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


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

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                   All items                                      
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                       Indexes                 Percent change to Percent change to
                    CPI-U                      Pricing                                          Dec.2011 from--   Nov.2011 from-- 
                                              schedule                                                                            
                                                 (1)      Sep.      Oct.      Nov.      Dec.                                      
                                                          2011      2011      2011      2011    Dec.  Oct.  Nov.  Nov.  Sep.  Oct.
                                                                                                2010  2011  2011  2010  2011  2011
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                  
 U.S. city average...........................    M      226.889   226.421   226.230   225.672   3.0  -0.3  -0.2   3.4  -0.3  -0.1 
                                                                                                                                  
           Region and area size(2)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
 Northeast urban.............................    M      243.323   243.014   242.652   241.987   2.9  -0.4  -0.3   3.2  -0.3  -0.1 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      244.983   244.534   244.076   243.328   2.7  -0.5  -0.3   3.1  -0.4  -0.2 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      145.369   145.404   145.335   145.062   3.4  -0.2  -0.2   3.6   0.0   0.0 
                                                                                                                                  
 Midwest urban...............................    M      216.968   215.653   215.614   215.173   2.8  -0.2  -0.2   3.3  -0.6   0.0 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      217.360   216.130   216.097   215.633   2.7  -0.2  -0.2   3.2  -0.6   0.0 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      139.542   138.573   138.453   138.186   2.9  -0.3  -0.2   3.3  -0.8  -0.1 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                          
       50,000)...............................    M      213.606   212.476   212.907   212.505   3.1   0.0  -0.2   3.3  -0.3   0.2 
                                                                                                                                  
 South urban.................................    M      220.371   219.969   219.961   219.469   3.3  -0.2  -0.2   3.8  -0.2   0.0 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      221.242   220.515   220.654   220.152   2.9  -0.2  -0.2   3.4  -0.3   0.1 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      140.471   140.303   140.218   139.838   3.4  -0.3  -0.3   3.9  -0.2  -0.1 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                          
       50,000)...............................    M      224.462   224.574   224.714   224.892   4.0   0.1   0.1   4.2   0.1   0.1 
                                                                                                                                  
 West urban..................................    M      229.147   229.195   228.771   228.117   2.7  -0.5  -0.3   3.2  -0.2  -0.2 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      233.221   233.259   232.851   232.106   2.7  -0.5  -0.3   3.1  -0.2  -0.2 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      138.564   138.696   138.411   138.017   2.7  -0.5  -0.3   3.3  -0.1  -0.2 
                                                                                                                                  
                 Size classes                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                  
   A (4).....................................    M      206.883   206.393   206.201   205.636   2.8  -0.4  -0.3   3.2  -0.3  -0.1 
   B/C (3)...................................    M      140.584   140.355   140.225   139.881   3.2  -0.3  -0.2   3.6  -0.3  -0.1 
   D.........................................    M      220.391   219.959   220.020   219.950   3.5   0.0   0.0   3.7  -0.2   0.0 
                                                                                                                                  
           Selected local areas(5)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI..............    M      220.027   219.592   219.181   218.180   2.1  -0.6  -0.5   2.9  -0.4  -0.2 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA.....    M      233.022   233.049   232.731   231.567   2.2  -0.6  -0.5   3.0  -0.1  -0.1 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                              
     NY-NJ-CT-PA.............................    M      250.559   250.051   249.317   248.307   2.7  -0.7  -0.4   3.0  -0.5  -0.3 
                                                                                                                                  
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT.........    1      245.310         -   245.030         -     -     -     -   2.9  -0.1     - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH.........................    1      213.004         -   211.225         -     -     -     -   2.5  -0.8     - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.......................    1      209.255         -   209.283         -     -     -     -   4.0   0.0     - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6).......    1      147.658         -   147.565         -     -     -     -   3.3  -0.1     - 
                                                                                                                                  
 Atlanta, GA.................................    2            -   209.182         -   208.590   3.0  -0.3     -     -     -     - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI.................    2            -   212.927         -   213.505   3.5   0.3     -     -     -     - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX..............    2            -   201.398         -   200.477   3.1  -0.5     -     -     -     - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL...................    2            -   232.141         -   231.794   3.1  -0.1     -     -     -     - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                           
     PA-NJ-DE-MD.............................    2            -   235.440         -   234.312   2.8  -0.5     -     -     -     - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA..........    2            -   235.331         -   234.327   2.9  -0.4     -     -     -     - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA................    2            -   235.916         -   234.812   3.5  -0.5     -     -     -     - 

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

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