Table 1400. Size of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of

variation, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012

Item

All

consumer

units

One

person

Two or more persons

Total Two

persons

Three

persons

Four

persons

Five or

more

persons

Number of consumer units (in thousands) ......... 124,416 36,942 87,474 39,676 18,980 16,852 11,966

Consumer unit characteristics:

Income before taxes

Mean .............................................. $65,596 $34,102 $78,897 $72,885 $79,557 $90,184 $81,887

SE .................................................. 1,024.25 1,056.80 1,392.20 2,153.89 2,093.19 2,357.79 2,489.63

CV(%) ............................................. 1.56 3.10 1.76 2.96 2.63 2.61 3.04

Income after taxes

Mean .............................................. 63,370 32,556 76,383 69,616 77,346 87,793 81,226

SE .................................................. 906.92 896.51 1,221.39 1,746.88 2,026.12 2,228.24 2,377.14

CV(%) ............................................. 1.43 2.75 1.60 2.51 2.62 2.54 2.93

Age of reference person ................................... 50.0 54.3 48.2 54.3 45.6 41.7 41.5

Average number in consumer unit:

Persons .......................................................... 2.5 1.0 3.1 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.7

Children under 18 ........................................... .6 n.a. .9 .1 .7 1.6 2.8

Persons 65 and older ..................................... .3 .3 .3 .6 .2 .1 .1

Earners ........................................................... 1.3 .6 1.6 1.2 1.7 1.9 2.1

Vehicles .......................................................... 1.9 1.0 2.3 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.4

Percent distribution:

Sex of reference person:

Male ............................................................... 47 47 47 49 44 47 42

Female ........................................................... 53 53 53 51 56 53 58

Housing tenure:

Homeowner .................................................... 64 50 70 73 67 70 66

With mortgage .............................................. 39 21 46 38 50 57 50

Without mortgage ......................................... 26 29 24 35 17 13 16

Renter ............................................................ 36 50 30 27 33 30 34

Race of reference person:

Black or African-American .............................. 13 13 12 11 14 12 16

White, Asian, and all other races ................... 87 87 88 89 86 88 84

Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person:

Hispanic or Latino .......................................... 13 8 15 9 14 19 29

Not Hispanic or Latino .................................... 87 92 85 91 86 81 71

Education of reference person:

Elementary (1-8) ............................................ 4 5 4 3 3 4 9

High school (9-12) .......................................... 33 34 33 32 34 31 38

College ........................................................... 62 61 62 64 63 65 53

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

At least one vehicle owned or leased ............... 88 76 93 93 92 93 93

Average annual expenditures

Mean .............................................. $51,442 $30,716 $60,097 $55,068 $60,943 $67,622 $64,963

SE .................................................. 553.43 469.75 653.73 686.92 1,072.26 1,462.60 1,643.01

CV(%) ............................................. 1.08 1.53 1.09 1.25 1.76 2.16 2.53

Food

Mean .............................................. 6,599 3,497 7,857 6,836 7,671 9,225 9,725

Share .............................................. 12.8 11.4 13.1 12.4 12.6 13.6 15.0

SE .................................................. 88.45 76.49 109.64 137.73 164.71 227.97 309.93

CV(%) ............................................. 1.34 2.19 1.40 2.01 2.15 2.47 3.19

Food at home

Mean .............................................. 3,921 1,964 4,712 3,932 4,612 5,563 6,351

Share .............................................. 7.6 6.4 7.8 7.1 7.6 8.2 9.8

SE .................................................. 52.98 47.07 70.77 100.49 107.02 128.43 209.52

CV(%) ............................................. 1.35 2.40 1.50 2.56 2.32 2.31 3.30

Cereals and bakery products

Mean .............................................. 538 270 646 512 628 781 943

Share .............................................. 1.0 .9 1.1 .9 1.0 1.2 1.5

SE .................................................. 9.52 7.47 12.95 13.48 23.62 23.90 35.53

CV(%) ............................................. 1.77 2.76 2.00 2.63 3.76 3.06 3.77

Cereals and cereal products

Mean .............................................. 182 84 221 167 218 270 347

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

SE .................................................. 3.45 2.93 4.82 4.61 10.73 9.07 16.92

CV(%) ............................................. 1.89 3.47 2.18 2.77 4.92 3.36 4.88

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1400. Size of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of

variation, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

One

person

Two or more persons

Total Two

persons

Three

persons

Four

persons

Five or

more

persons

Bakery products

Mean .............................................. 356 186 425 346 410 511 596

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

SE .................................................. 7.08 5.72 9.47 10.61 14.66 19.12 24.94

CV(%) ............................................. 1.99 3.08 2.23 3.07 3.58 3.74 4.19

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

Mean .............................................. 852 392 1,038 862 1,029 1,189 1,447

Share .............................................. 1.7 1.3 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.8 2.2

SE .................................................. 14.39 15.24 19.36 26.35 35.02 36.79 64.29

CV(%) ............................................. 1.69 3.88 1.86 3.06 3.40 3.10 4.44

Beef

Mean .............................................. 226 92 281 225 300 290 429

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

SE .................................................. 6.28 5.41 8.31 8.43 19.35 13.22 39.11

CV(%) ............................................. 2.77 5.90 2.96 3.75 6.45 4.56 9.11

Pork

Mean .............................................. 166 77 202 169 201 241 260

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

SE .................................................. 4.46 4.56 5.68 7.06 10.69 12.76 15.40

CV(%) ............................................. 2.69 5.95 2.82 4.17 5.31 5.30 5.92

Other meats

Mean .............................................. 122 61 147 120 138 178 210

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

SE .................................................. 2.91 3.35 3.82 4.66 6.81 10.06 11.31

CV(%) ............................................. 2.38 5.47 2.60 3.88 4.94 5.67 5.40

Poultry

Mean .............................................. 159 77 193 155 193 228 272

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

SE .................................................. 2.95 4.14 3.69 6.19 7.15 8.93 14.88

CV(%) ............................................. 1.85 5.37 1.92 4.00 3.70 3.92 5.47

Fish and seafood

Mean .............................................. 126 56 154 141 135 183 187

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

SE .................................................. 4.72 5.28 6.51 9.42 8.53 9.71 18.52

CV(%) ............................................. 3.75 9.35 4.23 6.70 6.31 5.31 9.89

Eggs

Mean .............................................. 53 29 63 53 62 70 88

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

SE .................................................. .92 1.27 1.37 1.77 2.38 3.60 4.13

CV(%) ............................................. 1.74 4.34 2.19 3.36 3.85 5.16 4.67

Dairy products

Mean .............................................. 419 207 505 414 488 616 685

Share .............................................. .8 .7 .8 .8 .8 .9 1.1

SE .................................................. 5.80 5.35 7.98 10.73 13.01 17.45 25.67

CV(%) ............................................. 1.38 2.59 1.58 2.59 2.67 2.83 3.75

Fresh milk and cream

Mean .............................................. 152 75 183 137 177 231 283

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

SE .................................................. 2.64 2.34 3.43 3.73 6.15 7.94 13.42

CV(%) ............................................. 1.74 3.10 1.88 2.73 3.48 3.44 4.74

Other dairy products

Mean .............................................. 267 131 322 278 311 385 402

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

SE .................................................. 3.94 4.24 5.47 8.48 9.58 13.64 17.51

CV(%) ............................................. 1.48 3.23 1.70 3.05 3.08 3.54 4.36

Fruits and vegetables

Mean .............................................. 731 384 871 742 844 1,043 1,116

Share .............................................. 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.7

SE .................................................. 11.07 11.44 14.49 21.41 20.81 30.81 54.64

CV(%) ............................................. 1.51 2.98 1.66 2.88 2.47 2.96 4.89

Fresh fruits

Mean .............................................. 261 134 313 263 299 385 404

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

SE .................................................. 4.81 4.48 6.44 8.27 9.62 16.49 23.50

CV(%) ............................................. 1.84 3.35 2.06 3.14 3.21 4.29 5.82

Fresh vegetables

Mean .............................................. 226 118 270 243 254 317 318

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

SE .................................................. 3.79 4.16 5.05 8.68 7.90 11.50 16.48

CV(%) ............................................. 1.68 3.52 1.87 3.57 3.11 3.62 5.18

Processed fruits

Mean .............................................. 114 64 134 109 134 162 180

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

SE .................................................. 2.37 3.54 2.90 4.21 4.20 9.05 10.24

CV(%) ............................................. 2.08 5.52 2.17 3.87 3.14 5.59 5.68

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1400. Size of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of

variation, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

One

person

Two or more persons

Total Two

persons

Three

persons

Four

persons

Five or

more

persons

Processed vegetables

Mean .............................................. 130 67 155 127 157 178 214

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

SE .................................................. 3.28 3.50 4.10 5.17 6.69 8.34 14.27

CV(%) ............................................. 2.52 5.18 2.65 4.06 4.26 4.67 6.66

Other food at home

Mean .............................................. 1,380 711 1,651 1,400 1,624 1,934 2,160

Share .............................................. 2.7 2.3 2.7 2.5 2.7 2.9 3.3

SE .................................................. 22.01 18.50 28.99 38.67 46.03 55.51 80.93

CV(%) ............................................. 1.59 2.60 1.76 2.76 2.83 2.87 3.75

Sugar and other sweets

Mean .............................................. 147 75 176 150 167 203 240

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

SE .................................................. 4.25 3.67 5.70 6.84 10.19 13.57 14.58

CV(%) ............................................. 2.89 4.92 3.24 4.55 6.12 6.68 6.06

Fats and oils

Mean .............................................. 114 58 137 116 133 155 187

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

SE .................................................. 2.28 2.72 3.01 4.37 5.62 7.39 10.48

CV(%) ............................................. 2.00 4.65 2.21 3.78 4.22 4.76 5.60

Miscellaneous foods

Mean .............................................. 699 354 839 684 833 1,032 1,105

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

SE .................................................. 13.97 11.79 17.01 23.61 28.66 35.98 51.74

CV(%) ............................................. 2.00 3.33 2.03 3.45 3.44 3.49 4.68

Nonalcoholic beverages

Mean .............................................. 370 200 439 378 443 485 575

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

SE .................................................. 5.89 8.03 9.03 11.72 16.40 18.91 26.53

CV(%) ............................................. 1.59 4.01 2.06 3.10 3.70 3.90 4.61

Food prepared by consumer unit on

out-of-town trips

Mean .............................................. 50 24 61 72 48 58 53

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

SE .................................................. 2.39 2.86 2.98 4.10 3.73 5.92 5.28

CV(%) ............................................. 4.77 12.03 4.85 5.73 7.76 10.16 9.90

Food away from home

Mean .............................................. 2,678 1,533 3,145 2,904 3,058 3,662 3,374

Share .............................................. 5.2 5.0 5.2 5.3 5.0 5.4 5.2

SE .................................................. 45.74 47.47 55.75 74.93 114.18 137.70 172.98

CV(%) ............................................. 1.71 3.10 1.77 2.58 3.73 3.76 5.13

Alcoholic beverages

Mean .............................................. 451 344 495 606 430 426 315

Share .............................................. .9 1.1 .8 1.1 .7 .6 .5

SE .................................................. 16.67 25.85 17.82 27.68 32.23 31.50 42.51

CV(%) ............................................. 3.69 7.52 3.60 4.57 7.50 7.39 13.52

Housing

Mean .............................................. 16,887 11,532 19,138 17,158 19,781 21,548 21,280

Share .............................................. 32.8 37.5 31.8 31.2 32.5 31.9 32.8

SE .................................................. 166.05 196.83 199.36 190.97 384.09 440.59 545.34

CV(%) ............................................. .98 1.71 1.04 1.11 1.94 2.04 2.56

Shelter

Mean .............................................. 9,891 7,437 10,926 9,786 11,468 12,240 12,001

Share .............................................. 19.2 24.2 18.2 17.8 18.8 18.1 18.5

SE .................................................. 125.20 148.44 148.73 172.76 286.45 278.56 376.25

CV(%) ............................................. 1.27 2.00 1.36 1.77 2.50 2.28 3.14

Owned dwellings

Mean .............................................. 6,056 3,412 7,172 6,268 7,297 8,608 7,951

Share .............................................. 11.8 11.1 11.9 11.4 12.0 12.7 12.2

SE .................................................. 99.48 112.59 136.77 156.24 260.44 256.12 376.86

CV(%) ............................................. 1.64 3.30 1.91 2.49 3.57 2.98 4.74

Mortgage interest and charges

Mean .............................................. 3,067 1,348 3,793 2,811 4,154 4,981 4,800

Share .............................................. 6.0 4.4 6.3 5.1 6.8 7.4 7.4

SE .................................................. 68.09 48.58 94.64 117.98 182.27 149.41 234.09

CV(%) ............................................. 2.22 3.60 2.50 4.20 4.39 3.00 4.88

Property taxes

Mean .............................................. 1,836 1,123 2,137 2,061 2,049 2,417 2,131

Share .............................................. 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.4 3.6 3.3

SE .................................................. 34.64 37.48 46.96 54.59 81.69 87.74 116.85

CV(%) ............................................. 1.89 3.34 2.20 2.65 3.99 3.63 5.48

Maintenance, repairs, insurance, other

expenses

Mean .............................................. 1,153 941 1,243 1,396 1,093 1,209 1,020

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1400. Size of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of

variation, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

One

person

Two or more persons

Total Two

persons

Three

persons

Four

persons

Five or

more

persons

Maintenance, repairs, insurance, other

expenses

Share .............................................. 2.2 3.1 2.1 2.5 1.8 1.8 1.6

SE .................................................. 34.75 66.13 42.82 69.23 73.37 93.73 86.28

CV(%) ............................................. 3.01 7.03 3.45 4.96 6.71 7.75 8.46

Rented dwellings

Mean .............................................. 3,186 3,715 2,963 2,619 3,360 2,906 3,553

Share .............................................. 6.2 12.1 4.9 4.8 5.5 4.3 5.5

SE .................................................. 58.83 92.08 70.69 74.88 136.99 134.61 182.60

CV(%) ............................................. 1.85 2.48 2.39 2.86 4.08 4.63 5.14

Other lodging

Mean .............................................. 649 311 791 898 811 726 497

Share .............................................. 1.3 1.0 1.3 1.6 1.3 1.1 .8

SE .................................................. 22.69 27.52 29.12 44.57 61.13 67.98 64.97

CV(%) ............................................. 3.50 8.86 3.68 4.96 7.54 9.36 13.08

Utilities, fuels, and public services

Mean .............................................. 3,648 2,291 4,221 3,736 4,304 4,683 5,049

Share .............................................. 7.1 7.5 7.0 6.8 7.1 6.9 7.8

SE .................................................. 34.24 41.58 37.12 42.46 51.68 75.08 79.72

CV(%) ............................................. .94 1.82 .88 1.14 1.20 1.60 1.58

Natural gas

Mean .............................................. 359 229 414 359 406 456 552

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

SE .................................................. 11.98 10.08 14.43 14.08 16.74 20.10 29.17

CV(%) ............................................. 3.33 4.41 3.48 3.92 4.12 4.41 5.29

Electricity

Mean .............................................. 1,388 903 1,593 1,434 1,618 1,724 1,893

Share .............................................. 2.7 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.9

SE .................................................. 22.43 21.81 24.90 24.27 32.58 39.07 49.42

CV(%) ............................................. 1.62 2.42 1.56 1.69 2.01 2.27 2.61

Fuel oil and other fuels

Mean .............................................. 137 98 154 158 143 176 125

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

SE .................................................. 6.32 6.47 8.80 12.90 23.11 26.20 21.80

CV(%) ............................................. 4.61 6.64 5.73 8.18 16.19 14.87 17.41

Telephone services

Mean .............................................. 1,239 736 1,452 1,236 1,528 1,684 1,718

Share .............................................. 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.2 2.5 2.5 2.6

SE .................................................. 12.99 14.91 14.84 17.93 20.12 31.76 33.08

CV(%) ............................................. 1.05 2.03 1.02 1.45 1.32 1.89 1.92

Water and other public services

Mean .............................................. 525 326 609 548 609 644 761

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

SE .................................................. 11.31 11.58 13.12 14.30 19.87 17.48 23.53

CV(%) ............................................. 2.16 3.55 2.15 2.61 3.26 2.72 3.09

Household operations

Mean .............................................. 1,159 640 1,378 1,052 1,569 1,943 1,360

Share .............................................. 2.3 2.1 2.3 1.9 2.6 2.9 2.1

SE .................................................. 25.31 35.46 33.08 46.48 65.68 110.18 96.27

CV(%) ............................................. 2.18 5.54 2.40 4.42 4.19 5.67 7.08

Personal services

Mean .............................................. 368 76 492 140 694 1,002 617

Share .............................................. .7 .2 .8 .3 1.1 1.5 1.0

SE .................................................. 18.03 24.02 23.97 35.77 44.11 91.02 76.83

CV(%) ............................................. 4.90 31.73 4.87 25.48 6.35 9.08 12.45

Other household expenses

Mean .............................................. 791 564 886 911 875 941 743

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

SE .................................................. 15.63 25.62 18.04 24.24 40.77 46.23 40.05

CV(%) ............................................. 1.98 4.54 2.04 2.66 4.66 4.91 5.39

Housekeeping supplies

Mean .............................................. 610 316 729 688 703 773 845

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

SE .................................................. 14.88 12.54 20.87 23.04 35.43 29.88 72.63

CV(%) ............................................. 2.44 3.97 2.86 3.35 5.04 3.86 8.59

Laundry and cleaning supplies

Mean .............................................. 155 81 186 159 197 190 252

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

SE .................................................. 3.97 5.00 5.47 7.52 11.00 11.53 15.17

CV(%) ............................................. 2.55 6.18 2.95 4.72 5.57 6.08 6.03

Other household products

Mean .............................................. 319 160 383 369 357 415 426

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

SE .................................................. 9.19 8.36 13.21 16.21 21.99 24.18 44.48

CV(%) ............................................. 2.89 5.23 3.45 4.40 6.15 5.83 10.45

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1400. Size of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of

variation, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

One

person

Two or more persons

Total Two

persons

Three

persons

Four

persons

Five or

more

persons

Postage and stationery

Mean .............................................. 136 75 161 160 149 169 168

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

SE .................................................. 4.82 5.42 6.08 11.20 16.21 13.35 24.41

CV(%) ............................................. 3.55 7.23 3.78 6.98 10.91 7.89 14.51

Household furnishings and equipment

Mean .............................................. 1,580 848 1,883 1,896 1,737 1,908 2,024

Share .............................................. 3.1 2.8 3.1 3.4 2.9 2.8 3.1

SE .................................................. 36.25 48.48 45.50 66.60 88.73 127.74 143.08

CV(%) ............................................. 2.29 5.72 2.42 3.51 5.11 6.69 7.07

Household textiles

Mean .............................................. 123 67 145 158 119 150 136

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

SE .................................................. 8.03 13.15 10.19 21.11 16.47 20.96 16.74

CV(%) ............................................. 6.55 19.59 7.01 13.36 13.84 13.98 12.31

Furniture

Mean .............................................. 391 229 460 392 460 529 589

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

SE .................................................. 22.84 26.18 31.90 32.31 36.28 101.70 76.10

CV(%) ............................................. 5.83 11.44 6.93 8.24 7.88 19.22 12.92

Floor coverings

Mean .............................................. 16 7 20 17 34 14 16

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

SE .................................................. 2.10 1.40 2.89 3.24 10.40 2.25 4.59

CV(%) ............................................. 12.94 18.67 14.50 19.57 30.27 15.73 28.70

Major appliances

Mean .............................................. 197 100 238 213 228 280 279

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

SE .................................................. 7.38 9.83 9.37 11.47 19.91 24.10 29.60

CV(%) ............................................. 3.74 9.83 3.93 5.38 8.74 8.62 10.60

Small appliances, miscellaneous

housewares

Mean .............................................. 98 59 114 134 95 101 92

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

SE .................................................. 4.52 6.85 6.33 11.49 10.12 10.29 9.15

CV(%) ............................................. 4.62 11.66 5.55 8.57 10.64 10.19 9.90

Miscellaneous household equipment

Mean .............................................. 754 386 906 982 801 834 911

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

SE .................................................. 24.88 26.20 33.47 59.54 64.59 41.12 102.78

CV(%) ............................................. 3.30 6.79 3.70 6.06 8.07 4.93 11.28

Apparel and services

Mean .............................................. 1,736 865 2,090 1,690 2,083 2,631 2,702

Share .............................................. 3.4 2.8 3.5 3.1 3.4 3.9 4.2

SE .................................................. 36.94 47.82 51.05 62.77 98.05 137.16 148.54

CV(%) ............................................. 2.13 5.53 2.44 3.71 4.71 5.21 5.50

Men and boys

Mean .............................................. 408 212 488 368 454 629 750

Share .............................................. .8 .7 .8 .7 .7 .9 1.2

SE .................................................. 12.24 18.68 16.83 26.14 36.63 45.45 65.01

CV(%) ............................................. 3.00 8.83 3.45 7.10 8.07 7.23 8.67

Men, 16 and over

Mean .............................................. 320 198 369 337 366 387 458

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

SE .................................................. 11.87 18.36 15.92 25.99 35.35 36.90 54.96

CV(%) ............................................. 3.71 9.25 4.31 7.70 9.67 9.54 11.99

Boys, 2 to 15

Mean .............................................. 88 13 119 31 88 242 292

Share .............................................. .2 1 ( ) .2 .1 .1 .4 .4

SE .................................................. 3.45 2.48 4.45 3.32 8.82 15.69 23.80

CV(%) ............................................. 3.92 18.91 3.74 10.87 9.99 6.48 8.16

Women and girls

Mean .............................................. 688 336 831 721 817 1,030 947

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

SE .................................................. 21.95 23.49 28.51 40.98 56.94 74.56 70.65

CV(%) ............................................. 3.19 6.99 3.43 5.68 6.97 7.24 7.46

Women, 16 and over

Mean .............................................. 573 322 674 657 673 756 615

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

SE .................................................. 21.33 23.42 27.43 38.40 53.29 72.99 63.40

CV(%) ............................................. 3.73 7.27 4.07 5.85 7.92 9.66 10.31

Girls, 2 to 15

Mean .............................................. 116 14 158 64 144 274 332

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

SE .................................................. 7.01 2.64 9.59 12.31 14.89 20.17 27.76

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1400. Size of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of

variation, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

One

person

Two or more persons

Total Two

persons

Three

persons

Four

persons

Five or

more

persons

Girls, 2 to 15

CV(%) ............................................. 6.05 18.81 6.08 19.11 10.37 7.36 8.37

Children under 2

Mean .............................................. 63 8 86 28 119 137 159

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

SE .................................................. 4.18 1.79 5.58 4.91 14.25 14.29 18.76

CV(%) ............................................. 6.61 21.67 6.52 17.69 11.98 10.46 11.77

Footwear

Mean .............................................. 347 145 429 326 438 535 617

Share .............................................. .7 .5 .7 .6 .7 .8 1.0

SE .................................................. 12.91 14.98 18.61 26.73 40.65 47.59 50.54

CV(%) ............................................. 3.72 10.36 4.34 8.21 9.28 8.89 8.19

Other apparel products and services

Mean .............................................. 230 164 257 247 256 301 229

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

SE .................................................. 8.32 13.44 10.77 11.96 22.02 32.99 18.16

CV(%) ............................................. 3.62 8.18 4.19 4.83 8.62 10.98 7.95

Transportation

Mean .............................................. 8,998 4,599 10,848 10,055 10,803 12,001 11,914

Share .............................................. 17.5 15.0 18.1 18.3 17.7 17.7 18.3

SE .................................................. 152.03 156.53 200.70 255.30 380.58 508.53 542.46

CV(%) ............................................. 1.69 3.40 1.85 2.54 3.52 4.24 4.55

Vehicle purchases (net outlay)

Mean .............................................. 3,210 1,377 3,985 3,787 3,766 4,360 4,459

Share .............................................. 6.2 4.5 6.6 6.9 6.2 6.4 6.9

SE .................................................. 113.53 125.75 149.95 197.77 349.24 391.32 426.80

CV(%) ............................................. 3.54 9.13 3.76 5.22 9.27 8.98 9.57

Cars and trucks, new

Mean .............................................. 1,639 653 2,055 2,255 1,888 2,034 1,686

Share .............................................. 3.2 2.1 3.4 4.1 3.1 3.0 2.6

SE .................................................. 101.27 88.73 136.19 195.44 338.95 276.64 383.54

CV(%) ............................................. 6.18 13.58 6.63 8.67 17.95 13.60 22.75

Cars and trucks, used

Mean .............................................. 1,516 713 1,855 1,451 1,840 2,252 2,660

Share .............................................. 2.9 2.3 3.1 2.6 3.0 3.3 4.1

SE .................................................. 68.99 89.99 91.75 125.50 182.74 282.89 291.62

CV(%) ............................................. 4.55 12.62 4.95 8.65 9.93 12.56 10.96

Other vehicles

Mean .............................................. 56 10 75 82 38 74 113

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

SE .................................................. 14.08 4.39 19.58 38.14 11.12 29.33 53.21

CV(%) ............................................. 25.22 42.49 26.08 46.62 29.18 39.73 47.03

Gasoline and motor oil

Mean .............................................. 2,756 1,420 3,320 2,808 3,432 3,833 4,115

Share .............................................. 5.4 4.6 5.5 5.1 5.6 5.7 6.3

SE .................................................. 24.99 24.28 31.16 37.77 44.37 70.28 99.91

CV(%) ............................................. .91 1.71 .94 1.34 1.29 1.83 2.43

Other vehicle expenses

Mean .............................................. 2,490 1,472 2,911 2,804 3,016 3,073 2,865

Share .............................................. 4.8 4.8 4.8 5.1 4.9 4.5 4.4

SE .................................................. 47.09 64.19 56.90 88.73 113.14 148.98 144.68

CV(%) ............................................. 1.89 4.36 1.95 3.16 3.75 4.85 5.05

Vehicle finance charges

Mean .............................................. 223 92 279 221 310 349 323

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

SE .................................................. 5.96 5.89 7.71 12.62 12.70 17.17 21.81

CV(%) ............................................. 2.67 6.39 2.77 5.73 4.09 4.91 6.76

Maintenance and repairs

Mean .............................................. 814 525 936 855 1,033 966 1,010

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

SE .................................................. 17.16 27.08 21.70 27.75 55.79 43.23 69.58

CV(%) ............................................. 2.11 5.15 2.32 3.25 5.40 4.48 6.89

Vehicle insurance

Mean .............................................. 1,018 600 1,187 1,249 1,154 1,175 1,041

Share .............................................. 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.3 1.9 1.7 1.6

SE .................................................. 35.25 47.89 45.18 81.53 84.82 130.61 111.99

CV(%) ............................................. 3.46 7.98 3.81 6.53 7.35 11.12 10.76

Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other

charges

Mean .............................................. 434 255 510 480 519 583 492

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

SE .................................................. 13.29 16.82 16.51 19.46 32.66 43.25 33.37

CV(%) ............................................. 3.06 6.61 3.24 4.06 6.29 7.42 6.78

Public and other transportation

Mean .............................................. 542 330 632 655 588 735 476

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1400. Size of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of

variation, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

One

person

Two or more persons

Total Two

persons

Three

persons

Four

persons

Five or

more

persons

Public and other transportation

Share .............................................. 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.1 .7

SE .................................................. 16.78 20.59 20.03 25.93 41.34 59.29 44.52

CV(%) ............................................. 3.09 6.23 3.17 3.96 7.03 8.06 9.35

Health care

Mean .............................................. 3,556 2,339 4,069 4,399 3,845 3,730 3,810

Share .............................................. 6.9 7.6 6.8 8.0 6.3 5.5 5.9

SE .................................................. 57.11 89.63 71.28 101.22 125.58 110.52 206.69

CV(%) ............................................. 1.61 3.83 1.75 2.30 3.27 2.96 5.42

Health insurance

Mean .............................................. 2,061 1,269 2,395 2,620 2,232 2,250 2,115

Share .............................................. 4.0 4.1 4.0 4.8 3.7 3.3 3.3

SE .................................................. 33.77 38.41 43.95 61.97 83.27 77.24 88.38

CV(%) ............................................. 1.64 3.03 1.83 2.37 3.73 3.43 4.18

Medical services

Mean .............................................. 839 622 930 923 945 864 1,024

Share .............................................. 1.6 2.0 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.3 1.6

SE .................................................. 37.47 74.30 37.80 48.23 65.09 52.64 121.26

CV(%) ............................................. 4.47 11.95 4.06 5.22 6.89 6.09 11.84

Drugs

Mean .............................................. 515 359 580 690 504 467 491

Share .............................................. 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.3 .8 .7 .8

SE .................................................. 13.96 12.09 19.43 28.18 25.54 28.54 69.84

CV(%) ............................................. 2.71 3.37 3.35 4.09 5.06 6.11 14.22

Medical supplies

Mean .............................................. 142 90 164 166 165 149 181

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

SE .................................................. 6.24 7.35 7.98 11.87 13.40 11.85 37.42

CV(%) ............................................. 4.38 8.17 4.86 7.14 8.14 7.97 20.73

Entertainment

Mean .............................................. 2,605 1,485 3,071 2,829 2,939 3,667 3,249

Share .............................................. 5.1 4.8 5.1 5.1 4.8 5.4 5.0

SE .................................................. 55.33 60.27 69.61 84.81 118.90 195.20 303.78

CV(%) ............................................. 2.12 4.06 2.27 3.00 4.04 5.32 9.35

Fees and admissions

Mean .............................................. 614 300 746 607 685 1,036 898

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.5 1.4

SE .................................................. 20.31 23.32 24.03 22.63 61.86 69.83 86.82

CV(%) ............................................. 3.31 7.76 3.22 3.73 9.03 6.74 9.67

Audio and visual equipment and services

Mean .............................................. 979 675 1,106 1,062 1,107 1,226 1,084

Share .............................................. 1.9 2.2 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7

SE .................................................. 15.01 14.81 18.22 28.63 30.82 61.03 43.01

CV(%) ............................................. 1.53 2.19 1.65 2.70 2.78 4.98 3.97

Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground

equipment

Mean .............................................. 648 369 762 724 763 853 765

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

SE .................................................. 28.96 36.74 36.55 32.23 63.93 97.00 151.79

CV(%) ............................................. 4.47 9.96 4.79 4.45 8.38 11.38 19.85

Other entertainment supplies, equipment,

and services

Mean .............................................. 363 140 456 435 385 553 502

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

SE .................................................. 25.59 27.50 38.36 59.62 49.40 77.46 125.72

CV(%) ............................................. 7.04 19.58 8.41 13.69 12.84 14.02 25.06

Personal care products and services

Mean .............................................. 628 380 730 712 681 807 765

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

SE .................................................. 12.20 16.39 14.71 22.43 18.96 27.11 53.23

CV(%) ............................................. 1.94 4.31 2.01 3.15 2.78 3.36 6.96

Reading

Mean .............................................. 109 83 121 139 109 108 95

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

SE .................................................. 2.28 3.87 2.72 4.08 5.43 7.08 7.13

CV(%) ............................................. 2.08 4.68 2.25 2.94 4.98 6.53 7.48

Education

Mean .............................................. 1,207 675 1,432 917 1,954 2,124 1,339

Share .............................................. 2.3 2.2 2.4 1.7 3.2 3.1 2.1

SE .................................................. 54.11 85.49 72.33 87.21 158.49 191.14 145.60

CV(%) ............................................. 4.48 12.67 5.05 9.51 8.11 9.00 10.87

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1400. Size of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of

variation, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

One

person

Two or more persons

Total Two

persons

Three

persons

Four

persons

Five or

more

persons

Tobacco products and smoking supplies

Mean .............................................. 332 251 366 339 401 338 439

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

SE .................................................. 11.67 12.95 14.07 19.03 30.73 22.67 37.41

CV(%) ............................................. 3.52 5.16 3.85 5.62 7.67 6.70 8.53

Miscellaneous

Mean .............................................. 829 647 906 917 938 950 756

Share .............................................. 1.6 2.1 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.2

SE .................................................. 37.09 54.60 47.69 89.58 78.30 111.76 86.19

CV(%) ............................................. 4.47 8.44 5.26 9.77 8.35 11.76 11.40

Cash contributions

Mean .............................................. 1,913 1,484 2,094 2,459 2,073 1,631 1,567

Share .............................................. 3.7 4.8 3.5 4.5 3.4 2.4 2.4

SE .................................................. 107.60 141.69 125.01 162.96 267.87 141.58 160.26

CV(%) ............................................. 5.63 9.55 5.97 6.63 12.92 8.68 10.23

Personal insurance and pensions

Mean .............................................. 5,591 2,535 6,881 6,015 7,235 8,433 7,008

Share .............................................. 10.9 8.3 11.5 10.9 11.9 12.5 10.8

SE .................................................. 103.78 92.14 134.89 163.02 214.50 380.32 254.63

CV(%) ............................................. 1.86 3.63 1.96 2.71 2.96 4.51 3.63

Life and other personal insurance

Mean .............................................. 353 154 437 468 416 435 366

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

SE .................................................. 16.37 16.21 21.50 41.08 56.62 42.77 44.37

CV(%) ............................................. 4.64 10.55 4.92 8.77 13.59 9.83 12.14

Pensions and Social Security

Mean .............................................. 5,238 2,382 6,445 5,546 6,818 7,998 6,642

Share .............................................. 10.2 7.8 10.7 10.1 11.2 11.8 10.2

SE .................................................. 97.92 87.54 129.08 154.52 192.12 369.50 237.04

CV(%) ............................................. 1.87 3.68 2.00 2.79 2.82 4.62 3.57

Sources of income and personal taxes:

Money income before taxes

Mean .............................................. $65,596 $34,102 $78,897 $72,885 $79,557 $90,184 $81,887

SE .................................................. 1,024.25 1,056.80 1,392.20 2,153.89 2,093.19 2,357.79 2,489.63

CV(%) ............................................. 1.56 3.10 1.76 2.96 2.63 2.61 3.04

Wages and salaries

Mean .............................................. 51,730 21,629 64,442 52,504 69,253 81,035 73,030

Share .............................................. 78.9 63.4 81.7 72.0 87.0 89.9 89.2

SE .................................................. 845.38 546.06 1,197.17 1,943.65 1,900.26 2,300.03 2,442.53

CV(%) ............................................. 1.63 2.52 1.86 3.70 2.74 2.84 3.34

Self-employment income

Mean .............................................. 2,917 1,669 3,444 3,608 2,563 4,002 3,510

Share .............................................. 4.4 4.9 4.4 5.0 3.2 4.4 4.3

SE .................................................. 350.34 653.91 386.72 721.79 496.22 538.99 495.08

CV(%) ............................................. 12.01 39.18 11.23 20.00 19.36 13.47 14.11

Social Security, private and government

retirement

Mean .............................................. 8,021 7,873 8,084 13,474 5,286 2,371 2,695

Share .............................................. 12.2 23.1 10.2 18.5 6.6 2.6 3.3

SE .................................................. 161.15 281.77 205.54 383.88 426.94 217.98 222.97

CV(%) ............................................. 2.01 3.58 2.54 2.85 8.08 9.20 8.27

Interest, dividends, rental income, other

property income

Mean .............................................. 1,358 1,484 1,305 2,071 694 834 396

Share .............................................. 2.1 4.4 1.7 2.8 .9 .9 .5

SE .................................................. 120.37 277.42 116.49 224.37 157.72 251.51 98.70

CV(%) ............................................. 8.86 18.70 8.93 10.84 22.72 30.17 24.90

Unemployment and workers’ compensation,

veterans’ benefits

Mean .............................................. 428 299 483 350 520 752 485

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

SE .................................................. 21.92 35.05 29.77 31.12 52.27 93.26 79.29

CV(%) ............................................. 5.12 11.72 6.17 8.88 10.05 12.40 16.34

Public assistance, supplemental security

income, food stamps

Mean .............................................. 534 405 588 394 594 667 1,108

Share .............................................. .8 1.2 .7 .5 .7 .7 1.4

SE .................................................. 26.85 42.55 33.14 40.11 61.47 66.56 108.41

CV(%) ............................................. 5.03 10.50 5.64 10.18 10.34 9.97 9.79

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1400. Size of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of

variation, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

One

person

Two or more persons

Total Two

persons

Three

persons

Four

persons

Five or

more

persons

Regular contributions for support

Mean .............................................. 380 434 356 282 428 370 470

Share .............................................. .6 1.3 .5 .4 .5 .4 .6

SE .................................................. 26.77 56.86 32.84 49.50 72.31 53.51 91.82

CV(%) ............................................. 7.05 13.09 9.21 17.54 16.89 14.47 19.55

Other income

Mean .............................................. 229 308 195 202 219 154 194

Share .............................................. .3 .9 .2 .3 .3 .2 .2

SE .................................................. 16.29 28.05 20.78 46.06 44.78 24.16 49.98

CV(%) ............................................. 7.13 9.11 10.65 22.85 20.47 15.68 25.82

Personal taxes (missing values not imputed)

Mean .............................................. 2,226 1,546 2,514 3,270 2,211 2,391 661

Share .............................................. 3.4 4.5 3.2 4.5 2.8 2.7 .8

SE .................................................. 239.57 325.40 296.82 605.19 271.29 364.36 272.31

CV(%) ............................................. 10.76 21.05 11.81 18.51 12.27 15.24 41.18

Federal income taxes

Mean .............................................. 1,568 1,114 1,760 2,449 1,511 1,580 124

Share .............................................. 2.4 3.3 2.2 3.4 1.9 1.8 .2

SE .................................................. 198.37 248.09 253.12 522.24 213.29 294.54 218.28

CV(%) ............................................. 12.65 22.27 14.38 21.32 14.12 18.65 175.41

State and local income taxes

Mean .............................................. 526 346 602 645 546 682 438

Share .............................................. .8 1.0 .8 .9 .7 .8 .5

SE .................................................. 44.65 79.23 48.54 88.87 63.40 76.71 69.03

CV(%) ............................................. 8.49 22.93 8.06 13.78 11.61 11.25 15.77

Other taxes

Mean .............................................. 132 86 151 175 154 129 99

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

SE .................................................. 13.88 10.19 17.25 23.02 24.68 17.04 24.42

CV(%) ............................................. 10.52 11.81 11.40 13.15 16.03 13.21 24.64

Income after taxes

Mean .............................................. 63,370 32,556 76,383 69,616 77,346 87,793 81,226

Share .............................................. 96.6 95.5 96.8 95.5 97.2 97.3 99.2

SE .................................................. 906.92 896.51 1,221.39 1,746.88 2,026.12 2,228.24 2,377.14

CV(%) ............................................. 1.43 2.75 1.60 2.51 2.62 2.54 2.93

Addenda:

Net change in total assets and liabilities

Mean .............................................. - $5,092 - $956 - $6,839 - $4,091 - $9,384 - $10,614 - $6,595

SE .................................................. 972.32 1,280.99 1,272.53 1,691.70 2,927.85 3,491.02 3,713.62

CV(%) ............................................. -19.09 -133.94 -18.61 -41.35 -31.20 -32.89 -56.31

Net change in total assets

Mean .............................................. 5,073 2,343 6,226 5,999 4,412 7,073 8,662

SE .................................................. 718.33 1,041.29 838.92 897.52 1,818.87 2,384.32 2,424.09

CV(%) ............................................. 14.16 44.44 13.47 14.96 41.23 33.71 27.98

Net change in total liabilities

Mean .............................................. 10,165 3,300 13,065 10,091 13,796 17,687 15,257

SE .................................................. 849.45 814.60 1,148.20 1,656.71 3,126.97 2,204.30 3,031.71

CV(%) ............................................. 8.36 24.69 8.79 16.42 22.67 12.46 19.87

Other financial information:

Other money receipts

Mean .............................................. 712 768 689 650 1,157 275 658

SE .................................................. 162.87 255.93 195.90 108.78 581.86 84.53 361.16

CV(%) ............................................. 22.87 33.31 28.45 16.74 50.31 30.79 54.88

Mortgage principal paid on owned property

Mean .............................................. -1,935 -865 -2,387 -2,075 -2,536 -2,828 -2,564

SE .................................................. 48.26 37.88 64.83 87.85 138.55 114.74 190.74

CV(%) ............................................. -2.49 -4.38 -2.72 -4.23 -5.46 -4.06 -7.44

Estimated market value of owned home

Mean .............................................. 149,574 95,277 172,504 175,109 160,717 185,439 164,344

SE .................................................. 2,324.89 5,372.23 3,426.39 4,178.97 4,874.02 6,007.97 8,305.82

CV(%) ............................................. 1.55 5.64 1.99 2.39 3.03 3.24 5.05

Estimated monthly rental value of owned

home

Mean .............................................. 869 567 996 1,007 939 1,053 968

SE .................................................. 11.53 15.43 17.36 22.22 24.36 21.90 40.87

CV(%) ............................................. 1.33 2.72 1.74 2.21 2.59 2.08 4.22

Gifts of goods and services, total

Mean .............................................. 1,116 825 1,237 1,509 1,385 806 693

SE .................................................. 50.65 66.23 64.24 100.22 120.47 97.71 114.10

CV(%) ............................................. 4.54 8.03 5.20 6.64 8.70 12.13 16.48

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1400. Size of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of

variation, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

One

person

Two or more persons

Total Two

persons

Three

persons

Four

persons

Five or

more

persons

Food

Mean .............................................. 104 56 124 162 124 87 52

SE .................................................. 9.80 7.78 13.72 25.55 24.10 18.65 10.95

CV(%) ............................................. 9.39 13.84 11.04 15.80 19.42 21.53 21.19

Alcoholic beverages

Mean .............................................. 12 8 13 18 11 6 11

SE .................................................. 1.62 2.70 1.98 3.62 3.48 2.39 4.72

CV(%) ............................................. 13.49 32.07 14.72 19.97 30.62 36.87 44.90

Housing

Mean .............................................. 191 126 217 248 260 153 136

SE .................................................. 9.21 19.89 12.29 18.32 21.97 18.57 19.62

CV(%) ............................................. 4.83 15.73 5.66 7.40 8.44 12.13 14.38

Housekeeping supplies

Mean .............................................. 29 18 33 39 23 36 21

SE .................................................. 2.99 3.99 3.63 5.28 3.62 11.93 5.80

CV(%) ............................................. 10.48 22.78 11.01 13.44 15.42 32.69 27.39

Household textiles

Mean .............................................. 10 4 12 11 15 9 13

SE .................................................. 1.40 1.21 1.99 3.01 6.99 3.41 4.93

CV(%) ............................................. 14.18 28.30 16.36 26.29 45.68 36.58 36.59

Appliances and miscellaneous housewares

Mean .............................................. 18 11 21 30 17 15 7

SE .................................................. 1.99 2.38 2.49 4.55 4.02 5.09 2.64

CV(%) ............................................. 10.91 20.92 11.83 15.26 23.87 34.87 36.86

Major appliances

Mean .............................................. 6 5 7 10 5 6 3

SE .................................................. 1.37 1.19 1.78 2.78 1.69 4.85 2.34

CV(%) ............................................. 21.13 26.27 24.29 27.00 34.40 81.05 72.18

Small appliances and miscellaneous

housewares

Mean .............................................. 12 7 14 20 12 9 4

SE .................................................. 1.54 2.02 1.89 3.65 3.74 1.63 1.08

CV(%) ............................................. 13.11 29.33 13.77 18.72 31.40 18.99 27.59

Miscellaneous household equipment

Mean .............................................. 48 31 55 65 58 38 41

SE .................................................. 4.68 4.80 5.82 5.91 16.04 9.95 14.07

CV(%) ............................................. 9.75 15.33 10.61 9.14 27.56 26.43 34.31

Other housing

Mean .............................................. 86 62 96 102 146 55 54

SE .................................................. 5.83 18.53 7.13 12.27 17.13 11.55 9.35

CV(%) ............................................. 6.78 29.94 7.42 11.98 11.70 20.96 17.45

Apparel and services

Mean .............................................. 215 186 226 280 191 180 161

SE .................................................. 9.62 19.08 11.12 20.76 23.71 37.61 25.85

CV(%) ............................................. 4.48 10.25 4.92 7.43 12.39 20.86 16.07

Males, 2 and over

Mean .............................................. 53 44 56 72 43 49 35

SE .................................................. 3.56 6.00 4.35 8.76 8.16 11.29 9.88

CV(%) ............................................. 6.76 13.61 7.75 12.24 18.84 23.27 28.56

Females, 2 and over

Mean .............................................. 86 68 93 131 73 54 51

SE .................................................. 6.68 10.99 9.42 17.23 16.62 9.34 11.40

CV(%) ............................................. 7.76 16.13 10.08 13.12 22.64 17.22 22.51

Children under 2

Mean .............................................. 20 8 25 21 33 19 33

SE .................................................. 2.47 1.79 3.27 3.14 12.23 4.17 7.59

CV(%) ............................................. 12.33 21.83 13.19 14.98 36.87 21.85 22.80

Other apparel products and services

Mean .............................................. 56 66 51 56 41 58 42

SE .................................................. 5.55 12.20 5.85 6.38 8.71 27.98 9.73

CV(%) ............................................. 9.95 18.52 11.38 11.46 21.00 47.85 23.01

Jewelry and watches

Mean .............................................. 24 42 16 16 11 29 4

SE .................................................. 4.60 11.24 4.85 3.67 3.70 25.46 1.39

CV(%) ............................................. 19.25 26.52 30.17 22.38 33.46 86.59 35.54

All other apparel products and services

Mean .............................................. 32 23 35 39 30 29 38

SE .................................................. 2.50 4.12 3.29 5.40 7.66 8.63 9.74

CV(%) ............................................. 7.85 17.52 9.33 13.79 25.20 29.68 25.38

Transportation

Mean .............................................. 111 83 124 165 145 57 46

SE .................................................. 19.53 20.92 24.75 41.06 51.83 19.94 12.59

CV(%) ............................................. 17.53 25.35 20.03 24.93 35.63 34.93 27.07

Health care

Mean .............................................. 53 93 36 33 18 24 92

SE .................................................. 13.09 31.45 12.72 7.28 4.67 10.73 74.08

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1400. Size of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficient of

variation, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2012 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

One

person

Two or more persons

Total Two

persons

Three

persons

Four

persons

Five or

more

persons

Health care

CV(%) ............................................. 24.81 33.84 35.72 22.25 26.46 45.00 80.52

Entertainment

Mean .............................................. 82 47 96 127 77 69 60

SE .................................................. 6.48 6.37 8.23 13.32 17.14 12.44 11.01

CV(%) ............................................. 7.92 13.69 8.57 10.50 22.14 18.09 18.38

Toys, games, arts and crafts, and tricycles

Mean .............................................. 28 10 36 45 12 42 30

SE .................................................. 3.50 2.23 4.84 7.56 3.10 12.02 8.59

CV(%) ............................................. 12.41 22.17 13.60 16.76 25.16 28.69 28.16

Other entertainment

Mean .............................................. 54 36 60 82 65 27 29

SE .................................................. 4.88 6.59 6.00 10.54 16.08 4.55 5.13

CV(%) ............................................. 9.12 18.09 9.92 12.88 24.70 16.92 17.44

Personal care products and services

Mean .............................................. 16 9 19 26 9 21 3

SE .................................................. 2.39 3.48 3.30 6.32 3.03 8.09 1.48

CV(%) ............................................. 14.99 37.77 17.72 24.08 32.23 37.65 48.87

Reading

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

SE .................................................. .18 .42 .22 .41 .35 .35 .60

CV(%) ............................................. 9.50 24.68 11.47 15.85 23.90 52.29 28.51

Education

Mean .............................................. 260 122 319 364 507 167 83

SE .................................................. 25.57 25.25 36.19 51.69 82.89 46.45 39.52

CV(%) ............................................. 9.83 20.70 11.36 14.21 16.35 27.82 47.67

All other gifts

Mean .............................................. 71 93 62 86 39 40 47

SE .................................................. 7.45 19.96 7.07 10.42 6.62 11.16 16.35

CV(%) ............................................. 10.52 21.53 11.50 12.17 16.91 27.55 35.09

1 Value is too small to display.

n.a. Not applicable.

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