US states by consumer spending per person

District of Columbia had the highest consumer spending per person of 51 states in 2015, at $63,435. Mississippi had the lowest, at $29,488. The median was $36,853 and the figure for the United States was $38,213. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Highest63,435District of Columbia

Lowest29,488Mississippi

Median36,85351 states

United States38,213History

Map of states, 2015

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USD, 2015. Source: BEA, SAPCE2: per capita personal consumption expenditures (PCE), current dollars, United States and states. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2015

USD. Source: BEA, SAPCE2: per capita personal consumption expenditures (PCE), current dollars, United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2015 USD	Change on 2014
1	District of Columbia	63,435	+2.1%
2	Massachusetts	47,715	+3%
3	Connecticut	46,698	+2.7%
4	New Hampshire	45,937	+3.6%
5	Alaska	45,019	+1.7%
6	New Jersey	44,520	+1.9%
7	North Dakota	43,351	+0.1%
8	Vermont	43,233	+1.1%
9	New York	42,753	+2.4%
10	Delaware	41,886	+1.4%
11	Maryland	41,317	+1.9%
12	Minnesota	41,010	+2.3%
13	California	40,951	+3.9%
14	Colorado	40,883	+3.6%
15	Washington	40,650	+2.7%
16	Pennsylvania	40,186	+2.5%
17	Florida	39,924	+3.4%
18	Wyoming	39,651	+0.2%
19	Maine	39,641	+3.1%
20	Hawaii	39,543	+2.1%
21	Virginia	39,386	+1.5%
22	Illinois	39,180	+3.1%
23	Rhode Island	39,029	+2.5%
24	Montana	38,016	+1.3%
25	Nebraska	36,880	+2%
26	Oregon	36,853	+4%
27	Michigan	36,754	+3.2%
28	Wisconsin	36,628	+2.3%
29	South Dakota	36,510	+2.9%
30	Missouri	36,446	+2.5%
31	Nevada	36,297	+2.6%
32	Texas	36,046	+2.4%
33	Ohio	35,897	+2.7%
34	Arizona	35,009	+2.6%
35	Kansas	34,839	+2.2%
36	Iowa	34,608	+1.3%
37	North Carolina	34,166	+3%
38	Georgia	34,033	+2.9%
39	South Carolina	33,944	+2.7%
40	Louisiana	33,707	+2.2%
41	Indiana	33,609	+2.2%
42	Tennessee	33,223	+2.3%
43	West Virginia	33,122	+3%
44	Kentucky	32,338	+3.4%
45	New Mexico	32,291	+2.1%
46	Oklahoma	31,789	+0.7%
47	Utah	31,656	+3.1%
48	Alabama	31,123	+2.5%
49	Arkansas	30,761	+2.8%
50	Idaho	30,554	+1.3%
51	Mississippi	29,488	+2.5%

Other periods

About this ranking

Personal consumption expenditures of the residents of a state divided by its population, in current US dollars: goods and services bought by households and by nonprofits serving them, including health care paid by insurers and government programs and the rental value of owner-occupied homes. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis, table SAPCE2 line 1, nation and states.

Measured where residents live, wherever they spend. Not adjusted for price differences between states; regional_price_parity shows those. The state total is consumer_spending_usd_total.

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. SAPCE2: per capita personal consumption expenditures (PCE), 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). SAPCE2: per capita personal consumption expenditures (PCE), current dollars, United States and states (US states by consumer spending per person, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip

MLA 9

SAPCE2: per capita personal consumption expenditures (PCE), current dollars, United States and states, US states by consumer spending per person, 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-per-person/us-states?period=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. SAPCE2: per capita personal consumption expenditures (PCE), current dollars, United States and states. US states by consumer spending per person, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/consumer-spending-per-person/us-states?period=2015.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) SAPCE2: per capita personal consumption expenditures (PCE), current dollars, United States and states, US states by consumer spending per person, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/consumer-spending-per-person/us-states?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which state has the highest consumer spending per person?

District of Columbia, with $63,435 in 2015, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which state has the lowest consumer spending per person?

Mississippi, with $29,488 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, SAPCE2: per capita personal consumption expenditures (PCE), current dollars, United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-12.