Consumer spending on communication services
Personal consumption expenditures on telecommunication services, internet access, and postal and delivery services, by the households and nonprofit institutions serving households resident in the place, in millions of current US dollars. Bureau of Economic Analysis, PCE by state by type of product (table SAPCE3, line 96, Communication); the national figure equals the national accounts (NIPA table 2.4.5).
Millions of current US dollars: not adjusted for inflation or for price differences between states (see regional_price_parity). Spending is assigned to the state where the buyer lives, wherever the purchase is made. It includes purchases paid on behalf of households by employers, insurers and government programs, and the spending of nonprofit institutions serving households. Not the same as retail sales, which count store sales where the store is, and not the PCE price index. BEA revises the latest years every September.
Key facts
- Consumer spending on communication services in the United States was $319.94 billion in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
- California had the highest consumer spending on communication services of 51 states in 2025, at $43.62 billion, and Vermont the lowest, at $379.2 million. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
- Published for 52 places, with figures from 1997 to 2025.
Rankings
US states by consumer spending on communication services, 2025
Places with data
Countries
Regions and states
- California
- Texas
- Florida
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- Illinois
- Ohio
- Georgia
- North Carolina
- Michigan
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Alaska
- Hawaii
- Alabama
- Idaho
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