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Food CPI, Prices and Expenditures: Alcoholic Beverages
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Table 4
Alcoholic beverages: Total expenditures1
Year Packaged alcoholic beverages at home Alcoholic drinks away from home All alcoholic beverages
Liquor stores Food stores All other Total2 Eating and drinking places3 Hotels and motels3 All other Total2 Total2
  Million dollars
1935 305 65 199 569 964 81 20 1,065 1,634
1936 435 95 220 750 1,195 97 24 1,316 2,066
1937 504 113 235 852 1,299 109 28 1,436 2,288
1938 479 111 227 817 1,246 98 26 1,370 2,187
1939 517 122 237 876 1,365 103 28 1,496 2,372
1940 602 131 244 977 1,459 113 30 1,602 2,579
1941 758 151 271 1,180 1,753 124 37 1,914 3,094
1942 1,081 194 311 1,586 2,176 145 47 2,368 3,954
1943 1,395 225 361 1,981 2,744 194 60 2,998 4,979
1944 1,734 252 393 2,379 3,144 219 69 3,432 5,811
1945 2,070 272 422 2,764 3,609 236 79 3,924 6,688
1946 2,443 368 472 3,283 3,984 272 91 4,347 7,630
1947 2,540 341 481 3,362 4,178 274 96 4,548 7,910
1948 2,487 475 484 3,446 4,172 272 100 4,544 7,990
1949 2,359 550 479 3,388 4,029 258 110 4,397 7,785
1950 2,399 569 487 3,455 4,028 259 126 4,413 7,868
1951 2,646 617 526 3,789 4,341 272 152 4,765 8,554
1952 2,786 668 545 3,999 4,442 281 176 4,899 8,898
1953 2,830 698 552 4,080 4,482 282 196 4,960 9,040
1954 2,942 685 562 4,189 4,454 274 218 4,946 9,135
1955 3,060 717 584 4,361 4,552 290 226 5,068 9,429
1956 3,408 756 616 4,780 4,753 309 238 5,300 10,080
1957 3,642 806 645 5,093 4,861 325 252 5,438 10,531
1958 3,841 868 656 5,365 4,910 330 261 5,501 10,866
1959 4,056 919 678 5,653 5,014 356 289 5,659 11,312
1960 4,137 966 690 5,793 5,039 378 317 5,734 11,527
1961 4,120 979 695 5,794 4,975 395 337 5,707 11,501
1962 4,494 1,071 714 6,279 5,172 427 365 5,964 12,243
1963 4,665 1,169 725 6,559 5,306 458 385 6,149 12,708
1964 4,958 1,272 761 6,991 5,465 493 408 6,366 13,357
1965 5,247 1,382 809 7,438 5,681 541 440 6,662 14,100
1966 5,676 1,535 864 8,075 5,981 593 487 7,061 15,136
1967 6,005 1,539 904 8,448 6,222 623 551 7,396 15,844
1968 6,576 1,708 955 9,234 6,642 667 587 7,896 17,130
1969 7,034 1,834 987 9,855 6,878 691 624 8,193 18,048
1970 7,671 2,110 1,064 10,845 7,652 760 657 9,069 19,914
1971 8,506 2,297 1,102 11,905 8,026 849 678 9,553 21,458
1972 8,810 2,702 1,113 12,625 7,911 961 704 9,576 22,201
1973 9,236 3,105 1,254 13,595 8,747 1,069 757 10,573 24,168
1974 9,948 3,600 1,355 14,903 9,371 1,167 778 11,316 26,219
1975 10,681 4,080 1,519 16,280 10,324 1,315 887 12,526 28,806
1976 11,170 4,209 1,717 17,096 11,088 1,555 947 13,590 30,686
1977 11,686 4,603 1,946 18,235 11,981 1,713 1,266 14,960 33,195
1978 12,179 5,211 2,222 19,612 13,342 2,023 1,303 16,668 36,280
1979 13,528 5,903 2,480 21,911 15,152 2,306 1,435 18,893 40,804
1980 14,977 6,995 2,816 24,788 16,722 2,450 1,484 20,656 45,444
1981 15,648 7,629 3,141 26,418 17,976 2,751 1,528 22,255 48,673
1982 15,984 8,147 3,378 27,509 18,371 2,849 1,488 22,708 50,217
1983 16,818 8,999 3,878 29,695 19,038 3,051 1,620 23,709 53,404
1984 15,997 10,132 4,158 30,287 19,863 3,220 1,691 24,774 55,061
1985 17,058 10,361 4,152 31,571 20,659 3,371 1,816 25,846 57,417
1986 17,350 10,755 5,031 33,136 22,291 3,406 1,935 27,632 60,768
1987 17,283 9,164 6,736 33,183 23,232 3,691 3,114 30,036 63,219
1988 17,007 9,436 7,099 33,542 24,227 3,855 3,427 31,510 65,051
1989 17,292 10,073 7,834 35,198 24,748 3,839 3,759 32,346 67,544
1990 18,597 10,844 8,603 38,044 26,528 3,823 4,187 34,539 72,583
1991 19,123 10,770 9,179 39,072 27,200 3,687 4,399 35,286 74,359
1992 18,536 10,707 8,957 38,199 27,846 3,787 4,646 36,278 74,477
1993 18,487 11,165 9,323 38,975 28,520 3,772 4,660 36,951 75,927
1994 18,965 11,753 9,660 40,378 29,365 3,892 4,689 37,947 78,325
1995 18,968 12,299 10,255 41,522 30,288 3,901 4,634 38,822 80,344
1996 20,045 12,974 10,576 43,595 31,512 3,906 4,578 39,996 83,591
1997 20,864 12,798 11,024 44,686 33,522 4,258 5,102 42,882 87,568
1998 21,989 14,159 12,068 48,215 35,814 6,300 5,195 47,308 95,523
1999 22,861 15,179 13,594 51,633 38,199 8,562 5,720 52,481 104,115
2000 24,488 15,867 12,320 52,674 41,633 11,344 5,957 58,935 111,609
2001 25,306 16,909 12,852 55,067 44,251 14,422 5,995 64,668 119,735
2002 25,453 17,378 14,210 57,041 47,306 17,470 6,165 70,941 127,981
2003 25,978 17,786 13,707 57,471 44,634 17,698 6,394 68,725 126,197
2004 27,682 18,541 13,528 59,752 52,463 18,023 6,755 77,240 136,992
2005 29,381 19,356 13,491 62,228 55,225 18,323 7,074 80,623 142,851
2006 32,174 20,170 17,085 69,428 58,853 18,459 7,336 84,649 154,077
2007 34,713 21,276 17,267 73,256 63,072 18,527 7,683 89,283 162,539
Classification (SIC) based sales are used in earlier years.
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 tips.
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