Bureau of Labor Statistics
Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index
Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
All items
Indexes Percent change to Percent change to
CPI-U Pricing Oct. 2008 from-- Sep. 2008 from--
schedule
(1) July Aug. Sep. Oct.
2008 2008 2008 2008 Oct. Aug. Sep. Sep. July Aug.
2007 2008 2008 2007 2008 2008
U.S. city average........................... M 219.964 219.086 218.783 216.573 3.7 -1.1 -1.0 4.9 -0.5 -0.1
Region and area size(2)
Northeast urban............................. M 234.545 233.788 232.841 230.837 4.0 -1.3 -0.9 5.2 -0.7 -0.4
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 236.460 236.107 235.314 233.165 3.8 -1.2 -0.9 4.9 -0.5 -0.3
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 139.623 138.537 137.723 136.730 4.6 -1.3 -0.7 5.8 -1.4 -0.6
Midwest urban............................... M 210.071 209.351 209.252 206.019 3.3 -1.6 -1.5 4.8 -0.4 0.0
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 211.003 210.341 210.283 207.049 3.0 -1.6 -1.5 4.5 -0.3 0.0
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 134.595 133.969 133.982 131.946 3.6 -1.5 -1.5 5.1 -0.5 0.0
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000)............................... M 206.435 206.251 205.522 202.086 3.6 -2.0 -1.7 5.1 -0.4 -0.4
South urban................................. M 213.304 212.387 212.650 210.108 3.9 -1.1 -1.2 5.4 -0.3 0.1
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 215.373 214.496 214.854 212.617 3.8 -0.9 -1.0 5.2 -0.2 0.2
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 135.643 135.004 135.093 133.285 3.6 -1.3 -1.3 5.3 -0.4 0.1
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000)............................... M 215.274 214.655 215.258 213.103 6.2 -0.7 -1.0 7.1 0.0 0.3
West urban.................................. M 223.867 222.823 222.132 221.034 3.3 -0.8 -0.5 4.3 -0.8 -0.3
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 227.562 226.541 225.910 224.967 3.5 -0.7 -0.4 4.4 -0.7 -0.3
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 136.021 135.207 134.834 133.795 3.0 -1.0 -0.8 4.5 -0.9 -0.3
Size classes
A (4)..................................... M 200.941 200.278 199.982 198.148 3.6 -1.1 -0.9 4.7 -0.5 -0.1
B/C (3)................................... M 136.055 135.315 135.160 133.587 3.7 -1.3 -1.2 5.2 -0.7 -0.1
D......................................... M 212.555 212.138 211.740 209.755 4.4 -1.1 -0.9 5.4 -0.4 -0.2
Selected local areas(5)
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI.............. M 217.459 215.971 215.465 213.363 3.2 -1.2 -1.0 4.4 -0.9 -0.2
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA..... M 229.886 228.484 227.449 226.159 3.4 -1.0 -0.6 4.5 -1.1 -0.5
New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA............................. M 240.273 240.550 240.089 238.403 4.3 -0.9 -0.7 5.2 -0.1 -0.2
Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT......... 1 241.258 - 238.519 - - - - 4.7 -1.1 -
Cleveland-Akron, OH......................... 1 206.941 - 206.219 - - - - 4.7 -0.3 -
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX....................... 1 206.413 - 205.883 - - - - 5.7 -0.3 -
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)....... 1 142.065 - 142.036 - - - - 5.5 0.0 -
Atlanta, GA................................. 2 - 211.404 - 206.388 2.2 -2.4 - - - -
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI................. 2 - 209.484 - 205.238 1.7 -2.0 - - - -
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX.............. 2 - 192.723 - 191.140 3.4 -0.8 - - - -
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL................... 2 - 225.473 - 223.699 4.0 -0.8 - - - -
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD............................. 2 - 228.337 - 225.113 2.8 -1.4 - - - -
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA.......... 2 - 225.411 - 225.824 3.6 0.2 - - - -
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA................ 2 - 227.745 - 225.915 3.4 -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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