Per-capita food sales by state, 2008
Food sales with taxes and tips per person for every state the USDA Economic Research Service per-capita file carries in 2008, 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 2008. 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) $3,742.49; minimum $2,895.18 (Oklahoma); maximum $6,270.97 (District of Columbia).
| 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 | $1,578.65 | $1,590.81 | $3,169.46 | $2,332.78 | $2,746.97 | $5,079.75 |
| Alaska | $2,753.58 | $1,939.30 | $4,692.88 | $4,048.67 | $3,607.04 | $7,655.71 |
| Arizona | $2,247.18 | $1,841.75 | $4,088.93 | $3,304.09 | $3,425.59 | $6,729.68 |
| Arkansas | $2,077.74 | $1,460.65 | $3,538.39 | $3,070.29 | $2,522.21 | $5,592.50 |
| California | $1,882.93 | $2,042.49 | $3,925.42 | $2,768.53 | $3,798.96 | $6,567.49 |
| Colorado | $2,304.77 | $2,062.08 | $4,366.85 | $3,388.77 | $3,835.40 | $7,224.17 |
| Connecticut | $2,210.52 | $1,998.23 | $4,208.76 | $3,184.85 | $3,497.21 | $6,682.06 |
| Delaware | $2,119.27 | $1,876.96 | $3,996.23 | $3,131.65 | $3,241.09 | $6,372.75 |
| District of Columbia | $1,367.46 | $4,903.51 | $6,270.97 | $2,020.70 | $8,467.26 | $10,487.96 |
| Florida | $2,083.58 | $1,976.51 | $4,060.09 | $3,078.92 | $3,413.00 | $6,491.91 |
| Georgia | $1,832.25 | $1,860.36 | $3,692.61 | $2,707.53 | $3,212.42 | $5,919.95 |
| Hawaii | $1,873.24 | $3,182.69 | $5,055.93 | $2,754.28 | $5,919.69 | $8,673.97 |
| Idaho | $2,024.84 | $1,440.58 | $3,465.42 | $2,977.19 | $2,679.42 | $5,656.61 |
| Illinois | $2,057.26 | $1,882.81 | $3,940.07 | $2,989.65 | $3,317.80 | $6,307.46 |
| Indiana | $1,852.94 | $1,719.34 | $3,572.27 | $2,692.72 | $3,029.74 | $5,722.47 |
| Iowa | $2,067.51 | $1,484.86 | $3,552.36 | $3,004.54 | $2,616.55 | $5,621.09 |
| Kansas | $2,114.37 | $1,628.13 | $3,742.49 | $3,072.64 | $2,869.02 | $5,941.66 |
| Kentucky | $1,987.87 | $1,667.56 | $3,655.43 | $2,937.48 | $2,879.51 | $5,816.99 |
| Louisiana | $1,281.42 | $1,807.61 | $3,089.03 | $1,893.56 | $3,121.33 | $5,014.89 |
| Maine | $2,345.74 | $1,771.26 | $4,117.00 | $3,379.66 | $3,099.98 | $6,479.64 |
| Maryland | $2,125.44 | $1,914.07 | $4,039.51 | $3,140.77 | $3,305.16 | $6,445.93 |
| Massachusetts | $2,017.92 | $2,146.10 | $4,164.03 | $2,907.36 | $3,756.00 | $6,663.36 |
| Michigan | $1,534.69 | $1,490.05 | $3,024.74 | $2,230.24 | $2,625.70 | $4,855.94 |
| Minnesota | $1,828.82 | $1,790.14 | $3,618.95 | $2,657.68 | $3,154.50 | $5,812.18 |
| Mississippi | $1,648.59 | $1,570.21 | $3,218.79 | $2,436.12 | $2,711.40 | $5,147.52 |
| Missouri | $1,756.90 | $1,770.33 | $3,527.22 | $2,553.16 | $3,119.59 | $5,672.75 |
| Montana | $1,979.17 | $1,662.74 | $3,641.91 | $2,910.03 | $3,092.64 | $6,002.67 |
| Nebraska | $2,061.15 | $1,607.52 | $3,668.67 | $2,995.31 | $2,832.70 | $5,828.01 |
| Nevada | $1,993.67 | $3,178.63 | $5,172.31 | $2,931.36 | $5,912.15 | $8,843.51 |
| New Hampshire | $2,921.04 | $1,995.18 | $4,916.22 | $4,208.54 | $3,491.87 | $7,700.41 |
| New Jersey | $2,245.92 | $1,831.04 | $4,076.96 | $3,235.85 | $3,204.59 | $6,440.44 |
| New Mexico | $2,218.75 | $1,637.07 | $3,855.82 | $3,262.29 | $3,044.90 | $6,307.19 |
| New York | $1,842.91 | $1,893.28 | $3,736.19 | $2,655.21 | $3,313.53 | $5,968.73 |
| North Carolina | $2,028.14 | $1,813.78 | $3,841.93 | $2,996.99 | $3,132.00 | $6,128.99 |
| North Dakota | $1,893.64 | $1,627.24 | $3,520.89 | $2,751.88 | $2,867.46 | $5,619.34 |
| Ohio | $1,893.01 | $1,698.07 | $3,591.08 | $2,750.96 | $2,992.27 | $5,743.23 |
| Oklahoma | $1,247.37 | $1,647.82 | $2,895.18 | $1,843.24 | $2,845.41 | $4,688.65 |
| Oregon | $2,395.34 | $1,767.75 | $4,163.09 | $3,521.95 | $3,287.95 | $6,809.90 |
| Pennsylvania | $1,901.15 | $1,588.50 | $3,489.66 | $2,739.12 | $2,780.12 | $5,519.24 |
| Rhode Island | $1,709.27 | $2,015.87 | $3,725.14 | $2,462.66 | $3,528.08 | $5,990.74 |
| South Carolina | $1,667.68 | $1,835.96 | $3,503.64 | $2,464.34 | $3,170.28 | $5,634.62 |
| South Dakota | $2,022.02 | $1,627.13 | $3,649.15 | $2,938.45 | $2,867.25 | $5,805.70 |
| Tennessee | $1,915.18 | $1,795.10 | $3,710.28 | $2,830.07 | $3,099.73 | $5,929.80 |
| Texas | $1,961.40 | $1,895.96 | $3,857.36 | $2,898.36 | $3,273.90 | $6,172.26 |
| Utah | $2,281.82 | $1,537.90 | $3,819.73 | $3,355.03 | $2,860.45 | $6,215.48 |
| Vermont | $2,165.20 | $1,704.25 | $3,869.45 | $3,119.56 | $2,982.69 | $6,102.25 |
| Virginia | $2,125.77 | $1,927.00 | $4,052.78 | $3,141.26 | $3,327.50 | $6,468.76 |
| Washington | $2,548.48 | $1,833.60 | $4,382.09 | $3,747.11 | $3,410.44 | $7,157.55 |
| West Virginia | $1,973.76 | $1,445.98 | $3,419.74 | $2,916.64 | $2,496.88 | $5,413.51 |
| Wisconsin | $1,853.41 | $1,533.76 | $3,387.17 | $2,693.41 | $2,702.73 | $5,396.14 |
| Wyoming | $2,264.12 | $1,865.08 | $4,129.19 | $3,329.00 | $3,468.98 | $6,797.97 |
The constant-dollar columns are the source's own 2025=100 series; nominal and constant figures coincide in 2025, the base year.