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Food CPI, Prices and Expenditures:
Share of Food Expenditures by Source of Funds

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Table 6
Share of food expenditures by source of funds
Year Families and individuals1 Produced at home Governments2 Businesses3
  Percent
1929 74.7 19.0 0.8 5.5
1933 73.1 20.3 0.9 5.8
1935 73.1 20.9 0.9 5.1
1936 73.9 19.6 1.1 5.4
1937 74.0 18.7 1.1 6.2
1938 75.1 17.8 1.3 5.9
1939 75.0 17.4 1.6 6.0
1940 74.6 17.4 1.8 6.2
1941 74.1 16.8 2.7 6.3
1942 74.0 15.8 3.8 6.5
1943 72.0 15.7 5.4 6.9
1944 71.8 14.3 6.9 7.0
1945 71.4 14.0 7.3 7.3
1946 75.7 14.0 3.0 7.3
1947 77.0 13.5 2.1 7.5
1948 77.7 13.1 2.1 7.1
1949 79.0 11.8 2.2 7.0
1950 79.4 11.1 2.3 7.2
1951 79.1 10.9 3.1 6.9
1952 79.6 10.3 3.2 6.9
1953 80.2 9.7 3.1 7.0
1954 80.9 9.1 3.0 7.0
1955 81.4 8.6 2.7 7.3
1956 82.0 8.1 2.6 7.4
1957 82.9 7.5 2.4 7.2
1958 83.2 7.3 2.4 7.1
1959 83.5 6.7 2.4 7.4
1960 83.7 6.2 2.4 7.8
1961 83.7 5.8 2.6 8.0
1962 83.8 5.3 2.6 8.2
1963 84.0 4.8 2.6 8.5
1964 84.0 4.6 2.6 8.8
1965 84.2 4.3 2.5 9.0
1966 84.0 4.0 2.7 9.3
1967 83.6 3.7 3.1 9.6
1968 83.3 3.7 3.1 9.9
1969 83.2 3.5 3.2 10.0
1970 83.6 3.2 3.7 9.5
1971 83.2 3.1 4.2 9.5
1972 83.1 3.0 4.3 9.7
1973 82.7 3.3 4.3 9.7
1974 82.1 3.5 5.0 9.4
1975 81.8 3.1 5.4 9.7
1976 81.9 3.0 5.3 9.9
1977 82.2 3.0 5.0 9.8
1978 82.8 2.9 4.9 9.4
1979 82.2 2.7 5.4 9.7
1980 82.0 2.7 5.8 9.5
1981 82.4 2.7 5.9 9.0
1982 83.2 2.4 5.6 8.8
1983 83.3 2.2 6.0 8.6
1984 84.0 1.9 5.6 8.5
1985 84.8 1.5 5.4 8.3
1986 84.9 1.4 5.1 8.6
1987 83.3 1.5 6.1 9.1
1988 82.9 1.4 5.9 9.8
1989 82.7 1.3 5.7 10.2
1990 82.5 1.3 6.0 10.2
1991 82.4 1.2 6.4 10.1
1992 81.9 1.1 7.1 9.8
1993 82.3 1.0 7.2 9.5
1994 82.5 1.1 7.2 9.3
1995 82.8 1.0 7.1 9.1
1996 83.0 1.0 6.9 9.1
1997 83.6 0.8 6.5 9.1
1998 84.0 0.8 6.0 9.3
1999 84.3 0.8 5.7 9.2
2000 84.3 0.8 5.4 9.5
2001 84.5 0.7 5.4 9.4
2002 84.2 0.7 5.7 9.4
2003 83.8 0.7 6.0 9.4
2004 83.5 0.7 6.3 9.5
2005 83.3 0.6 6.6 9.5
2006 83.5 0.6 6.3 9.6
2007 83.7 0.6 6.2 9.6
1Excludes food purchased with food stamps and WIC vouchers, which is included in table 7.
2Includes food stamps and WIC vouchers.
3Includes philanthropic donations.

 

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