food-dollar-readme.txt
 
Data description		Nominal Food Dollar Data. Contains data for years 2007–2024.
Release date			March 2026
Contact				Quinton Baker, James Chandler Zachary
Update note			The Food Dollar was comprehensively updated for this release.
Source				USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS), Food Dollar, using various sources. See the USDA, ERS Food Dollar website and documentation below.


Data file
File				Description
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food-dollar-nominal.csv	        Contains Food Dollar data in a linearized machine-readable format. Each row contains a single value.


Documentation

See the USDA, ERS Food Dollar website for the most up to date information. 
The Food Dollar model and the data are documented in the following reports:
 
Description			USDA, Economic Research Service report title
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Technical model documentation	"Documentation for the Agri-Food Economic Data System (Ag-FEDS): Multiplier Model Applications"
Comparison to previous model	"A More Detailed Food Dollar: Enhanced Accounting of U.S. Food Costs"


Dictionary
Column          Type       Note
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Year            numeric    Values: 2007–2024
Type            text       Values: Food, Alcohol
Channel         text       Values: All, Food-at-home, Food-away-from-home, Alcohol-at-home, Alcohol-away-from-home
Aggregation     text       Values: Total, Type total, Detail
Account         text       All accounts start with 'Xf' and are followed by 4 numbers. The first two numbers identify the Channel, and the last two are unique account IDs.
AccountName     text       A description of the account contents
Series          text       Indicates the bill or data type represented in this row.
Category        numeric    The category number for this row
CategoryName    text       A description of the category.
ValueType       numeric    Values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Keys for ValueTypeDesc
ValueTypeDesc   text       Values: Total, Salary and benefits, Property income, Output taxes, Imported inputs
Unit            text       Values: Million U.S. Dollars, Cents per domestic food dollar
Value           numeric    The value for this row.