Bureau of Labor Statistics
Table 6. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all items index
Table 6. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all items index
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
All items
Indexes Percent change to Percent change to
CPI-W 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 212.788 215.223 216.304 215.247 5.9 0.0 -0.5 6.2 1.7 0.5
Region and area size(2)
Northeast urban............................. M 227.114 229.829 231.488 230.790 6.2 0.4 -0.3 6.2 1.9 0.7
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 227.412 230.120 231.808 231.465 6.0 0.6 -0.1 6.1 1.9 0.7
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 137.624 139.286 140.253 139.329 6.6 0.0 -0.7 6.6 1.9 0.7
Midwest urban............................... M 202.912 204.867 206.038 205.121 5.9 0.1 -0.4 6.1 1.5 0.6
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 202.969 204.509 205.761 204.989 5.6 0.2 -0.4 5.7 1.4 0.6
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 132.867 134.409 135.037 134.236 6.2 -0.1 -0.6 6.5 1.6 0.5
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000)............................... M 201.494 204.023 205.452 204.812 6.4 0.4 -0.3 6.6 2.0 0.7
South urban................................. M 207.912 210.469 211.438 210.362 6.2 -0.1 -0.5 6.4 1.7 0.5
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 210.748 213.549 214.379 213.439 6.0 -0.1 -0.4 6.2 1.7 0.4
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 132.808 134.222 134.952 134.179 6.1 0.0 -0.6 6.4 1.6 0.5
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000)............................... M 212.533 216.357 216.901 216.031 7.5 -0.2 -0.4 7.5 2.1 0.3
West urban.................................. M 216.029 218.508 219.248 217.854 5.4 -0.3 -0.6 6.0 1.5 0.3
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 218.141 220.603 221.232 219.827 5.6 -0.4 -0.6 6.2 1.4 0.3
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 134.133 135.738 136.478 135.464 5.4 -0.2 -0.7 5.9 1.7 0.5
Size classes
A (4)..................................... M 196.844 199.028 200.009 199.187 5.8 0.1 -0.4 6.0 1.6 0.5
B/C (3)................................... M 133.729 135.240 135.986 135.138 6.1 -0.1 -0.6 6.4 1.7 0.6
D......................................... M 208.246 211.236 211.929 211.233 6.4 0.0 -0.3 6.4 1.8 0.3
Selected local areas(5)
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI.............. M 208.403 209.021 211.020 209.435 5.4 0.2 -0.8 6.2 1.3 1.0
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA..... M 219.702 222.435 223.245 221.230 5.7 -0.5 -0.9 6.6 1.6 0.4
New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA............................. M 230.923 233.776 235.446 235.510 6.1 0.7 0.0 5.9 2.0 0.7
Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT......... 1 235.419 - 240.511 - - - - 6.2 2.2 -
Cleveland-Akron, OH......................... 1 195.898 - 198.063 - - - - 5.7 1.1 -
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX....................... 1 206.258 - 210.830 - - - - 7.5 2.2 -
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)....... 1 139.332 - 141.622 - - - - 5.9 1.6 -
Atlanta, GA................................. 2 - 212.013 - 211.113 5.5 -0.4 - - - -
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI................. 2 - 203.524 - 205.492 5.5 1.0 - - - -
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX.............. 2 - 193.742 - 193.206 5.9 -0.3 - - - -
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL................... 2 - 223.849 - 224.597 6.4 0.3 - - - -
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD............................. 2 - 228.429 - 228.212 5.0 -0.1 - - - -
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA.......... 2 - 221.454 - 221.385 4.6 0.0 - - - -
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA................ 2 - 223.573 - 223.273 6.2 -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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