United States Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and Inflation Rate: Midwest - Size Class D in May 2012 (Not Seas Adj.)
Updated on March 14, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in May 2012, the United States not seasonally adjusted Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (CPI-U): Midwest - Size Class D was 215.254 and the 12-month percent change (inflation rate) was 1.4%. The following item categories had the highest not seasonally adjusted 12-month percent change in CPI-U:

  1. Alcoholic beverages: 3.2%
  2. Food away from home: 3.1%
  3. Rent of primary residence: 2.8%

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: Midwest - Size Class D and the 12-month percent change (inflation rate) for many more item categories in May 2012.

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
Alcoholic beverages
Food away from home
Rent of primary residence
12-Month Percent Change of US CPI-U: Midwest - Size Class D of Selected Categories in May 2012 (Not Seas Adj.)
Alcoholic beverages
Food away from home
Rent of primary residence
All items less food and energy
Food
All items
All items less medical care
Energy
US CPI-U: Midwest - Size Class D in May 2012 (Not Seas Adj.) (%)
Food away from home
Alcoholic beverages
Food
All items
All items less food and energy
Energy
Rent of primary residence
All items less medical care
Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) and Inflation Rate: Midwest - Size Class D of Selected categories in May 2012 (Not Seas Adj.)
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Item CPI-U 12-month % change (Inflation Rate)
All items 215.254 1.4
Energy 213.958 -6.6
All items less food and energy 214.524 2.6
All items less shelter 213.93 1.1
All items less medical care 204.295 1.4
All items less energy 216.709 2.6
Apparel 128.847 8.6
Commodities 188.763 0.9
Commodities less food 170.537 0.2
Commodities less food and beverages 168.671 0.1
Durables 115.281 1.6
Education and communication 128.8 2.7
Education and communication commodities 94.118 -1.3
Education and communication services 109.537 3.3
Food and beverages 229.121 2.5
Food 228.505 2.4
Food at home 217.219 2.0
Alcoholic beverages 239.05 3.2
Other goods and services 414.987 5.4
Other goods 109.475 7.0
Other personal services 109.017 3.1
Housing 196.087 1.2
Shelter 223.597 2.4
Fuels and utilities 202.528 -3.6
Household energy 157.877 -4.7
Household furnishings and operations 119.499 0.2
Household furnishings and supplies 97.077 0.1
Medical care 387.725 2.1
Nondurables 226.214 0.6
Nondurables less food 222.507 -0.5
Nondurables less food and beverages 222.02 -0.8
Recreation 109.388 1.1
Services 244.58 1.9
Services less rent of shelter 269.512 1.5
Services less medical care services 225.949 1.9
Transportation 198.712 -1.0
Private transportation 191.051 -0.9
Transportation commodities less motor fuel 109.933 3.2
Food away from home 248.773 3.1
Rent of primary residence 211.922 2.8
Owners' equivalent rent of residences 230.056 2.2
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence 230.056 2.2
Energy services 167.268 -4.1
Electricity 170.223 1.5
Utility (piped) gas service 149.157 -17.4
Motor fuel 278.795 -7.3
Gasoline (all types) 275.018 -7.9
Gasoline, unleaded regular 265.048 -8.1
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 318.941 -8.2
Gasoline, unleaded premium 282.2 -6.0

U.S. CPI-U: Midwest - Size Class D and 12-Month Percent Change for other Months and Years

Use the links below to see the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI-U): Midwest - Size Class D and 12-month percent change (inflation rate) for other months and years. Also, You can see the monthly links for many more years here.
2021
2022
2023