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🌾 Pound of flour by Year (1946–2025)

In 1946 it cost 7.1¢ (per pound). In 2025 it was 56¢, and the latest figure (Sep 2026) is 55¢. Adjusted for inflation, it was cheapest in 2021 and most expensive in 1947.

0¢39¢78¢$1.17$1.5619501960197019801990200020102020
Price at the timeIn today's money
YearPrice thenIn today's money
202556¢59¢
202456¢61¢
202355¢61¢
202249¢57¢
202140¢50¢
202045¢59¢
201944¢58¢
201846¢62¢
201751¢70¢
201653¢74¢
201552¢73¢
201453¢75¢
201352¢76¢
201252¢76¢
201152¢78¢
201048¢74¢
200950¢79¢
200851¢79¢
200736¢59¢
200633¢55¢
200532¢56¢
200430¢54¢
200331¢57¢
200231¢58¢
200130¢57¢
200029¢57¢
199929¢59¢
199830¢62¢
199730¢63¢
199629¢62¢
199525¢54¢
199423¢53¢
199323¢55¢
199224¢58¢
199123¢58¢
199025¢64¢
198925¢67¢
198821¢61¢
198721¢61¢
198621¢64¢
198521¢66¢
198421¢69¢
198322¢74¢
198222¢78¢
198122¢83¢
198021¢86¢
197717¢94¢
197619¢$1.10
197520¢$1.25
197421¢$1.40
197315¢$1.15
197212¢96¢
197112¢100¢
197012¢$1.02
196912¢$1.07
196812¢$1.13
196712¢$1.20
196612¢$1.24
196512¢$1.24
196411¢$1.23
196311¢$1.25
196211¢$1.27
196111¢$1.26
196011¢$1.26
195911¢$1.26
195811¢$1.28
195711¢$1.31
195611¢$1.33
195511¢$1.36
195411¢$1.34
195311¢$1.32
195211¢$1.33
195110¢$1.35
19509.8¢$1.37
19499.6¢$1.36
19489.8¢$1.37
19479.6¢$1.45
19467.1¢$1.23

How to read this

“Price then” is the average for that year. “In today's money” converts it to Sep 2026 dollars with the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U), so you can see whether flour really got pricier or the dollar just shrank.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data (U.S. city average) (from 1980); Before 1980: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics retail food prices as published by the U.S. Census Bureau (Historical Statistics of the United States, Series E 187–202, and the Statistical Abstract of the United States) (series APU0000701111). Yearly figures are averages of the monthly or quarterly data.

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