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<br />Table 6. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all items index
<br />(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
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<br /> All items
<br /> CPI-W Indexes Percent change to Percent change to
<br /> Pricing 0 Apr.2004 from- Mar.2004 from-
<br /> schedule
<br /> 1 Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. Apr. Feb, Mar. Mar. Jan. Feb.
<br /> 2004 2004 2004 2004 2003 2004 2004 2003 2004 2004
<br /> U,S. city average ............................................ M 180,9 181.9 182.9 183,5 2,1 0,9 0.3 1.4 1.1 0.5
<br /> Region and area size2
<br /> Northeast urban ..........,................................... M 192,6 193.6 195.1 195.7 3.3 1..1 .3 2.8 1.3 ,8
<br />Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 193.3 194.3 195.9 196,3 3.4 :1.0 .2 3.1 1.3 .8
<br />Size BIC - 50.000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 116.1 116.7 117.5 118,1 3,1 1.2 .5 2.0 1.2 .7
<br /> Midwest urban ................................................ M .174.5 175.3 175.8 176,3 1,8 ..6 .3 1,0 .7 .3
<br />. Size A - More than 1,500,000 .............,....... M 176,2 176.9 177.2 177.9 2.1 .6 .4 1,0 ,6 .2
<br />Size BIC - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ..,............. M 113.3 113.8 114.2 114.6 1.8 . ,7 .4 1.0 .8 .4
<br /> Size U - Nonmetropolitan (less than
<br /> 50,000) ,....,...........,..............,.............. M 169,4 170,6 171.4 171,2 1.1 .4 -.1 .5 1.2 .5
<br /> South urban ..........,......................................... M. 175,0 175.8. 176.7 177,6 1,7 1,0 .5 1,0 1.0 .5
<br /> Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M. 177.1 178.0 178.9 179.7 1,9. 1,0 .4 1.4 1,0 ,5
<br /> Size BIC - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 """""""" M 112.3 112.7 113.4 114.0 1.5 1.2 .5 .8 1.0 .6
<br /> Size 0 - Nonmetropolitan (less than
<br /> 50,000) ...................."....,....,....,.......... M 174.6 176,0 176,9 177,8 1.4 1.0 .5 ,7 1.3 .5
<br /> West urban ...,..........."..........."..,..,....,...,......., M 184.3 185.7 187,1 187,3 1.7 .9 .1 1.3 1.5 .8
<br /> Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 185.0 186.5 187,9 188.2 1,5 .9 .2 1.1 1.6 .8
<br /> Size BIC - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3.......,........ M 115.4 116.4 117.2 117.2 2.2 .7 .0 1.8 1.6 .7
<br /> Size classes
<br /> A4 ""'..,...,...,.",.......,...........,.,.....,..,....,...... M 167.6 168.6 169,6 170.0 2.2 .8 .2 1.7 1.2 .6
<br /> BIC 3.................",...,....,......",..........,......,... M 113.6 114,2 114.9 115.3 1.9 1.0 .3 1.2 1,1 ',6
<br /> 0....................................,.......,.................... M 174.8 175,8 176.7 177.2 1.3 .8 .3 .6 1.1 .5
<br /> Selected local areas5 .'.-" ,'"
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<br /> Chicago-G~rY-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ..........,........ M 179.0 179.9 179,7 180.6 1,8 .4 .5 .4 .4 -.1
<br /> Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA... M 181.7 183.4 184.9 185.2 2.4 1.0 .2 1.8 1.8 .8
<br /> New York-Northern N.J,-Long Island,
<br /> NY-NJ-CT-PA ........................................, M 194.9 196.3 198.2 198.5 3.5 1.1 .2 3.2 1.7 1.0
<br /> Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ..... 206,8 207.4 2.5 .3
<br /> Cleveland-Akron, OH """""""".'.""""""""'" 169.8 171.0 2.3 .7
<br /> Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ,......,.....,...........,........... 175.7 177.6 .6 1.1
<br /> Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 .."" 116,5 117.6 1.8 .9
<br /> Atlanta, GA ",.""-""""""""""""""""""""",, 2 178.7 180.0 .4 .7
<br /> Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI ............,................. 2 178,1 179.3 1.6 .7
<br /> Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ............,....... 2 165.7 166.8 3.7 .7
<br /> Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL """""""""""""'" 2 180.8 182.6 2.4 1.0
<br /> Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
<br /> PA-NJ-DE-MD ""'.""""""""""""""""" 2 191.2 194.0 4.1 1,5
<br /> San Francisco-Oakiand-San Jose, CA ........... 2 194.1 194.7 .6 .3
<br /> Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ..................,. 2 187.8 189.1 1.1 .7
<br /> 1 Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all areas; Tampa-SkPetersburg-Clearwater, FL.
<br /> most other goods and services priced as indicated: 6 Indèxes 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, AZ; 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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