In November 2024, the seasonally adjusted consumer price index for all urban consumers (CPI-U) in the United States increased *** percent from the previous month. The data represents city averages in the United States. The defined base period is: 1982-84=100. The CPI is defined by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics as “a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services”.

United States CPI U: Annual Weights (AW): All Items data was reported at 100.000 % in 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 100.000 % for 2016. United States CPI U: Annual Weights (AW): All Items data is updated yearly, averaging 100.000 % from Dec 1986 (Median) to 2017, with 32 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 100.000 % in 2017 and a record low of 100.000 % in 2017. United States CPI U: Annual Weights (AW): All Items data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.I011: Consumer Price Index: Urban: Weights (Annual).

Consumer Price Index CPI in the United States increased to 322.56 points in June from 321.46 points in May of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Consumer Price Index (CPI) - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

In January 2025, gasoline prices were around 0.2 percent lower than in January 2024. The data represents city averages in the United States. The defined base period is: 1982-84=100. CPI is defined by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics as "a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services". It is based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, fuels, transportation fares, charges for doctors’ and dentists’ services, drugs, and other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day living. The annual inflation rate in the U.S. since 1990 can be accessed here.

United States CPI U: AW: Recreation: Services: Admissions data was reported at 0.639 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.636 % for 2016. United States CPI U: AW: Recreation: Services: Admissions data is updated yearly, averaging 0.688 % from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2017, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.837 % in 2003 and a record low of 0.636 % in 2016. United States CPI U: AW: Recreation: Services: Admissions data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.I011: Consumer Price Index: Urban: Weights (Annual).

United States CPI U: AW: Education & Communication (EC) data was reported at 6.722 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 6.984 % for 2016. United States CPI U: AW: Education & Communication (EC) data is updated yearly, averaging 6.047 % from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2017, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.112 % in 2015 and a record low of 5.311 % in 2000. United States CPI U: AW: Education & Communication (EC) data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.I011: Consumer Price Index: Urban: Weights (Annual).

In 2023, the U.S. Consumer Price Index was 309.42, and is projected to increase to 352.27 by 2029. The base period was 1982-84. The monthly CPI for all urban consumers in the U.S. can be accessed here. After a time of high inflation, the U.S. inflation rateis projected fall to two percent by 2027. United States Consumer Price Index ForecastIt is projected that the CPI will continue to rise year over year, reaching 325.6 in 2027. The Consumer Price Index of all urban consumers in previous years was lower, and has risen every year since 1992, except in 2009, when the CPI went from 215.30 in 2008 to 214.54 in 2009. The monthly unadjusted Consumer Price Index was 296.17 for the month of August in 2022. The U.S. CPI measures changes in the price of consumer goods and services purchased by households and is thought to reflect inflation in the U.S. as well as the health of the economy. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics calculates the CPI and defines it as, "a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services." The BLS records the price of thousands of goods and services month by month. They consider goods and services within eight main categories: food and beverage, housing, apparel, transportation, medical care, recreation, education, and other goods and services. They aggregate the data collected in order to compare how much it would cost a consumer to buy the same market basket of goods and services within one month or one year compared with the previous month or year. Given that the CPI is used to calculate U.S. inflation, the CPI influences the annual adjustments of many financial institutions in the United States, both private and public. Wages, social security payments, and pensions are all affected by the CPI.

In January 2025, the unadjusted consumer price index (CPI) of all items for urban consumers in the United States amounted to about 317.67. The data represents U.S. city averages. The base period was 1982-84=100. The CPI is defined by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics as “a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services”. The annual consumer price index for urban consumers in the U.S. can be accessed here. Consumer Price Index The Consumer Price Index (CPI) began in 1919 under the Bureau of Labor Statistics and is published every month. The CPI for all urban consumers includes urban households in Metropolitan Statistical Areas and regions with over 2,500 inhabitants, as well as non-farm consumers living in rural regions. This index was established in 1978 and includes about 80 percent of the U.S. population. The monthly CPI of urban consumers in the United States increased from 292.3 in May 2022 to 304.13 in 2023. Inflation tends not to impact everyone equally for a variety of reasons, including geography - CPI often differs between regions, with a high of 287.49 in the Western region as of 2021. There are also disparities in inflation between income quartiles, in which inflation is generally felt more heavily by lower income households. The annual CPI in the United States has increased steadily over the past two decades, from 140.3 in 1992 to 292.56 in 2022. A forecast of the CPI expects this positive trend to continue, reaching 325.6 by 2027. As of March 2023, the CPI of the nation’s education had increased by 3.5 percent. Further, in the same month costs of recreation, rent, housing, medical care, and food and beverages, gasoline, and transportation increased. Comparatively, the CPI in Hong Kong reached 103.3 in 2022.

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United States CPI U: AW: EC: Education: Tuition, Fees, & Childcare (TF) data was reported at 3.046 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 3.044 % for 2016. United States CPI U: AW: EC: Education: Tuition, Fees, & Childcare (TF) data is updated yearly, averaging 2.886 % from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2017, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.212 % in 2015 and a record low of 2.421 % in 1997. United States CPI U: AW: EC: Education: Tuition, Fees, & Childcare (TF) data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.I011: Consumer Price Index: Urban: Weights (Annual).

United States CPI U: AW: Recreation: Reading Materials: Books data was reported at 0.060 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.064 % for 2016. United States CPI U: AW: Recreation: Reading Materials: Books data is updated yearly, averaging 0.123 % from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2017, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.202 % in 1998 and a record low of 0.060 % in 2017. United States CPI U: AW: Recreation: Reading Materials: Books data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.I011: Consumer Price Index: Urban: Weights (Annual).

United States CPI U: AW: EC: Comm: IP: IT: Internet Svcs & Information Providers data was reported at 0.689 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.714 % for 2016. United States CPI U: AW: EC: Comm: IP: IT: Internet Svcs & Information Providers data is updated yearly, averaging 0.283 % from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2017, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.714 % in 2016 and a record low of 0.017 % in 2000. United States CPI U: AW: EC: Comm: IP: IT: Internet Svcs & Information Providers data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.I011: Consumer Price Index: Urban: Weights (Annual).

United States CPI U: AW: Transportation data was reported at 15.519 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 15.318 % for 2016. United States CPI U: AW: Transportation data is updated yearly, averaging 17.120 % from Dec 1986 (Median) to 2017, with 32 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 17.948 % in 2007 and a record low of 14.552 % in 2015. United States CPI U: AW: Transportation data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.I011: Consumer Price Index: Urban: Weights (Annual).

United States CPI U: AW: FB: Food: Home: FV: Fresh: Vegetables: Lettuce data was reported at 0.063 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.062 % for 2016. United States CPI U: AW: FB: Food: Home: FV: Fresh: Vegetables: Lettuce data is updated yearly, averaging 0.062 % from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2017, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.079 % in 2000 and a record low of 0.054 % in 2002. United States CPI U: AW: FB: Food: Home: FV: Fresh: Vegetables: Lettuce data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.I011: Consumer Price Index: Urban: Weights (Annual).

United States CPI U: AW: EC: Education: TF: Elementary data was reported at 0.320 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.316 % for 2016. United States CPI U: AW: EC: Education: TF: Elementary data is updated yearly, averaging 0.380 % from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2017, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.431 % in 2009 and a record low of 0.316 % in 2016. United States CPI U: AW: EC: Education: TF: Elementary data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.I011: Consumer Price Index: Urban: Weights (Annual).

United States CPI U: AW: Recreation: Services: Fees for Lessons data was reported at 0.228 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.221 % for 2016. United States CPI U: AW: Recreation: Services: Fees for Lessons data is updated yearly, averaging 0.222 % from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2017, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.249 % in 2010 and a record low of 0.177 % in 2002. United States CPI U: AW: Recreation: Services: Fees for Lessons data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.I011: Consumer Price Index: Urban: Weights (Annual).

About this dataset

Context

The dataset illustrates the median household income in Lafayette, spanning the years from 2010 to 2023, with all figures adjusted to 2023 inflation-adjusted dollars. Based on the latest 2019-2023 5-Year Estimates from the American Community Survey, it displays how income varied over the last decade. The dataset can be utilized to gain insights into median household income trends and explore income variations.

Key observations:

From 2010 to 2023, the median household income for Lafayette increased by $113 (0.21%), as per the American Community Survey estimates. In comparison, median household income for the United States increased by $5,602 (7.68%) between 2010 and 2023.

Analyzing the trend in median household income between the years 2010 and 2023, spanning 13 annual cycles, we observed that median household income, when adjusted for 2023 inflation using the Consumer Price Index retroactive series (R-CPI-U-RS), experienced growth year by year for 5 years and declined for 8 years.

Content

When available, the data consists of estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2019-2023 5-Year Estimates. All incomes have been adjusting for inflation and are presented in 2022-inflation-adjusted dollars.

Years for which data is available:

• 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 0223

Variables / Data Columns

• Year: This column presents the data year from 2010 to 2023
• Median Household Income: Median household income, in 2023 inflation-adjusted dollars for the specific year
• YOY Change($): Change in median household income between the current and the previous year, in 2023 inflation-adjusted dollars
• YOY Change(%): Percent change in median household income between current and the previous year

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United States CPI U: AW: Recreation: OG: Toys data was reported at 0.261 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.293 % for 2016. United States CPI U: AW: Recreation: OG: Toys data is updated yearly, averaging 0.300 % from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2017, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.450 % in 1997 and a record low of 0.208 % in 2009. United States CPI U: AW: Recreation: OG: Toys data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.I011: Consumer Price Index: Urban: Weights (Annual).

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland provides daily “nowcasts” of inflation for two popular price indexes, the price index for personal consumption expenditures (PCE) and the Consumer Price Index (CPI). These nowcasts give a sense of where inflation is today. Released each business day.

Inflation Nowcasting Quarterly is a part of the Inflation Nowcasting indicator of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.