The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the South increased 1.5 percent in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The energy index advanced 7.6 percent over the month, while the all items less food and energy index rose 0.8 percent. The food index increased 1.0 percent in June. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, month-to-month changes reflect the impact of seasonal influences.)

The all items CPI-U for the South advanced 9.8 percent for the 12 months ending in June, after increasing 9.2-percent over the 12-month period ending in May. The index for all items less food and energy rose 6.7 percent over the past year, while the energy index advanced 41.8 percent. The food index also increased over the past 12 months, up 10.3 percent. (See chart 1 and table 1.)

Food

The food index rose 1.0 percent in June, led by a 1.1 percent increase in the food at home index. The food away from home index also increased in June, up 0.9 percent.

The food index jumped 10.3 percent for the 12 months ending in June, reflecting increases in the food at home (+11.9 percent) and food away from home (+7.8 percent) indexes.

Energy

The energy index rose 7.6 percent in June, primarily reflecting a 9.7-percent increase in the gasoline index. The electricity index and the utility (piped) gas service index also increased in June, up 4.3 percent and 7.9 percent, respectively.

The energy index advanced 41.8 percent for the 12 months ending in June, led by a 62.7-percent jump in the gasoline index. The electricity index rose 15.7 percent over the past year, while the utility (piped) gas service index increased 32.8 percent.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.8 percent in June, reflecting increases across several indexes, most notable, shelter (+0.9 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 6.7 percent for the 12 months ending in June, led by a 7.0-percent increase in the shelter index. The new and used motor vehicles index rose 10.2 percent over the past 12 months, reflecting increases in the new vehicles (+12.6 percent) and used cars and trucks (+7.1 percent) indexes.

Geographic divisions

Additional price indexes are now available for the three divisions of the South. The all items CPI-U advanced 1.6 percent in the East South Central in June. The all items index in the South Atlantic and West South Central divisions increased 1.4 percent each over the past month.  

Over the year, the all items index advanced 10.6 percent in the West South Central division and 9.8 percent in the South Atlantic division. The all items index rose 8.4 percent in the East South Central division over the past 12 months.

Table A. South region CPI-U 1-month and 12-month percent changes, all items index, not seasonally adjusted

Month	2018		2019		2020		2021		2022
	1-month	12-month	1-month	12-month	1-month	12-month	1-month	12-month	1-month	12-month
January	0.5	1.8	0.2	1.2	0.3	2.3	0.5	1.6	0.9	7.8
February	0.6	2.1	0.5	1.1	0.2	1.9	0.5	2.0	1.1	8.4
March	0.2	2.3	0.7	1.6	-0.1	1.1	0.8	2.9	1.4	9.1
April	0.4	2.4	0.5	1.8	-0.8	-0.2	0.7	4.4	0.5	8.8
May	0.3	2.7	-0.1	1.4	-0.2	-0.4	0.8	5.6	1.2	9.2
June	0.2	2.7	-0.1	1.1	0.6	0.3	0.9	5.8	1.5	9.8
July	0.0	2.9	0.3	1.4	0.6	0.6	0.5	5.8
August	-0.1	2.4	-0.1	1.4	0.4	1.1	0.3	5.6
September	0.0	1.7	0.0	1.3	0.2	1.3	0.3	5.8
October	0.2	2.1	0.2	1.3	0.1	1.3	1.0	6.6
November	-0.3	1.9	0.0	1.6	-0.1	1.2	0.4	7.2
December	-0.5	1.5	0.0	2.1	0.2	1.4	0.3	7.4

The Consumer Price Index for July 2022 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, August 10, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).

Technical Note

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time in a fixed market basket of goods and services. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes CPIs for two population groups: (1) a CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) which covers approximately 93 percent of the total U.S. population and (2) a CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) which covers approximately 29 percent of the total U.S. population. The CPI-U includes, in addition to wage earners and clerical workers, groups such as professional, managerial, and technical workers, the self-employed, short-term workers, the unemployed, and retirees and others not in the labor force.

The CPI is based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, and fuels, transportation fares, charges for doctors' and dentists' services, drugs, and the other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day living. Each month, prices are collected in 75 urban areas across the country from about 6,000 housing units and approximately 22,000 retail establishments—department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling stations, and other types of stores and service establishments. All taxes directly associated with the purchase and use of items are included in the index.

The index measures price changes from a designated reference date; for most of the CPI-U the reference base is 1982-84 equals 100. An increase of 7 percent from the reference base, for example, is shown as 107.000.  Alternatively, that relationship can also be expressed as the price of a base period market basket of goods and services rising from $100 to $107. For further details see the CPI home page on the Internet at www.bls.gov/cpi and the CPI section of the BLS Handbook of Methods available on the internet at www.bls.gov/opub/hom/cpi/.

In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each location are averaged together with weights that represent their importance in the spending of the appropriate population group. Local data are then combined to obtain a U.S. city average. Because the sample size of a local area is smaller, the local area index is subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error than the national index. In addition, local indexes are not adjusted for seasonal influences. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national index, although their long-term trends are quite similar. NOTE: Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of prices between cities; they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base period.

The South region is comprised of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

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Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Indexes and percent changes for selected periods
South (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group	Indexes			Percent change from-
	Apr. 2022	May 2022	Jun. 2022	Jun. 2021	Apr. 2022	May 2022
Expenditure category
All Items	279.879	283.307	287.427	9.8	2.7	1.5
All items (December 1977=100)	454.002	459.563	466.247	-	-	-
Food and beverages	291.755	294.391	297.375	9.8	1.9	1.0
Food	294.609	297.475	300.550	10.3	2.0	1.0
Food at home	278.880	282.376	285.549	11.9	2.4	1.1
Cereal and bakery products	323.203	326.610	336.070	14.0	4.0	2.9
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs	302.814	305.338	306.944	10.8	1.4	0.5
Dairy and related products	250.215	258.374	262.159	14.7	4.8	1.5
Fruits and vegetables	319.719	322.997	321.255	6.7	0.5	-0.5
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials	192.198	194.077	196.999	12.5	2.5	1.5
Other food at home	243.811	246.995	250.863	14.0	2.9	1.6
Food away from home	319.932	321.619	324.482	7.8	1.4	0.9
Alcoholic beverages	252.096	251.540	253.259	3.3	0.5	0.7
Housing	272.278	274.741	277.887	8.1	2.1	1.1
Shelter	312.814	315.381	318.204	7.0	1.7	0.9
Rent of primary residence	329.443	332.574	336.108	7.9	2.0	1.1
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(1)	313.676	315.981	319.065	6.6	1.7	1.0
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(1)	313.672	315.979	319.060	6.5	1.7	1.0
Fuels and utilities	271.551	277.092	287.245	14.6	5.8	3.7
Household energy	220.979	226.873	237.629	18.4	7.5	4.7
Energy services	220.033	225.770	236.794	18.0	7.6	4.9
Electricity	213.188	218.352	227.842	15.7	6.9	4.3
Utility (piped) gas service	247.382	256.407	276.584	32.8	11.8	7.9
Household furnishings and operations	141.850	142.272	142.514	8.6	0.5	0.2
Apparel	136.131	135.625	135.275	5.0	-0.6	-0.3
Transportation	269.144	277.639	287.733	21.1	6.9	3.6
Private transportation	270.803	278.511	289.154	21.4	6.8	3.8
New and used motor vehicles(2)	130.594	131.942	133.980	10.2	2.6	1.5
New vehicles	177.369	179.191	180.641	12.6	1.8	0.8
New cars and trucks(2)(3)	-	-	-	-	-	-
New cars(3)	176.819	178.625	180.313	14.0	2.0	0.9
Used cars and trucks	208.048	209.507	214.326	7.1	3.0	2.3
Motor fuel	344.680	374.069	409.815	63.1	18.9	9.6
Gasoline (all types)	341.836	370.911	407.003	62.7	19.1	9.7
Unleaded regular(3)	335.176	364.515	400.378	64.0	19.5	9.8
Unleaded midgrade(3)(4)	375.678	402.183	439.936	57.6	17.1	9.4
Unleaded premium(3)	360.554	384.332	418.341	53.2	16.0	8.8
Medical care	513.192	515.023	519.243	4.7	1.2	0.8
Medical care commodities	362.212	363.141	363.694	4.3	0.4	0.2
Medical care services	564.288	566.431	571.931	4.8	1.4	1.0
Professional services	387.911	388.455	393.152	2.4	1.4	1.2
Recreation(2)	129.972	131.169	131.375	5.7	1.1	0.2
Education and communication(2)	138.682	138.577	138.753	1.0	0.1	0.1
Tuition, other school fees, and child care(5)	1,402.439	1,407.403	1,416.963	3.3	1.0	0.7
Other goods and services	479.148	482.677	483.830	6.9	1.0	0.2
Commodity and service group
All Items	279.879	283.307	287.427	9.8	2.7	1.5
Commodities	218.958	222.542	227.101	14.1	3.7	2.0
Commodities less food and beverages	183.461	187.161	191.987	16.4	4.6	2.6
Nondurables less food and beverages	240.485	249.314	259.597	25.1	7.9	4.1
Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel	302.518	316.367	332.379	30.3	9.9	5.1
Durables	131.578	132.162	133.567	8.8	1.5	1.1
Services	340.604	343.821	347.424	7.1	2.0	1.0
Rent of shelter(1)	321.843	324.528	327.399	7.1	1.7	0.9
Transportation services	392.565	401.388	407.280	9.7	3.7	1.5
Other services	371.930	373.615	373.837	3.9	0.5	0.1
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care	267.032	270.526	274.626	10.4	2.8	1.5
All items less food	277.339	280.840	285.101	9.8	2.8	1.5
All items less shelter	268.224	272.008	276.660	11.2	3.1	1.7
Commodities less food	185.776	189.401	194.183	16.0	4.5	2.5
Nondurables	264.803	270.748	277.632	17.0	4.8	2.5
Nondurables less food	240.799	249.096	258.890	23.7	7.5	3.9
Nondurables less food and apparel	296.675	309.258	324.001	28.1	9.2	4.8
Services less rent of shelter(1)	374.946	378.941	383.586	7.1	2.3	1.2
Services less medical care services	320.450	323.726	327.152	7.4	2.1	1.1
Energy	273.118	289.645	311.620	41.8	14.1	7.6
All items less energy	282.174	284.307	286.659	7.2	1.6	0.8
All items less food and energy	280.540	282.559	284.799	6.7	1.5	0.8
Commodities less food and energy commodities	167.418	168.132	169.463	7.5	1.2	0.8
Energy commodities	349.922	379.519	415.098	62.5	18.6	9.4
Services less energy services	353.395	356.350	359.177	6.4	1.6	0.8
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. (2) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. (3) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. (4) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. (5) Indexes on a December 1977=100 base.
- Data not available. Regions defined as the four Census regions. 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. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Data not seasonally adjusted.