Ice cream · per half gallon · 1956 Estimated
$0.63in June 1956 — about $7.72 in today's money.
- Price in 1956$0.63
- Same money today$7.72
- Actual price now · June 2026$5.95
- Change since 1956+846%
Price history
Record & method
No price was recorded for 1956. This figure is estimated: we took the earliest observed price (January 1980) and moved it back along the category inflation curve — a back-cast of 24 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
- APU0000710411
- Estimated for
- June 1956
- Coverage
- January 1980 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 27.2 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- Category curve
- CUUR0000SAF11
- Back-cast
- 24 years before the first record · moderate confidence
- License
- Public domain