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Cost of food data is collected by the University of Alaska, Fairbanks Cooperative Extension. Each quarter the Cooperative Extension surveys up to three grocers in communities throughout the state to determine the cost of food for one week. Specific guidelines are presented to the surveyors regarding item size and sale price for 104 items. Because separation of Kenai and Soldotna data would be meaningless, data presented relates to both communities.
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| SOLDOTNA/KENAI |
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Sept
1996 |
Sept
1997 |
Sept
1998 |
Sept
1999 |
Sept
2000 |
Sept
2001 |
Sept
2002 |
Sept
2003 |
Sept
2004 |
Annual
Change |
| Sales
Tax (in percent) |
5.0 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
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| Percent
of Food Unavailable |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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| Child,
1 year |
15.8 |
15.7 |
15.5 |
16.4 |
16.6 |
17.8 |
17.6 |
18.3 |
19.0 |
3.8% |
| Child,
2 years |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
17.8 |
17.6 |
18.3 |
18.8 |
2.7% |
| Children
3-5 years of age |
17.3 |
17.2 |
17.0 |
18.0 |
18.3 |
19.6 |
19.4 |
20.0 |
20.8 |
4.1% |
| Children
6-8 years of age |
22.9 |
22.8 |
22.6 |
23.9 |
24.3 |
26.0 |
25.9 |
26.7 |
27.8 |
4.0% |
| Children
9-11 years of age |
26.0 |
25.9 |
25.7 |
27.1 |
27.6 |
29.5 |
29.4 |
30.2 |
31.4 |
4.0% |
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| Males
12-14 years of age |
29.4 |
29.2 |
29.0 |
30.6 |
31.3 |
33.4 |
33.2 |
34.1 |
35.5 |
4.1% |
| Males
15-19 years of age |
30.3 |
30.2 |
29.9 |
31.5 |
32.2 |
34.4 |
34.2 |
35.1 |
36.4 |
3.8% |
| Males
20-50 years of age |
29.9 |
29.9 |
29.8 |
31.3 |
32.1 |
34.3 |
34.1 |
35.0 |
36.5 |
4.2% |
| Males
51 and older |
28.5 |
28.6 |
28.4 |
29.8 |
30.5 |
32.5 |
32.5 |
33.4 |
34.7 |
4.1% |
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| Females
12-19 years of age |
25.3 |
25.2 |
25.0 |
26.3 |
26.9 |
28.8 |
28.5 |
29.4 |
30.5 |
3.9% |
| Females
20-50 years of age |
26.2 |
26.3 |
26.1 |
27.3 |
28.0 |
29.8 |
29.8 |
30.5 |
31.8 |
4.1% |
| Females
51 and older |
25.4 |
25.4 |
25.2 |
26.6 |
27.2 |
29.0 |
28.9 |
29.6 |
30.9 |
4.3% |
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| Family
of 2, 20-50 years of age |
61.7 |
61.8 |
61.5 |
64.4 |
66.1 |
70.5 |
70.3 |
72.1 |
75.1 |
4.1% |
| Family
of 2, 51 years and older |
59.3 |
59.5 |
59.0 |
62.0 |
63.4 |
67.6 |
67.5 |
69.3 |
72.2 |
4.2% |
| Family
of 4, children 1-5 years |
89.2 |
89.1 |
88.4 |
93.0 |
95.0 |
101.4 |
100.9 |
103.6 |
107.9 |
4.1% |
| Family
of 4, children 6-11 years |
105.0 |
104.9 |
104.1 |
109.6 |
112.0 |
119.6 |
119.1 |
122.4 |
127.4 |
4.1% |
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| Electricity,
1000 kWh |
111.0 |
111.0 |
120.7 |
119.3 |
113.2 |
122.1 |
126.2 |
113.8 |
121.4 |
6.6% |
| Gasoline,
auto, 55 gal |
72.6 |
75.9 |
76.2 |
78.7 |
93.8 |
93.8 |
87.5 |
103.7 |
115.5 |
11.4% |
| Lumber,
2X4X8' |
4.0 |
3.5 |
3.3 |
3.5 |
3.3 |
3.5 |
3.3 |
3.4 |
3.5 |
3.5% |
| Propane,
100 lb. refill |
38.2 |
39.5 |
38.7 |
34.9 |
41.8 |
0.0 |
43.4 |
48.1 |
51.9 |
7.9% |
| Sewer
& Water, monthly |
41.3 |
41.3 |
41.3 |
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