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Title:               Consumer Unit Characteristics: Number of Consumer Units by Size of Consumer Unit: One Person Consumer Unit
Series ID:           CXUCONSUNITLB0502M
Source:              U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release:             Consumer Expenditure Surveys
Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency:           Annual
Units:               Thousands
Date Range:          1984-01-01 to 2022-01-01
Last Updated:        2023-09-14 4:19 PM CDT
Notes:               Size refers to the number of persons whose usual place of residence at
                     the time of the interview is in the sample unit.
                     
                     A consumer unit comprises either: (1) all members of a particular
                     household who are related by blood, marriage, adoption, or other legal
                     arrangements; (2) a person living alone or sharing a household with
                     others or living as a roomer in a private home or lodging house or in
                     permanent living quarters in a hotel or motel, but who is financially
                     independent; or (3) two or more persons living together who use their
                     income to make joint expenditure decisions. Financial independence is
                     determined by the three major expense categories: Housing, food, and
                     other living expenses. To be considered financially independent, at
                     least two of the three major expense categories have to be provided
                     entirely, or in part, by the respondent.
                     
                     For more details about the data or the survey, visit the FAQs
                     (https://www.bls.gov/cex/csxfaqs.htm).

DATE        VALUE
1984-01-01  24563
1985-01-01  25445
1986-01-01  26904
1987-01-01  26783
1988-01-01  26571
1989-01-01  26562
1990-01-01  27263
1991-01-01  27166
1992-01-01  29062
1993-01-01  28725
1994-01-01  29097
1995-01-01  29181
1996-01-01  29497
1997-01-01  30330
1998-01-01  30684
1999-01-01  31550
2000-01-01  32323
2001-01-01  32783
2002-01-01  33055
2003-01-01  33929
2004-01-01  33686
2005-01-01  34339
2006-01-01  35221
2007-01-01  35740
2008-01-01  35064
2009-01-01  34770
2010-01-01  35479
2011-01-01  36110
2012-01-01  36942
2013-01-01  37770
2014-01-01  37884
2015-01-01  37477
2016-01-01  38458
2017-01-01  37365
2018-01-01  38730
2019-01-01  39892
2020-01-01  39127
2021-01-01  40756
2022-01-01  41574