Consumer spending per person in Kentucky

Consumer spending per person in Kentucky was $51,641 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 5.4% from 2024. That is the 44th highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, USD51,641

Change on 2024+5.4%

Rank44th of 51US states ranked

Series high51,6412025

Series low17,5231997

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

Consumer spending per person in Kentucky, 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	51,641
2024	48,995
2023	47,111
2022	44,575
2021	41,163
2020	36,543
2019	36,729
2018	35,940
2017	34,455
2016	33,300
2015	32,338
2014	31,278
2013	30,452
2012	29,858
2011	29,278
2010	28,392
2009	27,576
2008	27,754
2007	27,048
2006	26,382
2005	25,299
2004	24,086
2003	22,889
2002	21,975
2001	21,277
2000	20,645
1999	19,432
1998	18,386
1997	17,523

Compared with United States

Place	2025
Kentucky	51,641
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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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, Kentucky, 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, Kentucky, 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/kentucky. 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, Kentucky, 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/kentucky.

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, Kentucky, 1997 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/consumer-spending-per-person/kentucky (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, Kentucky, 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/kentucky. 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 Kentucky?

Consumer spending per person in Kentucky was $51,641 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 5.4% from 2024. That is the 44th 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 Kentucky?

$51,641 in 2025, the highest value since 1997 in this series.

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