Consumer Expenditures by Product 

Consumer Expenditure Survey

Two surveys collected for the Bureau of Labor Statistics by the Census Bureau — the quarterly Interview survey and the Diary survey — that provide information on the buying habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer unit (families and single consumers) characteristics.

GMID

Information from 207 countries

Household Spending

- in Reference HC110.C6 O34

MSA Profile

- in Reference HC106.82 .M8

-contains historical data from 1970 and projections to 2030 of population by age and race, employment by industry, earnings of employees by industry, personal income by source, households by income bracket and retail sales by kind of business.

Survey of Buying Power

- most recent edition in Reference @ HF5438.A31, older editions in the stacks

-An excellent source for demographic retail sales data, including census information and general retail sales expenditures. Figures are broken down city by city, county by county and by age group.