Dataset
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): major groups, every area
bls.cpi_u.summaries
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The CPI-U for the major expenditure groups (food, energy, shelter, all items less food and energy, which is core inflation, and others) in the U.S. city average and every published area. CUUR0000SA0L1E is core CPI, not seasonally adjusted. The file holds 1293 series.
Cite as: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): major groups, every area, cu.data.2.Summaries.
- Publisher
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Tier
- OfficialVerified
- Covers
- 1913–now
- Places
- United States
- Updated
- monthly
- Last modified
- 2026-10-19
- Units
- index (the series title names the base period; most are 1982-84=100)
- License
- U.S. Government Work (public domain)
- Method
- https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/cpi/
Columns
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| series_id | text | the BLS series id |
| series_title | text | what the series measures, from the survey's series file |
| seasonal | text | S for seasonally adjusted, U for not |
| year | integer | |
| period | text | M01 to M12 a month, M13 an annual average, Q a quarter, S a half |
| date | date | the first day of the period; empty for an annual average |
| value | number | |
| footnote_codes | text | BLS footnote codes, such as P for preliminary |
Dimensions
| Name | Values |
|---|---|
| series | CUSR0000SA0 All items in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, seasonally adjusted, CUSR0000SAA Apparel in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, seasonally adjusted, CUSR0000SAA1 Men's and boys' apparel in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, seasonally adjusted, CUSR0000SAA2 Women's and girls' apparel in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, seasonally adjusted, CUSR0000SAC Commodities in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, seasonally adjusted, CUSR0000SAE Education and communication in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, seasonally adjusted, CUSR0000SAF Food and beverages in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, seasonally adjusted, CUSR0000SAG Other goods and services in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, seasonally adjusted, CUSR0000SAH Housing in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, seasonally adjusted, CUSR0000SAM Medical care in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, seasonally adjusted, CUSR0000SAR Recreation in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, seasonally adjusted, CUSR0000SAS Services in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, seasonally adjusted … |
| year |