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Food CPI and Expenditures: Table 3

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Table 3—Food away from home: Total expenditures¹
Year	Eating and drinking places²	Hotels and motels²	Retail stores, direct selling³	Recreational places⁴	Schools and colleges⁵	All other⁶	Total⁷
	Million dollars
1929	2,101	362	—	—	175	1,483	4,121
1933	1,235	250	—	—	105	869	2,459
1935	1,257	271	—	—	161	1,145	2,834
1936	1,430	320	—	—	175	1,236	3,161
1937	1,696	351	—	—	194	1,375	3,616
1938	1,626	312	—	—	191	1,260	3,389
1939	1,782	321	—	—	203	1,307	3,613
1940	1,938	353	—	—	219	1,385	3,895
1941	2,369	386	—	—	263	1,781	4,799
1942	2,992	453	—	—	310	2,539	6,294
1943	3,837	604	—	—	332	3,572	8,345
1944	4,471	681	—	—	326	4,415	9,893
1945	5,218	736	—	—	373	4,908	11,235
1946	5,859	846	—	—	525	3,802	11,032
1947	6,243	854	—	—	842	3,864	11,803
1948	6,338	846	—	—	983	4,069	12,236
1949	6,294	786	—	—	979	3,943	12,002
1950	6,472	774	—	—	1,051	4,172	12,469
1951	7,172	783	—	—	1,124	5,167	14,246
1952	7,549	805	—	—	1,138	5,435	14,927
1953	7,834	790	—	—	1,215	5,392	15,231
1954	8,008	752	1,416	274	1,311	3,676	15,437
1955	8,490	809	1,468	313	1,390	3,539	16,009
1956	8,992	875	1,534	354	1,530	3,506	16,791
1957	9,409	932	1,592	342	1,661	3,609	17,545
1958	9,447	922	1,599	356	1,809	3,756	17,889
1959	10,102	982	1,677	385	1,949	3,739	18,834
1960	10,505	1,028	1,716	421	2,082	3,855	19,607
1961	10,907	1,061	1,740	452	2,264	3,961	20,385
1962	11,624	1,134	1,812	472	2,463	4,090	21,595
1963	12,247	1,200	1,854	484	2,624	4,148	22,557
1964	13,156	1,289	1,988	496	2,814	4,279	24,022
1965	14,444	1,409	2,162	522	3,062	4,598	26,197
1966	15,768	1,541	2,346	544	3,329	5,173	28,701
1967	16,595	1,623	2,436	563	3,632	5,570	30,419
1968	18,695	1,703	2,713	616	3,903	5,830	33,460
1969	20,207	1,716	2,984	661	4,256	6,291	36,115
1970	22,617	1,894	3,325	721	4,475	6,551	39,583
1971	24,166	2,086	3,626	762	4,990	6,621	42,251
1972	27,167	2,390	3,811	832	5,370	7,017	46,587
1973	31,265	2,639	4,218	963	5,605	7,960	52,650
1974	34,029	2,864	4,520	1,167	6,287	9,178	58,045
1975	41,384	3,199	4,952	1,369	7,060	10,145	68,109
1976	47,536	3,769	5,341	1,511	7,854	10,822	76,833
1977	52,491	4,115	5,663	2,606	8,413	11,547	84,835
1978	60,042	4,863	6,323	2,810	9,034	13,012	96,084
1979	68,872	5,551	7,157	2,921	9,914	14,756	109,171
1980	75,883	5,906	8,158	3,040	11,115	16,194	120,296
1981	83,358	6,639	8,830	2,979	11,357	17,751	130,914
1982	90,390	6,888	9,256	2,887	11,692	18,663	139,776
1983	98,710	7,660	9,827	3,271	12,338	19,077	150,883
1984	105,836	8,409	10,315	3,489	12,950	20,047	161,046
1985	111,760	9,168	10,499	3,737	13,534	20,133	168,831
1986	121,699	9,665	11,116	4,059	14,401	20,755	181,695
1987	137,190	11,117	9,302	4,396	13,470	21,119	196,594
1988	150,724	11,905	10,359	5,082	13,889	22,474	214,434
1989	160,226	12,179	11,369	6,089	14,609	24,016	228,488
1990	171,616	12,508	12,786	7,206	15,299	25,756	245,172
1991	180,062	12,460	13,515	7,936	16,186	26,369	256,527
1992	184,855	13,204	9,988	8,511	17,666	27,736	261,960
1993	197,987	13,362	10,485	9,364	18,330	28,003	277,531
1994	207,545	13,880	10,633	10,106	19,271	28,597	290,032
1995	216,091	14,211	10,370	11,080	20,064	29,290	301,105
1996	223,546	14,553	10,373	11,515	20,867	29,825	310,679
1997	237,475	15,381	10,695	12,129	21,901	32,136	329,717
1998	250,467	16,069	11,353	12,795	23,053	32,606	346,342
1999	261,473	16,710	12,469	13,500	23,920	34,269	362,342
2000	282,153	18,003	13,699	14,232	24,468	36,098	388,652
2001	289,223	20,813	14,618	14,964	25,394	36,747	401,760
2002	300,706	21,513	17,364	16,095	26,735	37,512	419,924
2003	319,097	21,914	18,366	17,325	28,077	39,009	443,787
2004	341,624	23,462	19,655	18,229	30,185	40,417	473,572
2005	363,917	24,570	20,958	19,958	31,521	42,305	503,228
2006	388,671	25,328	21,998	22,253	31,478	43,486	533,214
2007	410,521	26,048	22,784	23,804	32,437	45,634	561,229
2008	422,159	25,961	23,466	24,179	33,647	47,530	576,941
2009	419,639	25,872	22,539	23,979	34,965	47,650	574,645
2010	433,497	25,784	24,147	25,417	36,543	48,881	594,269
— = 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. ²Includes tips. ³Includes vending machine operators but not vending machines operated by organizations. ⁴Motion picture theaters, bowling alleys, pool parlors, sports arenas, camps, amusement parks, golf and country clubs (includes concessions beginning in 1977). ⁵Includes school food subsidies. ⁶Military exchanges and clubs; railroad dining cars; airlines; food service in manufacturing plants, institutions, hospitals, boarding houses, fraternities and sororities, and civic and social organizations; and food supplied to military forces, civilian employees and child day care centers. ⁷Computed from unrounded data.

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