Kenai Peninsula Borough
Quarterly Report of Key Economic Indicators for Period Ending September 30, 2005

Soldotna Cost of Food
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.
SOLDOTNA/KENAI
  Sept
1996		 Sept
1997		 Sept
1998		 Sept
1999		 Sept
2000		 Sept
2001		 Sept
2002		 Sept
2003		 Sept
2004		 Sept
2005		 Annual Change
Sales Tax (in percent) 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0  
Percent of Food Unavailable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
 
Child, 1 year 15.8 15.7 15.5 16.4 16.6 17.8 17.6 18.3 19.0 19.1 0.2%
Child, 2 years 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.8 17.6 18.3 18.8 18.4 -2.5%
Children 3-5 years of age 17.3 17.2 17.0 18.0 18.3 19.6 19.4 20.0 20.8 20.8 -0.1%
Children 6-8 years of age 22.9 22.8 22.6 23.9 24.3 26.0 25.9 26.7 27.8 28.0 0.6%
Children 9-11 years of age 26.0 25.9 25.7 27.1 27.6 29.5 29.4 30.2 31.4 31.5 0.5%
 
Males 12-14 years of age 29.4 29.2 29.0 30.6 31.3 33.4 33.2 34.1 35.5 35.6 0.5%
Males 15-19 years of age 30.3 30.2 29.9 31.5 32.2 34.4 34.2 35.1 36.4 36.7 0.8%
Males 20-50 years of age 29.9 29.9 29.8 31.3 32.1 34.3 34.1 35.0 36.5 36.7 0.5%
Males 51 and older 28.5 28.6 28.4 29.8 30.5 32.5 32.5 33.4 34.7 34.8 0.3%
 
Females 12-19 years of age 25.3 25.2 25.0 26.3 26.9 28.8 28.5 29.4 30.5 30.7 0.6%
Females 20-50 years of age 26.2 26.3 26.1 27.3 28.0 29.8 29.8 30.5 31.8 31.9 0.4%
Females 51 and older 25.4 25.4 25.2 26.6 27.2 29.0 28.9 29.6 30.9 31.0 0.3%
 
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 75.4 0.5%
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 72.4 0.3%
Family of 4, children 1-5 years 89.2 89.1 88.4 93.0 95.0 101.4 100.9 103.6 107.9 108.2 0.3%
Family of 4, children 6-11 years 105.0 104.9 104.1 109.6 112.0 119.6 119.1 122.4 127.4 128.1 0.5%
 
Electricity, 1000 kWh 111.0 111.0 120.7 119.3 113.2 122.1 126.2 113.8 121.4 135.1 11.3%
Gasoline, auto, 55 gal 72.6 75.9 76.2 78.7 93.8 93.8 87.5 103.7 115.5 156.2 35.2%
Lumber, 2X4X8' 4.0 3.5 3.3 3.5 3.3 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.0 -16.7%
Propane, 100 lb. refill 38.2 39.5 38.7 34.9 41.8 0.0 43.4 48.1 51.9 59.0 13.6%
Sewer & Water, monthly 41.3 41.3 41.3                

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