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Food CPI, Prices and Expenditures:
Food Expenditures at Constant Prices
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Table 14
Food expenditures at constant prices
  Food expenditures at 1988 prices Price indexes1
Year Food at home2 Food away from home3 Total Food at home Food away from home
  Million 1988 dollars 1988 = 100
1953 164,835 80,460 245,295 28.17 18.93
1954 165,489 80,192 245,681 28.04 19.25
1955 170,247 82,351 252,598 27.48 19.44
1956 174,942 84,632 259,574 27.58 19.84
1957 182,333 85,294 267,627 28.50 20.57
1958 180,679 84,382 265,061 29.74 21.20
1959 185,713 86,474 272,187 29.02 21.78
1960 187,961 87,681 275,642 29.28 22.36
1961 189,696 89,968 279,664 29.28 22.66
1962 190,748 92,650 283,398 29.54 23.31
1963 188,998 94,909 283,907 29.85 23.77
1964 193,743 98,846 292,589 30.30 24.30
1965 198,271 105,391 303,662 31.06 24.86
1966 197,873 111,312 309,185 32.34 25.78
1967 198,825 111,877 310,702 32.34 27.19
1968 202,963 117,116 320,078 33.35 28.57
1969 207,678 119,544 327,222 34.84 30.21
1970 217,315 122,968 340,283 36.31 32.19
1971 223,655 125,151 348,806 37.07 33.76
1972 232,242 133,359 365,601 38.54 34.93
1973 224,158 141,717 365,875 44.18 37.15
1974 219,495 137,612 357,107 51.11 42.18
1975 217,826 145,747 363,572 56.06 46.73
1976 231,267 158,482 389,749 56.19 48.48
1977 237,410 163,050 400,460 58.77 52.03
1978 236,486 170,211 406,697 64.83 56.45
1979 238,052 174,925 412,978 71.62 62.41
1980 242,511 175,461 417,972 77.55 68.56
1981 241,325 175,230 416,555 83.07 74.71
1982 244,203 177,584 421,787 85.55 78.71
1983 254,404 183,780 438,183 86.29 82.10
1984 259,889 188,072 447,961 89.06 85.63
1985 266,538 189,634 456,172 90.04 89.03
1986 268,857 196,491 465,348 92.55 92.47
1987 257,663 207,130 464,793 95.34 96.15
1988 261,575 217,044 478,619 100.00 100.00
1989 262,791 220,922 483,713 106.62 104.68
1990 269,308 226,464 495,772 113.36 109.57
1991 273,423 229,110 502,534 116.53 113.28
1992 268,658 229,390 498,047 118.48 115.51
1993 262,942 238,147 501,088 124.58 117.56
1994 273,606 244,578 518,184 124.84 119.58
1995 271,977 248,219 520,195 128.57 122.31
1996 273,104 249,808 522,913 133.43 125.35
1997 273,633 257,417 531,050 138.85 128.90
1998 274,738 264,340 539,078 142.01 132.25
1999 285,004 269,657 554,660 144.67 135.71
2000 285,503 279,912 565,415 148.22 139.85
2001 290,392 283,506 573,898 153.29 142.75
2002 294,057 287,225 581,281 155.70 146.73
2003 299,273 295,234 594,508 159.11 149.68
2004 299,894 304,521 604,415 164.81 153.31
2005 303,740 312,768 616,508 171.57 157.78
2006 315,295 325,247 640,542 175.17 162.67
2007 321,803 329,754 651,557 181.37 168.53
1Specially constructed index for deflation.
2Sales, home produced food and donations.
3Sales, meals supplied and donated.
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