Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card

Monthly and Bimonthly Indexes

Consumer Price Indexes for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city averages and selected areas, (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Item U.S. city
average		 Philadelphia-
Wilmington-
Atlantic City		 Washington-
Baltimore (1)		 Northeast
region		 South
region
Jun
2008		 Percent change from
Jun
2007		 Jun
2008		 Percent change from
Jun
2007		 Jun
2008		 Percent change from
Jun
2007		 Jun
2008		 Percent change from
Jun
2007		 Jun
2008		 Percent change from
Jun
2007

All items (2)

218.815 5.0 228.408 5.1     232.649 5.0 212.324 5.3

All items (1967 = 100) (3)

655.474  

659.857  

   

366.350  

344.419  

Food and beverages (2)

213.383 5.2 202.475 3.2     217.241 4.7 210.802 5.5

Food (2)

213.243 5.3 202.398 3.4     216.856 4.8 211.510 5.8

Food at home

 213.171 6.1 213.771 3.2 134.742 5.1 216.993 5.1 209.559 6.7

Food away from home (4)

215.015 4.4 182.530 3.7     219.696 4.3 217.307 4.7

Alcoholic beverages (4)

213.912 3.1 200.829 1.0     221.211 4.3 199.870 1.9

Housing (2)

217.941 3.5 234.992 3.4     245.344 3.9 201.949 3.8

Shelter

 247.083 2.5 275.900 2.2 153.782 4.1 286.537 2.1 220.959 2.9

Rent of primary residence (2) (7)

242.640 3.7 253.974 2.4 161.189 4.3 273.571 3.7 218.694 4.0

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (5) (7)

252.170 2.6 280.723 2.3 151.087 3.2 293.568 2.1 222.345 3.0

Fuels and utilities

 231.412 12.2 231.108 10.7     246.288 17.9 228.679 11.2

Household energy

 213.762 13.7 216.432 11.9 204.308 12.8 235.551 19.5 203.418 12.5

Gas (piped) and electricity (7)

213.375 10.0 223.100 6.2 195.937 11.0 220.771 7.9 202.869 11.2

Electricity (7)

194.434 5.6 208.624 3.2 186.674 6.7 197.985 3.1 187.428 7.9

Utility (piped) gas service (7)

271.234 21.5 254.713 13.2 205.220 28.3 262.683 17.3 287.667 27.7

Household furnishings and operations

 127.625 0.2 125.377 2.3     129.114 -0.4 127.116 0.7

Apparel (2)

117.019 -0.2 101.322 6.1     114.157 -2.0 129.881 -0.8

Transportation (2)

211.787 12.0 213.763 13.4     208.424 11.7 211.165 12.7

Private transportation

 207.257 11.9 211.690 13.5     202.410 11.8 209.520 12.6

Motor fuel

 347.418 33.3 361.735 34.1 328.851 33.1 336.641 34.0 345.013 34.1

Gasoline

 344.981 32.8 355.086 33.6 328.615 32.7 333.952 33.7 342.058 33.6

Medical care (2)

363.616 4.0 417.316 3.7     386.606 3.8 347.224 4.5

Recreation (6)

112.991 1.3 122.995 4.8     116.074 2.4 113.152 0.8

Education and communication (6)

122.828 3.4 123.576 4.0     125.985 5.0 118.883 2.3

Other goods and services (2)

345.885 3.8 385.145 0.8     367.991 3.8 334.776 4.0

Energy (2)

275.621 24.7 268.707 22.0 252.964 22.8 277.910 26.5 263.408 24.7

Footnotes
(1) For Washington-Baltimore, Dec. 1997=100 unless otherwise noted.
(2) For Washington-Baltimore, Nov. 1996=100.
(3) For the Northeast and the South, Dec. 1977=100.
(4) For Washington-Baltimore, Nov. 1997=100.
(5) For the U.S., Philadelphia, Northeast, and South, Dec. 1982 = 100.
(6) Indexes are on the Dec. 1997=100 base.
(7) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999.

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md., CMSA includes Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania; Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem Counties in New Jersey; New Castle County in Delaware; and Cecil County in Maryland.

Washington-Baltimore, D.C.-Md.-Va.-W.Va., CMSA includes the District of Columbia; Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Frederick, Harford, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's, Queen Anne's, and Washington Counties and Baltimore City in Maryland; Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, King George, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford and Warren Counties, and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park Cities in Virginia; and Berkeley and Jefferson Counties in West Virginia.

Northeast region includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

South region includes the District of Columbia and the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

 

Consumer Price Indexes for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), U.S. city averages and selected areas, (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Item U.S. city average Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City Washington-Baltimore (1) Northeast region South region
Jun
2008		 Percent change from
Jun
2007		 Jun
2008		 Percent change from
Jun
2007		 Jun
2008		 Percent change from
Jun
2007		 Jun
2008		 Percent change from
Jun
2007		 Jun
2008		 Percent change from
Jun
2007

All items (2)

215.223 5.6 228.429 5.5     229.829 5.5 210.469 5.8

All items (1967 = 100) (3)

641.082  

663.511  

   

358.981  

340.878  

Food and beverages (2)

212.700 5.2 205.519 3.2     216.380 4.8 209.705 5.5

Food (2)

212.514 5.3 204.724 3.4     216.097 4.8 210.468 5.8

Food at home

 212.079 6.0 215.597 3.2 133.998 4.6 215.780 5.0 208.152 6.6

Food away from home (4)

214.851 4.5 182.119 3.5     219.762 4.5 216.454 4.7

Alcoholic beverages (4)

213.976 3.0 207.459 0.6     218.639 4.2 197.755 1.5

Housing (2)

213.441 3.8 235.896 3.5     240.966 4.2 200.818 4.0

Shelter

 239.198 2.6 279.255 2.2 153.487 3.7 279.450 2.2 218.917 3.0

Rent of primary residence (2) (7)

241.623 3.6 253.974 2.4 161.188 4.2 271.164 3.6 217.827 4.0

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (5) (7)

228.536 2.6 249.652 2.3 150.560 3.2 258.272 2.1 207.211 3.0

Fuels and utilities

 228.843 12.0 231.958 9.6     241.561 17.2 227.756 11.0

Household energy

 209.843 13.3 214.783 10.5 197.796 11.5 229.884 18.5 200.514 12.3

Gas (piped) and electricity (7)

211.398 10.2 224.735 6.0 193.379 10.4 219.198 8.4 201.181 11.2

Electricity (7)

192.747 5.8 208.623 3.2 182.707 6.6 196.949 3.4 185.754 8.2

Utility (piped) gas service (7)

272.453 22.2 254.708 13.2 213.787 30.3 261.926 18.6 293.149 28.4

Household furnishings and operations

 123.434 0.5 120.071 2.3     123.030 0.2 122.129 1.0

Apparel (2)

116.706 0.3 102.561 8.4     114.398 -0.7 129.616 -0.8

Transportation (2)

213.633 12.9 224.579 14.7     214.760 13.4 211.095 13.5

Private transportation

 210.423 12.9 223.738 14.9     210.472 13.6 209.615 13.5

Motor fuel

 348.762 33.3 361.711 34.1 328.388 33.1 336.318 34.0 345.163 34.2

Gasoline

 346.459 32.8 355.085 33.6 328.207 32.7 333.774 33.7 342.314 33.7

Medical care (2)

363.628 4.1 405.495 3.5     383.238 4.0 349.908 4.8

Recreation (6)

109.905 1.1 121.317 5.2     115.826 3.1 109.856 0.5

Education and communication (6)

119.264 3.0 118.697 3.7     120.770 4.3 115.276 2.1

Other goods and services (2)

358.419 4.2 390.634 0.6     396.170 4.7 344.526 4.3

Energy (2)

277.597 25.1 267.144 21.8 250.941 22.0 277.302 26.7 265.499 25.2

Footnotes
(1) For Washington-Baltimore, Dec. 1997=100 unless otherwise noted.
(2) For Washington-Baltimore, Nov. 1996=100.
(3) For the Northeast and the South, Dec. 1977=100.
(4) For Washington-Baltimore, Nov. 1997=100.
(5) For the U.S., Philadelphia, Northeast, and South, Dec. 1984 = 100.
(6) Indexes are on the Dec. 1997=100 base.
(7) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999.

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md., CMSA includes Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania; Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem Counties in New Jersey; New Castle County in Delaware; and Cecil County in Maryland.

Washington-Baltimore, D.C.-Md.-Va.-W.Va., CMSA includes the District of Columbia; Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Frederick, Harford, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's, Queen Anne's, and Washington Counties and Baltimore City in Maryland; Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, King George, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford and Warren Counties, and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park Cities in Virginia; and Berkeley and Jefferson Counties in West Virginia.

Northeast region includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

South region includes the District of Columbia and the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

 

Consumer Price Indexes and percent changes for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), all items, U.S. city averages and selected areas, (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Area Index Percent change to
Jun 2008 from --
May
2008		 Jun
2008		 Jun
2007		 Apr
2008		 May
2008

U.S. city average

 216.632 218.815 5.0 1.9 1.0


 

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, Ill.-Ind.-Wis.

 214.932 215.738 4.7 1.4 0.4

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, Calif.

 226.651 229.033 5.4 2.0 1.1

New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Conn.-Pa.

 236.151 238.580 4.5 2.0 1.0


 

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, Mass.-N.H.-Maine-Conn.

 235.344        

Cleveland-Akron, Ohio

 204.882        

Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas

 202.357        

Washington-Baltimore, D.C.-Md.-Va.-W.Va. (1)

139.649        


 

Atlanta, Ga.

   212.032 4.9 2.7  

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Mich.

   207.593 3.0 1.1  

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Texas

   193.567 4.9 2.5  

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

   225.079 5.8 1.7  

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md.

   228.408 5.1 2.1  

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Calif.

   225.181 4.2 1.4  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, Wash.

   228.068 5.8 2.2  

Footnotes
(1) Indexes on a Nov. 1996=100 base.

 

Consumer Price Indexes and percent changes for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), all items, U.S. city averages and selected areas, (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Area Index Percent change to
Jun 2008 from --
May
2008		 Jun
2008		 Jun
2007		 Apr
2008		 May
2008

U.S. city average

 212.788 215.223 5.6 2.1 1.1


 

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, Ill.-Ind.-Wis.

 208.403 209.021 4.9 1.5 0.3

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, Calif.

 219.702 222.435 6.1 2.1 1.2

New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Conn.-Pa.

 230.923 233.776 5.2 2.4 1.2


 

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, Mass.-N.H.-Maine-Conn.

 235.419        

Cleveland-Akron, Ohio

 195.898        

Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas

 206.258        

Washington-Baltimore, D.C.-Md.-Va.-W.Va. (1)

139.332        


 

Atlanta, Ga.

   212.013 5.5 3.0  

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Mich.

   203.524 3.5 1.2  

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Texas

   193.742 5.7 2.8  

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

   223.849 6.1 2.0  

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md.

   228.429 5.5 2.3  

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Calif.

   221.454 4.7 1.6  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, Wash.

   223.573 6.2 2.3  

Footnotes
(1) Indexes on a Nov. 1996=100 base.

 

Semiannual Indexes

Consumer Price Indexes for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), semiannual averages for the United States and Pittsburgh, (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Item U.S. city
average		 Pittsburgh
1st half 2008 Percent
change from
1st half 2007		 1st half 2008 Percent
change from
1st half 2007

All items (1)

214.429 4.2 209.486 4.9

All items (1967 = 100) (2)

642.333  

639.240  

Food and beverages (1)

210.832 4.8 206.680 4.6

Food (1)

210.595 4.9 205.966 4.7

Food at home

 210.067 5.6 205.449 5.5

Food away from home (3)

212.925 4.1 208.347 3.7

Alcoholic beverages (3)

212.637 3.5 214.999 4.4

Housing (1)

214.717 3.1 211.083 3.0

Shelter

 245.635 2.8 227.147 1.0

Rent of primary residence (1) (6)

241.161 3.7 198.518 1.4

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (4) (6)

251.120 2.6 221.265 0.9

Fuels and utilities

 214.068 8.2 251.053 12.6

Household energy

 194.981 8.8 245.484 15.3

Gas (piped) and electricity (6)

195.452 6.0 236.899 12.0

Electricity (6)

179.996 4.5 166.856 9.5

Utility (piped) gas service (6)

242.379 9.9 315.550 13.8

Household furnishings and operations

 127.208 -0.1 144.620 1.9

Apparel (1)

119.067 -0.7 139.804 -1.7

Transportation (1)

198.701 9.0 175.649 11.4

Private transportation

 194.597 9.0 176.712 11.9

Motor fuel

 293.723 27.8 299.739 31.1

Gasoline

 291.726 27.5 299.367 30.7

Medical care (1)

362.635 4.4 357.781 7.0

Recreation (5)

112.672 1.2 111.235 4.6

Education and communication (5)

122.101 3.2 129.043 4.8

Other goods and services (1)

342.512 3.3 342.311 2.9

Energy (1)

240.367 19.0 276.958 23.0

Footnotes
(1) For Washington-Baltimore, Nov. 1996=100.
(2) For the Northeast and the South, Dec. 1977=100.
(3) For Washington-Baltimore, Nov. 1997=100.
(4) For the U.S., Philadelphia, Northeast, and South, Dec. 1982 = 100.
(5) Indexes are on the Dec. 1997=100 base.
(6) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999.

Pittsburgh, Pa. MSA includes Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington, and Westmoreland Counties.

 

Consumer Price Indexes for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), semiannual averages for the United States and Pittsburgh, (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Item U.S. city
Average		 Pittsburgh
1st half 2008 Percent
change from
1st half 2007		 1st half 2008 Percent
change from
1st half 2007

All items (1)

210.309 4.6 202.892 5.5

All items (1967 = 100) (2)

626.446  

603.433  

Food and beverages (1)

210.059 4.9 207.568 5.0

Food (1)

209.775 4.9 205.766 4.9

Food at home

 208.945 5.6 205.238 5.5

Food away from home (3)

212.642 4.1 208.882 4.1

Alcoholic beverages (3)

212.804 3.5 221.187 4.9

Housing (1)

210.024 3.3 193.151 3.4

Shelter

 237.914 2.8 197.886 1.0

Rent of primary residence (1) (6)

240.209 3.7 198.518 1.4

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (4) (6)

227.614 2.6 205.583 0.9

Fuels and utilities

 211.709 7.9 255.431 13.8

Household energy

 191.536 8.4 249.606 16.2

Gas (piped) and electricity (6)

193.478 5.9 237.962 11.9

Electricity (6)

178.183 4.4 166.856 9.5

Utility (piped) gas service (6)

243.149 10.2 315.552 13.8

Household furnishings and operations

 122.980 0.1 133.314 1.1

Apparel (1)

118.921 -0.3 142.991 -0.8

Transportation (1)

199.536 9.8 187.494 12.7

Private transportation

 196.573 9.8 190.137 13.1

Motor fuel

 294.964 27.9 299.685 31.1

Gasoline

 293.085 27.7 299.361 30.7

Medical care (1)

362.759 4.5 344.901 7.1

Recreation (5)

109.610 0.9 108.396 4.2

Education and communication (5)

118.466 2.8 123.818 4.7

Other goods and services (1)

354.298 3.7 374.264 3.0

Energy (1)

241.616 19.4 275.541 24.1

Footnotes
(1) For Washington-Baltimore, Nov. 1996=100.
(2) For the Northeast and the South, Dec. 1977=100.
(3) For Washington-Baltimore, Nov. 1997=100.
(4) For the U.S., Philadelphia, Northeast, and South, Dec. 1984 = 100.
(5) Indexes are on the Dec. 1997=100 base.
(6) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999.

Pittsburgh, Pa. MSA includes Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington, and Westmoreland Counties.

 

Consumer Price Indexes and percent changes for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), all items, U.S. city averages and selected areas, (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Area Index Percent change from
1st half 2008 1st half 2007 2nd half 2007

U.S. city average

 214.429 4.2 2.6


 

Anchorage, Alaska

 187.659 4.6 2.5

Atlanta, Ga.

 206.746 4.4 2.4

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, Mass.-N.H.-Maine-Conn.

      

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, Ill.-Ind.-Wis.

 212.193 4.5 2.7

Cincinnati-Hamilton, Ohio-Ky.-Ind.

      


 

Cleveland-Akron, Ohio

      

Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas

      

Denver-Boulder-Greeley, Colo.

      

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Mich.

 204.466 2.4 1.9

Honolulu, Hawaii

      


 

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Texas

 189.369 3.6 2.5

Kansas City, Mo.-Kans.

 200.868 4.0 2.6

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, Calif.

 224.377 3.8 2.7

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

 221.180 5.3 3.0

Milwaukee-Racine, Wis.

      


 

Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.-Wis.

      

New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Conn.-Pa.

 233.761 3.8 2.2

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md.

 223.536 4.1 2.2

Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz. (1)

     

Pittsburgh, Pa.

 209.486 4.9 3.0


 

Portland-Salem, Ore.-Wash.

      

St. Louis, Mo.-Ill.

 198.278 3.2 2.0

San Diego, Calif.

      

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Calif.

 221.730 3.3 2.0

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, Wash.

 223.569 4.6 2.8


 

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla. (2)

     

Washington-Baltimore, D.C.-Md.-Va.-W.Va. (3)

     

Footnotes
(1) Indexes on a Dec. 2001=100 base.
(2) Indexes on a 1987=100 base.
(3) Indexes on a Nov. 1996=100 base.

 

Consumer Price Indexes and percent changes for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), all items, U.S. city averages and selected areas, (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
Area Index Percent change from
1st half 2008 1st half 2007 2nd half 2007

U.S. city average

 210.309 4.6 2.9


 

Anchorage, Alaska

 187.396 4.6 2.4

Atlanta, Ga.

 206.260 4.8 2.7

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, Mass.-N.H.-Maine-Conn.

      

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, Ill.-Ind.-Wis.

 205.346 4.7 2.9

Cincinnati-Hamilton, Ohio-Ky.-Ind.

      


 

Cleveland-Akron, Ohio

      

Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas

      

Denver-Boulder-Greeley, Colo.

      

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Mich.

 200.103 2.9 2.2

Honolulu, Hawaii

      


 

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Texas

 188.635 4.0 2.8

Kansas City, Mo.-Kans.

 192.430 4.3 2.9

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, Calif.

 217.433 4.3 3.1

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

 219.399 5.5 3.0

Milwaukee-Racine, Wis.

      


 

Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.-Wis.

      

New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Conn.-Pa.

 228.284 4.2 2.5

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md.

 223.341 4.2 2.5

Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz. (1)

     

Pittsburgh, Pa.

 202.892 5.5 3.4


 

Portland-Salem, Ore.-Wash.

      

St. Louis, Mo.-Ill.

 197.848 3.6 2.3

San Diego, Calif.

      

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Calif.

 217.487 3.6 2.2

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, Wash.

 218.664 4.9 3.1


 

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla. (2)

     

Washington-Baltimore, D.C.-Md.-Va.-W.Va. (3)

     

Footnotes
(1) Indexes on a Dec. 2001=100 base.
(2) Indexes on a 1987=100 base.
(3) Indexes on a Nov. 1996=100 base.