Consumer spending per person in Arkansas

Consumer spending per person in Arkansas was $48,180 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 4.2% from 2024. That is the 49th highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, USD48,180

Change on 2024+4.2%

Rank49th of 51US states ranked

Series high48,1802025

Series low16,0741997

Next release: Thursday, 30 September 2027, 08:30 ET, announced by BEA. Release calendar

Consumer spending per person in Arkansas, 1997 to 2025

USD. Source: BEA, SAPCE2: per capita personal consumption expenditures (PCE), current dollars, United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.

All 29 values

Period	USD
2025	48,180
2024	46,231
2023	44,294
2022	42,273
2021	39,396
2020	35,054
2019	34,756
2018	34,152
2017	32,786
2016	31,829
2015	30,761
2014	29,916
2013	28,821
2012	28,228
2011	27,560
2010	26,513
2009	25,712
2008	26,147
2007	25,472
2006	24,523
2005	23,574
2004	22,293
2003	21,208
2002	20,268
2001	19,615
2000	18,878
1999	17,839
1998	16,862
1997	16,074

Compared with United States

Place	2025
Arkansas	48,180
United States	61,062

Rankings

US states by consumer spending per person 51 places

Definition

Personal consumption expenditures of the residents of a state divided by its population, in current US dollars: goods and services bought by households and by nonprofits serving them, including health care paid by insurers and government programs and the rental value of owner-occupied homes. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis, table SAPCE2 line 1, nation and states.

Measured where residents live, wherever they spend. Not adjusted for price differences between states; regional_price_parity shows those. The state total is consumer_spending_usd_total.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAPCE2: per capita personal consumption expenditures (PCE), current dollars, United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2026). SAPCE2: per capita personal consumption expenditures (PCE), current dollars, United States and states (Consumer spending per person, Arkansas, 1997 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip

MLA 9

SAPCE2: per capita personal consumption expenditures (PCE), current dollars, United States and states, Consumer spending per person, Arkansas, 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-per-person/arkansas. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. SAPCE2: per capita personal consumption expenditures (PCE), current dollars, United States and states. Consumer spending per person, Arkansas, 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-per-person/arkansas.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) SAPCE2: per capita personal consumption expenditures (PCE), current dollars, United States and states, Consumer spending per person, Arkansas, 1997 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/consumer-spending-per-person/arkansas (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{bureau_consumer_spending_per_person_2025,
  author = {{U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis}},
  title = {{SAPCE2: per capita personal consumption expenditures (PCE), current dollars, United States and states: Consumer spending per person, Arkansas, 1997 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/consumer-spending-per-person/arkansas. Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAPCE2: per capita personal consumption expenditures (PCE), current dollars, United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

RIS

TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
TI  - SAPCE2: per capita personal consumption expenditures (PCE), current dollars, United States and states: Consumer spending per person, Arkansas, 1997 to 2025
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/30
PB  - U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip
L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/consumer-spending-per-person/arkansas
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/consumer-spending-per-person/arkansas.
N1  - Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAPCE2: per capita personal consumption expenditures (PCE), current dollars, United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  -

Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Embed code

<iframe src="https://invokely.ai/embed/consumer-spending-per-person/arkansas" width="760" height="440" title="Consumer spending per person, Arkansas, chart from Invokely" loading="lazy" style="border:0;width:100%;max-width:760px" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin"></iframe>

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest consumer spending per person in Arkansas? Cite the source.

get_value {"indicator":"personal_consumption_per_capita","place":"us-state-05"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=personal_consumption_per_capita&place=us-state-05

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the consumer spending per person in Arkansas?

Consumer spending per person in Arkansas was $48,180 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 4.2% from 2024. That is the 49th highest of 51 states in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAPCE2: per capita personal consumption expenditures (PCE), current dollars, United States and states. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest consumer spending per person in Arkansas?

$48,180 in 2025, the highest value since 1997 in this series.

Consumer spending per person elsewhere in United States

Related statistics for Arkansas

All statistics for Arkansas | Arkansas in figures