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Where U.S. Consumer Spending Goes
Share of U.S. personal consumption spending by category, latest quarter, %
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Personal consumption spending includes spending made on households’ behalf, such as health care paid by employers and Medicare.
How U.S. consumer spending divides across ten groups, from BEA personal consumption data. The categories add up to all consumer spending.
What this chart reads·10 series
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- Share of U.S. Consumer Spending: Housing and Utilitiesas “Housing and utilities”behindlatest 2026-04-01
- Share of U.S. Consumer Spending: Health Careas “Health care”behindlatest 2026-04-01
- Share of U.S. Consumer Spending: Food Away from Home and Lodgingas “Restaurants and lodging”behindlatest 2026-04-01
- Share of U.S. Consumer Spending: Financial Services and Insuranceas “Financial services and insurance”behindlatest 2026-04-01
- Share of U.S. Consumer Spending: Transportationas “Transportation”behindlatest 2026-04-01
- Share of U.S. Consumer Spending: Recreationas “Recreation”behindlatest 2026-04-01
- Share of U.S. Consumer Spending: Food at Homeas “Food at home”behindlatest 2026-04-01
- Share of U.S. Consumer Spending: Furnishings and Household Equipmentas “Furnishings and equipment”behindlatest 2026-04-01
- Share of U.S. Consumer Spending: Clothing and Footwearas “Clothing and footwear”behindlatest 2026-04-01
- Share of U.S. Consumer Spending: Everything Elseas “Everything else”behindlatest 2026-04-01
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Share of U.S. Consumer Spending: Housing and Utilities. Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts Table 2.3.5, quarterly, via the FRED API, pulled nightly. Palanor divides housing and utilities services (DHUTRC1Q027SBEA) by total personal consumption expenditures (PCEC). BEA data are in the public domain.
Share of U.S. Consumer Spending: Health Care. Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts Table 2.3.5, quarterly, via the FRED API, pulled nightly. Palanor divides health care services (DHLCRC1Q027SBEA) by total personal consumption expenditures (PCEC). BEA data are in the public domain.
Share of U.S. Consumer Spending: Food Away from Home and Lodging. Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts Table 2.3.5, quarterly, via the FRED API, pulled nightly. Palanor divides food services and accommodations (DFSARC1Q027SBEA) by total personal consumption expenditures (PCEC). BEA data are in the public domain.
Share of U.S. Consumer Spending: Financial Services and Insurance. Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts Table 2.3.5, quarterly, via the FRED API, pulled nightly. Palanor divides financial services and insurance (DIFSRC1Q027SBEA) by total personal consumption expenditures (PCEC). BEA data are in the public domain.
Share of U.S. Consumer Spending: Transportation. Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts Table 2.3.5, quarterly, via the FRED API, pulled nightly. Palanor divides motor vehicles and parts (DMOTRC1Q027SBEA), gasoline and other energy goods (DGOERC1Q027SBEA) and transportation services (DTRSRC1Q027SBEA) by total personal consumption expenditures (PCEC). BEA data are in the public domain.
Share of U.S. Consumer Spending: Recreation. Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts Table 2.3.5, quarterly, via the FRED API, pulled nightly. Palanor divides recreation services (DRCARC1Q027SBEA) and recreational goods and vehicles (DREQRC1Q027SBEA) by total personal consumption expenditures (PCEC). BEA data are in the public domain.
Share of U.S. Consumer Spending: Food at Home. Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts Table 2.3.5, quarterly, via the FRED API, pulled nightly. Palanor divides food and beverages purchased for off-premises consumption (DFXARC1Q027SBEA) by total personal consumption expenditures (PCEC). BEA data are in the public domain.
Share of U.S. Consumer Spending: Furnishings and Household Equipment. Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts Table 2.3.5, quarterly, via the FRED API, pulled nightly. Palanor divides furnishings and durable household equipment (DFDHRC1Q027SBEA) by total personal consumption expenditures (PCEC). BEA data are in the public domain.
Share of U.S. Consumer Spending: Clothing and Footwear. Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts Table 2.3.5, quarterly, via the FRED API, pulled nightly. Palanor divides clothing and footwear (DCLORC1Q027SBEA) by total personal consumption expenditures (PCEC). BEA data are in the public domain.
Share of U.S. Consumer Spending: Everything Else. Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts Table 2.3.5, quarterly, via the FRED API, pulled nightly. Palanor divides other durable goods (DODGRC1Q027SBEA), other nondurable goods (DONGRC1Q027SBEA), other services (DOTSRC1Q027SBEA) and nonprofit spending for households (DNPIRC1Q027SBEA) by total personal consumption expenditures (PCEC). BEA data are in the public domain.
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