Table 30. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, semiannual averages, all items index
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
All items
Semiannual average indexes
Percent change from preceding
semiannual average
Area
1st half
2007
U.S. city average ........................................................................
2nd half
2007
1st half
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half
2007
1st half
2008
2nd half
2008
205.709
208.976
214.429
216.177
1.6
2.6
0.8
Northeast urban ..........................................................................
Size A - More than 1,500,000 .................................................
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 2 ...........................................
218.745
221.265
129.070
222.279
224.807
131.208
227.889
229.895
135.436
230.723
233.059
136.648
1.6
1.6
1.7
2.5
2.3
3.2
1.2
1.4
.9
Midwest urban ............................................................................
Size A - More than 1,500,000 .................................................
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 2 ...........................................
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) .......................
196.629
198.463
125.368
190.945
199.616
200.970
127.547
195.409
204.763
206.002
130.997
200.410
206.002
207.010
131.921
202.260
1.5
1.3
1.7
2.3
2.6
2.5
2.7
2.6
.6
.5
.7
.9
South urban ................................................................................
Size A - More than 1,500,000 .................................................
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 2 ...........................................
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) .......................
198.495
200.919
126.204
198.842
202.226
204.732
128.641
201.564
207.777
210.014
132.157
208.559
209.585
212.066
133.075
211.563
1.9
1.9
1.9
1.4
2.7
2.6
2.7
3.5
.9
1.0
.7
1.4
West urban .................................................................................
Size A - More than 1,500,000 .................................................
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 2 ...........................................
210.890
214.354
128.022
213.570
216.940
129.666
219.016
222.499
133.127
220.276
224.101
133.504
1.3
1.2
1.3
2.5
2.6
2.7
.6
.7
.3
188.480
126.776
197.684
191.267
128.960
201.318
195.996
132.559
206.878
197.771
133.415
208.900
1.5
1.7
1.8
2.5
2.8
2.8
.9
.6
1.0
Anchorage, AK ...........................................................................
Atlanta, GA .................................................................................
Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT .................................
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ..............................................
Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN ..................................................
179.394
198.086
225.910
203.052
192.111
183.080
201.936
228.909
206.583
195.673
187.659
206.746
234.239
212.193
200.054
191.335
206.162
236.502
212.878
203.031
2.1
1.9
1.3
1.7
1.9
2.5
2.4
2.3
2.7
2.2
2.0
-.3
1.0
.3
1.5
Cleveland-Akron, OH .................................................................
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX .................................................................
Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO .....................................................
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .........................................................
Honolulu, HI ................................................................................
194.472
191.057
201.258
199.588
216.620
197.467
195.433
202.799
200.670
222.388
202.959
200.118
208.741
204.466
227.334
203.050
203.463
211.066
205.030
230.387
1.5
2.3
.8
.5
2.7
2.8
2.4
2.9
1.9
2.2
.0
1.7
1.1
.3
1.3
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ...............................................
Kansas City, MO-KS ..................................................................
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ...............................
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL .........................................................
Milwaukee-Racine, WI ................................................................
182.851
193.206
216.260
209.955
192.634
184.826
195.753
218.416
214.826
195.571
189.369
200.868
224.377
221.180
201.955
190.564
201.432
225.638
223.059
204.103
1.1
1.3
1.0
2.3
1.5
2.5
2.6
2.7
3.0
3.3
.6
.3
.6
.8
1.1
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI .....................................................
New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA .................
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD ...............
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ 4 ...................................................................
Pittsburgh, PA ............................................................................
200.627
225.095
214.753
114.531
199.672
201.867
228.785
218.734
116.038
203.295
208.284
233.761
223.536
118.912
209.486
209.632
237.804
224.725
119.616
213.084
.6
1.6
1.9
1.3
1.8
3.2
2.2
2.2
2.5
3.0
.6
1.7
.5
.6
1.7
Portland-Salem, OR-WA ............................................................
St. Louis, MO-IL .........................................................................
San Diego, CA ............................................................................
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA .......................................
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ................................................
206.653
192.125
231.870
214.736
213.810
210.460
194.338
234.772
217.361
217.502
214.619
198.278
242.440
221.730
223.569
216.159
199.122
242.185
223.804
225.869
1.8
1.2
1.3
1.2
1.7
2.0
2.0
3.3
2.0
2.8
.7
.4
-.1
.9
1.0
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL .......................................
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 5 ..................................
182.886
132.000
185.689
134.927
189.884
138.490
190.388
140.509
1.5
2.2
2.3
2.6
.3
1.5
Region and area size 1
Size classes
A 3 ..........................................................................................
B/C 2 .......................................................................................
D .............................................................................................
Selected local areas
1 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical
notes.
2 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
3 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
4 For Phoenix-Mesa, indexes are on a December 2001=100 base.
5 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base.
Table 31. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Regions 1, semiannual averages, by expenditure category and commodity
and service group
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
U.S. city average
Northeast
Midwest
South
West
Index
Percent
change
from-
Index
Percent
change
from-
Index
Percent
change
from-
Index
Percent
change
from-
Index
Percent
change
from-
2nd half
2008
2nd
1st
half half
2007 2008
2nd half
2008
2nd
1st
half half
2007 2008
2nd half
2008
2nd
1st
half half
2007 2008
2nd half
2008
2nd
1st
half half
2007 2008
2nd half
2008
2nd
1st
half half
2007 2008
Item and Group
Expenditure category
All items ..........................................................
All items (December 1977=100) 2 .................
216.177
647.569
3.4
0.8
1.2
0.6
0.9
0.6
-
-
-
-
220.276
356.064
3.1
-
209.585
339.976
3.6
-
206.002
335.177
3.2
-
230.723
363.318
3.8
-
-
-
Food and beverages .....................................
Food ...........................................................
Food at home ...........................................
Food away from home ..............................
Alcoholic beverages ...................................
217.619
217.618
218.184
218.613
216.330
5.9
6.1
7.2
4.7
3.7
3.2
3.3
3.9
2.7
1.7
222.390
222.117
223.360
223.637
224.790
6.0
6.1
7.3
4.6
4.8
3.4
3.4
4.0
2.7
2.5
210.749
210.584
207.624
215.623
212.256
6.2
6.4
7.3
5.3
3.6
3.4
3.5
3.8
3.1
1.7
215.142
215.945
214.671
220.973
202.865
6.0
6.2
7.4
4.9
3.1
3.4
3.5
4.2
2.8
1.6
222.563
222.039
227.956
213.529
227.582
5.5
5.6
6.8
4.1
3.6
2.7
2.8
3.4
2.1
1.4
Housing ........................................................
Shelter ........................................................
Rent of primary residence ........................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary
residence 3 .......................................
Fuels and utilities ........................................
Household energy ....................................
Gas (piped) and electricity ......................
Electricity ..............................................
Utility (piped) gas service .....................
Household furnishings and operations .......
217.811
247.698
245.381
3.3
2.3
3.6
1.4
.8
1.7
244.148
287.069
277.743
3.3
2.1
4.3
1.4
1.1
2.3
198.372
224.571
216.528
2.7
1.0
2.2
1.0
.0
1.2
202.403
221.468
220.880
3.9
2.8
3.8
2.0
1.1
1.8
228.716
256.155
257.611
2.8
2.7
3.8
1.1
1.0
1.6
253.733
225.968
206.635
208.973
194.295
253.227
128.393
2.4
11.1
12.1
11.0
8.3
17.9
1.6
1.0
5.6
6.0
6.9
7.9
4.5
.9
295.105
235.717
223.329
218.837
194.772
264.132
128.807
1.8
13.2
13.9
10.7
7.1
17.6
.7
.9
3.9
3.9
6.3
5.5
8.0
.5
226.881
218.423
196.255
202.426
169.365
259.583
122.599
1.1
12.3
13.3
13.3
6.2
23.5
2.3
.2
6.1
6.7
7.2
8.4
5.8
1.3
223.824
228.390
201.735
201.889
190.518
260.195
127.935
2.8
12.1
13.3
12.8
11.7
18.5
1.8
1.2
8.2
9.1
9.5
10.8
3.5
.9
269.066
232.365
219.197
220.678
225.060
229.007
134.338
3.2
5.6
5.8
5.4
4.4
8.0
1.4
1.5
2.5
2.3
2.5
4.0
-1.4
.9
Apparel .........................................................
118.747
.5
-.3
118.728
1.9
1.8
111.932
2.2
1.2
130.349
-.1
-1.0
111.109
-.8
-2.2
Transportation ..............................................
Private transportation .................................
New and used motor vehicles 4 ................
New vehicles ..........................................
New cars and trucks 4 5 ........................
New cars 5 ............................................
Used cars and trucks ..............................
Motor fuel ..................................................
Gasoline (all types) .................................
Gasoline, unleaded regular 5 ................
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 .........
Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 .............
192.398
187.481
92.414
132.855
92.066
135.181
131.108
265.582
263.187
263.045
269.096
254.031
2.9
2.4
-2.0
-2.0
-2.1
-.1
-4.2
7.0
6.5
6.4
6.8
6.8
-3.2
-3.7
-1.9
-2.0
-2.0
-.3
-4.2
-9.6
-9.8
-10.0
-9.5
-9.0
191.884
185.420
92.485
133.163
92.276
132.640
136.197
259.904
257.382
258.642
262.665
249.731
3.5
3.2
-.5
-1.2
-1.3
-.8
-3.9
8.0
7.5
7.4
8.0
7.8
-2.2
-2.6
-.4
-1.2
-1.3
-.5
-4.0
-8.7
-8.8
-9.2
-8.0
-7.5
193.451
187.925
93.458
128.169
90.469
129.744
132.754
269.425
267.260
266.217
292.134
262.822
2.3
1.7
-1.3
-2.4
-2.2
.3
-3.5
3.7
3.4
3.4
3.5
3.7
-3.6
-4.1
-1.7
-2.7
-2.7
-.6
-3.8
-10.7
-10.9
-11.1
-10.7
-10.0
190.393
188.413
92.101
136.309
92.715
141.089
129.425
265.301
262.360
261.968
272.666
258.071
2.6
2.3
-3.0
-2.6
-2.6
-.9
-4.8
7.5
6.8
6.8
7.2
7.1
-3.9
-4.3
-2.7
-2.2
-2.3
-.5
-4.6
-9.9
-10.2
-10.5
-9.8
-9.4
194.149
187.632
92.003
132.292
91.974
135.699
129.011
266.014
264.061
263.650
247.022
250.795
3.1
2.5
-2.1
-1.8
-1.8
1.0
-4.0
8.4
8.2
8.4
7.7
7.4
-2.6
-3.3
-1.9
-1.7
-1.7
.1
-4.0
-8.9
-8.9
-8.9
-8.9
-8.8
Medical care .................................................
Medical care commodities ..........................
Medical care services .................................
Professional services ................................
365.495
296.118
386.938
312.830
3.0
1.4
3.6
3.3
.8
.0
1.0
1.2
388.772
319.607
407.088
318.816
2.9
2.8
2.9
2.8
.9
.7
1.0
1.1
363.516
292.031
387.274
331.202
2.3
-.3
3.2
3.3
.7
-.1
1.0
1.1
348.782
283.554
370.291
309.972
3.3
1.5
3.9
3.6
.7
-.3
1.1
1.5
370.242
299.878
391.452
293.065
3.4
1.8
3.9
3.2
.8
.1
1.0
1.1
Recreation 4 .................................................
113.836
2.1
1.0
116.235
2.7
1.1
115.305
2.7
1.1
114.542
2.0
1.0
109.730
1.1
1.0
Education and communication 4 ...................
125.161
3.6
2.5
128.960
4.6
3.1
126.730
3.2
2.1
121.112
3.0
2.5
124.792
3.6
2.4
Other goods and services .............................
348.250
3.9
1.7
373.893
5.0
3.3
335.662
3.6
1.0
335.590
3.5
1.3
349.652
3.7
1.5
216.177
174.311
151.015
192.953
3.4
3.2
1.7
4.2
.8
-.5
-2.6
-3.2
230.723
179.928
154.398
194.599
3.8
4.3
3.3
6.3
1.2
.3
-1.6
-1.8
206.002
170.146
149.212
189.920
3.2
3.2
1.5
3.1
.6
-.4
-2.6
-3.4
209.585
175.274
154.670
200.675
3.6
3.1
1.4
4.1
.9
-.8
-3.1
-3.8
220.276
172.504
145.917
184.910
3.1
2.6
1.2
3.8
.6
-.8
-2.7
-3.6
243.559
109.968
257.729
258.223
247.634
298.864
5.4
-1.8
3.6
2.3
5.2
3.7
-4.1
-1.6
1.8
.8
3.0
2.1
253.781
108.608
280.468
300.284
236.227
319.517
7.9
-1.6
3.5
2.1
5.3
4.2
-3.0
-1.3
1.9
1.1
3.1
2.3
240.596
108.565
243.420
230.878
254.308
290.707
3.4
-.9
3.2
1.0
5.6
3.2
-4.6
-1.4
1.4
.0
3.3
1.7
244.136
111.921
244.706
227.781
252.550
288.878
5.4
-2.3
4.1
2.8
4.9
3.5
-4.6
-2.1
2.1
1.1
2.6
2.1
236.743
110.346
263.737
272.496
250.644
296.024
5.4
-2.0
3.5
2.7
5.2
4.0
-4.0
-1.5
1.5
1.0
2.9
2.3
208.622
3.5
.8
223.534
3.9
1.3
198.313
3.3
.6
201.345
3.7
.9
213.014
3.1
.6
Commodity and service group
All items ..........................................................
Commodities .................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ......
Nondurables less food and beverages .....
Nondurables less food, beverages, and
apparel ............................................
Durables ...................................................
Services ........................................................
Rent of shelter 3 .........................................
Transportation services ..............................
Other services ............................................
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care .............................
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 31. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Regions 1, semiannual averages, by expenditure category and commodity
and service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
U.S. city average
Northeast
Midwest
South
West
Index
Percent
change
from-
Index
Percent
change
from-
Index
Percent
change
from-
Index
Percent
change
from-
Index
Percent
change
from-
2nd half
2008
2nd
1st
half half
2007 2008
2nd half
2008
2nd
1st
half half
2007 2008
2nd half
2008
2nd
1st
half half
2007 2008
2nd half
2008
2nd
1st
half half
2007 2008
2nd half
2008
2nd
1st
half half
2007 2008
Item and Group
Special aggregate indexes
All items less food ...........................................
All items less shelter .......................................
Commodities less food ...................................
Nondurables ...................................................
Nondurables less food ....................................
Nondurables less food and apparel ................
Services less rent of shelter 3 .........................
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 ....................
215.971
206.274
153.395
205.758
194.359
239.882
276.883
247.201
232.965
216.108
216.533
3.0
4.0
1.8
5.1
4.2
5.3
5.2
3.6
9.2
2.8
2.3
0.4
.8
-2.4
-.1
-2.9
-3.7
2.9
1.8
-3.1
1.3
.9
232.530
211.877
157.142
209.175
196.236
248.855
283.209
271.181
238.560
232.008
235.223
3.4
4.7
3.3
6.1
6.2
7.6
5.3
3.5
11.1
3.0
2.5
0.9
1.3
-1.5
.7
-1.6
-2.5
2.9
1.9
-2.3
1.6
1.3
205.155
201.449
151.364
200.678
191.087
236.919
271.113
232.059
227.785
205.874
205.601
2.7
4.1
1.6
4.6
3.2
3.4
5.4
3.2
8.0
2.6
1.9
0.1
.9
-2.4
-.1
-3.0
-4.1
2.8
1.4
-3.2
1.1
.6
208.413
206.134
156.321
208.028
200.641
239.508
273.400
232.313
225.463
208.330
207.345
3.2
4.0
1.5
5.0
4.0
5.2
5.6
4.1
9.9
2.9
2.3
0.4
.8
-3.0
-.4
-3.5
-4.2
3.4
2.2
-2.2
1.3
.8
220.160
206.980
149.167
204.738
188.300
235.275
281.942
254.205
248.296
219.873
220.165
2.8
3.4
1.3
4.6
3.8
5.2
4.5
3.5
7.4
2.8
2.3
0.2
.4
-2.5
-.5
-3.3
-3.6
2.3
1.6
-5.0
1.1
.8
139.995
270.607
262.811
.2
8.0
3.1
-.4
-9.2
1.4
143.082
275.571
286.628
1.1
11.3
3.0
.6
-7.8
1.5
138.714
269.922
249.306
.9
4.1
2.4
.0
-10.4
.9
142.121
269.505
248.861
-.3
7.9
3.3
-.8
-9.7
1.5
136.184
269.548
267.158
-.5
8.7
3.4
-.8
-8.7
1.5
1 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes.
2 Indexes are on a December 1977=100 base except for the U.S. which is on a
1967=100 base.
3 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
4
5
6
-
Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
Data not available.
Table 32. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Population size classes 1, semiannual averages, by
expenditure category and commodity and service group
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
Size class A 2
Size class B/C 3
Size class D
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
Item and Group
Expenditure category
All items 4 .............................................................................
197.771
197.771
3.4
0.9
133.415
3.5
0.6
1.0
-
-
-
-
-
208.900
336.905
3.8
All items (December 1977=100) ..........................................
-
-
Food and beverages ...........................................................
Food ..................................................................................
Food at home ..................................................................
Food away from home ....................................................
Alcoholic beverages ..........................................................
196.598
196.659
202.282
188.669
194.205
5.7
5.8
6.9
4.5
3.7
3.0
3.1
3.6
2.5
1.6
136.080
136.319
135.866
137.346
132.745
6.1
6.3
7.5
4.8
3.9
3.4
3.5
4.1
2.7
1.9
216.830
217.122
213.760
224.530
212.032
6.6
6.8
7.5
5.7
3.8
3.7
3.8
3.9
3.5
2.2
Housing ...............................................................................
Shelter ..............................................................................
Rent of primary residence ...............................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 ..............
Fuels and utilities ..............................................................
Household energy ...........................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity ............................................
Electricity ....................................................................
Utility (piped) gas service ............................................
Household furnishings and operations .............................
201.440
216.249
212.794
214.278
230.532
234.662
221.827
199.344
267.711
122.615
3.2
2.3
3.9
2.4
10.9
11.9
10.8
7.1
18.6
1.7
1.5
.9
1.9
1.2
5.2
5.5
6.4
7.6
3.9
1.2
132.343
131.794
135.811
129.948
170.827
174.030
164.794
148.832
218.485
100.459
3.2
2.1
3.3
2.1
11.3
12.5
11.5
9.7
16.7
1.2
1.3
.6
1.4
.7
5.9
6.6
7.7
8.8
4.8
.5
195.270
217.176
207.673
226.327
219.942
190.313
201.655
192.387
241.159
127.387
4.2
3.0
2.6
3.5
10.7
11.0
10.6
8.3
18.6
3.4
2.0
1.3
1.4
1.6
5.9
5.8
6.4
5.8
8.5
1.3
Apparel ...............................................................................
112.272
1.0
.3
87.648
.8
-.9
113.180
-3.5
-1.2
Transportation .....................................................................
Private transportation ........................................................
New and used motor vehicles 3 ......................................
New vehicles .................................................................
New cars and trucks 3 6 ..............................................
New cars 6 ..................................................................
Used cars and trucks ....................................................
Motor fuel ........................................................................
Gasoline (all types) .......................................................
Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ......................................
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 ...............................
Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ...................................
188.083
186.550
92.979
115.859
91.229
118.323
125.644
385.550
382.485
391.354
261.387
342.826
3.0
2.4
-1.6
-2.2
-2.2
-.4
-4.0
6.9
6.5
6.3
7.2
6.9
-2.8
-3.4
-1.5
-2.0
-2.1
-.5
-4.0
-9.7
-9.8
-10.1
-9.0
-8.7
135.636
135.021
91.832
92.811
92.806
96.300
88.054
263.677
262.844
269.108
256.026
246.774
2.7
2.4
-2.3
-1.8
-1.9
-.1
-4.3
6.9
6.4
6.4
6.2
6.5
-3.6
-3.9
-2.3
-2.0
-2.1
-.3
-4.3
-9.7
-9.9
-10.0
-10.0
-9.4
193.342
188.553
91.256
136.943
94.462
140.611
121.005
257.626
253.921
243.768
283.692
257.529
2.7
2.4
-2.6
-2.4
-2.4
2.1
-4.1
7.5
6.8
7.0
6.4
7.0
-3.4
-3.7
-2.0
-1.4
-1.4
.5
-4.1
-8.8
-9.2
-9.1
-9.8
-8.8
Medical care .......................................................................
Medical care commodities ................................................
Medical care services .......................................................
Professional services ......................................................
289.308
233.839
305.710
245.335
3.0
1.2
3.5
3.2
1.0
.2
1.2
1.3
153.982
138.570
159.489
145.889
3.1
1.3
3.8
3.3
.6
-.4
.9
1.1
356.215
299.952
375.626
319.797
2.8
3.1
2.8
3.2
.6
1.1
.5
.9
Recreation 3 ........................................................................
115.310
1.9
.8
111.227
2.2
1.4
115.875
2.4
1.1
Education and communication 3 .........................................
127.484
3.8
2.4
120.763
3.1
2.5
128.886
3.8
3.2
Other goods and services ...................................................
274.863
3.6
1.5
154.382
4.3
2.0
357.485
4.1
1.8
197.771
166.433
148.571
196.076
258.002
102.799
222.653
217.119
200.220
245.170
3.4
3.2
1.7
4.2
5.4
-1.9
3.5
2.3
5.5
3.8
.9
-.4
-2.5
-3.1
-4.2
-1.5
1.8
.9
3.2
1.9
133.415
123.014
115.995
148.023
177.579
85.275
138.765
132.012
136.319
137.983
3.5
3.3
1.8
4.4
5.4
-1.9
3.6
2.1
5.0
3.6
.6
-.7
-2.8
-3.5
-4.2
-1.8
1.7
.5
2.5
2.4
208.900
175.526
155.567
198.270
243.329
113.206
245.343
224.630
257.587
299.016
3.8
3.4
1.8
3.9
5.9
-1.2
4.1
3.0
4.5
4.0
1.0
-.4
-2.4
-3.1
-3.5
-1.3
2.1
1.3
2.8
2.6
Commodity and service group
All items 4 .............................................................................
Commodities .......................................................................
Commodities less food and beverages .............................
Nondurables less food and beverages ...........................
Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ..........
Durables .........................................................................
Services ..............................................................................
Rent of shelter 5 ................................................................
Transportation services ....................................................
Other services ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 32. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Population size classes 1, semiannual averages, by
expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
Size class A 2
Size class B/C 3
Size class D
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
Item and Group
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care ...................................................
All items less food .................................................................
All items less shelter .............................................................
Commodities less food .........................................................
Nondurables .........................................................................
Nondurables less food ..........................................................
Nondurables less food and apparel ......................................
Services less rent of shelter 5 ...............................................
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 ..........................................
193.256
198.057
189.788
150.712
196.559
196.227
250.124
229.240
216.579
295.918
191.212
190.404
127.171
391.137
222.780
1 See region and area size on Table 10 for information about population
size classes.
2 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
3 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
4 The ’All items’ index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base.
3.4
3.0
4.0
1.8
4.9
4.1
5.2
5.2
3.5
9.1
2.9
2.3
.2
8.0
3.1
0.9
.6
.9
-2.3
-.1
-2.8
-3.7
2.8
1.8
-3.2
1.3
1.0
-.2
-9.3
1.4
5
6
7
-
130.105
130.797
131.606
116.498
141.869
147.038
173.627
145.961
136.797
213.232
125.266
123.212
98.385
270.078
136.786
3.5
3.0
4.0
1.8
5.2
4.4
5.3
5.3
3.6
9.3
2.8
2.1
.2
7.8
3.0
0.7
.2
.7
-2.6
-.3
-3.2
-3.7
3.0
1.8
-3.0
1.1
.6
-.6
-9.4
1.2
199.323
207.473
207.869
157.065
207.728
198.606
240.217
279.506
231.409
224.042
207.960
206.724
143.109
258.941
250.161
Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
Data not available.
3.8
3.3
4.0
1.9
5.1
3.9
5.7
5.3
4.3
9.0
3.1
2.4
.1
8.2
3.6
1.0
.5
.8
-2.2
.0
-2.8
-3.2
3.0
2.3
-3.0
1.5
1.1
-.2
-8.2
1.8
Table 33. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Cross classification of region and population size classes 1,
semiannual averages, by expenditure category and commodity and service group
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
Northeast
Size class B/C 2
Size class A
Item and Group
Index
2nd half
2008
Percent change from-
2nd half
2007
Index
1st half
2008
Percent change from-
2nd half
2008
2nd half
2007
1st half
2008
Expenditure category
All items 3 .....................................................................................
All items (December 1977=100) .................................................
233.059
360.121
3.7
1.4
136.648
4.1
0.9
-
-
-
-
-
Food and beverages ..................................................................
Food .........................................................................................
Food at home .........................................................................
Food away from home ...........................................................
Alcoholic beverages .................................................................
222.017
221.595
224.219
221.582
226.366
6.0
6.1
7.4
4.5
4.6
3.4
3.4
4.2
2.5
2.3
138.091
138.518
137.468
140.480
131.546
6.1
6.2
7.2
4.9
5.1
3.4
3.4
3.7
3.0
2.8
Housing ......................................................................................
Shelter ......................................................................................
Rent of primary residence ......................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 .....................
Fuels and utilities .....................................................................
Household energy ..................................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity ...................................................
Electricity ............................................................................
Utility (piped) gas service ...................................................
Household furnishings and operations .....................................
248.105
292.202
285.757
297.202
230.384
225.967
219.288
196.062
261.336
128.847
3.2
2.1
4.5
2.0
13.2
14.1
11.2
8.1
16.2
.3
1.6
1.3
2.5
1.1
4.7
4.7
6.9
6.7
7.2
.3
138.121
133.975
139.202
130.260
195.281
199.185
165.091
135.853
229.490
103.560
3.7
1.9
3.2
1.3
12.9
13.4
9.5
4.4
22.3
1.9
.7
.3
1.5
.3
2.2
2.0
4.9
2.7
10.2
1.0
Apparel .......................................................................................
116.062
1.9
2.2
87.574
2.3
.3
Transportation ............................................................................
Private transportation ...............................................................
Motor fuel ...............................................................................
Gasoline (all types) ..............................................................
Gasoline, unleaded regular 5 .............................................
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 .......................................
Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 ..........................................
192.873
185.847
253.567
250.841
251.503
253.146
245.447
3.5
3.1
8.1
7.7
7.4
8.6
8.0
-2.1
-2.6
-8.7
-8.8
-9.5
-7.3
-7.2
134.553
134.911
264.351
263.156
268.271
259.428
246.914
3.6
3.4
7.8
7.3
7.4
6.6
7.1
-2.3
-2.5
-8.6
-8.8
-8.8
-9.5
-8.1
Medical care ...............................................................................
391.658
2.6
.7
159.576
3.4
1.2
Recreation 2 ...............................................................................
117.063
2.2
1.0
114.156
3.8
1.6
Education and communication 2 ................................................
131.669
4.8
3.1
121.546
4.2
3.1
Other goods and services ..........................................................
362.961
4.4
2.8
164.167
6.3
4.3
233.059
179.409
152.392
189.480
108.576
281.940
3.7
4.0
2.8
5.8
-2.3
3.5
1.4
.3
-1.7
-1.6
-1.9
2.0
136.648
128.960
123.531
157.508
87.646
139.749
4.1
5.0
4.4
7.4
-.1
3.5
.9
.2
-1.5
-2.2
-.3
1.4
225.939
211.710
155.356
207.027
191.717
280.611
272.756
238.145
234.620
238.476
3.7
4.6
2.8
5.9
5.7
5.3
3.5
11.3
3.0
2.4
1.4
1.4
-1.5
.9
-1.4
3.0
2.1
-1.7
1.7
1.4
133.365
135.285
123.801
147.109
155.461
145.600
137.564
225.796
127.553
125.370
4.2
5.1
4.4
6.8
7.2
5.2
3.5
10.6
3.3
2.7
.9
1.1
-1.3
.4
-1.9
2.7
1.5
-3.4
1.5
1.1
Commodity and service group
All items 3 .....................................................................................
Commodities ..............................................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ....................................
Nondurables less food and beverages ...................................
Durables .................................................................................
Services .....................................................................................
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care ...........................................................
All items less shelter ....................................................................
Commodities less food .................................................................
Nondurables .................................................................................
Nondurables less food .................................................................
Services less rent of shelter 4 ......................................................
Services less medical care services ............................................
Energy ..........................................................................................
All items less energy ....................................................................
All items less food and energy ...................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 33. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Cross classification of region and population size classes 1,
semiannual averages, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
Midwest
Size class B/C 2
Size class A
Item and Group
Index
2nd half
2008
Percent
change from2nd
half
2007
1st
half
2008
Index
Size class D
Percent
change from-
2nd half
2008
2nd
half
2007
1st
half
2008
Index
2nd half
2008
Percent
change from2nd
half
2007
1st
half
2008
Expenditure category
All items 3 .....................................................................................
All items (December 1977=100) .................................................
207.010
341.786
3.0
0.5
131.921
3.4
0.7
0.9
-
-
-
-
202.260
324.268
3.5
-
-
-
Food and beverages ..................................................................
Food .........................................................................................
Food at home .........................................................................
Food away from home ...........................................................
Alcoholic beverages .................................................................
212.114
212.122
211.461
213.532
210.662
5.6
5.8
6.5
5.0
3.8
3.1
3.3
3.4
3.0
1.5
135.035
135.283
133.196
137.931
132.380
6.6
6.9
7.9
5.3
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.9
3.0
1.6
214.186
213.912
205.828
228.810
218.454
8.0
8.3
9.4
6.8
4.3
4.9
5.1
5.8
4.1
3.2
Housing ......................................................................................
Shelter ......................................................................................
Rent of primary residence ......................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 .....................
Fuels and utilities .....................................................................
Household energy ..................................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity ...................................................
Electricity ............................................................................
Utility (piped) gas service ...................................................
Household furnishings and operations .....................................
200.889
229.811
226.950
232.143
212.492
194.287
197.123
156.522
247.820
119.333
2.5
.7
2.0
.7
13.2
14.3
14.2
6.2
23.7
3.2
.7
-.4
1.0
-.1
5.9
6.3
6.6
8.5
4.7
1.9
126.338
124.289
124.332
121.360
175.571
181.174
176.437
145.398
244.390
96.817
2.7
1.4
2.1
1.8
11.1
11.9
11.8
5.7
22.4
.7
1.3
.5
1.2
.9
5.9
6.5
7.3
8.0
6.1
.3
191.865
210.306
197.225
215.545
229.273
185.710
197.870
167.305
266.672
120.561
4.0
2.2
3.7
2.0
12.1
13.5
13.8
7.7
26.0
3.8
2.2
.8
2.3
.3
7.9
8.8
10.4
9.3
12.1
2.2
Apparel .......................................................................................
109.575
3.1
1.5
84.348
.8
.5
125.285
1.7
.9
Transportation ............................................................................
Private transportation ...............................................................
Motor fuel ...............................................................................
Gasoline (all types) ..............................................................
Gasoline, unleaded regular 5 .............................................
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 .......................................
Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 ..........................................
193.033
188.788
274.356
271.991
271.797
290.501
262.512
2.2
1.6
3.9
3.6
3.5
4.4
3.8
-3.4
-4.0
-10.5
-10.8
-11.1
-10.0
-9.7
141.728
141.108
276.816
275.524
282.073
268.832
258.085
2.9
2.4
4.2
3.7
3.9
3.1
3.8
-3.4
-3.8
-10.4
-10.8
-10.9
-11.2
-10.1
176.336
168.439
230.995
227.744
219.667
263.420
235.403
.2
-.2
1.3
1.0
1.3
.3
1.5
-5.3
-5.6
-11.8
-11.8
-11.7
-12.3
-11.4
Medical care ...............................................................................
359.195
2.5
1.1
157.989
2.5
.5
352.327
.8
-.5
Recreation 2 ...............................................................................
116.179
2.3
.8
114.935
3.4
1.7
111.347
2.3
.9
Education and communication 2 ................................................
128.557
3.3
2.1
125.686
2.8
1.5
117.409
4.3
3.7
Other goods and services ..........................................................
332.161
2.3
.4
155.320
5.4
1.7
343.103
4.6
2.0
207.010
169.437
146.646
186.427
107.131
244.312
3.0
3.2
1.7
3.4
-1.0
2.9
.5
-.3
-2.4
-3.0
-1.3
1.1
131.921
122.140
115.173
146.143
83.086
138.006
3.4
3.3
1.4
2.9
-.9
3.6
.7
-.6
-2.8
-3.7
-1.4
1.7
202.260
174.189
154.529
197.636
110.550
233.141
3.5
3.3
.8
2.1
-1.1
3.7
.9
-.3
-3.0
-3.8
-1.6
2.0
200.136
200.697
149.155
200.129
188.027
270.378
234.490
228.304
206.959
206.683
3.0
4.1
1.8
4.5
3.5
5.4
2.9
8.6
2.4
1.8
.4
.9
-2.2
.0
-2.6
2.7
1.0
-3.2
.9
.5
128.695
133.188
115.668
140.566
145.056
151.987
135.322
223.265
123.756
121.577
3.5
4.2
1.5
4.7
2.9
5.7
3.5
7.7
2.9
2.1
.7
.8
-2.7
-.3
-3.4
2.9
1.8
-3.2
1.2
.8
192.478
200.748
156.252
206.058
198.467
259.783
216.779
205.940
202.813
200.711
3.7
4.0
1.0
4.8
2.2
5.1
3.8
6.6
3.1
2.0
1.0
1.0
-2.8
.1
-3.4
3.1
2.3
-3.3
1.5
.8
Commodity and service group
All items 3 .....................................................................................
Commodities ..............................................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ....................................
Nondurables less food and beverages ...................................
Durables .................................................................................
Services .....................................................................................
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care ...........................................................
All items less shelter ....................................................................
Commodities less food .................................................................
Nondurables .................................................................................
Nondurables less food .................................................................
Services less rent of shelter 4 ......................................................
Services less medical care services ............................................
Energy ..........................................................................................
All items less energy ....................................................................
All items less food and energy ...................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 33. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Cross classification of region and population size classes 1,
semiannual averages, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
South
Size class B/C 2
Size class A
Item and Group
Index
2nd half
2008
Percent
change from2nd
half
2007
1st
half
2008
Index
Size class D
Percent
change from-
2nd half
2008
2nd
half
2007
1st
half
2008
Index
2nd half
2008
Percent
change from2nd
half
2007
1st
half
2008
Expenditure category
All items 3 .....................................................................................
All items (December 1977=100) .................................................
212.066
342.346
3.6
1.0
133.075
3.4
0.7
1.4
-
-
-
-
211.563
343.561
5.0
-
-
-
Food and beverages ..................................................................
Food .........................................................................................
Food at home .........................................................................
Food away from home ...........................................................
Alcoholic beverages .................................................................
217.064
218.320
215.451
224.758
201.290
5.9
6.2
7.2
4.9
2.9
3.3
3.4
4.0
2.8
1.8
135.334
135.861
136.196
135.979
127.033
6.0
6.2
7.5
4.6
2.8
3.5
3.6
4.5
2.6
1.3
212.535
212.268
213.386
214.551
211.498
6.7
6.6
7.3
5.7
6.8
3.3
3.4
3.0
3.9
2.7
Housing ......................................................................................
Shelter ......................................................................................
Rent of primary residence ......................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 .....................
Fuels and utilities .....................................................................
Household energy ..................................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity ...................................................
Electricity ............................................................................
Utility (piped) gas service ...................................................
Household furnishings and operations .....................................
208.862
227.532
228.367
231.703
230.062
213.912
217.254
200.640
262.614
138.010
4.0
3.0
3.8
3.0
11.6
12.6
12.2
10.4
21.8
2.9
2.1
1.0
1.6
1.4
8.9
9.9
10.1
11.1
5.9
1.8
132.936
134.287
138.558
132.659
161.451
163.114
159.394
151.561
205.429
98.266
3.3
2.1
3.5
2.1
12.4
14.1
13.5
13.0
15.5
.6
1.7
.8
1.9
.7
7.8
9.1
9.5
11.4
1.1
.1
196.962
219.339
215.144
229.557
217.484
193.146
196.949
190.636
228.952
124.317
6.6
5.6
4.8
6.3
12.9
12.7
12.2
10.7
21.9
3.8
3.5
2.8
2.4
3.3
7.4
6.8
7.1
7.0
7.6
2.3
Apparel .......................................................................................
146.032
-.4
-.9
87.536
.7
-1.0
113.233
-4.3
-1.6
Transportation ............................................................................
Private transportation ...............................................................
Motor fuel ...............................................................................
Gasoline (all types) ..............................................................
Gasoline, unleaded regular 5 .............................................
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 .......................................
Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 ..........................................
189.662
188.999
272.982
269.340
270.668
270.206
264.343
2.5
2.0
7.5
7.1
6.9
7.8
7.7
-3.6
-4.1
-9.7
-9.9
-10.3
-9.0
-8.7
133.568
132.981
263.704
262.415
270.555
254.208
247.142
2.5
2.2
7.0
6.4
6.3
6.6
6.5
-4.3
-4.5
-10.2
-10.6
-10.8
-10.3
-9.8
205.670
204.354
257.498
251.645
244.802
292.827
258.116
3.9
3.8
9.7
8.5
8.8
7.8
8.0
-3.5
-3.6
-9.0
-9.7
-9.8
-9.7
-9.2
Medical care ...............................................................................
339.038
3.2
1.3
150.095
3.3
.4
347.199
3.5
1.0
Recreation 2 ...............................................................................
113.884
.5
-.1
114.305
3.0
1.6
117.415
1.9
.8
Education and communication 2 ................................................
121.932
3.1
2.1
119.606
2.9
2.8
126.709
3.7
2.8
Other goods and services ..........................................................
319.244
3.7
.9
150.958
3.2
1.3
346.707
4.6
2.4
212.066
176.520
154.681
196.934
114.895
246.464
3.6
2.9
1.2
3.9
-2.6
4.0
1.0
-.8
-3.1
-3.7
-2.1
2.1
133.075
122.168
115.246
147.420
85.405
139.089
3.4
3.0
1.3
4.0
-2.4
3.8
.7
-.9
-3.3
-3.9
-2.3
2.0
211.563
178.857
162.530
206.217
116.497
246.394
5.0
4.0
2.7
5.0
-.9
5.8
1.4
-.6
-2.5
-3.3
-1.1
3.2
205.434
206.908
156.640
206.768
197.094
275.139
236.267
236.184
211.303
210.517
3.6
3.9
1.3
4.9
3.8
5.4
4.0
9.8
2.9
2.3
1.0
.9
-2.9
-.3
-3.4
3.4
2.1
-1.2
1.2
.9
129.999
130.259
115.583
141.170
146.247
143.852
137.605
204.922
125.154
123.145
3.5
4.0
1.4
4.9
3.9
5.7
3.8
9.9
2.7
2.0
.7
.6
-3.1
-.5
-3.6
3.3
2.1
-2.7
1.1
.6
201.150
210.194
163.610
209.701
205.988
277.198
231.487
221.277
208.813
208.502
5.1
4.7
2.8
5.8
5.1
6.0
6.1
10.8
4.1
3.6
1.5
.9
-2.4
-.4
-3.1
3.6
3.5
-2.8
2.2
1.9
Commodity and service group
All items 3 .....................................................................................
Commodities ..............................................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ....................................
Nondurables less food and beverages ...................................
Durables .................................................................................
Services .....................................................................................
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care ...........................................................
All items less shelter ....................................................................
Commodities less food .................................................................
Nondurables .................................................................................
Nondurables less food .................................................................
Services less rent of shelter 4 ......................................................
Services less medical care services ............................................
Energy ..........................................................................................
All items less energy ....................................................................
All items less food and energy ...................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 33. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Cross classification of region and population size classes 1,
semiannual averages, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
West
Size class B/C 2
Size class A
Item and Group
Index
2nd half
2008
Percent change from-
2nd half
2007
Index
1st half
2008
Percent change from-
2nd half
2008
2nd half
2007
1st half
2008
Expenditure category
All items 3 .....................................................................................
All items (December 1977=100) .................................................
224.101
365.427
3.3
0.7
133.504
3.0
0.3
-
-
-
-
-
Food and beverages ..................................................................
Food .........................................................................................
Food at home .........................................................................
Food away from home ...........................................................
Alcoholic beverages .................................................................
223.140
222.913
230.384
212.857
223.521
5.2
5.4
6.7
3.9
3.2
2.5
2.6
3.1
2.1
.9
137.442
136.712
136.414
137.207
151.078
6.1
6.1
7.3
4.4
6.4
3.3
3.3
4.0
2.3
2.9
Housing ......................................................................................
Shelter ......................................................................................
Rent of primary residence ......................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 .....................
Fuels and utilities .....................................................................
Household energy ..................................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity ...................................................
Electricity ............................................................................
Utility (piped) gas service ...................................................
Household furnishings and operations .....................................
239.614
268.674
274.880
282.857
236.032
227.525
228.509
240.302
231.785
135.990
2.9
2.9
4.3
3.5
5.4
5.3
4.9
2.5
11.4
1.0
1.3
1.4
2.0
1.7
1.6
.8
.9
3.2
-4.7
1.1
132.483
132.144
137.829
132.217
167.476
168.888
165.822
152.507
199.858
107.209
3.0
2.8
3.7
3.0
6.3
7.1
6.9
7.9
4.5
2.0
.9
.3
.8
1.0
4.9
5.6
6.0
6.8
4.0
1.1
Apparel .......................................................................................
112.438
-.4
-1.8
91.949
.3
-2.8
Transportation ............................................................................
Private transportation ...............................................................
Motor fuel ...............................................................................
Gasoline (all types) ..............................................................
Gasoline, unleaded regular 5 .............................................
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 .......................................
Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 ..........................................
191.031
184.952
263.470
261.113
263.339
240.220
250.002
3.5
2.7
7.8
7.5
7.7
7.3
7.1
-2.5
-3.3
-9.7
-9.7
-9.8
-9.6
-9.4
135.829
133.936
245.270
246.088
247.083
241.661
232.403
2.3
1.9
8.9
8.6
8.9
8.1
7.5
-3.3
-3.7
-8.2
-8.1
-8.0
-8.0
-8.3
Medical care ...............................................................................
364.794
3.5
.9
155.022
3.1
.5
Recreation 2 ...............................................................................
113.839
2.2
1.2
98.612
-2.0
.2
Education and communication 2 ................................................
125.882
3.9
2.4
117.192
2.9
2.2
Other goods and services ..........................................................
355.395
3.6
1.4
152.214
4.2
1.9
224.101
172.500
144.397
180.731
110.191
269.532
3.3
2.6
1.2
3.5
-1.7
3.7
.7
-.9
-2.8
-4.0
-1.1
1.7
133.504
121.106
112.649
142.961
85.928
138.198
3.0
2.7
1.0
4.4
-2.7
3.2
.3
-.8
-2.7
-3.3
-2.2
1.1
217.631
206.731
147.898
203.107
184.336
281.475
261.494
247.502
224.315
225.335
3.3
3.5
1.2
4.3
3.4
4.8
3.7
6.8
3.0
2.6
.7
.4
-2.6
-.8
-3.7
2.3
1.8
-6.3
1.4
1.2
129.361
130.259
113.708
140.429
143.507
144.987
136.039
212.145
125.396
123.494
3.0
3.1
1.2
5.2
4.5
3.9
3.2
8.2
2.4
1.8
.3
.3
-2.6
-.2
-2.9
2.4
1.2
-3.0
.6
.2
Commodity and service group
All items 3 .....................................................................................
Commodities ..............................................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ....................................
Nondurables less food and beverages ...................................
Durables .................................................................................
Services .....................................................................................
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care ...........................................................
All items less shelter ....................................................................
Commodities less food .................................................................
Nondurables .................................................................................
Nondurables less food .................................................................
Services less rent of shelter 4 ......................................................
Services less medical care services ............................................
Energy ..........................................................................................
All items less energy ....................................................................
All items less food and energy ...................................................
1 See region and area size on Table 10 in the CPI Detailed Report for
information about cross classifications.
2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
3 The ’All items’ index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base.
4
5
6
-
Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
Data not available.
Table 34. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Select areas, semiannual averages, by expenditure category and
commodity and service group
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
Anchorage, AK
Item and Group
BostonBrockton-Nashua,
MA-NH-ME-CT
Atlanta, GA
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
Expenditure category
All items 4 .....................................................................................
All items (1967=100) 5 .................................................................
191.335
510.699
4.5
2.0
-0.3
1.0
-
-
236.502
687.399
3.3
-
206.162
621.721
2.1
-
-
-
Food and beverages 4 ...............................................................
Food 4 ......................................................................................
Food at home .........................................................................
Food away from home 6 .........................................................
Alcoholic beverages 6 ..............................................................
193.901
196.143
201.316
188.130
166.157
3.8
4.1
5.7
1.7
.1
1.7
1.9
3.2
.7
-.1
220.738
229.747
223.210
240.716
139.970
5.3
5.6
6.7
4.2
.4
2.9
3.1
3.9
2.7
.1
228.324
228.687
223.760
239.391
226.056
6.1
6.1
7.1
5.2
6.0
3.8
3.9
4.9
2.9
2.3
Housing 4 ...................................................................................
Shelter ......................................................................................
Rent of primary residence 4 ...................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 .....................
Fuels and utilities .....................................................................
Household energy ..................................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity ...................................................
Electricity ............................................................................
Utility (piped) gas service ...................................................
Household furnishings and operations .....................................
168.995
170.224
163.543
169.745
244.399
257.351
283.928
222.153
371.687
117.451
2.9
2.8
3.9
2.7
2.1
3.0
2.7
6.7
-2.0
4.7
1.7
1.4
2.1
1.3
2.3
3.4
4.2
8.0
-.2
3.0
203.660
217.393
218.154
213.746
258.704
242.398
241.527
199.742
310.084
129.591
2.3
.3
.2
-.2
13.1
15.0
14.6
10.5
22.6
3.2
.4
-.4
-1.7
-.5
5.0
6.4
6.6
11.7
-2.0
1.8
238.495
273.050
273.827
282.554
266.137
234.835
232.361
219.041
247.690
125.838
2.1
-.2
1.7
-1.6
16.6
18.9
15.4
11.3
25.0
1.6
.4
-.1
1.0
-.4
1.6
1.9
5.6
7.0
3.1
.2
Apparel 4 ....................................................................................
128.366
1.5
-3.7
120.074
-2.4
-5.2
136.760
-.7
4.8
Transportation 4 .........................................................................
Private transportation ...............................................................
Motor fuel ...............................................................................
Gasoline (all types) ..............................................................
Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 .............................................
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 .......................................
Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 ..........................................
204.186
199.724
309.392
307.109
299.096
289.617
299.302
10.7
10.2
27.9
26.6
26.9
26.0
25.3
4.6
4.4
8.8
8.0
8.0
7.9
7.6
186.136
185.178
272.757
268.907
267.384
320.222
267.737
2.6
2.1
8.6
7.8
7.8
7.3
8.4
-3.3
-3.9
-8.9
-9.4
-9.4
-9.8
-8.6
181.783
180.803
260.983
255.379
253.496
258.091
251.837
2.4
2.0
7.3
6.4
6.3
6.9
6.9
-2.5
-2.8
-10.2
-10.6
-11.0
-9.4
-8.9
Medical care 4 ............................................................................
380.337
2.9
-.1
325.833
2.0
1.6
504.666
3.5
1.7
Recreation 10 .............................................................................
119.584
2.2
1.0
109.550
-5.3
-4.7
119.443
2.3
1.2
Education and communication 10 ...............................................
110.114
1.6
1.5
114.495
2.5
1.7
133.672
7.7
2.5
Other goods and services 4 .......................................................
288.784
7.9
3.2
309.084
-.3
-1.3
379.315
8.8
4.5
191.335
171.060
158.889
199.907
124.775
207.967
4.5
6.0
7.2
11.0
2.5
3.5
2.0
1.8
1.8
2.1
1.3
2.1
206.162
171.564
147.112
185.438
108.782
240.966
2.1
2.7
1.4
3.9
-2.4
1.7
-.3
-1.2
-3.4
-5.5
.1
.3
236.502
181.782
156.617
205.749
109.267
285.408
3.3
4.4
3.3
6.4
-1.2
2.6
1.0
.6
-1.6
-1.8
-1.2
1.2
183.970
200.176
159.634
197.387
198.145
268.687
195.760
281.830
185.800
184.226
4.6
5.4
6.9
7.4
10.2
4.5
3.5
17.3
3.3
3.2
2.1
2.2
1.7
1.9
2.0
2.9
2.2
6.8
1.5
1.4
198.873
205.454
146.578
201.718
181.140
279.117
229.139
234.200
203.038
199.265
2.1
3.2
1.3
4.5
3.7
3.7
1.7
11.4
.9
.1
-.4
-.1
-3.3
-1.6
-5.2
1.5
.2
-2.0
.1
-.4
225.477
224.213
159.458
215.742
205.880
313.763
268.860
245.359
238.714
241.248
3.3
5.1
3.4
6.3
6.3
6.2
2.5
13.3
2.4
1.7
.9
1.4
-1.4
1.1
-1.5
2.5
1.2
-4.1
1.5
1.0
Commodity and service group
All items 4 .....................................................................................
Commodities ..............................................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ....................................
Nondurables less food and beverages ...................................
Durables .................................................................................
Services .....................................................................................
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care 4 ........................................................
All items less shelter ....................................................................
Commodities less food .................................................................
Nondurables .................................................................................
Nondurables less food .................................................................
Services less rent of shelter 7 ......................................................
Services less medical care services ............................................
Energy 4 .......................................................................................
All items less energy ....................................................................
All items less food and energy 4 ................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 34. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Select areas, semiannual averages, by expenditure category and
commodity and service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
ChicagoGary-Kenosha,
IL-IN-WI
Item and Group
CincinnatiHamilton,
OH-KY-IN
ClevelandAkron, OH
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
Expenditure category
All items 4 .....................................................................................
All items (1967=100) 5 .................................................................
212.878
635.992
3.0
0.3
1.5
0.0
-
-
203.050
650.667
2.8
-
203.031
628.224
3.8
-
-
-
Food and beverages 4 ...............................................................
Food 4 ......................................................................................
Food at home .........................................................................
Food away from home 6 .........................................................
Alcoholic beverages 6 ..............................................................
213.216
212.330
217.793
200.197
225.262
5.4
5.3
5.1
5.7
5.8
2.6
2.8
2.5
3.2
1.1
198.899
196.800
192.000
205.807
222.531
8.9
9.4
8.4
10.9
5.2
5.7
6.0
4.4
8.0
3.5
217.998
221.985
216.138
234.183
174.782
5.9
6.1
8.3
3.5
3.0
3.3
3.5
4.5
1.6
1.2
Housing 4 ...................................................................................
Shelter ......................................................................................
Rent of primary residence 4 ...................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 .....................
Fuels and utilities .....................................................................
Household energy ..................................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity ...................................................
Electricity ............................................................................
Utility (piped) gas service ...................................................
Household furnishings and operations .....................................
218.850
260.444
265.865
260.879
209.191
194.962
198.929
145.797
265.773
108.657
2.4
-.1
2.7
-.4
19.2
20.5
20.6
8.6
34.1
2.3
.1
-.9
1.1
-1.1
5.7
6.3
6.5
9.2
4.1
.7
187.773
207.464
209.859
209.863
214.815
188.593
193.765
177.968
287.705
123.062
2.7
1.2
2.4
2.2
7.8
9.7
9.3
5.3
26.7
5.6
2.2
.2
1.5
.5
8.7
9.7
10.5
9.7
14.4
4.0
192.342
210.406
207.893
208.646
220.680
218.564
219.080
156.254
285.594
122.485
1.8
-.9
-.4
-1.1
14.3
18.0
17.9
5.9
28.0
2.6
-.5
-2.5
.0
-.9
7.2
8.4
8.8
10.0
7.9
1.5
Apparel 4 ....................................................................................
92.332
-.3
2.1
138.166
7.4
4.1
116.096
9.2
2.5
Transportation 4 .........................................................................
Private transportation ...............................................................
Motor fuel ...............................................................................
Gasoline (all types) ..............................................................
Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 .............................................
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 .......................................
Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 ..........................................
184.315
180.980
286.961
284.417
281.181
294.878
269.705
2.9
2.4
7.8
7.8
7.9
7.3
7.4
-3.2
-3.6
-6.7
-6.8
-6.8
-6.8
-6.2
188.531
187.256
270.410
267.770
276.544
258.371
230.195
2.0
1.9
4.3
3.5
3.6
3.3
3.5
-3.5
-3.7
-11.4
-11.9
-12.0
-12.1
-11.3
196.155
197.181
298.480
294.380
286.165
301.518
284.934
1.7
1.7
3.4
2.7
3.1
2.6
2.4
-3.9
-4.1
-12.5
-13.0
-13.1
-12.1
-12.4
Medical care 4 ............................................................................
366.839
3.6
1.5
380.138
2.4
.8
342.713
3.1
.9
Recreation 10 .............................................................................
111.989
2.4
-.2
122.578
4.4
1.5
112.314
3.7
3.2
Education and communication 10 ...............................................
133.641
3.7
2.3
121.311
2.5
1.3
112.161
1.5
.8
Other goods and services 4 .......................................................
332.750
2.8
1.1
385.989
4.1
1.9
336.186
2.0
1.9
212.878
165.645
139.453
180.640
99.558
257.457
3.0
3.0
1.4
3.6
-2.4
3.1
.3
-.2
-2.0
-1.4
-3.1
.7
203.031
170.510
154.520
190.096
121.640
238.202
3.8
4.9
2.6
4.3
.1
3.0
1.5
.9
-1.8
-3.4
.6
1.9
203.050
178.859
157.121
197.668
113.127
228.521
2.8
3.8
2.6
3.9
.7
2.2
.0
-.1
-2.0
-3.4
.2
.2
205.950
197.109
142.825
198.370
183.730
267.657
248.853
228.746
212.711
213.517
3.0
4.6
1.6
4.5
3.8
7.0
3.0
13.7
2.0
1.4
.2
.9
-1.8
.7
-1.1
2.5
.5
-.7
.4
.0
194.730
203.088
157.086
195.971
192.705
279.758
224.918
226.199
202.762
204.982
3.9
4.9
2.8
6.6
4.4
4.8
3.2
6.4
3.6
2.5
1.5
1.9
-1.5
1.0
-2.7
3.3
2.1
-3.1
2.0
1.3
196.737
201.914
157.877
208.839
195.640
252.223
219.998
246.225
200.203
196.406
2.8
4.5
2.7
4.9
3.9
5.4
2.1
10.5
2.1
1.4
.0
1.1
-1.9
-.3
-3.1
2.9
.1
-2.6
.4
-.2
Commodity and service group
All items 4 .....................................................................................
Commodities ..............................................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ....................................
Nondurables less food and beverages ...................................
Durables .................................................................................
Services .....................................................................................
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care 4 ........................................................
All items less shelter ....................................................................
Commodities less food .................................................................
Nondurables .................................................................................
Nondurables less food .................................................................
Services less rent of shelter 7 ......................................................
Services less medical care services ............................................
Energy 4 .......................................................................................
All items less energy ....................................................................
All items less food and energy 4 ................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 34. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Select areas, semiannual averages, by expenditure category and
commodity and service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
DallasFort Worth, TX
Item and Group
DenverBoulder-Greeley, CO
DetroitAnn ArborFlint, MI
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
Expenditure category
All items 4 .....................................................................................
All items (1967=100) 5 .................................................................
203.463
638.251
4.1
1.7
1.1
0.3
-
-
205.030
609.435
2.2
-
211.066
703.816
4.1
-
-
-
Food and beverages 4 ...............................................................
Food 4 ......................................................................................
Food at home .........................................................................
Food away from home 6 .........................................................
Alcoholic beverages 6 ..............................................................
221.613
216.920
203.460
238.656
283.435
6.4
6.3
7.7
4.9
6.9
3.5
3.4
4.3
2.3
4.2
203.999
207.440
211.420
200.456
176.706
5.4
6.0
6.6
5.1
-.7
2.7
3.1
2.5
2.9
-1.6
197.338
197.360
194.776
201.446
190.868
4.0
4.3
4.9
3.2
1.1
2.7
2.8
3.3
2.3
1.2
Housing 4 ...................................................................................
Shelter ......................................................................................
Rent of primary residence 4 ...................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 .....................
Fuels and utilities .....................................................................
Household energy ..................................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity ...................................................
Electricity ............................................................................
Utility (piped) gas service ...................................................
Household furnishings and operations .....................................
186.047
187.258
186.892
200.063
256.722
265.701
263.044
242.944
328.554
136.739
4.7
3.2
5.1
3.6
12.0
14.5
14.2
13.0
21.4
3.1
3.5
2.2
2.9
2.3
9.7
13.1
13.3
11.5
25.4
1.9
193.800
212.358
203.463
207.680
201.037
162.563
160.954
138.391
200.659
127.329
3.2
1.8
2.8
1.4
13.8
22.5
22.5
15.9
24.9
2.6
.6
.7
1.0
.7
-1.5
.2
.2
7.6
-8.5
1.4
192.564
213.463
204.162
214.682
235.066
198.913
200.708
163.081
241.252
122.543
1.5
-.7
-.6
.4
11.0
11.8
11.8
5.3
18.7
3.7
.2
-1.2
-.3
-.2
5.9
7.4
7.6
5.2
10.0
2.0
Apparel 4 ....................................................................................
125.826
-4.1
-1.1
102.186
2.4
-1.1
111.814
7.9
2.1
Transportation 4 .........................................................................
Private transportation ...............................................................
Motor fuel ...............................................................................
Gasoline (all types) ..............................................................
Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 .............................................
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 .......................................
Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 ..........................................
195.388
196.320
275.799
273.722
269.989
277.035
270.592
3.4
3.1
7.9
7.6
7.4
8.9
8.4
-3.6
-3.7
-9.4
-9.6
-10.2
-7.9
-8.0
232.319
226.845
247.272
245.709
242.482
233.591
245.383
4.0
3.2
3.6
3.3
3.2
4.0
3.4
-.8
-1.5
-8.9
-8.9
-9.3
-7.9
-7.9
213.063
210.990
262.390
260.298
267.377
290.780
246.497
2.7
2.3
.5
.1
.0
1.0
.5
-2.6
-3.0
-12.7
-13.0
-13.4
-11.8
-11.3
Medical care 4 ............................................................................
329.929
3.9
1.6
442.049
9.1
4.3
351.368
-.7
.1
Recreation 10 .............................................................................
117.631
3.1
2.8
130.241
3.4
3.2
118.871
.1
1.4
Education and communication 10 ...............................................
133.057
3.4
1.8
114.536
3.5
2.7
132.039
2.4
2.0
Other goods and services 4 .......................................................
328.174
2.5
1.6
311.976
3.5
-.2
350.232
-.1
-.5
203.463
174.817
151.495
184.880
122.287
231.714
4.1
2.6
.3
1.8
-1.9
5.2
1.7
-.5
-3.0
-3.9
-1.6
3.3
211.066
163.869
142.742
172.453
113.822
251.041
4.1
3.0
1.5
2.0
.7
4.8
1.1
.1
-1.6
-3.2
.8
1.9
205.030
165.834
148.716
180.255
111.914
246.264
2.2
2.8
1.9
3.4
-.5
1.8
.3
-1.0
-3.3
-4.5
-1.0
1.2
196.939
211.383
155.423
202.568
190.366
295.558
220.892
271.000
200.615
197.878
4.1
4.5
.6
4.2
2.1
7.0
5.1
11.2
3.4
2.8
1.7
1.4
-2.7
-.2
-3.4
4.1
3.4
.6
1.9
1.6
200.231
211.487
144.017
188.774
172.039
308.147
234.834
200.634
213.132
214.445
3.7
5.1
1.4
3.8
1.8
8.1
4.3
10.6
3.8
3.3
.9
1.3
-1.6
-.2
-3.1
3.1
1.6
-5.5
1.8
1.6
199.158
204.630
150.452
189.185
180.997
291.759
238.246
229.814
204.995
207.136
2.3
3.4
1.9
3.7
3.2
4.2
2.0
5.4
1.7
1.3
.3
.9
-3.1
-1.0
-4.2
3.6
1.3
-4.5
1.0
.6
Commodity and service group
All items 4 .....................................................................................
Commodities ..............................................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ....................................
Nondurables less food and beverages ...................................
Durables .................................................................................
Services .....................................................................................
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care 4 ........................................................
All items less shelter ....................................................................
Commodities less food .................................................................
Nondurables .................................................................................
Nondurables less food .................................................................
Services less rent of shelter 7 ......................................................
Services less medical care services ............................................
Energy 4 .......................................................................................
All items less energy ....................................................................
All items less food and energy 4 ................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 34. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Select areas, semiannual averages, by expenditure category and
commodity and service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
HoustonGalvestonBrazoria, TX
Honolulu, HI
Item and Group
Kansas City, MO-KS
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
Expenditure category
All items 4 .....................................................................................
All items (1967=100) 5 .................................................................
230.387
634.249
3.6
1.3
0.6
0.3
-
-
201.432
598.125
2.9
-
190.564
611.209
3.1
-
-
-
Food and beverages 4 ...............................................................
Food 4 ......................................................................................
Food at home .........................................................................
Food away from home 6 .........................................................
Alcoholic beverages 6 ..............................................................
220.859
221.334
234.214
205.919
212.801
6.7
7.1
10.3
4.5
2.2
4.0
4.3
5.3
3.7
-1.1
201.112
200.846
205.780
190.726
198.953
7.1
7.4
8.0
6.3
3.1
4.0
4.2
4.7
3.5
2.4
214.877
217.860
217.899
220.407
177.906
7.4
7.6
8.4
6.0
6.2
4.0
4.4
4.4
4.3
.9
Housing 4 ...................................................................................
Shelter ......................................................................................
Rent of primary residence 4 ...................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 .....................
Fuels and utilities .....................................................................
Household energy ..................................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity ...................................................
Electricity ............................................................................
Utility (piped) gas service ...................................................
Household furnishings and operations .....................................
250.725
266.960
257.136
275.191
301.325
284.530
281.204
276.956
289.223
165.514
3.1
1.0
2.3
1.2
29.5
35.9
36.0
36.7
22.0
-.2
1.6
.4
.7
.3
13.1
13.2
13.4
14.0
3.7
.7
179.622
195.234
185.504
180.162
211.841
210.181
207.694
203.492
223.496
127.163
5.5
4.1
4.2
4.7
12.8
14.6
14.5
12.4
28.1
7.3
3.1
1.2
2.0
2.6
11.6
15.3
15.5
16.1
12.1
4.2
195.133
211.908
211.872
207.981
218.624
198.671
196.421
127.009
295.701
128.831
3.1
1.6
2.3
1.7
11.7
14.0
13.4
9.4
18.3
1.9
1.1
.8
1.5
.7
2.0
5.0
5.3
9.9
.5
2.2
Apparel 4 ....................................................................................
104.637
-1.0
-1.2
144.733
-3.0
-2.1
105.704
-2.5
-1.6
Transportation 4 .........................................................................
Private transportation ...............................................................
Motor fuel ...............................................................................
Gasoline (all types) ..............................................................
Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 .............................................
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 .......................................
Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 ..........................................
212.477
207.461
281.320
288.356
308.008
233.685
247.123
3.3
2.2
12.3
11.9
13.1
16.3
7.7
-1.4
-1.6
-2.5
-2.8
-1.9
1.9
-6.8
167.889
166.115
257.508
254.718
263.464
262.100
246.220
-1.2
-1.6
6.9
6.3
6.2
7.0
6.0
-5.9
-6.4
-10.7
-11.0
-11.5
-10.3
-10.1
186.372
183.510
257.960
256.772
250.710
310.416
256.041
2.1
1.5
.6
.2
.0
.2
1.5
-5.3
-5.9
-14.0
-14.3
-14.7
-13.8
-12.5
Medical care 4 ............................................................................
318.531
3.0
.4
340.287
1.8
1.2
297.123
-1.9
.5
Recreation 10 .............................................................................
104.979
1.8
-.6
108.039
-1.3
-.4
116.260
2.5
1.6
Education and communication 10 ...............................................
119.110
3.5
3.5
109.715
2.8
1.4
118.938
3.0
1.9
Other goods and services 4 .......................................................
369.596
5.2
2.3
305.072
5.4
1.7
328.220
1.4
.0
230.387
181.726
155.445
189.833
117.585
273.096
3.6
3.4
1.2
3.7
-1.8
3.7
1.3
.7
-1.5
-1.3
-1.8
1.8
190.564
163.607
143.944
189.484
102.970
218.584
3.1
1.2
-1.6
2.1
-6.7
4.6
.6
-2.0
-4.9
-5.0
-4.9
2.8
201.432
171.170
149.383
194.053
106.641
231.353
2.9
2.3
-.8
-.8
-.7
3.3
.3
-1.0
-4.0
-5.7
-1.0
1.3
225.787
214.789
157.831
206.873
191.284
280.604
268.319
282.696
228.767
231.560
3.6
5.4
1.2
5.4
3.6
8.5
3.4
22.3
2.3
1.4
1.4
1.9
-1.5
1.5
-1.3
3.8
1.7
4.3
1.1
.5
182.414
188.615
146.003
195.859
189.932
242.839
204.489
231.808
188.580
186.345
3.2
2.9
-1.4
4.3
2.2
5.6
4.7
9.7
2.3
1.4
.6
.5
-4.6
-.9
-4.5
4.3
2.9
-.6
.9
.3
196.042
199.009
150.431
204.339
193.369
261.959
221.306
226.380
200.130
197.196
3.3
3.4
-.3
3.2
-.1
5.1
3.3
6.5
2.4
1.4
.3
.1
-3.7
-1.1
-5.1
1.8
1.3
-6.0
1.3
.7
Commodity and service group
All items 4 .....................................................................................
Commodities ..............................................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ....................................
Nondurables less food and beverages ...................................
Durables .................................................................................
Services .....................................................................................
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care 4 ........................................................
All items less shelter ....................................................................
Commodities less food .................................................................
Nondurables .................................................................................
Nondurables less food .................................................................
Services less rent of shelter 7 ......................................................
Services less medical care services ............................................
Energy 4 .......................................................................................
All items less energy ....................................................................
All items less food and energy 4 ................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 34. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Select areas, semiannual averages, by expenditure category and
commodity and service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
Los AngelesRiversideOrange County, CA
Item and Group
MiamiFort Lauderdale, FL
MilwaukeeRacine, WI
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
Expenditure category
All items 4 .....................................................................................
All items (1967=100) 5 .................................................................
225.638
666.634
3.3
0.6
0.8
1.1
-
-
204.103
630.394
4.4
-
223.059
359.539
3.8
-
-
-
Food and beverages 4 ...............................................................
Food 4 ......................................................................................
Food at home .........................................................................
Food away from home 6 .........................................................
Alcoholic beverages 6 ..............................................................
223.446
222.507
236.211
203.141
223.608
5.3
5.5
6.9
3.7
3.2
2.5
2.6
3.1
2.0
.4
226.408
228.031
232.829
223.263
206.751
6.0
6.3
8.5
3.2
1.5
3.3
3.4
4.5
1.5
.7
218.026
221.415
224.184
219.213
190.149
5.1
5.5
5.9
4.9
1.3
3.3
3.6
4.1
2.6
.0
Housing 4 ...................................................................................
Shelter ......................................................................................
Rent of primary residence 4 ...................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 .....................
Fuels and utilities .....................................................................
Household energy ..................................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity ...................................................
Electricity ............................................................................
Utility (piped) gas service ...................................................
Household furnishings and operations .....................................
245.278
275.529
278.593
287.328
241.047
237.204
235.284
250.557
234.161
127.617
2.9
3.1
4.3
3.6
4.6
3.1
2.7
-1.7
13.6
.2
1.1
1.5
2.1
1.7
-2.7
-5.9
-5.9
-3.3
-10.9
1.2
227.648
248.493
240.564
252.634
178.356
166.794
163.445
159.183
256.647
180.093
3.7
3.5
4.3
3.5
7.7
6.5
6.3
6.2
13.0
2.6
1.6
1.1
1.4
1.6
6.8
6.0
6.2
6.3
1.7
1.1
199.252
234.720
214.839
248.075
206.683
179.086
184.054
171.739
193.944
108.096
4.3
2.8
3.7
3.5
14.1
14.0
13.8
9.3
18.1
3.5
1.2
.4
2.0
1.5
2.5
.9
.9
4.6
-4.2
3.8
Apparel 4 ....................................................................................
106.538
2.3
.4
151.496
-.9
.8
120.033
3.5
1.5
Transportation 4 .........................................................................
Private transportation ...............................................................
Motor fuel ...............................................................................
Gasoline (all types) ..............................................................
Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 .............................................
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 .......................................
Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 ..........................................
189.707
183.022
259.778
253.975
255.003
239.291
241.818
3.3
3.1
8.5
8.4
8.9
7.7
7.3
-3.0
-3.4
-9.9
-9.9
-9.8
-10.2
-9.9
197.556
198.375
275.061
272.042
272.408
253.362
265.783
2.6
2.4
4.5
4.4
4.1
5.1
4.5
-4.1
-4.4
-11.8
-11.8
-12.3
-11.0
-11.0
187.940
179.730
279.223
274.969
280.040
289.198
236.674
3.5
2.9
5.2
5.1
4.7
7.6
5.6
-2.4
-2.8
-8.0
-8.3
-8.7
-6.3
-7.3
Medical care 4 ............................................................................
354.216
3.8
.7
356.189
6.9
4.1
346.580
4.4
.7
Recreation 10 .............................................................................
116.315
1.8
1.2
116.444
4.9
.9
107.057
2.5
.6
Education and communication 10 ...............................................
127.094
4.1
2.3
116.159
1.0
.7
127.439
5.5
3.8
Other goods and services 4 .......................................................
343.145
3.4
1.2
277.856
6.6
2.1
329.795
10.2
1.8
225.638
171.412
141.914
182.414
103.532
272.871
3.3
3.1
2.0
4.9
-1.8
3.4
.6
-.8
-2.5
-3.7
-1.0
1.4
223.059
191.191
169.135
198.170
138.183
248.722
3.8
3.4
1.8
3.5
-.7
4.1
.8
-.8
-3.4
-5.1
-.8
1.8
204.103
167.377
143.460
187.960
103.253
239.036
4.4
3.8
3.2
4.7
.8
4.7
1.1
.8
-.7
-1.1
-.1
1.3
219.381
203.863
145.766
204.953
186.991
276.422
265.335
253.495
225.405
226.424
3.3
3.5
2.0
5.1
4.8
3.9
3.4
6.7
3.0
2.6
.6
.0
-2.4
-.7
-3.5
1.3
1.4
-8.6
1.4
1.3
216.391
210.012
170.927
213.914
199.139
254.559
237.731
210.395
224.872
224.177
3.7
4.1
1.7
4.8
3.3
5.2
3.9
5.2
3.7
3.3
.7
.7
-3.3
-.9
-4.9
3.0
1.7
-5.0
1.6
1.3
197.721
194.619
145.222
204.313
187.553
254.322
229.157
224.672
203.801
201.618
4.4
5.1
3.1
4.8
4.4
7.0
4.7
9.1
3.9
3.6
1.1
1.3
-.6
1.0
-1.0
2.1
1.4
-4.1
1.5
1.1
Commodity and service group
All items 4 .....................................................................................
Commodities ..............................................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ....................................
Nondurables less food and beverages ...................................
Durables .................................................................................
Services .....................................................................................
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care 4 ........................................................
All items less shelter ....................................................................
Commodities less food .................................................................
Nondurables .................................................................................
Nondurables less food .................................................................
Services less rent of shelter 7 ......................................................
Services less medical care services ............................................
Energy 4 .......................................................................................
All items less energy ....................................................................
All items less food and energy 4 ................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 34. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Select areas, semiannual averages, by expenditure category and
commodity and service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
MinneapolisSt. Paul, MN-WI
Item and Group
New York-Northern New
Jersey-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA
PhiladelphiaWilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
Expenditure category
All items 4 .....................................................................................
All items (1967=100) 5 .................................................................
209.632
658.774
3.8
0.6
1.7
0.5
-
-
224.725
649.218
2.7
-
237.804
687.458
3.9
-
-
-
Food and beverages 4 ...............................................................
Food 4 ......................................................................................
Food at home .........................................................................
Food away from home 6 .........................................................
Alcoholic beverages 6 ..............................................................
237.761
234.026
227.356
244.592
268.832
7.1
7.4
9.4
4.7
4.2
3.1
3.2
4.2
1.6
2.9
226.502
225.778
227.133
230.170
233.016
6.3
6.4
8.0
4.5
4.5
3.5
3.5
4.5
2.5
2.6
205.354
205.262
219.400
183.521
203.879
4.0
4.1
5.5
3.0
2.6
2.1
2.1
2.6
1.6
2.3
Housing 4 ...................................................................................
Shelter ......................................................................................
Rent of primary residence 4 ...................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 .....................
Fuels and utilities .....................................................................
Household energy ..................................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity ...................................................
Electricity ............................................................................
Utility (piped) gas service ...................................................
Household furnishings and operations .....................................
191.291
214.044
208.442
219.273
198.139
188.579
190.240
195.765
199.547
127.579
4.7
3.4
4.1
1.6
10.7
9.3
9.0
6.1
11.8
4.8
1.2
1.3
1.9
1.2
-.4
-1.9
-2.0
4.8
-8.6
2.3
257.715
308.204
300.502
315.392
216.036
219.523
208.195
188.035
246.523
127.553
3.9
3.1
5.6
3.5
13.4
14.2
10.9
8.8
13.7
-1.1
2.1
1.9
3.1
2.0
5.3
5.4
7.0
7.5
6.1
-.2
233.087
275.167
257.248
280.204
222.609
205.484
216.494
201.415
249.817
125.247
2.1
1.0
3.0
.9
8.5
8.0
6.3
3.7
12.1
1.8
1.1
.3
1.7
.0
4.5
4.9
6.9
6.1
8.7
.8
Apparel 4 ....................................................................................
125.258
-1.8
-1.7
113.243
2.8
3.1
97.079
-1.0
-4.8
Transportation 4 .........................................................................
Private transportation ...............................................................
Motor fuel ...............................................................................
Gasoline (all types) ..............................................................
Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 .............................................
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 .......................................
Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 ..........................................
191.566
177.199
241.658
241.492
245.406
244.848
277.397
1.0
-1.1
.8
.3
.3
1.5
.5
-3.6
-4.9
-11.4
-12.0
-12.5
-10.2
-10.8
200.337
189.914
242.553
241.074
243.007
243.849
239.402
3.7
3.3
7.7
7.5
7.3
8.4
7.4
-1.9
-2.4
-8.8
-8.9
-9.6
-7.1
-7.4
195.743
192.552
280.603
274.585
274.691
271.304
259.192
3.9
3.8
10.1
9.4
8.6
11.3
10.8
-1.9
-2.4
-6.9
-7.1
-8.0
-5.1
-4.9
Medical care 4 ............................................................................
389.714
5.1
2.8
368.476
1.6
.2
419.353
3.5
.9
Recreation 10 .............................................................................
118.638
2.3
1.0
115.327
1.1
.8
122.709
3.9
.1
Education and communication 10 ...............................................
128.341
3.6
2.2
132.299
4.4
3.4
125.856
3.1
2.4
Other goods and services 4 .......................................................
316.794
-1.2
-3.1
352.101
4.1
2.6
389.203
1.9
1.6
209.632
176.543
146.704
190.484
107.507
239.243
3.8
3.2
1.0
2.0
-.2
4.3
.6
-.3
-2.1
-2.8
-1.2
1.2
237.804
180.881
149.919
184.744
105.028
286.551
3.9
4.0
2.5
6.0
-3.8
3.9
1.7
.5
-1.6
-1.0
-2.6
2.4
224.725
170.636
149.605
184.170
111.272
280.700
2.7
3.2
2.7
4.9
-.8
2.4
.5
-.9
-2.6
-3.3
-1.5
1.4
201.472
208.691
151.733
214.207
196.444
279.699
226.236
218.950
211.957
208.771
3.7
3.7
1.2
4.5
2.2
4.5
4.2
4.4
3.7
3.2
.5
.3
-1.9
.1
-2.3
1.2
1.1
-7.4
1.3
1.0
231.792
210.288
153.370
207.685
187.946
272.616
279.256
229.962
240.222
244.346
4.1
4.4
2.6
6.1
5.8
4.9
4.0
11.2
3.3
2.8
1.8
1.6
-1.4
1.3
-.8
3.0
2.5
-1.3
2.0
1.8
216.392
209.409
151.712
196.349
185.328
293.706
269.256
231.963
225.364
231.073
2.7
3.8
2.7
4.5
4.8
4.5
2.4
9.0
2.0
1.7
.5
.6
-2.4
-.7
-2.9
2.7
1.4
-.7
.7
.5
Commodity and service group
All items 4 .....................................................................................
Commodities ..............................................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ....................................
Nondurables less food and beverages ...................................
Durables .................................................................................
Services .....................................................................................
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care 4 ........................................................
All items less shelter ....................................................................
Commodities less food .................................................................
Nondurables .................................................................................
Nondurables less food .................................................................
Services less rent of shelter 7 ......................................................
Services less medical care services ............................................
Energy 4 .......................................................................................
All items less energy ....................................................................
All items less food and energy 4 ................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 34. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Select areas, semiannual averages, by expenditure category and
commodity and service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ 1
Item and Group
Portland-Salem,
OR-WA
Pittsburgh, PA
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
Expenditure category
All items 4 .....................................................................................
All items (1967=100) 5 .................................................................
119.616
3.1
0.6
1.7
0.7
-
-
-
216.159
632.822
2.7
-
213.084
650.220
4.8
-
-
-
Food and beverages 4 ...............................................................
Food 4 ......................................................................................
Food at home .........................................................................
Food away from home 6 .........................................................
Alcoholic beverages 6 ..............................................................
126.912
127.690
134.753
119.384
118.187
5.3
5.5
6.9
3.6
2.7
2.8
3.0
4.2
2.0
.3
214.231
213.894
213.104
216.610
217.498
6.3
6.5
7.1
5.9
4.5
3.7
3.8
3.7
4.0
1.2
202.104
203.036
200.497
210.232
193.674
6.5
6.6
7.1
5.7
5.6
4.1
4.2
3.6
4.6
2.4
Housing 4 ...................................................................................
Shelter ......................................................................................
Rent of primary residence 4 ...................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 .....................
Fuels and utilities .....................................................................
Household energy ..................................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity ...................................................
Electricity ............................................................................
Utility (piped) gas service ...................................................
Household furnishings and operations .....................................
118.661
116.915
117.596
116.007
144.198
156.887
156.365
161.931
129.338
110.137
2.2
1.5
1.6
1.7
4.5
4.2
4.0
5.2
-3.2
4.6
1.0
-.1
.0
.7
4.7
8.9
9.2
10.9
-3.0
2.4
215.109
230.522
198.812
222.208
262.020
260.881
257.616
169.095
371.502
147.940
3.7
1.3
1.3
1.5
13.4
17.4
17.8
9.8
27.1
4.6
1.9
1.5
.1
.4
4.4
6.3
8.7
1.3
17.7
2.3
209.423
240.430
228.439
248.693
220.698
190.546
231.916
243.716
204.502
111.005
2.1
2.7
3.9
3.2
-.1
-1.8
-2.9
-3.5
-1.0
.8
1.2
1.7
1.5
1.8
.5
-.7
-.6
-2.9
5.1
-.2
Apparel 4 ....................................................................................
111.029
-2.3
-4.4
148.894
6.2
6.5
113.539
-6.9
-6.3
Transportation 4 .........................................................................
Private transportation ...............................................................
Motor fuel ...............................................................................
Gasoline (all types) ..............................................................
Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 .............................................
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 .......................................
Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 ..........................................
117.456
117.738
272.399
272.442
278.466
264.907
259.573
3.6
2.2
11.2
11.0
11.0
11.3
10.7
-2.6
-3.2
-8.5
-8.2
-8.4
-7.6
-7.6
170.707
170.750
273.602
274.044
272.424
289.613
263.304
3.9
3.2
8.1
8.0
8.1
7.8
7.8
-2.8
-3.4
-8.7
-8.5
-8.5
-8.5
-8.3
216.355
215.227
278.163
278.878
277.051
236.547
257.800
2.7
2.2
9.6
9.7
9.9
9.6
9.0
-2.7
-3.3
-8.5
-8.6
-8.7
-8.1
-8.3
Medical care 4 ............................................................................
132.903
4.2
1.3
364.080
6.4
1.8
403.598
4.7
2.0
Recreation 10 .............................................................................
107.119
2.7
1.7
114.181
7.3
2.6
113.246
1.5
1.1
Education and communication 10 ...............................................
117.601
3.2
2.4
134.083
6.0
3.9
110.104
3.4
2.6
Other goods and services 4 .......................................................
129.121
5.0
3.3
346.606
3.0
1.3
394.495
2.5
-.5
119.616
114.827
108.491
139.465
82.946
123.221
3.1
2.5
.8
3.8
-2.5
3.5
.6
-.8
-2.8
-3.3
-2.1
1.6
213.084
185.868
169.172
215.205
120.491
243.078
4.8
4.9
4.0
6.3
.2
4.7
1.7
1.0
-.7
-.8
-.6
2.3
216.159
168.931
152.179
184.080
115.619
263.661
2.7
2.4
.3
3.0
-3.1
2.9
.7
-.6
-3.1
-4.0
-2.0
1.7
118.830
121.076
108.869
132.769
137.625
130.099
121.727
206.526
114.673
112.547
3.0
3.8
.9
4.6
3.7
6.4
3.4
7.7
2.7
2.1
.5
.8
-2.7
-.3
-3.1
3.6
1.7
-1.9
1.0
.6
205.198
209.064
171.148
215.052
215.344
262.545
233.184
273.325
209.350
209.341
4.7
6.2
4.0
6.3
6.2
8.1
4.5
12.9
3.9
3.4
1.7
1.9
-.6
1.4
-.7
3.3
2.3
-1.3
2.2
1.8
207.280
208.179
153.554
192.367
183.890
299.901
253.097
233.468
217.328
221.630
2.6
2.8
.5
4.8
3.2
3.3
2.8
5.0
2.6
1.9
.6
.3
-2.8
.0
-3.5
1.8
1.7
-5.8
1.3
.8
Commodity and service group
All items 4 .....................................................................................
Commodities ..............................................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ....................................
Nondurables less food and beverages ...................................
Durables .................................................................................
Services .....................................................................................
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care 4 ........................................................
All items less shelter ....................................................................
Commodities less food .................................................................
Nondurables .................................................................................
Nondurables less food .................................................................
Services less rent of shelter 7 ......................................................
Services less medical care services ............................................
Energy 4 .......................................................................................
All items less energy ....................................................................
All items less food and energy 4 ................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 34. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Select areas, semiannual averages, by expenditure category and
commodity and service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
St. Louis, MO-IL
Item and Group
San FranciscoOakland-San Jose, CA
San Diego, CA
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
Expenditure category
All items 4 .....................................................................................
All items (1967=100) 5 .................................................................
199.122
591.427
2.5
0.4
-0.1
0.9
-
-
223.804
688.035
3.0
-
242.185
818.902
3.2
-
-
-
Food and beverages 4 ...............................................................
Food 4 ......................................................................................
Food at home .........................................................................
Food away from home 6 .........................................................
Alcoholic beverages 6 ..............................................................
207.203
206.121
199.638
218.102
206.147
5.1
5.3
6.6
3.5
3.1
2.7
3.0
3.3
2.8
.7
224.163
221.789
210.184
236.349
243.189
5.0
5.2
7.6
3.0
2.7
2.1
2.2
3.5
1.0
1.5
226.927
226.322
229.803
222.425
238.825
4.3
4.2
5.4
3.3
5.1
1.9
1.8
2.1
1.2
2.6
Housing 4 ...................................................................................
Shelter ......................................................................................
Rent of primary residence 4 ...................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 .....................
Fuels and utilities .....................................................................
Household energy ..................................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity ...................................................
Electricity ............................................................................
Utility (piped) gas service ...................................................
Household furnishings and operations .....................................
190.462
213.028
191.694
220.558
194.410
186.060
189.424
149.762
233.135
137.226
2.4
1.7
1.1
2.0
6.5
5.8
5.4
.3
13.0
3.0
1.8
.5
.8
.8
10.1
15.1
15.9
16.5
15.1
1.1
272.457
307.168
293.975
325.432
212.199
181.864
177.899
160.860
205.639
184.543
3.7
2.9
4.2
2.8
10.1
11.1
10.7
9.6
11.3
4.9
1.0
.6
1.6
.9
7.4
9.9
10.6
13.6
-8.6
1.9
244.653
274.934
292.181
296.569
264.408
282.411
281.750
279.079
282.135
130.042
2.3
2.0
4.3
3.1
4.9
5.1
4.9
3.0
9.8
1.8
1.7
1.4
2.4
1.9
4.6
4.9
5.2
6.6
2.0
1.4
Apparel 4 ....................................................................................
127.421
1.5
1.2
123.098
-1.6
-3.7
105.186
-1.0
-.2
Transportation 4 .........................................................................
Private transportation ...............................................................
Motor fuel ...............................................................................
Gasoline (all types) ..............................................................
Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 .............................................
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 .......................................
Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 ..........................................
179.781
180.642
277.829
273.083
265.434
315.397
266.849
-.3
-.3
6.4
6.2
6.4
6.0
5.8
-5.1
-5.3
-11.9
-12.1
-12.3
-11.8
-11.5
196.246
189.979
261.551
261.887
272.306
224.011
266.360
1.4
1.0
6.6
6.4
6.7
4.8
6.7
-4.4
-4.6
-10.8
-10.8
-10.8
-11.2
-10.1
174.456
165.098
257.612
255.359
255.839
236.998
240.633
4.2
3.0
7.3
6.7
6.8
6.2
6.7
-2.1
-3.2
-9.8
-9.9
-10.2
-9.7
-8.9
Medical care 4 ............................................................................
347.701
1.4
1.3
370.586
-
.7
365.479
2.1
-.1
Recreation 10 .............................................................................
123.018
3.3
.1
142.479
4.2
.3
105.712
1.5
.2
Education and communication 10 ...............................................
130.924
4.1
1.8
118.634
.7
-1.0
135.077
5.2
2.8
Other goods and services 4 .......................................................
271.522
4.2
.2
346.575
4.7
1.4
372.450
4.7
2.3
199.122
172.051
152.725
198.532
110.841
227.854
2.5
2.4
.9
4.1
-3.3
2.5
.4
-1.1
-3.3
-5.0
-.8
1.6
242.185
186.064
165.541
185.318
148.611
291.772
3.2
2.6
1.2
3.9
-1.8
3.5
-.1
-1.4
-3.4
-4.7
-1.8
.7
223.804
169.683
136.488
171.217
103.423
268.994
3.0
2.4
1.2
2.9
-1.0
3.3
.9
-.8
-2.4
-3.6
-.8
1.9
191.592
196.276
155.227
203.221
199.619
249.731
216.345
225.699
199.749
198.945
2.5
2.8
1.0
4.6
4.0
3.4
2.5
6.1
2.1
1.5
.4
.4
-3.1
-1.2
-4.5
2.8
1.6
-1.3
1.1
.7
235.991
216.584
169.040
205.966
190.560
285.921
283.552
227.151
245.002
250.414
3.1
3.3
1.3
4.4
3.8
4.3
3.6
7.8
2.7
2.4
-.2
-.4
-3.2
-1.3
-4.2
1.1
.7
-5.1
.3
.0
217.837
204.158
141.124
200.622
176.469
275.347
262.298
269.178
223.840
224.103
3.0
3.4
1.4
3.6
3.1
4.9
3.4
6.1
2.7
2.5
1.0
.6
-2.2
-.8
-3.1
2.5
2.1
-5.2
1.4
1.4
Commodity and service group
All items 4 .....................................................................................
Commodities ..............................................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ....................................
Nondurables less food and beverages ...................................
Durables .................................................................................
Services .....................................................................................
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care 4 ........................................................
All items less shelter ....................................................................
Commodities less food .................................................................
Nondurables .................................................................................
Nondurables less food .................................................................
Services less rent of shelter 7 ......................................................
Services less medical care services ............................................
Energy 4 .......................................................................................
All items less energy ....................................................................
All items less food and energy 4 ................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 34. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Select areas, semiannual averages, by expenditure category and
commodity and service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
SeattleTacoma-Bremerton, WA
Item and Group
TampaSt. PetersburgClearwater, FL 2
WashingtonBaltimore,
DC-MD-VA-WV 3
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
Expenditure category
All items 4 .....................................................................................
All items (1967=100) 5 .................................................................
225.869
688.538
3.8
1.0
0.3
140.509
4.1
1.5
-
190.388
190.388
2.5
-
-
-
-
-
-
Food and beverages 4 ...............................................................
Food 4 ......................................................................................
Food at home .........................................................................
Food away from home 6 .........................................................
Alcoholic beverages 6 ..............................................................
230.111
232.114
232.496
234.000
210.661
5.8
6.1
7.1
4.5
2.4
2.9
3.3
3.5
2.3
-.3
192.890
192.064
191.612
192.911
191.223
6.2
6.1
6.6
5.5
6.9
3.5
3.4
3.6
2.7
3.9
138.883
140.318
137.072
142.169
118.929
5.1
5.4
6.2
5.1
1.3
3.0
3.2
3.2
3.2
.5
Housing 4 ...................................................................................
Shelter ......................................................................................
Rent of primary residence 4 ...................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 .....................
Fuels and utilities .....................................................................
Household energy ..................................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity ...................................................
Electricity ............................................................................
Utility (piped) gas service ...................................................
Household furnishings and operations .....................................
238.181
263.498
256.002
276.503
204.016
205.656
238.652
234.587
207.250
180.769
4.7
6.0
7.3
7.2
3.4
2.1
.5
1.0
.2
-1.7
2.1
2.5
3.2
3.4
3.6
3.0
3.1
1.9
7.0
-.8
188.176
206.056
202.601
216.904
193.920
161.418
158.943
154.856
304.789
123.138
2.4
2.2
2.3
2.6
4.7
2.2
1.9
1.4
8.2
1.2
.4
.0
.7
1.1
2.9
2.0
2.1
1.7
7.8
.8
151.304
154.129
164.385
153.022
197.445
204.427
196.910
193.182
187.610
101.003
4.5
3.7
5.2
3.5
12.3
13.0
12.1
10.4
21.5
.4
2.2
1.5
2.8
1.7
9.5
10.3
10.7
12.7
4.5
.4
Apparel 4 ....................................................................................
129.635
-3.7
-4.6
144.562
1.8
-3.3
94.546
3.3
3.3
Transportation 4 .........................................................................
Private transportation ...............................................................
Motor fuel ...............................................................................
Gasoline (all types) ..............................................................
Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 .............................................
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 .......................................
Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 ..........................................
206.118
212.858
341.220
346.216
380.314
267.340
305.295
3.4
2.8
6.7
6.4
6.4
6.9
6.3
-2.2
-3.0
-10.7
-10.7
-10.9
-9.8
-10.1
178.285
181.239
329.763
322.695
321.986
278.830
313.427
1.1
.6
8.4
8.2
8.5
8.0
7.5
-3.3
-3.9
-8.7
-8.8
-8.8
-9.0
-8.7
134.937
134.543
255.572
255.359
258.695
254.230
253.425
4.0
3.4
8.3
8.2
7.7
9.2
9.6
-2.8
-3.1
-8.8
-8.8
-9.6
-7.5
-6.8
Medical care 4 ............................................................................
335.574
.2
-.1
294.936
-.5
-.8
141.303
3.6
.7
Recreation 10 .............................................................................
97.894
3.1
1.2
111.166
-2.8
.0
117.598
1.9
.2
Education and communication 10 ...............................................
124.333
4.1
2.4
115.953
8.1
5.9
130.223
2.9
2.5
Other goods and services 4 .......................................................
359.082
2.2
1.6
233.708
2.3
1.0
155.026
3.9
.8
225.869
185.997
162.729
194.310
131.626
263.177
3.8
1.6
-.8
.4
-2.3
5.3
1.0
-1.3
-3.7
-5.8
-1.1
2.5
190.388
162.138
145.444
209.688
93.411
216.026
2.5
2.3
.4
3.3
-3.0
2.7
.3
-.9
-3.2
-4.4
-2.0
1.1
140.509
124.102
115.677
143.383
85.680
151.334
4.1
3.8
2.9
5.7
-1.6
4.3
1.5
.2
-1.6
-1.7
-1.6
2.1
220.827
212.207
164.544
211.708
195.172
269.665
255.960
280.090
225.019
223.963
4.1
2.8
-.6
3.2
.6
4.7
5.4
5.0
3.8
3.4
1.1
.3
-3.5
-1.4
-5.3
2.7
2.6
-6.3
1.7
1.4
184.345
184.322
148.213
200.277
208.609
223.177
206.392
226.506
186.881
186.233
2.7
2.7
.6
4.6
3.5
3.4
2.9
5.4
2.3
1.6
.3
.4
-3.0
-.5
-3.8
2.7
1.1
-4.5
.8
.3
140.408
133.646
115.901
140.361
141.356
148.904
152.147
222.834
134.385
134.299
4.2
4.3
2.8
5.4
5.3
5.2
4.4
10.7
3.5
3.2
1.5
1.5
-1.5
.7
-1.5
3.1
2.2
.3
1.6
1.3
Commodity and service group
All items 4 .....................................................................................
Commodities ..............................................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ....................................
Nondurables less food and beverages ...................................
Durables .................................................................................
Services .....................................................................................
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care 4 ........................................................
All items less shelter ....................................................................
Commodities less food .................................................................
Nondurables .................................................................................
Nondurables less food .................................................................
Services less rent of shelter 7 ......................................................
Services less medical care services ............................................
Energy 4 .......................................................................................
All items less energy ....................................................................
All items less food and energy 4 ................................................
1 For Phoenix-Mesa, indexes are on a December 2001=100 base.
2 Indexes on a 1987=100 base.
3 For Washington-Baltimore, indexes are on a December 1997=100 base unless
otherwise noted.
4 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a November 1996=100 base.
5 Index is on a November 1977=100 base in Miami and an October 1967=100 base in
Anchorage.
6 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a November 1997=100 base.
7 Indexes are on a November 1982=100 base in Anchorage, Boston, Cincinnati,
Denver, Miami, Milwaukee, Portland, St. Louis, San Diego, and Seattle. Indexes are on a
December 1982=100 base in Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Honolulu,
Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and
San Francisco.
8 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
9 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
10 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
- Data not available.
Table 35. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, semiannual averages, all
items index
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
All items
Semiannual average indexes
Percent change from preceding
semiannual average
Area
1st half
2007
U.S. city average ........................................................................
2nd half
2007
1st half
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half
2007
1st half
2008
2nd half
2008
201.069
204.466
210.309
211.796
1.7
2.9
0.7
Northeast urban ..........................................................................
Size A - More than 1,500,000 .................................................
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 2 ...........................................
214.971
215.969
129.307
218.485
219.428
131.512
224.619
225.046
135.926
227.529
228.256
137.275
1.6
1.6
1.7
2.8
2.6
3.4
1.3
1.4
1.0
Midwest urban ............................................................................
Size A - More than 1,500,000 .................................................
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 2 ...........................................
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) .......................
191.591
192.462
124.797
189.175
194.774
195.190
127.177
193.485
200.214
200.393
130.968
198.888
201.292
201.328
131.730
200.308
1.7
1.4
1.9
2.3
2.8
2.7
3.0
2.8
.5
.5
.6
.7
South urban ................................................................................
Size A - More than 1,500,000 .................................................
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 2 ...........................................
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) .......................
195.454
198.760
124.733
198.733
199.438
202.812
127.359
201.876
205.367
208.506
131.102
209.435
206.817
210.156
131.832
212.037
2.0
2.0
2.1
1.6
3.0
2.8
2.9
3.7
.7
.8
.6
1.2
West urban .................................................................................
Size A - More than 1,500,000 .................................................
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 2 ...........................................
205.297
207.066
127.587
208.023
209.654
129.352
213.868
215.735
133.027
214.765
216.954
133.306
1.3
1.2
1.4
2.8
2.9
2.8
.4
.6
.2
186.575
125.928
196.060
189.471
128.262
199.702
194.651
132.106
205.639
196.235
132.839
207.217
1.6
1.9
1.9
2.7
3.0
3.0
.8
.6
.8
Anchorage, AK ...........................................................................
Atlanta, GA .................................................................................
Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT .................................
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ..............................................
Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN ..................................................
179.112
196.761
225.373
196.091
186.202
182.957
200.879
228.513
199.569
189.688
187.396
206.260
233.887
205.346
193.856
190.568
205.265
235.961
206.128
197.154
2.1
2.1
1.4
1.8
1.9
2.4
2.7
2.4
2.9
2.2
1.7
-.5
.9
.4
1.7
Cleveland-Akron, OH .................................................................
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX .................................................................
Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO .....................................................
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .........................................................
Honolulu, HI ................................................................................
184.634
192.884
193.585
194.472
215.681
188.102
197.516
194.819
195.703
221.401
193.663
203.466
201.124
200.103
226.738
193.948
206.366
202.605
200.507
229.950
1.9
2.4
.6
.6
2.7
3.0
3.0
3.2
2.2
2.4
.1
1.4
.7
.2
1.4
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ...............................................
Kansas City, MO-KS ..................................................................
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ...............................
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL .........................................................
Milwaukee-Racine, WI ................................................................
181.319
184.561
208.502
207.904
196.010
183.475
187.094
210.820
212.966
199.243
188.635
192.430
217.433
219.399
205.845
189.846
193.066
218.096
221.495
208.112
1.2
1.4
1.1
2.4
1.6
2.8
2.9
3.1
3.0
3.3
.6
.3
.3
1.0
1.1
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI .....................................................
New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA .................
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD ...............
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ 4 ...................................................................
Pittsburgh, PA ............................................................................
194.069
219.097
214.281
113.627
192.312
196.209
222.755
217.871
115.208
196.178
202.004
228.284
223.341
118.222
202.892
202.703
232.398
224.526
119.229
206.010
1.1
1.7
1.7
1.4
2.0
3.0
2.5
2.5
2.6
3.4
.3
1.8
.5
.9
1.5
Portland-Salem, OR-WA ............................................................
St. Louis, MO-IL .........................................................................
San Diego, CA ............................................................................
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA .......................................
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ................................................
201.217
190.919
217.062
209.986
208.373
204.801
193.393
219.601
212.754
212.160
209.456
197.848
226.591
217.487
218.664
210.557
198.337
226.829
219.396
220.721
1.8
1.3
1.2
1.3
1.8
2.3
2.3
3.2
2.2
3.1
.5
.2
.1
.9
.9
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL .......................................
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 5 ..................................
181.833
131.245
184.974
134.472
189.401
138.049
189.767
139.892
1.7
2.5
2.4
2.7
.2
1.3
Region and area size 1
Size classes
A 3 ..........................................................................................
B/C 2 .......................................................................................
D .............................................................................................
Selected local areas
1 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical
notes.
2 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
3 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
4 For Phoenix-Mesa, indexes are on a December 2001=100 base.
5 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base.
Table 36. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Regions 1, semiannual averages, by expenditure
category and commodity and service group
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
U.S. city average
Northeast
Midwest
South
West
Index
Percent
change
from-
Index
Percent
change
from-
Index
Percent
change
from-
Index
Percent
change
from-
Index
Percent
change
from-
2nd half
2008
2nd
1st
half half
2007 2008
2nd half
2008
2nd
1st
half half
2007 2008
2nd half
2008
2nd
1st
half half
2007 2008
2nd half
2008
2nd
1st
half half
2007 2008
2nd half
2008
2nd
1st
half half
2007 2008
Item and Group
Expenditure category
All items ..........................................................
All items (December 1977=100) 2 .................
211.796
630.876
3.6
0.7
1.3
0.5
0.7
0.4
-
-
-
-
214.765
345.544
3.2
-
206.817
334.964
3.7
-
201.292
325.534
3.3
-
227.529
355.388
4.1
-
-
-
Food and beverages .....................................
Food ...........................................................
Food at home ...........................................
Food away from home ..............................
Alcoholic beverages ...................................
217.033
216.978
217.090
218.583
216.354
6.0
6.2
7.2
4.8
3.7
3.3
3.4
3.9
2.8
1.7
221.657
221.476
222.000
223.973
222.129
6.2
6.3
7.2
4.9
4.8
3.5
3.6
4.0
2.9
2.6
210.949
210.855
207.808
216.245
211.699
6.3
6.5
7.1
5.6
3.7
3.5
3.7
3.9
3.4
1.7
213.992
214.842
213.233
219.934
200.691
6.1
6.3
7.4
4.8
2.7
3.4
3.6
4.2
2.8
1.4
222.519
221.607
227.005
214.268
232.508
5.6
5.7
6.8
4.1
4.1
2.8
2.9
3.5
2.2
1.3
Housing ........................................................
Shelter ........................................................
Rent of primary residence ........................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary
residence 3 .......................................
Fuels and utilities ........................................
Household energy ....................................
Gas (piped) and electricity ......................
Electricity ..............................................
Utility (piped) gas service .....................
Household furnishings and operations .......
213.654
240.343
244.184
3.6
2.4
3.5
1.7
1.0
1.7
240.404
280.847
275.020
3.7
2.3
4.0
1.6
1.2
2.2
192.955
213.775
216.987
3.1
1.3
2.2
1.3
.2
1.2
201.632
220.002
219.833
4.2
2.8
3.6
2.4
1.2
1.7
224.949
248.410
258.740
3.2
3.1
3.8
1.3
1.2
1.5
229.902
224.058
203.539
207.052
192.574
253.607
124.290
2.4
11.2
12.2
11.3
8.5
18.4
1.8
1.0
5.8
6.3
7.0
8.1
4.3
1.1
259.664
232.344
219.212
216.995
193.594
263.011
122.958
1.9
13.3
14.0
11.1
7.3
18.6
1.1
.9
4.1
4.1
6.2
5.3
7.9
.8
211.249
219.047
196.122
201.200
169.435
259.773
119.832
1.2
12.4
13.4
13.3
6.2
23.5
2.3
.3
6.2
6.8
7.3
8.4
5.9
1.4
208.485
227.726
199.084
200.255
188.492
263.533
122.702
2.7
12.2
13.3
12.9
11.9
18.5
1.9
1.2
8.4
9.3
9.6
10.9
2.9
.9
238.617
230.330
217.182
219.338
223.591
229.978
133.045
3.2
5.3
5.3
5.1
4.1
7.8
1.7
1.4
2.4
2.0
2.2
3.7
-1.8
1.2
Apparel .........................................................
118.549
.6
-.3
118.873
2.2
1.5
110.233
2.4
1.2
130.495
-.5
-1.0
112.053
-.7
-2.3
Transportation ..............................................
Private transportation .................................
New and used motor vehicles 4 ................
New vehicles ..........................................
Used cars and trucks ..............................
Motor fuel ..................................................
Gasoline (all types) .................................
Gasoline, unleaded regular 5 ................
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 .........
Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 .............
191.849
188.411
91.012
133.941
131.834
266.669
264.370
264.140
270.340
254.762
2.6
2.4
-2.5
-2.1
-4.2
7.0
6.5
6.4
6.7
6.8
-3.9
-4.2
-2.4
-2.0
-4.2
-9.6
-9.8
-10.0
-9.5
-9.0
194.187
189.435
92.328
133.703
136.427
259.958
257.557
258.485
262.906
249.342
3.4
3.2
-1.1
-1.3
-3.8
8.0
7.5
7.4
8.0
7.8
-3.0
-3.3
-1.0
-1.4
-3.9
-8.6
-8.8
-9.2
-8.0
-7.5
193.430
190.007
92.647
131.292
133.884
270.222
268.042
266.876
291.884
262.829
1.9
1.6
-1.6
-2.1
-3.5
3.7
3.4
3.4
3.4
3.7
-4.2
-4.5
-2.1
-2.7
-3.8
-10.6
-10.9
-11.0
-10.8
-9.9
188.600
186.930
90.109
136.093
130.119
265.308
262.416
262.032
272.636
257.702
2.5
2.3
-3.4
-2.4
-4.8
7.5
6.8
6.8
7.1
7.1
-4.5
-4.7
-3.2
-2.1
-4.6
-9.9
-10.3
-10.5
-9.8
-9.4
192.055
187.942
90.120
134.364
129.587
266.859
265.107
264.523
248.444
251.819
2.9
2.5
-2.6
-1.9
-4.1
8.6
8.3
8.6
7.9
7.5
-3.3
-3.7
-2.4
-1.8
-4.0
-8.8
-8.8
-8.8
-8.8
-8.8
Medical care .................................................
Medical care commodities ..........................
Medical care services .................................
Professional services ................................
365.658
287.948
388.367
315.304
3.1
1.3
3.7
3.2
.8
.0
1.1
1.2
385.388
311.947
404.533
319.317
2.8
3.1
2.7
2.4
.8
.8
.9
.9
365.509
285.973
390.258
332.215
2.3
-.3
3.2
3.4
.7
-.1
1.0
1.1
351.606
276.802
374.544
311.334
3.5
1.6
4.2
3.7
.8
-.2
1.1
1.5
368.300
288.671
390.308
296.059
3.5
1.0
4.1
3.2
.9
-.2
1.2
1.1
Recreation 4 .................................................
110.677
1.9
1.0
115.979
3.3
1.3
111.470
2.2
.9
111.180
1.8
.9
105.337
1.0
.9
Education and communication 4 ...................
121.187
3.3
2.3
123.343
4.3
3.0
123.063
3.1
1.9
116.994
2.7
2.2
122.578
3.4
2.2
Other goods and services .............................
361.513
4.4
2.0
405.438
6.5
4.8
351.124
4.6
1.4
345.451
3.7
1.3
350.249
3.5
1.5
211.796
176.944
155.108
201.454
3.6
3.4
2.0
4.6
.7
-.8
-3.0
-3.7
227.529
185.768
162.635
204.671
4.1
4.9
4.0
6.8
1.3
.4
-1.6
-1.8
201.292
171.913
152.119
198.114
3.3
3.3
1.6
3.5
.5
-.6
-3.0
-3.7
206.817
176.741
157.615
208.663
3.7
3.0
1.5
4.3
.7
-1.3
-3.6
-4.4
214.765
175.586
150.062
192.917
3.2
2.8
1.4
4.3
.4
-1.0
-3.0
-4.1
257.556
110.171
252.641
231.722
245.796
287.139
5.8
-1.9
3.7
2.4
4.7
3.5
-4.6
-1.9
1.9
1.0
2.7
2.0
269.819
111.267
275.234
262.927
232.527
315.692
8.4
-1.1
3.6
2.3
4.6
4.1
-2.9
-1.3
2.0
1.2
2.9
2.3
251.949
107.920
237.133
212.481
249.487
273.859
3.8
-1.3
3.3
1.2
5.0
3.1
-5.0
-1.7
1.5
.2
3.0
1.6
257.471
110.799
243.338
209.559
255.054
277.804
5.7
-2.6
4.2
2.8
4.9
3.2
-5.2
-2.4
2.3
1.2
2.7
2.0
251.974
111.815
256.914
239.991
247.420
281.016
6.0
-2.0
3.6
3.1
4.4
3.8
-4.6
-1.7
1.6
1.2
2.4
2.2
205.342
210.695
203.682
3.6
3.1
4.1
.7
.2
.6
221.618
228.879
211.120
4.2
3.7
5.1
1.3
.9
1.3
194.722
199.316
199.264
3.4
2.8
4.2
.5
.0
.7
199.486
205.161
203.505
3.7
3.3
4.1
.7
.2
.5
208.690
213.415
203.068
3.2
2.8
3.3
.4
.0
.0
Commodity and service group
All items ..........................................................
Commodities .................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ......
Nondurables less food and beverages .....
Nondurables less food, beverages, and
apparel ............................................
Durables ...................................................
Services ........................................................
Rent of shelter 3 .........................................
Transportation services ..............................
Other services ............................................
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care .............................
All items less food ...........................................
All items less shelter .......................................
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 36. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Regions 1, semiannual averages, by expenditure
category and commodity and service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
U.S. city average
Northeast
Midwest
South
West
Index
Percent
change
from-
Index
Percent
change
from-
Index
Percent
change
from-
Index
Percent
change
from-
Index
Percent
change
from-
2nd half
2008
2nd
1st
half half
2007 2008
2nd half
2008
2nd
1st
half half
2007 2008
2nd half
2008
2nd
1st
half half
2007 2008
2nd half
2008
2nd
1st
half half
2007 2008
2nd half
2008
2nd
1st
half half
2007 2008
Item and Group
Special aggregate indexes
Commodities less food ...................................
Nondurables ...................................................
Nondurables less food ....................................
Nondurables less food and apparel ................
Services less rent of shelter 3 .........................
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 ....................
157.263
209.923
202.514
252.921
245.101
242.624
233.212
210.077
209.054
2.0
5.3
4.5
5.7
5.3
3.7
9.1
2.9
2.2
-2.8
-.4
-3.4
-4.2
3.0
2.0
-3.5
1.3
.9
165.008
214.512
205.934
264.251
246.806
266.827
236.631
227.492
229.985
4.0
6.5
6.7
8.1
5.3
3.6
10.8
3.3
2.7
-1.5
.8
-1.6
-2.5
2.9
2.1
-2.7
1.8
1.5
154.089
205.109
198.785
247.150
242.130
226.238
228.960
199.261
197.130
1.7
4.8
3.5
3.8
5.5
3.4
7.8
2.7
1.9
-2.8
-.3
-3.4
-4.5
2.9
1.6
-3.5
1.2
.6
158.943
211.201
208.117
251.680
245.672
231.231
225.921
204.078
202.098
1.6
5.1
4.3
5.5
5.8
4.2
9.8
2.8
2.1
-3.5
-.9
-4.1
-4.9
3.6
2.4
-2.6
1.2
.8
153.209
209.186
196.349
249.505
247.577
248.058
251.817
212.513
210.915
1.5
4.9
4.3
5.8
4.3
3.5
7.4
2.8
2.2
-2.9
-.7
-3.7
-4.2
2.2
1.7
-5.5
1.1
.8
140.770
270.392
257.445
.2
7.7
3.1
-.4
-9.3
1.5
148.248
272.403
281.315
1.9
10.6
3.0
1.0
-7.9
1.6
138.692
271.166
241.848
1.0
4.1
2.4
-.1
-10.4
.9
141.348
268.475
247.675
-.5
7.8
3.3
-1.0
-9.8
1.6
136.979
270.002
259.972
-.5
8.7
3.5
-1.0
-8.7
1.6
1 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes.
2 Indexes are on a December 1977=100 base except for the U.S. which is on a
1967=100 base.
3 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base
4
5
6
-
Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
Data not available.
Table 37. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Population size classes 1, semiannual
averages, by expenditure category and commodity and service group
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
Size class A 2
Size class B/C 3
Size class D
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
Item and Group
Expenditure category
All items 4 .............................................................................
196.235
196.235
3.6
0.8
132.839
3.6
0.6
0.8
-
-
-
-
-
207.217
334.898
3.8
All items (December 1977=100) ..........................................
-
-
Food and beverages ...........................................................
Food ..................................................................................
Food at home ..................................................................
Food away from home ....................................................
Alcoholic beverages ..........................................................
196.587
196.592
201.985
188.378
194.167
5.8
5.9
6.9
4.6
3.7
3.2
3.3
3.7
2.7
1.4
136.151
136.390
135.839
137.492
132.699
6.2
6.3
7.4
4.9
3.6
3.5
3.6
4.1
2.8
1.8
215.940
215.829
211.519
224.830
216.543
6.7
6.8
7.5
5.8
5.1
3.7
3.8
3.9
3.7
2.6
Housing ...............................................................................
Shelter ..............................................................................
Rent of primary residence ...............................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 ..............
Fuels and utilities ..............................................................
Household energy ...........................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity ............................................
Electricity ....................................................................
Utility (piped) gas service ............................................
Household furnishings and operations .............................
200.174
214.325
211.768
213.534
226.600
229.038
218.479
196.824
266.837
118.919
3.6
2.5
3.7
2.4
11.0
11.9
11.0
7.2
19.2
1.9
1.7
1.1
1.8
1.1
5.4
5.6
6.2
7.6
3.4
1.2
132.757
131.692
135.850
129.759
170.985
174.004
165.074
149.017
219.159
98.655
3.6
2.1
3.3
2.1
11.5
12.7
11.7
10.0
16.8
1.6
1.7
.7
1.4
.7
6.2
7.0
8.0
9.0
4.9
.9
198.870
222.463
208.167
210.841
223.142
190.877
202.183
192.549
247.578
122.131
4.5
3.2
3.0
3.5
11.1
11.4
11.0
8.6
19.6
2.6
2.2
1.4
1.6
1.6
6.4
6.4
6.9
6.2
9.2
1.0
Apparel ...............................................................................
111.117
1.0
.1
88.583
1.1
-.8
115.359
-3.2
-.8
Transportation .....................................................................
Private transportation ........................................................
New and used motor vehicles 3 ......................................
New vehicles .................................................................
Used cars and trucks ....................................................
Motor fuel ........................................................................
Gasoline (all types) .......................................................
Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ......................................
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 ...............................
Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ...................................
191.209
190.363
91.998
116.411
126.037
387.283
384.380
393.182
263.285
343.987
2.7
2.4
-2.2
-2.3
-4.0
6.8
6.5
6.3
7.2
6.9
-3.6
-4.0
-2.1
-2.1
-4.1
-9.6
-9.8
-10.1
-9.1
-8.7
134.560
134.165
90.149
92.863
88.003
264.729
263.919
270.417
256.663
247.533
2.5
2.3
-2.7
-1.9
-4.4
7.0
6.5
6.5
6.3
6.6
-4.1
-4.3
-2.8
-2.1
-4.4
-9.7
-9.9
-10.0
-10.0
-9.4
189.634
186.625
89.877
139.787
121.523
258.323
254.625
244.602
283.637
256.647
2.4
2.2
-3.0
-2.3
-4.1
7.5
6.7
6.9
6.3
7.0
-4.0
-4.2
-2.5
-1.6
-4.1
-9.1
-9.4
-9.3
-10.0
-9.0
Medical care .......................................................................
Medical care commodities ................................................
Medical care services .......................................................
Professional services ......................................................
289.169
228.716
306.786
247.423
3.0
1.2
3.6
3.1
1.1
.2
1.3
1.3
154.813
136.770
160.508
146.207
3.2
1.2
3.9
3.3
.6
-.4
.9
1.1
352.916
288.707
372.475
317.471
2.6
2.1
2.8
3.1
.5
.9
.4
.8
Recreation 3 ........................................................................
112.990
2.0
.8
107.561
1.9
1.2
112.037
1.9
1.0
Education and communication 3 .........................................
123.229
3.5
2.2
117.300
3.0
2.4
126.317
3.5
2.8
Other goods and services ...................................................
286.191
4.2
1.9
162.671
4.7
2.2
375.091
4.6
1.9
196.235
170.971
155.157
206.838
277.219
105.649
219.712
215.194
201.255
237.583
3.6
3.4
2.0
4.4
5.7
-1.9
3.7
2.6
4.8
3.5
.8
-.6
-2.8
-3.5
-4.6
-1.7
1.9
1.2
2.9
1.8
132.839
124.146
117.888
153.915
186.717
85.278
138.300
131.902
136.408
134.483
3.6
3.4
2.0
4.9
5.9
-2.0
3.7
2.1
4.7
3.4
.6
-.9
-3.2
-3.9
-4.6
-2.0
1.9
.7
2.5
2.2
207.217
177.024
158.210
206.382
256.104
112.758
246.751
207.968
252.644
289.435
3.8
3.2
1.7
4.1
6.0
-1.8
4.3
3.2
3.9
3.9
.8
-.8
-2.9
-3.6
-4.2
-1.8
2.3
1.4
2.7
2.4
192.421
196.224
3.6
3.2
.8
.4
130.045
130.357
3.6
3.1
.6
.0
199.466
205.598
3.8
3.2
.8
.3
Commodity and service group
All items 4 .............................................................................
Commodities .......................................................................
Commodities less food and beverages .............................
Nondurables less food and beverages ...........................
Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ..........
Durables .........................................................................
Services ..............................................................................
Rent of shelter 5 ................................................................
Transportation services ....................................................
Other services ...................................................................
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care ...................................................
All items less food .................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 37. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Population size classes 1, semiannual
averages, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
Size class A 2
Size class B/C 3
Size class D
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
Item and Group
Special aggregate indexes
All items less shelter .............................................................
Commodities less food .........................................................
Nondurables .........................................................................
Nondurables less food ..........................................................
Nondurables less food and apparel ......................................
Services less rent of shelter 5 ...............................................
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 ..........................................
189.235
156.947
201.666
206.452
267.884
225.044
214.031
298.178
188.129
186.512
130.015
391.110
219.642
1 See region and area size on Table 10 for information about population
size classes.
2 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
3 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
4 The ’All items’ index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base.
4.1
2.0
5.1
4.4
5.6
5.2
3.7
8.9
2.9
2.3
.4
7.6
3.1
0.6
-2.7
-.3
-3.2
-4.2
2.8
1.9
-3.6
1.4
1.0
-.3
-9.4
1.5
5
6
7
-
131.218
118.313
144.416
152.526
181.772
144.948
136.448
215.223
123.907
121.354
98.715
269.057
135.926
4.1
2.1
5.5
4.8
5.7
5.3
3.7
9.2
2.8
2.0
.2
7.8
2.9
0.5
-3.0
-.5
-3.6
-4.2
3.1
2.0
-3.4
1.2
.7
-.6
-9.4
1.3
204.213
159.824
212.308
206.775
252.545
248.723
234.495
226.212
204.145
202.492
142.364
258.532
251.427
Indexes on a December 1984=100 base
Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
Data not available.
3.9
1.8
5.2
4.2
5.9
5.3
4.4
9.0
3.0
2.2
-.3
8.0
3.6
0.5
-2.7
-.4
-3.3
-3.9
3.2
2.5
-3.4
1.5
1.0
-.5
-8.6
1.8
Table 38. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Cross classification of region and
population size classes 1, semiannual averages, by expenditure category and commodity and service group
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
Northeast
Size class B/C 2
Size class A
Item and Group
Index
2nd half
2008
Percent change from-
2nd half
2007
Index
1st half
2008
Percent change from-
2nd half
2008
2nd half
2007
1st half
2008
Expenditure category
All items 3 ...................................................................................
All items (December 1977=100) ................................................
228.256
348.788
4.0
1.4
137.275
4.4
1.0
-
-
-
-
-
Food and beverages ................................................................
Food .......................................................................................
Food at home .......................................................................
Food away from home ..........................................................
Alcoholic beverages ...............................................................
221.085
220.791
222.513
220.799
222.904
6.2
6.3
7.3
4.8
4.6
3.6
3.6
4.2
2.8
2.5
137.944
138.262
136.828
140.589
132.216
6.2
6.3
7.1
5.0
5.1
3.4
3.5
3.7
3.1
2.8
Housing ....................................................................................
Shelter ....................................................................................
Rent of primary residence ....................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 ...................
Fuels and utilities ....................................................................
Household energy ................................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity ..................................................
Electricity ..........................................................................
Utility (piped) gas service .................................................
Household furnishings and operations ...................................
241.201
281.666
283.793
263.048
223.248
218.516
216.599
193.881
259.508
122.561
3.8
2.5
4.2
2.1
13.4
14.2
11.8
8.2
17.6
.7
1.9
1.5
2.3
1.2
5.0
5.0
6.7
6.5
7.1
.5
138.693
133.160
139.202
130.260
194.581
198.215
165.304
135.853
229.490
102.197
3.6
1.4
3.2
1.3
12.8
13.3
9.3
4.4
22.3
2.0
.9
.4
1.5
.3
2.3
2.2
4.9
2.7
10.2
1.2
Apparel .....................................................................................
114.549
2.2
2.1
89.113
2.9
.0
Transportation ..........................................................................
Private transportation .............................................................
Motor fuel .............................................................................
Gasoline (all types) .............................................................
Gasoline, unleaded regular 5 ...........................................
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 .....................................
Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 .........................................
195.866
190.407
253.761
251.195
251.558
253.880
245.862
3.4
3.2
8.1
7.6
7.4
8.6
7.9
-2.9
-3.4
-8.7
-8.8
-9.5
-7.2
-7.3
135.745
136.033
264.350
263.156
268.271
259.428
246.914
3.5
3.4
7.8
7.3
7.4
6.6
7.1
-3.1
-3.2
-8.6
-8.8
-8.8
-9.5
-8.1
Medical care .............................................................................
386.751
2.4
.6
160.071
3.4
1.2
Recreation 2 .............................................................................
116.600
2.7
.9
115.039
4.5
2.3
Education and communication 2 ..............................................
127.147
4.5
3.0
114.015
3.8
2.9
Other goods and services ........................................................
396.156
5.9
4.2
177.279
7.5
5.8
228.256
183.722
158.561
194.585
110.285
275.600
4.0
4.5
3.4
6.1
-1.8
3.7
1.4
.4
-1.7
-1.6
-1.8
2.1
137.275
131.938
128.471
169.388
88.629
138.831
4.4
5.7
5.1
8.1
.3
3.2
1.0
.4
-1.5
-2.1
.0
1.6
222.316
210.063
161.135
209.533
196.641
243.383
267.229
233.648
229.080
232.116
4.1
4.9
3.4
6.1
6.0
5.4
3.8
11.0
3.2
2.6
1.5
1.4
-1.5
1.0
-1.4
3.0
2.2
-2.1
1.9
1.5
134.535
136.632
128.593
152.609
166.572
144.522
136.872
227.056
127.228
124.915
4.4
5.5
5.1
7.3
8.0
5.0
3.2
10.2
3.5
2.7
1.0
1.2
-1.3
.5
-1.9
2.7
1.6
-3.9
1.8
1.4
Commodity and service group
All items 3 ...................................................................................
Commodities ............................................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ..................................
Nondurables less food and beverages .................................
Durables ...............................................................................
Services ....................................................................................
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care .........................................................
All items less shelter ...................................................................
Commodities less food ...............................................................
Nondurables ...............................................................................
Nondurables less food ................................................................
Services less rent of shelter 4 ....................................................
Services less medical care services ...........................................
Energy ........................................................................................
All items less energy ..................................................................
All items less food and energy .................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 38. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Cross classification of region and
population size classes 1, semiannual averages, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
Midwest
Size class B/C 2
Size class A
Item and Group
Index
2nd half
2008
Percent
change from2nd
half
2007
1st
half
2008
Index
Size class D
Percent
change from-
2nd half
2008
2nd
half
2007
1st
half
2008
Index
2nd half
2008
Percent
change from2nd
half
2007
1st
half
2008
Expenditure category
All items 3 ...................................................................................
All items (December 1977=100) ................................................
201.328
329.131
3.1
0.5
131.730
3.6
0.6
0.7
-
-
-
-
200.308
324.550
3.5
-
-
-
Food and beverages ................................................................
Food .......................................................................................
Food at home .......................................................................
Food away from home ..........................................................
Alcoholic beverages ...............................................................
212.116
212.355
211.885
213.615
208.530
5.7
5.9
6.2
5.4
3.9
3.2
3.4
3.4
3.4
1.4
135.289
135.554
133.730
137.985
132.473
6.7
6.9
7.9
5.5
3.6
3.5
3.6
4.0
3.1
1.8
214.319
213.824
204.475
230.765
219.620
8.1
8.3
9.2
7.2
4.4
5.2
5.3
5.9
4.5
3.3
Housing ....................................................................................
Shelter ....................................................................................
Rent of primary residence ....................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 ...................
Fuels and utilities ....................................................................
Household energy ................................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity ..................................................
Electricity ..........................................................................
Utility (piped) gas service .................................................
Household furnishings and operations ...................................
193.438
215.552
227.203
212.527
213.404
193.786
196.367
154.929
248.658
115.631
2.8
.8
1.8
.7
13.5
14.5
14.4
6.4
23.9
2.5
.9
-.2
.9
-.1
5.9
6.4
6.6
8.4
4.7
1.7
126.410
123.515
124.332
121.360
175.272
180.357
174.322
145.398
244.390
95.640
3.2
1.6
2.1
1.8
11.2
12.1
11.7
5.7
22.4
1.3
1.6
.6
1.2
.9
5.9
6.6
7.3
8.0
6.1
.8
192.566
210.098
197.225
205.163
233.031
187.754
197.877
167.310
266.522
121.850
4.4
2.4
3.7
2.0
12.3
13.8
13.7
7.7
26.0
4.1
2.4
.9
2.3
.3
8.2
9.2
10.4
9.3
12.1
2.3
Apparel .....................................................................................
107.267
3.5
1.6
83.586
.3
.6
127.247
2.1
.7
Transportation ..........................................................................
Private transportation .............................................................
Motor fuel .............................................................................
Gasoline (all types) .............................................................
Gasoline, unleaded regular 5 ...........................................
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 .....................................
Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 .........................................
191.586
188.547
274.920
272.590
272.088
290.884
262.300
1.9
1.5
4.0
3.8
3.6
4.5
3.9
-4.0
-4.4
-10.4
-10.6
-10.9
-9.8
-9.5
142.823
142.547
276.795
275.524
282.073
268.832
258.085
2.6
2.3
4.2
3.7
3.9
3.1
3.8
-3.9
-4.2
-10.4
-10.8
-10.9
-11.2
-10.1
178.119
173.041
230.985
227.751
219.674
263.420
235.400
.0
-.2
1.3
1.0
1.3
.3
1.5
-5.6
-5.8
-11.8
-11.8
-11.7
-12.3
-11.4
Medical care .............................................................................
361.826
2.5
1.2
158.583
2.6
.6
349.815
.7
-.5
Recreation 2 .............................................................................
113.950
1.9
.8
109.592
2.9
1.3
109.246
1.4
.4
Education and communication 2 ..............................................
124.703
3.1
2.0
121.168
2.6
1.3
120.351
4.0
3.2
Other goods and services ........................................................
341.618
3.1
.7
167.284
6.5
2.1
359.402
4.9
2.1
201.328
170.164
148.098
192.991
106.114
237.282
3.1
3.3
1.8
3.8
-1.5
3.0
.5
-.4
-2.7
-3.2
-1.7
1.2
131.730
124.426
118.976
154.396
84.853
137.006
3.6
3.5
1.7
3.5
-1.1
3.7
.6
-.8
-3.1
-4.1
-1.5
1.8
200.308
177.407
159.947
205.449
111.394
230.091
3.5
3.1
.8
2.3
-1.5
3.9
.7
-.8
-3.5
-4.4
-2.1
2.1
195.146
198.329
150.336
203.685
194.131
243.595
227.417
229.436
199.499
197.034
3.2
4.1
1.9
4.7
3.8
5.5
3.0
8.5
2.5
1.7
.4
.7
-2.5
.0
-2.8
2.8
1.2
-3.5
1.0
.5
128.954
133.218
119.258
144.375
152.486
150.617
134.465
223.344
122.557
119.861
3.6
4.3
1.8
5.0
3.5
5.7
3.6
7.5
3.0
2.2
.6
.6
-3.0
-.6
-3.8
3.0
1.9
-3.6
1.3
.8
192.974
199.205
161.560
210.458
206.329
228.380
216.516
209.714
198.785
196.122
3.7
3.9
.9
4.9
2.4
5.2
4.0
6.5
3.1
2.0
.8
.7
-3.3
-.3
-4.1
3.2
2.3
-3.6
1.4
.7
Commodity and service group
All items 3 ...................................................................................
Commodities ............................................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ..................................
Nondurables less food and beverages .................................
Durables ...............................................................................
Services ....................................................................................
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care .........................................................
All items less shelter ...................................................................
Commodities less food ...............................................................
Nondurables ...............................................................................
Nondurables less food ................................................................
Services less rent of shelter 4 ....................................................
Services less medical care services ...........................................
Energy ........................................................................................
All items less energy ..................................................................
All items less food and energy .................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 38. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Cross classification of region and
population size classes 1, semiannual averages, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
South
Size class B/C 2
Size class A
Item and Group
Index
2nd half
2008
Percent
change from2nd
half
2007
1st
half
2008
Index
Size class D
Percent
change from-
2nd half
2008
2nd
half
2007
1st
half
2008
Index
2nd half
2008
Percent
change from2nd
half
2007
1st
half
2008
Expenditure category
All items 3 ...................................................................................
All items (December 1977=100) ................................................
210.156
340.453
3.6
0.8
131.832
3.5
0.6
1.2
-
-
-
-
212.037
343.241
5.0
-
-
-
Food and beverages ................................................................
Food .......................................................................................
Food at home .......................................................................
Food away from home ..........................................................
Alcoholic beverages ...............................................................
215.531
216.426
214.195
222.233
202.063
5.9
6.1
7.2
4.6
2.5
3.3
3.4
4.1
2.5
1.7
135.685
136.260
136.435
136.314
126.090
6.0
6.2
7.4
4.7
2.0
3.6
3.7
4.5
2.7
1.1
211.618
211.280
211.744
214.656
212.257
6.8
6.6
7.2
5.6
7.7
3.2
3.2
2.9
3.8
2.7
Housing ....................................................................................
Shelter ....................................................................................
Rent of primary residence ....................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 ...................
Fuels and utilities ....................................................................
Household energy ................................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity ..................................................
Electricity ..........................................................................
Utility (piped) gas service .................................................
Household furnishings and operations ...................................
206.453
223.471
225.282
215.131
226.978
210.670
215.491
199.559
268.069
132.184
4.2
3.0
3.5
2.7
11.6
12.5
12.3
10.8
21.4
2.8
2.3
1.2
1.3
1.3
8.9
9.7
9.9
11.3
4.2
1.3
133.233
134.384
138.558
132.659
161.629
163.084
159.740
151.561
205.429
96.302
3.7
2.2
3.5
2.1
12.4
14.1
13.6
13.0
15.5
1.0
2.1
1.0
1.9
.7
8.2
9.5
9.9
11.4
1.1
.3
203.723
233.793
215.144
216.961
218.903
190.427
195.626
190.797
229.096
114.520
6.8
5.7
4.8
6.3
12.9
12.5
12.0
10.7
21.9
3.7
3.6
2.8
2.4
3.3
7.5
6.9
7.1
7.0
7.6
2.5
Apparel .....................................................................................
145.548
-1.8
-1.5
88.315
1.1
-.6
112.001
-5.0
-1.6
Transportation ..........................................................................
Private transportation .............................................................
Motor fuel .............................................................................
Gasoline (all types) .............................................................
Gasoline, unleaded regular 5 ...........................................
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 .....................................
Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 .........................................
195.542
194.660
273.357
269.648
271.537
270.354
263.854
2.6
2.3
7.5
7.1
6.9
7.7
7.6
-4.2
-4.5
-9.7
-10.0
-10.3
-9.2
-8.8
130.298
129.742
263.687
262.415
270.555
254.208
247.142
2.2
2.0
7.0
6.4
6.3
6.6
6.5
-4.7
-4.9
-10.2
-10.6
-10.8
-10.3
-9.8
198.923
197.715
257.509
251.656
244.784
292.827
258.112
3.9
3.8
9.6
8.5
8.8
7.8
8.0
-4.0
-4.0
-9.0
-9.7
-9.8
-9.7
-9.2
Medical care .............................................................................
343.129
3.5
1.5
150.619
3.6
.4
345.728
3.4
1.0
Recreation 2 .............................................................................
110.416
.4
-.4
110.861
2.3
1.4
114.112
2.1
1.4
Education and communication 2 ..............................................
116.071
2.3
1.4
116.274
2.8
2.7
125.740
3.5
2.7
Other goods and services ........................................................
326.552
4.4
1.1
157.147
3.2
1.2
364.069
4.5
2.3
210.156
180.779
161.693
211.495
113.565
243.742
3.6
2.9
1.3
3.8
-2.5
4.1
.8
-1.2
-3.7
-4.6
-2.2
2.2
131.832
122.444
115.810
151.540
84.841
138.687
3.5
2.9
1.4
4.4
-2.8
4.0
.6
-1.4
-3.7
-4.4
-2.7
2.2
212.037
178.533
161.993
211.284
113.346
255.852
5.0
4.0
2.7
5.4
-1.4
5.9
1.2
-1.0
-2.9
-3.8
-1.4
3.3
203.903
206.787
163.337
212.997
210.981
244.787
233.156
237.842
207.435
205.845
3.6
4.0
1.3
4.8
3.8
5.6
4.0
9.7
2.8
2.1
.8
.6
-3.5
-.9
-4.3
3.6
2.2
-1.6
1.2
.7
129.307
129.184
116.104
142.988
150.155
142.760
137.256
207.061
123.191
120.514
3.5
4.0
1.4
5.1
4.3
5.8
4.0
9.7
2.6
1.9
.6
.4
-3.6
-.9
-4.1
3.5
2.4
-3.1
1.1
.6
203.093
207.281
163.098
212.820
210.604
254.387
242.616
219.391
207.794
207.792
5.1
4.8
2.9
6.0
5.5
6.2
6.2
10.6
4.0
3.5
1.3
.7
-2.8
-.9
-3.6
3.9
3.6
-3.3
2.2
1.9
Commodity and service group
All items 3 ...................................................................................
Commodities ............................................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ..................................
Nondurables less food and beverages .................................
Durables ...............................................................................
Services ....................................................................................
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care .........................................................
All items less shelter ...................................................................
Commodities less food ...............................................................
Nondurables ...............................................................................
Nondurables less food ................................................................
Services less rent of shelter 4 ....................................................
Services less medical care services ...........................................
Energy ........................................................................................
All items less energy ..................................................................
All items less food and energy .................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 38. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Cross classification of region and
population size classes 1, semiannual averages, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
West
Size class B/C 2
Size class A
Item and Group
Index
2nd half
2008
Percent change from-
2nd half
2007
Index
1st half
2008
Percent change from-
2nd half
2008
2nd half
2007
1st half
2008
Expenditure category
All items 3 ...................................................................................
All items (December 1977=100) ................................................
216.954
351.206
3.5
0.6
133.306
3.1
0.2
-
-
-
-
-
Food and beverages ................................................................
Food .......................................................................................
Food at home .......................................................................
Food away from home ..........................................................
Alcoholic beverages ...............................................................
223.971
223.287
230.334
213.106
228.323
5.5
5.6
6.8
4.0
3.7
2.7
2.8
3.3
2.2
.5
136.970
136.370
136.242
137.335
150.832
5.9
6.0
7.2
4.4
6.4
3.2
3.2
3.9
2.3
2.4
Housing ....................................................................................
Shelter ....................................................................................
Rent of primary residence ....................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 ...................
Fuels and utilities ....................................................................
Household energy ................................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity ..................................................
Electricity ..........................................................................
Utility (piped) gas service .................................................
Household furnishings and operations ...................................
231.623
254.251
277.671
245.601
232.882
225.796
227.118
238.849
229.821
136.047
3.3
3.4
4.2
3.5
4.7
4.3
4.1
1.4
11.3
1.6
1.6
1.6
2.0
1.7
.9
.0
.0
2.4
-5.6
1.4
133.772
133.313
137.558
132.311
166.591
167.621
166.004
152.718
200.151
105.390
3.3
3.0
3.7
3.0
6.4
7.1
7.1
8.1
4.6
2.5
1.3
.6
.8
1.0
5.0
5.7
6.1
6.8
4.0
1.7
Apparel .....................................................................................
113.853
-.3
-2.2
92.824
.2
-2.6
Transportation ..........................................................................
Private transportation .............................................................
Motor fuel .............................................................................
Gasoline (all types) .............................................................
Gasoline, unleaded regular 5 ...........................................
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 .....................................
Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 .........................................
190.104
185.810
265.142
262.946
265.039
241.970
251.741
3.1
2.7
8.0
7.8
8.0
7.5
7.3
-3.3
-3.7
-9.7
-9.7
-9.7
-9.6
-9.4
135.839
134.998
245.332
246.154
247.138
241.989
232.534
2.5
2.2
8.9
8.5
8.9
8.1
7.5
-3.7
-4.0
-8.2
-8.1
-8.0
-7.9
-8.3
Medical care .............................................................................
361.052
3.6
1.0
156.608
3.0
.6
Recreation 2 .............................................................................
110.327
2.5
1.5
95.814
-2.0
-.3
Education and communication 2 ..............................................
123.442
3.7
2.2
118.206
3.0
2.3
Other goods and services ........................................................
347.690
3.3
1.3
155.527
4.0
1.8
216.954
176.152
149.030
190.466
111.807
259.510
3.5
3.0
1.6
4.1
-1.7
3.9
.6
-1.1
-3.2
-4.5
-1.3
1.8
133.306
122.236
114.457
145.752
86.113
138.258
3.1
2.8
1.4
4.6
-2.4
3.3
.2
-1.1
-3.0
-3.8
-2.1
1.4
211.629
203.456
152.296
208.903
193.997
244.853
252.000
251.512
215.386
214.058
3.5
3.5
1.6
4.8
4.1
4.5
3.8
6.8
3.2
2.7
.5
.0
-3.0
-1.0
-4.2
2.1
1.9
-6.9
1.4
1.2
129.528
129.784
115.424
141.040
146.003
143.590
136.301
214.057
124.552
122.198
3.1
3.1
1.5
5.2
4.7
3.9
3.3
8.2
2.4
1.8
.2
.1
-2.8
-.6
-3.4
2.5
1.4
-3.5
.7
.2
Commodity and service group
All items 3 ...................................................................................
Commodities ............................................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ..................................
Nondurables less food and beverages .................................
Durables ...............................................................................
Services ....................................................................................
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care .........................................................
All items less shelter ...................................................................
Commodities less food ...............................................................
Nondurables ...............................................................................
Nondurables less food ................................................................
Services less rent of shelter 4 ....................................................
Services less medical care services ...........................................
Energy ........................................................................................
All items less energy ..................................................................
All items less food and energy .................................................
1 See region and area size on Table 10 in the CPI Detailed Report for
information about cross classifications.
2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
3 The ’All items’ index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base.
4
5
6
-
Indexes on a December 1984=100 base
Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
Data not available.
Table 39. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, semiannual averages, by
expenditure category and commodity and service group
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
Anchorage, AK
Item and Group
BostonBrockton-Nashua,
MA-NH-ME-CT
Atlanta, GA
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
Expenditure category
All items 4 .................................................................................
All items (1967=100) 5 ..............................................................
190.568
495.980
4.2
1.7
-0.5
0.9
-
-
235.961
682.011
3.3
-
205.265
620.645
2.2
-
-
-
Food and beverages 4 ............................................................
Food 4 ...................................................................................
Food at home .....................................................................
Food away from home 6 .....................................................
Alcoholic beverages 6 ...........................................................
193.001
194.193
198.635
186.102
173.060
3.6
3.9
5.3
1.7
.5
1.7
1.9
3.1
.7
-.2
217.454
224.514
215.292
240.361
138.679
5.0
5.3
6.3
3.7
.3
2.8
3.0
3.7
2.5
-.1
225.863
226.449
219.083
243.000
219.210
5.9
5.9
6.8
5.3
4.7
4.0
4.1
5.2
2.9
1.8
Housing 4 ................................................................................
Shelter ..................................................................................
Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 .................
Fuels and utilities ..................................................................
Household energy ..............................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity ................................................
Electricity ........................................................................
Utility (piped) gas service ...............................................
Household furnishings and operations .................................
168.460
168.316
163.543
157.162
251.195
269.064
283.625
222.163
371.688
113.984
2.7
2.9
3.9
2.7
2.5
3.5
3.3
6.7
-2.0
2.3
1.7
1.4
2.1
1.3
3.1
4.5
4.8
8.0
-.2
1.9
200.831
210.530
218.154
198.962
256.371
238.688
238.457
199.741
310.086
135.903
2.2
.1
.2
-.2
12.8
14.2
14.1
10.5
22.6
2.6
.3
-.7
-1.7
-.5
5.2
6.6
6.8
11.7
-2.0
1.4
238.088
273.250
273.827
248.317
257.715
224.301
231.992
219.042
247.696
125.468
2.1
-.3
1.7
-1.6
16.3
18.7
16.2
11.3
25.0
2.1
.6
.0
1.0
-.4
2.6
3.1
5.6
7.0
3.1
.3
Apparel 4 ................................................................................
116.096
-6.5
-8.5
123.782
-3.3
-5.2
145.316
-5.4
1.4
Transportation 4 ......................................................................
Private transportation ...........................................................
Motor fuel ...........................................................................
Gasoline (all types) ...........................................................
Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 ..........................................
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 ...................................
Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 .......................................
199.871
199.009
308.983
307.120
299.111
289.617
299.277
10.5
10.2
27.6
26.6
26.9
26.0
25.3
4.1
3.9
8.7
8.0
8.0
7.9
7.6
186.561
184.338
272.639
268.913
267.376
320.222
267.724
2.7
2.3
8.6
7.8
7.8
7.3
8.4
-4.2
-4.7
-8.9
-9.4
-9.4
-9.8
-8.6
187.659
185.639
260.992
255.383
253.477
258.091
251.832
2.2
1.9
7.3
6.4
6.3
6.9
6.9
-3.7
-4.0
-10.2
-10.6
-11.0
-9.4
-8.9
Medical care 4 ........................................................................
393.035
3.0
.1
321.174
2.0
1.7
497.078
3.8
1.9
Recreation 10 ..........................................................................
117.964
1.9
1.1
105.978
-3.2
-3.5
124.582
3.2
1.5
Education and communication 10 ...........................................
110.959
1.2
1.3
111.863
2.3
1.5
128.337
7.0
2.8
Other goods and services 4 ....................................................
288.741
6.6
2.6
338.842
.5
-.3
420.872
11.2
6.5
190.568
170.675
159.907
199.279
123.093
208.595
4.2
5.0
5.9
9.9
1.1
3.4
1.7
1.3
1.1
1.5
.4
2.1
205.265
178.426
158.341
208.878
110.229
238.564
2.2
2.9
2.0
4.1
-1.9
1.7
-.5
-1.6
-3.9
-5.9
-.4
.2
235.961
190.402
169.733
220.940
113.343
285.240
3.3
4.4
3.0
5.3
-.9
2.5
.9
.4
-2.1
-2.3
-1.7
1.2
182.932
198.752
160.687
196.425
198.015
233.742
195.742
285.617
184.257
182.294
4.2
4.7
5.6
6.5
9.1
4.2
3.4
19.1
2.6
2.4
1.8
1.8
1.0
1.6
1.4
2.8
2.2
7.4
1.1
.9
198.637
209.043
157.880
212.179
204.343
252.981
227.158
234.547
200.707
196.913
2.2
3.5
1.9
4.4
3.9
4.3
1.7
11.3
.8
.1
-.6
-.3
-3.8
-2.1
-5.7
1.8
.1
-1.9
-.1
-.5
225.975
225.523
171.351
223.384
219.323
281.386
269.731
236.965
238.308
241.786
3.2
5.1
3.1
5.9
5.3
6.3
2.4
12.7
2.2
1.3
.8
1.2
-1.9
1.0
-2.1
2.6
1.2
-4.2
1.5
.9
Commodity and service group
All items 4 .................................................................................
Commodities ..........................................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ................................
Nondurables less food and beverages ...............................
Durables .............................................................................
Services ..................................................................................
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care 4 ....................................................
All items less shelter .................................................................
Commodities less food .............................................................
Nondurables .............................................................................
Nondurables less food ..............................................................
Services less rent of shelter 7 ...................................................
Services less medical care services .........................................
Energy 4 ...................................................................................
All items less energy ................................................................
All items less food and energy 4 .............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 39. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, semiannual averages, by
expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
ChicagoGary-Kenosha,
IL-IN-WI
Item and Group
CincinnatiHamilton,
OH-KY-IN
ClevelandAkron, OH
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
Expenditure category
All items 4 .................................................................................
All items (1967=100) 5 ..............................................................
206.128
605.369
3.3
0.4
1.7
0.1
-
-
193.948
606.027
3.1
-
197.154
605.878
3.9
-
-
-
Food and beverages 4 ............................................................
Food 4 ...................................................................................
Food at home .....................................................................
Food away from home 6 .....................................................
Alcoholic beverages 6 ...........................................................
213.454
212.852
217.447
201.888
221.376
5.5
5.5
5.2
5.9
5.7
2.7
2.8
2.5
3.4
1.1
198.140
197.070
191.613
207.518
223.742
8.9
9.4
7.9
11.8
5.4
5.8
6.2
4.3
8.8
3.4
217.051
220.748
213.889
233.584
173.353
6.0
6.3
8.0
4.0
2.4
3.4
3.7
4.5
1.9
.6
Housing 4 ................................................................................
Shelter ..................................................................................
Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 .................
Fuels and utilities ..................................................................
Household energy ..............................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity ................................................
Electricity ........................................................................
Utility (piped) gas service ...............................................
Household furnishings and operations .................................
206.541
238.369
265.865
233.412
210.925
194.415
198.729
145.797
265.770
103.368
2.8
.1
2.7
-.4
19.8
21.0
21.0
8.6
34.1
1.5
.4
-.7
1.1
-1.1
5.8
6.3
6.4
9.2
4.1
.5
184.112
200.651
209.859
195.385
208.600
179.003
182.054
177.963
287.705
117.998
3.1
1.8
2.4
2.2
7.4
9.3
9.2
5.3
26.7
4.3
2.4
.4
1.5
.5
8.8
9.7
10.4
9.7
14.4
3.2
178.689
187.490
207.893
193.925
222.678
218.382
217.185
156.254
285.602
120.775
2.2
-.7
-.4
-1.1
14.9
18.6
18.2
5.9
28.0
3.7
.1
-2.0
.0
-.9
7.5
8.6
8.9
10.0
7.9
2.4
Apparel 4 ................................................................................
91.452
.0
1.7
117.809
3.0
5.7
113.536
10.3
2.1
Transportation 4 ......................................................................
Private transportation ...........................................................
Motor fuel ...........................................................................
Gasoline (all types) ...........................................................
Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 ..........................................
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 ...................................
Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 .......................................
180.876
177.701
286.964
284.412
281.181
294.878
269.710
3.0
2.7
7.8
7.8
7.9
7.3
7.4
-3.5
-3.8
-6.7
-6.8
-6.8
-6.8
-6.2
192.248
192.123
270.393
267.752
276.554
258.371
230.179
1.9
1.8
4.3
3.5
3.6
3.3
3.5
-3.9
-4.0
-11.4
-11.9
-12.0
-12.1
-11.3
194.109
194.016
298.406
294.401
286.161
301.518
284.936
1.8
1.8
3.3
2.7
3.1
2.6
2.4
-4.5
-4.6
-12.5
-13.0
-13.1
-12.1
-12.4
Medical care 4 ........................................................................
373.864
3.7
1.5
372.502
2.5
.9
340.100
3.2
.8
Recreation 10 ..........................................................................
108.846
1.5
-.4
120.366
4.8
1.9
110.960
3.8
3.0
Education and communication 10 ...........................................
133.476
3.2
2.2
111.747
2.2
1.2
105.901
1.5
.7
Other goods and services 4 ....................................................
346.507
3.4
1.2
378.756
4.1
1.8
373.625
2.2
1.7
206.128
166.480
141.457
190.067
98.306
247.784
3.3
3.2
1.7
4.0
-2.6
3.3
.4
-.1
-2.1
-1.6
-3.1
.8
197.154
168.829
153.075
185.806
122.458
231.729
3.9
4.7
2.0
3.2
.1
3.4
1.7
1.3
-1.5
-2.6
.2
2.1
193.948
177.035
156.616
207.077
110.036
215.849
3.1
4.2
3.2
4.4
1.0
2.3
.1
-.2
-2.3
-3.4
-.2
.4
199.003
195.735
144.408
203.909
192.558
242.803
237.370
230.160
204.131
202.283
3.3
4.7
1.9
4.7
4.1
7.4
3.2
13.6
2.1
1.3
.3
.9
-2.0
.6
-1.4
2.7
.7
-1.0
.6
.0
190.098
197.166
155.421
193.374
188.443
245.190
219.981
221.033
196.000
195.928
4.0
4.6
2.3
6.1
3.5
4.8
3.6
6.0
3.9
2.6
1.7
2.0
-1.1
1.6
-1.9
3.4
2.3
-3.6
2.4
1.4
188.540
200.235
157.130
212.303
204.112
232.538
207.673
248.006
189.184
183.102
3.1
4.9
3.1
5.2
4.3
5.9
2.3
10.6
2.3
1.6
.1
1.1
-2.2
-.3
-3.2
3.1
.4
-2.7
.5
-.1
Commodity and service group
All items 4 .................................................................................
Commodities ..........................................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ................................
Nondurables less food and beverages ...............................
Durables .............................................................................
Services ..................................................................................
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care 4 ....................................................
All items less shelter .................................................................
Commodities less food .............................................................
Nondurables .............................................................................
Nondurables less food ..............................................................
Services less rent of shelter 7 ...................................................
Services less medical care services .........................................
Energy 4 ...................................................................................
All items less energy ................................................................
All items less food and energy 4 .............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 39. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, semiannual averages, by
expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
DallasFort Worth, TX
Item and Group
DenverBoulder-Greeley, CO
DetroitAnn ArborFlint, MI
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
Expenditure category
All items 4 .................................................................................
All items (1967=100) 5 ..............................................................
206.366
636.365
4.5
1.4
0.7
0.2
-
-
200.507
590.532
2.5
-
202.605
674.377
4.0
-
-
-
Food and beverages 4 ............................................................
Food 4 ...................................................................................
Food at home .....................................................................
Food away from home 6 .....................................................
Alcoholic beverages 6 ...........................................................
219.851
215.175
202.841
238.816
274.622
6.2
6.3
7.7
4.9
5.3
3.2
3.2
4.2
2.2
3.3
205.782
208.975
211.808
202.631
180.985
5.9
6.3
7.0
5.0
-1.2
2.9
3.2
2.7
3.0
-1.8
198.681
199.054
197.684
201.918
188.879
3.9
4.1
4.6
3.2
.9
2.8
2.9
3.3
2.4
1.1
Housing 4 ................................................................................
Shelter ..................................................................................
Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 .................
Fuels and utilities ..................................................................
Household energy ..............................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity ................................................
Electricity ........................................................................
Utility (piped) gas service ...............................................
Household furnishings and operations .................................
188.007
187.960
186.892
181.661
253.154
264.753
261.023
242.944
328.555
126.704
5.5
3.8
5.1
3.6
11.8
14.1
13.9
13.0
21.4
2.8
3.8
2.3
2.9
2.3
9.4
12.7
12.7
11.5
25.4
1.8
186.433
200.946
203.463
193.879
197.979
161.805
161.461
138.391
200.660
131.569
3.4
1.8
2.8
1.4
14.1
22.5
22.5
15.9
24.9
3.1
.5
.7
1.0
.7
-1.6
.1
.1
7.6
-8.5
1.9
183.992
197.813
204.162
205.560
237.793
200.728
201.072
163.080
241.252
116.660
2.0
-.1
-.6
.4
10.9
11.7
11.6
5.3
18.7
3.2
.5
-.9
-.3
-.2
6.0
7.3
7.6
5.2
10.0
1.7
Apparel 4 ................................................................................
125.101
-3.7
-.3
97.701
3.4
-2.1
111.913
11.1
2.0
Transportation 4 ......................................................................
Private transportation ...........................................................
Motor fuel ...........................................................................
Gasoline (all types) ...........................................................
Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 ..........................................
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 ...................................
Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 .......................................
208.308
209.228
275.750
273.716
269.992
277.035
270.567
3.2
3.0
7.9
7.6
7.4
8.9
8.4
-4.3
-4.4
-9.5
-9.6
-10.2
-7.9
-8.0
227.450
224.151
247.232
245.705
242.487
233.591
245.417
2.4
2.2
3.6
3.3
3.2
4.0
3.4
-1.9
-2.1
-8.9
-8.9
-9.3
-7.9
-7.9
218.279
216.794
262.379
260.292
267.379
290.780
246.512
2.0
1.7
.5
.1
.0
1.0
.5
-3.9
-4.2
-12.7
-13.0
-13.4
-11.8
-11.3
Medical care 4 ........................................................................
337.595
4.4
1.8
443.009
9.9
4.7
349.085
-.7
.1
Recreation 10 ..........................................................................
112.565
2.0
1.7
119.186
3.8
3.6
117.273
-.6
1.6
Education and communication 10 ...........................................
124.287
3.2
1.8
113.963
2.1
1.7
128.724
2.2
1.8
Other goods and services 4 ....................................................
337.811
2.9
1.7
311.517
2.9
-.8
352.530
.2
-.4
206.366
183.893
163.188
204.872
124.177
232.066
4.5
2.7
.7
2.9
-2.7
5.6
1.4
-1.3
-3.8
-4.8
-2.3
3.4
202.605
167.237
144.013
183.007
106.073
239.388
4.0
3.1
1.5
2.5
.3
4.7
.7
-.3
-2.3
-4.3
.3
1.6
200.507
168.199
151.125
192.726
105.271
240.925
2.5
3.2
2.6
4.3
-1.2
1.9
.2
-1.0
-3.6
-4.4
-1.5
1.2
200.118
214.968
167.349
212.627
210.684
265.495
220.875
273.415
200.435
197.050
4.5
4.7
.9
4.5
3.0
7.3
5.6
11.1
3.5
3.0
1.4
1.0
-3.6
-1.0
-4.3
4.4
3.5
.1
1.8
1.5
193.179
206.197
145.376
198.203
182.688
282.363
223.999
210.693
202.430
201.964
3.7
4.9
1.4
4.3
2.3
7.9
4.2
10.1
3.6
3.0
.5
.7
-2.3
-.6
-4.2
2.7
1.4
-5.8
1.6
1.3
195.421
204.754
152.810
196.720
193.045
264.143
233.051
231.096
197.827
198.042
2.6
3.4
2.5
4.2
4.2
3.9
2.1
5.1
2.0
1.5
.2
.6
-3.4
-.9
-4.1
3.4
1.3
-4.9
1.1
.6
Commodity and service group
All items 4 .................................................................................
Commodities ..........................................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ................................
Nondurables less food and beverages ...............................
Durables .............................................................................
Services ..................................................................................
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care 4 ....................................................
All items less shelter .................................................................
Commodities less food .............................................................
Nondurables .............................................................................
Nondurables less food ..............................................................
Services less rent of shelter 7 ...................................................
Services less medical care services .........................................
Energy 4 ...................................................................................
All items less energy ................................................................
All items less food and energy 4 .............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 39. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, semiannual averages, by
expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
HoustonGalvestonBrazoria, TX
Honolulu, HI
Item and Group
Kansas City, MO-KS
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
Expenditure category
All items 4 .................................................................................
All items (1967=100) 5 ..............................................................
229.950
642.417
3.9
1.4
0.6
0.3
-
-
193.066
565.685
3.2
-
189.846
605.902
3.5
-
-
-
Food and beverages 4 ............................................................
Food 4 ...................................................................................
Food at home .....................................................................
Food away from home 6 .....................................................
Alcoholic beverages 6 ...........................................................
220.391
220.981
229.046
208.795
212.640
7.1
7.4
10.0
4.9
2.2
4.1
4.5
5.4
3.7
-1.0
204.488
204.361
209.381
193.810
197.646
7.4
7.6
8.0
6.5
3.4
4.3
4.4
4.9
3.6
2.8
215.346
217.845
216.360
222.526
179.174
7.9
8.0
8.2
7.1
6.6
4.4
4.7
4.3
5.3
1.2
Housing 4 ................................................................................
Shelter ..................................................................................
Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 .................
Fuels and utilities ..................................................................
Household energy ..............................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity ................................................
Electricity ........................................................................
Utility (piped) gas service ...............................................
Household furnishings and operations .................................
256.280
274.236
257.136
257.606
303.754
283.706
281.361
276.963
289.220
158.699
3.7
1.1
2.3
1.2
29.7
35.9
35.9
36.7
22.0
-.1
2.0
.4
.7
.3
13.2
13.3
13.4
14.0
3.7
.9
180.269
190.377
185.504
188.643
212.006
208.378
206.445
203.485
223.499
127.380
5.9
4.7
4.2
4.7
12.7
14.6
14.5
12.4
28.1
4.8
3.6
2.1
2.0
2.6
11.6
15.3
15.5
16.1
12.1
1.2
185.629
198.924
211.872
189.353
217.445
198.131
196.850
127.011
295.700
116.179
3.3
1.6
2.3
1.7
11.6
14.0
13.3
9.4
18.3
1.7
1.3
.9
1.5
.7
2.1
5.0
5.3
9.9
.5
2.5
Apparel 4 ................................................................................
110.031
-.1
-.4
141.880
-5.5
-3.0
99.736
-2.8
-1.8
Transportation 4 ......................................................................
Private transportation ...........................................................
Motor fuel ...........................................................................
Gasoline (all types) ...........................................................
Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 ..........................................
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 ...................................
Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 .......................................
203.127
197.673
281.095
288.364
308.004
233.685
247.127
2.8
2.0
12.3
11.9
13.1
16.3
7.7
-1.6
-1.9
-2.5
-2.8
-1.9
1.9
-6.8
180.616
179.746
257.502
254.716
263.470
262.100
246.243
.5
.3
6.9
6.3
6.2
7.0
6.0
-6.1
-6.4
-10.7
-11.0
-11.5
-10.3
-10.1
176.263
174.715
257.980
256.767
250.707
310.416
256.032
1.6
1.4
.6
.2
.0
.2
1.5
-5.6
-5.9
-14.0
-14.3
-14.7
-13.8
-12.5
Medical care 4 ........................................................................
326.170
3.3
.5
338.682
1.9
1.2
300.046
-1.4
.6
Recreation 10 ..........................................................................
103.894
2.2
-.4
106.221
-2.8
-.8
115.398
2.7
1.5
Education and communication 10 ...........................................
113.166
2.0
2.7
101.307
1.9
.7
112.475
3.3
1.9
Other goods and services 4 ....................................................
383.770
5.0
2.2
287.888
5.7
1.6
334.166
2.1
.4
229.950
186.355
162.753
199.388
118.989
276.834
3.9
3.8
1.7
4.6
-2.1
3.9
1.4
.7
-1.5
-1.0
-2.1
2.0
189.846
169.988
151.245
200.772
103.367
214.765
3.5
2.2
-.7
2.0
-5.1
4.9
.6
-1.7
-5.2
-5.6
-4.5
3.3
193.066
166.920
144.384
192.467
107.102
223.602
3.2
2.8
-.4
-.1
-.9
3.5
.3
-.8
-4.0
-5.8
-1.0
1.4
225.455
213.357
164.955
211.055
199.749
257.633
271.744
282.669
227.529
229.881
3.9
5.4
1.7
5.9
4.5
8.4
3.7
21.5
2.3
1.3
1.5
1.9
-1.5
1.7
-1.0
4.2
1.9
3.8
1.2
.4
182.371
190.658
152.905
203.953
200.725
222.055
199.857
237.196
184.851
180.184
3.6
3.2
-.5
4.6
2.1
5.4
5.0
9.4
2.6
1.3
.6
.2
-4.9
-.9
-5.1
4.3
3.4
-1.9
1.2
.3
188.426
191.944
145.706
204.034
192.474
231.949
213.674
224.372
191.136
185.650
3.5
3.7
.0
4.0
.6
5.4
3.5
6.3
2.6
1.4
.3
.2
-3.7
-.7
-5.2
1.9
1.4
-6.2
1.5
.7
Commodity and service group
All items 4 .................................................................................
Commodities ..........................................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ................................
Nondurables less food and beverages ...............................
Durables .............................................................................
Services ..................................................................................
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care 4 ....................................................
All items less shelter .................................................................
Commodities less food .............................................................
Nondurables .............................................................................
Nondurables less food ..............................................................
Services less rent of shelter 7 ...................................................
Services less medical care services .........................................
Energy 4 ...................................................................................
All items less energy ................................................................
All items less food and energy 4 .............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 39. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, semiannual averages, by
expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
Los AngelesRiversideOrange County, CA
Item and Group
MiamiFort Lauderdale, FL
MilwaukeeRacine, WI
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
Expenditure category
All items 4 .................................................................................
All items (1967=100) 5 ..............................................................
218.096
644.541
3.5
0.3
1.0
1.1
-
-
208.112
665.306
4.5
-
221.495
359.861
4.0
-
-
-
Food and beverages 4 ............................................................
Food 4 ...................................................................................
Food at home .....................................................................
Food away from home 6 .....................................................
Alcoholic beverages 6 ...........................................................
225.533
223.571
236.523
204.023
232.664
5.6
5.6
7.1
3.6
5.0
2.6
2.7
3.3
1.9
.6
226.203
228.326
230.699
225.927
196.021
6.3
6.6
8.4
3.1
2.9
3.6
3.6
4.5
1.7
1.9
218.039
221.688
223.862
221.882
189.371
5.1
5.4
5.9
4.8
2.1
3.2
3.6
4.1
2.6
-.1
Housing 4 ................................................................................
Shelter ..................................................................................
Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 .................
Fuels and utilities ..................................................................
Household energy ..............................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity ................................................
Electricity ........................................................................
Utility (piped) gas service ...............................................
Household furnishings and operations .................................
238.234
262.204
279.417
255.183
237.994
236.277
234.872
249.212
234.156
127.449
3.1
3.4
4.3
3.4
4.1
2.7
2.3
-2.2
13.6
.6
1.2
1.7
2.2
1.6
-3.0
-6.0
-6.1
-3.4
-10.9
1.3
227.780
249.679
240.564
242.884
178.444
166.357
163.319
159.182
256.659
177.587
3.9
3.6
4.3
3.5
7.8
6.3
6.3
6.2
13.0
2.8
1.9
1.3
1.4
1.6
6.9
6.0
6.3
6.3
1.7
1.3
207.450
245.221
214.839
222.187
209.088
180.470
186.076
171.739
193.948
107.968
4.7
3.1
3.7
3.5
14.1
13.8
13.6
9.3
18.1
3.7
1.4
.7
2.0
1.5
2.6
.8
.6
4.6
-4.2
4.0
Apparel 4 ................................................................................
105.510
1.8
-.3
160.675
-1.5
5.6
128.144
2.9
2.6
Transportation 4 ......................................................................
Private transportation ...........................................................
Motor fuel ...........................................................................
Gasoline (all types) ...........................................................
Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 ..........................................
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 ...................................
Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 .......................................
190.750
186.093
259.685
253.827
254.981
239.415
241.921
3.0
2.7
8.6
8.4
8.9
7.7
7.3
-3.8
-4.1
-9.9
-9.9
-9.8
-10.2
-9.9
196.400
196.867
275.052
272.054
272.418
253.362
265.761
2.6
2.4
4.5
4.4
4.1
5.1
4.5
-4.9
-5.2
-11.8
-11.8
-12.3
-11.0
-11.0
187.818
183.482
279.200
274.973
280.050
289.198
236.669
2.7
2.2
5.2
5.1
4.7
7.6
5.6
-2.6
-2.9
-8.0
-8.3
-8.7
-6.3
-7.3
Medical care 4 ........................................................................
349.049
3.9
.8
358.833
6.9
3.9
351.293
4.1
.8
Recreation 10 ..........................................................................
111.721
1.9
1.2
111.648
5.2
.8
104.120
2.9
.5
Education and communication 10 ...........................................
125.741
4.3
2.1
119.260
1.3
.7
121.066
5.4
3.7
Other goods and services 4 ....................................................
330.907
3.7
1.3
269.488
6.2
2.3
332.489
10.7
1.7
218.096
175.151
146.580
188.949
106.784
263.124
3.5
3.3
2.0
5.3
-2.1
3.6
.3
-1.1
-3.0
-4.3
-1.4
1.4
221.495
193.459
173.322
206.637
134.476
247.635
4.0
3.7
1.8
3.3
-.9
4.2
1.0
-.6
-3.6
-5.2
-1.1
2.0
208.112
172.193
148.421
202.340
99.506
252.912
4.5
3.8
3.1
5.1
-.2
5.0
1.1
.7
-1.0
-.9
-1.1
1.5
213.191
200.620
150.690
209.845
194.891
240.239
256.596
256.314
215.968
214.600
3.4
3.5
2.1
5.4
5.3
3.9
3.5
6.9
3.1
2.6
.3
-.4
-2.9
-1.0
-4.0
1.0
1.4
-8.8
1.4
1.1
215.504
208.329
173.971
218.024
205.423
225.968
237.561
210.125
223.271
222.258
3.9
4.3
1.7
5.0
3.2
5.4
4.1
5.1
3.9
3.3
.8
.8
-3.4
-.5
-4.9
3.2
1.9
-5.5
1.9
1.5
203.024
195.544
150.147
211.821
200.333
232.405
244.926
230.999
206.024
203.429
4.5
5.0
3.0
5.0
4.8
7.0
5.0
8.9
4.0
3.7
1.1
1.2
-.9
1.2
-.8
2.2
1.6
-4.2
1.6
1.2
Commodity and service group
All items 4 .................................................................................
Commodities ..........................................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ................................
Nondurables less food and beverages ...............................
Durables .............................................................................
Services ..................................................................................
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care 4 ....................................................
All items less shelter .................................................................
Commodities less food .............................................................
Nondurables .............................................................................
Nondurables less food ..............................................................
Services less rent of shelter 7 ...................................................
Services less medical care services .........................................
Energy 4 ...................................................................................
All items less energy ................................................................
All items less food and energy 4 .............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 39. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, semiannual averages, by
expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
MinneapolisSt. Paul, MN-WI
Item and Group
New York-Northern New
Jersey-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA
PhiladelphiaWilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
Expenditure category
All items 4 .................................................................................
All items (1967=100) 5 ..............................................................
202.703
636.207
3.3
0.3
1.8
0.5
-
-
224.526
652.173
3.1
-
232.398
661.695
4.3
-
-
-
Food and beverages 4 ............................................................
Food 4 ...................................................................................
Food at home .....................................................................
Food away from home 6 .....................................................
Alcoholic beverages 6 ...........................................................
237.587
233.559
229.351
238.950
272.254
7.9
8.3
10.1
4.7
4.3
3.6
3.7
4.7
1.5
2.8
224.779
224.557
224.853
228.929
225.230
6.6
6.7
8.0
4.9
4.9
3.7
3.8
4.5
2.8
3.2
208.692
207.899
221.122
183.731
210.429
4.0
4.1
5.4
3.1
2.6
2.1
2.1
2.6
1.8
2.5
Housing 4 ................................................................................
Shelter ..................................................................................
Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 .................
Fuels and utilities ..................................................................
Household energy ..............................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity ................................................
Electricity ........................................................................
Utility (piped) gas service ...............................................
Household furnishings and operations .................................
188.169
205.148
208.442
203.244
201.555
189.029
190.844
195.767
199.546
136.474
4.3
2.9
4.1
1.6
10.6
9.2
8.9
6.1
11.8
5.8
1.3
1.3
1.9
1.2
-.1
-1.5
-1.6
4.8
-8.6
3.2
251.866
300.369
298.256
281.467
207.881
212.834
207.094
185.869
247.031
118.742
4.5
3.7
5.3
3.5
13.1
13.8
11.1
8.5
14.4
-.7
2.4
2.2
2.9
2.0
5.3
5.4
6.8
7.1
6.1
.0
234.600
279.545
257.248
249.191
223.815
204.841
217.986
201.414
249.812
119.712
2.4
1.3
3.0
.9
8.0
7.5
6.1
3.7
12.1
1.9
1.2
.4
1.7
.0
4.6
5.2
6.9
6.1
8.7
.9
Apparel 4 ................................................................................
118.509
-1.5
-1.7
106.082
2.6
3.2
99.884
1.7
-4.0
Transportation 4 ......................................................................
Private transportation ...........................................................
Motor fuel ...........................................................................
Gasoline (all types) ...........................................................
Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 ..........................................
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 ...................................
Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 .......................................
184.479
175.522
241.621
241.502
245.401
244.848
277.397
-.6
-1.6
.8
.3
.3
1.5
.5
-4.5
-5.1
-11.5
-12.0
-12.5
-10.2
-10.8
200.668
192.577
242.885
241.427
243.116
244.688
240.132
3.4
3.2
7.7
7.5
7.3
8.4
7.4
-2.8
-3.2
-8.8
-8.9
-9.6
-7.1
-7.5
203.178
201.192
280.588
274.585
274.694
271.304
259.214
4.3
4.3
10.1
9.4
8.6
11.3
10.8
-2.3
-2.7
-6.9
-7.1
-8.0
-5.1
-4.9
Medical care 4 ........................................................................
387.758
5.2
3.2
365.206
1.1
.0
407.505
3.4
.8
Recreation 10 ..........................................................................
116.272
1.8
1.3
112.511
1.3
.6
120.932
4.5
-.2
Education and communication 10 ...........................................
119.115
4.2
2.2
128.259
4.1
3.2
120.692
3.1
2.4
Other goods and services 4 ....................................................
344.618
1.9
-.5
392.064
6.3
4.6
395.412
1.7
1.7
202.703
176.575
148.597
188.142
110.269
230.922
3.3
2.8
.7
1.9
-.8
3.7
.3
-1.2
-3.0
-3.8
-1.9
1.3
232.398
183.137
153.861
187.324
105.944
282.093
4.3
4.5
3.1
6.3
-3.0
4.2
1.8
.7
-1.4
-1.0
-2.3
2.5
224.526
178.876
157.617
186.344
115.693
279.213
3.1
3.6
3.4
5.4
-.4
2.7
.5
-.9
-2.7
-3.2
-1.6
1.5
196.134
203.409
153.424
212.103
194.233
243.944
219.277
219.741
204.311
199.569
3.2
3.4
.8
4.5
2.0
4.2
3.6
4.0
3.1
2.5
.2
-.2
-2.7
-.8
-3.4
1.2
1.1
-7.5
1.2
.9
227.284
207.487
156.673
208.074
189.862
236.392
275.212
227.083
234.280
237.582
4.5
4.7
3.2
6.4
6.2
4.9
4.4
10.7
3.7
3.1
1.9
1.6
-1.3
1.4
-.8
3.0
2.7
-1.9
2.2
1.9
217.900
209.630
159.818
200.244
188.530
253.008
269.529
229.772
224.593
229.918
3.0
4.0
3.4
4.7
5.3
4.4
2.6
8.8
2.3
2.0
.5
.5
-2.5
-.8
-3.0
2.7
1.5
-.9
.8
.6
Commodity and service group
All items 4 .................................................................................
Commodities ..........................................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ................................
Nondurables less food and beverages ...............................
Durables .............................................................................
Services ..................................................................................
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care 4 ....................................................
All items less shelter .................................................................
Commodities less food .............................................................
Nondurables .............................................................................
Nondurables less food ..............................................................
Services less rent of shelter 7 ...................................................
Services less medical care services .........................................
Energy 4 ...................................................................................
All items less energy ................................................................
All items less food and energy 4 .............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 39. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, semiannual averages, by
expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ 1
Item and Group
Portland-Salem,
OR-WA
Pittsburgh, PA
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
Expenditure category
All items 4 .................................................................................
All items (1967=100) 5 ..............................................................
119.229
3.5
0.9
1.5
0.5
-
-
-
210.557
606.830
2.8
-
206.010
612.709
5.0
-
-
-
Food and beverages 4 ............................................................
Food 4 ...................................................................................
Food at home .....................................................................
Food away from home 6 .....................................................
Alcoholic beverages 6 ...........................................................
128.889
129.326
135.604
119.484
121.817
5.7
5.9
7.2
3.7
3.2
3.1
3.2
4.4
2.1
.6
215.025
213.734
212.645
217.755
222.213
6.5
6.6
6.9
6.4
4.4
3.6
3.9
3.6
4.2
.5
201.092
201.467
198.502
209.242
201.114
6.4
6.4
6.9
5.8
6.7
4.1
4.2
3.8
4.5
2.6
Housing 4 ................................................................................
Shelter ..................................................................................
Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 .................
Fuels and utilities ..................................................................
Household energy ..............................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity ................................................
Electricity ........................................................................
Utility (piped) gas service ...............................................
Household furnishings and operations .................................
118.749
116.339
117.596
116.007
142.534
153.671
153.215
161.931
129.338
111.777
2.3
1.5
1.6
1.7
3.3
2.3
2.2
5.2
-3.2
5.7
1.6
.4
.0
.7
4.3
8.1
8.3
10.9
-3.0
4.1
196.233
199.619
198.812
206.459
266.110
263.769
256.666
169.096
371.505
137.128
4.0
1.4
1.3
1.5
14.0
17.3
17.0
9.8
27.1
4.3
1.6
.9
.1
.4
4.2
5.7
7.9
1.3
17.7
2.9
202.804
226.239
228.439
238.837
222.858
186.816
224.477
243.714
204.509
110.393
2.3
2.8
3.9
3.2
-.7
-2.5
-3.0
-3.5
-1.0
1.5
1.4
1.7
1.5
1.8
.3
-.9
-1.0
-2.9
5.1
-.1
Apparel 4 ................................................................................
106.463
-2.1
-4.7
151.768
6.1
6.1
111.014
-6.5
-6.1
Transportation 4 ......................................................................
Private transportation ...........................................................
Motor fuel ...........................................................................
Gasoline (all types) ...........................................................
Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 ..........................................
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 ...................................
Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 .......................................
116.907
116.935
272.368
272.442
278.466
264.907
259.573
3.8
2.9
11.2
11.0
11.0
11.3
10.7
-3.0
-3.4
-8.5
-8.2
-8.4
-7.6
-7.6
181.533
183.365
273.596
274.039
272.425
289.613
263.283
3.9
3.4
8.1
8.0
8.1
7.8
7.8
-3.2
-3.6
-8.7
-8.5
-8.5
-8.5
-8.3
208.372
206.905
278.122
278.885
277.058
236.547
257.794
2.5
2.1
9.6
9.7
9.9
9.6
9.0
-3.2
-3.7
-8.5
-8.6
-8.7
-8.1
-8.3
Medical care 4 ........................................................................
132.694
4.5
1.4
351.458
6.6
1.9
403.886
4.5
2.1
Recreation 10 ..........................................................................
107.227
4.3
3.2
111.562
6.5
2.9
113.697
1.8
.6
Education and communication 10 ...........................................
114.184
3.2
2.3
127.622
5.1
3.1
107.360
3.2
2.8
Other goods and services 4 ....................................................
128.126
4.4
3.4
379.479
3.1
1.4
406.345
2.6
-.4
119.229
116.177
109.763
145.617
82.284
122.086
3.5
3.5
2.0
4.7
-1.5
3.4
.9
-.4
-2.7
-3.3
-1.6
2.0
206.010
189.544
172.876
228.061
114.202
226.930
5.0
5.4
4.7
7.5
-.1
4.7
1.5
1.2
-.3
-.2
-.5
1.9
210.557
171.563
156.058
193.234
119.364
254.644
2.8
2.6
.6
3.4
-3.1
2.9
.5
-.9
-3.7
-4.6
-2.4
1.7
118.629
120.711
110.051
136.153
143.682
128.220
120.789
209.963
113.249
110.151
3.4
4.3
2.1
5.2
4.6
5.7
3.3
7.1
3.0
2.3
.8
.9
-2.6
-.1
-3.1
3.7
2.1
-2.6
1.4
1.0
200.765
208.949
175.575
223.288
229.400
226.148
219.615
269.773
199.657
196.722
4.9
6.2
4.7
7.1
7.4
7.8
4.5
12.5
4.0
3.4
1.5
1.8
-.3
1.7
-.2
3.0
1.9
-2.1
2.1
1.6
203.796
206.622
157.317
197.338
192.556
271.943
245.105
233.191
210.169
212.339
2.7
2.8
.8
4.9
3.6
3.1
2.8
5.4
2.6
1.9
.4
.0
-3.4
-.4
-4.2
1.8
1.7
-6.3
1.3
.8
Commodity and service group
All items 4 .................................................................................
Commodities ..........................................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ................................
Nondurables less food and beverages ...............................
Durables .............................................................................
Services ..................................................................................
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care 4 ....................................................
All items less shelter .................................................................
Commodities less food .............................................................
Nondurables .............................................................................
Nondurables less food ..............................................................
Services less rent of shelter 7 ...................................................
Services less medical care services .........................................
Energy 4 ...................................................................................
All items less energy ................................................................
All items less food and energy 4 .............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 39. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, semiannual averages, by
expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
St. Louis, MO-IL
Item and Group
San FranciscoOakland-San Jose, CA
San Diego, CA
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
Expenditure category
All items 4 .................................................................................
All items (1967=100) 5 ..............................................................
198.337
583.520
2.6
0.2
0.1
0.9
-
-
219.396
668.079
3.1
-
226.829
731.488
3.3
-
-
-
Food and beverages 4 ............................................................
Food 4 ...................................................................................
Food at home .....................................................................
Food away from home 6 .....................................................
Alcoholic beverages 6 ...........................................................
208.127
207.733
199.942
219.463
196.201
5.4
5.6
6.6
3.8
2.7
2.9
3.1
3.4
3.0
.8
223.018
219.710
207.255
239.768
253.661
4.9
5.1
7.1
3.2
2.6
2.2
2.4
3.6
1.0
1.3
225.518
225.608
228.559
222.242
227.900
4.2
4.3
5.3
3.4
2.0
1.9
2.0
2.2
1.5
.3
Housing 4 ................................................................................
Shelter ..................................................................................
Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 .................
Fuels and utilities ..................................................................
Household energy ..............................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity ................................................
Electricity ........................................................................
Utility (piped) gas service ...............................................
Household furnishings and operations .................................
192.839
213.018
191.694
202.062
197.788
187.459
191.209
149.762
233.136
129.974
2.3
1.8
1.1
2.0
6.5
5.7
5.4
.3
13.0
-.1
2.1
.7
.8
.8
10.2
15.3
15.9
16.5
15.1
.2
240.945
259.248
293.975
268.590
210.848
182.146
178.153
160.861
205.641
178.082
3.8
3.2
4.2
2.8
10.4
11.4
10.5
9.6
11.3
3.0
1.4
1.1
1.6
.9
8.0
10.5
11.1
13.6
-8.6
1.1
243.165
267.940
292.181
249.100
260.145
283.600
282.562
279.081
282.138
136.523
3.0
2.9
4.3
3.1
5.0
4.9
4.8
3.0
9.8
3.1
2.1
1.8
2.4
1.9
4.7
5.0
5.3
6.6
2.0
2.3
Apparel 4 ................................................................................
128.050
1.7
.8
124.272
-3.0
-3.7
109.443
-.8
.5
Transportation 4 ......................................................................
Private transportation ...........................................................
Motor fuel ...........................................................................
Gasoline (all types) ...........................................................
Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 ..........................................
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 ...................................
Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 .......................................
183.399
182.954
277.799
273.084
265.421
315.397
266.862
.0
.0
6.4
6.2
6.4
6.0
5.8
-5.6
-5.7
-11.9
-12.1
-12.3
-11.8
-11.5
198.546
194.170
261.433
261.873
272.288
224.011
266.367
1.5
1.4
6.6
6.4
6.7
4.8
6.7
-4.9
-5.1
-10.8
-10.8
-10.8
-11.2
-10.1
176.392
169.808
257.509
255.355
255.839
236.998
240.602
3.5
2.7
7.2
6.7
6.8
6.2
6.7
-2.9
-3.5
-9.8
-9.9
-10.2
-9.7
-8.9
Medical care 4 ........................................................................
346.931
1.3
1.4
375.756
-
.7
355.486
2.2
-.1
Recreation 10 ..........................................................................
125.781
4.2
.7
152.837
4.0
1.4
102.948
2.1
.4
Education and communication 10 ...........................................
126.697
3.2
1.2
111.150
1.0
-.4
128.858
3.9
2.1
Other goods and services 4 ....................................................
270.135
4.2
.2
344.972
6.3
2.1
360.355
2.8
2.2
198.337
175.360
157.372
200.301
116.201
226.588
2.6
2.2
.5
4.3
-4.4
2.7
.2
-1.7
-4.1
-5.9
-1.5
1.9
226.829
189.941
170.819
195.755
145.558
260.704
3.3
2.7
1.2
3.3
-1.6
3.7
.1
-1.3
-3.6
-5.0
-1.7
1.2
219.396
175.431
144.756
181.172
109.224
262.556
3.1
2.7
1.7
3.8
-1.0
3.4
.9
-.7
-2.6
-3.8
-.9
2.0
191.997
194.987
159.330
204.180
200.586
230.912
215.499
226.960
197.691
195.526
2.6
2.9
.6
4.8
4.3
3.9
2.8
6.3
2.1
1.4
.2
.1
-3.9
-1.8
-5.4
3.3
1.9
-1.6
1.1
.7
220.935
215.381
174.277
211.278
201.324
244.240
250.324
234.707
226.337
227.933
3.3
3.3
1.4
4.3
3.5
4.6
3.8
7.6
2.8
2.3
.1
-.3
-3.3
-1.1
-4.3
1.9
1.3
-6.0
.7
.3
214.681
200.719
147.852
205.354
183.841
236.854
256.629
272.837
218.223
217.040
3.2
3.2
1.7
4.0
3.6
4.2
3.5
6.2
2.8
2.5
.9
.4
-2.5
-.6
-3.6
2.3
2.2
-5.7
1.5
1.4
Commodity and service group
All items 4 .................................................................................
Commodities ..........................................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ................................
Nondurables less food and beverages ...............................
Durables .............................................................................
Services ..................................................................................
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care 4 ....................................................
All items less shelter .................................................................
Commodities less food .............................................................
Nondurables .............................................................................
Nondurables less food ..............................................................
Services less rent of shelter 7 ...................................................
Services less medical care services .........................................
Energy 4 ...................................................................................
All items less energy ................................................................
All items less food and energy 4 .............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 39. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, semiannual averages, by
expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
SeattleTacoma-Bremerton, WA
Item and Group
TampaSt. PetersburgClearwater, FL 2
WashingtonBaltimore,
DC-MD-VA-WV 3
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
Index
Percent change
from-
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
2nd half
2008
2nd half 1st half
2007
2008
Expenditure category
All items 4 .................................................................................
All items (1967=100) 5 ..............................................................
220.721
654.659
4.0
0.9
0.2
139.892
4.0
1.3
-
189.767
189.767
2.6
-
-
-
-
-
-
Food and beverages 4 ............................................................
Food 4 ...................................................................................
Food at home .....................................................................
Food away from home 6 .....................................................
Alcoholic beverages 6 ...........................................................
228.892
230.123
229.637
234.739
219.081
5.9
6.2
7.1
4.6
2.5
3.3
3.5
3.8
2.6
.2
194.467
192.920
193.234
193.369
194.670
6.1
6.2
6.6
5.6
5.8
3.4
3.5
3.6
2.8
2.5
137.354
138.609
136.490
139.972
120.001
4.6
4.9
6.0
4.1
1.4
2.7
2.8
3.4
2.3
.4
Housing 4 ................................................................................
Shelter ..................................................................................
Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 .................
Fuels and utilities ..................................................................
Household energy ..............................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity ................................................
Electricity ........................................................................
Utility (piped) gas service ...............................................
Household furnishings and operations .................................
227.354
250.608
256.002
259.765
201.211
202.617
234.242
234.585
207.253
167.567
5.4
6.6
7.3
7.2
2.8
1.2
.5
1.0
.2
-.7
2.6
2.9
3.2
3.4
3.7
3.0
3.0
1.9
7.0
-.9
188.625
206.120
202.601
216.904
191.394
161.887
160.058
154.856
304.789
118.201
2.6
2.3
2.3
2.6
5.2
3.0
2.7
1.4
8.2
1.0
.8
.4
.7
1.1
3.3
2.7
2.7
1.7
7.8
.9
153.478
155.216
164.404
152.503
193.300
198.564
194.470
189.010
192.689
96.904
4.9
4.0
5.2
3.6
11.8
12.1
11.6
10.2
22.0
1.6
2.9
1.9
2.8
1.7
9.9
10.5
10.7
12.6
3.7
.7
Apparel 4 ................................................................................
136.219
-4.6
-6.1
129.067
2.8
-3.5
93.354
1.4
1.8
Transportation 4 ......................................................................
Private transportation ...........................................................
Motor fuel ...........................................................................
Gasoline (all types) ...........................................................
Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 ..........................................
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 ...................................
Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 .......................................
206.893
212.111
341.201
346.204
380.347
267.340
305.267
3.2
2.8
6.7
6.4
6.4
6.9
6.3
-2.9
-3.4
-10.7
-10.7
-10.9
-9.8
-10.1
185.446
187.971
330.104
322.695
321.986
278.830
313.427
.8
.6
8.5
8.2
8.5
8.0
7.5
-3.8
-4.2
-8.6
-8.8
-8.8
-9.0
-8.7
132.627
132.514
255.273
255.101
258.376
254.240
253.223
2.9
2.6
8.3
8.2
7.8
9.2
9.7
-3.3
-3.4
-8.8
-8.8
-9.6
-7.4
-6.8
Medical care 4 ........................................................................
333.810
.1
-.1
303.136
-.1
-.4
140.796
3.5
.6
Recreation 10 ..........................................................................
99.447
3.1
1.1
108.343
-3.5
-.3
114.173
1.8
.2
Education and communication 10 ...........................................
123.032
4.3
2.7
117.576
6.9
4.4
121.716
1.5
1.2
Other goods and services 4 ....................................................
365.956
2.2
1.6
238.237
2.2
1.3
173.310
6.3
.8
220.721
187.581
165.820
212.040
123.527
255.509
4.0
1.6
-.5
.7
-2.3
5.7
.9
-1.8
-4.3
-6.5
-1.2
2.8
189.767
166.249
149.953
212.979
97.963
212.746
2.6
2.6
.8
4.1
-3.2
2.6
.2
-1.0
-3.3
-4.1
-2.4
1.2
139.892
124.428
117.418
150.486
84.586
152.427
4.0
2.9
2.1
5.1
-2.4
4.6
1.3
-.9
-2.6
-3.0
-2.2
2.6
215.960
210.808
167.464
219.206
211.914
239.902
247.721
282.716
218.500
215.736
4.3
2.8
-.4
3.2
.8
4.6
5.8
4.9
4.0
3.6
1.0
.0
-4.2
-2.0
-6.1
2.7
2.9
-7.0
1.9
1.6
184.554
183.978
153.568
203.592
213.839
217.516
204.095
232.109
184.852
183.500
2.7
2.7
1.0
5.1
4.2
3.0
2.8
6.0
2.2
1.5
.2
.1
-3.1
-.4
-3.7
2.4
1.2
-4.2
.7
.2
139.771
133.195
117.632
142.427
148.036
150.335
153.156
221.776
132.688
132.460
4.1
4.0
2.1
4.8
4.9
5.7
4.7
10.2
3.3
3.1
1.4
1.0
-2.5
-.5
-2.8
3.8
2.7
.6
1.5
1.3
Commodity and service group
All items 4 .................................................................................
Commodities ..........................................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ................................
Nondurables less food and beverages ...............................
Durables .............................................................................
Services ..................................................................................
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care 4 ....................................................
All items less shelter .................................................................
Commodities less food .............................................................
Nondurables .............................................................................
Nondurables less food ..............................................................
Services less rent of shelter 7 ...................................................
Services less medical care services .........................................
Energy 4 ...................................................................................
All items less energy ................................................................
All items less food and energy 4 .............................................
1 For Phoenix-Mesa, indexes are on a December 2001=100 base.
2 Indexes on a 1987=100 base.
3 For Washington-Baltimore, indexes are on a December 1997=100 base unless
otherwise noted.
4 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a November 1996=100 base.
5 Index is on a November 1977=100 base in Miami and an October 1967=100 base in
Anchorage.
6 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a November 1997=100 base.
7 Indexes are on a November 1984=100 base in Anchorage, Boston, Cincinnati,
Denver, Miami, Milwaukee, Portland, St. Louis, San Diego, and Seattle. Indexes are on a
December 1984=100 base in Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Honolulu,
Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and
San Francisco.
8 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
9 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
10 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
- Data not available.