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 May 2009 from-- Apr. 2009 from--
schedule
(1) Feb. Mar. Apr. May
2009 2009 2009 2009 May Mar. Apr. Apr. Feb. Mar.
2008 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009
U.S. city average........................... M 206.708 207.218 207.925 208.774 -1.9 0.8 0.4 -1.3 0.6 0.3
Region and area size(2)
Northeast urban............................. M 222.945 223.626 224.252 224.748 -1.0 0.5 0.2 -0.2 0.6 0.3
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 224.084 224.597 225.214 225.657 -0.8 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.3
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 133.908 134.558 134.951 135.329 -1.7 0.6 0.3 -0.9 0.8 0.3
Midwest urban............................... M 195.813 196.453 196.933 197.971 -2.4 0.8 0.5 -1.9 0.6 0.2
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 196.147 196.855 197.192 198.271 -2.3 0.7 0.5 -1.9 0.5 0.2
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 128.167 128.468 128.968 129.524 -2.5 0.8 0.4 -1.8 0.6 0.4
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000)............................... M 193.527 194.393 194.651 196.047 -2.7 0.9 0.7 -2.3 0.6 0.1
South urban................................. M 201.150 201.737 202.619 203.500 -2.1 0.9 0.4 -1.5 0.7 0.4
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 204.501 205.066 205.733 206.271 -2.1 0.6 0.3 -1.3 0.6 0.3
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 128.276 128.686 129.309 129.885 -2.2 0.9 0.4 -1.6 0.8 0.5
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000)............................... M 205.337 205.744 206.921 208.989 -1.7 1.6 1.0 -1.3 0.8 0.6
West urban.................................. M 210.492 210.661 211.386 212.263 -1.7 0.8 0.4 -1.4 0.4 0.3
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 212.890 212.965 213.646 214.734 -1.6 0.8 0.5 -1.1 0.4 0.3
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 130.649 130.674 131.103 131.389 -2.0 0.5 0.2 -1.8 0.3 0.3
Size classes
A (4)..................................... M 191.927 192.327 192.861 193.597 -1.6 0.7 0.4 -1.0 0.5 0.3
B/C (3)................................... M 129.488 129.833 130.361 130.847 -2.2 0.8 0.4 -1.6 0.7 0.4
D......................................... M 200.681 201.485 202.351 203.883 -2.1 1.2 0.8 -1.7 0.8 0.4
Selected local areas(5)
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI.............. M 199.944 200.218 200.607 202.464 -2.8 1.1 0.9 -2.6 0.3 0.2
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA..... M 213.234 213.013 213.405 214.446 -2.4 0.7 0.5 -2.1 0.1 0.2
New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA............................. M 228.653 229.064 229.639 230.307 -0.3 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.3
Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT......... 1 - 231.884 - 231.420 -1.7 -0.2 - - - -
Cleveland-Akron, OH......................... 1 - 190.107 - 191.297 -2.3 0.6 - - - -
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX....................... 1 - 200.770 - 200.955 -2.6 0.1 - - - -
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)....... 1 - 137.539 - 138.510 -0.6 0.7 - - - -
Atlanta, GA................................. 2 197.528 - 197.676 - - - - -3.9 0.1 -
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI................. 2 196.191 - 197.239 - - - - -1.9 0.5 -
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX.............. 2 185.015 - 186.970 - - - - -0.8 1.1 -
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL................... 2 217.635 - 217.900 - - - - -0.7 0.1 -
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD............................. 2 219.356 - 220.732 - - - - -1.1 0.6 -
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA.......... 2 216.797 - 218.587 - - - - 0.3 0.8 -
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA................ 2 218.752 - 220.208 - - - - 0.8 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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