Ground beef · per lb · 2002 Verified
$1.72in June 2002 — about $3.19 in today's money.
- Price in 2002$1.72
- Same money today$3.19
- Actual price now · June 2026$6.83
- Change since 2002+297%
Price history
Record & method
This is an observed price. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recorded it in June 2002; we have not adjusted the figure.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- APU0000703112
- Observed
- June 2002
- Coverage
- January 1984 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 179.9 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- License
- Public domain