2000

  • The average U.S. household spent about $1,749 each year on apparel (clothing and shoes).

  • That's equivalent to $2,263 in today's dollars.

  • So, about 4.3 percent of the household's budget was spent on apparel.

  • And about 29 percent of this apparel was made in the U.S.
  • Average Household Expenditures
    Source: American Apparel and Footwear Assoc., Bureau of Labor Statistics