Retail per capita sales U.S. 2021

The timeline shows the estimated per capita retail sales in the United States from 2000 to 2021. In 2021, the country's retail spending amounted to about 19,653 U.S. dollars per capita.

Retail sales per capita in the United States from 2000 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars)

Year	Per capita sales in U.S. dollars
2021	19,653
2020	16,808
2019	16,441
2018	16,075
2017	15,509
2016	15,013
2015	14,739
2014	14,579
2013	14,112
2012	13,709
2011	13,169
2010	12,343
2009	11,776
2008	12,941
2007	13,263
2006	12,975
2005	12,484
2004	11,861
2003	11,247
2002	10,877
2001	10,746
2000	10,573

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Release date

December 2022

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United States

Survey time period

2000 to 2021

Supplementary notes

Estimates are shown in dollars and are based on data from the Annual Retail Trade Survey and Census Bureau's Population Estimates program.

NAICS code 44-45. (NAICS = North American Industry Classification System)
Estimates are shown in dollars and are based on data from the Annual Retail Trade Survey and the Census Bureau's Population Program1. Estimates have been adjusted using final results of the 2017 Economic Census.

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