Bureau of Labor Statistics
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 Sep. 2008 from-- Aug. 2008 from--
schedule
(1) June July Aug. Sep.
2008 2008 2008 2008 Sep. July Aug. Aug. June July
2007 2008 2008 2007 2008 2008
U.S. city average........................... M 218.815 219.964 219.086 218.783 4.9 -0.5 -0.1 5.4 0.1 -0.4
Region and area size(2)
Northeast urban............................. M 232.649 234.545 233.788 232.841 5.2 -0.7 -0.4 5.5 0.5 -0.3
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 234.518 236.460 236.107 235.314 4.9 -0.5 -0.3 5.3 0.7 -0.1
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 138.542 139.623 138.537 137.723 5.8 -1.4 -0.6 6.1 0.0 -0.8
Midwest urban............................... M 208.968 210.071 209.351 209.252 4.8 -0.4 0.0 5.4 0.2 -0.3
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 209.813 211.003 210.341 210.283 4.5 -0.3 0.0 5.3 0.3 -0.3
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 134.018 134.595 133.969 133.982 5.1 -0.5 0.0 5.6 0.0 -0.5
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000)............................... M 205.122 206.435 206.251 205.522 5.1 -0.4 -0.4 5.9 0.6 -0.1
South urban................................. M 212.324 213.304 212.387 212.650 5.4 -0.3 0.1 5.6 0.0 -0.4
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 214.359 215.373 214.496 214.854 5.2 -0.2 0.2 5.4 0.1 -0.4
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 134.980 135.643 135.004 135.093 5.3 -0.4 0.1 5.6 0.0 -0.5
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000)............................... M 214.739 215.274 214.655 215.258 7.1 0.0 0.3 6.9 0.0 -0.3
West urban.................................. M 223.040 223.867 222.823 222.132 4.3 -0.8 -0.3 4.9 -0.1 -0.5
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 226.767 227.562 226.541 225.910 4.4 -0.7 -0.3 5.0 -0.1 -0.4
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 135.283 136.021 135.207 134.834 4.5 -0.9 -0.3 4.9 -0.1 -0.6
Size classes
A (4)..................................... M 199.840 200.941 200.278 199.982 4.7 -0.5 -0.1 5.2 0.2 -0.3
B/C (3)................................... M 135.330 136.055 135.315 135.160 5.2 -0.7 -0.1 5.5 0.0 -0.5
D......................................... M 211.989 212.555 212.138 211.740 5.4 -0.4 -0.2 5.9 0.1 -0.2
Selected local areas(5)
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI.............. M 215.738 217.459 215.971 215.465 4.4 -0.9 -0.2 4.9 0.1 -0.7
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA..... M 229.033 229.886 228.484 227.449 4.5 -1.1 -0.5 5.1 -0.2 -0.6
New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA............................. M 238.580 240.273 240.550 240.089 5.2 -0.1 -0.2 5.4 0.8 0.1
Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT......... 1 - 241.258 - 238.519 4.7 -1.1 - - - -
Cleveland-Akron, OH......................... 1 - 206.941 - 206.219 4.7 -0.3 - - - -
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX....................... 1 - 206.413 - 205.883 5.7 -0.3 - - - -
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)....... 1 - 142.065 - 142.036 5.5 0.0 - - - -
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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