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, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item U.S. city
average
Philadelphia-
Wilmington-
Atlantic City
Washington-
Baltimore (1)
Northeast
region
South
region
Sep
2012
Percent change from
Sep
2011
Sep
2012
Percent change from
Sep
2011
Sep
2012
Percent change from
Sep
2011
Sep
2012
Percent change from
Sep
2011
Sep
2012
Percent change from
Sep
2011

All items (2)

231.407 2.0     151.732 2.8 247.409 1.7 225.052 2.1

All items (1967 = 100) (3)

693.192           389.593   365.066  

Food and beverages (2)

234.172 1.6     148.877 1.8 240.621 1.6 232.677 1.8

Food (2)

234.298 1.6     150.671 1.8 240.456 1.7 233.900 1.9

Food at home

231.615 0.8 232.780 0.7 144.514 0.4 239.214 1.2 230.277 1.4

Food away from home (4)

239.565 2.8     155.817 3.7 245.310 2.4 241.937 2.7

Alcoholic beverages (4)

231.018 1.7     125.038 1.5 241.443 1.4 214.769 0.9

Housing (2)

223.901 1.5     160.003 2.9 252.626 1.2 208.411 1.6

Shelter

258.252 2.2 291.954 1.4 168.468 3.8 304.119 1.9 231.840 2.4

Rent of primary residence (2) (5)

261.421 2.7 271.459 2.8 186.463 4.5 302.463 2.5 233.476 2.3

Owners' equivalent rent of residences (5) (6)

266.013 2.1 300.225 2.1 168.062 3.4 315.718 1.9 235.475 2.4

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (5) (6)

265.986 2.1 300.225 2.1 168.050 3.4 315.612 1.9 235.460 2.4

Fuels and utilities

222.634 -1.7     181.650 -1.5 217.829 -2.8 223.272 -1.7

Household energy

192.636 -3.6 185.593 -5.4 176.987 -3.1 197.244 -4.0 187.166 -3.7

Energy services (5)

193.579 -3.8 191.082 -6.4 168.227 -3.1 184.493 -5.7 186.963 -3.7

Electricity (5)

202.628 -1.5 195.384 -7.5 178.649 -1.7 189.012 -3.3 187.246 -2.3

Utility (piped) gas service (5)

164.528 -10.7 175.349 -3.4 119.837 -6.0 163.986 -10.1 169.592 -12.7

Household furnishings and operations

125.310 0.2     93.506 0.4 128.248 0.9 125.699 0.1

Apparel (2)

128.630 2.7     103.602 6.2 134.271 2.8 136.002 1.8

Transportation (2)

221.745 3.0     154.732 2.7 219.435 2.3 221.886 3.5

Private transportation

217.530 3.3     154.602 2.5 213.351 2.7 220.575 3.7

Motor fuel

330.923 6.8 339.246 7.8 320.269 8.7 324.678 6.9 325.908 7.1

Gasoline

329.898 6.8 334.931 8.0 320.238 8.7 323.652 6.9 324.748 7.0

Medical care (2)

418.039 4.1     162.260 4.4 440.739 3.9 397.093 4.0

Recreation (7)

114.963 1.3     114.834 0.5 119.649 1.2 114.805 1.0

Education and communication (7)

134.639 1.5     143.183 3.0 136.129 0.9 130.860 1.7

Other goods and services (2)

396.155 1.9     173.047 1.2 428.374 2.4 386.390 1.5

Energy (2)

256.332 2.3 242.193 0.7 237.851 3.4 250.391 1.5 246.437 2.4

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) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
(6) For the U.S., Philadelphia, Northeast, and South, Dec. 1982 = 100.
(7) Indexes are on the Dec. 1997=100 base.

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, Rappahannock, 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, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item U.S. city average Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City Washington-Baltimore (1) Northeast region South region
Sep
2012
Percent change from
Sep
2011
Sep
2012
Percent change from
Sep
2011
Sep
2012
Percent change from
Sep
2011
Sep
2012
Percent change from
Sep
2011
Sep
2012
Percent change from
Sep
2011

All items (2)

228.184 2.0     152.663 2.9 246.087 1.8 223.497 2.2

All items (1967 = 100) (3)

679.690           384.374   361.978  

Food and beverages (2)

233.610 1.6     147.915 1.7 239.649 1.5 231.886 1.9

Food (2)

233.558 1.6     149.316 1.7 239.535 1.5 232.857 1.9

Food at home

230.612 0.8 234.620 0.7 143.776 0.1 237.573 1.0 229.037 1.4

Food away from home (4)

239.771 2.8     154.327 3.9 246.164 2.4 240.959 2.7

Alcoholic beverages (4)

232.998 2.0     128.521 1.8 239.725 1.5 217.087 1.7

Housing (2)

220.481 1.4     164.142 3.1 250.454 1.2 208.120 1.5

Shelter

251.920 2.3 297.829 1.7 171.736 4.0 300.667 2.0 230.877 2.4

Rent of primary residence (2) (5)

259.302 2.6 271.459 2.8 186.494 4.5 298.456 2.3 231.814 2.4

Owners' equivalent rent of residences (5) (6)

240.859 2.1 266.996 2.1 167.652 3.6 278.307 1.9 218.819 2.4

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (5) (6)

240.856 2.1 266.996 2.1 167.648 3.6 278.296 1.9 218.813 2.4

Fuels and utilities

221.128 -1.9     177.409 -1.6 216.215 -2.8 223.775 -2.0

Household energy

190.710 -3.8 184.399 -5.7 172.568 -3.0 195.163 -4.0 186.133 -3.9

Energy services (5)

192.824 -4.0 193.353 -6.4 167.551 -3.1 184.913 -5.5 187.163 -3.9

Electricity (5)

200.477 -1.9 195.383 -7.5 175.027 -1.6 189.434 -3.0 185.179 -2.8

Utility (piped) gas service (5)

164.332 -10.7 175.345 -3.4 122.223 -6.1 164.521 -9.8 173.444 -12.7

Household furnishings and operations

121.398 0.0     91.394 1.1 121.919 0.5 121.190 0.0

Apparel (2)

127.851 2.5     104.493 5.6 135.519 3.2 135.243 1.1

Transportation (2)

223.900 3.4     156.038 3.2 223.047 2.7 223.191 4.1

Private transportation

220.843 3.6     155.891 2.9 218.529 3.0 221.736 4.1

Motor fuel

332.285 6.9 339.132 7.8 319.830 8.7 324.769 7.0 325.760 7.0

Gasoline

331.409 6.8 334.931 8.0 319.893 8.7 323.878 7.0 324.766 7.0

Medical care (2)

421.005 4.4     162.709 4.4 438.988 4.1 402.872 4.1

Recreation (7)

111.296 1.2     111.127 0.3 120.760 1.7 111.057 1.0

Education and communication (7)

127.790 1.2     127.949 3.4 128.666 0.6 122.784 1.3

Other goods and services (2)

426.980 1.9     198.797 1.8 485.461 2.4 413.453 1.6

Energy (2)

259.640 2.7 239.193 0.9 238.779 3.7 252.295 2.0 249.570 2.7

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) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
(6) For the U.S., Philadelphia, Northeast, and South, Dec. 1984 = 100.
(7) Indexes are on the Dec. 1997=100 base.

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, Rappahannock, 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, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Area Index Percent change to
Sep 2012 from --
Aug
2012
Sep
2012
Sep
2011
Jul
2012
Aug
2012

U.S. city average

230.379 231.407 2.0 1.0 0.4


 

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

222.967 223.611 1.6 0.9 0.3

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, Calif.

237.222 238.104 2.2 1.0 0.4

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

253.472 254.554 1.6 1.0 0.4


 

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

  249.488 1.7 1.3  

Cleveland-Akron, Ohio

  216.851 1.8 1.0  

Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas

  214.033 2.3 1.3  

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

  151.732 2.8 1.3  


 

Atlanta, Ga.

215.504        

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Mich.

217.098        

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Texas

203.959        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

236.110        

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

239.557        

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Calif.

241.170        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, Wash.

240.213        

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, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Area Index Percent change to
Sep 2012 from --
Aug
2012
Sep
2012
Sep
2011
Jul
2012
Aug
2012

U.S. city average

227.056 228.184 2.0 1.2 0.5


 

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

217.378 218.243 1.5 1.2 0.4

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, Calif.

230.229 231.085 2.2 1.2 0.4

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

249.734 250.980 1.7 1.1 0.5


 

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

  250.910 1.8 1.3  

Cleveland-Akron, Ohio

  208.684 1.8 1.1  

Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas

  220.012 2.5 1.5  

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

  152.663 2.9 1.4  


 

Atlanta, Ga.

214.727        

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Mich.

215.060        

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Texas

202.688        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

235.409        

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

240.408        

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Calif.

238.445        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, Wash.

236.750        

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, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item U.S. city
average
Pittsburgh
1st half 2012 Percent
change from
1st half 2011
1st half 2012 Percent
change from
1st half 2011

All items

228.850 2.3 232.249 4.3

All items (1967 = 100)

685.532   708.701  

Food and beverages

232.934 3.3 239.869 4.6

Food

233.013 3.4 240.080 4.5

Food at home

231.500 3.7 241.409 5.3

Food away from home

236.457 3.0 241.081 3.5

Alcoholic beverages

230.484 1.9 237.115 6.3

Housing

221.685 1.7 226.563 4.4

Shelter

255.729 2.1 250.392 5.6

Rent of primary residence (1)

258.671 2.6 218.202 6.0

Owners' equivalent rent of residences (1) (2)

263.454 2.0 247.178 5.6

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (1) (2)

263.431 2.0 247.178 5.6

Fuels and utilities

217.706 -0.2 247.761 2.6

Household energy

188.658 -1.6 230.781 0.2

Energy services (1)

188.591 -1.9 217.073 -0.8

Electricity (1)

195.414 1.0 185.639 2.2

Utility (piped) gas service (1)

165.877 -10.8 214.419 -6.0

Household furnishings and operations

125.998 1.0 148.501 0.4

Apparel

125.682 4.5 171.089 11.0

Transportation

217.715 2.9 192.480 3.2

Private transportation

213.137 3.1 193.043 3.2

Motor fuel

315.896 4.0 325.673 4.0

Gasoline

314.785 3.9 329.008 3.9

Medical care

411.917 3.6 426.743 4.5

Recreation (3)

114.603 1.2 117.619 3.6

Education and communication (3)

133.285 2.0 143.938 2.5

Other goods and services

392.525 1.8 404.211 4.1

Energy

247.235 1.6 280.557 2.0

Footnotes
(1) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
(2) Indexes are on the Dec. 1982=100 base.
(3) Indexes are on the Dec. 1997=100 base.

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, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item U.S. city
Average
Pittsburgh
1st half 2012 Percent
change from
1st half 2011
1st half 2012 Percent
change from
1st half 2011

All items

225.581 2.4 226.890 4.5

All items (1967 = 100)

671.936   674.808  

Food and beverages

232.429 3.3 242.075 4.9

Food

232.320 3.4 241.265 4.9

Food at home

230.452 3.7 241.672 5.7

Food away from home

236.662 3.0 244.765 3.9

Alcoholic beverages

232.822 2.4 244.257 6.4

Housing

218.244 1.7 208.203 4.4

Shelter

249.549 2.1 219.038 5.7

Rent of primary residence (1)

256.732 2.5 218.202 6.0

Owners' equivalent rent of residences (1) (2)

238.645 1.9 229.660 5.6

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (1) (2)

238.638 1.9 229.660 5.6

Fuels and utilities

216.100 -0.1 256.273 2.8

Household energy

186.555 -1.5 240.419 0.4

Energy services (1)

187.871 -1.7 222.548 -0.7

Electricity (1)

193.584 1.1 185.639 2.2

Utility (piped) gas service (1)

165.446 -11.0 214.421 -6.0

Household furnishings and operations

122.043 1.0 135.475 -0.1

Apparel

125.284 5.1 180.565 11.4

Transportation

219.269 3.3 206.828 3.2

Private transportation

216.007 3.4 209.115 3.3

Motor fuel

317.190 4.0 325.887 4.0

Gasoline

316.216 3.8 329.001 3.9

Medical care

414.579 3.8 415.006 4.8

Recreation (3)

111.082 1.1 119.089 3.6

Education and communication (3)

126.970 1.6 133.156 2.0

Other goods and services

422.527 1.8 452.512 4.0

Energy

250.095 1.8 283.123 2.1

Footnotes
(1) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
(2) Indexes are on the Dec. 1984=100 base.
(3) Indexes are on the Dec. 1997=100 base.

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, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Area Index Percent change from
1st half 2012 1st half 2011 2nd half 2011

U.S. city average

228.850 2.3 1.1


 

Anchorage, Alaska

205.215 2.5 1.3

Atlanta, Ga.

212.116 2.0 0.9

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

246.583 1.6 0.6

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

221.396 1.5 0.9

Cincinnati-Hamilton, Ohio-Ky.-Ind.

215.208 2.8 1.2


 

Cleveland-Akron, Ohio

213.996 1.9 0.9

Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas

211.520 2.3 1.2

Denver-Boulder-Greeley, Colo.

222.960 1.8 0.6

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Mich.

215.084 2.4 0.8

Honolulu, Hawaii

248.646 2.8 1.3


 

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Texas

204.705 2.6 1.6

Kansas City, Mo.-Kans.

217.392 2.6 1.0

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, Calif.

235.807 1.8 1.5

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

234.526 2.2 1.0

Milwaukee-Racine, Wis.

220.171 2.1 0.9


 

Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.-Wis.

223.880 3.0 1.2

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

251.483 2.3 0.8

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

236.756 1.9 0.6

Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz. (1)

124.128 2.8 1.6

Pittsburgh, Pa.

232.249 4.3 2.1


 

Portland-Salem, Ore.-Wash.

228.746 2.5 1.2

St. Louis, Mo.-Ill.

213.921 2.6 1.4

San Diego, Calif.

256.637 1.7 1.3

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Calif.

238.099 2.6 1.4

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, Wash.

237.344 2.8 1.1


 

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla. (2)

202.716 2.4 1.4

Washington-Baltimore, D.C.-Md.-Va.-W.Va. (3)

149.603 2.3 1.3

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, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Area Index Percent change from
1st half 2012 1st half 2011 2nd half 2011

U.S. city average

225.581 2.4 1.2


 

Anchorage, Alaska

203.514 2.2 1.3

Atlanta, Ga.

211.572 2.2 0.9

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

248.030 1.5 0.7

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

215.950 1.6 0.9

Cincinnati-Hamilton, Ohio-Ky.-Ind.

210.228 2.7 1.0


 

Cleveland-Akron, Ohio

205.726 1.9 0.9

Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas

217.297 2.8 1.4

Denver-Boulder-Greeley, Colo.

213.588 2.1 0.8

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Mich.

212.481 2.9 1.2

Honolulu, Hawaii

248.003 3.0 1.6


 

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Texas

204.096 2.9 1.7

Kansas City, Mo.-Kans.

209.747 2.6 1.0

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, Calif.

228.872 1.8 1.6

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

233.455 2.6 1.2

Milwaukee-Racine, Wis.

226.383 2.2 0.9


 

Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.-Wis.

218.217 3.4 1.3

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

247.730 2.4 0.8

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

237.664 2.2 0.7

Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz. (1)

123.889 2.4 1.2

Pittsburgh, Pa.

226.890 4.5 2.1


 

Portland-Salem, Ore.-Wash.

223.712 2.2 1.0

St. Louis, Mo.-Ill.

214.712 2.7 1.5

San Diego, Calif.

242.759 1.8 1.5

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Calif.

235.572 2.8 1.7

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, Wash.

233.959 2.9 1.1


 

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla. (2)

203.928 2.8 1.5

Washington-Baltimore, D.C.-Md.-Va.-W.Va. (3)

150.154 2.2 1.3

Footnotes
(1) Indexes on a Dec. 2001=100 base.
(2) Indexes on a 1987=100 base.
(3) Indexes on a Nov. 1996=100 base.