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Digest of Education Statistics: 2009
Digest of Education Statistics: 2009

NCES 2010-013
April 2010


Table 32. Gross domestic product price index, Consumer Price Index, education price indexes, and federal budget composite deflator: Selected years, 1919 through 2008
Calendar year School year Federal fiscal year
Year Gross domestic product price index Consumer Price Index1 Year Consumer Price Index2 Higher Education Price Index3 Research and Develop- ment Index Academic Library Opera- tions Index Year Federal budget compo- site deflator
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1919 17.3 1919-20 19.1 1919
1929 10.584 17.1 1929-30 17.1 1929
1939 8.591 13.9 1939-40 14.0 1939
1949 14.502 23.8 1949-50 23.7 1949 0.1246
1950 14.615 24.1 1950-51 25.1 1950 0.1287
                 
1951 15.622 26.0 1951-52 26.3 1951 0.1279
1952 15.962 26.5 1952-53 26.7 1952 0.1280
1953 16.164 26.7 1953-54 26.9 1953 0.1368
1954 16.328 26.9 1954-55 26.8 1954 0.1409
1955 16.562 26.8 1955-56 26.9 1955 0.1455
                 
1956 17.133 27.2 1956-57 27.7 1956 0.1526
1957 17.733 28.1 1957-58 28.6 1957 0.1601
1958 18.142 28.9 1958-59 29.0 1958 0.1687
1959 18.348 29.1 1959-60 29.4 1959 0.1746
1960 18.604 29.6 1960-61 29.8 25.6 26.7 1960 0.1750
                 
1961 18.814 29.9 1961-62 30.1 26.5 27.5 1961 0.1795
1962 19.071 30.2 1962-63 30.4 27.6 28.5 1962 0.1803
1963 19.273 30.6 1963-64 30.8 28.6 29.5 1963 0.1873
1964 19.572 31.0 1964-65 31.2 29.8 30.7 1964 0.1900
1965 19.928 31.5 1965-66 31.9 31.3 32.0 1965 0.1928
                 
1966 20.493 32.4 1966-67 32.9 32.9 33.8 1966 0.1974
1967 21.124 33.4 1967-68 34.0 34.9 35.7 1967 0.2026
1968 22.022 34.8 1968-69 35.7 37.1 38.0 1968 0.2103
1969 23.110 36.7 1969-70 37.8 39.5 40.3 1969 0.2230
1970 24.328 38.8 1970-71 39.7 42.1 42.7 1970 0.2363
                 
1971 25.545 40.5 1971-72 41.2 44.3 45.0 1971 0.2519
1972 26.647 41.8 1972-73 42.8 46.7 47.1 1972 0.2690
1973 28.124 44.4 1973-74 46.6 49.9 50.1 1973 0.2833
1974 30.669 49.3 1974-75 51.8 54.3 54.8 1974 0.3070
1975 33.577 53.8 1975-76 55.5 57.8 59.0 57.3 1975 0.3384
                 
1976 35.505 56.9 1976-77 58.7 61.5 62.7 61.6 1976 0.3640
1977 37.764 60.6 1977-78 62.6 65.7 66.8 65.8 1977 0.3934
1978 40.413 65.2 1978-79 68.5 70.5 71.7 71.4 1978 0.4195
1979 43.773 72.6 1979-80 77.6 77.5 78.3 78.5 1979 0.4552
1980 47.776 82.4 1980-81 86.6 85.8 86.6 86.1 1980 0.5029
                 
1981 52.281 90.9 1981-82 94.1 93.9 94.0 94.0 1981 0.5562
1982 55.467 96.5 1982-83 98.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 1982 0.5958
1983 57.655 99.6 1983-84 101.8 104.8 104.3 105.1 1983 0.6245
1984 59.823 103.9 1984-85 105.8 110.8 109.8 111.2 1984 0.6555
1985 61.633 107.6 1985-86 108.8 116.3 115.2 117.6 1985 0.6781
                 
1986 63.003 109.6 1986-87 111.2 120.9 120.0 124.2 1986 0.6947
1987 64.763 113.6 1987-88 115.8 126.2 126.8 130.0 1987 0.7143
1988 66.990 118.3 1988-89 121.2 132.8 132.1 138.6 1988 0.7359
1989 69.520 124.0 1989-90 127.0 140.8 139.0 147.4 1989 0.7631
1990 72.213 130.7 1990-91 133.9 148.2 145.8 155.7 1990 0.7882
                 
1991 74.762 136.2 1991-92 138.2 153.5 150.6 163.3 1991 0.8226
1992 76.537 140.3 1992-93 142.5 157.9 155.2 169.8 1992 0.8508
1993 78.222 144.5 1993-94 146.2 163.3 160.1 176.7 1993 0.8725
1994 79.867 148.2 1994-95 150.4 168.1 165.4 183.9 1994 0.8902
1995 81.533 152.4 1995-96 154.5 173.0 170.8 192.6 1995 0.9120
                 
1996 83.083 156.9 1996-97 158.9 178.4 1996 0.9328
1997 84.554 160.5 1997-98 161.7 184.7 1997 0.9508
1998 85.507 163.0 1998-99 164.5 189.1 1998 0.9603
1999 86.766 166.6 1999-2000 169.3 196.9 1999 0.9748
2000 88.648 172.2 2000-01 175.1 208.7 2000 1.0000
                 
2001 90.654 177.1 2001-02 178.2 212.7 2001 1.0234
2002 92.113 179.9 2002-03 182.1 223.5 2002 1.0425
2003 94.099 184.0 2003-04 186.1 231.7 2003 1.0703
2004 96.769 188.9 2004-05 191.7 240.8 2004 1.1014
2005 100.000 195.3 2005-06 199.0 253.1 2005 1.1417
                 
2006 103.263 201.6 2006-07 204.1 260.3 2006 1.1809
2007 106.221 207.3 2007-08 211.7 273.2 2007 1.2081
2008 108.481 215.3 2008-09 214.7 279.4 2008 1.2584
—Not available.
1 Index for urban wage earners and clerical workers through 1977; 1978 and later figures are for all urban consumers.
2 Consumer Price Index adjusted to a school-year basis (July through June).
3 Beginning in 2001-02, components of index were weighted through a regression methodology.
NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts, retrieved September 25, 2009, from http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, retrieved September 25, 2009, from ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/cpi/cpiai.txt. Commonfund Institute, Higher Education Price Index, retrieved September 25, 2009, from http://www.commonfund.org/Commonfund/CF+Institute/CI_About_HEPI.htm. U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Budget of the U.S. Government, Fiscal Year 2010, Historical Tables. (This table was prepared September 2009.)