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 Dec.2011 from-- Nov.2011 from--
schedule
(1) Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
2011 2011 2011 2011 Dec. Oct. Nov. Nov. Sep. Oct.
2010 2011 2011 2010 2011 2011
U.S. city average........................... M 223.688 223.043 222.813 222.166 3.2 -0.4 -0.3 3.8 -0.4 -0.1
Region and area size(2)
Northeast urban............................. M 241.838 241.549 241.167 240.431 3.2 -0.5 -0.3 3.5 -0.3 -0.2
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 241.752 241.355 240.912 240.148 3.0 -0.5 -0.3 3.4 -0.3 -0.2
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 147.039 146.999 146.843 146.432 3.4 -0.4 -0.3 3.8 -0.1 -0.1
Midwest urban............................... M 213.626 212.038 211.969 211.459 3.1 -0.3 -0.2 3.7 -0.8 0.0
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 213.070 211.604 211.505 210.962 3.0 -0.3 -0.3 3.6 -0.7 0.0
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 140.363 139.157 139.048 138.741 3.2 -0.3 -0.2 3.7 -0.9 -0.1
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000)............................... M 212.520 211.193 211.533 211.040 3.4 -0.1 -0.2 3.7 -0.5 0.2
South urban................................. M 218.787 218.109 218.030 217.463 3.6 -0.3 -0.3 4.1 -0.3 0.0
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 220.130 219.075 219.215 218.603 3.3 -0.2 -0.3 3.8 -0.4 0.1
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 140.229 139.879 139.721 139.299 3.6 -0.4 -0.3 4.3 -0.4 -0.1
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000)............................... M 225.478 225.364 225.404 225.422 4.1 0.0 0.0 4.4 0.0 0.0
West urban.................................. M 224.237 224.268 223.785 222.968 2.8 -0.6 -0.4 3.5 -0.2 -0.2
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 226.764 226.759 226.250 225.267 2.7 -0.7 -0.4 3.4 -0.2 -0.2
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 138.770 138.884 138.587 138.157 2.9 -0.5 -0.3 3.6 -0.1 -0.2
Size classes
A (4)..................................... M 206.484 205.846 205.627 204.954 3.0 -0.4 -0.3 3.5 -0.4 -0.1
B/C (3)................................... M 140.883 140.505 140.330 139.931 3.4 -0.4 -0.3 4.0 -0.4 -0.1
D......................................... M 219.494 218.914 218.973 218.780 3.7 -0.1 -0.1 4.0 -0.2 0.0
Selected local areas(5)
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI.............. M 215.005 214.145 213.704 212.597 2.5 -0.7 -0.5 3.4 -0.6 -0.2
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA..... M 226.096 226.116 225.786 224.444 2.2 -0.7 -0.6 3.2 -0.1 -0.1
New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA............................. M 246.877 246.297 245.546 244.586 3.0 -0.7 -0.4 3.3 -0.5 -0.3
Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT......... 1 246.424 - 246.349 - - - - 3.1 0.0 -
Cleveland-Akron, OH......................... 1 204.981 - 202.824 - - - - 2.7 -1.1 -
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX....................... 1 214.567 - 214.581 - - - - 4.7 0.0 -
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)....... 1 148.352 - 148.038 - - - - 3.6 -0.2 -
Atlanta, GA................................. 2 - 208.362 - 207.654 3.1 -0.3 - - - -
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI................. 2 - 209.427 - 210.199 3.9 0.4 - - - -
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX.............. 2 - 200.464 - 199.480 3.4 -0.5 - - - -
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL................... 2 - 230.728 - 230.394 3.5 -0.1 - - - -
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD............................. 2 - 236.478 - 235.194 3.1 -0.5 - - - -
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA.......... 2 - 232.371 - 231.109 3.1 -0.5 - - - -
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA................ 2 - 232.697 - 231.297 3.8 -0.6 - - - -
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.
