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Western Consumer Price Index Card

Monthly and Bimonthly Indexes

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Area

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U.S. City Average

310.326 312.332 313.548 314.069 3.3 0.6 0.2 3.4 1.0 0.4

West region(1)

329.339 332.202 334.050 334.292 3.3 0.6 0.1 3.7 1.4 0.6

West - Size Class A (over 2.5 million)

339.135 341.299 343.531 344.314 3.5 0.9 0.2 3.7 1.3 0.7

West - Size Class B/C (2.5 million or less)(2)

191.874 194.047 194.913 194.709 3.1 0.3 -0.1 3.7 1.6 0.4

Mountain(3)

130.059 131.176 131.800 131.827 2.5 0.5 0.0 2.7 1.3 0.5

Pacific(3)

127.230 128.341 129.096 129.216 3.7 0.7 0.1 4.1 1.5 0.6

Metropolitan areas published monthly

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

328.232 330.671 332.572 332.956 3.9 0.7 0.1 3.9 1.3 0.6

Metropolitan areas published in January, March, May, July, September, and November

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

181.010   184.462         2.6 1.9  

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

345.151   351.247         3.8 1.8  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

349.288   353.503         4.4 1.2  

Urban Alaska

261.340   267.046         3.2 2.2  

Metropolitan areas published in February, April, June, August, October, and December

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(3)

  133.144   133.943 4.0 0.6        

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

  370.858   372.858 3.2 0.5        

Urban Hawaii

  338.060   340.521 5.2 0.7        

Footnotes
(1) The West region includes the Mountain and Pacific divisions.
The Mountain division includes Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.
The Pacific division includes Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.
(2) December 1996=100.
(3) December 2017=100.
(4) December 2001=100.

Source: Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households.

 

Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all items index, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Area

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U.S. City Average

304.284 306.502 307.811 308.163 3.3 0.5 0.1 3.4 1.2 0.4

West region(1)

320.965 324.323 326.135 326.110 3.4 0.6 0.0 3.9 1.6 0.6

West - Size Class A (over 2.5 million)

327.424 329.897 332.012 332.491 3.5 0.8 0.1 3.8 1.4 0.6

West - Size Class B/C (2.5 million or less)(2)

193.309 195.880 196.818 196.511 3.3 0.3 -0.2 4.0 1.8 0.5

Mountain(3)

131.423 132.864 133.419 133.258 2.5 0.3 -0.1 2.8 1.5 0.4

Pacific(3)

128.000 129.315 130.106 130.151 3.7 0.6 0.0 4.3 1.6 0.6

Metropolitan areas published monthly

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

315.625 318.280 320.458 320.582 3.7 0.7 0.0 3.9 1.5 0.7

Metropolitan areas published in January, March, May, July, September, and November

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

180.826   184.141         2.4 1.8  

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

341.595   346.671         4.0 1.5  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

342.387   347.039         4.5 1.4  

Urban Alaska

259.326   263.875         2.9 1.8  

Metropolitan areas published in February, April, June, August, October, and December

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(3)

  134.144   134.967 4.4 0.6        

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

  351.778   354.216 3.4 0.7        

Urban Hawaii

  337.685   339.564 5.0 0.6        

Footnotes
(1) The West region includes the Mountain and Pacific divisions.
The Mountain division includes Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.
The Pacific division includes Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.
(2) December 1996=100.
(3) December 2017=100.
(4) December 2001=100.

Source: Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households.