United States Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and Inflation Rate: Size Class D 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 D was 209.192 and the 12-month percent change (inflation rate) was 3.4%. The following item categories had the highest not seasonally adjusted 12-month percent change in CPI-U:

Motor fuel: 50.2%
New and used motor vehicles: 5%
Professional services: 3.2%

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 D 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 D, All Items (not seasonally adjusted)

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

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

Motor fuel

Energy

New and used motor vehicles

All items

All items less medical care

Professional services

All items less food and energy

Food

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

Professional services

Food

Motor fuel

All items less food and energy

All items

All items less medical care

Energy

New and used motor vehicles

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

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Item	CPI-U	12-month % change (Inflation Rate)
All items	209.192	3.4
Energy	193.99	19.6
All items less food	207.621	4.0
All items less food and energy	211.408	2.2
All items less shelter	208.558	4.9
All items less medical care	199.042	3.4
All items less energy	212.075	1.8
Apparel	116.5	1.8
Commodities	174.698	6.5
Energy commodities	214.938	44.3
Commodities less food	155.576	10.0
Commodities less food and beverages	153.9	10.3
Commodities less food and energy commodities	148.873	3.9
Durables	115.896	3.1
Education and communication	132.099	2.1
Education and communication commodities	100
Education and communication services	100
Food and beverages	218.309	0.0
Food	218.286	0.0
Food at home	211.236	-1.3
Alcoholic beverages	218.174	0.7
Other goods and services	400.21	11.0
Other goods	100
Other personal services	100
Housing	193.172	-0.6
Shelter	216.4	-0.4
Fuels and utilities	206.544	-2.4
Household energy	173.555	-3.9
Household furnishings and operations	128.661	0.4
Household furnishings and supplies	100
Medical care	369.636	3.5
Medical care commodities	311.472	2.7
Medical care services	389.681	3.7
Nondurables	204.604	7.9
Nondurables less food	192.476	15.2
Nondurables less food and beverages	191.513	16.2
Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel	231.331	20.6
Nondurables less food and apparel	229.549	19.0
Recreation	117.668	2.5
Recreation commodities	100
Recreation services	100
Services	246.94	0.9
Rent of shelter	223.838	-0.4
Other services	307.501	2.7
Transportation services	270.956	5.6
Services less rent of shelter	284.205	2.3
Services less medical care services	232.143	0.6
Services less energy services	253.739	1.3
Transportation	187.465	15.9
Private transportation	182.825	16.5
Transportation commodities less motor fuel	100
Food away from home	231.386	1.7
Rent of primary residence	211.7	1.0
Owners' equivalent rent of residences	227.318	-0.1
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence	227.318	-0.1
Energy services	186.038	-3.8
Electricity	189.125	0.4
Utility (piped) gas service	169.558	-20.7
Professional services	330.511	3.2
New and used motor vehicles	94.89	5.0
New vehicles	142.965	3.7
Used cars and trucks	126.304	8.8
Motor fuel	214.093	50.2
Gasoline (all types)	213.121	54.5
New cars	143.196	1.5
New cars and trucks	98.628	3.7
Gasoline, unleaded regular	203.693	55.7
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade	241.436	54.0
Gasoline, unleaded premium	218.344	47.7

U.S. CPI-U: 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): 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.