Inflation by category
Overall prices rose 95% since 2000, but each part of the budget moved differently. Pick a category for its full history and a calculator.
Food and drink
- Foodup 109% since 2000
- Groceries (food at home)up 91% since 2000
- Restaurant meals (food away from home)up 135% since 2000
- Eggsup 110% since 2000
- Beefup 251% since 2000
- Ground beefup 258% since 2000
- Chicken and poultryup 97% since 2000
- Baconup 116% since 2000
- Milkup 71% since 2000
- Butterup 116% since 2000
- Cheeseup 59% since 2000
- Breadup 126% since 2000
- Coffeeup 93% since 2000
- Sugar and sweetsup 111% since 2000
- Fruits and vegetablesup 80% since 2000
- Potatoesup 134% since 2000
- Bananasup 34% since 2000
- Baby food and formulaup 107% since 2000
- Beerup 82% since 2000
- Wineup 18% since 2000
- Alcoholic beveragesup 73% since 2000
- Cigarettes and tobaccoup 347% since 2000
Home
- Housingup 112% since 2000
- Rentup 144% since 2000
- Shelterup 123% since 2000
- Electricityup 141% since 2000
- Natural gas (utility)up 102% since 2000
- Water and sewerup 236% since 2000
- Furnituredown 1% since 2000
- Appliancesdown 11% since 2000
- Renters and home insuranceup 69% since 2000
Getting around
- Transportationup 90% since 2000
- Gasolineup 180% since 2000
- New carsup 26% since 2000
- Used cars and trucksup 18% since 2000
- Car insuranceup 230% since 2000
- Car repair and maintenanceup 162% since 2000
- Airline faresup 29% since 2000
- Public transportationup 40% since 2000
Health
- Medical careup 127% since 2000
- Prescription drugsup 93% since 2000
- Doctor visitsup 80% since 2000
- Dental careup 154% since 2000
- Hospital servicesup 297% since 2000
- Health insuranceup 32% since 2006
Education and family
- College tuitionup 198% since 2000
- College textbooksup 149% since 2002
- Child care and preschoolup 158% since 2000
- Toysdown 73% since 2000
Shopping and services
- Clothingup 6% since 2000
- Shoesup 23% since 2000
- Haircuts and personal care servicesup 110% since 2000
- Pets and pet careup 123% since 2000
- Vet billsup 262% since 2000
- Postageup 167% since 2000
- Funeralsup 122% since 2000
Tech and entertainment
- Televisionsdown 98% since 2000
- Computersdown 92% since 2000
- Cell phone servicedown 37% since 2000
- Internet servicedown 9% since 2000
- Cable and streaming TVup 129% since 2000
- Movie, theater and concert ticketsup 110% since 2000
- Sporting event ticketsup 115% since 2000
- Hotels and motelsup 58% since 2000