Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index


 Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index 

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                   All items                                      
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                       Indexes                 Percent change to Percent change to
                    CPI-U                      Pricing                                          July 2008 from--   June 2008 from-- 
                                              schedule                                                                            
                                                 (1)      Apr.      May       June      July                                      
                                                          2008      2008      2008      2008    July  May   June  June  Apr.  May 
                                                                                                2007  2008  2008  2007  2008  2008
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                  
 U.S. city average...........................    M      214.823   216.632   218.815   219.964   5.6   1.5   0.5   5.0   1.9   1.0 
                                                                                                                                  
           Region and area size(2)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
 Northeast urban.............................    M      228.133   230.089   232.649   234.545   5.7   1.9   0.8   5.0   2.0   1.1 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      230.038   232.005   234.518   236.460   5.5   1.9   0.8   4.7   1.9   1.1 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      135.739   136.913   138.542   139.623   6.3   2.0   0.8   5.8   2.1   1.2 
                                                                                                                                  
 Midwest urban...............................    M      205.393   207.168   208.968   210.071   5.6   1.4   0.5   4.9   1.7   0.9 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      206.590   208.291   209.813   211.003   5.3   1.3   0.6   4.6   1.6   0.7 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      131.484   132.682   134.018   134.595   5.9   1.4   0.4   5.2   1.9   1.0 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                          
       50,000)...............................    M      200.841   202.720   205.122   206.435   6.0   1.8   0.6   5.5   2.1   1.2 
                                                                                                                                  
 South urban.................................    M      208.085   210.006   212.324   213.304   5.8   1.6   0.5   5.3   2.0   1.1 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      209.987   211.846   214.359   215.373   5.6   1.7   0.5   5.0   2.1   1.2 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      132.516   133.714   134.980   135.643   5.8   1.4   0.5   5.2   1.9   0.9 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                          
       50,000)...............................    M      208.746   211.225   214.739   215.274   6.8   1.9   0.2   6.6   2.9   1.7 
                                                                                                                                  
 West urban..................................    M      219.437   221.009   223.040   223.867   5.3   1.3   0.4   4.9   1.6   0.9 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      222.689   224.704   226.767   227.562   5.4   1.3   0.4   5.0   1.8   0.9 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      133.694   134.023   135.283   136.021   5.4   1.5   0.5   4.7   1.2   0.9 
                                                                                                                                  
                 Size classes                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                  
   A (4).....................................    M      196.191   197.898   199.840   200.941   5.4   1.5   0.6   4.8   1.9   1.0 
   B/C (3)...................................    M      132.974   133.997   135.330   136.055   5.8   1.5   0.5   5.2   1.8   1.0 
   D.........................................    M      207.238   209.308   211.989   212.555   5.8   1.6   0.3   5.6   2.3   1.3 
                                                                                                                                  
           Selected local areas(5)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI..............    M      212.662   214.932   215.738   217.459   5.8   1.2   0.8   4.7   1.4   0.4 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA.....    M      224.625   226.651   229.033   229.886   5.7   1.4   0.4   5.4   2.0   1.1 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                              
     NY-NJ-CT-PA.............................    M      233.822   236.151   238.580   240.273   5.1   1.7   0.7   4.5   2.0   1.0 
                                                                                                                                  
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT.........    1            -   235.344         -   241.258   6.3   2.5     -     -     -     - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH.........................    1            -   204.882         -   206.941   5.0   1.0     -     -     -     - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.......................    1            -   202.357         -   206.413   6.2   2.0     -     -     -     - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6).......    1            -   139.649         -   142.065   5.7   1.7     -     -     -     - 
                                                                                                                                  
 Atlanta, GA.................................    2      206.371         -   212.032         -     -     -     -   4.9   2.7     - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI.................    2      205.281         -   207.593         -     -     -     -   3.0   1.1     - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX..............    2      188.795         -   193.567         -     -     -     -   4.9   2.5     - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL...................    2      221.324         -   225.079         -     -     -     -   5.8   1.7     - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                           
     PA-NJ-DE-MD.............................    2      223.622         -   228.408         -     -     -     -   5.1   2.1     - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA..........    2      222.074         -   225.181         -     -     -     -   4.2   1.4     - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA................    2      223.196         -   228.068         -     -     -     -   5.8   2.2     - 

   1 Areas on pricing schedule 2 (see Table 10) will appear next month. 
   2 Regions defined as the four Census regions.  See technical notes.
   3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
   4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
   5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the January and
 July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO; Honolulu, HI;
 Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phoenix-Mesa, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem, OR-WA;
 St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
   6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base.
   - Data not available.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

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