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Food CPI, Prices and Expenditures:
Food Expenditures at Constant Prices

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Table 14
Food expenditures at constant prices
  Food expenditures at 1988 prices Price indexes1
Year Food at home2 Food away from home3 Total Food at home Food away from home
  Million 1988 dollars 1988 = 100
1953 164,835 80,460 245,295 28.17 18.93
1954 165,489 80,192 245,681 28.04 19.25
1955 170,247 82,351 252,598 27.48 19.44
1956 174,942 84,632 259,574 27.58 19.84
1957 182,333 85,294 267,627 28.50 20.57
1958 180,679 84,382 265,061 29.74 21.20
1959 185,713 86,474 272,187 29.02 21.78
1960 187,961 87,681 275,642 29.28 22.36
1961 189,696 89,968 279,664 29.28 22.66
1962 190,748 92,650 283,398 29.54 23.31
1963 188,998 94,909 283,907 29.85 23.77
1964 193,743 98,846 292,589 30.30 24.30
1965 198,271 105,391 303,662 31.06 24.86
1966 197,873 111,312 309,185 32.34 25.78
1967 198,825 111,877 310,702 32.34 27.19
1968 202,963 117,116 320,078 33.35 28.57
1969 207,678 119,544 327,222 34.84 30.21
1970 217,315 122,968 340,283 36.31 32.19
1971 223,655 125,151 348,806 37.07 33.76
1972 232,242 133,359 365,601 38.54 34.93
1973 224,158 141,717 365,875 44.18 37.15
1974 219,495 137,612 357,107 51.11 42.18
1975 217,826 145,747 363,572 56.06 46.73
1976 231,267 158,482 389,749 56.19 48.48
1977 237,410 163,050 400,460 58.77 52.03
1978 236,486 170,211 406,697 64.83 56.45
1979 238,052 174,925 412,978 71.62 62.41
1980 242,511 175,461 417,972 77.55 68.56
1981 241,325 175,230 416,555 83.07 74.71
1982 244,203 177,584 421,787 85.55 78.71
1983 254,404 183,780 438,183 86.29 82.10
1984 259,889 188,072 447,961 89.06 85.63
1985 266,538 189,634 456,172 90.04 89.03
1986 268,857 196,491 465,348 92.55 92.47
1987 257,288 207,130 464,417 95.34 96.15
1988 261,172 217,044 478,216 100.00 100.00
1989 262,166 220,922 483,088 106.62 104.68
1990 268,655 226,464 495,119 113.36 109.57
1991 272,850 229,109 501,959 116.53 113.28
1992 268,289 229,388 497,677 118.48 115.51
1993 262,312 238,146 500,458 124.58 117.56
1994 273,076 244,578 517,654 124.84 119.58
1995 271,577 248,424 519,818 128.57 122.31
1996 272,853 249,811 522,664 133.43 125.35
1997 273,429 257,417 530,845 138.85 128.90
1998 274,560 264,340 538,900 142.01 132.25
1999 284,795 269,656 554,451 144.67 135.71
2000 285,068 279,905 564,973 148.22 139.85
2001 289,701 283,494 573,195 153.29 142.75
2002 293,257 287,243 580,501 155.70 146.73
2003 298,797 295,050 593,847 159.11 149.68
2004 300,116 304,402 604,518 164.81 153.31
2005 304,006 312,748 616,754 171.57 157.79
2006 316,660 325,840 642,501 174.76 162.38
1Specially constructed index for deflation.
2Sales, home produced food and donations.
3Sales, meals supplied and donated.
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