Inflation adjusted, constant April 2012 dollars. Data courtesy Standard & Poor’s and Robert Shiller.
| Date | Real Price |
|---|---|
| 2012-05-16 | 1324.80 |
| 2012-01-01 | 1320.20 |
| 2011-01-01 | 1340.06 |
| 2010-01-01 | 1193.05 |
| 2009-01-01 | 943.23 |
| 2008-01-01 | 1502.90 |
| 2007-01-01 | 1618.83 |
| 2006-01-01 | 1483.69 |
| 2005-01-01 | 1425.40 |
| 2004-01-01 | 1407.00 |
| 2003-01-01 | 1134.39 |
| 2002-01-01 | 1481.34 |
| 2001-01-01 | 1755.05 |
| 2000-01-01 | 1943.17 |
| 1999-01-01 | 1748.77 |
| 1998-01-01 | 1371.63 |
| 1997-01-01 | 1108.08 |
| 1996-01-01 | 915.60 |
| 1995-01-01 | 712.22 |
| 1994-01-01 | 744.38 |
| 1993-01-01 | 702.24 |
| 1992-01-01 | 693.22 |
| 1991-01-01 | 556.39 |
| 1990-01-01 | 613.99 |
| 1989-01-01 | 542.25 |
| 1988-01-01 | 498.15 |
| 1987-01-01 | 547.28 |
| 1986-01-01 | 437.08 |
| 1985-01-01 | 374.24 |
| 1984-01-01 | 375.72 |
| 1983-01-01 | 339.48 |
| 1982-01-01 | 286.20 |
| 1981-01-01 | 351.74 |
| 1980-01-01 | 327.97 |
| 1979-01-01 | 335.90 |
| 1978-01-01 | 332.24 |
| 1977-01-01 | 408.25 |
| 1976-01-01 | 400.83 |
| 1975-01-01 | 320.44 |
| 1974-01-01 | 474.54 |
| 1973-01-01 | 639.49 |
| 1972-01-01 | 578.29 |
| 1971-01-01 | 540.47 |
| 1970-01-01 | 549.71 |
| 1969-01-01 | 659.23 |
| 1968-01-01 | 641.27 |
| 1967-01-01 | 590.60 |
| 1966-01-01 | 675.21 |
| 1965-01-01 | 635.09 |
| 1964-01-01 | 569.26 |
| 1963-01-01 | 492.41 |
| 1962-01-01 | 529.73 |
| 1961-01-01 | 461.10 |
| 1960-01-01 | 455.69 |
| 1959-01-01 | 441.29 |
| 1958-01-01 | 330.81 |
| 1957-01-01 | 378.72 |
| 1956-01-01 | 379.04 |
| 1955-01-01 | 306.78 |
| 1954-01-01 | 217.77 |
| 1953-01-01 | 226.45 |
| 1952-01-01 | 210.03 |
| 1951-01-01 | 192.13 |
| 1950-01-01 | 165.27 |
| 1949-01-01 | 147.25 |
| 1948-01-01 | 143.97 |
| 1947-01-01 | 162.77 |
| 1946-01-01 | 227.81 |
| 1945-01-01 | 174.37 |
| 1944-01-01 | 156.70 |
| 1943-01-01 | 137.37 |
| 1942-01-01 | 130.87 |
| 1941-01-01 | 172.16 |
| 1940-01-01 | 203.60 |
| 1939-01-01 | 205.43 |
| 1938-01-01 | 183.26 |
| 1937-01-01 | 287.04 |
| 1936-01-01 | 229.42 |
| 1935-01-01 | 156.66 |
| 1934-01-01 | 183.72 |
| 1933-01-01 | 126.46 |
| 1932-01-01 | 133.55 |
| 1931-01-01 | 231.24 |
| 1930-01-01 | 292.11 |
| 1929-01-01 | 334.50 |
| 1928-01-01 | 233.14 |
| 1927-01-01 | 176.18 |
| 1926-01-01 | 162.60 |
| 1925-01-01 | 140.71 |
| 1924-01-01 | 117.44 |
| 1923-01-01 | 121.89 |
| 1922-01-01 | 99.39 |
| 1921-01-01 | 86.10 |
| 1920-01-01 | 105.27 |
| 1919-01-01 | 109.46 |
| 1918-01-01 | 118.49 |
| 1917-01-01 | 188.20 |
| 1916-01-01 | 206.41 |
| 1915-01-01 | 170.40 |
| 1914-01-01 | 192.58 |
| 1913-01-01 | 218.35 |
| 1912-01-01 | 229.83 |
| 1911-01-01 | 231.08 |
| 1910-01-01 | 234.27 |
| 1909-01-01 | 233.17 |
| 1908-01-01 | 182.00 |
| 1907-01-01 | 248.54 |
| 1906-01-01 | 268.12 |
| 1905-01-01 | 229.00 |
| 1904-01-01 | 185.62 |
| 1903-01-01 | 224.77 |
| 1902-01-01 | 236.49 |
| 1901-01-01 | 210.99 |
| 1900-01-01 | 177.66 |
| 1899-01-01 | 206.94 |
| 1898-01-01 | 168.59 |
| 1897-01-01 | 150.07 |
| 1896-01-01 | 147.52 |
| 1895-01-01 | 148.84 |
| 1894-01-01 | 145.10 |
| 1893-01-01 | 163.39 |
| 1892-01-01 | 172.96 |
| 1891-01-01 | 142.77 |
| 1890-01-01 | 162.66 |
| 1889-01-01 | 150.89 |
| 1888-01-01 | 145.97 |
| 1887-01-01 | 160.69 |
| 1886-01-01 | 149.74 |
| 1885-01-01 | 117.82 |
| 1884-01-01 | 129.13 |
| 1883-01-01 | 133.81 |
| 1882-01-01 | 133.80 |
| 1881-01-01 | 151.19 |
| 1880-01-01 | 117.69 |
| 1879-01-01 | 99.48 |
| 1878-01-01 | 81.02 |
| 1877-01-01 | 74.66 |
| 1876-01-01 | 94.58 |
| 1875-01-01 | 90.75 |
| 1874-01-01 | 86.68 |
| 1873-01-01 | 90.86 |
| 1872-01-01 | 88.40 |
| 1871-01-01 | 81.99 |