Table 4. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index 








  Table 4. Consumer Price Index for All Urban 
  Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index, April 2013 
  
[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

  
  

    Area
    Pricing
Schedule(1)		
    Percent change to Apr. 2013 from:
    Percent change to Mar. 2013 from:

  

    Apr.
2012		
    Feb.
2013		
    Mar.
2013		
    Mar.
2012		
    Jan.
2013		
    Feb.
2013

  
  

    
      
U.S. city average

    
      
M

    1.1
    0.2
    -0.1
    1.5
    1.1
    0.3

  

    
  

    
      
Region and area size(2)

    
  

    
  

    
      
Northeast urban

    
      
M

    1.1
    -0.1
    -0.1
    1.5
    0.6
    0.0

  

    
      
Size A - More than 1,500,000

    
      
M

    1.3
    0.0
    -0.1
    1.7
    0.6
    0.1

  

    
      
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000(3)

    
      
M

    0.3
    -0.2
    0.0
    0.6
    0.4
    -0.2

  

    
  

    
      
Midwest urban

    
      
M

    1.2
    0.1
    -0.1
    1.4
    1.3
    0.2

  

    
      
Size A - More than 1,500,000

    
      
M

    1.3
    0.1
    -0.1
    1.4
    1.3
    0.2

  

    
      
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000(3)

    
      
M

    1.0
    0.3
    -0.1
    1.3
    1.4
    0.4

  

    
      
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000)

    
      
M

    1.0
    -0.2
    -0.3
    1.8
    1.1
    0.1

  

    
  

    
      
South urban

    
      
M

    0.9
    0.1
    -0.2
    1.5
    1.2
    0.3

  

    
      
Size A - More than 1,500,000

    
      
M

    1.0
    0.2
    -0.1
    1.4
    1.2
    0.3

  

    
      
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000(3)

    
      
M

    0.9
    0.1
    -0.2
    1.6
    1.2
    0.4

  

    
      
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000)

    
      
M

    0.4
    0.0
    -0.4
    1.1
    1.0
    0.4

  

    
  

    
      
West urban

    
      
M

    1.3
    0.4
    0.0
    1.5
    1.2
    0.4

  

    
      
Size A - More than 1,500,000

    
      
M

    1.5
    0.3
    -0.1
    1.7
    1.2
    0.4

  

    
      
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000(3)

    
      
M

    0.8
    0.5
    0.2
    1.0
    1.2
    0.4

  

    
  

    
      
Size classes

    
  

    
  

    
      
A(4)

    
      
M

    1.3
    0.2
    -0.1
    1.6
    1.1
    0.2

  

    
      
B/C(3)

    
      
M

    0.8
    0.2
    -0.1
    1.3
    1.1
    0.3

  

    
      
D

    
      
M

    0.8
    0.1
    -0.3
    1.5
    1.0
    0.4

  

    
  

    
      
Selected local areas(5)

    
  

    
  

    
      
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI

    
      
M

    0.9
    -0.1
    0.0
    0.9
    1.0
    -0.1

  

    
      
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA

    
      
M

    0.9
    -0.3
    -0.4
    1.3
    0.8
    0.1

  

    
      
New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA

    
      
M

    1.4
    -0.1
    -0.2
    1.9
    0.7
    0.1

  

    
  

    
      
Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT

    
      
1

     
     
     
    1.5
    0.4
     

  

    
      
Cleveland-Akron, OH

    
      
1

     
     
     
    1.0
    0.9
     

  

    
      
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

    
      
1

     
     
     
    1.8
    1.3
     

  

    
      
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV(6)

    
      
1

     
     
     
    1.4
    0.9
     

  

    
  

    
      
Atlanta, GA

    
      
2

    1.1
    0.1
     
     
     
     

  

    
      
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI

    
      
2

    1.3
    0.0
     
     
     
     

  

    
      
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX

    
      
2

    0.7
    0.9
     
     
     
     

  

    
      
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL

    
      
2

    0.9
    -0.2
     
     
     
     

  

    
      
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD

    
      
2

    1.1
    0.1
     
     
     
     

  

    
      
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA

    
      
2

    2.4
    0.8
     
     
     
     

  

    
      
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA

    
      
2

    1.2
    0.4
     
     
     
     

  
  

    
      
Footnotes
(1) Foods, fuels, and several 
      other items are priced every month in all areas. Most other goods and 
      services are priced as indicated: M - Every month. 1 - January, March, 
      May, July, September, and November. 2 - February, April, June, August, 
      October, and December.
(2) 
      Regions defined as the four Census regions.
(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.

  

    
      
NOTE: Local area indexes are byproducts of the national 
      CPI program. Each local index has a smaller sample size than the national 
      index and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other 
      measurement error. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility 
      than the national index, although their long-term trends are similar. 
      Therefore, the Bureau of Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider 
      adopting the national average CPI for use in their escalator 
      clauses.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific 
      date.

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Last Modified Date: May 16, 2013