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Facts & Figures:
Consumer Price Index 1800 - 1998


Year

Index

   
1800

51

1810

47

1820

42

1830

32

1840

30

1850

25

1860

27

1870

38

1880

29

1890

27

1900

25

1910

28

1920

 60

1930

50

1940

42

1950

72.1

1960

88.7

1970

116.3

1980

247.0

1990

384.4

1997

469.3

   

 Base Year 1967 = 100

   
1800 - 1912: Consumer Price Index
1913 - 1997: Consumer Price Index-Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
Source: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/historiccpi.html
 
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Updated: April 2004