reference-person-age-ranges-2023.xlsx

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1	Table 1300. Age of reference person: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and relative standard errors, Consumer Expenditure Surveys, 2023
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3	Item	All consumer units	Under 25 years	25-34 years	35-44 years	45-54 years	55-64 years	65 years and older	65-74 years	75 years and older

4	Number of consumer units (in thousands) a/	134,556	6,041	21,082	23,612	22,721	23,927	37,173	21,584	15,589
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6	Consumer unit characteristics:
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8	Income before taxes
9	Mean	$101,805	$56,107	$96,514	$126,466	$137,601	$117,905	$64,326	$72,190	$53,438
10	SE	1,883.42	4,006.44	2,321.86	3,667.68	4,416.77	8,303.38	2,096.87	2,495.12	2,844.38
11	RSE	1.85	7.14	2.41	2.90	3.21	7.04	3.26	3.46	5.32
12	Income after taxes b/
13	Mean	87,869	51,278	84,939	109,075	115,653	97,276	58,969	65,461	49,981
14	SE	1,229.83	3,390.36	1,876.44	2,798.48	3,149.06	4,634.12	1,741.27	2,109.70	2,256.34
15	RSE	1.40	6.61	2.21	2.57	2.72	4.76	2.95	3.22	4.51
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17	Age of reference person	52.1	21.8	29.9	39.6	49.7	59.6	74.2	69.3	81.0
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19	Average number in consumer unit:
20	People	2.5	2.0	2.6	3.4	2.9	2.2	1.7	1.9	1.6
21	Children under 18	.6	.3	.8	1.5	.7	.2	.1	.1	c/
22	Adults 65 and older	.4	c/	d/	.1	.1	.1	1.4	1.4	1.4
23	Earners	1.3	1.5	1.6	1.7	1.9	1.4	.5	.7	.3
24	Vehicles	1.9	1.2	1.5	1.9	2.2	2.1	1.8	2.0	1.5
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26	Percent distribution:
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28	Reference person:
29	Men	49	49	53	48	49	49	46	47	45
30	Women	51	51	47	52	51	51	54	53	55
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32	Housing tenure:
33	Homeowner	65	15	42	64	70	75	78	78	77
34	With mortgage	38	9	33	51	52	42	24	29	17
35	Without mortgage	27	c/	9	12	18	33	53	49	59
36	Renter	35	85	58	36	30	25	22	22	23
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38	Race of reference person:
39	Black or African-American	13	12	15	15	15	14	10	11	9
40	White, Asian, and all other races, not including Black or African-American	87	88	85	85	85	86	90	89	91
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42	Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person:
43	Hispanic or Latino	15	27	21	19	19	12	7	8	7
44	Not Hispanic or Latino	85	73	79	81	81	88	93	92	93
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46	Education of reference person:
47	Elementary (1-8)	3	c/	c/	4	3	3	2	c/	4
48	High school (9-12)	27	36	21	23	25	29	33	32	34
49	College	70	63	77	73	72	67	64	66	61
50	Never attended and other	c/	e/	c/	c/	c/	c/	c/	c/	c/
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52	At least one vehicle owned or leased	89	72	86	92	92	91	88	91	84
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54	Average annual expenditures
55	Mean	$77,280	$49,560	$71,867	$90,939	$97,319	$83,379	$60,087	$65,149	$53,031
56	SE	994.16	2,555.44	1,601.18	2,781.44	2,275.56	1,921.17	1,070.74	1,524.26	1,332.16
57	RSE	1.29	5.16	2.23	3.06	2.34	2.30	1.78	2.34	2.51
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59	Food
60	Mean	9,985	5,953	9,704	12,006	12,941	10,069	7,714	8,566	6,508
61	Share	12.9	12.0	13.5	13.2	13.3	12.1	12.8	13.1	12.3
62	SE	122.90	362.59	286.51	410.24	437.25	226.67	211.90	265.69	249.74
63	RSE	1.23	6.09	2.95	3.42	3.38	2.25	2.75	3.10	3.84
64	Food at home
65	Mean	6,053	3,149	5,537	7,211	7,639	6,324	4,973	5,432	4,321
66	Share	7.8	6.4	7.7	7.9	7.8	7.6	8.3	8.3	8.1
67	SE	84.91	279.13	223.69	277.54	250.10	148.41	148.82	190.29	175.26
68	RSE	1.40	8.86	4.04	3.85	3.27	2.35	2.99	3.50	4.06
69	Cereals and bakery products
70	Mean	830	409	773	955	1,054	875	692	745	616
71	Share	1.1	.8	1.1	1.0	1.1	1.0	1.2	1.1	1.2
72	SE	15.83	45.06	40.24	47.27	42.68	28.09	27.05	36.18	32.11
73	RSE	1.91	11.03	5.20	4.95	4.05	3.21	3.91	4.86	5.21
74	Cereals and cereal products
75	Mean	256	137	272	315	330	261	182	202	154
76	Share	.3	.3	.4	.3	.3	.3	.3	.3	.3
77	SE	5.63	18.75	14.93	14.15	14.24	12.12	7.99	9.72	11.78
78	RSE	2.20	13.73	5.48	4.49	4.32	4.64	4.39	4.81	7.65
79	Bakery products
80	Mean	574	272	501	640	724	614	509	543	462
81	Share	.7	.5	.7	.7	.7	.7	.8	.8	.9
82	SE	12.03	29.42	27.85	36.63	34.81	20.78	20.83	29.73	22.37
83	RSE	2.10	10.82	5.56	5.73	4.81	3.39	4.09	5.48	4.84
84	Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs
85	Mean	1,164	594	994	1,383	1,507	1,223	973	1,093	802
86	Share	1.5	1.2	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.7	1.5
87	SE	21.75	66.96	50.96	61.78	80.13	36.08	39.21	53.34	50.93
88	RSE	1.87	11.28	5.13	4.47	5.32	2.95	4.03	4.88	6.35
89	Beef
90	Mean	309	160	274	369	386	321	260	300	203
91	Share	.4	.3	.4	.4	.4	.4	.4	.5	.4
92	SE	9.02	29.22	21.06	22.35	26.40	19.27	18.92	29.36	18.00
93	RSE	2.92	18.28	7.68	6.05	6.83	6.00	7.28	9.78	8.86
94	Pork
95	Mean	217	129	165	242	272	240	197	221	161
96	Share	.3	.3	.2	.3	.3	.3	.3	.3	.3
97	SE	5.70	30.15	13.83	18.00	16.80	14.91	12.22	18.68	14.15
98	RSE	2.63	23.44	8.36	7.45	6.18	6.22	6.21	8.44	8.76
99	Other meats
100	Mean	141	66	111	165	177	164	119	139	91