Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index
Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) All items Indexes Percent change to Percent change to CPI-U Pricing Aug. 2008 from-- July 2008 from-- schedule (1) May June July Aug. 2008 2008 2008 2008 Aug. June July July May June 2007 2008 2008 2007 2008 2008 U.S. city average........................... M 216.632 218.815 219.964 219.086 5.4 0.1 -0.4 5.6 1.5 0.5 Region and area size(2) Northeast urban............................. M 230.089 232.649 234.545 233.788 5.5 0.5 -0.3 5.7 1.9 0.8 Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 232.005 234.518 236.460 236.107 5.3 0.7 -0.1 5.5 1.9 0.8 Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 136.913 138.542 139.623 138.537 6.1 0.0 -0.8 6.3 2.0 0.8 Midwest urban............................... M 207.168 208.968 210.071 209.351 5.4 0.2 -0.3 5.6 1.4 0.5 Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 208.291 209.813 211.003 210.341 5.3 0.3 -0.3 5.3 1.3 0.6 Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 132.682 134.018 134.595 133.969 5.6 0.0 -0.5 5.9 1.4 0.4 Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000)............................... M 202.720 205.122 206.435 206.251 5.9 0.6 -0.1 6.0 1.8 0.6 South urban................................. M 210.006 212.324 213.304 212.387 5.6 0.0 -0.4 5.8 1.6 0.5 Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 211.846 214.359 215.373 214.496 5.4 0.1 -0.4 5.6 1.7 0.5 Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 133.714 134.980 135.643 135.004 5.6 0.0 -0.5 5.8 1.4 0.5 Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000)............................... M 211.225 214.739 215.274 214.655 6.9 0.0 -0.3 6.8 1.9 0.2 West urban.................................. M 221.009 223.040 223.867 222.823 4.9 -0.1 -0.5 5.3 1.3 0.4 Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 224.704 226.767 227.562 226.541 5.0 -0.1 -0.4 5.4 1.3 0.4 Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 134.023 135.283 136.021 135.207 4.9 -0.1 -0.6 5.4 1.5 0.5 Size classes A (4)..................................... M 197.898 199.840 200.941 200.278 5.2 0.2 -0.3 5.4 1.5 0.6 B/C (3)................................... M 133.997 135.330 136.055 135.315 5.5 0.0 -0.5 5.8 1.5 0.5 D......................................... M 209.308 211.989 212.555 212.138 5.9 0.1 -0.2 5.8 1.6 0.3 Selected local areas(5) Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI.............. M 214.932 215.738 217.459 215.971 4.9 0.1 -0.7 5.8 1.2 0.8 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA..... M 226.651 229.033 229.886 228.484 5.1 -0.2 -0.6 5.7 1.4 0.4 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA............................. M 236.151 238.580 240.273 240.550 5.4 0.8 0.1 5.1 1.7 0.7 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT......... 1 235.344 - 241.258 - - - - 6.3 2.5 - Cleveland-Akron, OH......................... 1 204.882 - 206.941 - - - - 5.0 1.0 - Dallas-Fort Worth, TX....................... 1 202.357 - 206.413 - - - - 6.2 2.0 - Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)....... 1 139.649 - 142.065 - - - - 5.7 1.7 - Atlanta, GA................................. 2 - 212.032 - 211.404 5.0 -0.3 - - - - Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI................. 2 - 207.593 - 209.484 4.9 0.9 - - - - Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX.............. 2 - 193.567 - 192.723 4.9 -0.4 - - - - Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL................... 2 - 225.079 - 225.473 5.8 0.2 - - - - Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD............................. 2 - 228.408 - 228.337 4.4 0.0 - - - - San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA.......... 2 - 225.181 - 225.411 4.2 0.1 - - - - Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA................ 2 - 228.068 - 227.745 5.4 -0.1 - - - - 1 Areas on pricing schedule 2 (see Table 10) will appear next month. 2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See technical notes. 3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phoenix-Mesa, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base. - Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
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