Per-capita food sales by state, 1998
Food sales with taxes and tips per person for every state the USDA Economic Research Service per-capita file carries in 1998, 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 1998. 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) $2,606.45; minimum $1,940.79 (Arkansas); maximum $4,364.12 (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 | $1,170.64 | $1,028.38 | $2,199.02 | $2,309.29 | $2,365.99 | $4,675.28 |
| Alaska | $1,925.80 | $1,319.35 | $3,245.15 | $3,783.73 | $3,289.88 | $7,073.61 |
| Arizona | $1,624.20 | $1,270.84 | $2,895.04 | $3,191.16 | $3,168.90 | $6,360.06 |
| Arkansas | $1,007.48 | $933.31 | $1,940.79 | $1,987.43 | $2,147.26 | $4,134.69 |
| California | $1,340.14 | $1,263.81 | $2,603.95 | $2,633.05 | $3,151.39 | $5,784.43 |
| Colorado | $1,642.53 | $1,478.36 | $3,120.88 | $3,227.16 | $3,686.37 | $6,913.54 |
| Connecticut | $1,679.73 | $1,168.76 | $2,848.49 | $3,240.04 | $2,759.95 | $5,999.99 |
| Delaware | $1,563.59 | $1,311.16 | $2,874.76 | $3,084.46 | $3,016.59 | $6,101.05 |
| District of Columbia | $1,076.16 | $3,016.14 | $4,092.30 | $2,122.91 | $6,939.22 | $9,062.14 |
| Florida | $1,507.42 | $1,389.26 | $2,896.68 | $2,973.66 | $3,196.27 | $6,169.92 |
| Georgia | $1,429.63 | $1,300.23 | $2,729.85 | $2,820.19 | $2,991.43 | $5,811.62 |
| Hawaii | $1,435.35 | $2,250.69 | $3,686.04 | $2,820.11 | $5,612.23 | $8,432.34 |
| Idaho | $1,447.72 | $951.70 | $2,399.42 | $2,844.42 | $2,373.12 | $5,217.54 |
| Illinois | $1,370.99 | $1,221.19 | $2,592.18 | $2,590.91 | $2,881.35 | $5,472.25 |
| Indiana | $1,105.79 | $1,221.51 | $2,327.30 | $2,089.73 | $2,882.10 | $4,971.84 |
| Iowa | $1,445.42 | $1,012.72 | $2,458.14 | $2,731.56 | $2,389.48 | $5,121.04 |
| Kansas | $1,404.91 | $1,055.31 | $2,460.21 | $2,655.00 | $2,489.95 | $5,144.95 |
| Kentucky | $1,303.10 | $1,132.69 | $2,435.79 | $2,570.59 | $2,605.98 | $5,176.57 |
| Louisiana | $1,122.90 | $1,131.34 | $2,254.24 | $2,215.11 | $2,602.88 | $4,817.99 |
| Maine | $1,767.23 | $1,106.67 | $2,873.90 | $3,408.84 | $2,613.32 | $6,022.16 |
| Maryland | $1,583.92 | $1,181.39 | $2,765.31 | $3,124.57 | $2,718.02 | $5,842.59 |
| Massachusetts | $1,590.63 | $1,398.25 | $2,988.88 | $3,068.18 | $3,301.87 | $6,370.06 |
| Michigan | $1,260.36 | $1,071.22 | $2,331.57 | $2,381.83 | $2,527.49 | $4,909.32 |
| Minnesota | $1,473.80 | $1,221.55 | $2,695.35 | $2,785.20 | $2,882.19 | $5,667.39 |
| Mississippi | $1,032.14 | $1,001.43 | $2,033.57 | $2,036.08 | $2,303.99 | $4,340.07 |
| Missouri | $1,339.08 | $1,220.91 | $2,559.99 | $2,530.60 | $2,880.69 | $5,411.29 |
| Montana | $1,442.08 | $1,058.04 | $2,500.11 | $2,833.33 | $2,638.27 | $5,471.61 |
| Nebraska | $1,545.18 | $1,064.07 | $2,609.25 | $2,920.10 | $2,510.62 | $5,430.72 |
| Nevada | $1,747.45 | $2,616.67 | $4,364.12 | $3,433.31 | $6,524.82 | $9,958.14 |
| New Hampshire | $2,230.92 | $1,326.37 | $3,557.29 | $4,303.25 | $3,132.14 | $7,435.39 |
| New Jersey | $1,619.47 | $1,192.65 | $2,812.12 | $3,123.82 | $2,816.36 | $5,940.18 |
| New Mexico | $1,359.76 | $1,171.08 | $2,530.85 | $2,671.61 | $2,920.17 | $5,591.77 |
| New York | $1,293.61 | $1,131.42 | $2,425.02 | $2,495.25 | $2,671.76 | $5,167.01 |
| North Carolina | $1,383.24 | $1,223.21 | $2,606.45 | $2,728.69 | $2,814.23 | $5,542.92 |
| North Dakota | $1,338.70 | $1,012.01 | $2,350.71 | $2,529.89 | $2,387.80 | $4,917.68 |
| Ohio | $1,471.68 | $1,186.82 | $2,658.50 | $2,781.19 | $2,800.25 | $5,581.44 |
| Oklahoma | $1,178.41 | $1,070.59 | $2,249.00 | $2,324.62 | $2,463.11 | $4,787.73 |
| Oregon | $1,251.22 | $1,189.15 | $2,440.37 | $2,458.35 | $2,965.22 | $5,423.57 |
| Pennsylvania | $1,404.43 | $1,032.58 | $2,437.02 | $2,709.03 | $2,438.37 | $5,147.40 |
| Rhode Island | $1,317.33 | $1,117.54 | $2,434.87 | $2,541.02 | $2,638.98 | $5,180.00 |
| South Carolina | $1,391.67 | $1,241.18 | $2,632.85 | $2,745.32 | $2,855.58 | $5,600.90 |
| South Dakota | $1,511.46 | $1,067.75 | $2,579.21 | $2,856.36 | $2,519.32 | $5,375.68 |
| Tennessee | $1,396.02 | $1,232.30 | $2,628.32 | $2,753.90 | $2,835.15 | $5,589.05 |
| Texas | $1,353.55 | $1,243.42 | $2,596.97 | $2,670.11 | $2,860.74 | $5,530.85 |
| Utah | $1,718.01 | $1,097.53 | $2,815.53 | $3,375.46 | $2,736.76 | $6,112.22 |
| Vermont | $1,626.65 | $1,212.12 | $2,838.76 | $3,137.66 | $2,862.33 | $5,999.99 |
| Virginia | $1,511.34 | $1,174.64 | $2,685.98 | $2,981.38 | $2,702.50 | $5,683.88 |
| Washington | $1,437.11 | $1,219.19 | $2,656.30 | $2,823.57 | $3,040.12 | $5,863.70 |
| West Virginia | $1,319.98 | $926.95 | $2,246.93 | $2,603.90 | $2,132.62 | $4,736.52 |
| Wisconsin | $1,506.48 | $1,040.17 | $2,546.65 | $2,846.97 | $2,454.24 | $5,301.20 |
| Wyoming | $1,721.14 | $1,216.06 | $2,937.20 | $3,381.62 | $3,032.32 | $6,413.93 |
The constant-dollar columns are the source's own 2025=100 series; nominal and constant figures coincide in 2025, the base year.