Name: U.S. household expenditure on books 2007-2018, by type
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The average annual expenditure on books per consumer unit in the United States was 28.96 U.S. dollars in 2018. Approximately 28.4 U.S. dollars of the total sum was derived from books not acquired through book clubs.

Average annual expenditure on books per consumer unit in the United States from 2007 to 2018, by type (in U.S. dollars)

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August 2019

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United States

Survey time period

2007 to 2018

Supplementary notes

Figures for periods prior to 2018 come from previous reporting.
A consumer unit consists of any of the following: (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 incomes to make joint expenditure decisions. Financial independence is determined by spending behavior with regard to the three major expense categories: Housing, food, and other living expenses. To be considered financially independent, the respondent must provide at least two of the three major expenditure categories, either entirely or in part.
Data are diary-based.
The shown figures are based on unpublished data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Figures are available upon request.
Data for encyclopedias and other sets of reference books is not available for the years 2015 to 2017.