Per-capita food sales by state, 2016
Food sales with taxes and tips per person for every state the USDA Economic Research Service per-capita file carries in 2016, 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 2016. 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) $4,689.04; minimum $3,677.47 (Oklahoma); maximum $8,014.14 (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 | $1,822.76 | $2,247.18 | $4,069.94 | $2,384.42 | $3,198.37 | $5,582.79 |
| Alaska | $3,017.93 | $2,415.12 | $5,433.05 | $4,040.09 | $3,675.70 | $7,715.79 |
| Arizona | $2,263.70 | $2,474.74 | $4,738.44 | $3,030.41 | $3,766.43 | $6,796.84 |
| Arkansas | $2,397.45 | $2,121.90 | $4,519.35 | $3,136.19 | $3,020.06 | $6,156.25 |
| California | $2,291.06 | $3,047.36 | $5,338.42 | $3,067.03 | $4,637.94 | $7,704.97 |
| Colorado | $2,581.79 | $2,968.39 | $5,550.17 | $3,456.23 | $4,517.74 | $7,973.97 |
| Connecticut | $2,316.93 | $2,713.01 | $5,029.94 | $2,978.84 | $3,936.60 | $6,915.44 |
| Delaware | $2,115.00 | $2,554.55 | $4,669.54 | $2,766.70 | $3,635.84 | $6,402.54 |
| District of Columbia | $1,619.72 | $6,394.42 | $8,014.14 | $2,118.81 | $9,101.07 | $11,219.87 |
| Florida | $2,218.64 | $2,791.16 | $5,009.80 | $2,902.28 | $3,972.60 | $6,874.89 |
| Georgia | $2,296.68 | $2,601.02 | $4,897.70 | $3,004.36 | $3,701.98 | $6,706.35 |
| Hawaii | $2,494.74 | $4,363.14 | $6,857.88 | $3,339.70 | $6,640.50 | $9,980.20 |
| Idaho | $2,167.75 | $1,992.33 | $4,160.08 | $2,901.96 | $3,032.23 | $5,934.19 |
| Illinois | $2,084.99 | $2,649.99 | $4,734.98 | $2,720.13 | $3,794.28 | $6,514.41 |
| Indiana | $2,040.90 | $2,350.39 | $4,391.29 | $2,662.61 | $3,365.30 | $6,027.91 |
| Iowa | $2,235.98 | $2,073.23 | $4,309.21 | $2,917.11 | $2,968.47 | $5,885.58 |
| Kansas | $2,250.67 | $2,266.05 | $4,516.72 | $2,936.28 | $3,244.54 | $6,180.82 |
| Kentucky | $2,185.18 | $2,322.17 | $4,507.36 | $2,858.52 | $3,305.11 | $6,163.62 |
| Louisiana | $1,572.42 | $2,587.49 | $4,159.91 | $2,056.94 | $3,682.73 | $5,739.66 |
| Maine | $2,712.69 | $2,608.20 | $5,320.89 | $3,487.66 | $3,784.53 | $7,272.18 |
| Maryland | $2,126.35 | $2,635.02 | $4,761.38 | $2,781.55 | $3,750.38 | $6,531.94 |
| Massachusetts | $2,350.35 | $3,117.34 | $5,467.70 | $3,021.81 | $4,523.30 | $7,545.11 |
| Michigan | $1,942.30 | $2,144.07 | $4,086.38 | $2,533.97 | $3,069.90 | $5,603.88 |
| Minnesota | $2,075.30 | $2,408.20 | $4,483.50 | $2,707.49 | $3,448.09 | $6,155.57 |
| Mississippi | $1,841.79 | $2,183.64 | $4,025.43 | $2,409.31 | $3,107.94 | $5,517.25 |
| Missouri | $2,156.86 | $2,381.24 | $4,538.10 | $2,813.89 | $3,409.48 | $6,223.37 |
| Montana | $2,262.26 | $2,324.61 | $4,586.87 | $3,028.48 | $3,537.95 | $6,566.43 |
| Nebraska | $2,223.87 | $2,237.20 | $4,461.06 | $2,901.31 | $3,203.23 | $6,104.54 |
| Nevada | $2,203.02 | $4,230.83 | $6,433.85 | $2,949.17 | $6,439.13 | $9,388.29 |
| New Hampshire | $3,013.95 | $2,827.02 | $5,840.97 | $3,874.99 | $4,102.04 | $7,977.03 |
| New Jersey | $2,347.90 | $2,559.86 | $4,907.77 | $3,018.66 | $3,714.39 | $6,733.05 |
| New Mexico | $2,234.27 | $2,184.67 | $4,418.94 | $2,991.01 | $3,324.97 | $6,315.98 |
| New York | $2,125.62 | $3,030.41 | $5,156.03 | $2,732.88 | $4,397.16 | $7,130.04 |
| North Carolina | $2,022.46 | $2,438.35 | $4,460.81 | $2,645.65 | $3,470.47 | $6,116.12 |
| North Dakota | $2,467.33 | $2,470.96 | $4,938.29 | $3,218.94 | $3,537.94 | $6,756.88 |
| Ohio | $2,297.56 | $2,368.69 | $4,666.24 | $2,997.45 | $3,391.50 | $6,388.96 |
| Oklahoma | $1,400.09 | $2,277.38 | $3,677.47 | $1,831.51 | $3,241.35 | $5,072.86 |
| Oregon | $2,472.32 | $2,484.50 | $4,956.82 | $3,309.69 | $3,781.29 | $7,090.98 |
| Pennsylvania | $2,267.63 | $2,254.52 | $4,522.15 | $2,915.46 | $3,271.33 | $6,186.79 |
| Rhode Island | $1,916.92 | $2,931.17 | $4,848.09 | $2,464.56 | $4,253.16 | $6,717.71 |
| South Carolina | $1,993.92 | $2,530.83 | $4,524.75 | $2,608.32 | $3,602.08 | $6,210.40 |
| South Dakota | $2,163.43 | $2,228.46 | $4,391.89 | $2,822.46 | $3,190.73 | $6,013.20 |
| Tennessee | $2,473.13 | $2,622.04 | $5,095.17 | $3,235.19 | $3,731.90 | $6,967.09 |
| Texas | $2,137.86 | $2,753.36 | $4,891.22 | $2,796.61 | $3,918.80 | $6,715.41 |
| Utah | $2,295.18 | $2,239.86 | $4,535.04 | $3,072.54 | $3,408.97 | $6,481.51 |
| Vermont | $2,480.51 | $2,527.25 | $5,007.76 | $3,189.16 | $3,667.06 | $6,856.22 |
| Virginia | $2,260.11 | $2,560.03 | $4,820.14 | $2,956.53 | $3,643.64 | $6,600.17 |
| Washington | $3,028.49 | $2,711.16 | $5,739.64 | $4,054.23 | $4,126.25 | $8,180.48 |
| West Virginia | $1,974.57 | $2,040.83 | $4,015.39 | $2,583.00 | $2,904.67 | $5,487.67 |
| Wisconsin | $2,086.72 | $2,132.50 | $4,219.22 | $2,722.39 | $3,053.33 | $5,775.71 |
| Wyoming | $2,391.96 | $2,297.08 | $4,689.04 | $3,202.11 | $3,496.04 | $6,698.15 |
The constant-dollar columns are the source's own 2025=100 series; nominal and constant figures coincide in 2025, the base year.