Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer Expenditure Surveys, 2020 

 (Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated) 

Married couple consumer units 

Married couple with children 

Item Aggregate Total 

Married 

couple 

only 

Total 

Oldest 

child 

under 6 

Oldest 

child 

6 to 17 

Oldest 

child 18 

or older 

Other 

married 

couple 

consumer 

units 

One 

parent, 

at least 

one child 

under 18 

Single 

person 

and other 

consumer 

units 

Number of consumer units (in thousands)1......................... 131,234 63,670 28,407 29,930 5,395 14,323 10,212 5,332 6,461 61,103 

Percent distribution of consumer units ................................ 100.0 48.5 21.6 22.8 4.1 10.9 7.8 4.1 4.9 46.6 

Consumer unit characteristics (mean values): 

 Income before taxes......................................................... $84,352 $114,565 $97,059 $131,521 $120,459 $131,948 $136,768 $112,654 $48,496 $56,660 

 Income after taxes ............................................................ 74,949 100,588 85,806 113,663 106,341 116,119 114,088 105,953 48,541 51,025 

 Age of reference person .................................................. 52.2 51.8 59.8 44.4 33.5 41.4 54.4 50.6 40.2 53.9 

 Average number in consumer unit: 

 People ........................................................................... 2.5 3.2 2.0 4.0 3.5 4.2 3.9 4.9 3.0 1.7 

 Children under 18 ......................................................... .6 .8 ( 2 ) 1.6 1.5 2.2 .6 1.3 1.7 .2 

 Adults 65 and older ....................................................... .4 .5 .9 .1 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) .3 .7 ( 3 ) .4 

 Earners .......................................................................... 1.3 1.6 1.1 2.0 1.7 1.8 2.5 2.3 1.1 1.0 

 Vehicles......................................................................... 1.9 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.0 2.3 3.0 2.6 1.3 1.4 

Percent distribution: 

 Reference person: 

 Men ............................................................................... 47 54 55 55 64 52 53 45 20 42 

 Women .......................................................................... 53 46 45 45 36 48 47 55 80 58 

 Housing tenure: 

 Homeowner ................................................................... 66 80 84 77 67 77 82 79 42 53 

 With mortgage ........................................................... 39 51 41 60 58 64 56 55 31 27 

 Without mortgage ...................................................... 27 29 43 17 9 13 26 24 11 27 

 Renter ........................................................................... 34 20 16 23 33 23 18 21 58 47 

 Race of reference person: 

 Black or African-American ............................................ 13 8 6 9 6 10 11 10 30 17 

 White, Asian, and all other races .................................. 87 92 94 91 94 90 89 90 70 83 

 Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person: 

 Hispanic or Latino ......................................................... 14 15 9 18 15 18 20 32 22 12 

 Not Hispanic or Latino .................................................. 86 85 91 82 85 82 80 68 78 88 

 Education of reference person: 

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

 High school (9-12)......................................................... 28 24 25 22 17 22 26 32 29 32 

 College .......................................................................... 69 72 73 74 82 76 68 61 68 66 

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

 At least one vehicle owned or leased .............................. 90 96 96 97 97 97 98 96 85 84 

Annual aggregate expenditures .......................................... $8,051,248 62.1 24.7 32.5 5.0 15.8 11.7 5.0 3.8 34.0 

 Food ................................................................................. 961,333 62.6 23.6 33.2 4.3 16.2 12.7 5.8 4.6 32.8 

 Food at home ................................................................ 649,324 62.9 23.3 33.3 4.4 16.4 12.5 6.3 4.6 32.6 

 Cereals and bakery products..................................... 84,058 63.2 22.7 34.5 4.5 17.5 12.5 5.9 5.0 31.8 

 Cereals and cereal products .................................. 27,832 63.5 21.8 35.6 4.5 18.5 12.6 6.1 5.1 31.4 

 Bakery products...................................................... 56,226 63.0 23.2 34.0 4.5 17.0 12.4 5.8 4.9 32.0 

 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ................................... 141,308 63.3 23.6 32.5 4.0 16.1 12.4 7.2 5.0 31.7 

 Beef ........................................................................ 38,889 65.9 25.3 33.8 3.2 18.2 12.4 6.8 5.9 28.2 

 Pork ........................................................................ 28,174 64.1 24.1 33.3 4.6 16.9 11.8 6.8 5.2 30.7 

 Other meats ............................................................ 18,648 61.8 22.1 33.3 4.4 16.6 12.4 6.3 4.7 33.5 

 Poultry..................................................................... 24,864 60.4 21.1 31.9 4.3 14.8 12.8 7.3 5.0 34.6 

 Fish and seafood .................................................... 22,344 62.5 24.3 29.4 3.5 12.8 13.1 8.7 3.8 33.8 

 Eggs ........................................................................ 8,388 62.5 22.6 32.3 4.7 15.6 12.0 7.7 3.9 33.5 

 Dairy products ............................................................ 62,244 63.9 23.2 34.8 5.0 16.7 13.1 5.9 4.0 32.1 

 Fresh milk and cream ............................................. 19,286 62.6 21.4 34.9 5.3 17.1 12.5 6.2 4.7 32.7 

 Other dairy products ............................................... 42,958 64.6 24.0 34.7 4.9 16.5 13.4 5.8 3.6 31.8 

 Fruits and vegetables ................................................ 128,370 62.7 23.4 33.0 4.8 15.7 12.6 6.3 4.2 33.1 

 Fresh fruits .............................................................. 45,806 63.4 22.8 34.5 5.3 16.3 12.8 6.1 3.8 32.8 

 Fresh vegetables .................................................... 40,856 63.7 25.6 31.6 4.5 14.8 12.3 6.6 3.5 32.8 

See footnotes at end of table. 
Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer Expenditure Surveys, 2020 —

Continued 

 (Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated) 

Married couple consumer units 

Married couple with children 

Item Aggregate Total 

Married 

couple 

only 

Total 

Oldest 

child 

under 6 

Oldest 

child 

6 to 17 

Oldest 

child 18 

or older 

Other 

married 

couple 

consumer 

units 

One 

parent, 

at least 

one child 

under 18 

Single 

person 

and other 

consumer 

units 

 Processed fruits ...................................................... 16,461 60.8 21.8 33.3 4.8 16.5 11.9 5.7 5.6 33.6 

 Processed vegetables ............................................ 25,247 61.1 22.1 32.7 4.3 15.3 13.0 6.4 5.2 33.7 

 Other food at home .................................................... 233,344 62.3 23.2 33.1 4.2 16.4 12.4 6.1 4.5 33.2 

 Sugar and other sweets ......................................... 21,794 62.9 22.8 34.3 3.9 18.2 12.3 5.8 4.9 32.2 

 Fats and oils ........................................................... 17,419 60.7 23.1 30.3 3.9 14.4 12.0 7.3 5.3 33.9 

 Miscellaneous foods ............................................... 127,852 62.8 23.1 33.7 4.6 17.0 12.1 6.0 4.3 33.0 

 Nonalcoholic beverages ......................................... 59,771 60.4 22.3 31.9 3.8 14.9 13.2 6.2 4.7 34.8 

 Food prepared by consumer unit on 

 out-of-town trips................................................... 6,509 73.4 34.5 35.1 3.5 18.7 12.9 3.8 3.1 23.5 

 Food away from home .................................................. 312,009 62.1 24.2 33.1 4.2 15.8 13.1 4.8 4.6 33.3 

 Alcoholic beverages ......................................................... 62,801 65.6 34.3 28.2 4.3 12.6 11.3 3.1 1.6 32.9 

 Housing ............................................................................ 2,809,933 58.1 23.0 30.2 5.5 14.6 10.1 4.8 4.3 37.6 

 Shelter ........................................................................... 1,654,047 56.3 22.3 29.6 5.3 14.6 9.6 4.4 4.5 39.2 

 Owned dwellings........................................................ 980,723 67.6 26.8 35.5 6.0 17.7 11.8 5.3 2.9 29.5 

 Mortgage interest and charges .............................. 388,670 70.2 21.9 42.0 7.4 22.0 12.6 6.2 3.4 26.3 

 Property taxes ........................................................ 308,849 67.3 28.5 33.5 5.0 16.3 12.1 5.3 2.8 29.9 

 Maintenance, repairs, insurance, other 

 expenses ............................................................. 283,203 64.4 31.6 28.7 5.0 13.5 10.3 4.0 2.3 33.3 

 Rented dwellings ....................................................... 578,518 34.0 12.5 18.4 4.6 8.9 4.9 3.1 7.6 58.4 

 Other lodging ............................................................. 94,807 75.5 35.6 36.5 3.2 17.2 16.1 3.4 2.4 22.1 

 Utilities, fuels, and public services ................................ 545,665 59.1 23.5 29.6 4.2 14.1 11.3 5.9 4.5 36.4 

 Natural gas ................................................................ 54,387 57.6 23.2 29.1 4.4 13.7 11.0 5.2 4.7 37.7 

 Electricity.................................................................... 198,942 57.5 23.4 28.4 4.2 13.8 10.4 5.7 4.6 37.9 

 Fuel oil and other fuels .............................................. 13,799 58.1 27.0 27.3 3.3 12.9 11.1 3.9 42.6 39.3 

 Telephone services.................................................... 189,045 60.2 23.1 30.8 4.3 14.3 12.2 6.3 4.9 34.9 

 Residential phone service, VOIP, and phone 

 cards .................................................................... 24,611 54.5 29.6 19.8 2.0 8.6 9.3 5.1 2.0 43.5 

 Cellular phone service ............................................ 164,434 61.1 22.1 32.4 4.6 15.1 12.7 6.5 5.3 33.7 

 Water and other public services ................................ 89,492 61.2 24.4 30.5 4.3 14.5 11.8 6.3 4.0 34.8 

 Household operations ................................................... 192,203 63.7 20.9 38.4 13.5 17.6 7.3 4.4 4.0 32.3 

 Personal services ...................................................... 45,489 81.1 43.7 74.2 42.7 28.9 42.6 3.2 4.7 14.2 

 Other household expenses........................................ 146,714 58.3 26.2 27.3 4.5 14.0 8.8 4.8 3.7 37.9 

 Housekeeping supplies ................................................. 109,917 65.6 26.9 32.9 4.4 13.0 15.5 5.8 3.4 31.0 

 Laundry and cleaning supplies .................................. 22,375 59.4 23.8 28.4 4.6 12.5 11.3 7.2 4.1 36.5 

 Other household products ......................................... 70,453 67.3 26.6 35.1 4.6 12.4 18.0 5.6 3.5 29.2 

 Postage and stationery .............................................. 17,089 66.5 32.3 29.6 3.2 15.9 10.5 4.5 2.3 31.3 

 Household furnishings and equipment ......................... 308,101 59.4 26.1 28.8 4.4 14.2 10.2 4.6 3.6 37.0 

 Household textiles ..................................................... 15,249 57.9 24.0 31.1 7.1 13.3 10.7 2.8 4.6 37.5 

 Furniture..................................................................... 70,101 63.6 26.7 32.7 5.6 17.2 9.9 4.2 4.8 31.5 

 Floor coverings .......................................................... 3,925 68.5 30.8 34.9 6.7 21.6 6.6 2.7 2.8 28.8 

 Major appliances........................................................ 46,458 62.9 24.6 30.5 4.0 14.8 11.6 7.8 4.4 32.7 

 Small appliances, miscellaneous housewares .......... 17,695 61.9 25.9 29.8 4.4 15.7 9.7 6.2 3.0 35.1 

 Miscellaneous household equipment ........................ 154,673 56.0 26.3 26.0 3.5 12.4 10.0 3.7 2.8 41.1 

 Apparel and services........................................................ 188,417 59.2 20.0 34.7 5.8 17.3 11.7 4.4 5.3 35.5 

 Men and boys ............................................................... 42,869 61.5 21.0 35.5 5.6 20.5 9.3 5.1 3.9 34.5 

 Men, 16 and over ....................................................... 31,537 58.5 25.6 28.5 4.3 13.9 10.3 4.4 .8 40.7 

 Boys, 2 to 15 .............................................................. 11,332 70.1 8.2 55.0 9.3 39.1 6.6 6.9 12.7 17.2 

 Women and girls ........................................................... 71,603 58.2 20.2 34.0 4.5 16.7 12.7 4.1 6.6 35.2 

 Women, 16 and over ................................................. 59,915 56.0 22.6 29.5 4.0 12.1 13.4 3.9 5.2 38.8 

 Girls, 2 to 15 .............................................................. 11,687 69.3 7.7 56.8 7.3 40.1 9.4 4.9 14.0 16.7 

 Children under 2 ........................................................... 8,918 70.0 14.6 49.3 29.1 16.9 43.4 46.0 44.1 25.9 

 Footwear ....................................................................... 41,252 60.0 18.8 37.2 5.0 17.5 14.8 3.9 5.6 34.5 

 Other apparel products and services ............................ 23,775 52.3 22.1 25.9 2.5 13.0 10.4 4.3 4.0 43.7 

 Transportation .................................................................. 1,289,479 63.8 23.0 35.4 4.8 17.5 13.2 5.4 3.7 32.6 

 Vehicle purchases (net outlay) ..................................... 593,602 67.0 23.6 38.7 4.9 20.3 13.5 4.8 2.9 30.1 

 Cars and trucks, new ................................................. 274,152 68.9 28.9 35.6 4.0 19.9 11.7 4.4 42.5 28.6 

 Cars and trucks, used ................................................ 309,659 66.7 19.3 42.2 5.8 21.0 15.5 5.2 3.2 30.1 

 Other vehicles ............................................................ 9,791 25.5 411.5 12.2 4

.5 11.5 4.2 41.9 43.4 71.0 

 Gasoline, other fuels, and motor oil .............................. 205,806 61.7 21.9 33.3 4.6 15.9 12.8 6.5 4.4 33.9 

 Other vehicle expenses ................................................ 455,490 60.7 22.7 32.3 4.8 14.7 12.8 5.7 4.3 34.9 

 Vehicle finance charges ............................................ 33,876 66.0 22.8 36.6 6.1 17.5 13.0 6.7 4.2 29.8 

See footnotes at end of table. 
Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer Expenditure Surveys, 2020 —

Continued 

 (Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated) 

Married couple consumer units 

Married couple with children 

Item Aggregate Total 

Married 

couple 

only 

Total 

Oldest 

child 

under 6 

Oldest 

child 

6 to 17 

Oldest 

child 18 

or older 

Other 

married 

couple 

consumer 

units 

One 

parent, 

at least 

one child 

under 18 

Single 

person 

and other 

consumer 

units 

 Maintenance and repairs ........................................... 115,430 59.5 23.2 30.9 4.1 13.7 13.1 5.5 4.5 36.0 

 Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other 

 charges ................................................................... 99,519 62.9 24.2 34.6 6.4 17.0 11.2 4.2 3.5 33.6 

 Vehicle insurance ...................................................... 206,665 59.5 21.8 31.4 4.3 13.7 13.4 6.3 4.7 35.8 

 Public and other transportation ..................................... 34,580 60.3 21.4 33.1 4.1 15.3 13.7 5.8 3.6 36.0 

 Healthcare ........................................................................ 679,445 65.6 31.5 29.2 4.9 13.1 11.1 5.0 2.7 31.6 

 Health insurance ........................................................... 481,223 65.7 31.9 28.6 4.8 12.8 11.0 5.3 2.8 31.5 

 Medical services ........................................................... 113,387 66.9 28.3 35.2 7.1 16.3 11.8 3.4 2.6 30.5 

 Drugs ............................................................................. 62,556 63.4 33.9 24.5 2.7 10.1 11.7 5.0 2.3 34.3 

 Medical supplies ........................................................... 22,279 64.4 33.1 24.5 2.4 12.1 10.0 6.8 2.8 32.9 

 Entertainment ................................................................... 382,340 64.1 27.2 33.1 3.7 16.7 12.7 3.8 3.7 32.2 

 Fees and admissions .................................................... 55,723 75.3 26.9 45.7 5.2 27.8 12.6 2.7 4.4 20.3 

 Audio and visual equipment and services .................... 137,719 57.3 27.9 24.9 3.0 12.5 9.3 4.5 3.8 38.9 

 Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground equipment .......... 112,904 67.9 25.8 38.6 3.5 15.8 19.3 3.4 4.0 28.2 

 Pets ............................................................................ 90,601 66.3 26.5 37.2 2.7 12.2 22.4 2.6 4.2 29.5 

 Toys, hobbies, and playground equipment ............... 22,303 74.2 23.2 44.3 7.0 30.5 6.8 6.7 43.0 22.8 

 Other entertainment supplies, equipment, and 

 services ...................................................................... 75,994 62.4 28.3 30.3 3.9 17.3 9.2 3.8 2.7 34.9 

 Personal care products and services ............................... 84,885 59.7 25.6 29.1 4.0 14.7 10.4 5.0 5.9 34.4 

 Reading ............................................................................ 14,953 58.0 30.6 23.5 3.8 10.8 8.9 3.8 2.5 39.6 

 Education ......................................................................... 166,865 67.8 14.7 49.1 2.8 23.9 22.4 4.0 2.4 29.8 

 Tobacco products and smoking supplies ........................ 41,311 46.0 19.0 20.1 2.3 10.0 7.8 7.0 4.0 49.9 

 Miscellaneous .................................................................. 119,029 55.5 27.3 23.5 2.4 11.5 9.6 4.7 4.9 39.6 

 Cash contributions ........................................................... 299,564 65.7 39.6 22.2 2.5 11.7 8.0 3.9 2.5 31.8 

 Personal insurance and pensions .................................... 950,893 68.1 24.1 38.8 6.8 19.0 13.0 5.2 2.8 29.0 

 Life and other personal insurance ................................ 63,746 72.0 31.1 35.6 4.6 16.4 14.6 5.2 1.8 26.2 

 Pensions and Social Security ....................................... 887,147 67.9 23.6 39.1 6.9 19.2 12.9 5.2 2.9 29.2 

Sources of income and personal taxes: 

 Income before taxes......................................................... $11,069,815 65.9 24.9 35.6 5.9 17.1 12.6 5.4 2.8 31.3 

 Wages and salaries ...................................................... 8,589,128 67.3 21.5 40.2 6.9 19.5 13.8 5.6 3.1 29.6 

 Self-employment income .............................................. 762,150 73.8 28.1 40.5 6.2 20.8 13.5 5.2 2.1 24.1 

 Social Security, private and government 

 retirement ................................................................... 1,245,861 56.1 44.4 6.5 4

.1 1.4 5.1 5.1 .4 43.6 

 Interest, dividends, rental income, other property 

 income ....................................................................... 257,572 62.9 41.5 19.6 2.1 8.4 9.1 1.8 1.1 36.1 

 Public assistance, Supplemental Security Income, 

 Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program 

 (SNAP) ....................................................................... 60,161 35.3 9.8 17.9 41.3 10.9 5.7 7.7 13.2 51.4 

 Unemployment and workers' compensation, 

 veterans' benefits, and regular contributions for 

 support ....................................................................... 118,405 48.1 22.2 19.3 2.0 8.7 8.6 6.6 9.7 42.2 

 Other income ................................................................ 36,539 43.4 19.1 21.0 3.8 7.6 9.6 3.3 7.9 48.7 

 Personal taxes (contains some imputed values) ............. 1,233,909 72.1 25.9 43.3 6.2 18.4 18.8 2.9 ( 3 ) 27.9 

 Federal income taxes ................................................... 1,156,407 70.2 25.9 41.0 5.7 16.9 18.4 3.3 .5 29.3 

 Stimulus payment (new UCC Q20202)# ...................... -250,790 60.5 23.2 30.3 4.9 14.1 11.2 7.1 4.6 34.9 

 State and local income taxes ........................................ 318,861 70.0 23.5 41.8 7.0 20.3 14.5 4.7 1.8 28.2 

 Other taxes ................................................................... 9,432 63.6 30.7 29.7 43.0 15.8 10.9 43.2 41.3 35.1 

 Income after taxes ............................................................ 9,835,905 65.1 24.8 34.6 5.8 16.9 11.8 5.7 3.2 31.7 

1

 Data are rounded to the nearest thousands. 

2

 No data reported. 

3

 Value is too small to display. 

4

 Data are likely to have large sampling errors. 

# Data collection for this item began in June 2020. Stimulus payments delivered to respondents interviewed in April and May of 2020 were not included in estimation. 

Source: Consumer Expenditure Surveys, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, September, 2021