United States Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and Inflation Rate: South 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): South was 209.476 and the 12-month percent change (inflation rate) was 2.9%. The following item categories had the highest not seasonally adjusted 12-month percent change in CPI-U:

Motor fuel: 49.9%
New and used motor vehicles: 6.2%
Professional services: 2.6%

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: South 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: South, All Items (not seasonally adjusted)

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

12-Month Percent Change of US CPI-U: South 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: South in December 2009 (Not Seas Adj.) (%)

Professional services

Motor fuel

Food

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: South of Selected categories in December 2009 (Not Seas Adj.)

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Item	CPI-U	12-month % change (Inflation Rate)
All items	209.476	2.9
Energy	194.732	16.7
All items less food	208.143	3.5
All items less food and energy	211.281	2.0
All items less shelter	205.828	4.2
All items less medical care	200.727	2.9
All items less energy	211.782	1.7
Apparel	130.113	0.8
Commodities	173.865	6.2
Energy commodities	225.21	47.9
Commodities less food	154.077	9.9
Commodities less food and beverages	152.24	10.2
Commodities less food and energy commodities	146.355	3.6
Durables	114.441	3.6
Education and communication	124.717	2.5
Education and communication commodities	100
Education and communication services	100
Food and beverages	216.286	0.0
Food	216.832	-0.1
Food at home	211.104	-1.8
Alcoholic beverages	207.62	1.7
Other goods and services	370.188	9.9
Other goods	100
Other personal services	100
Housing	200.527	-0.4
Shelter	221.823	0.3
Fuels and utilities	211.444	-4.5
Household energy	180.904	-6.6
Household furnishings and operations	128.324	0.1
Household furnishings and supplies	100
Medical care	361.489	3.2
Medical care commodities	295.055	3.0
Medical care services	383.204	3.3
Nondurables	204.271	7.1
Nondurables less food	193.311	14.3
Nondurables less food and beverages	192.634	15.2
Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel	231.55	20.7
Nondurables less food and apparel	228.44	19.0
Recreation	113.926	-0.6
Recreation commodities	100
Recreation services	100
Services	245.913	0.7
Rent of shelter	228.056	0.3
Other services	296.406	2.1
Transportation services	262.698	4.2
Services less rent of shelter	275.905	1.3
Services less medical care services	232.846	0.5
Services less energy services	252.502	1.4
Transportation	185.445	15.7
Private transportation	183.486	16.3
Transportation commodities less motor fuel	100
Food away from home	227.401	1.8
Rent of primary residence	223.75	0.8
Owners' equivalent rent of residences	225.942	0.6
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence	225.942	0.6
Energy services	181.645	-6.7
Electricity	176.888	-4.6
Utility (piped) gas service	198.368	-17.2
Professional services	318.893	2.6
New and used motor vehicles	96.446	6.2
New vehicles	143.187	5.6
Used cars and trucks	136.843	10.5
Motor fuel	221.897	49.9
Gasoline (all types)	221.252	53.2
New cars	146.988	4.3
New cars and trucks	97.39	5.6
Gasoline, unleaded regular	219.767	55.1
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade	231.71	50.0
Gasoline, unleaded premium	221.196	47.2

U.S. CPI-U: South and 12-Month Percent Change for other Months and Years

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