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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                                  
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                               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.
Last Modified Date: November 07, 2024