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

Expenditure Survey, 2014

Item

All

consumer

units

Married couple consumer units

One

parent,

at least

one child

under 18

Single

person

and other

consumer

units

Total

Married

couple

only

Married couple with children Other

married

couple

consumer

units

Total

Oldest

child

under 6

Oldest

child

6 to 17

Oldest

child 18

or older

Number of consumer units (in thousands) ......... 127,006 61,051 27,386 28,169 5,423 13,852 8,894 5,495 7,355 58,601

Consumer unit characteristics:

Income before taxes

Mean .............................................. $66,877 $93,538 $82,947 $104,480 $93,320 $104,633 $111,047 $90,225 $36,552 $42,908

SE .................................................. 1,164.39 2,000.10 2,332.17 2,770.73 5,389.46 3,789.67 3,849.45 2,899.54 1,734.19 744.82

CV(%) ............................................. 1.74 2.14 2.81 2.65 5.78 3.62 3.47 3.21 4.74 1.74

Income after taxes

Mean .............................................. 58,364 80,603 70,555 90,028 80,333 89,909 96,124 82,365 35,268 38,094

SE .................................................. 898.38 1,485.40 1,734.53 2,037.45 3,853.49 2,717.15 3,109.73 2,298.18 1,372.24 615.23

CV(%) ............................................. 1.54 1.84 2.46 2.26 4.80 3.02 3.24 2.79 3.89 1.62

Age of reference person ................................... 50.3 51.1 59.1 43.3 32.3 41.1 53.4 51.3 39.1 50.8

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 1 ( ) 1.5 1.5 2.2 .6 1.4 1.8 .2

Adults 65 and older ........................................ .4 .4 .8 .1 1 ( ) 1 ( ) .2 .6 1 ( ) .3

Earners ........................................................... 1.3 1.6 1.2 2.0 1.6 1.7 2.5 2.3 1.0 .9

Vehicles .......................................................... 1.9 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.0 2.3 3.0 2.7 1.1 1.3

Percent distribution:

Reference person:

Men ................................................................ 48 54 57 52 53 52 51 52 16 45

Women ........................................................... 52 46 43 48 47 48 49 48 84 55

Housing tenure:

Homeowner .................................................... 63 78 84 74 63 72 83 74 33 50

With mortgage .............................................. 37 49 40 59 57 61 56 52 25 24

Without mortgage ......................................... 26 29 45 15 6 11 27 21 8 25

Renter ............................................................ 37 22 16 26 37 28 17 26 67 50

Race of reference person:

Black or African-American .............................. 13 7 5 8 5 9 9 13 31 16

White, Asian, and all other races ................... 87 93 95 92 95 91 91 87 69 84

Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person:

Hispanic or Latino .......................................... 13 13 7 17 15 17 18 26 19 11

Not Hispanic or Latino .................................... 87 87 93 83 85 83 82 74 81 89

Education of reference person:

Elementary (1-8) ............................................ 3 3 2 4 1 3 6 6 3 3

High school (9-12) .......................................... 33 31 32 27 20 26 34 42 42 35

College ........................................................... 63 66 66 69 79 71 60 51 55 61

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

At least one vehicle owned or leased ............... 87 96 96 97 97 97 97 96 80 79

Average annual expenditures

Mean .............................................. $53,495 $70,196 $63,462 $77,072 $70,115 $78,763 $78,398 $68,909 $39,979 $37,696

SE .................................................. 603.93 933.42 1,137.16 1,301.40 1,673.55 1,596.89 2,010.65 2,164.52 1,318.87 525.67

CV(%) ............................................. 1.13 1.33 1.79 1.69 2.39 2.03 2.56 3.14 3.30 1.39

Food

Mean .............................................. 6,759 8,816 7,491 9,923 8,538 10,364 9,910 10,014 5,920 4,679

Share .............................................. 12.6 12.6 11.8 12.9 12.2 13.2 12.6 14.5 14.8 12.4

SE .................................................. 89.34 127.44 158.29 199.82 431.03 300.83 336.84 528.60 308.27 84.49

CV(%) ............................................. 1.32 1.45 2.11 2.01 5.05 2.90 3.40 5.28 5.21 1.81

Food at home

Mean .............................................. 3,971 5,130 4,168 5,864 4,968 6,059 5,971 6,381 3,837 2,758

Share .............................................. 7.4 7.3 6.6 7.6 7.1 7.7 7.6 9.3 9.6 7.3

SE .................................................. 56.60 81.21 97.94 122.80 258.46 176.05 214.46 368.74 231.49 55.76

CV(%) ............................................. 1.43 1.58 2.35 2.09 5.20 2.91 3.59 5.78 6.03 2.02

Cereals and bakery products

Mean .............................................. 519 668 527 783 588 841 778 811 531 359

Share .............................................. 1.0 1.0 .8 1.0 .8 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.0

SE .................................................. 9.25 13.77 15.64 20.98 36.00 27.76 41.14 54.98 31.37 10.14

CV(%) ............................................. 1.78 2.06 2.97 2.68 6.13 3.30 5.29 6.78 5.90 2.83

Cereals and cereal products

Mean .............................................. 176 223 168 267 207 284 266 285 187 125

Share .............................................. .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .4 .3 .4 .5 .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, 2014 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Married couple consumer units

One

parent,

at least

one child

under 18

Single

person

and other

consumer

units

Total

Married

couple

only

Married couple with children Other

married

couple

consumer

units

Total

Oldest

child

under 6

Oldest

child

6 to 17

Oldest

child 18

or older

Cereals and cereal products

SE .................................................. 3.79 5.48 5.78 9.27 15.27 11.11 21.54 27.31 12.86 4.33

CV(%) ............................................. 2.16 2.46 3.44 3.47 7.40 3.91 8.10 9.59 6.86 3.47

Bakery products

Mean .............................................. 343 445 359 516 381 557 512 526 344 234

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

SE .................................................. 6.71 10.26 12.67 14.48 25.43 20.93 25.59 34.55 23.68 6.78

CV(%) ............................................. 1.96 2.31 3.53 2.80 6.67 3.76 5.00 6.56 6.88 2.89

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

Mean .............................................. 892 1,160 911 1,353 1,039 1,384 1,454 1,470 938 601

Share .............................................. 1.7 1.7 1.4 1.8 1.5 1.8 1.9 2.1 2.3 1.6

SE .................................................. 13.63 19.94 29.50 31.50 73.78 54.43 77.53 137.25 138.22 13.51

CV(%) ............................................. 1.53 1.72 3.24 2.33 7.10 3.93 5.33 9.34 14.74 2.25

Beef

Mean .............................................. 232 307 240 361 251 371 399 376 299 144

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

SE .................................................. 7.73 10.70 10.55 17.63 33.19 24.46 45.74 50.87 114.12 4.49

CV(%) ............................................. 3.34 3.48 4.39 4.88 13.24 6.59 11.47 13.55 38.17 3.13

Pork

Mean .............................................. 177 227 190 256 166 244 321 269 177 123

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

SE .................................................. 3.91 6.36 7.69 11.09 19.89 15.77 22.97 26.42 16.53 4.09

CV(%) ............................................. 2.21 2.80 4.04 4.33 12.00 6.46 7.16 9.80 9.32 3.32

Other meats

Mean .............................................. 123 160 125 188 138 202 188 195 105 86

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

SE .................................................. 3.68 6.20 6.48 10.52 14.58 15.96 16.23 18.63 11.08 3.42

CV(%) ............................................. 2.99 3.89 5.20 5.60 10.53 7.92 8.62 9.53 10.51 3.96

Poultry

Mean .............................................. 172 218 161 260 231 273 250 302 212 120

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

SE .................................................. 3.65 5.58 6.89 9.32 24.81 12.91 17.35 38.09 25.54 4.02

CV(%) ............................................. 2.12 2.56 4.29 3.59 10.72 4.72 6.95 12.63 12.06 3.37

Fish and seafood

Mean .............................................. 129 175 138 202 172 205 211 233 88 85

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

SE .................................................. 4.33 5.60 8.29 9.12 25.34 17.51 20.44 32.98 11.99 4.95

CV(%) ............................................. 3.35 3.19 6.01 4.51 14.73 8.53 9.70 14.14 13.57 5.80

Eggs

Mean .............................................. 58 74 57 87 81 89 86 94 56 42

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

SE .................................................. 1.38 2.17 2.09 3.08 7.86 4.94 5.38 11.13 3.89 1.28

CV(%) ............................................. 2.37 2.95 3.66 3.56 9.70 5.58 6.28 11.80 7.00 3.03

Dairy products

Mean .............................................. 423 550 445 637 598 654 627 642 389 293

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

SE .................................................. 6.43 10.22 12.68 15.33 35.32 18.73 33.56 51.27 20.72 6.96

CV(%) ............................................. 1.52 1.86 2.85 2.41 5.90 2.86 5.35 7.99 5.32 2.37

Fresh milk and cream

Mean .............................................. 147 188 139 229 237 235 215 237 147 103

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

SE .................................................. 2.27 4.24 4.49 6.05 14.74 8.66 11.10 23.49 9.04 2.57

CV(%) ............................................. 1.54 2.25 3.24 2.64 6.22 3.68 5.17 9.91 6.13 2.49

Other dairy products

Mean .............................................. 276 361 307 408 361 419 413 405 242 189

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

SE .................................................. 5.46 8.08 10.44 12.41 25.31 14.71 27.62 34.32 18.08 6.15

CV(%) ............................................. 1.98 2.24 3.40 3.04 7.01 3.51 6.69 8.48 7.47 3.24

Fruits and vegetables

Mean .............................................. 756 996 823 1,118 1,029 1,145 1,115 1,274 651 513

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

SE .................................................. 12.45 19.72 26.68 25.87 66.61 38.50 44.83 67.36 38.78 13.38

CV(%) ............................................. 1.65 1.98 3.24 2.31 6.47 3.36 4.02 5.29 5.95 2.61

Fresh fruits

Mean .............................................. 274 370 296 425 408 448 392 471 225 178

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

SE .................................................. 4.97 8.24 12.58 11.51 31.50 19.65 23.11 31.26 19.95 4.59

CV(%) ............................................. 1.82 2.23 4.25 2.71 7.72 4.39 5.90 6.64 8.86 2.58

Fresh vegetables

Mean .............................................. 240 318 278 345 305 343 369 394 189 164

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

SE .................................................. 4.10 7.07 9.55 9.05 28.33 11.59 17.78 25.19 14.51 4.74

CV(%) ............................................. 1.71 2.22 3.44 2.62 9.28 3.38 4.82 6.40 7.68 2.89

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, 2014 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Married couple consumer units

One

parent,

at least

one child

under 18

Single

person

and other

consumer

units

Total

Married

couple

only

Married couple with children Other

married

couple

consumer

units

Total

Oldest

child

under 6

Oldest

child

6 to 17

Oldest

child 18

or older

Processed fruits

Mean .............................................. 109 139 112 158 167 156 158 188 101 77

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

SE .................................................. 2.96 4.61 5.50 7.27 15.37 9.96 10.64 13.56 9.39 2.81

CV(%) ............................................. 2.72 3.30 4.92 4.59 9.22 6.37 6.75 7.22 9.33 3.65

Processed vegetables

Mean .............................................. 133 169 138 190 148 198 197 221 137 95

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

SE .................................................. 3.58 5.49 6.69 7.64 15.65 10.22 11.96 20.86 12.59 4.23

CV(%) ............................................. 2.69 3.26 4.87 4.02 10.54 5.16 6.08 9.42 9.20 4.45

Other food at home

Mean .............................................. 1,382 1,756 1,462 1,973 1,714 2,034 1,997 2,184 1,327 992

Share .............................................. 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.6 2.4 2.6 2.5 3.2 3.3 2.6

SE .................................................. 24.77 35.38 39.36 52.16 106.19 69.37 88.89 136.93 86.63 23.26

CV(%) ............................................. 1.79 2.01 2.69 2.64 6.20 3.41 4.45 6.27 6.53 2.34

Sugar and other sweets

Mean .............................................. 139 178 156 199 122 212 215 188 135 98

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

SE .................................................. 3.96 5.91 7.35 9.37 12.84 10.87 23.86 17.84 13.76 4.28

CV(%) ............................................. 2.84 3.31 4.72 4.71 10.56 5.13 11.11 9.48 10.22 4.35

Fats and oils

Mean .............................................. 115 148 117 164 126 159 191 228 108 81

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

SE .................................................. 3.33 5.66 5.69 7.41 11.89 8.63 12.21 21.19 10.01 3.36

CV(%) ............................................. 2.90 3.84 4.85 4.53 9.42 5.44 6.40 9.30 9.26 4.16

Miscellaneous foods

Mean .............................................. 702 893 716 1,034 994 1,065 1,002 1,090 691 500

Share .............................................. 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.7 1.3

SE .................................................. 13.41 18.96 19.28 33.17 71.97 49.44 55.81 88.36 57.96 12.36

CV(%) ............................................. 1.91 2.12 2.69 3.21 7.24 4.64 5.57 8.10 8.38 2.47

Nonalcoholic beverages

Mean .............................................. 375 461 384 510 436 530 512 619 368 283

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

SE .................................................. 6.99 10.81 15.25 16.66 33.31 21.30 25.02 42.81 26.65 7.06

CV(%) ............................................. 1.87 2.34 3.97 3.27 7.64 4.02 4.89 6.91 7.25 2.49

Food prepared by consumer unit on

out-of-town trips

Mean .............................................. 51 75 89 66 37 69 78 58 26 29

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

SE .................................................. 2.83 4.43 7.99 5.36 6.39 7.08 9.07 8.75 4.34 3.13

CV(%) ............................................. 5.53 5.88 8.99 8.17 17.47 10.25 11.64 14.99 16.92 10.76

Food away from home

Mean .............................................. 2,787 3,686 3,323 4,059 3,570 4,306 3,938 3,634 2,083 1,921

Share .............................................. 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.3 5.1 5.5 5.0 5.3 5.2 5.1

SE .................................................. 51.03 71.86 105.24 125.02 248.00 182.65 209.84 264.20 142.48 55.59

CV(%) ............................................. 1.83 1.95 3.17 3.08 6.95 4.24 5.33 7.27 6.84 2.89

Alcoholic beverages

Mean .............................................. 463 576 670 511 449 497 570 417 225 371

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

SE .................................................. 17.50 30.75 46.98 30.86 62.14 43.73 61.31 66.21 28.27 15.42

CV(%) ............................................. 3.78 5.34 7.01 6.04 13.84 8.80 10.76 15.89 12.56 4.15

Housing

Mean .............................................. 17,798 21,896 19,358 24,533 25,810 25,295 22,607 21,029 15,175 13,843

Share .............................................. 33.3 31.2 30.5 31.8 36.8 32.1 28.8 30.5 38.0 36.7

SE .................................................. 217.06 333.40 353.65 482.13 903.27 532.90 718.56 589.56 461.79 204.31

CV(%) ............................................. 1.22 1.52 1.83 1.97 3.50 2.11 3.18 2.80 3.04 1.48

Shelter

Mean .............................................. 10,491 12,338 10,812 13,999 13,922 14,888 12,662 11,429 9,077 8,743

Share .............................................. 19.6 17.6 17.0 18.2 19.9 18.9 16.2 16.6 22.7 23.2

SE .................................................. 148.30 214.49 249.29 323.61 546.94 349.20 559.29 444.21 342.96 162.29

CV(%) ............................................. 1.41 1.74 2.31 2.31 3.93 2.35 4.42 3.89 3.78 1.86

Owned dwellings

Mean .............................................. 6,149 8,650 7,659 9,848 9,151 10,422 9,379 7,446 3,337 3,897

Share .............................................. 11.5 12.3 12.1 12.8 13.1 13.2 12.0 10.8 8.3 10.3

SE .................................................. 96.49 165.18 201.28 269.69 436.75 317.78 476.00 380.10 287.48 106.13

CV(%) ............................................. 1.57 1.91 2.63 2.74 4.77 3.05 5.08 5.11 8.61 2.72

Mortgage interest and charges

Mean .............................................. 2,953 4,316 3,055 5,577 5,828 6,091 4,625 4,131 2,040 1,648

Share .............................................. 5.5 6.1 4.8 7.2 8.3 7.7 5.9 6.0 5.1 4.4

SE .................................................. 66.35 114.84 150.08 168.07 293.85 207.56 275.65 227.14 214.56 46.33

CV(%) ............................................. 2.25 2.66 4.91 3.01 5.04 3.41 5.96 5.50 10.52 2.81

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, 2014 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Married couple consumer units

One

parent,

at least

one child

under 18

Single

person

and other

consumer

units

Total

Married

couple

only

Married couple with children Other

married

couple

consumer

units

Total

Oldest

child

under 6

Oldest

child

6 to 17

Oldest

child 18

or older

Property taxes

Mean .............................................. 1,903 2,608 2,626 2,700 2,147 2,751 2,956 2,054 851 1,300

Share .............................................. 3.6 3.7 4.1 3.5 3.1 3.5 3.8 3.0 2.1 3.4

SE .................................................. 49.46 71.82 96.65 100.91 154.33 114.31 189.08 102.83 70.29 71.56

CV(%) ............................................. 2.60 2.75 3.68 3.74 7.19 4.15 6.40 5.01 8.26 5.50

Maintenance, repairs, insurance, other

expenses

Mean .............................................. 1,293 1,726 1,978 1,571 1,176 1,580 1,798 1,260 446 948

Share .............................................. 2.4 2.5 3.1 2.0 1.7 2.0 2.3 1.8 1.1 2.5

SE .................................................. 32.62 63.07 112.89 96.03 137.13 142.70 214.84 172.11 64.03 41.37

CV(%) ............................................. 2.52 3.66 5.71 6.11 11.66 9.03 11.95 13.66 14.36 4.36

Rented dwellings

Mean .............................................. 3,631 2,638 1,916 3,223 4,315 3,424 2,244 3,233 5,465 4,436

Share .............................................. 6.8 3.8 3.0 4.2 6.2 4.3 2.9 4.7 13.7 11.8

SE .................................................. 51.61 70.36 104.24 100.57 307.54 198.86 186.88 280.79 254.02 101.71

CV(%) ............................................. 1.42 2.67 5.44 3.12 7.13 5.81 8.33 8.68 4.65 2.29

Other lodging

Mean .............................................. 710 1,051 1,237 928 456 1,043 1,039 750 276 410

Share .............................................. 1.3 1.5 1.9 1.2 .7 1.3 1.3 1.1 .7 1.1

SE .................................................. 38.67 65.22 86.30 72.74 46.17 97.10 145.11 196.33 61.35 37.55

CV(%) ............................................. 5.44 6.21 6.98 7.83 10.13 9.31 13.97 26.18 22.27 9.15

Utilities, fuels, and public services

Mean .............................................. 3,921 4,861 4,382 5,205 4,156 5,177 5,887 5,484 3,500 2,994

Share .............................................. 7.3 6.9 6.9 6.8 5.9 6.6 7.5 8.0 8.8 7.9

SE .................................................. 34.80 49.42 52.35 64.13 92.00 90.17 124.53 89.43 91.65 47.82

CV(%) ............................................. .89 1.02 1.19 1.23 2.21 1.74 2.12 1.63 2.62 1.60

Natural gas

Mean .............................................. 439 553 506 587 493 577 661 607 357 331

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

SE .................................................. 14.67 19.05 22.83 23.62 35.11 26.78 40.46 33.02 25.97 13.05

CV(%) ............................................. 3.34 3.45 4.51 4.02 7.12 4.64 6.12 5.44 7.26 3.94

Electricity

Mean .............................................. 1,484 1,787 1,640 1,868 1,519 1,869 2,080 2,100 1,444 1,174

Share .............................................. 2.8 2.5 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.4 2.7 3.0 3.6 3.1

SE .................................................. 20.17 25.57 27.23 35.48 49.83 47.79 67.53 56.08 41.55 23.75

CV(%) ............................................. 1.36 1.43 1.66 1.90 3.28 2.56 3.25 2.67 2.88 2.02

Fuel oil and other fuels

Mean .............................................. 152 200 233 178 92 169 246 146 61 114

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

SE .................................................. 9.78 17.37 22.67 18.39 20.83 24.83 35.02 39.52 17.13 7.26

CV(%) ............................................. 6.42 8.68 9.71 10.32 22.67 14.71 14.25 27.11 28.13 6.37

Telephone services

Mean .............................................. 1,315 1,654 1,402 1,856 1,475 1,840 2,114 1,878 1,208 975

Share .............................................. 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.4 2.1 2.3 2.7 2.7 3.0 2.6

SE .................................................. 14.52 21.96 24.42 29.56 43.50 39.44 47.11 46.75 42.57 18.47

CV(%) ............................................. 1.10 1.33 1.74 1.59 2.95 2.14 2.23 2.49 3.53 1.89

Residential phone service, VOIP, and

phone cards

Mean .............................................. 353 431 457 403 233 398 513 452 215 288

Share .............................................. .7 .6 .7 .5 .3 .5 .7 .7 .5 .8

SE .................................................. 4.87 7.86 8.98 11.24 19.37 13.68 21.06 29.65 19.16 6.41

CV(%) ............................................. 1.38 1.82 1.97 2.79 8.31 3.44 4.10 6.56 8.90 2.23

Cellular phone service

Mean .............................................. 963 1,223 946 1,454 1,241 1,442 1,601 1,426 993 688

Share .............................................. 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.9 1.8 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.5 1.8

SE .................................................. 13.80 18.59 21.35 24.95 44.38 34.23 41.85 46.24 36.63 17.04

CV(%) ............................................. 1.43 1.52 2.26 1.72 3.58 2.37 2.61 3.24 3.69 2.48

Water and other public services

Mean .............................................. 530 667 601 715 577 723 787 753 430 399

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

SE .................................................. 12.43 16.87 16.85 20.08 22.53 29.03 23.73 34.52 24.56 12.76

CV(%) ............................................. 2.35 2.53 2.80 2.81 3.91 4.01 3.02 4.59 5.71 3.20

Household operations

Mean .............................................. 1,174 1,618 1,122 2,145 4,275 2,035 1,017 1,390 1,074 724

Share .............................................. 2.2 2.3 1.8 2.8 6.1 2.6 1.3 2.0 2.7 1.9

SE .................................................. 31.64 60.52 49.23 102.50 333.33 132.10 75.53 148.31 87.67 30.88

CV(%) ............................................. 2.70 3.74 4.39 4.78 7.80 6.49 7.43 10.67 8.17 4.27

Personal services

Mean .............................................. 366 591 61 1,111 3,296 921 75 565 518 113

Share .............................................. .7 .8 .1 1.4 4.7 1.2 .1 .8 1.3 .3

SE .................................................. 22.89 44.36 29.87 76.47 298.77 94.74 23.90 109.40 69.70 22.08

CV(%) ............................................. 6.25 7.51 49.37 6.88 9.06 10.28 31.99 19.37 13.45 19.49

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, 2014 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Married couple consumer units

One

parent,

at least

one child

under 18

Single

person

and other

consumer

units

Total

Married

couple

only

Married couple with children Other

married

couple

consumer

units

Total

Oldest

child

under 6

Oldest

child

6 to 17

Oldest

child 18

or older

Other household expenses

Mean .............................................. 808 1,027 1,061 1,033 979 1,114 942 825 556 610

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

SE .................................................. 16.49 29.44 35.73 45.20 82.40 63.95 68.06 67.97 36.02 19.93

CV(%) ............................................. 2.04 2.87 3.37 4.37 8.42 5.74 7.22 8.24 6.48 3.26

Housekeeping supplies

Mean .............................................. 632 864 814 899 829 870 984 944 500 402

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

SE .................................................. 18.63 35.09 42.68 48.70 74.56 53.50 97.90 91.37 58.54 13.37

CV(%) ............................................. 2.95 4.06 5.24 5.42 8.99 6.15 9.95 9.68 11.70 3.33

Laundry and cleaning supplies

Mean .............................................. 148 194 160 217 176 225 224 258 128 100

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

SE .................................................. 4.48 7.41 9.71 10.37 19.03 11.42 19.35 36.66 14.47 5.35

CV(%) ............................................. 3.04 3.82 6.06 4.78 10.83 5.07 8.64 14.23 11.34 5.33

Other household products

Mean .............................................. 354 491 458 517 506 482 583 527 270 218

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

SE .................................................. 12.85 25.84 31.96 38.92 56.19 39.96 80.45 61.48 38.19 8.24

CV(%) ............................................. 3.63 5.27 6.98 7.53 11.10 8.28 13.81 11.66 14.16 3.78

Postage and stationery

Mean .............................................. 131 179 196 165 148 163 177 159 103 83

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

SE .................................................. 7.11 12.38 23.95 13.74 35.40 19.13 21.76 31.45 27.12 5.68

CV(%) ............................................. 5.44 6.93 12.21 8.34 23.97 11.76 12.28 19.79 26.33 6.84

Household furnishings and equipment

Mean .............................................. 1,581 2,215 2,228 2,285 2,628 2,323 2,057 1,782 1,023 981

Share .............................................. 3.0 3.2 3.5 3.0 3.7 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6

SE .................................................. 46.11 78.46 107.98 109.61 404.03 147.56 127.42 122.66 108.34 39.90

CV(%) ............................................. 2.92 3.54 4.85 4.80 15.37 6.35 6.19 6.88 10.59 4.07

Household textiles

Mean .............................................. 96 132 130 129 145 141 100 167 48 63

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

SE .................................................. 6.69 11.06 15.23 18.97 64.66 30.33 14.02 32.54 7.96 7.66

CV(%) ............................................. 6.97 8.35 11.71 14.75 44.64 21.57 14.04 19.45 16.59 12.15

Furniture

Mean .............................................. 387 517 525 534 606 513 522 387 334 258

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

SE .................................................. 14.05 22.98 32.87 31.94 81.64 46.44 62.84 69.08 65.33 17.79

CV(%) ............................................. 3.63 4.45 6.27 5.98 13.47 9.04 12.04 17.86 19.57 6.89

Floor coverings

Mean .............................................. 18 25 27 22 21 23 23 23 8 13

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

SE .................................................. 1.99 2.29 3.32 3.01 4.59 5.46 4.69 8.12 3.50 3.05

CV(%) ............................................. 10.96 9.33 12.28 13.38 22.25 23.63 20.79 35.20 42.75 23.89

Major appliances

Mean .............................................. 233 336 374 313 261 353 280 264 161 135

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

SE .................................................. 14.26 28.49 51.73 26.45 47.35 39.27 51.79 40.90 26.36 10.85

CV(%) ............................................. 6.11 8.47 13.81 8.46 18.17 11.12 18.47 15.51 16.42 8.03

Small appliances, miscellaneous

housewares

Mean .............................................. 106 138 142 136 141 133 141 118 68 77

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

SE .................................................. 5.83 8.93 13.92 9.86 19.53 13.16 16.35 18.24 9.99 7.63

CV(%) ............................................. 5.51 6.49 9.77 7.23 13.90 9.86 11.57 15.51 14.69 9.94

Miscellaneous household equipment

Mean .............................................. 740 1,068 1,029 1,151 1,456 1,160 991 824 405 435

Share .............................................. 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.5 2.1 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.2

SE .................................................. 30.61 56.02 57.41 94.17 403.20 117.67 71.45 98.16 60.50 25.26

CV(%) ............................................. 4.13 5.25 5.58 8.18 27.70 10.15 7.21 11.92 14.94 5.81

Apparel and services

Mean .............................................. 1,786 2,395 1,880 2,837 2,701 3,143 2,396 2,787 1,762 1,143

Share .............................................. 3.3 3.4 3.0 3.7 3.9 4.0 3.1 4.0 4.4 3.0

SE .................................................. 52.74 90.23 107.51 166.63 217.91 319.30 185.57 275.67 158.18 53.68

CV(%) ............................................. 2.95 3.77 5.72 5.87 8.07 10.16 7.74 9.89 8.98 4.70

Men and boys

Mean .............................................. 430 610 466 714 528 850 584 828 377 246

Share .............................................. .8 .9 .7 .9 .8 1.1 .7 1.2 .9 .7

SE .................................................. 15.58 28.88 45.31 44.18 70.82 78.65 55.50 122.21 48.05 13.28

CV(%) ............................................. 3.62 4.74 9.73 6.19 13.42 9.26 9.51 14.76 12.75 5.40

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, 2014 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Married couple consumer units

One

parent,

at least

one child

under 18

Single

person

and other

consumer

units

Total

Married

couple

only

Married couple with children Other

married

couple

consumer

units

Total

Oldest

child

under 6

Oldest

child

6 to 17

Oldest

child 18

or older

Men, 16 and over

Mean .............................................. 326 453 438 441 349 420 525 599 132 215

Share .............................................. .6 .6 .7 .6 .5 .5 .7 .9 .3 .6

SE .................................................. 13.51 23.31 44.32 28.83 65.58 51.90 54.70 106.66 35.98 13.19

CV(%) ............................................. 4.14 5.15 10.11 6.54 18.79 12.34 10.41 17.80 27.17 6.13

Boys, 2 to 15

Mean .............................................. 104 157 27 273 178 429 59 229 244 31

Share .............................................. .2 .2 1 ( ) .4 .3 .5 .1 .3 .6 .1

SE .................................................. 7.81 15.34 3.04 30.43 28.68 57.44 10.82 55.60 28.82 3.59

CV(%) ............................................. 7.51 9.76 11.16 11.15 16.07 13.38 18.49 24.32 11.80 11.74

Women and girls

Mean .............................................. 656 846 714 966 874 986 992 907 665 453

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.7 1.2

SE .................................................. 28.14 40.08 55.88 52.29 126.40 71.42 103.17 111.79 72.31 31.62

CV(%) ............................................. 4.29 4.74 7.83 5.41 14.47 7.25 10.40 12.32 10.88 6.98

Women, 16 and over

Mean .............................................. 551 688 666 705 693 593 907 720 456 417

Share .............................................. 1.0 1.0 1.0 .9 1.0 .8 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.1

SE .................................................. 27.08 38.77 52.79 48.81 120.79 67.41 99.31 89.76 63.36 31.46

CV(%) ............................................. 4.91 5.63 7.93 6.93 17.42 11.37 10.95 12.46 13.90 7.54

Girls, 2 to 15

Mean .............................................. 105 158 48 262 180 393 85 187 209 36

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

SE .................................................. 5.53 9.22 7.71 17.76 35.29 29.53 16.03 30.66 36.40 5.01

CV(%) ............................................. 5.27 5.83 16.12 6.78 19.59 7.52 18.76 16.40 17.44 13.97

Children under 2

Mean .............................................. 76 111 53 160 605 108 28 162 83 39

Share .............................................. .1 .2 .1 .2 .9 .1 1 ( ) .2 .2 .1

SE .................................................. 5.33 8.80 9.12 15.33 59.61 16.37 8.53 26.24 19.80 4.65

CV(%) ............................................. 6.99 7.94 17.31 9.61 9.85 15.15 29.95 16.16 23.82 12.05

Footwear

Mean .............................................. 367 489 367 583 415 698 466 647 469 225

Share .............................................. .7 .7 .6 .8 .6 .9 .6 .9 1.2 .6

SE .................................................. 17.09 28.25 45.36 39.03 71.29 70.69 63.23 85.84 134.31 15.80

CV(%) ............................................. 4.66 5.77 12.37 6.69 17.19 10.12 13.58 13.27 28.65 7.04

Other apparel products and services

Mean .............................................. 256 339 281 413 280 502 326 243 169 180

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

SE .................................................. 24.53 49.22 27.89 103.76 35.89 192.23 41.63 36.12 17.91 12.89

CV(%) ............................................. 9.57 14.53 9.93 25.10 12.80 38.32 12.77 14.87 10.59 7.14

Transportation

Mean .............................................. 9,073 12,293 11,128 13,327 11,949 12,725 15,121 12,834 6,793 5,995

Share .............................................. 17.0 17.5 17.5 17.3 17.0 16.2 19.3 18.6 17.0 15.9

SE .................................................. 177.51 290.28 396.80 389.58 764.59 563.66 737.97 824.91 514.38 187.98

CV(%) ............................................. 1.96 2.36 3.57 2.92 6.40 4.43 4.88 6.43 7.57 3.14

Vehicle purchases (net outlay)

Mean .............................................. 3,301 4,610 4,192 4,990 4,980 4,633 5,554 4,739 2,576 2,029

Share .............................................. 6.2 6.6 6.6 6.5 7.1 5.9 7.1 6.9 6.4 5.4

SE .................................................. 147.72 240.01 346.76 302.11 788.99 497.72 552.09 648.41 423.69 168.90

CV(%) ............................................. 4.47 5.21 8.27 6.05 15.84 10.74 9.94 13.68 16.45 8.32

Cars and trucks, new

Mean .............................................. 1,562 2,422 2,758 2,266 2,062 1,918 2,932 1,550 857 753

Share .............................................. 2.9 3.5 4.3 2.9 2.9 2.4 3.7 2.3 2.1 2.0

SE .................................................. 120.29 203.33 340.38 231.59 558.35 429.56 553.67 416.63 286.76 98.13

CV(%) ............................................. 7.70 8.39 12.34 10.22 27.08 22.39 18.89 26.87 33.46 13.03

Cars and trucks, used

Mean .............................................. 1,689 2,129 1,413 2,659 2,788 2,674 2,555 2,981 1,708 1,229

Share .............................................. 3.2 3.0 2.2 3.4 4.0 3.4 3.3 4.3 4.3 3.3

SE .................................................. 73.36 111.44 102.07 189.39 416.00 301.61 300.47 483.49 318.12 115.92

CV(%) ............................................. 4.34 5.23 7.22 7.12 14.92 11.28 11.76 16.22 18.63 9.43

Other vehicles

Mean .............................................. 50 58 20 66 130 40 67 208 11 47

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

SE .................................................. 14.26 23.58 9.97 26.54 73.91 35.35 46.45 150.95 11.05 18.72

CV(%) ............................................. 28.29 40.36 48.65 40.18 56.92 87.66 69.13 72.49 100.81 39.84

Gasoline and motor oil

Mean .............................................. 2,468 3,247 2,762 3,657 2,937 3,675 4,070 3,559 1,949 1,722

Share .............................................. 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.7 4.2 4.7 5.2 5.2 4.9 4.6

SE .................................................. 24.08 42.03 46.61 62.12 89.03 71.17 114.11 127.10 70.97 27.15

CV(%) ............................................. .98 1.29 1.69 1.70 3.03 1.94 2.80 3.57 3.64 1.58

Other vehicle expenses

Mean .............................................. 2,723 3,646 3,319 3,923 3,346 3,629 4,744 3,897 1,978 1,843

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, 2014 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Married couple consumer units

One

parent,

at least

one child

under 18

Single

person

and other

consumer

units

Total

Married

couple

only

Married couple with children Other

married

couple

consumer

units

Total

Oldest

child

under 6

Oldest

child

6 to 17

Oldest

child 18

or older

Other vehicle expenses

Share .............................................. 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.1 4.8 4.6 6.1 5.7 4.9 4.9

SE .................................................. 71.91 116.14 148.91 167.26 253.40 232.51 287.46 315.20 176.33 70.31

CV(%) ............................................. 2.64 3.19 4.49 4.26 7.57 6.41 6.06 8.09 8.92 3.82

Vehicle finance charges

Mean .............................................. 208 293 220 349 362 341 353 371 163 126

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

SE .................................................. 6.32 9.80 12.48 15.44 34.57 20.52 29.43 30.96 11.88 6.28

CV(%) ............................................. 3.04 3.35 5.68 4.43 9.54 6.02 8.34 8.34 7.28 5.00

Maintenance and repairs

Mean .............................................. 836 1,099 1,037 1,164 896 1,155 1,345 1,078 483 604

Share .............................................. 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.2 1.6

SE .................................................. 24.59 37.53 47.47 49.53 71.99 72.57 111.53 96.65 35.98 27.96

CV(%) ............................................. 2.94 3.42 4.58 4.26 8.03 6.28 8.29 8.96 7.45 4.63

Vehicle insurance

Mean .............................................. 1,112 1,487 1,323 1,619 1,255 1,367 2,241 1,665 829 748

Share .............................................. 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 1.8 1.7 2.9 2.4 2.1 2.0

SE .................................................. 53.30 88.55 111.21 133.16 215.86 184.16 256.71 236.96 115.45 55.76

CV(%) ............................................. 4.79 5.95 8.41 8.22 17.20 13.47 11.46 14.23 13.92 7.46

Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other

charges

Mean .............................................. 567 767 740 791 832 766 805 783 503 365

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

SE .................................................. 24.02 42.97 61.12 50.73 134.09 57.93 68.17 196.98 100.18 17.40

CV(%) ............................................. 4.24 5.60 8.26 6.41 16.11 7.57 8.46 25.16 19.92 4.76

Public and other transportation

Mean .............................................. 581 790 855 756 686 789 753 639 291 401

Share .............................................. 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 .9 .7 1.1

SE .................................................. 23.67 40.91 54.38 51.26 98.46 58.87 87.41 139.16 40.15 21.10

CV(%) ............................................. 4.07 5.18 6.36 6.78 14.35 7.46 11.61 21.79 13.78 5.26

Healthcare

Mean .............................................. 4,290 6,026 6,549 5,642 4,746 5,517 6,383 5,389 2,042 2,761

Share .............................................. 8.0 8.6 10.3 7.3 6.8 7.0 8.1 7.8 5.1 7.3

SE .................................................. 70.34 119.67 178.13 154.44 269.62 209.95 285.03 219.48 171.71 80.13

CV(%) ............................................. 1.64 1.99 2.72 2.74 5.68 3.81 4.47 4.07 8.41 2.90

Health insurance

Mean .............................................. 2,868 4,040 4,425 3,759 3,220 3,813 4,003 3,560 1,384 1,833

Share .............................................. 5.4 5.8 7.0 4.9 4.6 4.8 5.1 5.2 3.5 4.9

SE .................................................. 59.14 95.42 133.16 121.69 197.55 167.37 170.28 152.82 127.70 52.42

CV(%) ............................................. 2.06 2.36 3.01 3.24 6.14 4.39 4.25 4.29 9.23 2.86

Medical services

Mean .............................................. 790 1,138 1,143 1,186 1,085 1,052 1,455 874 382 479

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

SE .................................................. 28.96 43.55 64.40 71.21 144.26 69.18 143.74 96.06 50.15 45.14

CV(%) ............................................. 3.67 3.83 5.63 6.01 13.30 6.57 9.88 11.00 13.15 9.43

Drugs

Mean .............................................. 486 653 763 521 328 473 716 777 201 346

Share .............................................. .9 .9 1.2 .7 .5 .6 .9 1.1 .5 .9

SE .................................................. 14.86 24.62 31.45 31.61 53.82 34.73 69.54 78.05 25.80 13.99

CV(%) ............................................. 3.06 3.77 4.12 6.07 16.42 7.34 9.71 10.05 12.84 4.05

Medical supplies

Mean .............................................. 146 195 218 176 113 178 209 179 76 104

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

SE .................................................. 6.95 11.89 19.88 13.54 14.13 16.50 26.11 21.07 8.88 6.62

CV(%) ............................................. 4.75 6.09 9.13 7.67 12.46 9.27 12.47 11.77 11.65 6.38

Entertainment

Mean .............................................. 2,728 3,689 3,381 4,077 3,082 4,689 3,648 3,240 1,779 1,837

Share .............................................. 5.1 5.3 5.3 5.3 4.4 6.0 4.7 4.7 4.4 4.9

SE .................................................. 70.23 118.84 160.77 159.16 189.87 227.57 243.23 428.64 100.99 57.98

CV(%) ............................................. 2.57 3.22 4.75 3.90 6.16 4.85 6.67 13.23 5.68 3.16

Fees and admissions

Mean .............................................. 636 935 739 1,189 668 1,591 841 604 459 346

Share .............................................. 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.5 1.0 2.0 1.1 .9 1.1 .9

SE .................................................. 26.62 50.41 46.87 91.16 75.38 143.78 73.48 93.63 72.39 13.93

CV(%) ............................................. 4.19 5.39 6.34 7.67 11.28 9.04 8.73 15.50 15.76 4.03

Audio and visual equipment and services

Mean .............................................. 1,051 1,227 1,166 1,291 1,055 1,379 1,287 1,206 867 889

Share .............................................. 2.0 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.8 1.6 1.8 2.2 2.4

SE .................................................. 24.09 29.97 41.98 43.41 47.80 65.34 56.46 52.93 38.53 32.78

CV(%) ............................................. 2.29 2.44 3.60 3.36 4.53 4.74 4.39 4.39 4.44 3.69

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, 2014 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Married couple consumer units

One

parent,

at least

one child

under 18

Single

person

and other

consumer

units

Total

Married

couple

only

Married couple with children Other

married

couple

consumer

units

Total

Oldest

child

under 6

Oldest

child

6 to 17

Oldest

child 18

or older

Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground

equipment

Mean .............................................. 634 873 799 959 863 977 978 806 347 417

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

SE .................................................. 29.33 53.02 44.73 104.24 120.54 129.68 193.13 142.59 43.07 21.31

CV(%) ............................................. 4.63 6.08 5.60 10.87 13.97 13.28 19.75 17.68 12.42 5.11

Pets

Mean .............................................. 507 679 652 728 525 723 842 565 267 355

Share .............................................. .9 1.0 1.0 .9 .7 .9 1.1 .8 .7 .9

SE .................................................. 30.40 56.96 41.50 105.91 97.18 126.10 183.59 120.74 36.31 20.49

CV(%) ............................................. 5.99 8.38 6.37 14.54 18.50 17.45 21.80 21.37 13.59 5.78

Toys, hobbies, and playground equipment

Mean .............................................. 127 193 147 230 338 254 135 241 79 62

Share .............................................. .2 .3 .2 .3 .5 .3 .2 .4 .2 .2

SE .................................................. 7.37 12.56 15.56 19.19 69.60 35.01 20.04 79.57 19.06 7.03

CV(%) ............................................. 5.81 6.50 10.59 8.33 20.61 13.76 14.80 32.97 23.97 11.31

Other entertainment supplies, equipment,

and services

Mean .............................................. 407 655 678 638 495 742 542 624 106 185

Share .............................................. .8 .9 1.1 .8 .7 .9 .7 .9 .3 .5

SE .................................................. 36.20 74.92 138.23 54.89 105.47 84.58 104.22 363.45 18.97 37.62

CV(%) ............................................. 8.89 11.44 20.38 8.60 21.29 11.40 19.24 58.29 17.91 20.34

Personal care products and services

Mean .............................................. 645 835 808 870 704 933 856 797 555 456

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

SE .................................................. 12.03 19.66 25.64 27.49 62.19 38.89 37.72 76.32 39.13 13.61

CV(%) ............................................. 1.86 2.35 3.17 3.16 8.83 4.17 4.41 9.58 7.05 2.99

Reading

Mean .............................................. 103 133 159 115 74 122 128 92 65 77

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

SE .................................................. 3.60 5.62 8.45 6.61 8.89 8.81 12.49 12.75 9.44 3.33

CV(%) ............................................. 3.49 4.24 5.30 5.77 11.95 7.24 9.75 13.87 14.45 4.33

Education

Mean .............................................. 1,236 1,635 1,076 2,275 1,051 2,218 3,105 1,139 862 867

Share .............................................. 2.3 2.3 1.7 3.0 1.5 2.8 4.0 1.7 2.2 2.3

SE .................................................. 68.99 76.95 112.04 142.42 254.59 214.33 416.83 224.00 286.57 100.20

CV(%) ............................................. 5.58 4.71 10.41 6.26 24.22 9.66 13.42 19.67 33.26 11.56

Tobacco products and smoking supplies

Mean .............................................. 319 322 305 295 224 232 434 546 247 325

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

SE .................................................. 12.20 17.19 30.60 20.81 30.95 26.13 45.26 63.49 19.29 14.01

CV(%) ............................................. 3.82 5.34 10.02 7.07 13.80 11.25 10.43 11.63 7.79 4.31

Miscellaneous

Mean .............................................. 782 943 809 1,078 842 1,211 1,000 921 599 636

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

SE .................................................. 47.43 68.20 53.78 117.21 148.82 184.22 108.03 265.14 103.76 50.04

CV(%) ............................................. 6.07 7.23 6.65 10.87 17.68 15.21 10.80 28.79 17.33 7.86

Cash contributions

Mean .............................................. 1,788 2,313 2,793 1,960 1,597 2,104 1,956 1,732 962 1,345

Share .............................................. 3.3 3.3 4.4 2.5 2.3 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.4 3.6

SE .................................................. 87.26 147.06 193.53 186.19 287.30 302.65 159.80 200.20 152.66 88.44

CV(%) ............................................. 4.88 6.36 6.93 9.50 17.99 14.38 8.17 11.56 15.87 6.58

Personal insurance and pensions

Mean .............................................. 5,726 8,325 7,053 9,631 8,347 9,712 10,286 7,973 2,992 3,361

Share .............................................. 10.7 11.9 11.1 12.5 11.9 12.3 13.1 11.6 7.5 8.9

SE .................................................. 103.74 181.65 291.22 228.92 356.83 312.24 379.54 403.93 189.33 84.36

CV(%) ............................................. 1.81 2.18 4.13 2.38 4.27 3.21 3.69 5.07 6.33 2.51

Life and other personal insurance

Mean .............................................. 327 526 546 520 307 531 634 461 123 145

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

SE .................................................. 16.73 31.61 43.95 46.44 45.69 60.26 103.67 74.91 15.72 11.72

CV(%) ............................................. 5.11 6.00 8.05 8.93 14.87 11.35 16.36 16.24 12.77 8.06

Pensions and Social Security

Mean .............................................. 5,399 7,799 6,507 9,110 8,040 9,182 9,652 7,512 2,868 3,216

Share .............................................. 10.1 11.1 10.3 11.8 11.5 11.7 12.3 10.9 7.2 8.5

SE .................................................. 100.40 174.20 277.19 207.39 348.48 289.25 333.89 385.53 183.69 80.01

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, 2014 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Married couple consumer units

One

parent,

at least

one child

under 18

Single

person

and other

consumer

units

Total

Married

couple

only

Married couple with children Other

married

couple

consumer

units

Total

Oldest

child

under 6

Oldest

child

6 to 17

Oldest

child 18

or older

Pensions and Social Security

CV(%) ............................................. 1.86 2.23 4.26 2.28 4.33 3.15 3.46 5.13 6.40 2.49

Sources of income and personal taxes:

Money income before taxes

Mean .............................................. $66,877 $93,538 $82,947 $104,480 $93,320 $104,633 $111,047 $90,225 $36,552 $42,908

SE .................................................. 1,164.39 2,000.10 2,332.17 2,770.73 5,389.46 3,789.67 3,849.45 2,899.54 1,734.19 744.82

CV(%) ............................................. 1.74 2.14 2.81 2.65 5.78 3.62 3.47 3.21 4.74 1.74

Wages and salaries

Mean .............................................. 51,889 74,191 56,808 91,728 85,704 93,988 91,882 70,927 29,101 31,514

Share .............................................. 77.6 79.3 68.5 87.8 91.8 89.8 82.7 78.6 79.6 73.4

SE .................................................. 870.98 1,575.22 1,825.57 2,293.02 4,367.57 3,072.19 2,918.93 3,189.12 1,610.96 678.77

CV(%) ............................................. 1.68 2.12 3.21 2.50 5.10 3.27 3.18 4.50 5.54 2.15

Self-employment income

Mean .............................................. 4,284 6,805 5,815 7,884 4,731 7,874 9,822 6,204 1,607 1,994

Share .............................................. 6.4 7.3 7.0 7.5 5.1 7.5 8.8 6.9 4.4 4.6

SE .................................................. 401.02 749.54 868.51 960.79 1,234.14 1,382.96 1,418.41 1,410.27 382.26 217.65

CV(%) ............................................. 9.36 11.01 14.94 12.19 26.09 17.56 14.44 22.73 23.78 10.91

Social Security, private and government

retirement

Mean .............................................. 7,700 9,284 16,414 2,201 270 808 5,547 10,055 1,199 6,867

Share .............................................. 11.5 9.9 19.8 2.1 .3 .8 5.0 11.1 3.3 16.0

SE .................................................. 166.80 330.60 597.13 179.59 104.66 144.44 544.08 769.05 229.09 232.78

CV(%) ............................................. 2.17 3.56 3.64 8.16 38.76 17.87 9.81 7.65 19.11 3.39

Interest, dividends, rental income, other

property income

Mean .............................................. 1,594 2,273 2,924 1,825 1,890 1,102 2,912 1,330 387 1,037

Share .............................................. 2.4 2.4 3.5 1.7 2.0 1.1 2.6 1.5 1.1 2.4

SE .................................................. 188.81 390.91 334.07 609.35 1,331.47 301.63 1,687.02 323.30 197.05 107.48

CV(%) ............................................. 11.85 17.19 11.43 33.39 70.46 27.37 57.94 24.30 50.98 10.36

Public assistance, supplemental security

income, food stamps

Mean .............................................. 530 301 111 363 288 419 322 927 2,115 570

Share .............................................. .8 .3 .1 .3 .3 .4 .3 1.0 5.8 1.3

SE .................................................. 31.81 33.15 22.97 43.72 52.33 62.77 66.95 173.58 150.29 40.31

CV(%) ............................................. 6.00 11.02 20.64 12.04 18.16 14.97 20.80 18.73 7.11 7.07

Unemployment and workers’ compensation,

veterans’ benefits, and regular contributions

for support

Mean .............................................. 556 466 632 274 252 279 280 624 1,694 508

Share .............................................. .8 .5 .8 .3 .3 .3 .3 .7 4.6 1.2

SE .................................................. 59.07 67.19 133.27 42.71 85.09 62.05 65.92 170.36 283.10 66.12

CV(%) ............................................. 10.62 14.41 21.10 15.56 33.81 22.20 23.51 27.31 16.71 13.02

Other income

Mean .............................................. 323 217 242 204 185 162 281 159 449 418

Share .............................................. .5 .2 .3 .2 .2 .2 .3 .2 1.2 1.0

SE .................................................. 24.97 33.95 66.18 37.03 54.73 49.63 65.94 60.47 66.34 34.62

CV(%) ............................................. 7.73 15.63 27.30 18.13 29.52 30.61 23.45 38.01 14.77 8.29

Personal taxes (contains some imputed

values)

Mean .............................................. 8,513 12,935 12,392 14,452 12,987 14,723 14,923 7,861 1,284 4,814

Share .............................................. 12.7 13.8 14.9 13.8 13.9 14.1 13.4 8.7 3.5 11.2

SE .................................................. 314.53 579.33 695.08 814.36 1,605.23 1,168.73 956.97 854.93 449.28 198.42

CV(%) ............................................. 3.69 4.48 5.61 5.63 12.36 7.94 6.41 10.88 34.99 4.12

Federal income taxes

Mean .............................................. 6,680 10,229 10,031 11,307 10,215 11,462 11,732 5,693 650 3,739

Share .............................................. 10.0 10.9 12.1 10.8 10.9 11.0 10.6 6.3 1.8 8.7

SE .................................................. 273.18 492.73 596.60 692.17 1,486.85 998.66 806.44 675.31 372.64 170.12

CV(%) ............................................. 4.09 4.82 5.95 6.12 14.56 8.71 6.87 11.86 57.29 4.55

State and local income taxes

Mean .............................................. 1,782 2,647 2,303 3,081 2,713 3,217 3,095 2,140 624 1,025

Share .............................................. 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.9 3.1 2.8 2.4 1.7 2.4

SE .................................................. 72.22 120.64 134.96 161.92 231.05 220.50 187.42 194.65 95.47 53.37

CV(%) ............................................. 4.05 4.56 5.86 5.26 8.52 6.86 6.06 9.10 15.30 5.21

Other taxes

Mean .............................................. 52 58 58 64 59 45 96 28 10 50

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

SE .................................................. 16.21 12.46 8.70 19.64 18.17 9.34 57.21 7.04 2.33 32.31

CV(%) ............................................. 31.43 21.56 15.13 30.71 30.69 20.79 59.30 25.38 24.19 64.15

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, 2014 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Married couple consumer units

One

parent,

at least

one child

under 18

Single

person

and other

consumer

units

Total

Married

couple

only

Married couple with children Other

married

couple

consumer

units

Total

Oldest

child

under 6

Oldest

child

6 to 17

Oldest

child 18

or older

Income after taxes

Mean .............................................. 58,364 80,603 70,555 90,028 80,333 89,909 96,124 82,365 35,268 38,094

Share .............................................. 87.3 86.2 85.1 86.2 86.1 85.9 86.6 91.3 96.5 88.8

SE .................................................. 898.38 1,485.40 1,734.53 2,037.45 3,853.49 2,717.15 3,109.73 2,298.18 1,372.24 615.23

CV(%) ............................................. 1.54 1.84 2.46 2.26 4.80 3.02 3.24 2.79 3.89 1.62

Addenda:

Net change in total assets and liabilities

Mean .............................................. $7,431 $16,403 $20,871 $13,037 $7,697 $13,034 $16,297 $11,392 - $26 - $979

SE .................................................. 3,809.43 3,033.56 3,940.22 4,128.72 7,645.79 6,151.60 7,328.10 8,242.18 3,236.97 9,662.27

CV(%) ............................................. 51.26 18.49 18.88 31.67 99.33 47.20 44.97 72.35 -12,320.35 -986.86

Net change in total assets

Mean .............................................. 15,798 25,579 26,617 26,038 27,340 26,514 24,503 18,053 6,649 6,755

SE .................................................. 3,687.91 2,623.58 3,349.00 4,001.06 7,211.64 5,802.20 7,470.90 6,157.46 3,260.60 9,071.70

CV(%) ............................................. 23.34 10.26 12.58 15.37 26.38 21.88 30.49 34.11 49.04 134.29

Net change in total liabilities

Mean .............................................. 8,366 9,176 5,747 13,001 19,642 13,480 8,206 6,660 6,675 7,734

SE .................................................. 1,423.42 1,409.90 2,150.58 1,930.73 4,337.57 3,152.35 2,618.09 3,835.80 1,914.41 2,707.65

CV(%) ............................................. 17.01 15.36 37.42 14.85 22.08 23.39 31.90 57.59 28.68 35.01

Other financial information:

Other money receipts

Mean .............................................. 659 708 882 453 195 346 775 1,152 689 605

SE .................................................. 145.76 207.86 374.12 135.25 77.94 128.86 362.57 1,082.40 318.00 215.70

CV(%) ............................................. 22.10 29.35 42.42 29.88 39.92 37.19 46.78 93.96 46.13 35.66

Mortgage principal paid on owned property

Mean .............................................. -1,816 -2,705 -2,293 -3,109 -2,070 -3,379 -3,324 -2,683 -1,050 -985

SE .................................................. 45.37 87.86 135.08 109.47 120.46 151.15 222.07 192.27 153.79 32.33

CV(%) ............................................. -2.50 -3.25 -5.89 -3.52 -5.82 -4.47 -6.68 -7.17 -14.65 -3.28

Estimated market value of owned home

Mean .............................................. 160,814 226,465 232,290 230,088 166,881 249,154 238,937 178,868 63,626 104,615

SE .................................................. 3,304.66 4,515.66 6,362.05 6,257.29 9,926.95 9,961.85 9,304.68 7,425.03 5,647.06 4,179.36

CV(%) ............................................. 2.05 1.99 2.74 2.72 5.95 4.00 3.89 4.15 8.88 3.99

Estimated monthly rental value of owned

home

Mean .............................................. 908 1,231 1,272 1,225 995 1,266 1,302 1,059 423 632

SE .................................................. 11.65 19.35 28.29 25.35 48.62 38.02 38.73 40.28 31.09 12.05

CV(%) ............................................. 1.28 1.57 2.22 2.07 4.89 3.00 2.98 3.80 7.36 1.91

Gifts of goods and services, total

Mean .............................................. 1,063 1,415 1,855 1,074 621 1,178 1,199 961 639 746

SE .................................................. 48.65 72.07 130.12 97.15 90.84 150.53 150.59 177.68 152.07 48.83

CV(%) ............................................. 4.58 5.09 7.02 9.05 14.62 12.78 12.56 18.49 23.81 6.54

Food

Mean .............................................. 75 105 123 95 47 104 109 60 42 48

SE .................................................. 5.90 11.40 22.05 13.50 11.92 22.35 27.61 19.46 11.27 5.12

CV(%) ............................................. 7.89 10.91 17.86 14.24 25.12 21.54 25.41 32.71 26.74 10.74

Alcoholic beverages

Mean .............................................. 14 14 16 15 11 21 6 5 24 12

SE .................................................. 1.84 2.54 3.13 4.49 5.46 7.45 3.36 2.78 12.32 2.23

CV(%) ............................................. 13.51 17.84 20.19 30.54 49.27 36.25 55.01 59.19 52.20 18.96

Housing

Mean .............................................. 222 275 350 218 176 230 225 187 152 176

SE .................................................. 14.41 17.37 29.42 19.39 36.85 32.45 35.10 49.69 29.40 19.52

CV(%) ............................................. 6.48 6.32 8.41 8.91 20.93 14.13 15.60 26.64 19.34 11.11

Housekeeping supplies

Mean .............................................. 23 31 39 26 15 27 30 15 14 16

SE .................................................. 2.06 3.51 6.27 4.47 4.93 6.48 7.47 5.93 5.18 2.13

CV(%) ............................................. 8.81 11.14 15.88 16.92 33.82 23.63 24.56 38.33 36.77 13.47

Household textiles

Mean .............................................. 9 12 20 6 3 8 5 4 1 6

SE .................................................. 1.70 2.34 5.52 1.84 2.70 3.13 2.51 2.80 .57 2.29

CV(%) ............................................. 18.96 18.76 27.06 30.59 101.67 40.61 52.63 65.96 86.86 36.65

Appliances and miscellaneous housewares

Mean .............................................. 22 29 35 20 28 20 17 38 12 16

SE .................................................. 3.84 5.66 7.52 5.55 14.42 9.05 5.02 26.51 5.69 4.89

CV(%) ............................................. 17.65 19.72 21.58 27.13 51.99 46.30 29.56 69.02 47.51 31.26

Major appliances

Mean .............................................. 8 11 8 11 21 9 8 32 2 5

SE .................................................. 2.00 3.37 1.71 4.55 13.76 7.12 3.77 26.01 1.72 1.65

CV(%) ............................................. 25.35 29.44 22.70 40.86 65.91 76.57 47.05 80.21 94.93 33.28

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, 2014 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Married couple consumer units

One

parent,

at least

one child

under 18

Single

person

and other

consumer

units

Total

Married

couple

only

Married couple with children Other

married

couple

consumer

units

Total

Oldest

child

under 6

Oldest

child

6 to 17

Oldest

child 18

or older

Small appliances and miscellaneous

housewares

Mean .............................................. 14 17 27 9 7 10 9 6 10 11

SE .................................................. 2.90 3.57 7.41 3.38 4.90 5.69 2.72 3.33 5.51 4.65

CV(%) ............................................. 20.97 20.69 27.13 36.19 71.31 55.62 30.27 55.74 54.13 43.55

Miscellaneous household equipment

Mean .............................................. 42 58 70 53 63 50 54 23 22 27

SE .................................................. 3.81 7.03 11.19 9.45 26.91 13.42 18.09 10.48 6.04 3.09

CV(%) ............................................. 9.12 12.10 15.96 17.99 42.38 27.07 33.47 45.48 27.90 11.49

Other housing

Mean .............................................. 127 144 185 112 68 125 119 105 104 111

SE .................................................. 11.68 12.27 19.35 15.84 20.67 30.28 28.86 38.79 26.92 18.31

CV(%) ............................................. 9.23 8.51 10.47 14.12 30.57 24.15 24.31 36.83 25.99 16.47

Apparel and services

Mean .............................................. 201 244 290 193 220 138 277 273 134 164

SE .................................................. 10.29 16.49 21.42 27.39 44.96 36.42 46.54 61.06 27.82 15.99

CV(%) ............................................. 5.11 6.76 7.39 14.18 20.42 26.47 16.82 22.33 20.82 9.72

Males, 2 and over

Mean .............................................. 50 62 76 46 40 31 77 74 29 41

SE .................................................. 4.47 6.77 11.16 8.07 15.88 9.25 18.36 34.81 7.36 5.85

CV(%) ............................................. 8.85 10.87 14.61 17.43 40.17 29.83 23.96 46.95 25.79 14.38

Females, 2 and over

Mean .............................................. 69 88 103 72 63 51 113 92 30 53

SE .................................................. 5.53 8.61 14.09 13.73 25.97 16.03 27.04 29.90 10.50 7.31

CV(%) ............................................. 8.05 9.81 13.68 19.08 41.49 31.49 23.97 32.35 34.87 13.80

Children under 2

Mean .............................................. 31 46 52 39 90 32 25 55 29 14

SE .................................................. 2.98 5.49 9.13 7.33 19.19 10.75 8.50 19.02 11.47 2.51

CV(%) ............................................. 9.72 11.84 17.53 18.82 21.44 33.09 33.55 34.27 40.26 17.72

Other apparel products and services

Mean .............................................. 52 48 58 36 29 23 62 51 47 57

SE .................................................. 5.02 6.03 8.39 7.40 13.19 8.04 17.21 26.89 18.14 10.13

CV(%) ............................................. 9.72 12.70 14.34 20.56 46.27 34.67 27.83 52.37 39.01 17.87

Jewelry and watches

Mean .............................................. 16 10 11 8 4 7 13 15 12 23

SE .................................................. 3.69 1.90 2.73 2.64 1.97 3.08 7.19 7.46 6.87 8.39

CV(%) ............................................. 22.89 18.62 23.79 32.81 45.46 46.69 56.67 48.65 57.99 36.70

All other apparel products and services

Mean .............................................. 36 37 47 28 24 17 49 36 35 34

SE .................................................. 3.14 5.69 8.23 6.71 13.01 7.48 15.24 25.29 16.94 5.48

CV(%) ............................................. 8.83 15.23 17.50 24.02 53.78 45.05 31.01 70.20 48.87 16.21

Transportation

Mean .............................................. 108 154 233 86 67 110 60 107 16 73

SE .................................................. 14.51 25.80 49.44 28.78 44.57 55.58 13.40 71.45 3.79 14.91

CV(%) ............................................. 13.38 16.76 21.19 33.51 66.37 50.45 22.52 66.60 23.49 20.53

Healthcare

Mean .............................................. 35 21 34 9 5 9 12 14 9 54

SE .................................................. 13.26 5.90 11.82 2.34 2.69 3.41 4.51 6.44 5.89 27.78

CV(%) ............................................. 37.57 28.65 35.05 25.66 51.06 38.24 37.29 45.28 67.20 51.53

Entertainment

Mean .............................................. 89 118 154 92 55 82 132 63 26 67

SE .................................................. 5.79 9.66 15.46 13.67 14.22 21.74 26.71 15.24 8.56 7.89

CV(%) ............................................. 6.50 8.21 10.03 14.84 25.83 26.43 20.26 24.22 32.32 11.85

Toys, games, arts and crafts, and tricycles

Mean .............................................. 28 41 57 26 26 26 27 31 14 16

SE .................................................. 2.66 4.89 9.36 4.67 7.86 6.77 7.13 14.06 7.49 2.86

CV(%) ............................................. 9.50 12.02 16.42 17.83 30.18 26.05 26.70 45.48 51.84 17.63

Other entertainment

Mean .............................................. 61 77 97 66 29 56 105 32 12 50

SE .................................................. 5.16 8.64 13.16 11.60 10.99 17.83 25.11 7.59 3.06 6.89

CV(%) ............................................. 8.46 11.22 13.56 17.61 37.86 31.70 23.87 23.71 25.45 13.68

Personal care products and services

Mean .............................................. 13 16 17 14 7 16 13 28 7 10

SE .................................................. 1.78 3.29 5.43 3.49 5.84 5.44 5.17 22.44 4.07 2.02

CV(%) ............................................. 13.92 20.17 31.92 25.74 89.08 34.83 38.39 81.32 55.77 20.72

Reading

Mean .............................................. 4 4 5 3 1 2 5 7 3 4

SE .................................................. .47 .64 1.21 .81 .76 .88 2.02 2.40 1.45 .75

CV(%) ............................................. 11.92 14.61 22.10 28.65 75.51 42.23 39.99 34.74 50.78 20.52

Education

Mean .............................................. 236 370 480 300 7 417 295 178 203 101

SE .................................................. 30.19 51.43 89.09 62.48 3.46 103.14 102.66 94.59 137.14 15.19

CV(%) ............................................. 12.79 13.91 18.57 20.85 47.91 24.71 34.81 53.08 67.66 15.06

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, 2014 — Continued

Item

All

consumer

units

Married couple consumer units

One

parent,

at least

one child

under 18

Single

person

and other

consumer

units

Total

Married

couple

only

Married couple with children Other

married

couple

consumer

units

Total

Oldest

child

under 6

Oldest

child

6 to 17

Oldest

child 18

or older

All other gifts

Mean .............................................. 65 95 153 50 24 50 66 40 23 39

SE .................................................. 6.18 10.39 23.05 10.54 9.00 11.92 27.27 10.19 7.31 4.84

CV(%) ............................................. 9.46 10.90 15.11 20.92 37.13 23.85 41.25 25.53 31.74 12.30

1 Value is too small to display.

2 No data reported.

Source: Consumer Expenditure Survey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, September, 2015