US states by consumer spending on housing

California had the highest consumer spending on housing of 51 states in 2018, at $313.42 billion. Wyoming had the lowest, at $3.73 billion. The median was $23.23 billion and the figure for the United States was $2.11 trillion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Highest313,423.8California

Lowest3,730.8Wyoming

Median23,229.451 states

United States2,108,150.1History

Map of states, 2018

Under 7,000
7,000 to 13K
13K to 23K
23K to 39K
39K to 59K
59K and over

USD million, 2018. 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, 2018

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	2018 USD million	Change on 2017
1	California	313,423.8	+5%
2	Texas	162,950.2	+4.2%
3	Florida	160,581.9	+5.1%
4	New York	145,200.7	+3.7%
5	Illinois	80,149.3	+3.2%
6	Pennsylvania	76,837.1	+3%
7	New Jersey	72,220.1	+4.4%
8	Ohio	60,050.4	+2.9%
9	Virginia	59,964.4	+4.1%
10	Washington	58,346.5	+7.2%
11	Michigan	58,038.7	+2.9%
12	Georgia	57,586.4	+4.6%
13	North Carolina	56,922.7	+1.9%
14	Massachusetts	54,398.1	+4.5%
15	Maryland	47,049.4	+4.7%
16	Colorado	45,691.9	+4.3%
17	Arizona	43,100.7	+4.9%
18	Minnesota	37,337.6	+3.5%
19	Tennessee	35,389	+2%
20	Indiana	34,626	+5.7%
21	Wisconsin	33,157.4	+1.4%
22	Missouri	31,728	+4.8%
23	South Carolina	28,820.2	+4.1%
24	Oregon	28,740.4	+5.5%
25	Connecticut	27,526	+6.1%
26	Louisiana	23,229.4	+2.7%
27	Alabama	22,630.6	+2%
28	Kentucky	20,713.2	+5.6%
29	Nevada	19,426.6	+5.6%
30	Oklahoma	18,603.1	+4.2%
31	Utah	17,384.4	+5.7%
32	Iowa	16,116	+0.5%
33	Kansas	14,529	+1%
34	Arkansas	13,423.3	+8%
35	Mississippi	12,916.5	+1.9%
36	Hawaii	11,262.6	+0.9%
37	New Mexico	11,029.7	+2.7%
38	New Hampshire	10,344.5	-3.2%
39	Nebraska	10,071.6	+4.5%
40	Idaho	9,502.9	+9.9%
41	Maine	9,329.5	+5.8%
42	West Virginia	8,260.3	+3.8%
43	Rhode Island	6,967	+6.3%
44	Delaware	6,903.7	+9.3%
45	District of Columbia	6,857	+4.7%
46	Montana	6,447.2	+8.6%
47	Alaska	4,981.9	+3.8%
48	Vermont	4,872.3	+12.5%
49	South Dakota	4,447.1	+3.5%
50	North Dakota	4,333.2	+2%
51	Wyoming	3,730.8	+3.4%

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, 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, housing (line 50), millions of current dollars, United States and states, US states by consumer spending on housing, 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-housing/us-states?period=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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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, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/consumer-spending-housing/us-states?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest consumer spending on housing?

California, with $313.42 billion in 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which state has the lowest consumer spending on housing?

Wyoming, with $3.73 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, housing (line 50), millions of current dollars, United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-12.