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Food CPI, Prices and Expenditures:
Food Expenditures by Families and Individuals as a Share of Disposable Personal Income

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Table 7
Food expenditures by families and individuals as a share of disposable personal income (see table 9 for differences between expenditures in tables 1,7, and 8; see table 10 for differences between incomes in tables 7 and 8)
  Expenditures for food
Year Disposable personal income At home1 Away from home2 Total3
  Billion dollars Billion dollars Percent Billion dollars Percent Billion dollars Percent
1929 83.4 16.9 20.3 2.6 3.1 19.5 23.4
1930 74.7 15.8 21.2 2.3 3.1 18.1 24.2
1931 64.3 12.7 19.8 2.1 3.3 14.8 23.0
1932 49.2 9.6 19.5 1.7 3.5 11.3 23.0
1933 46.1 10.1 21.9 1.5 3.3 11.6 25.2
1934 52.8 11.1 21.0 1.7 3.2 12.8 24.2
1935 59.3 12.1 20.4 1.8 3.0 13.9 23.4
1936 67.4 12.7 18.8 2.0 3.0 14.7 21.8
1937 72.2 13.3 18.4 2.2 3.0 15.5 21.5
1938 66.6 12.6 18.9 2.1 3.2 14.7 22.1
1939 71.4 13.0 18.1 2.3 3.2 15.2 21.3
1940 76.8 13.5 17.6 2.4 3.1 15.9 20.7
1941 93.8 15.3 16.3 2.9 3.1 18.2 19.4
1942 118.6 18.5 15.6 3.6 3.0 22.1 18.6
1943 135.4 20.7 15.3 4.5 3.3 25.2 18.6
1944 148.3 22.1 14.9 5.1 3.4 27.2 18.4
1945 152.2 23.6 15.5 5.7 3.7 29.3 19.2
1946 161.4 28.4 17.6 6.5 4.0 34.9 21.6
1947 171.2 32.8 19.2 7.4 4.3 40.2 23.5
1948 190.6 34.9 18.3 7.5 3.9 42.4 22.3
1949 190.4 34.3 18.0 7.8 4.1 42.0 22.1
1950 210.1 35.7 17.0 7.6 3.6 43.3 20.6
1951 231.0 40.0 17.3 8.4 3.6 48.4 20.9
1952 243.4 41.8 17.2 8.8 3.6 50.6 20.8
1953 258.6 42.3 16.4 9.0 3.5 51.3 19.9
1954 264.3 42.4 16.0 9.3 3.5 51.7 19.6
1955 283.3 42.9 15.1 9.8 3.5 52.7 18.6
1956 303.0 44.4 14.7 10.4 3.4 54.8 18.1
1957 319.8 48.1 15.0 10.9 3.4 59.0 18.4
1958 330.5 49.8 15.1 11.1 3.4 60.9 18.4
1959 350.5 50.1 14.3 12.1 3.5 62.3 17.8
1960 365.4 51.5 14.1 12.6 3.4 64.0 17.5
1961 381.8 52.0 13.6 13.1 3.4 65.1 17.1
1962 405.1 52.9 13.1 13.9 3.4 66.8 16.5
1963 425.1 53.3 12.5 14.5 3.4 67.9 16.0
1964 462.5 55.5 12.0 15.7 3.4 71.2 15.4
1965 498.1 58.4 11.7 16.9 3.4 75.4 15.1
1966 537.5 61.0 11.3 18.6 3.5 79.6 14.8
1967 575.3 61.4 10.7 19.8 3.4 81.1 14.1
1968 625.0 64.5 10.3 21.7 3.5 86.2 13.8
1969 674.0 69.0 10.2 23.4 3.5 92.3 13.7
1970 735.7 75.5 10.3 26.4 3.6 102.0 13.9
1971 801.8 79.5 9.9 28.1 3.5 107.6 13.4
1972 869.1 86.0 9.9 31.3 3.6 117.3 13.5
1973 978.3 94.9 9.7 34.9 3.6 129.8 13.3
1974 1,071.6 107.3 10.0 38.5 3.6 145.8 13.6
1975 1,187.4 117.4 9.9 45.9 3.9 163.3 13.8
1976 1,302.5 125.1 9.6 52.6 4.0 177.7 13.6
1977 1,435.7 133.8 9.3 58.5 4.1 192.3 13.4
1978 1,608.3 147.3 9.2 67.5 4.2 214.8 13.4
1979 1,793.5 164.0 9.1 76.9 4.3 240.9 13.4
1980 2,009.0 180.8 9.0 85.2 4.2 266.0 13.2
1981 2,246.1 195.5 8.7 95.8 4.3 291.3 13.0
1982 2,421.2 201.0 8.3 104.5 4.3 305.5 12.6
1983 2,608.4 211.4 8.1 113.7 4.4 325.1 12.5
1984 2,912.0 224.0 7.7 121.9 4.2 345.8 11.9
1985 3,109.3 234.0 7.5 128.6 4.1 362.6 11.7
1986 3,285.1 242.7 7.4 137.9 4.2 380.6 11.6
1987 3,458.1 252.7 7.3 146.4 4.2 399.0 11.5
1988 3,748.7 255.9 6.8 157.5 4.2 413.4 11.0
1989 4,021.7 274.8 6.8 165.4 4.1 440.2 10.9
1990 4,285.8 299.7 7.0 177.4 4.1 477.1 11.1
1991 4,464.3 313.5 7.0 186.3 4.2 499.8 11.2
1992 4,751.4 313.6 6.6 191.9 4.0 505.5 10.6
1993 4,911.9 323.3 6.6 205.9 4.2 529.1 10.8
1994 5,151.8 337.1 6.5 216.5 4.2 553.5 10.7
1995 5,408.2 345.5 6.4 226.2 4.2 571.7 10.6
1996 5,688.5 360.6 6.3 233.2 4.1 593.8 10.4
1997 5,988.8 377.2 6.3 246.3 4.1 623.5 10.4
1998 6,395.9 387.1 6.1 259.7 4.1 646.8 10.1
1999 6,695.0 408.8 6.1 272.0 4.1 680.8 10.2
2000 7,194.0 420.1 5.8 291.3 4.0 711.4 9.9
2001 7,486.8 442.5 5.9 301.3 4.0 743.8 9.9
2002 7,830.1 455.0 5.8 314.0 4.0 769.0 9.8
2003 8,162.5 473.1 5.8 329.8 4.0 802.9 9.8
2004 8,680.9 491.1 5.7 348.5 4.0 839.6 9.7
2005 9,092.0 518.8 5.7 368.8 4.1 887.6 9.8
2006 9,629.1 550.0 5.7 396.3 4.1 946.3 9.8
2007 10,177.0 581.4 5.7 415.8 4.1 997.3 9.8
1Food purchases from grocery stores and other retail outlets, including purchases with food stamps and WIC vouchers and food produced and consumed on farms (valued at farm prices) because the value of these foods is included in personal income. Excludes government-donated foods.
2Purchases of meals and snacks by families and individuals, and food furnished to employees since it is included in personal income. Excludes food paid for by government and business, such as donated foods to schools, meals in prisons and other institutions, and expense-account meals.
3Total may not add due to rounding.

 

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