Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U. S. City Average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group
Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category and
commodity and service group
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change
for
CPI-U 3 months ended-- 6 months
ended--
May June July Aug.
2008 2008 2008 2008
Nov. Feb. May Aug. Feb. Aug.
2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008
Expenditure category
All items................................. 215.132 217.403 219.181 218.880 6.3 3.1 4.9 7.2 4.7 6.0
Food and beverages....................... 212.091 213.612 215.539 216.778 4.2 4.6 5.9 9.1 4.4 7.5
Food.................................... 211.918 213.542 215.545 216.807 4.3 4.7 6.2 9.6 4.5 7.8
Food at home........................... 211.620 213.706 216.227 217.949 4.4 5.3 7.9 12.5 4.9 10.2
Cereals and bakery products........... 243.503 244.840 249.210 249.024 6.5 12.4 18.7 9.4 9.4 13.9
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs........ 201.610 203.295 205.361 207.479 2.5 2.3 4.3 12.2 2.4 8.2
Dairy and related products............ 207.808 211.086 214.537 215.356 6.7 3.4 0.9 15.3 5.0 7.9
Fruits and vegetables................. 274.113 281.911 285.411 291.493 10.9 2.2 8.4 27.9 6.5 17.7
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage
materials......................... 158.445 158.735 159.796 160.411 -0.5 4.8 4.4 5.1 2.1 4.7
Other food at home.................... 182.434 183.140 184.951 186.154 2.7 6.8 10.4 8.4 4.7 9.4
Sugar and sweets..................... 185.210 185.209 185.865 186.956 4.2 2.6 11.0 3.8 3.4 7.4
Fats and oils........................ 192.640 196.211 200.870 202.996 5.9 16.1 21.7 23.3 10.8 22.5
Other foods.......................... 196.520 196.980 198.743 199.930 1.7 6.2 8.7 7.1 3.9 7.9
Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)... 118.744 118.453 120.510 121.033 -2.3 10.0 1.9 7.9 3.7 4.9
Food away from home (1)................ 213.967 215.015 216.376 217.063 4.1 3.9 4.0 5.9 4.0 5.0
Other food away from home (1) (2)..... 149.666 149.873 151.120 151.133 3.5 4.9 3.5 4.0 4.2 3.7
Alcoholic beverages..................... 213.067 213.246 214.173 215.105 2.8 4.1 2.3 3.9 3.5 3.1
Housing.................................. 215.876 216.918 218.267 218.101 3.5 2.8 4.9 4.2 3.1 4.5
Shelter................................. 245.822 246.612 247.090 247.258 3.1 2.6 1.6 2.4 2.8 2.0
Rent of primary residence (3).......... 241.919 242.837 243.535 244.296 4.5 3.6 2.9 4.0 4.1 3.4
Lodging away from home (2)............. 143.357 144.426 145.394 143.846 -0.9 1.0 -4.3 1.4 0.1 -1.5
Owners' equivalent rent of primary
residence (3) (4).................. 251.656 252.299 252.610 252.970 3.2 2.6 2.0 2.1 2.9 2.1
Tenants' and household insurance (1)
(2)................................ 118.411 119.092 118.764 118.562 0.2 2.2 2.7 0.5 1.2 1.6
Fuels and utilities..................... 222.094 226.160 233.540 230.876 10.2 6.5 29.5 16.8 8.3 23.0
Household energy....................... 203.609 207.912 215.751 212.286 11.2 6.7 35.5 18.2 8.9 26.5
Fuel oil and other fuels.............. 364.824 396.000 401.283 375.211 72.4 21.3 111.7 11.9 44.6 53.9
Gas (piped) and electricity (3)....... 203.584 206.565 214.896 212.549 6.7 5.3 29.9 18.8 6.0 24.2
Water and sewer and trash collection
services (2)....................... 150.203 150.831 151.857 153.832 5.4 5.7 4.3 10.0 5.6 7.1
Household furnishings and operations.... 127.352 127.369 127.919 128.222 -1.0 0.3 2.7 2.8 -0.3 2.7
Household operations (1) (2)........... 146.957 148.006 148.290 149.169 1.8 5.4 10.0 6.2 3.6 8.1
Apparel.................................. 118.043 118.107 119.574 120.157 3.4 0.8 -4.3 7.4 2.1 1.4
Men's and boys' apparel................. 114.153 113.139 113.090 113.420 0.4 6.8 -0.2 -2.5 3.6 -1.4
Women's and girls' apparel.............. 105.181 105.698 107.860 110.057 2.1 -4.2 -11.3 19.9 -1.1 3.1
Infants' and toddlers' apparel.......... 113.408 112.922 112.638 111.741 12.2 -0.3 -7.5 -5.8 5.8 -6.6
Footwear................................ 124.290 124.489 126.047 124.023 3.9 -0.7 3.2 -0.9 1.6 1.2
Transportation........................... 198.465 205.915 209.358 206.303 19.5 3.5 8.7 16.8 11.2 12.6
Private transportation.................. 194.122 201.450 204.899 201.552 20.0 3.4 8.0 16.2 11.4 12.0
New and used motor vehicles (2)........ 93.798 93.909 94.052 93.702 -0.9 -0.9 -1.5 -0.4 -0.9 -1.0
New vehicles.......................... 134.693 134.990 135.300 134.548 -0.9 -2.5 -1.5 -0.4 -1.7 -1.0
Used cars and trucks (1).............. 136.325 135.980 135.840 135.405 -1.5 1.9 -2.7 -2.7 0.2 -2.7
Motor fuel............................. 292.243 321.618 334.732 320.647 77.6 7.8 23.1 44.9 38.4 33.6
Gasoline (all types).................. 289.943 319.107 332.237 318.255 77.9 7.7 21.6 45.2 38.4 32.8
Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).. 126.824 127.824 129.118 130.327 5.9 5.7 5.2 11.5 5.8 8.3
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair... 231.822 233.321 234.818 236.340 2.2 5.4 6.1 8.0 3.8 7.1
Public transportation................... 249.869 258.462 261.275 264.183 12.8 4.7 19.3 25.0 8.6 22.1
Medical care............................. 362.801 363.618 363.852 364.710 5.2 3.9 1.8 2.1 4.6 2.0
Medical care commodities................ 294.687 295.102 294.438 294.694 3.5 3.9 -2.0 0.0 3.7 -1.0
Medical care services................... 383.752 384.727 385.353 386.458 5.8 3.9 3.2 2.9 4.8 3.0
Professional services.................. 310.154 311.068 311.739 312.575 3.3 3.0 4.0 3.2 3.2 3.6
Hospital and related services (3)...... 530.603 532.592 534.172 537.549 9.7 7.9 4.6 5.3 8.8 5.0
Recreation (2)........................... 112.663 112.831 113.264 113.876 2.7 1.4 1.0 4.4 2.1 2.7
Video and audio (2)..................... 102.443 102.181 102.195 102.658 2.2 0.7 -2.7 0.8 1.4 -0.9
Education and communication (2).......... 123.004 123.613 124.226 124.505 2.1 3.2 4.2 5.0 2.7 4.6
Education (2)........................... 179.968 180.749 181.582 182.734 6.0 5.6 5.9 6.3 5.8 6.1
Educational books and supplies......... 443.715 444.469 447.821 459.494 4.6 3.4 6.9 15.0 4.0 10.9
Tuition, other school fees, and
childcare.......................... 518.616 520.969 523.254 525.789 6.1 5.8 5.8 5.6 6.0 5.7
Communication (2)....................... 83.929 84.393 84.840 84.702 -1.9 0.6 2.6 3.7 -0.6 3.2
Information and information processing
(1) (2)............................ 81.080 81.513 81.965 81.815 -2.1 0.6 2.2 3.7 -0.8 2.9
Telephone services (1) (2)............ 99.879 100.677 101.339 101.301 -0.2 0.3 4.3 5.8 0.0 5.0
Information technology, hardware and
services (1) (5).................. 10.118 10.071 10.087 10.012 -10.4 1.9 -5.2 -4.1 -4.4 -4.6
Personal computers and peripheral
equipment (1) (6)................ 97.028 95.663 94.711 92.921 -22.2 1.8 -13.3 -15.9 -11.0 -14.6
Other goods and services................. 344.305 345.693 346.962 347.715 3.2 3.9 5.3 4.0 3.5 4.7
Tobacco and smoking products (1)........ 581.185 589.904 596.782 597.361 5.0 9.8 4.2 11.6 7.3 7.8
Personal care........................... 201.219 201.392 201.660 202.169 2.7 2.2 5.7 1.9 2.5 3.8
Personal care products (1)............. 158.790 158.868 158.989 159.252 2.0 -2.2 2.9 1.2 -0.1 2.0
Personal care services (1)............. 223.649 223.520 223.719 224.151 2.9 4.2 5.2 0.9 3.6 3.0
Miscellaneous personal services........ 339.034 340.085 340.264 341.606 3.7 5.7 6.5 3.1 4.7 4.8
Commodity and service group
Commodities............................... 175.279 178.550 180.657 179.687 10.3 3.1 5.3 10.4 6.6 7.9
Food and beverages....................... 212.091 213.612 215.539 216.778 4.2 4.6 5.9 9.1 4.4 7.5
Commodities less food and beverages...... 154.620 158.506 160.622 158.775 14.0 2.2 5.1 11.2 8.0 8.1
Nondurables less food and beverages..... 200.497 208.661 211.267 207.465 31.2 4.4 10.8 14.6 17.0 12.7
Apparel................................ 118.043 118.107 119.574 120.157 3.4 0.8 -4.3 7.4 2.1 1.4
Nondurables less food, beverages, and
apparel............................ 255.265 269.755 275.611 270.166 24.5 12.2 14.7 25.5 18.2 20.0
Durables................................ 111.227 111.258 111.425 111.140 -0.9 -1.4 -1.9 -0.3 -1.1 -1.1
Services.................................. 254.643 255.872 257.269 257.642 3.6 3.2 4.6 4.8 3.4 4.7
Rent of shelter (4)...................... 256.268 257.040 257.575 257.717 3.0 2.7 1.6 2.3 2.8 1.9
Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2) 118.411 119.092 118.764 118.562 0.2 2.2 2.7 0.5 1.2 1.6
Gas (piped) and electricity (3).......... 203.584 206.565 214.896 212.549 6.7 5.3 29.9 18.8 6.0 24.2
Water and sewer and trash collection
services (2)......................... 150.203 150.831 151.857 153.832 5.4 5.7 4.3 10.0 5.6 7.1
Household operations (1) (2)............. 146.957 148.006 148.290 149.169 1.8 5.4 10.0 6.2 3.6 8.1
Transportation services.................. 242.389 245.102 246.409 248.277 3.1 4.0 6.9 10.1 3.6 8.5
Medical care services.................... 383.752 384.727 385.353 386.458 5.8 3.9 3.2 2.9 4.8 3.0
Other services........................... 294.450 295.504 296.752 297.887 3.5 3.4 4.3 4.8 3.5 4.5
Special indexes
All items less food....................... 215.688 218.065 219.806 219.250 6.6 2.9 4.7 6.8 4.7 5.7
All items less shelter.................... 205.548 208.438 210.755 210.264 7.9 3.4 6.5 9.5 5.6 8.0
All items less medical care............... 207.649 209.955 211.774 211.433 6.3 3.1 5.1 7.5 4.7 6.3
Commodities less food..................... 156.814 160.607 162.695 160.922 13.5 2.3 4.9 10.9 7.8 7.9
Nondurables less food..................... 202.150 209.702 212.335 208.004 27.7 3.0 14.8 12.1 14.7 13.4
Nondurables less food and apparel......... 250.889 263.688 269.125 263.228 23.8 9.2 17.0 21.2 16.3 19.1
Nondurables............................... 207.834 212.718 215.067 213.122 15.8 4.2 11.2 10.6 9.9 10.9
Services less rent of shelter (4)......... 272.112 274.317 276.996 277.598 3.6 3.7 8.9 8.3 3.7 8.6
Services less medical care services....... 244.156 245.531 246.945 247.327 2.9 3.1 4.9 5.3 3.0 5.1
Energy.................................... 244.107 260.316 270.602 262.107 43.6 7.6 28.2 32.9 24.3 30.6
All items less energy..................... 213.786 214.624 215.529 216.080 2.9 2.7 2.5 4.4 2.8 3.4
All items less food and energy........... 214.832 215.526 216.230 216.650 2.6 2.3 1.8 3.4 2.5 2.6
Commodities less food and energy
commodities......................... 140.010 140.156 140.792 140.885 0.5 0.4 -0.9 2.5 0.5 0.8
Energy commodities..................... 297.965 327.625 340.411 325.603 77.3 8.9 27.2 42.6 39.0 34.7
Services less energy services........... 259.944 261.005 261.729 262.367 3.4 3.1 2.9 3.8 3.2 3.4
1 Not seasonally adjusted.
2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a
geometric means estimator.
4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
6 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Last Modified Date: September 16, 2008
Bureau of Labor Statistics
