Mississippi Spends the Highest Share of Income on Groceries, New Jersey the Least: Report

Egg prices are up by more than 200 percent since 2021, with prices of other essentials such as chicken, bread, and milk rising by double digits.

People shop at a grocery store in Columbia, Md., on Oct. 24, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

People living in Mississippi, West Virginia, and Arkansas spend the largest share of their household income on groceries, according to a Feb. 13 report from personal finance company WalletHub.

Grocery prices have surged over the past few years, while people’s earnings have not grown at the same pace, resulting in “groceries becoming less affordable and taking up a much larger percentage of people’s incomes,” the company said in the report.