Consumer spending (personal consumption expenditures) in California

Consumer spending (personal consumption expenditures) in California was $2.76 trillion in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 4.2% from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, USD million2,757,868.2

Change on 2024+4.2%

Rank1st of 51US states ranked

Series high2,757,868.22025

Series low681,820.91997

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

Consumer spending (personal consumption expenditures) in California, 1997 to 2025

USD million. Source: BEA, SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, personal consumption expenditures (line 1), millions of current dollars, United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.

All 29 values

Period	USD million
2025	2,757,868.2
2024	2,646,364.7
2023	2,510,578.2
2022	2,365,507.1
2021	2,155,754
2020	1,888,671.1
2019	1,941,141
2018	1,856,117.3
2017	1,752,123.2
2016	1,665,899
2015	1,595,724.1
2014	1,522,216.3
2013	1,453,927.1
2012	1,409,173.4
2011	1,354,341.6
2010	1,297,976.1
2009	1,253,678.5
2008	1,295,036.3
2007	1,256,410.5
2006	1,186,034.5
2005	1,114,921
2004	1,041,764.2
2003	975,445.5
2002	924,960.4
2001	886,833.1
2000	844,374.3
1999	776,324.7
1998	722,322
1997	681,820.9

Compared with United States

Place	2025
California	2,757,868.2
United States	20,870,150.2

Rankings

US states by consumer spending (personal consumption expenditures) 51 places

Definition

Personal consumption expenditures on all goods and 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 1, Personal consumption expenditures); the national figure equals the national accounts (NIPA table 2.4.5).

The national total is slightly above the sum of the states: it also counts net spending abroad by US residents, such as government and military staff stationed overseas. 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, personal consumption expenditures (line 1), millions of 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). SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, personal consumption expenditures (line 1), millions of current dollars, United States and states (Consumer spending (personal consumption expenditures), California, 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, personal consumption expenditures (line 1), millions of current dollars, United States and states, Consumer spending (personal consumption expenditures), 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/california. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, personal consumption expenditures (line 1), millions of current dollars, United States and states. Consumer spending (personal consumption expenditures), 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/california.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, personal consumption expenditures (line 1), millions of current dollars, United States and states, Consumer spending (personal consumption expenditures), California, 1997 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/consumer-spending/california (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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$2.76 trillion in 2025, the highest value since 1997 in this series.

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