<br />Page 1 of 3 <br /> 3-16-2012 U.S. Department Of Labor <br /> Bureau of Labor Statistics <br /> Washington, D.C. 20212 <br /> <br /> Consumer Price Index <br /> <br /> All Urban Consumers - (CPI-U) <br /> <br /> U.S. city average <br /> <br /> All items <br /> <br /> 1982-84=100 <br /> <br /> Percent change <br /> Annual Dec- Avg- <br /> Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg. Dec Avg <br /> <br /> 1913 9.8 9.8 9.8 9.8 9.7 9.8 9.9 9.9 10.0 10.0 10.1 10.0 9.9 <br /> 1914 10.0 9.9 9.9 9.8 9.9 9.9 10.0 10.2 10.2 10.1 10.2 10.1 10.0 1.0 1.0 <br /> 1915 10.1 10.0 9.9 10.0 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.3 10.1 2.0 1.0 <br /> <br /> 1916 10.4 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 10.8 10.9 11.1 11.3 11.5 11.6 10.9 12.6 7.9 <br /> 1917 11.7 12.0 12.0 12.6 12.8 13.0 12.8 13.0 13.3 13.5 13.5 13.7 12.8 18.1 17.4 <br /> 1918 14.0 14.1 14.0 14.2 14.5 14.7 15.1 15.4 15.7 16.0 16.3 16.5 15.1 20.4 18.0 <br /> 1919 16.5 16.2 16.4 16.7 16.9 16.9 17.4 17.7 17.8 18.1 18.5 18.9 17.3 14.5 14.6 <br /> 1920 19.3 19.5 19.7 20.3 20.6 20.9 20.8 20.3 20.0 19.9 19.8 19.4 20.0 2.6 15.6 <br /> <br /> 1921 19.0 18.4 18.3 18.1 17.7 17.6 17.7 17.7 17.5 17.5 17.4 17.3 17.9 -10.8 -10.5 <br /> 1922 16.9 16.9 16.7 16.7 16.7 16.7 16.8 16.6 16.6 16.7 16.8 16.9 16.8 -2.3 -6.1 <br /> 1923 16.8 16.8 16.8 16.9 16.9 17.0 17.2 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.3 17.3 17.1 2.4 1.8 <br /> 1924 17.3 17.2 17.1 17.0 17.0 17.0 17.1 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.2 17.3 17.1 0.0 0.0 <br /> 1925 17.3 17.2 17.3 17.2 17.3 17.5 17.7 17.7 17.7 17.7 18.0 17.9 17.5 3.5 2.3 <br /> <br /> 1926 17.9 17.9 17.8 17.9 17.8 17.7 17.5 17.4 17.5 17.6 17.7 17.7 17.7 -1.1 1.1 <br /> 1927 17.5 17.4 17.3 17.3 17.4 17.6 17.3 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.3 17.3 17.4 -2.3 -1.7 <br /> 1928 17.3 17.1 17.1 17.1 17.2 17.1 17.1 17.1 17.3 17.2 17.2 17.1 17.1 -1.2 -1.7 <br /> 1929 17.1 17.1 17.0 16.9 17.0 17.1 17.3 17.3 17.3 17.3 17.3 17.2 17.1 0.6 0.0 <br /> 1930 17.1 17.0 16.9 17.0 16.9 16.8 16.6 16.5 16.6 16.5 16.4 16.1 16.7 -6.4 -2.3 <br /> <br /> 1931 15.9 15.7 15.6 15.5 15.3 15.1 15.1 15.1 15.0 14.9 14.7 14.6 15.2 -9.3 -9.0 <br /> 1932 14.3 14.1 14.0 13.9 13.7 13.6 13.6 13.5 13.4 13.3 13.2 13.1 13.7 -10.3 -9.9 <br /> 1933 12.9 12.7 12.6 12.6 12.6 12.7 13.1 13.2 13.2 13.2 13.2 13.2 13.0 0.8 -5.1 <br /> 1934 13.2 13.3 13.3 13.3 13.3 13.4 13.4 13.4 13.6 13.5 13.5 13.4 13.4 1.5 3.1 <br /> 1935 13.6 13.7 13.7 13.8 13.8 13.7 13.7 13.7 13.7 13.7 13.8 13.8 13.7 3.0 2.2 <br /> <br /> 1936 13.8 13.8 13.7 13.7 13.7 13.8 13.9 14.0 14.0 14.0 14.0 14.0 13.9 1.4 1.5 <br /> 1937 14.1 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.4 14.5 14.5 14.6 14.6 14.5 14.4 14.4 2.9 3.6 <br /> 1938 14.2 14.1 14.1 14.2 14.1 14.1 14.1 14.1 14.1 14.0 14.0 14.0 14.1 -2.8 -2.1 <br /> 1939 14.0 13.9 13.9 13.8 13.8 13.8 13.8 13.8 14.1 14.0 14.0 14.0 13.9 0.0 -1.4 <br /> 1940 13.9 14.0 14.0 14.0 14.0 14.1 14.0 14.0 14.0 14.0 14.0 14.1 14.0 0.7 0.7 <br /> <br /> 1941 14.1 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.7 14.7 14.9 15.1 15.3 15.4 15.5 14.7 9.9 5.0 <br /> 1942 15.7 15.8 16.0 16.1 16.3 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.5 16.7 16.8 16.9 16.3 9.0 10.9 <br /> 1943 16.9 16.9 17.2 17.4 17.5 17.5 17.4 17.3 17.4 17.4 17.4 17.4 17.3 3.0 6.1 <br /> 1944 17.4 17.4 17.4 17.5 17.5 17.6 17.7 17.7 17.7 17.7 17.7 17.8 17.6 2.3 1.7 <br />ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/cpi/cpiai.txt4/2/2012 <br /> <br />