What is $100 in 1963 worth in 1964?

$100 in 1963 has the purchasing power of about $101 in 1964, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U).

What was the average inflation rate between 1963 and 1964?

Prices rose 1.3% in total between 1963 and 1964, an average of 1.31% per year.

How much is $1 in 1963 worth today?

$1 in 1963 is equivalent to about $1.01 in 1964. Equivalently, a 1964 dollar buys what $0.99 bought in 1963.

U.S. inflation · 1963–1964

Value of $100 in 1963, adjusted to 1964

Amount From year To year

$100 in 1963 has the same buying power as

$101

in 1964

Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change	1.3%
Average inflation rate	1.31% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)	$101
Price difference ($100 base)	$1.31
CPI in 1963	30.6
CPI in 1964	31
Inflation in 1963	1.32%
Inflation in 1964	1.31%
$100 in 1963 → 1964	$101
$100 in 1964 → 1963	$98.71

What happened to prices between 1963 and 1964

Between 1963 and 1964, the Consumer Price Index went from 30.6 to 31. Cumulatively, prices increased 1.3%, which works out to an average of 1.31% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 1963 bought what $0.99 buys in 1964.

Common amounts: 1963 dollars in 1964

Amount in 1963	Value in 1964
$1.00	$1.01
$5.00	$5.07
$10.00	$10.13
$20.00	$20.26
$50.00	$50.65
$100	$101
$500	$507
$1,000	$1,013
$5,000	$5,065
$10,000	$10,131
$100,000	$101,307
$1,000,000	$1,013,072

Inflation by spending category, 1963–1964

The headline number is an average. Individual categories moved very differently over this period. Here is what $100 of 1963 spending costs in 1964, by category:

Category	Avg. yearly inflation	$100 in 1963 →
All items (CPI-U)	1.31%	$101
Medical care	2.07%	$102
Transportation	1.62%	$102
Core (all items less food & energy)	1.57%	$102
Food	1.29%	$101
Apparel	0.85%	$101
Energy	-0.44%	$99.56

Not shown because the BLS began these indexes after 1963: housing (1967–), recreation (1993–), education & communication (1993–).

Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 1963

Year	CPI	Inflation rate	$100 from 1963
1963	30.6	1.3%	$100
1964	31	1.3%	$101

Cite this page

MLA: “Inflation from 1963 to 1964: $100 is worth $101 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1963-to-1964/

APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 1963 to 1964. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1963-to-1964/

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.