Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
All items
Prici- Indexes Percent change to Percent change to
CPI-U ng Mar. 2006 from-- Feb. 2006 from--
sched-
ule Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar.
(1) 2005 2006 2006 2006 Mar. Jan. Feb. Feb. Dec. Jan.
2005 2006 2006 2005 2005 2006
U.S. city average............................ M 196.8 198.3 198.7 199.8 3.4 0.8 0.6 3.6 1.0 0.2
Region and area size(2)
Northeast urban.............................. M 209.0 211.0 211.6 212.8 3.3 0.9 0.6 3.9 1.2 0.3
Size A - More than 1,500,000............... M 211.3 213.2 213.8 215.0 3.1 0.8 0.6 3.8 1.2 0.3
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)......... M 123.6 124.8 125.2 126.0 3.9 1.0 0.6 4.2 1.3 0.3
Midwest urban................................ M 189.7 190.8 190.7 192.0 3.1 0.6 0.7 3.0 0.5 -0.1
Size A - More than 1,500,000............... M 191.6 192.7 192.5 193.8 2.9 0.6 0.7 2.9 0.5 -0.1
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)......... M 120.9 121.6 121.6 122.3 3.0 0.6 0.6 3.0 0.6 0.0
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000)................................ M 184.4 185.3 185.2 186.7 3.8 0.8 0.8 3.3 0.4 -0.1
South urban.................................. M 190.1 191.5 191.8 192.8 3.7 0.7 0.5 3.8 0.9 0.2
Size A - More than 1,500,000............... M 191.9 193.6 193.9 194.6 3.6 0.5 0.4 3.9 1.0 0.2
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)......... M 121.2 122.0 122.1 123.0 3.9 0.8 0.7 3.7 0.7 0.1
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000)................................ M 189.7 191.0 191.1 192.3 4.2 0.7 0.6 4.4 0.7 0.1
West urban................................... M 200.0 201.7 202.7 203.8 3.4 1.0 0.5 3.6 1.4 0.5
Size A - More than 1,500,000............... M 203.0 204.7 205.7 206.8 3.5 1.0 0.5 3.7 1.3 0.5
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)......... M 121.8 122.9 123.7 124.2 3.2 1.1 0.4 3.4 1.6 0.7
Size classes
A (4)...................................... M 180.0 181.4 181.9 182.8 3.3 0.8 0.5 3.6 1.1 0.3
B/C (3).................................... M 121.6 122.5 122.7 123.5 3.6 0.8 0.7 3.5 0.9 0.2
D.......................................... M 189.3 190.1 190.2 191.6 3.7 0.8 0.7 3.5 0.5 0.1
Selected local areas(5)
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI............... M 196.4 197.5 197.2 197.6 3.3 0.1 0.2 3.5 0.4 -0.2
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA...... M 203.9 206.0 207.5 208.5 4.7 1.2 0.5 5.1 1.8 0.7
New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA.............................. M 214.2 215.9 216.4 218.2 2.7 1.1 0.8 3.6 1.0 0.2
Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT.......... 1 - 220.5 - 221.3 3.3 0.4 - - - -
Cleveland-Akron, OH.......................... 1 - 190.3 - 190.7 2.4 0.2 - - - -
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX........................ 1 - 188.6 - 188.4 3.9 -0.1 - - - -
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)........ 1 - 126.3 - 126.8 3.3 0.4 - - - -
Atlanta, GA.................................. 2 188.7 - 189.8 - - - - 2.4 0.6 -
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI.................. 2 192.4 - 194.8 - - - - 3.7 1.2 -
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX............... 2 177.2 - 178.6 - - - - 2.3 0.8 -
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL.................... 2 197.4 - 202.2 - - - - 6.1 2.4 -
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD.............................. 2 204.9 - 209.0 - - - - 4.4 2.0 -
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA........... 2 203.4 - 207.1 - - - - 2.9 1.8 -
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA................. 2 200.9 - 203.6 - - - - 3.0 1.3 -
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.
United States Department of Labor
