Per-capita food sales by state, 2021
Food sales with taxes and tips per person for every state the USDA Economic Research Service per-capita file carries in 2021, 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 2021. 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) $5,437.46; minimum $4,223.26 (Oklahoma); maximum $8,492.85 (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 | $2,417.90 | $2,557.93 | $4,975.83 | $2,931.53 | $3,177.79 | $6,109.32 |
| Alaska | $3,498.07 | $2,524.84 | $6,022.91 | $4,244.93 | $3,167.96 | $7,412.89 |
| Arizona | $2,875.03 | $2,960.52 | $5,835.55 | $3,488.88 | $3,714.60 | $7,203.48 |
| Arkansas | $2,708.19 | $2,452.28 | $5,160.47 | $3,283.50 | $3,046.54 | $6,330.03 |
| California | $2,919.13 | $3,515.42 | $6,434.55 | $3,542.39 | $4,410.84 | $7,953.23 |
| Colorado | $3,131.56 | $3,313.25 | $6,444.81 | $3,800.17 | $4,157.18 | $7,957.35 |
| Connecticut | $2,761.65 | $2,841.64 | $5,603.29 | $3,281.96 | $3,510.67 | $6,792.63 |
| Delaware | $2,596.25 | $2,804.51 | $5,400.76 | $3,147.78 | $3,484.11 | $6,631.89 |
| District of Columbia | $2,206.16 | $6,286.68 | $8,492.85 | $2,674.82 | $7,810.12 | $10,484.94 |
| Florida | $2,826.38 | $3,162.62 | $5,989.00 | $3,426.79 | $3,929.01 | $7,355.79 |
| Georgia | $2,840.06 | $2,990.89 | $5,830.95 | $3,443.37 | $3,715.66 | $7,159.04 |
| Hawaii | $3,339.46 | $3,923.38 | $7,262.84 | $4,052.47 | $4,922.72 | $8,975.19 |
| Idaho | $2,790.63 | $2,314.37 | $5,105.00 | $3,386.46 | $2,903.87 | $6,290.33 |
| Illinois | $2,664.16 | $2,880.87 | $5,545.03 | $3,260.87 | $3,581.20 | $6,842.06 |
| Indiana | $2,392.81 | $2,571.11 | $4,963.92 | $2,928.75 | $3,196.13 | $6,124.88 |
| Iowa | $2,689.95 | $2,297.48 | $4,987.43 | $3,292.44 | $2,855.99 | $6,148.42 |
| Kansas | $2,616.47 | $2,509.29 | $5,125.75 | $3,202.50 | $3,119.28 | $6,321.78 |
| Kentucky | $2,535.35 | $2,551.15 | $5,086.50 | $3,073.94 | $3,169.36 | $6,243.30 |
| Louisiana | $2,517.10 | $2,813.31 | $5,330.41 | $3,051.81 | $3,495.05 | $6,546.86 |
| Maine | $3,394.34 | $2,671.16 | $6,065.50 | $4,033.85 | $3,300.06 | $7,333.90 |
| Maryland | $2,662.17 | $2,775.29 | $5,437.46 | $3,227.70 | $3,447.82 | $6,675.51 |
| Massachusetts | $2,931.21 | $3,282.70 | $6,213.92 | $3,483.46 | $4,055.58 | $7,539.04 |
| Michigan | $2,341.74 | $2,350.29 | $4,692.03 | $2,866.24 | $2,921.63 | $5,787.87 |
| Minnesota | $2,663.46 | $2,586.70 | $5,250.16 | $3,260.02 | $3,215.51 | $6,475.52 |
| Mississippi | $2,150.33 | $2,475.44 | $4,625.77 | $2,607.13 | $3,075.31 | $5,682.44 |
| Missouri | $2,644.57 | $2,499.41 | $5,143.98 | $3,236.90 | $3,107.01 | $6,343.90 |
| Montana | $2,858.95 | $2,613.31 | $5,472.26 | $3,469.36 | $3,278.95 | $6,748.31 |
| Nebraska | $2,792.81 | $2,655.64 | $5,448.45 | $3,418.34 | $3,301.21 | $6,719.55 |
| Nevada | $2,798.06 | $4,275.40 | $7,073.46 | $3,395.47 | $5,364.40 | $8,759.87 |
| New Hampshire | $3,751.27 | $3,142.23 | $6,893.49 | $4,458.02 | $3,882.02 | $8,340.04 |
| New Jersey | $2,858.67 | $2,794.58 | $5,653.24 | $3,397.25 | $3,452.52 | $6,849.77 |
| New Mexico | $2,533.47 | $2,617.91 | $5,151.38 | $3,074.38 | $3,284.73 | $6,359.11 |
| New York | $2,587.48 | $3,055.32 | $5,642.79 | $3,074.97 | $3,774.65 | $6,849.62 |
| North Carolina | $2,616.67 | $2,741.68 | $5,358.35 | $3,172.53 | $3,406.07 | $6,578.59 |
| North Dakota | $2,791.79 | $2,602.18 | $5,393.98 | $3,417.09 | $3,234.76 | $6,651.85 |
| Ohio | $2,655.24 | $2,571.07 | $5,226.30 | $3,249.95 | $3,196.08 | $6,446.03 |
| Oklahoma | $1,665.81 | $2,557.45 | $4,223.26 | $2,019.68 | $3,177.19 | $5,196.86 |
| Oregon | $3,008.97 | $2,692.23 | $5,701.20 | $3,651.41 | $3,377.98 | $7,029.39 |
| Pennsylvania | $2,841.08 | $2,335.32 | $5,176.40 | $3,376.35 | $2,885.15 | $6,261.50 |
| Rhode Island | $2,411.45 | $3,108.40 | $5,519.86 | $2,865.78 | $3,840.24 | $6,706.02 |
| South Carolina | $2,603.40 | $3,006.24 | $5,609.64 | $3,156.45 | $3,734.73 | $6,891.18 |
| South Dakota | $2,520.94 | $2,455.21 | $4,976.15 | $3,085.57 | $3,052.06 | $6,137.63 |
| Tennessee | $2,921.31 | $2,951.58 | $5,872.89 | $3,541.88 | $3,666.83 | $7,208.71 |
| Texas | $2,755.29 | $3,071.47 | $5,826.75 | $3,340.59 | $3,815.77 | $7,156.36 |
| Utah | $2,795.32 | $2,574.37 | $5,369.70 | $3,392.15 | $3,230.10 | $6,622.25 |
| Vermont | $2,587.25 | $2,574.15 | $5,161.40 | $3,074.70 | $3,180.20 | $6,254.90 |
| Virginia | $2,730.87 | $2,622.07 | $5,352.95 | $3,311.00 | $3,257.47 | $6,568.47 |
| Washington | $3,845.41 | $3,044.94 | $6,890.36 | $4,666.44 | $3,820.53 | $8,486.97 |
| West Virginia | $2,093.62 | $2,221.00 | $4,314.62 | $2,538.36 | $2,759.21 | $5,297.58 |
| Wisconsin | $2,485.07 | $2,275.75 | $4,760.82 | $3,041.67 | $2,828.98 | $5,870.65 |
| Wyoming | $2,896.25 | $2,657.34 | $5,553.59 | $3,514.62 | $3,334.20 | $6,848.82 |
The constant-dollar columns are the source's own 2025=100 series; nominal and constant figures coincide in 2025, the base year.