U.S. consumer planned expenditure on back-to-college school supplies 2007-2024

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Kasia Davies,
Jan 14, 2025

This statistic presents total planned U.S. consumer expenditure on back-to-college school supplies from 2007 to 2024. For the 2024 school year, U.S. consumers planned to spend approximately 5.8 billion U.S. dollars on college supplies.

Total planned U.S. consumer expenditure on back-to-college school supplies from 2007 to 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars)

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Release date

July 2024

Region

United States

Survey time period

2007 to 2024

Number of respondents

7,533*

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

School supplies include notebooks, folders, pencils and backpacks.

The data is based on annual consumer surveys.

*Date and study characteristics apply to the 2024 survey. Data for previous years have been conducted among equally large samples.

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