Table 6. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all items index
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
All items
Prici- Indexes Percent change to Percent change to
CPI-W 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 192.5 194.0 194.2 195.3 3.6 0.7 0.6 3.7 0.9 0.1
Region and area size(2)
Northeast urban.............................. M 205.5 207.5 207.9 209.0 3.6 0.7 0.5 4.0 1.2 0.2
Size A - More than 1,500,000............... M 206.4 208.2 208.6 209.7 3.4 0.7 0.5 3.7 1.1 0.2
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)......... M 123.7 125.2 125.5 126.1 4.0 0.7 0.5 4.5 1.5 0.2
Midwest urban................................ M 185.1 186.2 185.9 187.0 3.2 0.4 0.6 3.2 0.4 -0.2
Size A - More than 1,500,000............... M 186.2 187.3 186.9 188.0 3.0 0.4 0.6 3.1 0.4 -0.2
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)......... M 120.3 121.1 121.0 121.7 3.3 0.5 0.6 3.2 0.6 -0.1
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000)................................ M 182.4 183.5 183.2 184.7 4.2 0.7 0.8 3.8 0.4 -0.2
South urban.................................. M 187.2 188.8 188.9 189.9 3.9 0.6 0.5 4.1 0.9 0.1
Size A - More than 1,500,000............... M 189.7 191.6 191.8 192.4 3.8 0.4 0.3 4.2 1.1 0.1
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)......... M 119.8 120.7 120.7 121.6 3.9 0.7 0.7 3.8 0.8 0.0
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000)................................ M 189.8 191.0 191.1 192.4 4.5 0.7 0.7 4.6 0.7 0.1
West urban................................... M 194.9 196.3 197.2 198.3 3.3 1.0 0.6 3.5 1.2 0.5
Size A - More than 1,500,000............... M 196.2 197.6 198.6 199.7 3.4 1.1 0.6 3.7 1.2 0.5
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)......... M 121.3 122.3 123.1 123.6 3.2 1.1 0.4 3.4 1.5 0.7
Size classes
A (4)...................................... M 178.4 179.8 180.0 181.0 3.4 0.7 0.6 3.6 0.9 0.1
B/C (3).................................... M 120.7 121.7 121.9 122.6 3.6 0.7 0.6 3.7 1.0 0.2
D.......................................... M 187.9 188.7 188.7 190.2 4.0 0.8 0.8 3.9 0.4 0.0
Selected local areas(5)
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI............... M 190.2 191.2 190.6 190.9 3.3 -0.2 0.2 3.5 0.2 -0.3
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA...... M 196.5 198.3 199.9 200.8 4.5 1.3 0.5 5.0 1.7 0.8
New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA.............................. M 208.7 210.2 210.6 212.0 3.2 0.9 0.7 3.6 0.9 0.2
Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT.......... 1 - 219.5 - 220.5 3.5 0.5 - - - -
Cleveland-Akron, OH.......................... 1 - 181.4 - 181.6 2.5 0.1 - - - -
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX........................ 1 - 189.9 - 189.7 4.5 -0.1 - - - -
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)........ 1 - 126.1 - 126.4 3.4 0.2 - - - -
Atlanta, GA.................................. 2 187.2 - 188.5 - - - - 2.8 0.7 -
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI.................. 2 187.9 - 189.6 - - - - 3.8 0.9 -
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX............... 2 175.1 - 176.7 - - - - 2.9 0.9 -
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL.................... 2 195.5 - 199.9 - - - - 6.2 2.3 -
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD.............................. 2 205.2 - 209.1 - - - - 4.6 1.9 -
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA........... 2 199.3 - 202.5 - - - - 2.6 1.6 -
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA................. 2 196.1 - 198.0 - - - - 2.9 1.0 -
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
