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Food CPI and Expenditures: Table 2
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Table 2—Food at home: Total expenditures1
Year Food sales Home production and donations Grand total4
Food stores2 Other stores3 Home delivery and mail order Farmers, manufacturers, and wholesalers Total sales4
  Million dollars
1869 1,692 483 — — 2,245 1,194 3,439
1879 2,052 522 — — 2,735 1,063 3,798
1889 2,019 520 — — 2,743 1,405 4,148
1890 1,657 427 — — 2,282 1,416 3,698
1891 1,891 486 — — 2,577 1,494 4,071
1892 1,740 443 — — 2,431 1,410 3,841
1893 2,240 570 — — 3,023 1,548 4,571
1894 1,890 477 — — 2,598 1,306 3,904
1895 2,080 521 — — 2,891 1,410 4,301
1896 1,924 479 — — 2,722 1,172 3,894
1897 2,545 629 — — 3,544 1,311 4,855
1898 2,302 564 — — 3,303 1,273 4,576
1899 2,562 627 — — 3,649 1,350 4,999
1900 2,683 656 — — 3,812 1,455 5,267
1901 3,086 760 — — 4,333 1,631 5,964
1902 3,155 781 — — 4,434 1,749 6,183
1903 3,230 804 — — 4,695 1,740 6,435
1904 3,381 847 — — 4,857 1,771 6,628
1905 3,509 887 — — 5,022 1,701 6,723
1906 3,789 964 — — 5,528 1,981 7,509
1907 4,014 1,028 — — 5,904 2,026 7,930
1908 3,535 898 — — 5,214 2,079 7,293
1909 4,229 1,080 — — 6,277 2,217 8,494
1910 4,337 1,087 — — 6,442 2,437 8,879
1911 4,512 1,103 — — 6,688 2,299 8,987
1912 4,889 1,177 — — 7,255 2,072 9,327
1913 4,897 1,145 — — 7,251 1,975 9,226
1914 4,874 1,128 — — 7,231 2,419 9,650
1915 4,551 1,032 — — 6,746 2,360 9,106
1916 5,472 1,214 — — 8,102 2,655 10,757
1917 7,182 1,555 — — 10,620 3,789 14,409
1918 8,907 1,887 — — 13,161 4,319 17,480
1919 9,910 2,063 — — 14,639 4,706 19,345
1920 11,334 2,350 — — 16,811 5,980 22,791
1921 7,482 1,549 — — 11,127 4,183 15,310
1922 7,695 1,579 — — 11,427 4,223 15,650
1923 8,388 1,721 — — 12,568 4,373 16,941
1924 8,697 1,783 — — 13,084 4,278 17,362
1925 9,445 1,922 — — 14,269 4,570 18,839
1926 9,712 1,976 — — 14,736 4,835 19,571
1927 9,332 1,914 — — 14,227 4,607 18,834
1928 9,203 1,880 — — 14,094 4,062 18,156
1929 9,961 2,034 — — 15,319 4,558 19,877
1930 9,099 1,750 — — 13,891 4,252 18,143
1931 7,309 1,316 — — 11,057 3,511 14,568
1932 5,748 965 — — 8,618 3,022 11,640
1933 6,180 973 — — 9,192 2,963 12,155
1934 7,009 990 — — 10,203 3,091 13,294
1935 7,618 955 — — 10,850 3,613 14,463
1936 8,046 1,005 — — 11,417 3,575 14,992
1937 8,498 1,032 — — 11,981 3,614 15,595
1938 8,153 913 — — 11,427 3,272 14,699
1939 8,569 914 — — 11,853 3,331 15,184
1940 9,047 916 — — 12,405 3,499 15,904
1941 10,337 1,005 — — 13,986 3,851 17,837
1942 12,434 1,193 — — 16,754 4,332 21,086
1943 12,752 1,323 — — 18,519 4,993 23,512
1944 15,112 1,365 — — 20,067 5,010 25,077
1945 16,222 1,357 — — 21,340 5,309 26,649
1946 20,672 1,483 — — 26,435 6,099 32,534
1947 24,208 1,448 — — 30,285 6,544 36,829
1948 26,200 1,470 — — 32,396 6,706 39,102
1949 26,202 1,405 — — 32,210 5,896 38,106
1950 27,645 1,414 — — 33,761 5,797 39,558
1951 31,045 1,472 — — 37,805 6,364 44,169
1952 32,660 1,491 — — 39,691 6,293 45,984
1953 33,486 1,499 — — 40,461 5,973 46,434
1954 33,815 1,797 3,576 1,536 40,724 5,679 46,403
1955 34,266 1,933 3,577 1,538 41,314 5,470 46,784
1956 35,795 2,044 3,552 1,534 42,925 5,324 48,249
1957 39,455 2,150 3,515 1,552 46,672 5,293 51,965
1958 41,191 2,238 3,462 1,537 48,428 5,306 53,734
1959 41,642 2,427 3,303 1,534 48,906 4,988 53,894
1960 43,002 2,530 3,228 1,578 50,338 4,697 55,035
1961 43,642 2,621 3,112 1,577 50,952 4,591 55,543
1962 44,631 2,865 2,890 1,608 51,994 4,353 56,347
1963 45,045 3,043 2,726 1,622 52,436 3,980 56,416
1964 47,402 3,116 2,573 1,625 54,716 3,988 58,704
1965 50,117 3,266 2,631 1,629 57,643 3,940 61,583
1966 52,533 3,438 2,517 1,689 60,177 3,815 63,992
1967 53,206 3,318 2,499 1,618 60,641 3,659 64,300
1968 56,363 3,482 2,460 1,676 63,981 3,707 67,688
1969 60,766 3,625 2,379 1,736 68,506 3,849 72,355
1970 66,860 3,765 2,383 1,813 74,821 4,086 78,907
1971 70,624 4,004 2,373 1,828 78,829 4,080 82,909
1972 77,093 3,865 2,423 1,828 85,209 4,297 89,506
1973 84,947 4,556 2,294 2,019 93,816 5,217 99,033
1974 96,461 5,079 2,233 2,297 106,070 6,114 112,184
1975 105,887 5,739 1,976 2,536 116,138 5,975 122,113
1976 112,907 6,283 1,886 2,724 123,800 6,149 129,949
1977 120,450 7,070 2,264 2,934 132,718 6,808 139,526
1978 132,799 7,705 2,385 3,221 146,110 7,204 153,314
1979 148,233 8,416 2,567 3,565 162,781 7,712 170,493
1980 163,728 9,261 2,762 3,901 179,652 8,415 188,067
1981 174,413 10,138 2,729 4,146 191,426 9,043 200,469
1982 182,477 10,677 2,616 4,215 199,985 8,931 208,916
1983 190,448 12,831 2,676 4,312 210,267 9,258 219,525
1984 200,970 14,599 2,785 4,493 222,847 8,610 231,457
1985 209,228 16,360 2,768 4,637 232,993 6,998 239,991
1986 214,789 19,271 2,910 4,672 241,642 7,185 248,827
1987 209,657 22,464 3,383 2,616 238,121 7,535 245,656
1988 222,402 24,703 4,043 2,810 253,957 7,618 261,575
1989 236,816 28,166 4,602 3,293 272,877 7,310 280,188
1990 256,378 32,334 5,336 3,505 297,562 7,726 305,288
1991 265,268 36,817 5,785 3,487 311,357 7,264 318,620
1992 261,568 40,173 6,175 3,312 311,228 7,078 318,306
1993 266,378 44,112 6,842 3,532 320,864 6,709 327,573
1994 273,436 49,287 8,015 3,701 334,440 7,130 341,570
1995 275,248 54,728 8,625 4,054 342,655 7,026 349,681
1996 284,330 59,104 9,966 4,230 357,630 6,774 364,403
1997 288,059 62,721 18,744 4,556 374,080 5,860 379,940
1998 290,249 71,004 18,215 4,506 383,974 6,181 390,155
1999 299,206 82,964 18,833 4,593 405,595 6,720 412,315
2000 303,456 89,446 19,152 4,622 416,676 6,497 423,173
2001 313,431 102,993 17,997 4,479 438,900 6,242 445,142
2002 312,368 116,429 17,913 4,569 451,278 6,568 457,846
2003 323,664 122,619 18,202 4,859 469,344 6,830 476,174
2004
333,865
129,434
18,784
4,952
487,036
7,227
494,263
2005
347,168
142,420
19,205
5,216
514,009
6,487
520,496
2006
359,698
160,501
21,111
5,454
546,764
6,465
553,229
2007
377,243
167,426
23,237
6,230
574,137
6,660
580,797
2008
397,210
165,262
24,120
6,478
593,071
6,895
599,967
— = Not available.

1See Developing an Integrated Information System for the Food Sector, AER-575, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, August 1987, for a description of USDA total food expenditures.

2Excludes sales to restaurants and institutions.

3Includes eating and drinking establishments, trailer parks, commissary stores, and military exchanges.

4Computed from unrounded data.
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