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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                                          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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