Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2024

The Consumer Expenditure Surveys (CE) program provides data on expenditures, income, and demographic characteristics of consumers in the United States. CE data are collected by the Census Bureau for BLS in two surveys: the Interview Survey for major and/or recurring items and the Diary Survey for more minor or frequently purchased items. CE data are primarily used to revise the relative importance of goods and services in the market basket of the Consumer Price Index.<br> <br>The CE is the only Federal household survey to provide information on the complete range of consumers' expenditures and incomes. Public Use Microdata Files (PUMD) are available in three formats: SAS, STATA, and Comma Delimited (ASCII). Each format presents the data for each year in two zipped files. Data collected in the Interview survey are in the "Interview" file and those with the Diary Survey are in the "Diary" file.<br><br>Text excerpts taken from the BLS website: https://www.bls.gov/cex/<br>