US states by consumer spending on food at home (groceries)
California had the highest consumer spending on food at home (groceries) of 51 states in 2018, at $109.39 billion. Wyoming had the lowest, at $1.7 billion. The median was $12.19 billion and the figure for the United States was $889.11 billion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Map of states, 2018
- Under 4,000
- 4,000 to 7,000
- 7,000 to 12K
- 12K to 16K
- 16K to 27K
- 27K and over
All states, 2018
Full ranking
| Rank | States | 2018 | Change on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 109,392.3 | +3.4% |
| 2 | Texas | 73,060.6 | +3.5% |
| 3 | Florida | 61,600.9 | +4.8% |
| 4 | New York | 52,804 | +3% |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | 34,643.8 | +2% |
| 6 | Ohio | 33,987.2 | +2.1% |
| 7 | Illinois | 32,587.3 | +3% |
| 8 | Georgia | 28,799 | +3.2% |
| 9 | Michigan | 27,399.9 | +1.7% |
| 10 | North Carolina | 26,758.4 | +3.9% |
| 11 | New Jersey | 25,736.9 | +2.2% |
| 12 | Virginia | 23,306.4 | +2.3% |
| 13 | Washington | 21,703.5 | +4.1% |
| 14 | Massachusetts | 21,661.2 | +2.1% |
| 15 | Arizona | 18,052.1 | +3.1% |
| 16 | Indiana | 17,914.7 | +1.7% |
| 17 | Colorado | 16,928.8 | +3.2% |
| 18 | Tennessee | 15,550.3 | +3.2% |
| 19 | Missouri | 15,291.3 | +3% |
| 20 | Wisconsin | 15,252.8 | +3% |
| 21 | Maryland | 15,234.4 | +1.9% |
| 22 | South Carolina | 13,901.1 | +4.5% |
| 23 | Minnesota | 13,820.4 | +3.6% |
| 24 | Kentucky | 13,280 | +1.5% |
| 25 | Oregon | 12,373.3 | +3.8% |
| 26 | Louisiana | 12,193.9 | +1.7% |
| 27 | Alabama | 12,167.5 | +3.7% |
| 28 | Connecticut | 10,877 | -0% |
| 29 | Nevada | 8,610.8 | +4.1% |
| 30 | Kansas | 8,524.9 | +3% |
| 31 | Oklahoma | 8,265.8 | +3.7% |
| 32 | Iowa | 8,199.5 | +3% |
| 33 | Utah | 7,995.1 | +4.9% |
| 34 | Mississippi | 7,689.2 | +3% |
| 35 | Arkansas | 6,761.4 | +1.5% |
| 36 | New Mexico | 5,418 | +3.4% |
| 37 | Nebraska | 5,041.9 | +1.4% |
| 38 | West Virginia | 4,968.9 | +3% |
| 39 | Hawaii | 4,868.8 | +5% |
| 40 | Idaho | 4,743.9 | +3% |
| 41 | New Hampshire | 4,607.8 | +2.7% |
| 42 | Maine | 4,453.6 | +4.2% |
| 43 | District of Columbia | 3,267.4 | +2.7% |
| 44 | Montana | 3,264.7 | +4.4% |
| 45 | Rhode Island | 2,996.5 | +4.3% |
| 46 | Delaware | 2,739.2 | +4.1% |
| 47 | Alaska | 2,347.7 | +1.7% |
| 48 | Vermont | 2,193.9 | +4.9% |
| 49 | South Dakota | 2,143.4 | +1.5% |
| 50 | North Dakota | 2,021.1 | +1.3% |
| 51 | Wyoming | 1,703.7 | +3.1% |
Other periods
About this ranking
Personal consumption expenditures on food and nonalcoholic beverages bought to be eaten or drunk off the premises, mostly groceries, by the households and nonprofit institutions serving households resident in the place, in millions of current US dollars.
More on how it is measured
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, PCE by state by type of product (table SAPCE3, line 27, Food and nonalcoholic beverages purchased for off-premises consumption); the national figure equals the national accounts (NIPA table 2.4.5).
Meals and drinks bought in restaurants are consumer_spending_usd_food_services; alcoholic drinks bought in stores are consumer_spending_usd_alcohol_off_premises. 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.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, food and nonalcoholic beverages purchased for off-premises consumption (line 27), millions of current dollars, United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2026). SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, food and nonalcoholic beverages purchased for off-premises consumption (line 27), millions of current dollars, United States and states (US states by consumer spending on food at home (groceries), 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip
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SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, food and nonalcoholic beverages purchased for off-premises consumption (line 27), millions of current dollars, United States and states, US states by consumer spending on food at home (groceries), 2018. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 30 Sept. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/consumer-spending-groceries/us-states?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, food and nonalcoholic beverages purchased for off-premises consumption (line 27), millions of current dollars, United States and states. US states by consumer spending on food at home (groceries), 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/consumer-spending-groceries/us-states?period=2018.
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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, food and nonalcoholic beverages purchased for off-premises consumption (line 27), millions of current dollars, United States and states, US states by consumer spending on food at home (groceries), 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/consumer-spending-groceries/us-states?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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Which state has the highest consumer spending on food at home (groceries)?
California, with $109.39 billion in 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Which state has the lowest consumer spending on food at home (groceries)?
Wyoming, with $1.7 billion in 2018.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, food and nonalcoholic beverages purchased for off-premises consumption (line 27), millions of current dollars, United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-12.