Table 6. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all items index
Table 6. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all items index (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) All items Indexes Percent change to Percent change to CPI-W 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 204.813 205.700 206.708 207.218 -0.9 0.7 0.2 -0.3 0.9 0.5 Region and area size(2) Northeast urban............................. M 221.446 221.704 222.945 223.626 0.2 0.9 0.3 0.6 0.7 0.6 Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 222.628 222.707 224.084 224.597 0.4 0.8 0.2 0.8 0.7 0.6 Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 132.938 133.345 133.908 134.558 -0.2 0.9 0.5 0.0 0.7 0.4 Midwest urban............................... M 193.987 195.245 195.813 196.453 -1.3 0.6 0.3 -0.7 0.9 0.3 Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 194.120 195.621 196.147 196.855 -1.3 0.6 0.4 -0.7 1.0 0.3 Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 127.005 127.768 128.167 128.468 -1.1 0.5 0.2 -0.4 0.9 0.3 Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000)............................... M 192.391 192.907 193.527 194.393 -1.8 0.8 0.4 -1.1 0.6 0.3 South urban................................. M 199.399 200.067 201.150 201.737 -1.1 0.8 0.3 -0.6 0.9 0.5 Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 203.121 203.519 204.501 205.066 -1.1 0.8 0.3 -0.5 0.7 0.5 Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 127.055 127.529 128.276 128.686 -1.2 0.9 0.3 -0.7 1.0 0.6 Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000)............................... M 203.054 204.316 205.337 205.744 -0.9 0.7 0.2 -0.1 1.1 0.5 West urban.................................. M 208.088 209.367 210.492 210.661 -1.2 0.6 0.1 -0.2 1.2 0.5 Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 210.637 211.857 212.890 212.965 -0.9 0.5 0.0 0.1 1.1 0.5 Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 128.641 129.639 130.649 130.674 -1.5 0.8 0.0 -0.4 1.6 0.8 Size classes A (4)..................................... M 190.272 191.023 191.927 192.327 -0.7 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.9 0.5 B/C (3)................................... M 128.157 128.783 129.488 129.833 -1.1 0.8 0.3 -0.5 1.0 0.5 D......................................... M 199.228 200.057 200.681 201.485 -1.4 0.7 0.4 -0.8 0.7 0.3 Selected local areas(5) Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI.............. M 198.434 200.222 199.944 200.218 -2.2 0.0 0.1 -1.3 0.8 -0.1 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA..... M 211.007 212.454 213.234 213.013 -1.6 0.3 -0.1 -0.5 1.1 0.4 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA............................. M 227.223 227.503 228.653 229.064 0.9 0.7 0.2 1.5 0.6 0.5 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT......... 1 - 230.095 - 231.884 -0.3 0.8 - - - - Cleveland-Akron, OH......................... 1 - 188.798 - 190.107 -1.5 0.7 - - - - Dallas-Fort Worth, TX....................... 1 - 199.416 - 200.770 -0.6 0.7 - - - - Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)....... 1 - 136.359 - 137.539 0.0 0.9 - - - - Atlanta, GA................................. 2 195.310 - 197.528 - - - - -2.9 1.1 - Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI................. 2 192.808 - 196.191 - - - - -0.7 1.8 - Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX.............. 2 183.088 - 185.015 - - - - -0.5 1.1 - Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL................... 2 215.867 - 217.635 - - - - 0.3 0.8 - Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD............................. 2 217.610 - 219.356 - - - - -0.6 0.8 - San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA.......... 2 213.685 - 216.797 - - - - 0.9 1.5 - Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA................ 2 216.424 - 218.752 - - - - 1.1 1.1 - 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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