Table 1400. Size of consumer unit: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2015

(Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated)

Item Aggregate One

person

Two or more people

Total Two

people

Three

people

Four

people

Five or

more

people

Number of consumer units (in thousands) ......... 128,437 37,477 90,961 42,943 19,562 16,338 12,117

Percent distribution of consumer units ............... 100.0 29.2 70.8 33.4 15.2 12.7 9.4

Consumer unit characteristics (mean values):

Income before taxes ......................................... $69,627 $35,522 $83,678 $74,527 $88,483 $95,886 $91,889

Income after taxes ............................................ 60,448 30,393 72,831 64,222 75,995 83,706 83,573

Age of reference person ................................... 50.5 54.0 49.1 55.0 45.5 42.8 42.4

Average number in consumer unit:

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

Children under 18 ........................................... .6 n.a. .8 .1 .7 1.5 2.8

Adults 65 and older ........................................ .4 .3 .4 .6 .2 .1 .2

Earners ........................................................... 1.3 .6 1.6 1.2 1.8 2.0 2.2

Vehicles .......................................................... 1.9 1.0 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.5

Percent distribution:

Reference person:

Men ................................................................ 47 47 47 50 46 45 40

Women ........................................................... 53 53 53 50 54 55 60

Housing tenure:

Homeowner .................................................... 62 47 69 72 66 68 64

With mortgage .............................................. 35 19 42 34 47 52 48

Without mortgage ......................................... 27 28 27 37 19 16 16

Renter ............................................................ 38 53 31 28 34 32 36

Race of reference person:

Black or African-American .............................. 13 15 12 11 15 12 14

White, Asian, and all other races ................... 87 85 88 89 85 88 86

Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person:

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

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

Education of reference person:

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

High school (9-12) .......................................... 32 33 32 32 32 30 35

College ........................................................... 64 64 64 65 66 66 56

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

At least one vehicle owned or leased ............... 87 73 93 92 92 95 94

Annual aggregate expenditures ......................... $7,186,766 17.5 82.5 35.1 18.2 17.2 12.0

Food ................................................................. 900,446 16.5 83.5 34.1 17.6 18.1 13.7

Food at home ................................................. 514,702 15.8 84.2 33.4 17.7 18.2 14.8

Cereals and bakery products ....................... 66,391 14.9 85.1 33.0 17.5 18.6 15.9

Cereals and cereal products ...................... 22,068 14.4 85.6 30.4 18.1 20.0 17.2

Bakery products ......................................... 44,322 15.2 84.8 34.4 17.2 17.9 15.3

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ...................... 114,849 14.9 85.1 33.4 17.6 18.5 15.6

Beef ............................................................ 31,423 13.2 86.8 35.5 17.1 17.4 16.9

Pork ............................................................ 21,158 14.6 85.4 34.1 17.7 18.4 15.1

Other meats ............................................... 15,926 14.6 85.4 31.2 17.7 20.2 16.3

Poultry ........................................................ 22,111 15.2 84.8 31.1 18.3 20.3 15.0

Fish and seafood ........................................ 16,114 17.8 82.2 34.0 17.7 17.1 13.5

Eggs ........................................................... 8,117 16.3 83.7 33.0 17.5 17.5 15.6

Dairy products .............................................. 52,911 15.2 84.8 33.5 17.3 19.4 14.6

Fresh milk and cream ................................. 17,918 15.1 84.9 31.2 17.1 19.9 16.7

Other dairy products ................................... 34,993 15.3 84.7 34.7 17.3 19.1 13.5

Fruits and vegetables ................................... 98,557 16.4 83.6 33.1 17.8 18.2 14.4

Fresh fruits ................................................. 36,381 16.6 83.4 33.3 16.7 18.8 14.6

Fresh vegetables ........................................ 31,675 16.3 83.7 34.2 17.8 17.8 13.8

Processed fruits ......................................... 13,806 17.4 82.6 31.0 19.4 17.5 14.7

Processed vegetables ................................ 16,695 15.6 84.4 32.2 19.2 18.3 14.7

Other food at home ...................................... 181,993 16.6 83.4 33.7 18.0 17.5 14.2

Sugar and other sweets ............................. 19,899 21.5 78.5 33.4 16.3 15.3 13.6

Fats and oils ............................................... 14,272 16.5 83.5 33.8 18.8 16.3 14.6

Miscellaneous foods ................................... 93,116 15.6 84.4 33.1 18.3 18.4 14.5

Nonalcoholic beverages ............................. 47,969 17.0 83.0 33.5 18.0 17.2 14.3

Food prepared by consumer unit on

out-of-town trips ....................................... 6,736 13.2 86.8 43.1 16.1 16.8 10.8

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1400. Size of consumer unit: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2015 — Continued

(Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated)

Item Aggregate One

person

Two or more people

Total Two

people

Three

people

Four

people

Five or

more

people

Food away from home ................................... 385,744 17.5 82.5 35.0 17.4 17.9 12.2

Alcoholic beverages ......................................... 66,053 22.2 77.8 42.5 16.0 12.9 6.4

Housing ............................................................ 2,364,054 19.6 80.4 34.7 17.5 16.6 11.5

Shelter ............................................................ 1,379,703 21.9 78.1 33.9 17.1 16.1 11.0

Owned dwellings .......................................... 797,604 15.6 84.4 36.1 18.2 18.4 11.7

Mortgage interest and charges .................. 367,185 12.2 87.8 30.6 20.7 22.1 14.4

Property taxes ............................................ 245,762 16.7 83.3 38.4 17.2 17.0 10.7

Maintenance, repairs, insurance, other

expenses .................................................. 184,657 20.8 79.2 43.9 14.4 13.0 7.8

Rented dwellings .......................................... 488,331 33.6 66.4 27.4 15.8 12.9 10.3

Other lodging ................................................ 93,768 14.6 85.4 50.1 14.1 13.1 8.1

Utilities, fuels, and public services ................. 498,993 17.6 82.4 35.0 18.0 16.5 13.0

Natural gas ................................................... 54,109 19.8 80.2 34.3 17.7 15.5 12.7

Electricity ...................................................... 187,517 18.5 81.5 35.2 17.3 16.3 12.7

Fuel oil and other fuels ................................. 14,944 19.2 80.8 43.1 15.3 12.6 9.8

Telephone services ...................................... 173,020 16.3 83.7 34.1 19.1 17.2 13.3

Residential phone service, VOIP, and

phone cards ............................................. 41,648 22.2 77.8 37.9 16.0 13.6 10.3

Cellular phone service ................................ 131,372 14.4 85.6 32.9 20.1 18.3 14.3

Water and other public services ................... 69,403 16.6 83.4 35.1 17.7 16.7 13.8

Household operations .................................... 168,069 14.5 85.5 29.5 20.9 23.1 12.0

Personal services ......................................... 54,815 5.4 94.6 11.1 30.0 37.3 16.2

Other household expenses .......................... 113,254 18.9 81.1 38.5 16.5 16.2 10.0

Housekeeping supplies .................................. 83,920 16.7 83.3 39.0 16.9 14.9 12.6

Laundry and cleaning supplies ..................... 19,977 16.4 83.6 33.4 17.1 17.2 16.0

Other household products ............................ 47,123 15.8 84.2 41.2 16.5 14.5 12.0

Postage and stationery ................................ 16,820 19.4 80.6 39.6 17.6 13.1 10.4

Household furnishings and equipment ........... 233,369 15.2 84.8 40.3 17.2 16.1 11.1

Household textiles ........................................ 14,721 14.4 85.6 38.0 18.2 18.7 10.8

Furniture ....................................................... 64,508 16.4 83.6 41.3 13.3 17.2 11.8

Floor coverings ............................................. 2,277 20.7 79.3 49.1 11.9 12.0 6.3

Major appliances .......................................... 34,442 13.7 86.3 41.5 16.1 15.6 13.0

Small appliances, miscellaneous

housewares ................................................ 15,075 16.1 83.9 39.8 18.2 13.6 12.2

Miscellaneous household equipment ........... 102,348 14.9 85.1 39.6 19.7 15.7 10.1

Apparel and services ........................................ 236,770 15.1 84.9 29.2 17.6 23.8 14.4

Men and boys ................................................. 54,101 14.0 86.0 28.9 19.6 20.3 17.2

Men, 16 and over ......................................... 42,437 17.0 83.0 33.2 18.6 17.3 13.8

Boys, 2 to 15 ................................................ 11,665 3.4 96.6 13.0 22.9 31.3 29.4

Women and girls ............................................ 89,390 16.9 83.1 31.8 17.7 20.6 12.9

Women, 16 and over .................................... 76,371 19.4 80.6 34.8 17.9 18.6 9.4

Girls, 2 to 15 ................................................. 13,019 2.4 97.6 14.5 16.7 32.9 33.5

Children under 2 ............................................. 10,617 25.9 94.1 16.4 25.3 31.6 20.9

Footwear ........................................................ 45,358 13.1 86.9 27.4 17.3 25.1 17.1

Other apparel products and services ............. 37,302 17.3 82.7 29.2 12.5 32.4 8.5

Transportation .................................................. 1,220,227 15.2 84.8 34.1 19.4 18.4 12.9

Vehicle purchases (net outlay) ....................... 513,354 13.5 86.5 32.4 20.6 19.9 13.6

Cars and trucks, new ................................... 251,280 14.9 85.1 36.7 18.6 19.3 10.6

Cars and trucks, used .................................. 254,526 12.0 88.0 28.2 22.8 20.3 16.6

Other vehicles .............................................. 7,548 17.8 82.2 35.2 211.9 23.1 211.9

Gasoline and motor oil ................................... 268,378 15.2 84.8 33.4 18.9 18.5 14.1

Other vehicle expenses .................................. 353,650 17.3 82.7 35.3 18.7 17.1 11.6

Vehicle finance charges ............................... 27,761 12.2 87.8 32.9 20.2 20.1 14.6

Maintenance and repairs .............................. 107,445 17.8 82.2 36.4 16.8 16.6 12.4

Vehicle insurance ......................................... 138,278 17.9 82.1 34.4 19.4 17.0 11.3

Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other

charges ...................................................... 80,166 17.1 82.9 36.3 19.7 17.0 9.9

Public and other transportation ...................... 84,845 17.4 82.6 41.1 17.2 14.2 10.2

Healthcare ........................................................ 557,632 17.7 82.3 41.7 16.5 14.5 9.6

Health insurance ............................................ 382,399 17.5 82.5 41.7 17.0 14.4 9.4

Medical services ............................................. 101,639 17.1 82.9 39.4 16.0 16.5 10.9

Drugs .............................................................. 54,502 19.6 80.4 45.1 15.4 11.9 8.0

Medical supplies ............................................. 19,093 20.5 79.5 42.7 14.2 12.8 9.8

Entertainment ................................................... 364,844 17.6 82.4 39.1 17.0 15.6 10.8

Fees and admissions ..................................... 83,746 13.8 86.2 35.5 16.5 21.4 12.7

Audio and visual equipment and services ...... 139,150 21.0 79.0 35.4 17.3 15.1 11.2

Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground

equipment .................................................... 83,773 18.1 81.9 40.3 18.5 13.3 9.7

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1400. Size of consumer unit: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2015 — Continued

(Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated)

Item Aggregate One

person

Two or more people

Total Two

people

Three

people

Four

people

Five or

more

people

Pets .............................................................. 67,752 19.9 80.1 42.9 18.1 11.3 7.8

Toys, hobbies, and playground equipment .. 16,021 10.8 89.2 29.5 20.2 22.0 17.6

Other entertainment supplies, equipment,

and services ................................................. 58,175 14.0 86.0 51.3 14.4 11.7 8.5

Personal care products and services ............... 87,580 17.8 82.2 35.9 18.2 16.7 11.4

Reading ............................................................ 14,635 20.5 79.5 44.6 13.1 14.0 7.8

Education ......................................................... 168,837 16.3 83.7 25.2 24.3 20.1 14.1

Tobacco products and smoking supplies ......... 44,865 21.1 78.9 30.7 19.5 16.4 12.3

Miscellaneous .................................................. 111,848 22.9 77.1 33.4 17.4 14.6 11.6

Cash contributions ........................................... 233,568 22.5 77.5 41.1 15.0 10.6 10.8

Personal insurance and pensions .................... 815,408 13.3 86.7 34.7 20.8 18.9 12.3

Life and other personal insurance .................. 42,750 11.2 88.8 40.6 20.1 15.6 12.6

Pensions and Social Security ......................... 772,658 13.4 86.6 34.4 20.8 19.0 12.3

Sources of income and personal taxes:

Money income before taxes ............................. $8,942,648 14.9 85.1 35.8 19.4 17.5 12.5

Wages and salaries ........................................ 6,987,593 12.7 87.3 32.6 21.2 19.6 13.9

Self-employment income ................................ 560,432 11.7 88.3 38.3 19.0 17.7 13.2

Social Security, private and government

retirement ..................................................... 1,001,966 28.3 71.7 54.6 8.7 5.2 3.2

Interest, dividends, rental income, other

property income ........................................... 223,138 20.9 79.1 54.1 13.5 7.3 4.2

Public assistance, Supplemental Security

Income, Supplementary Nutrition

Assistance Program (SNAP) ........................ 72,912 21.6 78.4 21.8 16.4 19.2 21.0

Unemployment and workers’ compensation,

veterans’ benefits, and regular

contributions for support ............................... 55,500 24.5 75.5 31.6 18.1 14.7 11.2

Other income .................................................. 41,106 46.1 53.9 23.3 9.9 11.4 9.3

Personal taxes (contains some imputed

values) ............................................................ 1,178,841 16.3 83.7 37.5 20.7 16.9 8.5

Federal income taxes ..................................... 913,322 16.7 83.3 38.7 20.4 16.5 7.7

State and local income taxes ......................... 256,536 14.1 85.9 33.4 22.2 18.5 11.7

Other taxes ..................................................... 8,984 35.6 64.4 35.2 14.1 7.7 7.4

Income after taxes ............................................ 7,763,806 14.7 85.3 35.5 19.1 17.6 13.0

1 Value is too small to display.

2 Data are likely to have large sampling errors.

n.a. Not applicable.

Source: Consumer Expenditure Survey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, August, 2016