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
Sep
2008		 Percent change from
Sep
2007		 Sep
2008		 Percent change from
Sep
2007		 Sep
2008		 Percent change from
Sep
2007		 Sep
2008		 Percent change from
Sep
2007		 Sep
2008		 Percent change from
Sep
2007

All items (2)

218.783 4.9     142.036 5.5 232.841 5.2 212.650 5.4

All items (1967 = 100) (3)

655.376  

   

   

366.653  

344.947  

Food and beverages (2)

217.672 6.0     139.410 5.4 222.510 6.2 215.049 5.9

Food (2)

217.696 6.2     140.852 5.7 222.287 6.4 215.831 6.1

Food at home

 218.629 7.6 222.175 6.6 137.697 6.4 223.897 7.8 214.855 7.3

Food away from home (4)

218.225 4.5     142.375 5.1 223.347 4.6 220.484 4.6

Alcoholic beverages (4)

216.055 3.7     119.364 2.2 224.228 4.7 203.064 3.3

Housing (2)

218.184 3.5     151.671 5.0 244.361 3.9 202.951 4.2

Shelter

 247.737 2.4 275.013 0.9 154.309 4.4 287.076 2.3 221.545 3.0

Rent of primary residence (2) (7)

244.926 3.8 256.532 2.7 164.570 5.6 276.956 4.1 220.882 4.1

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

253.493 2.4 279.648 0.9 153.206 4.2 294.573 1.7 223.725 3.0

Fuels and utilities

 228.450 11.8     197.859 11.7 237.234 15.7 231.671 12.2

Household energy

 209.501 13.1 210.638 9.0 205.055 12.5 224.987 16.8 205.462 13.5

Gas (piped) and electricity (7)

210.950 10.9 220.700 5.4 197.297 11.1 216.936 10.6 205.399 12.6

Electricity (7)

198.579 7.7 208.136 2.7 197.484 11.2 197.014 6.8 194.994 11.0

Utility (piped) gas service (7)

247.788 19.0 247.463 11.5 174.887 14.4 251.863 17.6 257.124 21.0

Household furnishings and operations

 128.584 1.9     102.681 1.7 128.767 0.8 128.350 2.3

Apparel (2)

121.168 1.4     95.933 0.0 123.837 2.6 131.481 1.3

Transportation (2)

203.861 10.5     142.709 12.2 200.550 10.3 204.357 11.6

Private transportation

 199.153 10.3     142.637 12.0 194.266 10.3 202.663 11.5

Motor fuel

 315.078 31.8 318.344 32.2 300.079 33.9 299.487 31.5 321.149 35.3

Gasoline

 313.535 31.7 312.236 31.7 299.959 33.8 297.278 31.3 319.382 35.3

Medical care (2)

365.036 3.2     140.865 3.5 388.311 3.2 348.105 3.5

Recreation (6)

114.032 2.4     117.400 1.6 116.159 2.5 114.782 2.4

Education and communication (6)

125.505 3.5     131.330 3.1 129.150 4.8 121.500 2.9

Other goods and services (2)

348.166 4.0     157.226 4.6 374.085 4.9 335.877 3.6

Energy (2)

258.020 23.1 249.093 19.0 241.537 22.4 256.169 23.5 253.336 25.1

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. 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
Sep
2008		 Percent change from
Sep
2007		 Sep
2008		 Percent change from
Sep
2007		 Sep
2008		 Percent change from
Sep
2007		 Sep
2008		 Percent change from
Sep
2007		 Sep
2008		 Percent change from
Sep
2007

All items (2)

214.935 5.4     141.679 5.5 229.949 5.7 210.572 5.9

All items (1967 = 100) (3)

640.226  

   

   

359.168  

341.045  

Food and beverages (2)

217.098 6.1     137.839 4.9 221.866 6.4 213.865 5.9

Food (2)

217.090 6.3     139.113 5.1 221.731 6.5 214.728 6.1

Food at home

 217.594 7.5 223.846 6.6 137.027 6.1 222.518 7.7 213.473 7.3

Food away from home (4)

218.147 4.6     140.155 4.1 223.841 4.9 219.341 4.5

Alcoholic beverages (4)

215.728 3.6     120.269 2.3 221.570 4.7 200.368 2.7

Housing (2)

213.954 3.8     153.847 5.4 240.303 4.2 202.197 4.4

Shelter

 240.163 2.5 279.085 1.2 155.390 4.6 280.336 2.3 219.978 3.0

Rent of primary residence (2) (7)

243.741 3.6 256.532 2.7 164.589 5.6 274.247 3.9 219.825 3.9

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

229.670 2.4 248.696 0.9 152.692 4.3 259.201 1.8 208.383 2.9

Fuels and utilities

 226.709 12.1     194.026 11.1 233.503 16.0 231.366 12.3

Household energy

 206.544 13.3 209.949 8.1 199.654 11.7 220.482 17.0 203.126 13.6

Gas (piped) and electricity (7)

209.442 11.4 222.478 5.2 195.465 10.8 215.313 11.6 204.162 12.7

Electricity (7)

197.036 8.1 208.135 2.7 193.147 10.9 195.729 7.5 193.191 11.2

Utility (piped) gas service (7)

248.702 20.0 247.458 11.5 180.261 16.2 251.148 19.7 260.640 21.4

Household furnishings and operations

 124.500 2.2     98.451 3.0 123.271 1.6 122.880 2.4

Apparel (2)

120.990 1.7     94.715 -1.4 123.618 2.9 131.817 1.2

Transportation (2)

204.785 11.1     140.217 11.0 204.845 11.3 203.831 12.3

Private transportation

 201.476 11.0     140.309 10.9 200.299 11.4 202.325 12.2

Motor fuel

 316.717 31.8 318.323 32.2 299.716 34.0 299.398 31.4 321.454 35.3

Gasoline

 315.324 31.8 312.236 31.7 299.648 33.9 297.317 31.2 319.818 35.3

Medical care (2)

365.250 3.3     140.373 3.6 384.927 3.1 350.958 3.9

Recreation (6)

110.904 2.2     114.407 1.5 115.776 3.0 111.576 2.1

Education and communication (6)

121.439 3.2     122.383 1.5 123.498 4.4 117.167 2.5

Other goods and services (2)

361.125 4.4     175.923 7.3 405.279 6.3 345.598 3.7

Energy (2)

259.864 23.8 247.441 19.2 240.432 21.7 255.360 24.1 255.223 25.8

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
Sep 2008 from --
Aug
2008		 Sep
2008		 Sep
2007		 Jul
2008		 Aug
2008

U.S. city average

 219.086 218.783 4.9 -0.5 -0.1


 

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

 215.971 215.465 4.4 -0.9 -0.2

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, Calif.

 228.484 227.449 4.5 -1.1 -0.5

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

 240.550 240.089 5.2 -0.1 -0.2


 

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

   238.519 4.7 -1.1  

Cleveland-Akron, Ohio

   206.219 4.7 -0.3  

Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas

   205.883 5.7 -0.3  

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

  142.036 5.5 0.0  


 

Atlanta, Ga.

 211.404        

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Mich.

 209.484        

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Texas

 192.723        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

 225.473        

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

 228.337        

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Calif.

 225.411        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, Wash.

 227.745        

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
Sep 2008 from --
Aug
2008		 Sep
2008		 Sep
2007		 Jul
2008		 Aug
2008

U.S. city average

 215.247 214.935 5.4 -0.6 -0.1


 

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

 209.435 209.084 4.8 -0.9 -0.2

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, Calif.

 221.230 220.285 5.0 -1.3 -0.4

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

 235.510 234.703 5.6 -0.3 -0.3


 

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

   238.133 4.7 -1.0  

Cleveland-Akron, Ohio

   197.260 5.0 -0.4  

Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas

   209.666 6.4 -0.6  

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

  141.679 5.5 0.0  


 

Atlanta, Ga.

 211.113        

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Mich.

 205.492        

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Texas

 193.206        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

 224.597        

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

 228.212        

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Calif.

 221.385        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, Wash.

 223.273        

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.