An Analysis of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey 2004 Charitable Cash Contributions Data

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The U.S. Government data designed to measure Americans’ cash contributions to charitable causes found:

• Americans gave $92.29 billion in cash contributions in 2004.

The table numbers listed below are keyed to The State of Church Giving through 2004 (October 2006), published by empty tomb, inc.

Charitable contributions information is available by:

• Age Bracket Table 37
• U.S. Region Tables 38 and 39
• Income Bracket Tables 35 and 36
• Contributions Category Table 34

empty tomb, inc. analyzed 2004 data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey. Information about the data.

For the full report, see:
Analysis of U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2004, Charitable Cash Contributions Data by John Ronsvalle, Ph.D. and Sylvia Ronsvalle, empty tomb, inc.