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Food CPI, Prices and Expenditures:
Food Expenditures by Families and Individuals as a Share of Disposable Personal Money Income

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Table 8
Food expenditures by families and individuals as a share of disposable personal money income (see table 9 for differences between expenditures in tables 1,7, and 8; see table 10 for differences between incomes in tables 7 and 8)
  Expenditures for food
Year Disposable personal money income At home1 Away from home2 Total3
  Billion dollars Billion dollars Percent Billion dollars Percent Billion dollars Percent
1929 79.4 15.3 19.3 2.7 3.4 18.0 22.7
1939 66.4 11.8 17.8 2.5 3.7 14.3 21.5
1949 178.4 32.2 18.1 7.5 4.2 39.7 22.3
1959 323.4 48.9 15.1 11.8 3.6 60.7 18.8
1960 334.9 50.3 15.0 11.8 3.5 62.2 18.6
1961 349.1 50.9 14.6 12.3 3.5 63.2 18.1
1962 368.4 52.0 14.1 13.1 3.5 65.0 17.7
1963 385.3 52.4 13.6 13.7 3.6 66.1 17.2
1964 418.8 54.7 13.1 14.8 3.5 69.5 16.6
1965 451.9 57.6 12.7 16.0 3.5 73.6 16.3
1966 484.1 60.1 12.4 17.4 3.6 77.5 16.0
1967 517.1 60.5 11.7 18.3 3.5 78.8 15.2
1968 558.6 63.6 11.4 20.2 3.6 83.8 15.0
1969 596.3 68.0 11.4 21.8 3.7 89.8 15.1
1970 645.7 73.7 11.4 25.1 3.9 98.9 15.3
1971 698.3 77.1 11.0 26.9 3.9 104.0 14.9
1972 747.0 83.2 11.1 30.2 4.0 113.4 15.2
1973 838.1 91.6 10.9 33.8 4.0 125.4 15.0
1974 908.3 102.5 11.3 37.0 4.1 139.5 15.4
1975 991.8 111.4 11.2 43.9 4.4 155.3 15.7
1976 1,079.2 119.0 11.0 50.1 4.6 169.1 15.7
1977 1,180.4 128.1 10.9 56.0 4.7 184.2 15.6
1978 1,324.6 141.2 10.7 63.8 4.8 205.0 15.5
1979 1,475.7 156.1 10.6 73.5 5.0 229.5 15.6
1980 1,639.8 170.8 10.4 81.1 4.9 251.9 15.4
1981 1,824.3 180.0 9.9 91.1 5.0 271.1 14.9
1982 1,945.3 189.3 9.7 99.5 5.1 288.8 14.8
1983 2,104.0 198.3 9.4 109.0 5.2 307.3 14.6
1984 2,323.1 211.1 9.1 116.7 5.0 327.8 14.1
1985 2,483.4 221.1 8.9 123.3 5.0 344.5 13.9
1986 2,645.3 229.8 8.7 131.8 5.0 361.7 13.7
1987 2,915.0 226.0 7.8 143.5 4.9 369.5 12.7
1988 3,164.6 241.0 7.6 154.5 4.9 395.5 12.5
1989 3,393.6 259.1 7.6 162.3 4.8 421.4 12.4
1990 3,606.6 281.1 7.8 173.9 4.8 455.0 12.6
1991 3,719.3 291.7 7.8 182.8 4.9 474.4 12.8
1992 3,935.1 288.0 7.3 188.2 4.8 476.3 12.1
1993 4,040.3 296.1 7.3 201.9 5.0 497.9 12.3
1994 4,234.7 308.8 7.3 212.0 5.0 521.0 12.3
1995 4,471.4 317.0 7.1 221.4 5.0 538.3 12.0
1996 4,734.0 332.3 7.0 228.0 4.8 560.3 11.8
1997 5,013.1 351.6 7.0 241.0 4.8 592.6 11.8
1998 5,366.1 364.2 6.8 254.3 4.7 618.4 11.5
1999 5,601.4 386.8 6.9 266.3 4.8 653.2 11.7
2000 6,019.7 398.2 6.6 285.4 4.7 683.6 11.4
2001 6,257.0 419.3 6.7 295.0 4.7 714.3 11.4
2002 6,484.3 428.6 6.6 307.2 4.7 735.8 11.3
2003 6,654.0 444.0 6.7 321.8 4.8 765.8 11.5
2004 7,052.0 459.2 6.5 340.0 4.8 799.2 11.3
2005 7,319.1 483.0 6.6 359.4 4.9 842.3 11.5
2006 7,704.3 513.2 6.7 386.7 5.0 899.8 11.7
1Food purchases from grocery stores and other retail outlets, excluding purchases with food stamps and food produced and consumed on farms. Excludes government-donated foods.
2Purchases of meals and snacks by families and individuals. Excludes food paid for by government and business, such as donated foods to schools, meals in prisons and other institutions,and expense-account meals.
3Total may not add due to rounding.

 

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