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Table Data - Consumer Unit Characteristics: Number of Consumer Units: All Consumer Units

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Title Consumer Unit Characteristics: Number of Consumer Units: All Consumer Units
Series ID CXUCONSUNITLB0101M
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Consumer Expenditure Surveys
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units Thousands
Date Range 1984-01-01 to 2022-01-01
Last Updated 2023-09-14 4:10 PM CDT
Notes For each time period represented in the tables, complete income reporters are ranked in ascending order, according to the level of total before-tax income reported by the consumer unit. The ranking is then divided into five equal groups. Incomplete income reporters are not ranked and are shown separately.

A consumer unit comprises either: (1) all members of a particular household who are related by blood, marriage, adoption, or other legal arrangements; (2) a person living alone or sharing a household with others or living as a roomer in a private home or lodging house or in permanent living quarters in a hotel or motel, but who is financially independent; or (3) two or more persons living together who use their income to make joint expenditure decisions. Financial independence is determined by the three major expense categories: Housing, food, and other living expenses. To be considered financially independent, at least two of the three major expense categories have to be provided entirely, or in part, by the respondent.

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DATE VALUE
1984-01-01 90223
1985-01-01 91564
1986-01-01 94044
1987-01-01 94150
1988-01-01 94862
1989-01-01 95818
1990-01-01 96968
1991-01-01 97918
1992-01-01 100019
1993-01-01 100049
1994-01-01 102210
1995-01-01 103123
1996-01-01 104212
1997-01-01 105576
1998-01-01 107182
1999-01-01 108465
2000-01-01 109367
2001-01-01 110339
2002-01-01 112108
2003-01-01 115356
2004-01-01 116282
2005-01-01 117356
2006-01-01 118843
2007-01-01 120171
2008-01-01 120770
2009-01-01 120847
2010-01-01 121107
2011-01-01 122287
2012-01-01 124416
2013-01-01 125670
2014-01-01 127006
2015-01-01 128437
2016-01-01 129549
2017-01-01 130001
2018-01-01 131439
2019-01-01 132242
2020-01-01 131234
2021-01-01 133595
2022-01-01 134090

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