United States Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and Inflation Rate: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA in December 2008 (Not Seas Adj.)
Updated on March 14, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in December 2008, the United States not seasonally adjusted Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (CPI-U): Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA was 219.62 and the 12-month percent change (inflation rate) was 0.1%. The following item categories had the highest not seasonally adjusted 12-month percent change in CPI-U:

  1. Food at home: 6.2%
  2. Rent of primary residence: 3.8%
  3. Alcoholic beverages: 3.7%

The first chart below shows the 12-month percent change in CPI-U for a selected group of item categories, and the second chart shows the CPI-U for the selected group of item categories. You can also use the control below to select your own categories to see on the chart (at most 10). The table below have data on the CPI-U: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and the 12-month percent change (inflation rate) for many more item categories in December 2008.

See links at the bottom of this page for similar information for other months. You can also see the monthly links for many other years here and for other US geographic areas here.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the change in prices paid by consumers for goods and services. The CPI of all urban consumers (CPI-U) reflects the spending patterns of all urban consumers which represents about 93 percent of the total US population. The CPI-U is based on the expenditures of almost all residents of urban or metropolitan areas, including professionals, the self-employed, the poor, the unemployed, and retired people, as well as urban wage earners and clerical workers.

All items
Energy
All items less food and energy
All items less medical care
Food
Food at home
Alcoholic beverages
Rent of primary residence
12-Month Percent Change of US CPI-U: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA of Selected Categories in December 2008 (Not Seas Adj.)
Food at home
Food
Rent of primary residence
Alcoholic beverages
All items less food and energy
All items
All items less medical care
Energy
US CPI-U: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA in December 2008 (Not Seas Adj.) (%)
Rent of primary residence
Food at home
All items less food and energy
Food
Alcoholic beverages
All items
All items less medical care
Energy
Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) and Inflation Rate: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA of Selected categories in December 2008 (Not Seas Adj.)
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Item CPI-U 12-month % change (Inflation Rate)
All items 219.62 0.1
Energy 171.463 -31.0
All items less food and energy 225.997 2.5
All items less shelter 194.998 -1.6
All items less medical care 213.181 -0.1
All items less energy 225.178 2.8
Apparel 103.59 0.7
Commodities 159.809 -4.5
Commodities less food 130.662 -9.1
Commodities less food and beverages 126.753 -9.5
Durables 102.443 -1.7
Education and communication 127.963 4.4
Food and beverages 224.255 4.9
Food 223.501 5.0
Food at home 237.224 6.2
Alcoholic beverages 221.549 3.7
Other goods and services 341.656 2.4
Housing 244.727 2.5
Shelter 275.763 3.0
Fuels and utilities 231.884 -1.0
Household energy 223.595 -4.8
Household furnishings and operations 127.566 1.4
Medical care 356.687 3.8
Nondurables 186.347 -5.7
Nondurables less food 154.43 -14.9
Nondurables less food and beverages 148.801 -16.0
Recreation 115.881 1.6
Services 272.534 3.0
Services less rent of shelter 275.101 3.0
Services less medical care services 264.902 3.0
Transportation 163.274 -12.3
Private transportation 156.607 -13.2
Food away from home 204.094 3.5
Rent of primary residence 280.693 3.8
Owners' equivalent rent of residences 288.779 3.4
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence 288.779 3.4
Energy services 222.695 -4.7
Electricity 254.415 -4.3
Utility (piped) gas service 188.914 -5.6
Motor fuel 144.131 -43.1
Gasoline (all types) 140.223 -43.5
Gasoline, unleaded regular 139.052 -44.1
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 133.631 -43.1
Gasoline, unleaded premium 137.626 -42.1

U.S. CPI-U: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and 12-Month Percent Change for other Months and Years

Use the links below to see the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI-U): Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and 12-month percent change (inflation rate) for other months and years. Also, You can see the monthly links for many more years here.
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2023