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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 8:30 A.M. EDT, Thursday, October 8, 2020

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Personal Consumption Expenditures by State, 2019

State personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased 3.9 percent in 2019, a deceleration from the 4.9 percent increase in 2018 (table 1), according to statistics released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The percent change in PCE across all states ranged from 5.7 percent in Utah to 1.8 percent in Vermont.

Map: Personal Consumption Expenditures by State: Percent Change, 2018-2019

PCE by state highlights

Expenditures on housing and utilities, and on health care grew 4.3 percent and 4.5 percent, respectively (table 2), and were the leading contributors to growth nationally (table 3).

Expenditures on housing and utilities, and on health care contributed to PCE growth across all states and the District of Columbia.
Expenditures on housing and utilities increased 5.1 percent in Utah, the fastest growing state, and was the second leading contributor to growth. Expenditures on financial services and insurance in Utah increased 10.5 percent and was the leading contributor to growth.
Expenditures on housing and utilities, and on healthcare were the leading contributors to growth in the next three fastest growing states: Washington, Colorado, and California.

Nationally, expenditures on gasoline and other energy goods, and on motor vehicles and parts decreased 4.0 and 0.3 percent, respectively.

Expenditures on gasoline and other energy goods decreased in every state, while spending on motor vehicles and parts ranged from -2.4 percent in Hawaii to 2.5 percent in Arizona.
Expenditures on gasoline and other energy goods decreased -7.5 percent in Vermont, the slowest growing state, and was the leading contributor to slow growth.

Map: Per Capita Personal Consumption Expenditures by State, 2019

Across all states and the District of Columbia, per capita PCE was $44,276 (table 4). Per capita PCE by state ranged from a high of $56,231 in Massachusetts to a low of $32,329 in Mississippi. Per capita PCE in the District of Columbia was $65,352.

Updates to Personal Consumption Expenditures by State

Today, BEA released revised estimates for 2013 to 2018 (table 5) as well. The update incorporated revised source data that are more complete and more detailed than previously available. Additionally, the update includes the results of the July 2020 annual update of the National Income and Product Accounts and the results of the September 2020 annual update of the state personal income statistics.

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Personal Consumption Expenditures by State, 2020

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Steve Zemanek

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PCEbyState@bea.gov

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Jeannine Aversa

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Definitions

PCE by state is the state counterpart of the Nation's personal consumption expenditures (PCE). PCE by state measures the goods and services purchased by or on behalf of households and the net expenditures of nonprofit institutions serving households (NPISHs) by state of residence for the 50 states and the District of Columbia. PCE by state reflects spending on activities that are attributable to the residents of a state, even when those activities take place outside of the state.

Per capita PCE by state measures average PCE spending per person in a state and it is calculated as PCE in a state divided by the population of the state.

Current-dollar PCE by state statistics are unadjusted for price changes and reflect variation in both prices and quantities.

Statistical Conventions

Year-to-year percent changes are calculated from unrounded data.

BEA Regions

BEA groups all 50 states and the District of Columbia into eight distinct regions for purposes of presentation and analysis.
New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont)
Mideast (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania)
Great Lakes (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin)
Plains (Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota)
Southeast (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia)
Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas)
Rocky Mountain (Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming)
Far West (Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington)

Relationship of PCE by state to national PCE. The U.S. PCE by state differs slightly from the PCE in the national accounts because PCE by state excludes the net expenditures abroad by U.S. residents, which consist of government and private employees' expenditures abroad less personal remittances in kind to nonresidents. PCE by state, however, does include the travel expenditures abroad by U.S. residents.

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Table 1. Total Personal Consumption Expenditures by State and Region, 2017-2019

Table 2. Percent Change from Preceding Period of Personal Consumption Expenditures by State and Region, 2018-2019

Table 3. Category Contributions to Percent Change in Total Personal Consumption Expenditures by State and Region, 2019

Table 4. Per Capita Personal Consumption Expenditures by State for Select Categories by State and Region, 2019

Table 5. Revisions to Total Personal Consumption Expenditures by State and Region, 2015-2018