What is $100 in 1964 worth in 1965?

$100 in 1964 has the purchasing power of about $102 in 1965, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U).

What was the average inflation rate between 1964 and 1965?

Prices rose 1.6% in total between 1964 and 1965, an average of 1.61% per year.

How much is $1 in 1964 worth today?

$1 in 1964 is equivalent to about $1.02 in 1965. Equivalently, a 1965 dollar buys what $0.98 bought in 1964.

U.S. inflation · 1964–1965

Value of $100 in 1964, adjusted to 1965

Amount From year To year

$100 in 1964 has the same buying power as

$102

in 1965

Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change	1.6%
Average inflation rate	1.61% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)	$102
Price difference ($100 base)	$1.61
CPI in 1964	31
CPI in 1965	31.5
Inflation in 1964	1.31%
Inflation in 1965	1.61%
$100 in 1964 → 1965	$102
$100 in 1965 → 1964	$98.41

What happened to prices between 1964 and 1965

Between 1964 and 1965, the Consumer Price Index went from 31 to 31.5. Cumulatively, prices increased 1.6%, which works out to an average of 1.61% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 1964 bought what $0.98 buys in 1965.

Common amounts: 1964 dollars in 1965

Amount in 1964	Value in 1965
$1.00	$1.02
$5.00	$5.08
$10.00	$10.16
$20.00	$20.32
$50.00	$50.81
$100	$102
$500	$508
$1,000	$1,016
$5,000	$5,081
$10,000	$10,161
$100,000	$101,613
$1,000,000	$1,016,129

Inflation by spending category, 1964–1965

The headline number is an average. Individual categories moved very differently over this period. Here is what $100 of 1964 spending costs in 1965, by category:

Category	Avg. yearly inflation	$100 in 1964 →
All items (CPI-U)	1.61%	$102
Medical care	2.44%	$102
Food	2.22%	$102
Energy	1.78%	$102
Transportation	1.59%	$102
Core (all items less food & energy)	1.24%	$101
Apparel	1.06%	$101

Not shown because the BLS began these indexes after 1964: housing (1967–), recreation (1993–), education & communication (1993–).

Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 1964

Year	CPI	Inflation rate	$100 from 1964
1964	31	1.3%	$100
1965	31.5	1.6%	$102

Cite this page

MLA: “Inflation from 1964 to 1965: $100 is worth $102 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1964-to-1965/

APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 1964 to 1965. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1964-to-1965/

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.