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Food CPI and Expenditures: Table 12

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Table 12—Food expenditures at constant prices
	Food expenditures at 1988 prices			Price indexes¹
Year	Food at home²	Food away from home³	Total	Food at home	Food away from home
	Million 1988 dollars			1988 = 100
1953	178,661	86,295	264,956	25.99	17.65
1954	179,787	85,857	265,643	25.81	17.98
1955	184,917	88,252	273,169	25.30	18.14
1956	190,032	90,469	280,500	25.39	18.56
1957	198,037	91,333	289,370	26.24	19.21
1958	195,824	90,394	286,218	27.44	19.79
1959	201,398	92,505	293,903	26.76	20.36
1960	203,682	94,038	297,721	27.02	20.85
1961	203,678	95,480	299,158	27.27	21.35
1962	205,346	98,517	303,864	27.44	21.92
1963	203,008	100,656	303,664	27.79	22.41
1964	209,358	105,267	314,625	28.04	22.82
1965	214,351	112,337	326,688	28.73	23.32
1966	211,964	117,724	329,688	30.19	24.38
1967	213,621	118,362	331,983	30.10	25.70
1968	217,437	123,880	341,317	31.13	27.01
1969	222,016	126,056	348,072	32.59	28.65
1970	230,587	128,558	359,145	34.22	30.79
1971	236,343	130,606	366,949	35.08	32.35
1972	244,418	138,405	382,823	36.62	33.66
1973	232,363	145,081	377,444	42.62	36.29
1974	229,087	141,954	371,041	48.97	40.89
1975	230,402	152,199	382,601	53.00	44.75
1976	240,113	160,806	400,918	54.12	47.78
1977	243,543	165,049	408,592	57.29	51.40
1978	242,240	171,334	413,574	63.29	56.08
1979	243,041	175,178	418,219	70.15	62.32
1980	248,077	175,692	423,768	75.81	68.47
1981	246,579	175,417	421,997	81.30	74.63
1982	248,325	177,719	426,044	84.13	78.65
1983	258,295	183,780	442,075	84.99	82.10
1984	262,542	188,248	450,790	88.16	85.55
1985	268,296	189,868	458,165	89.45	88.92
1986	270,405	196,725	467,130	92.02	92.36
1987	277,057	204,658	481,715	95.97	96.06
1988	281,907	214,434	496,341	100.00	100.00
1989	281,748	218,440	500,187	106.52	104.60
1990	286,094	223,861	509,955	113.46	109.52
1991	291,000	226,574	517,574	116.47	113.22
1992	285,354	226,766	512,120	117.32	115.52
1993	286,063	236,056	522,119	120.15	117.57
1994	288,250	242,461	530,712	123.58	119.62
1995	283,931	246,142	530,073	127.62	122.33
1996	284,572	247,810	532,381	132.33	125.37
1997	294,415	255,793	550,208	135.59	128.90
1998	295,574	261,845	557,419	138.16	132.27
1999	302,060	267,312	569,372	140.82	135.55
2000	308,749	280,110	588,859	144.00	138.75
2001	313,077	281,384	594,461	148.71	142.78
2002	323,709	286,853	610,562	150.60	146.39
2003	327,407	296,828	624,235	153.86	149.51
2004	328,024	307,634	635,658	159.69	153.94
2005	337,987	316,934	654,921	162.78	158.78
2006	343,451	325,707	669,157	165.61	163.71
2007	346,876	330,777	677,653	172.59	169.67
2008	341,885	325,680	667,565	183.64	177.15
2009	338,859	313,482	652,341	184.50	183.31
2010	349,395	320,119	669,515	185.11	185.64
¹Specially constructed index for deflation. ²Sales, home-produced food and donations. ³Sales and meals supplied and donated.

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Updated date: July 13, 2011