United States Personal Consumption for 2006

Amounts are in Billions of Dollars   

 

Personal consumption expenditures:                                                      9,224.5

 

Food and tobacco                                                                       1,351.6

    Food purchased for off-premise consumption                      762.6

    Purchased meals and beverages                                   482.4

    Food furnished to employees (including military)                 13.8

    Food produced and consumed on farms                               0.5

    Tobacco products                                                 92.4

Clothing, accessories, and jewelry                                                       491.1

    Shoes                                                            58.2

    Clothing and accessories except shoes                           298.7

    Women's and children's                                          187.7

    Men's and boy’s                                                 111.0

    Standard clothing issued to military personnel                    0.4

    Cleaning, storage, and repair of clothing and shoes              16.9

    Jewelry and watches                                              62.2

    Other                                                            54.8

Personal care                                                                            115.7

    Toilet articles and preparations                                 63.8

    Barbershops, beauty parlors, and health clubs                    51.9

Housing                                                                                1,381.3

    Owner-occupied nonfarm dwellings--space rent                  1,014.5

    Tenant-occupied nonfarm dwellings--rent                         277.0

    Rental value of farm dwellings                                   14.8

    Other                                                            75.1

Household operation                                                                      923.4

    Furniture, including mattresses and bedsprings                    4.5

    Kitchen and other household appliances                           38.6

    China, glassware, tableware, and utensils                        39.8

    Other durable house furnishings                                  89.7

    Semidurable house furnishings                                    45.4

    Cleaning and polishing preparations, and

          misc. household supplies and per products                  81.3

    Stationery and writing supplies                                  21.0

    Household utilities                                             297.8

    Electricity                                                     146.3

    Gas                                                              63.5

    Water and other sanitary services                                66.4

    Fuel oil and coal                                                21.6

    Telephone and telegraph                                         137.6

    Domestic service                                                 20.7

    Other                                                            67.1

Medicalcare                                                                            1,899.8

    Drug preparations and sundries                                  286.0

    Ophthalmic products and orthopedic appliances                    26.1

    Physicians                                                      366.3

    Dentists                                                         90.3

    Other professional services                                     246.1

    Hospitals and nursing homes                                     735.8

    Hospitals                                                       618.0

    Nonprofit                                                       410.3

    Proprietary                                                      79.1

    Government                                                      128.7

    Nursing homes                                                   117.8

    Health insurance                                                149.2

    Medical care and hospitalization                                125.9

    Income loss                                                       2.8

    Workers' compensation                                            20.5

Personal business                                                                        691.9

    Brokerage charges and investment counseling                     104.2

    Bank service charges, trust services, and

          safe deposit box rental                                   108.0

    Services furnished without payment by

          financial intermediaries except

          life insurance carriers                                   208.5

    Expense of handling life insurance and

          pension plans                                             114.9

    Legal services                                                   91.8

    Funeral and burial expenses                                      16.8

    Other                                                            47.6

Transportation                                                                         1,093.4

    User-operated transportation                                  1,028.2

    New autos                                                       107.1

    Net purchases of used autos                                      58.0

    Other motor vehicles                                            209.3

    Tires, tubes, accessories, and other parts                       59.8

    Repair, greasing, washing, parking, storage,

          rental, and leasing                                       208.4

    Gasoline and oil                                                318.6

    Bridge, tunnel, ferry, and road tolls                             6.9

    Insurance                                                        60.1

    Purchased local transportation                                   15.7

    Mass transit systems                                             11.5

    Taxicab                                                           4.2

    Purchased intercity transportation                               49.5

    Railway                                                           0.6

    Bus                                                               2.2

    Airline                                                          35.6

    Other                                                            11.0

Recreation                                                                               791.1

    Books and maps                                                   43.4

    Magazines, newspapers, and sheet music                           45.0

    Nondurable toys and sport supplies                               71.4

    Wheel goods, sports and photographic equipment,

         boats, and pleasure aircraft                                78.9

    Video and audio goods, including musical instruments,

         and computer goods                                         151.5

    Video and audio goods, including musical instruments             90.1

    Computers, peripherals, and software                             61.4

    Radio and television repair                                       5.4

    Flowers, seeds, and potted plants                                19.9

    Admissions to specified spectator amusements                     39.9

    Motion picture theaters                                           9.3

    Legitimate theaters and opera, and entertainments of

         nonprofit institutions (except athletics)                   13.4

    Spectator sports                                                 17.2

    Clubs and fraternal organizations                                23.9

    Commercial participant amusements                               115.3

    Pari-mutuel net receipts                                          6.6

    Other                                                           190.0

Education and research                                                                   239.6

    Higher education                                                134.1

    Nursery, elementary, and secondary schools                       46.4

Religious and welfare activities                                                         241.3

Other                                                                                     59.1

Foreign travel and other, net                                                              4.1

    Foreign travel by U.S. residents                                108.7

    Expenditures abroad by U.S. residents                             8.0

    Less: Expenditures in the United States by nonresidents         109.9

    Less: Personal remittances in kind to nonresidents                2.7

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