Table 4. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index

Table 4. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index, September 2012
[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Area Pricing
Schedule(1)		 Percent change to Sep. 2012 from: Percent change to Aug. 2012 from:
Sep.
2011		 Jul.
2012		 Aug.
2012		 Aug.
2011		 Jun.
2012		 Jul.
2012

U.S. city average

M

 2.0 1.0 0.4 1.7 0.4 0.6

Region and area size(2)

Northeast urban

M

 1.7 1.0 0.5 1.3 0.4 0.5

Size A - More than 1,500,000

M

 1.7 1.0 0.4 1.4 0.5 0.6

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000(3)

M

 1.7 0.9 0.7 1.1 0.2 0.3

Midwest urban

M

 1.9 1.0 0.3 1.8 0.7 0.7

Size A - More than 1,500,000

M

 1.9 1.0 0.4 1.7 0.6 0.6

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000(3)

M

 2.0 1.0 0.2 1.9 0.7 0.8

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000)

M

 2.1 0.9 0.3 2.0 0.8 0.6

South urban

M

 2.1 1.1 0.5 1.6 0.4 0.6

Size A - More than 1,500,000

M

 2.2 1.2 0.5 1.5 0.4 0.7

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000(3)

M

 1.9 0.9 0.5 1.5 0.4 0.5

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000)

M

 3.3 1.5 0.7 2.5 0.9 0.8

West urban

M

 2.2 0.9 0.5 2.1 0.1 0.5

Size A - More than 1,500,000

M

 2.3 1.0 0.5 2.3 0.3 0.6

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000(3)

M

 1.5 0.7 0.4 1.3 -0.3 0.2

Size classes

A(4)

M

 2.0 1.0 0.4 1.8 0.4 0.6

B/C(3)

M

 1.8 0.9 0.4 1.4 0.3 0.5

D

M

 2.8 1.2 0.6 2.5 0.7 0.7

Selected local areas(5)

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI

M

 1.6 0.9 0.3 1.5 0.4 0.6

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA

M

 2.2 1.0 0.4 2.3 0.5 0.6

New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA

M

 1.6 1.0 0.4 1.4 0.4 0.6

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT

1

 1.7 1.3        

Cleveland-Akron, OH

1

 1.8 1.0        

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

1

 2.3 1.3        

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV(6)

1

 2.8 1.3        

Atlanta, GA

2

       1.5 0.6  

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI

2

       1.5 1.2  

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX

2

       0.7 -0.4  

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL

2

       1.4 0.9  

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD

2

       1.4 0.9  

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA

2

       2.8 0.6  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA

2

       2.7 0.3  

Footnotes
 (1) Foods, fuels, and several other items are priced every month in all areas. Most other goods and services are priced as indicated: M - Every month. 1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November. 2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December.
(2) Regions defined as the four Census regions.
(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.

NOTE: Local area indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a smaller sample size than the national index and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national index, although their long-term trends are similar. Therefore, the Bureau of Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national average CPI for use in their escalator clauses.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

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