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(NOTE: This release was reissued on Friday, July 16, 2010, to correct errors in the January-February
2010 data. Corrections have been made to Table 7. There were no changes made to the text of the
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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX – FEBRUARY 2010
On a seasonally adjusted basis, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) was
unchanged in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the
index increased 2.1 percent before seasonal adjustment.
The unchanged all items index was the result of a decline in the energy index being offset by slight
increases in the indexes for food and for all items less food and energy. Within the latter group, declines
in the indexes for apparel and household furnishings and operations were more than offset by continuing
increases in the indexes for medical care and used cars and trucks. The 12-month increase in the index
for all items less food and energy now stands at 1.3 percent, the lowest since February 2004.
The food index also edged up in February. The food at home index rose slightly, the net result of the
major grocery store food group indexes posting a mix of modest increases and decreases. In contrast, the
energy index declined in February. Decreases in the indexes for gasoline, electricity, and fuel oil more
than offset an increase in the index for natural gas.
Chart 1. One-month percent change in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), seasonally adjusted, Feb. 2009 - Feb. 2010
Percent change
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.0
-0.1
0.4
0.4
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.0
-0.1
Feb'09
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb'10
Chart 2. 12-month percent change in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), not seasonally adjusted, Feb. 2009 - Feb. 2010
Percent change
3
2
1
0
-1
-2
-3
Feb'09
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
All item s
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
All item s less food and energy
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Jan
Feb'10
Consumer Price Index Data for February 2010
Food
The food index rose 0.1 percent in February after increasing 0.2 percent in January. The indexes for food
away from home and food at home both rose 0.1 percent. Within the latter group, the index for meats,
poultry, fish, and eggs posted the largest increase among major grocery store food groups, rising 0.4
percent as the indexes for pork and for eggs both rose 2.6 percent. The index for other food at home rose
0.2 percent, and the index for cereals and bakery products was unchanged. The indexes for fruits and
vegetables and for dairy and related products both decreased 0.1 percent in February after rising in
January, and the nonalcoholic beverages index fell 0.4 percent. Over the last 12 months, the food index
declined 0.2 percent, with the index for food away from home rising 1.4 percent but the food at home
index falling 1.5 percent.
Energy
After rising 2.8 percent in January, the energy index declined 0.5 percent in February, the first decrease
since April 2009. The decline was the result of a decrease in the gasoline index, which fell 1.4 percent.
(Before seasonal adjustment, gasoline prices fell 2.8 percent in February.) The index for household
energy rose 0.4 percent in February due to an increase in the index for natural gas, which rose 3.9
percent in February after increasing 3.5 percent in January. This more than offset declines in the fuel oil
index, which fell 2.4 percent, and the electricity index, which fell 0.5 percent, its third consecutive
decrease. Over the last 12 months the energy index has risen 14.4 percent with the gasoline index up
36.8 percent but the index for household energy down 3.0 percent.
All items less food and energy
The index for all items less food and energy, which declined 0.1 percent in January, increased 0.1
percent in February. The medical care index rose in February, increasing 0.5 percent for the second
straight month. The index for medical care services increased 0.4 percent and the medical care
commodities index rose 0.8 percent with the prescription drug index up 0.6 percent. The index for used
cars and trucks continued to rise, increasing 0.7 percent in February, while the index for new vehicles
rose 0.1 percent. The shelter index, which declined in January, was unchanged in February, as both rent
and owners’ equivalent rent were unchanged. The apparel index decreased 0.7 percent, as did the index
for airline fares. The index for household furnishings and operations declined 0.4 percent, and the index
for recreation fell 0.1 percent.
Not seasonally adjusted CPI measures
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 2.1 percent over the last 12
months to an index level of 216.741 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index was unchanged prior to
seasonal adjustment.
The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) increased 2.8
percent over the last 12 months to an index level of 212.544 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index
was unchanged prior to seasonal adjustment.
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The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) increased 2.2 percent over the
last 12 months. For the month, the index was unchanged on a not seasonally adjusted basis. Please note
that the indexes for the post-2008 period are subject to revision.
The Consumer Price Index for March 2010 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, April 14,
2010, at 8:30 a.m. (EDT).
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Brief Explanation of the CPI
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time of goods and
services purchased by households. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes CPIs for two population
groups: (1) the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), which covers households
of wage earners and clerical workers that comprise approximately 32 percent of the total population and
(2) the CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the Chained CPI for All Urban Consumers (C-CPIU), which cover approximately 87 percent of the total population and include in addition to wage
earners and clerical worker households, groups such as professional, managerial, and technical workers,
the self-employed, short-term workers, the unemployed, and retirees and others not in the labor force.
The CPIs are based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, and fuels, transportation fares, charges for
doctors’ and dentists’ services, drugs, and other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day
living. Prices are collected each month in 87 urban areas across the country from about 4,000 housing
units and approximately 25,000 retail establishments-department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling
stations, and other types of stores and service establishments. All taxes directly associated with the
purchase and use of items are included in the index. Prices of fuels and a few other items are obtained
every month in all 87 locations. Prices of most other commodities and services are collected every
month in the three largest geographic areas and every other month in other areas. Prices of most goods
and services are obtained by personal visits or telephone calls of the Bureau’s trained representatives.
In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each location are averaged together with
weights, which represent their importance in the spending of the appropriate population group. Local
data are then combined to obtain a U.S. city average. For the CPI-U and CPI-W separate indexes are
also published by size of city, by region of the country, for cross-classifications of regions and
population-size classes, and for 27 local areas. Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of
prices among cities; they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base period.
For the C-CPI-U data are issued only at the national level. It is important to note that the CPI-U and
CPI-W are considered final when released, but the C-CPI-U is issued in preliminary form and subject to
two annual revisions.
The index measures price change from a designed reference date. For the CPI-U and the CPI-W the
reference base is 1982-84 equals 100.0. The reference base for the C-CPI-U is December 1999 equals
100. An increase of 16.5 percent from the reference base, for example, is shown as 116.5. This change
can also be expressed in dollars as follows: the price of a base period market basket of goods and
services in the CPI has risen from $10 in 1982-84 to $11.65.
For further details visit the CPI home page on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/cpi/ or contact our CPI
Information and Analysis Section on (202) 691-7000.
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Note on Sampling Error in the Consumer Price Index
The CPI is a statistical estimate that is subject to sampling error because it is based upon a sample of
retail prices and not the complete universe of all prices. BLS calculates and publishes estimates of the
1-month, 2-month, 6-month and 12-month percent change standard errors annually, for the CPI-U.
These standard error estimates can be used to construct confidence intervals for hypothesis testing. For
example, the estimated standard error of the 1 month percent change is 0.04 percent for the U.S. All
Items Consumer Price Index. This means that if we repeatedly sample from the universe of all retail
prices using the same methodology, and estimate a percentage change for each sample, then 95% of
these estimates would be within 0.08 percent of the 1 month percentage change based on all retail prices.
For example, for a 1-month change of 0.2 percent in the All Items CPI for All Urban Consumers, we are
95 percent confident that the actual percent change based on all retail prices would fall between 0.12 and
0.28 percent. For the latest data, including information on how to use the estimates of standard error,
see “Variance Estimates for Price Changes in the Consumer Price Index, January-December 2008”.
These data are available on the CPI home page (http://www.bls.gov/cpi), or by using the following link
http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpivar2008.pdf
Calculating Index Changes
Movements of the indexes from one month to another are usually expressed as percent changes rather
than changes in index points, because index point changes are affected by the level of the index in
relation to its base period while percent changes are not. The example below illustrates the computation
of index point and percent changes.
Percent changes for 3-month and 6-month periods are expressed as annual rates and are computed
according to the standard formula for compound growth rates. These data indicate what the percent
change would be if the current rate were maintained for a 12-month period.
Index Point Change
CPI
Less previous index
Equals index point change
202.416
201.800
.616
Percent Change
Index point difference
Divided by the previous index
Equals
Results multiplied by one hundred
Equals percent change
.616
201.800
0.003
0.003x100
0.3
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Regions Defined
The states in the four regions shown in Tables 3 and 6 are listed below.
The Northeast--Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
and Vermont.
The Midwest--Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota,
and Wisconsin.
The South--Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina,
Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
The West--Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah,
Washington, and Wyoming.
A Note on Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Data
Because price data are used for different purposes by different groups, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
publishes seasonally adjusted as well as unadjusted changes each month.
For analyzing general price trends in the economy, seasonally adjusted changes are usually preferred
since they eliminate the effect of changes that normally occur at the same time and in about the same
magnitude every year--such as price movements resulting from changing climatic conditions, production
cycles, model changeovers, holidays, and sales.
The unadjusted data are of primary interest to consumers concerned about the prices they actually pay.
Unadjusted data also are used extensively for escalation purposes. Many collective bargaining contract
agreements and pension plans, for example, tie compensation changes to the Consumer Price Index
before adjustment for seasonal variation.
Seasonal factors used in computing the seasonally adjusted indexes are derived by the X-12-ARIMA
Seasonal Adjustment Method. Seasonally adjusted indexes and seasonal factors are computed annually.
Each year, the last 5 years of seasonally adjusted data are revised. Data from January 2005 through
December 2009 were replaced in January 2010. Exceptions to the usual revision schedule were: the
updated seasonal data at the end of 1977 replaced data from 1967 through 1977; and, in January 2002,
dependently seasonally adjusted series were revised for January 1987-December 2001 as a result of a
change in the aggregation weights for dependently adjusted series. For further information, please see
“Aggregation of Dependently Adjusted Seasonally Adjusted Series,” in the October 2001 issue of the
CPI Detailed Report.
The seasonal movement of all items and 54 other aggregations is derived by combining the seasonal
movement of 73 selected components. Each year the seasonal status of every series is reevaluated based
upon certain statistical criteria. If any of the 73 components change their seasonal adjustment status
from seasonally adjusted to not seasonally adjusted, not seasonally adjusted data will be used in the
aggregation of the dependent series for the last 5 years, but the seasonally adjusted indexes will be used
before that period. Note: 46 of the 73 components are seasonally adjusted for 2010.
Seasonally adjusted data, including the all items index levels, are subject to revision for up to five years
after their original release. For this reason, BLS advises against the use of these data in escalation
agreements.
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Effective with the calculation of the seasonal factors for 1990, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has used an
enhanced seasonal adjustment procedure called Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment for some
CPI series. Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment allows for better estimates of seasonally
adjusted data. Extreme values and/or sharp movements which might distort the seasonal pattern are
estimated and removed from the data prior to calculation of seasonal factors. Beginning with the
calculation of seasonal factors for 1996, X-12-ARIMA software was used for Intervention Analysis
Seasonal Adjustment.
For the seasonal factors introduced in January 2010, BLS adjusted 30 series using Intervention Analysis
Seasonal Adjustment, including selected food and beverage items, motor fuels, electricity and vehicles.
For example, this procedure was used for the Motor fuel series to offset the effects of events such as
damage to oil refineries from Hurricane Katrina.
For a complete list of Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment series and explanations, please refer to
the article “Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment”, located on our website at
http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpisapage.htm.
For additional information on seasonal adjustment in the CPI, please write to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes, Washington, DC 20212 or contact David
Levin at (202) 691-6968, or by e-mail at [email protected] If you have general questions about the
CPI, please call our information staff at (202) 691-7000.
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Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and
service group
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
CPI-U
Relative
importance,
December
2009
Unadjusted
indexes
Jan.
2010
Feb.
2010
Unadjusted
percent change to
Feb. 2010 from—
Feb.
2009
Seasonally adjusted
percent change from—
Jan.
2010
Nov. to
Dec.
Dec. to
Jan.
Jan. to
Feb.
Expenditure category
All items ........................................................................................
All items (1967=100) ....................................................................
100.000
216.687
649.098
216.741
649.259
2.1
0.0
0.2
0.2
0.0
-
-
-
-
-
-
Food and beverages ..................................................................
Food .........................................................................................
Food at home .........................................................................
Cereals and bakery products ...............................................
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..............................................
Dairy and related products 1 ................................................
Fruits and vegetables ...........................................................
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................
Other food at home ..............................................................
Sugar and sweets ..............................................................
Fats and oils .......................................................................
Other foods ........................................................................
Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 .........................................
Food away from home 1 .........................................................
Other food away from home 1 2 ...........................................
Alcoholic beverages .................................................................
14.795
13.738
7.801
1.108
1.745
.820
1.153
.952
2.023
.295
.232
1.496
.439
5.937
.326
1.056
219.223
218.874
215.404
250.725
201.870
198.949
279.119
163.684
190.994
199.777
200.220
204.719
121.564
224.916
157.517
222.401
219.140
218.778
215.118
251.361
202.343
198.800
274.963
162.775
191.572
201.942
200.919
205.008
121.172
225.081
158.569
222.496
-.1
-.2
-1.5
-1.1
-2.7
-2.8
-1.3
-.9
-.4
2.7
-2.2
-.8
-1.1
1.4
2.5
1.3
.0
.0
-.1
.3
.2
-.1
-1.5
-.6
.3
1.1
.3
.1
-.3
.1
.7
.0
.1
.1
.2
.4
-.1
.5
.4
.0
.2
.3
.6
.2
1.0
.1
.0
.0
.2
.2
.4
-.5
.4
2.1
1.3
.2
-.3
-.3
.2
-.3
-.7
.1
.3
-.1
.0
.1
.1
.0
.4
-.1
-.1
-.4
.2
1.4
-.1
.0
-.3
.1
.7
-.2
Housing ......................................................................................
Shelter ......................................................................................
Rent of primary residence 3 ...................................................
Lodging away from home 2 ....................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of residences 3 4 ..............................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ................
Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ...................................
Fuels and utilities .....................................................................
Household energy ..................................................................
Fuel oil and other fuels 1 ......................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity 3 .................................................
Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ...................
Household furnishings and operations .....................................
Household operations 1 2 .......................................................
41.960
32.289
5.966
.769
25.206
23.593
.347
5.081
4.028
.276
3.752
1.052
4.590
.781
215.925
247.950
249.144
125.778
256.591
256.589
124.360
211.381
187.330
280.850
190.439
166.857
127.209
149.510
215.841
248.001
249.017
128.991
256.483
256.479
124.439
210.819
186.345
277.284
189.549
168.078
126.945
149.707
-.6
-.4
.3
-5.0
.3
.3
3.1
-1.3
-3.0
14.5
-4.2
6.6
-1.7
-.3
.0
.0
-.1
2.6
.0
.0
.1
-.3
-.5
-1.3
-.5
.7
-.2
.1
.0
.0
.0
.1
.0
.0
1.3
-.1
-.2
.9
-.3
.4
.0
.0
-.3
-.5
.0
-2.1
-.1
-.1
.4
.5
.5
6.9
.0
.8
-.1
-.4
.0
.0
.0
.1
.0
.0
.1
.5
.4
-1.3
.5
.7
-.4
.1
Apparel .......................................................................................
Men’s and boys’ apparel ..........................................................
Women’s and girls’ apparel ......................................................
Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ...................................................
Footwear ..................................................................................
3.695
.903
1.580
.196
.721
116.678
109.762
103.353
113.248
127.205
118.869
111.351
106.818
114.318
127.737
.0
-3.3
1.0
.7
2.8
1.9
1.4
3.4
.9
.4
.4
-.2
.9
-.2
.2
-.1
.2
.1
1.0
.3
-.7
-.5
-.9
-1.1
-.5
Transportation ............................................................................
Private transportation ...............................................................
New and used motor vehicles 2 .............................................
New vehicles ........................................................................
Used cars and trucks ...........................................................
Motor fuel ...............................................................................
Gasoline (all types) ..............................................................
Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 .....................................
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1 ................................
Public transportation ................................................................
16.685
15.497
6.386
3.573
2.012
4.525
4.337
.401
1.167
1.187
190.512
186.308
96.660
138.743
139.174
234.106
233.727
135.277
245.567
241.058
189.577
185.274
97.020
138.851
140.218
227.674
227.198
135.649
245.969
241.967
11.8
12.4
5.2
3.5
14.1
36.0
36.8
1.1
1.8
4.5
-.5
-.6
.4
.1
.8
-2.7
-2.8
.3
.2
.4
.7
.7
.3
-.2
2.2
1.7
2.3
.4
.0
1.2
1.3
1.6
.2
-.5
1.5
4.8
4.4
.4
.1
-1.8
-.1
-.1
.4
.1
.7
-1.3
-1.4
.3
.2
-.1
Medical care ...............................................................................
Medical care commodities 1 .....................................................
Medical care services ...............................................................
Professional services .............................................................
6.513
1.611
4.902
2.796
382.688
310.494
404.937
324.397
385.907
312.864
408.447
325.969
3.6
3.5
3.7
2.8
.8
.8
.9
.5
.1
-.1
.2
.2
.5
.7
.5
.5
.5
.8
.4
.2
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and
service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
CPI-U
Relative
importance,
December
2009
Unadjusted
indexes
Jan.
2010
Feb.
2010
Unadjusted
percent change to
Feb. 2010 from—
Feb.
2009
Seasonally adjusted
percent change from—
Jan.
2010
Nov. to
Dec.
Dec. to
Jan.
Jan. to
Feb.
Expenditure category
Hospital and related services 3 ..............................................
1.619
588.631
598.549
7.2
1.7
0.6
0.4
1.1
Recreation 2 ...............................................................................
Video and audio 2 ....................................................................
6.437
1.894
113.310
99.940
113.345
99.532
-1.0
-2.1
.0
-.4
-.3
-.1
-.1
-.2
-.1
-.7
Education and communication 2 ................................................
Education 2 ..............................................................................
Educational books and supplies .............................................
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................
Communication 2 .....................................................................
Information and information processing 1 2 ............................
Telephone services 1 2 .........................................................
Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 .............
Personal computers and peripheral equipment 6 ...............
6.434
3.035
.200
2.835
3.399
3.225
2.392
.833
.246
129.072
195.850
500.551
562.841
84.974
81.817
102.729
9.457
78.323
129.105
196.137
502.812
563.544
84.905
81.743
102.288
9.540
77.961
2.3
4.7
7.0
4.6
.0
-.4
.4
-3.9
-11.1
.0
.1
.5
.1
-.1
-.1
-.4
.9
-.5
.2
.4
.4
.4
.1
.0
.2
-.5
-.5
.3
.3
.4
.3
.2
.1
.0
.4
-.6
.2
.5
.7
.5
-.1
-.1
-.4
.9
-.5
Other goods and services ..........................................................
Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................
Personal care ...........................................................................
Personal care products 1 .......................................................
Personal care services 1 ........................................................
Miscellaneous personal services ...........................................
3.483
.871
2.612
.688
.642
1.048
377.652
786.857
205.789
161.627
228.629
349.605
377.992
785.714
206.137
162.029
228.107
350.780
7.6
28.5
1.4
-.3
1.0
2.8
.1
-.1
.2
.2
-.2
.3
.2
.3
.1
.3
.0
.2
.1
.4
-.1
-.4
.1
.1
.1
-.1
.1
.2
-.2
.3
39.816
14.795
25.021
15.044
3.695
11.349
9.978
60.184
31.942
.347
3.752
1.052
.781
6.060
4.902
11.347
173.646
219.223
149.439
187.484
116.678
235.821
111.731
259.459
258.382
124.360
190.439
166.857
149.510
255.216
404.937
306.916
173.419
219.140
149.162
186.882
118.869
233.447
111.753
259.792
258.435
124.439
189.549
168.078
149.707
256.365
408.447
307.171
4.5
-.1
7.5
11.5
.0
15.8
2.3
.6
-.4
3.1
-4.2
6.6
-.3
3.3
3.7
1.9
-.1
.0
-.2
-.3
1.9
-1.0
.0
.1
.0
.1
-.5
.7
.1
.5
.9
.1
.3
.1
.4
.7
.4
.8
.3
.1
.0
1.3
-.3
.4
.0
.3
.2
.1
.8
.2
1.1
1.6
-.1
2.3
.0
-.2
-.3
.4
.0
.8
-.4
-.3
.5
.2
-.2
.0
-.3
-.3
-.7
-.3
.0
.1
-.3
.1
.5
.7
.1
.4
.4
.1
86.262
67.711
93.487
26.078
16.100
12.405
29.838
28.243
55.282
8.553
91.447
77.708
21.276
4.801
56.432
216.362
206.892
208.499
152.035
189.578
233.498
203.588
280.730
248.023
208.026
219.287
220.086
143.125
238.069
266.519
$ .461
$ .154
216.440
206.948
208.432
151.767
189.015
231.353
203.219
281.432
248.178
204.455
219.708
220.602
143.711
231.735
266.967
$ .461
$ .154
2.5
3.4
2.0
7.3
10.8
14.3
5.3
1.7
.3
14.4
1.1
1.3
2.5
34.4
.9
.0
.0
.0
-.2
-.3
-.9
-.2
.3
.1
-1.7
.2
.2
.4
-2.7
.2
.2
.2
.2
.4
.6
.7
.3
.2
.1
.8
.1
.1
.1
1.6
.1
.2
.5
.1
1.1
1.6
2.1
.9
.1
-.2
2.8
-.1
-.1
.1
4.9
-.2
.0
.0
.0
-.3
-.3
-.3
-.2
.3
-.1
-.5
.1
.1
-.1
-1.3
.1
-
-
-
-
-
Commodity and service group
Commodities ................................................................................
Food and beverages ..................................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ......................................
Nondurables less food and beverages .....................................
Apparel ...................................................................................
Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ....................
Durables ...................................................................................
Services .......................................................................................
Rent of shelter 4 .........................................................................
Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 .......................................
Gas (piped) and electricity 3 .......................................................
Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .......................
Household operations 1 2 ...........................................................
Transportation services ..............................................................
Medical care services .................................................................
Other services ............................................................................
Special indexes
All items less food ........................................................................
All items less shelter ....................................................................
All items less medical care ...........................................................
Commodities less food .................................................................
Nondurables less food .................................................................
Nondurables less food and apparel .............................................
Nondurables .................................................................................
Services less rent of shelter 4 ......................................................
Services less medical care services ............................................
Energy ..........................................................................................
All items less energy ....................................................................
All items less food and energy ...................................................
Commodities less food and energy commodities .....................
Energy commodities ...............................................................
Services less energy services ..................................................
Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1982-84=$1.00) ........
Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) .............
-
1 Not seasonally adjusted.
2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other
item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator.
4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
6 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base.
- Data not available.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category
and commodity and service group
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
Seasonally adjusted indexes
Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent
change for
3 months ended—
CPI-U
6 months
ended—
May
2009
Aug.
2009
Nov.
2009
Feb.
2010
217.591
0.3
4.8
2.4
218.731
218.339
214.479
251.452
201.682
198.949
272.854
162.499
190.812
198.862
199.460
204.762
121.564
224.916
157.517
222.488
218.838
218.494
214.628
251.354
202.506
198.800
272.571
161.872
191.211
201.656
199.352
204.793
121.172
225.081
158.569
221.954
-1.6
-1.9
-4.8
-3.3
-6.3
-15.6
-3.1
-.7
-2.2
-.2
-5.2
-2.2
.8
1.9
1.0
1.4
-.7
-.9
-2.6
-1.1
-4.0
-7.3
-3.5
-.6
-.5
-1.3
-2.3
.0
-3.0
1.2
4.2
2.4
216.880
249.216
248.788
132.480
256.708
256.708
123.812
211.685
188.120
262.649
192.284
165.138
127.577
150.172
216.185
248.029
248.885
129.698
256.509
256.507
124.360
212.757
188.982
280.850
192.250
166.463
127.392
149.510
216.181
247.976
248.813
129.776
256.449
256.445
124.439
213.770
189.753
277.284
193.283
167.696
126.879
149.707
-1.0
1.1
1.7
-6.3
1.8
1.8
.1
-14.2
-18.4
-25.4
-17.9
7.0
.7
-1.8
120.247
112.382
108.114
113.941
128.697
120.684
112.109
109.085
113.668
128.979
120.613
112.296
109.196
114.757
129.343
119.814
111.748
108.261
113.551
128.641
Transportation ...................................................................
Private transportation ......................................................
New and used motor vehicles 2 ....................................
New vehicles ...............................................................
Used cars and trucks ..................................................
Motor fuel ......................................................................
Gasoline (all types) .....................................................
Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1 .......................
Public transportation .......................................................
189.647
185.085
95.996
138.532
135.010
232.878
232.144
134.234
245.511
246.516
191.018
186.356
96.255
138.214
137.922
236.762
237.449
134.781
245.417
249.551
193.593
189.316
96.422
137.470
139.990
248.088
247.897
135.277
245.567
245.058
Medical care ......................................................................
Medical care commodities 1 ............................................
Medical care services .....................................................
Professional services ....................................................
380.212
308.546
402.295
322.528
380.732
308.221
403.177
323.045
382.737
310.494
405.006
324.784
Nov.
2009
Dec.
2009
Jan.
2010
Feb.
2010
All items ..............................................................................
216.859
217.224
217.587
Food and beverages .........................................................
Food ................................................................................
Food at home ................................................................
Cereals and bakery products ......................................
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .....................................
Dairy and related products 1 .......................................
Fruits and vegetables ..................................................
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .......
Other food at home .....................................................
Sugar and sweets .....................................................
Fats and oils ..............................................................
Other foods ...............................................................
Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................
Food away from home 1 ...............................................
Other food away from home 1 2 ..................................
Alcoholic beverages ........................................................
217.952
217.482
213.206
251.806
200.929
193.914
268.326
162.164
190.868
198.960
197.875
205.086
121.263
224.633
157.027
222.717
218.253
217.801
213.655
252.805
200.779
194.792
269.428
162.202
191.326
199.524
199.004
205.455
122.422
224.789
156.990
222.792
Housing .............................................................................
Shelter .............................................................................
Rent of primary residence 3 ..........................................
Lodging away from home 2 ...........................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of residences 3 4 ....................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 .......
Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 .........................
Fuels and utilities ............................................................
Household energy .........................................................
Fuel oil and other fuels 1 .............................................
Gas (piped) and electricity 3 .......................................
Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ..........
Household furnishings and operations ............................
Household operations 1 2 .............................................
216.881
249.173
248.786
132.339
256.721
256.721
122.243
211.881
188.492
260.250
192.829
164.557
127.605
150.135
Apparel ..............................................................................
Men’s and boys’ apparel .................................................
Women’s and girls’ apparel .............................................
Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ..........................................
Footwear .........................................................................
Aug.
2009
Feb.
2010
1.4
2.5
1.9
.3
.1
-1.2
.7
-3.4
3.2
-4.9
-1.5
.3
6.8
-4.0
-.3
-2.0
1.7
.8
2.8
1.6
1.9
2.7
-.7
3.2
10.5
6.5
-.7
.7
5.5
3.0
-.6
-.3
.8
4.0
-1.4
-1.1
-1.4
-3.7
-2.2
-5.1
-11.5
-3.3
-.6
-1.4
-.7
-3.8
-1.1
-1.1
1.5
2.6
1.9
1.0
1.0
.7
.0
-.2
6.8
.6
-1.1
.5
6.2
-.5
-.5
-1.2
1.3
2.4
.7
-.5
.0
.1
-5.6
.5
.5
3.7
-1.9
-3.8
23.8
-5.5
6.6
-2.5
2.8
.1
-.8
-.7
-.9
-.8
-.8
1.4
8.8
9.7
44.1
7.5
5.1
-2.7
-1.0
-1.3
-1.9
.0
-7.5
-.4
-.4
7.4
3.6
2.7
28.9
.9
7.9
-2.3
-1.1
-.7
.6
.9
-6.0
1.2
1.2
1.9
-8.3
-11.4
-3.9
-11.9
6.8
-.9
.5
-.6
-1.3
-.3
-4.3
-.6
-.6
4.3
6.2
6.1
36.3
4.2
6.5
-2.5
-1.0
-1.0
-5.2
-.2
2.7
3.1
3.9
-1.2
7.5
9.4
4.5
-1.2
-4.6
-3.5
-7.2
3.8
-1.4
-2.2
.5
-1.4
-.2
1.4
-3.3
3.6
6.0
3.8
-1.3
-3.4
-1.5
-4.4
1.8
193.332
189.062
96.794
137.648
140.963
244.826
244.409
135.649
245.969
244.713
.2
.8
4.1
6.9
-2.3
-7.7
-4.5
.7
1.3
-7.7
30.3
31.9
2.3
.6
12.5
156.6
154.5
-2.4
1.7
9.4
12.8
12.2
11.8
9.4
29.9
18.2
17.2
2.1
3.4
21.6
8.0
8.9
3.4
-2.5
18.8
22.2
22.9
4.3
.7
-2.9
14.2
15.3
3.2
3.7
4.9
53.9
55.9
-.9
1.5
.5
10.4
10.5
7.5
3.3
24.3
20.2
20.0
3.2
2.0
8.7
384.703
312.864
406.755
325.373
3.5
3.4
3.5
2.6
2.7
1.5
3.1
2.4
3.6
3.6
3.5
2.8
4.8
5.7
4.5
3.6
3.1
2.4
3.3
2.5
4.2
4.7
4.0
3.2
Expenditure category
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category
and commodity and service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
Seasonally adjusted indexes
Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent
change for
3 months ended—
CPI-U
6 months
ended—
May
2009
Aug.
2009
Nov.
2009
Feb.
2010
593.869
6.9
6.6
6.6
113.524
100.255
113.415
99.571
-1.4
-.6
1.7
-.8
128.528
194.587
496.737
559.232
84.815
81.728
102.707
9.423
78.356
128.872
195.209
498.880
561.001
84.974
81.817
102.729
9.457
77.925
129.141
196.252
502.169
563.950
84.905
81.743
102.288
9.540
77.518
2.9
5.5
5.6
5.5
.5
-.1
1.5
-5.9
-14.6
376.960
781.538
205.770
161.753
228.358
349.284
377.651
783.794
206.065
162.275
228.343
349.935
377.853
786.857
205.935
161.627
228.629
350.113
378.091
785.714
206.209
162.029
228.107
351.082
173.284
217.952
149.463
188.385
120.247
234.760
111.269
260.129
259.852
122.243
192.829
164.557
150.135
255.733
402.295
306.204
173.830
218.253
150.092
189.796
120.684
236.606
111.607
260.290
259.963
123.812
192.284
165.138
150.172
256.494
403.177
306.521
175.196
218.731
151.759
192.765
120.613
241.982
111.565
259.716
259.168
124.360
192.250
166.463
149.510
255.735
405.006
306.985
216.787
206.649
208.770
152.066
190.304
232.549
203.673
280.508
248.944
208.041
219.462
220.546
143.513
235.831
267.018
217.160
207.147
209.126
152.681
191.439
234.233
204.280
281.171
249.198
209.699
219.695
220.764
143.702
239.662
267.248
217.489
208.128
209.424
154.302
194.517
239.081
206.144
281.417
248.690
215.536
219.524
220.463
143.863
251.449
266.630
Nov.
2009
Dec.
2009
Jan.
2010
Feb.
2010
Hospital and related services 3 .....................................
581.662
585.044
587.561
Recreation 2 ......................................................................
Video and audio 2 ...........................................................
113.968
100.563
113.598
100.440
Education and communication 2 .......................................
Education 2 .....................................................................
Educational books and supplies ...................................
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ......................
Communication 2 ............................................................
Information and information processing 1 2 ..................
Telephone services 1 2 ...............................................
Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ....
Personal computers and peripheral equipment 6 .....
128.255
193.869
494.815
557.176
84.770
81.688
102.528
9.467
78.784
Other goods and services .................................................
Tobacco and smoking products 1 ...................................
Personal care ..................................................................
Personal care products 1 ..............................................
Personal care services 1 ...............................................
Miscellaneous personal services ..................................
Aug.
2009
Feb.
2010
8.7
6.8
7.6
-2.2
-3.1
-1.9
-3.9
.2
-.7
-2.1
-3.5
2.4
5.6
9.8
5.2
-.7
-1.0
1.6
-10.8
-20.8
1.1
3.0
6.5
2.7
-.6
-.7
-.6
-1.3
-1.5
2.8
5.0
6.1
5.0
.6
.3
-.9
3.1
-6.3
2.7
5.5
7.7
5.3
-.1
-.5
1.5
-8.4
-17.8
2.0
4.0
6.3
3.8
.0
-.2
-.8
.9
-3.9
22.0
114.7
1.2
1.3
3.1
.9
4.7
13.2
1.7
-1.4
.0
3.6
3.8
9.7
1.6
-1.8
1.4
4.8
1.2
2.2
.9
.7
-.4
2.1
13.0
55.9
1.4
.0
1.5
2.2
2.5
5.9
1.3
-.5
.5
3.4
174.878
218.838
151.280
192.192
119.814
241.214
111.514
260.045
258.517
124.439
193.283
167.696
149.707
256.676
406.755
307.265
.9
-1.6
2.5
-2.8
-1.0
-1.7
1.9
.0
1.0
.1
-17.9
7.0
-1.8
1.0
3.5
1.5
10.5
-.7
18.1
36.8
3.9
50.9
-.3
1.0
-.1
3.7
-5.5
6.6
2.8
3.4
3.1
3.7
4.2
.3
6.6
7.3
-1.2
8.8
6.9
1.2
-.4
1.4
7.5
5.1
-1.0
7.3
3.5
.9
3.7
1.6
5.0
8.3
-1.4
11.5
.9
-.1
-2.0
7.4
.9
7.9
-1.1
1.5
4.5
1.4
5.6
-1.1
10.0
15.4
1.4
21.8
.8
.5
.5
1.9
-11.9
6.8
.5
2.2
3.3
2.6
4.0
1.0
5.8
7.8
-1.3
10.1
3.8
.6
-1.2
4.3
4.2
6.5
-1.0
4.3
4.0
1.2
217.469
208.155
209.353
153.820
193.959
238.287
205.792
282.121
248.541
214.379
219.646
220.579
143.761
248.149
266.894
.7
-.1
.1
2.4
-2.2
-1.5
-2.2
-1.2
-.1
-13.6
1.6
2.3
4.6
-9.0
1.4
5.8
7.2
5.0
17.4
34.3
45.8
15.9
2.0
.6
56.8
1.0
1.4
1.2
145.5
1.5
2.8
4.0
2.3
6.4
6.2
8.0
4.2
3.7
1.4
14.2
1.3
1.6
3.6
19.6
.8
1.3
2.9
1.1
4.7
7.9
10.2
4.2
2.3
-.6
12.8
.3
.1
.7
22.6
-.2
3.2
3.5
2.5
9.7
14.6
19.8
6.5
.4
.2
16.4
1.3
1.9
2.9
49.5
1.5
2.0
3.5
1.7
5.6
7.1
9.1
4.2
3.0
.4
13.5
.8
.8
2.1
21.1
.3
Expenditure category
Commodity and service group
Commodities .......................................................................
Food and beverages .........................................................
Commodities less food and beverages .............................
Nondurables less food and beverages ...........................
Apparel ..........................................................................
Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ..........
Durables ..........................................................................
Services ..............................................................................
Rent of shelter 4 ................................................................
Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 .............................
Gas (piped) and electricity 3 .............................................
Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ..............
Household operations 1 2 .................................................
Transportation services .....................................................
Medical care services .......................................................
Other services ...................................................................
Special indexes
All items less food ...............................................................
All items less shelter ...........................................................
All items less medical care ..................................................
Commodities less food ........................................................
Nondurables less food ........................................................
Nondurables less food and apparel ....................................
Nondurables ........................................................................
Services less rent of shelter 4 .............................................
Services less medical care services ...................................
Energy .................................................................................
All items less energy ...........................................................
All items less food and energy ..........................................
Commodities less food and energy commodities ...........
Energy commodities .....................................................
Services less energy services .........................................
1 Not seasonally adjusted.
2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other
item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means
estimator.
4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
6 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
All items
CPI-U
Indexes
Percent change to
Feb.2010 from—
Pricing
schedule
1
Nov.
2009
Dec.
2009
Jan.
2010
Feb.
2010
M
216.330
215.949
216.687
Northeast urban ..............................................
Size A - More than 1,500,000 .....................
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................
M
M
M
231.708
233.785
137.646
231.462
233.475
137.597
Midwest urban ................................................
Size A - More than 1,500,000 .....................
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000) ...............................................
M
M
M
206.247
207.277
131.952
M
U.S. city average ............................................
Percent change to
Jan.2010 from—
Feb.
2009
Dec.
2009
Jan.
2010
Jan.
2009
Nov.
2009
Dec.
2009
216.741
2.1
0.4
0.0
2.6
0.2
0.3
232.294
234.109
138.416
232.382
234.183
138.491
2.5
2.1
3.4
.4
.3
.6
.0
.0
.1
3.0
2.7
3.8
.3
.1
.6
.4
.3
.6
205.613
206.399
131.742
206.564
207.325
132.417
206.563
207.329
132.451
2.5
2.3
2.6
.5
.5
.5
.0
.0
.0
2.9
2.6
2.9
.2
.0
.4
.5
.4
.5
203.047
202.738
203.490
203.274
3.5
.3
-.1
3.9
.2
.4
Region and area size2
South urban ....................................................
Size A - More than 1,500,000 .....................
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000) ...............................................
M
M
M
209.738
211.424
133.342
209.476
210.971
133.252
210.056
211.762
133.517
210.020
211.503
133.575
2.3
1.7
2.5
.3
.3
.2
.0
-.1
.0
2.8
2.3
3.0
.2
.2
.1
.3
.4
.2
M
213.372
213.159
213.873
214.007
3.5
.4
.1
3.9
.2
.3
West urban .....................................................
Size A - More than 1,500,000 .....................
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................
M
M
M
219.728
223.489
133.335
219.307
223.058
133.132
219.989
223.852
133.366
220.179
223.989
133.513
1.4
1.4
1.4
.4
.4
.3
.1
.1
.1
1.9
1.8
2.1
.1
.2
.0
.3
.4
.2
M
M
M
197.697
133.663
209.567
197.246
133.535
209.192
197.948
133.954
209.984
197.949
134.028
210.098
1.8
2.4
3.0
.4
.4
.4
.0
.1
.1
2.3
2.9
3.2
.1
.2
.2
.4
.3
.4
Size classes
A 4 ..............................................................
B/C 3 ...........................................................
D .................................................................
Selected local areas5
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ...................
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ...
New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA .........................................
M
M
212.206
224.317
211.185
223.643
212.104
224.610
212.456
224.620
2.5
1.4
.6
.4
.2
.0
2.2
1.8
.0
.1
.4
.4
M
238.777
238.427
238.970
238.862
1.8
.2
.0
2.4
.1
.2
Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT .....
Cleveland-Akron, OH ......................................
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX .....................................
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ......
1
1
1
1
236.589
201.471
201.958
140.718
-
237.266
203.037
202.106
141.124
-
-
-
-
2.8
2.4
1.8
2.6
.3
.8
.1
.3
-
Atlanta, GA .....................................................
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI ..............................
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ....................
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL .............................
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ...........
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ....................
2
2
2
2
-
200.456
203.880
190.932
222.943
-
202.646
203.380
192.412
222.505
1.7
.7
2.4
.9
1.1
-.2
.8
-.2
-
-
-
-
2
2
2
-
224.800
224.239
225.596
-
226.529
226.145
226.085
2.8
1.8
.6
.8
.8
.2
-
-
-
-
1 Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all areas;
most other goods and services priced as indicated:
M - Every month.
1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November.
2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December.
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: Local area indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program.
Each local index has a smaller sample size than the national index and is,
therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement
error. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national
index, although their long-term trends are similar. Therefore, the Bureau of
Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national
average CPI for use in their escalator clauses.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Table 4. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by expenditure category
and commodity and service group
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
CPI-W
Relative
importance,
December
2009
Unadjusted
indexes
Jan.
2010
Feb.
2010
Unadjusted
percent change to
Feb. 2010 from—
Feb.
2009
Seasonally adjusted
percent change from—
Jan.
2010
Nov. to
Dec.
Dec. to
Jan.
Jan. to
Feb.
Expenditure category
All items ........................................................................................
All items (1967=100) ....................................................................
100.000
212.568
633.176
212.544
633.105
2.8
0.0
0.2
0.3
0.0
-
-
-
-
-
-
Food and beverages ..................................................................
Food .........................................................................................
Food at home .........................................................................
Cereals and bakery products ...............................................
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..............................................
Dairy and related products 1 ................................................
Fruits and vegetables ...........................................................
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................
Other food at home ..............................................................
Sugar and sweets ..............................................................
Fats and oils .......................................................................
Other foods ........................................................................
Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 .........................................
Food away from home 1 .........................................................
Other food away from home 1 2 ...........................................
Alcoholic beverages .................................................................
16.425
15.333
8.900
1.257
2.144
.898
1.223
1.123
2.254
.321
.259
1.674
.472
6.433
.321
1.092
218.354
217.900
214.049
251.195
201.411
197.663
276.025
163.439
190.354
198.694
200.741
204.957
122.051
225.015
157.670
223.565
218.299
217.837
213.839
251.757
202.139
197.583
271.974
162.524
190.831
200.880
201.356
205.117
121.482
225.168
158.826
223.621
-.2
-.3
-1.5
-1.2
-2.7
-2.7
-1.4
-.8
-.4
2.8
-2.3
-.7
-1.2
1.4
2.8
1.6
.0
.0
-.1
.2
.4
.0
-1.5
-.6
.3
1.1
.3
.1
-.5
.1
.7
.0
.1
.2
.2
.3
.0
.4
.5
.1
.3
.1
.6
.2
.9
.1
.0
.0
.2
.2
.4
-.6
.4
2.1
1.2
.2
-.2
-.2
.2
-.3
-.6
.0
.5
-.1
.1
.1
.1
-.1
.6
.0
-.1
-.3
.1
1.4
.0
-.1
-.5
.1
.7
-.3
Housing ......................................................................................
Shelter ......................................................................................
Rent of primary residence 3 ...................................................
Lodging away from home 2 ....................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of residences 3 4 ..............................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ................
Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ...................................
Fuels and utilities .....................................................................
Household energy ..................................................................
Fuel oil and other fuels 1 ......................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity 3 .................................................
Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ...................
Household furnishings and operations .....................................
Household operations 1 2 .......................................................
39.753
30.171
8.476
.432
20.959
20.218
.303
5.632
4.517
.271
4.246
1.114
3.950
.369
212.529
242.019
247.574
127.150
232.463
232.463
125.299
209.691
184.843
284.061
188.607
167.473
123.339
151.499
212.401
242.002
247.448
130.571
232.354
232.353
125.367
209.171
183.918
281.157
187.730
168.774
123.097
151.535
-.4
.0
.2
-4.2
.3
.3
3.6
-1.5
-3.3
13.9
-4.2
6.8
-1.4
-.4
-.1
.0
-.1
2.7
.0
.0
.1
-.2
-.5
-1.0
-.5
.8
-.2
.0
.0
.0
.0
-.1
.0
.0
1.3
-.1
-.3
1.1
-.3
.4
.0
-.2
-.1
-.3
.0
-2.0
-.1
-.1
.7
.6
.6
7.1
.2
.8
-.1
-.6
.0
.0
.0
.5
.0
.0
.1
.2
.1
-1.0
.2
.8
-.4
.0
Apparel .......................................................................................
Men’s and boys’ apparel ..........................................................
Women’s and girls’ apparel ......................................................
Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ...................................................
Footwear ..................................................................................
3.788
.945
1.568
.285
.781
116.310
109.893
102.860
117.028
127.267
118.607
111.575
106.496
117.789
127.843
-.1
-4.1
.9
1.5
2.7
2.0
1.5
3.5
.7
.5
.2
-.5
.9
-.1
.2
.0
.0
.1
1.6
.1
-.5
-.4
-.5
-1.2
-.4
Transportation ............................................................................
Private transportation ...............................................................
New and used motor vehicles 2 .............................................
New vehicles ........................................................................
Used cars and trucks ...........................................................
Motor fuel ...............................................................................
Gasoline (all types) ..............................................................
Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 .....................................
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1 ................................
Public transportation ................................................................
18.647
17.881
6.952
3.385
2.944
5.774
5.530
.472
1.180
.766
189.544
186.457
95.464
139.857
140.023
235.083
234.825
135.383
247.975
239.739
188.406
185.268
95.819
139.905
141.079
228.569
228.207
135.694
248.479
240.418
13.5
13.9
6.8
3.4
14.3
36.0
36.8
1.1
1.7
4.8
-.6
-.6
.4
.0
.8
-2.8
-2.8
.2
.2
.3
1.1
1.0
.6
-.2
2.2
2.2
2.4
.4
-.1
1.3
1.7
1.8
.3
-.5
1.5
4.9
4.4
.4
.1
-1.8
-.1
-.1
.4
.1
.7
-1.2
-1.5
.2
.2
-.2
Medical care ...............................................................................
Medical care commodities 1 .....................................................
Medical care services ...............................................................
Professional services .............................................................
5.261
1.301
3.961
2.195
383.443
301.890
407.286
327.439
386.919
304.320
411.114
329.020
3.8
3.5
3.9
2.9
.9
.8
.9
.5
.2
-.1
.3
.2
.5
.7
.5
.6
.6
.8
.5
.1
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 4. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by expenditure category
and commodity and service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
CPI-W
Relative
importance,
December
2009
Unadjusted
indexes
Jan.
2010
Feb.
2010
Unadjusted
percent change to
Feb. 2010 from—
Feb.
2009
Seasonally adjusted
percent change from—
Jan.
2010
Nov. to
Dec.
Dec. to
Jan.
Jan. to
Feb.
Expenditure category
Hospital and related services 3 ..............................................
1.339
587.101
598.149
7.9
1.9
0.6
0.4
1.3
Recreation 2 ...............................................................................
Video and audio 2 ....................................................................
6.031
2.046
109.964
100.473
110.076
100.084
-1.1
-1.7
.1
-.4
-.3
-.1
.0
-.1
.0
-.6
Education and communication 2 ................................................
Education 2 ..............................................................................
Educational books and supplies .............................................
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................
Communication 2 .....................................................................
Information and information processing 1 2 ............................
Telephone services 1 2 .........................................................
Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 .............
Personal computers and peripheral equipment 6 ...............
6.175
2.327
.196
2.131
3.848
3.715
2.906
.809
.225
124.293
193.049
503.416
542.531
87.617
85.433
102.504
9.978
78.278
124.334
193.641
505.356
544.155
87.501
85.314
102.038
10.077
77.939
1.8
4.8
6.8
4.6
-.2
-.4
.1
-3.5
-11.1
.0
.3
.4
.3
-.1
-.1
-.5
1.0
-.4
.2
.3
.4
.3
.1
.1
.2
-.3
-.6
.2
.3
.4
.3
.1
.0
-.1
.4
-.3
.2
.6
.6
.6
-.1
-.1
-.5
1.0
-.7
Other goods and services ..........................................................
Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................
Personal care ...........................................................................
Personal care products 1 .......................................................
Personal care services 1 ........................................................
Miscellaneous personal services ...........................................
3.919
1.397
2.522
.733
.577
1.019
404.632
791.959
203.575
161.689
228.793
351.329
404.722
790.710
203.824
162.073
228.169
352.366
10.7
28.6
1.2
-.3
.9
2.6
.0
-.2
.1
.2
-.3
.3
.2
.3
.2
.3
.0
.2
.1
.4
.0
-.3
.1
.3
.0
-.2
.1
.2
-.3
.2
43.589
16.425
27.164
16.703
3.788
12.915
10.461
56.411
29.868
.303
4.246
1.114
.369
5.918
3.961
10.631
176.413
218.354
153.834
195.981
116.310
249.801
112.511
254.918
233.252
125.299
188.607
167.473
151.499
255.577
407.286
293.972
176.118
218.299
153.444
195.059
118.607
246.914
112.618
255.199
233.234
125.367
187.730
168.774
151.535
256.809
411.114
294.230
5.7
-.2
9.4
13.6
-.1
18.6
3.7
.7
-.1
3.6
-4.2
6.8
-.4
3.5
3.9
1.7
-.2
.0
-.3
-.5
2.0
-1.2
.1
.1
.0
.1
-.5
.8
.0
.5
.9
.1
.5
.1
.7
.8
.2
.9
.5
.0
.0
1.3
-.3
.4
-.2
.3
.3
.1
.9
.2
1.3
1.9
.0
2.5
.1
-.1
-.2
.7
.2
.8
-.6
-.2
.5
.2
-.1
.1
-.3
-.4
-.5
-.5
.1
.1
-.2
.1
.2
.8
.0
.4
.5
.1
84.667
69.829
94.739
28.256
17.795
14.007
33.128
26.543
52.450
10.291
89.709
74.376
22.211
6.045
52.165
211.440
204.128
205.589
156.200
197.701
246.455
207.611
247.985
244.090
208.222
214.048
213.647
145.065
238.217
262.146
$ .470
$ .158
211.423
204.101
205.461
155.820
196.831
243.829
207.092
248.586
244.205
204.494
214.472
214.172
145.722
231.808
262.559
$ .470
$ .158
3.4
4.1
2.8
9.1
12.8
17.1
6.3
1.6
.4
15.5
1.5
1.9
3.7
34.8
1.1
.0
.0
-.1
-.2
-.4
-1.1
-.2
.2
.0
-1.8
.2
.2
.5
-2.7
.2
.3
.3
.2
.6
.8
.8
.4
.2
.1
1.1
.1
.1
.3
2.1
.1
.4
.6
.3
1.3
1.8
2.3
1.1
.1
-.1
3.1
.0
.0
.2
5.0
-.1
.0
.0
.0
-.3
-.4
-.5
-.2
.3
.0
-.6
.1
.1
.0
-1.2
.1
-
-
-
-
-
Commodity and service group
Commodities ................................................................................
Food and beverages ..................................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ......................................
Nondurables less food and beverages .....................................
Apparel ...................................................................................
Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ....................
Durables ...................................................................................
Services .......................................................................................
Rent of shelter 4 .........................................................................
Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 .......................................
Gas (piped) and electricity 3 .......................................................
Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .......................
Household operations 1 2 ...........................................................
Transportation services ..............................................................
Medical care services .................................................................
Other services ............................................................................
Special indexes
All items less food ........................................................................
All items less shelter ....................................................................
All items less medical care ...........................................................
Commodities less food .................................................................
Nondurables less food .................................................................
Nondurables less food and apparel .............................................
Nondurables .................................................................................
Services less rent of shelter 4 ......................................................
Services less medical care services ............................................
Energy ..........................................................................................
All items less energy ....................................................................
All items less food and energy ...................................................
Commodities less food and energy commodities .....................
Energy commodities ...............................................................
Services less energy services ..................................................
Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1982-84=$1.00) ........
Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) .............
-
1 Not seasonally adjusted.
2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other
item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator.
4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base
5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
6 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base.
- Data not available.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Table 5. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by
expenditure category and commodity and service group
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
Seasonally adjusted indexes
Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent
change for
3 months ended—
CPI-W
6 months
ended—
May
2009
Aug.
2009
Nov.
2009
Feb.
2010
213.644
0.4
6.2
2.8
217.876
217.376
213.166
251.835
201.172
197.663
270.176
162.068
190.215
197.745
200.194
205.030
122.051
225.015
157.670
223.748
218.037
217.593
213.428
251.687
202.401
197.583
270.020
161.550
190.493
200.465
200.243
204.886
121.482
225.168
158.826
223.101
-1.8
-2.0
-4.7
-3.0
-6.5
-15.4
-3.2
-.3
-2.2
-.1
-6.3
-1.9
.4
1.8
-.3
1.7
-.7
-1.0
-2.7
-1.2
-4.2
-7.3
-3.6
-1.0
-.2
-.5
-2.3
.1
-2.9
1.3
6.3
2.9
213.065
242.592
247.237
133.606
232.585
232.585
124.415
210.281
185.937
265.130
190.655
165.662
123.744
152.486
212.818
241.969
247.305
130.907
232.351
232.351
125.299
211.617
187.075
284.061
191.039
167.045
123.590
151.499
212.780
241.916
247.213
131.519
232.286
232.286
125.367
212.146
187.283
281.157
191.397
168.416
123.126
151.535
-1.0
1.5
1.7
-6.2
1.9
1.9
.7
-14.2
-18.1
-25.8
-17.7
6.9
1.2
-.4
119.871
112.900
107.522
116.678
128.856
120.151
112.285
108.442
116.548
129.173
120.099
112.252
108.554
118.441
129.256
119.483
111.820
107.988
117.058
128.706
Transportation ...................................................................
Private transportation ......................................................
New and used motor vehicles 2 ....................................
New vehicles ...............................................................
Used cars and trucks ..................................................
Motor fuel ......................................................................
Gasoline (all types) .....................................................
Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1 .......................
Public transportation .......................................................
187.971
184.689
94.438
139.664
135.844
232.924
233.205
134.346
247.972
244.557
189.949
186.609
95.030
139.358
138.813
237.946
238.841
134.892
247.812
247.857
193.144
190.031
95.343
138.596
140.866
249.602
249.318
135.383
247.975
243.274
Medical care ......................................................................
Medical care commodities 1 ............................................
Medical care services .....................................................
Professional services ....................................................
380.838
299.972
404.460
325.379
381.504
299.777
405.483
325.933
383.504
301.890
407.372
327.911
Nov.
2009
Dec.
2009
Jan.
2010
Feb.
2010
All items ..............................................................................
212.417
212.920
213.638
Food and beverages .........................................................
Food ................................................................................
Food at home ................................................................
Cereals and bakery products ......................................
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .....................................
Dairy and related products 1 .......................................
Fruits and vegetables ..................................................
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .......
Other food at home .....................................................
Sugar and sweets .....................................................
Fats and oils ..............................................................
Other foods ...............................................................
Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................
Food away from home 1 ...............................................
Other food away from home 1 2 ..................................
Alcoholic beverages ........................................................
217.109
216.553
211.914
252.586
200.374
192.695
265.811
161.582
190.110
197.888
198.650
205.097
121.647
224.815
156.853
223.819
217.426
216.887
212.400
253.427
200.365
193.546
267.011
161.738
190.619
198.163
199.828
205.590
122.796
224.940
156.830
223.876
Housing .............................................................................
Shelter .............................................................................
Rent of primary residence 3 ..........................................
Lodging away from home 2 ...........................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of residences 3 4 ....................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 .......
Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 .........................
Fuels and utilities ............................................................
Household energy .........................................................
Fuel oil and other fuels 1 .............................................
Gas (piped) and electricity 3 .......................................
Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ..........
Household furnishings and operations ............................
Household operations 1 2 .............................................
213.130
242.620
247.276
133.804
232.633
232.633
122.830
210.569
186.409
262.340
191.296
165.035
123.776
152.747
Apparel ..............................................................................
Men’s and boys’ apparel .................................................
Women’s and girls’ apparel .............................................
Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ..........................................
Footwear .........................................................................
Aug.
2009
Feb.
2010
2.3
3.3
2.6
.2
.0
-1.4
.9
-3.6
3.5
-5.0
-1.8
.0
6.7
-3.8
-.6
-1.9
1.8
.2
3.2
1.7
1.9
2.9
-1.4
4.1
10.5
6.5
-.1
.8
5.3
3.2
-.4
-.5
.6
5.1
-1.3
-1.3
-1.5
-3.7
-2.1
-5.4
-11.4
-3.4
-.6
-1.2
-.3
-4.3
-.9
-1.3
1.5
2.9
2.3
1.0
1.0
.7
-.3
.2
7.0
.6
-1.0
.4
6.0
-.3
-.5
-1.2
1.2
2.6
1.0
-.3
.2
.0
-4.1
.5
.5
3.7
-1.4
-3.1
19.5
-4.3
6.6
-3.0
4.5
.4
-.7
-.9
.0
-.7
-.7
1.9
7.9
8.5
44.1
6.7
5.1
-1.7
-2.4
-.7
-1.2
-.1
-6.7
-.6
-.6
8.5
3.0
1.9
31.9
.2
8.4
-2.1
-3.1
-.6
.8
.9
-5.1
1.2
1.2
2.2
-8.0
-10.9
-5.9
-11.2
6.8
-.9
2.0
-.1
-.9
-.5
-3.4
-.7
-.7
5.2
5.4
5.2
37.9
3.4
6.8
-1.9
-2.8
-1.2
-6.0
-2.0
4.7
3.6
4.0
-.6
7.6
7.7
5.2
-1.9
-5.9
-3.4
-7.0
2.6
-1.3
-3.8
1.7
1.3
-.5
1.4
-3.3
2.7
6.2
4.4
-1.6
-4.8
-.9
-2.9
1.0
192.920
189.821
95.710
138.749
141.875
246.705
245.597
135.694
248.479
242.675
-1.5
-1.3
2.6
6.3
-2.2
-11.2
-4.7
.5
1.3
-5.9
36.2
37.5
4.3
.8
12.6
163.6
153.8
-2.5
1.4
9.8
13.5
13.2
15.5
9.7
30.2
16.2
17.7
2.3
3.5
20.5
11.0
11.6
5.5
-2.6
19.0
25.9
23.0
4.1
.8
-3.0
15.9
16.5
3.5
3.5
5.0
53.0
55.5
-1.0
1.4
1.6
12.2
12.4
10.4
3.4
24.4
20.9
20.3
3.2
2.1
8.1
385.728
304.320
409.435
328.390
3.7
3.5
3.8
2.7
2.7
1.3
3.2
2.4
3.7
3.5
3.8
2.9
5.2
5.9
5.0
3.8
3.2
2.4
3.5
2.5
4.5
4.7
4.4
3.3
Expenditure category
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 5. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by
expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
Seasonally adjusted indexes
Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent
change for
3 months ended—
CPI-W
6 months
ended—
May
2009
Aug.
2009
Nov.
2009
Feb.
2010
593.708
7.5
7.1
7.0
110.176
100.793
110.176
100.171
-1.1
-.2
1.0
-.6
123.911
191.835
499.745
539.155
87.545
85.404
102.585
9.935
78.163
124.142
192.430
501.581
540.811
87.616
85.433
102.504
9.978
77.929
124.338
193.654
504.554
544.275
87.501
85.314
102.038
10.077
77.391
2.3
5.2
5.5
5.2
.3
.0
1.3
-6.4
-15.3
403.360
786.541
203.399
161.784
228.614
350.374
404.292
789.173
203.727
162.231
228.614
351.092
404.888
791.959
203.775
161.689
228.793
352.090
404.813
790.710
203.895
162.073
228.169
352.853
175.805
217.109
153.502
196.863
119.871
248.738
111.728
255.245
234.029
122.830
191.296
165.035
152.747
255.455
404.460
293.299
176.635
217.426
154.519
198.438
120.151
251.007
112.317
255.350
234.082
124.415
190.655
165.662
152.486
256.122
405.483
293.681
178.233
217.876
156.580
202.280
120.099
257.262
112.382
255.157
233.607
125.299
191.039
167.045
151.499
255.588
407.372
294.133
211.499
203.704
205.514
155.883
198.543
245.496
207.442
247.833
244.619
207.897
213.906
213.749
145.242
235.286
262.192
212.031
204.406
206.007
156.879
200.048
247.582
208.232
248.380
244.797
210.195
214.189
214.023
145.608
240.247
262.385
212.790
205.615
206.680
158.886
203.681
253.287
210.553
248.589
244.523
216.617
214.235
213.979
145.835
252.253
262.136
Nov.
2009
Dec.
2009
Jan.
2010
Feb.
2010
Hospital and related services 3 .....................................
579.659
583.389
585.929
Recreation 2 ......................................................................
Video and audio 2 ...........................................................
110.559
101.026
110.221
100.934
Education and communication 2 .......................................
Education 2 .....................................................................
Educational books and supplies ...................................
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ......................
Communication 2 ............................................................
Information and information processing 1 2 ..................
Telephone services 1 2 ...............................................
Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ....
Personal computers and peripheral equipment 6 .....
123.678
191.203
497.706
537.418
87.469
85.331
102.413
9.969
78.673
Other goods and services .................................................
Tobacco and smoking products 1 ...................................
Personal care ..................................................................
Personal care products 1 ..............................................
Personal care services 1 ...............................................
Miscellaneous personal services ..................................
Aug.
2009
Feb.
2010
10.1
7.3
8.5
-2.7
-2.8
-1.4
-3.3
-.1
-.4
-2.0
-3.1
2.1
5.4
10.2
5.0
-.2
-.4
1.5
-9.7
-19.8
.9
3.4
6.1
3.1
-.9
-.9
-.8
-1.7
-1.6
2.2
5.2
5.6
5.2
.1
-.1
-1.5
4.4
-6.4
2.2
5.3
7.8
5.1
.1
-.2
1.4
-8.1
-17.6
1.5
4.3
5.9
4.2
-.4
-.5
-1.1
1.3
-4.0
34.1
116.5
1.2
1.4
3.1
1.0
5.6
12.6
1.3
-1.7
-.1
2.9
4.6
9.7
1.3
-1.5
1.5
3.7
1.4
2.1
1.0
.7
-.8
2.9
19.0
56.1
1.3
-.2
1.5
1.9
3.0
5.9
1.1
-.4
.4
3.3
177.989
218.037
156.171
201.470
119.483
255.925
112.465
255.440
233.241
125.367
191.397
168.416
151.535
256.694
409.435
294.301
.9
-1.8
2.6
-1.3
-1.2
.9
1.4
.1
1.3
.7
-17.7
6.9
-.4
2.0
3.8
1.4
13.2
-.7
22.7
41.7
4.0
58.4
1.0
1.1
.1
3.7
-4.3
6.6
4.5
3.4
3.2
3.4
4.9
.2
7.8
8.6
-1.9
10.3
10.0
1.2
-.3
1.9
6.7
5.1
-2.4
6.6
3.8
.5
5.1
1.7
7.1
9.7
-1.3
12.1
2.7
.3
-1.3
8.5
.2
8.4
-3.1
2.0
5.0
1.4
6.9
-1.3
12.2
18.3
1.4
26.4
1.2
.6
.7
2.2
-11.2
6.8
2.0
2.7
3.5
2.4
5.0
1.0
7.5
9.1
-1.6
11.2
6.3
.8
-.8
5.2
3.4
6.8
-2.8
4.2
4.4
.9
212.759
205.643
206.620
158.469
202.891
252.038
210.177
249.271
244.557
215.259
214.406
214.141
145.848
249.339
262.409
.8
-.1
.2
2.5
-1.2
.7
-2.5
-1.5
-.2
-14.8
2.1
3.0
5.9
-12.0
1.8
7.6
9.0
6.4
21.9
38.9
53.0
19.4
1.9
.7
64.5
1.3
1.7
2.1
154.3
1.6
3.3
4.4
2.8
7.7
8.2
9.7
4.3
3.6
1.3
12.8
1.7
2.1
5.2
17.3
.7
2.4
3.9
2.2
6.8
9.1
11.1
5.4
2.3
-.1
14.9
.9
.7
1.7
26.1
.3
4.2
4.4
3.3
11.8
17.1
24.1
7.9
.2
.3
18.4
1.7
2.4
4.0
49.6
1.7
2.9
4.1
2.5
7.2
8.6
10.4
4.8
3.0
.6
13.9
1.3
1.4
3.4
21.6
.5
Expenditure category
Commodity and service group
Commodities .......................................................................
Food and beverages .........................................................
Commodities less food and beverages .............................
Nondurables less food and beverages ...........................
Apparel ..........................................................................
Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ..........
Durables ..........................................................................
Services ..............................................................................
Rent of shelter 4 ................................................................
Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 .............................
Gas (piped) and electricity 3 .............................................
Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ..............
Household operations 1 2 .................................................
Transportation services .....................................................
Medical care services .......................................................
Other services ...................................................................
Special indexes
All items less food ...............................................................
All items less shelter ...........................................................
All items less medical care ..................................................
Commodities less food ........................................................
Nondurables less food ........................................................
Nondurables less food and apparel ....................................
Nondurables ........................................................................
Services less rent of shelter 4 .............................................
Services less medical care services ...................................
Energy .................................................................................
All items less energy ...........................................................
All items less food and energy ..........................................
Commodities less food and energy commodities ...........
Energy commodities .....................................................
Services less energy services .........................................
1 Not seasonally adjusted.
2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other
item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means
estimator.
4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base
5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
6 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
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
CPI-W
Indexes
Percent change to
Feb.2010 from—
Pricing
schedule
1
Nov.
2009
Dec.
2009
Jan.
2010
Feb.
2010
M
212.003
211.703
212.568
Northeast urban ..............................................
Size A - More than 1,500,000 .....................
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................
M
M
M
229.048
229.541
138.527
228.794
229.180
138.522
Midwest urban ................................................
Size A - More than 1,500,000 .....................
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000) ...............................................
M
M
M
201.553
201.626
131.823
M
U.S. city average ............................................
Percent change to
Jan.2010 from—
Feb.
2009
Dec.
2009
Jan.
2010
Jan.
2009
Nov.
2009
Dec.
2009
212.544
2.8
0.4
0.0
3.3
0.3
0.4
229.744
229.919
139.364
229.874
230.099
139.379
3.1
2.7
4.1
.5
.4
.6
.1
.1
.0
3.6
3.2
4.5
.3
.2
.6
.4
.3
.6
200.999
200.820
131.639
202.180
201.957
132.502
202.044
201.758
132.507
3.2
2.9
3.4
.5
.5
.7
-.1
-.1
.0
3.6
3.2
3.7
.3
.2
.5
.6
.6
.7
200.748
200.471
201.414
201.118
3.9
.3
-.1
4.4
.3
.5
Region and area size2
South urban ....................................................
Size A - More than 1,500,000 .....................
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000) ...............................................
M
M
M
206.859
209.161
132.129
206.716
208.788
132.136
207.405
209.619
132.508
207.325
209.288
132.528
3.1
2.3
3.3
.3
.2
.3
.0
-.2
.0
3.7
3.0
3.9
.3
.2
.3
.3
.4
.3
M
213.396
213.184
213.984
214.172
4.3
.5
.1
4.7
.3
.4
West urban .....................................................
Size A - More than 1,500,000 .....................
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................
M
M
M
214.228
216.286
133.149
213.919
215.988
132.983
214.664
216.905
133.238
214.710
216.850
133.325
2.0
1.9
2.0
.4
.4
.3
.0
.0
.1
2.5
2.4
2.8
.2
.3
.1
.3
.4
.2
M
M
M
196.187
133.139
207.739
195.779
133.072
207.417
196.606
133.589
208.297
196.516
133.619
208.368
2.4
3.2
3.8
.4
.4
.5
.0
.0
.0
2.9
3.7
4.1
.2
.3
.3
.4
.4
.4
Size classes
A 4 ..............................................................
B/C 3 ...........................................................
D .................................................................
Selected local areas5
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ...................
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ...
New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA .........................................
M
M
205.136
216.618
204.196
216.233
205.529
217.290
205.627
217.090
2.8
1.8
.7
.4
.0
-.1
2.7
2.3
.2
.3
.7
.5
M
233.893
233.448
234.067
234.153
2.4
.3
.0
2.9
.1
.3
Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT .....
Cleveland-Akron, OH ......................................
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX .....................................
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ......
1
1
1
1
236.859
192.871
205.297
140.608
-
237.999
194.529
205.456
141.155
-
-
-
-
3.4
3.0
3.0
3.5
.5
.9
.1
.4
-
Atlanta, GA .....................................................
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI ..............................
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ....................
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL .............................
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ...........
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ....................
2
2
2
2
-
199.331
199.614
188.842
221.067
-
201.407
198.913
190.351
221.074
2.0
1.4
2.9
1.6
1.0
-.4
.8
.0
-
-
-
-
2
2
2
-
224.732
220.121
220.905
-
226.539
222.049
221.215
3.3
2.4
1.1
.8
.9
.1
-
-
-
-
1 Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all areas;
most other goods and services priced as indicated:
M - Every month.
1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November.
2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December.
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: Local area indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program.
Each local index has a smaller sample size than the national index and is,
therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement
error. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national
index, although their long-term trends are similar. Therefore, the Bureau of
Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national
average CPI for use in their escalator clauses.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Table 7. Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure
category and commodity and service group
(December 1999=100, unless otherwise noted)
C-CPI-U
Relative
importance,
2007-2008
Unadjusted
percent change to
Feb. 2010 from—
Unadjusted
indexes
Jan.
2010
Feb.
2010
Feb.
2009
Jan.
2010
Expenditure category
All items ......................................................................................
100.000
R125.628
R125.604
2.2
0.0
Food and beverages ................................................................
Food .......................................................................................
Food at home .......................................................................
Food away from home ..........................................................
Alcoholic beverages ...............................................................
14.519
13.493
7.780
5.712
1.027
127.981
127.962
123.115
134.554
128.680
127.923
127.895
122.940
134.648
128.745
-.3
-.4
-1.7
1.3
1.1
.0
-.1
-.1
.1
.1
Housing ....................................................................................
Shelter ....................................................................................
Fuels and utilities ....................................................................
Household furnishings and operations ...................................
42.074
32.119
5.231
4.724
R128.296
R128.240
130.799
R157.973
94.503
R157.467
94.268
-.7
-.4
-1.3
-2.0
.0
.0
-.3
-.2
Apparel .....................................................................................
3.772
86.984
88.474
.0
1.7
Transportation ..........................................................................
Private transportation .............................................................
Public transportation ...............................................................
17.199
16.013
1.186
130.159
131.066
118.303
129.375
130.185
118.725
13.8
14.6
4.4
-.6
-.7
.4
Medical care .............................................................................
Medical care commodities ......................................................
Medical care services .............................................................
6.294
1.570
4.723
148.326
130.850
154.738
149.521
131.864
156.001
3.3
3.2
3.3
.8
.8
.8
Recreation ................................................................................
6.625
103.359
103.267
-2.7
-.1
Education and communication .................................................
Education ...............................................................................
Communication ......................................................................
6.288
2.804
3.484
111.806
180.738
73.401
111.783
181.011
73.285
1.4
4.5
-1.0
.0
.2
-.2
Other goods and services ........................................................
3.229
136.994
137.103
6.1
.1
59.383
40.617
10.376
30.241
76.901
9.606
R134.619
R134.773
114.592
81.555
131.785
119.269
R185.213
114.347
81.503
131.435
119.518
R181.912
.4
4.9
1.2
6.2
1.0
17.1
.1
-.2
-.1
-.3
.2
-1.8
130.840
Commodity and service group
Services ......................................................................................
Commodities ..............................................................................
Durables ...................................................................................
Nondurables ...............................................................................
All items less food and energy .................................................
Energy ........................................................................................
R Revised.
Indexes for 2010 are initial estimates. Indexes for 2009 are interim adjustments.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.