Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer Expenditure 

Survey, 2019 

Married couple consumer units 

Married couple with children 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

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) ................. 132,242 64,640 28,814 30,392 5,572 14,930 9,890 5,434 6,423 61,179 

Consumer unit characteristics: 

 Income before taxes 

 Mean .................................... $82,852 $117,048 $102,290 $132,212 $151,081 $125,624 $131,527 $110,485 $46,173 $50,573 

 SE........................................ 1,973.48 3,600.71 3,432.48 6,142.98 29,926.85 2,887.08 4,913.56 5,617.78 2,405.02 1,155.90 

 CV(%) .................................. 2.38 3.08 3.36 4.65 19.81 2.30 3.74 5.08 5.21 2.29 

 Income after taxes 

 Mean .................................... 71,487 99,478 85,769 112,219 121,405 108,289 112,977 100,915 44,625 44,733 

 SE........................................ 1,312.27 2,303.89 2,228.18 3,857.48 18,161.46 2,224.20 3,754.66 4,611.03 1,819.23 965.64 

 CV(%) .................................. 1.84 2.32 2.60 3.44 14.96 2.05 3.32 4.57 4.08 2.16 

 Age of reference person ......................................... 51.6 51.4 59.1 44.2 33.5 41.4 54.4 50.8 39.8 53.0 

 Average number in consumer unit: 

 People .................................................................. 2.5 3.2 2.0 4.0 3.4 4.2 3.9 5.1 3.0 1.6 

 Children under 18 ................................................ .6 .8 ( 1 ) 1.5 1.4 2.2 .6 1.4 1.7 .2 

 Adults 65 and older .............................................. .4 .5 .8 .1 ( 1 ) ( 2 ) .3 .7 ( 2 ) .4 

 Earners ................................................................ 1.3 1.7 1.2 2.0 1.7 1.8 2.5 2.4 1.1 .9 

 Vehicles ............................................................... 1.9 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.0 2.4 3.0 2.8 1.2 1.4 

Percent distribution: 

 Reference person: 

 Men ...................................................................... 48 55 57 53 60 51 53 47 20 44 

 Women ................................................................. 52 45 43 47 40 49 47 53 80 56 

 Housing tenure: 

 Homeowner.......................................................... 64 79 83 76 68 73 85 78 35 51 

 With mortgage .................................................. 37 51 42 58 58 60 57 57 28 24 

 Without mortgage ............................................. 27 28 41 17 10 13 28 21 7 27 

 Renter .................................................................. 36 21 17 24 32 27 15 22 65 49 

 Race of reference person: 

 Black or African-American ................................... 13 8 7 9 6 10 9 12 32 17 

 White, Asian, and all other races ......................... 87 92 93 91 94 90 91 88 68 83 

 Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person: 

 Hispanic or Latino ................................................ 14 15 8 19 16 19 20 30 21 11 

 Not Hispanic or Latino ......................................... 86 85 92 81 84 81 80 70 79 89 

 Education of reference person: 

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

 High school (9-12) ............................................... 30 26 25 25 18 24 29 38 33 33 

 College ................................................................. 67 71 73 71 80 72 65 56 64 64 

 Never attended and other .................................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 1 ) 1 ( 2 ) 1 ( 1 ) ( 2 ) 

 At least one vehicle owned or leased ..................... 89 97 96 97 96 97 97 97 82 82 

Average annual expenditures 

 Mean .................................... $63,036 $81,898 $74,353 $89,900 $80,311 $91,267 $93,206 $77,802 $48,615 $44,564 

 SE........................................ 578.05 986.92 1,365.87 1,175.95 2,598.70 2,049.79 2,214.47 3,003.32 1,545.01 630.46 

 CV(%) .................................. .92 1.21 1.84 1.31 3.24 2.25 2.38 3.86 3.18 1.41 

 Food 

 Mean .................................... 8,169 10,547 9,117 11,957 9,549 12,395 12,638 10,821 7,239 5,719 

 Share ................................... 13.0 12.9 12.3 13.3 11.9 13.6 13.6 13.9 14.9 12.8 

 SE........................................ 118.61 206.04 246.87 300.92 378.17 423.32 581.77 606.74 637.30 100.78 

 CV(%) .................................. 1.45 1.95 2.71 2.52 3.96 3.42 4.60 5.61 8.80 1.76 

 Food at home 

 Mean .................................... 4,643 6,054 5,156 6,857 5,431 7,033 7,385 6,696 4,208 3,174 

 Share ................................... 7.4 7.4 6.9 7.6 6.8 7.7 7.9 8.6 8.7 7.1 

 SE........................................ 79.34 138.32 135.33 210.54 253.82 261.65 348.75 415.62 536.62 72.10 

 CV(%) .................................. 1.71 2.28 2.62 3.07 4.67 3.72 4.72 6.21 12.75 2.27 

 Cereals and bakery products 

 Mean .................................... 583 760 618 878 659 926 926 904 583 393 

See footnotes at end of table. 
Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer Expenditure 

Survey, 2019 — Continued 

Married couple consumer units 

Married couple with children 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

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 

 Cereals and bakery products 

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

 SE........................................ 9.87 15.70 19.80 23.60 49.78 27.75 51.39 68.10 84.82 10.55 

 CV(%) .................................. 1.69 2.07 3.20 2.69 7.55 3.00 5.55 7.53 14.55 2.69 

 Cereals and cereal products 

 Mean .................................... 184 243 181 293 237 305 307 316 172 121 

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

 SE........................................ 4.00 7.53 8.80 11.80 28.82 15.80 23.85 30.33 13.95 4.83 

 CV(%) .................................. 2.18 3.10 4.87 4.02 12.18 5.18 7.77 9.59 8.09 4.00 

 Bakery products 

 Mean .................................... 400 517 438 585 423 621 619 587 411 272 

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

 SE........................................ 7.87 11.04 14.79 15.57 33.03 20.05 33.62 51.41 84.80 6.75 

 CV(%) .................................. 1.97 2.14 3.38 2.66 7.82 3.23 5.43 8.75 20.66 2.48 

 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs 

 Mean .................................... 980 1,284 1,066 1,459 1,049 1,489 1,642 1,549 889 664 

 Share ................................... 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.3 1.6 1.8 2.0 1.8 1.5 

 SE........................................ 29.01 55.69 44.57 96.99 78.56 149.82 104.51 127.13 136.50 21.71 

 CV(%) .................................. 2.96 4.34 4.18 6.65 7.49 10.06 6.36 8.21 15.36 3.27 

 Beef 

 Mean .................................... 270 370 296 424 259 461 457 493 217 169 

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

 SE........................................ 18.61 37.97 16.52 78.55 30.90 140.39 42.80 54.66 40.44 7.06 

 CV(%) .................................. 6.89 10.26 5.58 18.54 11.93 30.42 9.36 11.09 18.61 4.18 

 Pork 

 Mean .................................... 187 242 217 257 198 248 304 301 163 130 

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

 SE........................................ 6.76 10.63 14.78 14.07 40.21 16.48 21.64 37.42 46.16 5.82 

 CV(%) .................................. 3.62 4.39 6.80 5.48 20.30 6.65 7.12 12.44 28.31 4.49 

 Other meats 

 Mean .................................... 129 173 142 199 141 203 223 204 99 86 

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

 SE........................................ 4.51 8.70 11.02 12.09 14.96 16.30 24.89 28.15 15.09 4.93 

 CV(%) .................................. 3.49 5.04 7.79 6.09 10.61 8.02 11.15 13.79 15.24 5.75 

 Poultry 

 Mean .................................... 189 241 188 287 213 297 314 284 181 134 

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

 SE........................................ 3.99 8.16 11.30 12.67 22.43 16.79 26.68 36.20 20.84 6.65 

 CV(%) .................................. 2.11 3.39 6.02 4.41 10.55 5.66 8.49 12.74 11.49 4.95 

 Fish and seafood 

 Mean .................................... 147 187 163 212 173 198 255 182 173 101 

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

 SE........................................ 5.94 9.52 11.18 14.59 24.02 19.74 30.24 32.21 45.29 6.13 

 CV(%) .................................. 4.05 5.09 6.84 6.88 13.88 9.95 11.88 17.66 26.14 6.10 

 Eggs 

 Mean .................................... 58 71 60 81 66 82 89 84 55 45 

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

 SE........................................ 1.85 2.47 3.35 3.67 6.57 4.36 6.18 8.66 9.05 2.12 

 CV(%) .................................. 3.17 3.46 5.62 4.53 10.00 5.33 6.97 10.27 16.54 4.71 

 Dairy products 

 Mean .................................... 455 599 503 691 559 726 712 635 384 307 

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

 SE........................................ 7.20 14.73 16.66 23.45 36.83 32.68 34.85 42.37 36.33 9.42 

 CV(%) .................................. 1.58 2.46 3.31 3.39 6.59 4.50 4.90 6.67 9.45 3.06 

 Fresh milk and cream 

 Mean .................................... 140 184 148 215 163 231 220 213 150 92 

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

 SE........................................ 3.07 5.25 5.33 7.67 12.82 9.70 13.30 17.94 23.96 3.22 

 CV(%) .................................. 2.19 2.85 3.59 3.57 7.88 4.20 6.05 8.42 15.99 3.49 

 Other dairy products 

 Mean .................................... 315 416 355 476 396 495 492 422 235 215 

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

 SE........................................ 5.41 10.94 13.79 17.89 27.90 27.47 25.25 28.31 22.25 7.81 

 CV(%) .................................. 1.72 2.63 3.88 3.76 7.05 5.55 5.13 6.71 9.49 3.63 

 Fruits and vegetables 

 Mean .................................... 876 1,158 998 1,307 1,060 1,370 1,348 1,238 708 593 

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

See footnotes at end of table. 
Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer Expenditure 

Survey, 2019 — Continued 

Married couple consumer units 

Married couple with children 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

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 

 Fruits and vegetables 

 SE........................................ 19.96 31.14 34.85 44.67 67.79 58.80 76.10 98.50 71.49 17.20 

 CV(%) .................................. 2.28 2.69 3.49 3.42 6.40 4.29 5.65 7.96 10.10 2.90 

 Fresh fruits 

 Mean .................................... 322 434 369 495 417 542 466 460 237 211 

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

 SE........................................ 8.07 12.52 14.33 19.49 34.69 28.41 27.72 49.02 25.46 5.75 

 CV(%) .................................. 2.51 2.88 3.88 3.93 8.31 5.24 5.95 10.65 10.76 2.73 

 Fresh vegetables 

 Mean .................................... 295 391 347 434 342 458 447 408 219 201 

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

 SE........................................ 8.67 15.14 17.55 20.34 27.77 26.12 31.89 34.53 33.76 7.84 

 CV(%) .................................. 2.93 3.87 5.06 4.69 8.11 5.70 7.13 8.46 15.39 3.89 

 Processed fruits 

 Mean .................................... 112 142 117 164 133 164 182 167 124 79 

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

 SE........................................ 3.37 4.90 5.29 8.48 13.83 10.36 13.89 16.76 31.36 3.66 

 CV(%) .................................. 3.00 3.44 4.53 5.17 10.37 6.32 7.63 10.02 25.37 4.66 

 Processed vegetables 

 Mean .................................... 147 190 165 214 166 206 253 202 128 102 

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

 SE........................................ 4.49 5.77 7.06 8.97 15.02 11.54 21.52 25.97 14.40 5.11 

 CV(%) .................................. 3.06 3.03 4.28 4.20 9.03 5.61 8.52 12.87 11.26 5.00 

 Other food at home 

 Mean .................................... 1,749 2,253 1,970 2,522 2,104 2,521 2,757 2,371 1,645 1,217 

 Share ................................... 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.4 2.7 

 SE........................................ 30.05 49.68 51.37 77.66 103.71 93.98 162.72 162.84 247.42 28.51 

 CV(%) .................................. 1.72 2.21 2.61 3.08 4.93 3.73 5.90 6.87 15.04 2.34 

 Sugar and other sweets 

 Mean .................................... 165 220 195 234 169 239 262 285 148 108 

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

 SE........................................ 4.21 8.63 10.91 11.91 28.73 13.60 19.51 48.57 20.92 5.44 

 CV(%) .................................. 2.55 3.92 5.59 5.09 16.96 5.70 7.44 17.02 14.17 5.05 

 Fats and oils 

 Mean .................................... 115 151 134 166 137 166 183 166 101 77 

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

 SE........................................ 3.71 5.35 6.85 8.73 15.00 9.94 16.71 17.77 33.86 2.96 

 CV(%) .................................. 3.23 3.54 5.10 5.26 10.97 6.00 9.15 10.68 33.58 3.85 

 Miscellaneous foods 

 Mean .................................... 952 1,227 1,048 1,412 1,230 1,428 1,489 1,213 912 660 

 Share ................................... 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.9 1.5 

 SE........................................ 17.32 30.61 34.15 45.11 69.99 58.13 98.04 96.79 112.15 19.23 

 CV(%) .................................. 1.82 2.50 3.26 3.19 5.69 4.07 6.58 7.98 12.30 2.91 

 Nonalcoholic beverages 

 Mean .................................... 455 567 495 625 487 608 729 650 452 335 

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

 SE........................................ 12.19 16.04 16.92 25.15 33.74 31.50 54.61 53.40 96.59 11.52 

 CV(%) .................................. 2.68 2.83 3.42 4.02 6.93 5.18 7.49 8.22 21.37 3.44 

 Food prepared by consumer unit on 

 out-of-town trips 

 Mean .................................... 62 88 97 85 81 81 94 56 32 37 

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

 SE........................................ 2.60 3.61 6.16 4.92 10.40 6.99 11.81 10.88 6.29 2.60 

 CV(%) .................................. 4.19 4.10 6.34 5.78 12.82 8.65 12.57 19.36 19.39 6.94 

 Food away from home 

 Mean .................................... 3,526 4,493 3,962 5,101 4,119 5,362 5,253 4,124 3,031 2,545 

 Share ................................... 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.7 5.1 5.9 5.6 5.3 6.2 5.7 

 SE........................................ 66.85 113.07 164.89 166.19 244.28 222.87 399.81 316.00 206.22 79.27 

 CV(%) .................................. 1.90 2.52 4.16 3.26 5.93 4.16 7.61 7.66 6.80 3.12 

 Alcoholic beverages 

 Mean .................................... 579 697 837 610 455 588 730 401 323 482 

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

 SE........................................ 22.67 34.50 53.59 41.54 53.87 67.21 74.79 84.13 134.81 25.70 

 CV(%) .................................. 3.91 4.95 6.41 6.82 11.83 11.44 10.24 20.98 41.75 5.33 

See footnotes at end of table. 
Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer Expenditure 

Survey, 2019 — Continued 

Married couple consumer units 

Married couple with children 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

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 

 Housing 

 Mean .................................... 20,679 25,431 23,066 27,599 29,899 27,943 25,784 25,835 17,340 16,002 

 Share ................................... 32.8 31.1 31.0 30.7 37.2 30.6 27.7 33.2 35.7 35.9 

 SE........................................ 195.28 344.98 495.44 399.95 1,117.43 511.73 778.07 1,383.05 416.48 220.21 

 CV(%) .................................. .94 1.36 2.15 1.45 3.74 1.83 3.02 5.35 2.40 1.38 

 Shelter 

 Mean .................................... 12,190 14,479 13,275 15,668 16,509 16,341 14,180 14,204 10,332 9,968 

 Share ................................... 19.3 17.7 17.9 17.4 20.6 17.9 15.2 18.3 21.3 22.4 

 SE........................................ 143.71 259.76 385.60 304.38 618.27 391.92 492.80 973.35 326.52 152.07 

 CV(%) .................................. 1.18 1.79 2.90 1.94 3.75 2.40 3.48 6.85 3.16 1.53 

 Owned dwellings 

 Mean .................................... 6,797 9,709 8,781 10,565 10,234 10,796 10,402 9,841 3,448 4,072 

 Share ................................... 10.8 11.9 11.8 11.8 12.7 11.8 11.2 12.6 7.1 9.1 

 SE........................................ 100.15 189.91 262.78 265.49 655.96 410.45 436.88 842.70 284.76 125.11 

 CV(%) .................................. 1.47 1.96 2.99 2.51 6.41 3.80 4.20 8.56 8.26 3.07 

 Mortgage interest and charges 

 Mean .................................... 2,760 4,097 2,965 5,106 5,615 5,361 4,433 4,460 1,812 1,446 

 Share ................................... 4.4 5.0 4.0 5.7 7.0 5.9 4.8 5.7 3.7 3.2 

 SE........................................ 48.36 85.40 98.97 150.72 366.71 235.44 259.26 264.21 163.62 70.99 

 CV(%) .................................. 1.75 2.08 3.34 2.95 6.53 4.39 5.85 5.92 9.03 4.91 

 Property taxes 

 Mean .................................... 2,159 3,055 2,993 3,158 2,536 3,223 3,412 2,806 972 1,337 

 Share ................................... 3.4 3.7 4.0 3.5 3.2 3.5 3.7 3.6 2.0 3.0 

 SE........................................ 41.20 71.04 95.75 86.77 165.35 145.48 133.26 210.65 108.46 44.05 

 CV(%) .................................. 1.91 2.33 3.20 2.75 6.52 4.51 3.91 7.51 11.16 3.29 

 Maintenance, repairs, insurance, other 

 expenses 

 Mean .................................... 1,879 2,557 2,823 2,301 2,084 2,212 2,558 2,575 664 1,290 

 Share ................................... 3.0 3.1 3.8 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.7 3.3 1.4 2.9 

 SE........................................ 65.13 122.42 176.26 163.50 352.99 215.04 308.56 565.89 88.89 57.76 

 CV(%) .................................. 3.47 4.79 6.24 7.11 16.94 9.72 12.06 21.98 13.38 4.48 

 Rented dwellings 

 Mean .................................... 4,432 3,339 2,698 3,913 5,386 4,346 2,428 3,532 6,469 5,372 

 Share ................................... 7.0 4.1 3.6 4.4 6.7 4.8 2.6 4.5 13.3 12.1 

 SE........................................ 89.41 149.87 185.51 237.73 585.42 245.73 248.77 476.70 288.52 102.68 

 CV(%) .................................. 2.02 4.49 6.88 6.08 10.87 5.65 10.24 13.50 4.46 1.91 

 Other lodging 

 Mean .................................... 961 1,430 1,796 1,191 888 1,198 1,349 830 414 523 

 Share ................................... 1.5 1.7 2.4 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.1 .9 1.2 

 SE........................................ 38.93 68.91 134.57 59.19 95.82 85.17 136.83 166.68 71.80 33.02 

 CV(%) .................................. 4.05 4.82 7.49 4.97 10.79 7.11 10.14 20.07 17.34 6.31 

 Utilities, fuels, and public services 

 Mean .................................... 4,055 4,979 4,566 5,213 4,010 5,236 5,855 5,859 3,613 3,125 

 Share ................................... 6.4 6.1 6.1 5.8 5.0 5.7 6.3 7.5 7.4 7.0 

 SE........................................ 32.23 44.82 53.23 57.35 92.71 60.58 115.24 138.47 89.21 47.82 

 CV(%) .................................. .79 .90 1.17 1.10 2.31 1.16 1.97 2.36 2.47 1.53 

 Natural gas 

 Mean .................................... 416 495 451 523 405 518 597 572 388 336 

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

 SE........................................ 10.72 14.87 18.84 14.18 25.62 22.14 22.00 52.20 25.91 10.88 

 CV(%) .................................. 2.58 3.00 4.17 2.71 6.33 4.28 3.69 9.13 6.68 3.24 

 Electricity 

 Mean .................................... 1,472 1,766 1,655 1,808 1,394 1,845 1,986 2,122 1,360 1,172 

 Share ................................... 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.0 1.7 2.0 2.1 2.7 2.8 2.6 

 SE........................................ 17.96 24.56 29.97 29.81 49.23 31.47 48.31 68.86 45.37 21.65 

 CV(%) .................................. 1.22 1.39 1.81 1.65 3.53 1.71 2.43 3.25 3.34 1.85 

 Fuel oil and other fuels 

 Mean .................................... 113 141 167 123 131 123 118 107 54 90 

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

 SE........................................ 6.57 10.23 17.30 9.85 27.38 12.08 20.05 24.81 12.81 7.25 

 CV(%) .................................. 5.81 7.26 10.39 8.04 20.89 9.85 17.01 23.17 23.80 8.06 

 Telephone services 

 Mean .................................... 1,409 1,774 1,550 1,937 1,437 1,934 2,223 2,054 1,303 1,034 

 Share ................................... 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.2 1.8 2.1 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.3 

 SE........................................ 13.37 18.40 22.53 27.80 37.61 39.68 49.73 90.00 49.79 17.75 

 CV(%) .................................. .95 1.04 1.45 1.44 2.62 2.05 2.24 4.38 3.82 1.72 

See footnotes at end of table. 
Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer Expenditure 

Survey, 2019 — Continued 

Married couple consumer units 

Married couple with children 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

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 

 Residential phone service, VOIP, and 

 phone cards 

 Mean .................................... 191 218 270 172 81 152 255 203 79 173 

 Share ................................... .3 .3 .4 .2 .1 .2 .3 .3 .2 .4 

 SE........................................ 6.01 7.27 9.87 8.32 12.44 9.82 14.78 17.25 10.64 6.77 

 CV(%) .................................. 3.15 3.33 3.66 4.83 15.42 6.46 5.80 8.48 13.49 3.90 

 Cellular phone service 

 Mean .................................... 1,218 1,556 1,280 1,765 1,356 1,782 1,969 1,850 1,224 860 

 Share ................................... 1.9 1.9 1.7 2.0 1.7 2.0 2.1 2.4 2.5 1.9 

 SE........................................ 15.53 20.86 24.32 31.02 37.36 40.18 53.26 86.58 45.97 17.24 

 CV(%) .................................. 1.28 1.34 1.90 1.76 2.75 2.25 2.71 4.68 3.76 2.00 

 Water and other public services 

 Mean .................................... 645 802 742 822 644 817 930 1,005 509 494 

 Share ................................... 1.0 1.0 1.0 .9 .8 .9 1.0 1.3 1.0 1.1 

 SE........................................ 16.30 19.79 19.29 24.90 28.18 27.16 42.07 52.66 28.66 17.97 

 CV(%) .................................. 2.53 2.47 2.60 3.03 4.38 3.32 4.52 5.24 5.63 3.64 

 Household operations 

 Mean .................................... 1,570 2,159 1,527 2,852 5,825 2,577 1,594 1,634 1,358 969 

 Share ................................... 2.5 2.6 2.1 3.2 7.3 2.8 1.7 2.1 2.8 2.2 

 SE........................................ 35.31 67.00 60.54 123.73 433.56 142.82 137.99 197.02 113.87 27.12 

 CV(%) .................................. 2.25 3.10 3.96 4.34 7.44 5.54 8.65 12.06 8.39 2.80 

 Personal services 

 Mean .................................... 489 792 89 1,524 4,571 1,261 205 427 587 157 

 Share ................................... .8 1.0 .1 1.7 5.7 1.4 .2 .5 1.2 .4 

 SE........................................ 27.62 50.31 31.07 106.20 391.58 101.13 109.31 121.74 92.57 21.58 

 CV(%) .................................. 5.65 6.35 34.74 6.97 8.57 8.02 53.43 28.51 15.78 13.73 

 Other household expenses 

 Mean .................................... 1,081 1,367 1,438 1,328 1,253 1,315 1,390 1,207 771 812 

 Share ................................... 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.8 

 SE........................................ 20.55 34.39 48.45 45.63 86.04 63.55 68.34 95.46 45.00 19.55 

 CV(%) .................................. 1.90 2.52 3.37 3.44 6.87 4.83 4.92 7.91 5.84 2.41 

 Housekeeping supplies 

 Mean .................................... 766 1,023 1,012 1,017 759 1,002 1,184 1,116 615 506 

 Share ................................... 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.1 .9 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.1 

 SE........................................ 18.22 34.04 46.97 49.46 104.33 72.25 90.61 180.13 71.17 21.24 

 CV(%) .................................. 2.38 3.33 4.64 4.86 13.75 7.21 7.65 16.14 11.58 4.20 

 Laundry and cleaning supplies 

 Mean .................................... 185 227 193 256 182 235 331 265 218 136 

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

 SE........................................ 7.37 10.08 12.32 19.33 23.50 24.11 40.62 47.32 40.99 9.14 

 CV(%) .................................. 3.98 4.43 6.40 7.54 12.95 10.25 12.26 17.89 18.80 6.72 

 Other household products 

 Mean .................................... 458 634 653 598 477 602 660 721 331 283 

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

 SE........................................ 16.59 33.63 42.69 44.12 91.58 61.79 65.15 168.21 39.48 14.82 

 CV(%) .................................. 3.62 5.31 6.54 7.38 19.22 10.27 9.87 23.32 11.92 5.24 

 Postage and stationery 

 Mean .................................... 122 162 166 163 101 165 193 130 65 87 

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

 SE........................................ 6.49 8.34 10.87 16.03 17.46 18.95 37.40 38.82 11.77 8.34 

 CV(%) .................................. 5.30 5.15 6.53 9.85 17.32 11.46 19.35 29.83 17.99 9.62 

 Household furnishings and equipment 

 Mean .................................... 2,098 2,791 2,686 2,848 2,796 2,786 2,971 3,023 1,423 1,434 

 Share ................................... 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.2 3.5 3.1 3.2 3.9 2.9 3.2 

 SE........................................ 68.52 88.33 128.05 111.99 295.87 170.25 224.74 565.29 143.50 116.85 

 CV(%) .................................. 3.27 3.16 4.77 3.93 10.58 6.11 7.56 18.70 10.09 8.15 

 Household textiles 

 Mean .................................... 131 178 176 191 153 175 237 119 133 80 

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

 SE........................................ 9.98 16.61 14.58 30.33 42.40 37.07 59.08 26.68 42.16 8.75 

 CV(%) .................................. 7.62 9.31 8.26 15.89 27.63 21.24 24.93 22.52 31.64 10.96 

 Furniture 

 Mean .................................... 521 711 661 779 895 701 832 595 389 334 

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

 SE........................................ 22.45 38.77 49.89 65.19 176.71 72.97 119.85 88.89 53.37 19.63 

 CV(%) .................................. 4.31 5.45 7.55 8.37 19.75 10.41 14.40 14.93 13.71 5.88 

See footnotes at end of table. 
Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer Expenditure 

Survey, 2019 — Continued 

Married couple consumer units 

Married couple with children 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

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 

 Floor coverings 

 Mean .................................... 25 37 42 36 28 45 26 20 9 14 

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

 SE........................................ 2.61 4.73 7.76 6.88 11.11 13.89 5.42 4.81 2.46 2.00 

 CV(%) .................................. 10.40 12.64 18.29 19.27 40.00 30.83 20.83 23.65 27.84 14.59 

 Major appliances 

 Mean .................................... 322 438 367 490 387 489 549 526 152 216 

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

 SE........................................ 14.92 22.22 25.79 35.43 82.50 53.19 87.46 81.58 21.19 18.04 

 CV(%) .................................. 4.64 5.07 7.02 7.24 21.29 10.89 15.92 15.51 13.96 8.34 

 Small appliances, miscellaneous 

 housewares 

 Mean .................................... 119 148 144 146 154 138 155 177 80 92 

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

 SE........................................ 6.43 10.20 13.27 12.59 30.07 19.46 26.55 30.33 11.92 9.12 

 CV(%) .................................. 5.42 6.91 9.22 8.60 19.50 14.09 17.17 17.09 14.87 9.92 

 Miscellaneous household equipment 

 Mean .................................... 981 1,279 1,294 1,206 1,179 1,239 1,172 1,586 660 698 

 Share ................................... 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.3 2.0 1.4 1.6 

 SE........................................ 60.07 68.51 99.88 71.60 150.63 107.48 106.39 544.22 104.21 112.76 

 CV(%) .................................. 6.12 5.36 7.72 5.94 12.78 8.67 9.08 34.32 15.80 16.14 

 Apparel and services 

 Mean .................................... 1,883 2,377 1,789 2,952 2,409 3,253 2,795 2,460 2,143 1,324 

 Share ................................... 3.0 2.9 2.4 3.3 3.0 3.6 3.0 3.2 4.4 3.0 

 SE........................................ 68.55 87.91 87.45 163.61 287.11 313.13 312.77 252.89 205.13 73.54 

 CV(%) .................................. 3.64 3.70 4.89 5.54 11.92 9.63 11.19 10.28 9.57 5.56 

 Men and boys 

 Mean .................................... 447 571 391 740 501 807 775 618 455 315 

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

 SE........................................ 26.11 33.68 53.20 46.72 94.40 71.24 110.23 69.03 114.33 32.83 

 CV(%) .................................. 5.84 5.90 13.62 6.31 18.85 8.83 14.23 11.16 25.15 10.42 

 Men, 16 and over 

 Mean .................................... 348 419 359 477 357 423 627 437 227 285 

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

 SE........................................ 26.26 33.33 52.23 45.13 87.04 62.35 106.40 74.27 106.86 32.11 

 CV(%) .................................. 7.56 7.96 14.55 9.47 24.40 14.75 16.96 17.00 47.10 11.28 

 Boys, 2 to 15 

 Mean .................................... 100 152 32 264 144 384 147 182 228 31 

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

 SE........................................ 4.60 8.83 5.64 17.88 17.39 28.08 29.85 21.14 35.17 3.73 

 CV(%) .................................. 4.61 5.81 17.87 6.79 12.06 7.31 20.28 11.65 15.45 12.24 

 Women and girls 

 Mean .................................... 704 897 722 1,069 701 1,253 994 918 750 492 

 Share ................................... 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.2 .9 1.4 1.1 1.2 1.5 1.1 

 SE........................................ 30.41 46.63 48.05 92.61 160.05 180.16 133.73 156.14 99.91 36.29 

 CV(%) .................................. 4.32 5.20 6.65 8.66 22.82 14.38 13.46 17.01 13.32 7.38 

 Women, 16 and over 

 Mean .................................... 602 741 694 788 524 859 825 746 502 464 

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

 SE........................................ 27.85 41.62 47.31 82.15 148.55 166.29 110.24 148.86 77.78 35.21 

 CV(%) .................................. 4.63 5.62 6.82 10.43 28.34 19.36 13.36 19.96 15.50 7.59 

 Girls, 2 to 15 

 Mean .................................... 102 156 29 282 177 394 168 172 248 28 

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

 SE........................................ 7.34 14.08 4.49 28.20 38.05 46.37 58.09 42.15 40.66 3.52 

 CV(%) .................................. 7.17 9.00 15.73 10.02 21.48 11.77 34.50 24.49 16.39 12.49 

 Children under 2 

 Mean .................................... 75 106 39 158 435 100 90 200 99 40 

 Share ................................... .1 .1 .1 .2 .5 .1 .1 .3 .2 .1 

 SE........................................ 6.98 11.42 8.09 20.18 75.53 19.30 27.45 56.65 28.93 7.10 

 CV(%) .................................. 9.25 10.75 20.71 12.79 17.35 19.21 30.33 28.33 29.31 17.91 

 Footwear 

 Mean .................................... 419 505 339 670 490 796 577 534 697 293 

 Share ................................... .7 .6 .5 .7 .6 .9 .6 .7 1.4 .7 

 SE........................................ 26.70 32.97 35.52 68.87 102.77 115.55 142.69 95.10 109.11 31.97 

 CV(%) .................................. 6.38 6.53 10.49 10.27 20.99 14.51 24.71 17.79 15.65 10.90 

See footnotes at end of table. 
Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer Expenditure 

Survey, 2019 — Continued 

Married couple consumer units 

Married couple with children 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

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 

 Other apparel products and services 

 Mean .................................... 237 297 299 314 282 297 359 189 143 184 

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

 SE........................................ 15.94 26.54 30.36 46.23 51.71 60.50 101.07 25.21 15.87 13.49 

 CV(%) .................................. 6.72 8.93 10.16 14.72 18.33 20.40 28.17 13.34 11.07 7.34 

 Transportation 

 Mean .................................... 10,742 14,107 12,164 16,126 12,800 15,384 19,119 13,124 8,491 7,424 

 Share ................................... 17.0 17.2 16.4 17.9 15.9 16.9 20.5 16.9 17.5 16.7 

 SE........................................ 194.05 286.00 479.81 629.55 976.77 801.71 1,116.13 1,098.69 897.94 238.07 

 CV(%) .................................. 1.81 2.03 3.94 3.90 7.63 5.21 5.84 8.37 10.57 3.21 

 Vehicle purchases (net outlay) 

 Mean .................................... 4,394 5,857 4,827 7,132 5,362 6,690 8,797 4,191 3,378 2,954 

 Share ................................... 7.0 7.2 6.5 7.9 6.7 7.3 9.4 5.4 6.9 6.6 

 SE........................................ 187.79 299.14 444.94 599.85 912.45 719.63 1,117.78 892.82 776.27 198.63 

 CV(%) .................................. 4.27 5.11 9.22 8.41 17.02 10.76 12.71 21.30 22.98 6.72 

 Cars and trucks, new 

 Mean .................................... 1,960 2,779 2,670 3,177 2,130 2,871 4,229 1,132 338 1,265 

 Share ................................... 3.1 3.4 3.6 3.5 2.7 3.1 4.5 1.5 .7 2.8 

 SE........................................ 108.02 201.19 317.28 397.68 692.14 581.21 799.67 347.87 256.93 157.89 

 CV(%) .................................. 5.51 7.24 11.89 12.52 32.50 20.25 18.91 30.72 76.01 12.49 

 Cars and trucks, used 

 Mean .................................... 2,375 3,015 2,076 3,908 3,231 3,749 4,530 2,991 2,956 1,639 

 Share ................................... 3.8 3.7 2.8 4.3 4.0 4.1 4.9 3.8 6.1 3.7 

 SE........................................ 130.12 207.97 252.78 367.46 513.50 468.17 620.30 769.40 688.37 145.60 

 CV(%) .................................. 5.48 6.90 12.18 9.40 15.89 12.49 13.69 25.72 23.29 8.89 

 Other vehicles 

 Mean .................................... 59 64 81 47 1 71 38 68 85 51 

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

 SE........................................ 14.52 23.97 48.93 18.33 1.37 34.18 25.32 38.65 64.31 18.25 

 CV(%) .................................. 24.68 37.50 60.51 38.81 106.45 48.42 66.91 57.22 75.99 35.98 

 Gasoline, other fuels, and motor oil 

 Mean .................................... 2,094 2,727 2,241 3,081 2,504 3,039 3,469 3,328 1,848 1,451 

 Share ................................... 3.3 3.3 3.0 3.4 3.1 3.3 3.7 4.3 3.8 3.3 

 SE........................................ 21.44 30.55 38.02 38.07 69.18 57.47 82.16 121.84 81.26 27.18 

 CV(%) .................................. 1.02 1.12 1.70 1.24 2.76 1.89 2.37 3.66 4.40 1.87 

 Other vehicle expenses 

 Mean .................................... 3,474 4,473 4,017 4,845 3,904 4,684 5,619 4,816 2,834 2,485 

 Share ................................... 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.4 4.9 5.1 6.0 6.2 5.8 5.6 

 SE........................................ 40.91 52.95 83.56 99.71 184.62 139.09 180.29 219.00 177.98 54.66 

 CV(%) .................................. 1.18 1.18 2.08 2.06 4.73 2.97 3.21 4.55 6.28 2.20 

 Vehicle finance charges 

 Mean .................................... 252 343 275 399 337 416 410 385 199 161 

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

 SE........................................ 6.87 11.50 12.64 19.66 32.32 28.70 31.12 34.28 24.56 5.79 

 CV(%) .................................. 2.73 3.36 4.59 4.92 9.60 6.91 7.59 8.91 12.33 3.60 

 Maintenance and repairs 

 Mean .................................... 887 1,103 1,024 1,164 840 1,141 1,381 1,180 808 666 

 Share ................................... 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.0 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.5 

 SE........................................ 19.09 21.83 42.40 33.80 66.06 53.39 86.16 119.12 101.73 29.63 

 CV(%) .................................. 2.15 1.98 4.14 2.90 7.86 4.68 6.24 10.09 12.59 4.45 

 Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other 

 charges 

 Mean .................................... 790 1,089 1,041 1,160 1,096 1,173 1,177 945 510 505 

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

 SE........................................ 25.51 37.08 62.30 53.42 130.41 84.07 88.50 107.43 59.17 23.92 

 CV(%) .................................. 3.23 3.41 5.99 4.61 11.90 7.17 7.52 11.36 11.61 4.74 

 Vehicle insurance 

 Mean .................................... 1,545 1,939 1,678 2,122 1,632 1,954 2,652 2,306 1,318 1,153 

 Share ................................... 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.0 2.1 2.8 3.0 2.7 2.6 

 SE........................................ 18.67 31.56 37.49 42.67 69.26 44.44 103.14 74.96 61.48 24.50 

 CV(%) .................................. 1.21 1.63 2.23 2.01 4.24 2.27 3.89 3.25 4.67 2.13 

 Public and other transportation 

 Mean .................................... 781 1,049 1,080 1,067 1,030 971 1,233 788 430 534 

 Share ................................... 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.0 .9 1.2 

 SE........................................ 29.43 50.83 90.42 63.63 116.84 66.63 132.33 127.60 58.37 25.82 

 CV(%) .................................. 3.77 4.84 8.37 5.96 11.34 6.86 10.73 16.19 13.57 4.84 

See footnotes at end of table. 
Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer Expenditure 

Survey, 2019 — Continued 

Married couple consumer units 

Married couple with children 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

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 

 Healthcare 

 Mean .................................... 5,193 6,985 7,605 6,375 5,727 6,189 7,022 7,081 2,634 3,567 

 Share ................................... 8.2 8.5 10.2 7.1 7.1 6.8 7.5 9.1 5.4 8.0 

 SE........................................ 69.98 123.05 167.06 142.21 236.21 225.55 251.76 402.62 178.68 75.70 

 CV(%) .................................. 1.35 1.76 2.20 2.23 4.12 3.64 3.59 5.69 6.78 2.12 

 Health insurance 

 Mean .................................... 3,529 4,796 5,154 4,429 3,937 4,306 4,893 4,948 1,694 2,384 

 Share ................................... 5.6 5.9 6.9 4.9 4.9 4.7 5.2 6.4 3.5 5.3 

 SE........................................ 46.74 84.22 108.83 97.66 168.23 148.50 170.78 249.97 141.19 37.44 

 CV(%) .................................. 1.32 1.76 2.11 2.20 4.27 3.45 3.49 5.05 8.33 1.57 

 Medical services 

 Mean .................................... 984 1,299 1,343 1,280 1,339 1,293 1,227 1,171 598 692 

 Share ................................... 1.6 1.6 1.8 1.4 1.7 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.2 1.6 

 SE........................................ 36.70 57.77 72.07 74.07 190.08 106.49 129.22 174.21 79.28 54.96 

 CV(%) .................................. 3.73 4.45 5.36 5.79 14.19 8.24 10.54 14.88 13.25 7.94 

 Drugs 

 Mean .................................... 486 646 803 486 312 419 684 680 229 343 

 Share ................................... .8 .8 1.1 .5 .4 .5 .7 .9 .5 .8 

 SE........................................ 13.92 23.23 47.72 29.95 38.00 39.00 52.58 83.70 38.40 15.37 

 CV(%) .................................. 2.86 3.60 5.94 6.17 12.19 9.30 7.68 12.31 16.80 4.48 

 Medical supplies 

 Mean .................................... 194 244 304 180 139 171 218 282 113 149 

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

 SE........................................ 12.17 12.60 22.51 11.91 15.96 15.65 27.37 71.31 28.96 22.08 

 CV(%) .................................. 6.28 5.16 7.40 6.60 11.50 9.17 12.53 25.27 25.72 14.85 

 Entertainment 

 Mean .................................... 3,090 4,222 4,265 4,385 3,321 5,097 3,903 3,049 2,087 1,995 

 Share ................................... 4.9 5.2 5.7 4.9 4.1 5.6 4.2 3.9 4.3 4.5 

 SE........................................ 129.46 259.64 545.45 149.85 183.29 310.81 188.04 257.22 189.88 66.99 

 CV(%) .................................. 4.19 6.15 12.79 3.42 5.52 6.10 4.82 8.44 9.10 3.36 

 Fees and admissions 

 Mean .................................... 880 1,389 1,420 1,470 964 1,966 1,000 700 653 362 

 Share ................................... 1.4 1.7 1.9 1.6 1.2 2.2 1.1 .9 1.3 .8 

 SE........................................ 124.68 260.31 547.34 100.24 90.42 194.42 95.19 85.74 110.53 21.27 

 CV(%) .................................. 14.17 18.74 38.54 6.82 9.38 9.89 9.52 12.25 16.92 5.87 

 Audio and visual equipment and services 

 Mean .................................... 1,000 1,178 1,178 1,175 825 1,196 1,343 1,196 854 827 

 Share ................................... 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.3 1.0 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.8 1.9 

 SE........................................ 16.12 24.07 30.12 37.82 52.56 53.37 63.81 82.87 66.11 21.09 

 CV(%) .................................. 1.61 2.04 2.56 3.22 6.37 4.46 4.75 6.93 7.74 2.55 

 Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground 

 equipment 

 Mean .................................... 821 1,075 1,048 1,138 1,190 1,127 1,127 883 303 607 

 Share ................................... 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.2 1.2 1.1 .6 1.4 

 SE........................................ 40.20 59.88 103.51 73.41 149.61 93.58 152.99 146.10 44.48 51.25 

 CV(%) .................................. 4.90 5.57 9.88 6.45 12.57 8.30 13.58 16.54 14.67 8.44 

 Pets 

 Mean .................................... 681 877 931 847 778 826 917 745 206 525 

 Share ................................... 1.1 1.1 1.3 .9 1.0 .9 1.0 1.0 .4 1.2 

 SE........................................ 40.29 63.69 101.31 80.41 130.44 90.48 163.85 147.06 42.43 45.80 

 CV(%) .................................. 5.92 7.26 10.89 9.49 16.76 10.95 17.87 19.75 20.61 8.73 

 Toys, hobbies, and playground equipment 

 Mean .................................... 140 198 117 292 412 301 210 139 97 83 

 Share ................................... .2 .2 .2 .3 .5 .3 .2 .2 .2 .2 

 SE........................................ 11.00 17.58 10.92 34.45 85.76 52.59 53.13 29.00 17.52 12.11 

 CV(%) .................................. 7.85 8.87 9.30 11.81 20.80 17.48 25.34 20.91 17.98 14.68 

 Other entertainment supplies, equipment, 

 and services 

 Mean .................................... 389 580 619 601 342 808 433 271 276 198 

 Share ................................... .6 .7 .8 .7 .4 .9 .5 .3 .6 .4 

 SE........................................ 34.23 63.32 127.91 110.74 57.80 221.83 79.51 74.14 95.53 29.05 

 CV(%) .................................. 8.80 10.91 20.67 18.42 16.88 27.46 18.37 27.40 34.55 14.64 

 Personal care products and services 

 Mean .................................... 786 989 950 1,029 742 1,053 1,156 984 771 571 

 Share ................................... 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.1 .9 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.6 1.3 

See footnotes at end of table. 
Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer Expenditure 

Survey, 2019 — Continued 

Married couple consumer units 

Married couple with children 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

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 

 Personal care products and services 

 SE........................................ 13.84 25.34 41.14 36.07 56.76 57.90 58.02 121.91 63.78 14.01 

 CV(%) .................................. 1.76 2.56 4.33 3.50 7.65 5.50 5.02 12.39 8.28 2.45 

 Reading 

 Mean .................................... 92 114 138 89 64 105 78 120 42 74 

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

 SE........................................ 6.47 10.77 17.89 9.12 14.25 13.19 18.52 31.75 7.50 7.35 

 CV(%) .................................. 7.03 9.44 12.94 10.28 22.10 12.58 23.88 26.51 17.95 9.89 

 Education 

 Mean .................................... 1,443 2,004 1,433 2,650 1,055 2,974 3,060 1,426 1,019 895 

 Share ................................... 2.3 2.4 1.9 2.9 1.3 3.3 3.3 1.8 2.1 2.0 

 SE........................................ 85.62 121.12 185.41 198.33 307.22 317.12 356.72 364.19 172.00 115.06 

 CV(%) .................................. 5.93 6.04 12.94 7.48 29.13 10.66 11.66 25.53 16.87 12.86 

 Tobacco products and smoking supplies 

 Mean .................................... 320 316 298 305 174 332 337 478 249 331 

 Share ................................... .5 .4 .4 .3 .2 .4 .4 .6 .5 .7 

 SE........................................ 11.43 16.41 19.30 27.51 34.42 38.44 45.06 72.06 32.35 15.41 

 CV(%) .................................. 3.57 5.19 6.48 9.03 19.80 11.57 13.39 15.08 12.99 4.65 

 Miscellaneous 

 Mean .................................... 899 1,046 1,055 1,053 641 1,084 1,239 943 1,341 697 

 Share ................................... 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.2 .8 1.2 1.3 1.2 2.8 1.6 

 SE........................................ 42.52 55.81 95.70 74.30 101.55 126.77 156.56 173.36 363.87 60.35 

 CV(%) .................................. 4.73 5.34 9.08 7.06 15.85 11.69 12.64 18.38 27.14 8.65 

 Cash contributions 

 Mean .................................... 1,995 2,740 3,100 2,564 1,715 2,791 2,700 1,808 856 1,328 

 Share ................................... 3.2 3.3 4.2 2.9 2.1 3.1 2.9 2.3 1.8 3.0 

 SE........................................ 109.43 171.65 232.69 269.74 393.64 458.17 364.38 351.10 133.03 71.55 

 CV(%) .................................. 5.48 6.27 7.51 10.52 22.95 16.42 13.49 19.41 15.54 5.39 

 Personal insurance and pensions 

 Mean .................................... 7,165 10,323 8,535 12,206 11,760 12,080 12,648 9,271 4,079 4,152 

 Share ................................... 11.4 12.6 11.5 13.6 14.6 13.2 13.6 11.9 8.4 9.3 

 SE........................................ 131.08 213.30 285.54 267.07 654.56 357.21 522.29 505.24 247.22 107.81 

 CV(%) .................................. 1.83 2.07 3.35 2.19 5.57 2.96 4.13 5.45 6.06 2.60 

 Life and other personal insurance 

 Mean .................................... 520 802 851 788 569 719 1,015 617 225 252 

 Share ................................... .8 1.0 1.1 .9 .7 .8 1.1 .8 .5 .6 

 SE........................................ 21.59 37.39 49.88 55.09 76.99 79.07 125.96 78.70 45.96 16.49 

 CV(%) .................................. 4.16 4.66 5.86 6.99 13.53 10.99 12.41 12.75 20.44 6.54 

 Pensions and Social Security 

 Mean .................................... 6,645 9,521 7,683 11,418 11,191 11,361 11,633 8,654 3,854 3,900 

 Share ................................... 10.5 11.6 10.3 12.7 13.9 12.4 12.5 11.1 7.9 8.8 

 SE........................................ 124.80 203.54 284.62 250.64 616.88 336.95 489.40 475.38 233.26 101.95 

 CV(%) .................................. 1.88 2.14 3.70 2.20 5.51 2.97 4.21 5.49 6.05 2.61 

Sources of income and personal taxes: 

 Money income before taxes 

 Mean .................................... $82,852 $117,048 $102,290 $132,212 $151,081 $125,624 $131,527 $110,485 $46,173 $50,573 

 SE........................................ 1,973.48 3,600.71 3,432.48 6,142.98 29,926.85 2,887.08 4,913.56 5,617.78 2,405.02 1,155.90 

 CV(%) .................................. 2.38 3.08 3.36 4.65 19.81 2.30 3.74 5.08 5.21 2.29 

 Wages and salaries 

 Mean .................................... 64,708 93,483 67,962 118,456 141,948 114,057 111,862 89,133 38,328 37,076 

 Share ................................... 78.1 79.9 66.4 89.6 94.0 90.8 85.0 80.7 83.0 73.3 

 SE........................................ 1,803.94 3,460.78 2,341.83 5,847.70 29,945.83 3,109.13 3,916.27 4,724.14 1,572.63 944.10 

 CV(%) .................................. 2.79 3.70 3.45 4.94 21.10 2.73 3.50 5.30 4.10 2.55 

 Self-employment income 

 Mean .................................... 5,947 9,513 11,003 8,568 7,251 8,339 9,655 6,899 2,148 2,578 

 Share ................................... 7.2 8.1 10.8 6.5 4.8 6.6 7.3 6.2 4.7 5.1 

 SE........................................ 640.92 1,259.20 2,623.18 875.71 1,958.87 1,318.13 1,950.60 1,845.76 754.67 247.44 

 CV(%) .................................. 10.78 13.24 23.84 10.22 27.01 15.81 20.20 26.75 35.13 9.60 

See footnotes at end of table. 
Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer Expenditure 

Survey, 2019 — Continued 

Married couple consumer units 

Married couple with children 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

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 

 Social Security, private and government 

 retirement 

 Mean .................................... 8,902 10,386 18,399 2,553 355 695 6,598 11,709 1,192 8,143 

 Share ................................... 10.7 8.9 18.0 1.9 .2 .6 5.0 10.6 2.6 16.1 

 SE........................................ 208.14 374.94 693.05 200.50 156.77 135.34 597.55 1,152.10 310.29 173.21 

 CV(%) .................................. 2.34 3.61 3.77 7.85 44.20 19.48 9.06 9.84 26.04 2.13 

 Interest, dividends, rental income, other 

 property income 

 Mean .................................... 1,962 2,542 3,809 1,577 771 1,489 2,163 1,227 157 1,538 

 Share ................................... 2.4 2.2 3.7 1.2 .5 1.2 1.6 1.1 .3 3.0 

 SE........................................ 199.07 308.92 606.58 221.92 212.70 293.86 496.52 637.30 97.80 265.09 

 CV(%) .................................. 10.15 12.15 15.93 14.07 27.60 19.74 22.95 51.96 62.24 17.24 

 Public assistance, Supplemental Security 

 Income, Supplementary Nutrition 

 Assistance Program (SNAP) 

 Mean .................................... 426 278 158 274 116 289 342 934 1,464 474 

 Share ................................... .5 .2 .2 .2 .1 .2 .3 .8 3.2 .9 

 SE........................................ 25.76 38.26 40.22 43.87 35.45 62.40 83.24 181.75 158.57 27.88 

 CV(%) .................................. 6.04 13.76 25.39 16.00 30.53 21.61 24.37 19.45 10.83 5.88 

 Unemployment and workers' compensation, 

 veterans' benefits, and regular 

 contributions for support 

 Mean .................................... 562 541 602 506 229 559 583 411 2,563 374 

 Share ................................... .7 .5 .6 .4 .2 .4 .4 .4 5.6 .7 

 SE........................................ 77.21 70.46 108.83 96.33 79.40 141.61 220.94 134.52 1,308.34 35.07 

 CV(%) .................................. 13.74 13.03 18.08 19.03 34.68 25.34 37.92 32.77 51.05 9.37 

 Other income 

 Mean .................................... 345 304 357 278 411 197 325 171 321 390 

 Share ................................... .4 .3 .3 .2 .3 .2 .2 .2 .7 .8 

 SE........................................ 35.68 44.68 86.90 49.59 136.17 43.57 101.72 61.78 61.07 57.43 

 CV(%) .................................. 10.35 14.68 24.32 17.86 33.16 22.12 31.33 36.04 19.01 14.74 

 Personal taxes (contains some imputed 

 values) 

 Mean .................................... 11,364 17,569 16,521 19,993 29,676 17,335 18,550 9,569 1,549 5,839 

 Share ................................... 13.7 15.0 16.2 15.1 19.6 13.8 14.1 8.7 3.4 11.5 

 SE........................................ 730.24 1,387.90 1,481.24 2,356.19 11,812.67 785.39 1,469.39 1,167.26 758.53 245.85 

 CV(%) .................................. 6.43 7.90 8.97 11.79 39.81 4.53 7.92 12.20 48.98 4.21 

 Federal income taxes 

 Mean .................................... 8,831 13,748 13,268 15,427 24,386 12,899 14,195 6,898 513 4,510 

 Share ................................... 10.7 11.7 13.0 11.7 16.1 10.3 10.8 6.2 1.1 8.9 

 SE........................................ 627.45 1,217.08 1,197.61 2,146.17 10,875.30 616.47 1,174.91 909.64 619.19 198.72 

 CV(%) .................................. 7.10 8.85 9.03 13.91 44.60 4.78 8.28 13.19 120.79 4.41 

 State and local income taxes 

 Mean .................................... 2,470 3,755 3,178 4,501 5,231 4,374 4,283 2,638 875 1,280 

 Share ................................... 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.3 2.4 1.9 2.5 

 SE........................................ 132.55 214.67 314.84 249.10 965.49 222.43 327.31 304.67 124.84 70.10 

 CV(%) .................................. 5.37 5.72 9.91 5.53 18.46 5.08 7.64 11.55 14.26 5.48 

 Other taxes 

 Mean .................................... 63 67 76 64 58 62 72 33 161 49 

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

 SE........................................ 14.43 14.14 17.28 13.59 19.29 15.04 20.24 15.53 137.09 17.51 

 CV(%) .................................. 22.80 21.15 22.82 21.08 33.05 24.32 28.18 46.74 85.34 35.48 

 Income after taxes 

 Mean .................................... 71,487 99,478 85,769 112,219 121,405 108,289 112,977 100,915 44,625 44,733 

 Share ................................... 86.3 85.0 83.8 84.9 80.4 86.2 85.9 91.3 96.6 88.5 

 SE........................................ 1,312.27 2,303.89 2,228.18 3,857.48 18,161.46 2,224.20 3,754.66 4,611.03 1,819.23 965.64 

 CV(%) .................................. 1.84 2.32 2.60 3.44 14.96 2.05 3.32 4.57 4.08 2.16 

Addenda: 

 Net change in total assets and liabilities 

 Mean .................................... $10,971 $15,395 $23,202 $9,089 $13,499 $8,672 $7,233 $9,266 -$976 $7,551 

 SE........................................ 2,278.11 4,367.31 4,238.06 6,128.30 11,437.85 7,629.70 9,587.92 19,045.24 2,026.02 1,634.27 

 CV(%) .................................. 20.77 28.37 18.27 67.43 84.73 87.98 132.56 205.55 -207.48 21.64 

See footnotes at end of table. 
Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer Expenditure 

Survey, 2019 — Continued 

Married couple consumer units 

Married couple with children 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

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 

 Net change in total assets 

 Mean .................................... 23,320 34,516 35,594 34,206 53,859 35,026 21,897 30,533 6,944 13,211 

 SE........................................ 2,064.38 4,042.86 4,420.04 6,113.90 13,570.07 7,481.98 9,065.25 15,979.05 2,176.75 1,484.14 

 CV(%) .................................. 8.85 11.71 12.42 17.87 25.20 21.36 41.40 52.33 31.35 11.23 

 Net change in total liabilities 

 Mean .................................... 12,350 19,121 12,392 25,117 40,360 26,353 14,664 21,267 7,920 5,660 

 SE........................................ 1,381.57 2,667.28 2,194.35 4,984.60 10,597.01 6,665.11 5,003.03 7,885.35 3,034.08 860.16 

 CV(%) .................................. 11.19 13.95 17.71 19.85 26.26 25.29 34.12 37.08 38.31 15.20 

 Other financial information: 

 Other money receipts 

 Mean .................................... 1,201 1,490 2,071 1,079 339 729 2,025 705 346 986 

 SE........................................ 391.13 615.09 1,194.59 510.62 225.81 261.07 1,580.72 290.86 120.14 245.94 

 CV(%) .................................. 32.56 41.29 57.69 47.32 66.70 35.80 78.08 41.27 34.69 24.93 

 Mortgage principal paid on owned property 

 Mean .................................... -2,288 -3,507 -3,259 -3,723 -3,238 -3,844 -3,813 -3,621 -1,109 -1,123 

 SE........................................ 54.74 105.31 204.02 107.98 198.47 147.12 207.23 432.10 132.29 39.32 

 CV(%) .................................. -2.39 -3.00 -6.26 -2.90 -6.13 -3.83 -5.44 -11.93 -11.93 -3.50 

 Estimated market value of owned home 

 Mean .................................... 204,174 286,733 292,456 285,256 230,216 286,018 315,112 264,646 82,966 129,670 

 SE........................................ 4,271.93 7,288.34 8,358.79 10,643.25 14,896.32 15,102.59 17,313.68 16,973.91 7,357.27 4,525.62 

 CV(%) .................................. 2.09 2.54 2.86 3.73 6.47 5.28 5.49 6.41 8.87 3.49 

 Estimated monthly rental value of owned 

 home 

 Mean .................................... 1,097 1,483 1,523 1,458 1,291 1,412 1,621 1,418 519 748 

 SE........................................ 11.77 17.12 28.69 26.07 66.39 37.64 44.12 69.23 41.06 16.47 

 CV(%) .................................. 1.07 1.15 1.88 1.79 5.14 2.67 2.72 4.88 7.92 2.20 

 Gifts of goods and services, total 

 Mean .................................... 1,310 1,730 2,064 1,467 858 1,362 1,969 1,413 914 907 

 SE........................................ 61.97 103.70 164.31 144.67 205.65 256.32 230.47 277.08 178.16 60.49 

 CV(%) .................................. 4.73 5.99 7.96 9.86 23.96 18.82 11.70 19.61 19.49 6.67 

 Food 

 Mean .................................... 98 143 183 108 56 115 126 116 23 59 

 SE........................................ 10.44 19.30 32.69 24.83 22.87 35.62 33.32 41.42 6.93 7.93 

 CV(%) .................................. 10.62 13.51 17.88 23.05 40.80 31.05 26.36 35.80 30.09 13.37 

 Alcoholic beverages 

 Mean .................................... 13 17 28 8 6 8 9 8 9 10 

 SE........................................ 2.05 3.41 6.93 2.28 4.00 3.49 4.60 5.19 5.57 2.08 

 CV(%) .................................. 15.50 19.79 24.97 28.17 70.21 43.33 48.88 63.46 63.68 21.91 

 Housing 

 Mean .................................... 248 333 430 240 289 195 280 329 182 165 

 SE........................................ 14.84 29.41 49.70 32.42 108.76 36.26 49.22 107.12 63.87 10.09 

 CV(%) .................................. 5.98 8.84 11.55 13.51 37.61 18.55 17.60 32.55 35.18 6.10 

 Housekeeping supplies 

 Mean .................................... 28 34 39 28 12 34 29 37 6 24 

 SE........................................ 3.16 4.85 5.52 8.14 7.03 10.41 13.66 18.48 2.46 3.80 

 CV(%) .................................. 11.31 14.33 14.18 29.03 58.46 31.05 47.87 49.51 40.15 15.76 

 Household textiles 

 Mean .................................... 15 19 20 16 8 24 8 36 43 8 

 SE........................................ 3.21 4.93 5.93 9.56 5.37 18.70 6.96 21.28 34.53 1.71 

 CV(%) .................................. 20.91 25.32 30.06 59.11 67.84 77.16 83.03 59.03 80.00 22.36 

 Appliances and miscellaneous 

 housewares 

 Mean .................................... 23 31 39 25 41 24 18 20 9 16 

 SE........................................ 2.00 4.16 6.68 5.79 20.45 8.24 5.83 6.97 3.56 2.65 

 CV(%) .................................. 8.68 13.43 17.07 22.90 49.37 34.33 31.85 33.99 38.79 16.54 

 Major appliances 

 Mean .................................... 9 12 21 5 1 7 4 5 4 6 

 SE........................................ 1.63 2.76 5.82 2.04 1.43 3.72 2.36 2.89 2.77 1.33 

 CV(%) .................................. 18.64 22.54 27.55 40.28 104.84 50.66 64.30 55.39 75.56 23.72 

 Small appliances and miscellaneous 

 housewares 

 Mean .................................... 14 19 18 20 40 17 15 15 6 10 

 SE........................................ 1.87 2.91 3.49 5.27 20.29 7.57 5.30 6.43 2.25 2.81 

 CV(%) .................................. 13.10 15.55 19.38 26.08 50.66 45.50 36.26 42.08 40.81 26.92 

See footnotes at end of table. 
Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer Expenditure 

Survey, 2019 — Continued 

Married couple consumer units 

Married couple with children 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

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 

 Miscellaneous household equipment 

 Mean .................................... 47 61 76 51 75 31 67 36 20 35 

 SE........................................ 5.07 9.03 16.71 10.76 40.72 9.17 23.20 20.14 8.19 4.17 

 CV(%) .................................. 10.77 14.79 22.06 21.24 53.95 29.62 34.72 55.72 41.94 11.83 

 Other housing 

 Mean .................................... 135 188 257 120 152 83 158 199 104 82 

 SE........................................ 12.44 24.90 45.11 22.85 99.31 18.22 40.37 94.60 44.98 8.95 

 CV(%) .................................. 9.23 13.28 17.57 19.05 65.20 22.01 25.61 47.52 43.43 10.87 

 Apparel and services 

 Mean .................................... 247 301 261 324 220 332 370 399 223 191 

 SE........................................ 23.40 36.73 27.51 83.78 68.94 167.04 83.33 116.53 72.88 25.37 

 CV(%) .................................. 9.49 12.20 10.53 25.84 31.29 50.32 22.49 29.20 32.65 13.31 

 Males, 2 and over 

 Mean .................................... 57 60 62 54 46 37 85 88 47 55 

 SE........................................ 4.86 6.06 9.97 11.30 36.59 9.92 33.27 35.58 24.97 9.29 

 CV(%) .................................. 8.47 10.07 16.20 20.88 79.94 26.63 39.24 40.30 53.47 16.75 

 Females, 2 and over 

 Mean .................................... 88 110 89 129 43 175 107 126 37 70 

 SE........................................ 17.32 31.57 13.91 68.20 17.04 137.85 31.94 49.94 17.71 18.55 

 CV(%) .................................. 19.63 28.57 15.57 52.70 39.78 78.67 29.78 39.68 47.53 26.43 

 Children under 2 

 Mean .................................... 37 52 39 59 82 34 85 82 45 20 

 SE........................................ 4.42 7.06 8.11 10.74 23.86 10.33 26.59 36.98 21.15 3.32 

 CV(%) .................................. 12.02 13.70 21.01 18.11 29.26 30.11 31.13 45.11 47.02 16.67 

 Other apparel products and services 

 Mean .................................... 64 79 72 81 50 85 93 103 94 45 

 SE........................................ 8.43 10.70 12.69 20.04 25.83 38.12 34.35 53.96 49.82 8.59 

 CV(%) .................................. 13.12 13.60 17.66 24.62 51.50 44.75 36.92 52.39 52.85 19.04 

 Jewelry and watches 

 Mean .................................... 8 6 8 3 3 1 8 2 2 10 

 SE........................................ 2.40 1.27 2.19 1.29 1.26 .99 3.78 1.25 .95 4.87 

 CV(%) .................................. 31.43 22.88 26.18 37.45 47.67 94.85 50.00 52.75 61.30 46.42 

 All other apparel products and services 

 Mean .................................... 57 73 63 78 48 84 85 101 93 35 

 SE........................................ 7.59 10.72 12.35 20.00 25.77 38.06 33.98 54.61 49.82 6.82 

 CV(%) .................................. 13.41 14.67 19.46 25.66 54.24 45.23 39.76 54.27 53.74 19.69 

 Transportation 

 Mean .................................... 133 128 151 116 52 66 229 67 151 136 

 SE........................................ 16.24 19.68 33.90 32.67 19.52 18.41 94.79 18.91 108.96 26.92 

 CV(%) .................................. 12.25 15.42 22.45 28.14 37.70 28.07 41.45 28.13 72.10 19.83 

 Healthcare 

 Mean .................................... 38 39 25 42 28 9 98 94 4 41 

 SE........................................ 10.56 15.99 4.29 29.23 19.58 3.22 88.90 88.29 1.82 14.85 

 CV(%) .................................. 27.65 41.24 16.86 70.34 70.12 34.30 90.89 93.89 46.36 36.06 

 Entertainment 

 Mean .................................... 100 131 152 110 139 110 93 130 38 74 

 SE........................................ 7.78 13.19 19.13 18.41 73.04 23.54 19.16 41.60 12.15 11.40 

 CV(%) .................................. 7.78 10.09 12.55 16.79 52.39 21.39 20.68 31.91 31.84 15.40 

 Toys, games, arts and crafts, and tricycles 

 Mean .................................... 30 43 44 45 47 49 39 26 18 18 

 SE........................................ 2.93 5.28 8.34 6.84 21.11 10.78 15.23 7.76 8.80 3.69 

 CV(%) .................................. 9.63 12.29 19.08 15.12 44.79 22.07 39.51 29.83 50.20 20.09 

 Other entertainment 

 Mean .................................... 70 88 109 64 92 61 54 104 21 56 

 SE........................................ 7.32 11.01 16.56 15.76 67.74 21.34 12.55 42.75 7.97 11.46 

 CV(%) .................................. 10.51 12.55 15.23 24.46 73.41 34.85 23.20 40.96 38.67 20.60 

 Personal care products and services 

 Mean .................................... 21 27 45 10 31 8 2 13 3 17 

 SE........................................ 5.31 9.07 18.05 5.45 29.06 3.79 1.70 6.30 1.73 4.58 

 CV(%) .................................. 25.47 34.11 40.27 52.24 92.83 44.84 95.17 49.11 59.17 27.32 

 Reading 

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

 SE........................................ .75 .98 1.00 1.20 .52 1.76 2.39 4.83 ( 1 ) .93 

 CV(%) .................................. 23.69 32.22 29.93 51.73 69.64 80.15 69.48 92.04 ( 1 ) 25.51 

 Education 

 Mean .................................... 296 462 550 430 2 453 638 170 230 128 

 SE........................................ 36.64 64.08 121.59 74.41 2.21 123.04 155.01 84.23 108.52 41.69 

See footnotes at end of table. 
Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer Expenditure 

Survey, 2019 — Continued 

Married couple consumer units 

Married couple with children 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

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 

 Education 

 CV(%) .................................. 12.38 13.88 22.12 17.29 109.60 27.18 24.30 49.48 47.08 32.61 

 All other gifts 

 Mean .................................... 113 148 235 77 34 63 121 81 51 83 

 SE........................................ 16.25 34.46 78.98 14.40 11.71 20.19 29.39 23.53 30.01 10.39 

 CV(%) .................................. 14.40 23.34 33.60 18.81 34.60 32.02 24.30 29.06 58.66 12.58 

1

 No data reported. 

2

 Value is too small to display. 

Source: Consumer Expenditure Survey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, September, 2020