Per-capita food sales by state, 2018
Food sales with taxes and tips per person for every state the USDA Economic Research Service per-capita file carries in 2018, 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 2018. 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) $5,059.66; minimum $3,948.00 (Oklahoma); maximum $8,345.00 (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 | $1,993.58 | $2,493.01 | $4,486.60 | $2,605.89 | $3,406.34 | $6,012.24 |
| Alaska | $3,179.84 | $2,599.04 | $5,778.88 | $4,251.47 | $3,703.89 | $7,955.35 |
| Arizona | $2,383.79 | $2,769.82 | $5,153.61 | $3,187.14 | $3,947.27 | $7,134.42 |
| Arkansas | $2,483.77 | $2,343.69 | $4,827.46 | $3,246.63 | $3,202.31 | $6,448.94 |
| California | $2,435.68 | $3,424.00 | $5,859.68 | $3,256.52 | $4,879.54 | $8,136.06 |
| Colorado | $2,736.92 | $3,287.36 | $6,024.27 | $3,659.28 | $4,684.80 | $8,344.08 |
| Connecticut | $2,372.28 | $2,926.13 | $5,298.41 | $3,008.20 | $4,036.73 | $7,044.92 |
| Delaware | $2,229.96 | $2,798.71 | $5,028.67 | $2,914.87 | $3,824.03 | $6,738.90 |
| District of Columbia | $1,691.29 | $6,653.71 | $8,345.00 | $2,210.75 | $9,091.33 | $11,302.08 |
| Florida | $2,340.05 | $3,102.53 | $5,442.58 | $3,058.77 | $4,239.16 | $7,297.93 |
| Georgia | $2,465.05 | $2,910.86 | $5,375.91 | $3,222.17 | $3,977.26 | $7,199.43 |
| Hawaii | $2,868.16 | $4,651.79 | $7,519.95 | $3,834.75 | $6,629.26 | $10,464.01 |
| Idaho | $2,310.07 | $2,249.61 | $4,559.68 | $3,088.58 | $3,205.91 | $6,294.50 |
| Illinois | $2,204.98 | $2,938.10 | $5,143.08 | $2,886.14 | $4,041.04 | $6,927.17 |
| Indiana | $2,129.58 | $2,556.82 | $4,686.40 | $2,787.44 | $3,516.63 | $6,304.07 |
| Iowa | $2,346.02 | $2,262.84 | $4,608.86 | $3,070.74 | $3,112.29 | $6,183.04 |
| Kansas | $2,332.57 | $2,476.85 | $4,809.42 | $3,053.13 | $3,406.64 | $6,459.77 |
| Kentucky | $2,301.68 | $2,535.48 | $4,837.16 | $3,008.62 | $3,464.37 | $6,472.99 |
| Louisiana | $1,797.48 | $2,832.68 | $4,630.16 | $2,349.56 | $3,870.45 | $6,220.01 |
| Maine | $2,881.68 | $2,910.39 | $5,792.07 | $3,654.15 | $4,015.00 | $7,669.16 |
| Maryland | $2,203.13 | $2,888.43 | $5,091.56 | $2,879.80 | $3,946.62 | $6,826.43 |
| Massachusetts | $2,480.75 | $3,413.28 | $5,894.03 | $3,145.75 | $4,708.77 | $7,854.52 |
| Michigan | $2,066.05 | $2,362.28 | $4,428.34 | $2,704.29 | $3,249.07 | $5,953.36 |
| Minnesota | $2,200.04 | $2,584.53 | $4,784.57 | $2,879.66 | $3,554.74 | $6,434.41 |
| Mississippi | $1,934.19 | $2,389.78 | $4,323.97 | $2,528.26 | $3,265.30 | $5,793.55 |
| Missouri | $2,308.75 | $2,603.90 | $4,912.65 | $3,021.96 | $3,581.38 | $6,603.35 |
| Montana | $2,422.83 | $2,577.93 | $5,000.76 | $3,239.35 | $3,673.80 | $6,913.15 |
| Nebraska | $2,343.38 | $2,473.86 | $4,817.24 | $3,067.29 | $3,402.53 | $6,469.82 |
| Nevada | $2,339.83 | $4,523.00 | $6,862.84 | $3,128.38 | $6,445.73 | $9,574.10 |
| New Hampshire | $3,240.09 | $3,160.11 | $6,400.20 | $4,108.63 | $4,359.51 | $8,468.14 |
| New Jersey | $2,443.42 | $2,841.22 | $5,284.64 | $3,098.40 | $3,919.59 | $7,017.99 |
| New Mexico | $2,307.04 | $2,416.74 | $4,723.78 | $3,084.53 | $3,444.09 | $6,528.63 |
| New York | $2,242.41 | $3,315.74 | $5,558.15 | $2,843.52 | $4,574.20 | $7,417.72 |
| North Carolina | $2,147.45 | $2,689.13 | $4,836.58 | $2,807.02 | $3,674.31 | $6,481.33 |
| North Dakota | $2,736.55 | $2,656.33 | $5,392.89 | $3,581.92 | $3,653.50 | $7,235.42 |
| Ohio | $2,414.60 | $2,590.34 | $5,004.95 | $3,160.51 | $3,562.74 | $6,723.25 |
| Oklahoma | $1,452.48 | $2,495.52 | $3,948.00 | $1,898.60 | $3,409.77 | $5,308.37 |
| Oregon | $2,575.01 | $2,744.30 | $5,319.32 | $3,442.81 | $3,910.90 | $7,353.71 |
| Pennsylvania | $2,457.62 | $2,469.98 | $4,927.60 | $3,116.42 | $3,407.44 | $6,523.86 |
| Rhode Island | $2,061.47 | $3,231.00 | $5,292.47 | $2,614.07 | $4,457.30 | $7,071.37 |
| South Carolina | $2,161.43 | $2,829.07 | $4,990.50 | $2,825.29 | $3,865.52 | $6,690.81 |
| South Dakota | $2,230.30 | $2,419.01 | $4,649.31 | $2,919.27 | $3,327.09 | $6,246.36 |
| Tennessee | $2,630.51 | $2,936.03 | $5,566.54 | $3,438.45 | $4,011.66 | $7,450.10 |
| Texas | $2,272.04 | $3,049.91 | $5,321.95 | $2,969.88 | $4,167.26 | $7,137.14 |
| Utah | $2,439.90 | $2,490.47 | $4,930.38 | $3,262.17 | $3,549.17 | $6,811.34 |
| Vermont | $2,529.46 | $2,745.70 | $5,275.16 | $3,207.52 | $3,787.81 | $6,995.32 |
| Virginia | $2,369.35 | $2,800.59 | $5,169.95 | $3,097.08 | $3,826.61 | $6,923.68 |
| Washington | $3,288.34 | $3,023.09 | $6,311.43 | $4,396.53 | $4,308.20 | $8,704.74 |
| West Virginia | $2,003.88 | $2,196.00 | $4,199.88 | $2,619.35 | $3,000.52 | $5,619.87 |
| Wisconsin | $2,182.62 | $2,338.62 | $4,521.24 | $2,856.87 | $3,216.52 | $6,073.39 |
| Wyoming | $2,537.50 | $2,522.17 | $5,059.66 | $3,392.66 | $3,594.33 | $6,986.99 |
The constant-dollar columns are the source's own 2025=100 series; nominal and constant figures coincide in 2025, the base year.