Total food sales in New Jersey

Total food sales in New Jersey was $68.99 billion in 2025, according to Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. That is up 3.8% from 2024. That is the 10th highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, USD million68,990.2

Change on 2024+3.8%

Rank10th of 51US states ranked

Series high68,990.22025

Series low21,757.51997

Total food sales in New Jersey, 1997 to 2025

USD million. Source: USDA ERS. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-06-01.

All 29 values

Period	USD million
2025	68,990.2
2024	66,456.5
2023	64,026.5
2022	58,545.5
2021	52,385.8
2020	47,537.3
2019	49,126.3
2018	46,989.6
2017	45,223.5
2016	43,549.5
2015	42,412.1
2014	40,866.1
2013	39,055
2012	38,041.7
2011	36,964.8
2010	35,345.5
2009	34,779.8
2008	35,514.7
2007	35,727.4
2006	33,018.7
2005	31,701.9
2004	30,181.6
2003	28,419.6
2002	27,134.9
2001	26,343.3
2000	25,249.1
1999	23,856.3
1998	22,765.7
1997	21,757.5

Rankings

US states by total food sales 51 places

Definition

Annual sales of food at home and food away from home together in the state, including sales taxes and tips, to all purchasers, in millions of US dollars at current prices (USDA ERS Food Expenditure Series).

USDA Economic Research Service, Food Expenditure Series. US states and DC only; no national value is served because the national tables of the series are compiled differently and do not add up to the states. Sales include sales taxes and tips and cover purchases by households, businesses and governments, at current prices. Food at home is food bought at grocery stores, supercenters, convenience stores and other outlets for preparation at home; food away from home is meals and snacks bought at restaurants, schools, hotels and other places. Alcoholic drinks are not included. Recent years are revised when ERS updates the series.

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USDA, Economic Research Service. Food Expenditure Series, state food sales with taxes and tips for all purchasers, total food sales, millions of nominal US dollars. https://www.ers.usda.gov/media/5204/state-food-sales-with-taxes-and-tips-for-all-purchasers.csv?v=55730. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. (2026). Food Expenditure Series, state food sales with taxes and tips for all purchasers, total food sales, millions of nominal US dollars (Total food sales, New Jersey, 1997 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ers.usda.gov/media/5204/state-food-sales-with-taxes-and-tips-for-all-purchasers.csv?v=55730

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Food Expenditure Series, state food sales with taxes and tips for all purchasers, total food sales, millions of nominal US dollars, Total food sales, New Jersey, 1997 to 2025. Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1 June 2026, https://www.ers.usda.gov/media/5204/state-food-sales-with-taxes-and-tips-for-all-purchasers.csv?v=55730. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/total-food-sales/new-jersey. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 2026. Food Expenditure Series, state food sales with taxes and tips for all purchasers, total food sales, millions of nominal US dollars. Total food sales, New Jersey, 1997 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ers.usda.gov/media/5204/state-food-sales-with-taxes-and-tips-for-all-purchasers.csv?v=55730. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/total-food-sales/new-jersey.

Harvard

Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (2026) Food Expenditure Series, state food sales with taxes and tips for all purchasers, total food sales, millions of nominal US dollars, Total food sales, New Jersey, 1997 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ers.usda.gov/media/5204/state-food-sales-with-taxes-and-tips-for-all-purchasers.csv?v=55730, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/total-food-sales/new-jersey (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.ers.usda.gov/media/5204/state-food-sales-with-taxes-and-tips-for-all-purchasers.csv?v=55730},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/total-food-sales/new-jersey. Publisher attribution: USDA, Economic Research Service. Food Expenditure Series, state food sales with taxes and tips for all purchasers, total food sales, millions of nominal US dollars. https://www.ers.usda.gov/media/5204/state-food-sales-with-taxes-and-tips-for-all-purchasers.csv?v=55730. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Food Expenditure Series, state food sales with taxes and tips for all purchasers, total food sales, millions of nominal US dollars. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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$68.99 billion in 2025, the highest value since 1997 in this series.

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