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Food CPI and Expenditures: Table 9

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Table 9—Expenditures for food at retail store prices, including home-produced food, excluding sales taxes and tips, at current prices and 1988 retail store prices
Year	Expenditures at current prices			Expenditures at 1988 retail store prices
Year	Food at home	Food away from home	Total	Total¹	Per capita²
	Million dollars			Dollars
1929	20,027	3,500	23,527	149,094	1,224
1939	15,281	3,113	18,394	162,779	1,244
1948	39,137	10,067	49,204	196,580	1,345
1954	46,631	12,977	59,608	212,582	1,319
1955	47,030	13,057	60,087	218,657	1,331
1956	48,487	13,419	61,906	224,460	1,342
1957	52,190	13,936	66,126	232,021	1,362
1958	53,927	14,328	68,255	229,506	1,324
1959	54,098	14,467	68,565	236,268	1,334
1960	55,214	14,790	70,004	239,085	1,328
1961	55,732	15,220	70,952	242,322	1,324
1962	56,463	15,844	72,307	244,777	1,318
1963	56,612	16,243	72,855	244,070	1,295
1964	58,886	17,558	76,444	252,290	1,320
1965	61,693	18,816	80,509	259,205	1,339
1966	64,020	20,613	84,633	261,698	1,338
1967	64,322	21,085	85,407	264,091	1,337
1968	67,656	22,890	90,546	271,502	1,362
1969	72,245	24,102	96,347	276,541	1,373
1970	78,737	25,836	104,573	288,001	1,412
1971	82,649	26,784	109,433	295,206	1,427
1972	89,080	29,431	118,511	307,501	1,469
1973	98,357	36,093	134,450	304,323	1,440
1974	111,306	38,990	150,296	294,064	1,378
1975	121,001	44,980	165,981	296,077	1,374
1976	128,659	49,248	177,907	316,617	1,455
1977	137,577	53,041	190,618	324,346	1,476
1978	151,476	60,937	212,413	327,646	1,475
1979	168,702	69,590	238,292	332,717	1,482
1980	186,961	76,050	263,011	339,150	1,493
1981	199,887	81,920	281,807	339,240	1,478
1982	208,752	86,385	295,137	344,988	1,489
1983	219,897	90,945	310,842	360,229	1,541
1984	231,985	97,961	329,946	370,476	1,571
1985	239,676	100,646	340,322	377,968	1,589
1986	249,073	107,448	356,521	385,220	1,604
1987	244,883	105,898	350,781	367,926	1,519
1988	260,665	115,435	376,100	376,100	1,538
1989	278,660	124,627	403,287	378,247	1,520
1990	303,190	134,930	437,954	386,339	1,548
1991	316,438	140,333	456,770	391,977	1,549
1992	316,276	142,763	459,040	387,441	1,510
1993	325,342	151,782	477,124	382,986	1,473
1994	339,496	160,154	499,650	400,233	1,521
1995	347,784	167,801	515,585	401,015	1,506
1996	362,607	174,792	537,399	402,757	1,495
1997	376,590	183,703	560,293	403,524	1,480
1998	387,007	192,584	579,591	408,134	1,480
1999	376,950	200,556	577,505	399,188	1,431
2000	387,034	213,546	600,580	405,195	1,436
2001	409,020	221,900	630,921	411,586	1,444
2002	419,635	229,011	648,646	416,600	1,448
2003	440,575	240,130	680,706	427,821	1,474
2004	452,667	253,391	706,058	428,407	1,463
2005	471,432	268,217	739,649	431,106	1,459
2006	490,460	281,049	771,510	440,435	1,476
2007	516,542	290,656	807,198	445,056	1,477
2008	549,010	301,854	850,864	469,132	1,543
¹Deflated by the price index for at home use from table 12. ²Based on July 1 estimates of U.S. resident population.

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Updated date: June 17, 2009