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Pork Trends, 1991 - 2006*
Quick Facts:

Year	$ Billion	# of Projects
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005	3.1 2.6 6.6 7.8 10.0 12.5 14.5 13.2 12.0 17.7 18.5 20.1 22.5 22.9 27.3	546 892 1,712 1,318 1,439 958 1596 2143 2839 4326 6333 8341 9362 10656 13997

The # of projects increased by 940 percent between 1996 and 2006.

The # of projects decreased 29 percent between 2005 and 2006.

The total number of projects has increased by 6.4 percent since 2003.

The cost of pork in 2006 was 6.2 percent more than in fiscal 2005.

The cost of pork has increased by 29 percent since fiscal 2003.

Since 1991, CAGW had identified 76,421 projects totaling $241 billion.

* All years are fiscal years

The information above was provided by Citizens Against Government Waste.

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