What is $100 in 1950 worth in 1951?

$100 in 1950 has the purchasing power of about $108 in 1951, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U).

What was the average inflation rate between 1950 and 1951?

Prices rose 7.9% in total between 1950 and 1951, an average of 7.88% per year.

How much is $1 in 1950 worth today?

$1 in 1950 is equivalent to about $1.08 in 1951. Equivalently, a 1951 dollar buys what $0.93 bought in 1950.

U.S. inflation · 1950–1951

Value of $100 in 1950, adjusted to 1951

Amount From year To year

$100 in 1950 has the same buying power as

$108

in 1951

Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change	7.9%
Average inflation rate	7.88% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)	$108
Price difference ($100 base)	$7.88
CPI in 1950	24.1
CPI in 1951	26
Inflation in 1950	1.26%
Inflation in 1951	7.88%
$100 in 1950 → 1951	$108
$100 in 1951 → 1950	$92.69

What happened to prices between 1950 and 1951

Between 1950 and 1951, the Consumer Price Index went from 24.1 to 26. Cumulatively, prices increased 7.9%, which works out to an average of 7.88% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 1950 bought what $0.93 buys in 1951.

Common amounts: 1950 dollars in 1951

Amount in 1950	Value in 1951
$1.00	$1.08
$5.00	$5.39
$10.00	$10.79
$20.00	$21.58
$50.00	$53.94
$100	$108
$500	$539
$1,000	$1,079
$5,000	$5,394
$10,000	$10,788
$100,000	$107,884
$1,000,000	$1,078,838

Inflation by spending category, 1950–1951

The headline number is an average. Individual categories moved very differently over this period. Here is what $100 of 1950 spending costs in 1951, by category:

Category	Avg. yearly inflation	$100 in 1950 →
All items (CPI-U)	7.88%	$108
Food	11.02%	$111
Apparel	8.93%	$109
Transportation	6.17%	$106
Medical care	5.30%	$105

Not shown because the BLS began these indexes after 1950: core (all items less food & energy) (1957–), energy (1957–), housing (1967–), recreation (1993–), education & communication (1993–).

Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 1950

Year	CPI	Inflation rate	$100 from 1950
1950	24.1	1.3%	$100
1951	26	7.9%	$108

Cite this page

MLA: “Inflation from 1950 to 1951: $100 is worth $108 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1950-to-1951/

APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 1950 to 1951. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1950-to-1951/

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI-U annual averages (series CUUR0000SA0; category indexes listed on the data sources page). See how these numbers are calculated.