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Selected midwestern metropolitan statistical areas: Average annual expenditures & selected characteristics, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2003-2004. | Unnamed: 1 | Unnamed: 2 | Unnamed: 3 | Unnamed: 4 | Unnamed: 5 | Unnamed: 6 | Unnamed: 7 | Unnamed: 8 | Unnamed: 9
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Item | Midwest | Chicago | Detroit | Milwaukee | [NAME] | Cleveland | Cincinnati | St. Louis | City
Number of consumer units (in 000s) | 26489 | 3165 | 2013 | 763 | 1259 | 1281 | 1007 | 1026 | 813
Consumer unit characteristics:
Income before taxes (1) | 53149 | 65545 | 62728 | 51958 | 69717 | 51796 | 54627 | 61082 | 55719
Age of reference person | 48.9 | 49.2 | 49 | 49.3 | 47.1 | 49.1 | 49.4 | 49.5 | 48.1
Average number in consumer unit:
Persons | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.6
Children under 18 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7
Persons 65 and over | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3
Earners | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4
Vehicles | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 2 | 2.1 | 2.1
Percent Homeowner | 72 | 71 | 78 | 65 | 73 | 73 | 61 | 74 | 71
Average annual expenditures | 41881 | 50627 | 46731 | 42111 | 55951 | 37070 | 40594 | 47793 | 46308
Food | 5338 | 6023 | 5726 | 5189 | 6549 | 4589 | 5333 | 5976 | 6092
Food at home | 3045 | 3427 | 3287 | 3062 | 3566 | 2824 | 3025 | 3397 | 3615
Cereals and bakery products | 428 | 472 | 470 | 460 | 509 | 388 | 413 | 463 | 513
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs | 758 | 855 | 863 | 837 | 779 | 854 | 773 | 920 | 923
Dairy products | 341 | 366 | 339 | 309 | 431 | 310 | 315 | 365 | 395
Fruits and vegetables | 491 | 606 | 542 | 506 | 610 | 449 | 462 | 548 | 570
Other food at home | 1028 | 1128 | 1073 | 950 | 1236 | 822 | 1062 | 1101 | 1214
Food away from home | 2293 | 2597 | 2439 | 2126 | 2983 | 1765 | 2308 | 2579 | 2477
Alcoholic beverages | 415 | 493 | 380 | 531 | 761 | 337 | 426 | 636 | 411
Housing | 13036 | 18114 | 15011 | 14575 | 18282 | 12616 | 13573 | 14330 | 15129
[NAME] | 7212 | 10737 | 8930 | 8993 | 10697 | 7237 | 8046 | 7904 | 7626
Owned dwellings | 5084 | 7840 | 6588 | 6228 | 7552 | 5271 | 4654 | 5621 | 5236
Rented dwellings | 1638 | 2225 | 1622 | 2287 | 2188 | 1581 | 2877 | 1652 | 2001
Other lodging | 490 | 672 | 720 | 477 | 957 | 385 | 515 | 631 | 388
Utilities, fuels, and public services | 2906 | 3383 | 3070 | 2790 | 2928 | 3287 | 2685 | 3178 | 3419
Household operations | 661 | 1066 | 823 | 497 | 950 | 384 | 563 | 937 | 713
Housekeeping supplies | 618 | 731 | 552 | 664 | 748 | 460 | 513 | 485 | 853
Household furnishings and equipment | 1639 | 2198 | 1635 | 1632 | 2960 | 1248 | 1766 | 1826 | 2518
Apparel and services | 1617 | 1938 | 2170 | 1720 | 2240 | 1180 | 1624 | 2260 | 2007
Transportation | 7763 | 8179 | 8974 | 7145 | 9202 | 6753 | 7268 | 8978 | 8518
Vehicle purchases (net outlay) | 3545 | 3618 | 3473 | 3261 | 3878 | 2744 | 3317 | 4737 | 3996
Gasoline and motor oil | 1489 | 1449 | 1639 | 1444 | 1610 | 1244 | 1400 | 1450 | 1689
Other vehicle expenses | 2363 | 2445 | 3403 | 2028 | 2972 | 2515 | 2242 | 2391 | 2599
Public transportation | 367 | 667 | 460 | 412 | 742 | 250 | 309 | 400 | 234
Health care | 2724 | 2704 | 2005 | 2643 | 2928 | 2161 | 2341 | 2837 | 2813
Entertainment | 2093 | 2329 | 2343 | 2002 | 3407 | 1695 | 2077 | 2266 | 2095
Personal care products & services | 531 | 611 | 603 | 582 | 706 | 428 | 572 | 580 | 638
Reading | 146 | 152 | 143 | 146 | 192 | 128 | 173 | 157 | 169
Education | 862 | 1505 | 1075 | 748 | 1218 | 719 | 781 | 1117 | 814
Tobacco products & smoking supplies | 352 | 323 | 411 | 314 | 322 | 346 | 278 | 354 | 292
Miscellaneous | 722 | 727 | 775 | 935 | 1184 | 713 | 556 | 578 | 653
Cash contributions | 1630 | 2860 | 1317 | 1103 | 1563 | 980 | 1536 | 2484 | 1811
Personal insurance and pensions | 4653 | 4669 | 5797 | 4478 | 7398 | 4426 | 4056 | 5239 | 4866
Life and other personal insurance | 431 | 317 | 475 | 450 | 470 | 295 | 322 | 632 | 394
Pensions and Social Security | 4222 | 4352 | 5322 | 4028 | 6928 | 4131 | 3734 | 4607 | 4472
The Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) program consists of two surveys collected for the Bureau of Labor Statistics by the Census Bureau — the quarterly Interview survey and the Diary survey — that provide information on the buying habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer unit (families and single consumers) characteristics.