Table Data - Consumer Unit Characteristics: Number of Consumer Units by Size of Consumer Unit: Four People in Consumer Unit

Title Consumer Unit Characteristics: Number of Consumer Units by Size of Consumer Unit: Four People in Consumer Unit
Series ID CXUCONSUNITLB0506M
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 2024-01-01
Last Updated 2025-12-19 2:01 PM CST
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.

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DATE VALUE
1984-01-01 13162
1985-01-01 13671
1986-01-01 13704
1987-01-01 13551
1988-01-01 13998
1989-01-01 13650
1990-01-01 14107
1991-01-01 14036
1992-01-01 14776
1993-01-01 14656
1994-01-01 14718
1995-01-01 15225
1996-01-01 15261
1997-01-01 15412
1998-01-01 15105
1999-01-01 15039
2000-01-01 15836
2001-01-01 15571
2002-01-01 15822
2003-01-01 15464
2004-01-01 16388
2005-01-01 15807
2006-01-01 16484
2007-01-01 16496
2008-01-01 16514
2009-01-01 16474
2010-01-01 16479
2011-01-01 16245
2012-01-01 16852
2013-01-01 16226
2014-01-01 16126
2015-01-01 16338
2016-01-01 16789
2017-01-01 16306
2018-01-01 16490
2019-01-01 17011
2020-01-01 16628
2021-01-01 16881
2022-01-01 16116
2023-01-01 16293
2024-01-01 16718

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