Southeast - Consumer Prices

 

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, all items, in the U.S., South, and selected metropolitan areas
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Area

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data		 Annual
average
2007		 Jul
2008		 Aug
2008		 Percent change
Annual
average
2006 to
2007		 12 months
ended
Jul
2008		 Aug
2008

U.S. City Average
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 207.342 219.964 219.086 2.8 5.6 5.4

South region (1)

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 200.361 213.304 212.387 2.9 5.8 5.6

South City Size Class (population)

  

A (over 1.5 million)
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 202.825 215.373 214.496 3.1 5.6 5.4

B/C (50,000-1.5 million) (2)

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 127.422 135.643 135.004 2.8 5.8 5.6

D (less than 50,000)
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 200.203 215.274 214.655 2.6 6.8 6.9
 

Metropolitan areas

  

Atlanta, GA (3)

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 200.011   211.404 3.2   5.0

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL (3)

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 212.390   225.473 4.2   5.8

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL (4) (5)

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 184.288  

 

5.2  

 

Footnotes
(1) The South includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
(2) December 1996=100.
(3) Published in alternate months.
(4) 1987=100
(5) Published only as semi-annual (6-month) average.

SOURCE: Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households.
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