Thanksgiving dinner cost Americans more than $80 on average across the country this year
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Thanksgiving is over, the rest are filling up and the holiday season is officially underway, but before shoppers head west for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, here’s how much Thanksgiving costs in each state.
The price of a national meal of food was $ 80.22 for 12 people this year, according to a report in the center of food analysis and sustainability from the Department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University at Purdue University at Purdue University.
The cost of the meal for 12 people was based on a whole turkey, mashed potatoes, green beans, sweet potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce, apple rolls and apple pie and apple whipped cream.
Hawaii was the most expensive state to get dinner this year, costing a group of 12 people $96.77. Alaska was the most expensive at $89.30. Dinners in both states were 12% higher than the national average.
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A customer checks the price of a Shady Brooks Farm Turkey at Ozzies Fresh Market in the Brooklyn Brough of New York City on Saturday, November 23, 2024. (Liz Clayman/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Back on the mainland, Surdue University found that Maryland and Nebraska were the most expensive places to host a Thanksgiving dinner this year, at $85.45 and $85.01, respectively.
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The most expensive states are California, South Dakota, Virginia, New York, Wisconsin and Oregon.
While prices are expected to ease thanks to Thanksgiving, Turkey was shown to come with a higher price tag this year. The national average for a 16-pock turkey was $33.63.
The national average for a 16-pound Thanksgiving turkey this year was $33.63. (Stock / istock)
And those who buy organic are expected to pay 50% more for an organic turkey compared to a non-organic turkey. The national average for organic turkey was $50.63 or $3.16 per pound.
At that time, 12 bread rolls were reduced to cost $ 2.36, while it is expected to be $ 9.95 for five kilograms of cranberries and $ 4.11 for two kilograms of apple pie.
The least expensive states for Thanksgiving dinner this year were Georgia, Kansas, Missouri, Alabama and South Carolina, followed by Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Montana and Florida.
Dinners in Georgia and Kansas were about 12% below the national average.
A shopper carries a basket inside a grocery store in the bronx of New York City on Oct. 24, 2025. (Kena Bena Betancur/Bloomberg/Getty Images/Getty Images)
Nationally, the consumer price index for all urban consumers (CPI-U) increased by 0.3% in September this year, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics’ October Report of the last 12 months.
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Meanwhile, the food index increased by 3.1% from September 2024 to 2025. And as Americans hit the road around the holidays, the gasoline index was up 46% in September.
The longest government shutdown in history has delayed the inflation report. The Ministry of Labor was scheduled to release the price index on October 13, but the report was delayed, and it was not confirmed when the report would be released.
