$100 in 2000 is worth $148 in 2019,
because prices increased 48.5% over that period, an average of
2.10% a year.
$100 in 2000 has
the same buying power as
$148
in 2019
Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change
48.5%
Average inflation rate
2.10% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)
$148
Price difference ($100 base)
$48.47
CPI in 2000
172.2
CPI in 2019
255.657
Inflation in 2000
3.36%
Inflation in 2019
1.81%
$100 in 2000 → 2019
$148
$100 in 2019 → 2000
$67.36
What happened to prices between 2000 and 2019
Between 2000 and 2019, the Consumer Price Index went from 172.2 to 255.657.
Cumulatively, prices increased 48.5%, which works out to an average of
2.10% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 2000 bought what
$0.67 buys in 2019: the 2000 dollar
lost 32.6% of its purchasing power over
these 19 years.
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.
Every 2000 amount converts to 2019 at the same ratio, 1.48: $1,000 becomes
$1,485, and $10,000 becomes $14,847.
Amount in 2000
Value in 2019
$1.00
$1.48
$5.00
$7.42
$10.00
$14.85
$20.00
$29.69
$50.00
$74.23
$100
$148
$500
$742
$1,000
$1,485
$5,000
$7,423
$10,000
$14,847
$100,000
$148,465
$1,000,000
$1,484,652
Inflation by spending category, 2000–2019
Between 2000 and 2019, medical care rose the most, up 91.1%, while apparel fell 4.3%, against 48.5% for all items. The headline number is an average; here is what $100 of 2000
spending costs in 2019, by category:
Category
Avg. yearly inflation
$100 in 2000 →
All items (CPI-U)
2.10%
$148
Medical care
3.47%
$191
Energy
2.92%
$173
Housing
2.40%
$157
Food
2.30%
$154
Core (all items less food & energy)
1.98%
$145
Transportation
1.67%
$137
Education & communication
1.57%
$134
Recreation
0.82%
$117
Apparel
-0.23%
$95.72
Decade by decade: 2000 to 2019
Prices climbed fastest in the 2000s, averaging 2.39% a year, and slowest in the 2010s (1.78% a year). Each step below chains into the full 2000–2019 change:
Years
Avg. yearly inflation
Price change
$100 from 2000, at end
2000–2010
2.39%
26.6%
$127
2010–2019
1.78%
17.2%
$148
Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 2000
$100 from 2000 had already become $125 by
2009, on its way to $148 in 2019; each row shows the CPI, that
year's inflation rate, and the running value.
Within the span, inflation peaked at 3.8% in 2008, and prices fell 0.4% in 2009, the deepest deflation of the period.
In 2019, prices rose 1.8% and $100 from 2000 had the buying
power of $148; the year's average CPI of 255.657 is the level
behind every 2019 figure on this page.
2019 was the last ordinary year before COVID-19. Consumer prices rose 1.8%,
slightly under the Federal Reserve’s 2% target, with gasoline averaging
$2.60 a gallon. Median household income jumped to $68,703, the highest on
record up to that point, and the median new home sold for about $328,000. A
first-class stamp rose to 55 cents.
The Fed reversed course. After four increases in 2018, it cut rates three
times, to 1.50–1.75%, citing slower global growth, trade tensions, and low
inflation. In July the expansion that began in June 2009 became the longest in
U.S. records, and in August the yield curve briefly inverted, a signal
investors read as a recession warning.
For workers at the bottom of the pay scale, 2019 marked a milestone of a
different kind. The federal minimum wage stayed at $7.25 and reached its tenth
year without an increase, the longest gap since the wage was first set. Because
prices had climbed about 19% since it was last raised in 2009, its buying power
was lower than at any point in that span.
MLA: “Inflation from 2000 to 2019: $100 is worth $148 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2000-to-2019/
APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 2000 to 2019. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2000-to-2019/