Table 1800. Region of residence: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and relative standard errors, Consumer 

Expenditure Surveys, 2022

Item

All

consumer

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Northeast Midwest South West

Number of consumer units (in thousands)1............................................ 134,090 23,015 28,453 52,034 30,589 

Consumer unit characteristics:

 Income before taxes

 Mean ................................................................ $94,003 $108,768 $91,430 $83,346 $103,418 

 SE .................................................................... 1,231.08 3,748.99 2,359.80 1,995.87 3,498.59 

 RSE.................................................................. 1.31 3.45 2.58 2.39 3.38 

 Income after taxes

 Mean ................................................................ 83,195 93,870 81,174 75,370 90,354 

 SE .................................................................... 960.32 2,775.34 1,928.75 1,623.45 2,686.59 

 RSE.................................................................. 1.15 2.96 2.38 2.15 2.97 

 Age of reference person...................................................................... 52.1 52.8 52.5 52.0 51.4 

 Average number in consumer unit:

 People .............................................................................................. 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.5 

 Children under 18 ............................................................................ .6 .6 .5 .5 .6 

 Adults 65 and older.......................................................................... .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 

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

 Vehicles............................................................................................ 1.9 1.7 2.0 1.8 2.0 

Percent distribution:

 Reference person:

 Men .................................................................................................. 49 47 48 50 49 

 Women............................................................................................. 51 53 52 50 51 

 Housing tenure:

 Homeowner...................................................................................... 65 62 71 67 59 

 With mortgage............................................................................... 38 35 42 37 39 

 Without mortgage ......................................................................... 27 27 29 30 20 

 Renter............................................................................................... 35 38 29 33 41 

 Race of reference person:

 Black or African-American ............................................................... 13 14 11 18 5 

 White, Asian, and all other races, not including Black or

 African-American .......................................................................... 87 86 89 82 95 

 Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person:

 Hispanic or Latino ............................................................................ 15 13 7 15 22 

 Not Hispanic or Latino...................................................................... 85 87 93 85 78 

 Education of reference person:

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

 High school (9-12)............................................................................ 28 28 27 31 22 

 College ............................................................................................. 69 69 70 66 75 

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

 At least one vehicle owned or leased ................................................. 89 81 91 90 91 

Average annual expenditures

 Mean ................................................................ $72,967 $79,741 $69,870 $65,576 $83,317 

 SE .................................................................... 902.42 2,001.15 1,614.65 1,532.82 2,387.99 

 RSE.................................................................. 1.24 2.51 2.31 2.34 2.87 

 Food

 Mean ................................................................ 9,343 10,199 8,827 8,443 10,699 

 Share................................................................ 12.8 12.8 12.6 12.9 12.8 

 SE .................................................................... 125.98 304.81 233.59 291.69 205.50 

 RSE.................................................................. 1.35 2.99 2.65 3.45 1.92 

 Food at home

 Mean ................................................................ 5,703 6,303 5,559 5,135 6,342 

 Share................................................................ 7.8 7.9 8.0 7.8 7.6 

 SE .................................................................... 89.92 178.17 164.12 184.83 201.05 

 RSE.................................................................. 1.58 2.83 2.95 3.60 3.17 

 Cereals and bakery products

 Mean ................................................................ 712 825 703 622 786 

 Share................................................................ 1.0 1.0 1.0 .9 .9 

 SE .................................................................... 15.30 32.14 22.67 29.80 34.47 

 RSE.................................................................. 2.15 3.90 3.23 4.79 4.39 

 Cereals and cereal products

 Mean ................................................................ 215 251 206 184 248 

See footnotes at end of table.
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Northeast Midwest South West

 Cereals and cereal products

 Share................................................................ .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 

 SE .................................................................... 6.08 14.24 13.84 10.40 11.55 

 RSE.................................................................. 2.83 5.68 6.71 5.66 4.65 

 Bakery products

 Mean ................................................................ 497 574 496 438 537 

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

 SE .................................................................... 11.16 23.63 15.68 20.48 29.47 

 RSE.................................................................. 2.25 4.11 3.16 4.67 5.48 

 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 Mean ................................................................ 1,216 1,325 1,148 1,149 1,308 

 Share................................................................ 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.6 

 SE .................................................................... 25.95 67.11 56.60 40.90 63.56 

 RSE.................................................................. 2.13 5.07 4.93 3.56 4.86 

 Beef

 Mean ................................................................ 317 279 311 323 344 

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

 SE .................................................................... 12.70 30.80 29.48 19.08 26.72 

 RSE.................................................................. 4.00 11.04 9.48 5.90 7.77 

 Pork

 Mean ................................................................ 246 241 261 233 260 

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

 SE .................................................................... 8.85 15.02 24.86 12.18 23.70 

 RSE.................................................................. 3.59 6.24 9.53 5.22 9.11 

 Other meats

 Mean ................................................................ 167 210 174 148 160 

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

 SE .................................................................... 6.49 11.61 10.39 12.59 11.57 

 RSE.................................................................. 3.87 5.52 5.96 8.49 7.21 

 Poultry

 Mean ................................................................ 215 240 191 204 236 

 Share................................................................ .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 

 SE .................................................................... 5.35 11.74 6.02 9.90 12.20 

 RSE.................................................................. 2.49 4.90 3.15 4.86 5.17 

 Fish and seafood

 Mean ................................................................ 183 264 138 160 200 

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

 SE .................................................................... 9.84 45.55 5.91 12.60 14.86 

 RSE.................................................................. 5.39 17.24 4.28 7.90 7.43 

 Eggs

 Mean ................................................................ 87 91 73 81 107 

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

 SE .................................................................... 2.16 3.35 3.80 3.65 5.74 

 RSE.................................................................. 2.48 3.69 5.22 4.50 5.35 

 Dairy products

 Mean ................................................................ 532 615 523 460 599 

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

 SE .................................................................... 8.17 13.75 15.37 17.47 21.12 

 RSE.................................................................. 1.54 2.23 2.94 3.80 3.52 

 Fresh milk and cream

 Mean ................................................................ 168 193 160 143 200 

 Share................................................................ .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 

 SE .................................................................... 3.50 10.54 6.86 5.90 5.95 

 RSE.................................................................. 2.08 5.47 4.28 4.12 2.98 

 Other dairy products

 Mean ................................................................ 364 423 363 317 399 

 Share................................................................ .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 

 SE .................................................................... 6.64 13.06 11.70 13.90 17.40 

 RSE.................................................................. 1.83 3.09 3.23 4.39 4.36 

 Fruits and vegetables

 Mean ................................................................ 1,099 1,294 1,040 916 1,317 

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

 SE .................................................................... 23.03 43.02 43.16 48.85 34.96 

 RSE.................................................................. 2.10 3.32 4.15 5.33 2.65 

 Fresh fruits

 Mean ................................................................ 406 486 379 329 502 

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

 SE .................................................................... 8.39 18.58 17.27 18.14 13.91 

 RSE.................................................................. 2.06 3.82 4.56 5.51 2.77 

 Fresh vegetables

 Mean ................................................................ 352 427 311 283 451 

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

 SE .................................................................... 8.67 17.19 16.17 15.49 19.38 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1800. Region of residence: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and relative standard errors, Consumer 

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Northeast Midwest South West

 Fresh vegetables

 RSE.................................................................. 2.46 4.03 5.20 5.47 4.30 

 Processed fruits

 Mean ................................................................ 144 159 144 125 165 

 Share................................................................ .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 

 SE .................................................................... 4.82 10.27 8.65 9.12 9.15 

 RSE.................................................................. 3.35 6.45 6.00 7.31 5.56 

 Processed vegetables

 Mean ................................................................ 197 222 206 179 199 

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

 SE .................................................................... 6.62 9.88 13.02 12.16 13.54 

 RSE.................................................................. 3.36 4.45 6.33 6.79 6.81 

 Other food at home

 Mean ................................................................ 2,144 2,244 2,146 1,988 2,333 

 Share................................................................ 2.9 2.8 3.1 3.0 2.8 

 SE .................................................................... 32.56 73.45 61.28 67.47 76.65 

 RSE.................................................................. 1.52 3.27 2.86 3.39 3.29 

 Sugar and other sweets

 Mean ................................................................ 197 197 204 186 211 

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

 SE .................................................................... 5.14 7.34 11.44 8.04 16.05 

 RSE.................................................................. 2.61 3.73 5.62 4.33 7.61 

 Fats and oils

 Mean ................................................................ 157 172 154 146 167 

 Share................................................................ .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 

 SE .................................................................... 4.89 9.77 10.47 9.15 8.20 

 RSE.................................................................. 3.12 5.68 6.80 6.27 4.90 

 Miscellaneous foods

 Mean ................................................................ 1,117 1,181 1,116 1,012 1,247 

 Share................................................................ 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.5 

 SE .................................................................... 19.29 47.59 46.42 40.78 37.13 

 RSE.................................................................. 1.73 4.03 4.16 4.03 2.98 

 Nonalcoholic beverages

 Mean ................................................................ 584 607 573 566 607 

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

 SE .................................................................... 12.30 28.88 17.21 18.69 36.90 

 RSE.................................................................. 2.11 4.76 3.00 3.30 6.07 

 Food prepared by consumer unit on out of town trips

 Mean ................................................................ 89 87 99 78 100 

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

 SE .................................................................... 3.94 7.91 10.72 6.68 5.79 

 RSE.................................................................. 4.42 9.08 10.78 8.57 5.80 

 Food away from home

 Mean ................................................................ 3,639 3,896 3,268 3,309 4,357 

 Share................................................................ 5.0 4.9 4.7 5.0 5.2 

 SE .................................................................... 77.88 172.44 102.16 188.36 101.86 

 RSE.................................................................. 2.14 4.43 3.13 5.69 2.34 

 Alcoholic beverages

 Mean ................................................................ 583 679 591 506 634 

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

 SE .................................................................... 17.02 36.48 26.30 30.18 40.71 

 RSE.................................................................. 2.92 5.38 4.45 5.97 6.42 

 Housing

 Mean ................................................................ 24,298 27,433 21,907 21,494 28,938 

 Share................................................................ 33.3 34.4 31.4 32.8 34.7 

 SE .................................................................... 307.36 500.63 530.68 462.90 830.55 

 RSE.................................................................. 1.26 1.82 2.42 2.15 2.87 

 Shelter

 Mean ................................................................ 14,507 17,197 12,314 12,240 18,378 

 Share................................................................ 19.9 21.6 17.6 18.7 22.1 

 SE .................................................................... 247.67 426.24 449.26 377.31 679.51 

 RSE.................................................................. 1.71 2.48 3.65 3.08 3.70 

 Owned dwellings

 Mean ................................................................ 8,230 9,791 7,952 6,961 9,471 

 Share................................................................ 11.3 12.3 11.4 10.6 11.4 

 SE .................................................................... 176.09 382.76 254.10 306.31 447.98 

 RSE.................................................................. 2.14 3.91 3.20 4.40 4.73 

 Mortgage interest and charges

 Mean ................................................................ 3,101 3,042 2,672 2,614 4,372 

 Share................................................................ 4.2 3.8 3.8 4.0 5.2 

 SE .................................................................... 72.73 106.03 130.30 132.53 208.74 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1800. Region of residence: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and relative standard errors, Consumer 

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consumer

units

Northeast Midwest South West

 Mortgage interest and charges

 RSE.................................................................. 2.35 3.49 4.88 5.07 4.77 

 Property taxes

 Mean ................................................................ 2,570 4,056 2,736 1,857 2,508 

 Share................................................................ 3.5 5.1 3.9 2.8 3.0 

 SE .................................................................... 57.72 231.51 102.61 71.18 101.38 

 RSE.................................................................. 2.25 5.71 3.75 3.83 4.04 

 Maintenance, repairs, insurance, and other expenses

 Mean ................................................................ 2,559 2,692 2,544 2,491 2,591 

 Share................................................................ 3.5 3.4 3.6 3.8 3.1 

 SE .................................................................... 89.16 248.96 114.95 166.07 190.80 

 RSE.................................................................. 3.48 9.25 4.52 6.67 7.37 

 Rented dwellings

 Mean ................................................................ 4,990 5,697 3,154 4,249 7,429 

 Share................................................................ 6.8 7.1 4.5 6.5 8.9 

 SE .................................................................... 79.41 201.75 190.07 146.26 289.58 

 RSE.................................................................. 1.59 3.54 6.03 3.44 3.90 

 Other lodging

 Mean ................................................................ 1,287 1,710 1,208 1,030 1,478 

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

 SE .................................................................... 55.70 96.02 87.62 85.98 153.62 

 RSE.................................................................. 4.33 5.61 7.25 8.35 10.40 

 Utilities, fuels, and public services

 Mean ................................................................ 4,549 4,829 4,534 4,481 4,468 

 Share................................................................ 6.2 6.1 6.5 6.8 5.4 

 SE .................................................................... 42.57 152.40 71.48 61.11 98.71 

 RSE.................................................................. .94 3.16 1.58 1.36 2.21 

 Natural gas

 Mean ................................................................ 535 753 854 314 451 

 Share................................................................ .7 .9 1.2 .5 .5 

 SE .................................................................... 15.13 30.87 38.22 25.79 28.15 

 RSE.................................................................. 2.83 4.10 4.48 8.22 6.25 

 Electricity

 Mean ................................................................ 1,683 1,571 1,480 1,922 1,550 

 Share................................................................ 2.3 2.0 2.1 2.9 1.9 

 SE .................................................................... 23.08 32.34 58.15 27.50 61.09 

 RSE.................................................................. 1.37 2.06 3.93 1.43 3.94 

 Fuel oil and other fuels

 Mean ................................................................ 160 489 136 86 63 

 Share................................................................ .2 .6 .2 .1 .1 

 SE .................................................................... 14.19 69.80 25.25 17.54 14.44 

 RSE.................................................................. 8.85 14.28 18.53 20.45 23.06 

 Telephone services

 Mean ................................................................ 1,431 1,448 1,378 1,425 1,478 

 Share................................................................ 2.0 1.8 2.0 2.2 1.8 

 SE .................................................................... 16.02 50.89 34.22 29.69 19.38 

 RSE.................................................................. 1.12 3.51 2.48 2.08 1.31 

 Residential phone service, VOIP, and phone cards

 Mean ................................................................ 147 222 131 138 121 

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

 SE .................................................................... 6.30 13.83 6.67 13.37 10.06 

 RSE.................................................................. 4.28 6.23 5.09 9.70 8.30 

 Cellular phone service

 Mean ................................................................ 1,284 1,227 1,247 1,288 1,357 

 Share................................................................ 1.8 1.5 1.8 2.0 1.6 

 SE .................................................................... 14.99 39.00 34.36 29.69 18.45 

 RSE.................................................................. 1.17 3.18 2.76 2.31 1.36 

 Water and other public services

 Mean ................................................................ 739 568 686 734 927 

 Share................................................................ 1.0 .7 1.0 1.1 1.1 

 SE .................................................................... 17.00 75.41 20.41 27.05 23.95 

 RSE.................................................................. 2.30 13.28 2.98 3.69 2.58 

 Household operations

 Mean ................................................................ 1,849 2,052 1,721 1,662 2,135 

 Share................................................................ 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.6 

 SE .................................................................... 54.87 105.86 77.41 101.30 113.17 

 RSE.................................................................. 2.97 5.16 4.50 6.10 5.30 

 Personal services

 Mean ................................................................ 488 617 502 355 605 

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

 SE .................................................................... 34.27 77.44 57.34 52.54 81.88 

 RSE.................................................................. 7.02 12.56 11.42 14.80 13.54 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1800. Region of residence: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and relative standard errors, Consumer 

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units

Northeast Midwest South West

 Other household expenses

 Mean ................................................................ 1,361 1,435 1,219 1,307 1,531 

 Share................................................................ 1.9 1.8 1.7 2.0 1.8 

 SE .................................................................... 31.35 61.78 49.88 59.31 62.12 

 RSE.................................................................. 2.30 4.31 4.09 4.54 4.06 

 Housekeeping supplies

 Mean ................................................................ 787 810 810 740 828 

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

 SE .................................................................... 18.24 36.06 46.34 35.02 35.56 

 RSE.................................................................. 2.32 4.45 5.72 4.73 4.29 

 Laundry and cleaning supplies

 Mean ................................................................ 170 157 175 166 181 

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

 SE .................................................................... 4.65 14.90 9.82 7.96 8.32 

 RSE.................................................................. 2.74 9.50 5.62 4.79 4.58 

 Other household products

 Mean ................................................................ 489 544 525 467 452 

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

 SE .................................................................... 16.95 34.66 37.94 30.31 31.89 

 RSE.................................................................. 3.47 6.37 7.23 6.50 7.06 

 Postage and stationery

 Mean ................................................................ 128 109 111 107 195 

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

 SE .................................................................... 8.42 9.03 11.50 7.69 31.60 

 RSE.................................................................. 6.58 8.27 10.39 7.20 16.19 

 Household furnishings and equipment

 Mean ................................................................ 2,606 2,544 2,528 2,371 3,127 

 Share................................................................ 3.6 3.2 3.6 3.6 3.8 

 SE .................................................................... 71.83 100.14 97.44 129.02 192.81 

 RSE.................................................................. 2.76 3.94 3.85 5.44 6.17 

 Household textiles

 Mean ................................................................ 138 118 165 117 165 

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

 SE .................................................................... 12.34 18.71 33.55 17.22 25.06 

 RSE.................................................................. 8.93 15.82 20.32 14.77 15.16 

 Furniture

 Mean ................................................................ 746 741 721 721 816 

 Share................................................................ 1.0 .9 1.0 1.1 1.0 

 SE .................................................................... 54.77 101.50 94.56 110.27 80.10 

 RSE.................................................................. 7.34 13.70 13.12 15.29 9.81 

 Floor coverings

 Mean ................................................................ 34 43 35 24 42 

 Share................................................................ ( 3 ) .1 .1 ( 3 ) .1 

 SE .................................................................... 3.54 6.77 8.33 4.19 9.49 

 RSE.................................................................. 10.54 15.74 23.51 17.74 22.70 

 Major appliances

 Mean ................................................................ 408 407 418 362 477 

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

 SE .................................................................... 17.51 35.03 23.94 23.63 51.82 

 RSE.................................................................. 4.29 8.61 5.73 6.52 10.87 

 Small appliances and miscellaneous housewares

 Mean ................................................................ 142 148 130 131 168 

 Share................................................................ .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 

 SE .................................................................... 4.83 12.27 10.21 7.88 8.56 

 RSE.................................................................. 3.40 8.28 7.88 6.02 5.09 

 Miscellaneous household equipment

 Mean ................................................................ 1,138 1,087 1,059 1,017 1,459 

 Share................................................................ 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.8 

 SE .................................................................... 40.42 40.19 41.61 54.51 164.05 

 RSE.................................................................. 3.55 3.70 3.93 5.36 11.24 

 Apparel and services

 Mean ................................................................ 1,945 2,312 1,765 1,785 2,104 

 Share................................................................ 2.7 2.9 2.5 2.7 2.5 

 SE .................................................................... 77.12 194.97 99.87 150.78 106.27 

 RSE.................................................................. 3.97 8.43 5.66 8.45 5.05 

 Men and boys

 Mean ................................................................ 454 557 435 427 439 

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

 SE .................................................................... 22.97 61.20 49.94 41.63 38.78 

 RSE.................................................................. 5.06 10.99 11.49 9.75 8.84 

 Men, 16 and over

 Mean ................................................................ 347 437 363 316 314 

See footnotes at end of table.
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 Men, 16 and over

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

 SE .................................................................... 18.59 53.26 44.55 31.06 28.85 

 RSE.................................................................. 5.36 12.18 12.26 9.83 9.18 

 Boys, 2 to 15

 Mean ................................................................ 107 120 71 111 124 

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

 SE .................................................................... 11.95 29.56 15.20 18.61 30.39 

 RSE.................................................................. 11.16 24.66 21.30 16.80 24.43 

 Women and girls

 Mean ................................................................ 735 851 669 687 790 

 Share................................................................ 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 .9 

 SE .................................................................... 46.49 92.83 56.62 108.37 52.24 

 RSE.................................................................. 6.32 10.91 8.46 15.78 6.61 

 Women, 16 and over

 Mean ................................................................ 644 757 575 600 694 

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

 SE .................................................................... 44.30 84.16 64.34 102.22 51.59 

 RSE.................................................................. 6.88 11.12 11.19 17.03 7.43 

 Girls, 2 to 15

 Mean ................................................................ 91 94 94 86 96 

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

 SE .................................................................... 9.26 18.25 22.41 20.37 10.87 

 RSE.................................................................. 10.13 19.43 23.84 23.58 11.34 

 Children under 2

 Mean ................................................................ 74 ( 2 ) 48 88 ( 2 ) 

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

 SE .................................................................... 8.43 ( 2 ) 11.84 14.98 ( 2 ) 

 RSE.................................................................. 11.40 ( 2 ) 24.49 17.11 ( 2 ) 

 Footwear

 Mean ................................................................ 399 439 336 366 483 

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

 SE .................................................................... 25.21 60.06 32.67 38.10 75.57 

 RSE.................................................................. 6.32 13.68 9.72 10.42 15.66 

 Other apparel products and services

 Mean ................................................................ 283 381 277 218 325 

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

 SE .................................................................... 25.20 57.33 52.83 41.47 52.43 

 RSE.................................................................. 8.91 15.03 19.09 19.01 16.12 

 Transportation

 Mean ................................................................ 12,295 12,093 11,912 11,932 13,420 

 Share................................................................ 16.8 15.2 17.0 18.2 16.1 

 SE .................................................................... 241.92 511.12 360.65 487.17 438.60 

 RSE.................................................................. 1.97 4.23 3.03 4.08 3.27 

 Vehicle purchases (net outlay)

 Mean ................................................................ 4,496 4,259 4,423 4,565 4,624 

 Share................................................................ 6.2 5.3 6.3 7.0 5.5 

 SE .................................................................... 218.69 423.84 306.09 414.37 497.75 

 RSE.................................................................. 4.86 9.95 6.92 9.08 10.77 

 Cars and trucks, new

 Mean ................................................................ 2,195 2,123 2,246 2,031 2,481 

 Share................................................................ 3.0 2.7 3.2 3.1 3.0 

 SE .................................................................... 174.02 371.49 376.03 292.05 335.58 

 RSE.................................................................. 7.93 17.50 16.74 14.38 13.52 

 Cars and trucks, used

 Mean ................................................................ 2,239 2,093 2,094 2,470 2,092 

 Share................................................................ 3.1 2.6 3.0 3.8 2.5 

 SE .................................................................... 145.19 291.91 180.43 296.50 250.72 

 RSE.................................................................. 6.48 13.95 8.62 12.01 11.99 

 Other vehicles

 Mean ................................................................ 62 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 64 ( 2 ) 

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

 SE .................................................................... 13.63 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 15.56 ( 2 ) 

 RSE.................................................................. 22.10 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 24.26 ( 2 ) 

 Gasoline, other fuels, and motor oil

 Mean ................................................................ 3,120 2,631 3,012 3,187 3,472 

 Share................................................................ 4.3 3.3 4.3 4.9 4.2 

 SE .................................................................... 43.06 92.12 95.00 86.23 87.10 

 RSE.................................................................. 1.38 3.50 3.15 2.71 2.51 

 Other vehicle expenses

 Mean ................................................................ 3,834 4,005 3,764 3,579 4,206 

 Share................................................................ 5.3 5.0 5.4 5.5 5.0 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1800. Region of residence: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and relative standard errors, Consumer 

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Northeast Midwest South West

 Other vehicle expenses

 SE .................................................................... 61.56 131.17 74.55 94.03 157.81 

 RSE.................................................................. 1.61 3.28 1.98 2.63 3.75 

 Vehicle finance charges

 Mean ................................................................ 295 248 297 308 305 

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

 SE .................................................................... 8.95 20.80 19.41 17.18 11.45 

 RSE.................................................................. 3.04 8.38 6.54 5.58 3.76 

 Maintenance and repairs

 Mean ................................................................ 1,160 1,080 1,208 1,065 1,338 

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

 SE .................................................................... 33.83 42.03 65.37 52.64 81.94 

 RSE.................................................................. 2.92 3.89 5.41 4.94 6.13 

 Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other charges

 Mean ................................................................ 787 1,156 865 529 876 

 Share................................................................ 1.1 1.5 1.2 .8 1.1 

 SE .................................................................... 38.26 120.82 70.31 56.22 72.60 

 RSE.................................................................. 4.86 10.45 8.13 10.62 8.29 

 Vehicle insurance

 Mean ................................................................ 1,592 1,520 1,394 1,676 1,688 

 Share................................................................ 2.2 1.9 2.0 2.6 2.0 

 SE .................................................................... 25.72 43.08 36.28 52.17 48.25 

 RSE.................................................................. 1.62 2.83 2.60 3.11 2.86 

 Public and other transportation

 Mean ................................................................ 845 1,198 712 601 1,119 

 Share................................................................ 1.2 1.5 1.0 .9 1.3 

 SE .................................................................... 35.20 74.25 68.06 65.93 55.41 

 RSE.................................................................. 4.17 6.20 9.56 10.97 4.95 

 Healthcare

 Mean ................................................................ 5,850 6,069 6,569 5,376 5,828 

 Share................................................................ 8.0 7.6 9.4 8.2 7.0 

 SE .................................................................... 100.44 253.27 247.84 161.11 153.63 

 RSE.................................................................. 1.72 4.17 3.77 3.00 2.64 

 Health insurance

 Mean ................................................................ 3,843 3,934 4,176 3,671 3,758 

 Share................................................................ 5.3 4.9 6.0 5.6 4.5 

 SE .................................................................... 44.97 106.55 126.58 68.56 105.51 

 RSE.................................................................. 1.17 2.71 3.03 1.87 2.81 

 Medical services

 Mean ................................................................ 1,184 1,424 1,265 1,005 1,230 

 Share................................................................ 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.5 

 SE .................................................................... 61.66 234.50 87.94 88.20 90.15 

 RSE.................................................................. 5.21 16.46 6.95 8.78 7.33 

 Drugs

 Mean ................................................................ 615 506 ( 2 ) 536 602 

 Share................................................................ .8 .6 ( 2 ) .8 .7 

 SE .................................................................... 58.51 23.54 ( 2 ) 44.74 38.15 

 RSE.................................................................. 9.52 4.65 ( 2 ) 8.35 6.33 

 Medical supplies

 Mean ................................................................ 209 205 265 164 237 

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

 SE .................................................................... 8.77 17.16 27.73 9.13 16.84 

 RSE.................................................................. 4.20 8.39 10.48 5.56 7.10 

 Entertainment

 Mean ................................................................ 3,458 3,509 3,701 2,831 4,262 

 Share................................................................ 4.7 4.4 5.3 4.3 5.1 

 SE .................................................................... 109.09 156.73 188.24 100.49 381.79 

 RSE.................................................................. 3.15 4.47 5.09 3.55 8.96 

 Fees and admissions

 Mean ................................................................ 833 1,049 862 637 974 

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

 SE .................................................................... 37.45 111.54 83.00 46.13 82.84 

 RSE.................................................................. 4.50 10.63 9.63 7.24 8.50 

 Audio and visual equipment and services

 Mean ................................................................ 1,020 1,092 980 967 1,095 

 Share................................................................ 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.3 

 SE .................................................................... 20.99 28.83 36.27 42.61 45.92 

 RSE.................................................................. 2.06 2.64 3.70 4.40 4.20 

 Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground equipment

 Mean ................................................................ 908 870 1,007 803 1,023 

 Share................................................................ 1.2 1.1 1.4 1.2 1.2 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1800. Region of residence: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and relative standard errors, Consumer 

Expenditure Surveys, 2022 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Northeast Midwest South West

 Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground equipment

 SE .................................................................... 32.84 80.74 91.45 48.59 61.35 

 RSE.................................................................. 3.62 9.28 9.08 6.05 6.00 

 Pets

 Mean ................................................................ 741 716 820 673 801 

 Share................................................................ 1.0 .9 1.2 1.0 1.0 

 SE .................................................................... 31.12 66.45 93.57 39.82 54.67 

 RSE.................................................................. 4.20 9.29 11.41 5.92 6.82 

 Toys, hobbies, and playground equipment

 Mean ................................................................ 167 154 187 130 221 

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

 SE .................................................................... 14.45 33.83 35.77 21.77 40.20 

 RSE.................................................................. 8.65 21.90 19.11 16.71 18.17 

 Other entertainment supplies, equipment, and services

 Mean ................................................................ 698 497 852 424 ( 2 ) 

 Share................................................................ 1.0 .6 1.2 .6 ( 2 ) 

 SE .................................................................... 79.49 123.62 114.59 68.09 ( 2 ) 

 RSE.................................................................. 11.40 24.85 13.45 16.07 ( 2 ) 

 Personal care products and services

 Mean ................................................................ 866 979 842 768 971 

 Share................................................................ 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 

 SE .................................................................... 18.16 52.32 39.22 26.88 41.16 

 RSE.................................................................. 2.10 5.35 4.66 3.50 4.24 

 Reading

 Mean ................................................................ 117 152 109 80 160 

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

 SE .................................................................... 7.85 15.59 10.83 15.16 14.91 

 RSE.................................................................. 6.72 10.28 9.90 19.05 9.33 

 Education

 Mean ................................................................ 1,335 2,166 1,483 893 1,326 

 Share................................................................ 1.8 2.7 2.1 1.4 1.6 

 SE .................................................................... 72.10 307.75 139.88 65.13 153.61 

 RSE.................................................................. 5.40 14.21 9.43 7.29 11.58 

 Tobacco products and smoking supplies

 Mean ................................................................ 371 327 463 391 287 

 Share................................................................ .5 .4 .7 .6 .3 

 SE .................................................................... 20.33 32.42 51.82 30.42 44.81 

 RSE.................................................................. 5.47 9.92 11.18 7.79 15.63 

 Miscellaneous

 Mean ................................................................ 1,009 1,097 979 906 1,143 

 Share................................................................ 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 

 SE .................................................................... 37.14 69.41 66.48 67.00 80.50 

 RSE.................................................................. 3.68 6.33 6.79 7.40 7.04 

 Cash contributions

 Mean ................................................................ 2,755 2,732 1,910 2,750 ( 2 ) 

 Share................................................................ 3.8 3.4 2.7 4.2 ( 2 ) 

 SE .................................................................... 368.44 596.94 129.09 682.44 ( 2 ) 

 RSE.................................................................. 13.38 21.85 6.76 24.82 ( 2 ) 

 Personal insurance and pensions

 Mean ................................................................ 8,742 9,995 8,812 7,422 9,979 

 Share................................................................ 12.0 12.5 12.6 11.3 12.0 

 SE .................................................................... 169.70 617.47 415.61 217.38 449.60 

 RSE.................................................................. 1.94 6.18 4.72 2.93 4.51 

 Life and other personal insurance

 Mean ................................................................ 519 606 524 439 586 

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

 SE .................................................................... 28.48 107.84 75.74 28.47 51.25 

 RSE.................................................................. 5.49 17.81 14.45 6.48 8.75 

 Pensions and Social Security

 Mean ................................................................ 8,223 9,390 8,288 6,983 9,393 

 Share................................................................ 11.3 11.8 11.9 10.6 11.3 

 SE .................................................................... 157.21 588.32 368.33 209.88 415.59 

 RSE.................................................................. 1.91 6.27 4.44 3.01 4.42 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1800. Region of residence: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and relative standard errors, Consumer 

Expenditure Surveys, 2022 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Northeast Midwest South West

Sources of income and personal taxes:

 Income before taxes

 Mean ................................................................ $94,003 $108,768 $91,430 $83,346 $103,418 

 SE .................................................................... 1,231.08 3,748.99 2,359.80 1,995.87 3,498.59 

 RSE.................................................................. 1.31 3.45 2.58 2.39 3.38 

 Wages and salaries

 Mean ................................................................ 73,220 83,861 71,565 65,055 80,644 

 Share................................................................ 77.9 77.1 78.3 78.1 78.0 

 SE .................................................................... 1,028.62 3,459.45 2,159.79 1,771.51 2,662.44 

 RSE.................................................................. 1.40 4.13 3.02 2.72 3.30 

 Self-employment income

 Mean ................................................................ 6,442 7,934 5,399 5,543 7,817 

 Share................................................................ 6.9 7.3 5.9 6.7 7.6 

 SE .................................................................... 399.58 1,022.07 729.72 648.49 895.99 

 RSE.................................................................. 6.20 12.88 13.51 11.70 11.46 

 Social Security, private and government retirement

 Mean ................................................................ 10,412 11,397 10,762 9,939 10,152 

 Share................................................................ 11.1 10.5 11.8 11.9 9.8 

 SE .................................................................... 177.81 456.30 483.82 339.38 612.42 

 RSE.................................................................. 1.71 4.00 4.50 3.41 6.03 

 Interest, dividends, rental income, and other property income

 Mean ................................................................ 2,294 3,640 2,323 1,409 2,759 

 Share................................................................ 2.4 3.3 2.5 1.7 2.7 

 SE .................................................................... 175.53 496.56 418.58 246.28 358.52 

 RSE.................................................................. 7.65 13.64 18.02 17.48 12.99 

 Public assistance, Supplemental Security Income,

 Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

 Mean ................................................................ 621 792 617 548 622 

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

 SE .................................................................... 29.96 60.98 48.93 60.80 46.31 

 RSE.................................................................. 4.82 7.70 7.93 11.10 7.45 

 Unemployment and workers' compensation, veterans'

 benefits, and regular contributions for support

 Mean ................................................................ 668 691 520 596 910 

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

 SE .................................................................... 52.36 127.70 51.58 83.50 136.40 

 RSE.................................................................. 7.84 18.48 9.92 14.00 14.99 

 Other income

 Mean ................................................................ 346 ( 2 ) 244 256 513 

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

 SE .................................................................... 42.08 ( 2 ) 60.69 37.86 127.94 

 RSE.................................................................. 12.16 ( 2 ) 24.83 14.80 24.96 

 Personal taxes (contains some imputed values)

 Mean ................................................................ 10,809 14,898 10,257 7,976 13,064 

 Share................................................................ 11.5 13.7 11.2 9.6 12.6 

 SE .................................................................... 329.26 1,045.79 526.09 521.40 897.31 

 RSE.................................................................. 3.05 7.02 5.13 6.54 6.87 

 Federal income taxes

 Mean ................................................................ 7,968 10,876 7,445 6,035 9,554 

 Share................................................................ 8.5 10.0 8.1 7.2 9.2 

 SE .................................................................... 283.92 776.38 480.27 452.87 729.64 

 RSE.................................................................. 3.56 7.14 6.45 7.50 7.64 

 Stimulus payment (through Q20221)

 Mean ................................................................ ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) 

 Share................................................................ ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) 

 SE .................................................................... ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) 

 RSE.................................................................. ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) 

 State and local income taxes

 Mean ................................................................ 2,757 3,918 2,724 1,866 3,431 

 Share................................................................ 2.9 3.6 3.0 2.2 3.3 

 SE .................................................................... 98.69 275.93 100.66 175.15 314.77 

 RSE.................................................................. 3.58 7.04 3.70 9.39 9.17 

 Other taxes

 Mean ................................................................ 84 ( 2 ) 88 75 ( 2 ) 

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

 SE .................................................................... 12.06 ( 2 ) 13.53 13.37 ( 2 ) 

 RSE.................................................................. 14.42 ( 2 ) 15.45 17.78 ( 2 ) 

 Income after taxes

 Mean ................................................................ 83,195 93,870 81,174 75,370 90,354 

 Share................................................................ 88.5 86.3 88.8 90.4 87.4 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1800. Region of residence: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and relative standard errors, Consumer 

Expenditure Surveys, 2022 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Northeast Midwest South West

 Income after taxes

 SE .................................................................... 960.32 2,775.34 1,928.75 1,623.45 2,686.59 

 RSE.................................................................. 1.15 2.96 2.38 2.15 2.97 

Addenda:

 Net change in total assets and liabilities

 Mean ................................................................ ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 SE .................................................................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 RSE.................................................................. ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 Net change in total assets

 Mean ................................................................ 13,078 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 SE .................................................................... 2,895.88 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 RSE.................................................................. 22.14 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 Net change in total liabilities

 Mean ................................................................ 14,525 16,838 ( 2 ) 12,098 18,572 

 SE .................................................................... 1,477.14 2,873.72 ( 2 ) 2,246.46 2,880.47 

 RSE.................................................................. 10.17 17.07 ( 2 ) 18.57 15.51 

 Other financial information:

 Other money receipts

 Mean ................................................................ ( 2 ) 284 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 SE .................................................................... ( 2 ) 66.65 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 RSE.................................................................. ( 2 ) 23.46 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 Mortgage principal paid on owned property

 Mean ................................................................ -2,843 -2,909 -2,736 -2,428 -3,595 

 SE .................................................................... 75.11 205.52 131.30 136.18 162.29 

 RSE.................................................................. -2.64 -7.06 -4.80 -5.61 -4.51 

 Estimated market value of owned home

 Mean ................................................................ 279,189 280,289 216,775 230,817 418,703 

 SE .................................................................... 6,184.13 11,260.36 7,416.91 5,131.28 24,471.36 

 RSE.................................................................. 2.22 4.02 3.42 2.22 5.84 

 Estimated monthly rental value of owned home

 Mean ................................................................ 1,401 1,501 1,257 1,292 1,645 

 SE .................................................................... 16.87 44.13 27.96 26.05 58.11 

 RSE.................................................................. 1.20 2.94 2.22 2.02 3.53 

1

 Data are rounded to the nearest thousands.

2

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

3

 Value is too small to display.

4

 No data reported.

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