Per-capita food sales by state, 1997
Food sales with taxes and tips per person for every state the USDA Economic Research Service per-capita file carries in 1997, one row per state.
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service - Food Expenditure Series, State food sales per capita, with taxes and tips, for all purchasers (annual, 1997 to 2025; fetched 2026-10-30) (file ers_percapita_state.csv), fetched 2026-10-30. Rows listed: the 51 rows whose Year is 1997. Values are shown as published, with thousands separators; the label beside each figure is the record's own field name, and each state name links to that state's page. Full source list and licence: About.
Across the 51 state rows listed: median Total food per capita sales with taxes and tips (nominal U.S. dollars) $2,532.03; minimum $1,931.24 (Arkansas); maximum $4,310.35 (Nevada).
| State | Food-at-home per capita sales with taxes and tips (nominal U.S. dollars) | Food-away-from-home per capita sales with taxes and tips (nominal U.S. dollars) | Total food per capita sales with taxes and tips (nominal U.S. dollars) | Food-at-home per capita sales with taxes and tips (constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | Food-away-from-home per capita sales with taxes and tips (constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) | Total food per capita sales with taxes and tips (constant U.S. dollars (2025=100)) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | $1,174.39 | $978.00 | $2,152.38 | $2,350.99 | $2,309.37 | $4,660.36 |
| Alaska | $1,888.21 | $1,271.83 | $3,160.04 | $3,823.81 | $3,256.10 | $7,079.91 |
| Arizona | $1,585.99 | $1,213.90 | $2,799.90 | $3,211.79 | $3,107.79 | $6,319.59 |
| Arkansas | $1,026.12 | $905.12 | $1,931.24 | $2,054.18 | $2,137.27 | $4,191.45 |
| California | $1,342.05 | $1,210.33 | $2,552.38 | $2,717.79 | $3,098.63 | $5,816.42 |
| Colorado | $1,570.13 | $1,417.15 | $2,987.28 | $3,179.66 | $3,628.15 | $6,807.81 |
| Connecticut | $1,657.75 | $1,121.22 | $2,778.98 | $3,245.27 | $2,714.05 | $5,959.32 |
| Delaware | $1,497.41 | $1,270.67 | $2,768.07 | $2,997.65 | $3,000.44 | $5,998.10 |
| District of Columbia | $1,065.42 | $2,860.78 | $3,926.21 | $2,132.86 | $6,755.22 | $8,888.08 |
| Florida | $1,477.74 | $1,348.49 | $2,826.22 | $2,958.28 | $3,184.20 | $6,142.48 |
| Georgia | $1,415.27 | $1,241.17 | $2,656.44 | $2,833.22 | $2,930.80 | $5,764.02 |
| Hawaii | $1,450.82 | $2,194.35 | $3,645.17 | $2,938.06 | $5,617.89 | $8,555.95 |
| Idaho | $1,435.86 | $908.82 | $2,344.67 | $2,907.75 | $2,326.72 | $5,234.47 |
| Illinois | $1,348.37 | $1,171.01 | $2,519.38 | $2,594.52 | $2,834.44 | $5,428.95 |
| Indiana | $1,130.18 | $1,185.74 | $2,315.92 | $2,174.68 | $2,870.08 | $5,044.76 |
| Iowa | $1,416.13 | $971.78 | $2,387.92 | $2,724.91 | $2,352.21 | $5,077.12 |
| Kansas | $1,397.90 | $1,006.69 | $2,404.59 | $2,689.84 | $2,436.69 | $5,126.53 |
| Kentucky | $1,287.64 | $1,082.62 | $2,370.26 | $2,577.72 | $2,556.41 | $5,134.13 |
| Louisiana | $1,102.37 | $1,081.28 | $2,183.64 | $2,206.82 | $2,553.24 | $4,760.06 |
| Maine | $1,718.07 | $1,059.29 | $2,777.36 | $3,363.34 | $2,564.14 | $5,927.48 |
| Maryland | $1,569.22 | $1,139.26 | $2,708.49 | $3,141.42 | $2,690.17 | $5,831.58 |
| Massachusetts | $1,544.22 | $1,333.11 | $2,877.33 | $3,023.02 | $3,226.94 | $6,249.96 |
| Michigan | $1,240.19 | $1,039.75 | $2,279.94 | $2,386.35 | $2,516.72 | $4,903.08 |
| Minnesota | $1,440.29 | $1,164.31 | $2,604.60 | $2,771.39 | $2,818.22 | $5,589.61 |
| Mississippi | $1,039.41 | $937.46 | $1,976.87 | $2,080.79 | $2,213.65 | $4,294.44 |
| Missouri | $1,360.32 | $1,168.26 | $2,528.58 | $2,617.51 | $2,827.79 | $5,445.30 |
| Montana | $1,401.03 | $1,026.18 | $2,427.21 | $2,837.23 | $2,627.19 | $5,464.42 |
| Nebraska | $1,505.42 | $1,022.23 | $2,527.65 | $2,896.72 | $2,474.32 | $5,371.04 |
| Nevada | $1,774.23 | $2,536.12 | $4,310.35 | $3,592.99 | $6,492.89 | $10,085.88 |
| New Hampshire | $2,149.47 | $1,264.11 | $3,413.59 | $4,207.88 | $3,059.93 | $7,267.80 |
| New Jersey | $1,588.52 | $1,112.88 | $2,701.40 | $3,109.73 | $2,693.86 | $5,803.58 |
| New Mexico | $1,382.67 | $1,128.17 | $2,510.84 | $2,800.04 | $2,888.30 | $5,688.34 |
| New York | $1,280.06 | $1,065.65 | $2,345.72 | $2,505.89 | $2,579.54 | $5,085.43 |
| North Carolina | $1,342.04 | $1,177.43 | $2,519.46 | $2,686.61 | $2,780.28 | $5,466.89 |
| North Dakota | $1,304.97 | $977.28 | $2,282.25 | $2,511.02 | $2,365.51 | $4,876.53 |
| Ohio | $1,444.63 | $1,141.60 | $2,586.23 | $2,779.74 | $2,763.25 | $5,542.99 |
| Oklahoma | $1,190.31 | $1,028.63 | $2,218.94 | $2,382.87 | $2,428.93 | $4,811.80 |
| Oregon | $1,256.76 | $1,159.30 | $2,416.06 | $2,545.06 | $2,967.99 | $5,513.05 |
| Pennsylvania | $1,400.35 | $984.57 | $2,384.91 | $2,741.36 | $2,383.26 | $5,124.62 |
| Rhode Island | $1,294.63 | $1,024.81 | $2,319.44 | $2,534.41 | $2,480.68 | $5,015.09 |
| South Carolina | $1,404.27 | $1,191.65 | $2,595.92 | $2,811.20 | $2,813.87 | $5,625.07 |
| South Dakota | $1,499.75 | $1,024.44 | $2,524.20 | $2,885.81 | $2,479.67 | $5,365.48 |
| Tennessee | $1,376.95 | $1,193.80 | $2,570.76 | $2,756.51 | $2,818.95 | $5,575.46 |
| Texas | $1,359.31 | $1,179.96 | $2,539.27 | $2,721.20 | $2,786.26 | $5,507.46 |
| Utah | $1,684.08 | $1,054.55 | $2,738.63 | $3,410.43 | $2,699.81 | $6,110.24 |
| Vermont | $1,593.82 | $1,176.82 | $2,770.65 | $3,120.12 | $2,848.64 | $5,968.75 |
| Virginia | $1,471.94 | $1,133.21 | $2,605.15 | $2,946.67 | $2,675.88 | $5,622.54 |
| Washington | $1,363.78 | $1,168.25 | $2,532.03 | $2,761.78 | $2,990.91 | $5,752.69 |
| West Virginia | $1,328.03 | $883.12 | $2,211.14 | $2,658.57 | $2,085.32 | $4,743.89 |
| Wisconsin | $1,492.20 | $991.67 | $2,483.87 | $2,871.28 | $2,400.34 | $5,271.62 |
| Wyoming | $1,653.65 | $1,160.32 | $2,813.98 | $3,348.81 | $2,970.62 | $6,319.43 |
The constant-dollar columns are the source's own 2025=100 series; nominal and constant figures coincide in 2025, the base year.