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Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, 1950–2011

U.S. city average, by expenditure category

Group 2011 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1995 1990 1985 1980 1975 1970 1965 1960 1950
All items 226.9 215.3 207.3 201.6 195.3 188.9 184.0 179.9 177.1 172.2 166.6 152.4 130.7 107.6 82.4 53.8 38.8 31.5 29.6 24.1
Food and beverages 230.4 214.2 203.3 195.7 191.2 186.6 180.5 176.8 173.6 168.4 164.6 148.9 132.1 105.6 86.7 60.2 40.1 n.a. n.a. n.a.
Housing 220.5 216.3 209.6 203.2 195.7 189.5 184.8 180.3 176.4 169.6 163.9 148.5 128.5 107.7 81.1 50.7 36.4 n.a. n.a. n.a.
Apparel 125.3 118.9 119.0 119.5 119.5 120.4 120.9 124.0 127.3 129.6 131.3 132.0 124.1 105.0 90.9 72.5 59.2 47.8 45.7 40.3
Transportation 215.2 195.5 184.7 180.9 173.9 163.1 157.6 152.9 154.3 153.3 144.4 139.1 120.5 106.4 83.1 50.1 37.5 31.9 29.8 22.7
Medical care 401.6 364.1 351.1 336.2 323.2 310.1 297.1 285.6 272.8 260.8 250.6 220.5 162.8 113.5 74.9 47.5 34.0 25.2 22.3 15.1

NOTES: 1982–1984 = 100. n.a. = not available.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Web: data.bls.gov .

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