United States Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and Inflation Rate: Size Class A in December 2009 (Not Seas Adj.)

Updated on March 14, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in December 2009, the United States not seasonally adjusted Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (CPI-U): Size Class A was 197.246 and the 12-month percent change (inflation rate) was 2.4%. The following item categories had the highest not seasonally adjusted 12-month percent change in CPI-U:

Motor fuel: 51.2%
New and used motor vehicles: 5.1%
Professional services: 2.7%

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: Size Class A and the 12-month percent change (inflation rate) for many more item categories in December 2009.

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.

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Historical CPI-U and Inflation Rate: Size Class A, All Items (not seasonally adjusted)

Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

12-Month Percent Change of US CPI-U: Size Class A of Selected Categories in December 2009 (Not Seas Adj.)

Motor fuel

Energy

New and used motor vehicles

Professional services

All items

All items less medical care

All items less food and energy

Food

US CPI-U: Size Class A in December 2009 (Not Seas Adj.) (%)

Motor fuel

Energy

Professional services

All items

Food

All items less food and energy

All items less medical care

New and used motor vehicles

Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) and Inflation Rate: Size Class A of Selected categories in December 2009 (Not Seas Adj.)

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Item	CPI-U	12-month % change (Inflation Rate)
All items	197.246	2.4
Energy	257.763	18.4
All items less food	197.492	2.9
All items less food and energy	192.758	1.5
All items less shelter	189.072	3.6
All items less medical care	192.286	2.3
All items less energy	193.18	1.2
Apparel	112.852	3.3
Commodities	164.226	5.1
Energy commodities	330.946	47.1
Commodities less food	147.725	8.6
Commodities less food and beverages	145.305	9.0
Commodities less food and energy commodities	129.333	2.5
Durables	103.573	1.8
Education and communication	131.325	2.2
Education and communication commodities	100
Education and communication services	100
Food and beverages	196.721	-0.4
Food	196.382	-0.6
Food at home	197.404	-2.6
Alcoholic beverages	199.06	1.8
Other goods and services	291.948	6.4
Other goods	100
Other personal services	100
Housing	199.211	-0.3
Shelter	216.125	0.3
Fuels and utilities	213.211	-2.4
Household energy	209.995	-4.3
Household furnishings and operations	120.286	-1.9
Household furnishings and supplies	100
Medical care	300.106	3.2
Medical care commodities	242.784	2.9
Medical care services	317.03	3.2
Nondurables	192.632	6.2
Nondurables less food	189.059	13.5
Nondurables less food and beverages	187.945	14.6
Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel	243.158	19.4
Nondurables less food and apparel	237.744	17.3
Recreation	113.162	-1.7
Recreation commodities	100
Recreation services	100
Services	223.531	0.8
Rent of shelter	216.911	0.2
Other services	250.233	1.7
Transportation services	207.104	3.9
Services less rent of shelter	231.588	1.6
Services less medical care services	216.903	0.6
Services less energy services	225.187	1.2
Transportation	184.718	13.8
Private transportation	183.553	14.9
Transportation commodities less motor fuel	100
Food away from home	193.606	1.7
Rent of primary residence	215.777	0.6
Owners' equivalent rent of residences	216.552	0.6
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence	216.552	0.6
Energy services	200.623	-4.9
Electricity	194.018	0.8
Utility (piped) gas service	204.196	-17.1
Professional services	252.904	2.7
New and used motor vehicles	96.926	5.1
New vehicles	120.824	4.6
Used cars and trucks	131.42	8.8
Motor fuel	327.856	51.2
Gasoline (all types)	327.092	53.5
New cars	122.203	3.5
New cars and trucks	95.112	4.6
Gasoline, unleaded regular	333.809	55.6
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade	224.209	49.9
Gasoline, unleaded premium	295.427	46.7

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

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