States with large influxes of out-of-State tourists and workers had highest per capita food-away-from-home sales in 2023
- by Wilson Sinclair and Eliana Zeballos
- 6/6/2024
![U.S. map showing per capita food-away-from-home sales by State in 2023.](https://ers.usda.gov/sites/default/files/_laserfiche/Charts/109265/Fig_2_State_FES.png)
USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS) Food Expenditure Series analyzes sales of food prepared at home and food prepared and consumed away from home, allowing researchers to track consumer food purchasing behaviors. ERS recently revised the series’ State-level estimates.