Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Expenditures: Reading by Size of Consumer Unit: Five or More People in Consumer Unit

Title Expenditures: Reading by Size of Consumer Unit: Five or More People in Consumer Unit
Series ID CXUREADINGLB0507M
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Consumer Expenditure Surveys
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units U.S. Dollars
Date Range 1988-01-01 to 2024-01-01
Last Updated 2025-12-19 1:51 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
1988-01-01 144
1989-01-01 160
1990-01-01 166
1991-01-01 173
1992-01-01 155
1993-01-01 161
1994-01-01 168
1995-01-01 146
1996-01-01 139
1997-01-01 136
1998-01-01 149
1999-01-01 136
2000-01-01 134
2001-01-01 131
2002-01-01 132
2003-01-01 110
2004-01-01 118
2005-01-01 117
2006-01-01 97
2007-01-01 94
2008-01-01 98
2009-01-01 95
2010-01-01 68
2011-01-01 92
2012-01-01 95
2013-01-01 113
2014-01-01 94
2015-01-01 94
2016-01-01 128
2017-01-01 86
2018-01-01 98
2019-01-01 78
2020-01-01 107
2021-01-01 112
2022-01-01 101
2023-01-01 104
2024-01-01 148

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