Rice, white · per lb · 2001 Verified
$0.49in April 2000 — about $0.96 in today's money.
- Price in 2001$0.49
- Same money today$0.96
- Actual price now · June 2026$1.09
- Change since 2001+122%
Priced in working time
- Work to buy in 2001 · the federal minimum wage was $5.15/hour6 min
- Work to buy today · at $7.25/hour (2026)9 min
Observed price divided by the observed wage for the same year — nothing here is back-cast. See the minimum wage record →
Price history
Record & method
This is an observed price. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recorded it in April 2000; we have not adjusted the figure.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- APU0000701312
- Observed
- April 2000
- Coverage
- January 1980 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 171.3 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- License
- Public domain