Rice, white · per lb · 2009 Verified
$0.77in June 2009 — about $1.19 in today's money.
- Price in 2009$0.77
- Same money today$1.19
- Actual price now · June 2026$1.09
- Change since 2009+42%
Priced in working time
- Work to buy in 2009 · the federal minimum wage was $6.55/hour7 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 June 2009; we have not adjusted the figure.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- APU0000701312
- Observed
- June 2009
- Coverage
- January 1980 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 215.693 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- License
- Public domain