US states by consumer spending per person

District of Columbia had the highest consumer spending per person of 51 states in 2020, at $70,125. Mississippi had the lowest, at $32,837. The median was $41,386 and the figure for the United States was $42,920. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Highest70,125District of Columbia

Lowest32,837Mississippi

Median41,38651 states

United States42,920History

Map of states, 2020

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USD, 2020. 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, 2020

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

Full ranking

Rank	States	2020 USD	Change on 2019
1	District of Columbia	70,125	-2.9%
2	Massachusetts	52,875	-3%
3	Connecticut	51,528	-0.5%
4	New Hampshire	51,413	-0.9%
5	New Jersey	48,977	-2.3%
6	Alaska	47,905	-4.5%
7	New York	47,859	-3.8%
8	California	47,781	-2.7%
9	Colorado	47,424	-1.5%
10	Vermont	47,288	-1.9%
11	Washington	46,239	-2.2%
12	Maine	46,228	-0.3%
13	Delaware	45,073	-3.5%
14	North Dakota	45,069	-1.7%
15	Florida	44,760	-1.3%
16	Wyoming	44,433	+1.2%
17	Pennsylvania	44,228	-2.9%
18	Hawaii	44,171	-3.7%
19	Illinois	43,953	-1.7%
20	Minnesota	43,700	-4.9%
21	Maryland	43,694	-3.7%
22	Rhode Island	43,243	-1.1%
23	Virginia	43,006	-1.6%
24	Oregon	42,260	-1.3%
25	Montana	42,219	-0.9%
26	South Dakota	41,386	0%
27	Michigan	41,203	-2.1%
28	Nevada	40,761	-2.5%
29	Arizona	40,647	+0.2%
30	Wisconsin	40,514	-2.4%
31	Nebraska	40,432	-1.2%
32	Missouri	40,317	-1.1%
33	Texas	40,276	-0.7%
34	Ohio	39,778	-1.6%
35	North Carolina	39,098	-0%
36	Kansas	38,635	-1%
37	Georgia	38,468	-1.6%
38	Indiana	38,246	-0.3%
39	South Carolina	38,240	-0.4%
40	Utah	38,197	+1.2%
41	Iowa	37,953	-1.8%
42	Tennessee	37,813	-0.6%
43	Louisiana	37,476	-1.1%
44	West Virginia	37,467	-0.6%
45	Kentucky	36,543	-0.5%
46	New Mexico	35,104	-1.8%
47	Arkansas	35,054	+0.9%
48	Alabama	34,980	-1.1%
49	Oklahoma	34,854	-0.9%
50	Idaho	34,763	+0.2%
51	Mississippi	32,837	+1.3%

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, 2020) [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, 2020. 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=2020. 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, 2020. 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=2020.

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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, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/consumer-spending-per-person/us-states?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which state has the highest consumer spending per person?

District of Columbia, with $70,125 in 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which state has the lowest consumer spending per person?

Mississippi, with $32,837 in 2020.

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.