Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card

Monthly and Bimonthly Indexes

Consumer Price Indexes for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city averages and selected areas, (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Item U.S. city
average		 Philadelphia-
Wilmington-
Atlantic City		 Washington-
Baltimore (1)		 Northeast
region		 South
region
Jul
2008		 Percent change from
Jul
2007		 Jul
2008		 Percent change from
Jul
2007		 Jul
2008		 Percent change from
Jul
2007		 Jul
2008		 Percent change from
Jul
2007		 Jul
2008		 Percent change from
Jul
2007

All items (2)

219.964 5.6     142.065 5.7 234.545 5.7 213.304 5.8

All items (1967 = 100) (3)

658.915  

   

   

369.336  

346.008  

Food and beverages (2)

215.326 5.8     137.361 5.0 219.381 5.4 212.759 6.0

Food (2)

215.299 6.0     138.776 5.6 219.022 5.5 213.576 6.3

Food at home

 215.785 7.1 218.483 6.0 135.435 5.8 219.811 6.5 212.345 7.6

Food away from home (4)

216.376 4.6     140.537 5.5 221.073 4.1 218.512 4.8

Alcoholic beverages (4)

214.394 3.3     117.671 -1.3 222.971 4.6 200.296 1.7

Housing (2)

219.610 3.9     152.356 4.7 248.478 4.5 203.270 4.2

Shelter

 248.075 2.5 277.355 2.0 154.443 3.4 289.487 2.1 221.491 2.9

Rent of primary residence (2) (7)

243.367 3.7 255.566 3.0 161.580 4.0 275.313 4.2 219.124 3.8

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (5) (7)

252.504 2.6 280.644 2.2 151.593 3.1 293.833 2.2 222.752 3.0

Fuels and utilities

 239.039 16.0     208.234 18.2 255.437 22.5 235.673 14.4

Household energy

 221.742 18.2 218.712 13.0 216.974 19.5 244.871 24.7 210.725 16.5

Gas (piped) and electricity (7)

221.805 14.8 223.649 6.4 208.032 17.6 231.272 14.2 210.193 15.2

Electricity (7)

199.068 7.9 209.379 3.4 194.806 10.5 203.777 7.7 193.414 11.0

Utility (piped) gas service (7)

291.713 32.7 254.720 13.2 229.206 47.9 284.371 27.1 303.148 36.5

Household furnishings and operations

 127.884 0.8     99.921 -1.1 128.437 -0.2 127.439 1.1

Apparel (2)

114.357 0.8     88.211 3.7 111.732 0.2 127.030 0.5

Transportation (2)

212.806 13.4     149.143 14.5 209.419 12.9 212.146 13.9

Private transportation

 208.038 13.3     148.926 13.8 203.358 13.1 210.408 13.8

Motor fuel

 349.731 38.3 364.608 39.8 334.353 38.5 339.083 38.3 347.742 38.2

Gasoline

 347.357 37.9 357.988 39.4 334.141 38.1 336.470 38.0 344.801 37.6

Medical care (2)

363.963 3.5     140.749 3.5 388.202 3.4 347.394 4.0

Recreation (6)

113.277 1.7     118.810 2.7 115.904 2.5 113.553 1.3

Education and communication (6)

123.445 3.7     127.499 3.0 126.702 5.1 119.657 3.2

Other goods and services (2)

346.810 4.0     147.060 1.6 373.338 5.2 333.144 3.5

Energy (2)

280.833 29.3 271.192 24.9 262.513 28.8 284.330 31.1 268.373 28.5

Footnotes
(1) For Washington-Baltimore, Dec. 1997=100 unless otherwise noted.
(2) For Washington-Baltimore, Nov. 1996=100.
(3) For the Northeast and the South, Dec. 1977=100.
(4) For Washington-Baltimore, Nov. 1997=100.
(5) For the U.S., Philadelphia, Northeast, and South, Dec. 1982 = 100.
(6) Indexes are on the Dec. 1997=100 base.
(7) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999.

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md., CMSA includes Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania; Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem Counties in New Jersey; New Castle County in Delaware; and Cecil County in Maryland.

Washington-Baltimore, D.C.-Md.-Va.-W.Va., CMSA includes the District of Columbia; Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Frederick, Harford, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's, Queen Anne's, and Washington Counties and Baltimore City in Maryland; Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, King George, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford and Warren Counties, and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park Cities in Virginia; and Berkeley and Jefferson Counties in West Virginia.

Northeast region includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

South region includes the District of Columbia and the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

 

Consumer Price Indexes for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), U.S. city averages and selected areas, (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Item U.S. city average Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City Washington-Baltimore (1) Northeast region South region
Jul
2008		 Percent change from
Jul
2007		 Jul
2008		 Percent change from
Jul
2007		 Jul
2008		 Percent change from
Jul
2007		 Jul
2008		 Percent change from
Jul
2007		 Jul
2008		 Percent change from
Jul
2007

All items (2)

216.304 6.2     141.622 5.9 231.488 6.2 211.438 6.4

All items (1967 = 100) (3)

644.303  

   

   

361.572  

342.447  

Food and beverages (2)

214.662 5.8     135.823 4.3 218.543 5.5 211.550 6.0

Food (2)

214.577 6.0     137.016 4.7 218.267 5.6 212.412 6.2

Food at home

 214.679 7.0 220.243 6.0 134.768 5.2 218.486 6.4 210.888 7.5

Food away from home (4)

216.177 4.6     138.263 4.2 221.169 4.3 217.357 4.6

Alcoholic beverages (4)

214.440 3.3     119.209 -0.9 220.653 4.6 198.052 1.2

Housing (2)

215.026 4.3     153.577 5.0 243.497 4.8 202.202 4.6

Shelter

 239.845 2.6 280.120 2.2 154.131 3.5 281.248 2.1 219.366 2.9

Rent of primary residence (2) (7)

242.276 3.6 255.566 3.0 161.581 4.0 272.735 4.1 218.231 3.8

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (5) (7)

228.824 2.6 249.582 2.2 151.066 3.1 258.496 2.2 207.562 2.9

Fuels and utilities

 236.381 15.7     202.378 16.4 250.769 22.1 234.543 14.2

Household energy

 217.640 17.8 216.779 11.4 209.097 17.4 239.150 24.0 207.529 16.1

Gas (piped) and electricity (7)

219.612 15.0 225.310 6.2 204.399 16.3 229.524 14.9 208.258 15.0

Electricity (7)

197.411 8.3 209.378 3.4 190.570 10.2 202.854 8.4 191.652 11.3

Utility (piped) gas service (7)

292.916 33.5 254.715 13.2 236.757 48.9 283.379 28.4 308.462 37.0

Household furnishings and operations

 123.798 1.0     95.861 -0.2 122.332 0.0 122.445 1.5

Apparel (2)

113.978 0.7     87.073 0.2 112.149 0.6 126.677 -0.3

Transportation (2)

214.533 14.4     146.405 13.1 215.694 14.7 211.971 14.7

Private transportation

 211.201 14.4     146.423 12.8 211.417 15.0 210.450 14.7

Motor fuel

 351.124 38.3 364.584 39.8 333.922 38.5 338.775 38.3 347.796 38.2

Gasoline

 348.888 37.9 357.987 39.4 333.765 38.2 336.306 37.9 344.955 37.7

Medical care (2)

363.942 3.6     140.249 3.3 384.912 3.3 350.035 4.4

Recreation (6)

110.198 1.7     114.763 2.1 115.685 3.2 110.179 1.0

Education and communication (6)

119.852 3.3     120.627 2.8 121.487 4.5 116.110 3.0

Other goods and services (2)

359.961 4.6     164.711 3.7 404.282 6.7 343.451 3.9

Energy (2)

282.579 29.7 269.436 24.9 259.919 27.4 283.401 31.4 270.190 29.0

Footnotes
(1) For Washington-Baltimore, Dec. 1997=100 unless otherwise noted.
(2) For Washington-Baltimore, Nov. 1996=100.
(3) For the Northeast and the South, Dec. 1977=100.
(4) For Washington-Baltimore, Nov. 1997=100.
(5) For the U.S., Philadelphia, Northeast, and South, Dec. 1984 = 100.
(6) Indexes are on the Dec. 1997=100 base.
(7) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999.

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md., CMSA includes Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania; Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem Counties in New Jersey; New Castle County in Delaware; and Cecil County in Maryland.

Washington-Baltimore, D.C.-Md.-Va.-W.Va., CMSA includes the District of Columbia; Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Frederick, Harford, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's, Queen Anne's, and Washington Counties and Baltimore City in Maryland; Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, King George, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford and Warren Counties, and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park Cities in Virginia; and Berkeley and Jefferson Counties in West Virginia.

Northeast region includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

South region includes the District of Columbia and the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

 

Consumer Price Indexes and percent changes for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), all items, U.S. city averages and selected areas, (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Area Index Percent change to
Jul 2008 from --
Jun
2008		 Jul
2008		 Jul
2007		 May
2008		 Jun
2008

U.S. city average

 218.815 219.964 5.6 1.5 0.5


 

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, Ill.-Ind.-Wis.

 215.738 217.459 5.8 1.2 0.8

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, Calif.

 229.033 229.886 5.7 1.4 0.4

New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Conn.-Pa.

 238.580 240.273 5.1 1.7 0.7


 

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, Mass.-N.H.-Maine-Conn.

   241.258 6.3 2.5  

Cleveland-Akron, Ohio

   206.941 5.0 1.0  

Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas

   206.413 6.2 2.0  

Washington-Baltimore, D.C.-Md.-Va.-W.Va. (1)

  142.065 5.7 1.7  


 

Atlanta, Ga.

 212.032        

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Mich.

 207.593        

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Texas

 193.567        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

 225.079        

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md.

 228.408        

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Calif.

 225.181        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, Wash.

 228.068        

Footnotes
(1) Indexes on a Nov. 1996=100 base.

 

Consumer Price Indexes and percent changes for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), all items, U.S. city averages and selected areas, (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Area Index Percent change to
Jul 2008 from --
Jun
2008		 Jul
2008		 Jul
2007		 May
2008		 Jun
2008

U.S. city average

 215.223 216.304 6.2 1.7 0.5


 

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, Ill.-Ind.-Wis.

 209.021 211.020 6.2 1.3 1.0

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, Calif.

 222.435 223.245 6.6 1.6 0.4

New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Conn.-Pa.

 233.776 235.446 5.9 2.0 0.7


 

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, Mass.-N.H.-Maine-Conn.

   240.511 6.2 2.2  

Cleveland-Akron, Ohio

   198.063 5.7 1.1  

Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas

   210.830 7.5 2.2  

Washington-Baltimore, D.C.-Md.-Va.-W.Va. (1)

  141.622 5.9 1.6  


 

Atlanta, Ga.

 212.013        

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Mich.

 203.524        

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Texas

 193.742        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

 223.849        

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md.

 228.429        

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Calif.

 221.454        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, Wash.

 223.573        

Footnotes
(1) Indexes on a Nov. 1996=100 base.

 

Semiannual Indexes

Consumer Price Indexes for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), semiannual averages for the United States and Pittsburgh, (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Item U.S. city
average		 Pittsburgh
1st half 2008 Percent
change from
1st half 2007		 1st half 2008 Percent
change from
1st half 2007

All items

 214.429 4.2 209.486 4.9

All items (1967 = 100)

 642.333  

639.240  

Food and beverages

 210.832 4.8 206.680 4.6

Food

 210.595 4.9 205.966 4.7

Food at home

 210.067 5.6 205.449 5.5

Food away from home

 212.925 4.1 208.347 3.7

Alcoholic beverages

 212.637 3.5 214.999 4.4

Housing

 214.717 3.1 211.083 3.0

Shelter

 245.635 2.8 227.147 1.0

Rent of primary residence (3)

241.161 3.7 198.518 1.4

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (1) (3)

251.120 2.6 221.265 0.9

Fuels and utilities

 214.068 8.2 251.053 12.6

Household energy

 194.981 8.8 245.484 15.3

Gas (piped) and electricity (3)

195.452 6.0 236.899 12.0

Electricity (3)

179.996 4.5 166.856 9.5

Utility (piped) gas service (3)

242.379 9.9 315.550 13.8

Household furnishings and operations

 127.208 -0.1 144.620 1.9

Apparel

 119.067 -0.7 139.804 -1.7

Transportation

 198.701 9.0 175.649 11.4

Private transportation

 194.597 9.0 176.712 11.9

Motor fuel

 293.723 27.8 299.739 31.1

Gasoline

 291.726 27.5 299.367 30.7

Medical care

 362.635 4.4 357.781 7.0

Recreation (2)

112.672 1.2 111.235 4.6

Education and communication (2)

122.101 3.2 129.043 4.8

Other goods and services

 342.512 3.3 342.311 2.9

Energy

 240.367 19.0 276.958 23.0

Footnotes
(1) Indexes are on the Dec. 1982=100 base.
(2) Indexes are on the Dec. 1997=100 base.
(3) For the U.S., this index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999.

Pittsburgh, Pa. MSA includes Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington, and Westmoreland Counties.

 

Consumer Price Indexes for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), semiannual averages for the United States and Pittsburgh, (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Item U.S. city
Average		 Pittsburgh
1st half 2008 Percent
change from
1st half 2007		 1st half 2008 Percent
change from
1st half 2007

All items

 210.309 4.6 202.892 5.5

All items (1967 = 100)

 626.446  

603.433  

Food and beverages

 210.059 4.9 207.568 5.0

Food

 209.775 4.9 205.766 4.9

Food at home

 208.945 5.6 205.238 5.5

Food away from home

 212.642 4.1 208.882 4.1

Alcoholic beverages

 212.804 3.5 221.187 4.9

Housing

 210.024 3.3 193.151 3.4

Shelter

 237.914 2.8 197.886 1.0

Rent of primary residence (3)

240.209 3.7 198.518 1.4

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (1) (3)

227.614 2.6 205.583 0.9

Fuels and utilities

 211.709 7.9 255.431 13.8

Household energy

 191.536 8.4 249.606 16.2

Gas (piped) and electricity (3)

193.478 5.9 237.962 11.9

Electricity (3)

178.183 4.4 166.856 9.5

Utility (piped) gas service (3)

243.149 10.2 315.552 13.8

Household furnishings and operations

 122.980 0.1 133.314 1.1

Apparel

 118.921 -0.3 142.991 -0.8

Transportation

 199.536 9.8 187.494 12.7

Private transportation

 196.573 9.8 190.137 13.1

Motor fuel

 294.964 27.9 299.685 31.1

Gasoline

 293.085 27.7 299.361 30.7

Medical care

 362.759 4.5 344.901 7.1

Recreation (2)

109.610 0.9 108.396 4.2

Education and communication (2)

118.466 2.8 123.818 4.7

Other goods and services

 354.298 3.7 374.264 3.0

Energy

 241.616 19.4 275.541 24.1

Footnotes
(1) Indexes are on the Dec. 1984=100 base.
(2) Indexes are on the Dec. 1997=100 base.
(3) For the U.S., this index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999.

Pittsburgh, Pa. MSA includes Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington, and Westmoreland Counties.

 

Consumer Price Indexes and percent changes for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), all items, U.S. city averages and selected areas, (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Area Index Percent change from
1st half 2008 1st half 2007 2nd half 2007

U.S. city average

 214.429 4.2 2.6


 

Anchorage, Alaska

 187.659 4.6 2.5

Atlanta, Ga.

 206.746 4.4 2.4

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, Mass.-N.H.-Maine-Conn.

 234.239 3.7 2.3

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, Ill.-Ind.-Wis.

 212.193 4.5 2.7

Cincinnati-Hamilton, Ohio-Ky.-Ind.

 200.054 4.1 2.2


 

Cleveland-Akron, Ohio

 202.959 4.4 2.8

Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas

 200.118 4.7 2.4

Denver-Boulder-Greeley, Colo.

 208.741 3.7 2.9

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Mich.

 204.466 2.4 1.9

Honolulu, Hawaii

 227.334 4.9 2.2


 

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Texas

 189.369 3.6 2.5

Kansas City, Mo.-Kans.

 200.868 4.0 2.6

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, Calif.

 224.377 3.8 2.7

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

 221.180 5.3 3.0

Milwaukee-Racine, Wis.

 201.955 4.8 3.3


 

Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.-Wis.

 208.284 3.8 3.2

New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Conn.-Pa.

 233.761 3.8 2.2

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md.

 223.536 4.1 2.2

Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz. (1)

118.912 3.8 2.5

Pittsburgh, Pa.

 209.486 4.9 3.0


 

Portland-Salem, Ore.-Wash.

 214.619 3.9 2.0

St. Louis, Mo.-Ill.

 198.278 3.2 2.0

San Diego, Calif.

 242.440 4.6 3.3

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Calif.

 221.730 3.3 2.0

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, Wash.

 223.569 4.6 2.8


 

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla. (2)

189.884 3.8 2.3

Washington-Baltimore, D.C.-Md.-Va.-W.Va. (3)

138.490 4.9 2.6

Footnotes
(1) Indexes on a Dec. 2001=100 base.
(2) Indexes on a 1987=100 base.
(3) Indexes on a Nov. 1996=100 base.

 

Consumer Price Indexes and percent changes for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), all items, U.S. city averages and selected areas, (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Area Index Percent change from
1st half 2008 1st half 2007 2nd half 2007

U.S. city average

 210.309 4.6 2.9


 

Anchorage, Alaska

 187.396 4.6 2.4

Atlanta, Ga.

 206.260 4.8 2.7

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, Mass.-N.H.-Maine-Conn.

 233.887 3.8 2.4

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, Ill.-Ind.-Wis.

 205.346 4.7 2.9

Cincinnati-Hamilton, Ohio-Ky.-Ind.

 193.856 4.1 2.2


 

Cleveland-Akron, Ohio

 193.663 4.9 3.0

Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas

 203.466 5.5 3.0

Denver-Boulder-Greeley, Colo.

 201.124 3.9 3.2

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Mich.

 200.103 2.9 2.2

Honolulu, Hawaii

 226.738 5.1 2.4


 

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Texas

 188.635 4.0 2.8

Kansas City, Mo.-Kans.

 192.430 4.3 2.9

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, Calif.

 217.433 4.3 3.1

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

 219.399 5.5 3.0

Milwaukee-Racine, Wis.

 205.845 5.0 3.3


 

Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.-Wis.

 202.004 4.1 3.0

New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Conn.-Pa.

 228.284 4.2 2.5

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md.

 223.341 4.2 2.5

Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz. (1)

118.222 4.0 2.6

Pittsburgh, Pa.

 202.892 5.5 3.4


 

Portland-Salem, Ore.-Wash.

 209.456 4.1 2.3

St. Louis, Mo.-Ill.

 197.848 3.6 2.3

San Diego, Calif.

 226.591 4.4 3.2

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Calif.

 217.487 3.6 2.2

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, Wash.

 218.664 4.9 3.1


 

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla. (2)

189.401 4.2 2.4

Washington-Baltimore, D.C.-Md.-Va.-W.Va. (3)

138.049 5.2 2.7

Footnotes
(1) Indexes on a Dec. 2001=100 base.
(2) Indexes on a 1987=100 base.
(3) Indexes on a Nov. 1996=100 base.