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Consumer Price Index, CPI-U (CUUR0360SA0) · All items in East South Central, not seasonally adjusted

What is the consumer price index in the East South Central division?

The consumer price index for all items in the East South Central division was 137.5 in the month ended , up 4.2% from a year earlier.

Consumer price index for all items in the East South Central division, not seasonally adjusted, each month

December 2017 to September 2026Not seasonally adjusted, as published

Consumer price index for all items in the East South Central division, not seasonally adjusted, each month (December 2017 to September 2026), recessions shaded
Consumer price index for all items in the East South Central division, not seasonally adjusted, each month (September 2024 to September 2026)

Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .

Consumer price index for all items in the East South Central division, change from a year earlier, each month (ours)

December 2017 to September 2026Ours, from the published values

Consumer price index for all items in the East South Central division, change from a year earlier, each month (ours) (December 2017 to September 2026), recessions shaded
Consumer price index for all items in the East South Central division, change from a year earlier, each month (ours) (September 2024 to September 2026)

Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .

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MeasureLatestThe month beforeA year earlierFive years earlier
Month
Consumer price index for all items in the East South Central division137.5137.0131.9110.4
Change over a year+4.2%+3.9%+3.1%+6.6%

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Observed .

Right now

The consumer price index for all items in the East South Central division was 137.5 in September 2026, the highest since our record begins in December 2017.

Over a year it is up 4.2% (ours).

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ChangeOurs

PeriodThenChange
One month137.0 in +0.3%
Three months136.0 in +1.0%
Twelve months131.9 in +4.2%
Five years110.4 in +24.6%
Ten yearsThe series begins in

In historyOurs

The consumer price index for all items in the East South Central division of 137.5 in was higher than in 104 of the 104 other months since , the same in 0 and lower in 0.

Highest since : 137.5 in . Lowest since : 100.0 in .

AverageOurs

Average since : 115.74 (ours, a plain mean of the 105 months).

ComparedOurs

Over a year the consumer price index for all items in the East South Central division is up 4.2%, which ranks 7 of the 36 rows of the table, where 1 is the largest change.

The table sets the consumer price index for all items in the East South Central division beside the regions, divisions and metropolitan areas on the inflation by area page, by the change over a year in each one's newest month.

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Understanding the consumer price index for all items in the East South Central division

Where it stands today

The consumer price index for all items in the East South Central division was 137.5 in September 2026.

What does the consumer price index for all items in the East South Central division measure?

This is the consumer price index for all items in the East South Central division: the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) of the area. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes it each month, about two weeks after the month ends, and scales it so that the December 2017 level is 100. East South Central is one of the nine census divisions, a group of states inside a region. The index is for the urban areas of the division.

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What 500metrics adds: the change over one month, three months, a year and five years, the highest and lowest value since the series begins, how the change over a year ranks among the regions, divisions and metropolitan areas on the inflation by area page, and the history in one chart and one file.

The numbers behind the chart

What was the consumer price index for all items in the East South Central division in each month?105 months, newest first
Consumer price index for all items in the East South Central division, not seasonally adjusted, by month, newest first (Index, December 2017 = 100; the change ours)
MonthValueChange over a year
137.5+4.2%
137.0+3.9%
136.1+3.5%
136.0+3.8%
136.5+4.8%
135.8+4.5%
134.6+3.8%
132.7+2.5%
132.4+2.7%
132.0+2.9%
131.6+2.4%
131.9+3.1%
131.9+3.5%
131.5+3.3%
131.1+3.1%
130.2+2.4%
130.0+2.5%
129.6+2.8%
129.4+3.4%
128.9+3.9%
128.3+4.1%
128.5+4.0%
128.3+3.5%
128.0+3.2%
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MonthValueChange over a year
127.4+2.9%
127.3+3.2%
127.2+3.4%
127.2+3.7%
126.8+3.9%
126.1+4.0%
125.2+3.5%
124.1+3.6%
123.2+3.7%
123.6+4.0%
123.9+4.2%
124.0+4.6%
123.8+4.5%
123.4+3.6%
123.1+3.3%
122.6+4.5%
122.1+5.2%
121.3+5.2%
121.0+6.5%
119.8+6.6%
118.8+6.5%
118.8+6.3%
118.9+6.8%
118.5+7.4%
118.5+7.5%
119.1+8.0%
119.2+8.4%
117.3+7.7%
116.0+7.8%
115.2+7.9%
113.6+7.4%
112.4+6.9%
111.6+7.1%
111.8+7.8%
111.3+7.2%
110.4+6.6%
110.2+6.4%
110.3+6.7%
109.9+7.3%
108.9+7.0%
107.7+5.7%
106.8+4.0%
105.7+2.9%
105.1+2.2%
104.2+1.7%
103.7+1.2%
103.8+1.3%
103.6+1.2%
103.6+1.0%
103.3+0.6%
102.4−0.1%
101.7−0.7%
101.9−0.6%
102.8+0.4%
102.8+1.0%
102.8+1.6%
102.4+1.5%
102.5+0.7%
102.5+0.2%
102.4+0.5%
102.6+0.6%
102.7+0.5%
102.5+0.3%
102.5+0.3%
102.5+0.7%
102.3+1.0%
101.7+0.7%
101.1+0.6%
100.9+0.9%
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102.2n/a
101.9n/a
102.0n/a
102.2n/a
102.2n/a
102.1n/a
101.8n/a
101.3n/a
101.0n/a
100.6n/a
100.0n/a
How does it compare with the regions, divisions and metropolitan areas on the inflation by area page?Ranked by the change over a year
Consumer price index for all items in the East South Central division beside the regions, divisions and metropolitan areas on the inflation by area page, newest month of each, by the change over a year (ours); equal changes share a rank
SeriesMonthValueChange over a yearRank
Urban Hawaii368.6+5.2%1
San Diego409.0+4.7%2
New York363.9+4.5%3
Seattle381.1+4.4%4
East North Central136.2+4.3%5
New England133.8+4.3%5
East South Central137.5+4.2%7
Middle Atlantic135.2+4.2%7
Midwest region314.4+4.2%7
Northeast region351.6+4.2%7
Philadelphia340.0+4.2%7
Washington, DC338.7+4.1%12
West North Central136.6+4.1%12
Denver353.4+4.0%14
Boston362.6+3.8%15
Detroit310.8+3.7%16
Los Angeles358.7+3.7%16
Miami370.1+3.7%16
Minneapolis-St. Paul321.7+3.6%19
Riverside143.0+3.6%19
Pacific138.4+3.5%21
South Atlantic138.3+3.5%21
San Francisco370.1+3.4%23
South region325.1+3.4%23
West region357.1+3.4%23
Mountain140.0+3.3%26
Urban Alaska282.9+3.3%26
Dallas-Fort Worth313.2+3.0%28
West South Central132.2+3.0%28
Atlanta328.2+2.9%30
Chicago313.4+2.9%30
St. Louis302.7+2.9%30
Phoenix191.7+2.5%33
Baltimore333.8+2.3%34
Tampa315.6+1.9%35
Houston282.3+1.3%36

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What do these figures leave out, and how are they cited?Limits, dates and how to cite

What this number cannot tell you

  • The index measures the change of prices in the area, not how high prices are there. Each area is scaled to 100 at a base period of its own (the December 2017 level is 100 here), so the level of one area cannot be set beside the level of another: only the changes can.
  • The values are not adjusted for the season, as BLS publishes them for areas. A change from one month to the next can include the usual swings of the calendar year; a change over a year does not.
  • BLS did not collect prices for October 2025 because of the lapse in appropriations. Where BLS publishes no value for that month, the page has none and the chart shows a gap.
  • The index is shown to one decimal, but the changes, the ranks and the highest and lowest values are ours, worked out from the values BLS publishes, which have three. A change is in percent, and can differ by 0.1 from one worked out from the values as shown.

Observed . Checked .

How to cite this

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, All items in East South Central, not seasonally adjusted, through September 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "What is the consumer price index in the East South Central division?", https://500metrics.com/inflation-by-area/east-south-central.

Can the data be downloaded?inflation-by-area-east-south-central.csv

Download the full history as CSV: 105 rows, to , 2,095 bytes.

Our text and compilation: CC BY 4.0.

Recession dates from the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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