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Consumer price index (urban Alaska) in Urban Alaska (Anchorage & Mat-Su)
281
as of June 2026 · bimonthly · index level
▼ 0.8% vs prior · ▲ 3.3% vs a year earlier
Series cpi_u.urban_ak.index · other versions of this measure:
History since 1961
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Recent values
| Date | Consumer price index (urban Alaska) |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-01 | 281 |
| 2026-04-01 | 283 |
| 2026-02-01 | 273 |
| 2025-12-01 | 272 |
| 2025-08-01 | 274 |
| 2025-06-01 | 272 |
| 2025-04-01 | 271 |
| 2025-02-01 | 269 |
| 2024-12-01 | 267 |
| 2024-10-01 | 269 |
| 2024-08-01 | 267 |
| 2024-06-01 | 268 |
| 2024-04-01 | 267 |
| 2024-02-01 | 261 |
| 2023-12-01 | 261 |
| 2023-10-01 | 264 |
| 2023-08-01 | 263 |
| 2023-06-01 | 260 |
| 2023-04-01 | 259 |
| 2023-02-01 | 257 |
| 2022-12-01 | 257 |
| 2022-10-01 | 261 |
| 2022-08-01 | 258 |
| 2022-06-01 | 269 |
About this data
Alaska's only inflation gauge: CPI-U for "Urban Alaska" (Anchorage + Mat-Su Borough), published every other month — plus, in the same file, the monthly US city average, which gives the dashboard an Alaska-vs-US inflation comparison for free. Headline: 12-month percent change (June 2026: +3.3% AK).
Known issues & gotchas
- Clean single-header CSV (verified 2026-08-06):
Area, Period, Period Num, Year, CPI-U Index Value, 12-Month Percent Change. Two areas:Urban Alaska(961 rows) andUS(982 rows). - Period rows mix cadences: month names (AK = even months only; US = all months) plus
First Half,Second Half,Annualsummary rows — filter to real months viaPeriod Num1–12 for the monthly series; skip half-year/annual rows in v1. - Bimonthly + NSA: never show month-over-month; the YoY column is the honest headline (and is provided, so no derivation drift vs BLS).
- Index base is 1982-84=100 for the main series; don't compare index *levels* AK vs US (different consumption baskets) — compare the YoY rates.