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🍬 Pound of white sugar by Year (1946–2025)

In 1946 it cost 7.7¢ (per pound). In 2025 it was $1.02, and the latest figure (Sep 2026) is $1.02. Adjusted for inflation, it was cheapest in 2005 and most expensive in 1975.

0¢63¢$1.26$1.89$2.5219501960197019801990200020102020
Price at the timeIn today's money
YearPrice thenIn today's money
2025$1.02$1.07
2024100¢$1.07
202392¢$1.02
202278¢90¢
202168¢85¢
202063¢83¢
201959¢78¢
201862¢83¢
201765¢89¢
201664¢90¢
201565¢93¢
201461¢87¢
201364¢93¢
201269¢$1.02
201168¢$1.02
201063¢97¢
200957¢90¢
200853¢83¢
200752¢84¢
200650¢83¢
200544¢75¢
200443¢76¢
200343¢78¢
200243¢81¢
200143¢83¢
200042¢83¢
199943¢88¢
199843¢89¢
199743¢91¢
199642¢90¢
199540¢88¢
199440¢91¢
199341¢94¢
199242¢100¢
199143¢$1.06
199043¢$1.10
198940¢$1.09
198837¢$1.04
198735¢$1.05
198635¢$1.08
198535¢$1.11
198436¢$1.18
198336¢$1.22
198235¢$1.20
198140¢$1.48
198043¢$1.75
197722¢$1.20
197624¢$1.42
197537¢$2.33
197432¢$2.21
197315¢$1.15
197214¢$1.12
197114¢$1.13
197013¢$1.13
196912¢$1.14
196812¢$1.18
196712¢$1.22
196612¢$1.25
196512¢$1.26
196413¢$1.39
196314¢$1.50
196212¢$1.30
196112¢$1.33
196012¢$1.32
195911¢$1.32
195811¢$1.32
195711¢$1.32
195611¢$1.31
195510¢$1.31
195411¢$1.32
195311¢$1.33
195210¢$1.31
195110¢$1.31
19509.7¢$1.36
19499.5¢$1.34
19489.4¢$1.32
19479.7¢$1.46
19467.7¢$1.33

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 sugar 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 APU0000715211). Yearly figures are averages of the monthly or quarterly data.

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