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Average price per pound of uncooked long-grain white rice.
Rice (White, Long-Grain) costs about $1.09 a lb right now — 2% more than a year ago.
Rice (White, Long-Grain) has increased 2.1% over the past 12 months, currently at $1.09 per lb (up 1.7% month-over-month). Its all-time high in this dataset was $1.09 per lb in June 2026.
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How rice (white, long-grain) fits into a typical monthly basket.
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The most recent national average price of rice (white, long-grain) tracked by Basket Index is $1.09 per lb. This figure is sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and updated monthly.
Over the past 12 months, the price of rice (white, long-grain) is 2.1% more than it was a year ago, and it moved 1.7% up from the previous month.
In the time period Basket Index tracks, the historical high was $1.09 per lb in June 2026, and the historical low was $0.72 per lb in January 2020.
A standard Family of 4 spends roughly $8 per month on rice (white, long-grain) — about 0.3% of their tracked household basket.
Rice (white, long-grain) price data comes directly from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. We publish the source series ID on the Methodology page so every figure can be reproduced from the original government dataset.
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A scheduled job pulls the latest observation from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics once per day. Monthly observations are published with a short publication lag from the source. See /item/rice for the most recent figure.