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Food CPI and Expenditures: Table 4

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Table 4—Alcoholic beverages: Total expenditures¹
Year	Packaged alcoholic beverages at home				Alcoholic drinks away from home				All alcoholic beverages
Year	Liquor stores	Food stores	All other	Total²	Eating and drinking places³	Hotels and motels³	All other	Total²	Total²
	Million dollars
1935	305	65	199	569	964	81	20	1,065	1,634
1936	435	95	220	750	1,195	97	24	1,316	2,066
1937	504	113	235	852	1,299	109	28	1,436	2,288
1938	479	111	227	817	1,246	98	26	1,370	2,187
1939	517	122	237	876	1,365	103	28	1,496	2,372
1940	602	131	244	977	1,459	113	30	1,602	2,579
1941	758	151	271	1,180	1,753	124	37	1,914	3,094
1942	1,081	194	311	1,586	2,176	145	47	2,368	3,954
1943	1,395	225	361	1,981	2,744	194	60	2,998	4,979
1944	1,734	252	393	2,379	3,144	219	69	3,432	5,811
1945	2,070	272	422	2,764	3,609	236	79	3,924	6,688
1946	2,443	368	472	3,283	3,984	272	91	4,347	7,630
1947	2,540	341	481	3,362	4,178	274	96	4,548	7,910
1948	2,487	475	484	3,446	4,172	272	100	4,544	7,990
1949	2,359	550	479	3,388	4,029	258	110	4,397	7,785
1950	2,399	569	487	3,455	4,028	259	126	4,413	7,868
1951	2,646	617	526	3,789	4,341	272	152	4,765	8,554
1952	2,786	668	545	3,999	4,442	281	176	4,899	8,898
1953	2,830	698	552	4,080	4,482	282	196	4,960	9,040
1954	2,942	685	562	4,189	4,454	274	218	4,946	9,135
1955	3,060	717	584	4,361	4,552	290	226	5,068	9,429
1956	3,408	756	616	4,780	4,753	309	238	5,300	10,080
1957	3,642	806	645	5,093	4,861	325	252	5,438	10,531
1958	3,841	868	656	5,365	4,910	330	261	5,501	10,866
1959	4,056	919	678	5,653	5,014	356	289	5,659	11,312
1960	4,137	966	690	5,793	5,039	378	317	5,734	11,527
1961	4,120	979	695	5,794	4,975	395	337	5,707	11,501
1962	4,494	1,071	714	6,279	5,172	427	365	5,964	12,243
1963	4,665	1,169	725	6,559	5,306	458	385	6,149	12,708
1964	4,958	1,272	761	6,991	5,465	493	408	6,366	13,357
1965	5,247	1,382	809	7,438	5,681	541	440	6,662	14,100
1966	5,676	1,535	864	8,075	5,981	593	487	7,061	15,136
1967	6,005	1,539	904	8,448	6,222	623	551	7,396	15,844
1968	6,576	1,708	955	9,234	6,642	667	587	7,896	17,130
1969	7,034	1,834	987	9,855	6,878	691	624	8,193	18,048
1970	7,671	2,110	1,064	10,845	7,652	760	657	9,069	19,914
1971	8,506	2,297	1,102	11,905	8,026	849	678	9,553	21,458
1972	8,810	2,702	1,113	12,625	7,911	961	704	9,576	22,201
1973	9,236	3,105	1,254	13,595	8,747	1,069	757	10,573	24,168
1974	9,948	3,600	1,355	14,903	9,371	1,167	778	11,316	26,219
1975	10,681	4,080	1,519	16,280	10,324	1,315	887	12,526	28,806
1976	11,170	4,209	1,717	17,096	11,088	1,555	947	13,590	30,686
1977	11,686	4,603	1,946	18,235	11,981	1,713	1,266	14,960	33,195
1978	12,179	5,211	2,222	19,612	13,342	2,023	1,303	16,668	36,280
1979	13,528	5,903	2,480	21,911	15,152	2,306	1,435	18,893	40,804
1980	14,977	6,995	2,816	24,788	16,722	2,450	1,484	20,656	45,444
1981	15,648	7,629	3,141	26,418	17,976	2,751	1,528	22,255	48,673
1982	15,984	8,147	3,378	27,509	18,371	2,849	1,488	22,708	50,217
1983	16,818	8,999	3,878	29,695	19,038	3,051	1,620	23,709	53,404
1984	15,997	10,132	4,158	30,287	19,863	3,220	1,691	24,774	55,061
1985	17,058	10,361	4,152	31,571	20,659	3,371	1,816	25,846	57,417
1986	17,350	10,755	5,031	33,136	22,291	3,406	1,935	27,632	60,768
1987	17,283	9,164	6,736	33,183	23,232	3,691	3,114	30,036	63,219
1988	17,007	9,436	7,099	33,542	24,227	3,855	3,427	31,510	65,051
1989	17,292	10,073	7,834	35,198	24,748	3,839	3,759	32,346	67,544
1990	18,597	10,844	8,603	38,044	26,528	3,823	4,187	34,539	72,583
1991	19,123	10,770	9,179	39,072	27,200	3,687	4,399	35,286	74,359
1992	18,536	10,707	8,957	38,199	27,846	3,787	4,646	36,278	74,477
1993	18,487	11,165	9,323	38,975	28,520	3,772	4,660	36,951	75,927
1994	18,965	11,753	9,660	40,378	29,365	3,892	4,689	37,947	78,325
1995	18,968	12,299	10,255	41,522	30,288	3,901	4,634	38,822	80,344
1996	20,045	12,974	10,576	43,595	31,512	3,906	4,578	39,996	83,591
1997	20,864	12,798	11,024	44,686	33,522	4,258	5,102	42,882	87,568
1998	21,989	14,159	12,068	48,215	35,814	6,300	5,195	47,308	95,523
1999	22,861	15,179	13,594	51,633	38,199	8,562	5,720	52,481	104,115
2000	24,488	15,867	12,320	52,674	41,633	11,344	5,957	58,935	111,609
2001	25,306	16,909	12,852	55,067	44,251	14,422	5,995	64,668	119,735
2002	25,453	17,378	14,210	57,041	47,306	17,470	6,135	70,911	127,951
2003	25,978	17,786	13,707	57,471	44,634	17,698	6,366	68,698	126,169
2004	27,682	18,541	13,528	59,752	52,463	18,023	6,727	77,212	136,965
2005	29,381	19,314	13,552	62,246	55,191	18,323	6,998	80,513	142,759
2006	31,390	19,960	18,351	69,700	59,484	18,459	7,426	86,369	155,069
2007	32,925	20,935	18,945	72,804	63,918	18,527	7,919	90,364	163,168
2008	34,657	22,036	16,153	72,846	67,859	19,002	8,258	95,119	167,964
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. ²Computed from unrounded data. ³Includes tips.

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