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A1US GDP 2025 $30.86T│A2Real growth +2.3%│A3CPI, 12 mo to Sep 2026 +3.7%│A4Unemployment 2025 4.3%BEA · BLS · Census — updated October 29, 2026
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CUURS23ASA0=CPI_U("S23A")

Inflation in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

Consumer prices in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI: the annual inflation rate since 1991 and the monthly index. Area code S23A in the BLS CPI program.

BLS CPI-U · metro areaLatest: September 2026
12 months to September 2026+2.9%US +3.7% to September 2026
Annual average, 2025+3.1%US +2.6%
A year since 2020+4.3%compound average
Index, September 2026313.4base 1982–84 = 100
Fig. 1Inflation by yearChange in the annual average CPI, percent; dashed — US city average
-2.5%0%2.5%5%7.5%10%1995200020052010201520202025Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WIUS city average
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WIUS city average
YearAnnual average CPIInflationUSGap, pt
2025301.2+3.1%+2.6%+0.5 pt
2024292.2+3.5%+2.9%+0.5 pt
2023282.4+3.3%+4.1%−0.8 pt
2022273.4+7.6%+8.0%−0.4 pt
2021254.2+4.2%+4.7%−0.5 pt
2020243.9+1.1%+1.2%−0.1 pt
2019241.2+1.5%+1.8%−0.4 pt
2018237.7+1.8%+2.4%−0.7 pt
2017233.6+1.9%+2.1%−0.3 pt
2016229.3+0.7%+1.3%−0.6 pt
2015227.8−0.3%+0.1%−0.4 pt
2014228.5+1.7%+1.6%+0.1 pt
2013224.5+1.1%+1.5%−0.3 pt
2012222.0+1.5%+2.1%−0.6 pt
2011218.7+2.7%+3.2%−0.4 pt
2010212.9+1.4%+1.6%−0.3 pt
2009210.0−1.2%−0.4%−0.8 pt
2008212.5+3.8%+3.8%−0.1 pt
2007204.8+3.3%+2.8%+0.4 pt
2006198.3+2.1%+3.2%−1.2 pt
2005194.3+3.0%+3.4%−0.4 pt
2004188.6+2.2%+2.7%−0.4 pt
2003184.5+1.8%+2.3%−0.5 pt
2002181.2+1.6%+1.6%0.0 pt
2001178.3+2.6%+2.8%−0.3 pt
2000173.8+3.2%+3.4%−0.2 pt
1999168.4+2.1%+2.2%−0.1 pt
1998165.0+2.0%+1.6%+0.5 pt
1997161.7+2.7%+2.3%+0.4 pt
1996157.4+2.7%+3.0%−0.3 pt
1995153.3+3.2%+2.8%+0.3 pt
1994148.6+2.2%+2.6%−0.4 pt
1993145.4+3.0%+3.0%+0.1 pt
1992141.1+3.0%+3.0%0.0 pt
1991137.0+4.0%+4.2%−0.2 pt

BLS CPI-U, all items, not seasonally adjusted; annual averages as published (period M13).