What America was like in 1993
You were born in…
1993
This is where your story begins.
You’ve been here for
33
years
That’s about 12,100 days of history.
A first-class stamp in 1993 cost
29¢
Today the same stamp costs 82¢.
A dollar from 1993 would be worth
$2.33
today
Measured by the government’s Consumer Price Index.
The federal minimum wage in 1993 was
$4.25
an hour
Today it’s $7.25.
The presidents in 1993
George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton
Since then you’ve lived under 5 presidents.
The 1990 census counted
249 million
Americans
By 2020 there were 331 million of us.
You’ve been around for
33
Super Bowls
From Super Bowl XXVIII in 1994 to Super Bowl LX in 2026.
You’re older than…
- Amazon sold its first book1995. You were 2.
- Google was founded1998. You were 5.
- Facebook launched2004. You were 11.
- The iPhone went on sale2007. You were 14.
- The iPad went on sale2010. You were 17.
So yes,
you’ve seen the worldchange a lot.
And you remember it.
Your 1993 story
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Where these numbers come from
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city average, all items, 1982-84=100
- U.S. Postal Service, Rates for Domestic Letters Since 1863
- U.S. Department of Labor, history of federal minimum wage rates
- U.S. Census Bureau, decennial census resident population
- Presidents and milestones: widely documented public records.