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Food CPI, Prices and Expenditures:
Expenditures for Food at Retail Store Prices

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Table 11
Expenditures for food at retail store prices, including home-produced food, excluding sales taxes and tips, at current prices and 1988 retail store prices
Year Expenditures at current prices Expenditures at 1988 retail store prices
Food at home Food away from home Total Total1 Per capita2
  Million dollars Dollars
1929 20,027 3,500 23,527 149,094 1,224
1939 15,281 3,113 18,394 162,779 1,244
1948 39,137 10,067 49,204 196,580 1,345
1954 46,631 12,977 59,608 212,582 1,319
1955 47,030 13,057 60,087 218,657 1,331
1956 48,487 13,419 61,906 224,460 1,342
1957 52,190 13,936 66,126 232,021 1,362
1958 53,927 14,328 68,255 229,506 1,324
1959 54,098 14,467 68,565 236,268 1,334
1960 55,214 14,790 70,004 239,085 1,328
1961 55,732 15,220 70,952 242,322 1,324
1962 56,463 15,844 72,307 244,777 1,318
1963 56,612 16,243 72,855 244,070 1,295
1964 58,886 17,558 76,444 252,290 1,320
1965 61,693 18,816 80,509 259,205 1,339
1966 64,020 20,613 84,633 261,698 1,338
1967 64,322 21,085 85,407 264,091 1,337
1968 67,656 22,890 90,546 271,502 1,362
1969 72,245 24,102 96,347 276,541 1,373
1970 78,737 25,836 104,573 288,001 1,412
1971 82,649 26,784 109,433 295,206 1,427
1972 89,080 29,431 118,511 307,501 1,469
1973 98,357 36,093 134,450 304,323 1,440
1974 111,306 38,990 150,296 294,064 1,378
1975 121,001 44,980 165,981 296,077 1,374
1976 128,659 49,248 177,907 316,617 1,455
1977 137,577 53,041 190,618 324,346 1,476
1978 151,476 60,937 212,413 327,646 1,475
1979 168,702 69,590 238,292 332,717 1,482
1980 186,961 76,050 263,011 339,150 1,493
1981 199,887 81,920 281,807 339,240 1,478
1982 208,752 86,385 295,137 344,988 1,489
1983 219,897 90,945 310,842 360,229 1,541
1984 231,985 97,961 329,946 370,476 1,571
1985 239,676 100,646 340,322 377,968 1,589
1986 249,073 107,448 356,521 385,220 1,604
1987 244,883 105,898 350,781 367,926 1,519
1988 260,665 115,435 376,100 376,100 1,538
1989 278,665 124,646 403,311 378,269 1,520
1990 303,185 134,769 437,954 386,339 1,548
1991 316,441 140,333 456,774 391,979 1,549
1992 315,817 142,603 458,420 386,918 1,508
1993 325,004 155,498 480,502 385,697 1,484
1994 338,931 160,664 499,595 400,189 1,521
1995 347,140 168,083 515,223 400,733 1,505
1996 361,883 175,402 537,286 402,672 1,495
1997 375,889 187,054 562,942 405,432 1,487
1998 386,302 196,441 582,744 410,354 1,488
1999 376,287 203,837 580,125 400,999 1,437
2000 386,338 215,567 601,905 406,089 1,439
2001 408,395 225,649 634,044 413,624 1,451
2002 418,977 233,273 652,250 418,915 1,455
2003 439,873 246,925 686,798 431,650 1,484
2004 451,905 261,321 713,225 432,756 1,474
2005 470,779 276,084 746,863 435,311 1,469
2006 489,627 297,795 787,423 450,574 1,520
1Deflated by the price index for at home use from table 14.
2Uses U.S. resident population, July 1.

 
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