Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index


 Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index 

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                   All items                                      
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                       Indexes                 Percent change to Percent change to
                    CPI-U                      Pricing                                          Dec. 2009 from--   Nov. 2009 from-- 
                                              schedule                                                                            
                                                 (1)      Sep.      Oct.      Nov.      Dec.                                      
                                                          2009      2009      2009      2009    Dec.  Oct.  Nov.  Nov.  Sep.  Oct.
                                                                                                2008  2009  2009  2008  2009  2009
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
 U.S. city average...........................    M      215.969   216.177   216.330   215.949   2.7  -0.1  -0.2   1.8   0.2   0.1 
                                                                                                                                  
           Region and area size(2)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
 Northeast urban.............................    M      231.200   231.304   231.708   231.462   2.8   0.1  -0.1   2.0   0.2   0.2 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      233.695   233.415   233.785   233.475   2.5   0.0  -0.1   1.8   0.0   0.2 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      136.691   137.348   137.646   137.597   3.6   0.2   0.0   2.4   0.7   0.2 
                                                                                                                                  
 Midwest urban...............................    M      205.601   205.706   206.247   205.613   3.0   0.0  -0.3   2.2   0.3   0.3 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      206.459   206.625   207.277   206.399   3.0  -0.1  -0.4   2.1   0.4   0.3 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      131.812   131.724   131.952   131.742   2.9   0.0  -0.2   2.3   0.1   0.2 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                          
       50,000)...............................    M      201.918   202.499   203.047   202.738   3.8   0.1  -0.2   2.6   0.6   0.3 
                                                                                                                                  
 South urban.................................    M      208.912   209.292   209.738   209.476   2.9   0.1  -0.1   2.0   0.4   0.2 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      211.212   211.152   211.424   210.971   2.2  -0.1  -0.2   1.3   0.1   0.1 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      132.722   133.035   133.342   133.252   3.2   0.2  -0.1   2.3   0.5   0.2 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                          
       50,000)...............................    M      210.911   212.423   213.372   213.159   4.3   0.3  -0.1   3.2   1.2   0.4 
                                                                                                                                  
 West urban..................................    M      220.294   220.447   219.728   219.307   2.2  -0.5  -0.2   1.2  -0.3  -0.3 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      224.412   224.372   223.489   223.058   2.0  -0.6  -0.2   1.2  -0.4  -0.4 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      133.128   133.618   133.335   133.132   2.6  -0.4  -0.2   1.4   0.2  -0.2 
                                                                                                                                  
                 Size classes                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                  
   A (4).....................................    M      197.724   197.670   197.697   197.246   2.4  -0.2  -0.2   1.6   0.0   0.0 
   B/C (3)...................................    M      133.165   133.489   133.663   133.535   3.1   0.0  -0.1   2.1   0.4   0.1 
   D.........................................    M      208.503   209.139   209.567   209.192   3.4   0.0  -0.2   2.3   0.5   0.2 
                                                                                                                                  
           Selected local areas(5)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI..............    M      211.345   211.708   212.206   211.185   2.5  -0.2  -0.5   1.5   0.4   0.2 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA.....    M      225.226   225.264   224.317   223.643   1.8  -0.7  -0.3   0.9  -0.4  -0.4 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                              
     NY-NJ-CT-PA.............................    M      238.568   238.380   238.777   238.427   2.3   0.0  -0.1   1.8   0.1   0.2 
                                                                                                                                  
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT.........    1      236.596         -   236.589         -     -     -     -   1.8   0.0     - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH.........................    1      201.836         -   201.471         -     -     -     -   1.7  -0.2     - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.......................    1      201.802         -   201.958         -     -     -     -   1.0   0.1     - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6).......    1      140.945         -   140.718         -     -     -     -   1.6  -0.2     - 
                                                                                                                                  
 Atlanta, GA.................................    2            -   201.068         -   200.456   1.8  -0.3     -     -     -     - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI.................    2            -   205.079         -   203.880   3.0  -0.6     -     -     -     - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX..............    2            -   191.608         -   190.932   2.7  -0.4     -     -     -     - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL...................    2            -   222.416         -   222.943   2.1   0.2     -     -     -     - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                           
     PA-NJ-DE-MD.............................    2            -   224.787         -   224.800   3.0   0.0     -     -     -     - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA..........    2            -   226.051         -   224.239   2.6  -0.8     -     -     -     - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA................    2            -   226.277         -   225.596   1.4  -0.3     -     -     -     - 

   1 Areas on pricing schedule 2 (see Table 10) will appear next month. 
   2 Regions defined as the four Census regions.  See technical notes.
   3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
   4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
   5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the January and
 July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO; Honolulu, HI;
 Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phoenix-Mesa, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem, OR-WA;
 St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
   6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base.
   - Data not available.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

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