Consumer spending per person in California

Consumer spending per person in California was $70,076 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 4.2% from 2024. That is the 6th highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, USD70,076

Change on 2024+4.2%

Rank6th of 51US states ranked

Series high70,0762025

Series low20,9881997

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

Consumer spending per person in California, 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	70,076
2024	67,227
2023	64,075
2022	60,460
2021	55,060
2020	47,781
2019	49,083
2018	46,948
2017	44,443
2016	42,472
2015	40,951
2014	39,397
2013	37,969
2012	37,111
2011	35,971
2010	34,777
2009	33,919
2008	35,379
2007	34,659
2006	32,926
2005	31,119
2004	29,284
2003	27,670
2002	26,525
2001	25,721
2000	24,843
1999	23,174
1998	21,897
1997	20,988

Compared with United States

Place	2025
California	70,076
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.

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

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, California, 1997 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/consumer-spending-per-person/california (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  title = {{SAPCE2: per capita personal consumption expenditures (PCE), current dollars, United States and states: Consumer spending per person, California, 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/california. 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.},
}

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What is the consumer spending per person in California?

Consumer spending per person in California was $70,076 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 4.2% from 2024. That is the 6th 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 California?

$70,076 in 2025, the highest value since 1997 in this series.

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