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Income 2005

Annual Average Consumer Price Index Research Series Using Current Methods (CPI-U-RS) - All Items: 1947 to 2005  
 
 
Year CPI-U-RS 1/       Year CPI-U-RS 1/  
1947 38.3       1977 100.0  
1948 41.4       1978 104.3  
1949 40.9       1979 114.1      
1950 41.4       1980 126.7      
1951 44.7       1981 138.6    
1952 45.6       1982 146.8      
1953 45.9       1983 152.9  
1954 46.3       1984 159.0      
1955 46.1       1985 164.3      
1956 46.8       1986 167.3    
1957 48.3       1987 173.0      
1958 49.7       1988 179.3  
1959 50.0       1989 187.0      
1960 50.9       1990 196.3      
1961 51.4       1991 203.4    
1962 51.9       1992 208.5      
1963 52.6       1993 213.7  
1964 53.3       1994 218.2      
1965 54.2       1995 223.5      
1966 55.7       1996 229.5    
1967 57.4       1997 234.4      
1968 59.7       1998 237.7  
1969 62.3       1999 242.7      
1970 65.3       2000 250.8      
1971 68.2       2001 257.8    
1972 70.3       2002 261.9      
1973 74.7       2003 267.9  
1974 82.1       2004 275.1    
1975 88.9       2005 284.3  
1976 94.0            
             
               

1/ The Census Bureau uses the Bureau of Labor Statistics' experimental Consumer Price Index (CPI-U-RS) for 1977 through 2005. The Census Bureau derived the CPI-U-RS for years before 1977 by applying the 1977 CPI-U-RS-to-CPI-U ratio to the 1947 to 1976 CPI-U.

Note: Data users can compute the percentage changes in prices between earlier years' data and 2005 by dividing the annual average Consumer Price Index (CPI-U-RS)for 2005 by the annual average for the earlier year(s).

For more information on the CPI-U-RS go to http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpirsdc.htm

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division