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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.