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Food CPI and Expenditures: Table 5

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Table 5—Food expenditures by source of funds
Year	Families and individuals¹	Produced at home	Governments²	Businesses³	Total⁴
	Million dollars
1929	17,923	4,558	189	1,328	23,998
1933	10,683	2,963	127	841	14,614
1935	12,651	3,613	157	876	17,297
1936	13,422	3,550	197	984	18,153
1937	14,222	3,586	208	1,195	19,211
1938	13,576	3,222	230	1,060	18,088
1939	14,089	3,270	307	1,131	18,797
1940	14,772	3,438	363	1,226	19,799
1941	16,779	3,802	619	1,436	22,636
1942	20,258	4,314	1,033	1,775	27,380
1943	22,946	4,986	1,730	2,195	31,857
1944	25,106	5,009	2,397	2,458	34,970
1945	27,040	5,309	2,764	2,771	37,884
1946	32,963	6,099	1,308	3,196	43,566
1947	37,449	6,544	1,002	3,637	48,632
1948	39,906	6,706	1,094	3,632	51,338
1949	39,577	5,893	1,111	3,527	50,108
1950	41,315	5,793	1,190	3,729	52,027
1951	46,202	6,360	1,835	4,018	58,415
1952	48,472	6,293	1,973	4,173	60,911
1953	49,475	5,967	1,889	4,334	61,665
1954	50,023	5,642	1,828	4,347	61,840
1955	51,140	5,394	1,706	4,553	62,793
1956	53,332	5,240	1,672	4,796	65,040
1957	57,609	5,216	1,700	4,985	69,510
1958	59,563	5,215	1,752	5,093	71,623
1959	60,745	4,905	1,719	5,359	72,728
1960	62,458	4,597	1,792	5,795	74,642
1961	63,517	4,408	1,965	6,038	75,928
1962	65,317	4,137	2,064	6,424	77,942
1963	66,373	3,769	2,091	6,740	78,973
1964	69,485	3,767	2,183	7,291	82,726
1965	73,954	3,756	2,210	7,860	87,780
1966	77,895	3,694	2,484	8,620	92,693
1967	79,202	3,544	2,905	9,068	94,719
1968	84,262	3,707	3,135	10,044	101,148
1969	90,300	3,849	3,445	10,876	108,470
1970	99,030	3,811	4,358	11,291	118,490
1971	104,109	3,819	5,286	11,946	125,160
1972	113,026	4,072	5,810	13,185	136,093
1973	125,454	5,065	6,472	14,692	151,683
1974	139,724	6,025	8,544	15,936	170,229
1975	155,632	5,956	10,251	18,383	190,222
1976	169,360	6,128	10,905	20,389	206,782
1977	184,392	6,775	11,260	21,934	224,361
1978	206,542	7,163	12,254	23,439	249,398
1979	229,773	7,665	15,173	27,053	279,664
1980	252,895	8,335	17,860	29,273	308,363
1981	273,023	8,953	19,469	29,938	331,383
1982	290,030	8,534	19,577	30,551	348,692
1983	308,412	8,005	22,046	31,945	370,408
1984	329,740	7,403	22,068	33,292	392,503
1985	346,868	5,929	21,905	34,120	408,822
1986	365,319	6,158	22,105	36,940	430,522
1987	384,879	10,475	27,032	40,100	462,486
1988	411,159	10,736	28,302	46,144	496,341
1989	436,673	11,003	29,255	51,675	528,605
1990	469,920	11,277	32,954	55,623	569,774
1991	489,476	11,558	36,744	57,677	595,455
1992	486,832	11,846	41,751	56,309	596,738
1993	508,309	12,141	43,620	57,166	621,236
1994	530,002	12,443	45,463	58,344	646,252
1995	545,333	12,753	46,362	59,011	663,458
1996	566,283	13,071	46,975	60,925	687,253
1997	604,880	13,396	46,166	64,472	728,914
1998	628,889	13,730	44,272	67,817	754,708
1999	659,591	13,000	44,139	70,973	787,703
2000	697,838	14,071	44,931	76,410	833,251
2001	727,866	13,730	46,883	78,860	867,337
2002	759,094	14,755	51,353	82,229	907,430
2003	789,108	15,389	56,137	86,901	947,536
2004	827,504	15,952	61,046	92,892	997,393
2005	870,619	17,353	66,663	98,767	1,053,403
2006	911,328	16,832	68,928	104,915	1,102,003
2007	959,397	19,143	70,915	110,448	1,159,903
2008	993,400	20,292	77,746	113,342	1,204,779
2009	971,822	19,923	95,514	112,580	1,199,839
2010	991,966	20,521	111,691	116,260	1,240,438
¹Excludes food purchased with food stamps and WIC vouchers. ²Includes food stamps and WIC vouchers. ³Includes philanthropic donations. ⁴Total may not add due to rounding.

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Updated date: July 13, 2011