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source: http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/FoodPlans/Updates/foodmar06.pdf
(lines 01 through 12, and 13, 15, 17 and 19)
United States Department of
Agriculture Food Plans
March, 2006
The top panel provides the raw costs for an individual
living in a family of four, per week and per month. Panel B
provides the cost for several configurations of family,
weekly, monthly, annually and per-person per meal. The USDA
issues the basic data on a regular basis, and provides
cookbooks that one can use to cook nutritious meals from
the ingredients in the various "market baskets" that go
with each food plan. The Thrifty Food Plan is considered by
some to be too austere for long-term use; it is the
successor to the "emergency food plan." Some sources
suggest that the four food plans represent typical spending
by families in the bottom, second, third and top quartiles
of the income distribution, though it is difficult to
picture most Americans getting by on $2.75 per person per
meal ("liberal" plan: column 4, line 20) and eating all
their meals prepared at home.
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Official USDA Food Plans: Cost
of Food at Home at Four Levels, U.S. Average,
March 20061
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AGE-GENDER
GROUPS
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WEEKLY
COST2
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MONTHLY
COST
|
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Thrifty
plan
|
Low-
cost
plan
|
Moderate-
cost
plan
|
Liberal
plan
|
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Thrifty
plan
|
Low-
cost
plan
|
Moderate-
cost
plan
|
Liberal
plan
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(1)
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(2)
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(3)
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(4)
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(5)
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(6)
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(7)
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(8)
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| Panel A |
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INDIVIDUALS3
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CHILD:
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| 01 |
1 year
|
$18.00
|
$22.70 |
$26.50
|
$31.90
|
|
$77.80
|
$98.50
|
$114.80
|
$138.30 |
02
|
2 years
|
18.00
|
22.40
|
26.70
|
32.20
|
|
77.80
|
97.00
|
115.70
|
139.50 |
03
|
3-5 years
|
19.90
|
24.70
|
30.50
|
36.70
|
|
86.40
|
107.00
|
132.00
|
159.20 |
04
|
6-8 years
|
25.20
|
33.40
|
41.20
|
48.20
|
|
109.10
|
144.90
|
178.70
|
208.70 |
05
|
9-11 years
|
29.50
|
37.60
|
48.10
|
56.00
|
|
127.80
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162.90 |
208.40
|
242.70 |
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MALE:
|
06
|
12-14 years
|
30.70
|
42.50
|
52.50
|
62.10
|
|
133.10
|
184.10
|
227.50
|
269.10 |
07
|
15-19 years
|
31.90
|
44.00
|
54.70
|
63.60
|
|
138.20
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190.50
|
237.00
|
275.70 |
08
|
20-50 years
|
34.00
|
43.70
|
54.50
|
66.60
|
|
147.20
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189.50
|
236.10
|
288.50 |
09
|
51 years and over
|
30.90
|
41.50
|
51.20
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61.70
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|
133.80
|
180.00
|
222.10
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267.50 |
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FEMALE:
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10
|
12-19 years
|
30.60
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36.80
|
44.50
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53.90
|
|
132.70 |
159.40
|
192.90
|
233.50 |
11
|
20-50 years
|
30.70
|
38.10
|
46.60
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60.00
|
|
133.10
|
165.00
|
201.80
|
260.00 |
12
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51 years and over
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30.20
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37.00
|
46.00
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55.40
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130.60
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160.10
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199.50
|
239.90 |
| Panel B |
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|
Weekly Cost and
Per Person per Meal |
|
Monthly Cost and
Annual Cost |
|
|
Thrifty
plan |
Low-
cost
plan |
Moderate-
cost
plan |
Liberal
plan |
|
Thrifty
plan |
Low-
cost
plan |
Moderate-
cost
plan |
Liberal
plan |
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FAMILIES:
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FAMILY OF 24:
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13
|
20-50 years
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$71.20
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$90.00
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$111.20
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$139.30
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$308.40
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$390.00
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$481.60
|
$603.40 |
14
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per person
per meal / per year
|
$1.70
|
$2.14
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$2.65
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$3.32
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|
$3,701 |
$4,680 |
$5,779 |
$7,241 |
15
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51 years & over
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$67.10
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$86.30
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$107.00
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$128.80
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$290.90
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$374.10
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$463.70
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$558.10 |
16
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per person
per meal / per year |
$1.60
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$2.05
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$2.55
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$3.07
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$3,491 |
$4,489 |
$5,564 |
$6,697 |
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FAMILY OF 4: Couple, 20-50 years and
children —
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17
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2 and 3-5 years
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$102.60
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$128.90
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$158.20
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$195.60
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|
$444.60
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$558.50
|
$685.60
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$847.40 |
18
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per person per meal / per
year
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$1.22
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$1.53
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$1.88
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$2.33
|
|
$5,335 |
$6,702 |
$8,227 |
$10,169 |
19
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6-8 and 9-11 years
|
119.40
|
152.80
|
190.40
|
230.80
|
|
517.20
|
662.30
|
824.90
|
1,000.00 |
20
|
per person per meal / per
year
|
$1.42
|
$1.82
|
$2.27
|
$2.75
|
|
$6,206 |
$7,948 |
$9,899 |
$12,000 |
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21
|
Man 20-50
alone
|
40.80
|
52.44
|
65.40
|
79.92
|
|
176.80 |
227.24 |
283.40 |
346.30 |
22
|
per meal / per year
|
1.94
|
2.50
|
3.11
|
3.81
|
|
$2,122 |
$2,727 |
$3,401 |
$4,156 |
23
|
Man 51+
alone |
37.08
|
49.80
|
61.44
|
74.04
|
|
160.70
|
215.80
|
266.20
|
320.80 |
24
|
per meal / per year
|
1.77 |
2.37 |
2.93 |
3.53
|
|
$1,928 |
$2,590 |
$3,195 |
$3,850 |
25
|
Woman 20-50
alone
|
36.84
|
45.72
|
55.92
|
72.00
|
|
159.60
|
198.10
|
242.30
|
312.00 |
26
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per meal / per year
|
1.75
|
2.18
|
2.66
|
3.43
|
|
$1,916 |
$2,377 |
$2,908 |
$3,744 |
27
|
Woman 51+
alone |
36.24
|
44.40
|
55.20
|
66.48
|
|
157.00
|
192.40
|
239.20
|
288.10 |
28
|
per meal / per year
|
1.73
|
2.11
|
2.63
|
3.17
|
|
$1,884 |
$2,309 |
$2,870 |
$3,457 |
1Basis
is that all meals and snacks are purchased at stores
and prepared at home. For specific foods and
quantities of foods in the Thrifty Food Plan, see
Family Economics and Nutrition Review, Vol. 13, No.1
(2001), pp. 50-64; for specific foods and quantities
of foods in the Low-Cost, Moderate-Cost, and Liberal
Plans, see The Low-Cost, Moderate-Cost, and Liberal
Food Plans, 2003 Administrative Report (2003). All
four Food Plans are based on 1989-91 data and are
updated to current dollars using the Consumer Price
Index for specific food items.
2All costs are rounded to nearest 10 cents.
3The costs given are for individuals in 4-person
families. For individuals in other size families, the
following adjustments are suggested: 1-person —
add 20 percent; 2-person — add 10 percent;
3-person — add 5 percent; 4-person — no
adjustment; 5- or 6-person — subtract 5
percent; 7- (or more) person — subtract 10
percent. To calculate overall household food costs,
(1) adjust food costs for each person in household
and then (2) sum these adjusted food costs.
4Ten percent added for family size
adjustment. |
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