Western - Consumer Prices

 

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, all items, in the U.S., West, and selected metropolitan areas
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted) (not seasonally adjusted)
Area

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data		 Annual
average
2011		 Mar
2012		 Apr
2012		 Percent change
Annual
average
2010 to
2011		 12 months
ended
Mar
2012		 Apr
2012

U.S. City Average
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 224.939 229.392 230.085 3.2 2.7 2.3

West region (1)

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 227.485 232.039 232.561 2.8 2.4 2.1

West City Size Class (population)

  

A (over 1.5 million)
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 231.497 236.249 236.631 2.8 2.4 2.1

B/C (50,000-1.5 million) (2)

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 137.748 140.235 140.619 3.0 2.2 1.8
 

Metropolitan areas

  

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA
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 231.928 236.941 236.866 2.7 2.0 1.5

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA (3)

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 233.390   238.985 2.6   2.1

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA (3)

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 232.765   237.931 2.7   2.9

Anchorage, AK (4)

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 201.427     3.2    

Honolulu, HI (4)

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 243.622     3.7    

Phoenix-Mesa, AZ (4) (5)

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 121.483     2.8    

Portland-Salem, OR-WA (4)

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 224.590     2.9    

San Diego, CA (4)

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 252.910     3.0    

Footnotes
(1) The West region includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(2) December 1996=100.
(3) Published in alternate months.
(4) Published only as semi-annual (6-month) average.
(5) 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.
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