Show average american pays a week for food washington the average amerl ameri lean family spends about a week a person for food accord ing to a survey by the bureau of home economics of the department of agriculture the weekly food bill ranged from 65 cents to 7 a person last year among families surveyed in all parts of the united states the bureau reported new ew england families tend to spend more money for food than families in other regions the survey showed southeastern families largely because of the number of negroes spend the least pacific coast food budgets are more likely to provide adequate diets than in other regions of the country largely because of lower food costs the bureau said three fourths ot of the tha small city and village families in Ne new england spent less than per capita weekly for food during 1936 the survey showed the bulk built of this group spent between and a week in contrast with new england negro families in the small cities and villages of the southeast spend the least for food ot of any group covered by the study |