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Thursday, October 8, 2020
Contact: Jeannine Aversa, (301) 278-9003

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. The percent change in PCE across all states ranged from 5.7 percent in
Utah to 1.8 percent in Vermont.

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

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

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Across all states and the District of Columbia, per capita PCE was $44,276. 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.

BEA data—including GDP, personal income, the balance of payments, foreign direct investment, the input-output accounts, and
economic data for states, local areas, and industries—are available at www.bea.gov. E-mail alerts are also available.
NOTE: Personal consumption expenditures by state, 2020 will be released October 8, 2021.