66 68 78 69 61 51 57 58

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

At least one vehicle owned or leased ............... 96 95 96 94 96 97 96 82 80

Average annual expenditures

Mean .............................................. $67,310 $61,285 $72,814 $64,103 $74,659 $75,286 $67,187 $38,667 $36,152

SE .................................................. 768.46 896.67 956.20 1,613.25 1,271.80 1,525.70 2,803.03 1,049.98 474.88

CV(%) ............................................. 1.14 1.46 1.31 2.52 1.70 2.03 4.17 2.72 1.31

Food

Mean .............................................. 8,615 7,463 9,611 7,331 10,458 9,626 9,431 5,895 4,528

Share .............................................. 12.8 12.2 13.2 11.4 14.0 12.8 14.0 15.2 12.5

SE .................................................. 120.29 155.88 135.69 218.15 194.49 311.13 494.56 243.71 98.62

CV(%) ............................................. 1.40 2.09 1.41 2.98 1.86 3.23 5.24 4.13 2.18

Food at home

Mean .............................................. 5,089 4,263 5,742 4,452 6,095 5,958 6,041 3,673 2,699

Share .............................................. 7.6 7.0 7.9 6.9 8.2 7.9 9.0 9.5 7.5

SE .................................................. 74.32 105.92 98.01 173.36 148.03 212.20 341.61 186.94 63.06

CV(%) ............................................. 1.46 2.48 1.71 3.89 2.43 3.56 5.65 5.09 2.34

Cereals and bakery products

Mean .............................................. 698 559 803 623 878 789 890 515 369

Share .............................................. 1.0 .9 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.3 1.3 1.0

SE .................................................. 15.80 18.06 19.01 30.82 27.41 35.52 73.17 26.68 10.50

CV(%) ............................................. 2.26 3.23 2.37 4.95 3.12 4.50 8.22 5.18 2.84

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1500. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

Husband and wife consumer units

One

parent,

at least

one child

under 18

Single

person

and other

consumer

units

Total

Husband

and wife

only

Husband and wife with children Other

husband

and wife

consumer

units

Total

Oldest

child

under 6

Oldest

child

6 to 17

Oldest

child 18

or older

Cereals and cereal products

Mean .............................................. 234 175 278 206 310 269 314 182 126

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .4 .3 .4 .4 .5 .5 .3

SE .................................................. 5.95 6.91 8.65 15.18 12.83 15.73 37.32 11.77 4.21

CV(%) ............................................. 2.55 3.94 3.11 7.37 4.13 5.85 11.89 6.47 3.34

Bakery products

Mean .............................................. 464 383 525 417 567 521 576 333 243

Share .............................................. .7 .6 .7 .7 .8 .7 .9 .9 .7

SE .................................................. 11.56 14.48 13.41 20.97 18.47 28.48 53.04 17.50 7.24

CV(%) ............................................. 2.49 3.78 2.56 5.03 3.26 5.47 9.21 5.25 2.98

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

Mean .............................................. 1,095 922 1,213 830 1,302 1,304 1,411 802 598

Share .............................................. 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.3 1.7 1.7 2.1 2.1 1.7

SE .................................................. 18.14 27.97 24.35 44.40 44.85 54.79 77.16 57.76 20.62

CV(%) ............................................. 1.66 3.03 2.01 5.35 3.45 4.20 5.47 7.20 3.45

Beef

Mean .............................................. 292 240 323 188 339 380 419 194 160

Share .............................................. .4 .4 .4 .3 .5 .5 .6 .5 .4

SE .................................................. 7.93 9.63 13.74 10.76 23.08 27.49 33.71 15.27 10.33

CV(%) ............................................. 2.71 4.02 4.26 5.72 6.82 7.24 8.05 7.86 6.47

Pork

Mean .............................................. 211 179 234 168 251 245 258 170 117

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .4 .4 .3

SE .................................................. 7.05 8.58 9.63 19.48 13.65 18.20 22.17 14.28 5.32

CV(%) ............................................. 3.35 4.79 4.12 11.59 5.43 7.43 8.58 8.38 4.54

Other meats

Mean .............................................. 160 130 184 141 195 192 198 121 81

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .3 .2 .3 .3 .3 .3 .2

SE .................................................. 4.76 6.88 6.97 12.06 9.41 15.86 20.01 11.70 2.99

CV(%) ............................................. 2.97 5.30 3.79 8.56 4.82 8.24 10.11 9.70 3.68

Poultry

Mean .............................................. 200 160 228 180 243 233 264 166 115

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .4 .4 .3

SE .................................................. 4.29 7.34 6.17 18.55 10.42 13.20 22.24 13.47 5.04

CV(%) ............................................. 2.15 4.58 2.70 10.29 4.29 5.66 8.44 8.11 4.38

Fish and seafood

Mean .............................................. 166 158 173 100 198 175 181 100 85

Share .............................................. .2 .3 .2 .2 .3 .2 .3 .3 .2

SE .................................................. 7.39 11.02 7.63 12.33 13.55 18.86 23.04 16.55 5.88

CV(%) ............................................. 4.44 6.99 4.42 12.31 6.85 10.76 12.73 16.53 6.88

Eggs

Mean .............................................. 66 56 72 52 76 79 91 51 39

Share .............................................. .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1

SE .................................................. 1.59 2.01 2.51 4.20 3.86 3.83 8.99 3.21 1.13

CV(%) ............................................. 2.41 3.63 3.47 8.03 5.10 4.87 9.84 6.34 2.85

Dairy products

Mean .............................................. 561 448 656 570 693 647 652 353 275

Share .............................................. .8 .7 .9 .9 .9 .9 1.0 .9 .8

SE .................................................. 7.49 11.64 13.08 28.34 21.36 18.59 40.71 18.41 6.11

CV(%) ............................................. 1.34 2.60 1.99 4.97 3.08 2.87 6.24 5.22 2.22

Fresh milk and cream

Mean .............................................. 198 146 240 225 248 237 257 145 103

Share .............................................. .3 .2 .3 .4 .3 .3 .4 .4 .3

SE .................................................. 3.59 3.98 6.18 15.53 9.96 9.70 19.99 9.33 2.99

CV(%) ............................................. 1.81 2.73 2.57 6.92 4.01 4.09 7.78 6.41 2.91

Other dairy products

Mean .............................................. 362 302 416 346 445 410 395 207 173

Share .............................................. .5 .5 .6 .5 .6 .5 .6 .5 .5

SE .................................................. 5.45 9.84 9.24 18.96 15.90 15.65 28.11 13.09 4.16

CV(%) ............................................. 1.50 3.25 2.22 5.48 3.58 3.81 7.11 6.32 2.41

Fruits and vegetables

Mean .............................................. 953 825 1,060 858 1,100 1,118 1,073 676 499

Share .............................................. 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.4

SE .................................................. 16.98 25.24 26.04 36.88 38.42 56.63 77.31 46.28 13.31

CV(%) ............................................. 1.78 3.06 2.46 4.30 3.49 5.06 7.21 6.84 2.67

Fresh fruits

Mean .............................................. 347 297 395 326 409 415 353 252 171

Share .............................................. .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .6 .5 .7 .5

SE .................................................. 7.95 11.67 13.97 20.31 19.30 29.62 29.29 27.16 5.16

CV(%) ............................................. 2.29 3.93 3.54 6.23 4.72 7.14 8.29 10.80 3.02

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1500. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

Husband and wife consumer units

One

parent,

at least

one child

under 18

Single

person

and other

consumer

units

Total

Husband

and wife

only

Husband and wife with children Other

husband

and wife

consumer

units

Total

Oldest

child

under 6

Oldest

child

6 to 17

Oldest

child 18

or older

Fresh vegetables

Mean .............................................. 298 272 317 260 330 332 340 177 155

Share .............................................. .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .5 .5 .4

SE .................................................. 5.83 9.33 8.93 12.31 12.47 15.54 24.50 14.48 4.51

CV(%) ............................................. 1.95 3.43 2.81 4.73 3.78 4.67 7.21 8.19 2.91

Processed fruits

Mean .............................................. 147 122 167 142 176 167 171 111 79

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .3 .3 .2

SE .................................................. 3.57 5.42 5.53 10.00 9.50 10.72 18.10 7.78 2.90

CV(%) ............................................. 2.43 4.43 3.32 7.06 5.40 6.40 10.61 7.01 3.68

Processed vegetables

Mean .............................................. 161 134 181 130 186 204 209 137 95

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .3 .3 .4 .3

SE .................................................. 5.01 5.55 5.75 10.85 8.67 13.77 20.36 10.42 3.59

CV(%) ............................................. 3.10 4.16 3.18 8.34 4.67 6.75 9.73 7.61 3.77

Other food at home

Mean .............................................. 1,781 1,509 2,011 1,571 2,122 2,099 2,016 1,327 957

Share .............................................. 2.6 2.5 2.8 2.5 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.4 2.6

SE .................................................. 33.03 40.39 43.86 72.71 63.51 94.24 134.35 77.09 22.17

CV(%) ............................................. 1.85 2.68 2.18 4.63 2.99 4.49 6.66 5.81 2.32

Sugar and other sweets

Mean .............................................. 193 168 214 140 244 208 222 133 99

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .3 .2 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3

SE .................................................. 6.29 9.27 8.96 9.06 15.90 13.71 31.56 11.34 4.26

CV(%) ............................................. 3.25 5.53 4.20 6.47 6.51 6.59 14.20 8.54 4.32

Fats and oils

Mean .............................................. 145 121 163 122 167 180 183 109 81

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .3 .3 .2

SE .................................................. 3.49 5.11 5.10 9.31 5.80 14.30 17.90 7.79 3.51

CV(%) ............................................. 2.40 4.23 3.14 7.60 3.47 7.94 9.76 7.18 4.31

Miscellaneous foods

Mean .............................................. 906 735 1,066 929 1,108 1,081 958 699 477

Share .............................................. 1.3 1.2 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.8 1.3

SE .................................................. 19.98 22.90 30.82 53.27 41.50 58.86 67.67 46.64 13.86

CV(%) ............................................. 2.20 3.12 2.89 5.74 3.75 5.44 7.06 6.67 2.91

Nonalcoholic beverages

Mean .............................................. 462 397 502 334 525 570 608 361 272

Share .............................................. .7 .6 .7 .5 .7 .8 .9 .9 .8

SE .................................................. 10.90 12.83 15.13 19.28 22.80 29.72 42.82 28.19 7.73

CV(%) ............................................. 2.36 3.23 3.01 5.77 4.35 5.21 7.05 7.81 2.84

Food prepared by consumer unit on

out-of-town trips

Mean .............................................. 74 89 66 45 78 59 44 26 28

Share .............................................. .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1

SE .................................................. 4.41 6.69 4.59 4.71 7.77 7.66 6.07 7.58 2.26

CV(%) ............................................. 5.95 7.50 6.95 10.41 9.97 12.88 13.69 29.08 8.10

Food away from home

Mean .............................................. 3,526 3,200 3,869 2,879 4,363 3,668 3,390 2,222 1,829

Share .............................................. 5.2 5.2 5.3 4.5 5.8 4.9 5.0 5.7 5.1

SE .................................................. 68.35 100.16 73.17 166.92 112.46 148.27 257.38 126.47 52.33

CV(%) ............................................. 1.94 3.13 1.89 5.80 2.58 4.04 7.59 5.69 2.86

Alcoholic beverages

Mean .............................................. 553 670 475 503 502 411 351 175 377

Share .............................................. .8 1.1 .7 .8 .7 .5 .5 .5 1.0

SE .................................................. 22.91 38.54 27.07 66.73 35.62 47.85 52.21 24.64 23.23

CV(%) ............................................. 4.14 5.75 5.70 13.28 7.10 11.63 14.89 14.07 6.16

Housing

Mean .............................................. 20,771 18,258 22,980 23,621 23,432 21,803 20,803 14,593 13,061

Share .............................................. 30.9 29.8 31.6 36.8 31.4 29.0 31.0 37.7 36.1

SE .................................................. 249.63 274.07 312.33 572.98 375.08 616.32 886.62 456.74 173.86

CV(%) ............................................. 1.20 1.50 1.36 2.43 1.60 2.83 4.26 3.13 1.33

Shelter

Mean .............................................. 11,739 10,213 13,149 13,106 13,616 12,389 11,417 8,586 8,095

Share .............................................. 17.4 16.7 18.1 20.4 18.2 16.5 17.0 22.2 22.4

SE .................................................. 189.33 231.71 240.65 365.36 286.87 451.20 615.73 323.78 134.87

CV(%) ............................................. 1.61 2.27 1.83 2.79 2.11 3.64 5.39 3.77 1.67

Owned dwellings

Mean .............................................. 8,493 7,284 9,641 8,851 10,036 9,486 8,066 3,505 3,782

Share .............................................. 12.6 11.9 13.2 13.8 13.4 12.6 12.0 9.1 10.5

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1500. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

Husband and wife consumer units

One

parent,

at least

one child

under 18

Single

person

and other

consumer

units

Total

Husband

and wife

only

Husband and wife with children Other

husband

and wife

consumer

units

Total

Oldest

child

under 6

Oldest

child

6 to 17

Oldest

child 18

or older

Owned dwellings

SE .................................................. 171.18 196.55 211.13 391.35 256.64 381.16 574.62 282.99 80.98

CV(%) ............................................. 2.02 2.70 2.19 4.42 2.56 4.02 7.12 8.07 2.14

Mortgage interest and charges

Mean .............................................. 4,460 3,144 5,599 5,686 5,930 4,985 4,612 2,256 1,694

Share .............................................. 6.6 5.1 7.7 8.9 7.9 6.6 6.9 5.8 4.7

SE .................................................. 119.74 149.19 134.17 265.37 147.35 271.55 414.47 209.79 46.62

CV(%) ............................................. 2.68 4.75 2.40 4.67 2.48 5.45 8.99 9.30 2.75

Property taxes

Mean .............................................. 2,583 2,504 2,725 2,270 2,765 2,951 2,185 840 1,163

Share .............................................. 3.8 4.1 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.9 3.3 2.2 3.2

SE .................................................. 60.67 70.43 80.16 131.79 89.35 151.91 120.71 72.82 30.98

CV(%) ............................................. 2.35 2.81 2.94 5.81 3.23 5.15 5.52 8.66 2.67

Maintenance, repairs, insurance, other

expenses

Mean .............................................. 1,450 1,637 1,318 895 1,341 1,551 1,269 409 926

Share .............................................. 2.2 2.7 1.8 1.4 1.8 2.1 1.9 1.1 2.6

SE .................................................. 48.49 83.49 62.92 92.95 102.67 134.94 173.93 61.71 46.10

CV(%) ............................................. 3.34 5.10 4.78 10.39 7.66 8.70 13.71 15.08 4.98

Rented dwellings

Mean .............................................. 2,220 1,712 2,568 3,751 2,619 1,717 2,797 4,872 4,010

Share .............................................. 3.3 2.8 3.5 5.9 3.5 2.3 4.2 12.6 11.1

SE .................................................. 72.21 92.29 114.01 203.23 159.96 167.98 229.76 247.59 86.43

CV(%) ............................................. 3.25 5.39 4.44 5.42 6.11 9.78 8.22 5.08 2.16

Other lodging

Mean .............................................. 1,025 1,217 940 504 961 1,186 554 209 302

Share .............................................. 1.5 2.0 1.3 .8 1.3 1.6 .8 .5 .8

SE .................................................. 40.98 66.17 50.71 65.75 84.72 111.40 88.65 57.96 18.31

CV(%) ............................................. 4.00 5.44 5.40 13.04 8.82 9.39 16.00 27.75 6.06

Utilities, fuels, and public services

Mean .............................................. 4,487 3,997 4,752 3,867 4,797 5,250 5,430 3,298 2,806

Share .............................................. 6.7 6.5 6.5 6.0 6.4 7.0 8.1 8.5 7.8

SE .................................................. 44.61 47.97 48.53 72.21 70.24 86.31 147.67 67.81 37.41

CV(%) ............................................. .99 1.20 1.02 1.87 1.46 1.64 2.72 2.06 1.33

Natural gas

Mean .............................................. 443 387 484 386 487 541 492 309 277

Share .............................................. .7 .6 .7 .6 .7 .7 .7 .8 .8

SE .................................................. 15.06 14.78 18.94 24.98 21.40 27.42 32.82 21.68 11.26

CV(%) ............................................. 3.40 3.82 3.92 6.48 4.39 5.07 6.67 7.02 4.06

Electricity

Mean .............................................. 1,676 1,521 1,738 1,449 1,772 1,867 2,102 1,345 1,089

Share .............................................. 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.5 3.1 3.5 3.0

SE .................................................. 27.39 27.02 32.09 46.55 34.94 58.41 80.05 37.95 21.68

CV(%) ............................................. 1.63 1.78 1.85 3.21 1.97 3.13 3.81 2.82 1.99

Fuel oil and other fuels

Mean .............................................. 176 187 159 138 153 182 222 76 102

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .2 .2 .2 .2 .3 .2 .3

SE .................................................. 12.57 17.62 13.14 26.45 12.86 27.02 47.40 16.22 5.96

CV(%) ............................................. 7.12 9.41 8.29 19.18 8.42 14.86 21.36 21.26 5.82

Telephone services

Mean .............................................. 1,528 1,291 1,687 1,373 1,695 1,875 1,819 1,151 945

Share .............................................. 2.3 2.1 2.3 2.1 2.3 2.5 2.7 3.0 2.6

SE .................................................. 19.68 21.47 25.08 34.52 34.90 44.15 53.55 34.01 14.79

CV(%) ............................................. 1.29 1.66 1.49 2.51 2.06 2.35 2.94 2.96 1.57

Water and other public services

Mean .............................................. 663 611 685 521 689 784 795 417 392

Share .............................................. 1.0 1.0 .9 .8 .9 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.1

SE .................................................. 14.53 16.07 16.03 26.48 20.70 24.23 35.94 18.74 10.82

CV(%) ............................................. 2.19 2.63 2.34 5.08 3.00 3.09 4.52 4.49 2.76

Household operations

Mean .............................................. 1,562 1,106 2,004 3,891 1,785 1,151 1,354 1,244 725

Share .............................................. 2.3 1.8 2.8 6.1 2.4 1.5 2.0 3.2 2.0

SE .................................................. 42.50 62.02 68.61 249.44 92.89 69.14 144.49 92.84 31.93

CV(%) ............................................. 2.72 5.61 3.42 6.41 5.20 6.01 10.67 7.47 4.40

Personal services

Mean .............................................. 567 93 986 3,013 756 63 573 679 124

Share .............................................. .8 .2 1.4 4.7 1.0 .1 .9 1.8 .3

SE .................................................. 31.57 44.35 54.11 235.04 79.27 17.99 128.29 75.48 20.53

CV(%) ............................................. 5.57 47.60 5.49 7.80 10.48 28.53 22.39 11.11 16.55

Other household expenses

Mean .............................................. 995 1,013 1,017 878 1,029 1,088 782 564 601

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1500. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

Husband and wife consumer units

One

parent,

at least

one child

under 18

Single

person

and other

consumer

units

Total

Husband

and wife

only

Husband and wife with children Other

husband

and wife

consumer

units

Total

Oldest

child

under 6

Oldest

child

6 to 17

Oldest

child 18

or older

Other household expenses

Share .............................................. 1.5 1.7 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.5 1.7

SE .................................................. 21.63 29.97 30.92 49.50 38.26 60.88 49.61 58.99 23.65

CV(%) ............................................. 2.17 2.96 3.04 5.64 3.72 5.60 6.35 10.45 3.93

Housekeeping supplies

Mean .............................................. 815 772 856 713 925 829 820 477 407

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1

SE .................................................. 25.07 30.10 42.97 48.77 53.57 57.99 64.22 41.41 11.20

CV(%) ............................................. 3.08 3.90 5.02 6.84 5.79 6.99 7.83 8.69 2.75

Laundry and cleaning supplies

Mean .............................................. 197 165 218 182 226 226 254 150 112

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .4 .4 .3

SE .................................................. 6.69 8.60 9.50 15.24 13.16 20.05 26.45 13.92 4.78

CV(%) ............................................. 3.40 5.20 4.36 8.37 5.82 8.87 10.42 9.31 4.27

Other household products

Mean .............................................. 435 424 447 351 494 427 425 224 206

Share .............................................. .6 .7 .6 .5 .7 .6 .6 .6 .6

SE .................................................. 15.49 22.12 29.05 30.72 41.69 33.59 31.42 18.73 8.25

CV(%) ............................................. 3.56 5.22 6.50 8.75 8.43 7.88 7.38 8.37 4.00

Postage and stationery

Mean .............................................. 184 183 192 180 205 177 141 103 89

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .2 .2 .3 .2

SE .................................................. 8.48 14.64 13.04 25.60 16.96 22.84 25.99 23.77 4.75

CV(%) ............................................. 4.61 8.00 6.81 14.24 8.27 12.92 18.49 23.03 5.34

Household furnishings and equipment

Mean .............................................. 2,169 2,170 2,220 2,044 2,309 2,183 1,782 989 1,027

Share .............................................. 3.2 3.5 3.0 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.8

SE .................................................. 53.05 72.98 77.22 138.84 135.97 177.65 201.80 69.33 42.31

CV(%) ............................................. 2.45 3.36 3.48 6.79 5.89 8.14 11.32 7.01 4.12

Household textiles

Mean .............................................. 182 197 176 153 183 178 129 66 66

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2

SE .................................................. 14.67 30.62 17.91 28.99 29.96 29.13 30.55 13.47 9.17

CV(%) ............................................. 8.06 15.55 10.18 18.97 16.35 16.35 23.75 20.42 13.81

Furniture

Mean .............................................. 522 427 609 553 668 545 508 298 265

Share .............................................. .8 .7 .8 .9 .9 .7 .8 .8 .7

SE .................................................. 42.90 41.22 60.57 72.27 104.04 66.96 119.28 44.78 17.17

CV(%) ............................................. 8.22 9.65 9.95 13.07 15.58 12.28 23.49 15.05 6.48

Floor coverings

Mean .............................................. 25 21 29 47 22 29 19 7 8

Share .............................................. 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) .1 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

SE .................................................. 3.98 4.67 7.02 32.21 6.05 6.46 8.65 2.21 1.22

CV(%) ............................................. 16.13 22.76 23.97 67.97 27.02 22.09 44.40 30.42 14.57

Major appliances

Mean .............................................. 279 254 290 249 301 297 342 145 117

Share .............................................. .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .5 .4 .3

SE .................................................. 12.74 13.49 21.63 43.52 31.45 43.35 55.01 38.41 7.53

CV(%) ............................................. 4.57 5.31 7.46 17.48 10.44 14.59 16.07 26.50 6.43

Small appliances, miscellaneous

housewares

Mean .............................................. 131 150 124 124 123 124 70 44 69

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .1 .1 .2

SE .................................................. 7.84 14.13 8.52 25.57 11.54 15.26 9.04 5.76 5.74

CV(%) ............................................. 5.96 9.42 6.90 20.56 9.38 12.30 12.87 13.04 8.33

Miscellaneous household equipment

Mean .............................................. 1,030 1,121 992 918 1,011 1,010 714 429 502

Share .............................................. 1.5 1.8 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.4

SE .................................................. 35.25 66.84 49.65 113.65 66.70 121.92 91.40 43.39 28.71

CV(%) ............................................. 3.42 5.96 5.00 12.38 6.60 12.08 12.81 10.12 5.72

Apparel and services

Mean .............................................. 2,235 1,760 2,685 2,450 2,870 2,523 2,250 2,113 1,154

Share .............................................. 3.3 2.9 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.4 3.3 5.5 3.2

SE .................................................. 57.46 63.83 103.70 194.86 137.75 211.77 218.62 190.03 47.70

CV(%) ............................................. 2.57 3.63 3.86 7.95 4.80 8.39 9.72 9.00 4.13

Men and boys

Mean .............................................. 526 382 668 424 740 701 491 467 274

Share .............................................. .8 .6 .9 .7 1.0 .9 .7 1.2 .8

SE .................................................. 19.55 30.40 34.03 51.48 41.11 72.85 55.35 64.08 18.03

CV(%) ............................................. 3.72 7.96 5.09 12.14 5.56 10.39 11.28 13.72 6.57

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1500. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

Husband and wife consumer units

One

parent,

at least

one child

under 18

Single

person

and other

consumer

units

Total

Husband

and wife

only

Husband and wife with children Other

husband

and wife

consumer

units

Total

Oldest

child

under 6

Oldest

child

6 to 17

Oldest

child 18

or older

Men, 16 and over

Mean .............................................. 397 353 451 299 408 618 327 265 244

Share .............................................. .6 .6 .6 .5 .5 .8 .5 .7 .7

SE .................................................. 17.73 29.64 28.97 47.03 34.24 63.99 52.10 62.61 17.30

CV(%) ............................................. 4.47 8.40 6.43 15.73 8.40 10.35 15.94 23.63 7.09

Boys, 2 to 15

Mean .............................................. 129 29 217 125 332 83 164 202 30

Share .............................................. .2 1 ( ) .3 .2 .4 .1 .2 .5 .1

SE .................................................. 6.00 3.85 11.94 14.56 19.75 16.74 33.30 22.31 3.31

CV(%) ............................................. 4.64 13.26 5.49 11.63 5.94 20.08 20.34 11.04 10.94

Women and girls

Mean .............................................. 894 766 1,021 859 1,136 931 856 837 450

Share .............................................. 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.2 1.3 2.2 1.2

SE .................................................. 33.96 46.83 55.80 108.86 76.55 116.71 137.90 99.26 29.33

CV(%) ............................................. 3.80 6.11 5.46 12.67 6.74 12.53 16.11 11.87 6.51

Women, 16 and over

Mean .............................................. 729 707 758 696 740 828 691 502 413

Share .............................................. 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.1

SE .................................................. 32.63 46.15 52.97 104.81 68.97 113.81 130.42 87.02 27.35

CV(%) ............................................. 4.47 6.53 6.99 15.07 9.32 13.75 18.88 17.35 6.62

Girls, 2 to 15

Mean .............................................. 164 59 263 164 396 103 165 335 37

Share .............................................. .2 .1 .4 .3 .5 .1 .2 .9 .1

SE .................................................. 10.00 8.59 18.76 20.79 32.55 18.60 21.60 55.43 4.85

CV(%) ............................................. 6.09 14.50 7.13 12.72 8.22 17.99 13.08 16.56 13.07

Children under 2

Mean .............................................. 88 24 144 488 82 31 130 133 28

Share .............................................. .1 1 ( ) .2 .8 .1 1 ( ) .2 .3 .1

SE .................................................. 6.64 4.25 13.43 59.60 12.54 9.42 26.49 32.05 3.34

CV(%) ............................................. 7.52 17.74 9.35 12.22 15.31 30.71 20.44 24.13 12.14

Footwear

Mean .............................................. 448 326 570 425 615 586 426 528 215

Share .............................................. .7 .5 .8 .7 .8 .8 .6 1.4 .6

SE .................................................. 21.17 32.32 39.66 54.83 57.10 82.87 59.29 74.45 15.03

CV(%) ............................................. 4.73 9.90 6.96 12.91 9.29 14.13 13.92 14.10 7.00

Other apparel products and services

Mean .............................................. 279 262 282 254 297 273 348 148 187

Share .............................................. .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .5 .4 .5

SE .................................................. 12.35 17.11 20.07 27.42 31.24 31.47 117.39 24.49 10.24

CV(%) ............................................. 4.43 6.54 7.13 10.78 10.50 11.52 33.77 16.53 5.48

Transportation

Mean .............................................. 12,163 11,254 12,786 10,925 12,522 14,424 13,174 6,353 5,968

Share .............................................. 18.1 18.4 17.6 17.0 16.8 19.2 19.6 16.4 16.5

SE .................................................. 278.27 366.36 402.85 773.30 556.11 791.81 828.88 381.86 184.70

CV(%) ............................................. 2.29 3.26 3.15 7.08 4.44 5.49 6.29 6.01 3.09

Vehicle purchases (net outlay)

Mean .............................................. 4,594 4,355 4,732 4,357 4,523 5,328 5,003 2,104 1,881

Share .............................................. 6.8 7.1 6.5 6.8 6.1 7.1 7.4 5.4 5.2

SE .................................................. 210.24 298.79 331.23 728.41 444.53 673.62 730.45 353.51 133.15

CV(%) ............................................. 4.58 6.86 7.00 16.72 9.83 12.64 14.60 16.80 7.08

Cars and trucks, new

Mean .............................................. 2,554 2,804 2,413 2,322 2,149 2,919 2,100 804 771

Share .............................................. 3.8 4.6 3.3 3.6 2.9 3.9 3.1 2.1 2.1

SE .................................................. 187.11 268.37 282.96 522.48 373.82 603.27 632.52 213.13 79.17

CV(%) ............................................. 7.33 9.57 11.72 22.50 17.40 20.67 30.12 26.50 10.27

Cars and trucks, used

Mean .............................................. 1,969 1,490 2,246 2,026 2,268 2,351 2,794 1,279 1,067

Share .............................................. 2.9 2.4 3.1 3.2 3.0 3.1 4.2 3.3 3.0

SE .................................................. 121.97 166.11 197.61 371.96 258.32 354.40 427.97 269.05 91.27

CV(%) ............................................. 6.19 11.15 8.80 18.36 11.39 15.07 15.32 21.04 8.56

Other vehicles

Mean .............................................. 71 61 73 9 106 58 110 21 44

Share .............................................. .1 .1 .1 1 ( ) .1 .1 .2 .1 .1

SE .................................................. 18.66 31.50 22.13 4.71 39.49 26.11 91.61 19.99 20.67

CV(%) ............................................. 26.36 51.84 30.44 52.41 37.31 44.97 83.61 94.91 46.86

Gasoline and motor oil

Mean .............................................. 3,599 3,023 3,999 3,283 4,038 4,397 4,212 2,231 1,929

Share .............................................. 5.3 4.9 5.5 5.1 5.4 5.8 6.3 5.8 5.3

SE .................................................. 38.51 43.65 58.30 81.03 76.63 103.78 141.69 69.70 29.68

CV(%) ............................................. 1.07 1.44 1.46 2.47 1.90 2.36 3.36 3.12 1.54

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1500. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

Husband and wife consumer units

One

parent,

at least

one child

under 18

Single

person

and other

consumer

units

Total

Husband

and wife

only

Husband and wife with children Other

husband

and wife

consumer

units

Total

Oldest

child

under 6

Oldest

child

6 to 17

Oldest

child 18

or older

Other vehicle expenses

Mean .............................................. 3,214 3,058 3,322 2,710 3,205 3,903 3,372 1,767 1,808

Share .............................................. 4.8 5.0 4.6 4.2 4.3 5.2 5.0 4.6 5.0

SE .................................................. 76.17 127.59 79.76 153.62 145.05 173.37 284.52 150.70 70.83

CV(%) ............................................. 2.37 4.17 2.40 5.67 4.53 4.44 8.44 8.53 3.92

Vehicle finance charges

Mean .............................................. 314 240 362 402 362 337 415 166 134

Share .............................................. .5 .4 .5 .6 .5 .4 .6 .4 .4

SE .................................................. 10.08 17.24 10.02 29.75 18.38 21.71 38.15 19.10 6.37

CV(%) ............................................. 3.21 7.19 2.77 7.41 5.08 6.44 9.20 11.49 4.74

Maintenance and repairs

Mean .............................................. 1,040 938 1,136 900 1,156 1,256 1,010 587 603

Share .............................................. 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.5 1.7

SE .................................................. 27.14 39.30 40.83 62.99 69.38 73.28 82.90 41.39 23.01

CV(%) ............................................. 2.61 4.19 3.59 7.00 6.00 5.84 8.21 7.05 3.82

Vehicle insurance

Mean .............................................. 1,270 1,326 1,201 841 1,086 1,617 1,365 744 783

Share .............................................. 1.9 2.2 1.6 1.3 1.5 2.1 2.0 1.9 2.2

SE .................................................. 60.67 121.13 73.63 156.86 107.65 176.58 242.65 132.98 54.59

CV(%) ............................................. 4.78 9.14 6.13 18.66 9.92 10.92 17.78 17.88 6.98

Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other

charges

Mean .............................................. 590 555 622 568 602 692 583 270 289

Share .............................................. .9 .9 .9 .9 .8 .9 .9 .7 .8

SE .................................................. 20.63 26.32 32.69 53.85 41.43 64.11 53.91 34.07 13.93

CV(%) ............................................. 3.50 4.75 5.25 9.49 6.88 9.26 9.24 12.63 4.82

Public and other transportation

Mean .............................................. 757 818 733 575 756 796 587 251 350

Share .............................................. 1.1 1.3 1.0 .9 1.0 1.1 .9 .6 1.0

SE .................................................. 26.85 38.96 35.12 63.16 51.95 59.68 63.68 36.79 16.03

CV(%) ............................................. 3.55 4.76 4.79 10.99 6.87 7.50 10.86 14.68 4.58

Health care

Mean .............................................. 4,828 5,407 4,310 3,381 4,167 5,150 4,854 1,704 2,430

Share .............................................. 7.2 8.8 5.9 5.3 5.6 6.8 7.2 4.4 6.7

SE .................................................. 79.24 119.31 117.52 154.52 121.60 266.15 255.19 96.71 66.25

CV(%) ............................................. 1.64 2.21 2.73 4.57 2.92 5.17 5.26 5.68 2.73

Health insurance

Mean .............................................. 2,860 3,251 2,518 2,119 2,439 2,909 2,840 924 1,349

Share .............................................. 4.2 5.3 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.9 4.2 2.4 3.7

SE .................................................. 58.06 89.76 62.62 116.89 75.64 163.89 149.62 68.09 29.27

CV(%) ............................................. 2.03 2.76 2.49 5.52 3.10 5.63 5.27 7.37 2.17

Medical services

Mean .............................................. 1,095 1,119 1,071 875 1,026 1,275 1,105 432 616

Share .............................................. 1.6 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.6 1.1 1.7

SE .................................................. 45.03 53.48 55.87 58.22 63.70 119.03 213.13 46.33 52.75

CV(%) ............................................. 4.11 4.78 5.22 6.66 6.21 9.34 19.29 10.73 8.57

Drugs

Mean .............................................. 682 845 526 270 513 712 749 278 365

Share .............................................. 1.0 1.4 .7 .4 .7 .9 1.1 .7 1.0

SE .................................................. 24.35 37.93 37.19 26.64 37.62 61.40 59.50 32.92 10.82

CV(%) ............................................. 3.57 4.49 7.08 9.88 7.34 8.62 7.95 11.84 2.96

Medical supplies

Mean .............................................. 191 192 195 118 190 254 160 70 100

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .3 .2 .3 .3 .2 .2 .3

SE .................................................. 10.48 15.97 17.10 15.36 29.16 27.49 25.15 8.81 5.20

CV(%) ............................................. 5.50 8.31 8.75 12.99 15.32 10.82 15.71 12.53 5.21

Entertainment

Mean .............................................. 3,554 3,228 3,948 3,023 4,530 3,563 3,013 1,846 1,689

Share .............................................. 5.3 5.3 5.4 4.7 6.1 4.7 4.5 4.8 4.7

SE .................................................. 91.60 122.19 148.30 292.86 217.17 182.17 264.11 106.15 49.04

CV(%) ............................................. 2.58 3.78 3.76 9.69 4.79 5.11 8.76 5.75 2.90

Fees and admissions

Mean .............................................. 915 728 1,156 648 1,536 842 522 425 318

Share .............................................. 1.4 1.2 1.6 1.0 2.1 1.1 .8 1.1 .9

SE .................................................. 30.86 35.22 47.60 75.02 84.57 55.77 63.16 59.75 16.68

CV(%) ............................................. 3.37 4.84 4.12 11.58 5.50 6.63 12.11 14.07 5.24

Audio and visual equipment and services

Mean .............................................. 1,190 1,129 1,248 1,067 1,340 1,210 1,185 856 770

Share .............................................. 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.8 2.2 2.1

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1500. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

Husband and wife consumer units

One

parent,

at least

one child

under 18

Single

person

and other

consumer

units

Total

Husband

and wife

only

Husband and wife with children Other

husband

and wife

consumer

units

Total

Oldest

child

under 6

Oldest

child

6 to 17

Oldest

child 18

or older

Audio and visual equipment and services

SE .................................................. 26.10 39.91 40.39 112.15 53.44 35.79 70.46 48.93 17.43

CV(%) ............................................. 2.19 3.53 3.24 10.51 3.99 2.96 5.95 5.71 2.26

Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground

equipment

Mean .............................................. 878 839 923 772 1,040 823 830 374 438

Share .............................................. 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.2

SE .................................................. 43.89 40.27 88.95 86.11 140.18 108.60 138.84 46.77 32.01

CV(%) ............................................. 5.00 4.80 9.64 11.15 13.48 13.20 16.72 12.51 7.31

Other entertainment supplies, equipment,

and services

Mean .............................................. 572 532 622 536 614 689 476 191 163

Share .............................................. .8 .9 .9 .8 .8 .9 .7 .5 .5

SE .................................................. 53.62 81.38 70.98 169.70 69.66 146.57 137.48 46.02 19.71

CV(%) ............................................. 9.38 15.29 11.42 31.68 11.35 21.29 28.85 24.11 12.09

Personal care products and services

Mean .............................................. 804 781 835 678 908 812 769 518 454

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.3

SE .................................................. 18.61 29.66 28.02 38.33 34.88 51.05 54.22 37.96 17.26

CV(%) ............................................. 2.31 3.80 3.36 5.66 3.84 6.29 7.05 7.33 3.80

Reading

Mean .............................................. 145 172 126 96 125 148 117 50 79

Share .............................................. .2 .3 .2 .1 .2 .2 .2 .1 .2

SE .................................................. 3.97 6.10 4.98 14.94 6.47 10.88 12.02 5.76 2.62

CV(%) ............................................. 2.73 3.54 3.95 15.60 5.19 7.37 10.30 11.46 3.34

Education

Mean .............................................. 1,706 985 2,417 793 2,240 3,767 1,313 846 724

Share .............................................. 2.5 1.6 3.3 1.2 3.0 5.0 2.0 2.2 2.0

SE .................................................. 91.43 129.12 161.32 168.20 209.38 337.77 220.25 190.27 58.82

CV(%) ............................................. 5.36 13.11 6.67 21.21 9.35 8.97 16.77 22.48 8.13

Tobacco products and smoking supplies

Mean .............................................. 314 282 317 236 299 401 457 248 360

Share .............................................. .5 .5 .4 .4 .4 .5 .7 .6 1.0

SE .................................................. 14.06 18.45 21.20 39.07 22.32 39.48 47.22 25.68 14.58

CV(%) ............................................. 4.47 6.54 6.68 16.52 7.48 9.84 10.32 10.37 4.06

Miscellaneous

Mean .............................................. 954 987 950 936 956 948 814 946 683

Share .............................................. 1.4 1.6 1.3 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.2 2.4 1.9

SE .................................................. 61.11 122.41 59.68 111.29 80.93 115.25 90.80 222.94 43.75

CV(%) ............................................. 6.40 12.40 6.28 11.89 8.46 12.16 11.15 23.57 6.40

Cash contributions

Mean .............................................. 2,550 3,117 2,078 1,705 1,955 2,528 2,375 720 1,378

Share .............................................. 3.8 5.1 2.9 2.7 2.6 3.4 3.5 1.9 3.8

SE .................................................. 168.72 220.75 124.08 206.84 152.97 205.12 929.66 85.00 111.00

CV(%) ............................................. 6.62 7.08 5.97 12.13 7.83 8.12 39.15 11.81 8.06

Personal insurance and pensions

Mean .............................................. 8,117 6,919 9,295 8,426 9,695 9,184 7,467 2,660 3,268

Share .............................................. 12.1 11.3 12.8 13.1 13.0 12.2 11.1 6.9 9.0

SE .................................................. 172.29 234.31 283.90 409.45 473.37 384.63 346.31 154.68 74.76

CV(%) ............................................. 2.12 3.39 3.05 4.86 4.88 4.19 4.64 5.81 2.29

Life and other personal insurance

Mean .............................................. 554 627 505 460 501 540 470 142 164

Share .............................................. .8 1.0 .7 .7 .7 .7 .7 .4 .5

SE .................................................. 30.38 62.17 47.44 159.35 60.68 57.84 55.02 19.22 14.10

CV(%) ............................................. 5.48 9.91 9.39 34.61 12.10 10.71 11.70 13.54 8.59

Pensions and Social Security

Mean .............................................. 7,562 6,291 8,790 7,966 9,194 8,643 6,996 2,518 3,103

Share .............................................. 11.2 10.3 12.1 12.4 12.3 11.5 10.4 6.5 8.6

SE .................................................. 165.55 214.68 267.48 334.95 453.72 360.87 331.53 148.72 71.55

CV(%) ............................................. 2.19 3.41 3.04 4.20 4.93 4.18 4.74 5.91 2.31

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1500. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

Husband and wife consumer units

One

parent,

at least

one child

under 18

Single

person

and other

consumer

units

Total

Husband

and wife

only

Husband and wife with children Other

husband

and wife

consumer

units

Total

Oldest

child

under 6

Oldest

child

6 to 17

Oldest

child 18

or older

Sources of income and personal taxes:

Money income before taxes

Mean .............................................. $90,393 $81,717 $98,104 $85,200 $100,698 $102,074 $90,293 $34,194 $43,086

SE .................................................. 1,431.34 1,800.23 1,836.68 2,672.54 2,894.28 2,985.69 3,706.22 1,399.41 1,365.28

CV(%) ............................................. 1.58 2.20 1.87 3.14 2.87 2.93 4.10 4.09 3.17

Wages and salaries

Mean .............................................. 74,033 56,327 89,694 81,174 92,882 89,830 74,250 27,244 31,057

Share .............................................. 81.9 68.9 91.4 95.3 92.2 88.0 82.2 79.7 72.1

SE .................................................. 1,237.79 1,471.56 1,757.50 2,481.12 2,677.73 2,976.27 3,671.15 1,393.55 1,171.44

CV(%) ............................................. 1.67 2.61 1.96 3.06 2.88 3.31 4.94 5.11 3.77

Self-employment income

Mean .............................................. 4,130 4,517 3,958 2,355 4,689 3,762 3,170 726 1,890

Share .............................................. 4.6 5.5 4.0 2.8 4.7 3.7 3.5 2.1 4.4

SE .................................................. 513.42 1,035.57 464.65 662.21 774.75 671.12 755.47 223.78 447.16

CV(%) ............................................. 12.43 22.93 11.74 28.12 16.52 17.84 23.83 30.83 23.66

Social Security, private and government

retirement

Mean .............................................. 9,506 17,435 2,305 261 957 5,899 10,459 1,658 7,183

Share .............................................. 10.5 21.3 2.3 .3 1.0 5.8 11.6 4.8 16.7

SE .................................................. 270.15 588.61 259.30 91.29 154.62 690.00 856.85 278.96 178.48

CV(%) ............................................. 2.84 3.38 11.25 35.03 16.15 11.70 8.19 16.83 2.48

Interest, dividends, rental income, other

property income

Mean .............................................. 1,542 2,511 875 361 878 1,202 465 424 1,271

Share .............................................. 1.7 3.1 .9 .4 .9 1.2 .5 1.2 2.9

SE .................................................. 139.50 260.33 183.71 138.69 285.30 337.13 138.06 216.73 196.44

CV(%) ............................................. 9.05 10.37 21.00 38.46 32.49 28.05 29.67 51.13 15.46

Unemployment and workers’ compensation,

veterans’ benefits

Mean .............................................. 456 300 544 459 477 711 732 628 377

Share .............................................. .5 .4 .6 .5 .5 .7 .8 1.8 .9

SE .................................................. 34.42 39.59 61.53 94.37 80.10 130.16 118.22 215.17 33.97

CV(%) ............................................. 7.55 13.17 11.32 20.55 16.81 18.30 16.16 34.27 9.01

Public assistance, supplemental security

income, food stamps

Mean .............................................. 349 237 370 336 396 347 785 1,422 627

Share .............................................. .4 .3 .4 .4 .4 .3 .9 4.2 1.5

SE .................................................. 28.13 44.11 41.29 75.80 61.77 74.84 126.66 162.46 42.58

CV(%) ............................................. 8.07 18.64 11.17 22.55 15.59 21.56 16.14 11.43 6.79

Regular contributions for support

Mean .............................................. 190 170 187 100 232 167 305 1,786 420

Share .............................................. .2 .2 .2 .1 .2 .2 .3 5.2 1.0

SE .................................................. 34.43 62.96 32.49 40.01 63.88 101.87 74.94 207.17 41.98

CV(%) ............................................. 18.16 37.14 17.41 40.05 27.58 61.07 24.57 11.60 10.00

Other income

Mean .............................................. 189 220 172 155 188 156 128 306 261

Share .............................................. .2 .3 .2 .2 .2 .2 .1 .9 .6

SE .................................................. 24.95 67.57 28.04 38.62 56.42 37.13 47.01 59.33 21.19

CV(%) ............................................. 13.21 30.68 16.32 24.95 30.08 23.73 36.84 19.36 8.10

Personal taxes (missing values not imputed)

Mean .............................................. 2,886 3,297 2,716 2,563 2,669 2,895 1,800 -281 1,818

Share .............................................. 3.2 4.0 2.8 3.0 2.7 2.8 2.0 -.8 4.2

SE .................................................. 209.87 310.57 290.95 558.44 494.89 439.01 424.45 184.93 451.34

CV(%) ............................................. 7.27 9.42 10.71 21.79 18.54 15.17 23.59 -65.77 24.83

Federal income taxes

Mean .............................................. 2,012 2,411 1,813 1,753 1,726 1,997 1,149 -516 1,339

Share .............................................. 2.2 3.0 1.8 2.1 1.7 2.0 1.3 -1.5 3.1

SE .................................................. 166.11 254.65 225.63 467.12 393.60 316.63 342.88 155.39 383.64

CV(%) ............................................. 8.26 10.56 12.45 26.65 22.80 15.86 29.85 -30.14 28.66

State and local income taxes

Mean .............................................. 691 669 741 667 778 728 523 154 395

Share .............................................. .8 .8 .8 .8 .8 .7 .6 .4 .9

SE .................................................. 48.34 66.37 68.21 93.95 118.91 122.18 100.97 41.02 73.03

CV(%) ............................................. 6.99 9.92 9.20 14.10 15.29 16.79 19.32 26.66 18.50

Other taxes

Mean .............................................. 183 217 162 144 165 170 128 81 84

Share .............................................. .2 .3 .2 .2 .2 .2 .1 .2 .2

SE .................................................. 22.53 31.96 21.14 50.37 25.98 38.46 27.56 32.00 8.05

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1500. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

Husband and wife consumer units

One

parent,

at least

one child

under 18

Single

person

and other

consumer

units

Total

Husband

and wife

only

Husband and wife with children Other

husband

and wife

consumer

units

Total

Oldest

child

under 6

Oldest

child

6 to 17

Oldest

child 18

or older

Other taxes

CV(%) ............................................. 12.32 14.74 13.01 35.01 15.74 22.61 21.47 39.74 9.55

Income after taxes

Mean .............................................. 87,507 78,420 95,387 82,637 98,029 99,179 88,494 34,475 41,268

Share .............................................. 96.8 96.0 97.2 97.0 97.3 97.2 98.0 100.8 95.8

SE .................................................. 1,383.23 1,787.63 1,754.93 2,534.81 2,673.68 2,866.09 3,608.03 1,349.93 1,021.11

CV(%) ............................................. 1.58 2.28 1.84 3.07 2.73 2.89 4.08 3.92 2.47

Addenda:

Net change in total assets and liabilities

Mean .............................................. - $8,892 - $4,852 - $12,920 - $8,163 - $17,474 - $8,318 - $6,406 - $4,641 - $1,147

SE .................................................. 1,489.22 1,942.84 2,650.76 6,044.15 5,008.45 3,135.90 6,433.16 3,604.81 1,061.69

CV(%) ............................................. -16.75 -40.04 -20.52 -74.04 -28.66 -37.70 -100.43 -77.67 -92.55

Net change in total assets

Mean .............................................. 6,790 6,512 6,938 17,791 5,168 2,904 7,338 3,509 3,445

SE .................................................. 1,177.41 1,186.64 2,066.17 4,499.13 3,533.10 1,309.71 4,517.40 2,145.83 905.63

CV(%) ............................................. 17.34 18.22 29.78 25.29 68.36 45.10 61.56 61.15 26.29

Net change in total liabilities

Mean .............................................. 15,682 11,365 19,858 25,954 22,643 11,222 13,744 8,151 4,592

SE .................................................. 1,219.82 1,976.41 2,047.50 6,261.61 3,411.68 2,850.07 4,368.24 3,438.09 940.68

CV(%) ............................................. 7.78 17.39 10.31 24.13 15.07 25.40 31.78 42.18 20.48

Other financial information:

Other money receipts

Mean .............................................. 830 751 676 303 635 986 2,082 157 651

SE .................................................. 246.42 131.42 279.57 117.60 319.72 754.94 1,610.20 68.41 172.74

CV(%) ............................................. 29.69 17.51 41.36 38.75 50.36 76.57 77.33 43.59 26.51

Mortgage principal paid on owned property

Mean .............................................. -2,922 -2,531 -3,250 -2,469 -3,369 -3,552 -3,027 -937 -1,011

SE .................................................. 82.08 128.71 113.28 186.93 167.26 166.90 308.21 88.05 37.82

CV(%) ............................................. -2.81 -5.09 -3.49 -7.57 -4.96 -4.70 -10.18 -9.39 -3.74

Estimated market value of owned home

Mean .............................................. 208,939 216,218 208,528 161,409 209,080 238,068 175,211 60,238 97,288

SE .................................................. 4,207.18 5,778.83 4,901.77 7,964.40 6,635.50 8,676.77 9,913.23 5,722.38 3,473.51

CV(%) ............................................. 2.01 2.67 2.35 4.93 3.17 3.64 5.66 9.50 3.57

Estimated monthly rental value of owned

home

Mean .............................................. 1,179 1,210 1,177 948 1,199 1,290 1,034 414 594

SE .................................................. 21.76 32.00 22.47 33.04 30.30 38.76 42.36 27.82 10.58

CV(%) ............................................. 1.85 2.64 1.91 3.49 2.53 3.00 4.10 6.72 1.78

Gifts of goods and services, total

Mean .............................................. 1,498 1,893 1,245 517 1,247 1,711 870 703 761

SE .................................................. 84.91 139.25 94.59 83.26 130.66 234.33 172.36 181.90 48.70

CV(%) ............................................. 5.67 7.36 7.60 16.09 10.47 13.70 19.80 25.86 6.40

Food

Mean .............................................. 162 218 127 27 171 115 70 46 50

SE .................................................. 20.17 39.84 17.80 6.65 25.15 27.87 32.68 18.20 5.20

CV(%) ............................................. 12.45 18.30 14.05 24.46 14.68 24.18 46.72 39.48 10.31

Alcoholic beverages

Mean .............................................. 15 21 11 4 16 7 2 6 10

SE .................................................. 2.61 4.93 2.41 1.93 4.72 2.92 1.05 2.75 2.28

CV(%) ............................................. 17.66 23.77 21.61 47.09 28.65 43.86 51.11 42.54 23.51

Housing

Mean .............................................. 240 285 216 148 216 261 132 125 146

SE .................................................. 14.79 24.38 16.96 26.75 23.27 37.69 25.00 21.44 14.52

CV(%) ............................................. 6.16 8.55 7.84 18.02 10.78 14.43 18.90 17.10 9.93

Housekeeping supplies

Mean .............................................. 37 49 30 31 35 21 14 22 20

SE .................................................. 3.95 7.74 3.64 8.84 5.40 6.04 4.14 9.42 4.28

CV(%) ............................................. 10.57 15.72 12.23 28.56 15.55 29.29 29.96 43.60 21.54

Household textiles

Mean .............................................. 16 14 14 25 6 21 30 3 5

SE .................................................. 2.83 4.37 4.61 11.74 1.29 14.58 11.00 2.22 .94

CV(%) ............................................. 18.16 30.20 32.77 47.69 21.93 68.80 36.78 78.23 20.05

Appliances and miscellaneous housewares

Mean .............................................. 25 34 18 11 20 19 8 9 13

SE .................................................. 3.17 6.14 4.01 4.62 6.56 6.59 4.40 6.43 2.15

CV(%) ............................................. 12.94 17.83 22.22 40.81 33.23 33.79 52.55 70.30 17.05

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1500. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

Husband and wife consumer units

One

parent,

at least

one child

under 18

Single

person

and other

consumer

units

Total

Husband

and wife

only

Husband and wife with children Other

husband

and wife

consumer

units

Total

Oldest

child

under 6

Oldest

child

6 to 17

Oldest

child 18

or older

Major appliances

Mean .............................................. 9 13 7 5 11 4 1 ( ) 1 4

SE .................................................. 2.43 3.97 3.25 3.04 6.12 1.33 .17 .73 1.05

CV(%) ............................................. 26.27 30.25 43.49 60.75 56.97 37.54 133.02 93.66 24.70

Small appliances and miscellaneous

housewares

Mean .............................................. 15 21 11 6 9 16 8 8 8

SE .................................................. 2.21 4.64 2.29 3.34 2.65 6.56 4.38 6.40 1.79

CV(%) ............................................. 14.49 21.77 21.61 52.97 29.49 41.10 53.16 76.43 21.35

Miscellaneous household equipment

Mean .............................................. 55 73 45 40 54 33 20 15 44

SE .................................................. 5.63 8.13 9.14 14.91 14.14 8.62 6.85 7.25 7.83

CV(%) ............................................. 10.15 11.07 20.30 36.98 26.08 26.43 33.80 47.42 17.76

Other housing

Mean .............................................. 107 114 110 41 101 167 60 77 65

SE .................................................. 10.09 17.73 11.41 10.64 14.56 34.20 15.08 14.78 12.64

CV(%) ............................................. 9.43 15.59 10.42 25.79 14.37 20.44 25.19 19.32 19.46

Apparel and services

Mean .............................................. 250 323 172 149 147 228 289 209 177

SE .................................................. 16.97 30.04 19.11 39.71 16.93 48.00 93.50 46.58 14.15

CV(%) ............................................. 6.79 9.29 11.13 26.59 11.55 21.08 32.32 22.27 8.00

Males, 2 and over

Mean .............................................. 56 78 32 24 21 55 75 102 43

SE .................................................. 5.28 11.04 6.27 11.19 6.02 16.23 26.49 32.60 4.56

CV(%) ............................................. 9.43 14.20 19.61 46.38 28.24 29.65 35.13 31.91 10.69

Females, 2 and over

Mean .............................................. 111 160 70 26 62 110 72 42 65

SE .................................................. 13.16 25.02 11.84 7.50 10.62 34.30 21.62 15.74 7.75

CV(%) ............................................. 11.86 15.67 16.90 28.80 17.00 31.15 30.22 37.17 11.90

Children under 2

Mean .............................................. 26 24 31 55 26 22 15 27 12

SE .................................................. 4.69 4.25 9.08 32.29 6.02 8.56 7.96 9.31 2.21

CV(%) ............................................. 17.88 17.74 29.77 58.42 22.88 38.79 52.68 34.87 17.72

Other apparel products and services

Mean .............................................. 57 62 39 44 36 41 127 38 57

SE .................................................. 8.86 8.86 5.50 14.83 7.96 7.51 84.24 9.18 8.96

CV(%) ............................................. 15.59 14.33 14.05 33.79 21.81 18.43 66.23 24.19 15.84

Jewelry and watches

Mean .............................................. 19 19 6 11 4 8 90 6 31

SE .................................................. 7.47 4.65 1.18 5.93 1.20 2.27 82.20 2.18 7.46

CV(%) ............................................. 39.38 24.78 19.14 54.48 33.70 30.11 91.00 36.61 24.00

All other apparel products and services

Mean .............................................. 38 43 33 33 33 33 37 32 25

SE .................................................. 4.48 7.95 5.47 13.57 7.69 8.28 21.37 9.23 3.31

CV(%) ............................................. 11.83 18.50 16.56 41.13 23.37 24.94 57.97 28.86 13.00

Transportation

Mean .............................................. 155 206 128 92 95 207 54 23 76

SE .................................................. 30.65 51.77 34.37 59.57 30.61 101.80 12.66 6.84 17.33

CV(%) ............................................. 19.78 25.13 26.84 64.84 32.32 49.07 23.59 29.30 22.93

Health care

Mean .............................................. 42 36 46 11 68 31 61 17 68

SE .................................................. 17.70 9.17 35.77 6.37 63.91 13.14 34.80 10.95 20.39

CV(%) ............................................. 41.98 25.55 77.54 56.07 93.77 42.08 56.84 66.18 30.02

Entertainment

Mean .............................................. 114 160 84 55 81 107 37 37 53

SE .................................................. 10.42 19.30 13.35 15.89 11.91 28.95 11.92 10.41 6.89

CV(%) ............................................. 9.15 12.04 15.94 28.93 14.71 27.13 32.35 27.96 12.97

Toys, games, arts and crafts, and tricycles

Mean .............................................. 38 52 28 27 36 15 16 7 20

SE .................................................. 5.75 10.95 4.81 11.69 7.34 5.86 10.42 4.00 4.12

CV(%) ............................................. 15.10 21.02 17.26 42.90 20.48 39.22 64.22 55.82 20.18

Other entertainment

Mean .............................................. 76 108 56 28 45 92 21 30 33

SE .................................................. 8.15 15.35 11.77 11.77 8.59 29.63 5.08 9.85 4.91

CV(%) ............................................. 10.76 14.18 21.08 42.53 19.05 32.30 24.64 32.77 15.03

Personal care products and services

Mean .............................................. 19 26 15 4 19 16 9 16 12

SE .................................................. 3.72 6.60 4.78 2.09 8.37 5.67 4.39 9.58 3.82

CV(%) ............................................. 19.19 25.75 31.94 55.77 44.69 36.20 48.02 60.55 31.19

Reading

Mean .............................................. 2 3 1 1 2 1 3 2 2

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1500. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of variation,

Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

Husband and wife consumer units

One

parent,

at least

one child

under 18

Single

person

and other

consumer

units

Total

Husband

and wife

only

Husband and wife with children Other

husband

and wife

consumer

units

Total

Oldest

child

under 6

Oldest

child

6 to 17

Oldest

child 18

or older

Reading

SE .................................................. .28 .51 .30 1.00 .66 .33 2.10 1.04 .31

CV(%) ............................................. 13.58 18.93 21.94 83.15 37.42 43.22 83.55 59.70 18.21

Education

Mean .............................................. 422 502 400 4 387 679 154 201 96

SE .................................................. 50.46 72.48 68.42 1.76 80.72 155.15 49.12 145.20 17.62

CV(%) ............................................. 11.94 14.45 17.10 42.49 20.87 22.86 31.97 72.28 18.29

All other gifts

Mean .............................................. 76 114 45 21 46 59 60 21 71

SE .................................................. 9.64 14.65 9.06 5.66 13.69 13.70 22.55 7.29 12.70

CV(%) ............................................. 12.69 12.86 20.12 26.96 29.86 23.12 37.66 35.38 17.87

1 Value is too small to display.

n.a. Not applicable.

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