Consumer spending on food at home (groceries) in Delaware
Consumer spending on food at home (groceries) in Delaware was $3.92 billion in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 3.2% from 2024. That is the 46th highest of 51 states in 2025.
Consumer spending on food at home (groceries) in Delaware, 1997 to 2025
All 29 values
| Period | USD million |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,921.3 |
| 2024 | 3,801.1 |
| 2023 | 3,717.6 |
| 2022 | 3,617.8 |
| 2021 | 3,352.3 |
| 2020 | 3,106.4 |
| 2019 | 2,792.6 |
| 2018 | 2,739.2 |
| 2017 | 2,632.1 |
| 2016 | 2,566.3 |
| 2015 | 2,547.6 |
| 2014 | 2,506.3 |
| 2013 | 2,428.8 |
| 2012 | 2,335.1 |
| 2011 | 2,306.3 |
| 2010 | 2,251.9 |
| 2009 | 2,224.2 |
| 2008 | 2,219 |
| 2007 | 2,128.9 |
| 2006 | 2,028.9 |
| 2005 | 1,924.8 |
| 2004 | 1,815.3 |
| 2003 | 1,705.6 |
| 2002 | 1,608.7 |
| 2001 | 1,543.3 |
| 2000 | 1,459.6 |
| 1999 | 1,390.1 |
| 1998 | 1,302.7 |
| 1997 | 1,260.6 |
Compared with United States
| Place | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Delaware | 3,921.3 |
| United States | 1,290,197.9 |
Rankings
Definition
Personal consumption expenditures on food and nonalcoholic beverages bought to be eaten or drunk off the premises, mostly groceries, 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 27, Food and nonalcoholic beverages purchased for off-premises consumption); the national figure equals the national accounts (NIPA table 2.4.5).
Meals and drinks bought in restaurants are consumer_spending_usd_food_services; alcoholic drinks bought in stores are consumer_spending_usd_alcohol_off_premises. 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.
How to cite
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, food and nonalcoholic beverages purchased for off-premises consumption (line 27), millions of current dollars, United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
APA 7
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2026). SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, food and nonalcoholic beverages purchased for off-premises consumption (line 27), millions of current dollars, United States and states (Consumer spending on food at home (groceries), Delaware, 1997 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip
MLA 9
SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, food and nonalcoholic beverages purchased for off-premises consumption (line 27), millions of current dollars, United States and states, Consumer spending on food at home (groceries), Delaware, 1997 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 30 Sept. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/consumer-spending-groceries/delaware. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, food and nonalcoholic beverages purchased for off-premises consumption (line 27), millions of current dollars, United States and states. Consumer spending on food at home (groceries), Delaware, 1997 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/consumer-spending-groceries/delaware.
Harvard
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, food and nonalcoholic beverages purchased for off-premises consumption (line 27), millions of current dollars, United States and states, Consumer spending on food at home (groceries), Delaware, 1997 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/consumer-spending-groceries/delaware (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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What is the consumer spending on food at home (groceries) in Delaware?
Consumer spending on food at home (groceries) in Delaware was $3.92 billion in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 3.2% from 2024. That is the 46th highest of 51 states in 2025.
Where does this figure come from?
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, food and nonalcoholic beverages purchased for off-premises consumption (line 27), millions of current dollars, United States and states. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.
What was the highest consumer spending on food at home (groceries) in Delaware?
$3.92 billion in 2025, the highest value since 1997 in this series.
Consumer spending on food at home (groceries) elsewhere in United States
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