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Food CPI and Expenditures: Table 5
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Table 5—Food expenditures by source of funds
Year Families and individuals1 Produced at home Governments2 Businesses3 Total4
  Million dollars
1929 17,923 4,558 189 1,328 23,998
1933 10,683 2,963 127 841 14,614
1935 12,651 3,613 157 876 17,297
1936 13,422 3,550 197 984 18,153
1937 14,222 3,586 208 1,195 19,211
1938 13,576 3,222 230 1,060 18,088
1939 14,089 3,270 307 1,131 18,797
1940 14,772 3,438 363 1,226 19,799
1941 16,779 3,802 619 1,436 22,636
1942 20,258 4,314 1,033 1,775 27,380
1943 22,946 4,986 1,730 2,195 31,857
1944 25,106 5,009 2,397 2,458 34,970
1945 27,040 5,309 2,764 2,771 37,884
1946 32,963 6,099 1,308 3,196 43,566
1947 37,449 6,544 1,002 3,637 48,632
1948 39,906 6,706 1,094 3,632 51,338
1949 39,577 5,893 1,111 3,527 50,108
1950 41,315 5,793 1,190 3,729 52,027
1951 46,202 6,360 1,835 4,018 58,415
1952 48,472 6,293 1,973 4,173 60,911
1953 49,475 5,967 1,889 4,334 61,665
1954 50,023 5,642 1,828 4,347 61,840
1955 51,140 5,394 1,706 4,553 62,793
1956 53,332 5,240 1,672 4,796 65,040
1957 57,609 5,216 1,700 4,985 69,510
1958 59,563 5,215 1,752 5,093 71,623
1959 60,745 4,905 1,719 5,359 72,728
1960 62,458 4,597 1,792 5,795 74,642
1961 63,517 4,408 1,965 6,038 75,928
1962 65,317 4,137 2,064 6,424 77,942
1963 66,373 3,769 2,091 6,740 78,973
1964 69,485 3,767 2,183 7,291 82,726
1965 73,954 3,756 2,210 7,860 87,780
1966 77,895 3,694 2,484 8,620 92,693
1967 79,202 3,544 2,905 9,068 94,719
1968 84,262 3,707 3,135 10,044 101,148
1969 90,300 3,849 3,445 10,876 108,470
1970 99,030 3,811 4,358 11,291 118,490
1971 104,109 3,819 5,286 11,946 125,160
1972 113,026 4,072 5,810 13,185 136,093
1973 125,454 5,065 6,472 14,692 151,683
1974 139,724 6,025 8,544 15,936 170,229
1975 155,632 5,956 10,251 18,383 190,222
1976 169,360 6,128 10,905 20,389 206,782
1977 184,392 6,775 11,260 21,934 224,361
1978 206,542 7,163 12,254 23,439 249,398
1979 229,773 7,665 15,173 27,053 279,664
1980 252,895 8,335 17,860 29,273 308,363
1981 273,023 8,953 19,469 29,938 331,383
1982 290,030 8,534 19,577 30,551 348,692
1983 308,412 8,005 22,046 31,945 370,408
1984 329,740 7,403 22,068 33,292 392,503
1985 346,868 5,929 21,905 34,120 408,822
1986 365,319 6,158 22,105 36,940 430,522
1987 370,618 6,504 27,029 40,660 444,811
1988 396,794 6,795 28,283 46,746 478,619
1989 422,958 6,899 29,244 52,347 511,449
1990 456,827 7,313 32,942 56,342 553,425
1991 476,176 6,849 36,737 58,394 578,156
1992 477,901 6,661 41,691 57,021 583,274
1993 500,017 6,275 43,507 57,740 607,538
1994 522,937 6,707 45,466 58,926 634,036
1995 540,587 6,729 46,343 59,617 653,277
1996 562,577 6,492 46,960 61,509 677,538
1997 595,159 5,452 46,158 64,981 711,750
1998 621,084 5,726 44,395 68,540 739,745
1999 656,097 6,218 44,154 71,798 778,266
2000 687,114 6,189 44,261 77,066 814,630
2001 718,322 5,784 46,130 79,612 849,847
2002
739,876
6,052
50,514
82,681
879,129
2003
769,577
6,296
55,436
86,610
917,919
2004
801,771
6,707
60,531
91,408
960,416
2005
843,200
6,010
66,450
96,281
1,011,941
2006
897,944
6,080
68,605
102,356
1,074,984
2007
943,803
6,310
70,733
107,201
1,128,047
2008
970,924
6,490
77,416
110,421
1,165,251
1Excludes food purchased with food stamps and WIC vouchers.

2Includes food stamps and WIC vouchers.

3Includes philanthropic donations.

4Total may not add due to rounding.

 
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Updated date: June 17, 2009