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 July 2008 from-- June 2008 from--
schedule
(1) Apr. May June July
2008 2008 2008 2008 July May June June Apr. May
2007 2008 2008 2007 2008 2008
U.S. city average........................... M 210.698 212.788 215.223 216.304 6.2 1.7 0.5 5.6 2.1 1.1
Region and area size(2)
Northeast urban............................. M 224.794 227.114 229.829 231.488 6.2 1.9 0.7 5.5 2.2 1.2
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 225.144 227.412 230.120 231.808 6.1 1.9 0.7 5.3 2.2 1.2
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 136.141 137.624 139.286 140.253 6.6 1.9 0.7 6.1 2.3 1.2
Midwest urban............................... M 200.788 202.912 204.867 206.038 6.1 1.5 0.6 5.3 2.0 1.0
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 200.989 202.969 204.509 205.761 5.7 1.4 0.6 4.8 1.8 0.8
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 131.354 132.867 134.409 135.037 6.5 1.6 0.5 5.8 2.3 1.2
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000)............................... M 199.325 201.494 204.023 205.452 6.6 2.0 0.7 6.0 2.4 1.3
South urban................................. M 205.669 207.912 210.469 211.438 6.4 1.7 0.5 5.8 2.3 1.2
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 208.511 210.748 213.549 214.379 6.2 1.7 0.4 5.6 2.4 1.3
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 131.428 132.808 134.222 134.952 6.4 1.6 0.5 5.7 2.1 1.1
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000)............................... M 209.641 212.533 216.357 216.901 7.5 2.1 0.3 7.3 3.2 1.8
West urban.................................. M 214.355 216.029 218.508 219.248 6.0 1.5 0.3 5.4 1.9 1.1
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 216.055 218.141 220.603 221.232 6.2 1.4 0.3 5.7 2.1 1.1
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 133.570 134.133 135.738 136.478 5.9 1.7 0.5 5.1 1.6 1.2
Size classes
A (4)..................................... M 194.886 196.844 199.028 200.009 6.0 1.6 0.5 5.4 2.1 1.1
B/C (3)................................... M 132.471 133.729 135.240 135.986 6.4 1.7 0.6 5.7 2.1 1.1
D......................................... M 205.951 208.246 211.236 211.929 6.4 1.8 0.3 6.0 2.6 1.4
Selected local areas(5)
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI.............. M 205.885 208.403 209.021 211.020 6.2 1.3 1.0 4.9 1.5 0.3
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA..... M 217.914 219.702 222.435 223.245 6.6 1.6 0.4 6.1 2.1 1.2
New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA............................. M 228.215 230.923 233.776 235.446 5.9 2.0 0.7 5.2 2.4 1.2
Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT......... 1 - 235.419 - 240.511 6.2 2.2 - - - -
Cleveland-Akron, OH......................... 1 - 195.898 - 198.063 5.7 1.1 - - - -
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX....................... 1 - 206.258 - 210.830 7.5 2.2 - - - -
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)....... 1 - 139.332 - 141.622 5.9 1.6 - - - -
Atlanta, GA................................. 2 205.801 - 212.013 - - - - 5.5 3.0 -
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI................. 2 201.037 - 203.524 - - - - 3.5 1.2 -
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX.............. 2 188.463 - 193.742 - - - - 5.7 2.8 -
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL................... 2 219.456 - 223.849 - - - - 6.1 2.0 -
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD............................. 2 223.295 - 228.429 - - - - 5.5 2.3 -
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA.......... 2 217.913 - 221.454 - - - - 4.7 1.6 -
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA................ 2 218.483 - 223.573 - - - - 6.2 2.3 -
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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