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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 238,121 7,535 245,656 180,018 19,137 199,155 444,811 33,183 30,036 63,219
1988 253,957 7,618 261,575 196,802 20,242 217,044 478,619 33,542 31,510 65,051
1989 272,877 7,310 280,188 209,828 21,433 231,261 511,449 35,198 32,346 67,544
1990 297,562 7,726 305,288 225,286 22,851 248,137 553,425 38,044 34,539 72,583
1991 311,357 7,264 318,620 236,019 23,517 259,536 578,156 39,072 35,286 74,359
1992 311,228 7,078 318,306 240,022 24,946 264,968 583,274 38,199 36,278 74,477
1993 320,864 6,709 327,573 254,591 25,374 279,965 607,538 38,975 36,951 75,927
1994 334,440 7,130 341,570 266,190 26,277 292,467 634,036 40,378 37,947 78,325
1995 342,655 7,026 349,681 276,512 27,084 303,596 653,277 41,522 38,822 80,344
1996 357,630 6,774 364,403 285,027 28,108 313,135 677,538 43,595 39,996 83,591
1997 374,080 5,860 379,940 301,408 30,402 331,810 711,750 44,686 42,882 87,568
1998 383,974 6,181 390,155 318,037 31,553 349,590 739,745 48,215 47,308 95,523
1999 405,595 6,720 412,315 333,188 32,764 365,951 778,266 51,633 52,481 104,115
2000 416,676 6,497 423,173 357,228 34,229 391,457 814,630 52,674 58,935 111,609
2001 438,900 6,242 445,142 369,543 35,162 404,705 849,847 55,067 64,668 119,735
2002 451,278 6,568 457,846 385,035 36,248 421,283 879,129 57,041 70,911 127,951
2003 469,344 6,830 476,174 404,019 37,726 441,745 917,919 57,471 68,698 126,169
2004 487,036 7,227 494,263 426,613 39,540 466,153 960,416 59,752 77,212 136,965
2005 514,009 6,487 520,496 449,857 41,588 491,445 1,011,941 62,246 80,513 142,759
2006 546,764 6,465 553,229 478,929 42,827 521,756 1,074,984 69,700 85,369 155,069
2007 574,137 6,660 580,797 501,865 45,385 547,250 1,128,047 72,804 90,364 163,168
2008 593,071 6,896 599,967 518,060 47,224 565,284 1,165,251 72,846 95,119 167,964

-- = 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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Updated date: June 17, 2009