Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
All items
Indexes Percent change to Percent change to
CPI-U 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 210.036 211.080 211.693 213.528 4.0 1.2 0.9 4.0 0.8 0.3
Region and area size(2)
Northeast urban............................. M 223.425 224.325 225.213 226.926 3.9 1.2 0.8 4.0 0.8 0.4
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 225.688 226.310 227.411 229.087 3.7 1.2 0.7 3.7 0.8 0.5
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 132.323 133.301 133.511 134.611 4.6 1.0 0.8 4.7 0.9 0.2
Midwest urban............................... M 200.227 201.427 201.896 203.723 3.7 1.1 0.9 3.8 0.8 0.2
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 201.519 202.830 203.347 205.141 3.4 1.1 0.9 3.5 0.9 0.3
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 128.040 128.753 128.922 130.121 4.0 1.1 0.9 4.1 0.7 0.1
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000)............................... M 195.819 196.708 197.596 199.472 4.8 1.4 0.9 5.0 0.9 0.5
South urban................................. M 203.457 204.510 205.060 206.676 4.4 1.1 0.8 4.6 0.8 0.3
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 206.078 207.221 207.605 209.065 4.3 0.9 0.7 4.6 0.7 0.2
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 129.368 129.937 130.351 131.442 4.5 1.2 0.8 4.7 0.8 0.3
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000)............................... M 202.878 204.524 205.189 206.933 4.4 1.2 0.8 4.7 1.1 0.3
West urban.................................. M 214.733 215.739 216.339 218.533 3.7 1.3 1.0 3.5 0.7 0.3
Size A - More than 1,500,000.............. M 218.020 219.036 219.799 221.997 3.5 1.4 1.0 3.4 0.8 0.3
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 130.481 131.328 131.538 132.896 3.9 1.2 1.0 3.7 0.8 0.2
Size classes
A (4)..................................... M 192.140 193.045 193.685 195.314 3.7 1.2 0.8 3.8 0.8 0.3
B/C (3)................................... M 129.718 130.431 130.728 131.892 4.3 1.1 0.9 4.4 0.8 0.2
D......................................... M 202.333 203.200 203.803 205.730 4.4 1.2 0.9 4.5 0.7 0.3
Selected local areas(5)
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI.............. M 207.155 208.757 209.526 211.542 4.5 1.3 1.0 4.4 1.1 0.4
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA..... M 219.373 220.918 221.431 223.606 3.3 1.2 1.0 3.1 0.9 0.2
New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA............................. M 229.395 229.869 231.020 233.122 3.8 1.4 0.9 3.6 0.7 0.5
Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT......... 1 - 231.980 - 233.084 2.9 0.5 - - - -
Cleveland-Akron, OH......................... 1 - 199.686 - 202.500 4.3 1.4 - - - -
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX....................... 1 - 197.079 - 198.596 4.4 0.8 - - - -
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)....... 1 - 136.293 - 138.090 4.7 1.3 - - - -
Atlanta, GA................................. 2 202.751 - 204.166 - - - - 4.8 0.7 -
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI................. 2 200.201 - 202.378 - - - - 2.2 1.1 -
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX.............. 2 186.246 - 187.585 - - - - 3.5 0.7 -
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL................... 2 217.319 - 219.082 - - - - 5.3 0.8 -
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD............................. 2 219.025 - 220.935 - - - - 3.7 0.9 -
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA.......... 2 218.485 - 219.612 - - - - 2.8 0.5 -
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA................ 2 218.966 - 221.728 - - - - 4.7 1.3 -
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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