Per-capita food sales by state, 2017
Food sales with taxes and tips per person for every state the USDA Economic Research Service per-capita file carries in 2017, 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 2017. 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) $4,882.49; minimum $3,790.22 (Oklahoma); maximum $8,302.81 (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 | $1,890.88 | $2,356.97 | $4,247.85 | $2,479.04 | $3,288.42 | $5,767.46 |
| Alaska | $3,093.89 | $2,506.62 | $5,600.50 | $4,154.63 | $3,693.87 | $7,848.50 |
| Arizona | $2,319.31 | $2,630.10 | $4,949.41 | $3,114.49 | $3,875.84 | $6,990.33 |
| Arkansas | $2,456.93 | $2,232.54 | $4,689.47 | $3,221.15 | $3,114.82 | $6,335.97 |
| California | $2,364.23 | $3,275.31 | $5,639.54 | $3,174.81 | $4,826.65 | $8,001.47 |
| Colorado | $2,674.90 | $3,157.26 | $5,832.16 | $3,591.99 | $4,652.69 | $8,244.68 |
| Connecticut | $2,330.00 | $2,838.17 | $5,168.17 | $2,991.02 | $4,023.52 | $7,014.54 |
| Delaware | $2,145.52 | $2,682.80 | $4,828.33 | $2,812.89 | $3,743.01 | $6,555.90 |
| District of Columbia | $1,627.66 | $6,675.15 | $8,302.81 | $2,133.94 | $9,313.09 | $11,447.03 |
| Florida | $2,258.82 | $2,937.06 | $5,195.87 | $2,961.42 | $4,097.75 | $7,059.16 |
| Georgia | $2,387.37 | $2,755.38 | $5,142.74 | $3,129.95 | $3,844.27 | $6,974.22 |
| Hawaii | $2,774.37 | $4,657.47 | $7,431.84 | $3,725.56 | $6,863.47 | $10,589.03 |
| Idaho | $2,198.72 | $2,110.56 | $4,309.27 | $2,952.55 | $3,110.22 | $6,062.76 |
| Illinois | $2,107.16 | $2,805.95 | $4,913.11 | $2,758.90 | $3,951.55 | $6,710.45 |
| Indiana | $2,081.37 | $2,457.15 | $4,538.52 | $2,725.13 | $3,460.35 | $6,185.48 |
| Iowa | $2,278.98 | $2,176.06 | $4,455.04 | $2,983.86 | $3,064.49 | $6,048.35 |
| Kansas | $2,283.29 | $2,373.08 | $4,656.37 | $2,989.50 | $3,341.95 | $6,331.45 |
| Kentucky | $2,242.73 | $2,441.28 | $4,684.01 | $2,940.33 | $3,406.04 | $6,346.37 |
| Louisiana | $1,678.21 | $2,715.96 | $4,394.17 | $2,200.22 | $3,789.28 | $5,989.50 |
| Maine | $2,789.02 | $2,797.55 | $5,586.57 | $3,580.26 | $3,965.93 | $7,546.19 |
| Maryland | $2,123.49 | $2,775.09 | $4,898.58 | $2,783.99 | $3,871.78 | $6,655.77 |
| Massachusetts | $2,398.52 | $3,309.81 | $5,708.33 | $3,078.97 | $4,692.14 | $7,771.12 |
| Michigan | $2,014.49 | $2,282.60 | $4,297.09 | $2,637.57 | $3,214.53 | $5,852.10 |
| Minnesota | $2,085.43 | $2,512.20 | $4,597.62 | $2,730.44 | $3,537.87 | $6,268.31 |
| Mississippi | $1,885.66 | $2,273.10 | $4,158.76 | $2,472.19 | $3,171.40 | $5,643.59 |
| Missouri | $2,225.34 | $2,494.82 | $4,720.17 | $2,913.64 | $3,513.40 | $6,427.04 |
| Montana | $2,327.78 | $2,443.39 | $4,771.17 | $3,125.86 | $3,600.70 | $6,726.56 |
| Nebraska | $2,271.69 | $2,360.88 | $4,632.56 | $2,974.31 | $3,324.77 | $6,299.08 |
| Nevada | $2,272.90 | $4,392.34 | $6,665.25 | $3,052.17 | $6,472.77 | $9,524.94 |
| New Hampshire | $3,103.58 | $3,005.98 | $6,109.56 | $3,984.06 | $4,261.42 | $8,245.48 |
| New Jersey | $2,359.18 | $2,728.89 | $5,088.07 | $3,028.47 | $3,868.60 | $6,897.07 |
| New Mexico | $2,282.72 | $2,301.03 | $4,583.74 | $3,065.35 | $3,390.91 | $6,456.25 |
| New York | $2,173.05 | $3,228.04 | $5,401.09 | $2,789.54 | $4,576.22 | $7,365.75 |
| North Carolina | $2,047.92 | $2,560.16 | $4,608.08 | $2,684.92 | $3,571.91 | $6,256.82 |
| North Dakota | $2,738.24 | $2,593.26 | $5,331.51 | $3,585.17 | $3,652.03 | $7,237.21 |
| Ohio | $2,370.06 | $2,483.58 | $4,853.64 | $3,103.11 | $3,497.57 | $6,600.67 |
| Oklahoma | $1,417.69 | $2,372.53 | $3,790.22 | $1,858.66 | $3,310.13 | $5,168.79 |
| Oregon | $2,492.99 | $2,640.18 | $5,133.17 | $3,347.72 | $3,890.69 | $7,238.41 |
| Pennsylvania | $2,389.55 | $2,399.18 | $4,788.73 | $3,067.46 | $3,401.19 | $6,468.65 |
| Rhode Island | $2,014.90 | $3,115.50 | $5,130.39 | $2,586.52 | $4,416.67 | $7,003.19 |
| South Carolina | $2,070.81 | $2,677.12 | $4,747.94 | $2,714.94 | $3,735.09 | $6,450.03 |
| South Dakota | $2,188.96 | $2,328.24 | $4,517.20 | $2,866.00 | $3,278.80 | $6,144.80 |
| Tennessee | $2,565.20 | $2,788.03 | $5,353.23 | $3,363.10 | $3,889.83 | $7,252.93 |
| Texas | $2,178.70 | $2,899.20 | $5,077.90 | $2,856.38 | $4,044.93 | $6,901.31 |
| Utah | $2,376.96 | $2,391.93 | $4,768.90 | $3,191.90 | $3,524.87 | $6,716.77 |
| Vermont | $2,544.82 | $2,664.36 | $5,209.18 | $3,266.78 | $3,777.13 | $7,043.90 |
| Virginia | $2,296.04 | $2,688.32 | $4,984.36 | $3,010.21 | $3,750.72 | $6,760.93 |
| Washington | $3,093.70 | $2,908.10 | $6,001.81 | $4,154.38 | $4,285.52 | $8,439.91 |
| West Virginia | $2,008.10 | $2,134.05 | $4,142.15 | $2,632.71 | $2,977.40 | $5,610.11 |
| Wisconsin | $2,124.52 | $2,252.54 | $4,377.07 | $2,781.63 | $3,172.20 | $5,953.83 |
| Wyoming | $2,482.10 | $2,400.40 | $4,882.49 | $3,333.08 | $3,537.34 | $6,870.43 |
The constant-dollar columns are the source's own 2025=100 series; nominal and constant figures coincide in 2025, the base year.