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Worcester
Historical
Museum
1722-1821
Dollar value inflation rate
What $100 in 1722 is worth in each of the
individual chart years
Buying power
Dollar value, 1722-2022
Worcester's population
growth at the end of its
first century
e Salisbury family business established a branch store in what is now the Salisbury Mansion. Salisbury ran a thriving
business-to-customer trade.
0
$20
$40
$60
$80
$100
$34.19
$23.81
$1.37
$100
1722 1822 1922 2022
0
5,00
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
15.1%
6.9%
14.9%
1790 1800 1810 1820
0
$100
$200
$300
$400
$7,000
$100
$285.37
$409.75
$6,919.99
1722 1822 1922 2022
0
$20
$40
$60
$80
$100
$34.19
$23.81
$1.37
$100
1722 1822 1922 2022
0
5,00
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
15.1%
6.9%
14.9%
1790 1800 1810 1820
0
$100
$200
$300
$400
$7,000
$100
$285.37
$409.75
$6,919.99
1722 1822 1922 2022
0
$20
$40
$60
$80
$100
$34.19
$23.81
$1.37
$100
1722 1822 1922 2022
0
5,00
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
15.1%
6.9%
14.9%
1790 1800 1810 1820
0
$100
$200
$300
$400
$7,000
$100
$285.37
$409.75
$6,919.99
1722 1822 1922 2022
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
