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

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in May 2008, the United States not seasonally adjusted Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (CPI-U): Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA was 226.651 and the 12-month percent change (inflation rate) was 3.7%. The following item categories had the highest not seasonally adjusted 12-month percent change in CPI-U:

  1. Motor fuel: 15.5%
  2. Household energy: 7.8%
  3. Food at home: 4.7%

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-Riverside-Orange County, CA and the 12-month percent change (inflation rate) for many more item categories in May 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
Household energy
Motor fuel
12-Month Percent Change of US CPI-U: Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA of Selected Categories in May 2008 (Not Seas Adj.)
Motor fuel
Energy
Household energy
Food at home
All items
All items less medical care
Food
All items less food and energy
US CPI-U: Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA in May 2008 (Not Seas Adj.) (%)
Motor fuel
Energy
Household energy
Food at home
All items
All items less food and energy
All items less medical care
Food
Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) and Inflation Rate: Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA of Selected categories in May 2008 (Not Seas Adj.)
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Item CPI-U 12-month % change (Inflation Rate)
All items 226.651 3.7
Energy 296.116 13.1
All items less food and energy 224.626 2.7
All items less shelter 206.843 4.1
All items less medical care 220.468 3.7
All items less energy 223.229 2.8
Apparel 109.104 6.0
Commodities 175.563 4.0
Commodities less food 152.532 4.0
Commodities less food and beverages 148.62 4.0
Durables 104.401 -2.1
Education and communication 124.44 3.9
Food and beverages 219.484 3.7
Food 217.976 3.7
Food at home 231.294 4.7
Alcoholic beverages 228.518 4.0
Other goods and services 340.275 3.3
Housing 243.96 2.8
Shelter 272.195 2.9
Fuels and utilities 258.745 7.5
Household energy 266.466 7.8
Household furnishings and operations 126.309 -1.8
Medical care 352.329 4.1
Nondurables 211.226 6.5
Nondurables less food 201.055 8.8
Nondurables less food and beverages 196.73 9.1
Recreation 115.381 0.6
Services 270.758 3.5
Services less rent of shelter 276.211 4.2
Services less medical care services 263.313 3.4
Transportation 200.764 6.0
Private transportation 194.501 5.9
Food away from home 199.118 2.5
Rent of primary residence 273.283 4.3
Owners' equivalent rent of residences 283.53 3.5
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence 283.53 3.5
Energy services 264.426 7.0
Electricity 260.96 -2.5
Utility (piped) gas service 302.259 28.7
Motor fuel 308.766 15.5
Gasoline (all types) 301.553 15.1
Gasoline, unleaded regular 302.937 15.5
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 284.491 14.6
Gasoline, unleaded premium 286.116 14.1

U.S. CPI-U: Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, 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-Riverside-Orange County, 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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