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
Aug
2008		 Percent change from
Aug
2007		 Aug
2008		 Percent change from
Aug
2007		 Aug
2008		 Percent change from
Aug
2007		 Aug
2008		 Percent change from
Aug
2007		 Aug
2008		 Percent change from
Aug
2007

All items (2)

219.086 5.4 228.337 4.4     233.788 5.5 212.387 5.6

All items (1967 = 100) (3)

656.284  

659.653  

   

368.145  

344.521  

Food and beverages (2)

216.419 5.9 203.201 3.4     220.693 5.7 213.936 6.2

Food (2)

216.422 6.1 203.080 3.5     220.373 5.8 214.720 6.5

Food at home

 217.259 7.5 217.116 5.3 136.493 6.7 221.916 7.3 213.761 7.9

Food away from home (4)

217.063 4.5 180.370 1.4     221.490 3.9 219.336 4.7

Alcoholic beverages (4)

215.094 3.3 202.158 2.0     223.754 4.9 201.936 2.7

Housing (2)

219.148 3.8 236.167 2.9     247.506 4.5 203.177 4.3

Shelter

 247.985 2.4 276.859 1.3 154.922 3.6 288.753 2.1 221.549 3.0

Rent of primary residence (2) (7)

244.181 3.8 256.267 2.9 163.865 5.7 276.510 4.4 220.161 4.0

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

252.957 2.5 280.050 1.4 152.509 3.5 294.241 1.9 223.382 3.1

Fuels and utilities

 235.650 15.3 234.266 11.5     251.685 22.1 234.735 14.3

Household energy

 217.455 17.3 217.511 11.8 207.492 15.2 240.427 24.0 208.740 16.0

Gas (piped) and electricity (7)

218.656 14.7 224.802 6.3 199.209 13.6 231.892 16.5 208.618 15.0

Electricity (7)

200.795 9.1 210.970 3.4 193.141 9.4 209.483 12.2 194.855 11.8

Utility (piped) gas service (7)

272.982 29.3 254.720 13.1 197.469 35.6 272.050 24.4 282.007 31.5

Household furnishings and operations

 128.013 1.2 125.706 3.1     128.708 0.3 127.379 1.3

Apparel (2)

116.376 1.7 98.789 -1.5     115.467 1.3 127.809 2.0

Transportation (2)

206.739 12.1 209.522 12.7     203.979 11.5 205.229 12.1

Private transportation

 201.779 11.8 205.959 12.5     197.550 11.4 203.327 11.9

Motor fuel

 323.822 35.9 338.371 36.9 310.231 35.1 314.987 35.1 321.692 35.8

Gasoline

 321.511 35.6 331.966 36.3 310.047 34.9 312.446 34.8 318.729 35.3

Medical care (2)

364.477 3.3 418.465 3.9     388.040 3.3 348.195 3.6

Recreation (6)

113.786 2.4 122.572 3.9     116.027 2.5 114.541 2.4

Education and communication (6)

124.653 3.6 125.390 3.2     128.371 5.1 120.754 3.0

Other goods and services (2)

346.990 4.1 389.079 1.7     373.378 5.3 333.652 3.7

Energy (2)

266.283 27.2 260.773 22.7 247.122 24.7 271.624 29.1 255.247 26.6

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
Aug
2008		 Percent change from
Aug
2007		 Aug
2008		 Percent change from
Aug
2007		 Aug
2008		 Percent change from
Aug
2007		 Aug
2008		 Percent change from
Aug
2007		 Aug
2008		 Percent change from
Aug
2007

All items (2)

215.247 5.9 228.212 5.0     230.790 6.2 210.362 6.2

All items (1967 = 100) (3)

641.155  

662.878  

   

360.481  

340.704  

Food and beverages (2)

215.850 6.0 206.799 3.6     220.013 5.8 212.831 6.2

Food (2)

215.812 6.2 206.025 3.7     219.787 5.9 213.698 6.5

Food at home

 216.214 7.4 218.474 5.0 136.011 6.7 220.531 7.1 212.442 7.9

Food away from home (4)

217.002 4.6 181.452 1.8     221.932 4.2 218.297 4.6

Alcoholic beverages (4)

214.931 3.2 208.297 1.8     221.256 4.8 199.275 2.1

Housing (2)

214.743 4.2 236.893 3.2     243.022 4.9 202.344 4.7

Shelter

 240.038 2.5 279.851 1.6 155.170 4.1 281.120 2.2 219.779 3.0

Rent of primary residence (2) (7)

243.010 3.6 256.267 2.9 163.878 5.7 273.830 4.2 219.164 3.9

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

229.219 2.5 249.054 1.4 151.991 3.5 258.885 1.9 208.109 3.0

Fuels and utilities

 233.373 15.3 235.153 10.4     247.982 22.4 233.874 14.1

Household energy

 213.807 17.1 216.086 10.5 200.671 13.3 235.804 24.3 205.781 15.7

Gas (piped) and electricity (7)

216.557 14.9 226.519 6.1 196.269 12.3 230.415 17.6 206.788 14.8

Electricity (7)

199.151 9.5 210.969 3.4 188.828 9.0 208.904 13.4 193.101 12.1

Utility (piped) gas service (7)

273.160 29.8 254.715 13.1 202.641 35.9 270.258 25.7 284.248 30.8

Household furnishings and operations

 123.944 1.4 120.478 3.3     122.658 0.6 122.221 1.6

Apparel (2)

116.214 1.8 100.717 1.3     116.108 2.2 128.116 1.7

Transportation (2)

207.796 12.8 219.314 14.2     209.204 12.9 204.725 12.8

Private transportation

 204.348 12.8 217.227 14.1     204.601 13.0 203.108 12.7

Motor fuel

 325.116 36.0 338.350 36.9 309.854 35.2 314.882 35.1 321.690 35.9

Gasoline

 322.930 35.6 331.966 36.3 309.724 35.0 312.483 34.7 318.807 35.4

Medical care (2)

364.652 3.4 406.657 3.8     384.790 3.2 350.989 4.0

Recreation (6)

110.698 2.3 121.234 5.0     115.724 3.2 111.200 2.2

Education and communication (6)

120.809 3.3 120.248 3.5     122.722 4.5 116.863 2.8

Other goods and services (2)

360.102 4.6 395.326 1.8     404.383 6.8 343.961 4.0

Energy (2)

267.624 27.8 258.838 22.7 245.145 23.4 270.671 29.6 256.629 27.1

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
Aug 2008 from --
Jul
2008		 Aug
2008		 Aug
2007		 Jun
2008		 Jul
2008

U.S. city average

 219.964 219.086 5.4 0.1 -0.4


 

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

 217.459 215.971 4.9 0.1 -0.7

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, Calif.

 229.886 228.484 5.1 -0.2 -0.6

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

 240.273 240.550 5.4 0.8 0.1


 

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

 241.258        

Cleveland-Akron, Ohio

 206.941        

Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas

 206.413        

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

142.065        


 

Atlanta, Ga.

   211.404 5.0 -0.3  

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Mich.

   209.484 4.9 0.9  

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Texas

   192.723 4.9 -0.4  

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

   225.473 5.8 0.2  

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

   228.337 4.4 0.0  

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Calif.

   225.411 4.2 0.1  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, Wash.

   227.745 5.4 -0.1  

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
Aug 2008 from --
Jul
2008		 Aug
2008		 Aug
2007		 Jun
2008		 Jul
2008

U.S. city average

 216.304 215.247 5.9 0.0 -0.5


 

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

 211.020 209.435 5.4 0.2 -0.8

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, Calif.

 223.245 221.230 5.7 -0.5 -0.9

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

 235.446 235.510 6.1 0.7 0.0


 

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

 240.511        

Cleveland-Akron, Ohio

 198.063        

Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas

 210.830        

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

141.622        


 

Atlanta, Ga.

   211.113 5.5 -0.4  

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Mich.

   205.492 5.5 1.0  

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Texas

   193.206 5.9 -0.3  

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

   224.597 6.4 0.3  

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

   228.212 5.0 -0.1  

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Calif.

   221.385 4.6 0.0  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, Wash.

   223.273 6.2 -0.1  

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.