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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.

List of News Release Tables

Table 1. Total Personal Consumption Expenditures by State and Region, 2016-2018

Table 2. Percent Change from Preceding Period of Personal Consumption Expenditures by State, 2017-2018

Table 3. Category Contributions to Percent Change in Total Personal Consumption Expenditures by State and Region, 2018

Table 4. Per Capita Personal Consumption Expenditures by State and Region for Select Categories, 2018

Table 5. Revisions to Total Personal Consumption Expenditures by State and Region, 2014-2017