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Figure 4-3: Percent of Household Expenditures by Spending Category, 2011

Friday, August 22, 2014

(dollars)

Item Amount
Average annual expenditures 49,705
Food 6,458
Housing 16,803
Apparel and services 1,740
Transportation 8,293
Health care 3,313
Personal insurance and pensions 5,424
Education/Reading 1,166
Miscellaneous Items 6,509

NOTES: Miscellaneous Items includes: personal care products and services, tobacco products and smoking supplies, cash contributions, entertainment, alcoholic beverages and other items.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2011, available at http://www.bls.gov/cex/#tables, as of May 2013.