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 Apr. 2008 from-- Mar. 2008 from--
schedule
(1) Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.
2008 2008 2008 2008 Apr. Feb. Mar. Mar. Jan. Feb.
2007 2008 2008 2007 2008 2008
U.S. city average........................... M 211.080 211.693 213.528 214.823 3.9 1.5 0.6 4.0 1.2 0.9
Region and area size(2)
Northeast urban............................. M 224.325 225.213 226.926 228.133 3.9 1.3 0.5 3.9 1.2 0.8
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 226.310 227.411 229.087 230.038 3.6 1.2 0.4 3.7 1.2 0.7
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 133.301 133.511 134.611 135.739 4.8 1.7 0.8 4.6 1.0 0.8
Midwest urban............................... M 201.427 201.896 203.723 205.393 4.0 1.7 0.8 3.7 1.1 0.9
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 202.830 203.347 205.141 206.590 3.6 1.6 0.7 3.4 1.1 0.9
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 128.753 128.922 130.121 131.484 4.6 2.0 1.0 4.0 1.1 0.9
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000)............................... M 196.708 197.596 199.472 200.841 4.8 1.6 0.7 4.8 1.4 0.9
South urban................................. M 204.510 205.060 206.676 208.085 4.2 1.5 0.7 4.4 1.1 0.8
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 207.221 207.605 209.065 209.987 4.0 1.1 0.4 4.3 0.9 0.7
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 129.937 130.351 131.442 132.516 4.3 1.7 0.8 4.5 1.2 0.8
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000)............................... M 204.524 205.189 206.933 208.746 4.2 1.7 0.9 4.4 1.2 0.8
West urban.................................. M 215.739 216.339 218.533 219.437 3.5 1.4 0.4 3.7 1.3 1.0
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 219.036 219.799 221.997 222.689 3.3 1.3 0.3 3.5 1.4 1.0
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 131.328 131.538 132.896 133.694 3.8 1.6 0.6 3.9 1.2 1.0
Size classes
A (4)..................................... M 193.045 193.685 195.314 196.191 3.6 1.3 0.4 3.7 1.2 0.8
B/C (3)................................... M 130.431 130.728 131.892 132.974 4.3 1.7 0.8 4.3 1.1 0.9
D......................................... M 203.200 203.803 205.730 207.238 4.4 1.7 0.7 4.4 1.2 0.9
Selected local areas(5)
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI.............. M 208.757 209.526 211.542 212.662 4.2 1.5 0.5 4.5 1.3 1.0
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA..... M 220.918 221.431 223.606 224.625 3.1 1.4 0.5 3.3 1.2 1.0
New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA............................. M 229.869 231.020 233.122 233.822 3.6 1.2 0.3 3.8 1.4 0.9
Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT......... 1 231.980 - 233.084 - - - - 2.9 0.5 -
Cleveland-Akron, OH......................... 1 199.686 - 202.500 - - - - 4.3 1.4 -
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX....................... 1 197.079 - 198.596 - - - - 4.4 0.8 -
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)....... 1 136.293 - 138.090 - - - - 4.7 1.3 -
Atlanta, GA................................. 2 - 204.166 - 206.371 3.7 1.1 - - - -
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI................. 2 - 202.378 - 205.281 2.4 1.4 - - - -
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX.............. 2 - 187.585 - 188.795 2.5 0.6 - - - -
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL................... 2 - 219.082 - 221.324 4.9 1.0 - - - -
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD............................. 2 - 220.935 - 223.622 3.9 1.2 - - - -
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA.......... 2 - 219.612 - 222.074 2.9 1.1 - - - -
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA................ 2 - 221.728 - 223.196 3.4 0.7 - - - -
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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