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


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

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                   All items                                      
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                       Indexes                 Percent change to Percent change to
                    CPI-U                      Pricing                                          Oct. 2009 from--   Sep. 2009 from-- 
                                              schedule                                                                            
                                                 (1)      July      Aug.      Sep.      Oct.                                      
                                                          2009      2009      2009      2009    Oct.  Aug.  Sep.  Sep.  July  Aug.
                                                                                                2008  2009  2009  2008  2009  2009
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                  
 U.S. city average...........................    M      215.351   215.834   215.969   216.177  -0.2   0.2   0.1  -1.3   0.3   0.1 
                                                                                                                                  
           Region and area size(2)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
 Northeast urban.............................    M      230.154   230.883   231.200   231.304   0.2   0.2   0.0  -0.7   0.5   0.1 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      232.416   233.314   233.695   233.415   0.1   0.0  -0.1  -0.7   0.6   0.2 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      136.417   136.598   136.691   137.348   0.5   0.5   0.5  -0.7   0.2   0.1 
                                                                                                                                  
 Midwest urban...............................    M      204.814   205.632   205.601   205.706  -0.2   0.0   0.1  -1.7   0.4   0.0 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      205.656   206.591   206.459   206.625  -0.2   0.0   0.1  -1.8   0.4  -0.1 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      131.366   131.748   131.812   131.724  -0.2   0.0  -0.1  -1.6   0.3   0.0 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                          
       50,000)...............................    M      200.908   201.823   201.918   202.499   0.2   0.3   0.3  -1.8   0.5   0.0 
                                                                                                                                  
 South urban.................................    M      208.819   209.000   208.912   209.292  -0.4   0.1   0.2  -1.8   0.0   0.0 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      211.034   211.436   211.212   211.152  -0.7  -0.1   0.0  -1.7   0.1  -0.1 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      132.736   132.729   132.722   133.035  -0.2   0.2   0.2  -1.8   0.0   0.0 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                          
       50,000)...............................    M      210.491   210.899   210.911   212.423  -0.3   0.7   0.7  -2.0   0.2   0.0 
                                                                                                                                  
 West urban..................................    M      219.484   219.884   220.294   220.447  -0.3   0.3   0.1  -0.8   0.4   0.2 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      223.498   224.072   224.412   224.372  -0.3   0.1   0.0  -0.7   0.4   0.2 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      132.774   132.756   133.128   133.618  -0.1   0.6   0.4  -1.3   0.3   0.3 
                                                                                                                                  
                 Size classes                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                  
   A (4).....................................    M      196.987   197.614   197.724   197.670  -0.2   0.0   0.0  -1.1   0.4   0.1 
   B/C (3)...................................    M      132.975   133.069   133.165   133.489  -0.1   0.3   0.2  -1.5   0.1   0.1 
   D.........................................    M      207.784   208.369   208.503   209.139  -0.3   0.4   0.3  -1.5   0.3   0.1 
                                                                                                                                  
           Selected local areas(5)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI..............    M      210.906   211.441   211.345   211.708  -0.8   0.1   0.2  -1.9   0.2   0.0 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA.....    M      224.010   224.507   225.226   225.264  -0.4   0.3   0.0  -1.0   0.5   0.3 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                              
     NY-NJ-CT-PA.............................    M      237.600   238.282   238.568   238.380   0.0   0.0  -0.1  -0.6   0.4   0.1 
                                                                                                                                  
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT.........    1      233.018         -   236.596         -     -     -     -  -0.8   1.5     - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH.........................    1      200.558         -   201.836         -     -     -     -  -2.1   0.6     - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.......................    1      200.663         -   201.802         -     -     -     -  -2.0   0.6     - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6).......    1      140.810         -   140.945         -     -     -     -  -0.8   0.1     - 
                                                                                                                                  
 Atlanta, GA.................................    2            -   203.351         -   201.068  -2.6  -1.1     -     -     -     - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI.................    2            -   204.673         -   205.079  -0.1   0.2     -     -     -     - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX..............    2            -   191.687         -   191.608   0.2   0.0     -     -     -     - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL...................    2            -   221.306         -   222.416  -0.6   0.5     -     -     -     - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                           
     PA-NJ-DE-MD.............................    2            -   226.039         -   224.787  -0.1  -0.6     -     -     -     - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA..........    2            -   225.801         -   226.051   0.1   0.1     -     -     -     - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA................    2            -   227.138         -   226.277   0.2  -0.4     -     -     -     - 

   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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