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Table 6. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all items index


 Table 6. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all items index 

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                   All items                                      
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                       Indexes                 Percent change to Percent change to
                    CPI-W                      Pricing                                          Mar. 2008 from--   Feb. 2008 from-- 
                                              schedule                                                                            
                                                 (1)      Dec.      Jan.      Feb.      Mar.                                      
                                                          2007      2008      2008      2008    Mar.  Jan.  Feb.  Feb.  Dec.  Jan.
                                                                                                2007  2008  2008  2007  2007  2008
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
 U.S. city average...........................    M      205.777   206.744   207.254   209.147   4.3   1.2   0.9   4.4   0.7   0.2 
                                                                                                                                  
           Region and area size(2)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
 Northeast urban.............................    M      220.146   221.065   221.702   223.209   4.1   1.0   0.7   4.3   0.7   0.3 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      220.824   221.492   222.315   223.795   3.8   1.0   0.7   3.9   0.7   0.4 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      132.856   133.766   133.893   134.846   4.6   0.8   0.7   4.9   0.8   0.1 
                                                                                                                                  
 Midwest urban...............................    M      195.493   196.617   197.110   198.989   4.1   1.2   1.0   4.2   0.8   0.3 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      195.839   196.963   197.549   199.378   3.8   1.2   0.9   3.9   0.9   0.3 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      127.740   128.561   128.695   129.922   4.3   1.1   1.0   4.5   0.7   0.1 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                          
       50,000)...............................    M      194.099   194.850   195.774   197.864   5.0   1.5   1.1   5.0   0.9   0.5 
                                                                                                                                  
 South urban.................................    M      200.850   201.814   202.291   204.044   4.8   1.1   0.9   5.0   0.7   0.2 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      204.370   205.304   205.588   207.336   4.6   1.0   0.9   4.9   0.6   0.1 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      128.206   128.767   129.144   130.243   4.9   1.1   0.9   5.1   0.7   0.3 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                          
       50,000)...............................    M      203.333   204.954   205.523   207.600   4.9   1.3   1.0   5.2   1.1   0.3 
                                                                                                                                  
 West urban..................................    M      209.488   210.342   210.816   213.159   3.9   1.3   1.1   3.8   0.6   0.2 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      211.095   212.040   212.614   214.954   3.8   1.4   1.1   3.8   0.7   0.3 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      130.309   130.935   131.148   132.640   4.2   1.3   1.1   4.0   0.6   0.2 
                                                                                                                                  
                 Size classes                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                  
   A (4).....................................    M      190.622   191.461   191.982   193.702   4.0   1.2   0.9   4.1   0.7   0.3 
   B/C (3)...................................    M      129.156   129.830   130.092   131.273   4.6   1.1   0.9   4.7   0.7   0.2 
   D.........................................    M      200.867   201.685   202.292   204.422   4.7   1.4   1.1   4.8   0.7   0.3 
                                                                                                                                  
           Selected local areas(5)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI..............    M      200.217   201.525   202.497   204.742   4.7   1.6   1.1   4.7   1.1   0.5 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA.....    M      212.282   213.825   214.231   216.493   3.6   1.2   1.1   3.7   0.9   0.2 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                              
     NY-NJ-CT-PA.............................    M      223.873   224.557   225.281   226.951   3.9   1.1   0.7   3.9   0.6   0.3 
                                                                                                                                  
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT.........    1            -   231.291         -   232.656   3.0   0.6     -     -     -     - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH.........................    1            -   190.115         -   192.995   4.9   1.5     -     -     -     - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.......................    1            -   199.407         -   201.892   5.3   1.2     -     -     -     - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6).......    1            -   135.826         -   137.544   4.8   1.3     -     -     -     - 
                                                                                                                                  
 Atlanta, GA.................................    2      202.034         -   203.473         -     -     -     -   5.2   0.7     - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI.................    2      195.866         -   197.670         -     -     -     -   2.6   0.9     - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX..............    2      184.975         -   185.904         -     -     -     -   3.7   0.5     - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL...................    2      215.561         -   216.971         -     -     -     -   5.5   0.7     - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                           
     PA-NJ-DE-MD.............................    2      218.791         -   220.718         -     -     -     -   3.6   0.9     - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA..........    2      214.204         -   214.913         -     -     -     -   2.9   0.3     - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA................    2      214.024         -   216.332         -     -     -     -   5.1   1.1     - 

   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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