United States Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and Inflation Rate: US city average, Photo Processing (Not Seas Adj.)

Updated on March 23, 2026.

According to data from the US BLS, in January 2021, the US Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Photo Processing in the US was 109.013 (not seasonally adjusted); it fell by 5.6% compared to December 2020.

The US Inflation Rate of Photo Processing in the US in January 2021 was -3.0%, not seasonally adjusted. The inflation rate represents the percent change of the CPI-U compared to a year ago.

The first chart below shows the trend of the CPI, and the second chart shows the inflation rate from March 2001 to January 2021. This information can also be found in a table below.

You can also see similar information for other items and US geographic areas.

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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US CPI-U: US city average, Photo Processing (Seas Adj.)

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

US Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) for Photo Processing in the US (Not Seas Adj.)

US Inflation Rate for Photo Processing in the US (Not Seas Adj.) (%)

US Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) and Inflation Rate: Photo Processing in the US (Not Seas Adj.)

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Month	CPI-U	% change from YAGO (Inflation Rate)
March 2001	100.6	1.0
April 2001	100.2	0.6
May 2001	100.1	-0.6
June 2001	99.8	-0.6
July 2001	99.7	-1.0
August 2001	99.8	-1.3
September 2001	99.6	-1.0
October 2001	99.6	-1.4
November 2001	99.8	-1.5
December 2001	99.6	-1.5
January 2002	99.4	-1.7
February 2002	99.4	-1.9
March 2002	99.5	-1.1
April 2002	100.2	0.0
May 2002	100.2	0.1
June 2002	100.3	0.5
July 2002	100.6	0.9
August 2002	100.8	1.0
September 2002	100.9	1.3
October 2002	100.8	1.2
November 2002	100.7	0.9
December 2002	100.8	1.2
January 2003	100.5	1.1
February 2003	100.7	1.3
March 2003	100.9	1.4
April 2003	100.8	0.6
May 2003	100.4	0.2
June 2003	100.6	0.3
July 2003	100.3	-0.3
August 2003	100.5	-0.3
September 2003	100.5	-0.4
October 2003	100.9	0.1
November 2003	101	0.3
December 2003	100.7	-0.1
January 2004	100.6	0.1
February 2004	100.6	-0.1
March 2004	100.4	-0.5
April 2004	100.8	0.0
May 2004	100.4	0.0
June 2004	100	-0.6
July 2004	100.4	0.1
August 2004	100.2	-0.3
September 2004	100.1	-0.4
October 2004	100	-0.9
November 2004	99.9	-1.1
December 2004	100.3	-0.4
January 2005	100.4	-0.2
February 2005	100.3	-0.3
March 2005	100.5	0.1
April 2005	100.6	-0.2
May 2005	100	-0.4
June 2005	99.9	-0.1
July 2005	98.9	-1.5
August 2005	98.8	-1.4
September 2005	98.8	-1.3
October 2005	99.1	-0.9
November 2005	99.1	-0.8
December 2005	99.3	-1.0
January 2006	98.8	-1.6
February 2006	98.1	-2.2
March 2006	98.4	-2.1
April 2006	98.9	-1.7
May 2006	99.1	-0.9
June 2006	98.8	-1.1
July 2006	97.9	-1.0
August 2006	98.7	-0.1
September 2006	99.9	1.1
October 2006	100.5	1.4
November 2006	100.4	1.3
December 2006	100	0.7
January 2007	100.5	1.7
February 2007	100.107	2.1
March 2007	99.852	1.5
April 2007	99.77	0.9
May 2007	98.788	-0.3
June 2007	97.531	-1.3
July 2007	97.395	-0.5
August 2007	97.79	-0.9
September 2007	97.639	-2.3
October 2007	99.36	-1.1
November 2007	99.233	-1.2
December 2007	99.424	-0.6
January 2008	99.692	-0.8
February 2008	99.758	-0.3
March 2008	100.044	0.2
April 2008	99.513	-0.3
May 2008	99.243	0.5
June 2008	99.953	2.5
July 2008	100.298	3.0
August 2008	100.328	2.6
September 2008	100.204	2.6
October 2008	100.975	1.6
November 2008	100.958	1.7
December 2008	101.885	2.5
January 2009	102.004	2.3
February 2009	104.766	5.0
March 2009	104.894	4.9
April 2009	104.493	5.0
May 2009	105.257	6.1
June 2009	105.27	5.3
July 2009	105.46	5.2
August 2009	106.304	6.0
September 2009	106.113	5.9
October 2009	106.345	5.3
November 2009	106.22	5.2
December 2009	105.625	3.7
January 2010	105.993	3.9
February 2010	105.897	1.1
March 2010	105.116	0.2
April 2010	105.046	0.5
May 2010	105.606	0.3
June 2010	107.505	2.1
July 2010	107.939	2.4
August 2010	107.954	1.6
September 2010	107.451	1.3
October 2010	108.67	2.2
November 2010	108.923	2.5
December 2010	109	3.2
January 2011	109.581	3.4
February 2011	109.576	3.5
March 2011	110.452	5.1
April 2011	110.373	5.1
May 2011	110.497	4.6
June 2011	111.571	3.8
July 2011	110.976	2.8
August 2011	110.278	2.2
September 2011	111.393	3.7
October 2011	111.965	3.0
November 2011	112.166	3.0
December 2011	113.267	3.9
January 2012	113.184	3.3
February 2012	112.797	2.9
March 2012	112.915	2.2
April 2012	113.267	2.6
May 2012	113.217	2.5
June 2012	112.981	1.3
July 2012	113.308	2.1
August 2012	113.028	2.5
September 2012	112.703	1.2
October 2012	113.39	1.3
November 2012	114.555	2.1
December 2012	114.574	1.2
January 2013	113.484	0.3
February 2013	113.55	0.7
March 2013	113.931	0.9
April 2013	113.87	0.5
May 2013	114.241	0.9
June 2013	113.971	0.9
July 2013	113.899	0.5
August 2013	114.157	1.0
September 2013	114.207	1.3
October 2013	115.124	1.5
November 2013	115.784	1.1
December 2013	115.077	0.4
January 2014	115.099	1.4
February 2014	115.767	2.0
March 2014	115.871	1.7
April 2014	116.376	2.2
May 2014	117.376	2.7
June 2014	117.894	3.4
July 2014	117.354	3.0
August 2014	117.825	3.2
September 2014	118.452	3.7
October 2014	119.152	3.5
November 2014	119.042	2.8
December 2014	119.006	3.4
January 2015	119.462	3.8
February 2015	120.34	4.0
March 2015	119.952	3.5
April 2015	118.734	2.0
May 2015	119.55	1.9
June 2015	118.588	0.6
July 2015	118.829	1.3
August 2015	120.723	2.5
September 2015	120.465	1.7
October 2015	123.452	3.6
November 2015	124.158	4.3
December 2015	122.1	2.6
January 2016	122.366	2.4
February 2016	122.594	1.9
March 2016	122.642	2.2
April 2016	122.394	3.1
May 2016	121.595	1.7
June 2016	122.98	3.7
July 2016	122.439	3.0
August 2016	123.425	2.2
September 2016	124.618	3.5
October 2016	125.165	1.4
November 2016	124.214	0.1
December 2016	124.255	1.8
January 2017	123.314	0.8
February 2017	121.976	-0.5
March 2017	123.024	0.3
April 2017	122.24	-0.1
May 2017	121.692	0.1
June 2017	121.003	-1.6
July 2017	120.284	-1.8
August 2017	120.589	-2.3
September 2017	120.722	-3.1
October 2017	123.313	-1.5
November 2017	121.957	-1.8
December 2017	118.646	-4.5
January 2018	117.812	-4.5
February 2018	112.996	-7.4
March 2018	112.503	-8.5
April 2018	111.558	-8.7
May 2018	111.08	-8.7
June 2018	111.201	-8.1
July 2018	111.723	-7.1
August 2018	111.61	-7.4
September 2018	113.342	-6.1
October 2018	112.506	-8.8
November 2018	110.91	-9.1
December 2018	113.982	-3.9
January 2019	114.068	-3.2
February 2019	112.601	-0.3
March 2019	116.121	3.2
April 2019	117.595	5.4
May 2019	114.236	2.8
June 2019	113.242	1.8
July 2019	111.245	-0.4
August 2019	111.352	-0.2
September 2019	112.18	-1.0
October 2019	111.753	-0.7
November 2019	112.36	1.3
December 2019	112.72	-1.1
January 2020	112.031	-1.8
February 2020	112.741	0.1
March 2020	113.366	-2.4
April 2020	113.962	-3.1
May 2020	113.944	-0.3
June 2020	113.387	0.1
August 2020	112.135	0.8
October 2020	112.067	0.6
November 2020	115.66	3.1
December 2020	115.532	3.4
January 2021	109.013	-3.0