U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Consumer Expenditure Survey

Standard Error Tables

Standard error tables include annual expenditure means, standard errors and coefficients of variation (%) by various demographic characteristics. With the release of the 2011 data, region of residence tables are available. Tables from 2000 through 2010 are available below in either ASCII text format (TXT) or portable document format (PDF), and in Excel format (XLS) from 2004 through 2011.

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2011 Standard Error Tables

Age of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Composition of consumer unit (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Education of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Higher income before taxes (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Housing tenure and type of area (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Income before taxes (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Number of earners in consumer unit (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Occupation of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Quintiles of income before taxes (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Race of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Region of residence (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Size of consumer unit (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)

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2010 Standard Error Tables

Age of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Composition of consumer unit (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Education of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Higher income before taxes (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Housing tenure and type of area (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Income before taxes (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Number of earners in consumer unit (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Occupation of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Quintiles of income before taxes (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Race of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Size of consumer unit (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)

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2009 Standard Error Tables

Age of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Composition of consumer unit (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Education of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Higher income before taxes (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Housing tenure and type of area (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Income before taxes (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Number of earners in consumer unit (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Occupation of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Quintiles of income before taxes (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Race of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Size of consumer unit (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)

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2008 Standard Error Tables

Age of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Composition of consumer unit (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Education of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Higher income before taxes (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Housing tenure and type of area (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Income before taxes (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Number of earners in consumer unit (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Occupation of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Quintiles of income before taxes (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Race of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Size of consumer unit (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)

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2007 Standard Error Tables

Age of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Composition of consumer unit (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Education of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Higher income before taxes (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Housing tenure and type of area (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Income before taxes (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Number of earners in consumer unit (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Occupation of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Quintiles of income before taxes (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Race of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Size of consumer unit (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)

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2006 Standard Error Tables

Age of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Composition of consumer unit (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Education of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Higher income before taxes (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Housing tenure and type of area (TXT) (PDF ) (XLS)
Income before taxes (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Number of earners in consumer unit (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Occupation of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Quintiles of income before taxes (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Race of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Size of consumer unit (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)

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2005 Standard Error Tables

Age of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Composition of consumer unit (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Education of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Higher income before taxes (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Housing tenure and type of area (TXT) (PDF ) (XLS)
Income before taxes (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Number of earners in consumer unit (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Occupation of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Quintiles of income before taxes (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Race of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Size of consumer unit (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)

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2004 Standard Error Tables

Age of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Composition of consumer unit (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Education of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Higher income before taxes (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Housing tenure and type of area (TXT) (PDF ) (XLS)
Income before taxes (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Number of earners in consumer unit (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Occupation of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Quintiles of income before taxes (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Race of reference person (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)
Size of consumer unit (TXT) (PDF) (XLS)

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2003 Standard Error Tables

Age of reference person (TXT) (PDF)
Composition of consumer unit (TXT) (PDF)
Education of reference person (TXT) (PDF)
Higher income before taxes (TXT) (PDF)
Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person (TXT) (PDF)
Housing tenure and type of area (TXT) (PDF)
Income before taxes (TXT) (PDF)
Number of earners in consumer unit (TXT) (PDF)
Occupation of reference person (TXT) (PDF)
Quintiles of income before taxes (TXT) (PDF)
Race of reference person (TXT) (PDF)
Size of consumer unit (TXT) (PDF)

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2002 Standard Error Tables

Age of reference person — (TXT) (PDF)
Composition of consumer unit — (TXT) (PDF)
Education of reference person — (TXT) (PDF)
Housing tenure, type of area, race of reference person, and Hispanic origin of reference person — (TXT) (PDF)
Income before taxes — (TXT) (PDF)
Number of earners in consumer unit — (TXT) (PDF)
Occupation of reference person — (TXT) (PDF)
Quintiles of income before taxes — (TXT) (PDF)
Size of consumer unit — (TXT) (PDF)

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2001 Standard Error Tables

Age of reference person — (TXT) (PDF)
Composition of consumer unit — (TXT) (PDF)
Education of reference person — (TXT) (PDF)
Housing tenure, type of area, race of reference person, and Hispanic origin of reference person — (TXT) (PDF)
Income before taxes — (TXT) (PDF)
Number of earners in consumer unit — (TXT) (PDF)
Occupation of reference person — (TXT) (PDF)
Quintiles of income before taxes — (TXT) (PDF)
Size of consumer unit — (TXT) (PDF)

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2000 Standard Error Tables

Age of reference person — (TXT) (PDF)
Composition of consumer unit — (TXT) (PDF)
Education of reference person — (TXT) (PDF)
Housing tenure, type of area, race of reference person, and Hispanic origin of reference person — (TXT) (PDF)
Income before taxes — (TXT) (PDF)
Number of earners in consumer unit — (TXT) (PDF)
Occupation of reference person — (TXT) (PDF)
Quintiles of income before taxes — (TXT) (PDF)
Size of consumer unit — (TXT) (PDF)

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Last Modified Date: September 25, 2012