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.

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