US states by consumer spending (personal consumption expenditures)

California had the highest consumer spending (personal consumption expenditures) of 51 states in 2015, at $1.6 trillion. Wyoming had the lowest, at $23.14 billion. The median was $152.79 billion and the figure for the United States was $12.3 trillion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Highest1,595,724.1California

Lowest23,143.3Wyoming

Median152,790.551 states

United States12,297,437.8History

Map of states, 2015

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USD million, 2015. Source: BEA, SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, personal consumption expenditures (line 1), 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, personal consumption expenditures (line 1), millions of current dollars, United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2015 USD million	Change on 2014
1	California	1,595,724.1	+4.8%
2	Texas	987,452.9	+4.2%
3	New York	858,787.2	+2.9%
4	Florida	804,074.9	+5.3%
5	Pennsylvania	518,363.6	+2.7%
6	Illinois	507,894.4	+3%
7	Ohio	419,081.2	+3%
8	New Jersey	404,207.8	+2.4%
9	Michigan	367,082.2	+3.3%
10	Georgia	346,858.4	+4%
11	North Carolina	340,378.4	+3.9%
12	Virginia	330,467.2	+2.2%
13	Massachusetts	327,645.5	+3.7%
14	Washington	291,926.6	+4.3%
15	Maryland	249,981.7	+2.6%
16	Arizona	234,755.7	+3.8%
17	Minnesota	225,990.2	+2.9%
18	Indiana	222,792.9	+2.5%
19	Colorado	222,464.3	+5.6%
20	Missouri	221,482.5	+2.8%
21	Tennessee	219,728.3	+3.1%
22	Wisconsin	212,242	+2.6%
23	Connecticut	168,667.3	+2.6%
24	South Carolina	164,635	+3.9%
25	Louisiana	157,431.6	+2.6%
26	Alabama	152,790.5	+3%
27	Oregon	148,092.8	+5.4%
28	Kentucky	143,701.2	+3.7%
29	Oklahoma	124,004	+1.4%
30	Iowa	108,540.1	+1.8%
31	Nevada	103,663.4	+4.3%
32	Kansas	101,823.5	+2.6%
33	Utah	94,983.6	+4.8%
34	Arkansas	91,366	+3.1%
35	Mississippi	88,020.8	+2.4%
36	Nebraska	70,248.1	+2.8%
37	New Mexico	67,683.2	+2.2%
38	New Hampshire	61,727.9	+4%
39	West Virginia	61,153	+2.6%
40	Hawaii	57,197.6	+3%
41	Maine	52,951.5	+3%
42	Idaho	50,824.9	+2.7%
43	District of Columbia	42,193	+3.8%
44	Rhode Island	42,056.1	+2.9%
45	Delaware	39,570.6	+2.4%
46	Montana	39,329.3	+2.2%
47	Alaska	33,274.4	+1.9%
48	North Dakota	33,069.1	+2.6%
49	South Dakota	31,107.4	+3.4%
50	Vermont	27,492.6	+1.4%
51	Wyoming	23,143.3	+0.7%

Other periods

About this ranking

Personal consumption expenditures on all goods and services, 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 1, Personal consumption expenditures); the national figure equals the national accounts (NIPA table 2.4.5).

The national total is slightly above the sum of the states: it also counts net spending abroad by US residents, such as government and military staff stationed overseas. 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, personal consumption expenditures (line 1), 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, personal consumption expenditures (line 1), millions of current dollars, United States and states (US states by consumer spending (personal consumption expenditures), 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, personal consumption expenditures (line 1), millions of current dollars, United States and states, US states by consumer spending (personal consumption expenditures), 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/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, personal consumption expenditures (line 1), millions of current dollars, United States and states. US states by consumer spending (personal consumption expenditures), 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/consumer-spending/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, personal consumption expenditures (line 1), millions of current dollars, United States and states, US states by consumer spending (personal consumption expenditures), 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/consumer-spending/us-states?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest consumer spending (personal consumption expenditures)?

California, with $1.6 trillion in 2015, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which state has the lowest consumer spending (personal consumption expenditures)?

Wyoming, with $23.14 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, personal consumption expenditures (line 1), millions of current dollars, United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-12.