Table 1A. Consumer Price Index For All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) : U.S. City Average, by Expenditure Category and Commodity and Service Group
Table 1A. Consumer Price Index For All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) : U.S. City Average, by Expenditure Category and Commodity and Service Group
Table 1A. Consumer Price Index For All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) : U.S. City Average, by Expenditure Category and Commodity and Service Group
Annual Annual
Percent change from
Item and group average average
2007 to 2008
2007 2008
Expenditure category
Annual Annual
Percent change from
Item and group average average
2007 to 2008
2007 2008
Expenditure category
Special indexes
Annual Annual
Percent change from
Item and Group average average
2007 to 2008
2007 2008
Expenditure category
Annual Annual
Percent change from
Item and Group average average
2007 to 2008
2007 2008
Expenditure category
Annual Annual
Percent change from
Item and Group average average
2007 to 2008
2007 2008
Expenditure category
Food from vending machines and mobile vendors 2 .............. 118.325 124.099 4.9
Other food away from home 2 ................................................ 144.068 150.640 4.6
Alcoholic beverages ................................................................... 207.026 214.484 3.6
Alcoholic beverages at home ................................................... 179.094 184.904 3.2
Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home ........................ 184.125 190.320 3.4
Distilled spirits at home .......................................................... 180.984 185.032 2.2
Whiskey at home 1 ............................................................... 184.606 188.032 1.9
Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home 1 ..................... 178.321 181.922 2.0
Wine at home ......................................................................... 162.914 168.729 3.6
Alcoholic beverages away from home ..................................... 265.969 277.394 4.3
Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home 1 2 ..... 134.542 139.817 3.9
Wine away from home 1 2 ...................................................... 145.398 151.733 4.4
Distilled spirits away from home 1 2 ....................................... 140.844 147.671 4.8
Annual Annual
Percent change from
Item and Group average average
2007 to 2008
2007 2008
Expenditure category
Annual Annual
Percent change from
Item and Group average average
2007 to 2008
2007 2008
Expenditure category
Annual Annual
Percent change from
Item and Group average average
2007 to 2008
2007 2008
Expenditure category
Annual Annual
Percent change from
Item and Group average average
2007 to 2008
2007 2008
1 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 8 Indexes on a December 1990=100 base.
2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 9 Indexes on a December 2001=100 base.
3 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base. 10 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
4 Indexes on a December 2005=100 base. 11 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
5 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 12 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
6 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. - Data not available.
7 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base.
Table 5A. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, unadjusted indexes for
special detailed expenditure categories1
Annual Annual
Percent change from
Item average average
2007 to 2008
2007 2008
Housing
Transportation
Annual Annual
Percent change from
Item average average
2007 to 2008
2007 2008
Transportation
Medical care
Recreation
Video cassettes and discs, blank and prerecorded 2 ..................... 64.542 61.962 -4.0
Rental of video tapes and discs 2 .................................................. 92.370 97.465 5.5
Pet food 2 ....................................................................................... 119.400 132.625 11.1
Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories 2 ............................... 112.393 115.829 3.1
Pet services 2 ................................................................................. 142.361 150.475 5.7
Veterinarian services 2 ................................................................... 170.356 181.355 6.5
Film and photographic supplies 2 ................................................... 85.770 86.968 1.4
Photographic equipment 2 ............................................................. 41.552 36.626 -11.9
Photographer fees 2 ....................................................................... 115.640 117.585 1.7
Film processing 2 ........................................................................... 98.882 100.430 1.6
Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipment 2 ...................... 68.809 66.583 -3.2
Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts 2 .............................. 147.392 150.755 2.3
Admission to sporting events 2 ...................................................... 160.091 168.840 5.5
Checking account and other bank services 2 ................................. 127.727 129.650 1.5
Tax return preparation and other accounting fees 2 ...................... 160.764 168.924 5.1
Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap ....................................... 152.868 154.799 1.3
Infants’ equipment 4 ....................................................................... 95.878 97.356 1.5
1 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 6 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 7 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
3 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base. 8 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
4 Indexes on a December 2005=100 base. 9 Indexes on a December 2001=100 base.
5 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base. - Data not available.
Table 6A. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by
expenditure category and commodity and service group
Annual Annual
Percent change from
Item and group average average
2007 to 2008
2007 2008
Expenditure category
Annual Annual
Percent change from
Item and group average average
2007 to 2008
2007 2008
Expenditure category
Special indexes
Annual Annual
Percent change from
Item and Group average average
2007 to 2008
2007 2008
Expenditure category
Annual Annual
Percent change from
Item and Group average average
2007 to 2008
2007 2008
Expenditure category
Annual Annual
Percent change from
Item and Group average average
2007 to 2008
2007 2008
Expenditure category
Annual Annual
Percent change from
Item and Group average average
2007 to 2008
2007 2008
Expenditure category
Annual Annual
Percent change from
Item and Group average average
2007 to 2008
2007 2008
Expenditure category
Elementary and high school tuition and fees ......................... 537.765 567.585 5.5
Child care and nursery school 5 ............................................. 213.565 223.252 4.5
Technical and business school tuition and fees 1 .................. 179.672 190.122 5.8
Communication 1 ....................................................................... 85.782 86.807 1.2
Postage and delivery services 1 ............................................... 130.103 135.407 4.1
Postage .................................................................................. 206.879 213.863 3.4
Delivery services 1 ................................................................. 184.184 210.509 14.3
Information and information processing 1 ................................ 83.928 84.828 1.1
Telephone services 1 ............................................................. 98.373 100.502 2.2
Land-line telephone services, local charges ........................ 222.045 229.957 3.6
Land-line telephone services, long distance charges 1 ........ 71.349 74.745 4.8
Wireless telephone services 1 .............................................. 65.385 65.220 -.3
Information technology, hardware and services 11 .................. 11.062 10.567 -4.5
Personal computers and peripheral equipment 12 ................. 108.164 94.863 -12.3
Computer software and accessories 1 ................................... 51.234 49.588 -3.2
Internet services and electronic information providers 1 ........ 73.714 74.292 .8
Telephone hardware, calculators, and other consumer
information items 1 ......................................................... 40.902 40.534 -.9
Annual Annual
Percent change from
Item and Group average average
2007 to 2008
2007 2008
Expenditure category
All items .......................................................... 229.306 4.0 205.382 3.7 208.681 4.2 219.646 3.5
All items (December 1977=100) .................... 361.087 - 334.168 - 338.509 - 355.046 -
Food and beverages ..................................... 218.780 5.4 207.303 5.5 211.601 5.6 219.598 5.0
Food ........................................................... 218.443 5.4 206.990 5.7 212.263 5.8 218.965 5.1
Food at home ........................................... 219.029 6.2 203.777 6.4 210.390 6.7 224.226 6.2
Food away from home .............................. 220.741 4.5 212.359 4.7 217.975 4.6 211.286 3.8
Alcoholic beverages ................................... 222.070 4.4 210.518 3.3 201.317 2.9 225.961 3.8
Housing ........................................................ 242.478 3.3 197.386 2.7 200.388 3.7 227.450 2.9
Shelter ........................................................ 285.576 2.3 224.603 1.5 220.288 3.0 254.910 3.0
Rent of primary residence ........................ 274.613 4.0 215.237 2.1 218.939 3.8 255.638 4.0
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary
residence 2 ....................................... 293.761 1.9 226.600 1.4 222.463 3.0 267.141 3.2
Fuels and utilities ........................................ 231.292 12.6 212.176 10.0 219.763 10.1 229.486 5.3
Household energy .................................... 219.167 13.3 190.125 10.7 193.302 11.0 216.758 5.4
Gas (piped) and electricity ...................... 212.337 7.5 195.600 10.1 193.138 10.3 218.014 4.8
Electricity .............................................. 189.730 5.0 162.817 4.7 181.213 9.1 220.736 4.1
Utility (piped) gas service ..................... 254.402 12.1 252.515 17.9 255.755 15.7 230.648 7.0
Household furnishings and operations ....... 128.458 -.5 121.794 1.7 127.367 1.1 133.727 .4
Transportation .............................................. 194.014 6.2 197.053 5.8 194.294 6.4 196.785 5.2
Private transportation ................................. 187.909 6.1 191.936 5.5 192.617 6.2 190.816 4.8
New and used motor vehicles 3 ................ 92.691 -.1 94.255 -.4 93.400 -1.8 92.900 -1.3
New vehicles .......................................... 133.994 -.9 129.920 -1.2 137.872 -2.0 133.449 -1.6
New cars and trucks 3 4 ........................ 92.883 -1.0 91.740 -1.0 93.793 -2.0 92.781 -1.6
New cars 4 ............................................ 132.978 -1.0 130.112 .4 141.419 -.9 135.627 .4
Used cars and trucks .............................. 139.004 -1.2 135.375 -.9 132.564 -1.8 131.673 -1.2
Motor fuel .................................................. 272.213 18.1 285.482 15.0 279.867 18.7 278.975 15.6
Gasoline (all types) ................................. 269.818 17.7 283.657 14.8 277.296 18.2 276.920 15.2
Gasoline, unleaded regular 4 ................ 271.794 17.8 282.807 15.0 277.316 18.3 276.460 15.5
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 4 5 ......... 274.028 17.7 309.710 14.7 287.397 18.2 259.053 14.8
Gasoline, unleaded premium 4 ............. 259.817 17.1 277.363 14.4 271.384 17.8 262.893 14.4
Medical care ................................................. 387.070 3.4 362.168 3.0 347.520 4.1 368.713 4.1
Medical care commodities .......................... 318.533 2.5 292.169 .4 283.911 2.6 299.682 2.5
Medical care services ................................. 405.165 3.7 385.306 3.9 368.270 4.6 389.427 4.5
Professional services ................................ 317.124 2.9 329.437 3.6 307.733 3.6 291.485 3.3
Education and communication 3 ................... 127.033 4.6 125.423 3.0 119.641 2.8 123.351 3.4
Other goods and services ............................. 367.971 3.8 333.976 3.7 333.516 3.5 347.145 3.5
All items .......................................................... 229.306 4.0 205.382 3.7 208.681 4.2 219.646 3.5
Commodities ................................................. 179.684 5.1 170.503 4.4 176.013 4.5 173.193 3.5
Commodities less food and beverages ...... 155.690 4.9 151.196 3.8 157.162 3.9 147.905 2.6
Nondurables less food and beverages ..... 196.409 8.9 193.217 6.7 204.595 7.9 188.367 6.4
Nondurables less food, beverages, and
apparel ............................................ 257.659 12.2 246.431 8.4 249.971 10.7 241.728 8.6
Durables ................................................... 109.340 -1.4 109.315 -.4 113.122 -1.6 111.169 -1.9
Services ........................................................ 277.898 3.3 241.771 3.1 242.137 3.9 261.756 3.5
Rent of shelter 2 ......................................... 298.721 2.3 230.926 1.5 226.572 3.0 271.172 3.0
Transportation services .............................. 232.627 4.5 250.242 4.5 249.374 4.4 247.064 4.4
Other services ............................................ 315.893 4.1 288.342 3.3 285.848 3.2 292.746 3.8
All items less medical care ............................. 222.137 4.0 197.727 3.7 200.467 4.2 212.421 3.5
All items less food ........................................... 231.503 3.8 205.037 3.3 207.961 3.9 219.902 3.2
All items less shelter ....................................... 210.471 4.9 200.584 4.6 205.341 4.7 206.607 3.8
Commodities less food ................................... 158.318 4.9 153.227 3.8 158.710 3.9 151.071 2.7
Nondurables ................................................... 208.411 7.1 200.791 6.1 208.460 6.8 205.266 5.7
Nondurables less food .................................... 197.783 8.6 194.047 6.5 204.257 7.6 191.466 6.3
Nondurables less food and apparel ................ 252.068 11.4 241.950 8.0 244.695 10.1 239.610 8.1
Services less rent of shelter 2 ......................... 279.197 4.6 267.395 4.8 268.912 5.0 278.809 4.3
Services less medical care services ............... 268.607 3.3 230.448 3.0 229.771 3.8 252.249 3.4
Energy ............................................................ 241.329 15.4 231.596 13.0 227.977 15.1 254.896 11.7
All items less energy ....................................... 230.127 2.8 204.765 2.6 207.026 2.9 218.652 2.8
All items less food and energy ...................... 233.688 2.4 204.968 2.1 206.480 2.4 219.254 2.4
Commodities less food and energy
commodities ....................................... 142.629 .4 138.695 .9 142.693 -.1 136.733 -.4
Energy commodities ................................... 287.266 21.6 285.615 15.3 283.945 19.0 282.422 15.8
Services less energy services .................... 284.442 3.0 248.235 2.5 247.002 3.4 265.215 3.5
1 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical 4 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
notes. 5 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
2 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. - Data not available.
3 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
Table 12A. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Population size classes1, by expenditure category and
commodity and service group
Expenditure category
Food and beverages ................................................................ 193.713 5.1 133.835 5.7 212.996 6.0
Food ....................................................................................... 193.659 5.2 134.003 5.8 213.183 6.1
Food at home ....................................................................... 198.724 6.0 133.160 6.8 209.723 7.0
Food away from home .......................................................... 186.327 4.3 135.540 4.5 220.703 5.0
Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 192.705 3.5 131.485 3.8 209.750 3.4
Education and communication 3 .............................................. 125.960 3.9 119.314 2.7 126.875 3.1
Other goods and services ........................................................ 272.889 3.3 152.900 4.0 354.361 4.2
All items less medical care ......................................................... 192.393 3.7 129.684 4.0 198.332 4.3
All items less food ...................................................................... 197.505 3.5 130.691 3.7 206.940 3.9
All items less shelter ................................................................... 188.956 4.3 131.160 4.7 207.004 4.6
Commodities less food ............................................................... 152.486 3.5 118.083 4.1 158.854 4.0
Nondurables ............................................................................... 196.626 6.0 142.048 7.0 207.773 6.6
Nondurables less food ................................................................ 199.021 6.8 149.449 7.9 201.476 7.1
Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................ 254.907 9.0 177.003 9.9 244.143 9.7
Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................................... 226.107 4.7 143.847 4.7 275.466 4.7
Services less medical care services ........................................... 214.673 3.4 135.598 3.4 228.775 3.9
Energy ........................................................................................ 300.769 13.6 216.488 14.4 227.561 13.7
All items less energy .................................................................. 189.945 2.8 124.579 2.8 206.373 3.0
All items less food and energy ................................................. 189.432 2.3 122.820 2.2 205.579 2.4
Commodities less food and energy commodities ................... 127.294 .0 98.678 .3 143.265 .3
Energy commodities ............................................................... 411.124 17.6 284.069 18.5 270.490 17.1
Services less energy services ................................................ 221.189 3.1 135.974 3.1 247.989 3.5
1 See region and area size on Table 10 for information about 5 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
population size classes. 6 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
2 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 7 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
3 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. - Data not available.
4 The ’All items’ index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base.
Table 13A. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Cross classification of regions and population size classes1, by
expenditure category and commodity and service group
Northeast Midwest
Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class D
Expenditure category
All items 3 ....................................................... 231.477 3.8 136.042 4.5 206.506 3.4 131.459 4.0 201.335 4.2
All items (December 1977=100) .................... 357.676 - - - 340.953 - - - 322.785 -
Food and beverages ..................................... 218.418 5.3 135.842 5.6 208.937 5.0 132.809 5.8 209.139 7.0
Food ........................................................... 217.926 5.3 136.233 5.7 208.774 5.1 132.982 6.1 208.746 7.3
Food at home ........................................... 219.718 6.0 135.014 6.6 207.950 5.7 130.689 6.9 200.142 8.5
Food away from home .............................. 218.861 4.5 138.423 4.5 210.380 4.5 135.941 4.9 224.333 5.7
Alcoholic beverages ................................... 223.790 4.2 129.750 4.8 209.124 3.7 131.314 2.8 215.061 2.8
Housing ........................................................ 246.130 3.1 137.658 4.0 200.227 2.5 125.534 2.7 189.810 4.2
Shelter ........................................................ 290.356 2.2 133.802 2.4 230.292 1.2 123.991 1.6 209.466 3.2
Rent of primary residence ........................ 282.302 4.1 138.164 3.3 225.804 2.0 123.604 1.9 195.041 3.6
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary
residence 4 ....................................... 295.566 2.0 130.086 1.7 232.239 1.1 120.834 1.6 215.227 2.4
Fuels and utilities ........................................ 225.206 12.3 193.208 13.1 206.617 10.4 170.715 9.6 220.924 9.4
Household energy .................................... 220.870 13.2 197.235 13.6 188.492 11.1 175.654 10.2 178.179 10.6
Gas (piped) and electricity ...................... 212.228 8.0 161.223 6.2 190.992 10.8 170.457 9.3 188.590 9.9
Electricity .............................................. 189.904 6.4 134.084 1.9 150.406 4.9 140.023 4.0 160.164 5.9
Utility (piped) gas service ..................... 252.563 10.6 218.834 16.8 242.253 17.6 237.348 18.6 252.269 17.5
Household furnishings and operations ....... 128.633 -.9 103.043 .5 118.248 2.1 96.679 .8 119.286 2.9
Apparel ......................................................... 114.803 -.1 87.431 1.2 108.761 1.2 84.122 .8 124.698 .8
Transportation .............................................. 194.956 6.1 136.134 6.3 196.433 5.6 144.198 6.5 181.250 4.8
Private transportation ................................. 188.376 6.1 136.672 6.1 192.683 5.3 143.927 6.2 173.416 4.5
Motor fuel .................................................. 265.608 18.0 276.804 18.1 290.533 15.1 292.944 15.6 246.422 12.4
Gasoline (all types) ................................. 262.955 17.6 275.887 17.7 288.446 14.9 292.264 15.3 243.047 12.1
Gasoline, unleaded regular 5 ................ 264.664 17.7 281.203 17.9 288.747 15.1 299.248 15.6 234.274 12.2
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 ......... 263.074 17.9 273.022 17.3 306.644 15.1 285.731 14.7 281.840 11.7
Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 ............. 255.025 17.0 257.839 17.1 276.610 14.4 272.525 14.8 250.528 12.8
Medical care ................................................. 390.222 3.2 158.660 4.0 357.158 3.2 157.571 3.2 353.256 2.0
Recreation 2 ................................................. 116.512 1.8 113.278 2.7 115.727 2.0 113.992 3.4 110.844 2.3
Education and communication 2 ................... 129.708 4.7 119.713 4.1 127.223 3.3 124.740 2.4 115.315 3.1
Other goods and services ............................. 357.975 3.4 160.765 4.7 331.542 2.6 153.999 5.4 339.795 3.7
All items 3 ....................................................... 231.477 3.8 136.042 4.5 206.506 3.4 131.459 4.0 201.335 4.2
Commodities ................................................. 179.149 4.7 128.810 5.9 169.712 4.2 122.506 4.8 174.469 4.7
Commodities less food and beverages ...... 153.720 4.3 124.478 6.1 148.422 3.7 116.839 4.2 156.885 3.5
Nondurables less food and beverages ..... 191.051 8.1 159.304 10.7 189.335 6.6 148.958 7.2 201.549 5.7
Durables ................................................... 109.605 -1.9 87.790 -.6 107.834 -.5 83.672 -.4 111.442 .0
Services ........................................................ 279.169 3.3 138.754 3.5 243.031 2.9 136.823 3.3 230.832 3.8
All items less medical care ............................. 224.367 3.8 132.787 4.6 199.694 3.4 128.235 4.0 191.488 4.4
All items less shelter ....................................... 210.214 4.7 134.520 5.4 199.804 4.4 132.666 4.9 199.791 4.6
Commodities less food ................................... 156.572 4.3 124.642 6.1 150.798 3.7 117.254 4.1 158.464 3.4
Nondurables ................................................... 206.121 6.6 146.807 8.2 200.147 5.8 140.800 6.5 205.941 6.3
Nondurables less food .................................... 193.055 7.8 156.981 10.3 190.577 6.3 147.638 6.9 202.001 5.6
Services less rent of shelter 4 ......................... 276.522 4.7 143.691 4.5 266.833 4.7 149.812 5.0 255.883 4.4
Services less medical care services ............... 269.983 3.2 136.551 3.4 233.279 2.8 134.118 3.2 214.338 3.8
Energy ............................................................ 240.235 15.2 229.772 15.7 232.129 13.2 226.979 13.1 209.422 11.5
All items less energy ....................................... 232.652 2.7 126.617 3.1 206.007 2.4 123.002 2.9 201.278 3.3
All items less food and energy ...................... 236.825 2.3 124.692 2.6 206.173 1.9 121.112 2.2 199.888 2.5
South West
Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class D Size class A Size class B/C 2
Expenditure category
All items 3 ....................................................... 211.040 4.1 132.616 4.1 210.061 4.9 223.300 3.5 133.315 3.5
All items (December 1977=100) .................... 340.689 - - - 341.122 - 364.121 - - -
Food and beverages ..................................... 213.602 5.4 133.054 5.6 209.114 6.1 220.431 4.8 135.270 5.8
Food ........................................................... 214.721 5.7 133.475 5.7 208.826 5.9 220.064 4.9 134.532 5.7
Food at home ........................................... 211.345 6.5 133.260 6.8 210.327 6.8 226.938 5.9 133.816 6.9
Food away from home .............................. 221.742 4.7 134.236 4.5 210.512 4.7 210.696 3.7 135.661 4.0
Alcoholic beverages ................................... 199.515 2.2 126.247 3.0 208.734 6.8 222.512 3.4 148.968 6.8
Housing ........................................................ 206.710 3.9 131.811 3.3 193.644 4.8 238.026 2.9 131.901 3.1
Shelter ........................................................ 226.354 3.2 133.739 2.5 216.388 3.9 266.877 3.1 131.963 3.0
Rent of primary residence ........................ 226.591 4.0 137.289 3.6 212.593 4.1 272.174 4.5 137.285 3.7
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary
residence 4 ....................................... 230.074 3.1 132.183 2.6 225.935 4.3 280.431 3.5 131.564 3.1
Fuels and utilities ........................................ 220.694 10.2 155.588 9.9 209.981 10.6 234.229 5.0 163.563 5.6
Household energy .................................... 204.318 11.2 156.309 10.9 187.039 10.7 226.657 4.8 164.409 6.3
Gas (piped) and electricity ...................... 207.265 10.6 152.471 10.0 190.426 9.9 227.493 4.2 161.154 5.9
Electricity .............................................. 190.578 9.1 143.795 9.0 184.380 8.9 236.559 1.7 147.670 7.5
Utility (piped) gas service ..................... 255.245 17.9 204.361 14.1 220.913 16.2 237.526 11.3 196.016 2.3
Household furnishings and operations ....... 136.823 1.9 98.209 .3 122.911 1.8 135.267 -.3 106.652 1.0
Apparel ......................................................... 146.662 -.6 87.970 -.3 114.128 -4.8 113.451 .1 93.280 2.0
Transportation .............................................. 193.178 5.9 136.542 6.4 209.358 7.7 193.457 5.2 138.148 5.0
Private transportation ................................. 193.022 5.6 136.127 6.3 208.190 7.6 188.072 4.9 136.497 4.8
Motor fuel .................................................. 287.616 18.3 278.708 18.5 270.229 20.6 277.624 15.0 256.189 16.7
Gasoline (all types) ................................. 284.076 18.0 277.891 18.0 265.184 19.8 275.170 14.7 256.892 16.2
Gasoline, unleaded regular 5 ................ 286.178 18.0 286.862 18.1 258.066 20.2 277.626 14.9 257.812 16.5
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 ......... 283.585 18.3 268.739 18.1 308.609 18.9 252.991 14.3 252.097 15.7
Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 ............. 276.928 17.9 260.614 17.6 271.187 18.7 262.898 14.0 242.936 15.1
Medical care ................................................. 336.914 3.6 149.800 4.3 345.546 4.2 363.188 4.2 154.608 3.7
Recreation 2 ................................................. 113.937 .2 113.383 2.3 116.939 1.9 113.176 1.9 98.501 -2.9
Education and communication 2 ................... 120.691 3.2 118.000 2.5 124.969 2.8 124.436 3.9 115.938 2.1
Other goods and services ............................. 317.789 3.7 150.013 3.2 342.655 4.7 352.995 3.2 150.827 4.1
All items 3 ....................................................... 211.040 4.1 132.616 4.1 210.061 4.9 223.300 3.5 133.315 3.5
Commodities ................................................. 177.188 4.3 122.746 4.5 179.376 5.3 173.261 3.3 121.602 3.8
Commodities less food and beverages ...... 157.129 3.6 117.200 3.9 164.574 5.0 146.443 2.5 114.240 2.8
Nondurables less food and beverages ..... 200.728 7.5 150.401 8.0 209.687 9.0 184.505 6.0 145.374 7.4
Durables ................................................... 116.111 -1.9 86.412 -1.6 117.126 -.9 110.809 -1.9 86.876 -2.2
Services ........................................................ 243.957 3.9 137.712 3.8 242.572 4.6 267.220 3.7 137.413 3.3
All items less medical care ............................. 204.457 4.1 129.536 4.1 199.688 5.0 216.863 3.5 129.189 3.5
All items less shelter ....................................... 205.944 4.5 129.844 4.7 209.226 5.2 206.357 3.8 130.072 3.7
Commodities less food ................................... 158.961 3.5 117.452 3.9 165.585 5.0 149.872 2.5 115.199 2.9
Nondurables ................................................... 207.092 6.4 141.508 6.8 210.138 7.6 203.909 5.4 140.561 6.6
Nondurables less food .................................... 200.526 7.1 148.995 7.7 209.265 8.9 187.830 5.8 145.637 7.3
Services less rent of shelter 4 ......................... 270.613 4.9 141.522 5.0 272.331 5.1 278.335 4.5 143.317 3.6
Services less medical care services ............... 233.829 3.9 136.167 3.6 227.625 4.7 259.200 3.6 135.242 3.2
Energy ............................................................ 237.621 14.8 207.745 15.1 224.520 16.1 255.858 11.3 215.430 12.4
All items less energy ....................................... 210.007 2.9 124.451 2.8 206.610 3.3 222.801 2.9 125.001 2.6
All items less food and energy ...................... 209.613 2.4 122.752 2.2 206.546 2.8 224.041 2.6 123.382 2.1
1 See region and area size on Table 10 for information about cross classifications. 5 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 6 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
3 The ’All items’ index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base. - Data not available.
4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
Table 16A. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and
service group
Boston- Chicago-
Anchorage, AK Atlanta, GA Brockton-Nashua, Gary-Kenosha,
MA-NH-ME-CT IL-IN-WI
Item and Group
Percent Percent Percent Percent
Annual Annual Annual Annual
change change change change
average average average average
from 2007 from 2007 from 2007 from 2007
2008 2008 2008 2008
to 2008 to 2008 to 2008 to 2008
Expenditure category
All items 3 ................................................................. 189.497 4.6 206.454 3.2 235.370 3.5 212.536 3.8
All items (1967=100) 4 ............................................. 505.794 - 622.602 - 684.111 - 634.967 -
Food and beverages 3 ........................................... 192.283 4.4 217.611 4.9 224.140 5.0 210.484 5.1
Food 3 .................................................................. 194.347 4.7 226.326 5.2 224.363 4.9 209.437 5.1
Food at home ..................................................... 198.195 5.9 218.992 6.2 218.490 4.9 215.188 5.4
Food away from home 5 .................................... 187.486 2.6 237.585 3.9 236.074 5.0 197.067 4.7
Alcoholic beverages 5 .......................................... 166.268 .1 139.924 -.1 223.552 6.0 224.025 5.5
Housing 3 ............................................................... 167.564 2.5 203.229 3.0 238.020 2.2 218.731 2.8
Shelter ................................................................. 169.058 2.7 217.876 1.6 273.186 .3 261.623 1.4
Rent of primary residence 3 ............................... 161.824 3.7 220.044 3.3 272.465 1.6 264.409 2.9
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 6 168.695 2.9 214.318 1.1 283.117 -1.1 262.387 1.2
Fuels and utilities ................................................. 241.659 1.2 252.539 11.0 264.069 16.1 203.531 14.0
Household energy .............................................. 253.094 .9 235.083 13.4 232.627 16.9 189.210 14.6
Gas (piped) and electricity ............................... 278.200 .2 234.062 12.9 226.238 8.2 192.876 14.5
Electricity ....................................................... 213.899 1.8 189.269 9.5 211.847 5.1 139.644 5.3
Utility (piped) gas service ............................... 372.111 -1.9 313.182 19.1 243.983 15.1 260.539 24.0
Household furnishings and operations ................ 115.741 3.2 128.444 3.1 125.705 .3 108.289 1.3
Apparel 3 ................................................................ 130.852 6.1 123.343 -.6 133.637 -2.0 91.391 -2.8
Transportation 3 ..................................................... 199.673 10.5 189.352 6.3 184.073 4.7 187.351 6.6
Private transportation ........................................... 195.539 10.1 188.947 6.1 183.436 4.7 184.394 6.3
Motor fuel ........................................................... 296.838 31.3 286.118 20.5 275.743 18.4 297.227 17.1
Gasoline (all types) .......................................... 295.777 30.5 282.861 20.0 270.473 17.7 294.712 17.1
Gasoline, unleaded regular 7 ......................... 287.967 30.8 281.310 20.1 269.174 17.8 291.489 17.3
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 .................. 278.988 29.8 337.664 20.0 271.505 17.6 305.638 16.6
Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ...................... 288.775 29.0 280.402 20.0 264.135 17.0 278.604 16.1
Medical care 3 ........................................................ 380.591 3.7 323.252 1.5 500.565 3.9 364.113 4.5
Recreation 9 ........................................................... 118.981 1.9 112.268 -3.1 118.760 2.1 112.102 2.9
Education and communication 9 ............................ 109.298 1.8 113.559 3.1 132.047 8.4 132.170 4.2
Other goods and services 3 ................................... 284.307 7.6 311.114 1.3 371.167 6.6 330.985 2.8
All items 3 ................................................................. 189.497 4.6 206.454 3.2 235.370 3.5 212.536 3.8
Commodities .......................................................... 169.581 6.7 172.620 4.6 181.280 5.1 165.776 4.0
Commodities less food and beverages ................ 157.490 8.0 149.707 4.6 157.862 5.2 140.882 3.3
Nondurables less food and beverages .............. 197.831 13.9 190.807 9.3 207.638 9.7 181.883 5.8
Durables ............................................................ 123.952 1.5 108.726 -2.2 109.954 -1.4 101.144 -.9
Services ................................................................. 205.825 3.1 240.651 2.4 283.673 2.5 256.620 3.6
All items less medical care 3 .................................... 182.085 4.6 199.244 3.3 224.443 3.5 205.696 3.7
All items less shelter ................................................ 198.032 5.5 205.564 4.2 222.716 5.2 196.228 5.0
Commodities less food ............................................ 158.294 7.7 149.090 4.4 160.577 5.2 144.143 3.4
Nondurables ............................................................ 195.530 9.1 203.397 7.0 214.540 7.3 197.683 5.4
Nondurables less food ............................................. 196.246 12.8 186.151 8.7 207.438 9.4 184.768 5.8
Services less rent of shelter 6 .................................. 264.956 3.8 277.103 3.5 309.882 5.4 264.420 6.3
Services less medical care services ........................ 193.626 3.0 228.950 2.5 267.262 2.3 248.210 3.5
Energy 3 ................................................................... 272.857 17.5 236.616 16.8 250.562 17.5 229.562 15.8
All items less energy ................................................ 184.425 3.3 202.915 1.6 236.949 2.1 212.248 2.6
All items less food and energy 3 ............................ 182.920 3.1 199.619 1.0 240.008 1.6 213.541 2.1
Expenditure category
All items 3 ................................................................. 201.543 3.9 203.004 3.6 201.791 4.4 209.903 3.9
All items (1967=100) 4 ............................................. 623.617 - 650.522 - 633.006 - 699.939 -
Food and beverages 3 ........................................... 193.556 6.9 214.530 5.2 217.898 6.1 201.346 4.8
Food 3 .................................................................. 191.264 7.2 218.240 5.4 213.333 6.3 204.370 5.2
Food at home ..................................................... 187.957 7.0 211.519 6.6 199.293 7.2 208.800 6.2
Food away from home 5 .................................... 198.206 7.8 232.284 3.9 236.004 5.2 197.644 4.2
Alcoholic beverages 5 .......................................... 218.754 4.7 173.767 2.7 277.782 4.0 178.116 .3
Housing 3 ............................................................... 185.791 2.1 192.788 2.2 182.883 3.9 193.263 2.4
Shelter ................................................................. 207.240 .7 213.133 .1 185.264 3.0 211.597 1.7
Rent of primary residence 3 ............................... 208.307 1.9 207.899 .1 184.283 4.5 202.499 2.4
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 6 209.353 1.7 209.643 -.5 197.855 2.9 206.937 .8
Fuels and utilities ................................................. 206.242 8.6 213.276 12.1 245.397 9.1 202.562 10.5
Household energy .............................................. 180.252 9.6 210.066 14.8 250.332 10.7 162.387 16.4
Gas (piped) and electricity ............................... 184.536 8.8 210.189 14.4 247.577 10.2 160.756 16.2
Electricity ....................................................... 170.095 6.6 149.129 4.8 230.458 9.1 133.490 10.0
Utility (piped) gas service ............................... 269.588 18.4 275.093 22.1 295.314 16.4 209.926 20.9
Household furnishings and operations ................ 120.690 3.5 121.581 2.1 135.468 1.5 126.441 -.3
Apparel 3 ................................................................ 135.430 10.7 114.655 7.0 126.521 -.4 102.759 3.4
Transportation 3 ..................................................... 191.959 5.4 200.160 5.3 198.989 7.0 233.282 6.3
Private transportation ........................................... 190.837 5.5 201.350 5.4 200.049 6.8 228.554 5.7
Motor fuel ........................................................... 287.847 14.8 319.794 16.0 290.183 18.8 259.292 13.7
Gasoline (all types) .......................................... 285.893 14.3 316.315 15.6 288.269 18.6 257.649 13.5
Gasoline, unleaded regular 7 ......................... 295.373 14.5 307.664 16.1 285.271 18.7 254.942 13.5
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 .................. 276.111 13.7 322.272 14.8 288.991 19.1 243.573 13.5
Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ...................... 244.921 13.7 305.089 14.7 282.296 18.6 255.942 13.0
Medical care 3 ........................................................ 378.557 2.9 341.138 6.3 327.366 3.3 432.912 7.5
Recreation 9 ........................................................... 121.657 3.1 110.564 2.9 116.057 1.3 128.207 3.3
Education and communication 9 ............................ 120.509 2.7 111.720 1.4 131.870 3.9 113.053 2.4
Other goods and services 3 ................................... 382.354 4.2 333.050 1.6 325.582 2.3 312.320 3.0
All items 3 ................................................................. 201.543 3.9 203.004 3.6 201.791 4.4 209.903 3.9
Commodities .......................................................... 169.725 5.8 178.990 5.0 175.295 4.3 163.820 3.8
Commodities less food and beverages ................ 155.933 5.1 158.725 4.9 153.837 3.1 143.920 3.2
Nondurables less food and beverages .............. 193.417 9.1 201.138 8.2 188.618 6.7 175.337 5.4
Durables ............................................................ 121.267 -.4 113.039 .2 123.300 -1.7 113.355 .1
Services ................................................................. 235.949 2.6 228.326 2.7 228.016 4.5 248.747 3.9
All items less medical care 3 .................................... 193.252 4.0 196.768 3.4 195.315 4.5 199.337 3.7
All items less shelter ................................................ 201.218 5.4 200.783 5.2 209.945 5.0 210.136 4.9
Commodities less food ............................................ 158.253 5.1 159.369 4.8 157.595 3.2 145.202 3.1
Nondurables ............................................................ 194.977 8.1 209.103 6.7 202.777 6.4 188.948 5.1
Nondurables less food ............................................. 195.370 8.8 198.722 7.8 193.698 6.5 174.788 5.0
Services less rent of shelter 6 .................................. 275.242 4.7 248.674 5.3 289.701 6.0 303.454 6.5
Services less medical care services ........................ 222.629 2.7 219.845 2.3 217.298 4.5 233.015 3.5
Energy 3 ................................................................... 229.781 12.3 249.513 15.2 270.142 14.9 206.486 14.8
All items less energy ................................................ 200.731 3.1 199.852 2.4 198.723 3.2 211.249 3.2
All items less food and energy 3 ............................ 203.674 2.3 196.587 1.9 196.303 2.6 212.803 2.8
Detroit- Houston-
Ann Arbor- Honolulu, HI Galveston- Kansas City, MO-KS
Flint, MI Brazoria, TX
Item and Group
Percent Percent Percent Percent
Annual Annual Annual Annual
change change change change
average average average average
from 2007 from 2007 from 2007 from 2007
2008 2008 2008 2008
to 2008 to 2008 to 2008 to 2008
Expenditure category
All items 3 ................................................................. 204.748 2.3 228.861 4.3 189.967 3.3 201.150 3.4
All items (1967=100) 4 ............................................. 608.597 - 630.047 - 609.292 - 597.287 -
Food and beverages 3 ........................................... 194.745 3.0 216.625 5.7 197.224 6.0 210.777 6.3
Food 3 .................................................................. 194.660 3.2 216.742 5.8 196.809 6.2 213.294 6.3
Food at home ..................................................... 191.670 3.2 228.319 8.2 201.155 6.8 213.323 7.5
Food away from home 5 .................................... 199.189 2.8 202.257 3.7 187.526 5.2 215.814 4.6
Alcoholic beverages 5 .......................................... 189.695 .8 213.936 4.7 196.642 3.1 177.127 6.2
Housing 3 ............................................................... 192.361 1.4 248.700 4.3 176.896 3.9 194.113 3.1
Shelter ................................................................. 214.796 -.2 266.411 2.3 194.092 3.4 211.073 1.8
Rent of primary residence 3 ............................... 204.449 -.2 256.216 3.6 183.715 3.2 210.310 1.9
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 6 214.883 .2 274.756 2.6 177.919 3.7 207.236 1.8
Fuels and utilities ................................................. 228.474 8.5 283.911 32.6 200.802 6.4 216.465 12.0
Household energy .............................................. 192.096 8.5 267.903 39.1 196.265 6.1 193.968 13.6
Gas (piped) and electricity ............................... 193.593 8.2 264.567 39.1 193.748 5.7 191.470 12.7
Electricity ....................................................... 159.021 3.0 259.990 39.8 189.353 2.6 121.292 9.7
Utility (piped) gas service ............................... 230.319 13.8 284.130 26.6 211.397 27.2 295.029 16.2
Household furnishings and operations ................ 121.325 3.0 164.958 -.2 124.577 5.7 127.475 .9
Apparel 3 ................................................................ 110.654 3.2 105.277 1.1 146.312 -4.7 106.543 -2.7
Transportation 3 ..................................................... 215.962 5.6 213.998 4.4 173.161 3.5 191.575 6.3
Private transportation ........................................... 214.296 5.4 209.161 3.1 171.774 3.2 189.278 6.1
Motor fuel ........................................................... 281.519 13.6 284.948 16.8 272.998 17.9 278.916 14.1
Gasoline (all types) .......................................... 279.662 13.4 292.545 16.7 270.513 17.4 278.243 13.9
Gasoline, unleaded regular 7 ......................... 287.993 13.5 310.952 17.5 280.518 17.4 272.277 14.0
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 .................. 310.233 13.5 231.559 18.2 277.101 17.7 335.329 13.5
Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ...................... 262.230 12.4 256.120 14.5 260.062 16.8 274.310 13.9
Recreation 9 ........................................................... 118.053 -1.2 105.290 2.6 108.278 -.8 115.352 1.5
Education and communication 9 ............................ 130.743 2.3 117.118 2.8 108.938 2.8 117.833 2.7
Other goods and services 3 ................................... 351.065 .5 365.441 5.2 302.457 5.2 328.203 1.3
All items 3 ................................................................. 204.748 2.3 228.861 4.3 189.967 3.3 201.150 3.4
Commodities .......................................................... 166.666 3.9 181.113 3.8 165.285 3.0 172.060 3.4
Commodities less food and beverages ................ 151.231 4.4 156.654 2.5 147.683 1.6 152.472 1.6
Nondurables less food and beverages .............. 184.532 6.8 191.108 6.1 194.445 5.8 199.964 3.2
Durables ............................................................ 112.455 .5 118.679 -1.4 105.630 -4.0 107.163 -.5
Services ................................................................. 244.847 1.2 270.734 4.6 215.639 3.7 229.920 3.5
All items less medical care 3 .................................... 198.872 2.4 224.234 4.3 181.879 3.4 195.789 3.8
All items less shelter ................................................ 203.735 3.4 212.804 5.6 188.178 3.4 198.889 4.1
Commodities less food ............................................ 152.842 4.3 159.042 2.6 149.545 1.7 153.287 1.9
Nondurables ............................................................ 190.147 4.9 205.297 5.9 196.784 5.8 205.423 4.7
Nondurables less food ............................................. 184.923 6.4 192.548 6.0 194.369 5.6 198.550 3.5
Services less rent of shelter 6 .................................. 286.714 2.7 275.405 8.6 237.838 4.2 259.597 5.1
Services less medical care services ........................ 236.762 1.4 266.102 4.4 201.594 3.5 219.857 3.3
Energy 3 ................................................................... 235.223 11.3 276.864 26.3 232.556 11.7 233.545 13.8
All items less energy ................................................ 204.006 1.3 227.534 2.8 187.744 2.2 198.860 2.1
All items less food and energy 3 ............................ 206.505 .9 230.999 2.2 186.059 1.5 196.502 1.4
Expenditure category
All items 3 ................................................................. 225.008 3.5 222.119 4.6 203.029 4.6 208.958 3.8
All items (1967=100) 4 ............................................. 664.772 - 358.025 - 627.078 - 656.657 -
Food and beverages 3 ........................................... 220.739 4.5 222.825 5.6 214.581 4.8 234.153 7.2
Food 3 .................................................................. 219.662 4.6 224.294 5.9 217.553 5.1 230.442 7.6
Food at home ..................................................... 232.631 5.9 227.830 7.7 219.720 5.5 222.727 8.5
Food away from home 5 .................................... 201.138 3.1 221.630 3.0 216.420 4.9 242.629 6.2
Alcoholic beverages 5 .......................................... 223.168 3.2 206.023 1.9 190.130 1.8 265.081 3.9
Housing 3 ............................................................... 243.906 2.9 225.827 4.3 198.083 3.9 190.134 3.5
Shelter ................................................................. 273.495 3.3 247.154 4.5 234.212 2.9 212.664 2.5
Rent of primary residence 3 ............................... 275.679 4.5 238.849 5.0 212.767 3.1 206.470 3.5
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 6 284.897 3.7 250.695 4.7 246.297 3.1 218.016 1.5
Fuels and utilities ................................................. 244.446 4.9 172.705 4.4 204.142 11.6 198.537 9.2
Household energy .............................................. 244.596 3.8 162.052 3.5 178.259 12.1 190.446 8.0
Gas (piped) and electricity ............................... 242.711 3.3 158.654 3.1 183.214 11.8 192.147 7.4
Electricity ....................................................... 254.784 -2.4 154.438 3.0 167.976 8.2 191.264 5.0
Utility (piped) gas service ............................... 248.529 17.1 254.515 7.1 198.165 15.3 208.908 9.9
Household furnishings and operations ................ 126.861 -1.3 179.128 2.1 106.128 2.2 126.159 3.4
Apparel 3 ................................................................ 106.332 1.9 150.903 -2.8 119.119 4.3 126.355 -2.2
Transportation 3 ..................................................... 192.592 5.1 201.759 6.4 190.226 6.9 195.113 4.1
Private transportation ........................................... 186.267 5.2 202.931 6.5 182.341 6.5 181.723 2.7
Motor fuel ........................................................... 273.976 15.3 293.429 16.8 291.400 14.4 257.271 11.5
Gasoline (all types) .......................................... 267.868 15.1 290.292 16.7 287.378 14.4 258.033 11.4
Gasoline, unleaded regular 7 ......................... 268.796 15.7 291.515 16.7 293.339 14.3 262.950 12.2
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 .................. 252.845 14.5 269.088 17.0 298.869 15.8 258.753 10.6
Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ...................... 255.049 13.9 282.148 16.3 245.999 14.0 294.166 9.7
Medical care 3 ........................................................ 352.961 3.8 349.154 5.6 345.386 4.4 384.469 4.8
Recreation 9 ........................................................... 115.643 1.2 115.950 3.7 106.736 2.5 118.051 2.4
Education and communication 9 ............................ 125.660 4.2 115.772 2.0 125.094 3.6 126.985 3.3
Other goods and services 3 ................................... 341.095 3.3 275.027 5.8 326.955 9.9 321.906 1.1
All items 3 ................................................................. 225.008 3.5 222.119 4.6 203.029 4.6 208.958 3.8
Commodities .......................................................... 172.119 3.6 192.005 5.1 166.746 4.8 176.780 4.2
Commodities less food and beverages ................ 143.765 3.1 172.094 4.7 143.941 4.9 148.304 2.6
Nondurables less food and beverages .............. 185.942 7.2 203.507 7.9 188.976 8.2 193.245 4.5
Durables ............................................................ 104.070 -2.1 138.761 .3 103.289 .2 108.172 .1
Services ................................................................. 270.939 3.5 246.529 4.3 237.530 4.5 237.780 3.6
All items less medical care 3 .................................... 218.776 3.5 215.660 4.5 196.655 4.6 201.006 3.7
All items less shelter ................................................ 203.864 3.7 209.292 4.6 193.377 5.4 208.341 4.3
Commodities less food ............................................ 147.594 3.1 173.817 4.6 145.682 4.7 153.177 2.6
Nondurables ............................................................ 205.709 5.9 214.833 6.7 203.270 6.4 214.112 5.8
Nondurables less food ............................................. 190.377 6.9 204.217 7.5 188.476 7.6 198.766 4.4
Services less rent of shelter 6 .................................. 274.645 3.7 250.867 4.0 251.647 6.3 278.072 4.4
Services less medical care services ........................ 263.449 3.4 235.787 4.2 227.593 4.4 225.012 3.5
Energy 3 ................................................................... 265.483 11.4 215.941 10.7 229.447 13.4 227.667 10.0
All items less energy ................................................ 223.800 2.9 223.143 4.0 202.296 3.7 210.564 3.2
All items less food and energy 3 ............................ 225.017 2.6 222.790 3.7 200.499 3.5 207.694 2.6
Expenditure category
All items 3 ................................................................. 235.782 3.9 119.264 3.5 224.131 3.4 211.285 4.9
All items (1967=100) 4 ............................................. 681.614 - - - 647.501 - 644.730 -
Food and beverages 3 ........................................... 222.704 5.6 125.175 5.3 203.267 3.7 210.456 5.5
Food 3 .................................................................. 221.928 5.7 125.808 5.5 203.194 3.8 209.930 5.6
Food at home ..................................................... 222.294 6.7 132.022 6.4 216.669 4.9 209.276 6.3
Food away from home 5 .................................... 227.414 4.6 118.232 4.0 182.052 3.2 212.478 4.8
Alcoholic beverages 5 .......................................... 230.072 4.2 118.005 2.8 201.562 1.9 216.248 4.4
Housing 3 ............................................................... 255.015 3.6 118.087 2.4 231.872 2.5 213.096 3.3
Shelter ................................................................. 305.279 3.0 116.946 2.0 274.763 1.8 228.834 1.1
Rent of primary residence 3 ............................... 295.991 5.1 117.588 3.4 255.159 3.1 198.665 1.3
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 6 312.300 3.2 115.606 2.2 280.256 1.6 221.736 1.2
Fuels and utilities ................................................. 210.553 12.6 140.992 5.8 217.854 8.0 256.536 13.0
Household energy .............................................. 213.856 13.4 150.475 6.1 200.644 7.9 253.182 16.4
Gas (piped) and electricity ............................... 201.381 8.3 149.776 5.8 209.480 4.7 247.258 15.0
Electricity ....................................................... 181.471 7.7 153.944 6.9 195.640 3.3 167.976 9.6
Utility (piped) gas service ............................... 239.410 8.8 131.310 -.7 239.798 7.5 343.526 20.6
Household furnishings and operations ................ 127.655 -2.2 108.870 2.6 124.778 1.2 146.280 3.2
Transportation 3 ..................................................... 202.256 6.2 119.013 5.3 197.687 6.9 173.178 7.6
Private transportation ........................................... 192.238 6.2 119.687 4.1 194.944 6.9 173.731 7.5
Motor fuel ........................................................... 254.222 17.7 284.973 17.5 290.983 18.1 286.671 19.0
Gasoline (all types) .......................................... 252.778 17.5 284.576 17.0 285.039 17.5 286.705 18.8
Gasoline, unleaded regular 7 ......................... 255.872 17.7 291.209 17.1 286.668 17.3 285.082 18.9
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 .................. 253.150 17.7 275.850 16.8 278.599 18.3 303.015 18.4
Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ...................... 249.034 16.8 270.223 16.5 265.842 17.6 275.230 18.3
Medical care 3 ........................................................ 368.029 2.3 132.056 4.6 417.549 3.6 360.930 6.7
Education and communication 9 ............................ 130.150 4.1 116.207 2.8 124.357 3.3 131.563 5.4
Other goods and services 3 ................................... 347.598 3.3 127.077 4.1 386.101 1.1 344.459 2.9
All items 3 ................................................................. 235.782 3.9 119.264 3.5 224.131 3.4 211.285 4.9
Commodities .......................................................... 180.431 4.5 115.289 3.0 171.431 4.4 184.975 5.6
Commodities less food and beverages ................ 151.110 3.7 110.055 1.7 151.621 4.8 169.776 5.7
Nondurables less food and beverages .............. 185.717 7.7 141.878 5.2 187.278 7.8 216.080 8.7
Durables ............................................................ 106.423 -3.1 83.849 -2.2 112.138 .1 120.844 .9
Services ................................................................. 283.208 3.5 122.229 3.8 278.758 2.8 240.381 4.3
All items less medical care 3 .................................... 229.735 4.0 118.506 3.4 215.839 3.4 203.468 4.7
All items less shelter ................................................ 208.633 4.5 120.616 4.2 208.802 4.4 207.118 6.3
Commodities less food ............................................ 154.448 3.8 110.360 1.8 153.610 4.7 171.688 5.7
Nondurables ............................................................ 206.384 6.6 132.948 5.3 197.084 5.8 213.542 7.1
Nondurables less food ............................................. 188.714 7.4 139.803 5.0 188.140 7.3 216.071 8.4
Services less rent of shelter 6 .................................. 268.594 4.3 127.850 6.2 289.852 4.3 258.382 7.3
Services less medical care services ........................ 275.860 3.6 120.730 3.6 267.340 2.8 230.526 4.0
Energy 3 ................................................................... 231.489 15.1 208.526 12.3 232.759 12.5 275.141 17.8
All items less energy ................................................ 237.839 3.0 114.124 2.7 224.534 2.4 207.121 3.4
All items less food and energy 3 ............................ 242.227 2.5 112.218 2.2 230.471 2.1 207.459 3.0
Expenditure category
All items 3 ................................................................. 215.389 3.3 198.700 2.8 242.313 3.9 222.767 3.1
All items (1967=100) 4 ............................................. 630.568 - 590.173 - 819.334 - 684.846 -
Food and beverages 3 ........................................... 198.163 5.4 204.439 4.4 221.804 4.6 224.824 4.4
Food 3 .................................................................. 198.937 5.4 203.155 4.5 219.385 4.7 224.299 4.3
Food at home ..................................................... 196.976 6.1 196.415 5.5 206.674 6.3 227.445 5.5
Food away from home 5 .................................... 205.631 4.7 215.109 3.0 235.219 3.5 221.085 3.5
Alcoholic beverages 5 .......................................... 191.387 5.7 205.453 3.2 241.345 3.1 235.769 5.2
Housing 3 ............................................................... 208.133 2.6 188.789 2.0 271.076 3.8 242.561 1.9
Shelter ................................................................. 238.419 2.8 212.471 1.7 306.315 3.7 273.076 1.8
Rent of primary residence 3 ............................... 226.699 4.3 190.913 1.4 291.598 4.5 288.810 4.1
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 6 246.463 3.0 219.700 1.7 323.922 3.4 293.869 2.8
Fuels and utilities ................................................. 220.181 2.3 185.480 3.7 204.912 5.1 258.608 4.2
Household energy .............................................. 191.190 1.7 173.864 3.3 173.667 3.2 275.791 4.2
Gas (piped) and electricity ............................... 232.637 .4 176.431 2.6 169.354 2.2 274.748 3.7
Electricity ....................................................... 247.346 3.5 139.137 .2 151.225 .0 270.477 1.0
Utility (piped) gas service ............................... 199.519 -4.7 217.824 6.0 215.327 12.4 279.376 10.9
Household furnishings and operations ................ 111.113 1.5 136.460 1.8 182.862 3.5 129.149 1.2
Apparel 3 ................................................................ 117.359 -2.5 126.678 1.6 125.486 1.7 105.317 -1.7
Transportation 3 ..................................................... 219.329 4.8 184.636 3.4 200.721 3.9 176.317 5.8
Private transportation ........................................... 218.957 4.4 185.652 3.5 194.607 3.5 167.808 5.2
Motor fuel ........................................................... 291.047 15.0 296.627 18.1 277.363 14.3 271.637 14.5
Gasoline (all types) .......................................... 292.008 15.1 291.954 18.1 277.762 14.0 269.430 13.7
Gasoline, unleaded regular 7 ......................... 290.250 15.2 284.071 18.1 288.858 14.3 270.297 13.9
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 .................. 247.019 14.9 336.586 18.2 238.155 12.9 249.671 13.1
Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ...................... 269.487 14.3 284.268 18.4 281.336 14.0 252.385 13.0
Education and communication 9 ............................ 108.719 2.6 129.753 4.7 119.233 3.0 133.206 5.0
Other goods and services 3 ................................... 395.508 3.3 271.313 4.1 344.252 3.2 368.347 4.2
All items 3 ................................................................. 215.389 3.3 198.700 2.8 242.313 3.9 222.767 3.1
Commodities .......................................................... 169.430 3.3 173.022 3.6 187.430 3.5 170.353 3.2
Commodities less food and beverages ................ 154.598 2.1 155.311 3.2 168.462 2.9 138.196 2.5
Nondurables less food and beverages .............. 187.870 5.5 203.723 8.2 189.902 7.3 174.439 5.3
Durables ............................................................ 116.813 -2.1 111.316 -3.3 149.990 -1.9 103.847 -1.2
Services ................................................................. 261.517 3.3 226.083 2.2 290.796 4.1 266.453 3.0
All items less medical care 3 .................................... 206.625 3.1 191.246 3.0 236.176 3.8 216.767 3.1
All items less shelter ................................................ 207.856 3.5 195.887 3.3 217.005 3.9 203.580 3.9
Commodities less food ............................................ 155.801 2.3 157.687 3.2 171.796 3.0 142.701 2.6
Nondurables ............................................................ 192.374 5.5 204.470 6.3 207.318 5.9 201.406 4.8
Nondurables less food ............................................. 187.198 5.5 204.314 7.8 194.695 7.0 179.294 5.3
Services less rent of shelter 6 .................................. 297.220 3.8 246.371 2.9 284.305 4.4 272.046 4.8
Services less medical care services ........................ 250.998 3.0 214.665 2.4 282.534 4.1 259.600 3.0
Energy 3 ................................................................... 240.608 9.8 227.231 11.4 233.277 10.6 276.545 10.4
All items less energy ................................................ 215.914 2.8 198.698 1.9 244.684 3.3 222.248 2.5
All items less food and energy 3 ............................ 220.725 2.3 198.237 1.4 250.443 3.1 222.575 2.2
Expenditure category
Food and beverages 3 ........................................... 226.833 5.4 189.641 6.1 136.853 4.8
Food 3 .................................................................. 228.437 5.6 188.864 6.2 138.119 5.1
Food at home ..................................................... 228.511 6.0 188.307 6.4 134.945 5.4
Food away from home 5 .................................... 231.332 4.8 190.413 5.9 139.936 4.9
Alcoholic beverages 5 .......................................... 210.930 3.6 187.605 5.4 118.653 1.4
Education and communication 9 ............................ 122.866 3.6 112.710 6.2 128.651 3.0
Other goods and services 3 ................................... 356.262 1.7 232.527 2.3 154.445 4.1
All items less medical care 3 .................................... 219.623 4.3 184.039 3.3 139.374 4.5
All items less shelter ................................................ 211.876 3.3 183.966 3.6 132.687 5.2
Commodities less food ............................................ 167.539 1.2 150.466 3.3 116.785 4.0
Nondurables ............................................................ 213.193 5.0 200.761 6.7 139.859 6.2
Nondurables less food ............................................. 200.609 4.4 212.714 7.4 142.422 7.3
Services less rent of shelter 6 .................................. 266.157 4.2 220.286 2.5 146.640 6.3
Services less medical care services ........................ 252.675 5.3 205.228 2.6 150.482 4.5
Energy 3 ................................................................... 289.428 10.0 231.851 10.3 222.453 18.0
All items less energy ................................................ 223.152 3.7 186.178 2.5 133.321 3.2
All items less food and energy 3 ............................ 222.387 3.4 185.938 1.9 133.408 2.9
1 For Phoenix-Mesa, indexes are on a December 2001=100 base. Cincinnati, Denver, Miami, Milwaukee, Portland, St. Louis, San Diego, and
2 For Washington-Baltimore, indexes are on a December 1997=100 Seattle. Indexes are on a December 1982=100 base in Atlanta, Chicago,
base unless otherwise noted. Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Honolulu, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles,
3 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a November 1996=100 base. Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco.
4 Index is on a November 1977=100 base in Miami and an October 7 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
1967=100 base in Anchorage. 8 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
5 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a November 1997=100 base. 9 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
6 Indexes are on a November 1982=100 base in Anchorage, Boston, - Data not available.
Table 18A. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Regions1, by expenditure category and
commodity and service group
Expenditure category
All items .......................................................... 226.074 4.3 200.753 3.9 206.092 4.4 214.316 3.7
All items (December 1977=100) .................... 353.115 - 324.662 - 333.789 - 344.823 -
Food and beverages ..................................... 217.897 5.4 207.353 5.5 210.426 5.6 219.460 5.2
Food ........................................................... 217.662 5.5 207.118 5.7 211.136 5.8 218.441 5.2
Food at home ........................................... 217.688 6.1 203.938 6.3 208.938 6.7 223.216 6.2
Food away from home .............................. 220.842 4.6 212.688 4.9 216.972 4.5 211.939 3.8
Alcoholic beverages ................................... 219.310 4.4 209.964 3.2 199.302 2.5 230.973 4.6
Housing ........................................................ 238.473 3.6 191.702 2.9 199.316 3.9 223.461 3.2
Shelter ........................................................ 279.123 2.4 213.585 1.6 218.673 3.0 246.906 3.2
Rent of primary residence ........................ 272.103 3.8 215.694 2.1 218.001 3.8 256.835 4.0
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary
residence 2 ....................................... 258.454 2.0 210.960 1.4 207.282 2.9 236.945 3.3
Fuels and utilities ........................................ 227.773 12.3 212.613 10.0 218.931 9.9 227.678 5.1
Household energy .................................... 214.926 12.9 189.849 10.7 190.619 10.8 215.006 5.2
Gas (piped) and electricity ...................... 210.702 7.7 194.334 10.0 191.504 10.1 216.982 4.8
Electricity .............................................. 188.729 5.0 162.883 4.6 179.264 9.0 219.568 4.0
Utility (piped) gas service ..................... 253.359 12.8 252.490 17.8 259.814 16.0 232.095 7.1
Household furnishings and operations ....... 122.491 -.1 118.977 1.6 122.172 1.3 132.282 .6
Transportation .............................................. 197.172 6.5 197.663 6.0 192.996 6.6 195.355 5.3
Private transportation ................................. 192.693 6.6 194.465 5.9 191.507 6.5 191.544 5.2
New and used motor vehicles 3 ................ 92.790 -.5 93.660 -.4 91.600 -1.9 91.230 -1.4
New vehicles .......................................... 134.653 -1.1 133.097 -.9 137.558 -1.9 135.587 -1.6
Used cars and trucks .............................. 139.227 -1.1 136.533 -.9 133.280 -1.8 132.260 -1.2
Motor fuel .................................................. 272.250 18.1 286.269 15.0 279.913 18.7 279.781 15.8
Gasoline (all types) ................................. 269.982 17.7 284.409 14.8 277.415 18.3 277.925 15.4
Gasoline, unleaded regular 4 ................ 271.571 17.8 283.405 15.0 277.423 18.3 277.261 15.7
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 4 5 ......... 274.355 17.7 309.485 14.6 287.491 18.3 260.458 14.9
Gasoline, unleaded premium 4 ............. 259.478 17.2 277.295 14.5 271.099 17.9 263.965 14.5
Medical care ................................................. 383.785 3.4 364.216 3.1 350.237 4.3 366.693 4.0
Medical care commodities .......................... 310.726 2.4 286.158 .4 277.118 2.7 288.992 1.8
Medical care services ................................. 402.815 3.6 388.334 4.0 372.455 4.9 387.987 4.6
Professional services ................................ 317.895 2.6 330.417 3.6 309.082 3.8 294.419 3.2
Education and communication 3 ................... 121.561 4.0 121.888 2.8 115.725 2.6 121.255 3.1
Other goods and services ............................. 396.163 4.6 348.672 4.6 343.236 3.8 347.732 3.3
All items .......................................................... 226.074 4.3 200.753 3.9 206.092 4.4 214.316 3.7
Commodities ................................................. 185.404 5.7 172.443 4.8 177.888 4.9 176.484 3.9
Commodities less food and beverages ...... 163.972 5.9 154.435 4.4 160.573 4.5 152.394 3.2
Nondurables less food and beverages ..... 206.535 9.8 201.894 7.5 213.428 8.8 197.027 7.3
Nondurables less food, beverages, and
apparel ............................................ 273.803 13.0 258.542 9.3 264.559 11.7 258.088 9.7
Durables ................................................... 111.973 -.8 108.855 -.5 112.161 -1.6 112.764 -1.7
Services ........................................................ 272.555 3.3 235.347 3.2 240.568 4.0 254.859 3.5
Rent of shelter 2 ......................................... 261.310 2.4 212.305 1.6 208.297 3.0 238.536 3.2
Transportation services .............................. 229.304 3.6 245.901 3.9 251.693 4.2 244.553 3.9
Other services ............................................ 312.212 3.9 271.728 3.0 275.125 3.0 277.931 3.5
All items less medical care ............................. 220.176 4.4 194.210 4.0 198.790 4.4 208.277 3.7
All items less food ........................................... 227.900 4.1 199.353 3.6 204.916 4.1 213.427 3.4
All items less shelter ....................................... 209.744 5.3 198.596 4.8 203.008 5.0 203.019 3.9
Commodities less food ................................... 166.237 5.8 156.287 4.3 161.807 4.4 155.463 3.3
Nondurables ................................................... 213.667 7.6 205.397 6.5 212.159 7.3 209.968 6.2
Nondurables less food .................................... 207.569 9.5 202.233 7.2 212.582 8.5 200.172 7.1
Nondurables less food and apparel ................ 267.642 12.3 252.936 8.8 258.104 11.1 254.912 9.2
Services less rent of shelter 2 ......................... 243.289 4.5 238.687 4.8 241.431 5.0 244.953 4.0
Services less medical care services ............... 264.133 3.3 224.485 3.1 228.488 3.9 246.039 3.5
Energy ............................................................ 239.955 15.4 233.147 13.0 228.919 15.2 259.139 12.1
All items less energy ....................................... 225.426 3.0 198.122 2.7 202.832 2.9 211.319 2.8
All items less food and energy ...................... 228.322 2.4 196.534 2.0 201.313 2.3 210.095 2.3
Commodities less food and energy
commodities ....................................... 147.486 1.1 138.738 1.1 142.069 -.1 137.646 -.2
Energy commodities ................................... 284.135 20.9 286.836 15.3 283.020 19.0 282.878 15.9
Services less energy services .................... 279.061 2.9 240.743 2.5 245.747 3.4 257.937 3.5
1 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical 4 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
notes. 5 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
2 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base - Data not available.
3 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
Table 19A. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Population size classes1, by
expenditure category and commodity and service group
Expenditure category
Food and beverages ................................................................ 193.581 5.2 133.879 5.7 212.054 6.0
Food ....................................................................................... 193.474 5.3 134.043 5.8 211.871 6.1
Food at home ....................................................................... 198.367 6.0 133.142 6.7 207.539 6.9
Food away from home .......................................................... 185.927 4.3 135.629 4.5 220.863 5.0
Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 192.825 3.6 131.504 3.5 213.775 4.6
Education and communication 3 .............................................. 121.921 3.4 115.948 2.6 124.582 2.7
Other goods and services ........................................................ 283.560 3.7 160.886 4.4 371.516 4.6
All items less medical care ......................................................... 191.655 4.0 129.687 4.2 198.693 4.4
All items less food ...................................................................... 195.847 3.7 130.341 4.0 205.341 4.0
All items less shelter ................................................................... 188.624 4.6 130.901 4.9 203.663 4.7
Commodities less food ............................................................... 159.093 4.1 120.142 4.7 162.074 4.2
Nondurables ............................................................................... 201.922 6.4 144.814 7.5 212.756 7.0
Nondurables less food ................................................................ 209.863 7.4 155.355 8.9 210.347 7.7
Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................ 273.742 9.9 185.770 10.8 257.623 10.4
Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................................... 221.956 4.6 142.756 4.7 244.922 4.7
Services less medical care services ........................................... 212.033 3.5 135.120 3.4 231.671 3.9
Energy ........................................................................................ 303.713 13.6 218.991 14.6 230.177 14.0
All items less energy .................................................................. 186.838 2.8 123.193 2.8 202.654 2.9
All items less food and energy ................................................. 185.578 2.3 120.953 2.2 201.484 2.2
Commodities less food and energy commodities ................... 130.201 .3 99.024 .4 142.692 .1
Energy commodities ............................................................... 411.321 17.3 283.039 18.5 270.637 17.2
Services less energy services ................................................ 218.004 3.1 135.053 3.0 249.201 3.4
1 See region and area size on Table 10 for information about population size 5 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base
classes. 6 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
2 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 7 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
3 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. - Data not available.
4 The ’All items’ index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base.
Table 20A. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Cross classification of regions and
population size classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group
Northeast Midwest
Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class D
Expenditure category
All items 3 ....................................................... 226.651 4.1 136.600 4.7 200.860 3.6 131.349 4.3 199.598 4.3
All items (December 1977=100) .................... 346.336 - - - 328.367 - - - 323.399 -
Food and beverages ..................................... 217.284 5.3 135.663 5.7 208.808 5.0 133.015 5.9 209.014 7.0
Food ........................................................... 216.934 5.4 135.946 5.7 208.873 5.1 133.211 6.1 208.421 7.3
Food at home ........................................... 218.009 5.9 134.378 6.5 208.410 5.5 131.186 6.9 198.773 8.4
Food away from home .............................. 217.818 4.6 138.487 4.6 210.115 4.7 135.938 4.9 225.762 5.9
Alcoholic beverages ................................... 220.212 4.1 130.422 4.8 207.101 3.6 131.310 3.0 216.094 2.9
Housing ........................................................ 238.959 3.5 138.091 3.8 192.563 2.7 125.437 3.1 190.298 4.3
Shelter ........................................................ 279.586 2.5 132.889 1.8 215.785 1.3 123.161 1.7 209.176 3.1
Rent of primary residence ........................ 280.617 3.9 138.164 3.3 226.153 1.9 123.604 1.9 195.041 3.6
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary
residence 4 ....................................... 261.522 2.1 130.086 1.7 212.620 1.2 120.834 1.6 204.861 2.4
Fuels and utilities ........................................ 217.926 11.9 192.353 12.9 207.420 10.6 170.355 9.8 224.193 9.6
Household energy .................................... 213.311 12.6 196.098 13.3 187.968 11.3 174.798 10.3 179.808 10.9
Gas (piped) and electricity ...................... 209.801 8.4 161.472 6.0 190.299 10.9 168.407 9.3 188.582 9.9
Electricity .............................................. 187.983 6.3 134.084 1.9 148.894 4.9 140.023 4.0 160.169 5.9
Utility (piped) gas service ..................... 250.891 11.5 218.834 16.8 243.130 17.8 237.348 18.6 252.127 17.5
Household furnishings and operations ....... 122.227 -.5 101.579 .7 114.688 1.4 95.266 1.3 120.459 3.0
Apparel ......................................................... 113.387 .7 89.091 1.9 106.412 1.2 83.332 .7 126.793 1.4
Transportation .............................................. 198.824 6.5 137.903 6.6 195.594 5.8 145.737 6.7 183.366 4.9
Private transportation ................................. 193.735 6.6 138.302 6.5 192.840 5.7 145.649 6.6 178.343 4.7
Motor fuel .................................................. 265.787 18.0 276.803 18.1 290.894 15.2 292.931 15.6 246.408 12.4
Gasoline (all types) ................................. 263.292 17.6 275.887 17.7 288.814 15.0 292.264 15.3 243.055 12.1
Gasoline, unleaded regular 5 ................ 264.695 17.7 281.203 17.9 288.798 15.2 299.248 15.6 234.283 12.2
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 ......... 263.774 17.9 273.022 17.3 306.773 15.2 285.731 14.7 281.840 11.7
Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 ............. 255.495 17.0 257.839 17.1 276.117 14.4 272.525 14.8 250.525 12.8
Medical care ................................................. 385.514 3.0 159.129 4.0 359.722 3.2 158.140 3.3 350.780 1.9
Recreation 2 ................................................. 116.091 2.4 113.753 3.1 113.516 1.5 108.899 2.9 109.014 1.3
Education and communication 2 ................... 125.289 4.2 112.416 3.6 123.487 3.1 120.374 2.3 118.467 2.9
Other goods and services ............................. 388.087 4.4 172.420 5.1 340.405 3.4 165.568 6.5 355.667 4.0
All items 3 ....................................................... 226.651 4.1 136.600 4.7 200.860 3.6 131.349 4.3 199.598 4.3
Commodities ................................................. 183.370 5.2 131.668 6.6 170.514 4.5 124.944 5.3 178.141 4.9
Commodities less food and beverages ...... 159.908 5.2 129.460 7.0 150.118 4.1 120.908 4.9 162.863 3.9
Nondurables less food and beverages ..... 196.157 8.7 171.241 11.8 196.151 7.2 157.700 8.3 210.174 6.4
Durables ................................................... 111.314 -1.2 88.642 -.2 107.046 -.7 85.503 -.5 112.598 .0
Services ........................................................ 272.724 3.4 137.753 3.1 235.875 2.9 135.784 3.4 227.699 3.8
All items less medical care ............................. 220.713 4.2 133.883 4.8 194.730 3.6 128.580 4.3 192.219 4.5
All items less shelter ....................................... 208.626 5.0 135.830 5.8 197.596 4.6 132.831 5.2 198.555 4.7
Commodities less food ................................... 162.392 5.1 129.467 7.0 152.226 4.1 121.101 4.9 164.358 3.9
Nondurables ................................................... 208.547 7.0 152.223 8.9 203.723 6.1 144.818 7.1 210.826 6.7
Nondurables less food .................................... 198.031 8.4 168.148 11.4 196.952 6.9 155.524 8.0 210.730 6.2
Services less rent of shelter 4 ......................... 239.821 4.6 142.590 4.3 240.288 4.8 148.424 5.0 224.791 4.4
Services less medical care services ............... 264.337 3.4 135.775 2.9 226.074 2.9 133.221 3.3 214.043 3.8
Energy ............................................................ 236.132 15.1 231.688 15.7 233.540 13.4 227.522 13.2 213.599 11.7
All items less energy ....................................... 226.980 2.9 126.099 3.1 198.499 2.4 121.789 3.0 197.372 3.2
All items less food and energy ...................... 230.389 2.4 124.078 2.4 196.558 1.8 119.407 2.3 195.454 2.4
South West
Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class D Size class A Size class B/C 2
Expenditure category
All items 3 ....................................................... 209.331 4.3 131.467 4.3 210.736 5.2 216.344 3.8 133.167 3.7
All items (December 1977=100) .................... 339.116 - - - 341.134 - 350.219 - - -
Food and beverages ..................................... 212.080 5.4 133.344 5.6 208.323 6.2 221.065 5.0 134.862 5.6
Food ........................................................... 212.857 5.6 133.807 5.8 207.970 6.0 220.237 5.1 134.230 5.6
Food at home ........................................... 209.961 6.5 133.490 6.7 208.810 6.8 226.683 6.0 133.688 6.7
Food away from home .............................. 219.509 4.4 134.491 4.6 210.731 4.8 210.851 3.7 135.774 4.0
Alcoholic beverages ................................... 200.407 1.7 125.407 2.2 209.437 7.8 227.730 4.3 149.051 7.0
Housing ........................................................ 204.085 4.1 131.851 3.5 200.145 5.0 229.846 3.2 132.941 3.2
Shelter ........................................................ 222.170 3.2 133.725 2.6 230.658 4.2 252.188 3.4 132.940 3.1
Rent of primary residence ........................ 223.790 3.9 137.289 3.6 212.593 4.1 275.001 4.5 137.020 3.7
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary
residence 4 ....................................... 213.784 3.0 132.183 2.6 213.538 4.3 243.519 3.5 131.660 3.1
Fuels and utilities ........................................ 217.716 10.0 155.515 9.8 211.226 10.4 231.798 4.5 162.621 5.7
Household energy .................................... 201.351 10.8 155.988 10.8 184.315 10.5 225.831 4.3 163.138 6.3
Gas (piped) and electricity ...................... 205.806 10.5 152.560 9.9 189.159 9.7 227.082 3.9 161.253 6.1
Electricity .............................................. 189.465 9.0 143.795 9.0 184.535 8.9 236.057 1.1 147.835 7.5
Utility (piped) gas service ..................... 262.716 18.4 204.361 14.1 221.051 16.2 236.604 11.4 196.277 2.3
Household furnishings and operations ....... 131.336 2.2 96.151 .6 113.104 1.3 135.104 .1 104.510 1.2
Apparel ......................................................... 146.662 -1.6 88.600 .2 112.936 -5.5 115.138 .6 94.060 1.7
Transportation .............................................. 199.828 6.5 133.502 6.5 203.035 8.0 193.329 5.4 138.444 5.5
Private transportation ................................. 199.284 6.4 133.057 6.4 201.881 8.0 189.419 5.2 137.778 5.4
Motor fuel .................................................. 288.119 18.5 278.690 18.5 270.243 20.6 279.328 15.2 256.280 16.7
Gasoline (all types) ................................. 284.547 18.2 277.891 18.0 265.196 19.8 277.036 14.9 256.969 16.2
Gasoline, unleaded regular 5 ................ 287.204 18.2 286.862 18.1 258.047 20.2 279.319 15.1 257.880 16.5
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 ......... 283.990 18.4 268.739 18.1 308.609 18.9 254.817 14.5 252.388 15.7
Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 ............. 276.627 18.1 260.614 17.6 271.183 18.7 264.766 14.1 243.095 15.1
Medical care ................................................. 340.672 3.8 150.297 4.7 343.994 4.1 359.273 4.2 156.178 3.7
Recreation 2 ................................................. 110.635 .1 110.114 1.8 113.312 1.8 109.536 1.9 95.966 -2.7
Education and communication 2 ................... 115.287 2.6 114.760 2.6 124.101 2.6 122.136 3.7 116.883 2.2
Other goods and services ............................. 324.807 4.4 156.182 3.4 359.944 4.8 345.374 2.9 154.165 3.8
All items 3 ....................................................... 209.331 4.3 131.467 4.3 210.736 5.2 216.344 3.8 133.167 3.7
Commodities ................................................. 181.906 4.7 123.289 4.8 179.429 5.6 177.101 3.9 122.889 4.1
Commodities less food and beverages ...... 164.772 4.3 118.045 4.4 164.453 5.4 151.467 3.2 116.242 3.4
Nondurables less food and beverages ..... 216.547 8.1 155.009 9.1 215.444 9.8 194.954 7.0 148.652 8.1
Durables ................................................... 114.862 -1.5 86.000 -1.7 114.136 -1.2 112.561 -1.6 87.039 -1.9
Services ........................................................ 241.116 3.9 137.162 3.8 251.745 4.8 257.172 3.8 137.324 3.3
All items less medical care ............................. 203.134 4.3 128.944 4.3 201.832 5.3 211.055 3.8 129.403 3.7
All items less shelter ....................................... 206.180 4.8 128.929 4.9 206.560 5.5 203.428 4.0 129.745 3.9
Commodities less food ................................... 166.305 4.2 118.259 4.4 165.486 5.5 154.683 3.3 117.108 3.5
Nondurables ................................................... 213.962 6.7 143.641 7.4 213.758 8.2 209.926 6.0 141.444 6.8
Nondurables less food .................................... 215.673 7.8 153.390 8.7 214.549 9.8 198.259 6.8 148.594 8.0
Services less rent of shelter 4 ......................... 240.547 5.0 140.334 5.1 249.660 5.3 242.367 4.2 141.859 3.5
Services less medical care services ............... 230.617 3.9 135.661 3.7 238.446 4.9 249.701 3.7 135.352 3.2
Energy ............................................................ 239.749 14.9 210.320 15.3 223.133 16.3 260.864 11.6 217.991 12.7
All items less energy ....................................... 206.252 2.8 122.503 2.8 205.596 3.3 213.872 3.0 124.117 2.6
All items less food and energy ...................... 205.091 2.3 120.144 2.2 205.823 2.8 212.838 2.6 122.060 2.0
1 See region and area size on Table 10 for information about cross 4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base
classifications. 5 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 6 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
3 The ’All items’ index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base. - Data not available.
Table 23A. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, by expenditure category and
commodity and service group
Boston- Chicago-
Anchorage, AK Atlanta, GA Brockton-Nashua, Gary-Kenosha,
MA-NH-ME-CT IL-IN-WI
Item and Group
Percent Percent Percent Percent
Annual Annual Annual Annual
change change change change
average average average average
from 2007 from 2007 from 2007 from 2007
2008 2008 2008 2008
to 2008 to 2008 to 2008 to 2008
Expenditure category
All items 3 ................................................................. 188.982 4.4 205.762 3.5 234.924 3.5 205.737 4.0
All items (1967=100) 4 ............................................. 491.852 - 622.150 - 679.015 - 604.220 -
Food and beverages 3 ........................................... 191.399 4.2 214.473 4.6 221.515 4.7 210.649 5.2
Food 3 .................................................................. 192.426 4.5 221.283 4.8 221.965 4.6 209.910 5.2
Food at home ..................................................... 195.628 5.6 211.416 5.8 213.667 4.4 214.829 5.6
Food away from home ....................................... 185.461 2.4 237.474 3.4 239.521 5.1 198.606 4.8
Alcoholic beverages ............................................. 173.197 .5 138.754 .1 217.299 4.8 220.214 5.0
Housing 3 ............................................................... 167.082 2.4 200.561 3.1 237.428 2.1 206.176 3.0
Shelter ................................................................. 167.152 2.9 211.259 1.7 273.190 .0 239.228 1.4
Rent of primary residence 3 ............................... 161.824 3.7 220.044 3.3 272.465 1.6 264.409 2.9
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 156.190 2.9 199.494 1.1 248.811 -1.1 234.761 1.2
Fuels and utilities ................................................. 247.463 1.2 250.088 10.7 254.490 14.5 205.141 14.5
Household energy .............................................. 263.322 .9 231.279 12.8 220.906 15.1 188.672 14.9
Gas (piped) and electricity ............................... 277.191 .5 230.912 12.6 225.838 8.8 192.750 14.7
Electricity ....................................................... 213.909 1.8 189.267 9.5 211.848 5.1 139.644 5.3
Utility (piped) gas service ............................... 372.112 -1.9 313.184 19.1 243.989 15.1 260.536 24.0
Household furnishings and operations ................ 112.940 1.5 134.984 2.7 125.289 1.6 103.088 .6
Apparel 3 ................................................................ 121.474 -.1 127.169 -2.0 144.307 -4.3 90.691 -2.0
Transportation 3 ..................................................... 195.924 10.5 190.684 7.0 191.260 5.4 184.136 7.0
Private transportation ........................................... 195.276 10.3 188.856 6.9 189.498 5.4 181.183 6.9
Motor fuel ........................................................... 296.668 31.1 286.019 20.5 275.757 18.4 297.232 17.1
Gasoline (all types) .......................................... 295.787 30.5 282.867 20.0 270.477 17.7 294.708 17.1
Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ......................... 287.981 30.8 281.301 20.1 269.154 17.8 291.490 17.3
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 .................. 278.988 29.8 337.664 20.0 271.505 17.6 305.638 16.6
Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ...................... 288.751 29.0 280.388 20.0 264.130 17.0 278.609 16.1
Medical care 3 ........................................................ 392.879 3.8 318.436 1.4 492.559 4.1 371.037 4.6
Recreation 8 ........................................................... 117.308 1.3 107.916 -1.9 123.678 3.0 109.041 1.9
Education and communication 8 ............................ 110.223 1.3 111.050 3.0 126.579 6.9 132.047 3.5
Other goods and services 3 ................................... 285.071 6.9 339.402 1.5 407.962 8.1 344.527 3.7
All items 3 ................................................................. 188.982 4.4 205.762 3.5 234.924 3.5 205.737 4.0
Commodities .......................................................... 169.581 6.0 179.917 5.0 190.019 5.6 166.594 4.4
Commodities less food and beverages ................ 159.073 7.0 161.513 5.4 171.535 5.8 142.993 3.9
Nondurables less food and beverages .............. 197.780 13.2 215.451 9.4 223.566 9.5 191.615 6.7
Durables ............................................................ 122.830 .5 110.428 -1.5 114.312 -.3 99.866 -.9
Services ................................................................. 206.468 3.1 238.339 2.5 283.494 2.2 246.782 3.6
All items less medical care 3 .................................... 181.344 4.4 199.193 3.6 225.045 3.5 198.680 3.9
All items less shelter ................................................ 197.005 5.1 209.324 4.6 224.172 5.4 194.904 5.2
Commodities less food ............................................ 159.896 6.8 160.969 5.3 173.054 5.8 145.848 3.9
Nondurables ............................................................ 194.860 8.5 214.419 7.0 222.319 7.3 203.263 5.9
Nondurables less food ............................................. 196.660 12.2 210.532 9.0 221.684 9.2 193.914 6.5
Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................. 230.521 3.5 250.784 4.0 277.771 5.1 239.614 6.5
Services less medical care services ........................ 193.662 3.0 227.033 2.6 268.120 2.0 236.528 3.5
Energy 3 ................................................................... 275.808 19.4 236.861 16.8 242.167 16.5 231.318 16.0
All items less energy ................................................ 183.273 2.8 200.759 1.6 236.520 2.0 203.560 2.6
All items less food and energy 3 ............................ 181.489 2.6 197.432 1.0 240.676 1.4 202.276 2.0
Expenditure category
All items 3 ................................................................. 195.505 4.0 193.805 4.0 204.916 5.0 201.865 3.9
All items (1967=100) 4 ............................................. 600.810 - 605.582 - 631.894 - 671.912 -
Food and beverages 3 ........................................... 192.688 6.8 213.447 5.2 216.415 6.2 202.873 5.1
Food 3 .................................................................. 191.324 7.1 216.834 5.5 211.818 6.4 205.749 5.5
Food at home ..................................................... 187.642 6.6 209.330 6.3 198.788 7.3 208.991 6.5
Food away from home ....................................... 199.111 8.2 231.375 4.3 236.254 5.1 199.689 4.2
Alcoholic beverages ............................................. 220.027 4.9 172.878 2.3 270.219 2.5 182.622 .1
Housing 3 ............................................................... 181.957 2.7 178.602 2.6 184.580 4.4 185.938 2.3
Shelter ................................................................. 200.223 1.5 189.370 .4 185.810 3.3 200.204 1.4
Rent of primary residence 3 ............................... 208.307 1.9 207.899 .1 184.283 4.5 202.499 2.4
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 194.910 1.7 194.852 -.5 179.655 2.9 193.185 .8
Fuels and utilities ................................................. 200.196 8.1 214.934 12.5 242.262 8.9 199.590 10.8
Household energy .............................................. 171.066 9.1 209.757 15.4 249.874 10.3 161.699 16.4
Gas (piped) and electricity ............................... 173.452 8.7 208.329 14.5 246.265 10.0 161.347 16.3
Electricity ....................................................... 170.090 6.6 149.130 4.8 230.458 9.1 133.490 10.0
Utility (piped) gas service ............................... 269.588 18.4 275.101 22.1 295.315 16.4 209.927 20.9
Household furnishings and operations ................ 116.162 2.7 119.384 2.7 125.600 1.2 130.363 -.3
Apparel 3 ................................................................ 114.626 1.7 112.343 7.7 125.284 -.5 98.742 6.1
Transportation 3 ..................................................... 196.137 5.6 198.663 6.2 213.013 7.7 229.707 5.6
Private transportation ........................................... 196.152 5.7 198.699 6.2 214.069 7.5 226.570 5.4
Motor fuel ........................................................... 287.829 14.8 319.742 15.9 290.139 18.8 259.250 13.7
Gasoline (all types) .......................................... 285.874 14.3 316.337 15.6 288.263 18.6 257.645 13.5
Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ......................... 295.385 14.5 307.660 16.1 285.275 18.7 254.946 13.5
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 .................. 276.111 13.7 322.272 14.8 288.991 19.1 243.573 13.5
Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ...................... 244.904 13.7 305.090 14.7 282.270 18.6 255.978 13.0
Medical care 3 ........................................................ 370.859 3.1 338.746 7.0 334.566 3.7 433.088 8.1
Education and communication 8 ............................ 111.111 2.5 105.508 1.4 123.195 3.2 113.014 .9
Other goods and services 3 ................................... 375.466 4.1 370.442 1.9 334.955 2.6 312.787 2.6
All items 3 ................................................................. 195.505 4.0 193.805 4.0 204.916 5.0 201.865 3.9
Commodities .......................................................... 167.730 5.1 177.250 5.7 185.143 5.0 167.521 4.3
Commodities less food and beverages ................ 154.245 4.0 158.436 5.9 166.443 4.3 145.701 3.8
Nondurables less food and beverages .............. 188.312 6.7 210.745 9.0 210.015 8.5 187.152 7.0
Durables ............................................................ 122.308 -.1 110.149 .8 125.652 -2.0 105.919 -.6
Services ................................................................. 229.325 3.1 215.387 2.8 228.213 4.8 237.445 3.6
All items less medical care 3 .................................... 188.463 4.1 188.440 3.8 198.737 5.1 192.665 3.7
All items less shelter ................................................ 195.226 4.9 199.188 5.6 213.865 5.6 205.444 5.0
Commodities less food ............................................ 156.302 4.1 158.860 5.8 170.460 4.3 147.066 3.7
Nondurables ............................................................ 191.807 6.8 212.579 7.2 213.737 7.3 198.780 6.1
Nondurables less food ............................................. 190.259 6.6 207.455 8.5 215.455 8.2 186.675 6.5
Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................. 241.112 4.8 229.058 5.5 259.916 6.1 278.686 6.2
Services less medical care services ........................ 217.544 3.2 207.212 2.5 217.153 4.7 222.495 3.2
Energy 3 ................................................................... 225.166 12.1 251.504 15.5 273.280 15.1 217.145 14.7
All items less energy ................................................ 193.710 3.1 188.693 2.6 198.645 3.4 200.827 3.0
All items less food and energy 3 ............................ 194.530 2.1 183.170 2.1 195.551 2.8 200.710 2.5
Detroit- Houston-
Ann Arbor- Honolulu, HI Galveston- Kansas City, MO-KS
Flint, MI Brazoria, TX
Item and Group
Percent Percent Percent Percent
Annual Annual Annual Annual
change change change change
average average average average
from 2007 from 2007 from 2007 from 2007
2008 2008 2008 2008
to 2008 to 2008 to 2008 to 2008
Expenditure category
All items 3 ................................................................. 200.305 2.7 228.344 4.5 189.240 3.8 192.748 3.7
All items (1967=100) 4 ............................................. 589.938 - 637.930 - 603.971 - 564.752 -
Food and beverages 3 ........................................... 196.006 2.8 216.015 6.0 200.263 6.2 210.823 6.5
Food 3 .................................................................. 196.263 3.0 216.213 6.2 200.028 6.4 212.916 6.5
Food at home ..................................................... 194.527 3.0 223.164 8.0 204.497 6.8 211.855 7.3
Food away from home ....................................... 199.522 2.8 205.081 4.1 190.398 5.5 216.974 5.2
Alcoholic beverages ............................................. 187.874 .8 213.761 4.8 194.993 2.9 178.078 6.3
Housing 3 ............................................................... 183.532 1.7 253.819 4.9 177.100 4.2 184.467 3.2
Shelter ................................................................. 198.739 .2 273.697 2.4 188.375 3.5 198.066 1.8
Rent of primary residence 3 ............................... 204.449 -.2 256.216 3.6 183.715 3.2 210.310 1.9
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 205.754 .2 257.199 2.6 186.295 3.7 188.675 1.8
Fuels and utilities ................................................. 231.103 8.4 286.064 32.8 200.970 6.4 215.204 12.0
Household energy .............................................. 193.881 8.4 267.093 39.1 194.584 6.0 193.387 13.6
Gas (piped) and electricity ............................... 193.995 8.1 264.778 39.0 192.584 5.7 191.859 12.7
Electricity ....................................................... 159.021 3.0 259.997 39.8 189.347 2.6 121.293 9.7
Utility (piped) gas service ............................... 230.320 13.8 284.128 26.6 211.400 27.2 295.028 16.2
Household furnishings and operations ................ 115.681 2.4 158.006 -.2 126.652 5.1 114.744 .2
Apparel 3 ................................................................ 110.825 5.6 110.248 1.2 144.067 -6.5 100.650 -1.8
Transportation 3 ..................................................... 222.730 5.9 204.782 4.2 186.458 5.4 181.511 6.0
Private transportation ........................................... 221.542 5.8 199.551 3.3 185.883 5.4 180.173 6.1
Motor fuel ........................................................... 281.507 13.6 284.727 16.9 272.994 17.9 278.912 14.1
Gasoline (all types) .......................................... 279.656 13.4 292.552 16.7 270.510 17.4 278.236 13.9
Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ......................... 287.995 13.5 310.948 17.5 280.524 17.4 272.274 14.0
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 .................. 310.233 13.5 231.559 18.2 277.101 17.7 335.329 13.5
Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ...................... 262.246 12.4 256.123 14.5 260.087 16.8 274.300 13.9
Recreation 8 ........................................................... 116.368 -2.1 104.108 3.0 106.653 -2.6 114.528 1.7
Education and communication 8 ............................ 127.609 1.9 111.669 .9 100.961 2.0 111.419 2.8
Other goods and services 3 ................................... 353.278 .9 379.637 4.7 285.682 5.7 333.456 1.8
All items 3 ................................................................. 200.305 2.7 228.344 4.5 189.240 3.8 192.748 3.7
Commodities .......................................................... 169.032 4.4 185.713 4.3 171.501 4.1 167.561 3.8
Commodities less food and beverages ................ 153.950 5.4 163.979 3.2 155.359 2.8 147.378 2.1
Nondurables less food and beverages .............. 197.197 8.0 200.395 6.8 206.694 6.3 198.426 4.3
Durables ............................................................ 106.079 .0 120.293 -1.3 105.784 -2.6 107.641 -.8
Services ................................................................. 239.457 1.3 274.146 4.6 211.378 3.6 222.082 3.6
All items less medical care 3 .................................... 195.221 2.8 223.837 4.5 181.822 3.8 188.137 4.0
All items less shelter ................................................ 204.144 3.7 211.365 5.6 190.449 3.9 191.782 4.4
Commodities less food ............................................ 155.498 5.3 166.182 3.3 156.808 2.9 148.483 2.4
Nondurables ............................................................ 197.590 5.5 209.279 6.4 204.914 6.2 204.747 5.4
Nondurables less food ............................................. 197.174 7.6 200.758 6.7 206.097 6.1 197.723 4.6
Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................. 259.812 2.4 252.498 8.1 217.455 3.8 229.767 5.4
Services less medical care services ........................ 231.530 1.4 269.191 4.5 196.561 3.4 212.162 3.4
Energy 3 ................................................................... 236.990 11.3 277.482 25.3 239.546 12.4 231.767 13.9
All items less energy ................................................ 196.793 1.4 226.232 2.8 183.778 2.4 189.732 2.3
All items less food and energy 3 ............................ 197.470 1.1 229.376 2.1 179.880 1.4 184.994 1.3
Expenditure category
All items 3 ................................................................. 217.765 3.9 220.447 4.8 206.979 4.7 202.354 3.7
All items (1967=100) 4 ............................................. 643.561 - 358.159 - 661.682 - 635.109 -
Food and beverages 3 ........................................... 222.709 4.9 222.288 5.8 214.620 4.8 233.454 7.8
Food 3 .................................................................. 220.632 4.9 224.320 6.1 217.853 5.0 229.398 8.1
Food at home ..................................................... 232.789 6.2 225.705 7.6 219.475 5.5 224.173 9.0
Food away from home ....................................... 202.129 3.0 224.065 2.8 219.075 4.8 237.142 6.3
Alcoholic beverages ............................................. 231.994 4.6 194.188 2.3 189.424 2.7 268.535 4.0
Housing 3 ............................................................... 236.825 3.2 225.694 4.4 206.006 4.2 186.968 3.3
Shelter ................................................................. 260.072 3.5 248.109 4.6 244.355 3.1 203.807 2.3
Rent of primary residence 3 ............................... 276.442 4.6 238.849 5.0 212.767 3.1 206.470 3.5
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 253.192 3.5 241.020 4.7 220.595 3.1 202.079 1.5
Fuels and utilities ................................................. 241.690 4.6 172.675 4.4 206.478 11.5 201.638 9.1
Household energy .............................................. 243.824 3.6 161.649 3.3 179.740 11.9 190.501 7.9
Gas (piped) and electricity ............................... 242.460 3.1 158.511 3.1 185.548 11.7 192.386 7.3
Electricity ....................................................... 253.644 -2.7 154.438 3.0 167.976 8.2 191.265 5.0
Utility (piped) gas service ............................... 248.510 17.1 254.527 7.1 198.169 15.3 208.907 9.9
Household furnishings and operations ................ 126.655 -.7 176.430 2.4 105.913 2.5 134.359 3.9
Apparel 3 ................................................................ 105.670 1.5 156.427 -5.5 126.501 2.8 119.555 -1.7
Transportation 3 ..................................................... 194.477 5.4 201.492 7.1 190.293 6.2 188.784 3.1
Private transportation ........................................... 190.078 5.3 202.275 7.1 186.227 6.0 180.225 2.5
Motor fuel ........................................................... 273.911 15.4 293.419 16.8 291.382 14.4 257.257 11.5
Gasoline (all types) .......................................... 267.743 15.1 290.306 16.7 287.382 14.4 258.044 11.4
Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ......................... 268.800 15.7 291.526 16.8 293.350 14.3 262.945 12.2
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 .................. 253.015 14.6 269.088 17.0 298.869 15.8 258.753 10.6
Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ...................... 255.183 14.0 282.125 16.3 245.995 14.0 294.165 9.7
Medical care 3 ........................................................ 347.691 4.0 352.173 5.9 349.860 4.1 381.677 4.6
Recreation 8 ........................................................... 111.035 1.2 111.227 4.0 103.873 3.0 115.537 1.9
Education and communication 8 ............................ 124.450 4.7 118.836 2.3 118.918 3.4 117.823 3.9
Other goods and services 3 ................................... 328.810 3.5 266.459 5.2 329.746 10.6 345.510 3.1
All items 3 ................................................................. 217.765 3.9 220.447 4.8 206.979 4.7 202.354 3.7
Commodities .......................................................... 176.169 4.1 194.051 5.3 171.622 4.9 177.603 4.5
Commodities less food and beverages ................ 148.882 3.6 176.517 5.0 149.147 5.1 150.856 2.9
Nondurables less food and beverages .............. 193.173 8.0 212.258 7.8 203.278 8.6 191.843 5.1
Durables ............................................................ 107.560 -2.0 135.201 .3 100.056 -.1 111.316 .2
Services ................................................................. 261.270 3.7 245.231 4.4 251.090 4.6 229.450 3.2
All items less medical care 3 .................................... 212.888 3.9 214.627 4.7 201.900 4.8 195.975 3.6
All items less shelter ................................................ 201.016 4.0 207.539 4.8 194.380 5.4 203.591 4.3
Commodities less food ............................................ 152.968 3.6 177.076 4.8 150.841 5.0 155.583 3.0
Nondurables ............................................................ 210.942 6.4 218.547 6.8 210.565 6.6 212.995 6.4
Nondurables less food ............................................. 198.974 7.8 210.750 7.5 201.178 8.1 197.620 5.1
Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................. 238.992 3.9 222.454 4.1 229.947 6.2 242.442 4.0
Services less medical care services ........................ 254.787 3.7 235.376 4.3 243.017 4.6 218.031 3.1
Energy 3 ................................................................... 268.740 11.9 216.223 11.2 236.105 13.3 228.587 10.1
All items less energy ................................................ 214.515 3.1 221.217 4.0 204.388 3.8 203.084 2.9
All items less food and energy 3 ............................ 213.410 2.7 220.625 3.6 202.243 3.6 198.663 2.1
Expenditure category
All items 3 ................................................................. 230.341 4.3 118.725 3.8 223.933 3.6 204.451 5.3
All items (1967=100) 4 ............................................. 655.838 - - - 650.451 - 608.071 -
Food and beverages 3 ........................................... 220.735 5.8 126.953 5.6 206.513 3.6 211.297 5.8
Food 3 .................................................................. 220.488 5.9 127.303 5.7 205.745 3.8 209.750 5.8
Food at home ..................................................... 220.047 6.6 132.719 6.6 218.342 4.9 208.941 6.2
Food away from home ....................................... 225.846 4.8 118.265 4.0 182.081 3.2 213.319 5.3
Alcoholic beverages ............................................. 221.767 4.2 121.441 3.0 207.896 1.6 221.700 4.6
Housing 3 ............................................................... 248.893 4.1 117.836 2.6 233.169 2.6 194.692 3.7
Shelter ................................................................. 297.146 3.5 116.078 2.2 278.928 2.0 198.752 1.2
Rent of primary residence 3 ............................... 294.060 4.8 117.588 3.4 255.159 3.1 198.665 1.3
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 278.740 3.2 115.606 2.2 249.237 1.6 206.021 1.2
Fuels and utilities ................................................. 202.624 12.0 139.586 4.8 218.887 7.4 260.770 13.9
Household energy .............................................. 207.420 12.6 147.886 4.5 199.767 7.2 256.687 16.8
Gas (piped) and electricity ............................... 200.532 8.4 147.371 4.4 210.992 4.5 247.314 14.5
Electricity ....................................................... 179.681 7.5 153.944 6.9 195.639 3.3 167.976 9.6
Utility (piped) gas service ............................... 239.930 9.3 131.310 -.7 239.794 7.5 343.528 20.6
Household furnishings and operations ................ 118.722 -1.7 109.559 2.8 119.177 .6 135.221 2.7
Transportation 3 ..................................................... 203.528 6.3 118.726 5.7 205.581 7.6 184.513 8.2
Private transportation ........................................... 195.786 6.5 119.005 5.0 203.979 7.7 186.751 8.1
Motor fuel ........................................................... 254.616 17.7 284.948 17.5 290.965 18.1 286.640 19.0
Gasoline (all types) .......................................... 253.193 17.5 284.576 17.0 285.038 17.5 286.700 18.8
Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ......................... 256.038 17.6 291.209 17.1 286.670 17.3 285.084 18.9
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 .................. 254.062 17.7 275.850 16.8 278.599 18.3 303.015 18.4
Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ...................... 249.888 16.8 270.223 16.5 265.865 17.6 275.207 18.3
Medical care 3 ........................................................ 365.123 1.9 131.777 4.7 405.808 3.5 348.180 6.9
Education and communication 8 ............................ 126.257 3.6 112.924 2.7 119.287 3.2 125.720 4.9
Other goods and services 3 ................................... 383.504 4.6 126.028 3.3 392.148 1.3 376.872 3.0
All items 3 ................................................................. 230.341 4.3 118.725 3.8 223.933 3.6 204.451 5.3
Commodities .......................................................... 182.543 5.1 116.433 3.9 179.730 4.7 188.422 6.3
Commodities less food and beverages ................ 154.959 4.6 111.267 2.9 159.785 5.4 173.142 6.6
Nondurables less food and beverages .............. 188.256 8.2 148.134 6.1 189.462 8.2 228.312 10.2
Durables ............................................................ 107.181 -2.3 82.939 -1.2 116.634 .3 114.485 .5
Services ................................................................. 278.607 3.8 120.882 3.6 277.159 2.9 224.840 4.3
All items less medical care 3 .................................... 225.188 4.4 118.145 3.7 217.341 3.6 199.262 5.2
All items less shelter ................................................ 205.879 4.7 120.160 4.5 209.093 4.6 207.094 6.6
Commodities less food ............................................ 157.677 4.6 111.500 2.9 161.892 5.3 175.811 6.6
Nondurables ............................................................ 206.675 6.9 136.222 5.9 201.021 6.0 221.433 8.1
Nondurables less food ............................................. 190.625 8.0 146.015 5.9 191.440 7.9 229.591 10.0
Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................. 232.920 4.2 125.933 5.3 249.665 4.2 222.840 7.3
Services less medical care services ........................ 271.659 3.8 119.565 3.4 267.493 2.9 217.584 4.1
Energy 3 ................................................................... 229.260 14.8 212.730 11.9 230.811 12.4 272.657 18.1
All items less energy ................................................ 231.726 3.2 112.444 2.8 223.694 2.5 197.611 3.5
All items less food and energy 3 ............................ 235.338 2.7 109.604 2.1 229.267 2.2 195.131 3.0
Expenditure category
All items 3 ................................................................. 210.006 3.4 198.092 3.1 226.710 3.8 218.441 3.3
All items (1967=100) 4 ............................................. 605.244 - 582.799 - 731.103 - 665.172 -
Food and beverages 3 ........................................... 197.106 5.4 205.169 4.7 220.583 4.5 223.366 4.3
Food 3 .................................................................. 197.369 5.3 204.580 4.8 217.175 4.5 223.366 4.4
Food at home ..................................................... 194.903 5.8 196.651 5.4 203.647 5.7 226.143 5.5
Food away from home ....................................... 204.741 4.8 216.272 3.2 238.599 3.8 220.624 3.5
Alcoholic beverages ............................................. 198.591 6.7 195.409 3.2 252.095 3.5 227.505 3.5
Housing 3 ............................................................... 201.442 2.8 190.862 1.7 239.237 3.8 240.670 2.6
Shelter ................................................................. 224.319 2.9 212.330 1.7 257.894 3.8 265.573 2.6
Rent of primary residence 3 ............................... 226.699 4.3 190.913 1.4 291.598 4.5 288.810 4.1
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 236.696 3.0 201.276 1.7 267.344 3.4 246.832 2.8
Fuels and utilities ................................................. 222.483 2.1 188.628 3.7 203.020 5.0 254.259 4.2
Household energy .............................................. 187.700 1.4 175.047 3.2 173.456 3.2 276.887 3.9
Gas (piped) and electricity ............................... 225.554 .8 178.093 2.6 169.286 1.9 275.468 3.6
Electricity ....................................................... 247.345 3.5 139.136 .2 151.226 .0 270.478 1.0
Utility (piped) gas service ............................... 199.526 -4.7 217.825 6.0 215.328 12.4 279.379 10.9
Household furnishings and operations ................ 110.468 2.1 129.826 -1.0 177.099 2.1 134.997 2.0
Transportation 3 ..................................................... 211.856 4.7 188.803 4.0 203.698 4.3 178.993 5.6
Private transportation ........................................... 210.837 4.5 188.443 4.1 199.366 4.2 172.880 5.2
Motor fuel ........................................................... 291.002 15.0 296.613 18.1 277.236 14.3 271.534 14.5
Gasoline (all types) .......................................... 292.015 15.1 291.955 18.1 277.747 14.0 269.425 13.7
Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ......................... 290.256 15.2 284.057 18.1 288.839 14.3 270.297 13.9
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 .................. 247.019 14.9 336.586 18.2 238.155 12.9 249.671 13.1
Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ...................... 269.480 14.3 284.281 18.4 281.344 14.0 252.352 13.0
Education and communication 8 ............................ 105.909 1.9 125.964 4.1 111.387 2.3 127.529 3.6
Other goods and services 3 ................................... 407.082 3.2 269.893 4.1 341.412 4.4 356.440 2.0
All items 3 ................................................................. 210.006 3.4 198.092 3.1 226.710 3.8 218.441 3.3
Commodities .......................................................... 172.380 3.7 176.890 3.8 191.162 3.7 176.047 3.7
Commodities less food and beverages ................ 159.028 2.8 160.773 3.3 174.031 3.2 146.669 3.2
Nondurables less food and beverages .............. 197.914 6.4 206.586 9.1 200.935 7.0 184.763 6.3
Durables ............................................................ 120.820 -1.8 117.070 -3.9 146.793 -1.7 109.737 -.9
Services ................................................................. 252.541 3.2 224.466 2.4 259.116 3.9 259.940 3.1
All items less medical care 3 .................................... 203.344 3.3 191.815 3.2 220.840 3.8 213.704 3.3
All items less shelter ................................................ 206.623 3.6 194.895 3.6 215.734 3.8 200.359 3.8
Commodities less food ............................................ 160.126 3.0 162.583 3.3 177.223 3.2 149.729 3.2
Nondurables ............................................................ 197.748 5.9 206.054 6.9 212.494 5.7 205.999 5.2
Nondurables less food ............................................. 196.773 6.4 206.339 8.8 205.829 6.7 187.244 6.2
Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................. 269.604 3.5 227.275 3.2 242.004 4.1 234.169 3.9
Services less medical care services ........................ 243.050 3.0 213.459 2.6 248.733 3.9 253.879 3.1
Energy 3 ................................................................... 241.025 10.5 228.862 11.7 242.164 11.0 281.116 10.8
All items less energy ................................................ 208.804 2.8 196.633 1.9 225.598 3.1 216.584 2.6
All items less food and energy 3 ............................ 211.540 2.3 194.867 1.3 227.602 2.8 215.529 2.2
Expenditure category
Food and beverages 3 ........................................... 225.281 5.5 191.262 6.1 135.574 4.4
Food 3 .................................................................. 226.202 5.6 189.684 6.2 136.698 4.6
Food at home ..................................................... 225.436 6.0 189.894 6.4 134.277 5.1
Food away from home ....................................... 231.788 4.7 190.697 5.9 138.391 4.3
Alcoholic beverages ............................................. 218.812 3.8 192.307 5.1 119.755 1.3
Education and communication 8 ............................ 121.439 3.5 115.099 5.9 120.992 1.8
Other goods and services 3 ................................... 363.020 1.8 236.692 2.2 172.617 6.6
All items less medical care 3 .................................... 214.890 4.7 184.351 3.5 138.828 4.6
All items less shelter ................................................ 210.797 3.5 183.924 3.8 132.550 5.2
Commodities less food ............................................ 171.104 2.1 156.048 3.9 119.158 3.9
Nondurables ............................................................ 221.459 5.4 204.035 7.3 142.765 6.2
Nondurables less food ............................................. 218.785 5.1 217.976 8.3 150.151 7.6
Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................. 236.722 3.9 214.980 2.3 147.617 7.2
Services less medical care services ........................ 244.232 5.5 202.854 2.6 151.120 4.9
Energy 3 ................................................................... 293.344 10.3 237.141 10.7 221.124 17.9
All items less energy ................................................ 216.488 3.9 184.195 2.6 131.725 3.0
All items less food and energy 3 ............................ 214.030 3.6 183.332 1.9 131.621 2.7
1 For Phoenix-Mesa, indexes are on a December 2001=100 base. Seattle. Indexes are on a December 1984=100 base in Atlanta, Chicago,
2 For Washington-Baltimore, indexes are on a December 1997=100 Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Honolulu, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles,
base unless otherwise noted. Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco.
3 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a November 1996=100 base. 6 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
4 Index is on a November 1977=100 base in Miami and an October 7 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
1967=100 base in Anchorage. 8 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
5 Indexes are on a November 1984=100 base in Anchorage, Boston, - Data not available.
Cincinnati, Denver, Miami, Milwaukee, Portland, St. Louis, San Diego, and