Planet Money: What the Typical American Household Buys

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Ronald Grey

A breakdown of what the average American household buys, based on government data (PDF) for December, 2011.

We didn’t include everything, but we included the biggies, as well as some smaller categories that caught our eye.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Credit: Lam Thuy Vo

2 thoughts on “Planet Money: What the Typical American Household Buys”

kartua28 on April 9, 2012 at 4:27 pm said:

A third of our money to the richest people on Earth!!! Or at least the ones who get the money legitimately!!!
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