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<br />Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items Index
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<br />(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
<br /> All items
<br /> CPI-U Indexes Percent change to Percent change to
<br /> Pricing Apr.2008 from- Mar.2008 from-
<br /> schedule
<br /> 1 Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. Apr. Feb. Mar. Mar. Jan. Feb.
<br /> 2008 2008 2008 2008 2007 2008 2008 2007 2008 2008
<br />U.S. city average ............................................ M 211.080 211.693 213.528 214.823 3.9 1.5 0.6 4.0 1.2 0.9
<br /> Region and area slze2
<br />Northeast urban .............................................. M 224.325 225.213 226.926 228.133 3.9 1.3 .5 3.9 1.2 .8
<br />Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 226.310 227.411 229.087 230.038 3.6 1.2 .4 3.7 1.2 .7
<br />Size BIC - 50,000 to 1.500,000 3 ................ M 133.301 133.511 134.611 135.739 4.8 1.7 .8 4.6 1.0 .8
<br />* Midwest urban ................................................ M 201.427 201.896 203.723 205.393 @ 1.7 .8 3.7 1.1 .9
<br />Size A - More than 1,500.000 ..................... M 202.830 203.347 205.141 206.590 1.6 .7 3.4 1.1 .9
<br />Size BIC - 50,000 to 1.500,0003 ................ M 128.753 128.922 130.121 131.484 4.6 2.0 1.0 4.0 1.1 .9
<br />Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
<br /> 50.000) ............................................... M 196.708 197.596 199.472 200.841 4.8 1.6 .7 4.8 1.4 .9
<br />South urban .................................................... M 204.510 205.060 206.676 208.085 4.2 1.5 .7 4.4 1.1 .8
<br />Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 207.221 207.605 209.065 209.987 4.0 1.1 .4 4.3 .9 .7
<br />Size BIC - 50,000 to 1,500.0003 ................ M 129.937 130.351 131.442 132.516 4.3 1.7 .8 4.5 1.2 .8
<br />Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
<br /> 50.000) .............. ............ ..................... M 204.524 205.189 206.933 208.746 4.2 1.7 .9 4.4 1.2 .8
<br />West urban ..................................................... M 215.739 216.339 218.533 219.437 3.5 1.4 .4 3.7 1.3 1.0
<br />Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 219.036 219.799 221.997 222.689 3.3 1.3 .3 3.5 1.4 1.0
<br />Size BIC - 50.000 to 1.500,000 3 ................ M 131.328 131.538 132.896 133.694 3.8 1.6 .6 3.9 1.2 1.0
<br /> Size classes
<br />A4.............................................................. M 193.045 193.685 195.314 196.191 3.6 1.3 .4 3.7 1.2 .8
<br />BIC 3........................................................... M 130.431 130.728 131.892 132.974 4.3 1.7 .8 4.3 1.1 .9
<br />D................................................................. M 203.200 203.803 205.730 207.238 4.4 1.7 .7 4.4 1.2 .9
<br /> Selected local areas5
<br />Chicago-Gary-Kenosha. IL-IN-WI ................... M 208.757 209.526 211.542 212.662 4.2 1.5 .5 4.5 1.3 1.0
<br />Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County. CA ... M 220.918 221.431 223.606 224.625 3.1 1.4 .5 3.3 1.2 1.0
<br />New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,
<br /> NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 229.869 231.020 233.122 233.822 3.6 1.2 .3 3.8 1.4 .9
<br />Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ..... 231.980 233.084 2.9 .5
<br />Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 199.686 202.500 4.3 1.4
<br />Dallas-Fort Worth. TX ..................................... 197.079 198.596 4.4 .8
<br />Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 136.293 138.090 4.7 1.3
<br />Atlanta, GA ..................................................... 2 204.166 206.371 3.7 1.1
<br />Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint. MI.............................. 2 202.378 205.281 2.4 1.4
<br />Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 187.585 188.795 2.5 .6
<br />Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. 2 219.082 221.324 4.9 1.0
<br />Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
<br /> PA-NJ-DE-MD ........... ........................ ..... 2 220.935 223.622 3.9 1.2
<br />San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... 2 219.612 222.074 2.9 1.1
<br />Seallle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 221.728 223.196 3.4 .7
<br />1 Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all areas; Tampa-SI. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
<br />most other goods and services priced as indicated: 6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base.
<br /> M - Every month. - Data not available.
<br /> 1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November.
<br /> 2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December. NOTE: Local area indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program.
<br />2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See technical notes. Each local index has a smaller sample size than the national index and is,
<br />3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement
<br />4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. error. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national
<br />5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually Index. although their long-term trends are similar. Therefore, the Bureau of
<br />and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the January and July issues of the CPI Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national
<br />Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; average CPI for use in their escalator clauses.
<br />Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS;
<br />Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-SI. Paul. MN-WI; Phoenix-Mesa, I'IZ.; NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
<br />Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem, OR-WA; SI. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA;
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