$2000 In 1790 → 2022 - Inflation Calculator

Buying power of $2,000 in 1790

This chart shows a calculation of buying power equivalence for $2,000 in 1790 (price index tracking began in 1635).

For example, if you started with $2,000, you would need to end with $70,461.30 in order to "adjust" for inflation (sometimes refered to as "beating inflation").

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When $2,000 is equivalent to $70,461.30 over time, that means that the "real value" of a single U.S. dollar decreases over time. In other words, a dollar will pay for fewer items at the store.

This effect explains how inflation erodes the value of a dollar over time. By calculating the value in 1790 dollars, the chart below shows how $2,000 is worth less over 236 years.

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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, each of these USD amounts below is equal in terms of what it could buy at the time:

Dollar inflation: 1790-2026
YearDollar ValueInflation Rate
1790$2,000.004.55%
1791$2,043.482.17%
1792$2,086.962.13%
1793$2,152.173.13%
1794$2,391.3011.11%
1795$2,739.1314.55%
1796$2,869.574.76%
1797$2,760.87-3.79%
1798$2,673.91-3.15%
1799$2,673.910.00%
1800$2,739.132.44%
1801$2,760.870.79%
1802$2,326.09-15.75%
1803$2,456.525.61%
1804$2,565.224.42%
1805$2,543.48-0.85%
1806$2,652.174.27%
1807$2,521.74-4.92%
1808$2,739.138.62%
1809$2,673.91-2.38%
1810$2,673.910.00%
1811$2,847.836.50%
1812$2,891.301.53%
1813$3,478.2620.30%
1814$3,826.0910.00%
1815$3,347.83-12.50%
1816$3,065.22-8.44%
1817$2,891.30-5.67%
1818$2,760.87-4.51%
1819$2,760.870.00%
1820$2,543.48-7.87%
1821$2,456.52-3.42%
1822$2,543.483.54%
1823$2,282.61-10.26%
1824$2,108.70-7.62%
1825$2,152.172.06%
1826$2,152.170.00%
1827$2,173.911.01%
1828$2,065.22-5.00%
1829$2,021.74-2.11%
1830$2,000.00-1.08%
1831$1,891.30-5.43%
1832$1,869.57-1.15%
1833$1,826.09-2.33%
1834$1,869.572.38%
1835$1,913.042.33%
1836$2,021.745.68%
1837$2,086.963.23%
1838$2,021.74-3.12%
1839$2,021.740.00%
1840$1,891.30-6.45%
1841$1,891.300.00%
1842$1,782.61-5.75%
1843$1,608.70-9.76%
1844$1,630.431.35%
1845$1,652.171.33%
1846$1,673.911.32%
1847$1,782.616.49%
1848$1,717.39-3.66%
1849$1,673.91-2.53%
1850$1,695.651.30%
1851$1,673.91-1.28%
1852$1,673.910.00%
1853$1,673.910.00%
1854$1,826.099.09%
1855$1,891.303.57%
1856$1,847.83-2.30%
1857$1,891.302.35%
1858$1,782.61-5.75%
1859$1,804.351.22%
1860$1,804.350.00%
1861$1,913.046.02%
1862$2,195.6514.77%
1863$2,739.1324.75%
1864$3,413.0424.60%
1865$3,543.483.82%
1866$3,456.52-2.45%
1867$3,217.39-6.92%
1868$3,086.96-4.05%
1869$2,956.52-4.23%
1870$2,847.83-3.68%
1871$2,652.17-6.87%
1872$2,652.170.00%
1873$2,608.70-1.64%
1874$2,478.26-5.00%
1875$2,391.30-3.51%
1876$2,326.09-2.73%
1877$2,282.61-1.87%
1878$2,173.91-4.76%
1879$2,173.910.00%
1880$2,217.392.00%
1881$2,217.390.00%
1882$2,217.390.00%
1883$2,195.65-0.98%
1884$2,130.43-2.97%
1885$2,108.70-1.02%
1886$2,043.48-3.09%
1887$2,065.221.06%
1888$2,065.220.00%
1889$2,000.00-3.16%
1890$1,978.26-1.09%
1891$1,978.260.00%
1892$1,978.260.00%
1893$1,956.52-1.10%
1894$1,869.57-4.44%
1895$1,826.09-2.33%
1896$1,826.090.00%
1897$1,804.35-1.19%
1898$1,804.350.00%
1899$1,804.350.00%
1900$1,826.091.20%
1901$1,847.831.19%
1902$1,869.571.18%
1903$1,913.042.33%
1904$1,934.781.14%
1905$1,913.04-1.12%
1906$1,956.522.27%
1907$2,043.484.44%
1908$2,000.00-2.13%
1909$1,978.26-1.09%
1910$2,065.224.40%
1911$2,065.220.00%
1912$2,108.702.11%
1913$2,152.172.06%
1914$2,173.911.01%
1915$2,195.651.00%
1916$2,369.577.92%
1917$2,782.6117.43%
1918$3,282.6117.97%
1919$3,760.8714.57%
1920$4,347.8315.61%
1921$3,891.30-10.50%
1922$3,652.17-6.15%
1923$3,717.391.79%
1924$3,717.390.00%
1925$3,804.352.34%
1926$3,847.831.14%
1927$3,782.61-1.69%
1928$3,717.39-1.72%
1929$3,717.390.00%
1930$3,630.43-2.34%
1931$3,304.35-8.98%
1932$2,978.26-9.87%
1933$2,826.09-5.11%
1934$2,913.043.08%
1935$2,978.262.24%
1936$3,021.741.46%
1937$3,130.433.60%
1938$3,065.22-2.08%
1939$3,021.74-1.42%
1940$3,043.480.72%
1941$3,195.655.00%
1942$3,543.4810.88%
1943$3,760.876.13%
1944$3,826.091.73%
1945$3,913.042.27%
1946$4,239.138.33%
1947$4,847.8314.36%
1948$5,239.138.07%
1949$5,173.91-1.24%
1950$5,239.131.26%
1951$5,652.177.88%
1952$5,760.871.92%
1953$5,804.350.75%
1954$5,847.830.75%
1955$5,826.09-0.37%
1956$5,913.041.49%
1957$6,108.703.31%
1958$6,282.612.85%
1959$6,326.090.69%
1960$6,434.781.72%
1961$6,500.001.01%
1962$6,565.221.00%
1963$6,652.171.32%
1964$6,739.131.31%
1965$6,847.831.61%
1966$7,043.482.86%
1967$7,260.873.09%
1968$7,565.224.19%
1969$7,978.265.46%
1970$8,434.785.72%
1971$8,804.354.38%
1972$9,086.963.21%
1973$9,652.176.22%
1974$10,717.3911.04%
1975$11,695.659.13%
1976$12,369.575.76%
1977$13,173.916.50%
1978$14,173.917.59%
1979$15,782.6111.35%
1980$17,913.0413.50%
1981$19,760.8710.32%
1982$20,978.266.16%
1983$21,652.173.21%
1984$22,586.964.32%
1985$23,391.303.56%
1986$23,826.091.86%
1987$24,695.653.65%
1988$25,717.394.14%
1989$26,956.524.82%
1990$28,413.045.40%
1991$29,608.704.21%
1992$30,500.003.01%
1993$31,413.042.99%
1994$32,217.392.56%
1995$33,130.432.83%
1996$34,108.702.95%
1997$34,891.302.29%
1998$35,434.781.56%
1999$36,217.392.21%
2000$37,434.783.36%
2001$38,500.002.85%
2002$39,108.701.58%
2003$40,000.002.28%
2004$41,065.222.66%
2005$42,456.523.39%
2006$43,826.093.23%
2007$45,074.352.85%
2008$46,805.003.84%
2009$46,638.48-0.36%
2010$47,403.481.64%
2011$48,899.783.16%
2012$49,911.742.07%
2013$50,642.831.46%
2014$51,464.351.62%
2015$51,525.430.12%
2016$52,175.431.26%
2017$53,286.962.13%
2018$54,615.222.49%
2019$55,577.721.76%
2020$56,263.411.23%
2021$58,906.564.70%
2022$63,620.838.00%
2023$66,239.604.12%
2024$68,155.532.89%
2025$69,793.752.40%
2026$70,461.300.96%*
* Compared to previous annual rate. Not final. See inflation summary for latest 12-month trailing value. Click to show 230 more rows Download as CSV/Excel

This conversion table shows various other 1790 amounts in today's dollars, based on the 3,423.07% change in prices:

Conversion: 1790 dollars today
Initial valueEquivalent value
$1 dollar in 1790 $35.23 dollars today
$5 dollars in 1790 $176.15 dollars today
$10 dollars in 1790 $352.31 dollars today
$50 dollars in 1790 $1,761.53 dollars today
$100 dollars in 1790 $3,523.07 dollars today
$500 dollars in 1790 $17,615.33 dollars today
$1,000 dollars in 1790 $35,230.65 dollars today
$5,000 dollars in 1790 $176,153.26 dollars today
$10,000 dollars in 1790 $352,306.52 dollars today
$50,000 dollars in 1790 $1,761,532.61 dollars today
$100,000 dollars in 1790 $3,523,065.22 dollars today
$500,000 dollars in 1790 $17,615,326.09 dollars today
$1,000,000 dollars in 1790 $35,230,652.17 dollars today

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