Ham · per lb · 1932 Estimated
This figure may be significantly off. It is projected back 59 years from the first recorded price, using general inflation. Items do not track inflation evenly — groceries in particular were far more expensive relative to other goods before modern agriculture, so a figure this old can understate the real price by two-fold or more. Use it for a sense of scale, not as a historical price.
$0.31in June 1932 — about $7.69 in today's money.
- Price in 1932$0.31
- Same money today$7.69
- Actual price now · June 2026$5.51
- Change since 1932+1659%
Price history
Record & method
No price was recorded for 1932. This figure is estimated: we took the earliest observed price (January 1991) and moved it back along the category inflation curve — a back-cast of 59 years. The further back it reaches, the less it should be trusted. Treat it as an approximation, not a historical fact.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- APU0000704312
- Estimated for
- June 1932
- Coverage
- January 1991 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 13.6 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- Back-cast
- 59 years before the first record · very low confidence
- License
- Public domain