CUUR0300SA0=CPI_U("0300")

Inflation in South

Consumer prices in South: the annual inflation rate since 1991 and the monthly index. Area code 0300 in the BLS CPI program.

BLS CPI-U · regionLatest: September 2026

12 months to September 2026+3.4%US +3.7% to September 2026

Annual average, 2025+2.2%US +2.6%

A year since 2020+4.6%compound average

Index, September 2026325.1base 1982–84 = 100

Fig. 1Inflation by yearChange in the annual average CPI, percent; dashed — US city average

SouthUS city average

Year	Annual average CPI	Inflation	US	Gap, pt
2025	312.0	+2.2%	+2.6%	−0.4 pt
2024	305.2	+3.0%	+2.9%	0.0 pt
2023	296.4	+4.5%	+4.1%	+0.4 pt
2022	283.7	+8.6%	+8.0%	+0.6 pt
2021	261.3	+5.1%	+4.7%	+0.4 pt
2020	248.6	+1.0%	+1.2%	−0.3 pt
2019	246.3	+1.5%	+1.8%	−0.4 pt
2018	242.7	+2.2%	+2.4%	−0.2 pt
2017	237.5	+2.0%	+2.1%	−0.1 pt
2016	232.7	+1.1%	+1.3%	−0.2 pt
2015	230.1	−0.2%	+0.1%	−0.3 pt
2014	230.6	+1.7%	+1.6%	+0.1 pt
2013	226.7	+1.6%	+1.5%	+0.1 pt
2012	223.2	+2.1%	+2.1%	0.0 pt
2011	218.6	+3.4%	+3.2%	+0.3 pt
2010	211.3	+1.7%	+1.6%	0.0 pt
2009	207.8	−0.4%	−0.4%	0.0 pt
2008	208.7	+4.2%	+3.8%	+0.3 pt
2007	200.4	+2.9%	+2.8%	+0.1 pt
2006	194.7	+3.4%	+3.2%	+0.2 pt
2005	188.3	+3.6%	+3.4%	+0.2 pt
2004	181.8	+2.5%	+2.7%	−0.1 pt
2003	177.3	+2.3%	+2.3%	0.0 pt
2002	173.3	+1.3%	+1.6%	−0.3 pt
2001	171.1	+2.3%	+2.8%	−0.5 pt
2000	167.2	+3.2%	+3.4%	−0.2 pt
1999	162.0	+2.0%	+2.2%	−0.3 pt
1998	158.9	+1.3%	+1.6%	−0.3 pt
1997	156.9	+2.1%	+2.3%	−0.1 pt
1996	153.6	+3.1%	+3.0%	+0.1 pt
1995	149.0	+3.0%	+2.8%	+0.1 pt
1994	144.7	+2.8%	+2.6%	+0.2 pt
1993	140.8	+3.2%	+3.0%	+0.2 pt
1992	136.5	+2.7%	+3.0%	−0.3 pt
1991	132.9	+3.9%	+4.2%	−0.3 pt

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