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Average annual household spending on food in United States

Average annual household spending on food in the United States was $10,169 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 1.8% from 2023.

2024, USD10,169
Change on 2023+1.8%
Series high10,1692024
Series low3,2901984

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Average annual household spending on food in United States, 1984 to 2024

2,0004,0006,0008,00010K12K19841990199620022008201420241984: 3,290 USD1985: 3,477 USD1986: 3,448 USD1987: 3,664 USD1988: 3,748 USD1989: 4,152 USD1990: 4,296 USD1991: 4,271 USD1992: 4,273 USD1993: 4,399 USD1994: 4,411 USD1995: 4,505 USD1996: 4,698 USD1997: 4,801 USD1998: 4,810 USD1999: 5,031 USD2000: 5,158 USD2001: 5,321 USD2002: 5,375 USD2003: 5,340 USD2004: 5,781 USD2005: 5,931 USD2006: 6,111 USD2007: 6,133 USD2008: 6,443 USD2009: 6,372 USD2010: 6,129 USD2011: 6,458 USD2012: 6,599 USD2013: 6,602 USD2014: 6,759 USD2015: 7,023 USD2016: 7,203 USD2017: 7,729 USD2018: 7,923 USD2019: 8,169 USD2020: 7,310 USD2021: 8,289 USD2022: 9,343 USD2023: 9,985 USD2024: 10,169 USD
USD. Source: BLS, Consumer Expenditure Surveys: average annual expenditures on food, all consumer units (CXUFOODTOTLLB0101M). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-19.
All 41 values
PeriodUSD
202410,169
20239,985
20229,343
20218,289
20207,310
20198,169
20187,923
20177,729
20167,203
20157,023
20146,759
20136,602
20126,599
20116,458
20106,129
20096,372
20086,443
20076,133
20066,111
20055,931
20045,781
20035,340
20025,375
20015,321
20005,158
19995,031
19984,810
19974,801
19964,698
19954,505
19944,411
19934,399
19924,273
19914,271
19904,296
19894,152
19883,748
19873,664
19863,448
19853,477
19843,290

Definition

Average annual spending on food per consumer unit in the United States, in current US dollars, from the Consumer Expenditure Surveys of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (series CXUFOODTOTLLB0101M, all consumer units, mean). Food at home and food away from home. Alcoholic beverages are counted separately. A consumer unit is a family, a financially independent person living alone or sharing a home, or two or more people living together who share major expenses; it is close to a household. Spending includes sales taxes and gifts and excludes purchases for business; a purchase counts in full when it is made, even if it is paid in installments.

An average per consumer unit, not per person: consumer units had 2.4 people on average in 2024. Current dollars, not adjusted for inflation. United States only. It measures what households pay themselves, so it is lower than personal consumption expenditures in the national accounts, which also count spending on behalf of households, such as employer-paid health insurance.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Consumer Expenditure Surveys: average annual expenditures on food, all consumer units (CXUFOODTOTLLB0101M). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/cx/cx.data.1.AllData. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2025). Consumer Expenditure Surveys: average annual expenditures on food, all consumer units (CXUFOODTOTLLB0101M) (Average annual household spending on food, United States, 1984 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/cx/cx.data.1.AllData

MLA 9

Consumer Expenditure Surveys: average annual expenditures on food, all consumer units (CXUFOODTOTLLB0101M), Average annual household spending on food, United States, 1984 to 2024. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 19 Dec. 2025, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/cx/cx.data.1.AllData. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/household-spending-food/united-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2025. Consumer Expenditure Surveys: average annual expenditures on food, all consumer units (CXUFOODTOTLLB0101M). Average annual household spending on food, United States, 1984 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/cx/cx.data.1.AllData. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/household-spending-food/united-states.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025) Consumer Expenditure Surveys: average annual expenditures on food, all consumer units (CXUFOODTOTLLB0101M), Average annual household spending on food, United States, 1984 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/cx/cx.data.1.AllData, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/household-spending-food/united-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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What is the average annual household spending on food in United States?

Average annual household spending on food in the United States was $10,169 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 1.8% from 2023.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Consumer Expenditure Surveys: average annual expenditures on food, all consumer units (CXUFOODTOTLLB0101M). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest average annual household spending on food in United States?

$10,169 in 2024, the highest value since 1984 in this series.

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