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Weekly Household Food Spending per
Person, 2004
| Category |
Number of
households1 |
Per
person |
|
All households
|
105,717
|
$40.00
|
|
Household composition:
|
| With children < 18 |
38,082 |
31.25 |
| At least one child < 6 |
17,272 |
28.57 |
| Married-couple families |
25,843 |
32.50 |
| Female head, no spouse |
9,155 |
28.33 |
| Male head, no spouse |
2,532 |
33.00 |
| Other household with child2 |
552 |
33.33 |
| With no children < 18 |
67,635 |
50.00 |
| More than one adult |
40,084 |
43.33 |
| Women living alone |
15,685 |
$50.00 |
| Men living alone |
11,866 |
60.00 |
| With elderly |
23,726 |
40.00 |
| Elderly, living alone |
9,634 |
45.00 |
|
Race/ethnicity of households:
|
| White non-Hispanic |
76,372 |
41.67 |
| Black non-Hispanic |
12,344 |
32.50 |
| Hispanic3 |
11,371 |
32.50 |
| Other non-Hispanic |
5,631 |
37.67 |
1. Totals exclude households that did not
answer questions about spending on food. These represented 6.0% of all
households.
2. Households with children in complex
living arrangements, e.g., children of other relatives or unrelated
roommate or border.
3. Hispanics may be of any race.
Source: Economic Research Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Household Food Security in the United
States, 2003. Web: www.ers.usda.gov
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