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Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Southeast

 
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, all items, in the U.S., South, and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Area

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data		 Annual
average
2018		 Aug
2019		 Sep
2019		 Percent change
Annual
average
2017 to
2018		 12 months
ended
Aug
2019		 Sep
2019

U.S. City Average

 251.107 256.558 256.759 2.4 1.7 1.7

South region(1)

 242.737 246.953 246.891 2.2 1.4 1.3

South City Size Class (population)

A (over 2.5 million)

 246.970 251.959 252.235 2.5 1.6 1.6

B/C (2.5 million or less)(2)

 153.447 155.873 155.717 2.1 1.2 1.2

South divisions

South Atlantic(3)(4)

 101.954 104.152 104.108   1.8 1.7

East South Central(3)(5)

 101.666 102.590 102.397   0.6 0.5

West South Central(3)(6)

 101.485 102.868 102.954   0.9 1.0

Metropolitan areas

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA(7)

 238.577 246.311   2.4 2.2  

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL(7)

 265.065 270.176   3.3 1.9  

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL(7)(8)

 224.263   229.219     1.5

Footnotes
(1) The South includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
(2) December 1996=100.
(3) December 2017=100.
(4) The South Atlantic division includes Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.
(5) The East South Central division includes Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
(6) The West South Central division includes Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.
(7) Published in alternate months.
(8) 1987=100

Source: Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households.