Observations

2024: 61,857

Updated: Dec 19, 2025 1:50 PM CST

Units:

U.S. Dollars,

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Annual

Notes

Title	Release Dates

Expenditures: Total Average Annual Expenditures by Composition of Consumer Unit: One Parent, at Least One Child Under 18	2020-09-09	2025-12-19

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics	2020-09-09	2025-12-19

Release

Consumer Expenditure Surveys	2020-09-09	2025-12-19

Units

U.S. Dollars	2020-09-09	2025-12-19

Frequency

Annual	2020-09-09	2025-12-19

Seasonal Adjustment

Not Seasonally Adjusted	2020-09-09	2025-12-19

Notes

Composition of consumer unit refers to the classification of interviewed families according to: (1) relationship of other family members to the reference person; (2) age of the children of the reference person; and (3) combination of relationship to the reference person and age of the children. Stepchildren and adopted children are included with the reference person's own children. The reference person is the first member mentioned by the respondent when asked to "Start with the name of the person or one of the persons who owns or rents the home." It is with respect to this person that the relationship of the other consumer unit members is determined. For more details about the data or the survey, visit the FAQs (https://www.bls.gov/cex/csxfaqs.htm).	2020-09-09	2025-12-19

Release Tables

Consumer Expenditure Surveys