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US Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services. The CPI-U (for All Urban Consumers) represents about 87 percent of the total U.S. population. It is based on the expenditures of almost all residents of urban or metropolitan areas, including professionals, the self-employed, the poor, the unemployed and retired persons as well as urban wage earners and clerical workers. Not included in the CPI are the spending patterns of persons living in rural non-metropolitan areas, farm families, persons in the Armed Forces, and those in institutions, such as prisons and mental hospitals.

How to use the Consumer Price Index for Escalation, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

 

Year

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

Jun.

Jul.

Aug.

Sep.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Annual
Average

Annual
Inflation
Rate

2009

211.1

212.2

212.7

213.2 213.9

2008

211.1

211.7

213.5

214.8

216.6

218.8 220.0 219.1 218.8 216.6 212.4 210.2

215.3

3.8%

2007

202.4

203.5

205.4

206.7 207.9 208.4 208.3 207.9 208.5 208.9 210.2 210.0 207.3 2.8%

2006

198.3

198.7

199.8

201.5 202.5

202.9

203.5

203.9

202.9

201.8

201.5 201.8

201.6

3.2%

2005

190.7

191.8

193.3

194.6 194.4 194.5

195.4

196.4

198.8 199.2 197.6 196.8

195.3

3.4%

2004

185.2

186.2

187.4

188.0

189.1

189.7

189.4 189.5

189.9

190.9

191.0

190.3

188.9

2.7%

2003

181.7

183.1

184.2

183.8

183.5

183.7

183.9

184.6

185.2

185.0

184.5

184.3

184.0

2.3%

2002

177.1

177.8

178.8

179.8

179.8

179.9

180.1

180.7

181.0

181.3

181.3

180.9

179.9

1.6%

2001

175.1

175.8

176.2

176.9

177.7

178.0

177.5

177.5

178.3

177.7

177.4

176.7

177.1

2.8%

2000

168.8

169.8

171.2

171.3

171.5

172.4

172.8

172.8

173.7

174.0

174.1

174.0

172.2

3.4%

1999

164.3

164.5

165.0

166.2

166.2

166.2

166.7

167.1

167.9

168.2

168.3

168.3

166.6

2.2%

1998

161.6

161.9

162.2

162.5

162.8

163.0

163.2

163.4

163.6

164.0

164.0

163.9

163.0

1.6%

1997

159.1

159.6

160.0

160.2

160.1

160.3

160.5

160.8

161.2

161.6

161.5

161.3

160.5

2.3%

1996

154.4

154.9

155.7

156.3

156.6

156.7

157.0

157.3

157.8

158.3

158.6

158.6

156.9

3.0%

1995

150.3

150.9

151.4

151.9

152.2

152.5

152.5

152.9

153.2

153.7

153.6

153.5

152.4

2.8%

1994

146.2

146.7

147.2

147.4

147.5

148.0

148.4

149.0

149.4

149.5

149.7

149.7

148.2

2.6%

1993

142.6

143.1

143.6

144.0

144.2

144.4

144.4

144.8

145.1

145.7

145.8

145.8

144.5

3.0%

1992

138.1

138.6

139.3

139.5

139.7

140.2

140.5

140.9

141.3

141.8

142.0

141.9

140.3

3.0%

1991

134.6

134.8

135.0

135.2

135.6

136.0

136.2

136.6

137.2

137.4

137.8

137.9

136.2

4.2%

1990

127.4

128.0

128.7

128.9

129.2

129.9

130.4

131.6

132.7

133.5

133.8

133.9

130.7

5.4%

1989

121.1

121.6

122.3

123.1

123.8

124.1

124.4

124.6

125.0

125.6

125.9

126.1

124.0

4.8%

1988

115.7

116.0

116.5

117.1

117.5

118.0

118.5

119.0

119.8

120.2

120.3

120.5

118.3

4.1%

1987

111.2

111.6

112.1

112.7

113.1

113.5

113.8

114.4

115.0

115.3

115.4

115.4

113.6

3.6%

1986

109.6

109.3

108.8

108.6

108.9

109.5

109.5

109.7

110.2

110.3

110.4

110.5

109.6

1.9%

1985

105.5

106.0

106.4

106.9

107.3

107.6

107.8

108.0

108.3

108.7

109.0

109.3

107.6

3.6%

1984

101.9

102.4

102.6

103.1

103.4

103.7

104.1

104.5

105.0

105.3

105.3

105.3

103.9

4.3%

1983

97.8

97.9

97.9

98.6

99.2

99.5

99.9

100.2

100.7

101.2

101.3

101.3

99.6

3.2%

1982

94.3

94.6

94.5

94.9

95.8

97.0

97.5

97.7

97.9

98.2

98.0

97.6

96.5

6.2%

1981

87.0

87.9

88.5

89.1

89.8

90.6

91.6

92.3

93.2

93.4

93.7

94.0

90.9

10.3%

1980

77.8

78.9

80.1

81.0

81.8

82.7

82.7

83.3

84.0

84.8

85.5

86.3

82.4

13.5%

1979

68.3

69.1

69.8

70.6

71.5

72.3

73.1

73.8

74.6

75.2

75.9

76.7

72.6

11.3%

1978

62.5

62.9

63.4

63.9

64.5

65.2

65.7

66.0

66.5

67.1

67.4

67.7

65.2

7.6%

1977

58.5

59.1

59.5

60.0

60.3

60.7

61.0

61.2

61.4

61.6

61.9

62.1

60.6

6.5%

1976

55.6

55.8

55.9

56.1

56.5

56.8

57.1

57.4

57.6

57.9

58.0

58.2

56.9

5.8%

1975

52.1

52.5

52.7

52.9

53.2

53.6

54.2

54.3

54.6

54.9

55.3

55.5

53.8

9.1%

1974

46.6

47.2

47.8

48.0

48.6

49.0

49.4

50.0

50.6

51.1

51.5

51.9

49.3

11.0%

1973

42.6

42.9

43.3

43.6

43.9

44.2

44.3

45.1

45.2

45.6

45.9

46.2

44.4

6.2%

1972

41.1

41.3

41.4

41.5

41.6

41.7

41.9

42.0

42.1

42.3

42.4

42.5

41.8

3.2%

1971

39.8

39.9

40.0

40.1

40.3

40.6

40.7

40.8

40.8

40.9

40.9

41.1

40.5

4.4%

1970

37.8

38.0

38.2

38.5

38.6

38.8

39.0

39.0

39.2

39.4

39.6

39.8

38.8

5.8%

 

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