Historic Consumer Price Index

Historic Consumer Price Index
1800-2014

Last updated on April 7, 2014

Introduction

The Bureau of Labor Statistics began calculating the Consumer Price Index in 1913. Estimates dating back to 1800 appear in Historical Statistics of the United States to 1970, Table E135-166. The base year is 1967. Because the base year of the CPI changes, we have also downloaded the most current data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics web site available as of April 2014. Since July 1998, historic CPI data is only calculated using the 1982-84 base year. It is available on a monthly basis since 1913 at ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/cpi/cpiai.txt

Consumer Price Index
1800-1912
Base Year 1967=100

Year	All Items	Year	All Items	Year	All Items	Year	All Items	Year	All Items
1912	29	1890	27	1868	40	1846	27	1823	36
1911	28	1889	27	1867	42	1845	28	1822	40
...	...	1888	27	1866	44	1844	28	1821	40
1910	28	1887	27	...	...	1843	28	1820	42
1909	28	1886	27	1865	46	1842	29	1819	46
1908	27	...	...	1864	47	1841	31	1818	46
1907	28	1885	27	1863	37	...	...	1817	48
1906	27	1884	27	1862	30	1840	30	1816	51
...	...	1883	28	1861	27	1839	32	...	...
1905	27	1882	29	...	...	1838	32	1815	55
1904	27	1881	29	1860	27	1837	34	1814	63
1903	27	...	...	1859	27	1836	33	1813	58
1902	26	1880	29	1858	26	...	...	1812	51
1901	25	1879	28	1857	28	1835	31	1811	50
...	...	1878	29	1856	27	1834	30	1810	47
1900	25	1877	32	...	...	1833	29	1809	47
1899	25	1876	32	1855	28	1832	30	1808	58
1898	25	...	...	1854	27	1831	32	1807	44
1897	25	1875	33	1853	25	...	...	1806	47
1896	25	1874	34	1852	25	1830	32	...	...
...	...	1873	36	1851	25	1829	32	1805	45
1895	25	1872	36	...	...	1828	33	1804	45
1894	26	1871	36	1850	25	1827	34	1803	45
1893	27	...	...	1849	25	1826	34	1802	43
1892	27	1870	38	1848	26	1825	34	1801	50
1891	27	1869	40	1847	28	1824	33	1800	51

Consumer Price Index-All Urban Consumers
1913-2014
Base Year 1967=100

Data extracted on: April 7, 2014

Grace York, Retired Documents Librarian
University of Michigan Library
Graphics by Sherry Piontek and Barbara Perles

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Historic Consumer Price Index 1800-2014

Last updated on April 7, 2014

Data extracted on: April 7, 2014

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Historic Consumer Price Index
1800-2014