Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, 1950–2011

Find the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers based on U.S. city average, by expenditure category.

Group	2011	2005	2000	1999	1995	1990	1985	1980	1975	1970	1965	1960	1950
All items	226.9	195.3	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	191.2	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	195.7	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	119.5	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	173.9	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	323.2	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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