United States Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and Inflation Rate: South in December 2015 (Not Seas Adj.)
Updated on March 14, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in December 2015, the United States not seasonally adjusted Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (CPI-U): South was 229.581 and the 12-month percent change (inflation rate) was 0.5%. The following item categories had the highest not seasonally adjusted 12-month percent change in CPI-U:

  1. Rent of primary residence: 3.5%
  2. Owners' equivalent rent of residences: 2.8%
  3. Food away from home: 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 2015.

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 away from home
Rent of primary residence
Owners' equivalent rent of residences
12-Month Percent Change of US CPI-U: South of Selected Categories in December 2015 (Not Seas Adj.)
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Food away from home
All items less food and energy
Food
All items
All items less medical care
Energy
US CPI-U: South in December 2015 (Not Seas Adj.) (%)
Food away from home
Rent of primary residence
Owners' equivalent rent of residenc...
Food
All items less food and energy
All items
All items less medical care
Energy
Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) and Inflation Rate: South of Selected categories in December 2015 (Not Seas Adj.)
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Item CPI-U 12-month % change (Inflation Rate)
All items 229.581 0.5
Energy 173.686 -13.4
All items less food 226.589 0.5
All items less food and energy 235.053 2.0
All items less shelter 221.191 -0.7
All items less medical care 218.616 0.3
All items less energy 236.573 1.8
Apparel 130.231 -1.8
Commodities 178.113 -2.7
Energy commodities 174.457 -22.4
Commodities less food 148.549 -4.7
Commodities less food and beverages 146.106 -5.0
Commodities less food and energy commodities 146.744 -0.9
Durables 110.173 -1.3
Education and communication 137.064 1.9
Education and communication commodities 81.863 -3.7
Education and communication services 112.906 2.4
Food and beverages 246.125 0.8
Food 247.543 0.8
Food at home 239.762 -0.5
Alcoholic beverages 225.705 0.8
Other goods and services 410.087 1.6
Other goods 107.797 0.1
Other personal services 113.92 3.2
Housing 222.71 1.9
Shelter 253.815 3.0
Fuels and utilities 225.482 -2.4
Household energy 182.721 -4.2
Household furnishings and operations 121.533 -0.5
Household furnishings and supplies 91.19 -1.6
Medical care 428.859 2.7
Medical care commodities 344.468 2.8
Medical care services 457.246 2.7
Nondurables 213.102 -3.2
Nondurables less food 185.442 -6.9
Nondurables less food and beverages 183.278 -7.4
Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel 216.563 -9.2
Nondurables less food and apparel 216.256 -8.4
Recreation 115.861 0.3
Recreation commodities 83.882 -5.0
Recreation services 113.443 3.0
Services 281.443 2.6
Rent of shelter 260.43 3.0
Other services 335.662 2.7
Transportation services 318.421 4.3
Services less rent of shelter 316.668 2.1
Services less medical care services 265.44 2.6
Services less energy services 291.8 3.1
Transportation 190.467 -4.6
Private transportation 188.175 -4.8
Transportation commodities less motor fuel 106.048 0.0
Food away from home 261.992 2.6
Rent of primary residence 261.682 3.5
Owners' equivalent rent of residences 256.398 2.8
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence 256.387 2.8
Energy services 183.05 -3.9
Electricity 182.834 -2.8
Utility (piped) gas service 169.306 -11.2
Professional services 358.852 1.2
New and used motor vehicles 102.262 0.2
New vehicles 153.011 -0.2
Used cars and trucks 142.825 1.1
Motor fuel 170.941 -22.6
Gasoline (all types) 169.93 -22.3
New cars 153.465 -0.8
New cars and trucks 104.155 -0.2
Gasoline, unleaded regular 165.316 -23.1
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 189.665 -19.7
Gasoline, unleaded premium 189.917 -17.6

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.
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2022
2023