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                                          Oct. 2009 from--   Sep. 2009 from-- 
                                              schedule                                                                            
                                                 (1)      July      Aug.      Sep.      Oct.                                      
                                                          2009      2009      2009      2009    Oct.  Aug.  Sep.  Sep.  July  Aug.
                                                                                                2008  2009  2009  2008  2009  2009
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                  
 U.S. city average...........................    M      210.526   211.156   211.322   211.549  -0.3   0.2   0.1  -1.7   0.4   0.1 
                                                                                                                                  
           Region and area size(2)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
 Northeast urban.............................    M      226.714   227.598   228.158   228.193   0.2   0.3   0.0  -0.8   0.6   0.2 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      227.550   228.472   229.067   228.720   0.1   0.1  -0.2  -0.7   0.7   0.3 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      136.626   137.109   137.400   137.959   0.3   0.6   0.4  -1.1   0.6   0.2 
                                                                                                                                  
 Midwest urban...............................    M      199.824   200.723   200.658   200.781  -0.2   0.0   0.1  -2.1   0.4   0.0 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      199.611   200.710   200.566   200.730  -0.3   0.0   0.1  -2.2   0.5  -0.1 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      131.096   131.481   131.497   131.420  -0.2   0.0  -0.1  -2.0   0.3   0.0 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                          
       50,000)...............................    M      198.455   199.404   199.416   200.053   0.0   0.3   0.3  -2.3   0.5   0.0 
                                                                                                                                  
 South urban.................................    M      205.415   205.867   205.726   206.121  -0.6   0.1   0.2  -2.3   0.2  -0.1 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      208.492   208.995   208.677   208.577  -1.0  -0.2   0.0  -2.3   0.1  -0.2 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      131.063   131.302   131.284   131.621  -0.3   0.2   0.3  -2.2   0.2   0.0 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                          
       50,000)...............................    M      210.341   211.088   210.922   212.368  -0.6   0.6   0.7  -2.7   0.3  -0.1 
                                                                                                                                  
 West urban..................................    M      213.541   213.988   214.490   214.718  -0.4   0.3   0.1  -1.2   0.4   0.2 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      215.955   216.539   217.000   217.002  -0.3   0.2   0.0  -1.0   0.5   0.2 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      132.314   132.407   132.773   133.244  -0.3   0.6   0.4  -1.6   0.3   0.3 
                                                                                                                                  
                 Size classes                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                  
   A (4).....................................    M      195.096   195.796   195.957   195.895  -0.4   0.1   0.0  -1.5   0.4   0.1 
   B/C (3)...................................    M      132.069   132.341   132.450   132.764  -0.2   0.3   0.2  -1.9   0.3   0.1 
   D.........................................    M      205.504   206.271   206.341   207.120  -0.4   0.4   0.4  -2.1   0.4   0.0 
                                                                                                                                  
           Selected local areas(5)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI..............    M      203.554   204.246   204.278   204.511  -1.1   0.1   0.1  -2.3   0.4   0.0 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA.....    M      216.128   216.628   217.302   217.474  -0.6   0.4   0.1  -1.4   0.5   0.3 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                              
     NY-NJ-CT-PA.............................    M      232.177   232.841   233.502   233.084   0.1   0.1  -0.2  -0.5   0.6   0.3 
                                                                                                                                  
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT.........    1      232.535         -   235.744         -     -     -     -  -1.0   1.4     - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH.........................    1      191.494         -   192.800         -     -     -     -  -2.3   0.7     - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.......................    1      203.075         -   204.298         -     -     -     -  -2.6   0.6     - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6).......    1      140.434         -   140.701         -     -     -     -  -0.7   0.2     - 
                                                                                                                                  
 Atlanta, GA.................................    2            -   202.276         -   199.736  -2.7  -1.3     -     -     -     - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI.................    2            -   200.169         -   200.324  -0.1   0.1     -     -     -     - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX..............    2            -   189.503         -   189.304  -0.7  -0.1     -     -     -     - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL...................    2            -   219.000         -   220.358  -0.8   0.6     -     -     -     - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                           
     PA-NJ-DE-MD.............................    2            -   225.481         -   224.573  -0.2  -0.4     -     -     -     - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA..........    2            -   221.279         -   221.708   0.2   0.2     -     -     -     - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA................    2            -   221.873         -   221.339   0.3  -0.2     -     -     -     - 

   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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