Potato chips · per 16 oz · 1961 Estimated
$0.74in June 1961 — about $8.32 in today's money.
- Price in 1961$0.74
- Same money today$8.32
- Actual price now · June 2026$6.63
- Change since 1961+793%
Price history
Record & method
No price was recorded for 1961. 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 19 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
- APU0000718311
- Estimated for
- June 1961
- Coverage
- January 1980 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 29.8 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- Category curve
- CUUR0000SAF11
- Back-cast
- 19 years before the first record · moderate confidence
- License
- Public domain