Bureau of Labor Statistics
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 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 216.304 215.247 214.935 212.182 3.8 -1.4 -1.3 5.4 -0.6 -0.1
Region and area size(2)
Northeast urban............................. M 231.488 230.790 229.949 227.762 4.4 -1.3 -1.0 5.7 -0.7 -0.4
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 231.808 231.465 230.579 228.437 4.2 -1.3 -0.9 5.4 -0.5 -0.4
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 140.253 139.329 138.881 137.489 4.9 -1.3 -1.0 6.5 -1.0 -0.3
Midwest urban............................... M 206.038 205.121 205.023 201.236 3.5 -1.9 -1.8 5.2 -0.5 0.0
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 205.761 204.989 205.002 201.323 3.3 -1.8 -1.8 5.0 -0.4 0.0
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 135.037 134.236 134.215 131.699 3.8 -1.9 -1.9 5.6 -0.6 0.0
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000)............................... M 205.452 204.812 204.064 200.017 3.6 -2.3 -2.0 5.4 -0.7 -0.4
South urban................................. M 211.438 210.362 210.572 207.312 4.0 -1.4 -1.5 5.9 -0.4 0.1
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 214.379 213.439 213.579 210.663 3.8 -1.3 -1.4 5.5 -0.4 0.1
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 134.952 134.179 134.285 132.017 3.7 -1.6 -1.7 5.8 -0.5 0.1
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000)............................... M 216.901 216.031 216.762 213.696 6.3 -1.1 -1.4 7.7 -0.1 0.3
West urban.................................. M 219.248 217.854 217.028 215.499 3.5 -1.1 -0.7 4.8 -1.0 -0.4
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 221.232 219.827 219.169 217.714 3.7 -1.0 -0.7 4.9 -0.9 -0.3
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 136.478 135.464 134.873 133.694 3.3 -1.3 -0.9 4.8 -1.2 -0.4
Size classes
A (4)..................................... M 200.009 199.187 198.842 196.590 3.8 -1.3 -1.1 5.2 -0.6 -0.2
B/C (3)................................... M 135.986 135.138 135.003 133.026 3.8 -1.6 -1.5 5.7 -0.7 -0.1
D......................................... M 211.929 211.233 210.844 208.028 4.4 -1.5 -1.3 5.8 -0.5 -0.2
Selected local areas(5)
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI.............. M 211.020 209.435 209.084 206.772 3.6 -1.3 -1.1 4.8 -0.9 -0.2
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA..... M 223.245 221.230 220.285 218.726 3.5 -1.1 -0.7 5.0 -1.3 -0.4
New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA............................. M 235.446 235.510 234.703 232.778 4.6 -1.2 -0.8 5.6 -0.3 -0.3
Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT......... 1 240.511 - 238.133 - - - - 4.7 -1.0 -
Cleveland-Akron, OH......................... 1 198.063 - 197.260 - - - - 5.0 -0.4 -
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX....................... 1 210.830 - 209.666 - - - - 6.4 -0.6 -
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)....... 1 141.622 - 141.679 - - - - 5.5 0.0 -
Atlanta, GA................................. 2 - 211.113 - 205.236 2.3 -2.8 - - - -
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI................. 2 - 205.492 - 200.570 2.2 -2.4 - - - -
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX.............. 2 - 193.206 - 190.600 3.9 -1.3 - - - -
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL................... 2 - 224.597 - 222.038 4.0 -1.1 - - - -
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD............................. 2 - 228.212 - 225.069 3.2 -1.4 - - - -
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA.......... 2 - 221.385 - 221.192 3.8 -0.1 - - - -
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA................ 2 - 223.273 - 220.687 3.6 -1.2 - - - -
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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