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                                          July2009 from--   June2009 from-- 
                                              schedule                                                                            
                                                 (1)      Apr.      May       June      July                                      
                                                          2009      2009      2009      2009    July  May   June  June  Apr.  May 
                                                                                                2008  2009  2009  2008  2009  2009
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
 U.S. city average...........................    M      207.925   208.774   210.972   210.526  -2.7   0.8  -0.2  -2.0   1.5   1.1 
                                                                                                                                  
           Region and area size(2)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
 Northeast urban.............................    M      224.252   224.748   226.695   226.714  -2.1   0.9   0.0  -1.4   1.1   0.9 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      225.214   225.657   227.337   227.550  -1.8   0.8   0.1  -1.2   0.9   0.7 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      134.951   135.329   136.888   136.626  -2.6   1.0  -0.2  -1.7   1.4   1.2 
                                                                                                                                  
 Midwest urban...............................    M      196.933   197.971   200.487   199.824  -3.0   0.9  -0.3  -2.1   1.8   1.3 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      197.192   198.271   200.356   199.611  -3.0   0.7  -0.4  -2.0   1.6   1.1 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      128.968   129.524   131.554   131.096  -2.9   1.2  -0.3  -2.1   2.0   1.6 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                          
       50,000)...............................    M      194.651   196.047   198.674   198.455  -3.4   1.2  -0.1  -2.6   2.1   1.3 
                                                                                                                                  
 South urban.................................    M      202.619   203.500   205.968   205.415  -2.8   0.9  -0.3  -2.1   1.7   1.2 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      205.733   206.271   208.909   208.492  -2.7   1.1  -0.2  -2.2   1.5   1.3 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      129.309   129.885   131.382   131.063  -2.9   0.9  -0.2  -2.1   1.6   1.2 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                          
       50,000)...............................    M      206.921   208.989   211.721   210.341  -3.0   0.6  -0.7  -2.1   2.3   1.3 
                                                                                                                                  
 West urban..................................    M      211.386   212.263   213.973   213.541  -2.6   0.6  -0.2  -2.1   1.2   0.8 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      213.646   214.734   216.395   215.955  -2.4   0.6  -0.2  -1.9   1.3   0.8 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      131.103   131.389   132.517   132.314  -3.1   0.7  -0.2  -2.4   1.1   0.9 
                                                                                                                                  
                 Size classes                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                  
   A (4).....................................    M      192.861   193.597   195.414   195.096  -2.5   0.8  -0.2  -1.8   1.3   0.9 
   B/C (3)...................................    M      130.361   130.847   132.384   132.069  -2.9   0.9  -0.2  -2.1   1.6   1.2 
   D.........................................    M      202.351   203.883   206.327   205.504  -3.0   0.8  -0.4  -2.3   2.0   1.2 
                                                                                                                                  
           Selected local areas(5)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI..............    M      200.607   202.464   203.691   203.554  -3.5   0.5  -0.1  -2.5   1.5   0.6 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA.....    M      213.405   214.446   216.145   216.128  -3.2   0.8   0.0  -2.8   1.3   0.8 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                              
     NY-NJ-CT-PA.............................    M      229.639   230.307   231.916   232.177  -1.4   0.8   0.1  -0.8   1.0   0.7 
                                                                                                                                  
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT.........    1            -   231.420         -   232.535  -3.3   0.5     -     -     -     - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH.........................    1            -   191.297         -   191.494  -3.3   0.1     -     -     -     - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.......................    1            -   200.955         -   203.075  -3.7   1.1     -     -     -     - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6).......    1            -   138.510         -   140.434  -0.8   1.4     -     -     -     - 
                                                                                                                                  
 Atlanta, GA.................................    2      197.676         -   202.632         -     -     -     -  -4.4   2.5     - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI.................    2      197.239         -   199.977         -     -     -     -  -1.7   1.4     - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX..............    2      186.970         -   189.979         -     -     -     -  -1.9   1.6     - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL...................    2      217.900         -   219.091         -     -     -     -  -2.1   0.5     - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                           
     PA-NJ-DE-MD.............................    2      220.732         -   223.361         -     -     -     -  -2.2   1.2     - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA..........    2      218.587         -   220.996         -     -     -     -  -0.2   1.1     - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA................    2      220.208         -   221.993         -     -     -     -  -0.7   0.8     - 

   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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