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Food CPI and Expenditures: Table 1

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Table 1—Food and alcoholic beverages: Total expenditures¹
	Food at home			Food away from home				Alcoholic beverages
Year	Sales	Home production and donations	Total²	Sales	Supplied and donated³	Total²	All food²	Packaged	Drinks	Total²
	Million dollars
1869	2,245	1,194	3,439	—	—	192	3,631	—	—	307
1879	2,735	1,063	3,798	—	—	288	4,086	—	—	411
1889	2,743	1,405	4,148	—	—	307	4,455	—	—	742
1890	2,282	1,416	3,698	—	—	261	3,959	—	—	776
1891	2,577	1,494	4,071	—	—	302	4,373	—	—	827
1892	2,431	1,410	3,841	—	—	292	4,133	—	—	839
1893	3,023	1,548	4,571	—	—	373	4,944	—	—	807
1894	2,598	1,306	3,904	—	—	328	4,232	—	—	737
1895	2,891	1,410	4,301	—	—	374	4,675	—	—	714
1896	2,722	1,172	3,894	—	—	361	4,255	—	—	703
1897	3,544	1,311	4,855	—	—	430	5,285	—	—	740
1898	3,303	1,273	4,576	—	—	458	5,034	—	—	881
1899	3,649	1,350	4,999	—	—	516	5,515	—	—	1,008
1900	3,812	1,455	5,267	—	—	546	5,813	—	—	1,097
1901	4,333	1,631	5,964	—	—	630	6,594	—	—	1,139
1902	4,434	1,749	6,183	—	—	653	6,836	—	—	1,128
1903	4,695	1,740	6,435	—	—	700	7,135	—	—	1,118
1904	4,857	1,771	6,628	—	—	733	7,361	—	—	1,155
1905	5,022	1,701	6,723	—	—	766	7,489	—	—	1,273
1906	5,528	1,981	7,509	—	—	854	8,363	—	—	1,440
1907	5,904	2,026	7,930	—	—	922	8,852	—	—	1,520
1908	5,214	2,079	7,293	—	—	824	8,117	—	—	1,502
1909	6,277	2,217	8,494	—	—	1,004	9,498	—	—	1,603
1910	6,442	2,437	8,879	—	—	1,052	9,931	—	—	1,700
1911	6,688	2,299	8,987	—	—	1,116	10,103	—	—	1,732
1912	7,255	2,072	9,327	—	—	1,230	10,557	—	—	1,755
1913	7,251	1,975	9,226	—	—	1,251	10,477	—	—	1,764
1914	7,231	2,419	9,650	—	—	1,272	10,922	—	—	1,724
1915	6,746	2,360	9,106	—	—	1,210	10,316	—	—	1,800
1916	8,102	2,655	10,757	—	—	1,481	12,238	—	—	2,004
1917	10,620	3,789	14,409	—	—	1,978	16,387	—	—	2,705
1918	13,161	4,319	17,480	—	—	2,497	19,977	—	—	2,986
1919	14,639	4,706	19,345	—	—	2,830	22,175	—	—	1,540
1920	16,811	5,980	22,791	—	—	3,366	26,157	—	—	1,250
1921	11,127	4,183	15,310	—	—	2,306	17,616	—	—	1,078
1922	11,427	4,223	15,650	—	—	2,463	18,113	—	—	1,100
1923	12,568	4,373	16,941	—	—	2,787	19,728	—	—	1,155
1924	13,084	4,278	17,362	—	—	2,999	20,361	—	—	1,200
1925	14,269	4,570	18,839	—	—	3,382	22,221	—	—	1,309
1926	14,736	4,835	19,571	—	—	3,607	23,178	—	—	1,350
1927	14,227	4,607	18,834	—	—	3,593	22,427	—	—	1,386
1928	14,094	4,062	18,156	—	—	3,674	21,830	—	—	1,450
1929	15,319	4,558	19,877	3,496	625	4,121	23,998	—	—	1,540
1930	13,891	4,252	18,143	—	—	3,723	21,866	—	—	1,400
1931	11,057	3,511	14,568	—	—	2,948	17,516	—	—	1,232
1932	8,618	3,022	11,640	—	—	2,287	13,927	—	—	1,000
1933	9,192	2,963	12,155	2,048	411	2,459	14,614	—	—	800
1934	10,203	3,091	13,294	—	—	2,662	15,956	—	—	1,190
1935	10,850	3,613	14,463	2,235	599	2,834	17,297	569	1,065	1,634
1936	11,417	3,575	14,992	2,532	629	3,161	18,153	750	1,316	2,066
1937	11,981	3,614	15,595	2,919	697	3,616	19,211	852	1,436	2,288
1938	11,427	3,272	14,699	2,761	628	3,389	18,088	817	1,370	2,187
1939	11,853	3,331	15,184	2,977	636	3,613	18,797	876	1,496	2,372
1940	12,405	3,499	15,904	3,212	683	3,895	19,799	977	1,602	2,579
1941	13,986	3,851	17,837	3,830	969	4,799	22,636	1,180	1,914	3,094
1942	16,754	4,332	21,086	4,744	1,550	6,294	27,380	1,586	2,368	3,954
1943	18,519	4,993	23,512	5,951	2,394	8,345	31,857	1,981	2,998	4,979
1944	20,067	5,010	25,077	6,749	3,144	9,893	34,970	2,379	3,432	5,811
1945	21,340	5,309	26,649	7,669	3,566	11,235	37,884	2,764	3,924	6,688
1946	26,435	6,099	32,534	8,800	2,232	11,032	43,566	3,283	4,347	7,630
1947	30,285	6,544	36,829	9,633	2,170	11,803	48,632	3,362	4,548	7,910
1948	32,396	6,706	39,102	9,912	2,324	12,236	51,338	3,446	4,544	7,990
1949	32,210	5,896	38,106	9,752	2,250	12,002	50,108	3,388	4,397	7,785
1950	33,761	5,797	39,558	10,071	2,398	12,469	52,027	3,455	4,413	7,868
1951	37,805	6,364	44,169	11,116	3,130	14,246	58,415	3,789	4,765	8,554
1952	39,691	6,293	45,984	11,612	3,315	14,927	60,911	3,999	4,899	8,898
1953	40,461	5,973	46,434	12,009	3,222	15,231	61,665	4,080	4,960	9,040
1954	40,724	5,679	46,403	12,242	3,195	15,437	61,840	4,189	4,946	9,135
1955	41,314	5,470	46,784	12,950	3,059	16,009	62,793	4,361	5,068	9,429
1956	42,925	5,324	48,249	13,725	3,066	16,791	65,040	4,780	5,300	10,080
1957	46,672	5,293	51,965	14,381	3,164	17,545	69,510	5,093	5,438	10,531
1958	48,428	5,306	53,734	14,575	3,314	17,889	71,623	5,365	5,501	10,866
1959	48,906	4,988	53,894	15,527	3,307	18,834	72,728	5,653	5,659	11,312
1960	50,338	4,697	55,035	16,191	3,416	19,607	74,642	5,793	5,734	11,527
1961	50,952	4,591	55,543	16,861	3,524	20,385	75,928	5,794	5,707	11,501
1962	51,994	4,353	56,347	17,939	3,656	21,595	77,942	6,279	5,964	12,243
1963	52,436	3,980	56,416	18,850	3,707	22,557	78,973	6,559	6,149	12,708
1964	54,716	3,988	58,704	20,157	3,865	24,022	82,726	6,991	6,366	13,357
1965	57,643	3,940	61,583	22,115	4,082	26,197	87,780	7,438	6,662	14,100
1966	60,177	3,815	63,992	24,161	4,540	28,701	92,693	8,075	7,061	15,136
1967	60,641	3,659	64,300	25,540	4,879	30,419	94,719	8,448	7,396	15,844
1968	63,981	3,707	67,688	28,326	5,134	33,460	101,148	9,234	7,896	17,130
1969	68,506	3,849	72,355	30,561	5,554	36,115	108,470	9,855	8,193	18,048
1970	74,821	4,086	78,907	33,777	5,806	39,583	118,490	10,845	9,069	19,914
1971	78,829	4,080	82,909	36,096	6,155	42,251	125,160	11,905	9,553	21,458
1972	85,209	4,297	89,506	40,440	6,147	46,587	136,093	12,625	9,576	22,201
1973	93,816	5,217	99,033	45,162	7,488	52,650	151,683	13,595	10,573	24,168
1974	106,070	6,114	112,184	48,924	9,121	58,045	170,229	14,903	11,316	26,219
1975	116,138	5,975	122,113	57,848	10,261	68,109	190,222	16,280	12,526	28,806
1976	123,800	6,149	129,949	65,638	11,195	76,833	206,782	17,096	13,590	30,686
1977	132,718	6,808	139,526	72,773	12,062	84,835	224,361	18,235	14,960	33,195
1978	146,110	7,204	153,314	82,229	13,855	96,084	249,398	19,612	16,668	36,280
1979	162,781	7,712	170,493	93,869	15,302	109,171	279,664	21,911	18,893	40,804
1980	179,652	8,415	188,067	103,119	17,177	120,296	308,363	24,788	20,656	45,444
1981	191,426	9,043	200,469	113,053	17,861	130,914	331,383	26,418	22,255	48,673
1982	199,985	8,931	208,916	121,514	18,262	139,776	348,692	27,509	22,708	50,217
1983	210,267	9,258	219,525	132,304	18,579	150,883	370,408	29,695	23,709	53,404
1984	222,847	8,610	231,457	141,869	19,177	161,046	392,503	30,287	24,774	55,061
1985	232,993	6,998	239,991	149,838	18,993	168,831	408,822	31,571	25,846	57,417
1986	241,642	7,185	248,827	162,307	19,388	181,695	430,522	33,136	27,632	60,768
1987	254,379	11,513	265,892	177,461	19,134	196,594	462,486	30,603	30,036	60,639
1988	270,330	11,577	281,907	194,192	20,242	214,434	496,341	30,848	31,510	62,357
1989	288,692	11,425	300,118	207,055	21,433	228,488	528,605	32,282	32,346	64,627
1990	312,900	11,702	324,602	222,322	22,851	245,172	569,774	34,875	34,539	69,414
1991	326,937	11,991	338,928	233,033	23,493	256,527	595,455	35,703	35,286	70,989
1992	322,493	12,285	334,777	236,918	25,043	261,960	596,738	33,804	36,278	70,082
1993	331,106	12,598	343,705	251,961	25,570	277,531	621,236	34,295	36,951	71,246
1994	343,329	12,891	356,220	263,483	26,549	290,032	646,252	35,386	37,946	73,333
1995	349,278	13,075	362,353	273,624	27,481	301,105	663,458	35,986	38,822	74,808
1996	363,200	13,374	376,574	282,244	28,435	310,679	687,253	37,890	39,996	77,886
1997	385,390	13,807	399,197	298,984	30,733	329,717	728,914	40,436	42,882	83,319
1998	394,159	14,207	408,365	314,598	31,744	346,342	754,708	43,087	47,306	90,392
1999	411,837	13,524	425,361	329,260	33,082	362,342	787,703	45,461	52,478	97,939
2000	430,196	14,402	444,598	354,105	34,547	388,652	833,251	48,382	58,931	107,313
2001	451,365	14,213	465,577	365,965	35,795	401,760	867,337	50,434	64,664	115,097
2002	472,210	15,297	487,506	382,855	37,069	419,924	907,430	55,655	59,259	114,914
2003	487,796	15,953	503,748	405,407	38,380	443,787	947,536	57,397	56,779	114,176
2004	507,317	16,505	523,821	433,682	39,890	473,572	997,393	60,778	63,941	124,719
2005	532,346	17,829	550,175	461,687	41,541	503,228	1,053,403	63,713	65,614	129,326
2006	551,572	17,217	568,789	491,006	42,209	533,214	1,102,003	67,309	69,677	136,986
2007	579,181	19,493	598,674	517,018	44,211	561,229	1,159,903	69,953	69,493	139,446
2008	607,141	20,697	627,837	530,458	46,483	576,941	1,204,779	79,471	69,818	149,289
2009	604,546	20,649	625,195	526,934	47,711	574,645	1,199,839	78,446	69,261	147,707
2010	625,538	21,299	646,766	544,395	49,874	594,269	1,241,036	83,907	71,969	155,876
— = Not available. Notes: Food-at-home includes cash purchases, food stamps, donations, and WIC Program benefits. Home production includes nonfarm, sport fish and game, and farm at retail prices. Food-away-from home includes food purchased by families and individuals, expense-account meals, food furnished to employees, food furnished to inmates and patients, and food and cash donated to schools and institutions. 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 child nutrition subsidies.

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