1800	51.00	$1.961
1801	50.00	$2.000	-2
1802	43.00	$2.326	-14
1803	45.00	$2.222	4.7	Louisiana Purchase
1804	45.00	$2.222	0
1805	45.00	$2.222	0
1806	47.00	$2.128	4.4
1807	44.00	$2.273	-6.4
1808	48.00	$2.083	9.1
1809	47.00	$2.128	-2.1
1810	47.00	$2.128	0
1811	50.00	$2.000	6.4
1812	51.00	$1.961	2	War of 1812
1813	58.00	$1.724	13.7
1814	63.00	$1.587	8.6
1815	55.00	$1.818	-12.7	Napoleon defeated
1816	51.00	$1.961	-7.3
1817	48.00	$2.083	-5.9
1818	46.00	$2.174	-4.2
1819	46.00	$2.174	0
1820	42.00	$2.381	-8.7
1821	40.00	$2.500	-4.8
1822	40.00	$2.500	0
1823	36.00	$2.778	-10
1824	33.00	$3.030	-8.3
1825	34.00	$2.941	3
1826	34.00	$2.941	0
1827	34.00	$2.941	0	first railroad in U.S.
1828	33.00	$3.030	-2.9
1829	32.00	$3.125	-3
1830	32.00	$3.125	0
1831	32.00	$3.125	0
1832	30.00	$3.333	-6.3
1833	29.00	$3.448	-3.3
1834	30.00	$3.333	3.4
1835	31.00	$3.226	3.3
1836	33.00	$3.030	6.5	Colt's revolver
1837	34.00	$2.941	3
1838	32.00	$3.125	-5.9
1839	32.00	$3.125	0
1840	30.00	$3.333	-6.3
1841	31.00	$3.226	3.3
1842	29.00	$3.448	-6.5
1843	28.00	$3.571	-3.4
1844	28.00	$3.571	0
1845	28.00	$3.571	0
1846	27.00	$3.704	-3.6
1847	28.00	$3.571	3.7
1848	26.00	$3.846	-7.1
1849	25.00	$4.000	-3.8	California gold rush
1850	25.00	$4.000	0	end "little ice age" (~1350-1850) warm trend
1851	25.00	$4.000	0
1852	25.00	$4.000	0
1853	25.00	$4.000	0
1854	27.00	$3.704	8
1855	28.00	$3.571	3.7
1856	27.00	$3.704	-3.6
1857	28.00	$3.571	3.7
1858	26.00	$3.846	-7.1
1859	27.00	$3.704	3.8	Colorado gold rush
1860	27.00	$3.704	0
1861	27.00	$3.704	0	Civil War
1862	30.00	$3.333	11.1
1863	37.00	$2.703	23.3
1864	47.00	$2.128	27
1865	46.00	$2.174	-2.1	end Civil War
1866	44.00	$2.273	-4.3
1867	42.00	$2.381	-4.5
1868	40.00	$2.500	-4.8
1869	40.00	$2.500	0	Transcontinental Railroad completed
1870	38.00	$2.632	-5	Suez Canalcompleted
1871	36.00	$2.778	-5.3
1872	36.00	$2.778	0
1873	36.00	$2.778	0	"Long Depression" ~1873 -- ~1897
1874	34.00	$2.941	-5.6
1875	33.00	$3.030	-2.9
1876	32.00	$3.125	-3	A.G. Bell- telephone
1877	32.00	$3.125	0
1878	29.00	$3.448	-9.4
1879	28.00	$3.571	-3.4
1880	29.00	$3.448	3.6
1881	29.00	$3.448	0
1882	29.00	$3.448	0
1883	28.00	$3.571	-3.4
1884	27.00	$3.704	-3.6
1885	27.00	$3.704	0
1886	27.00	$3.704	0	gasoline automobiles in Europe
1887	27.00	$3.704	0
1888	27.00	$3.704	0
1889	27.00	$3.704	0
1890	27.00	$3.704	0
1891	27.00	$3.704	0
1892	27.00	$3.704	0
1893	27.00	$3.704	0
1894	26.00	$3.846	-3.7
1895	25.00	$4.000	-3.8	Marconi-- telegraph
1896	25.00	$4.000	0	Klondike gold rush; penicillin
1897	25.00	$4.000	0
1898	25.00	$4.000	0	end Spanish-American War
1899	25.00	$4.000	0
1900	25.00	$4.000	0
1901	25.00	$4.000	0
1902	26.00	$3.846	4	Oldsmobile production line
1903	27.00	$3.704	3.8
1904	27.00	$3.704	0
1905	27.00	$3.704	0
1906	27.00	$3.704	0
1907	28.00	$3.571	3.7
1908	27.00	$3.704	-3.6
1909	27.00	$3.704	0
1910	28.00	$3.571	3.7	Ford production line
1911	28.00	$3.571	0
1912	29.00	$3.448	3.6
1913	29.70	$3.367	2.4	Federal Reserve System
1914	30.10	$3.322	1.3	WW-Ibegins
1915	30.40	$3.289	1
1916	32.70	$3.058	7.6
1917	38.40	$2.604	17.4	U.S. enters WW-I
1918	45.10	$2.217	17.4	end WW-I; influenza epidemic
1919	51.80	$1.931	14.9	influenza epidemic-- ( epidemic list)
1920	60.00	$1.667	15.8	recession
1921	53.60	$1.866	-10.7
1922	50.20	$1.992	-6.3
1923	51.10	$1.957	1.8
1924	51.20	$1.953	0.2
1925	52.50	$1.905	2.5
1926	53.00	$1.887	1
1927	52.00	$1.923	-1.9
1928	51.30	$1.949	-1.3
1929	51.30	$1.949	0	Great Depression-- through 1930's
1930	50.00	$2.000	-2.5
1931	45.60	$2.193	-8.8
1932	40.90	$2.445	-10.3	New Deal
1933	38.80	$2.577	-5.1	Third Reich
1934	40.10	$2.494	3.4
1935	41.10	$2.433	2.5
1936	41.50	$2.410	1
1937	43.00	$2.326	3.6	recession
1938	42.20	$2.370	-1.9
1939	41.60	$2.404	-1.4	invasion of Poland- WW-II
1940	42.00	$2.381	1
1941	44.10	$2.268	5	Pearl Harbor- U.S. in WW-II
1942	48.80	$2.049	10.7	baby boom (~1940 - 1957)
1943	51.80	$1.931	6.1
1944	52.70	$1.898	1.7
1945	53.90	$1.855	2.3	end WW-II
1946	58.50	$1.709	8.5	ENIAC -- computer
1947	66.90	$1.495	14.4
1948	72.10	$1.387	7.8
1949	71.40	$1.401	-1
1950	72.10	$1.387	1	Korean War
1951	77.80	$1.285	7.9
1952	79.50	$1.258	2.2
1953	80.10	$1.248	0.8	end Korean War
1954	80.50	$1.242	0.5
1955	80.20	$1.247	-0.4
1956	81.40	$1.229	1.5
1957	84.30	$1.186	3.6	baby boom peak
1958	86.60	$1.155	2.7	U.S. space programbegins
1959	87.30	$1.145	0.8	Integrated Circuit; Vietnam war
1960	88.70	$1.127	1.6
1961	89.60	$1.116	1
1962	90.60	$1.104	1.1
1963	91.70	$1.091	1.2
1964	92.90	$1.076	1.3
1965	94.50	$1.058	1.7
1966	97.20	$1.029	2.9
1967	100.00	$1.000	2.9
1968	104.20	$0.960	4.2
1969	109.80	$0.911	5.4
1970	116.30	$0.860	5.9
1971	121.30	$0.824	4.3
1972	125.30	$0.798	3.3
1973	133.10	$0.751	6.2	Arab oil embargo
1974	147.70	$0.677	11
1975	161.20	$0.620	9.1	personal computer; end Vietnam war
1976	170.50	$0.587	5.8
1977	181.50	$0.551	6.5
1978	195.40	$0.512	7.7
1979	217.40	$0.460	11.3	oil crisis-- Iranian revolution
1980	246.80	$0.405	13.5
1981	272.40	$0.367	10.4
1982	289.10	$0.346	6.1
1983	298.40	$0.335	3.2
1984	311.10	$0.321	4.3
1985	322.20	$0.310	3.6
1986	328.40	$0.305	1.8
1987	340.40	$0.294	3.6
1988	354.30	$0.282	4.1
1989	371.30	$0.269	4.8	Berlin Wall falls
1990	391.40	$0.255	5.4
1991	408.00	$0.245	4.2	USSR dissolved; Persian Gulf War
1992	420.30	$0.238	3
1993	432.70	$0.231	3
1994	444.00	$0.225	2.2
1995	456.50	$0.219	2.8
1996	469.90	$0.213	2.9
1997	480.80	$0.208	2.3
1998	488.30	$0.205	1.6
1999	499.10	$0.200	2.2
2000	515.80	$0.194	3.4
2001	530.10	$0.189	2.8	9-11 -- [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
2002	538.80	$0.186	1.6
2003	551.10	$0.181	2.3	Invasion of Iraq
2004	565.80	$0.177	2.7	oil price increases
2005*	584.90	$0.171	3.4

Sources: Table 121. The Consumer Price Index, 1800-1972,(1) Selected Groups, and Purchasing Power of the Consumer Dollar, 1913-72 -- (1967=100) - Handbook of Labor Statistics -- 1973 (1) Indexes from 1800-1912 estimated by splicing the following series: 1800-1851 -- Index of Prices Paid by Vermont Farmers for Family Living; 1851-1890 -- Consumer Price Index by Ethel D. Hoover; 1890-1912 -- Cost of Living Index by Albert Rees. - Handbook of Labor Statistics -- 1973 Handbook of Labor Statistics -- 1973; U.S. Dept of Labor; Bureau of Labor Statistics; Washington, DC 20212 The Value of a Dollar; Prices & Incomes in United States; 1860-1999; Scott Derks, ed.; Grey House pub, Lakeville, CT (c) 1999; p. 2 -- The Value of a Dollar, 1860 - 1997 "The Value of a Dollar, 1860-1997; Composite Consumer Price Index; 1860=1 - For a full discussion, see John G. McCusker, "How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States," Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, 101, pt. 2 (1992), pp. 297-373. Fed. Reserve Bank of Minneapolis -- U.S. Economic Data Special requests - Consumer Price Index Oregon State University Inflation Conversion Factors for Dollars 1665 to Estimated 2015