US Price Indices 1790-2000
2,500
2,000
1,500
(1860=100)
Taylor Hoover Agro Price Index (1860=100)
CPI (1860=100)
1,000
500
0
1790
1800
1810
1820
1830
1840
1850
1860
1870
1880
1890
1900
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
Year
US Price Indices (1790-1958)
400
350
300
250
(1860=100)
Taylor Hoover Agro Price Index (1860=100)
200
CPI (1860=100)
150
100
50
0
1790
1798
1806
1814
1822
1830
1838
1846
1854
1862
1870
1878
1886
1894
1902
1910
1918
1926
1934
1942
1950
1958
Year
US Price Indices Lated 19th c
250
200
150
(1860=100)
Taylor Hoover Agro Price Index (1860=100)
CPI (1860=100)
100
50
0
Year
US Price Indices 1920-1940
300
250
200
(1860=100)
Taylor Hoover Agro Price Index (1860=100)
150
CPI (1860=100)
100
50
0
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
Year
Taylor
Hoover Agro CPI
Year
Price Index (1860=100)
(1860=100)
1790 100 110
1791 98 113
1792 101 115
1793 109 119
1794 122 132
1795 146 151
1796 158 159
1797 143 153
1798 139 148
1799 142 148
1800 141 151
1801 151 153
1802 129 129
1803 128 136
1804 136 142
1805 148 141
1806 140 147
1807 135 139
1808 122 151
1809 134 148
1810 137 148
1811 133 158
1812 137 160
1813 161 192
1814 184 211
1815 183 185
1816 177 169
1817 173 160
1818 169 153
1819 141 153
1820 117 141
1821 107 136
1822 113 141
1823 105 126
1824 102 116
1825 112 119
1826 100 119
1827 97 120
1828 96 114
1829 95 112
1830 91 111
1831 92 104
1832 95 103
1833 98 101
1834 95 103
1835 109 106
1836 122 112
1837 114 115
1838 110 112
1839 115 112
1840 95 104
1841 93 105
1842 81 98
1843 75 89
1844 78 90
1845 82 91
1846 83 92
1847 93 99
1848 78 95
1849 82 92
1850 91 94
1851 87 92
1852 88 93
1853 96 93
1854 103 101
1855 110 104
1856 110 102
1857 119 105
1858 98 99
1859 101 100
1860 100 100
1861 103 106
1862 120 121
1863 152 151
1864 221 189
1865 211 196
1866 197 191
1867 183 178
1868 177 171
1869 168 164
1870 149 157
1871 143 147
1872 152 147
1873 146 144
1874 138 137
1875 131 132
1876 120 129
1877 117 126
1878 100 120
1879 98 120
1880 110 123
1881 112 123
1882 116 123
1883 108 121
1884 100 118
1885 92 116
1886 89 113
1887 92 114
1888 94 114
1889 90 111
1890 91 109
1891 90 109
1892 84 109
1893 86 108
1894 77 103
1895 79 101
1896 75 101
1897 75 100
1898 78 100
1899 84 100
1900 91 101
1901 89 102
1902 95 103
1903 96 106
1904 96 107
1905 97 106
1906 100 108
1907 105 113
1908 102 111
1909 109 109
1910 114 114
1911 105 114
1912 112 117
1913 113 119
1914 110 120
1915 112 121
1916 138 130
1917 190 153
1918 212 180
1919 224 207
1920 249 240
1921 158 214
1922 156 200
1923 163 204
1924 158 204
1925 167 210
1926 162 211
1927 154 208
1928 156 205
1929 154 205
1930 140 200
1931 118 182
1932 105 163
1933 106 155
1934 121 160
1935 129 164
1936 131 166
1937 139 172
1938 127 169
1939 125 166
1940 127 168
1941 141 176
1942 160 195
1943 167 207
1944 168 210
1945 171 215
1946 196 233
1947 240 267
1948 259 288
1949 247 285
1950 256 288
1951 285 310
1952 277 317
1953 274 320
1954 274 321
1955 275 320
1956 284 325
1957 292 336
1958 296 346
1959 348
1960 354
1961 358
1962 362
1963 366
1964 371
1965 377
1966 388
1967 399
1968 416
1969 438
1970 464
1971 484
1972 500
1973 531
1974 590
1975 643
1976 680
1977 725
1978 780
1979 868
1980 985
1981 1,087
1982 1,154
1983 1,191
1984 1,243
1985 1,287
1986 1,311
1987 1,359
1988 1,415
1989 1,483
1990 1,563
1991 1,629
1992 1,678
1993 1,728
1994 1,773
1995 1,822
1996 1,876
1997 1,920
1998 1,949
1999 1,992
2000 2,059
all are per capita
Year Region All Wealth Nonhuman Wealth
1774 South £93.00 £36.40
1774 Middle £46.00 £40.20
1774 New England £38.00 £36.40
1688 UK £55.00
1770 UK £135.00
Amount Ratio to
Year Name Source Region
(mln) median
1790 Derby, Elias $1 Crime 4,000 East
1803 Bingham, Wm $3 Finance 10,000 East
1830 Girard, Stephen $6 Finance 17,000 East
1848 Astor, John $20 Real Estate 50,000 East
1868 Vanderbilt, Cornelius $40 Rail 80,000 East
1875 Vanderbilt, Cornelius $105 Rail 210,000 East
1890 Vanderbilt, William $200 Rail 370,000 East
1912 Rockefeller, John $1,000 Oil 1,250,000 Midwest
1921 Rockefeller, John $1,000 Oil 800,000 Midwest
1940 Rockefeller, John $1,500 Oil 850,000 Midwest
1962 Getty, Jean $1,000 Oil 138,000
1982 Ludwig, Daniel $2,000 Shipping 60,000
1992 Walton, Sam $8,000 Retail 185,000 South
1995 Gates, Bill $11,000 Tech 240,000 West
1999 Gates, Bill $85,000 Tech 1,416,000 West
1914 Rockefeller, John $1,000 Oil
1914 Payne, Oliver $100 Oil
1914 Rogers, Henry $100 Oil
1914 Rockefeller, William $100 Oil
1914 Flagler, Henry $75 Oil
1914 Harkness, Charles $75 Oil
1914 Carnegie, Andrew $400 Steel
1914 Frick, Henry $150 Steel
1914 Phipps, Henry $75 Steel
1914 Sage, Russell $100 Rail
1914 Harriman, EH $100 Rail
1914 Hill, James $100 Rail
1914 Astor, John $87 Rail
1914 Vanderbilt, William $60 Rail
1914 Morgan, JP $119 Finance
1914 Mellon, Andrew $100 Finance
1914 Mellon, Richard $100 Finance
1914 Green, Hetty $100 Finance
1914 Baker, George $75 Finance
1914 Stillman, James $70 Finance
1914 Widener, Peter $100 Transit
1914 Ryan, Thomas $100 Transit
1914 Brady, Nicholas $75 Transit
1914 Weyerhaeuser, Fredrick $200 Lumber
1914 Field, Marshall $140 Retail
1914 Clark, William $100 Copper
1914 Duke, James $100 Tobacco
1914 Armour, J $75 Food
1914 Weightman, William $80 Drugs
1914 Woolworth, Frank $60 Retail
1918 Rockefeller, John $1,200 Oil
1918 Frick, Henry $225 Steel
1918 Carnegie, Andrew $200 Steel
1918 Baker, George $150 Finance
1918 Rockefeller, William $150 Oil
1918 Harkness, Charles $125 Oil
1918 Armour, J $125 Food
1918 Ford, Henry $100 Automobiles
1918 Vanderbilt, William $100 Rail
1918 Green, Hetty $100 Finance
1918 Harriman, EH $80 Rail
1918 Astor, John $75 Real Estate
1918 Stillman, James $70 Finance
1918 Ryan, Thomas $70 Transit
1918 Guggenheim, Daniel $70 Mining
1918 Schwab, Charles $70 Steel
1918 Morgan, JP $70 Finance
1918 Sage, Russell $60 Rail
1918 McCormick, CH $60 Machinery
1918 Widener, Peter $60 Transit
1918 James, Arthur $60 Rail
1918 Brady, Nicholas $60 Transit
1918 Schiff, Jacob $50 Finance
1918 Duke, James $50 Tobacco
1918 Eastman, George $50 Consumer goods
1918 duPont, Pierre $50 Chemicals
1918 Swift, Louis $50 Food
1918 Rosenwald, Julius $50 Retail
1918 Lewis, Lawrence $50 Oil
1918 Phipps, Henry $50 Steel
1930 Rockefeller $1,007 Oil
1930 Ford $728 Automobiles
1930 Harkness $450 Oil
1930 Mellon $450 Finance
1930 Vanderbilt $360 Rail
1930 Whitney $322 Oil
1930 duPont $238 Chemicals
1930 McCormick $211 Machinery
1930 Baker $210 Finance
1930 Fisher $193 Automobiles
1930 Guggenheim $190 Mining
1930 Field $180 Retail
1930 Curtis-Boks $174 Publishing
1930 Woolworth $165 Retail
1930 Duke $156 Tobacco
1930 Berwind $150 Coal
1930 Widerner $118 Transit
1930 Reynolds $117 Tobacco
1930 Astor $114 Real Estate
1930 Morgan $110 Finance
1930 Ryan $108 Transit
1930 Dorrance $100 Consumer goods
1930 Winthrop $104 Consumer goods
1930 Stillman $102 Finance
1930 Timken $111 Machinery
1930 Pitcairn $99 Automobiles
1930 Metcalf $91 Consumer goods
1930 Clark $90 Consumer goods
1930 Phipps $89 Steel
1957 Mellon $1,600 Finance
1957 Rockefeller $1,000 Oil
1957 Getty, Jean $700 Oil
1957 du Pont $600 Chemicals
1957 Ford $425 Automobiles
1957 Hunt, H L $400 Oil
1957 Phipps $200 Steel
1957 Hughes, Howard $200 aerospace
1957 Kennedy, Joseph $200 Liquor
1957 Ludwig, Daniel $200 Shipping
1957 Richardson, Sid $200 Oil
1957 Sloan, Alfred $200 Automobiles
1957 Whitney $200 Oil
1957 Houghton $200 Consumer goods
1957 Astor $100 Real Estate
1957 Duke $100 Tobacco
1957 Abercrombie, James $100 Oil
1957 Bechtel, Stephen $100 construction
1957 Blakley, William $100 aerospace
1957 Blaustein, Jacob $100 Oil
1957 Dillon, Clarence $100 Finance
1957 Keck, William $100 Oil
1957 McKnight, William $100 Consumer goods
1957 Mecom, John $100 Oil
1957 Murchison, CW $100 Oil
1968 Mellon $1,900 Finance
1968 Rockefeller $1,200 Oil
1968 Getty, Jean $1,000 Oil
1968 Hughes, Howard $1,000 aerospace
1968 Hunt, H L $500 Oil
1968 Land, Edwin $500 Consumer goods
1968 Ludwig, Daniel $500 Shipping
1968 du Pont $500 Chemicals
1968 Ford $450 Automobiles
1968 Whitney $400 Oil
1968 Houghton $350 Consumer goods
1968 Hunt, N B $300 Oil
1968 MacArthur, J D $300 Insurance
1968 McKnight, William $300 Consumer goods
1968 Mott, Charles $300 Automobiles
1968 Smith, R $300 Oil
1968 Ahmanson, H $200 Finance
1968 Allen, Charles $200 Finance
1968 Clark, V $200 Consumer goods
1968 Dorrance $200 Consumer goods
1968 Engelhard, Charles $200 Mining
1968 Fairchild, Sherman $200 Tech
1968 Hess, Leon $200 Oil
1968 Hewlett, W $200 Tech
1968 Packard, David $200 Tech
1968 Kennedy, Joseph $200 Liquor
1968 Lilly, Eli $200 Drugs
1968 Mars, Forrest $200 Consumer goods
1968 Newhouse, S $200 Media
1968 Post, Marjorie $200 Food
1982 du Pont $10,000 Chemicals
1982 Hunt $6,600 Oil
1982 Rockefeller $3,300 Oil
1982 Ludwig, Daniel $2,000 Shipping
1982 Cullen $2,000 Oil
1982 Bass $2,000 Oil
1982 Mellon $1,600 Finance
1982 Getty, Jean $1,400 Oil
1982 Phipps $1,200 Steel
1982 Newhouse, S $1,200 Media
1982 Anschutz $1,000 Oil
1982 Mars, Forrest $1,000 Consumer goods
1982 Packard, David $1,000 Tech
1982 Davis, Marvin $1,000 Oil
1982 Pritzker $1,000 Real Estate
1982 Hearst $1,000 Media
1982 Cargill $1,000 Food
1982 Cox $1,000 Media
1982 Annenberg $1,000 Media
1982 Bechtel, Stephen $950 construction
1982 Koch $800 Oil
1982 Helmsley, Harry $750 Real Estate
1982 Walton, Sam $700 Retail
1982 Hewlett, W $650 Tech
1982 $650
Weyerhaeuser, Fredrick Lumber
1982 Caruth, William $600 Real Estate
1982 Wagner, Cyril $550 Oil
1982 Brown, Jack $550 Oil
1982 Taubman, Alfred $525 Real Estate
1982 De Bartolo, E $500 Real Estate
1992 Walton, Sam $25,300 Retail
1992 Mars, Forrest $9,000 Consumer goods
1992 du Pont $8,600 Chemicals
1992 Newhouse, S $7,000 Media
1992 Gates, Bill $6,300 Tech
1992 Bass $6,200 Oil
1992 Mellon $5,600 Finance
1992 Rockefeller $5,500 Oil
1992 Kluge $5,500 Media
1992 Buffett, Warren $4,400 Finance
1992 Cox $4,200 Media
1992 Redstone, Sumner $3,500 Media
1992 Pritzker $3,400 Real Estate
1992 Dorrance $3,300 Consumer goods
1992 Koch $3,000 Media
1992 Hunt $3,000 Oil
1992 Hearst $2,900 Media
1992 Perelman, Ron $2,900 Finance
1992 Arison, Ted $2,900 Shipping
1992 Allen, Paul $2,800 Tech
1992 Tisch $2,800 Media
1992 Murdoch, Rupert $2,600 Media
1992 De Vos, Richard $2,500 Marketing
1992 Van Amdel, Jay $2,500 Marketing
1992 Phipps $2,500 Steel
1992 Annenberg $2,500 Media
1992 Perot, Ross $2,400 Tech
1992 Bronfman, Edgar $2,400 Liquor
1992 Hillman, H L $2,400 Finance
1992 Turner, Ted $1,900 Media
1999 Gates, Bill $85,000 Tech
1999 Walton, Sam $80,000 Retail
1999 Allen, Paul $40,000 Tech
1999 Buffett, Warren $31,000 Finance
1999 Ballmer, Steve $23,000 Tech
1999 Fisher $20,000 Retail
1999 Dell, Michael $20,000 Tech
1999 Cox $19,000 Media
1999 Mars, Forrest $16,000 Consumer goods
1999 Moore, Gordon $15,000 Tech
1999 McCaw $13,000 Tech
1999 du Pont $13,000 Chemicals
1999 Bass $11,000 Oil
1999 Dorrance $11,000 Consumer goods
1999 Johnson $11,000 Finance
1999 Anschutz $11,000 Tech
1999 Kluge $11,000 Media
1999 Pritzker $10,000 Real Estate
1999 Mellon $10,000 Finance
1999 Redstone, Sumner $9,000 Media
1999 Newhouse, S $9,000 Media
1999 Koch $8,000 Media
1999 Rockefeller $8,000 Oil
1999 Bezos, Jeff $8,000 Retail
1999 Kerkorian, Kirk $7,000 Finance
1999 Turner, Ted $7,000 Media
1999 Murdoch, Rupert $7,000 Media
1999 Schwab, Charles $7,000 Finance
1999 Phipps $7,000 Steel
1999 Hearst $7,000 Media