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Consumer Price Index News Release



 Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until
 8:30 a.m. (EST) Thursday, February 17, 2011  USDL-11-0203
 
 Technical information: (202) 691-7000 Reed.Steve@bls.gov www.bls.gov/cpi
 Media Contact:         (202) 691-5902 PressOffice@bls.gov

(NOTE: This release was reissued on Friday, April 15, 2011, to correct errors in the January 2011 data.
Corrections have been made to Table 7. There were no changes made to the text of the release.)
 
 
                  Consumer Price Index - January 2011

 The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased
 0.4 percent in January on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S.
 Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months,
 the all items index increased 1.6 percent before seasonal adjustment.
 
 Increases in indexes for energy commodities and for food accounted
 for over two thirds of the all items increase. The indexes for
 gasoline and fuel oil both increased in January, continuing their
 recent strong upward trend. The index for food at home posted its
 largest increase in over two years with all six major grocery store
 food group indexes rising.
 
 The index for all items less food and energy also rose in January.
 The indexes for apparel, shelter, airline fares, and recreation all
 posted increases. In contrast, the indexes for new vehicles and for
 used cars and trucks declined in January.
 
 Over the last 12 months, the food index has risen 1.8 percent with
 the food at home index up 2.1 percent; both 12-month changes are the
 highest since 2009. The energy index has increased 7.3 percent over
 the last 12 months, with the gasoline index up 13.4 percent. The
 index for all items less food and energy has risen 1.0 percent.

Table A. Percent changes in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city
 average
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                  Seasonally adjusted changes from             
                                          preceding month                      
                                                                          Un-  
                                                                       adjusted
                                                                        12-mos.
                              July  Aug.  Sep.  Oct.  Nov.  Dec.  Jan.   ended 
                              2010  2010  2010  2010  2010  2010  2011   Jan.  
                                                                         2011  
                                                                                                                                                              
 All items..................    .3    .2    .2    .2    .1    .4    .4      1.6
  Food......................    .0    .1    .3    .1    .2    .1    .5      1.8
   Food at home.............    .0    .0    .4    .1    .2    .2    .7      2.1
   Food away from home (1)..    .0    .3    .3    .1    .1    .1    .2      1.5
  Energy....................   3.3   1.6   1.1   2.5    .1   4.0   2.1      7.3
   Energy commodities.......   5.6   2.6   2.2   4.4    .7   6.4   4.0     13.4
    Gasoline (all types)....   6.2   2.9   2.2   4.5    .7   6.7   3.5     13.4
    Fuel oil (1)............  -1.6    .9    .8   4.7   4.2   4.9   6.8     17.3
   Energy services..........    .5    .4   -.4    .0   -.8    .6   -.6      -.7
    Electricity.............    .4    .1   -.1    .2    .6    .3   -.5      1.2
    Utility (piped) gas                                                        
       service..............    .8   1.4  -1.4   -.6  -5.3   1.7  -1.2     -6.4
  All items less food and                                                      
     energy.................    .1    .1    .0    .0    .1    .1    .2      1.0
   Commodities less food and                                                   
      energy commodities....    .1    .1   -.2   -.2    .0   -.1    .2      -.2
    New vehicles............    .1    .2    .1   -.1   -.2   -.1   -.1       .1
    Used cars and trucks....    .5    .9   -.4   -.6    .1   -.1   -.3      2.4
    Apparel.................    .1    .0   -.5   -.2    .1    .1   1.0       .0
    Medical care commodities                                                   
       (1)..................   -.2    .2    .3    .1    .2    .1    .5      2.7
   Services less energy                                                        
      services..............    .1    .0    .1    .1    .2    .1    .1      1.4
    Shelter.................    .1    .0    .0    .1    .1    .1    .1       .6
    Transportation services     .0    .0    .3    .3    .4    .2    .6      3.4
    Medical care services...    .0    .2    .7    .2    .2    .3   -.1      3.0

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.



 Consumer Price Index Data for January 2011

 Food
 
 The food index rose 0.5 percent in January. The food at home index
 increased 0.7 percent, the largest increase since 2008. All six major
 grocery store food groups posted increases. The index for
 nonalcoholic beverages increased the most, rising 1.5 percent, with
 the indexes for carbonated drinks and coffee both rising sharply. The
 fruits and vegetables index increased 1.3 percent with the index for
 fresh vegetables up 2.1 percent. The indexes for meats, poultry,
 fish, and eggs and for cereals and bakery products increased 0.9
 percent and 0.8 percent, respectively. The indexes for dairy and
 related products and for other food at home posted slight increases.
 Over the past 12 months, the index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs
 has risen 6.2 percent with the other grocery store food group indexes
 posting smaller increases. The index for food away from home rose 0.2
 percent in January and has risen 1.5 percent over the past 12 months.
 
 Energy
 
 The energy index continued its recent string of increases, rising 2.1
 percent in January. The gasoline index rose 3.5 percent and has
 increased seven months in a row. (Before seasonal adjustment,
 gasoline prices rose 3.8 percent in January.) The index for household
 energy declined in January, falling 0.2 percent. A 6.8 percent
 increase in the index for fuel oil was more than offset by a 1.2
 percent decrease in the natural gas index and a 0.5 percent decline
 in the electricity index. The indexes for gasoline and fuel oil have
 risen significantly over the last 12 months, but the index for
 natural gas has declined 6.4 percent.
 
 
 All items less food and energy
 
 The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.2 percent in
 January after increasing 0.1 percent in each of the previous two
 months. The shelter index rose 0.1 percent in January, with the rent
 index increasing 0.2 percent and the index for owners' equivalent
 rent rising 0.1 percent. The apparel index, which increased 0.1
 percent in December, rose 1.0 percent in January. The index for
 airline fares increased for the fifth month in a row, rising 2.2
 percent in January. The medical care index rose slightly, edging up
 0.1 percent, with the medical care commodities index increasing 0.5
 percent while the index for medical care services declined 0.1
 percent. The recreation index turned up in January, rising 0.2
 percent after declining 0.2 percent in December, as did the index for
 household furnishings and operations, which increased 0.1 percent in
 January after declining in each of the four prior months. In contrast
 to these increases, the index for new vehicles fell 0.1 percent in
 January and the index for used cars and trucks declined 0.3 percent.
 
 The index for all items less food and energy increased 1.0 percent
 over the last 12 months. The shelter index has gone up 0.6 percent
 over that time period with the rent index up 1.0 percent. The index
 for airline fares has risen 9.8 percent and the indexes for medical
 care, for used cars and trucks, and for tobacco also increased. The
 apparel index is unchanged from a year ago, while the indexes for
 household furnishings and operations and for recreation have
 declined.
 
 
 
 
 Not seasonally adjusted CPI measures
 
 The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased
 1.6 percent over the last 12 months to an index level of 220.223
 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index increased 0.5 percent prior
 to seasonal adjustment.
 
 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
 (CPI-W) increased 1.8 percent over the last 12 months to an index
 level of 216.400 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index rose 0.5
 percent prior to seasonal adjustment.
 
 The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U)
 increased 1.4 percent over the last 12 months. For the month, the
 index increased 0.5 percent on a not seasonally adjusted basis.
 Please note that the indexes for the post-2009 period are subject to
 revision.
 
 The Consumer Price Index for February 2011 is scheduled to be
 released on Thursday, March 17, 2011, at 8:30 a.m. (EDT).

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 Effective with this release of CPI data, the following series have been re-titled:
    •	Recreation services has become Other recreation services
    •	Gas (piped) and electricity has become Energy services
    •	Canned fish and seafood has become Shelf stable fish and seafood

 The Recreation services index did not include all services under the
 major group Recreation, specifically video and audio related services,
 pet services, and photography and film services are excluded.  The new
 title, Other recreation services, reflects these exclusions.

 Gas (piped) and electricity has been presented as Energy services in Table A
 of the CPI News Release since August 2009.  At that time, the format text of
 the News Release was updated to focus on Food, Energy, and All items less
 food and energy instead of the major groups (Food, Housing, Apparel,
 Transportation, Medical care, Education and communication, Recreation, and
 Other goods and services).  The title has been changed in the remainder of
 the publication tables in January 2011 to improve consistency.

 The title for Canned fish and seafood has changed to Shelf stable fish and
 seafood to better reflect current packaging methods.
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------







 Revised seasonally adjusted changes
 Over-the-month percent changes in the U.S. City Average Consumer
 Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for All Items and for All
 Items less food and energy, seasonally adjusted, using former and
 recalculated seasonal factors for 2010.

                               All Items

    2010           Former      Recalculated     Difference
                                              
 January              .2             .1             -.1
 February             .0             .0              .0
 March                .1             .0             -.1
 April               -.1             .0              .1
 May                 -.2            -.1              .1
 June                -.1            -.2             -.1
 July                 .3             .3              .0
 August               .3             .2             -.1
 September            .1             .2              .1
 October              .2             .2              .0
 November             .1             .1              .0
 December             .5             .4             -.1
                                                                                                 



                 All Items less food and energy

    2010           Former      Recalculated     Difference
                                              
 January             -.1            -.1              .0
 February             .1             .1              .0
 March                .0             .0              .0
 April                .0             .0              .0
 May                  .1             .1              .0
 June                 .2             .1             -.1
 July                 .1             .1              .0
 August               .0             .1              .1
 September            .0             .0              .0
 October              .0             .0              .0
 November             .1             .1              .0
 December             .1             .1              .0





 C-CPI-U Index Revisions
 
 As scheduled, effective with release of data for January 2011, the
 Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) has
 undergone its annual revision. Because the current expenditure data
 required for the calculation of the C-CPI-U are available only with a
 time lag, the index is issued first in preliminary form, using the
 latest available expenditure data at the time of publication, and is
 subject to two subsequent revisions. Therefore, C-CPI-U indexes for
 the 12 months of 2009 will be issued in final form - employing
 monthly expenditure weights from 2009. Values for the 12 months of
 2010 will be revised and issued as interim, using expenditure weights
 from the 2007-2008 period.  Calculation of the initial value of the
 January 2011 C-CPI-U index, and all subsequent months in 2011, will
 also be based upon 2007-2008 expenditure weights.
 
 For more information on the C-CPI-U, contact Rob Cage by telephone at
 (202) 691-6959 or by electronic mail at Cage.Rob@bls.gov .
 
 
 Facilities for Sensory Impaired
 
 Information from this release will be made available to sensory
 impaired individuals upon request.  Voice phone:  202-691-5200,
 Federal Relay Services:  1-800-877-8339.
 
 
 Brief Explanation of the CPI
      
 The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in
 prices over time of goods and services purchased by households.  The
 Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes CPIs for two population groups:
 (1) the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W),
 which covers households of wage earners and clerical workers that
 comprise approximately 32 percent of the total population and (2) the
 CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the Chained CPI for All Urban
 Consumers (C-CPI-U), which cover approximately 87 percent of the
 total population and include in addition to wage earners and clerical
 worker households, groups such as professional, managerial, and
 technical workers, the self-employed, short-term workers, the
 unemployed, and retirees and others not in the labor force.
      
 The CPIs are based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, and fuels,
 transportation fares, charges for doctors' and dentists' services,
 drugs, and other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day
 living.  Prices are collected each month in 87 urban areas across the
 country from about 4,000 housing units and approximately 26,000
 retail establishments-department stores, supermarkets, hospitals,
 filling stations, and other types of stores and service
 establishments.  All taxes directly associated with the purchase and
 use of items are included in the index.  Prices of fuels and a few
 other items are obtained every month in all 87 locations.  Prices of
 most other commodities and services are collected every month in the
 three largest geographic areas and every other month in other areas.
 Prices of most goods and services are obtained by personal visits or
 telephone calls of the Bureau's trained representatives.
      
 In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each
 location are averaged together with weights, which represent their
 importance in the spending of the appropriate population group.
 Local data are then combined to obtain a U.S. city average.  For the
 CPI-U and CPI-W separate indexes are also published by size of city,
 by region of the country, for cross-classifications of regions and
 population-size classes, and for 27 local areas.  Area indexes do not
 measure differences in the level of prices among cities; they only
 measure the average change in prices for each area since the base
 period.  For the C-CPI-U data are issued only at the national level.
 It is important to note that the CPI-U and CPI-W are considered final
 when released, but the C-CPI-U is issued in preliminary form and
 subject to two annual revisions.
      
 The index measures price change from a designed reference date.  For
 the CPI-U and the CPI-W the reference base is 1982-84 equals 100.
 The reference base for the C-CPI-U is December 1999 equals 100.  An
 increase of 16.5 percent from the reference base, for example, is
 shown as 116.500.  This change can also be expressed in dollars as
 follows:  the price of a base period market basket of goods and
 services in the CPI has risen from $10 in 1982-84 to $11.65.
      
 For further details visit the CPI home page on the Internet at
 http://www.bls.gov/cpi/ or contact our CPI Information and Analysis
 Section on (202) 691-7000.
 
 
 Note on Sampling Error in the Consumer Price Index
                                   
 The CPI is a statistical estimate that is subject to sampling error
 because it is based upon a sample of retail prices and not the
 complete universe of all prices.  BLS calculates and publishes
 estimates of the 1-month, 2-month, 6-month and 12-month percent
 change standard errors annually, for the CPI-U.  These standard error
 estimates can be used to construct confidence intervals for
 hypothesis testing.  For example, the estimated standard error of the
 1 month percent change is 0.03 percent for the U.S. All Items
 Consumer Price Index.  This means that if we repeatedly sample from
 the universe of all retail prices using the same methodology, and
 estimate a percentage change for each sample, then 95% of these
 estimates would be within 0.06 percent of the 1 month percentage
 change based on all retail prices.  For example, for a 1-month change
 of 0.2 percent in the All Items CPI for All Urban Consumers, we are
 95 percent confident that the actual percent change based on all
 retail prices would fall between 0.14 and 0.26 percent.  For the
 latest data, including information on how to use the estimates of
 standard error, see "Variance Estimates for Price Changes in the
 Consumer Price Index, January-December 2010".  These data are
 available on the CPI home page (http://www.bls.gov/cpi), or by using
 the following link http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpivar2010.pdf
      
 
 Calculating Index Changes
 
 Movements of the indexes from one month to another are usually
 expressed as percent changes rather than changes in index points,
 because index point changes are affected by the level of the index in
 relation to its base period while percent changes are not.  The
 example below illustrates the computation of index point and percent
 changes.
      
  Percent changes for 3-month and 6-month periods are expressed as
 annual rates and are computed according to the standard formula for
 compound growth rates.  These data indicate what the percent change
 would be if the current rate were maintained for a 12-month period.
 
 
 
 
 
 Index Point Change
 
 CPI
 202.416
 Less previous index
 201.800
 Equals index point change
 .616
 
 
 
 Percent Change
 
 Index point difference
 .616
 Divided by the previous index
 201.800
 Equals
 0.003
 Results multiplied by one hundred
 0.003x100
 Equals percent change
 0.3
 
 
 
 


 Regions Defined

 The states in the four regions shown in Tables 3 and 6 are listed
 below.

 The Northeast--Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New
 York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
 The Midwest--Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota,
 Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
 The South--Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
 Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South
 Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District
 of Columbia.
 The West--Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho,
 Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.



 A Note on Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Data
 
 Because price data are used for different purposes by different
 groups, the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes seasonally adjusted
 as well as unadjusted changes each month.
 
 For analyzing general price trends in the economy, seasonally
 adjusted changes are usually preferred since they eliminate the
 effect of changes that normally occur at the same time and in about
 the same magnitude every year--such as price movements resulting from
 changing climatic conditions, production cycles, model changeovers,
 holidays, and sales.
 
 The unadjusted data are of primary interest to consumers concerned
 about the prices they actually pay.  Unadjusted data also are used
 extensively for escalation purposes.  Many collective bargaining
 contract agreements and pension plans, for example, tie compensation
 changes to the Consumer Price Index before adjustment for seasonal
 variation.
 
 Seasonal factors used in computing the seasonally adjusted indexes
 are derived by the X-12-ARIMA Seasonal Adjustment Method.  Seasonally
 adjusted indexes and seasonal factors are computed annually.  Each
 year, the last 5 years of seasonally adjusted data are revised.  Data
 from January 2006 through December 2010 were replaced in January
 2011.  Exceptions to the usual revision schedule were: the updated
 seasonal data at the end of 1977 replaced data from 1967 through
 1977; and, in January 2002, dependently seasonally adjusted series
 were revised for January 1987-December 2001 as a result of a change
 in the aggregation weights for dependently adjusted series. For
 further information, please see "Aggregation of Dependently Adjusted
 Seasonally Adjusted Series," in the October 2001 issue of the CPI
 Detailed Report.
 
 Effective with the publication of data from January 2006 through
 December 2010 in January 2011, the Video and audio series and the
 Information technology, hardware and services series were changed
 from independently adjusted to dependently adjusted.  This resulted
 in an increase in the number of seasonal components used in deriving
 seasonal movement of the All items and 54 other lower level
 aggregations, from 73 for the publication of January 1998 through
 December 2005 data to 82 for the publication of seasonally adjusted
 data for January 2006 and later.  Each year the seasonal status of
 every series is reevaluated based upon certain statistical criteria.
 If any of the 82 components change their seasonal adjustment status
 from seasonally adjusted to not seasonally adjusted, not seasonally
 adjusted data will be used in the aggregation of the dependent series
 for the last 5 years, but the seasonally adjusted indexes before that
 period will not be changed.  Note: 37 of the 82 components are not
 seasonally adjusted for 2011.
 
 Seasonally adjusted data, including the all items index levels, are
 subject to revision for up to five years after their original
 release.  For this reason, BLS advises against the use of these data
 in escalation agreements.
 
 Effective with the calculation of the seasonal factors for 1990, the
 Bureau of Labor Statistics has used an enhanced seasonal adjustment
 procedure called Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment for some
 CPI series.  Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment allows for
 better estimates of seasonally adjusted data.  Extreme values and/or
 sharp movements which might distort the seasonal pattern are
 estimated and removed from the data prior to calculation of seasonal
 factors.  Beginning with the calculation of seasonal factors for
 1996, X-12-ARIMA software was used for Intervention Analysis Seasonal
 Adjustment.
 
 For the seasonal factors introduced in January 2011, BLS adjusted 29
 series using Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment, including
 selected food and beverage items, motor fuels, electricity and
 vehicles.  For example, this procedure was used for the Motor fuel
 series to offset the effects of events such as damage to oil
 refineries from Hurricane Katrina.
 
 For a complete list of Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment
 series and explanations, please refer to the article "Intervention
 Analysis Seasonal Adjustment", located on our website at
 http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpisapage.htm.
 
 For additional information on seasonal adjustment in the CPI, please
 write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Consumer Prices
 and Price Indexes, Washington, DC 20212 or contact David Levin at
 (202) 691-6968, or by e-mail at Levin.David@bls.gov.  If you have
 general questions about the CPI, please call our information staff at
 (202) 691-7000.




 Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity
 and service group

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                    Unadjusted                          
                                                             Unadjusted indexes   percent change   Seasonally adjusted  
                                                 Relative                          to Jan. 2011    percent change from- 
                     CPI-U                     importance,                            from-                             
                                                 December                                                               
                                                   2010       Dec.       Jan.                      Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
                                                              2010       2011      Jan.    Dec.     to      to      to  
                                                                                   2010    2010    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items....................................    100.000    219.179    220.223     1.6     0.5     0.1     0.4     0.4 
 All items (1967=100).........................          -    656.563    659.692       -       -       -       -       - 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages..........................     14.792    221.278    223.160     1.8     0.9     0.1     0.1     0.5 
   Food.......................................     13.742    220.946    222.912     1.8     0.9     0.2     0.1     0.5 
    Food at home..............................      7.816    216.955    220.016     2.1     1.4     0.2     0.2     0.7 
     Cereals and bakery products..............      1.090    250.592    253.349     1.0     1.1     0.3     0.4     0.8 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs...........      1.813    212.019    214.344     6.2     1.1     0.4    -0.3     0.9 
     Dairy and related products (1)...........       .839    202.056    202.349     1.7     0.1     0.0     0.4     0.1 
     Fruits and vegetables....................      1.152    277.089    285.619     2.3     3.1    -0.1     1.8     1.3 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials............................       .926    159.229    164.019     0.2     3.0     0.6    -1.1     1.5 
     Other food at home.......................      1.996    190.147    191.468     0.2     0.7     0.0     0.1     0.2 
      Sugar and sweets (1)....................       .297    203.098    202.648     1.4    -0.2    -1.2     1.3    -0.2 
      Fats and oils...........................       .232    200.476    207.813     3.8     3.7     0.8    -0.4     2.1 
      Other foods.............................      1.466    202.776    203.610    -0.5     0.4     0.1    -0.1    -0.1 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......       .432    122.419    120.930    -0.5    -1.2    -0.9     1.5    -1.2 
    Food away from home (1)...................      5.926    227.722    228.181     1.5     0.2     0.1     0.1     0.2 
     Other food away from home (1) (2)........       .329    160.681    160.643     2.0     0.0     0.2     0.2     0.0 
   Alcoholic beverages........................      1.051    224.215    224.975     1.2     0.3     0.0     0.0     0.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing.....................................     41.460    216.142    216.739     0.4     0.3     0.0     0.2     0.1 
   Shelter....................................     31.955    248.972    249.462     0.6     0.2     0.1     0.1     0.1 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............      5.925    250.986    251.555     1.0     0.2     0.2     0.2     0.2 
    Lodging away from home (2)................       .776    125.665    128.630     2.3     2.4    -1.0     1.0    -1.0 
    Owners' equivalent rent of residences (3)                                                                           
        (4)...................................     24.905    257.452    257.775     0.5     0.1     0.1     0.1     0.1 
     Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                 
         residence (3) (4)....................     23.310    257.444    257.764     0.5     0.1     0.1     0.1     0.1 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..       .349    126.194    126.192     1.5     0.0     0.3    -1.0     0.0 
   Fuels and utilities........................      5.096    212.505    214.045     1.3     0.7    -0.3     0.8    -0.1 
    Household energy..........................      4.000    186.338    187.704     0.2     0.7    -0.5     0.8    -0.2 
     Fuel oil and other fuels (1).............       .309    298.037    314.130    11.8     5.4     3.5     4.1     5.4 
     Energy services (3)......................      3.691    188.443    189.088    -0.7     0.3    -0.8     0.6    -0.6 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................      1.095    174.543    175.754     5.3     0.7     0.4     0.5     0.3 
   Household furnishings and operations.......      4.409    123.931    124.342    -2.3     0.3    -0.2    -0.1     0.1 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............       .772    150.648    151.189     1.1     0.4     0.0     0.3     0.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel.....................................      3.601    118.071    116.664     0.0    -1.2     0.1     0.1     1.0 
   Men's and boys' apparel....................       .882    109.711    109.985     0.2     0.2    -0.3    -0.3     1.0 
   Women's and girls' apparel.................      1.520    105.739    102.438    -0.9    -3.1     0.3     0.0     1.5 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel.............       .192    112.558    110.096    -2.8    -2.2     1.0     0.4    -1.9 
   Footwear...................................       .700    126.585    126.286    -0.7    -0.2    -1.0    -0.1     0.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation..............................     17.308    198.280    200.835     5.4     1.3     0.3     2.0     1.3 
   Private transportation.....................     16.082    193.545    196.087     5.2     1.3     0.2     2.0     1.3 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........      6.333     97.046     97.128     0.5     0.1    -0.1    -0.1    -0.2 
     New vehicles.............................      3.513    138.567    138.925     0.1     0.3    -0.2    -0.1    -0.1 
     Used cars and trucks.....................      2.055    142.454    142.555     2.4     0.1     0.1    -0.1    -0.3 
    Motor fuel................................      5.079    256.025    265.703    13.5     3.8     0.6     6.5     3.9 
     Gasoline (all types).....................      4.865    255.319    264.979    13.4     3.8     0.7     6.7     3.5 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).....       .408    139.223    140.487     3.9     0.9     0.3     0.3     0.9 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair (1)..      1.172    250.134    250.726     2.1     0.2     0.0     0.1     0.2 
   Public transportation......................      1.227    257.172    259.634     7.7     1.0     1.8     1.4     1.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care................................      6.627    391.946    393.858     2.9     0.5     0.2     0.2     0.1 
   Medical care commodities (1)...............      1.633    317.199    318.929     2.7     0.5     0.2     0.1     0.5 
   Medical care services......................      4.994    415.079    417.025     3.0     0.5     0.2     0.3    -0.1 
    Professional services.....................      2.830    330.651    331.921     2.3     0.4     0.3     0.1     0.0 
    Hospital and related services.............      1.703    621.176    625.897     6.3     0.8     0.1     0.7    -0.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................      6.293    112.345    112.638    -0.6     0.3     0.0    -0.2     0.2 
   Video and audio (2)........................      1.816     97.167     97.325    -2.6     0.2    -0.1    -0.7     0.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............      6.421    130.548    130.665     1.2     0.1     0.2    -0.1     0.2 
   Education (2)..............................      3.107    203.343    204.057     4.2     0.4     0.5     0.4     0.6 
    Educational books and supplies............       .204    513.904    522.026     4.3     1.6     0.5     0.7     1.2 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare       2.903    584.840    586.386     4.2     0.3     0.5     0.4     0.5 
   Communication (2)..........................      3.313     83.913     83.783    -1.4    -0.2    -0.1    -0.6    -0.2 
    Information and information processing (2)      3.138     80.730     80.422    -1.7    -0.4    -0.1    -0.7    -0.4 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............      2.334    101.739    101.412    -1.3    -0.3    -0.1    -0.6    -0.3 
     Information technology, hardware and                                                                               
         services (5).........................       .804      9.232      9.181    -2.9    -0.6    -0.1    -0.9    -0.8 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (6).......................       .228     73.559     72.947    -6.9    -0.8    -0.4    -2.1    -1.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services....................      3.497    384.502    384.689     1.9     0.0     0.3     0.2     0.1 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........       .906    827.680    828.079     5.2     0.0    -0.1     0.8     0.0 
   Personal care..............................      2.591    207.196    207.298     0.7     0.0     0.4     0.0     0.1 
    Personal care products (1)................       .671    160.656    160.920    -0.4     0.2     0.3     0.2     0.2 
    Personal care services (1)................       .638    230.159    229.933     0.6    -0.1     0.1     0.2    -0.1 
    Miscellaneous personal services...........      1.055    356.475    357.576     2.3     0.3     0.3     0.1     0.1 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities..................................     40.012    176.015    177.480     2.2     0.8     0.1     0.8     0.9 
  Food and beverages..........................     14.792    221.278    223.160     1.8     0.9     0.1     0.1     0.5 
  Commodities less food and beverages.........     25.219    151.854    153.102     2.5     0.8     0.1     1.3     1.1 
   Nondurables less food and beverages........     15.474    193.856    196.248     4.7     1.2     0.7     2.2     1.8 
    Apparel...................................      3.601    118.071    116.664     0.0    -1.2     0.1     0.1     1.0 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel...............................     11.873    245.458    250.293     6.1     2.0     0.6     3.0     2.0 
   Durables...................................      9.745    110.512    110.696    -0.9     0.2    -0.4     0.0    -0.1 
 Services.....................................     59.988    262.074    262.701     1.2     0.2     0.1     0.2     0.1 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................     31.607    259.418    259.934     0.6     0.2     0.3     0.2    -0.1 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....       .349    126.194    126.192     1.5     0.0     0.3    -1.0     0.0 
  Energy services (3).........................      3.691    188.443    189.088    -0.7     0.3    -0.8     0.6    -0.6 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................      1.095    174.543    175.754     5.3     0.7     0.4     0.5     0.3 
  Household operations (1) (2)................       .772    150.648    151.189     1.1     0.4     0.0     0.3     0.4 
  Transportation services.....................      6.140    263.264    263.984     3.4     0.3     0.4     0.2     0.6 
  Medical care services.......................      4.994    415.079    417.025     3.0     0.5     0.2     0.3    -0.1 
  Other services..............................     11.340    310.824    311.299     1.4     0.2     0.2     0.0     0.2 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food..........................     86.258    218.921    219.820     1.6     0.4     0.1     0.5     0.4 
 All items less shelter.......................     68.045    209.996    211.273     2.1     0.6     0.1     0.6     0.5 
 All items less medical care..................     93.373    210.712    211.714     1.5     0.5     0.1     0.4     0.4 
 Commodities less food........................     26.270    154.443    155.682     2.4     0.8     0.1     1.2     1.1 
 Nondurables less food........................     16.525    195.703    198.007     4.4     1.2     0.7     2.2     1.6 
 Nondurables less food and apparel............     12.923    242.401    246.854     5.7     1.8     0.6     2.7     1.9 
 Nondurables..................................     30.266    208.028    210.205     3.3     1.0     0.5     1.2     1.1 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............     28.382    285.481    286.292     2.0     0.3     0.1     0.3     0.1 
 Services less medical care services..........     54.994    250.191    250.737     1.1     0.2     0.3     0.2     0.0 
 Energy.......................................      9.079    217.953    223.266     7.3     2.4     0.1     4.0     2.1 
 All items less energy........................     90.921    221.045    221.666     1.1     0.3     0.1     0.1     0.2 
  All items less food and energy..............     77.179    221.795    222.177     1.0     0.2     0.1     0.1     0.2 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities............................     20.882    142.830    142.845    -0.2     0.0     0.0    -0.1     0.2 
    Energy commodities........................      5.388    259.903    269.970    13.4     3.9     0.7     6.4     4.0 
   Services less energy services..............     56.297    269.572    270.199     1.4     0.2     0.2     0.1     0.1 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1982-84=$1.00)..........................          -     $ .456     $ .454       -       -       -       -       - 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1967=$1.00).............................          -     $ .152     $ .152       -       -       -       -       - 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series were calculated
 using a geometric means estimator.
   4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
   5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
   6 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base.
   - Data not available.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.


 Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category and
 commodity and service group

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                  Seasonally adjusted indexes        Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change
                                                                                                          for                      
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                   CPI-U                                                                    3 months ended--            6 months   
                                                                                                                        ended--    
                                               Oct.      Nov.      Dec.      Jan.                                                  
                                               2010      2010      2010      2011                                                  
                                                                                      Apr.    July    Oct.    Jan.    July    Jan. 
                                                                                      2010    2010    2010    2011    2010    2011 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                   
            Expenditure category                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
 All items.................................  218.970   219.240   220.186   221.062     0.3     0.0     2.5     3.9     0.1     3.2 
                                                                                                                                   
  Food and beverages.......................  220.914   221.237   221.524   222.602     1.7     0.1     2.3     3.1     0.9     2.7 
   Food....................................  220.545   220.884   221.190   222.314     1.8    -0.1     2.4     3.2     0.9     2.8 
    Food at home...........................  216.576   216.999   217.375   218.983     2.8    -0.7     2.1     4.5     1.0     3.3 
     Cereals and bakery products...........  250.195   250.935   251.870   253.956    -1.7    -2.1     2.1     6.1    -1.9     4.1 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs........  211.671   212.605   211.984   213.942     8.4     7.2     4.9     4.4     7.8     4.6 
     Dairy and related products (1)........  201.291   201.277   202.056   202.349    -3.3     3.5     4.7     2.1     0.0     3.4 
     Fruits and vegetables.................  270.664   270.268   275.074   278.517    11.1   -13.8     2.1    12.1    -2.2     7.0 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                           
         materials.........................  161.052   162.016   160.310   162.636     0.3    -2.0    -1.3     4.0    -0.9     1.3 
     Other food at home....................  191.134   191.146   191.289   191.580    -0.3     0.2     0.2     0.9    -0.1     0.6 
      Sugar and sweets (1).................  202.962   200.586   203.098   202.648     2.0     0.8     3.6    -0.6     1.4     1.5 
      Fats and oils........................  201.926   203.503   202.623   206.878     1.5    -0.8     4.7    10.2     0.3     7.4 
      Other foods..........................  204.004   204.250   204.090   203.922    -1.0     0.2    -1.2    -0.2    -0.4    -0.7 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)...  121.698   120.623   122.419   120.930     2.4    -0.8    -1.2    -2.5     0.8    -1.8 
    Food away from home (1)................  227.287   227.512   227.722   228.181     0.6     0.8     2.8     1.6     0.7     2.2 
     Other food away from home (1) (2).....  160.036   160.392   160.681   160.643     3.1     1.5     1.8     1.5     2.3     1.6 
   Alcoholic beverages.....................  224.344   224.449   224.494   224.951     0.0     2.3     1.3     1.1     1.1     1.2 
                                                                                                                                   
  Housing..................................  216.407   216.472   216.850   216.983    -0.1     0.1     0.4     1.1     0.0     0.8 
   Shelter.................................  248.759   249.019   249.321   249.523    -0.2     1.0     0.4     1.2     0.4     0.8 
    Rent of primary residence (3)..........  249.816   250.347   250.844   251.249     0.1     0.7     0.7     2.3     0.4     1.5 
    Lodging away from home (2).............  134.328   132.990   134.258   132.892     5.3    16.5    -6.9    -4.2    10.7    -5.6 
    Owners' equivalent rent of residences                                                                                          
        (3) (4)............................  256.876   257.166   257.402   257.659    -0.5     0.6     0.6     1.2     0.0     0.9 
     Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                            
         residence (3) (4).................  256.869   257.158   257.394   257.648    -0.5     0.6     0.6     1.2     0.0     0.9 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1)                                                                                           
        (2)................................  127.111   127.501   126.194   126.192     1.7     3.2     4.0    -2.9     2.4     0.5 
   Fuels and utilities.....................  214.665   214.089   215.738   215.607     4.7    -3.2     2.2     1.8     0.7     2.0 
    Household energy.......................  189.145   188.274   189.867   189.553     4.1    -5.2     1.5     0.9    -0.7     1.2 
     Fuel oil and other fuels (1)..........  276.551   286.367   298.037   314.130    -3.9   -22.1    25.6    66.5   -13.5    44.6 
     Energy services (3)...................  192.656   191.182   192.310   191.114     4.7    -3.8     0.0    -3.2     0.4    -1.6 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                           
        services (2).......................  173.197   173.971   174.824   175.400     7.0     4.6     4.5     5.2     5.8     4.8 
   Household furnishings and operations....  124.670   124.473   124.307   124.382    -4.6    -1.9    -1.5    -0.9    -3.3    -1.2 
    Household operations (1) (2)...........  150.151   150.180   150.648   151.189     1.5     1.8    -1.6     2.8     1.7     0.6 
                                                                                                                                   
  Apparel..................................  119.028   119.132   119.208   120.456    -5.3     3.7    -3.0     4.9    -0.9     0.9 
   Men's and boys' apparel.................  111.977   111.637   111.304   112.414    -4.8     7.2    -2.7     1.6     1.0    -0.6 
   Women's and girls' apparel..............  105.964   106.288   106.330   107.957    -8.1     3.2    -5.6     7.7    -2.6     0.9 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel..........  112.026   113.107   113.587   111.436    -1.4    10.1   -15.9    -2.1     4.2    -9.3 
   Footwear................................  128.587   127.336   127.149   128.166    -4.7     1.8     1.5    -1.3    -1.5     0.1 
                                                                                                                                   
  Transportation...........................  196.477   197.102   200.956   203.622    -0.7    -3.5    12.1    15.4    -2.1    13.7 
   Private transportation..................  191.952   192.348   196.183   198.730    -1.3    -3.8    12.9    14.9    -2.5    13.9 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)........   97.307    97.253    97.173    97.000     1.5     1.8    -0.1    -1.3     1.7    -0.7 
     New vehicles..........................  138.318   138.095   137.923   137.752     0.7     0.8     0.7    -1.6     0.7    -0.5 
     Used cars and trucks..................  143.987   144.162   144.058   143.664     5.1     6.1    -0.4    -0.9     5.6    -0.7 
    Motor fuel.............................  249.436   250.892   267.320   277.665   -10.2   -16.8    44.6    53.5   -13.5    49.0 
     Gasoline (all types)..................  248.933   250.744   267.635   277.129   -10.7   -17.6    46.1    53.6   -14.2    49.8 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1)..  138.289   138.768   139.223   140.487     1.3     4.6     3.1     6.5     2.9     4.8 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair                                                                                           
        (1)................................  249.824   249.872   250.134   250.726     2.9     0.3     3.7     1.5     1.6     2.6 
   Public transportation...................  251.921   256.463   260.181   264.616     8.2     0.2     1.9    21.7     4.2    11.4 
                                                                                                                                   
  Medical care.............................  391.924   392.587   393.537   393.843     4.3     1.4     4.0     2.0     2.8     3.0 
   Medical care commodities (1)............  316.082   316.794   317.199   318.929     5.3    -0.5     2.5     3.7     2.3     3.1 
   Medical care services...................  415.526   416.152   417.315   417.004     4.0     2.0     4.5     1.4     3.0     3.0 
    Professional services..................  330.724   331.641   332.107   331.974     2.2     2.9     2.6     1.5     2.6     2.1 
    Hospital and related services..........  620.720   621.219   625.757   624.854     9.4     3.4    10.0     2.7     6.4     6.3 
                                                                                                                                   
  Recreation (2)...........................  113.013   112.988   112.727   112.939    -0.1    -0.2    -1.8    -0.3    -0.2    -1.0 
   Video and audio (2).....................   98.674    98.576    97.871    97.904    -3.8    -2.3    -1.3    -3.1    -3.0    -2.2 
                                                                                                                                   
  Education and communication (2)..........  130.257   130.500   130.328   130.548     2.3     1.9    -0.1     0.9     2.1     0.4 
   Education (2)...........................  200.725   201.763   202.558   203.738     5.4     4.7     0.6     6.1     5.1     3.3 
    Educational books and supplies.........  508.034   510.408   514.054   520.236     3.0     4.2     0.2    10.0     3.6     5.0 
    Tuition, other school fees, and                                                                                                
        childcare..........................  577.249   580.254   582.411   585.549     5.6     4.8     0.6     5.9     5.2     3.2 
   Communication (2).......................   84.564    84.465    83.943    83.760    -0.4    -0.6    -0.8    -3.7    -0.5    -2.3 
    Information and information processing                                                                                         
        (2)................................   81.393    81.292    80.761    80.399    -0.5    -0.7    -0.8    -4.8    -0.6    -2.8 
     Telephone services (1) (2)............  102.458   102.329   101.739   101.412    -1.3     0.3    -0.1    -4.0    -0.5    -2.1 
     Information technology, hardware and                                                                                          
         services (5)......................    9.339     9.328     9.246     9.171     1.9    -3.3    -3.0    -7.0    -0.7    -5.0 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                            
          equipment (6)....................   75.802    75.503    73.943    72.662    -4.4    -4.6    -2.3   -15.6    -4.5    -9.2 
                                                                                                                                   
  Other goods and services.................  382.709   383.748   384.680   385.031     0.3     5.4    -0.6     2.4     2.8     0.9 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)........  821.529   820.854   827.680   828.079     0.6    16.8     1.1     3.2     8.4     2.2 
   Personal care...........................  206.431   207.246   207.326   207.547     0.2     1.8    -1.2     2.2     1.0     0.5 
    Personal care products (1).............  159.951   160.401   160.656   160.920    -0.1    -0.6    -3.5     2.4    -0.3    -0.6 
    Personal care services (1).............  229.343   229.623   230.159   229.933     1.8     1.5    -2.0     1.0     1.7    -0.5 
    Miscellaneous personal services........  356.204   357.200   357.711   358.181     2.5     2.7     1.7     2.2     2.6     2.0 
                                                                                                                                   
        Commodity and service group                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                   
 Commodities...............................  175.603   175.807   177.291   178.833    -1.3    -1.9     5.0     7.6    -1.6     6.3 
  Food and beverages.......................  220.914   221.237   221.524   222.602     1.7     0.1     2.3     3.1     0.9     2.7 
  Commodities less food and beverages......  151.437   151.586   153.502   155.178    -3.1    -3.0     6.6    10.3    -3.1     8.4 
   Nondurables less food and beverages.....  191.598   192.897   197.199   200.839    -6.5    -3.9    10.7    20.7    -5.2    15.6 
    Apparel................................  119.028   119.132   119.208   120.456    -5.3     3.7    -3.0     4.9    -0.9     0.9 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                                          
        apparel............................  241.692   243.168   250.350   255.448    -6.2    -7.0    16.5    24.8    -6.6    20.6 
   Durables................................  111.143   110.661   110.632   110.557    -0.9     0.5    -1.2    -2.1    -0.2    -1.6 
 Services..................................  262.060   262.363   262.782   263.034     1.5     1.2     0.9     1.5     1.3     1.2 
  Rent of shelter (4)......................  259.237   259.975   260.617   260.471    -1.2     0.2     1.5     1.9    -0.5     1.7 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)   127.111   127.501   126.194   126.192     1.7     3.2     4.0    -2.9     2.4     0.5 
  Energy services (3)......................  192.656   191.182   192.310   191.114     4.7    -3.8     0.0    -3.2     0.4    -1.6 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                             
      services (2).........................  173.197   173.971   174.824   175.400     7.0     4.6     4.5     5.2     5.8     4.8 
  Household operations (1) (2).............  150.151   150.180   150.648   151.189     1.5     1.8    -1.6     2.8     1.7     0.6 
  Transportation services..................  261.594   262.751   263.379   264.832     4.5     1.5     2.7     5.0     3.0     3.9 
  Medical care services....................  415.526   416.152   417.315   417.004     4.0     2.0     4.5     1.4     3.0     3.0 
  Other services...........................  310.443   311.135   311.102   311.610     2.0     2.6    -0.4     1.5     2.3     0.6 
                                                                                                                                   
              Special indexes                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                   
 All items less food.......................  218.742   219.001   220.049   220.885     0.1     0.0     2.5     4.0     0.0     3.2 
 All items less shelter....................  209.786   210.063   211.276   212.429     0.6    -0.5     3.5     5.1     0.0     4.3 
 All items less medical care...............  210.497   210.750   211.688   212.578     0.0    -0.1     2.4     4.0     0.0     3.2 
 Commodities less food.....................  154.039   154.188   156.060   157.709    -3.0    -2.8     6.4     9.9    -2.9     8.1 
 Nondurables less food.....................  193.557   194.920   199.211   202.374    -6.0    -3.9    10.2    19.5    -5.0    14.8 
 Nondurables less food and apparel.........  238.870   240.332   246.849   251.499    -5.6    -6.3    14.9    22.9    -6.0    18.8 
 Nondurables...............................  206.493   207.592   210.033   212.320    -1.7    -2.8     6.4    11.8    -2.2     9.1 
 Services less rent of shelter (4).........  285.682   286.073   286.792   287.061     3.4     1.0     1.5     1.9     2.2     1.7 
 Services less medical care services.......  250.112   250.769   251.378   251.378     0.6     0.5     1.2     2.0     0.6     1.6 
 Energy....................................  216.262   216.506   225.151   229.915    -3.9   -11.6    22.8    27.7    -7.8    25.3 
 All items less energy.....................  220.985   221.259   221.434   221.922     0.7     1.2     0.7     1.7     1.0     1.2 
  All items less food and energy...........  221.795   222.059   222.210   222.587     0.5     1.4     0.4     1.4     1.0     0.9 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                                
       commodities.........................  143.417   143.373   143.228   143.571    -1.3     1.0    -0.9     0.4    -0.2    -0.2 
    Energy commodities.....................  252.524   254.408   270.712   281.416    -9.8   -17.1    43.5    54.2   -13.5    48.8 
   Services less energy services...........  269.162   269.632   269.986   270.374     1.2     1.6     0.9     1.8     1.4     1.4 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series were calculated using a
 geometric means estimator.
   4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
   5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
   6 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.


 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                                          Jan.2011 from--   Dec.2010 from-- 
                                              schedule                                                                            
                                                 (1)      Oct.      Nov.      Dec.      Jan.                                      
                                                          2010      2010      2010      2011    Jan.  Nov.  Dec.  Dec.  Oct.  Nov.
                                                                                                2010  2010  2010  2009  2010  2010
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                  
 U.S. city average...........................    M      218.711   218.803   219.179   220.223   1.6   0.6   0.5   1.5   0.2   0.2 
                                                                                                                                  
           Region and area size(2)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
 Northeast urban.............................    M      234.671   235.094   235.141   235.969   1.6   0.4   0.4   1.6   0.2   0.0 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      236.560   236.806   236.828   237.564   1.5   0.3   0.3   1.4   0.1   0.0 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      139.746   140.282   140.351   141.001   1.9   0.5   0.5   2.0   0.4   0.0 
                                                                                                                                  
 Midwest urban...............................    M      208.689   208.816   209.270   210.388   1.9   0.8   0.5   1.8   0.3   0.2 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      209.182   209.344   209.936   210.928   1.7   0.8   0.5   1.7   0.4   0.3 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      134.074   134.058   134.267   135.061   2.0   0.7   0.6   1.9   0.1   0.2 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                          
       50,000)...............................    M      205.565   206.014   206.136   207.551   2.0   0.7   0.7   1.7   0.3   0.1 
                                                                                                                                  
 South urban.................................    M      212.026   211.996   212.488   213.589   1.7   0.8   0.5   1.4   0.2   0.2 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      213.589   213.424   213.850   215.127   1.6   0.8   0.6   1.4   0.1   0.2 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      134.890   134.892   135.240   135.925   1.8   0.8   0.5   1.5   0.3   0.3 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                          
       50,000)...............................    M      215.390   215.736   216.189   216.750   1.3   0.5   0.3   1.4   0.4   0.2 
                                                                                                                                  
 West urban..................................    M      221.708   221.671   222.081   223.149   1.4   0.7   0.5   1.3   0.2   0.2 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      226.058   225.847   226.112   227.281   1.5   0.6   0.5   1.4   0.0   0.1 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      133.745   133.930   134.328   134.917   1.2   0.7   0.4   0.9   0.4   0.3 
                                                                                                                                  
                 Size classes                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                  
   A (4).....................................    M      199.842   199.844   200.123   201.059   1.6   0.6   0.5   1.5   0.1   0.1 
   B/C (3)...................................    M      135.174   135.289   135.579   136.260   1.7   0.7   0.5   1.5   0.3   0.2 
   D.........................................    M      211.831   212.124   212.541   213.417   1.6   0.6   0.4   1.6   0.3   0.2 
                                                                                                                                  
           Selected local areas(5)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI..............    M      213.332   213.066   213.778   215.155   1.4   1.0   0.6   1.2   0.2   0.3 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA.....    M      226.794   225.941   226.639   228.652   1.8   1.2   0.9   1.3  -0.1   0.3 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                              
     NY-NJ-CT-PA.............................    M      241.981   241.960   241.874   242.639   1.5   0.3   0.3   1.4   0.0   0.0 
                                                                                                                                  
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT.........    1            -   238.103         -   239.814   1.1   0.7     -     -     -     - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH.........................    1            -   206.168         -   207.587   2.2   0.7     -     -     -     - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.......................    1            -   201.168         -   203.199   0.5   1.0     -     -     -     - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6).......    1            -   142.915         -   144.327   2.3   1.0     -     -     -     - 
                                                                                                                                  
 Atlanta, GA.................................    2      202.913         -   202.519         -     -     -     -   1.0  -0.2     - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI.................    2      205.824         -   206.384         -     -     -     -   1.2   0.3     - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX..............    2      195.094         -   194.479         -     -     -     -   1.9  -0.3     - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL...................    2      223.631         -   224.907         -     -     -     -   0.9   0.6     - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                           
     PA-NJ-DE-MD.............................    2      228.543         -   228.017         -     -     -     -   1.4  -0.2     - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA..........    2      228.107         -   227.658         -     -     -     -   1.5  -0.2     - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA................    2      227.251         -   226.862         -     -     -     -   0.6  -0.2     - 

   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.


 Table 4. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by expenditure
 category and commodity and service group

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                    Unadjusted                          
                                                             Unadjusted indexes   percent change   Seasonally adjusted  
                                                 Relative                          to Jan. 2011    percent change from- 
                     CPI-W                     importance,                            from-                             
                                                 December                                                               
                                                   2010       Dec.       Jan.                      Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
                                                              2010       2011      Jan.    Dec.     to      to      to  
                                                                                   2010    2010    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items....................................    100.000    215.262    216.400     1.8     0.5     0.1     0.5     0.5 
 All items (1967=100).........................          -    641.200    644.591       -       -       -       -       - 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages..........................     16.401    220.508    222.385     1.8     0.9     0.2     0.1     0.5 
   Food.......................................     15.315    220.062    222.039     1.9     0.9     0.2     0.1     0.5 
    Food at home..............................      8.906    215.748    218.804     2.2     1.4     0.2     0.1     0.8 
     Cereals and bakery products..............      1.236    251.419    253.991     1.1     1.0     0.3     0.4     0.7 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs...........      2.227    211.858    214.127     6.3     1.1     0.4    -0.3     0.9 
     Dairy and related products (1)...........       .917    200.958    201.170     1.8     0.1     0.1     0.4     0.1 
     Fruits and vegetables....................      1.219    273.977    282.396     2.3     3.1    -0.1     1.9     1.2 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials............................      1.091    158.654    163.586     0.1     3.1     0.8    -1.2     1.5 
     Other food at home.......................      2.217    189.176    190.656     0.2     0.8     0.0     0.0     0.3 
      Sugar and sweets (1)....................       .324    202.206    201.824     1.6    -0.2    -1.0     1.3    -0.2 
      Fats and oils...........................       .258    200.925    208.026     3.6     3.5     0.8    -0.4     2.1 
      Other foods.............................      1.635    202.520    203.614    -0.7     0.5     0.1    -0.2     0.1 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......       .463    122.267    121.161    -0.7    -0.9    -0.9     1.3    -0.9 
    Food away from home (1)...................      6.409    227.871    228.279     1.5     0.2     0.1     0.1     0.2 
     Other food away from home (1) (2)........       .326    161.657    161.635     2.5     0.0     0.3     0.1     0.0 
   Alcoholic beverages........................      1.086    225.592    225.994     1.1     0.2     0.1     0.0     0.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing.....................................     39.228    212.861    213.442     0.4     0.3     0.1     0.2     0.1 
   Shelter....................................     29.811    243.120    243.569     0.6     0.2     0.1     0.1     0.1 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............      8.396    249.246    249.848     0.9     0.2     0.2     0.2     0.2 
    Lodging away from home (2)................       .436    127.369    130.091     2.3     2.1    -0.8     0.9    -1.3 
    Owners' equivalent rent of residences (3)                                                                           
        (4)...................................     20.672    233.278    233.565     0.5     0.1     0.1     0.1     0.1 
     Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                 
         residence (3) (4)....................     19.942    233.278    233.564     0.5     0.1     0.1     0.1     0.1 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..       .306    127.674    127.690     1.9     0.0     0.3    -0.7     0.0 
   Fuels and utilities........................      5.633    210.860    212.409     1.3     0.7    -0.3     0.7     0.0 
    Household energy..........................      4.476    184.079    185.463     0.3     0.8    -0.4     0.8     0.0 
     Fuel oil and other fuels (1).............       .301    299.558    315.348    11.0     5.3     3.4     4.0     5.3 
     Energy services (3)......................      4.175    187.077    187.874    -0.4     0.4    -0.7     0.6    -0.4 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................      1.157    175.008    176.175     5.2     0.7     0.4     0.5     0.3 
   Household furnishings and operations.......      3.784    120.007    120.345    -2.4     0.3    -0.1    -0.1     0.1 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............       .364    153.116    153.583     1.4     0.3     0.0     0.2     0.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel.....................................      3.668    117.127    115.649    -0.6    -1.3     0.0     0.0     1.0 
   Men's and boys' apparel....................       .921    109.849    110.386     0.4     0.5    -0.1    -0.2     1.3 
   Women's and girls' apparel.................      1.502    104.988    101.701    -1.1    -3.1     0.1    -0.2     1.5 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel.............       .280    115.832    113.268    -3.2    -2.2     1.1     0.7    -2.1 
   Footwear...................................       .750    125.691    125.474    -1.4    -0.2    -1.0    -0.1     0.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation..............................     19.418    197.832    200.635     5.9     1.4     0.2     2.2     1.4 
   Private transportation.....................     18.631    194.477    197.275     5.8     1.4     0.2     2.3     1.4 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........      6.914     96.151     96.227     0.8     0.1     0.0    -0.1    -0.2 
     New vehicles.............................      3.320    139.567    139.871     0.0     0.2    -0.2    -0.1    -0.2 
     Used cars and trucks.....................      3.003    143.377    143.479     2.5     0.1     0.1    -0.1    -0.3 
    Motor fuel................................      6.470    257.025    266.820    13.5     3.8     0.5     6.7     3.9 
     Gasoline (all types).....................      6.193    256.443    266.224    13.4     3.8     0.4     7.2     3.5 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).....       .479    139.150    140.289     3.6     0.8     0.4     0.4     0.8 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair (1)..      1.184    252.759    253.310     2.2     0.2     0.0     0.1     0.2 
   Public transportation......................       .787    254.312    256.604     7.0     0.9     1.4     1.5     1.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care................................      5.355    393.616    395.536     3.2     0.5     0.2     0.3     0.1 
   Medical care commodities (1)...............      1.318    308.823    310.488     2.8     0.5     0.3     0.2     0.5 
   Medical care services......................      4.038    418.568    420.540     3.3     0.5     0.2     0.3    -0.1 
    Professional services.....................      2.220    334.032    335.368     2.4     0.4     0.3     0.1     0.1 
    Hospital and related services.............      1.414    623.692    628.321     7.0     0.7     0.1     0.8    -0.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................      5.862    108.561    109.039    -0.8     0.4    -0.3    -0.3     0.4 
   Video and audio (2)........................      1.959     97.753     97.925    -2.5     0.2    -0.1    -0.7     0.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............      6.118    125.089    125.065     0.6     0.0     0.1    -0.2     0.0 
   Education (2)..............................      2.380    200.496    201.353     4.3     0.4     0.4     0.4     0.6 
    Educational books and supplies............       .199    515.937    526.152     4.5     2.0     0.6     0.6     1.6 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare       2.181    564.149    565.760     4.3     0.3     0.4     0.4     0.5 
   Communication (2)..........................      3.738     86.472     86.209    -1.6    -0.3    -0.1    -0.7    -0.4 
    Information and information processing (2)      3.605     84.271     83.881    -1.8    -0.5    -0.1    -0.7    -0.5 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............      2.823    101.327    100.882    -1.6    -0.4    -0.2    -0.6    -0.4 
     Information technology, hardware and                                                                               
         services (5).........................       .782      9.767      9.713    -2.7    -0.6    -0.1    -0.9    -0.8 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (6).......................       .208     73.078     72.433    -7.5    -0.9    -0.4    -2.2    -1.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services....................      3.950    414.002    414.263     2.4     0.1     0.2     0.4     0.1 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........      1.450    832.741    832.904     5.2     0.0    -0.1     0.9     0.0 
   Personal care..............................      2.500    205.084    205.264     0.8     0.1     0.4     0.2     0.1 
    Personal care products (1)................       .717    161.217    161.462    -0.1     0.2     0.4     0.3     0.2 
    Personal care services (1)................       .572    230.332    230.140     0.6    -0.1     0.1     0.2    -0.1 
    Miscellaneous personal services...........      1.027    358.380    359.587     2.4     0.3     0.3     0.3     0.2 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities..................................     43.898    179.331    180.958     2.6     0.9     0.1     1.0     0.9 
  Food and beverages..........................     16.401    220.508    222.385     1.8     0.9     0.2     0.1     0.5 
  Commodities less food and beverages.........     27.497    156.997    158.473     3.0     0.9     0.1     1.5     1.2 
   Nondurables less food and beverages........     17.244    203.292    206.142     5.2     1.4     0.7     2.7     1.8 
    Apparel...................................      3.668    117.127    115.649    -0.6    -1.3     0.0     0.0     1.0 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel...............................     13.576    261.243    266.785     6.8     2.1     0.4     3.3     2.2 
   Durables...................................     10.253    111.789    111.973    -0.5     0.2    -0.4     0.0     0.0 
 Services.....................................     56.102    257.382    257.982     1.2     0.2     0.1     0.1     0.1 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................     29.504    234.278    234.715     0.6     0.2     0.2     0.2     0.1 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....       .306    127.674    127.690     1.9     0.0     0.3    -0.7     0.0 
  Energy services (3).........................      4.175    187.077    187.874    -0.4     0.4    -0.7     0.6    -0.4 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................      1.157    175.008    176.175     5.2     0.7     0.4     0.5     0.3 
  Household operations (1) (2)................       .364    153.116    153.583     1.4     0.3     0.0     0.2     0.3 
  Transportation services.....................      5.994    263.648    264.313     3.4     0.3     0.3     0.1     0.4 
  Medical care services.......................      4.038    418.568    420.540     3.3     0.5     0.2     0.3    -0.1 
  Other services..............................     10.563    296.508    296.924     1.0     0.1     0.1    -0.1     0.1 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food..........................     84.685    214.225    215.215     1.8     0.5     0.1     0.6     0.4 
 All items less shelter.......................     70.189    207.428    208.828     2.3     0.7     0.1     0.7     0.6 
 All items less medical care..................     94.645    208.036    209.141     1.7     0.5     0.1     0.5     0.5 
 Commodities less food........................     28.583    159.342    160.795     2.9     0.9     0.1     1.5     1.2 
 Nondurables less food........................     18.329    204.737    207.458     4.9     1.3     0.7     2.5     1.7 
 Nondurables less food and apparel............     14.662    257.051    262.134     6.4     2.0     0.5     3.1     2.0 
 Nondurables..................................     33.644    212.541    214.950     3.5     1.1     0.5     1.4     1.2 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............     26.598    251.847    252.563     1.8     0.3     0.1     0.2     0.1 
 Services less medical care services..........     52.065    246.115    246.643     1.0     0.2     0.2     0.2     0.1 
 Energy.......................................     10.946    218.896    224.500     7.8     2.6     0.1     4.2     2.3 
 All items less energy........................     89.054    215.786    216.389     1.1     0.3     0.1     0.1     0.2 
  All items less food and energy..............     73.739    215.303    215.627     0.9     0.2     0.1     0.1     0.2 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities............................     21.812    145.037    145.024     0.0     0.0    -0.1     0.0     0.2 
    Energy commodities........................      6.771    260.026    270.105    13.4     3.9     0.6     6.6     4.0 
   Services less energy services..............     51.927    265.062    265.639     1.3     0.2     0.2     0.1     0.1 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1982-84=$1.00)..........................          -     $ .465     $ .462       -       -       -       -       - 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1967=$1.00).............................          -     $ .156     $ .155       -       -       -       -       - 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series were calculated
 using a geometric means estimator.
   4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base
   5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
   6 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base.
   - Data not available.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.


 Table 5. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by
 expenditure category and commodity and service group

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                  Seasonally adjusted indexes        Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change
                                                                                                          for                      
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                   CPI-W                                                                    3 months ended--            6 months   
                                                                                                                        ended--    
                                               Oct.      Nov.      Dec.      Jan.                                                  
                                               2010      2010      2010      2011                                                  
                                                                                      Apr.    July    Oct.    Jan.    July    Jan. 
                                                                                      2010    2010    2010    2011    2010    2011 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                   
            Expenditure category                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
 All items.................................  215.008   215.236   216.367   217.344     0.2    -0.2     3.0     4.4     0.0     3.7 
                                                                                                                                   
  Food and beverages.......................  220.129   220.515   220.782   221.853     1.7     0.2     2.3     3.2     0.9     2.7 
   Food....................................  219.665   220.065   220.351   221.486     1.8     0.0     2.4     3.4     0.9     2.9 
    Food at home...........................  215.391   215.914   216.235   217.871     2.7    -0.4     1.9     4.7     1.1     3.3 
     Cereals and bakery products...........  250.800   251.623   252.705   254.540    -1.6    -2.1     2.3     6.1    -1.8     4.2 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs........  211.478   212.375   211.826   213.732     8.6     7.5     4.9     4.3     8.0     4.6 
     Dairy and related products (1)........  199.890   200.084   200.958   201.170    -3.4     3.8     4.3     2.6     0.1     3.5 
     Fruits and vegetables.................  267.850   267.492   272.546   275.896    11.1   -14.3     2.2    12.6    -2.4     7.2 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                           
         materials.........................  160.500   161.709   159.802   162.150    -0.2    -1.4    -2.1     4.2    -0.8     1.0 
     Other food at home....................  190.180   190.223   190.252   190.804    -0.8     0.2    -0.2     1.3    -0.3     0.6 
      Sugar and sweets (1).................  201.469   199.542   202.206   201.824     2.0     0.4     3.3     0.7     1.2     2.0 
      Fats and oils........................  202.128   203.735   202.870   207.171     0.6     0.0     3.9    10.4     0.3     7.1 
      Other foods..........................  203.933   204.121   203.773   203.965    -1.5     0.3    -1.4     0.1    -0.6    -0.7 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)...  121.806   120.723   122.267   121.161     2.2    -1.6    -1.3    -2.1     0.3    -1.7 
    Food away from home (1)................  227.412   227.634   227.871   228.279     0.7     0.6     3.1     1.5     0.6     2.3 
     Other food away from home (1) (2).....  160.988   161.428   161.657   161.635     3.6     1.6     3.2     1.6     2.6     2.4 
   Alcoholic beverages.....................  225.467   225.656   225.647   225.786    -0.1     2.8     1.2     0.6     1.3     0.9 
                                                                                                                                   
  Housing..................................  213.009   213.124   213.535   213.712     0.0    -0.1     0.5     1.3     0.0     0.9 
   Shelter.................................  242.631   242.968   243.290   243.522    -0.2     0.8     0.5     1.5     0.3     1.0 
    Rent of primary residence (3)..........  247.999   248.584   249.110   249.556     0.1     0.6     0.5     2.5     0.3     1.5 
    Lodging away from home (2).............  135.817   134.716   135.916   134.166     6.4    17.5    -8.0    -4.8    11.8    -6.4 
    Owners' equivalent rent of residences                                                                                          
        (3) (4)............................  232.736   233.011   233.235   233.453    -0.5     0.5     0.6     1.2     0.0     0.9 
     Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                            
         residence (3) (4).................  232.738   233.012   233.235   233.452    -0.5     0.5     0.6     1.2     0.0     0.9 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1)                                                                                           
        (2)................................  128.130   128.556   127.674   127.690     1.8     3.5     3.8    -1.4     2.7     1.2 
   Fuels and utilities.....................  213.331   212.762   214.276   214.330     4.8    -3.0     1.8     1.9     0.8     1.8 
    Household energy.......................  187.154   186.318   187.766   187.675     4.3    -4.8     1.2     1.1    -0.4     1.2 
     Fuel oil and other fuels (1)..........  278.516   287.994   299.558   315.348    -4.6   -22.7    25.3    64.3   -14.1    43.5 
     Energy services (3)...................  191.375   190.037   191.094   190.284     4.9    -3.5    -0.2    -2.3     0.6    -1.2 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                           
        services (2).......................  173.678   174.458   175.249   175.803     7.1     4.4     4.3     5.0     5.8     4.6 
   Household furnishings and operations....  120.680   120.526   120.388   120.479    -5.3    -2.1    -1.6    -0.7    -3.7    -1.1 
    Household operations (1) (2)...........  152.729   152.778   153.116   153.583     2.2     3.5    -2.3     2.3     2.8    -0.1 
                                                                                                                                   
  Apparel..................................  118.154   118.143   118.126   119.268    -5.7     3.4    -3.5     3.8    -1.2     0.1 
   Men's and boys' apparel.................  111.608   111.552   111.303   112.711    -4.8     6.2    -3.2     4.0     0.5     0.4 
   Women's and girls' apparel..............  105.512   105.650   105.468   107.067    -8.4     2.1    -3.6     6.0    -3.3     1.1 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel..........  114.878   116.085   116.916   114.477    -1.9     9.2   -16.9    -1.4     3.5    -9.5 
   Footwear................................  127.694   126.414   126.296   127.404    -6.1     2.1    -0.5    -0.9    -2.1    -0.7 
                                                                                                                                   
  Transportation...........................  196.014   196.502   200.880   203.697    -1.0    -3.9    13.7    16.6    -2.5    15.1 
   Private transportation..................  192.771   193.154   197.516   200.277    -1.3    -4.1    14.2    16.5    -2.7    15.3 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)........   96.513    96.488    96.431    96.217     2.0     2.7    -0.1    -1.2     2.3    -0.7 
     New vehicles..........................  139.284   139.042   138.950   138.691     0.5     0.9     0.4    -1.7     0.7    -0.7 
     Used cars and trucks..................  144.920   145.103   145.000   144.598     5.1     6.0    -0.2    -0.9     5.6    -0.5 
    Motor fuel.............................  250.383   251.513   268.361   278.809   -10.0   -17.1    44.6    53.7   -13.6    49.1 
     Gasoline (all types)..................  249.942   250.858   268.977   278.404   -10.6   -17.4    45.2    53.9   -14.0    49.5 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1)..  138.153   138.654   139.150   140.289     1.6     3.9     2.8     6.3     2.7     4.5 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair                                                                                           
        (1)................................  252.546   252.610   252.759   253.310     3.1     0.4     3.9     1.2     1.8     2.5 
   Public transportation...................  249.494   253.078   256.908   260.787     7.0     0.6     2.1    19.4     3.8    10.4 
                                                                                                                                   
  Medical care.............................  393.428   394.161   395.218   395.575     4.7     1.7     4.0     2.2     3.2     3.1 
   Medical care commodities (1)............  307.539   308.332   308.823   310.488     5.7    -0.5     2.3     3.9     2.6     3.1 
   Medical care services...................  418.870   419.554   420.827   420.595     4.4     2.5     4.5     1.7     3.4     3.1 
    Professional services..................  334.046   334.979   335.472   335.757     2.1     2.9     2.6     2.1     2.5     2.3 
    Hospital and related services..........  622.297   623.224   628.241   627.317    10.8     4.3     9.9     3.3     7.5     6.5 
                                                                                                                                   
  Recreation (2)...........................  109.510   109.234   108.943   109.345    -0.5    -0.8    -1.5    -0.6    -0.6    -1.1 
   Video and audio (2).....................   99.210    99.092    98.429    98.510    -3.8    -2.6    -0.9    -2.8    -3.2    -1.8 
                                                                                                                                   
  Education and communication (2)..........  125.155   125.259   124.955   124.959     1.9     1.3    -0.1    -0.6     1.6    -0.4 
   Education (2)...........................  198.117   199.002   199.846   200.978     5.8     4.4     1.1     5.9     5.1     3.5 
    Educational books and supplies.........  510.572   513.501   516.326   524.385     3.5     3.0     0.7    11.3     3.2     5.8 
    Tuition, other school fees, and                                                                                                
        childcare..........................  557.377   559.803   562.114   564.783     6.0     4.6     1.2     5.4     5.3     3.3 
   Communication (2).......................   87.200    87.075    86.499    86.192    -0.4    -0.5    -0.9    -4.5    -0.5    -2.7 
    Information and information processing                                                                                         
        (2)................................   85.009    84.882    84.299    83.864    -0.4    -0.5    -0.9    -5.3    -0.5    -3.1 
     Telephone services (1) (2)............  102.135   101.975   101.327   100.882    -1.4     0.2    -0.2    -4.8    -0.6    -2.5 
     Information technology, hardware and                                                                                          
         services (5)......................    9.880     9.868     9.782     9.704     3.2    -3.1    -3.4    -6.9     0.0    -5.2 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                            
          equipment (6)....................   75.439    75.142    73.494    72.178    -3.6    -5.5    -3.9   -16.2    -4.6   -10.3 
                                                                                                                                   
  Other goods and services.................  411.610   412.455   414.260   414.533     0.2     6.8    -0.2     2.9     3.5     1.3 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)........  826.468   825.644   832.741   832.904     0.7    16.5     1.1     3.2     8.3     2.1 
   Personal care...........................  204.107   204.886   205.285   205.476     0.0     1.7    -1.0     2.7     0.8     0.8 
    Personal care products (1).............  160.174   160.801   161.217   161.462    -0.2    -0.5    -3.0     3.3    -0.3     0.1 
    Personal care services (1).............  229.635   229.855   230.332   230.140     1.9     1.6    -2.0     0.9     1.7    -0.5 
    Miscellaneous personal services........  357.563   358.618   359.558   360.275     2.4     1.9     2.1     3.1     2.1     2.6 
                                                                                                                                   
        Commodity and service group                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                   
 Commodities...............................  178.823   179.007   180.813   182.495    -1.4    -1.9     5.8     8.5    -1.7     7.1 
  Food and beverages.......................  220.129   220.515   220.782   221.853     1.7     0.2     2.3     3.2     0.9     2.7 
  Commodities less food and beverages......  156.447   156.541   158.952   160.848    -3.2    -3.2     7.9    11.7    -3.2     9.8 
   Nondurables less food and beverages.....  200.796   202.225   207.594   211.319    -7.5    -4.9    13.5    22.7    -6.2    18.0 
    Apparel................................  118.154   118.143   118.126   119.268    -5.7     3.4    -3.5     3.8    -1.2     0.1 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                                          
        apparel............................  257.451   258.599   267.257   273.060    -7.6    -7.1    19.7    26.5    -7.3    23.1 
   Durables................................  112.421   111.936   111.888   111.840     0.3     1.3    -1.4    -2.1     0.8    -1.7 
 Services..................................  257.419   257.663   258.034   258.262     1.5     1.0     0.9     1.3     1.3     1.1 
  Rent of shelter (4)......................  233.844   234.338   234.729   234.950    -0.8     0.2     1.1     1.9    -0.3     1.5 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)   128.130   128.556   127.674   127.690     1.8     3.5     3.8    -1.4     2.7     1.2 
  Energy services (3)......................  191.375   190.037   191.094   190.284     4.9    -3.5    -0.2    -2.3     0.6    -1.2 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                             
      services (2).........................  173.678   174.458   175.249   175.803     7.1     4.4     4.3     5.0     5.8     4.6 
  Household operations (1) (2).............  152.729   152.778   153.116   153.583     2.2     3.5    -2.3     2.3     2.8    -0.1 
  Transportation services..................  262.227   263.053   263.406   264.463     5.0     2.2     3.1     3.5     3.6     3.3 
  Medical care services....................  418.870   419.554   420.827   420.595     4.4     2.5     4.5     1.7     3.4     3.1 
  Other services...........................  296.818   297.133   296.889   297.247     1.6     2.1    -0.2     0.6     1.8     0.2 
                                                                                                                                   
              Special indexes                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                   
 All items less food.......................  213.996   214.194   215.473   216.422    -0.1    -0.3     3.1     4.6    -0.2     3.9 
 All items less shelter....................  207.256   207.446   208.883   210.141     0.4    -0.7     4.1     5.7    -0.1     4.9 
 All items less medical care...............  207.782   207.992   209.116   210.104     0.0    -0.3     3.0     4.5    -0.2     3.7 
 Commodities less food.....................  158.802   158.899   161.252   163.108    -3.1    -3.0     7.7    11.3    -3.0     9.5 
 Nondurables less food.....................  202.259   203.719   208.830   212.360    -7.0    -4.5    12.4    21.5    -5.8    16.9 
 Nondurables less food and apparel.........  253.352   254.639   262.540   267.850    -7.0    -6.4    17.8    24.9    -6.7    21.3 
 Nondurables...............................  210.804   211.911   214.836   217.332    -2.4    -2.9     7.3    13.0    -2.6    10.1 
 Services less rent of shelter (4).........  252.390   252.590   253.116   253.273     3.5     0.9     1.5     1.4     2.2     1.5 
 Services less medical care services.......  246.090   246.514   246.935   247.082     1.0     0.6     1.0     1.6     0.8     1.3 
 Energy....................................  217.048   217.210   226.396   231.611    -4.2   -11.9    24.0    29.7    -8.1    26.8 
 All items less energy.....................  215.724   215.961   216.122   216.590     0.7     1.2     0.8     1.6     1.0     1.2 
  All items less food and energy...........  215.309   215.513   215.648   215.982     0.5     1.5     0.4     1.3     1.0     0.8 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                                
       commodities.........................  145.635   145.547   145.475   145.784    -1.2     1.6    -0.9     0.4     0.2    -0.3 
    Energy commodities.....................  252.793   254.251   270.984   281.694    -9.8   -17.3    43.7    54.2   -13.6    48.9 
   Services less energy services...........  264.613   265.038   265.330   265.675     1.3     1.4     1.0     1.6     1.4     1.3 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series were calculated using a
 geometric means estimator.
   4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base
   5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
   6 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.


 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                                          Jan.2011 from--   Dec.2010 from-- 
                                              schedule                                                                            
                                                 (1)      Oct.      Nov.      Dec.      Jan.                                      
                                                          2010      2010      2010      2011    Jan.  Nov.  Dec.  Dec.  Oct.  Nov.
                                                                                                2010  2010  2010  2009  2010  2010
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
 U.S. city average...........................    M      214.623   214.750   215.262   216.400   1.8   0.8   0.5   1.7   0.3   0.2 
                                                                                                                                  
           Region and area size(2)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
 Northeast urban.............................    M      232.396   232.962   233.082   233.914   1.8   0.4   0.4   1.9   0.3   0.1 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      232.672   233.031   233.092   233.851   1.7   0.4   0.3   1.7   0.2   0.0 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      140.848   141.452   141.598   142.196   2.0   0.5   0.4   2.2   0.5   0.1 
                                                                                                                                  
 Midwest urban...............................    M      204.329   204.468   205.024   206.258   2.0   0.9   0.6   2.0   0.3   0.3 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      203.906   204.064   204.731   205.878   1.9   0.9   0.6   1.9   0.4   0.3 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      134.093   134.112   134.454   135.277   2.1   0.9   0.6   2.1   0.3   0.3 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                          
       50,000)...............................    M      203.548   203.937   204.132   205.648   2.1   0.8   0.7   1.8   0.3   0.1 
                                                                                                                                  
 South urban.................................    M      209.376   209.352   209.994   211.216   1.8   0.9   0.6   1.6   0.3   0.3 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      211.409   211.222   211.712   213.058   1.6   0.9   0.6   1.4   0.1   0.2 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      133.923   133.927   134.405   135.207   2.0   1.0   0.6   1.7   0.4   0.4 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                          
       50,000)...............................    M      215.451   215.822   216.477   217.200   1.5   0.6   0.3   1.5   0.5   0.3 
                                                                                                                                  
 West urban..................................    M      216.273   216.267   216.847   217.995   1.6   0.8   0.5   1.4   0.3   0.3 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      219.017   218.817   219.273   220.564   1.7   0.8   0.6   1.5   0.1   0.2 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      133.622   133.777   134.306   134.900   1.2   0.8   0.4   1.0   0.5   0.4 
                                                                                                                                  
                 Size classes                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                  
   A (4).....................................    M      198.576   198.598   198.979   200.022   1.7   0.7   0.5   1.6   0.2   0.2 
   B/C (3)...................................    M      134.840   134.969   135.379   136.112   1.9   0.8   0.5   1.7   0.4   0.3 
   D.........................................    M      210.160   210.529   210.959   212.005   1.8   0.7   0.5   1.7   0.4   0.2 
                                                                                                                                  
           Selected local areas(5)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI..............    M      206.894   206.632   207.479   209.016   1.7   1.2   0.7   1.6   0.3   0.4 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA.....    M      219.339   218.694   219.619   221.540   2.0   1.3   0.9   1.6   0.1   0.4 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                              
     NY-NJ-CT-PA.............................    M      237.483   237.606   237.575   238.396   1.8   0.3   0.3   1.8   0.0   0.0 
                                                                                                                                  
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT.........    1            -   238.891         -   240.540   1.1   0.7     -     -     -     - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH.........................    1            -   197.530         -   199.568   2.6   1.0     -     -     -     - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.......................    1            -   204.918         -   206.954   0.7   1.0     -     -     -     - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6).......    1            -   142.938         -   144.556   2.4   1.1     -     -     -     - 
                                                                                                                                  
 Atlanta, GA.................................    2      201.887         -   201.390         -     -     -     -   1.0  -0.2     - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI.................    2      201.864         -   202.280         -     -     -     -   1.3   0.2     - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX..............    2      193.110         -   192.863         -     -     -     -   2.1  -0.1     - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL...................    2      221.497         -   222.510         -     -     -     -   0.7   0.5     - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                           
     PA-NJ-DE-MD.............................    2      228.676         -   228.072         -     -     -     -   1.5  -0.3     - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA..........    2      224.352         -   224.152         -     -     -     -   1.8  -0.1     - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA................    2      223.112         -   222.853         -     -     -     -   0.9  -0.1     - 

   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.


 Table 7. Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U): U.S. city average, by
 expenditure category and commodity and service group

 (December 1999=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                    Unadjusted    
                                                 Relative       Unadjusted      percent change to 
                                               importance,       indexes         Jan. 2011 from-  
                    C-CPI-U                     December                                          
                                                2007-2008                                         
                                                              Dec.      Jan.      Jan.      Dec.  
                                                              2010      2011      2010      2010  
                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                  
             Expenditure category                                                                 
                                                                                                  
 All items....................................    100.000   126.228  R126.811       1.5       0.5 
                                                                                                  
  Food and beverages..........................     14.519   128.814   129.897       1.7       0.8 
   Food.......................................     13.493   128.840   129.971       1.8       0.9 
    Food at home..............................      7.780   123.560   125.260       2.1       1.4 
    Food away from home.......................      5.712   136.196   136.473       1.4       0.2 
   Alcoholic beverages........................      1.027   129.155   129.622       1.1       0.4 
                                                                                                  
  Housing.....................................     42.074   128.047   128.403       0.2       0.3 
   Shelter....................................     32.119   131.430   131.696       0.6       0.2 
   Fuels and utilities........................      5.231   156.201   157.336       0.8       0.7 
   Household furnishings and operations.......      4.724    91.857    92.128      -2.8       0.3 
                                                                                                  
  Apparel.....................................      3.772    88.735    87.458      -0.4      -1.4 
                                                                                                  
  Transportation..............................     17.199   133.545  R135.346       5.6       1.3 
   Private transportation.....................     16.013   134.136   135.961       5.4       1.4 
   Public transportation......................      1.186   125.956  R127.460       8.0       1.2 
                                                                                                  
  Medical care................................      6.294   151.713   152.417       2.7       0.5 
   Medical care commodities...................      1.570   133.694   134.398       2.6       0.5 
   Medical care services......................      4.723   158.330   159.032       2.7       0.4 
                                                                                                  
  Recreation..................................      6.625   101.823   102.062      -1.4       0.2 
                                                                                                  
  Education and communication.................      6.288   112.725   112.730       0.8       0.0 
   Education..................................      2.804   187.638   188.254       4.1       0.3 
   Communication..............................      3.484    72.018    71.834      -1.8      -0.3 
                                                                                                  
  Other goods and services....................      3.229   140.044   140.089       1.5       0.0 
                                                                                                  
          Commodity and service group                                                             
                                                                                                  
 Services.....................................     59.383   135.843  R136.170       1.1       0.2 
 Commodities..................................     40.617   114.639   115.538       2.0       0.8 
  Durables....................................     10.376    80.097    80.179      -1.6       0.1 
 Nondurables..................................     30.241   132.606   133.958       3.2       1.0 
  All items less food and energy..............     76.901   120.105  R120.281       0.7       0.1 
 Energy.......................................      9.606   185.738   190.231       7.2       2.4 

   R Revised.
 Indexes for 2011 are initial estimates.  Indexes for 2010 are interim adjustments.
 NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

Last Modified Date: April 15, 2011