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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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CUUR0000SA0=CPI_U("0000")

Inflation in U.S. city average

Consumer prices in U.S. city average: the annual inflation rate since 1991 and the monthly index. Area code 0000 in the BLS CPI program.

BLS CPI-U · nationLatest: September 2026
12 months to September 2026+3.7%CPI-U, all items
Annual average, 2025+2.6%change in the annual index
A year since 2020+4.5%compound average
Index, September 2026336.9base 1982–84 = 100
Fig. 1Inflation by yearChange in the annual average CPI, percent
-2.5%0%2.5%5%7.5%10%1995200020052010201520202025U.S. city average
U.S. city average
YearAnnual average CPIInflation
2025321.9+2.6%
2024313.7+2.9%
2023304.7+4.1%
2022292.7+8.0%
2021271.0+4.7%
2020258.8+1.2%
2019255.7+1.8%
2018251.1+2.4%
2017245.1+2.1%
2016240.0+1.3%
2015237.0+0.1%
2014236.7+1.6%
2013233.0+1.5%
2012229.6+2.1%
2011224.9+3.2%
2010218.1+1.6%
2009214.5−0.4%
2008215.3+3.8%
2007207.3+2.8%
2006201.6+3.2%
2005195.3+3.4%
2004188.9+2.7%
2003184.0+2.3%
2002179.9+1.6%
2001177.1+2.8%
2000172.2+3.4%
1999166.6+2.2%
1998163.0+1.6%
1997160.5+2.3%
1996156.9+3.0%
1995152.4+2.8%
1994148.2+2.6%
1993144.5+3.0%
1992140.3+3.0%
1991136.2+4.2%

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