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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