Pork chops priced at $20 in 2001 $30.50 in 2025

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Prices for Pork Chops, 2001-2025 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for pork chops are 52.49% higher in 2025 versus 2001 (a $10.50 difference in value).

Between 2001 and 2025: Pork chops experienced an average inflation rate of 1.77% per year. In other words, pork chops costing $20 in the year 2001 would cost $30.50 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 2.48% during this same period, inflation for pork chops was lower.

In the year 2001: Pricing changed by 4.49%, which is above the average yearly change for pork chops during the 2001-2025 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2001 (2.83%), inflation for pork chops was higher.

Price Inflation for Pork chops since 1939

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Years with the largest changes in pricing: 1947 (49%), 1946 (30.82%), and 1973 (25.07%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2001

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Pork chops, over time, for $20 beginning in 2001. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

YearUSD ValueInflation Rate
2001$20.004.49%
2002$19.62-1.89%
2003$20.233.12%
2004$21.435.91%
2005$21.40-0.14%
2006$21.10-1.41%
2007$21.401.43%
2008$21.962.61%
2009$21.17-3.58%
2010$22.064.19%
2011$23.677.29%
2012$23.810.61%
2013$23.61-0.85%
2014$25.839.41%
2015$24.82-3.93%
2016$23.80-4.09%
2017$23.10-2.95%
2018$23.722.69%
2019$23.800.34%
2020$26.159.84%
2021$27.866.54%
2022$29.917.37%
2023$29.910.01%
2024$30.943.44%
2025$30.50-1.44%*

* Not final. See inflation summary for latest details.
** Extended periods of 0% inflation usually indicate incomplete underlying data. This can manifest as a sharp increase in inflation later on.


Raw Consumer Price Index data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for Pork chops:

Year193919401941194219431944194519461947194819491950195119521953195419551956195719581959196019611962196319641965196619671968196919701971197219731974197519761977197819791980198119821983198419851986198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
CPI11.96911.10013.65416.50816.12314.98515.00019.62329.23831.27730.07730.42332.05432.43834.21535.63832.76932.48535.94638.07735.42335.77736.67737.46236.74637.00840.95444.90042.38543.36247.30849.03845.48552.40865.54665.83877.75477.33175.96984.23887.00882.92391.008100.48599.63199.91598.669109.492120.469118.785122.677140.185141.669138.915144.608144.231144.231153.038155.238146.777143.538152.192159.023156.023160.885170.400170.154167.762170.165174.611168.362175.416188.201189.344187.744205.412197.342189.268183.691188.637189.275207.900221.506237.826237.839246.027242.487

Adjust pork chops prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2025 / CPI in 2001 * 2001 USD value = 2025 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Pork chops was 159.023 in the year 2001 and 242.487 in 2025:

242.487 / 159.023 * $20 = $30.50

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2001 has the same "purchasing power" as $30.50 in 2025 (in the CPI category of Pork chops).


Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Pork chops in 1939. In addition to pork chops, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.

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