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Average Price Data, AP (APU0000711412) · Lemons, per lb. (453.6 gm), U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted

What does a pound of lemons cost in the US?

The average price of a pound of lemons was $2.142 in the month ended .

Average price of a pound of lemons, U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted, each month

January 1980 to October 2026Not seasonally adjusted, as published

Average price of a pound of lemons, U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted, each month (January 1980 to October 2026), recessions shaded
Average price of a pound of lemons, U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted, each month (October 2016 to October 2026), recessions shaded
Average price of a pound of lemons, U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted, each month (October 2024 to October 2026)

Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to , to , to , to , to , to .

Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .

Average price of a pound of lemons, U.S. city average, change from a year earlier, each month (ours)

January 1980 to October 2026Ours, from the published values

Average price of a pound of lemons, U.S. city average, change from a year earlier, each month (ours) (January 1980 to October 2026), recessions shaded
Average price of a pound of lemons, U.S. city average, change from a year earlier, each month (ours) (October 2016 to October 2026), recessions shaded
Average price of a pound of lemons, U.S. city average, change from a year earlier, each month (ours) (October 2024 to October 2026)

Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to , to , to , to , to , to .

Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .

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MeasureLatestThe month beforeA year earlierFive years earlierTen years earlier
Month
Average price of a pound of lemons, U.S. city average$2.142$2.128$2.077$1.983$2.019
Change over a yearn/a+2.5%+3.9%n/a−6.7%

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Observed .

Right now

The average price of a pound of lemons was $2.142 in October 2026, the highest since July 2023.

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ChangeOurs

PeriodThenChange
One month$2.128 in +0.7%
Three months$2.127 in +0.7%
Twelve monthsNo value for
Five years$1.983 in +8.0%
Ten years$2.019 in +6.1%

In historyOurs

The average price of a pound of lemons of $2.142 in was higher than in 509 of the 542 other months since , the same in 0 and lower in 33.

Highest since : $2.557 in . Lowest since : $0.584 in .

AverageOurs

Average since : $1.4176 (ours, a plain mean of the 543 months).

Understanding the average price of a pound of lemons

Where it stands today

The average price of a pound of lemons was $2.142 in October 2026.

What does the average price of a pound of lemons measure?

This is the average price of a pound of lemons in the United States: a series of the average price data of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), for the U.S. city average and not seasonally adjusted. BLS publishes it each month, with the Consumer Price Index, in dollars to three decimals.

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BLS names the item "Lemons, per lb. (453.6 gm)" and the series APU0000711412.

What 500metrics adds: the change over one month, three months, a year and five years, the highest and lowest price since the series begins, how the change over a year ranks among the items in its group on the average prices page, and every month of the series in a table by year.

The numbers behind the chart

What was the average price of a pound of lemons in each month?One row for each year since 1980, newest first

Each row is a year and each column a month. A dash is a month with no price: before the series began, after its newest month, or a month BLS published no price for (the limits name those). The highest and lowest prices of the whole series are in bold.

Average price of a pound of lemons, U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted, by month and year, newest year first (US dollars per pound; the highest and lowest prices in bold)
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
20261.9711.9552.0032.0322.0912.1092.1272.1142.1282.142––
20252.0802.0561.9831.9271.8971.8821.9972.0812.077–2.0241.976
20242.0872.0362.0341.9821.9231.9771.9891.9591.9992.0562.1162.121
20232.1942.1572.1742.1902.2412.2262.1612.0762.0712.0262.0612.066
20222.078–2.0952.2252.2612.1922.1382.0322.0862.0902.1222.085
2021––––1.9811.953–––1.983–2.014
20201.9491.959–––––––––1.896
20192.3632.2702.2762.2212.1672.0662.0412.0302.0472.0622.0141.995
20182.0452.0602.0602.0462.0502.1152.1982.4632.5522.5572.4522.390
20171.9371.9701.9141.9331.9342.0222.0932.1382.1022.0641.9861.989
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YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
20161.9561.9221.9172.0272.0352.1152.1702.1612.1712.0191.9711.985
20151.8601.8681.6641.7501.8742.1272.2542.0882.0912.1642.0591.978
20141.6871.6671.7101.7431.8181.8672.0782.3272.3552.3272.0671.966
20131.5571.4151.4021.4161.5661.5531.5971.7141.7261.7281.6751.632
20121.4661.4851.4741.5171.5961.6261.6221.6781.6151.6041.5571.534
20111.6511.6701.6001.5441.4721.4651.5541.6261.6821.5981.5701.536
20101.6261.5861.5611.5801.5941.5971.6721.6641.7191.7571.6541.601
20091.5411.4331.3421.3901.3921.4451.5901.5841.6641.6341.6251.600
20082.0251.9511.9191.9682.0042.1572.1432.1842.1792.0951.8261.616
20071.7101.9481.8451.7911.7511.7661.7651.7961.8192.0152.0292.048
20061.4351.3991.4191.3841.4511.4411.4381.5401.6501.7751.7541.662
20051.1431.3341.3071.3501.4051.4551.4811.5371.4851.4651.4591.509
20041.1661.1671.1401.1481.1721.1781.2471.4181.4701.3801.1731.159
20031.4181.2241.1441.1831.2461.3821.4161.4601.3711.3931.3081.264
20021.3571.2701.1511.2201.3031.3851.3891.4711.5931.5861.5221.441
20011.0821.1381.0811.1621.1761.2611.3191.2751.3521.4961.4341.404
20001.4361.4161.3381.2981.2001.1951.2531.3751.3571.3211.1731.111
19991.4021.2741.1671.1881.1591.1831.2821.3971.4631.5351.5381.414
19981.0260.9760.9590.9461.0271.0591.2621.4051.4281.4621.4531.372
19971.1151.0841.0050.9901.0591.3091.5191.6231.6311.4771.1621.057
19961.0110.9020.8960.9341.0131.1431.2331.3311.3521.2741.1401.144
19950.9880.9620.9120.9660.9711.0791.3151.4011.4021.3431.1791.117
19940.9420.8440.8380.9110.9611.0571.2931.4501.5031.3391.1311.037
19930.9200.8680.8790.9010.9711.0581.2221.2911.3411.3411.1591.054
19921.0561.0030.9330.9210.9810.9881.0171.0091.1441.1101.0070.904
19911.1331.0961.0791.1831.2711.2961.3381.2941.2881.3221.2151.210
19900.9250.9331.0151.1271.1011.1031.1791.1551.1581.1451.0760.974
19890.8880.8730.9530.9590.9611.0401.0431.0411.1021.1001.0210.960
19880.8730.7760.8280.8500.8870.9031.0761.0841.0860.9810.9560.907
19870.7400.7440.7590.8270.8470.8921.0001.0101.0351.0190.9600.931
19860.9060.8110.7490.7990.7750.8140.8990.9180.8500.7940.7820.758
19850.7430.7290.7640.7430.7830.9100.9641.1141.2121.2531.0250.903
19840.6760.6360.6340.6900.7520.8250.8420.8290.8430.8090.7700.719
19830.6820.6360.6230.6560.6300.6900.8520.8900.8950.8900.7910.738
19820.6770.6510.6200.6660.7330.8460.8830.8930.8800.8580.7850.754
19810.6470.6260.5970.6090.5890.6340.7300.8610.8660.8350.7190.681
19800.6790.5840.5860.6030.5950.6530.7070.8600.8390.7960.7930.729

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What this number cannot tell you

  • The price is an average of the retail prices that BLS collects from a sample of sellers, for the U.S. city average. It is not a price index. BLS measures the change of prices with the Consumer Price Index, and the change over a year on this page, worked out from the averages, can differ from the change of the index.
  • BLS did not collect prices for October 2025 because of the lapse in appropriations, so the page has no price for that month and the chart shows a gap.
  • BLS published no price for 18 other months: March to November 2020, January to April 2021, July to September 2021, November 2021 and February 2022.
  • The changes, the ranks and the highest and lowest prices are ours, worked out from the values BLS publishes. A change is in percent.
  • BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.

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How to cite this

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data, Lemons, per lb. (453.6 gm), U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted, through October 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "What does a pound of lemons cost in the US?", https://500metrics.com/average-prices/lemons.

Recession dates from the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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