Per-capita food sales by state, 2012
Food sales with taxes and tips per person for every state the USDA Economic Research Service per-capita file carries in 2012, 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 2012. 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) $4,061.23; minimum $3,274.47 (Oklahoma); maximum $6,794.53 (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 | $1,662.93 | $1,785.25 | $3,448.18 | $2,245.75 | $2,796.45 | $5,042.19 |
| Alaska | $2,923.42 | $2,128.27 | $5,051.69 | $4,079.50 | $3,600.91 | $7,680.41 |
| Arizona | $2,129.79 | $1,920.92 | $4,050.71 | $2,972.02 | $3,250.09 | $6,222.11 |
| Arkansas | $2,173.07 | $1,706.45 | $3,879.52 | $2,934.68 | $2,673.00 | $5,607.68 |
| California | $2,055.58 | $2,218.89 | $4,274.47 | $2,868.47 | $3,754.24 | $6,622.71 |
| Colorado | $2,361.74 | $2,262.51 | $4,624.25 | $3,295.71 | $3,828.04 | $7,123.75 |
| Connecticut | $2,259.03 | $2,203.33 | $4,462.36 | $2,979.36 | $3,490.29 | $6,469.65 |
| Delaware | $2,071.98 | $2,077.07 | $4,149.05 | $2,798.15 | $3,253.55 | $6,051.70 |
| District of Columbia | $1,554.82 | $5,239.71 | $6,794.53 | $2,099.75 | $8,207.56 | $10,307.31 |
| Florida | $2,121.07 | $2,185.79 | $4,306.86 | $2,864.45 | $3,423.85 | $6,288.31 |
| Georgia | $2,034.88 | $2,026.35 | $4,061.23 | $2,748.06 | $3,174.10 | $5,922.16 |
| Hawaii | $2,023.50 | $3,377.69 | $5,401.19 | $2,823.70 | $5,714.87 | $8,538.57 |
| Idaho | $2,084.32 | $1,546.88 | $3,631.20 | $2,908.58 | $2,617.23 | $5,525.81 |
| Illinois | $2,010.63 | $2,075.63 | $4,086.27 | $2,681.92 | $3,305.77 | $5,987.68 |
| Indiana | $1,885.39 | $1,946.06 | $3,831.45 | $2,514.85 | $3,099.40 | $5,614.25 |
| Iowa | $2,155.50 | $1,685.92 | $3,841.42 | $2,875.15 | $2,685.09 | $5,560.24 |
| Kansas | $2,128.52 | $1,860.42 | $3,988.94 | $2,839.16 | $2,963.01 | $5,802.16 |
| Kentucky | $2,062.67 | $1,890.42 | $3,953.09 | $2,785.58 | $2,961.18 | $5,746.76 |
| Louisiana | $1,395.03 | $2,086.17 | $3,481.20 | $1,883.95 | $3,267.81 | $5,151.76 |
| Maine | $2,562.92 | $1,950.50 | $4,513.42 | $3,380.15 | $3,089.78 | $6,469.93 |
| Maryland | $2,123.65 | $2,092.72 | $4,216.37 | $2,867.93 | $3,278.07 | $6,146.01 |
| Massachusetts | $2,243.28 | $2,418.59 | $4,661.88 | $2,958.59 | $3,831.29 | $6,789.88 |
| Michigan | $1,709.17 | $1,628.60 | $3,337.77 | $2,279.81 | $2,593.79 | $4,873.60 |
| Minnesota | $2,076.06 | $1,989.23 | $4,065.29 | $2,769.19 | $3,168.15 | $5,937.34 |
| Mississippi | $1,813.44 | $1,810.66 | $3,624.10 | $2,449.01 | $2,836.25 | $5,285.25 |
| Missouri | $1,974.38 | $1,944.79 | $3,919.17 | $2,633.57 | $3,097.37 | $5,730.94 |
| Montana | $2,133.35 | $1,871.62 | $4,004.97 | $2,977.00 | $3,166.68 | $6,143.67 |
| Nebraska | $2,093.74 | $1,817.46 | $3,911.21 | $2,792.77 | $2,894.59 | $5,687.36 |
| Nevada | $2,052.94 | $3,413.07 | $5,466.01 | $2,864.79 | $5,774.74 | $8,639.52 |
| New Hampshire | $3,036.95 | $2,191.37 | $5,228.31 | $4,005.32 | $3,471.35 | $7,476.67 |
| New Jersey | $2,319.48 | $1,981.12 | $4,300.60 | $3,059.08 | $3,138.29 | $6,197.37 |
| New Mexico | $2,166.55 | $1,741.76 | $3,908.31 | $3,023.32 | $2,946.96 | $5,970.28 |
| New York | $2,001.61 | $2,246.80 | $4,248.41 | $2,639.85 | $3,559.15 | $6,199.00 |
| North Carolina | $1,995.57 | $1,963.17 | $3,958.73 | $2,694.96 | $3,075.13 | $5,770.09 |
| North Dakota | $2,052.31 | $2,158.29 | $4,210.59 | $2,737.51 | $3,437.40 | $6,174.91 |
| Ohio | $2,114.30 | $1,933.58 | $4,047.88 | $2,820.19 | $3,079.53 | $5,899.72 |
| Oklahoma | $1,352.26 | $1,922.21 | $3,274.47 | $1,826.19 | $3,010.98 | $4,837.17 |
| Oregon | $2,431.25 | $1,871.74 | $4,302.99 | $3,392.70 | $3,166.88 | $6,559.58 |
| Pennsylvania | $2,029.37 | $1,792.34 | $3,821.72 | $2,676.47 | $2,839.25 | $5,515.71 |
| Rhode Island | $1,673.62 | $2,271.21 | $3,944.83 | $2,207.27 | $3,597.82 | $5,805.09 |
| South Carolina | $1,818.63 | $2,020.95 | $3,839.57 | $2,456.01 | $3,165.64 | $5,621.65 |
| South Dakota | $2,182.59 | $1,835.48 | $4,018.07 | $2,911.29 | $2,923.28 | $5,834.57 |
| Tennessee | $2,248.03 | $2,018.21 | $4,266.24 | $3,035.90 | $3,161.35 | $6,197.26 |
| Texas | $2,072.63 | $2,186.94 | $4,259.57 | $2,799.04 | $3,425.66 | $6,224.69 |
| Utah | $2,114.28 | $1,705.37 | $3,819.65 | $2,950.38 | $2,885.40 | $5,835.78 |
| Vermont | $2,407.48 | $1,929.79 | $4,337.27 | $3,175.14 | $3,056.97 | $6,232.11 |
| Virginia | $2,170.38 | $2,083.42 | $4,253.80 | $2,931.05 | $3,263.50 | $6,194.54 |
| Washington | $2,846.94 | $1,980.63 | $4,827.56 | $3,972.77 | $3,351.12 | $7,323.89 |
| West Virginia | $1,982.72 | $1,717.58 | $3,700.30 | $2,677.61 | $2,690.44 | $5,368.05 |
| Wisconsin | $1,968.49 | $1,697.97 | $3,666.46 | $2,625.70 | $2,704.29 | $5,329.99 |
| Wyoming | $2,252.06 | $2,037.36 | $4,289.42 | $3,142.64 | $3,447.10 | $6,589.75 |
The constant-dollar columns are the source's own 2025=100 series; nominal and constant figures coincide in 2025, the base year.