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 Mar. 2009 from-- Feb. 2009 from--
schedule
(1) Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar.
2008 2009 2009 2009 Mar. Jan. Feb. Feb. Dec. Jan.
2008 2009 2009 2008 2008 2009
U.S. city average........................... M 210.228 211.143 212.193 212.709 -0.4 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.9 0.5
Region and area size(2)
Northeast urban............................. M 225.091 225.436 226.754 227.309 0.2 0.8 0.2 0.7 0.7 0.6
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 227.681 227.852 229.262 229.749 0.3 0.8 0.2 0.8 0.7 0.6
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 132.830 133.308 133.967 134.411 -0.1 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.9 0.5
Midwest urban............................... M 199.582 200.815 201.453 202.021 -0.8 0.6 0.3 -0.2 0.9 0.3
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 200.465 202.001 202.639 203.240 -0.9 0.6 0.3 -0.3 1.1 0.3
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 128.018 128.636 129.057 129.334 -0.6 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.8 0.3
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000)............................... M 195.383 195.843 196.421 197.267 -1.1 0.7 0.4 -0.6 0.5 0.3
South urban................................. M 203.501 204.288 205.343 206.001 -0.3 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.9 0.5
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 206.414 207.035 207.929 208.529 -0.3 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.7 0.4
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 129.099 129.615 130.380 130.873 -0.4 1.0 0.4 0.0 1.0 0.6
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000)............................... M 204.428 205.766 206.671 206.927 0.0 0.6 0.1 0.7 1.1 0.4
West urban.................................. M 214.685 215.923 217.095 217.357 -0.5 0.7 0.1 0.3 1.1 0.5
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 218.698 219.806 220.955 221.124 -0.4 0.6 0.1 0.5 1.0 0.5
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 129.725 130.682 131.636 131.775 -0.8 0.8 0.1 0.1 1.5 0.7
Size classes
A (4)..................................... M 192.646 193.412 194.354 194.750 -0.3 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.9 0.5
B/C (3)................................... M 129.519 130.135 130.855 131.230 -0.5 0.8 0.3 0.1 1.0 0.6
D......................................... M 202.359 203.409 203.999 204.672 -0.5 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.8 0.3
Selected local areas(5)
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI.............. M 205.959 207.616 207.367 207.462 -1.9 -0.1 0.0 -1.0 0.7 -0.1
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA..... M 219.620 220.719 221.439 221.376 -1.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.3
New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA............................. M 233.012 233.402 234.663 235.067 0.8 0.7 0.2 1.6 0.7 0.5
Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT......... 1 - 230.806 - 232.155 -0.4 0.6 - - - -
Cleveland-Akron, OH......................... 1 - 198.232 - 199.457 -1.5 0.6 - - - -
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX....................... 1 - 198.623 - 200.039 0.7 0.7 - - - -
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)....... 1 - 137.598 - 138.620 0.4 0.7 - - - -
Atlanta, GA................................. 2 196.961 - 199.190 - - - - -2.4 1.1 -
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI................. 2 197.991 - 201.913 - - - - -0.2 2.0 -
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX.............. 2 185.930 - 187.972 - - - - 0.2 1.1 -
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL................... 2 218.324 - 220.589 - - - - 0.7 1.0 -
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD............................. 2 218.186 - 220.262 - - - - -0.3 1.0 -
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA.......... 2 218.528 - 222.166 - - - - 1.2 1.7 -
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA................ 2 222.580 - 224.737 - - - - 1.4 1.0 -
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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