Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2019 

 (Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated) 

Married couple consumer units 

Married couple with children 

Item Aggregate Total 

Married 

couple 

only 

Total 

Oldest 

child 

under 6 

Oldest 

child 

6 to 17 

Oldest 

child 18 

or older 

Other 

married 

couple 

consumer 

units 

One 

parent, 

at least 

one child 

under 18 

Single 

person 

and other 

consumer 

units 

Number of consumer units (in thousands) ....................... 132,242 64,640 28,814 30,392 5,572 14,930 9,890 5,434 6,423 61,179 

Percent distribution of consumer units ............................. 100.0 48.9 21.8 23.0 4.2 11.3 7.5 4.1 4.9 46.3 

Consumer unit characteristics (mean values): 

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

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

 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 

Annual aggregate expenditures ....................................... $8,333,301 63.6 25.9 32.6 5.3 16.3 11.0 5.1 3.8 32.6 

 Food .............................................................................. 1,078,750 63.4 25.3 32.7 4.7 16.8 11.1 5.4 4.7 31.9 

 Food at home ............................................................. 613,097 64.0 25.3 32.9 4.7 16.8 11.4 5.8 4.8 31.2 

 Cereals and bakery products .................................. 76,992 64.0 24.2 33.6 4.6 17.6 11.4 6.3 5.3 30.7 

 Cereals and cereal products ............................... 24,233 65.0 22.4 35.6 5.2 18.4 12.0 7.0 5.0 30.0 

 Bakery products ................................................... 52,759 63.5 25.0 32.6 4.3 17.2 11.1 5.9 5.5 31.0 

 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ................................. 129,460 64.3 24.8 33.2 4.3 16.8 12.0 6.4 4.8 30.9 

 Beef...................................................................... 35,694 67.2 25.0 34.9 3.9 18.9 12.1 7.4 4.3 28.5 

 Pork...................................................................... 24,650 63.7 26.5 30.7 4.3 14.7 11.7 6.5 4.6 31.7 

 Other meats ......................................................... 17,044 65.6 25.0 34.3 4.4 17.5 12.4 6.4 4.1 30.3 

 Poultry .................................................................. 24,966 62.5 22.6 33.8 4.5 17.4 11.9 6.1 5.1 32.4 

 Fish and seafood ................................................. 19,390 62.5 25.4 32.2 4.7 15.0 12.4 5.0 6.3 31.2 

 Eggs ..................................................................... 7,716 60.0 23.2 30.9 4.5 15.5 10.9 5.8 5.0 35.1 

 Dairy products ......................................................... 60,061 64.7 25.2 33.9 4.9 17.7 11.2 5.6 4.5 30.8 

 Fresh milk and cream .......................................... 18,536 64.3 24.1 34.1 4.7 18.2 11.2 6.1 5.7 30.0 

 Other dairy products ............................................ 41,526 64.9 25.7 33.7 5.1 17.4 11.2 5.4 4.0 31.1 

 Fruits and vegetables ............................................. 115,700 64.9 25.9 33.2 4.9 17.3 11.0 5.7 4.3 30.8 

 Fresh fruits ........................................................... 42,493 66.2 26.2 34.3 5.2 18.7 10.4 5.8 3.9 29.9 

 Fresh vegetables ................................................. 39,015 65.0 26.7 32.7 4.7 17.2 10.9 5.6 3.9 31.0 

See footnotes at end of table. 
Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2019 —

Continued 

 (Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated) 

Married couple consumer units 

Married couple with children 

Item Aggregate Total 

Married 

couple 

only 

Total 

Oldest 

child 

under 6 

Oldest 

child 

6 to 17 

Oldest 

child 18 

or older 

Other 

married 

couple 

consumer 

units 

One 

parent, 

at least 

one child 

under 18 

Single 

person 

and other 

consumer 

units 

 Processed fruits ................................................... 14,824 62.3 23.7 32.6 4.8 16.2 11.6 6.0 5.8 31.9 

 Processed vegetables ......................................... 19,367 63.7 25.6 32.5 4.6 15.5 12.4 5.6 4.6 31.7 

 Other food at home ................................................. 230,883 63.3 25.6 32.2 4.9 16.0 11.3 5.5 5.0 31.7 

 Sugar and other sweets....................................... 21,794 65.5 26.9 31.6 4.1 16.0 11.4 7.0 4.7 29.8 

 Fats and oils ........................................................ 15,153 64.7 26.7 32.2 4.8 16.0 11.4 5.9 4.7 30.6 

 Miscellaneous foods ............................................ 125,665 63.3 25.1 33.1 5.2 16.6 11.2 5.2 5.1 31.6 

 Nonalcoholic beverages ...................................... 60,075 61.2 24.8 30.6 4.3 14.8 11.5 5.8 5.3 33.5 

 Food prepared by consumer unit on 

 out-of-town trips ................................................ 8,196 69.5 34.2 31.6 5.5 14.7 11.3 3.7 2.5 28.0 

 Food away from home ............................................... 465,653 62.5 25.4 32.4 4.7 16.9 10.8 4.7 4.5 33.0 

 Alcoholic beverages ...................................................... 76,493 59.1 32.7 23.5 3.2 11.3 9.1 2.8 2.9 38.0 

 Housing ......................................................................... 2,734,285 60.1 24.4 30.6 6.1 15.2 9.3 5.1 4.1 35.8 

 Shelter ........................................................................ 1,612,057 58.1 23.7 29.5 5.7 15.1 8.7 4.8 4.1 37.8 

 Owned dwellings ..................................................... 898,894 69.8 28.1 35.7 6.3 17.9 11.4 5.9 2.5 27.7 

 Mortgage interest and charges ............................ 364,926 72.6 23.4 42.5 8.6 21.9 12.0 6.6 3.2 24.2 

 Property taxes...................................................... 285,524 69.2 30.2 33.6 4.9 16.9 11.8 5.3 2.2 28.6 

 Maintenance, repairs, insurance, other 

 expenses .......................................................... 248,444 66.5 32.7 28.1 4.7 13.3 10.2 5.6 1.7 31.8 

 Rented dwellings .................................................... 586,042 36.8 13.3 20.3 5.1 11.1 4.1 3.3 7.1 56.1 

 Other lodging .......................................................... 127,121 72.7 40.7 28.5 3.9 14.1 10.5 3.6 2.1 25.2 

 Utilities, fuels, and public services ............................. 536,253 60.0 24.5 29.5 4.2 14.6 10.8 5.9 4.3 35.7 

 Natural gas .............................................................. 55,020 58.2 23.6 28.9 4.1 14.1 10.7 5.6 4.5 37.3 

 Electricity ................................................................. 194,628 58.7 24.5 28.2 4.0 14.1 10.1 5.9 4.5 36.8 

 Fuel oil and other fuels ........................................... 14,954 60.9 32.1 24.9 4.9 12.2 7.8 3.9 2.3 36.8 

 Telephone services ................................................. 186,323 61.6 24.0 31.6 4.3 15.5 11.8 6.0 4.5 33.9 

 Residential phone service, VOIP, and phone 

 cards ................................................................. 25,241 55.9 30.8 20.8 1.8 9.0 10.0 4.4 2.0 42.0 

 Cellular phone service ......................................... 161,082 62.4 22.9 33.3 4.7 16.5 12.1 6.2 4.9 32.7 

 Water and other public services ............................. 85,327 60.8 25.1 29.3 4.2 14.3 10.8 6.4 3.8 35.4 

 Household operations ................................................ 207,591 67.2 21.2 41.8 15.6 18.5 7.6 4.3 4.2 28.6 

 Personal services ................................................... 64,603 79.3 4.0 71.7 39.4 29.1 33.1 3.6 5.8 14.9 

 Other household expenses ..................................... 142,988 61.8 29.0 28.2 4.9 13.7 9.6 4.6 3.5 34.7 

 Housekeeping supplies .............................................. 101,081 65.6 30.1 29.6 4.0 14.5 11.1 5.9 4.3 30.1 

 Laundry and cleaning supplies ............................... 24,466 60.3 23.7 30.8 3.9 14.1 12.8 5.8 6.2 33.5 

 Other household products ...................................... 60,451 68.0 32.5 29.1 4.2 14.6 10.3 6.4 3.8 28.2 

 Postage and stationery ........................................... 16,164 64.9 31.0 29.6 3.3 15.0 11.3 4.3 2.8 32.3 

 Household furnishings and equipment ...................... 277,303 65.2 28.5 30.8 5.5 14.9 10.4 5.9 3.4 31.4 

 Household textiles .................................................. 17,309 66.8 30.5 32.6 4.8 14.8 13.0 3.7 5.4 27.8 

 Furniture .................................................................. 68,897 66.7 27.6 34.4 7.2 15.2 11.9 4.7 3.6 29.7 

 Floor coverings ....................................................... 3,315 73.0 36.9 32.7 4.7 20.3 7.8 3.3 1.7 25.3 

 Major appliances ..................................................... 42,534 66.6 24.9 34.9 5.0 17.1 12.8 6.7 2.3 31.1 

 Small appliances, miscellaneous housewares ....... 15,681 61.0 27.2 27.8 5.3 13.0 9.5 6.1 3.4 35.5 

 Miscellaneous household equipment ..................... 129,567 63.9 29.7 27.7 4.9 14.1 8.7 6.5 3.5 32.6 

 Apparel and services ..................................................... 248,692 61.9 21.5 35.2 5.2 19.2 10.7 5.3 5.9 32.1 

 Men and boys ............................................................. 59,093 62.6 19.8 37.2 4.6 20.1 12.5 5.6 5.2 32.2 

 Men, 16 and over .................................................... 45,894 59.2 23.4 30.7 4.2 13.5 13.0 5.1 3.4 37.4 

 Boys, 2 to 15 ........................................................... 13,199 74.5 7.1 60.0 6.0 43.2 10.8 7.4 11.4 14.1 

 Women and girls ........................................................ 92,986 62.6 23.4 33.9 4.0 19.8 10.2 5.3 5.6 31.9 

 Women, 16 and over .............................................. 79,473 60.4 26.3 29.2 3.5 15.8 9.9 5.0 4.4 35.1 

 Girls, 2 to 15 ............................................................ 13,513 75.0 6.3 61.9 7.1 42.9 11.9 6.8 12.4 12.6 

 Children under 2......................................................... 9,966 69.1 11.8 46.6 23.3 14.8 38.6 10.7 6.9 23.9 

 Footwear .................................................................... 55,289 59.2 18.4 35.7 4.7 21.1 9.9 5.2 8.8 31.9 

 Other apparel products and services ......................... 31,357 61.3 27.7 30.3 5.0 14.1 11.3 3.3 3.0 35.8 

 Transportation ............................................................... 1,420,566 64.2 24.7 34.5 5.0 16.2 13.3 5.0 3.8 32.0 

 Vehicle purchases (net outlay) .................................. 581,033 65.2 23.9 37.3 5.1 17.2 15.0 3.9 3.7 31.1 

 Cars and trucks, new .............................................. 259,160 69.3 29.7 37.3 4.6 16.5 16.1 2.4 3

.8 29.9 

 Cars and trucks, used ............................................. 314,094 62.0 19.0 37.8 5.7 17.8 14.3 5.2 6.0 31.9 

 Other vehicles ......................................................... 7,779 53.1 329.9 18.5 3

.1 13.5 34.8 34.7 37.0 39.9 

 Gasoline, other fuels, and motor oil ........................... 276,931 63.7 23.3 33.8 5.0 16.4 12.4 6.5 4.3 32.1 

 Other vehicle expenses ............................................. 459,390 62.9 25.2 32.0 4.7 15.2 12.1 5.7 4.0 33.1 

 Vehicle finance charges.......................................... 33,277 66.6 23.8 36.5 5.6 18.6 12.2 6.3 3.8 29.6 

See footnotes at end of table. 
Table 1502. Composition of consumer unit: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2019 —

Continued 

 (Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated) 

Married couple consumer units 

Married couple with children 

Item Aggregate Total 

Married 

couple 

only 

Total 

Oldest 

child 

under 6 

Oldest 

child 

6 to 17 

Oldest 

child 18 

or older 

Other 

married 

couple 

consumer 

units 

One 

parent, 

at least 

one child 

under 18 

Single 

person 

and other 

consumer 

units 

 Maintenance and repairs ........................................ 117,224 60.8 25.3 30.1 4.0 14.5 11.6 5.5 4.5 34.7 

 Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other 

 charges ................................................................ 104,536 67.3 28.7 33.7 5.8 16.7 11.1 4.9 3.1 29.6 

 Vehicle insurance ................................................... 204,352 61.3 23.7 31.6 4.5 14.3 12.8 6.1 4.1 34.5 

 Public and other transportation .................................. 103,212 65.7 30.2 31.4 5.6 14.0 11.8 4.1 2.7 31.6 

 Healthcare ..................................................................... 686,691 65.8 32.0 28.2 4.6 13.4 10.1 5.6 2.5 31.8 

 Health insurance ........................................................ 466,729 66.4 31.8 28.8 4.7 13.8 10.4 5.8 2.3 31.2 

 Medical services......................................................... 130,142 64.5 29.7 29.9 5.7 14.8 9.3 4.9 3.0 32.5 

 Drugs .......................................................................... 64,211 65.1 36.8 22.6 2.6 9.6 10.4 5.7 2.4 32.5 

 Medical supplies......................................................... 25,610 61.7 34.6 21.2 3.0 9.9 8.3 6.0 2.9 35.3 

 Entertainment ................................................................ 408,392 66.9 30.6 32.3 4.5 18.5 9.3 4.0 3.4 29.7 

 Fees and admissions ................................................. 116,302 77.3 35.9 38.1 4.6 25.1 8.4 3.3 3.7 19.0 

 Audio and visual equipment and services ................. 132,230 57.6 25.8 26.9 3.5 13.5 10.0 4.9 4.2 38.2 

 Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground equipment ....... 108,457 64.2 28.8 31.1 5.9 15.3 10.0 4.4 1.9 33.9 

 Pets ......................................................................... 89,952 63.2 30.8 28.0 4.7 13.5 9.8 4.4 1.6 35.3 

 Toys, hobbies, and playground equipment ............ 18,505 69.4 19.0 46.4 11.9 23.8 10.7 4.0 3.7 26.9 

 Other entertainment supplies, equipment, and 

 services ................................................................... 51,404 73.0 34.9 35.2 3.7 23.3 8.2 2.8 3.5 23.4 

 Personal care products and services ............................ 103,912 61.6 26.9 29.6 3.9 15.0 10.8 5.1 5.0 33.4 

 Reading ......................................................................... 12,167 60.8 33.6 21.9 2.9 12.8 6.2 5.3 2.2 37.0 

 Education ...................................................................... 190,849 67.9 21.7 42.2 3.1 23.3 15.8 4.1 3.4 28.7 

 Tobacco products and smoking supplies ...................... 42,314 48.3 20.3 21.9 2.3 11.7 7.9 6.1 3.8 47.9 

 Miscellaneous ................................................................ 118,856 56.9 25.7 26.8 3.0 13.6 10.3 4.3 7.3 35.8 

 Cash contributions ........................................................ 263,854 67.1 33.9 29.5 3.6 15.8 10.1 3.7 2.1 30.8 

 Personal insurance and pensions ................................. 947,479 70.4 26.0 39.2 6.9 19.0 13.2 5.3 2.8 26.8 

 Life and other personal insurance ............................. 68,706 75.4 35.7 34.9 4.6 15.6 14.6 4.9 2.1 22.5 

 Pensions and Social Security .................................... 878,774 70.0 25.2 39.5 7.1 19.3 13.1 5.4 2.8 27.1 

Sources of income and personal taxes: 

 Money income before taxes .......................................... $10,956,495 69.1 26.9 36.7 7.7 17.1 11.9 5.5 2.7 28.2 

 Wages and salaries ................................................... 8,557,137 70.6 22.9 42.1 9.2 19.9 12.9 5.7 2.9 26.5 

 Self-employment income ........................................... 786,437 78.2 40.3 33.1 5.1 15.8 12.1 4.8 1.8 20.1 

 Social Security, private and government 

 retirement ................................................................ 1,177,207 57.0 45.0 6.6 3

.2 .9 5.5 5.4 .7 42.3 

 Interest, dividends, rental income, other 

 property income ...................................................... 259,431 63.3 42.3 18.5 1.7 8.6 8.2 2.6 .4 36.3 

 Public assistance, Supplemental Security 

 Income, Supplementary Nutrition Assistance 

 Program (SNAP) ..................................................... 56,396 31.9 8.1 14.8 31.1 7.6 6.0 9.0 16.7 51.4 

 Unemployment and workers' compensation, 

 veterans' benefits, and regular contributions 

 for support ............................................................... 74,314 47.0 23.3 20.7 1.7 11.2 7.8 3.0 22.1 30.8 

 Other income .............................................................. 45,572 43.2 22.6 18.5 5.0 6.5 7.0 2.0 4.5 52.3 

 Personal taxes (contains some imputed values) .......... 1,502,850 75.6 31.7 40.4 11.0 17.2 12.2 3.5 .7 23.8 

 Federal income taxes ................................................. 1,167,872 76.1 32.7 40.1 11.6 16.5 12.0 3.2 .3 23.6 

 State and local income taxes ..................................... 326,607 74.3 28.0 41.9 8.9 20.0 13.0 4.4 1.7 24.0 

 Other taxes ................................................................. 8,371 51.6 26.1 23.4 33.9 11.0 8.5 32.2 312.3 36.1 

 Income after taxes ......................................................... 9,453,645 68.0 26.1 36.1 7.2 17.1 11.8 5.8 3.0 28.9 

1

 No data reported. 

2

 Value is too small to display. 

3

 Data are likely to have large sampling errors. 

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