Western - Consumer Prices

 

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, all items, in the U.S., West, and selected metropolitan areas
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted) (not seasonally adjusted)
Area

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data		 Annual
average
2007		 Jul
2008		 Aug
2008		 Percent change
Annual
average
2006 to
2007		 12 months
ended
Jul
2008		 Aug
2008

U.S. City Average
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 207.342 219.964 219.086 2.8 5.6 5.4

West region (1)

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 212.230 223.867 222.823 3.2 5.3 4.9

West City Size Class (population)

  

A (over 1.5 million)
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 215.647 227.562 226.541 3.2 5.4 5.0

B/C (50,000-1.5 million) (2)

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 128.844 136.021 135.207 3.1 5.4 4.9
 

Metropolitan areas

  

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA
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 217.338 229.886 228.484 3.3 5.7 5.1

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA (3)

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 216.048   225.411 3.3   4.2

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA (3)

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 215.656   227.745 3.9   5.4

Anchorage, AK (4)

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 181.237  

 

2.2  

 

Honolulu, HI (4)

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 219.504  

 

4.8  

 

Phoenix-Mesa, AZ (4) (5)

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 115.284  

 

3.4  

 

Portland-Salem, OR-WA (4)

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 208.556  

 

3.7  

 

San Diego, CA (4)

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 233.321  

 

2.3  

 

Footnotes
(1) The West region includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(2) December 1996=100.
(3) Published in alternate months.
(4) Published only as semi-annual (6-month) average.
(5) December 2001=100.

SOURCE: Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households.
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