CUUR0400SA0=CPI_U("0400")

Inflation in West

Consumer prices in West: the annual inflation rate since 1991 and the monthly index. Area code 0400 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+2.7%US +2.6%

A year since 2020+4.4%compound average

Index, September 2026357.1base 1982–84 = 100

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

WestUS city average

Year	Annual average CPI	Inflation	US	Gap, pt
2025	341.9	+2.7%	+2.6%	0.0 pt
2024	332.9	+2.8%	+2.9%	−0.1 pt
2023	323.8	+4.3%	+4.1%	+0.2 pt
2022	310.5	+8.0%	+8.0%	0.0 pt
2021	287.5	+4.5%	+4.7%	−0.2 pt
2020	275.1	+1.7%	+1.2%	+0.5 pt
2019	270.4	+2.7%	+1.8%	+0.9 pt
2018	263.3	+3.3%	+2.4%	+0.9 pt
2017	254.7	+2.8%	+2.1%	+0.7 pt
2016	247.7	+1.9%	+1.3%	+0.7 pt
2015	243.0	+1.2%	+0.1%	+1.0 pt
2014	240.2	+1.9%	+1.6%	+0.2 pt
2013	235.8	+1.5%	+1.5%	0.0 pt
2012	232.4	+2.2%	+2.1%	+0.1 pt
2011	227.5	+2.8%	+3.2%	−0.3 pt
2010	221.2	+1.1%	+1.6%	−0.6 pt
2009	218.8	−0.4%	−0.4%	0.0 pt
2008	219.6	+3.5%	+3.8%	−0.3 pt
2007	212.2	+3.2%	+2.8%	+0.3 pt
2006	205.7	+3.4%	+3.2%	+0.2 pt
2005	198.9	+3.1%	+3.4%	−0.3 pt
2004	193.0	+2.3%	+2.7%	−0.3 pt
2003	188.6	+2.1%	+2.3%	−0.2 pt
2002	184.7	+1.9%	+1.6%	+0.4 pt
2001	181.2	+3.7%	+2.8%	+0.8 pt
2000	174.8	+3.5%	+3.4%	+0.1 pt
1999	168.9	+2.7%	+2.2%	+0.5 pt
1998	164.4	+1.9%	+1.6%	+0.3 pt
1997	161.4	+2.4%	+2.3%	+0.1 pt
1996	157.6	+2.7%	+3.0%	−0.3 pt
1995	153.5	+2.6%	+2.8%	−0.2 pt
1994	149.6	+2.3%	+2.6%	−0.2 pt
1993	146.2	+3.0%	+3.0%	0.0 pt
1992	142.0	+3.4%	+3.0%	+0.4 pt
1991	137.3	+4.4%	+4.2%	+0.2 pt

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