The given pie charts depict the average household expenditure in a specific county across six major categories in 1950 and 2010. The data is presented in percentages.
Overall, housing accounted for the highest share of household spending in the initial year, whereas food became the primary expense by the end of the period. In contrast, education remained the least significant expenditure in both years.
To begin with, in 1950, housing topped the chart at 72.1%, followed by food at 11.2%. By 2010, the figure for housing experienced a dramatic decline of approximately 50 percentage points, dropping to 22.0%. Conversely, the allocation for food tripled, reaching 34.0% to become the largest expense. Meanwhile, the percentage of budget spent on education remained relatively stable, hovering around 6.5% in both years (6.6% in 1950 and 6.3% in 2010).
Getting into further details, the proportion of spending on transportation saw a significant increase, rising from 3.3% to 14.0%. Similarly, expenditure on ‘other’ categories grew sharply from 4.4% to 19.2%. In contrast, healthcare remained a minor expense, staying well below the 10% threshold in both years, despite a small increase from 2.4% to 4.5%.