U.S. per capita wheat flour use

Pounds/person

Line graph with 1 line and 179 points.

Line 1, Pounds.
Point 1, 1830 is 170.
Point 2, 1831 is 171.75.
Point 3, 1832 is 173.5.
Point 4, 1833 is 175.25.
Point 5, 1834 is 177.
Point 6, 1835 is 178.75.
Point 7, 1836 is 180.5.
Point 8, 1837 is 182.25.
Point 9, 1838 is 184.
Point 10, 1839 is 185.75.
Point 11, 1840 is 187.5.
Point 12, 1841 is 189.25.
Point 13, 1842 is 191.
Point 14, 1843 is 192.75.
Point 15, 1844 is 194.5.
Point 16, 1845 is 196.25.
Point 17, 1846 is 198.
Point 18, 1847 is 199.75.
Point 19, 1848 is 201.5.
Point 20, 1849 is 203.25.
Point 21, 1850 is 205.
Point 22, 1851 is 205.6897.
Point 23, 1852 is 206.3793.
Point 24, 1853 is 207.069.
Point 25, 1854 is 207.7586.
Point 26, 1855 is 208.4483.
Point 27, 1856 is 209.1379.
Point 28, 1857 is 209.8276.
Point 29, 1858 is 210.5172.
Point 30, 1859 is 211.2069.
Point 31, 1860 is 211.8966.
Point 32, 1861 is 212.5862.
Point 33, 1862 is 213.2759.
Point 34, 1863 is 213.9655.
Point 35, 1864 is 214.6552.
Point 36, 1865 is 215.3448.
Point 37, 1866 is 216.0345.
Point 38, 1867 is 216.7241.
Point 39, 1868 is 217.4138.
Point 40, 1869 is 218.1034.
Point 41, 1870 is 218.7931.
Point 42, 1871 is 219.4828.
Point 43, 1872 is 220.1724.
Point 44, 1873 is 220.8621.
Point 45, 1874 is 221.5517.
Point 46, 1875 is 222.2414.
Point 47, 1876 is 222.931.
Point 48, 1877 is 223.6207.
Point 49, 1878 is 224.3103.
Point 50, 1879 is 226.
Point 51, 1880 is 225.9048.
Point 52, 1881 is 225.8095.
Point 53, 1882 is 225.7143.
Point 54, 1883 is 225.619.
Point 55, 1884 is 225.5238.
Point 56, 1885 is 225.4286.
Point 57, 1886 is 225.3333.
Point 58, 1887 is 225.2381.
Point 59, 1888 is 225.1429.
Point 60, 1889 is 225.0476.
Point 61, 1890 is 224.9524.
Point 62, 1891 is 224.8571.
Point 63, 1892 is 224.7619.
Point 64, 1893 is 224.6667.
Point 65, 1894 is 224.5714.
Point 66, 1895 is 224.4762.
Point 67, 1896 is 224.381.
Point 68, 1897 is 224.2857.
Point 69, 1898 is 224.1905.
Point 70, 1899 is 224.0952.
Point 71, 1900 is 224.
Point 72, 1901 is 221.75.
Point 73, 1902 is 219.5.
Point 74, 1903 is 217.25.
Point 75, 1904 is 215.
Point 76, 1905 is 212.75.
Point 77, 1906 is 210.5.
Point 78, 1907 is 208.25.
Point 79, 1908 is 206.
Point 80, 1909 is 203.75.
Point 81, 1910 is 201.5.
Point 82, 1911 is 199.25.
Point 83, 1912 is 197.
Point 84, 1913 is 194.75.
Point 85, 1914 is 192.5.
Point 86, 1915 is 190.25.
Point 87, 1916 is 188.
Point 88, 1917 is 185.75.
Point 89, 1918 is 183.5.
Point 90, 1919 is 181.25.
Point 91, 1920 is 179.
Point 92, 1921 is 177.6.
Point 93, 1922 is 176.2.
Point 94, 1923 is 174.8.
Point 95, 1924 is 173.4.
Point 96, 1925 is 172.
Point 97, 1926 is 170.6.
Point 98, 1927 is 169.2.
Point 99, 1928 is 167.8.
Point 100, 1929 is 166.4.
Point 101, 1930 is 165.
Point 102, 1931 is 163.6.
Point 103, 1932 is 162.2.
Point 104, 1933 is 160.8.
Point 105, 1934 is 159.4.
Point 106, 1935 is 158.
Point 107, 1936 is 163.
Point 108, 1937 is 159.
Point 109, 1938 is 160.
Point 110, 1939 is 158.
Point 111, 1940 is 155.
Point 112, 1941 is 156.
Point 113, 1942 is 157.
Point 114, 1943 is 163.
Point 115, 1944 is 149.
Point 116, 1945 is 161.
Point 117, 1946 is 156.
Point 118, 1947 is 139.
Point 119, 1948 is 137.
Point 120, 1949 is 136.
Point 121, 1950 is 135.
Point 122, 1951 is 133.
Point 123, 1952 is 131.
Point 124, 1953 is 128.
Point 125, 1954 is 126.
Point 126, 1955 is 123.
Point 127, 1956 is 121.
Point 128, 1957 is 119.
Point 129, 1958 is 121.
Point 130, 1959 is 120.
Point 131, 1960 is 118.
Point 132, 1961 is 118.
Point 133, 1962 is 115.
Point 134, 1963 is 116.
Point 135, 1964 is 115.
Point 136, 1965 is 113.
Point 137, 1966 is 112.
Point 138, 1967 is 113.
Point 139, 1968 is 113.
Point 140, 1969 is 113.
Point 141, 1970 is 111.
Point 142, 1971 is 111.
Point 143, 1972 is 110.
Point 144, 1973 is 113.
Point 145, 1974 is 111.
Point 146, 1975 is 115.
Point 147, 1976 is 119.
Point 148, 1977 is 116.
Point 149, 1978 is 115.
Point 150, 1979 is 116.
Point 151, 1980 is 117.
Point 152, 1981 is 116.
Point 153, 1982 is 117.
Point 154, 1983 is 118.
Point 155, 1984 is 119.
Point 156, 1985 is 125.
Point 157, 1986 is 126.
Point 158, 1987 is 130.
Point 159, 1988 is 132.
Point 160, 1989 is 129.1.
Point 161, 1990 is 135.6.
Point 162, 1991 is 135.7.
Point 163, 1992 is 138.
Point 164, 1993 is 142.1.
Point 165, 1994 is 142.9.
Point 166, 1995 is 140.
Point 167, 1996 is 146.4.
Point 168, 1997 is 146.8.
Point 169, 1998 is 143.
Point 170, 1999 is 144.
Point 171, 2000 is 146.3.
Point 172, 2001 is 141.1.
Point 173, 2002 is 136.8.
Point 174, 2003 is 136.8.
Point 175, 2004 is 134.6.
Point 176, 2005 is 134.4.
Point 177, 2006 is 135.8.
Point 178, 2007 is 138.3.
Point 179, 2008 is 136.6.

Sources: Data for 1830, 1850, 1879, and 1920 are from "Tlhe Decline in Per Capita Consumption of Flour in the United States" (by Holbrook Working in Wheat Studies of the Food Researech Institute, Stanford University, 1929) and The Food Chronology: A Food Lover's Compendium of Events and Anecdotes From Prehistory to the Present (by James Trager, Henry Holt and Company, 1995). Annual data between these data points are interpolations. Annual data for 1935-present are from ERS.

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