$100 in 1925 is worth $984 in 2000,
because prices increased 884.0% over that period, an average of
3.10% a year.
$100 in 1925 has
the same buying power as
$984
in 2000
Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change
884.0%
Average inflation rate
3.10% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)
$984
Price difference ($100 base)
$884
CPI in 1925
17.5
CPI in 2000
172.2
Inflation in 1925
2.34%
Inflation in 2000
3.36%
$100 in 1925 → 2000
$984
$100 in 2000 → 1925
$10.16
What happened to prices between 1925 and 2000
Between 1925 and 2000, the Consumer Price Index went from 17.5 to 172.2.
Cumulatively, prices increased 884.0%, which works out to an average of
3.10% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 1925 bought what
$0.10 buys in 2000: the 1925 dollar
lost 89.8% of its purchasing power over
these 75 years.
Consumer prices rose 2.3% in 1925, the CPI’s largest single-year increase
since the deflationary swings of the early 1920s, though still mild next to
the double-digit inflation of the World War I years. The country’s cultural
fault lines were on full display that summer in Dayton, Tennessee, where
high school teacher John Scopes was tried July 10-21 for violating a state
law against teaching evolution, a case that drew national press coverage and
pitted prosecutor William Jennings Bryan against defense attorney Clarence
Darrow. Real estate speculation, meanwhile, peaked in Florida, where buyers
flipped undeveloped land in the Miami area on thin down payments, driving
prices far above what the land itself could support; the bubble would
collapse the following year. Detroit reshuffled that June too: Walter
Chrysler reorganized the struggling Maxwell Motor Company into Chrysler
Corporation, the start of what would become one of the American auto
industry’s “Big Three.” First-class postage held at 2 cents for the sixth
straight year.
Every 1925 amount converts to 2000 at the same ratio, 9.84: $1,000 becomes
$9,840, and $10,000 becomes $98,400.
Amount in 1925
Value in 2000
$1.00
$9.84
$5.00
$49.20
$10.00
$98.40
$20.00
$197
$50.00
$492
$100
$984
$500
$4,920
$1,000
$9,840
$5,000
$49,200
$10,000
$98,400
$100,000
$984,000
$1,000,000
$9,840,000
Inflation by spending category, 1925–2000
Between 1925 and 2000, food rose the most, up 917.0%, while apparel rose the least, up 392.8%, against 884.0% for all items. The headline number is an average; here is what $100 of 1925
spending costs in 2000, by category:
Category
Avg. yearly inflation
$100 in 1925 →
All items (CPI-U)
3.10%
$984
Food
3.14%
$1,017
Apparel
2.15%
$493
Not shown because the BLS began these indexes after 1925: core (all items less food & energy) (1957–), energy (1957–), housing (1967–), medical care (1935–), transportation (1935–), recreation (1993–), education & communication (1993–).
Decade by decade: 1925 to 2000
Prices climbed fastest in the 1970s, averaging 7.82% a year, and fell in the 1930s (1.7% a year). Each step below chains into the full 1925–2000 change:
Years
Avg. yearly inflation
Price change
$100 from 1925, at end
1925–1930
-0.93%
-4.6%
$95.43
1930–1940
-1.75%
-16.2%
$80.00
1940–1950
5.58%
72.1%
$138
1950–1960
2.08%
22.8%
$169
1960–1970
2.74%
31.1%
$222
1970–1980
7.82%
112.4%
$471
1980–1990
4.72%
58.6%
$747
1990–2000
2.80%
31.8%
$984
Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 1925
$100 from 1925 had already become $169 by
1960, on its way to $984 in 2000; each row shows the CPI, that
year's inflation rate, and the running value.
Within the span, inflation peaked at 14.4% in 1947, and prices fell 9.9% in 1932, the deepest deflation of the period.
Long periods are sampled every 5 years; the calculator above covers any pair of years.
The destination year: 2000
In 2000, prices rose 3.4% and $100 from 1925 had the buying
power of $984; the year's average CPI of 172.2 is the level
behind every 2000 figure on this page.
Inflation ran at 3.4% in 2000, the highest annual rate since 1991, as an economy growing
above 4% and a rise in oil prices pushed the CPI up. The median household earned about
$42,100, gas averaged $1.51 a gallon, and a new home cost roughly $169,000. The Federal
Reserve had raised interest rates six times since mid-1999 and stopped at 6.5% in May. By
then the stock market had already turned: the Nasdaq hit its record of 5,048 on March 10 and
lost about 39% of its value by December. Consumer prices did not reflect the slowdown yet,
which is why the Fed held rates high through the year even as technology companies began to
fail. In October, Congress granted China permanent normal trade relations, a decision that
would help hold down the price of manufactured goods for years. A first-class stamp cost 33
cents and the federal minimum wage was $5.15. The recession of 2001 brought inflation back
down.
MLA: “Inflation from 1925 to 2000: $100 is worth $984 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1925-to-2000/
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