Figure 5-9 Personal Expenditures by Category: 2014
Thursday, March 31, 2016
| Dollars (billions) | As percent of total expenditures | |
|---|---|---|
| Total expenditures | 11,866 | |
| Housing | 2,171 | 18.30 |
| Food | 1,384 | 11.67 |
| Apparel and services | 386 | 3.25 |
| Insurance and pensionsb | 298 | 2.51 |
| Health | 2,447 | 20.62 |
| Recreation | 1040.7 | 8.77 |
| Othera | 2,908 | 24.51 |
| Transportation | 1,231 | 10.37 |
| Vehicle purchases | 375 | 3.16 |
| Motor vehicle fuels, lubricants, and fluids | 373 | 3.14 |
| Other vehicle | 384 | 3.24 |
| Public transportation | 100 | 0.84 |
| Airline | 52 | 0.44 |
| Other public | 48 | 0.40 |
| Intercity bus, train, and ship fare | 6 | 0.05 |
| Local transportation | 42 | 0.35 |
NOTES: (a) Other includes: alcoholic beverages purchased for off-premises consumption; furnishings, household equipment, and routine household maintenance; education; accomodations; financial services (excluding pension funds); other goods and services; et foreign travel and expenditures abroad by U.S. residents; and final consumption expenditures of nonprofit institutions serving households (b) Motor vehicle insurance included in other vehicle purchases.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts Tables, table 2.5.5, 2.4.5U, available at http://www.bea.gov/iTable/index_nipa.cfm as of November 2015.