US states by consumer spending on housing

California had the highest consumer spending on housing of 51 states in 2015, at $273.19 billion. Wyoming had the lowest, at $3.45 billion. The median was $21.4 billion and the figure for the United States was $1.88 trillion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Highest273,194.5California

Lowest3,445.7Wyoming

Median21,401.451 states

United States1,879,082.2History

Map of states, 2015

Under 7,000
7,000 to 12K
12K to 21K
21K to 35K
35K to 54K
54K and over

USD million, 2015. Source: BEA, SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, housing (line 50), millions of current dollars, United States and states. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2015

USD million. Source: BEA, SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, housing (line 50), millions of current dollars, United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2015 USD million	Change on 2014
1	California	273,194.5	+3.1%
2	Texas	143,485.7	+5.4%
3	Florida	139,425.8	+4.5%
4	New York	131,799.4	+2%
5	Illinois	74,302.5	+2.5%
6	Pennsylvania	71,025.8	+4.4%
7	New Jersey	65,696.6	+0.5%
8	Virginia	55,337.7	+1.1%
9	Ohio	54,559.8	+2.2%
10	Michigan	52,321.2	+0.2%
11	North Carolina	51,214.6	+3.1%
12	Georgia	49,940.6	+3.3%
13	Washington	47,608.8	+5%
14	Massachusetts	47,588.8	+2.7%
15	Maryland	43,187.5	+1%
16	Colorado	39,240.3	+7.3%
17	Arizona	37,769.8	+3.5%
18	Minnesota	33,748.7	+4.8%
19	Tennessee	31,732.9	+3.5%
20	Indiana	30,907.5	+1.9%
21	Wisconsin	30,036.2	+2.1%
22	Missouri	29,288.8	+3.2%
23	Connecticut	26,073.4	+2.6%
24	South Carolina	25,733	+5.2%
25	Oregon	24,164.5	+6%
26	Louisiana	21,401.4	+2%
27	Alabama	20,876.4	+2.7%
28	Kentucky	18,962.3	+4.8%
29	Oklahoma	16,869.6	-0.4%
30	Nevada	16,550.7	+3.3%
31	Utah	14,667.8	+2.4%
32	Iowa	14,385.6	-0.6%
33	Kansas	13,429.7	+3.7%
34	Arkansas	12,285.9	+2.3%
35	Mississippi	12,135	+3.9%
36	Hawaii	10,584.4	+4.9%
37	New Mexico	10,178.4	-1%
38	New Hampshire	9,835.1	+8.9%
39	Nebraska	9,247.5	+5.2%
40	West Virginia	7,930.3	+2.2%
41	Idaho	7,877.1	-2.9%
42	Maine	7,830.4	+5%
43	Rhode Island	6,402.7	-0.3%
44	District of Columbia	6,226.9	+0.2%
45	Delaware	5,868.6	-2%
46	Montana	5,648.3	-2.2%
47	Alaska	4,588.7	-0.6%
48	Vermont	4,325.3	+0.3%
49	North Dakota	4,307.9	+5.4%
50	South Dakota	3,836.1	+3.5%
51	Wyoming	3,445.7	-5.3%

Other periods

About this ranking

Personal consumption expenditures on housing services: rent paid by tenants, the imputed rent of owner-occupied homes, farm dwellings and group housing, 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 50, Housing); the national figure equals the national accounts (NIPA table 2.4.5).

About three quarters is the rent homeowners would pay for their own home, an estimate that is not a cash outlay. Mortgage payments are not consumer spending. 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, housing (line 50), 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, housing (line 50), millions of current dollars, United States and states (US states by consumer spending on housing, 2015) [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, housing (line 50), millions of current dollars, United States and states, US states by consumer spending on housing, 2015. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 30 Sept. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/consumer-spending-housing/us-states?period=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, housing (line 50), millions of current dollars, United States and states. US states by consumer spending on housing, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/consumer-spending-housing/us-states?period=2015.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, housing (line 50), millions of current dollars, United States and states, US states by consumer spending on housing, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/consumer-spending-housing/us-states?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest consumer spending on housing?

California, with $273.19 billion in 2015, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which state has the lowest consumer spending on housing?

Wyoming, with $3.45 billion in 2015.

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, housing (line 50), millions of current dollars, United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-12.