CPI Detailed Report 

Data for January 2008

Editor

 Malik Crawford 

Contents Page

Consumer Price Movements, January 2008................................................................................................. 1 

CPI-U 12-Month Changes ........................................................................................................................... 3 

Recalculated Seasonally Adjusted Month to Month % Change Differences............................................... 4 

C-CPI-U Index Revisions ............................................................................................................................ 5 

A Note on Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Data................................................................................. 6 

Intervention Analysis in Seasonal Adjustment ........................................................................................... 7 

Response Rates for the Consumer Price Indexes, 2007............................................................................... 12 

Technical Notes ........................................................................................................................................... 219 

 

 

 

 CPI–U CPI–W 

Index tables Table Page Table Page

 

U.S. city average: 

 Expenditure categories; commodity, service groups ............................. 1 30 6 50 

 Seasonally adjusted expenditure categories; 

 commodity, service groups ................................................................. 2 32 7 52 

 Detailed expenditure categories............................................................. 3 34 8 54 

 Seasonally adjusted detailed expenditure categories ............................. 4 41 9 60 

 Special detailed categories..................................................................... 5 48 

 Historical: 

 All items, 1913-present....................................................................... 24 94 27 112 

 Commodity and service groups and detailed 

 expenditures, indexes...................................................................... 25 98 28 116 

 Commodity and service groups and detailed 

 expenditures, percent change from previous December ................. 26 105 29 122 

Selected areas:

 All items indexes ................................................................................... 10 66 17 80 

 Regions .................................................................................................. 11 67 18 81 

 Population classes.................................................................................. 12 69 19 83 

 Regions and population classes cross-classified.................................... 13 71 20 85 

 Food at home expenditure categories .................................................... 14 75 21 89 

 Areas priced monthly: percent changes over the month ........................ 15 76 22 90 

 City indexes and percent changes.......................................................... 16 77 23 91 

 

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 CPI–U CPI–W 

 Table Page Table Page 

 Semiannual tables, 2007 

Selected Areas, All Items................................................................................... 30 128 35 146 

 Regions .......................................................................................................... 31 129 36 147 

 Population classes.......................................................................................... 32 131 37 149 

 Regions and Population classes cross stratified............................................. 33 133 38 151 

 Cities.............................................................................................................. 34 137 39 155 

 Annual average tables, 2007 

U.S. city average 

 Expenditure categories; commodity service group........................................ 1A 164 6A 175 

 Regions .......................................................................................................... 3A 166 8A 177 

 Population classes.......................................................................................... 5A 173 

 Regions and Population classes cross stratified............................................. 11A 183 18A 196 

 Cities.............................................................................................................. 12A 185 19A 198 

 Regions and Population classes cross stratified............................................. 13A 187 20A 200 

 Cities.............................................................................................................. 16A 189 23A 202 

Average price tables 

U.S. city average 

Energy: 

 Residential prices............................................................................................ P1 209 

 Residential units and consumption ranges...................................................... P2 210 

 Gasoline .......................................................................................................... P3 211 

 Retail Food........................................................................................................ P4 212 

Chained CPI-U (C-CPI-U) tables 

U.S. city average, expenditure categories, and commodity 

 and service groups ......................................................................................... 1CA 214 

U.S. city average, expenditure categories, and commodity 

 and service groups ......................................................................................... 1C 215 

U.S. city average, all items index ...................................................................... 24C 216 

Historical U.S. city average, expenditure categories, and commodity 

 and service groups, indexes ........................................................................... 25C 217 

Historical U.S. city average, expenditure categories, and commodity 

 and service groups, percent changes from previous December ..................... 26C 218 

 Scheduled release dates 

 Consumer Price Index data are scheduled for initial release on the following dates: 

 Index month Release date Index month Release date 

February March 14 May June 13 

 March April 16 June July 16 

 April May 14 July August 14 

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CONSUMER PRICE MOVEMENTS 

JANUARY 2008

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.5 percent in January before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau

of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The January level of 211.080 (1982-84=100) was 4.3 percent

higher than in January 2007. 

The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) increased 0.5 percent in January prior to 

seasonal adjustment. The January level of 206.744 (1982-84=100) was 4.6 percent higher than in January 2007. 

The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) increased 0.5 percent in January on a not 

seasonally adjusted basis. The January level of 121.895 (December 1999=100) was 3.9 percent higher than in January 2007. Please

note that the indexes for the post-2006 period are subject to revision. Previously published and revised data for 2006 and 2007 are 

shown on page 5.

CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)

On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U increased 0.4 percent in January. The indexes for food and for energy each 

advanced 0.7 percent, following increases in December of 0.1 and 1.7 percent, respectively. The index for all items less food and

energy rose 0.3 percent, following increases of 0.2 percent in each of the preceding nine months. The January advance reflects larger 

increases than in December in the indexes for apparel, for medical care, for recreation, for education and communication, and for

other goods and services. 

Table A. Percent changes in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)

Expenditure

Category

Seasonally adjusted

Unadjusted

12-mos.

ended

Jan. 2008

Changes from preceding month Compound

annual rate

3-mos. ended

Jan. 2008 July

2007

Aug.

2007

Sep.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

All items ................................. 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.9 0.4 0.4 6.8 4.3

Food and beverages ........... .3 .4 .5 .2 .4 .1 .7 4.6 4.8

Housing ............................... .2 .1 .3 .2 .4 .3 .2 3.5 3.0

Apparel ................................ .4 -.5 .2 .1 .6 .1 .4 4.6 -.2

Transportation ..................... .3 -.6 .7 .3 3.5 1.0 .5 22.3 9.4

Medical care ........................ .6 .5 .4 .5 .4 .3 .5 5.1 4.9

Recreation ........................... -.1 -.1 .2 .3 .2 .0 .2 1.6 1.0

Education and

communication .............. .2 .3 .2 .3 .0 .3 .4 2.8 3.4

Other goods and services ... .1 .1 .3 .2 .2 .3 .4 3.9 3.0

Special indexes:

Energy ................................. .1 -1.7 1.4 1.0 6.9 1.7 .7 43.6 19.6 

Food .................................... .3 .4 .5 .2 .4 .1 .7 4.7 4.9

All items less food and

energy ........................... .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .3 3.1 2.5

Note: Seasonal factors have been recalculated to reflect developments during 2007. For this reason, some of the seasonally adjusted 

figures above and elsewhere in this report differ from those previously published. See the technical note on page 6 for details.

The food and beverages index rose 0.7 percent in January, up from 0.1 in December and the largest monthly increase since 

last February. The index for food at home advanced 0.9 percent, following virtually no change in December. The index for fruits and 

vegetables increased 2.2 percent in January, following a decline of 0.3 percent in December. The indexes for fresh vegetables, for 

fresh fruits, and for processed fruits and vegetables increased 3.3, 1.8, and 0.7 percent, respectively. The index for meats, poultry, 

fish, and eggs advanced 0.8 percent in January, following a decrease of 0.1 percent in December. Prices for poultry, for fish and

seafood, for pork, and for other meats each increased, while beef prices were virtually unchanged. The index for dairy products rose 

0.2 percent after a 0.2 percent decrease in December as a 2.1 percent increase in cheese prices more than offset a small decline in milk 

prices. The index for nonalcoholic beverages rose 1.6 percent in January, reflecting increases in prices for carbonated drinks and for 

coffee. The indexes for cereal and bakery products and for other food at home rose 0.6 and 0.4 percent, respectively. The other two 

components of the food and beverages index--food away from home and alcoholic beverages--each increased 0.4 percent. 

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The index for housing increased 0.2 percent in January. The index for shelter increased 0.3 percent in January, the same as 

in December. Within shelter, the indexes for rent and for owners' equivalent rent each increased 0.3 percent and the index for lodging 

away from home rose 1.1 percent. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, the index for lodging away from home increased 5.0 percent.) The

index for fuels and utilities was virtually unchanged in January. The index for household fuels declined 0.1 percent as declines in the 

indexes for natural gas and electricity--down 2.2 and 0.1 percent, respectively--more than offset a 4.5 percent increase in the index for 

fuel oil. The indexes for garbage and trash collection and for water and sewerage treatment rose 1.0 and 0.5 percent, respectively. 

The index for household furnishings and operations increased 0.1 percent in January, following virtually no change in each of the

preceding two months. 

The transportation index increased 0.5 percent in January. The index for gasoline rose 1.2 percent, accounting for about 

two-thirds of the overall transportation increase. As of January, gasoline prices were 2.1 percent below their peak level recorded in 

May 2007. The index for new vehicles declined 0.3 percent in January. (As of January, about 76 percent of the new car sample 

consisted of 2008 models. The 2008 models will continue to be phased in, with adjustments for quality change, over the next several 

months as they replace old models at dealerships. For a report on quality changes for the 2008 vehicles represented in the Producer

Price Index sample, see news release USDL-07-1787 dated November 14, 2007.) The index for used cars and trucks rose 0.2 percent.

During the last 12 months, new vehicle prices have declined 0.6 percent, while prices for used cars and trucks rose 1.4 percent. The 

index for public transportation increased 0.4 percent in January, largely reflecting a 0.8 percent increase in the index for airline fares. 

The index for apparel rose 0.4 percent in January, its fifth consecutive monthly advance. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, 

apparel prices declined 2.1 percent, largely as a result of post-holiday discounting.) 

Medical care costs rose 0.5 percent in January. The index for medical care commodities--prescription drugs, nonprescription 

drugs, and medical supplies--rose 0.5 percent. The index for medical care services rose 0.6 percent. The indexes for professional 

services and for hospital and related services advanced 0.4 and 1.0 percent, respectively. 

The index for recreation, which was virtually unchanged in December, increased 0.2 percent in January. Upturns in the 

indexes for sporting goods and for admissions to movies, theaters, and concerts coupled with a larger increase in the index for club 

dues and fees for participant sports and group exercises largely accounted for the January advance. 

The index for education and communication increased 0.4 percent in January. Educational costs rose 0.6 percent, reflecting 

increases in prices for college textbooks and charges for child care and nursery school--up 0.9 and 0.8 percent, respectively. The 

index for communication rose 0.1 percent. Within the communication group, the index for telephone services rose 0.1 percent and the 

index for personal computers and peripheral equipment increased 1.0 percent. 

The index for other goods and services increased 0.4 percent in January. The index for tobacco and smoking products rose 

1.1 percent accounting for about 55 percent of the monthly increase in this major group. 

CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) 

On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers increased 0.4 percent in January. 

Table B. Percent changes in CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)

Expenditure

Category

Seasonally adjusted

Unadjusted

12-mos.

ended

Jan. 2008

Changes from preceding month Compound

annual rate

3-mos. ended

Jan. 2008 July

2007

Aug.

2007

Sep.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

All items ................................. 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.3 1.0 0.4 0.4 7.7 4.6

Food and beverages ........... .3 .5 .5 .2 .3 .1 .7 4.5 4.9

Housing ............................... .1 .0 .2 .3 .4 .2 .2 3.5 3.1

Apparel ................................ .5 -.2 .0 .1 .4 .2 .8 5.6 .5

Transportation ..................... .3 -.6 .7 .3 3.8 1.1 .7 24.6 10.2 

Medical care ........................ .6 .5 .4 .5 .4 .3 .6 5.4 5.1

Recreation ........................... -.1 -.1 .3 .2 .1 .1 .2 1.3 .7

Education and

communication .............. .2 .3 .1 .3 .0 .2 .3 2.2 3.0

Other goods and services ... .2 .1 .4 .2 .2 .4 .5 4.5 3.4

Special indexes:

Energy ................................. .1 -1.8 1.4 1.1 7.2 1.8 .8 45.9 20.4 

Food .................................... .3 .5 .5 .2 .3 .1 .7 4.6 5.0

All items less food and

energy ........................... .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .3 3.1 2.4

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2

3

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1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

0

1

2

3

4

5

CPI-U 12-Month Changes, 1998 to Present

Percent Percent

All items less 

food and energy

All

items

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Recalculated Seasonally Adjusted Month to Month % Change Differences 

Month-to-month percent changes in the U.S. City Average Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for All 

Items and for All Items less food and energy, seasonally adjusted, using former and recalculated seasonal factors for 2007. 

All Items 

2007 Former Recalculated Difference 

January .2 .1 -.1 

February .4 .3 -.1 

March .6 .5 -.1 

April .4 .3 -.1 

May .7 .5 -.2 

June .2 .3 .1 

July .1 .2 .1 

August -.1 .0 .1 

September .3 .4 .1 

October .3 .3 .0 

November .8 .9 .1 

December .3 .4 .1 

All Items less food and energy 

2007 Former Recalculated Difference 

January .3 .2 -.1 

February .2 .2 .0 

March .1 .1 .0 

April .2 .2 .0 

May .1 .2 .1 

June .2 .2 .0 

July .2 .2 .0 

August .2 .2 .0 

September .2 .2 .0 

October .2 .2 .0 

November .3 .2 -.1 

December .2 .2 .0 

4 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
C-CPI-U Index Revisions 

In accordance with the previously-announced schedule, the Bureau of Labor Statistics is revising the 2006 and 2007 values 

of the Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U), effective with the release of January 2008 data. 

The C-CPI-U was introduced with release of July data on August 16, 2002. The index in its final form employs a Tornqvist 

formula and utilizes expenditure data in adjacent time periods in order to reflect the effect of any substitution that consumers make 

across item categories in response to changes in relative prices. The C-CPI-U was designed to be a closer approximation to a “costof-living” index than the CPI-U and CPI-W. The use of expenditure data for both a base period and a current period distinguishes the 

C-CPI-U from the other CPI measures, which use only a single expenditure base period to compute price change over time. 

Because the current expenditure data required for the calculation of the C-CPI-U are available only with a time lag, the index 

is issued first in preliminary form, using the latest available expenditure data at the time of publication, and is subject to two 

subsequent revisions. The preliminary values for each month of the preceding two years are revised annually with release of the

January index. Expenditure data for the year 2006 are now available, and the C-CPI-U indexes for that year are now in final form. 

The initial indexes for 2007 are now revised interim indexes. The C-CPI-U U.S. All Items index values for 2006 and 2007 as 

previously published and revised are shown below. 

For more information on the C-CPI-U, write to: 

Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes 

2 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Room 3130 

Washington, DC 20212 

Or contact Patrick Jackman or Rob Cage either by telephone at (202) 691-6952 or by electronic mail at Jackman.Patrick@bls.gov or 

Cage.Rob@bls.gov

U.S. City Average C-CPI-U All Items 

2006 Interim Final 

January 115.2 115.2

February 115.5 115.4

March 116.1 116.0

April 116.8 116.9

May 117.3 117.5

June 117.5 117.7

July 117.7 118.1

August 117.9 118.3

September 117.7 117.8

October 117.2 117.1

November 117.0 116.9

December 117.1 117.0

Annual average 116.9 117.0

2007 Initial Interim 

January 117.427 117.310

February 118.030 117.897

March 118.962 118.978

April 119.552 119.712

May 120.041 120.290

June 120.230 120.478

July 120.157 120.384

August 120.077 120.198

September 120.423 120.538

October 120.699 120.823

November 121.178 121.443

December 121.088 121.322

Annual average n.a. 119.948

5 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
A Note on Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Data 

Because price data are used for different purposes by different groups, the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes seasonally 

adjusted as well as unadjusted changes each month. 

For analyzing general price trends in the economy, seasonally adjusted changes are usually preferred since they eliminate the 

effect of changes that normally occur at the same time and in about the same magnitude every year--such as price movements 

resulting from changing climatic conditions, production cycles, model changeovers, holidays, and sales. 

The unadjusted data are of primary interest to consumers concerned about the prices they actually pay. Unadjusted data also 

are used extensively for escalation purposes. Many collective bargaining contract agreements and pension plans, for example, tie

compensation changes to the Consumer Price Index before adjustment for seasonal variation. 

Seasonal factors used in computing the seasonally adjusted indexes are derived by the X-12-ARIMA Seasonal Adjustment 

Method. Seasonally adjusted indexes and seasonal factors are computed annually. Each year, the last 5 years of seasonally adjusted 

data are revised. Data from January 2003 through December 2007 were replaced in January 2008. Exceptions to the usual revision

schedule were: the updated seasonal data at the end of 1977 replaced data from 1967 through 1977; and, in January 2002, dependently 

seasonally adjusted series were revised for January 1987-December 2001 as a result of a change in the aggregation weights for 

dependently adjusted series. For further information, please see “Aggregation of Dependently Adjusted Seasonally Adjusted Series,”

in the October 2001 issue of the CPI Detailed Report.

The seasonal movement of All items and 54 other aggregations is derived by combining the seasonal movement of 73 

selected components. Each year the seasonal status of every series is reevaluated based upon certain statistical criteria. If any of the 

73 components change their seasonal adjustment status from seasonally adjusted to not seasonally adjusted, not seasonally adjusted 

data will be used in the aggregation of the dependent series for the last 5 years, but the seasonally adjusted indexes will be used before 

that period. Note: 48 of the 73 components are seasonally adjusted for 2008. 

Seasonally adjusted data, including the All items index levels, are subject to revision for up to five years after their original

release. For this reason, BLS advises against the use of these data in escalation agreements. 

Effective with the calculation of the seasonal factors for 1990, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has used an enhanced seasonal 

adjustment procedure called Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment for some CPI series. Intervention Analysis Seasonal 

Adjustment allows for better estimates of seasonally adjusted data. Extreme values and/or sharp movements which might distort the 

seasonal pattern are estimated and removed from the data prior to calculation of seasonal factors. Beginning with the calculation of 

seasonal factors for 1996, X-12-ARIMA software was used for Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment. 

For the seasonal factors introduced in January 2008, BLS adjusted 20 series using Intervention Analysis Seasonal 

Adjustment, including selected food and beverage items, motor fuels, electricity and vehicles. For example, this procedure was used 

for the Motor fuel series to offset the effects of events such as damage to oil refineries from Hurricane Katrina. 

For a complete list of Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment series and explanations, please refer to the article 

“Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment”, located on our website at https://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpisapage.htm. 

For additional information on seasonal adjustment in the CPI, please write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of 

Consumer Prices and Price Indexes, Washington, DC 20212 or contact Jeff Wilson at (202) 691-6968, or by e-mail at 

Wilson.Jeff@bls.gov. If you have general questions about the CPI, please call our information staff at (202) 691-7000. 

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Intervention Analysis in Seasonal Adjustment 

In some Consumer Price Index (CPI) series, a process known as seasonal adjustment is used to identify and factor out seasonal 

movements. The resulting seasonally adjusted data reflect an estimate of nonseasonal price movements. The CPI uses the Bureau

of the Census X-12-ARIMA software to calculate factors for seasonal adjustment of both historical and current series. Some CPI

series are adjusted using the intervention analysis feature of the Census X-12 seasonal adjustment process. 

Intervention analysis seasonal adjustment allows nonseasonal economic phenomena, such as outliers and level shifts, to be 

factored out of indexes before calculation of seasonal adjustment factors. (An outlier is an extreme value for a particular month. A 

level shift is a change or shift in the price level of a CPI series caused by an event, such as a sales tax increase or oil embargo, 

occurring over one or several months.) The result is an adjustment based on a representation of the series with the seasonal pattern 

emphasized. Intervention analysis seasonal adjustment also makes it possible to account for seasonal shifts, resulting in a better

seasonal adjustment in the periods before and after the shift occurred. For those CPI series adjusted using intervention analysis

seasonal adjustment techniques the resulting seasonal factors better represent the true seasonal pattern than factors calculated

without these techniques. The seasonal factors are applied to the original unadjusted series. Level shifts and outliers, removed for 

the calculation of seasonal factors, are present in the seasonally adjusted series. 

When X-12-ARIMA is used to perform intervention analysis seasonal adjustment, unusual events are modeled as part of the 

seasonal adjustment process. X-12-ARIMA’s built-in regression variables are used for directly estimating the effects of sudden level 

changes and other disruptions and removing those effects before calculation of the seasonal factors. For a comprehensive discussion

of X-12-ARIMA and intervention analysis seasonal adjustment, see "Improvements to CPI Procedures for Intervention Analysis 

Seasonal Adjustment" in the December 1996 issue of the CPI Detailed Report.

A CPI series may receive intervention analysis seasonal adjustment (IASA) if the series is directly adjusted and has a relative

importance greater than 0.5% to the U.S. city average All items CPI index. If IASA is used for a component of the seasonally 

adjusted U.S. city average All items index, series which are subsets of the component series are also eligible for IASA. In January 

2008, BLS adjusted the series listed below using intervention analysis seasonal adjustment techniques. BLS examined these series 

using the 8-year span from January 2000 through December 2007. 

Beverage materials including coffee and tea 

Carbonated drinks 

Coffee 

Dairy and related products 

Electricity 

Gasoline, all types 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 

Ice cream and related products 

Juices and nonalcoholic drinks 

Motor fuel 

New cars 

New cars and trucks 

New trucks 

New vehicles 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials 

Nondurables less food and apparel 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel 

Utility (piped) gas service 

For each series that was adjusted using X-12-ARIMA intervention analysis seasonal adjustment, a list of level shifts is 

provided in the table below, along with the identified causes (events). Outliers are also included in the list. 

For further information, write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes, 2 

Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Room 3615, Washington, DC 20212-0001, or call Jeff Wilson at (202) 691-6968. Mr. Wilson may 

also be reached at Wilson.Jeff@bls.gov by e-mail. 

7 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Consumer Price Index series – intervention analysis seasonal adjustment 

 

 Level shift

 Series period(s) Event Outliers

Beverage materials 

including coffee and tea 

11/04-4/05 Smaller Brazilian coffee crop, rising Brazilian 

 currency 

None

Carbonated drinks 4/02-6/02

9/02

Promotions associated with significant new brand 

introductions

Return to normal level of promotions 

10/00, 8/01, 

7/03, 3/07 

Coffee 11/04-4/05 Smaller Brazilian coffee crop, rising Brazilian 

 currency 

None

Dairy and related products 3/04-6/04

6/04-9/04

4/07-8/07

Rising consumption, inadequate cheese and butter 

stocks, and very low milk production 

Low demand in response to tight markets, combined 

with rising production of milkfat products 

Increased domestic demand and tight global 

supplies of nonfat dry milk 

None

Electricity 6/01

1/06

Increasing demand due to warmer than expected 

 weather and raising rates to aid the conservation 

 of supplies 

Larger than normal increase due to recovery from 

 Hurricane Katrina 

11/05

Gasoline, all types 3/03-5/03

6/05-9/05

10/05-11/05 

8/06-10/06 

Oil strike in Venezuela ends, with faster than 

 expected increases in oil supply 

Damage to U.S. oil refineries resulting from 

 Hurricane Katrina, along with record global 

 petroleum demand and continued political unrest 

 in Iraq, Venezuela and Nigeria 

Recovery of domestic oil refineries in the Gulf of 

 Mexico, combined with easing crude oil prices 

Collapse in profit margins for oil refineries 

None

Gasoline, unleaded 

midgrade

3/03-5/03

6/05-9/05

10/05-11/05 

8/06-10/06 

Oil strike in Venezuela ends, with faster than 

 expected increases in oil supply 

Damage to U.S. oil refineries resulting from 

 Hurricane Katrina, along with record global 

 petroleum demand and continued political unrest 

 in Iraq, Venezuela and Nigeria 

Recovery of domestic oil refineries in the Gulf of 

 Mexico, combined with easing crude oil prices 

Collapse in profit margins for oil refineries 

None

Gasoline, unleaded 

premium

3/03-5/03

6/05-9/05

10/05-11/05 

8/06-10/06 

Oil strike in Venezuela ends, with faster than 

 expected increases in oil supply 

Damage to U.S. oil refineries resulting from 

 Hurricane Katrina, along with record global 

 petroleum demand and continued political unrest 

 in Iraq, Venezuela and Nigeria 

Recovery of domestic oil refineries in the Gulf of 

 Mexico, combined with easing crude oil prices 

Collapse in profit margins for oil refineries 

None

8 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
CPI series – intervention analysis seasonal adjustment-continued 

 

 Level shift

 Series period(s) Event Outliers

Gasoline, unleaded regular 3/03-5/03

6/05-9/05

10/05-11/05 

8/06-10/06 

Oil strike in Venezuela ends, with faster than 

 expected increases in oil supply 

Damage to U.S. oil refineries resulting from 

 Hurricane Katrina, along with record global 

 petroleum demand and continued political unrest 

 in Iraq, Venezuela and Nigeria 

Recovery of domestic oil refineries in the Gulf of 

 Mexico, combined with easing crude oil prices 

Collapse in profit margins for oil refineries 

None

Ice cream and related 

products

5/01-7/01

3/03-6/03

Early year drop in milk production was slow to 

 recover. Demand for dairy products remained 

 strong. 

Sluggish demand for dairy food “treats” 

11/03, 6/05, 

8/06

Juices and non-alcoholic 

drinks 

4/02-6/02

9/02

2/05-4/05

Promotions associated with significant new brand 

 introductions 

Return to normal level of promotions for carbonated 

 drinks 

Orange juice futures increased due to cuts in 

 projected citrus production of Florida, related to 

 the previous hurricane season 

10/00, 8/01, 

7/03, 11/03, 

3/07

Motor fuel 3/03-5/03

6/05-9/05

10/05-11/05 

8/06-10/06 

Oil strike in Venezuela ends, with faster than 

 expected increases in oil supply 

Damage to U.S. oil refineries resulting from 

 Hurricane Katrina, along with record global 

 petroleum demand and continued political unrest 

 in Iraq, Venezuela and Nigeria 

Recovery of domestic oil refineries in the Gulf of 

 Mexico, combined with easing crude oil prices 

Collapse in profit margins for oil refineries 

None

New cars 6/04-8/04

11/04

6/05-8/05

8/05-10/05 

Effect of very large cash incentives offered by 

 domestic automakers 

Return to normal promotions, combined with the 

 effect of a model changeover 

Employee pricing discounts offered by domestic 

 automakers and corresponding incentives offered 

 by imported makes 

Short supply of fuel-efficient vehicles in light of 

 record gasoline prices, combined with early 2006 

 model changeovers and a return to normal 

 promotions following employee pricing offers 

11/01, 12/01, 

1/02, 1/03, 

2/03, 8/03 

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CPI series – intervention analysis seasonal adjustment-continued 

 

 Level shift

 Series period(s) Event Outliers

New cars and trucks 6/04-8/04

11/04

6/05-8/05

8/05-10/05 

Effect of very large cash incentives offered by 

domestic automakers 

Return to normal promotions, combined with the 

effect of a model changeover

Employee pricing discounts offered by domestic 

automakers and corresponding incentives 

offered by imported makes 

Short supply of fuel-efficient vehicles in light of 

record gasoline prices, combined with early 2006 

model changeovers and a return to normal 

promotions following employee pricing offers 

11/01, 12/01, 

1/02, 1/03, 

2/03, 8/03 

New trucks 6/04-8/04

11/04

6/05-8/05

8/05-10/05 

Effect of very large cash incentives offered by 

domestic automakers 

Return to normal promotions, combined with the 

effect of a model changeover

Employee pricing discounts offered by domestic 

automakers and corresponding incentives 

offered by imported makes 

Return to normal pricing following employee pricing 

offers

10/01, 11/01, 

12/01, 1/02, 

1/03, 2/03, 

10/06

New vehicles 6/04-8/04

11/04

6/05-8/05

8/05-10/05 

 Effect of very large cash incentives offered by 

domestic automakers 

Return to normal promotions, combined with the 

effect of a model changeover

Employee pricing discounts offered by domestic 

automakers and corresponding incentives 

offered by imported makes 

Short supply of fuel-efficient vehicles in light of 

record gasoline prices, combined with early 2006 

model changeovers and a return to normal 

promotions following employee pricing offers 

11/01 12/01, 

1/02, 1/03, 

2/03, 8/03 

Nonalcoholic beverages 

and beverage materials 

4/02-6/02

9/02

2/05-4/05

Promotions associated with significant new brand 

introductions in carbonated drinks 

Return to normal level of promotions for carbonated 

drinks

Orange juice futures increased due to cuts in 

projected citrus production of Florida, related to 

the previous hurricane season, combined with a 

small Brazilian coffee crop 

10/00, 8/01, 

7/03, 11/03, 

3/07

Nondurables less food and 

apparel

3/03-5/03

6/05-9/05

10/05-11/05 

8/06-10/06 

Oil strike in Venezuela ends, with faster than 

expected increases in oil supply 

Damage to U.S. oil refineries resulting from 

Hurricane Katrina, along with record global 

petroleum demand and continued political unrest 

in Iraq, Venezuela and Nigeria 

Recovery of domestic oil refineries in the Gulf of 

Mexico, combined with easing crude oil prices 

Collapse in profit margins for oil refineries 

None

10 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
CPI series – intervention analysis seasonal adjustment-continued 

 

 Level shift

 Series period(s) Event Outliers

Nondurables less food, 

beverages, and apparel 

3/03-5/03

6/05-9/05

10/05-11/05 

8/06-10/06 

Oil strike in Venezuela ends, with faster than 

expected increases in oil supply 

Damage to U.S. oil refineries resulting from 

Hurricane Katrina, along with record global 

petroleum demand and continued political unrest 

in Iraq, Venezuela and Nigeria 

Recovery of domestic oil refineries in the Gulf of 

Mexico, combined with easing crude oil prices 

Collapse in profit margins for oil refineries 

None

Utility (piped) gas service 11/00-1/01 

1/03-3/03

8/05-10/05 

Low inventories for the expected demand of the 

 winter heating season 

Supply problems in Venezuela, onset of colder than 

 expected weather, and historically low storage 

 levels 

Supply disruptions due to Hurricane Katrina 

10/06

11 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Response Rates for the Consumer 

Price Indexes, 2007

This article and the accompanying tables update articles previously published on response rates in the CPI Detailed Report

for March 1991, and in the January issues of 1993 through 2007. 

 In an effort to measure the outcome of data collection for the CPI, the BLS calculates response rates. Response rates 

measure the proportion of completed surveys to those issued and help measure the accuracy of the CPI. Failure of a data unit 

to respond at either the data collection stage or estimation stage represents a loss of statistical information which dilutes the

accuracy of the sample. The BLS publishes response rates annually to assist the data user in judging the accuracy of CPI 

data. 

The BLS calculates response rates for the CPI-U at the data collection and data estimation phases for pricing. The 

response rate at the data collection phase is the number of responding sample units divided by the number of eligible sample 

units. A sample unit is eligible if it belongs to the defined target population and if it should provide information for one or

more items. The response rate at estimation is defined as the number of sample units used in estimation divided by the 

number of eligible sample units. 

 Response rates for 2007 are presented in tables R-1 through R-17. Table R-1 shows response rates for all data included 

in the CPI-U, U.S. city average, by major group, for all of 2007. Tables R-2 through R-17 show rates for current data 

collection in selected areas for which indexes are published monthly and bimonthly. 

The response rates in tables R-1 through R-17 are separated into commodities and services, and the shelter portion of 

housing. Commodities and services are further broken down into outlets and quotes. An "outlet" is a generic term that 

designates the place where prices are collected. A "quote" is a specific item to be priced in a specific outlet. There may be

from 1 to more than 50 quotes priced in each outlet. 

In table R-1, it is important to note the relatively low percentages of quotes reported, collected and used in estimation for 

apparel. Low rates for these items can be partially attributed to the design of the apparel sample. Because seasonal apparel 

items commonly are in stores only during certain times of the year, most of the apparel sample is doubled, with each half of 

the sample designated for pricing during part of the year. Thus, at any particular time of the year, a large number of apparel

quotes, although eligible, are designated out of season and are not collected. 

The response rates at the data collection phase for shelter are separated into three categories. If useable information is 

obtained, the unit is designated data reported. If the assigned unit is located but is unoccupied, the unit is designated found 

vacant. In instances where the unit is eligible but no data are available (for example, refusals or no one at home) the unit is 

designated other.

 For additional information on response rates, write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Consumer Prices and 

Price Indexes, Room 3615, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Washington, DC 20212-0001, or call Doris L. Johnson at (202) 

691-7000, or email her at Johnson.Doris@bls.gov. 

12 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table R-1. Response rates for the CPI-U, U.S. city average, by major group and shelter, 200

7

 Quotes

Commodities and 

services

Outlets

Total

Food and 

beverages

Housing

(excluding

shelter)

Apparel Transpor- tation Medical care Recre- ation

Education and 

communication

Other

goods and 

services

Eligible 322,494 1,144,019 438,522 182,283 147,120 136,705 48,924 78,363 67,232 44,870Collected Number 309,552 966,138 399,161 163,964 78,269 125,456 37,666 65,935 54,598 41,089 Percent 96.0 84.5 91.0 90.0 53.2 91.8 77.0 84.1 81.2 91.6

Used in estimation

 Number 295,999 941,221 393,262 159,891 72,885 122,183 36,488 62,808 53,282 40,422 Percent 91.8 82.3 89.7 87.7 49.5 89.4 74.6 80.2 79.3 90.1

Shelter All Units

Eligible Number 63,348

 Percent 100.0Collected Data reported Number 45,961

 Percent 72.6 Found vacant Number 6,204 Percent 9.8 Other Number 11,183

 Percent 17.7Used in estimation Number 52,165

 Percent 82.3

13 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table R-2. Response rates for the CPI-U, Chicago-GaryKenosha, IL-IN-WI, 2007

Commodities Total

and services Outlets Quotes Shelter All Units

Eligible 16,774 51,130 Eligible

Collected Number 2,030

 Number 16,099 42,428 Percent 100.0

 Percent 96.0 83.0 Collected

Used in estimation Data reported

 Number 15,424 41,515 Number 1,197

Percent 92.0 81.2 Percent 59.0

Found vacant

 Number 240

 Percent 11.8

Other

 Number 593

 Percent 29.2

Used in estimation

 Number 1,437

 Percent 70.8

14 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table R-3. Response rates for the CPI-U, Los AngelesRiverside-Orange County, CA, 2007

Commodities Total

and services Outlets Quotes Shelter All Units

Eligible 25,106 77,492 Eligible

Collected Number 4,229

 Number 24,425 64,491 Percent 100.0

 Percent 97.3 83.2 Collected

Used in estimation Data reported

 Number 23,128 62,772 Number 2,934

Percent 92.1 81.0 Percent 69.4

Found vacant

 Number 167

 Percent 3.9

Other

 Number 1,128

 Percent 26.7

Used in estimation

 Number 3,101

 Percent 73.3

15 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table R-4. Response rates for the CPI-U, NY-Northern NJ-Long

Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, 2007

Commodities Total

and services Outlets Quotes Shelter All Units

Eligible 34,793 117,673 Eligible

Collected Number 4,914

 Number 33,282 96,082 Percent 100.0

 Percent 95.7 81.7 Collected

Used in estimation Data reported

 Number 31,759 93,774 Number 3,245

Percent 91.3 79.7 Percent 66.0

Found vacant

 Number 277

 Percent 5.6

Other

 Number 1,392

 Percent 28.3

Used in estimation

 Number 3,522

 Percent 71.7

16 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table R-5. Response rates for the CPI-U, Phil.-WilmingtonTrenton, PA-NJ-KE-MD, 2007

Commodities Total

and services Outlets Quotes Shelter All Units

Eligible 8,318 25,922 Eligible

Collected Number 1,477

 Number 8,037 22,244 Percent 100.0

 Percent 96.6 85.8 Collected

Used in estimation Data reported

 Number 7,731 21,629 Number 1,016

Percent 92.9 83.4 Percent 68.8

Found vacant

 Number 166

 Percent 11.2

Other

 Number 295

 Percent 20.0

Used in estimation

 Number 1,182

 Percent 80.0

17 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table R-6. Response rates for the CPI-U, San FranciscoOakland-San Jose, CA, 2007

Commodities Total

and services Outlets Quotes Shelter All Units

Eligible 6,508 23,800 Eligible

Collected Number 2,877

 Number 6,225 19,824 Percent 100.0

 Percent 95.7 83.3 Collected

Used in estimation Data reported

 Number 5,943 19,233 Number 2,100

Percent 91.3 80.8 Percent 73.0

Found vacant

 Number 165

 Percent 5.7

Other

 Number 612

 Percent 21.3

Used in estimation

 Number 2,265

 Percent 78.7

18 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table R-7. Response rates for the CPI-U, WashingtonBaltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, 2007

Commodities Total

and services Outlets Quotes Shelter All Units

Eligible 8,009 27,731 Eligible

Collected Number 1,744

 Number 7,670 22,332 Percent 100.0

 Percent 95.8 80.5 Collected

Used in estimation Data reported

 Number 7,286 21,559 Number 1,363

Percent 91.0 77.7 Percent 78.2

Found vacant

 Number 121

 Percent 6.9

Other

 Number 260

 Percent 14.9

Used in estimation

 Number 1,484

 Percent 85.1

19 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table R-8. Response rates for the CPI-U, Boston-BrocktonNashua, MA-NH-ME-CT, 2007

Commodities Total

and services Outlets Quotes Shelter All Units

Eligible 5,335 18,403 Eligible

Collected Number 1,477

 Number 5,060 14,763 Percent 100.0

 Percent 94.8 80.2 Collected

Used in estimation Data reported

 Number 4,770 14,215 Number 1,035

Percent 89.4 77.2 Percent 70.1

Found vacant

 Number 122

 Percent 8.3

Other

 Number 320

 Percent 21.7

Used in estimation

 Number 1,157

 Percent 78.3

20 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table R-9. Response rates for the CPI-U, ClevelandAkron, OH, 2007

Commodities Total

and services Outlets Quotes Shelter All Units

Eligible 3,921 14,535 Eligible

Collected Number 1,309

 Number 3,703 11,666 Percent 100.0

 Percent 94.4 80.3 Collected

Used in estimation Data reported

 Number 3,533 11,260 Number 912

Percent 90.1 77.5 Percent 69.7

Found vacant

 Number 206

 Percent 15.7

Other

 Number 191

 Percent 14.6

Used in estimation

 Number 1,118

 Percent 85.4

21 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table R-10. Response rates for the CPI-U, Miami-Fort

Lauderdale, FL, 2007

Commodities Total

and services Outlets Quotes Shelter All Units

Eligible 1,514 6,766 Eligible

Collected Number 881

 Number 1,470 6,258 Percent 100.0

 Percent 97.1 92.5 Collected

Used in estimation Data reported

 Number 1,454 6,205 Number 685

Percent 96.0 91.7 Percent 77.8

Found vacant

 Number 80

 Percent 9.1

Other

 Number 116

 Percent 13.2

Used in estimation

 Number 765

 Percent 86.8

22 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table R-11. Response rates for the CPI-U, St. Louis, 

MO-IL, 2007

Commodities Total

and services Outlets Quotes Shelter All Units

Eligible 1,348 5,829 Eligible

Collected Number 646

 Number 1,320 5,354 Percent 100.0

 Percent 97.9 91.9 Collected

Used in estimation Data reported

 Number 1,289 5,264 Number 434

Percent 95.6 90.3 Percent 67.2

Found vacant

 Number 64

 Percent 9.9

Other

 Number 148

 Percent 22.9

Used in estimation

 Number 498

 Percent 77.1

23 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table R-12. Response rates for the CPI-U, Dallas-Fort

Worth, TX, 2007

Commodities Total

and services Outlets Quotes Shelter All Units

Eligible 1,831 6,302 Eligible

Collected Number 1,243

 Number 1,787 5,777 Percent 100.0

 Percent 97.6 91.7 Collected

Used in estimation Data reported

 Number 1,768 5,707 Number 956

Percent 96.6 90.6 Percent 76.9

Found vacant

 Number 126

 Percent 10.1

Other

 Number 161

 Percent 13.0

Used in estimation

 Number 1,082

 Percent 87.0

24 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table R-13. Response rates for the CPI-U, Detroit-Ann 

Arbor-Flint, MI, 2007

Commodities Total

and services Outlets Quotes Shelter All Units

Eligible 5,021 17,471 Eligible

Collected Number 1,171

 Number 4,650 13,929 Percent 100.0

 Percent 92.6 79.7 Collected

Used in estimation Data reported

 Number 4,421 13,420 Number 793

Percent 88.1 76.8 Percent 67.7

Found vacant

 Number 160

 Percent 13.7

Other

 Number 218

 Percent 18.6

Used in estimation

 Number 953

 Percent 81.4

25 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table R-14. Response rates for the CPI-U, HoustonGalveston-Brazoria, TX, 2007

Commodities Total

and services Outlets Quotes Shelter All Units

Eligible 3,790 13,156 Eligible

Collected Number 1,139

 Number 3,616 11,112 Percent 100.0

 Percent 95.4 84.5 Collected

Used in estimation Data reported

 Number 3,412 10,725 Number 760

Percent 90.0 81.5 Percent 66.7

Found vacant

 Number 143

 Percent 12.6

Other

 Number 236

 Percent 20.7

Used in estimation

 Number 903

 Percent 79.3

26 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table R-15. Response rates for the CPI-U, 

Pittsburgh, PA, 2007

Commodities Total

and services Outlets Quotes Shelter All Units

Eligible 3,570 12,745 Eligible

Collected Number 736

 Number 3,409 10,347 Percent 100.0

 Percent 95.5 81.2 Collected

Used in estimation Data reported

 Number 3,262 10,040 Number 453

Percent 91.4 78.8 Percent 61.5

Found vacant

 Number 116

 Percent 15.8

Other

 Number 167

 Percent 22.7

Used in estimation

 Number 569

 Percent 77.3

27 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table R-16. Response rates for the CPI-U, 

Phoenix-Mesa, AZ., 2007

Commodities Total

and services Outlets Quotes Shelter All Units

Eligible 3,380 12,898 Eligible

Collected Number 621

 Number 3,279 11,042 Percent 100.0

 Percent 97.0 85.6 Collected

Used in estimation Data reported

 Number 3,150 10,646 Number 487

 Percent 93.2 82.5 Percent 78.4

Found vacant

 Number 69

 Percent 11.1

Other

 Number 65

 Percent 10.5

Used in estimation

 Number 556

 Percent 89.5

28 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table R-17. Response rates for the CPI-U, 

Atlanta, GA., 2007

Commodities Total

and services Outlets Quotes Shelter All Units

Eligible 4,580 14,046 Eligible

Collected Number 1,345

 Number 4,397 11,575 Percent 100.0

 Percent 96.0 82.4 Collected

Used in estimation Data reported

 Number 4,173 11,194 Number 862

 Percent 91.1 79.7 Percent 64.1

Found vacant

 Number 160

 Percent 11.9

Other

 Number 323

 Percent 24.0

Used in estimation

 Number 1,022

 Percent 76.0

29 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and

service group 

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Relative

importance,

December

2007

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2008 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

All items ........................................................................................ 100.000 210.036 211.080 4.3 0.5 0.9 0.4 0.4 

All items (1967=100) .................................................................... -

 629.174 632.301 - ----

Food and beverages .................................................................. 14.914 206.936 208.837 4.8 .9 .4 .1 .7 

Food ......................................................................................... 13.833 206.704 208.618 4.9 .9 .4 .1 .7 

Food at home ......................................................................... 7.660 205.208 207.983 5.8 1.4 .5 .0 .9 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................... 1.030 226.461 228.661 5.7 1.0 .7 .6 .6 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. 1.807 198.755 200.035 5.5 .6 .0 -.1 .8 

Dairy and related products ................................................... .887 205.299 206.905 12.8 .8 .5 -.2 .2 

Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... 1.156 272.482 279.072 6.1 2.4 2.0 -.3 2.2 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................ .928 153.648 157.863 4.5 2.7 -.3 -.3 1.6 

Other food at home .............................................................. 1.852 174.057 176.085 3.0 1.2 .2 .2 .4 

Sugar and sweets .............................................................. .277 178.631 180.193 2.9 .9 .7 .4 -.1 

Fats and oils ....................................................................... .205 176.068 181.813 6.9 3.3 .7 1.0 1.3 

Other foods ........................................................................ 1.369 188.325 190.037 2.4 .9 .0 .0 .4 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... .404 115.267 115.162 .4 -.1 .5 -.1 -.1 

Food away from home 1 ......................................................... 6.173 210.233 211.070 3.9 .4 .3 .2 .4 

Other food away from home 1 2 ........................................... .297 145.814 146.649 4.1 .6 .4 -.6 .6 

Alcoholic beverages ................................................................. 1.080 208.704 210.425 3.7 .8 .2 .2 .4 

Housing ...................................................................................... 42.427 210.933 212.244 3.0 .6 .4 .3 .2 

Shelter ...................................................................................... 32.596 242.372 243.871 3.1 .6 .3 .3 .3 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................... 5.765 239.102 239.850 3.9 .3 .4 .4 .3 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................... 2.564 133.545 140.176 4.9 5.0 -.2 .3 1.1 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 .................. 23.942 249.532 250.106 2.8 .2 .3 .3 .3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... .325 117.003 117.435 .0 .4 .3 .0 .4 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 5.128 203.006 204.796 5.4 .9 1.1 .3 .0 

Household energy .................................................................. 4.215 183.516 185.107 5.3 .9 1.3 .3 -.1 

Fuel oil and other fuels ......................................................... .351 299.296 306.937 34.7 2.6 8.9 2.5 3.7 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ................................................. 3.864 185.155 186.475 3.0 .7 .6 .1 -.5 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................... .913 146.878 148.277 5.4 1.0 .6 .5 .6 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 4.702 126.066 126.515 -.5 .4 .0 .0 .1 

Household operations 1 2 ....................................................... .737 142.100 142.828 2.4 .5 .4 .3 .5 

Apparel ....................................................................................... 3.731 118.257 115.795 -.2 -2.1 .6 .1 .4 

Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... .935 112.026 110.691 .3 -1.2 -.1 -.2 .7 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... 1.600 109.418 104.367 -1.4 -4.6 .8 .8 .2 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... .185 113.779 113.861 1.3 .1 .8 -.9 1.2 

Footwear .................................................................................. .679 122.258 121.148 .2 -.9 1.1 -.9 .6

Transportation ............................................................................ 17.688 189.984 190.839 9.4 .5 3.5 1.0 .5 

Private transportation ............................................................... 16.583 186.134 186.978 9.6 .5 3.7 1.0 .6 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. 7.191 94.754 94.834 .0 .1 .0 .0 -.1 

New vehicles ........................................................................ 4.632 136.664 136.827 -.6 .1 .0 -.1 -.3 

Used cars and trucks 1 ......................................................... 1.773 136.943 137.203 1.4 .2 -.2 .2 .2 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 5.482 258.132 260.523 34.4 .9 11.8 2.8 1.1 

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 5.215 256.790 259.338 34.5 1.0 11.8 2.8 1.2 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ..................................... .356 123.928 124.282 3.8 .3 .4 .4 .3 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................... 1.123 226.120 227.732 3.9 .7 .3 .3 .7 

Public transportation ................................................................ 1.106 233.408 234.334 5.8 .4 1.3 .9 .4 

Medical care ............................................................................... 6.231 357.661 360.459 4.9 .8 .4 .3 .5

Medical care commodities ........................................................ 1.601 293.610 295.355 2.5 .6 .4 .3 .5 

Medical care services ............................................................... 4.630 376.940 380.135 5.7 .8 .4 .3 .6 

Professional services ............................................................. 2.626 304.784 306.529 3.8 .6 .2 .3 .4 

Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 1.467 515.677 523.313 8.5 1.5 .6 .5 1.0 

See footnotes at end of table.

30 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and

service group -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Relative

importance,

December

2007

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2008 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ............................................................................... 5.647 111.705 112.083 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.2 

Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 1.843 102.691 102.986 .2 .3 -.2 .3 .0 

Education and communication 2 ................................................ 6.086 121.506 121.762 3.4 .2 .0 .3 .4 

Education 2 .............................................................................. 2.944 176.927 177.440 5.9 .3 .5 .5 .6 

Educational books and supplies ............................................. .207 434.352 437.822 7.9 .8 .6 .8 .1 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................ 2.736 510.016 511.301 5.7 .3 .5 .5 .6 

Communication 2 ..................................................................... 3.142 83.282 83.396 .7 .1 -.5 .0 .1 

Information and information processing 1 2 ............................ 2.975 80.546 80.642 .5 .1 -.5 .0 .1 

Telephone services 1 2 ......................................................... 2.342 98.792 98.906 2.1 .1 -.3 .0 .1 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ............. .634 10.215 10.229 -6.2 .1 -1.7 .1 .1 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 126 ......... .242 8.936 9.026 -12.0 1.0 -4.1 -.1 1.0 

Other goods and services .......................................................... 3.277 337.633 339.052 3.0 .4 .2 .3 .4 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ .731 566.696 572.684 5.4 1.1 .2 .8 1.1 

Personal care ........................................................................... 2.546 197.643 198.112 2.4 .2 .2 .1 .2 

Personal care products 1 ....................................................... .639 158.236 158.201 .3 .0 .1 -.2 .0 

Personal care services 1 ........................................................ .629 219.656 219.932 2.8 .1 .3 .5 .1 

Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... 1.044 329.908 332.183 3.8 .7 .2 .4 .6 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ................................................................................ 41.269 170.511 171.179 5.7 .4 1.8 .5 .5 

Food and beverages .................................................................. 14.914 206.936 208.837 4.8 .9 .4 .1 .7 

Commodities less food and beverages ...................................... 26.356 150.162 150.303 6.2 .1 2.6 .7 .4 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..................................... 15.519 188.635 188.692 11.8 .0 5.5 -.2 1.4 

Apparel ................................................................................... 3.731 118.257 115.795 -.2 -2.1 .6 .1 .4

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................... 11.787 236.735 238.389 16.0 .7 5.4 1.2 1.6 

Durables ................................................................................... 10.837 112.093 112.300 -.9 .2 .1 -.1 -.1 

Services ....................................................................................... 58.731 249.225 250.648 3.3 .6 .3 .3 .3 

Rent of shelter 4 ......................................................................... 32.271 252.669 254.239 3.1 .6 .3 .3 .4 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... .325 117.003 117.435 .0 .4 .3 .0 .4 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................................... 3.864 185.155 186.475 3.0 .7 .6 .1 -.5 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ....................... .913 146.878 148.277 5.4 1.0 .6 .5 .6 

Household operations 1 2 ........................................................... .737 142.100 142.828 2.4 .5 .4 .3 .5 

Transportation services .............................................................. 5.350 236.504 237.347 2.6 .4 .4 .4 .5 

Medical care services ................................................................. 4.630 376.940 380.135 5.7 .8 .4 .3 .6 

Other services ............................................................................ 10.641 289.945 290.905 3.4 .3 .2 .3 .3

Special indexes

All items less food ........................................................................ 86.167 210.610 211.512 4.2 .4 1.0 .4 .3 

All items less shelter .................................................................... 67.404 199.734 200.609 4.9 .4 1.2 .4 .4 

All items less medical care ........................................................... 93.769 202.600 203.569 4.2 .5 .9 .4 .4 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 27.436 152.344 152.531 6.1 .1 2.5 .6 .4 

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 16.599 189.844 190.000 11.2 .1 5.1 .2 1.0

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. 12.868 233.014 234.667 14.8 .7 5.1 1.3 1.2 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 30.432 198.422 199.346 8.2 .5 2.6 .3 .8 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... 26.460 263.966 265.311 3.6 .5 .3 .3 .2 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 54.101 238.894 240.201 3.1 .5 .2 .3 .3 

Energy .......................................................................................... 9.698 217.506 219.465 19.6 .9 6.9 1.7 .7 

All items less energy .................................................................... 90.302 210.890 211.846 2.8 .5 .3 .2 .4

All items less food and energy ................................................... 76.469 212.356 213.138 2.5 .4 .2 .2 .3 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................... 21.602 140.014 139.845 .2 -.1 .1 .0 .2 

Energy commodities ............................................................... 5.834 261.976 264.660 34.4 1.0 11.6 2.8 1.3 

Services less energy services .................................................. 54.867 255.785 257.220 3.4 .6 .3 .3 .4 

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1982-84=$1.00) ........ -

 $ .476 $ .474 - ----

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ............. - $ .159 $ .158 - ----

1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other

item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.

6 This item will be rebased to December 2007=100 beginning with the

release of March 2008 data. All historical data will be revised to reflect the

new base. - Data not available.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

31 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category

and commodity and service group 

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Seasonally adjusted indexes

Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Apr.

2007

July

2007

Oct.

2007

Jan.

2008

July

2007

Jan.

2008

Expenditure category

All items .............................................................................. 209.055 210.930 211.680 212.516 4.4 3.9 2.6 6.8 4.1 4.7 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 205.985 206.740 206.929 208.326 5.5 4.7 4.5 4.6 5.1 4.6 

Food ................................................................................ 205.636 206.414 206.584 208.026 5.6 4.8 4.6 4.7 5.2 4.6 

Food at home ................................................................ 204.056 204.982 205.001 206.921 7.5 5.2 4.5 5.7 6.3 5.1 

Cereals and bakery products ...................................... 225.016 226.575 227.852 229.175 6.3 4.0 5.0 7.6 5.2 6.3 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................... 198.436 198.357 198.250 199.747 10.5 5.2 3.4 2.7 7.8 3.0 

Dairy and related products .......................................... 204.544 205.627 205.278 205.698 8.4 29.2 12.9 2.3 18.4 7.5 

Fruits and vegetables .................................................. 262.008 267.159 266.288 272.105 11.2 -5.5 4.0 16.3 2.5 10.0 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ....... 155.354 154.933 154.480 156.941 4.6 5.1 4.1 4.1 4.8 4.1 

Other food at home ..................................................... 174.686 175.064 175.436 176.178 3.4 3.1 2.3 3.5 3.3 2.9 

Sugar and sweets ..................................................... 178.095 179.285 179.933 179.774 1.7 3.7 2.3 3.8 2.7 3.1 

Fats and oils .............................................................. 175.380 176.692 178.470 180.743 3.6 6.6 4.6 12.8 5.1 8.6 

Other foods ............................................................... 189.591 189.597 189.640 190.435 3.8 2.4 1.8 1.8 3.1 1.8

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................ 114.850 115.396 115.267 115.162 2.3 -1.0 -.6 1.1 .6 .3 

Food away from home 1 ............................................... 209.275 209.854 210.233 211.070 3.1 4.4 4.6 3.5 3.7 4.0 

Other food away from home 1 2 .................................. 146.074 146.628 145.814 146.649 6.5 4.6 3.6 1.6 5.6 2.6 

Alcoholic beverages ........................................................ 209.252 209.711 210.143 210.953 4.2 3.6 3.6 3.3 3.9 3.4

Housing ............................................................................. 211.110 211.861 212.409 212.920 3.5 2.8 2.2 3.5 3.2 2.9 

Shelter ............................................................................. 242.635 243.295 243.974 244.744 2.8 3.4 2.7 3.5 3.1 3.1 

Rent of primary residence 3 .......................................... 237.122 238.050 238.925 239.745 4.0 3.3 3.8 4.5 3.7 4.2 

Lodging away from home 2 ........................................... 144.875 144.578 145.050 146.695 .3 16.4 -1.3 5.1 8.0 1.8 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ......... 248.045 248.790 249.425 250.051 2.9 2.0 2.9 3.3 2.4 3.1 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ......................... 116.640 116.997 117.003 117.435 .5 -3.3 .2 2.8 -1.4 1.5 

Fuels and utilities ............................................................ 202.591 204.915 205.615 205.567 10.5 2.7 2.9 6.0 6.5 4.5 

Household energy ......................................................... 183.354 185.667 186.261 185.991 11.7 2.3 2.5 5.9 6.9 4.2

Fuel oil and other fuels ................................................ 264.654 288.217 295.293 306.227 17.7 22.4 27.3 79.3 20.0 51.1 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................... 187.206 188.264 188.470 187.489 11.2 .7 .6 .6 5.8 .6 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .......... 145.748 146.602 147.262 148.142 4.9 5.1 5.0 6.7 5.0 5.9 

Household furnishings and operations ............................ 126.377 126.406 126.414 126.493 .3 -.7 -1.7 .4 -.2 -.7 

Household operations 1 2 ............................................. 141.013 141.610 142.100 142.828 2.1 1.3 .9 5.2 1.7 3.1 

Apparel .............................................................................. 118.430 119.125 119.240 119.759 -2.9 -1.3 -.9 4.6 -2.1 1.8 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. 112.422 112.341 112.167 112.941 -.8 2.3 -2.0 1.9 .7 -.1

Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. 108.734 109.575 110.443 110.658 -4.1 -6.9 -1.6 7.3 -5.5 2.7 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... 114.786 115.708 114.632 116.049 -3.7 -4.7 9.7 4.5 -4.2 7.0 

Footwear ......................................................................... 122.165 123.519 122.469 123.246 -3.9 3.7 -2.4 3.6 -.2 .5 

Transportation ................................................................... 186.134 192.718 194.653 195.722 9.3 7.8 1.7 22.3 8.5 11.5 

Private transportation ...................................................... 182.124 188.833 190.738 191.811 9.8 8.2 1.3 23.0 9.0 11.6 

New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................... 94.384 94.372 94.405 94.318 -.5 .8 .0 -.3 .1 -.1 

New vehicles ............................................................... 135.984 136.038 135.953 135.597 .6 -.7 -1.0 -1.1 -.1 -1.1 

Used cars and trucks 1 ............................................... 136.950 136.616 136.943 137.203 -2.6 5.0 2.8 .7 1.1 1.7 

Motor fuel ...................................................................... 243.617 272.290 279.928 283.011 38.0 26.3 2.6 82.1 32.1 36.7 

Gasoline (all types) ..................................................... 242.460 271.068 278.588 281.880 38.3 26.3 2.6 82.7 32.2 36.9 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................ 123.017 123.487 123.928 124.282 3.2 2.7 5.0 4.2 3.0 4.6 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .......................... 224.826 225.440 226.137 227.730 4.4 3.4 2.4 5.3 3.9 3.8 

Public transportation ....................................................... 233.276 236.368 238.571 239.414 2.4 1.1 9.3 10.9 1.7 10.1 

Medical care ...................................................................... 356.384 357.745 358.861 360.815 4.1 5.0 5.6 5.1 4.5 5.3 

Medical care commodities .............................................. 292.110 293.352 294.241 295.763 -.3 2.3 3.0 5.1 1.0 4.1 

Medical care services ..................................................... 375.763 377.152 378.338 380.459 5.4 5.8 6.4 5.1 5.6 5.7

Professional services .................................................... 304.197 304.874 305.907 307.011 3.4 3.8 4.4 3.8 3.6 4.1

Hospital and related services 3 ..................................... 511.704 514.748 517.505 522.889 7.4 7.9 9.7 9.0 7.7 9.4 

See footnotes at end of table.

32 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category

and commodity and service group -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Seasonally adjusted indexes

Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Apr.

2007

July

2007

Oct.

2007

Jan.

2008

July

2007

Jan.

2008

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ...................................................................... 111.793 111.978 112.008 112.242 0.2 0.4 1.7 1.6 0.3 1.6 

Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 103.132 102.974 103.291 103.337 -1.9 .5 1.4 .8 -.7 1.1 

Education and communication 2 ....................................... 120.741 120.792 121.127 121.578 4.1 3.5 3.1 2.8 3.8 2.9 

Education 2 ..................................................................... 174.058 174.992 175.861 176.895 6.0 5.2 5.6 6.7 5.6 6.1 

Educational books and supplies ................................... 430.155 432.699 436.329 436.635 9.5 7.8 8.3 6.2 8.6 7.2 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ...................... 501.501 504.173 506.547 509.715 5.7 5.0 5.4 6.7 5.4 6.0 

Communication 2 ............................................................ 83.663 83.254 83.287 83.392 2.1 1.7 .5 -1.3 1.9 -.4 

Information and information processing 1 2 .................. 80.946 80.519 80.546 80.642 2.2 .8 .5 -1.5 1.5 -.5 

Telephone services 1 2 ............................................... 99.031 98.775 98.792 98.906 3.0 4.0 1.9 -.5 3.5 .7 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 .... 10.385 10.204 10.215 10.229 -1.1 -12.0 -5.3 -5.9 -6.7 -5.6 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 126 9.324 8.946 8.936 9.026 -3.3 -20.6 -11.1 -12.2 -12.4 -11.6 

Other goods and services ................................................. 335.843 336.671 337.641 339.063 2.7 2.6 2.8 3.9 2.7 3.3 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... 560.626 561.967 566.696 572.684 3.1 4.7 4.9 8.9 3.9 6.9 

Personal care .................................................................. 196.884 197.373 197.648 198.120 2.6 2.1 2.2 2.5 2.3 2.4 

Personal care products 1 .............................................. 158.381 158.561 158.236 158.201 2.5 -.5 -.2 -.5 1.0 -.3 

Personal care services 1 ............................................... 217.887 218.604 219.656 219.932 2.5 2.5 2.2 3.8 2.5 3.0 

Miscellaneous personal services .................................. 328.406 329.106 330.466 332.309 3.4 2.3 4.6 4.8 2.9 4.7 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ....................................................................... 168.707 171.679 172.460 173.359 5.8 4.7 2.1 11.5 5.2 6.7 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 205.985 206.740 206.929 208.326 5.5 4.7 4.5 4.6 5.1 4.6 

Commodities less food and beverages ............................. 148.044 151.881 152.893 153.519 5.9 4.6 .6 15.6 5.3 7.9 

Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... 183.229 193.322 192.968 195.609 11.7 5.1 2.4 29.9 8.4 15.3 

Apparel .......................................................................... 118.430 119.125 119.240 119.759 -2.9 -1.3 -.9 4.6 -2.1 1.8 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... 227.299 239.667 242.577 246.553 17.5 13.3 -1.7 38.4 15.4 16.6 

Durables .......................................................................... 112.084 112.158 112.098 112.020 -.9 -1.4 -.9 -.2 -1.1 -.5 

Services .............................................................................. 249.062 249.821 250.537 251.317 3.5 3.2 3.0 3.7 3.4 3.3 

Rent of shelter 4 ................................................................ 252.924 253.589 254.282 255.206 2.9 3.5 2.6 3.7 3.2 3.1 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ............................. 116.640 116.997 117.003 117.435 .5 -3.3 .2 2.8 -1.4 1.5 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................. 187.206 188.264 188.470 187.489 11.2 .7 .6 .6 5.8 .6 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .............. 145.748 146.602 147.262 148.142 4.9 5.1 5.0 6.7 5.0 5.9 

Household operations 1 2 ................................................. 141.013 141.610 142.100 142.828 2.1 1.3 .9 5.2 1.7 3.1 

Transportation services ..................................................... 235.183 236.041 236.887 238.174 .7 1.8 2.9 5.2 1.2 4.1

Medical care services ....................................................... 375.763 377.152 378.338 380.459 5.4 5.8 6.4 5.1 5.6 5.7 

Other services ................................................................... 288.331 288.944 289.835 290.834 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.5 

Special indexes

All items less food ............................................................... 209.644 211.701 212.548 213.281 4.2 3.7 2.3 7.1 4.0 4.7 

All items less shelter ........................................................... 198.248 200.627 201.415 202.288 5.2 4.1 2.6 8.4 4.6 5.5 

All items less medical care .................................................. 201.639 203.518 204.248 205.033 4.4 3.8 2.4 6.9 4.1 4.6 

Commodities less food ........................................................ 150.301 154.047 155.044 155.681 5.8 4.6 .8 15.1 5.2 7.7 

Nondurables less food ........................................................ 184.419 193.857 194.184 196.169 12.5 6.1 .0 28.0 9.3 13.2 

Nondurables less food and apparel .................................... 224.472 235.954 239.022 241.905 17.2 12.3 -2.2 34.9 14.8 14.9 

Nondurables ........................................................................ 195.263 200.294 200.818 202.477 9.2 5.3 3.0 15.6 7.2 9.1 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ............................................. 263.189 263.971 264.852 265.500 4.3 3.6 2.8 3.6 3.9 3.2 

Services less medical care services ................................... 238.851 239.387 240.112 240.726 3.4 3.4 2.6 3.2 3.4 2.9 

Energy ................................................................................. 210.690 225.218 229.076 230.633 24.6 14.4 2.6 43.6 19.4 21.4 

All items less energy ........................................................... 210.518 211.070 211.498 212.281 2.5 2.8 2.6 3.4 2.7 3.0 

All items less food and energy .......................................... 212.115 212.626 213.103 213.765 2.0 2.5 2.3 3.1 2.2 2.7

Commodities less food and energy commodities ........... 139.993 140.163 140.200 140.422 -.5 .0 -.1 1.2 -.2 .6 

Energy commodities ..................................................... 246.129 274.623 282.263 286.070 36.6 26.1 4.1 82.5 31.2 37.8

Services less energy services ......................................... 255.400 256.130 256.897 257.857 3.0 3.4 3.2 3.9 3.2 3.5 

1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other

item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.

5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 6 This item will be rebased to December 2007=100 beginning with the

release of March 2008 data. All historical data will be revised to reflect the

new base.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

33 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 3. Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, detailed expenditure categories 

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Relative

importance,

December

2007

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2008 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

All items ........................................................................................ 100.000 210.036 211.080 4.3 0.5 0.9 0.4 0.4 

All items (1967=100) .................................................................... -

 629.174 632.301 - ----

Food and beverages .................................................................. 14.914 206.936 208.837 4.8 .9 .4 .1 .7 

Food ......................................................................................... 13.833 206.704 208.618 4.9 .9 .4 .1 .7 

Food at home ......................................................................... 7.660 205.208 207.983 5.8 1.4 .5 .0 .9 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................... 1.030 226.461 228.661 5.7 1.0 .7 .6 .6 

Cereals and cereal products .............................................. .324 196.793 198.759 5.6 1.0 .6 -.2 .5 

Flour and prepared flour mixes ........................................ .036 190.014 202.292 6.5 6.5 1.8 .3 .3 

Breakfast cereal 1 ............................................................ .191 207.828 203.125 2.9 -2.3 1.0 -.7 -2.3 

Rice, pasta, cornmeal 1 .................................................... .096 183.958 193.982 11.1 5.4 -.4 .9 5.4 

Rice 123 ........................................................................ -

 122.254 125.829 6.1 2.9 -.7 1.0 2.9 

Bakery products ................................................................. .706 242.268 244.591 5.8 1.0 .7 .9 .4 

Bread 1 3 .......................................................................... .211 147.354 148.813 10.4 1.0 .5 1.8 1.0 

White bread 1 2 .............................................................. - 272.159 273.076 9.6 .3 -1.1 2.9 .3 

Bread other than white 1 2 .............................................. -

 276.643 283.058 11.9 2.3 2.4 .1 2.3 

Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins 1 3 ....................................... .098 139.977 141.863 6.1 1.3 2.0 -.4 1.3 

Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies ......................................... .189 228.738 227.868 5.6 -.4 .8 .1 .5 

Cookies 2 ....................................................................... -

 222.193 217.143 1.0 -2.3 .1 -.4 -1.6 

Fresh cakes and cupcakes 1 2 ....................................... -

 235.227 238.064 9.3 1.2 2.4 .5 1.2 

Other bakery products ...................................................... .208 217.459 221.712 1.1 2.0 .3 .5 -.3 

Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts 1 2 ................ -

 233.009 233.493 4.4 .2 1.7 -.4 .2 

Crackers, bread, and cracker products 2 ....................... -

 247.888 255.065 -.4 2.9 .2 .1 .8 

Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies, tarts,

turnovers 2 ............................................................. -

 225.129 229.466 1.7 1.9 -.1 1.2 -1.6 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. 1.807 198.755 200.035 5.5 .6 .0 -.1 .8 

Meats, poultry, and fish ...................................................... 1.687 196.639 197.762 4.1 .6 .0 -.2 .6 

Meats ............................................................................... 1.089 195.558 195.998 2.8 .2 .2 -.2 .2 

Beef and veal 1 .............................................................. .525 212.808 212.771 4.7 .0 .6 -.4 .0 

Uncooked ground beef 1 .............................................. .203 186.936 188.526 6.0 .9 .6 -.5 .9 

Uncooked beef roasts 1 3 ............................................. .083 155.076 155.454 6.0 .2 1.4 -.5 .2 

Uncooked beef steaks 1 3 ............................................ .192 152.557 150.407 2.7 -1.4 .7 -.3 -1.4 

Uncooked other beef and veal 1 3 ................................ .048 143.603 145.650 5.1 1.4 -1.7 -.2 1.4 

Pork ................................................................................ .330 178.818 180.170 1.8 .8 .0 -.1 .5 

Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products 3 ...... .118 126.273 126.160 1.9 -.1 -.8 .6 -.8 

Bacon and related products 2 .................................... -

 219.140 217.441 2.0 -.8 -1.2 1.3 -1.4 

Breakfast sausage and related products 2 3 .............. - 122.097 122.776 1.1 .6 .0 -.4 -.8 

Ham .............................................................................. .067 175.954 176.625 2.2 .4 1.2 -.2 .6 

Ham, excluding canned 2 ........................................... -

 198.301 197.813 2.1 -.2 1.5 .3 .7 

Pork chops ................................................................... .065 167.482 168.615 1.7 .7 -1.3 .9 .6 

Other pork including roasts and picnics 3 .................... .080 111.596 114.262 1.3 2.4 1.1 -2.3 2.0 

Other meats ................................................................... .234 187.239 187.275 .1 .0 -.2 .0 .5 

Frankfurters 2 ............................................................... -

 186.345 183.521 -1.1 -1.5 -3.9 1.9 -.1 

Lunchmeats 123 ......................................................... -

 120.873 122.117 1.5 1.0 1.3 -.4 1.0 

Lamb and organ meats 1 2 ........................................... -

 231.966 242.223 - 4.4 2.7 .8 4.4 

Lamb and mutton 123 ................................................. - NA NA - - - - -

Poultry 1 ........................................................................... .317 193.998 196.927 8.3 1.5 -.5 -.3 1.5 

Chicken 1 3 ..................................................................... .260 127.324 128.127 9.5 .6 .5 -.2 .6 

Fresh whole chicken 1 2 ............................................... - 202.199 202.562 10.0 .2 .4 .3 .2 

Fresh and frozen chicken parts 1 2 .............................. -

 194.487 196.341 10.2 1.0 .4 -.4 1.0 

Other poultry including turkey 3 ...................................... .057 116.282 122.715 3.8 5.5 -.6 -.4 2.8 

Fish and seafood 1 ........................................................... .281 221.633 223.529 4.1 .9 -.4 .2 .9 

Fresh fish and seafood 1 3 ............................................. .152 132.385 133.976 5.0 1.2 -.1 -.1 1.2 

Processed fish and seafood 3 ........................................ .129 115.420 115.939 3.0 .4 -.6 1.4 -.4 

Canned fish and seafood 2 .......................................... - 148.631 150.125 2.8 1.0 .3 .7 .4 

Frozen fish and seafood 1 2 ......................................... -

 245.839 246.628 3.9 .3 -2.2 .8 .3 

Eggs ................................................................................... .120 234.018 237.923 34.7 1.7 -.7 2.4 4.1

Dairy and related products ................................................... .887 205.299 206.905 12.8 .8 .5 -.2 .2 

Milk 1 3 ............................................................................... .323 149.692 149.521 17.7 -.1 .9 -.9 -.1 

Fresh whole milk 1 2 ......................................................... - 221.014 220.554 20.0 -.2 1.2 -1.0 -.2 

Fresh milk other than whole 123 ..................................... -

 149.603 149.076 15.0 -.4 .5 -.7 -.4 

Cheese and related products 1 .......................................... .269 202.189 206.382 14.0 2.1 -.5 -.1 2.1 

Ice cream and related products .......................................... .139 188.522 189.511 2.1 .5 .9 .1 -.7 

Other dairy and related products 3 ..................................... .157 136.064 136.936 11.1 .6 .8 .3 .5 

See footnotes at end of table.

34 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 3. Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, detailed expenditure categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Relative

importance,

December

2007

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2008 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... 1.156 272.482 279.072 6.1 2.4 2.0 -0.3 2.2 

Fresh fruits and vegetables ................................................ .905 326.064 334.533 6.5 2.6 2.7 -.6 2.5 

Fresh fruits ....................................................................... .464 344.733 350.064 6.6 1.5 1.9 .2 1.8 

Apples ............................................................................ .078 292.707 303.227 7.6 3.6 3.0 1.4 2.9 

Bananas ......................................................................... .064 182.356 179.876 1.9 -1.4 .3 1.2 -3.1 

Citrus fruits 3 .................................................................. .080 186.752 190.542 -3.1 2.0 -4.6 -.7 2.2 

Oranges, including tangerines 2 ................................... -

 348.722 354.037 -10.1 1.5 -6.0 -1.0 -.1 

Other fresh fruits 3 .......................................................... .243 134.596 136.614 11.8 1.5 5.8 -.9 4.1 

Fresh vegetables .............................................................. .441 306.142 317.487 6.4 3.7 3.5 -1.5 3.3 

Potatoes ......................................................................... .068 274.694 282.875 3.8 3.0 2.5 -.1 -.5 

Lettuce 1 ......................................................................... .059 295.313 292.945 .3 -.8 -.8 -.1 -.8 

Tomatoes ....................................................................... .092 378.746 385.431 25.4 1.8 5.5 4.5 8.2 

Other fresh vegetables ................................................... .222 300.382 318.198 2.2 5.9 .5 -2.9 4.3 

Processed fruits and vegetables 3 ..................................... .251 128.488 130.767 4.7 1.8 -.7 .9 .7 

Canned fruits and vegetables 3 ........................................ .126 127.028 129.038 4.9 1.6 -.8 1.2 .5 

Canned fruits 2 3 ............................................................ -

 125.693 128.338 4.4 2.1 -.6 .8 .0 

Canned vegetables 2 3 ................................................... -

 131.871 133.057 4.7 .9 -.5 1.1 .0 

Frozen fruits and vegetables 3 ......................................... .077 129.831 132.342 4.3 1.9 -.3 .6 1.1 

Frozen vegetables 2 ....................................................... - 179.760 184.081 2.8 2.4 .3 -.3 1.4 

Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried 3 .048 129.286 131.897 4.9 2.0 -.3 .1 .6 

Dried beans, peas, and lentils 123 ................................ -

 139.039 141.255 12.0 1.6 .4 1.5 1.6 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................ .928 153.648 157.863 4.5 2.7 -.3 -.3 1.6 

Juices and nonalcoholic drinks 3 ........................................ .607 117.609 121.298 4.4 3.1 .1 -.7 1.6 

Carbonated drinks ............................................................ .292 138.194 143.657 4.3 4.0 .0 -1.4 1.8 

Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 3 .................... .014 143.465 146.427 12.7 2.1 1.5 .1 2.1 

Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 3 .............. .301 114.034 116.764 4.1 2.4 .0 .3 2.4 

Beverage materials including coffee and tea 3 .................. .321 109.195 111.377 4.7 2.0 -1.0 .7 1.7 

Coffee ............................................................................... .115 175.083 179.587 5.4 2.6 .1 .2 1.0 

Roasted coffee 2 ............................................................ -

 180.752 184.779 7.3 2.2 .0 1.3 .0 

Instant and freeze dried coffee 1 2 ................................. -

 184.030 191.553 1.0 4.1 -.3 -1.4 4.1 

Other beverage materials including tea 3 ......................... .206 121.631 123.672 4.3 1.7 -1.1 .5 1.9 

Other food at home .............................................................. 1.852 174.057 176.085 3.0 1.2 .2 .2 .4 

Sugar and sweets .............................................................. .277 178.631 180.193 2.9 .9 .7 .4 -.1 

Sugar and artificial sweeteners ........................................ .048 162.521 167.022 -.2 2.8 -.2 -.2 .2 

Candy and chewing gum 1 3 ............................................ .178 118.555 118.794 3.7 .2 2.0 .0 .2 

Other sweets 3 ................................................................. .052 127.536 129.373 3.1 1.4 .5 .5 -.1 

Fats and oils ....................................................................... .205 176.068 181.813 6.9 3.3 .7 1.0 1.3 

Butter and margarine 3 ..................................................... .057 137.454 142.388 6.1 3.6 .5 1.2 .4 

Butter 2 ........................................................................... -

 168.121 173.369 1.4 3.1 .3 -.2 -1.3 

Margarine 2 .................................................................... - 193.811 200.510 9.2 3.5 .9 3.0 .6 

Salad dressing 3 ............................................................... .058 113.085 116.872 5.2 3.3 1.3 .5 2.3 

Other fats and oils including peanut butter 3 .................... .090 125.054 128.806 8.5 3.0 .4 .7 2.1 

Peanut butter 123 ......................................................... -

 117.962 119.126 6.7 1.0 2.0 .2 1.0 

Other foods ........................................................................ 1.369 188.325 190.037 2.4 .9 .0 .0 .4 

Soups ............................................................................... .088 211.165 216.449 4.1 2.5 1.2 -.7 3.9 

Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods .......................... .295 157.409 157.798 2.1 .2 -.6 -.1 -.4 

Snacks 1 ........................................................................... .279 187.632 187.236 3.5 -.2 -.3 .4 -.2 

Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces ........................ .236 191.486 199.251 3.2 4.1 -.6 .5 .7 

Salt and other seasonings and spices 123 ................... -

 115.302 117.572 6.0 2.0 -2.0 .5 2.0 

Olives, pickles, relishes 123 .......................................... -

 117.241 123.832 4.6 5.6 -2.1 -4.7 5.6 

Sauces and gravies 123 ............................................... - 110.635 111.439 -.7 .7 -2.0 1.4 .7 

Other condiments 1 2 ..................................................... -

 211.775 235.339 3.3 11.1 -7.3 .7 11.1 

Baby food 1 3 .................................................................... .068 133.326 135.083 5.6 1.3 .5 -.6 1.3 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 3 ......................................... .404 115.267 115.162 .4 -.1 .5 -.1 -.1 

Prepared salads 124 ..................................................... - 100.000 98.672 - -1.3 - - -1.3 

Food away from home 1 ......................................................... 6.173 210.233 211.070 3.9 .4 .3 .2 .4 

Full service meals and snacks 1 3 ........................................ 3.027 132.413 132.872 3.7 .3 .4 .1 .3 

Limited service meals and snacks 1 3 .................................. 2.429 132.959 133.567 4.2 .5 .1 .3 .5 

Food at employee sites and schools 3 ................................. .287 128.545 128.729 2.8 .1 .3 .2 .2 

Food at elementary and secondary schools 125 .............. - 107.685 107.748 3.3 .1 .2 .0 .1 

Food from vending machines and mobile vendors 1 3 ......... .133 120.438 121.193 4.2 .6 .1 .2 .6 

See footnotes at end of table.

35 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 3. Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, detailed expenditure categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Relative

importance,

December

2007

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2008 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

Other food away from home 1 3 ........................................... .297 145.814 146.649 4.1 0.6 0.4 -0.6 0.6 

Alcoholic beverages ................................................................. 1.080 208.704 210.425 3.7 .8 .2 .2 .4 

Alcoholic beverages at home ................................................. .609 179.709 181.664 3.3 1.1 .1 .1 .6 

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home ...................... .306 185.387 186.894 4.0 .8 .1 .3 .4 

Distilled spirits at home ........................................................ .074 179.844 182.835 2.1 1.7 -.2 .1 1.1 

Whiskey at home 1 2 .......................................................... -

 183.048 184.542 1.9 .8 -.8 -.5 .8 

Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home 2 ................... -

 177.552 180.721 2.2 1.8 -.3 .1 1.6 

Wine at home ....................................................................... .229 163.500 165.575 3.1 1.3 .3 .3 .4 

Alcoholic beverages away from home ................................... .472 270.329 271.642 4.4 .5 .2 .3 .3 

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home 123 - 136.117 136.798 3.2 .5 .1 -.1 .5 

Wine away from home 123 ................................................. -

 148.241 148.433 5.4 .1 .1 .3 .1 

Distilled spirits away from home 2 3 ..................................... -

 144.053 144.601 5.3 .4 .4 .2 .2 

Housing ...................................................................................... 42.427 210.933 212.244 3.0 .6 .4 .3 .2 

Shelter ...................................................................................... 32.596 242.372 243.871 3.1 .6 .3 .3 .3 

Rent of primary residence 6 ................................................... 5.765 239.102 239.850 3.9 .3 .4 .4 .3 

Lodging away from home 3 .................................................... 2.564 133.545 140.176 4.9 5.0 -.2 .3 1.1 

Housing at school, excluding board 6 7 ................................ .148 381.548 381.637 5.1 .0 .4 .4 .4 

Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels 2.416 278.872 293.563 4.9 5.3 -.2 .3 1.2 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 6 7 .................. 23.942 249.532 250.106 2.8 .2 .3 .3 .3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 3 ................................... .325 117.003 117.435 .0 .4 .3 .0 .4 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 5.128 203.006 204.796 5.4 .9 1.1 .3 .0 

Household energy .................................................................. 4.215 183.516 185.107 5.3 .9 1.3 .3 -.1 

Fuel oil and other fuels ......................................................... .351 299.296 306.937 34.7 2.6 8.9 2.5 3.7 

Fuel oil ................................................................................ .239 319.208 326.483 40.4 2.3 13.9 2.7 4.5 

Propane, kerosene, and firewood 8 ................................... .113 324.116 334.271 22.5 3.1 4.4 1.9 2.8 

Gas (piped) and electricity 6 ................................................. 3.864 185.155 186.475 3.0 .7 .6 .1 -.5 

Electricity 6 ......................................................................... 2.766 173.357 175.219 3.7 1.1 .6 .1 -.1 

Utility (piped) gas service 6 ................................................ 1.098 220.496 220.065 1.2 -.2 .5 .2 -2.2 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 3 ................... .913 146.878 148.277 5.4 1.0 .6 .5 .6 

Water and sewerage maintenance 6 .................................... .660 319.460 322.470 5.6 .9 .5 .4 .5 

Garbage and trash collection 1 9 .......................................... .253 353.439 356.901 4.9 1.0 .7 .7 1.0 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 4.702 126.066 126.515 -.5 .4 .0 .0 .1 

Window and floor coverings and other linens 3 ...................... .357 79.801 80.318 -3.0 .6 .7 -.2 -.2 

Floor coverings 1 3 ............................................................... .048 119.083 118.813 .0 -.2 -.2 2.2 -.2 

Window coverings 3 ............................................................. .112 85.646 87.462 -2.1 2.1 3.2 -3.0 .9 

Other linens 1 3 .................................................................... .198 68.305 68.325 -4.4 .0 .3 -.1 .0 

Furniture and bedding 1 ......................................................... 1.036 123.506 123.792 -1.8 .2 .3 -.6 .2 

Bedroom furniture 1 .............................................................. .338 142.055 143.991 .0 1.4 .3 -1.4 1.4 

Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture 1 3 .............. .505 90.510 89.766 -2.6 -.8 .4 -.6 -.8 

Other furniture 3 ................................................................... .186 85.986 86.862 -2.6 1.0 .4 .6 .8 

Infants’ furniture 125 ......................................................... - NA NA - - - - -

Appliances 1 3 ........................................................................ .357 89.273 89.407 1.3 .2 -.4 -.5 .2 

Major appliances 1 3 ............................................................. .219 99.903 100.011 2.3 .1 -.1 -.5 .1 

Laundry equipment 1 2 ....................................................... -

 115.994 117.060 4.0 .9 .6 -.4 .9 

Other appliances 1 3 ............................................................. .133 75.756 75.920 -.2 .2 -.8 -.5 .2 

Other household equipment and furnishings 3 ....................... .621 74.948 76.029 -2.7 1.4 -1.1 -.6 1.6 

Clocks, lamps, and decorator items 1 .................................. .349 70.179 70.963 -7.1 1.1 -1.5 -2.0 1.1 

Indoor plants and flowers 10 ................................................. .104 124.005 125.027 2.1 .8 -1.3 1.1 .9 

Dishes and flatware 1 3 ........................................................ .074 72.305 74.982 1.3 3.7 -.1 -1.7 3.7 

Nonelectric cookware and tableware 3 ................................ .094 93.341 94.788 3.8 1.6 .4 .5 1.2 

Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies 3 ............. .728 93.772 93.323 -1.6 -.5 .1 -.1 -.7 

Tools, hardware and supplies 1 3 ......................................... .211 99.028 98.590 -1.1 -.4 -.1 -.4 -.4 

Outdoor equipment and supplies 3 ...................................... .350 91.213 90.747 -1.8 -.5 .2 -.1 -.8 

Housekeeping supplies 1 ....................................................... .867 170.743 171.187 1.3 .3 -.1 .7 .3 

Household cleaning products 1 3 ......................................... .351 112.712 113.048 .1 .3 .0 .9 .3 

Household paper products 1 3 .............................................. .223 138.930 138.698 2.9 -.2 .3 1.0 -.2 

Miscellaneous household products 1 3 ................................. .292 113.655 114.269 1.6 .5 -.6 .3 .5 

Household operations 1 3 ....................................................... .737 142.100 142.828 2.4 .5 .4 .3 .5 

Domestic services 1 3 ........................................................... .248 139.648 140.120 1.9 .3 .4 .8 .3 

Gardening and lawncare services 1 3 .................................. .246 141.672 NA - - .3 .5 -

Moving, storage, freight expense 3 ...................................... .080 128.413 128.956 .0 .4 -.2 -.8 .4 

See footnotes at end of table.

36 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 3. Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, detailed expenditure categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Relative

importance,

December

2007

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2008 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

Repair of household items 1 3 .............................................. .078 165.089 166.192 3.9 0.7 1.2 0.0 0.7 

Apparel ....................................................................................... 3.731 118.257 115.795 -.2 -2.1 .6 .1 .4 

Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... .935 112.026 110.691 .3 -1.2 -.1 -.2 .7 

Men’s apparel ......................................................................... .739 116.489 114.751 -2.0 -1.5 -.3 -.5 .2

Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear ............................... .148 121.449 115.781 -1.5 -4.7 .3 -1.2 -2.8 

Men’s furnishings ................................................................. .183 126.721 128.560 -2.2 1.5 -.8 -.9 1.1 

Men’s shirts and sweaters 3 ................................................. .224 81.560 78.737 -4.6 -3.5 -.1 -1.0 1.1 

Men’s pants and shorts ........................................................ .175 108.284 108.996 .9 .7 -.1 .8 -.2 

Boys’ apparel ......................................................................... .196 95.216 95.161 9.4 -.1 -.1 1.6 2.4 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... 1.600 109.418 104.367 -1.4 -4.6 .8 .8 .2 

Women’s apparel ................................................................... 1.329 110.570 105.894 -1.4 -4.2 .6 .5 .6 

Women’s outerwear ............................................................. .122 96.725 91.910 4.2 -5.0 -.5 -1.5 4.9 

Women’s dresses ................................................................. .105 115.453 106.685 -1.4 -7.6 1.5 1.5 1.7 

Women’s suits and separates 3 ........................................... .739 87.306 82.838 -1.0 -5.1 .6 1.2 .5 

Women’s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and

accessories 3 ............................................................... .349 88.867 87.914 -3.8 -1.1 -.4 .8 -1.5 

Girls’ apparel .......................................................................... .271 103.475 96.730 -1.4 -6.5 1.8 2.5 -1.6 

Footwear .................................................................................. .679 122.258 121.148 .2 -.9 1.1 -.9 .6

Men’s footwear 1 .................................................................... .216 120.906 120.147 -1.5 -.6 1.2 -1.4 -.6 

Boys’ and girls’ footwear ........................................................ .144 125.993 123.730 2.8 -1.8 1.9 .1 .2 

Women’s footwear ................................................................. .319 120.615 119.775 .1 -.7 .7 -1.0 .8 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... .185 113.779 113.861 1.3 .1 .8 -.9 1.2 

Jewelry and watches 8 ............................................................. .333 134.325 139.714 3.1 4.0 .2 .1 .1 

Watches 8 .............................................................................. .045 113.726 115.390 -3.8 1.5 .6 -.3 -1.0 

Jewelry 8 ................................................................................ .288 139.691 145.846 4.2 4.4 .1 .2 .2 

Transportation ............................................................................ 17.688 189.984 190.839 9.4 .5 3.5 1.0 .5 

Private transportation ............................................................... 16.583 186.134 186.978 9.6 .5 3.7 1.0 .6 

New and used motor vehicles 3 ............................................. 7.191 94.754 94.834 .0 .1 .0 .0 -.1 

New vehicles ........................................................................ 4.632 136.664 136.827 -.6 .1 .0 -.1 -.3 

New cars and trucks 2 3 ..................................................... -

 94.727 94.817 -.6 .1 .0 -.1 -.3 

New cars 2 ......................................................................... - 136.371 136.363 -.6 .0 .0 .0 -.3 

New trucks 2 9 .................................................................... -

 141.191 141.478 -.5 .2 .1 -.1 -.2 

Used cars and trucks 1 ......................................................... 1.773 136.943 137.203 1.4 .2 -.2 .2 .2 

Leased cars and trucks 11 .................................................... .610 93.464 93.319 .8 -.2 .0 .3 .3 

Car and truck rental 3 ........................................................... .082 113.982 111.654 -1.0 -2.0 -.7 -.9 .2 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 5.482 258.132 260.523 34.4 .9 11.8 2.8 1.1 

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 5.215 256.790 259.338 34.5 1.0 11.8 2.8 1.2 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 2 ............................................. -

 256.775 259.327 34.9 1.0 12.1 2.9 1.2 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 2 12 ..................................... -

 261.983 264.674 34.5 1.0 11.4 2.7 1.1 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 2 .......................................... - 247.369 249.713 32.7 .9 11.2 2.6 1.2 

Other motor fuels 1 3 ............................................................ .268 248.393 247.519 26.9 -.4 9.3 -.7 -.4 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ..................................... .356 123.928 124.282 3.8 .3 .4 .4 .3 

Tires 1 .................................................................................. .217 113.060 112.738 2.3 -.3 .2 .0 -.3 

Vehicle accessories other than tires 1 3 ............................... .139 132.574 134.134 6.0 1.2 .6 .9 1.2 

Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires 1 2 ............... -

 131.420 132.559 5.2 .9 .4 .8 .9 

Motor oil, coolant, and fluids 1 2 ......................................... -

 240.510 246.532 9.5 2.5 2.1 .9 2.5 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................... 1.123 226.120 227.732 3.9 .7 .3 .3 .7 

Motor vehicle body work 1 .................................................... .068 236.039 236.594 3.0 .2 .3 .3 .2 

Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing 1 ......................... .435 204.331 206.222 3.7 .9 .2 .3 .9 

Motor vehicle repair 3 ........................................................... .595 139.602 140.459 4.1 .6 .4 .3 .6 

Motor vehicle insurance ......................................................... 1.966 336.915 337.639 .9 .2 .1 .2 .4 

Motor vehicle fees 1 3 ............................................................. .465 142.248 143.793 2.7 1.1 .2 .2 1.1 

State and local registration and license 136 ....................... .284 139.320 140.964 2.1 1.2 .2 .0 1.2 

Parking and other fees 1 3 .................................................... .166 147.630 149.017 3.9 .9 .2 .5 .9 

Parking fees and tolls 123 ................................................. -

 153.178 154.348 3.9 .8 .3 .6 .8 

Automobile service clubs 123 ........................................... - 119.323 120.145 2.9 .7 -.1 .3 .7 

Public transportation ................................................................ 1.106 233.408 234.334 5.8 .4 1.3 .9 .4 

Airline fare .............................................................................. .721 255.873 258.046 8.9 .8 1.9 1.2 .8 

Other intercity transportation 1 ............................................... .167 156.648 154.208 -.6 -1.6 1.4 2.9 -1.6 

Intercity bus fare 124 .......................................................... -

 100.000 100.899 - .9 - - .9 

See footnotes at end of table.

37 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 3. Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, detailed expenditure categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Relative

importance,

December

2007

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2008 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

Intercity train fare 124 ......................................................... -

 100.000 98.114 - -1.9 - - -1.9 

Ship fare 2 3 ......................................................................... -

 72.918 71.151 -1.0 -2.4 0.5 0.7 -2.9 

Intracity transportation 1 ......................................................... .211 232.378 233.285 1.9 .4 .4 .0 .4 

Medical care ............................................................................... 6.231 357.661 360.459 4.9 .8 .4 .3 .5

Medical care commodities ........................................................ 1.601 293.610 295.355 2.5 .6 .4 .3 .5 

Prescription drugs .................................................................. 1.236 374.389 377.828 2.9 .9 .6 .5 .7 

Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies 1 8 .................... .365 158.094 157.297 1.2 -.5 .3 -.2 -.5 

Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs 1 ................ .252 187.414 186.608 1.4 -.4 .3 -.3 -.4 

Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies 1 ............. .113 187.782 186.523 .8 -.7 .3 .0 -.7 

Medical care services ............................................................... 4.630 376.940 380.135 5.7 .8 .4 .3 .6 

Professional services ............................................................. 2.626 304.784 306.529 3.8 .6 .2 .3 .4 

Physicians’ services 6 .......................................................... 1.326 306.304 308.145 3.5 .6 .2 .3 .2 

Dental services 6 .................................................................. .727 366.225 369.101 5.8 .8 .2 .5 .6 

Eyeglasses and eye care 1 8 ................................................ .243 172.811 173.040 1.0 .1 .2 1.1 .1 

Services by other medical professionals 6 8 ........................ .330 200.312 200.944 3.0 .3 .6 .5 .2 

Hospital and related services 6 .............................................. 1.467 515.677 523.313 8.5 1.5 .6 .5 1.0 

Hospital services 6 13 ........................................................... 1.264 189.908 192.878 8.8 1.6 .6 .6 1.1 

Inpatient hospital services 2 6 13 ........................................ - 183.595 186.480 8.1 1.6 .6 .5 1.0 

Outpatient hospital services 1268 .................................... -

 442.085 448.152 10.4 1.4 1.3 .0 1.4 

Nursing homes and adult day services 6 13 ......................... .128 161.981 163.185 4.5 .7 .2 .2 .3 

Care of invalids and elderly at home 1 4 .............................. .075 106.602 108.032 4.5 1.3 .1 3.0 1.3 

Health insurance 1 5 ............................................................... .537 115.727 116.260 7.4 .5 -.1 -.3 .5 

Recreation 3 ............................................................................... 5.647 111.705 112.083 1.0 .3 .2 .0 .2 

Video and audio 3 .................................................................... 1.843 102.691 102.986 .2 .3 -.2 .3 .0 

Televisions ............................................................................. .167 15.352 15.196 -17.7 -1.0 -.7 -1.3 -2.3

Cable and satellite television and radio service 9 .................. 1.187 353.432 355.407 2.7 .6 -.2 .4 .2 

Other video equipment 3 ........................................................ .035 22.009 21.983 -12.8 -.1 -1.7 -1.4 -.6 

Video cassettes, discs, and other media including rental 1 3 .163 77.808 78.352 2.2 .7 .6 1.9 .7 

Video cassettes and discs, blank and prerecorded 123 ..... -

 64.303 64.018 -4.3 -.4 -.8 1.5 -.4 

Rental of video tapes and discs 123 ................................... -

 95.867 96.872 5.7 1.0 1.5 1.6 1.0 

Audio equipment 1 ................................................................. .109 53.242 52.819 -4.8 -.8 .1 -.4 -.8 

Audio discs, tapes and other media 1 3 .................................. .082 105.202 105.105 -.4 -.1 -.8 .0 -.1 

Pets, pet products and services 3 ............................................ .722 136.947 137.336 5.2 .3 .1 .3 .3 

Pets and pet products ............................................................ .424 170.641 171.100 4.8 .3 -.1 .3 .4 

Pet food 2 3 .......................................................................... -

 122.446 122.744 5.1 .2 .1 .2 .5 

Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories 2 3 ................... -

 114.293 114.257 2.7 .0 -.1 .3 .0 

Pet services including veterinary 3 ......................................... .298 169.281 169.799 5.8 .3 .5 .3 .1 

Pet services 123 ................................................................. - 144.294 145.181 4.1 .6 .1 .2 .6 

Veterinarian services 2 3 ...................................................... -

 174.382 174.835 6.3 .3 .7 .2 .0 

Sporting goods 1 ...................................................................... .586 116.125 116.644 -.4 .4 .5 -.3 .4 

Sports vehicles including bicycles .......................................... .321 138.424 138.658 -.2 .2 1.2 -.2 .1 

Sports equipment 1 ................................................................ .255 95.030 95.794 -.8 .8 -.3 .4 .8 

Photography 1 3 ....................................................................... .164 81.737 81.544 -3.0 -.2 -.5 -.4 -.2 

Photographic equipment and supplies 1 ................................ .077 79.082 78.563 -6.3 -.7 -1.2 -1.4 -.7 

Film and photographic supplies 123 ................................... -

 86.304 86.282 2.8 .0 .2 -.5 .0 

Photographic equipment 123 .............................................. -

 38.800 38.346 -14.4 -1.2 -2.0 -2.4 -1.2 

Photographers and film processing 1 3 .................................. .085 106.295 106.439 .0 .1 .0 .6 .1 

Photographer fees 123 ....................................................... -

 117.023 117.272 2.0 .2 .2 .6 .2 

Film processing 123 ............................................................ - 99.692 99.758 -.3 .1 .2 .3 .1 

Other recreational goods 3 ....................................................... .370 62.868 62.726 -4.7 -.2 -.3 -.5 .0 

Toys 1 ..................................................................................... .245 68.585 68.319 -5.6 -.4 -.6 -.7 -.4 

Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipment 123 ...... -

 67.586 67.329 -3.5 -.4 -.3 -.5 -.4 

Sewing machines, fabric and supplies 3 ................................ .062 86.794 86.952 -4.6 .2 .5 -.7 1.5 

Music instruments and accessories 1 3 .................................. .043 95.018 95.087 -.1 .1 .1 .5 .1 

Recreation services 3 ............................................................... 1.697 140.427 141.189 2.2 .5 .5 .0 .3 

Club dues and fees for participant sports and group

exercises 3 ..................................................................... .555 123.864 124.846 1.6 .8 .7 .2 .4 

Admissions ............................................................................. .653 307.108 308.740 2.2 .5 .5 -.2 .2 

Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts 2 3 ................. -

 148.620 149.404 1.7 .5 .5 -.3 .3 

Admission to sporting events 2 3 .......................................... -

 163.370 164.117 4.3 .5 .7 .2 .3 

See footnotes at end of table.

38 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 3. Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, detailed expenditure categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Relative

importance,

December

2007

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2008 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

Fees for lessons or instructions 8 ........................................... .231 248.080 248.469 3.7 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.0 

Recreational reading materials 1 .............................................. .265 208.036 208.940 1.5 .4 .2 -.4 .4 

Newspapers and magazines 1 3 ............................................ .144 122.709 123.485 1.8 .6 .1 -.1 .6 

Recreational books 1 3 ........................................................... .121 104.305 104.513 1.0 .2 .3 -.9 .2 

Education and communication 3 ................................................ 6.086 121.506 121.762 3.4 .2 .0 .3 .4 

Education 3 .............................................................................. 2.944 176.927 177.440 5.9 .3 .5 .5 .6 

Educational books and supplies ............................................. .207 434.352 437.822 7.9 .8 .6 .8 .1 

College textbooks 1 2 11 ....................................................... -

 143.222 144.579 8.2 .9 -.1 .7 .9 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................ 2.736 510.016 511.301 5.7 .3 .5 .5 .6 

College tuition and fees ........................................................ 1.373 559.190 559.517 6.3 .1 .6 .5 .6 

Elementary and high school tuition and fees ....................... .402 556.271 556.382 5.5 .0 .6 .5 .5 

Child care and nursery school 10 ......................................... .781 219.405 221.112 4.5 .8 .4 .3 .8 

Technical and business school tuition and fees 3 ................ .071 183.016 181.895 5.1 -.6 .5 .6 -.7 

Communication 3 ..................................................................... 3.142 83.282 83.396 .7 .1 -.5 .0 .1 

Postage and delivery services 3 ............................................. .166 132.091 132.671 4.5 .4 .0 .1 .3 

Postage 1 ............................................................................. .156 208.927 208.927 3.9 .0 .0 .0 .0 

Delivery services 3 ............................................................... .010 189.551 202.959 13.1 7.1 .6 1.4 4.7 

Information and information processing 1 3 ............................ 2.975 80.546 80.642 .5 .1 -.5 .0 .1 

Telephone services 1 3 ......................................................... 2.342 98.792 98.906 2.1 .1 -.3 .0 .1 

Land-line telephone services, local charges 1 6 ................. .789 225.675 226.056 4.1 .2 -.1 .2 .2 

Land-line telephone services, long distance charges 1 3 ... .506 71.946 71.960 3.1 .0 -.2 -.1 .0 

Land-line interstate toll calls 1 2 ....................................... -

 51.498 51.486 1.9 .0 -.1 -.2 .0 

Land-line intrastate toll calls 1 2 ....................................... - 76.349 76.398 6.2 .1 -.3 -.1 .1 

Wireless telephone services 1 3 ......................................... 1.047 64.011 64.089 -.8 .1 -.5 .0 .1 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 14 ............. .634 10.215 10.229 -6.2 .1 -1.7 .1 .1 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 3 15 .......... .242 8.936 9.026 -12.0 1.0 -4.1 -.1 1.0 

Computer software and accessories 1 3 .............................. .040 50.722 50.897 -5.9 .3 .0 -1.5 .3 

Internet services and electronic information providers 1 3 ... .282 73.176 72.896 -.7 -.4 -.2 .8 -.4 

Telephone hardware, calculators, and other consumer

information items 1 3 .................................................... .061 36.945 36.551 -8.7 -1.1 -1.4 -1.2 -1.1 

Other goods and services .......................................................... 3.277 337.633 339.052 3.0 .4 .2 .3 .4 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ .731 566.696 572.684 5.4 1.1 .2 .8 1.1 

Cigarettes 1 3 ......................................................................... .684 229.969 232.471 5.5 1.1 .2 .8 1.1 

Tobacco products other than cigarettes 1 3 ........................... .042 163.226 164.132 3.2 .6 .2 .8 .6 

Personal care ........................................................................... 2.546 197.643 198.112 2.4 .2 .2 .1 .2 

Personal care products 1 ....................................................... .639 158.236 158.201 .3 .0 .1 -.2 .0 

Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care

products 1 3 .................................................................. .324 103.861 103.864 .8 .0 .1 .0 .0 

Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and

implements 1 ................................................................ .310 176.418 176.333 -.2 .0 .1 -.4 .0 

Personal care services 1 ........................................................ .629 219.656 219.932 2.8 .1 .3 .5 .1 

Haircuts and other personal care services 1 3 ..................... .629 134.026 134.195 2.8 .1 .3 .5 .1 

Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... 1.044 329.908 332.183 3.8 .7 .2 .4 .6 

Legal services 8 ................................................................... .297 262.910 266.221 4.0 1.3 .1 .3 1.1 

Funeral expenses 8 .............................................................. .176 256.560 258.321 4.8 .7 .3 .3 .5 

Laundry and dry cleaning services 1 3 ................................. .253 130.834 131.199 3.1 .3 .1 -.2 .3 

Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning 1 3 .... .031 139.205 141.070 4.8 1.3 .3 .7 1.3 

Financial services 1 8 ........................................................... .192 273.241 273.716 3.2 .2 .5 .3 .2 

Checking account and other bank services 123 ............... - 129.839 129.814 2.0 .0 .0 .5 .0 

Tax return preparation and other accounting fees 2 3 ........ -

 163.279 164.834 3.8 1.0 .8 .5 .2 

Miscellaneous personal goods 3 ............................................ .234 87.487 86.817 -.1 -.8 .2 .0 -.9 

Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap 2 ........................... -

 154.060 153.308 .9 -.5 .5 -.6 -.5 

Infants’ equipment 125 ........................................................ - 95.663 95.286 -1.5 -.4 .3 .7 -.4 

Special aggregate indexes

Commodities ................................................................................ 41.269 170.511 171.179 5.7 .4 1.8 .5 .5 

Commodities less food and beverages ...................................... 26.356 150.162 150.303 6.2 .1 2.6 .7 .4 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..................................... 15.519 188.635 188.692 11.8 .0 5.5 -.2 1.4 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................... 11.787 236.735 238.389 16.0 .7 5.4 1.2 1.6 

Durables ................................................................................... 10.837 112.093 112.300 -.9 .2 .1 -.1 -.1 

Services ....................................................................................... 58.731 249.225 250.648 3.3 .6 .3 .3 .3 

Rent of shelter 7 ........................................................................... 32.271 252.669 254.239 3.1 .6 .3 .3 .4 

Transportation services ................................................................ 5.350 236.504 237.347 2.6 .4 .4 .4 .5 

Other services .............................................................................. 10.641 289.945 290.905 3.4 .3 .2 .3 .3 

All items less food ........................................................................ 86.167 210.610 211.512 4.2 .4 1.0 .4 .3 

See footnotes at end of table.

39 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 3. Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, detailed expenditure categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Relative

importance,

December

2007

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2008 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Special aggregate indexes

All items less shelter .................................................................... 67.404 199.734 200.609 4.9 0.4 1.2 0.4 0.4 

All items less medical care ........................................................... 93.769 202.600 203.569 4.2 .5 .9 .4 .4 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 27.436 152.344 152.531 6.1 .1 2.5 .6 .4 

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 16.599 189.844 190.000 11.2 .1 5.1 .2 1.0

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. 12.868 233.014 234.667 14.8 .7 5.1 1.3 1.2 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 30.432 198.422 199.346 8.2 .5 2.6 .3 .8 

Apparel less footwear ................................................................... 3.052 112.990 110.342 -.2 -2.3 .5 .3 .4

Services less rent of shelter 7 ...................................................... 26.460 263.966 265.311 3.6 .5 .3 .3 .2 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 54.101 238.894 240.201 3.1 .5 .2 .3 .3 

Energy .......................................................................................... 9.698 217.506 219.465 19.6 .9 6.9 1.7 .7 

All items less energy .................................................................... 90.302 210.890 211.846 2.8 .5 .3 .2 .4

All items less food and energy ................................................... 76.469 212.356 213.138 2.5 .4 .2 .2 .3 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................... 21.602 140.014 139.845 .2 -.1 .1 .0 .2 

Energy commodities ............................................................... 5.834 261.976 264.660 34.4 1.0 11.6 2.8 1.3 

Services less energy services .................................................. 54.867 255.785 257.220 3.4 .6 .3 .3 .4 

Domestically produced farm food 1 .............................................. 6.386 211.109 213.641 6.0 1.2 .4 .3 1.2 

Utilities and public transportation ................................................. 9.412 191.955 192.975 3.3 .5 .0 .3 -.1 

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1982-84=$1.00) ........ -

 $ .476 $ .474 - ----

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ............. - $ .159 $ .158 - ----

1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 3 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 2005=100 base. 6 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other

item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 7 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 8 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 9 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base. 10 Indexes on a December 1990=100 base.

11 Indexes on a December 2001=100 base. 12 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 13 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 14 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 15 This item will be rebased to December 2007=100 beginning with the

release of March 2008 data. All historical data will be revised to reflect the

new base.

NA Data not adequate for publication. - Data not available.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

40 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 4. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, detailed expenditure

categories

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Seasonally adjusted indexes

Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Apr.

2007

July

2007

Oct.

2007

Jan.

2008

July

2007

Jan.

2008

Expenditure category

All items .................................................................................... 209.055 210.930 211.680 212.516 4.4 3.9 2.6 6.8 4.1 4.7 

Food and beverages .............................................................. 205.985 206.740 206.929 208.326 5.5 4.7 4.5 4.6 5.1 4.6 

Food ..................................................................................... 205.636 206.414 206.584 208.026 5.6 4.8 4.6 4.7 5.2 4.6 

Food at home ..................................................................... 204.056 204.982 205.001 206.921 7.5 5.2 4.5 5.7 6.3 5.1 

Cereals and bakery products ........................................... 225.016 226.575 227.852 229.175 6.3 4.0 5.0 7.6 5.2 6.3 

Cereals and cereal products .......................................... 197.213 198.405 198.074 199.090 11.0 3.7 4.0 3.9 7.3 3.9 

Flour and prepared flour mixes .................................... 194.575 198.009 198.616 199.293 10.3 -2.3 8.6 10.1 3.8 9.3 

Breakfast cereal 1 ......................................................... 207.322 209.324 207.828 203.125 14.3 2.8 3.5 -7.9 8.4 -2.4 

Rice, pasta, cornmeal 1 ................................................ 183.112 182.399 183.958 193.982 13.9 9.1 -2.6 25.9 11.5 10.7 

Rice 123 .................................................................... 121.888 121.074 122.254 125.829 -1.7 13.5 -.1 13.6 5.6 6.5 

Bakery products ............................................................. 239.767 241.451 243.665 244.674 5.0 4.6 5.1 8.4 4.8 6.8 

Bread 1 3 ...................................................................... 144.033 144.683 147.354 148.813 12.0 5.3 10.4 14.0 8.6 12.2

White bread 1 2 ........................................................... 267.477 264.590 272.159 273.076 10.4 5.7 13.8 8.6 8.0 11.2 

Bread other than white 1 2 .......................................... 269.875 276.471 276.643 283.058 11.8 6.9 8.3 21.0 9.3 14.5 

Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins 1 3 .................................... 137.739 140.494 139.977 141.863 6.4 .8 4.8 12.5 3.6 8.6 

Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies ..................................... 224.921 226.777 227.069 228.105 8.8 2.0 5.9 5.8 5.4 5.8 

Cookies 2 .................................................................... 220.555 220.765 219.822 216.215 6.4 .8 5.1 -7.6 3.6 -1.5 

Fresh cakes and cupcakes 1 2 ................................... 228.460 233.943 235.227 238.064 11.0 3.8 4.9 17.9 7.3 11.2 

Other bakery products .................................................. 220.728 221.401 222.576 221.998 -3.1 4.3 .9 2.3 .6 1.6 

Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts 1 2 ............ 230.048 233.922 233.009 233.493 4.6 5.0 2.0 6.1 4.8 4.1 

Crackers, bread, and cracker products 2 .................... 255.119 255.727 256.098 258.239 -12.1 2.9 3.7 5.0 -4.9 4.3 

Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies, tarts,

turnovers 2 .......................................................... 227.178 226.982 229.627 226.030 1.2 9.9 -1.9 -2.0 5.5 -2.0 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .......................................... 198.436 198.357 198.250 199.747 10.5 5.2 3.4 2.7 7.8 3.0 

Meats, poultry, and fish .................................................. 197.270 197.266 196.884 198.037 9.9 3.3 1.6 1.6 6.6 1.6 

Meats ............................................................................ 195.947 196.425 195.937 196.423 9.0 .9 .7 1.0 4.9 .8 

Beef and veal 1 ........................................................... 212.487 213.706 212.808 212.771 19.8 -1.7 1.6 .5 8.5 1.1 

Uncooked ground beef 1 .......................................... 186.803 187.961 186.936 188.526 10.9 5.4 4.2 3.7 8.1 4.0 

Uncooked beef roasts 1 3 ......................................... 153.656 155.823 155.076 155.454 35.5 -10.2 -.9 4.8 10.3 1.9 

Uncooked beef steaks 1 3 ........................................ 152.013 153.032 152.557 150.407 26.0 -8.2 .4 -4.2 7.6 -1.9 

Uncooked other beef and veal 1 3 ............................ 146.485 143.959 143.603 145.650 3.8 19.5 .5 -2.3 11.4 -.9 

Pork ............................................................................ 181.175 181.156 180.966 181.953 2.0 6.2 -2.7 1.7 4.1 -.5 

Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products 3 .. 128.236 127.223 127.954 126.890 1.0 12.8 -1.3 -4.1 6.7 -2.7 

Bacon and related products 2 ................................. 222.205 219.610 222.443 219.356 5.4 8.6 -.4 -5.0 7.0 -2.7 

Breakfast sausage and related products 2 3 .......... 123.868 123.903 123.435 122.498 -1.0 11.9 -1.4 -4.4 5.2 -2.9 

Ham .......................................................................... 176.906 179.107 178.774 179.890 -1.9 11.5 -6.5 6.9 4.5 .0 

Ham, excluding canned 2 ....................................... 197.946 200.912 201.603 202.921 -5.3 11.8 -7.2 10.4 2.9 1.2 

Pork chops ............................................................... 170.658 168.392 169.912 170.923 5.6 2.4 -1.5 .6 4.0 -.5

Other pork including roasts and picnics 3 ................. 113.436 114.718 112.088 114.294 -1.2 6.7 -3.1 3.1 2.6 -.1 

Other meats ................................................................ 185.939 185.630 185.540 186.538 -4.0 -.8 4.1 1.3 -2.4 2.7 

Frankfurters 2 ........................................................... 184.001 176.882 180.200 180.016 -12.4 7.3 11.0 -8.4 -3.0 .8 

Lunchmeats 123 ...................................................... 119.824 121.336 120.873 122.117 -.8 1.2 -2.0 7.9 .2 2.8 

Lamb and organ meats 1 2 ....................................... 224.050 230.125 231.966 242.223 --- 36.6 - -

Lamb and mutton 123 ............................................. NA NA NA NA - - - - - -

Poultry 1 ........................................................................ 195.604 194.624 193.998 196.927 16.4 13.6 1.4 2.7 15.0 2.0

Chicken 1 3 ................................................................. 126.980 127.604 127.324 128.127 21.2 12.8 1.5 3.7 17.0 2.6 

Fresh whole chicken 1 2 ........................................... 200.742 201.639 202.199 202.562 23.9 10.0 3.7 3.7 16.7 3.7 

Fresh and frozen chicken parts 1 2 ........................... 194.409 195.223 194.487 196.341 24.5 11.9 1.6 4.0 18.0 2.8 

Other poultry including turkey 3 .................................. 120.664 119.937 119.517 122.828 .1 10.3 -2.2 7.4 5.1 2.5 

Fish and seafood 1 ....................................................... 222.125 221.275 221.633 223.529 7.0 1.8 5.3 2.6 4.4 3.9 

Fresh fish and seafood 1 3 ......................................... 132.626 132.542 132.385 133.976 11.0 2.9 2.1 4.1 6.8 3.1 

Processed fish and seafood 3 .................................... 115.043 114.361 115.910 115.499 2.9 -2.2 10.0 1.6 .3 5.7 

Canned fish and seafood 2 ....................................... 147.257 147.718 148.709 149.363 .7 -2.1 7.0 5.8 -.7 6.4 

Frozen fish and seafood 1 2 ..................................... 249.387 243.873 245.839 246.628 4.9 6.8 9.0 -4.4 5.8 2.1 

Eggs ............................................................................... 215.710 214.224 219.318 228.214 22.7 51.0 42.0 25.3 36.1 33.4 

Dairy and related products ............................................... 204.544 205.627 205.278 205.698 8.4 29.2 12.9 2.3 18.4 7.5 

Milk 1 3 ............................................................................ 149.740 151.122 149.692 149.521 11.0 60.4 8.5 -.6 33.4 3.8 

Fresh whole milk 1 2 ..................................................... 220.682 223.322 221.014 220.554 12.2 73.4 6.8 -.2 39.5 3.2 

Fresh milk other than whole 123 ................................. 149.902 150.718 149.603 149.076 9.9 48.1 10.0 -2.2 27.6 3.7 

Cheese and related products 1 ....................................... 203.458 202.388 202.189 206.382 8.5 15.6 27.1 5.9 12.0 16.0 

Ice cream and related products ...................................... 185.422 187.015 187.252 186.021 -4.1 7.8 4.0 1.3 1.7 2.6 

Other dairy and related products 3 ................................. 135.781 136.841 137.199 137.857 7.1 14.3 17.0 6.3 10.6 11.5 

See footnotes at end of table.

41 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 4. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, detailed expenditure

categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Seasonally adjusted indexes

Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Apr.

2007

July

2007

Oct.

2007

Jan.

2008

July

2007

Jan.

2008

Expenditure category

Fruits and vegetables ....................................................... 262.008 267.159 266.288 272.105 11.2 -5.5 4.0 16.3 2.5 10.0 

Fresh fruits and vegetables ............................................ 309.835 318.137 316.086 324.118 13.0 -8.2 3.7 19.8 1.8 11.4 

Fresh fruits ................................................................... 329.232 335.507 336.214 342.428 9.9 -9.0 10.2 17.0 .1 13.6 

Apples ........................................................................ 289.083 297.895 301.942 310.808 21.4 1.0 -18.1 33.6 10.8 4.6 

Bananas ..................................................................... 181.913 182.380 184.657 178.912 -1.4 1.2 15.2 -6.4 -.1 3.8 

Citrus fruits 3 ............................................................... 213.492 203.736 202.323 206.796 33.3 -29.9 7.4 -12.0 -3.4 -2.8 

Oranges, including tangerines 2 ............................... 427.965 402.327 398.270 397.929 54.4 -32.0 -16.6 -25.3 2.5 -21.1 

Other fresh fruits 3 ...................................................... 114.257 120.920 119.851 124.750 -3.0 2.6 10.6 42.1 -.2 25.3 

Fresh vegetables .......................................................... 289.376 299.480 294.900 304.546 16.2 -7.5 -2.7 22.7 3.7 9.3 

Potatoes ..................................................................... 280.046 287.078 286.669 285.263 13.2 -.4 -4.2 7.7 6.2 1.6 

Lettuce 1 ..................................................................... 298.182 295.748 295.313 292.945 -11.6 -34.7 87.9 -6.8 -24.0 32.3 

Tomatoes ................................................................... 302.624 319.226 333.552 360.789 36.7 -.3 -10.1 102.0 16.8 34.8 

Other fresh vegetables ............................................... 300.201 301.605 292.965 305.454 13.5 -15.1 5.5 7.2 -1.8 6.3 

Processed fruits and vegetables 3 .................................. 129.344 128.420 129.592 130.435 4.7 5.6 5.2 3.4 5.2 4.3 

Canned fruits and vegetables 3 .................................... 127.703 126.682 128.264 128.899 4.8 3.8 7.2 3.8 4.3 5.5 

Canned fruits 2 3 ......................................................... 127.476 126.710 127.762 127.808 7.7 3.3 5.7 1.0 5.5 3.3 

Canned vegetables 2 3 ............................................... 131.934 131.331 132.721 132.777 2.6 4.5 9.2 2.6 3.6 5.8 

Frozen fruits and vegetables 3 ..................................... 130.241 129.831 130.555 131.988 2.6 7.0 2.3 5.5 4.8 3.9 

Frozen vegetables 2 ................................................... 181.395 181.976 181.440 183.960 .3 5.6 -.1 5.8 2.9 2.8 

Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried 3 ............................................................................ 131.004 130.571 130.679 131.440 4.9 9.7 4.0 1.3 7.3 2.7 

Dried beans, peas, and lentils 123 ............................ 136.335 136.943 139.039 141.255 10.3 17.5 5.4 15.2 13.9 10.2 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ............ 155.354 154.933 154.480 156.941 4.6 5.1 4.1 4.1 4.8 4.1 

Juices and nonalcoholic drinks 3 .................................... 119.333 119.403 118.526 120.427 4.5 5.1 4.1 3.7 4.8 3.9 

Carbonated drinks ........................................................ 142.011 142.040 140.085 142.564 6.2 6.1 3.3 1.6 6.2 2.4

Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 3 ................ 141.205 143.357 143.465 146.427 28.3 .9 7.8 15.6 13.8 11.6 

Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 3 ........... 113.747 113.691 114.034 116.764 -4.0 4.7 5.3 11.0 .3 8.1 

Beverage materials including coffee and tea 3 ............... 109.558 108.417 109.215 111.103 5.4 4.4 3.2 5.8 4.9 4.5 

Coffee ........................................................................... 177.656 177.889 178.226 179.947 6.3 10.1 .2 5.3 8.2 2.7 

Roasted coffee 2 ......................................................... 183.578 183.573 185.988 186.005 4.9 15.5 4.0 5.4 10.0 4.7 

Instant and freeze dried coffee 1 2 ............................. 187.150 186.624 184.030 191.553 -.2 6.4 -10.6 9.7 3.0 -.9 

Other beverage materials including tea 3 ..................... 121.282 119.918 120.561 122.887 5.4 1.5 4.9 5.4 3.4 5.1 

Other food at home .......................................................... 174.686 175.064 175.436 176.178 3.4 3.1 2.3 3.5 3.3 2.9 

Sugar and sweets ........................................................... 178.095 179.285 179.933 179.774 1.7 3.7 2.3 3.8 2.7 3.1 

Sugar and artificial sweeteners .................................... 167.070 166.787 166.491 166.746 .0 1.4 -1.4 -.8 .7 -1.1 

Candy and chewing gum 1 3 ........................................ 116.278 118.601 118.555 118.794 3.3 5.6 -2.7 8.9 4.5 3.0 

Other sweets 3 .............................................................. 127.391 127.965 128.653 128.571 4.5 1.5 2.8 3.8 3.0 3.3 

Fats and oils ................................................................... 175.380 176.692 178.470 180.743 3.6 6.6 4.6 12.8 5.1 8.6 

Butter and margarine 3 ................................................. 138.385 139.089 140.723 141.343 2.4 9.9 3.3 8.8 6.1 6.0 

Butter 2 ....................................................................... 172.278 172.854 172.450 170.188 -8.5 18.5 2.4 -4.8 4.1 -1.3

Margarine 2 ................................................................. 191.068 192.844 198.621 199.761 8.3 3.9 6.0 19.5 6.1 12.5 

Salad dressing 3 ........................................................... 111.186 112.641 113.234 115.841 .9 -.6 3.6 17.8 .2 10.5 

Other fats and oils including peanut butter 3 ................ 124.593 125.093 125.945 128.628 5.3 11.8 3.6 13.6 8.5 8.5 

Peanut butter 123 ...................................................... 115.483 117.770 117.962 119.126 -.2 13.8 .6 13.2 6.6 6.7 

Other foods ..................................................................... 189.591 189.597 189.640 190.435 3.8 2.4 1.8 1.8 3.1 1.8 

Soups ........................................................................... 214.086 216.755 215.252 223.597 3.7 -1.2 -3.8 19.0 1.2 7.0 

Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods ...................... 159.033 158.033 157.883 157.271 4.6 7.5 1.1 -4.4 6.0 -1.7 

Snacks 1 ....................................................................... 187.439 186.946 187.632 187.236 10.5 -1.5 5.8 -.4 4.3 2.6

Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces ..................... 197.454 196.280 197.182 198.534 4.3 2.1 4.0 2.2 3.2 3.1 

Salt and other seasonings and spices 123 ................ 116.991 114.685 115.302 117.572 11.5 8.0 2.7 2.0 9.7 2.3 

Olives, pickles, relishes 123 ...................................... 125.755 123.063 117.241 123.832 -2.5 12.7 15.8 -6.0 4.8 4.3 

Sauces and gravies 123 ............................................ 111.401 109.140 110.635 111.439 -1.5 .6 -2.0 .1 -.4 -.9 

Other condiments 1 2 .................................................. 226.842 210.242 211.775 235.339 -4.7 16.8 -11.5 15.8 5.5 1.2 

Baby food 1 3 ................................................................ 133.497 134.143 133.326 135.083 3.4 -.3 14.9 4.8 1.5 9.8 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 3 ..................................... 114.850 115.396 115.267 115.162 2.3 -1.0 -.6 1.1 .6 .3 

Prepared salads 124 ................................................. - - 100.000 98.672 ------

Food away from home 1 ..................................................... 209.275 209.854 210.233 211.070 3.1 4.4 4.6 3.5 3.7 4.0 

Full service meals and snacks 1 3 .................................... 131.659 132.217 132.413 132.872 2.6 4.8 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 

Limited service meals and snacks 1 3 .............................. 132.362 132.548 132.959 133.567 3.4 4.2 5.3 3.7 3.8 4.5 

Food at employee sites and schools 3 ............................. 127.577 127.976 128.203 128.431 4.0 2.8 1.7 2.7 3.4 2.2 

Food at elementary and secondary schools 125 ........... 107.431 107.638 107.685 107.748 2.0 .8 9.3 1.2 1.4 5.2 

Food from vending machines and mobile vendors 1 3 ..... 120.092 120.236 120.438 121.193 1.9 5.2 6.1 3.7 3.6 4.9 

See footnotes at end of table.

42 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 4. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, detailed expenditure

categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Seasonally adjusted indexes

Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Apr.

2007

July

2007

Oct.

2007

Jan.

2008

July

2007

Jan.

2008

Expenditure category

Other food away from home 1 3 ....................................... 146.074 146.628 145.814 146.649 6.5 4.6 3.6 1.6 5.6 2.6 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................. 209.252 209.711 210.143 210.953 4.2 3.6 3.6 3.3 3.9 3.4 

Alcoholic beverages at home ............................................. 180.715 180.964 181.230 182.271 3.7 2.8 3.2 3.5 3.3 3.4

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home .................. 185.984 186.172 186.712 187.428 4.7 5.6 2.6 3.1 5.1 2.9 

Distilled spirits at home .................................................... 181.557 181.195 181.334 183.411 2.2 2.1 -.1 4.1 2.1 2.0 

Whiskey at home 1 2 ...................................................... 185.490 183.991 183.048 184.542 8.9 .8 .4 -2.0 4.8 -.8 

Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home 2 ................ 178.887 178.385 178.488 181.354 1.1 2.1 .2 5.6 1.6 2.9 

Wine at home ................................................................... 164.442 164.878 165.348 165.992 4.3 -1.6 6.1 3.8 1.3 4.9 

Alcoholic beverages away from home ................................ 269.646 270.250 271.102 271.906 5.8 4.3 4.2 3.4 5.1 3.8 

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home 1 2

3 ................................................................................ 136.042 136.214 136.117 136.798 2.4 5.8 2.5 2.2 4.1 2.4 

Wine away from home 123 .............................................. 147.671 147.866 148.241 148.433 9.0 7.9 3.0 2.1 8.4 2.5 

Distilled spirits away from home 2 3 ................................. 143.493 144.003 144.283 144.612 5.7 5.9 6.4 3.2 5.8 4.8 

Housing .................................................................................. 211.110 211.861 212.409 212.920 3.5 2.8 2.2 3.5 3.2 2.9 

Shelter .................................................................................. 242.635 243.295 243.974 244.744 2.8 3.4 2.7 3.5 3.1 3.1 

Rent of primary residence 6 ................................................ 237.122 238.050 238.925 239.745 4.0 3.3 3.8 4.5 3.7 4.2 

Lodging away from home 3 ................................................ 144.875 144.578 145.050 146.695 .3 16.4 -1.3 5.1 8.0 1.8 

Housing at school, excluding board 6 7 ............................ 375.964 377.600 379.176 380.678 6.0 5.3 4.1 5.1 5.6 4.6 

Other lodging away from home including hotels and

motels ....................................................................... 304.257 303.525 304.499 308.054 .0 17.0 -1.6 5.1 8.2 1.7 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 6 7 ............... 248.045 248.790 249.425 250.051 2.9 2.0 2.9 3.3 2.4 3.1 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 3 ............................... 116.640 116.997 117.003 117.435 .5 -3.3 .2 2.8 -1.4 1.5 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................. 202.591 204.915 205.615 205.567 10.5 2.7 2.9 6.0 6.5 4.5 

Household energy .............................................................. 183.354 185.667 186.261 185.991 11.7 2.3 2.5 5.9 6.9 4.2 

Fuel oil and other fuels ..................................................... 264.654 288.217 295.293 306.227 17.7 22.4 27.3 79.3 20.0 51.1 

Fuel oil ............................................................................ 270.859 308.476 316.842 331.206 18.1 24.5 18.3 123.6 21.3 62.6 

Propane, kerosene, and firewood 8 ................................ 298.254 311.454 317.431 326.163 14.5 16.0 18.7 43.0 15.2 30.3 

Gas (piped) and electricity 6 ............................................. 187.206 188.264 188.470 187.489 11.2 .7 .6 .6 5.8 .6 

Electricity 6 ..................................................................... 178.654 179.679 179.783 179.655 3.2 1.9 7.8 2.3 2.5 5.0 

Utility (piped) gas service 6 ............................................. 213.198 214.361 214.862 210.100 32.4 -1.8 -14.5 -5.7 14.0 -10.2 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 3 ............... 145.748 146.602 147.262 148.142 4.9 5.1 5.0 6.7 5.0 5.9 

Water and sewerage maintenance 6 ................................ 317.627 319.361 320.579 322.064 5.2 6.2 5.3 5.7 5.7 5.5 

Garbage and trash collection 1 9 ...................................... 348.684 351.136 353.439 356.901 3.8 2.1 4.2 9.8 3.0 7.0 

Household furnishings and operations ................................. 126.377 126.406 126.414 126.493 .3 -.7 -1.7 .4 -.2 -.7 

Window and floor coverings and other linens 3 .................. 79.383 79.964 79.765 79.569 -5.2 -2.7 -5.0 .9 -4.0 -2.1 

Floor coverings 1 3 ........................................................... 116.843 116.569 119.083 118.813 -5.6 4.1 -4.8 6.9 -.8 .9 

Window coverings 3 .......................................................... 84.563 87.263 84.617 85.380 -9.6 5.3 -7.0 3.9 -2.4 -1.7 

Other linens 1 3 ................................................................. 68.159 68.396 68.305 68.325 -3.1 -11.0 -3.9 1.0 -7.1 -1.5 

Furniture and bedding 1 ...................................................... 123.869 124.296 123.506 123.792 3.7 -2.5 -7.7 -.2 .5 -4.0 

Bedroom furniture 1 .......................................................... 143.643 144.070 142.055 143.991 2.7 1.8 -5.1 1.0 2.3 -2.1 

Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture 1 3 .......... 90.763 91.092 90.510 89.766 -.3 -2.9 -3.0 -4.3 -1.6 -3.7 

Other furniture 3 ................................................................ 86.190 86.494 86.990 87.728 4.2 -4.6 -15.6 7.3 -.3 -4.8 

Infants’ furniture 125 ...................................................... 100.280 NA NA NA 40.7 -11.3 -17.3 -

 11.7 -

Appliances 1 3 .................................................................... 90.072 89.714 89.273 89.407 10.8 -1.5 -.8 -2.9 4.5 -1.9 

Major appliances 1 3 ......................................................... 100.464 100.361 99.903 100.011 14.5 -5.4 3.0 -1.8 4.1 .6 

Laundry equipment 1 2 ................................................... 115.842 116.495 115.994 117.060 20.0 -8.3 2.0 4.3 4.9 3.1 

Other appliances 1 3 ......................................................... 76.799 76.173 75.756 75.920 5.7 4.5 -6.0 -4.5 5.1 -5.3 

Other household equipment and furnishings 3 ................... 76.369 75.516 75.059 76.282 -4.3 -3.5 -2.6 -.5 -3.9 -1.5 

Clocks, lamps, and decorator items 1 ............................... 72.682 71.610 70.179 70.963 -9.8 -8.1 -1.2 -9.1 -9.0 -5.2 

Indoor plants and flowers 10 ............................................. 124.803 123.168 124.541 125.686 .8 1.2 3.8 2.9 1.0 3.3 

Dishes and flatware 1 3 .................................................... 73.681 73.577 72.305 74.982 .4 5.7 -7.4 7.3 3.0 -.3 

Nonelectric cookware and tableware 3 ............................. 93.558 93.938 94.374 95.552 1.7 3.3 1.5 8.8 2.5 5.1 

Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies 3 .......... 94.258 94.309 94.220 93.550 -1.0 -1.5 -.9 -3.0 -1.2 -1.9 

Tools, hardware and supplies 1 3 ..................................... 99.467 99.400 99.028 98.590 1.0 .8 -2.5 -3.5 .9 -3.0 

Outdoor equipment and supplies 3 ................................... 91.614 91.754 91.670 90.923 -.7 -3.2 -.1 -3.0 -2.0 -1.6 

Housekeeping supplies 1 .................................................... 169.724 169.510 170.743 171.187 .3 -.5 1.7 3.5 -.1 2.6 

Household cleaning products 1 3 ...................................... 111.747 111.753 112.712 113.048 -2.6 .9 -2.6 4.7 -.9 1.0 

Household paper products 1 3 .......................................... 137.053 137.487 138.930 138.698 .3 -.7 7.5 4.9 -.2 6.2 

Miscellaneous household products 1 3 ............................. 114.058 113.318 113.655 114.269 4.5 -2.1 3.2 .7 1.1 2.0 

Household operations 1 3 ................................................... 141.013 141.610 142.100 142.828 2.1 1.3 .9 5.2 1.7 3.1 

Domestic services 1 3 ....................................................... 137.943 138.525 139.648 140.120 1.8 -.5 .1 6.5 .7 3.2 

Gardening and lawncare services 1 3 ............................... 140.500 140.924 141.672 NA - 1.1 -.5 ---

Moving, storage, freight expense 3 ................................... 130.237 129.912 128.867 129.414 -.8 2.2 1.1 -2.5 .7 -.7 

See footnotes at end of table.

43 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 4. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, detailed expenditure

categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Seasonally adjusted indexes

Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Apr.

2007

July

2007

Oct.

2007

Jan.

2008

July

2007

Jan.

2008

Expenditure category

Repair of household items 1 3 .......................................... 163.126 165.060 165.089 166.192 -0.1 1.5 6.7 7.7 0.7 7.2 

Apparel ................................................................................... 118.430 119.125 119.240 119.759 -2.9 -1.3 -.9 4.6 -2.1 1.8 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ...................................................... 112.422 112.341 112.167 112.941 -.8 2.3 -2.0 1.9 .7 -.1 

Men’s apparel ..................................................................... 117.569 117.181 116.636 116.890 -1.5 -.3 -3.9 -2.3 -.9 -3.1 

Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear ........................... 122.024 122.384 120.881 117.533 -4.2 8.0 5.7 -13.9 1.7 -4.6 

Men’s furnishings ............................................................. 131.335 130.307 129.156 130.531 2.9 1.1 -10.0 -2.4 2.0 -6.3 

Men’s shirts and sweaters 3 ............................................. 81.000 80.903 80.126 80.992 -4.3 -5.8 -8.1 .0 -5.1 -4.2 

Men’s pants and shorts .................................................... 109.837 109.693 110.556 110.283 -4.2 3.0 3.4 1.6 -.7 2.5 

Boys’ apparel ...................................................................... 93.939 93.868 95.390 97.654 5.5 5.7 10.1 16.8 5.6 13.4 

Women’s and girls’ apparel .................................................. 108.734 109.575 110.443 110.658 -4.1 -6.9 -1.6 7.3 -5.5 2.7 

Women’s apparel ............................................................... 110.843 111.507 112.072 112.762 -6.2 -5.4 -.6 7.1 -5.8 3.2 

Women’s outerwear ......................................................... 93.816 93.327 91.913 96.430 3.9 -9.9 12.9 11.6 -3.2 12.3

Women’s dresses ............................................................. 112.988 114.636 116.391 118.333 -34.0 22.5 -3.0 20.3 -10.1 8.0 

Women’s suits and separates 3 ........................................ 87.365 87.916 88.968 89.439 -3.6 -8.4 -1.1 9.8 -6.1 4.2 

Women’s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and

accessories 3 ............................................................ 90.971 90.628 91.362 90.005 -2.6 -5.4 -3.2 -4.2 -4.0 -3.7 

Girls’ apparel ...................................................................... 97.749 99.520 101.988 100.331 8.7 -15.2 -7.6 11.0 -4.0 1.2 

Footwear .............................................................................. 122.165 123.519 122.469 123.246 -3.9 3.7 -2.4 3.6 -.2 .5 

Men’s footwear 1 ................................................................ 121.105 122.586 120.906 120.147 -4.4 -7.0 9.2 -3.1 -5.7 2.8 

Boys’ and girls’ footwear .................................................... 122.471 124.751 124.843 125.106 -2.1 1.2 3.4 8.9 -.4 6.1 

Women’s footwear .............................................................. 122.018 122.855 121.669 122.636 -1.0 10.5 -10.0 2.0 4.6 -4.2 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ............................................... 114.786 115.708 114.632 116.049 -3.7 -4.7 9.7 4.5 -4.2 7.0 

Jewelry and watches 8 ......................................................... 138.772 139.033 139.236 139.348 -.1 8.0 2.8 1.7 3.9 2.2 

Watches 8 ........................................................................... 115.485 116.191 115.802 114.648 -7.1 -5.1 .1 -2.9 -6.1 -1.4 

Jewelry 8 ............................................................................. 144.695 144.873 145.227 145.560 1.1 9.9 3.5 2.4 5.4 2.9 

Transportation ........................................................................ 186.134 192.718 194.653 195.722 9.3 7.8 1.7 22.3 8.5 11.5 

Private transportation ........................................................... 182.124 188.833 190.738 191.811 9.8 8.2 1.3 23.0 9.0 11.6 

New and used motor vehicles 3 .......................................... 94.384 94.372 94.405 94.318 -.5 .8 .0 -.3 .1 -.1 

New vehicles .................................................................... 135.984 136.038 135.953 135.597 .6 -.7 -1.0 -1.1 -.1 -1.1 

New cars and trucks 2 3 ................................................. 94.275 94.313 94.251 93.930 .6 -.8 -.7 -1.5 -.1 -1.1 

New cars 2 ...................................................................... 135.644 135.686 135.627 135.156 .4 -.7 -.7 -1.4 -.2 -1.0 

New trucks 2 9 ................................................................ 140.531 140.618 140.469 140.223 .1 -1.0 -.2 -.9 -.5 -.5 

Used cars and trucks 1 ..................................................... 136.950 136.616 136.943 137.203 -2.6 5.0 2.8 .7 1.1 1.7 

Leased cars and trucks 11 ................................................ 93.045 93.077 93.371 93.640 -2.2 -.8 3.8 2.6 -1.5 3.2 

Car and truck rental 3 ....................................................... 113.921 113.130 112.056 112.226 -8.6 28.7 -13.2 -5.8 8.4 -9.6 

Motor fuel ........................................................................... 243.617 272.290 279.928 283.011 38.0 26.3 2.6 82.1 32.1 36.7 

Gasoline (all types) ........................................................... 242.460 271.068 278.588 281.880 38.3 26.3 2.6 82.7 32.2 36.9 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 2 .......................................... 242.419 271.698 279.482 282.760 38.7 25.5 2.7 85.1 32.0 37.9 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 2 12 ................................. 247.663 275.887 283.310 286.366 40.1 27.1 2.8 78.7 33.4 35.6 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 2 ....................................... 233.473 259.545 266.212 269.313 35.1 26.8 2.3 77.0 30.9 34.6 

Other motor fuels 1 3 ........................................................ 228.780 250.053 248.393 247.519 41.1 4.6 28.1 37.0 21.5 32.5 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 .................................. 123.017 123.487 123.928 124.282 3.2 2.7 5.0 4.2 3.0 4.6 

Tires 1 ............................................................................... 112.841 113.088 113.060 112.738 3.3 1.1 5.2 -.4 2.2 2.4 

Vehicle accessories other than tires 1 3 ........................... 130.583 131.387 132.574 134.134 3.1 4.9 4.8 11.3 4.0 8.0 

Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires 1 2 ........... 129.880 130.340 131.420 132.559 2.1 4.5 6.0 8.5 3.3 7.2 

Motor oil, coolant, and fluids 1 2 ..................................... 233.466 238.352 240.510 246.532 7.6 4.1 3.2 24.3 5.9 13.3 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ............................... 224.826 225.440 226.137 227.730 4.4 3.4 2.4 5.3 3.9 3.8 

Motor vehicle body work 1 ................................................ 234.548 235.351 236.039 236.594 2.7 .2 5.6 3.5 1.4 4.6 

Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing 1 ...................... 203.218 203.655 204.331 206.222 5.9 2.1 .8 6.0 4.0 3.4 

Motor vehicle repair 3 ....................................................... 138.612 139.194 139.619 140.498 3.8 4.6 2.6 5.6 4.2 4.1 

Motor vehicle insurance ..................................................... 333.889 334.226 334.872 336.294 -1.2 1.0 1.1 2.9 -.1 2.0 

Motor vehicle fees 1 3 ......................................................... 141.757 141.998 142.248 143.793 2.4 1.9 .8 5.9 2.2 3.3 

State and local registration and license 136 .................... 139.087 139.320 139.320 140.964 1.0 2.5 -.4 5.5 1.8 2.5 

Parking and other fees 1 3 ................................................ 146.635 146.887 147.630 149.017 5.2 .9 3.1 6.7 3.0 4.8 

Parking fees and tolls 123 ............................................. 151.826 152.338 153.178 154.348 2.7 .9 5.4 6.8 1.8 6.1 

Automobile service clubs 123 ........................................ 119.039 118.976 119.323 120.145 12.2 .8 -4.3 3.8 6.4 -.4 

Public transportation ............................................................. 233.276 236.368 238.571 239.414 2.4 1.1 9.3 10.9 1.7 10.1 

Airline fare .......................................................................... 256.889 261.690 264.950 267.120 4.2 1.2 13.9 16.9 2.7 15.4 

Other intercity transportation 1 ........................................... 150.193 152.231 156.648 154.208 -8.9 21.4 -20.4 11.1 5.1 -6.0 

Intercity bus fare 124 ....................................................... - - 100.000 100.899 ------

See footnotes at end of table.

44 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 4. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, detailed expenditure

categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Seasonally adjusted indexes

Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Apr.

2007

July

2007

Oct.

2007

Jan.

2008

July

2007

Jan.

2008

Expenditure category

Intercity train fare 124 ...................................................... - - 100.000 98.114 ------

Ship fare 2 3 ...................................................................... 71.635 71.997 72.484 70.368 -1.3 -1.0 5.4 -6.9 -1.1 -1.0 

Intracity transportation 1 ..................................................... 231.603 232.425 232.378 233.285 1.1 3.0 .8 2.9 2.0 1.9 

Medical care ........................................................................... 356.384 357.745 358.861 360.815 4.1 5.0 5.6 5.1 4.5 5.3 

Medical care commodities .................................................... 292.110 293.352 294.241 295.763 -.3 2.3 3.0 5.1 1.0 4.1 

Prescription drugs .............................................................. 371.946 374.052 375.796 378.437 -1.0 2.1 3.6 7.2 .5 5.4 

Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies 1 8 ................ 158.015 158.475 158.094 157.297 1.9 2.3 2.5 -1.8 2.1 .3 

Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs 1 ............ 187.521 188.044 187.414 186.608 4.2 2.9 .6 -1.9 3.5 -.7 

Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies 1 ......... 187.253 187.847 187.782 186.523 -2.9 1.1 6.9 -1.6 -.9 2.6 

Medical care services ........................................................... 375.763 377.152 378.338 380.459 5.4 5.8 6.4 5.1 5.6 5.7 

Professional services ......................................................... 304.197 304.874 305.907 307.011 3.4 3.8 4.4 3.8 3.6 4.1 

Physicians’ services 6 ....................................................... 306.463 306.967 307.973 308.574 3.9 3.7 3.7 2.8 3.8 3.2 

Dental services 6 .............................................................. 365.331 366.216 368.211 370.249 3.8 4.5 9.5 5.5 4.2 7.5 

Eyeglasses and eye care 1 8 ............................................ 170.496 170.897 172.811 173.040 1.7 .7 -4.1 6.1 1.2 .9 

Services by other medical professionals 6 8 ..................... 198.528 199.674 200.680 201.105 2.5 2.4 2.0 5.3 2.4 3.7 

Hospital and related services 6 ........................................... 511.704 514.748 517.505 522.889 7.4 7.9 9.7 9.0 7.7 9.4 

Hospital services 6 13 ....................................................... 188.407 189.534 190.587 192.703 7.5 8.1 10.1 9.4 7.8 9.8 

Inpatient hospital services 2 6 13 .................................... 182.547 183.559 184.492 186.309 5.8 8.6 9.4 8.5 7.2 9.0 

Outpatient hospital services 1268 ................................ 436.165 442.011 442.085 448.152 12.7 5.6 12.1 11.5 9.1 11.8 

Nursing homes and adult day services 6 13 ..................... 161.744 162.041 162.401 162.858 6.1 5.9 3.2 2.8 6.0 3.0 

Care of invalids and elderly at home 1 4 ........................... 103.411 103.487 106.602 108.032 -4.2 1.6 2.8 19.1 -1.4 10.7 

Health insurance 1 5 ........................................................... 116.193 116.106 115.727 116.260 14.2 10.6 4.9 .2 12.4 2.5 

Recreation 3 ........................................................................... 111.793 111.978 112.008 112.242 .2 .4 1.7 1.6 .3 1.6

Video and audio 3 ................................................................. 103.132 102.974 103.291 103.337 -1.9 .5 1.4 .8 -.7 1.1 

Televisions ......................................................................... 16.006 15.894 15.680 15.326 -19.9 -20.9 -13.6 -15.9 -20.4 -14.8 

Cable and satellite television and radio service 9 ............... 355.443 354.782 356.155 357.021 1.0 3.6 4.5 1.8 2.3 3.1 

Other video equipment 3 .................................................... 22.641 22.247 21.936 21.811 -12.7 -7.4 -17.1 -13.9 -10.1 -15.5 

Video cassettes, discs, and other media including rental 1

3 .................................................................................. 75.852 76.343 77.808 78.352 -3.8 -4.0 3.9 13.8 -3.9 8.8 

Video cassettes and discs, blank and prerecorded 123 .. 63.866 63.364 64.303 64.018 -11.7 -8.7 2.8 1.0 -10.2 1.9 

Rental of video tapes and discs 123 ............................... 92.894 94.322 95.867 96.872 -1.0 -3.3 10.2 18.3 -2.1 14.2 

Audio equipment 1 .............................................................. 53.444 53.477 53.242 52.819 -5.2 -4.9 -4.5 -4.6 -5.1 -4.6 

Audio discs, tapes and other media 1 3 .............................. 106.115 105.237 105.202 105.105 -3.5 6.2 -.1 -3.8 1.3 -1.9 

Pets, pet products and services 3 ......................................... 136.630 136.804 137.210 137.614 3.7 6.0 8.5 2.9 4.8 5.7 

Pets and pet products ........................................................ 170.419 170.236 170.789 171.522 1.0 5.5 10.5 2.6 3.2 6.5 

Pet food 2 3 ....................................................................... 122.187 122.250 122.499 123.071 1.4 5.7 10.7 2.9 3.5 6.8

Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories 2 3 ............... 114.151 114.004 114.371 114.376 -.6 4.4 6.6 .8 1.8 3.6 

Pet services including veterinary 3 ..................................... 168.652 169.415 169.853 170.037 7.5 6.5 5.8 3.3 7.0 4.6 

Pet services 123 .............................................................. 143.816 143.949 144.294 145.181 7.0 2.4 3.3 3.9 4.7 3.6 

Veterinarian services 2 3 .................................................. 173.565 174.718 175.151 175.178 7.8 7.1 6.6 3.8 7.4 5.2 

Sporting goods 1 ................................................................... 115.869 116.479 116.125 116.644 -.2 -2.8 -1.2 2.7 -1.5 .7 

Sports vehicles including bicycles ...................................... 137.561 139.278 139.020 139.095 -5.8 -2.5 3.5 4.5 -4.2 4.0 

Sports equipment 1 ............................................................. 94.977 94.679 95.030 95.794 4.5 -4.1 -6.7 3.5 .1 -1.7 

Photography 1 3 .................................................................... 82.481 82.044 81.737 81.544 -8.5 .0 1.3 -4.5 -4.4 -1.6 

Photographic equipment and supplies 1 ............................. 81.188 80.232 79.082 78.563 -12.7 1.2 -.6 -12.3 -6.0 -6.6 

Film and photographic supplies 123 ................................ 86.605 86.760 86.304 86.282 4.4 6.3 2.1 -1.5 5.4 .3 

Photographic equipment 123 .......................................... 40.574 39.758 38.800 38.346 -26.9 -2.3 -5.8 -20.2 -15.5 -13.3 

Photographers and film processing 1 3 .............................. 105.663 105.711 106.295 106.439 -4.7 -1.1 3.1 3.0 -2.9 3.0 

Photographer fees 123 .................................................... 116.035 116.286 117.023 117.272 .2 4.1 -.4 4.3 2.1 2.0 

Film processing 123 ........................................................ 99.233 99.424 99.692 99.758 -5.2 -4.0 6.0 2.1 -4.6 4.1 

Other recreational goods 3 ................................................... 63.351 63.153 62.815 62.811 -5.8 -6.5 -3.1 -3.4 -6.2 -3.2 

Toys 1 ................................................................................. 69.522 69.082 68.585 68.319 -3.4 -10.5 -1.6 -6.7 -7.0 -4.2 

Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipment 123 ... 68.163 67.950 67.586 67.329 -.8 -8.4 .2 -4.8 -4.7 -2.3 

Sewing machines, fabric and supplies 3 ............................. 86.617 87.013 86.395 87.655 -18.3 4.0 -7.2 4.9 -7.8 -1.3 

Music instruments and accessories 1 3 .............................. 94.375 94.508 95.018 95.087 1.1 -.3 -4.0 3.1 .4 -.5 

Recreation services 3 ........................................................... 140.026 140.768 140.773 141.173 3.2 1.1 1.5 3.3 2.1 2.4 

Club dues and fees for participant sports and group

exercises 3 .................................................................. 123.362 124.202 124.422 124.893 .9 4.0 -3.3 5.1 2.5 .8 

Admissions ......................................................................... 306.439 308.110 307.510 308.259 3.6 -2.4 5.5 2.4 .6 3.9 

Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts 2 3 ............. 148.471 149.216 148.799 149.210 2.6 -2.4 4.8 2.0 .1 3.4 

Admission to sporting events 2 3 ...................................... 162.027 163.106 163.407 163.868 9.5 -4.2 7.9 4.6 2.4 6.2 

See footnotes at end of table.

45 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 4. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, detailed expenditure

categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Seasonally adjusted indexes

Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Apr.

2007

July

2007

Oct.

2007

Jan.

2008

July

2007

Jan.

2008

Expenditure category

Fees for lessons or instructions 8 ....................................... 247.529 248.096 249.078 249.121 6.9 5.8 -0.1 2.6 6.3 1.2 

Recreational reading materials 1 .......................................... 208.467 208.890 208.036 208.940 1.7 1.3 2.0 .9 1.5 1.4 

Newspapers and magazines 1 3 ......................................... 122.683 122.811 122.709 123.485 2.9 -.5 2.4 2.6 1.2 2.5 

Recreational books 1 3 ....................................................... 104.864 105.231 104.305 104.513 .2 4.0 1.4 -1.3 2.1 .0 

Education and communication 3 ............................................. 120.741 120.792 121.127 121.578 4.1 3.5 3.1 2.8 3.8 2.9 

Education 3 ........................................................................... 174.058 174.992 175.861 176.895 6.0 5.2 5.6 6.7 5.6 6.1

Educational books and supplies ......................................... 430.155 432.699 436.329 436.635 9.5 7.8 8.3 6.2 8.6 7.2 

College textbooks 1 2 11 ................................................... 142.424 142.271 143.222 144.579 9.0 4.3 13.7 6.2 6.6 9.9 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ............................ 501.501 504.173 506.547 509.715 5.7 5.0 5.4 6.7 5.4 6.0 

College tuition and fees .................................................... 547.806 550.938 553.917 557.399 6.5 6.2 5.5 7.2 6.3 6.3 

Elementary and high school tuition and fees .................... 547.245 550.641 553.172 555.810 5.6 5.1 5.1 6.4 5.4 5.7 

Child care and nursery school 10 ..................................... 217.293 218.094 218.855 220.547 4.3 3.2 4.3 6.1 3.7 5.2 

Technical and business school tuition and fees 3 ............ 180.575 181.540 182.624 181.362 8.1 -.4 11.4 1.8 3.7 6.5 

Communication 3 .................................................................. 83.663 83.254 83.287 83.392 2.1 1.7 .5 -1.3 1.9 -.4 

Postage and delivery services 3 ......................................... 131.971 132.033 132.194 132.555 .6 15.8 .6 1.8 8.0 1.2 

Postage 1 .......................................................................... 208.927 208.927 208.927 208.927 .0 16.5 .0 .0 7.9 .0 

Delivery services 3 ............................................................ 187.530 188.574 191.285 200.271 7.8 9.2 6.8 30.1 8.5 17.9 

Information and information processing 1 3 ........................ 80.946 80.519 80.546 80.642 2.2 .8 .5 -1.5 1.5 -.5 

Telephone services 1 3 ..................................................... 99.031 98.775 98.792 98.906 3.0 4.0 1.9 -.5 3.5 .7 

Land-line telephone services, local charges 1 6 ............. 225.451 225.294 225.675 226.056 6.3 4.6 4.6 1.1 5.4 2.8 

Land-line telephone services, long distance charges 1 3 72.148 72.037 71.946 71.960 3.0 10.1 .6 -1.0 6.5 -.2 

Land-line interstate toll calls 1 2 .................................... 51.660 51.625 51.498 51.486 1.6 6.3 1.2 -1.3 3.9 -.1 

Land-line intrastate toll calls 1 2 .................................... 76.659 76.460 76.349 76.398 3.7 23.7 .7 -1.4 13.2 -.3 

Wireless telephone services 1 3 ..................................... 64.359 64.014 64.011 64.089 .0 -1.8 .4 -1.7 -.9 -.6 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 14 .......... 10.385 10.204 10.215 10.229 -1.1 -12.0 -5.3 -5.9 -6.7 -5.6 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 3 15 ...... 9.324 8.946 8.936 9.026 -3.3 -20.6 -11.1 -12.2 -12.4 -11.6 

Computer software and accessories 1 3 ........................... 51.499 51.474 50.722 50.897 -6.6 -5.6 -6.7 -4.6 -6.1 -5.6 

Internet services and electronic information providers 1 3 72.790 72.612 73.176 72.896 2.8 -5.2 -.7 .6 -1.3 -.1 

Telephone hardware, calculators, and other consumer

information items 1 3 ................................................. 37.925 37.392 36.945 36.551 -6.0 -11.4 -3.2 -13.7 -8.8 -8.6 

Other goods and services ...................................................... 335.843 336.671 337.641 339.063 2.7 2.6 2.8 3.9 2.7 3.3 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ......................................... 560.626 561.967 566.696 572.684 3.1 4.7 4.9 8.9 3.9 6.9 

Cigarettes 1 3 ...................................................................... 227.489 228.047 229.969 232.471 3.2 5.0 5.0 9.1 4.1 7.0 

Tobacco products other than cigarettes 1 3 ........................ 161.642 161.887 163.226 164.132 2.3 .7 3.7 6.3 1.5 5.0 

Personal care ....................................................................... 196.884 197.373 197.648 198.120 2.6 2.1 2.2 2.5 2.3 2.4 

Personal care products 1 .................................................... 158.381 158.561 158.236 158.201 2.5 -.5 -.2 -.5 1.0 -.3 

Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care

products 1 3 .............................................................. 103.794 103.891 103.861 103.864 1.8 -.3 1.2 .3 .8 .7 

Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and

implements 1 ............................................................ 176.870 177.109 176.418 176.333 3.1 -.8 -1.7 -1.2 1.2 -1.5 

Personal care services 1 .................................................... 217.887 218.604 219.656 219.932 2.5 2.5 2.2 3.8 2.5 3.0 

Haircuts and other personal care services 1 3 .................. 132.946 133.384 134.026 134.195 2.5 2.5 2.2 3.8 2.5 3.0 

Miscellaneous personal services ........................................ 328.406 329.106 330.466 332.309 3.4 2.3 4.6 4.8 2.9 4.7 

Legal services 8 ................................................................ 262.590 262.765 263.486 266.277 4.4 3.3 2.7 5.7 3.8 4.2 

Funeral expenses 8 .......................................................... 256.135 256.805 257.600 258.958 4.9 4.4 5.4 4.5 4.7 4.9 

Laundry and dry cleaning services 1 3 ............................. 130.919 131.099 130.834 131.199 5.5 2.6 3.4 .9 4.1 2.1 

Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning 1 3 137.918 138.300 139.205 141.070 5.7 1.8 2.6 9.5 3.7 6.0 

Financial services 1 8 ....................................................... 271.074 272.335 273.241 273.716 1.4 -2.7 10.4 4.0 -.7 7.1 

Checking account and other bank services 123 ............ 129.255 129.232 129.839 129.814 -.1 -6.8 14.0 1.7 -3.5 7.7 

Tax return preparation and other accounting fees 2 3 .... 162.499 163.724 164.611 164.999 -.2 2.9 6.4 6.3 1.3 6.4 

Miscellaneous personal goods 3 ........................................ 87.203 87.368 87.394 86.640 .6 3.2 -1.5 -2.6 1.9 -2.0 

Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap 2 ....................... 153.880 154.669 153.778 152.944 .5 4.5 1.1 -2.4 2.5 -.7 

Infants’ equipment 125 .................................................... 94.762 95.022 95.663 95.286 -5.8 .4 -2.5 2.2 -2.8 -.2 

Special aggregate indexes

Commodities ............................................................................ 168.707 171.679 172.460 173.359 5.8 4.7 2.1 11.5 5.2 6.7 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................. 148.044 151.881 152.893 153.519 5.9 4.6 .6 15.6 5.3 7.9 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. 183.229 193.322 192.968 195.609 11.7 5.1 2.4 29.9 8.4 15.3 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ................ 227.299 239.667 242.577 246.553 17.5 13.3 -1.7 38.4 15.4 16.6 

Durables ............................................................................... 112.084 112.158 112.098 112.020 -.9 -1.4 -.9 -.2 -1.1 -.5 

Services .................................................................................... 249.062 249.821 250.537 251.317 3.5 3.2 3.0 3.7 3.4 3.3 

Rent of shelter 7 ....................................................................... 252.924 253.589 254.282 255.206 2.9 3.5 2.6 3.7 3.2 3.1 

See footnotes at end of table.

46 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 4. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, detailed expenditure

categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Seasonally adjusted indexes

Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Apr.

2007

July

2007

Oct.

2007

Jan.

2008

July

2007

Jan.

2008

Special aggregate indexes

Transportation services ............................................................ 235.183 236.041 236.887 238.174 0.7 1.8 2.9 5.2 1.2 4.1 

Other services .......................................................................... 288.331 288.944 289.835 290.834 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.5 

All items less food .................................................................... 209.644 211.701 212.548 213.281 4.2 3.7 2.3 7.1 4.0 4.7 

All items less shelter ................................................................. 198.248 200.627 201.415 202.288 5.2 4.1 2.6 8.4 4.6 5.5 

All items less medical care ....................................................... 201.639 203.518 204.248 205.033 4.4 3.8 2.4 6.9 4.1 4.6 

Commodities less food ............................................................. 150.301 154.047 155.044 155.681 5.8 4.6 .8 15.1 5.2 7.7 

Nondurables less food .............................................................. 184.419 193.857 194.184 196.169 12.5 6.1 .0 28.0 9.3 13.2 

Nondurables less food and apparel .......................................... 224.472 235.954 239.022 241.905 17.2 12.3 -2.2 34.9 14.8 14.9 

Nondurables ............................................................................. 195.263 200.294 200.818 202.477 9.2 5.3 3.0 15.6 7.2 9.1 

Apparel less footwear ............................................................... 113.218 113.735 114.116 114.541 -2.7 -2.5 -.6 4.8 -2.6 2.1 

Services less rent of shelter 7 ................................................... 263.189 263.971 264.852 265.500 4.3 3.6 2.8 3.6 3.9 3.2 

Services less medical care services ......................................... 238.851 239.387 240.112 240.726 3.4 3.4 2.6 3.2 3.4 2.9 

Energy ...................................................................................... 210.690 225.218 229.076 230.633 24.6 14.4 2.6 43.6 19.4 21.4 

All items less energy ................................................................ 210.518 211.070 211.498 212.281 2.5 2.8 2.6 3.4 2.7 3.0 

All items less food and energy ............................................... 212.115 212.626 213.103 213.765 2.0 2.5 2.3 3.1 2.2 2.7 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ................. 139.993 140.163 140.200 140.422 -.5 .0 -.1 1.2 -.2 .6 

Energy commodities ........................................................... 246.129 274.623 282.263 286.070 36.6 26.1 4.1 82.5 31.2 37.8 

Services less energy services .............................................. 255.400 256.130 256.897 257.857 3.0 3.4 3.2 3.9 3.2 3.5 

Domestically produced farm food 1 .......................................... 209.710 210.484 211.109 213.641 5.2 5.2 6.1 7.7 5.2 6.9 

Utilities and public transportation ............................................. 193.073 193.147 193.689 193.555 6.4 4.2 1.6 1.0 5.3 1.3 

1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 3 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 2005=100 base. 6 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other

item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 7 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 8 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 9 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base. 10 Indexes on a December 1990=100 base.

11 Indexes on a December 2001=100 base. 12 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 13 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 14 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 15 This item will be rebased to December 2007=100 beginning with the

release of March 2008 data. All historical data will be revised to reflect the

new base.

NA Data not adequate for publication. - Data not available.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

47 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 5. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, unadjusted indexes for special detailed

expenditure categories1

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item

Indexes

1-month

percent changes

ended—

Percent

change to

Jan. 2008

from—

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2007

Food and beverages

Rice 2 ......................................................................................... 121.888 121.074 122.254 125.829 1.1 -0.7 1.0 2.9 6.1 

White bread ................................................................................ 267.477 264.590 272.159 273.076 3.6 -1.1 2.9 .3 9.6 

Bread other than white ............................................................... 269.875 276.471 276.643 283.058 3.8 2.4 .1 2.3 11.9 

Fresh cakes and cupcakes ......................................................... 228.460 233.943 235.227 238.064 .3 2.4 .5 1.2 9.3 

Cookies ...................................................................................... 219.813 223.178 222.193 217.143 1.3 1.5 -.4 -2.3 1.0 

Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts ................................. 230.048 233.922 233.009 233.493 -.6 1.7 -.4 .2 4.4 

Crackers, bread, and cracker products ...................................... 255.160 249.254 247.888 255.065 -2.3 -2.3 -.5 2.9 -.4 

Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies, tarts, turnovers 225.877 221.585 225.129 229.466 -.6 -1.9 1.6 1.9 1.7 

Bacon and related products ....................................................... 222.039 217.917 219.140 217.441 -2.0 -1.9 .6 -.8 2.0 

Breakfast sausage and related products 2 ................................. 124.187 122.380 122.097 122.776 -.1 -1.5 -.2 .6 1.1 

Ham, excluding canned .............................................................. 205.110 204.045 198.301 197.813 .2 -.5 -2.8 -.2 2.1 

Frankfurters ................................................................................ 184.318 181.567 186.345 183.521 5.7 -1.5 2.6 -1.5 -1.1 

Lunchmeats 2 ............................................................................. 119.824 121.336 120.873 122.117 .3 1.3 -.4 1.0 1.5

Lamb and organ meats .............................................................. 224.050 230.125 231.966 242.223 -

 2.7 .8 4.4 -

Lamb and mutton 2 ..................................................................... NA NA NA NA - - - - -

Fresh whole chicken ................................................................... 200.742 201.639 202.199 202.562 -1.6 .4 .3 .2 10.0 

Fresh and frozen chicken parts .................................................. 194.409 195.223 194.487 196.341 -1.1 .4 -.4 1.0 10.2 

Canned fish and seafood ........................................................... 148.126 148.482 148.631 150.125 1.5 .2 .1 1.0 2.8 

Frozen fish and seafood ............................................................. 249.387 243.873 245.839 246.628 1.7 -2.2 .8 .3 3.9 

Fresh whole milk ........................................................................ 220.682 223.322 221.014 220.554 -.6 1.2 -1.0 -.2 20.0 

Fresh milk other than whole 2 .................................................... 149.902 150.718 149.603 149.076 .7 .5 -.7 -.4 15.0 

Oranges, including tangerines .................................................... 496.648 393.926 348.722 354.037 -2.9 -20.7 -11.5 1.5 -10.1 

Canned fruits 2 ........................................................................... 126.571 123.353 125.693 128.338 .6 -2.5 1.9 2.1 4.4 

Canned vegetables 2 .................................................................. 132.846 128.398 131.871 133.057 -.3 -3.3 2.7 .9 4.7 

Frozen vegetables ...................................................................... 181.129 180.160 179.760 184.081 -1.2 -.5 -.2 2.4 2.8 

Dried beans, peas, and lentils 2 ................................................. 136.335 136.943 139.039 141.255 .1 .4 1.5 1.6 12.0 

Roasted coffee ........................................................................... 182.274 179.884 180.752 184.779 .6 -1.3 .5 2.2 7.3 

Instant and freeze dried coffee ................................................... 187.150 186.624 184.030 191.553 -.1 -.3 -1.4 4.1 1.0 

Butter .......................................................................................... 174.161 168.957 168.121 173.369 -.8 -3.0 -.5 3.1 1.4 

Margarine ................................................................................... 192.440 189.915 193.811 200.510 1.7 -1.3 2.1 3.5 9.2 

Peanut butter 2 ........................................................................... 115.483 117.770 117.962 119.126 .6 2.0 .2 1.0 6.7 

Salt and other seasonings and spices 2 ..................................... 116.991 114.685 115.302 117.572 .3 -2.0 .5 2.0 6.0 

Olives, pickles, relishes 2 ........................................................... 125.755 123.063 117.241 123.832 -3.2 -2.1 -4.7 5.6 4.6 

Sauces and gravies 2 ................................................................. 111.401 109.140 110.635 111.439 -.5 -2.0 1.4 .7 -.7 

Other condiments ....................................................................... 226.842 210.242 211.775 235.339 1.4 -7.3 .7 11.1 3.3 

Prepared salads 3 ...................................................................... - - 100.000 98.672 --- -1.3 -

Food at elementary and secondary schools 4 ............................ 107.431 107.638 107.685 107.748 -.1 .2 .0 .1 3.3 

Whiskey at home ........................................................................ 185.490 183.991 183.048 184.542 .0 -.8 -.5 .8 1.9 

Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home .............................. 179.642 178.590 177.552 180.721 .9 -.6 -.6 1.8 2.2 

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home 2 ............ 136.042 136.214 136.117 136.798 .3 .1 -.1 .5 3.2 

Wine away from home 2 ............................................................. 147.671 147.866 148.241 148.433 .5 .1 .3 .1 5.4 

Distilled spirits away from home 2 .............................................. 143.655 143.928 144.053 144.601 .5 .2 .1 .4 5.3 

Housing

Infants’ furniture 4 ....................................................................... 100.280 NA NA NA -3.4 --- -

Laundry equipment ..................................................................... 115.842 116.495 115.994 117.060 -.2 .6 -.4 .9 4.0 

Transportation

New cars and trucks 2 ................................................................ 93.804 94.435 94.727 94.817 .3 .7 .3 .1 -.6 

New cars .................................................................................... 135.169 136.003 136.371 136.363 .4 .6 .3 .0 -.6 

New trucks 5 ............................................................................... 139.513 140.604 141.191 141.478 .2 .8 .4 .2 -.5 

Gasoline, unleaded regular ........................................................ 237.765 261.273 256.775 259.327 -.2 9.9 -1.7 1.0 34.9 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 .................................................. 242.992 265.921 261.983 264.674 .2 9.4 -1.5 1.0 34.5 

Gasoline, unleaded premium ..................................................... 229.574 250.360 247.369 249.713 .2 9.1 -1.2 .9 32.7 

Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires ............................. 129.880 130.340 131.420 132.559 .9 .4 .8 .9 5.2 

Motor oil, coolant, and fluids ....................................................... 233.466 238.352 240.510 246.532 .3 2.1 .9 2.5 9.5 

Parking fees and tolls 2 .............................................................. 151.826 152.338 153.178 154.348 .1 .3 .6 .8 3.9 

Automobile service clubs 2 ......................................................... 119.039 118.976 119.323 120.145 -1.3 -.1 .3 .7 2.9 

Intercity bus fare 3 ...................................................................... - - 100.000 100.899 --- .9 -

Intercity train fare 3 ..................................................................... - - 100.000 98.114 --- -1.9 -

Ship fare 2 .................................................................................. 70.756 71.452 72.918 71.151 .2 1.0 2.1 -2.4 -1.0

See footnotes at end of table.

48 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 5. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, unadjusted indexes for special detailed

expenditure categories1-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item

Indexes

1-month

percent changes

ended—

Percent

change to

Jan. 2008

from—

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2007

Medical care

Inpatient hospital services 7 8 ..................................................... 181.769 183.450 183.595 186.480 1.1 0.9 0.1 1.6 8.1 

Outpatient hospital services 8 9 .................................................. 436.165 442.011 442.085 448.152 1.4 1.3 .0 1.4 10.4 

Recreation

Video cassettes and discs, blank and prerecorded 2 ................. 63.866 63.364 64.303 64.018 -.5 -.8 1.5 -.4 -4.3 

Rental of video tapes and discs 2 ............................................... 92.894 94.322 95.867 96.872 .2 1.5 1.6 1.0 5.7 

Pet food 2 ................................................................................... 121.795 121.755 122.446 122.744 .6 .0 .6 .2 5.1

Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories 2 ........................... 114.037 113.874 114.293 114.257 -.5 -.1 .4 .0 2.7 

Pet services 2 ............................................................................. 143.816 143.949 144.294 145.181 .3 .1 .2 .6 4.1 

Veterinarian services 2 ............................................................... 173.083 174.350 174.382 174.835 .3 .7 .0 .3 6.3 

Film and photographic supplies 2 ............................................... 86.605 86.760 86.304 86.282 -.6 .2 -.5 .0 2.8 

Photographic equipment 2 .......................................................... 40.574 39.758 38.800 38.346 -1.7 -2.0 -2.4 -1.2 -14.4 

Photographer fees 2 ................................................................... 116.035 116.286 117.023 117.272 .0 .2 .6 .2 2.0 

Film processing 2 ....................................................................... 99.233 99.424 99.692 99.758 -.1 .2 .3 .1 -.3 

Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipment 2 .................. 68.163 67.950 67.586 67.329 .7 -.3 -.5 -.4 -3.5 

Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts 2 .......................... 148.219 148.806 148.620 149.404 .9 .4 -.1 .5 1.7 

Admission to sporting events 2 ................................................... 162.617 163.633 163.370 164.117 1.4 .6 -.2 .5 4.3 

Education and communication

College textbooks 10 .................................................................. 142.424 142.271 143.222 144.579 .4 -.1 .7 .9 8.2 

Land-line interstate toll calls ....................................................... 51.660 51.625 51.498 51.486 .0 -.1 -.2 .0 1.9 

Land-line intrastate toll calls ....................................................... 76.659 76.460 76.349 76.398 -.1 -.3 -.1 .1 6.2 

Other goods and services

Checking account and other bank services 2 ............................. 129.255 129.232 129.839 129.814 .0 .0 .5 .0 2.0 

Tax return preparation and other accounting fees 2 ................... 161.878 162.882 163.279 164.834 -.1 .6 .2 1.0 3.8 

Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap .................................... 153.719 154.837 154.060 153.308 1.8 .7 -.5 -.5 .9

Infants’ equipment 4 ................................................................... 94.762 95.022 95.663 95.286 -.2 .3 .7 -.4 -1.5 

1 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 2005=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base. 6 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 7 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.8 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other

item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 9 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 10 Indexes on a December 2001=100 base. NA Data not adequate for publication. - Data not available.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

49 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 6. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by expenditure category

and commodity and service group 

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Relative

importance,

December

2007

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2008 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

All items ........................................................................................ 100.000 205.777 206.744 4.6 0.5 1.0 0.4 0.4 

All items (1967=100) .................................................................... -

 612.948 615.828 - ----

Food and beverages .................................................................. 15.926 206.141 208.055 4.9 .9 .3 .1 .7 

Food ......................................................................................... 14.901 205.855 207.794 5.0 .9 .3 .1 .7 

Food at home ......................................................................... 8.595 204.141 206.870 5.8 1.3 .4 .0 .9 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................... 1.110 226.696 229.105 5.9 1.1 .7 .5 .6 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. 2.192 198.489 199.686 5.6 .6 -.1 .0 .7 

Dairy and related products ................................................... .965 205.149 206.652 13.1 .7 .6 -.2 .1 

Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... 1.218 269.533 275.843 6.0 2.3 2.0 -.4 2.2 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................ 1.094 152.883 157.130 4.3 2.8 -.2 -.4 1.5 

Other food at home .............................................................. 2.016 173.511 175.572 3.1 1.2 .1 .2 .5 

Sugar and sweets .............................................................. .279 177.051 178.902 2.9 1.0 .5 .3 .1 

Fats and oils ....................................................................... .232 176.736 182.307 6.9 3.2 .8 .9 1.2 

Other foods ........................................................................ 1.504 188.646 190.364 2.5 .9 -.1 .0 .5 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... .438 115.658 115.658 .8 .0 .4 -.1 .0 

Food away from home 1 ......................................................... 6.305 209.931 210.776 3.9 .4 .2 .2 .4 

Other food away from home 1 2 ........................................... .218 144.454 145.625 3.6 .8 .3 -.5 .8 

Alcoholic beverages ................................................................. 1.025 208.934 210.473 3.8 .7 .1 .3 .4 

Housing ...................................................................................... 39.994 206.638 207.692 3.1 .5 .4 .2 .2 

Shelter ...................................................................................... 30.397 235.480 236.550 3.1 .5 .3 .3 .3 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................... 7.979 238.216 238.955 3.9 .3 .4 .3 .3 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................... 1.233 133.179 139.825 5.4 5.0 .0 .2 1.3 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 .................. 20.888 226.151 226.703 2.8 .2 .3 .3 .3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... .297 117.396 117.740 .0 .3 .3 .0 .3 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 5.637 200.831 202.663 5.1 .9 1.1 .3 .0 

Household energy .................................................................. 4.670 180.379 182.025 5.0 .9 1.2 .3 -.1 

Fuel oil and other fuels ......................................................... .323 298.656 306.087 34.9 2.5 8.7 2.3 3.7 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ................................................. 4.347 183.066 184.522 2.8 .8 .6 .1 -.4 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................... .966 147.186 148.528 5.4 .9 .6 .5 .5 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 3.960 121.880 122.322 -.2 .4 .0 .0 .2 

Household operations 1 2 ....................................................... .339 144.659 145.431 2.6 .5 .3 .3 .5 

Apparel ....................................................................................... 3.998 118.126 115.866 .5 -1.9 .4 .2 .8 

Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... 1.031 112.487 111.494 1.6 -.9 .0 .3 1.0 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... 1.619 109.375 104.456 -1.2 -4.5 .4 .8 .5 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... .251 116.419 116.323 1.2 -.1 .8 -1.3 1.7 

Footwear .................................................................................. .821 122.029 121.137 .5 -.7 .8 -.7 .6

Transportation ............................................................................ 20.054 189.967 190.918 10.2 .5 3.8 1.1 .7 

Private transportation ............................................................... 19.287 187.159 188.093 10.4 .5 3.9 1.1 .7 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. 7.952 93.733 93.842 .1 .1 -.1 .0 .0 

New vehicles ........................................................................ 4.172 137.736 137.931 -.6 .1 .0 -.1 -.2 

Used cars and trucks 1 ......................................................... 3.103 137.791 138.052 1.5 .2 -.2 .2 .2 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 6.940 259.032 261.531 34.6 1.0 11.7 2.8 1.2 

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 6.597 257.792 260.457 34.8 1.0 11.7 2.8 1.2 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ..................................... .446 123.786 124.416 4.1 .5 .4 .4 .5 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................... 1.169 228.692 230.255 3.8 .7 .3 .3 .7 

Public transportation ................................................................ .767 231.363 232.594 5.3 .5 1.1 .7 .5 

Medical care ............................................................................... 5.192 357.745 360.710 5.1 .8 .4 .3 .6

Medical care commodities ........................................................ 1.295 285.913 287.703 2.3 .6 .5 .3 .5 

Medical care services ............................................................... 3.897 378.119 381.507 5.9 .9 .4 .3 .6 

Professional services ............................................................. 2.159 307.333 309.169 4.0 .6 .2 .3 .4 

Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 1.260 510.961 518.853 8.6 1.5 .5 .5 1.2 

See footnotes at end of table.

50 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 6. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by expenditure category

and commodity and service group -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Relative

importance,

December

2007

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2008 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ............................................................................... 5.341 108.702 109.046 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 

Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 1.987 102.523 102.839 .5 .3 -.2 .4 .1 

Education and communication 2 ................................................ 5.987 117.782 118.097 3.0 .3 .0 .2 .3 

Education 2 .............................................................................. 2.377 174.276 175.134 5.6 .5 .5 .5 .6 

Educational books and supplies ............................................. .204 437.391 441.207 7.9 .9 .5 .8 .1 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................ 2.174 491.554 493.797 5.4 .5 .5 .5 .7 

Communication 2 ..................................................................... 3.609 85.834 85.935 1.1 .1 -.4 .0 .1 

Information and information processing 1 2 ............................ 3.488 83.917 84.008 .9 .1 -.5 .0 .1 

Telephone services 1 2 ......................................................... 2.869 98.887 98.988 2.0 .1 -.3 .0 .1 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ............. .619 10.722 10.737 -5.2 .1 -1.5 .1 .1 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 126 ......... .228 8.843 8.937 -11.3 1.1 -3.9 -.3 1.1 

Other goods and services .......................................................... 3.508 348.830 350.630 3.4 .5 .2 .4 .5 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ 1.183 568.410 574.724 5.5 1.1 .2 .9 1.1 

Personal care ........................................................................... 2.325 195.467 195.885 2.4 .2 .2 .1 .2 

Personal care products 1 ....................................................... .647 158.407 158.167 .4 -.2 .1 -.1 -.2 

Personal care services 1 ........................................................ .560 219.945 220.324 2.8 .2 .3 .5 .2 

Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... .910 330.850 333.154 4.1 .7 .3 .3 .5 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ................................................................................ 44.745 172.952 173.711 6.4 .4 1.9 .5 .6 

Food and beverages .................................................................. 15.926 206.141 208.055 4.9 .9 .3 .1 .7 

Commodities less food and beverages ...................................... 28.819 154.086 154.345 7.4 .2 2.9 .8 .6 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..................................... 17.315 196.636 196.910 13.5 .1 5.9 .0 1.6 

Apparel ................................................................................... 3.998 118.126 115.866 .5 -1.9 .4 .2 .8

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................... 13.318 249.863 251.751 17.9 .8 6.1 1.6 1.4 

Durables ................................................................................... 11.504 112.450 112.688 -.5 .2 .1 .0 .0

Services ....................................................................................... 55.255 244.275 245.484 3.2 .5 .3 .3 .3 

Rent of shelter 4 ......................................................................... 30.100 227.035 228.071 3.2 .5 .3 .3 .3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... .297 117.396 117.740 .0 .3 .3 .0 .3 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................................... 4.347 183.066 184.522 2.8 .8 .6 .1 -.4 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ....................... .966 147.186 148.528 5.4 .9 .6 .5 .5 

Household operations 1 2 ........................................................... .339 144.659 145.431 2.6 .5 .3 .3 .5 

Transportation services .............................................................. 5.266 236.020 236.883 2.2 .4 .3 .3 .5 

Medical care services ................................................................. 3.897 378.119 381.507 5.9 .9 .4 .3 .6 

Other services ............................................................................ 10.042 278.783 279.780 3.1 .4 .1 .3 .3

Special indexes

All items less food ........................................................................ 85.099 205.575 206.371 4.6 .4 1.1 .4 .4 

All items less shelter .................................................................... 69.603 197.174 198.113 5.3 .5 1.3 .4 .5 

All items less medical care ........................................................... 94.808 199.431 200.329 4.6 .5 1.1 .4 .4 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 29.844 156.073 156.365 7.2 .2 2.8 .8 .6 

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 18.341 197.551 197.892 12.9 .2 5.5 .0 1.5

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. 14.343 245.286 247.136 16.7 .8 5.6 1.5 1.3 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 33.241 202.222 203.268 9.0 .5 3.0 .0 1.1 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... 25.155 233.314 234.576 3.3 .5 .3 .3 .2 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 51.358 234.468 235.557 3.0 .5 .2 .3 .3 

Energy .......................................................................................... 11.610 218.104 220.163 20.4 .9 7.2 1.8 .8 

All items less energy .................................................................... 88.390 205.155 205.991 2.9 .4 .2 .2 .4

All items less food and energy ................................................... 73.489 205.377 205.992 2.4 .3 .2 .2 .3 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................... 22.581 140.815 140.696 .5 -.1 .1 .1 .3 

Energy commodities ............................................................... 7.264 261.928 264.633 34.6 1.0 11.5 2.8 1.4 

Services less energy services .................................................. 50.908 250.925 252.103 3.3 .5 .3 .3 .3 

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1982-84=$1.00) ........ -

 $ .486 $ .484 - ----

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ............. - $ .163 $ .162 - ----

1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other

item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.

6 This item will be rebased to December 2007=100 beginning with the

release of March 2008 data. All historical data will be revised to reflect the

new base. - Data not available.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

51 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 7. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by

expenditure category and commodity and service group 

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Seasonally adjusted indexes

Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Apr.

2007

July

2007

Oct.

2007

Jan.

2008

July

2007

Jan.

2008

Expenditure category

All items .............................................................................. 204.496 206.586 207.386 208.301 4.9 4.1 2.7 7.7 4.5 5.1 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 205.286 205.952 206.145 207.555 5.8 4.9 4.5 4.5 5.3 4.5 

Food ................................................................................ 204.918 205.618 205.780 207.222 5.9 5.0 4.6 4.6 5.4 4.6 

Food at home ................................................................ 203.172 204.016 204.017 205.887 7.7 5.4 4.6 5.5 6.6 5.0 

Cereals and bakery products ...................................... 225.315 226.906 228.116 229.488 7.2 3.8 4.8 7.6 5.5 6.2 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................... 198.156 198.016 197.974 199.343 10.4 5.8 3.5 2.4 8.1 3.0 

Dairy and related products .......................................... 204.364 205.536 205.206 205.370 9.4 30.4 12.5 2.0 19.5 7.1 

Fruits and vegetables .................................................. 259.781 264.861 263.920 269.770 11.5 -6.0 3.8 16.3 2.4 9.9 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ....... 154.693 154.322 153.768 156.112 4.3 5.5 3.8 3.7 4.9 3.8 

Other food at home ..................................................... 174.215 174.463 174.809 175.682 3.3 3.1 2.8 3.4 3.2 3.1 

Sugar and sweets ..................................................... 176.844 177.710 178.326 178.505 1.4 3.3 2.9 3.8 2.4 3.4 

Fats and oils .............................................................. 176.163 177.527 179.208 181.290 4.4 5.5 5.7 12.2 4.9 8.9 

Other foods ............................................................... 189.947 189.803 189.809 190.770 3.5 2.6 2.2 1.7 3.1 2.0

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................ 115.378 115.803 115.658 115.658 2.4 -.3 .1 1.0 1.0 .5 

Food away from home 1 ............................................... 209.037 209.518 209.931 210.776 3.2 4.2 4.7 3.4 3.7 4.0 

Other food away from home 1 2 .................................. 144.764 145.233 144.454 145.625 7.3 4.1 .9 2.4 5.7 1.6 

Alcoholic beverages ........................................................ 209.364 209.491 210.180 211.034 4.5 4.0 3.4 3.2 4.3 3.3

Housing ............................................................................. 206.312 207.123 207.639 208.096 3.8 2.6 2.4 3.5 3.2 3.0 

Shelter ............................................................................. 234.946 235.668 236.320 236.955 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.5 3.0 3.2 

Rent of primary residence 3 .......................................... 236.309 237.208 237.988 238.767 4.1 3.5 3.8 4.2 3.8 4.0 

Lodging away from home 2 ........................................... 144.420 144.435 144.750 146.621 .8 15.7 -.9 6.2 8.0 2.6 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ......... 224.774 225.451 226.048 226.656 2.8 2.0 2.8 3.4 2.4 3.1 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ......................... 116.982 117.370 117.396 117.740 .7 -3.5 .2 2.6 -1.4 1.4 

Fuels and utilities ............................................................ 200.708 202.933 203.522 203.514 10.5 2.2 2.8 5.7 6.3 4.3 

Household energy ......................................................... 180.525 182.704 183.168 182.988 11.6 1.7 2.4 5.6 6.5 4.0

Fuel oil and other fuels ................................................ 264.919 287.993 294.530 305.305 18.5 23.8 27.8 76.4 21.1 50.1 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................... 185.208 186.277 186.409 185.607 11.1 .2 .6 .9 5.5 .7 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .......... 146.020 146.890 147.594 148.371 4.8 5.2 5.0 6.6 5.0 5.8 

Household furnishings and operations ............................ 122.158 122.149 122.123 122.389 -.1 -.3 -1.4 .8 -.2 -.3 

Household operations 1 2 ............................................. 143.886 144.275 144.659 145.431 2.1 2.0 2.0 4.4 2.1 3.2 

Apparel .............................................................................. 118.131 118.615 118.809 119.760 -2.3 -1.3 -.2 5.6 -1.8 2.7 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. 112.414 112.382 112.718 113.796 .3 1.2 -.1 5.0 .7 2.4 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. 108.946 109.374 110.224 110.735 -4.1 -6.0 -1.0 6.7 -5.1 2.8 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... 117.039 118.008 116.423 118.421 -4.4 -3.6 8.7 4.8 -4.0 6.7 

Footwear ......................................................................... 122.065 123.012 122.170 122.938 -2.3 4.1 -2.4 2.9 .8 .2 

Transportation ................................................................... 185.904 192.987 195.050 196.402 10.2 8.9 1.6 24.6 9.5 12.5 

Private transportation ...................................................... 182.995 190.157 192.213 193.565 10.5 9.2 1.3 25.2 9.9 12.6 

New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................... 93.452 93.401 93.445 93.452 -.7 1.3 .2 .0 .3 .1 

New vehicles ............................................................... 137.119 137.175 137.046 136.764 .3 -.3 -1.3 -1.0 .0 -1.2

Used cars and trucks 1 ............................................... 137.798 137.457 137.791 138.052 -2.5 5.1 2.7 .7 1.2 1.7 

Motor fuel ...................................................................... 244.600 273.216 280.926 284.180 38.5 26.9 2.6 82.2 32.5 36.7 

Gasoline (all types) ..................................................... 243.513 272.061 279.754 283.087 38.7 27.1 2.4 82.6 32.8 36.8 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................ 122.830 123.302 123.786 124.416 3.1 3.3 5.0 5.3 3.2 5.1 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .......................... 227.303 227.993 228.691 230.251 4.5 3.4 2.1 5.3 4.0 3.7 

Public transportation ....................................................... 231.689 234.266 236.012 237.118 2.3 .9 8.7 9.7 1.6 9.2

Medical care ...................................................................... 356.371 357.778 358.906 361.100 4.3 4.9 5.9 5.4 4.6 5.7 

Medical care commodities .............................................. 284.407 285.747 286.734 288.251 -.8 1.7 3.0 5.5 .5 4.3 

Medical care services ..................................................... 376.812 378.222 379.384 381.817 5.7 5.8 6.7 5.4 5.7 6.1

Professional services .................................................... 306.728 307.357 308.431 309.634 3.8 3.7 4.6 3.8 3.7 4.2

Hospital and related services 3 ..................................... 506.732 509.438 512.146 518.313 7.4 7.3 10.4 9.5 7.4 9.9 

See footnotes at end of table.

52 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 7. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by

expenditure category and commodity and service group -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Seasonally adjusted indexes

Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Apr.

2007

July

2007

Oct.

2007

Jan.

2008

July

2007

Jan.

2008

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ...................................................................... 108.860 108.936 108.995 109.201 0.0 -0.1 1.8 1.3 -0.1 1.5

Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 102.822 102.659 103.054 103.205 -1.7 .4 1.8 1.5 -.7 1.7 

Education and communication 2 ....................................... 117.318 117.277 117.559 117.947 3.8 3.3 2.6 2.2 3.6 2.4 

Education 2 ..................................................................... 171.706 172.588 173.490 174.582 5.9 4.7 5.1 6.9 5.3 6.0 

Educational books and supplies ................................... 433.903 436.077 439.590 439.883 9.3 7.9 8.7 5.6 8.6 7.1 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ...................... 483.966 486.458 488.861 492.237 5.6 4.4 4.7 7.0 5.0 5.9 

Communication 2 ............................................................ 86.185 85.810 85.837 85.933 2.4 2.3 .8 -1.2 2.3 -.2 

Information and information processing 1 2 .................. 84.282 83.894 83.917 84.008 2.4 1.7 .8 -1.3 2.1 -.2 

Telephone services 1 2 ............................................... 99.149 98.874 98.887 98.988 2.9 4.1 1.7 -.6 3.5 .5 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 .... 10.877 10.710 10.722 10.737 .0 -10.9 -4.4 -5.0 -5.6 -4.7 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 126 9.229 8.866 8.843 8.937 -1.8 -19.9 -10.7 -12.1 -11.3 -11.4 

Other goods and services ................................................. 346.874 347.645 348.898 350.676 3.1 3.1 3.0 4.5 3.1 3.7 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... 562.134 563.435 568.410 574.724 3.2 4.9 5.0 9.3 4.0 7.1 

Personal care .................................................................. 194.878 195.302 195.524 195.924 3.1 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.7 2.1 

Personal care products 1 .............................................. 158.408 158.579 158.407 158.167 2.8 -.3 -.1 -.6 1.2 -.4 

Personal care services 1 ............................................... 218.149 218.897 219.945 220.324 2.6 2.6 2.1 4.0 2.6 3.0 

Miscellaneous personal services .................................. 329.823 330.664 331.721 333.520 4.6 2.9 4.6 4.6 3.7 4.6 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ....................................................................... 170.962 174.229 175.167 176.292 6.5 5.5 2.3 13.1 6.0 7.5 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 205.286 205.952 206.145 207.555 5.8 4.9 4.5 4.5 5.3 4.5 

Commodities less food and beverages ............................. 151.648 155.974 157.215 158.122 6.9 5.9 1.0 18.2 6.4 9.3 

Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... 190.513 201.748 201.649 204.777 14.1 5.8 2.9 33.5 9.9 17.2 

Apparel .......................................................................... 118.131 118.615 118.809 119.760 -2.3 -1.3 -.2 5.6 -1.8 2.7 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... 239.066 253.733 257.755 261.377 20.6 15.5 -3.0 42.9 18.0 17.8 

Durables .......................................................................... 112.367 112.470 112.476 112.528 -1.2 -.9 -.5 .6 -1.1 .0 

Services .............................................................................. 243.793 244.542 245.199 245.868 3.7 2.9 3.0 3.4 3.3 3.2 

Rent of shelter 4 ................................................................ 226.511 227.238 227.878 228.476 3.2 3.2 2.8 3.5 3.2 3.1 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ............................. 116.982 117.370 117.396 117.740 .7 -3.5 .2 2.6 -1.4 1.4 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................. 185.208 186.277 186.409 185.607 11.1 .2 .6 .9 5.5 .7 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .............. 146.020 146.890 147.594 148.371 4.8 5.2 5.0 6.6 5.0 5.8 

Household operations 1 2 ................................................. 143.886 144.275 144.659 145.431 2.1 2.0 2.0 4.4 2.1 3.2 

Transportation services ..................................................... 234.618 235.256 235.963 237.214 .7 1.5 2.3 4.5 1.1 3.4

Medical care services ....................................................... 376.812 378.222 379.384 381.817 5.7 5.8 6.7 5.4 5.7 6.1 

Other services ................................................................... 277.727 278.127 278.909 279.758 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.0 3.2 3.1 

Special indexes

All items less food ............................................................... 204.232 206.575 207.491 208.298 4.7 3.9 2.3 8.2 4.3 5.2 

All items less shelter ........................................................... 195.609 198.217 199.078 200.108 5.7 4.5 2.6 9.5 5.1 6.0 

All items less medical care .................................................. 198.163 200.258 201.041 201.908 4.9 4.0 2.5 7.8 4.5 5.1 

Commodities less food ........................................................ 153.700 157.933 159.164 160.074 6.8 5.8 1.1 17.6 6.3 9.0 

Nondurables less food ........................................................ 191.807 202.374 202.296 205.318 13.5 5.8 2.9 31.3 9.6 16.2 

Nondurables less food and apparel .................................... 235.467 248.761 252.459 255.821 19.3 14.7 -2.6 39.3 17.0 16.5 

Nondurables ........................................................................ 198.841 204.803 204.783 206.961 9.7 5.2 4.3 17.4 7.5 10.6 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ............................................. 232.837 233.423 234.129 234.673 4.4 3.4 2.4 3.2 3.9 2.8 

Services less medical care services ................................... 234.070 234.646 235.252 235.849 3.5 3.0 2.5 3.1 3.3 2.8 

Energy ................................................................................. 211.122 226.219 230.224 232.031 25.5 15.1 2.5 45.9 20.2 22.3 

All items less energy ........................................................... 204.575 205.063 205.468 206.280 2.6 2.8 2.7 3.4 2.7 3.0 

All items less food and energy .......................................... 204.872 205.315 205.774 206.456 2.0 2.3 2.3 3.1 2.1 2.7

Commodities less food and energy commodities ........... 140.700 140.789 140.900 141.352 -.4 .5 .2 1.9 .0 1.0 

Energy commodities ..................................................... 246.446 274.866 282.540 286.486 37.3 26.7 3.8 82.6 31.9 37.7

Services less energy services ......................................... 250.128 250.837 251.555 252.403 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.7 3.1 3.4 

1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other

item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base

5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 6 This item will be rebased to December 2007=100 beginning with the

release of March 2008 data. All historical data will be revised to reflect the

new base.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

53 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 8. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, detailed expenditure

categories

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Relative

importance,

December

2007

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2008 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

All items ........................................................................................ 100.000 205.777 206.744 4.6 0.5 1.0 0.4 0.4 

All items (1967=100) .................................................................... -

 612.948 615.828 - ----

Food and beverages .................................................................. 15.926 206.141 208.055 4.9 .9 .3 .1 .7 

Food ......................................................................................... 14.901 205.855 207.794 5.0 .9 .3 .1 .7 

Food at home ......................................................................... 8.595 204.141 206.870 5.8 1.3 .4 .0 .9 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................... 1.110 226.696 229.105 5.9 1.1 .7 .5 .6 

Cereals and cereal products .............................................. .375 196.937 199.266 5.9 1.2 .5 -.1 .6 

Flour and prepared flour mixes ........................................ .041 190.120 202.102 6.3 6.3 2.4 -.2 .0 

Breakfast cereal 1 ............................................................ .214 208.175 203.902 3.4 -2.1 .9 -.7 -2.1 

Rice, pasta, cornmeal 1 .................................................... .121 184.496 194.055 10.6 5.2 -.3 .8 5.2 

Bakery products ................................................................. .736 243.149 245.584 5.8 1.0 .8 .8 .5 

Bread 1 2 .......................................................................... .229 147.613 149.352 10.6 1.2 .7 1.8 1.2 

Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins 1 2 ....................................... .100 140.373 142.498 6.2 1.5 1.9 -.3 1.5 

Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies ......................................... .195 228.155 227.468 5.6 -.3 .8 .1 .5 

Other bakery products ...................................................... .211 219.795 223.688 1.1 1.8 .5 .5 -.4 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. 2.192 198.489 199.686 5.6 .6 -.1 .0 .7 

Meats, poultry, and fish ...................................................... 2.048 196.452 197.485 4.2 .5 .0 -.2 .5 

Meats ............................................................................... 1.350 195.296 195.737 2.9 .2 .1 -.3 .2 

Beef and veal 1 .............................................................. .656 213.259 213.374 4.9 .1 .4 -.4 .1 

Uncooked ground beef 1 .............................................. .272 186.988 188.128 5.9 .6 .7 -.5 .6 

Uncooked beef roasts 1 2 ............................................. .101 154.068 154.611 5.6 .4 .4 -.6 .4 

Uncooked beef steaks 1 2 ............................................ .222 153.152 151.421 3.2 -1.1 .6 -.2 -1.1 

Uncooked other beef and veal 1 2 ................................ .061 147.341 149.383 5.7 1.4 -2.0 -.4 1.4 

Pork ................................................................................ .411 177.887 179.181 1.7 .7 -.2 -.1 .5 

Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products 2 ...... .142 125.971 125.913 2.0 .0 -.8 .8 -.8 

Ham .............................................................................. .082 176.895 177.536 2.9 .4 1.7 -.1 .7 

Pork chops ................................................................... .085 167.784 168.557 1.3 .5 -1.1 .5 .1 

Other pork including roasts and picnics 2 .................... .102 108.820 111.354 .5 2.3 .8 -2.0 1.7 

Other meats ................................................................... .283 186.035 185.843 .0 -.1 -.1 -.1 .2 

Poultry 1 ........................................................................... .391 194.314 197.033 8.7 1.4 -.3 -.3 1.4 

Chicken 1 2 ..................................................................... .326 127.898 128.647 9.9 .6 .6 -.3 .6 

Other poultry including turkey 2 ...................................... .066 114.166 120.349 3.7 5.4 -.3 -.3 2.9 

Fish and seafood 1 ........................................................... .307 223.236 224.865 4.0 .7 -.4 .5 .7 

Fresh fish and seafood 1 2 ............................................. .168 132.570 133.795 4.8 .9 .0 .3 .9 

Processed fish and seafood 2 ........................................ .139 115.420 115.992 2.9 .5 -.8 1.8 -.6 

Eggs ................................................................................... .144 234.691 238.698 35.3 1.7 -.8 2.4 4.2

Dairy and related products ................................................... .965 205.149 206.652 13.1 .7 .6 -.2 .1 

Milk 1 2 ............................................................................... .381 149.236 149.045 17.8 -.1 1.0 -1.0 -.1 

Cheese and related products 1 .......................................... .279 200.799 204.985 14.4 2.1 -.4 -.2 2.1 

Ice cream and related products .......................................... .143 189.727 190.631 2.0 .5 1.0 .3 -.8 

Other dairy and related products 2 ..................................... .162 136.149 137.041 11.1 .7 .9 .3 .3 

Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... 1.218 269.533 275.843 6.0 2.3 2.0 -.4 2.2 

Fresh fruits and vegetables ................................................ .947 322.717 330.621 6.4 2.4 2.7 -.7 2.6 

Fresh fruits ....................................................................... .480 338.490 343.558 6.0 1.5 1.9 .0 1.5 

Apples ............................................................................ .083 294.385 306.057 8.0 4.0 3.1 1.7 2.7 

Bananas ......................................................................... .075 183.352 180.765 2.0 -1.4 .1 1.2 -3.5 

Citrus fruits 2 .................................................................. .089 183.278 186.422 -4.1 1.7 -4.3 -.3 .1 

Other fresh fruits 2 .......................................................... .232 133.873 135.843 11.6 1.5 6.5 -1.8 3.8 

Fresh vegetables .............................................................. .466 306.165 316.665 6.7 3.4 3.4 -1.4 3.8 

Potatoes ......................................................................... .074 275.821 281.726 3.4 2.1 2.5 .2 -1.3 

Lettuce 1 ......................................................................... .061 286.234 284.873 .7 -.5 -.7 -.5 -.5 

Tomatoes ....................................................................... .109 373.203 379.482 26.8 1.7 5.9 4.5 9.5 

Other fresh vegetables ................................................... .222 302.224 319.710 1.6 5.8 .4 -2.7 4.0 

Processed fruits and vegetables 2 ..................................... .271 127.813 130.324 4.8 2.0 -.6 1.0 .5 

Canned fruits and vegetables 2 ........................................ .136 127.130 129.345 5.0 1.7 -.9 1.2 .4 

Frozen fruits and vegetables 2 ......................................... .083 127.862 130.327 4.0 1.9 -.4 .5 1.1 

Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried 2 .052 128.005 131.333 5.4 2.6 -.3 .5 1.2 

See footnotes at end of table.

54 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 8. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, detailed expenditure

categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Relative

importance,

December

2007

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2008 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................ 1.094 152.883 157.130 4.3 2.8 -0.2 -0.4 1.5 

Juices and nonalcoholic drinks 2 ........................................ .751 118.208 122.014 4.3 3.2 -.1 -.6 1.5 

Carbonated drinks ............................................................ .386 139.574 145.162 4.2 4.0 .0 -1.5 1.8 

Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 2 .................... .016 143.862 146.699 12.1 2.0 1.5 .0 2.0 

Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 2 .............. .349 114.191 116.941 4.2 2.4 .0 .5 2.4 

Beverage materials including coffee and tea 2 .................. .343 109.188 111.167 4.4 1.8 -.8 .7 1.5 

Coffee ............................................................................... .109 173.838 178.084 4.9 2.4 -.1 .2 1.0 

Other beverage materials including tea 2 ......................... .234 121.348 123.191 4.2 1.5 -1.0 .6 1.8 

Other food at home .............................................................. 2.016 173.511 175.572 3.1 1.2 .1 .2 .5 

Sugar and sweets .............................................................. .279 177.051 178.902 2.9 1.0 .5 .3 .1 

Sugar and artificial sweeteners ........................................ .058 162.645 167.377 -.3 2.9 -.1 -.2 .2 

Candy and chewing gum 1 2 ............................................ .166 117.281 117.494 3.6 .2 1.3 .2 .2 

Other sweets 2 ................................................................. .055 126.657 128.804 3.6 1.7 .8 .3 .2 

Fats and oils ....................................................................... .232 176.736 182.307 6.9 3.2 .8 .9 1.2 

Butter and margarine 2 ..................................................... .057 138.383 143.344 6.1 3.6 .6 1.1 .4 

Salad dressing 2 ............................................................... .066 113.763 117.051 4.6 2.9 1.2 .5 1.8 

Other fats and oils including peanut butter 2 .................... .109 125.513 129.385 9.0 3.1 .5 .6 2.1 

Other foods ........................................................................ 1.504 188.646 190.364 2.5 .9 -.1 .0 .5 

Soups ............................................................................... .092 211.526 216.292 3.7 2.3 1.5 -.6 3.4 

Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods .......................... .328 154.768 154.937 1.7 .1 -.9 .0 -.5 

Snacks 1 ........................................................................... .293 186.595 186.547 3.7 .0 -.3 .3 .0 

Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces ........................ .253 193.197 200.683 3.0 3.9 -.7 .3 .7 

Baby food 1 2 .................................................................... .101 134.720 136.774 6.1 1.5 .6 -.5 1.5 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... .438 115.658 115.658 .8 .0 .4 -.1 .0 

Food away from home 1 ......................................................... 6.305 209.931 210.776 3.9 .4 .2 .2 .4 

Full service meals and snacks 1 2 ........................................ 2.645 132.236 132.690 3.7 .3 .4 .2 .3 

Limited service meals and snacks 1 2 .................................. 2.880 132.893 133.484 4.1 .4 .1 .3 .4 

Food at employee sites and schools 2 ................................. .329 128.568 128.698 2.9 .1 .3 .2 .1 

Food from vending machines and mobile vendors 1 2 ......... .233 120.269 120.991 4.1 .6 .1 .2 .6 

Other food away from home 1 2 ........................................... .218 144.454 145.625 3.6 .8 .3 -.5 .8 

Alcoholic beverages ................................................................. 1.025 208.934 210.473 3.8 .7 .1 .3 .4 

Alcoholic beverages at home ................................................. .584 181.999 183.657 3.6 .9 .0 .3 .6 

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home ...................... .405 186.264 187.707 4.1 .8 -.1 .4 .5 

Distilled spirits at home ........................................................ .057 178.085 180.419 2.0 1.3 -.1 .0 .8 

Wine at home ....................................................................... .122 161.506 163.410 3.3 1.2 .3 .7 .2 

Alcoholic beverages away from home ................................... .441 269.505 270.867 4.4 .5 .1 .3 .3 

Housing ...................................................................................... 39.994 206.638 207.692 3.1 .5 .4 .2 .2 

Shelter ...................................................................................... 30.397 235.480 236.550 3.1 .5 .3 .3 .3 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................... 7.979 238.216 238.955 3.9 .3 .4 .3 .3 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................... 1.233 133.179 139.825 5.4 5.0 .0 .2 1.3 

Housing at school, excluding board 3 4 ................................ .111 388.209 388.391 5.6 .0 .5 .5 .5 

Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels 1.123 276.352 291.488 5.6 5.5 .0 .2 1.7 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 .................. 20.888 226.151 226.703 2.8 .2 .3 .3 .3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... .297 117.396 117.740 .0 .3 .3 .0 .3 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 5.637 200.831 202.663 5.1 .9 1.1 .3 .0 

Household energy .................................................................. 4.670 180.379 182.025 5.0 .9 1.2 .3 -.1 

Fuel oil and other fuels ......................................................... .323 298.656 306.087 34.9 2.5 8.7 2.3 3.7 

Fuel oil ................................................................................ .196 320.865 327.799 41.2 2.2 12.0 3.9 4.0 

Propane, kerosene, and firewood 5 ................................... .128 326.741 336.509 23.1 3.0 4.8 1.7 2.7 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ................................................. 4.347 183.066 184.522 2.8 .8 .6 .1 -.4 

Electricity 3 ......................................................................... 3.179 171.431 173.350 3.5 1.1 .5 .0 -.1 

Utility (piped) gas service 3 ................................................ 1.168 220.150 219.960 1.2 -.1 .8 .1 -2.0 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................... .966 147.186 148.528 5.4 .9 .6 .5 .5 

Water and sewerage maintenance 3 .................................... .719 315.239 318.062 5.5 .9 .6 .4 .4 

Garbage and trash collection 1 6 .......................................... .247 353.370 356.765 5.0 1.0 .7 .7 1.0 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 3.960 121.880 122.322 -.2 .4 .0 .0 .2 

Window and floor coverings and other linens 2 ...................... .297 81.035 81.353 -2.7 .4 .7 -.1 .0 

Floor coverings 1 2 ............................................................... .053 117.978 117.493 .5 -.4 -.2 2.7 -.4 

Window coverings 2 ............................................................. .063 90.188 92.253 -.2 2.3 2.8 -1.9 1.3 

Other linens 1 2 .................................................................... .181 68.938 68.911 -4.4 .0 .7 -.6 .0 

Furniture and bedding 1 ......................................................... .993 120.204 120.794 -1.2 .5 .4 -.7 .5 

Bedroom furniture 1 .............................................................. .384 140.415 142.707 1.3 1.6 .3 -1.5 1.6 

Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture 1 2 .............. .455 89.432 88.927 -2.5 -.6 .4 -.7 -.6 

Other furniture 2 ................................................................... .143 85.686 86.316 -2.8 .7 .3 .5 .8 

See footnotes at end of table.

55 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 8. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, detailed expenditure

categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Relative

importance,

December

2007

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2008 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

Appliances 1 2 ........................................................................ .331 89.909 90.072 1.7 0.2 -0.6 -0.4 0.2 

Major appliances 1 2 ............................................................. .212 100.715 100.883 2.5 .2 .0 -.5 .2 

Other appliances 1 2 ............................................................. .114 75.914 76.064 .7 .2 -1.4 -.2 .2 

Other household equipment and furnishings 2 ....................... .435 76.170 77.332 -1.6 1.5 -.9 -.3 1.6 

Clocks, lamps, and decorator items 1 .................................. .232 67.750 68.668 -6.2 1.4 -1.3 -2.0 1.4 

Indoor plants and flowers 7 .................................................. .078 128.403 129.418 3.9 .8 -.9 2.1 .9 

Dishes and flatware 1 2 ........................................................ .048 73.764 76.396 2.1 3.6 -.3 -1.5 3.6 

Nonelectric cookware and tableware 2 ................................ .077 95.198 96.650 3.7 1.5 .6 .6 1.2 

Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies 2 ............. .661 93.593 93.078 -1.7 -.6 .0 -.1 -.9 

Tools, hardware and supplies 1 2 ......................................... .240 98.836 98.308 -1.8 -.5 -.2 -.7 -.5 

Outdoor equipment and supplies 2 ...................................... .284 89.028 88.536 -1.8 -.6 .3 .0 -.9 

Housekeeping supplies 1 ....................................................... .905 171.286 171.836 1.2 .3 -.1 .8 .3 

Household cleaning products 1 2 ......................................... .391 113.279 113.676 .3 .4 .0 .9 .4 

Household paper products 1 2 .............................................. .241 138.485 138.416 3.0 .0 .4 1.1 .0 

Miscellaneous household products 1 2 ................................. .273 112.593 113.275 1.2 .6 -.8 .4 .6 

Household operations 1 2 ....................................................... .339 144.659 145.431 2.6 .5 .3 .3 .5 

Domestic services 1 2 ........................................................... .070 138.159 138.423 1.9 .2 .5 1.0 .2 

Gardening and lawncare services 1 2 .................................. .103 143.712 NA - - .3 .5 -

Moving, storage, freight expense 2 ...................................... .062 130.180 130.917 1.1 .6 -.1 -.5 .7 

Repair of household items 1 2 .............................................. .065 168.656 170.045 4.0 .8 .3 .0 .8 

Apparel ....................................................................................... 3.998 118.126 115.866 .5 -1.9 .4 .2 .8 

Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... 1.031 112.487 111.494 1.6 -.9 .0 .3 1.0 

Men’s apparel ......................................................................... .790 117.412 115.827 -1.4 -1.3 -.1 -.2 .3

Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear ............................... .118 122.326 117.123 -1.0 -4.3 .5 -1.2 -2.2 

Men’s furnishings ................................................................. .186 127.244 129.060 -2.7 1.4 -1.0 -.6 1.2 

Men’s shirts and sweaters 2 ................................................. .248 83.798 80.562 -3.4 -3.9 .6 -1.0 1.2 

Men’s pants and shorts ........................................................ .227 107.614 108.294 1.5 .6 .2 .9 -.2 

Boys’ apparel ......................................................................... .241 97.503 98.136 10.7 .6 -.2 2.3 2.6 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... 1.619 109.375 104.456 -1.2 -4.5 .4 .8 .5 

Women’s apparel ................................................................... 1.306 110.682 106.251 -.9 -4.0 .1 .4 1.0 

Women’s outerwear ............................................................. .109 102.975 96.939 4.0 -5.9 -1.3 -1.2 4.5 

Women’s dresses ................................................................. .125 116.942 106.831 -3.2 -8.6 -.2 2.4 -2.1 

Women’s suits and separates 2 ........................................... .714 88.138 84.359 -.7 -4.3 .4 .7 1.5 

Women’s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and

accessories 2 ............................................................... .345 89.828 88.805 -2.7 -1.1 -.5 1.1 -1.6 

Girls’ apparel .......................................................................... .313 104.034 97.208 -2.4 -6.6 1.7 2.8 -1.6 

Footwear .................................................................................. .821 122.029 121.137 .5 -.7 .8 -.7 .6

Men’s footwear 1 .................................................................... .291 119.023 118.620 -1.1 -.3 1.1 -1.5 -.3 

Boys’ and girls’ footwear ........................................................ .188 127.064 124.851 2.4 -1.7 1.4 .0 .4 

Women’s footwear ................................................................. .342 120.533 119.919 .6 -.5 .7 -.8 .8 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... .251 116.419 116.323 1.2 -.1 .8 -1.3 1.7 

Jewelry and watches 5 ............................................................. .276 133.527 139.151 5.1 4.2 .4 .2 1.4 

Watches 5 .............................................................................. .040 108.082 110.298 -3.6 2.1 .4 -1.2 -.1 

Jewelry 5 ................................................................................ .236 141.273 147.743 7.2 4.6 .4 .6 1.6 

Transportation ............................................................................ 20.054 189.967 190.918 10.2 .5 3.8 1.1 .7 

Private transportation ............................................................... 19.287 187.159 188.093 10.4 .5 3.9 1.1 .7 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. 7.952 93.733 93.842 .1 .1 -.1 .0 .0 

New vehicles ........................................................................ 4.172 137.736 137.931 -.6 .1 .0 -.1 -.2 

Used cars and trucks 1 ......................................................... 3.103 137.791 138.052 1.5 .2 -.2 .2 .2 

Leased cars and trucks 8 ..................................................... .490 92.588 92.287 .7 -.3 .0 .4 .0 

Car and truck rental 2 ........................................................... .060 112.921 110.871 -.7 -1.8 -.9 -.6 .0 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 6.940 259.032 261.531 34.6 1.0 11.7 2.8 1.2 

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 6.597 257.792 260.457 34.8 1.0 11.7 2.8 1.2 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 9 ............................................. -

 257.653 260.329 35.2 1.0 12.0 2.9 1.2 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 9 10 ..................................... -

 263.140 265.934 34.7 1.1 11.3 2.6 1.3 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 9 .......................................... -

 248.029 250.461 32.9 1.0 10.9 2.6 1.2 

Other motor fuels 1 2 ............................................................ .344 249.230 248.349 26.8 -.4 9.3 -.6 -.4 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ..................................... .446 123.786 124.416 4.1 .5 .4 .4 .5 

Tires 1 .................................................................................. .238 112.172 111.973 2.4 -.2 .1 .0 -.2 

Vehicle accessories other than tires 1 2 ............................... .208 132.125 133.838 6.2 1.3 .7 .9 1.3 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................... 1.169 228.692 230.255 3.8 .7 .3 .3 .7 

Motor vehicle body work 1 .................................................... .069 235.569 235.923 2.7 .2 .3 .3 .2 

Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing 1 ......................... .442 206.152 208.003 3.6 .9 .2 .4 .9 

Motor vehicle repair 2 ........................................................... .633 140.233 141.061 4.1 .6 .5 .3 .7 

See footnotes at end of table.

56 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 8. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, detailed expenditure

categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Relative

importance,

December

2007

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2008 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

Motor vehicle insurance ......................................................... 2.340 338.071 338.752 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 

Motor vehicle fees 1 2 ............................................................. .440 142.586 144.251 2.7 1.2 .2 .1 1.2 

State and local registration and license 123 ....................... .297 140.582 142.331 2.1 1.2 .2 .0 1.2 

Parking and other fees 1 2 .................................................... .134 146.865 148.334 4.1 1.0 .2 .5 1.0 

Public transportation ................................................................ .767 231.363 232.594 5.3 .5 1.1 .7 .5 

Airline fare .............................................................................. .483 254.153 256.616 8.8 1.0 1.8 1.3 .7

Other intercity transportation 1 ............................................... .097 158.532 156.314 -.2 -1.4 1.3 3.2 -1.4 

Intracity transportation 1 ......................................................... .181 228.979 229.935 1.7 .4 .4 .0 .4 

Medical care ............................................................................... 5.192 357.745 360.710 5.1 .8 .4 .3 .6

Medical care commodities ........................................................ 1.295 285.913 287.703 2.3 .6 .5 .3 .5 

Prescription drugs .................................................................. .998 373.019 376.515 2.7 .9 .6 .5 .7 

Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies 1 5 .................... .297 156.017 155.363 1.2 -.4 .2 -.3 -.4 

Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs 1 ................ .211 185.420 184.769 1.5 -.4 .3 -.4 -.4 

Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies 1 ............. .086 187.256 186.159 .4 -.6 -.1 .0 -.6 

Medical care services ............................................................... 3.897 378.119 381.507 5.9 .9 .4 .3 .6 

Professional services ............................................................. 2.159 307.333 309.169 4.0 .6 .2 .3 .4 

Physicians’ services 3 .......................................................... 1.123 308.349 310.356 3.6 .7 .2 .4 .3 

Dental services 3 .................................................................. .614 366.759 369.500 6.1 .7 .3 .6 .5 

Eyeglasses and eye care 1 5 ................................................ .195 173.615 173.907 .7 .2 .4 .8 .2 

Services by other medical professionals 3 5 ........................ .228 204.926 205.538 3.2 .3 .5 .6 .2 

Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 1.260 510.961 518.853 8.6 1.5 .5 .5 1.2 

Hospital services 3 11 ........................................................... 1.184 189.193 192.225 8.8 1.6 .5 .5 1.3 

Inpatient hospital services 3 9 11 ........................................ -

 181.855 184.808 8.0 1.6 .5 .5 1.2 

Outpatient hospital services 1359 .................................... - 442.799 449.176 10.3 1.4 1.4 .0 1.4 

Nursing homes and adult day services 3 11 ......................... .064 172.786 173.925 3.8 .7 .4 .2 -.2 

Care of invalids and elderly at home 1 12 ............................. .011 106.595 107.111 3.6 .5 .1 1.8 .5 

Health insurance 1 13 ............................................................. .477 116.743 117.368 8.0 .5 -.1 -.3 .5 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................... 5.341 108.702 109.046 .7 .3 .1 .1 .2 

Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 1.987 102.523 102.839 .5 .3 -.2 .4 .1 

Televisions ............................................................................. .145 15.462 15.279 -17.0 -1.2 -.6 -1.3 -2.3

Cable and satellite television and radio service 6 .................. 1.317 354.903 356.853 2.7 .5 -.2 .4 .2 

Other video equipment 2 ........................................................ .038 21.692 21.658 -12.9 -.2 -1.7 -1.2 -.6 

Video cassettes, discs, and other media including rental 1 2 .199 78.675 79.189 2.5 .7 .8 2.2 .7 

Audio equipment 1 ................................................................. .101 51.080 50.638 -4.9 -.9 .3 -.4 -.9 

Audio discs, tapes and other media 1 2 .................................. .094 105.660 105.500 .0 -.2 -.8 .2 -.2 

Pets, pet products and services 2 ............................................ .708 134.740 135.166 5.1 .3 .1 .3 .3 

Pets and pet products ............................................................ .469 171.130 171.593 4.8 .3 -.1 .3 .4 

Pet services including veterinary 2 ......................................... .239 169.616 170.305 5.6 .4 .4 .4 .1 

Sporting goods 1 ...................................................................... .627 114.764 115.180 -2.4 .4 .2 -.1 .4 

Sports vehicles including bicycles .......................................... .320 137.138 137.545 -3.1 .3 .0 .0 .2 

Sports equipment 1 ................................................................ .293 91.728 92.115 -1.6 .4 -.1 .3 .4 

Photography 1 2 ....................................................................... .145 82.841 82.577 -2.7 -.3 -.4 -.6 -.3 

Photographic equipment and supplies 1 ................................ .065 79.989 79.396 -6.1 -.7 -1.0 -1.7 -.7 

Photographers and film processing 1 2 .................................. .079 106.717 106.750 .2 .0 .1 .3 .0 

Other recreational goods 2 ....................................................... .408 62.080 61.924 -4.6 -.3 -.3 -.7 -.1 

Toys 1 ..................................................................................... .301 70.193 69.920 -5.5 -.4 -.5 -.9 -.4 

Sewing machines, fabric and supplies 2 ................................ .053 87.326 87.728 -4.1 .5 .3 -.9 1.6 

Music instruments and accessories 1 2 .................................. .036 96.967 96.795 1.3 -.2 .4 .9 -.2 

Recreation services 2 ............................................................... 1.279 141.896 142.665 1.9 .5 .5 -.2 .2 

Club dues and fees for participant sports and group

exercises 2 ..................................................................... .340 123.194 124.282 .9 .9 .3 .0 .3 

Admissions ............................................................................. .567 304.937 306.487 2.0 .5 .6 -.3 .2 

Fees for lessons or instructions 5 ........................................... .141 249.677 250.056 4.0 .2 .3 .4 .0 

Recreational reading materials 1 .............................................. .187 209.747 210.703 1.7 .5 .2 -.3 .5 

Newspapers and magazines 1 2 ............................................ .106 122.141 122.870 1.7 .6 .1 -.2 .6 

Recreational books 1 2 ........................................................... .081 103.872 104.155 1.7 .3 .5 -.6 .3 

Education and communication 2 ................................................ 5.987 117.782 118.097 3.0 .3 .0 .2 .3 

Education 2 .............................................................................. 2.377 174.276 175.134 5.6 .5 .5 .5 .6 

Educational books and supplies ............................................. .204 437.391 441.207 7.9 .9 .5 .8 .1 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................ 2.174 491.554 493.797 5.4 .5 .5 .5 .7 

College tuition and fees ........................................................ .966 560.233 560.840 6.2 .1 .6 .6 .7 

Elementary and high school tuition and fees ....................... .263 553.931 554.027 5.4 .0 .5 .4 .5 

Child care and nursery school 7 ........................................... .803 217.589 219.837 4.4 1.0 .3 .3 1.0 

See footnotes at end of table.

57 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 8. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, detailed expenditure

categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Relative

importance,

December

2007

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2008 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

Technical and business school tuition and fees 2 ................ .049 185.776 185.790 5.9 0.0 0.5 0.9 0.1 

Communication 2 ..................................................................... 3.609 85.834 85.935 1.1 .1 -.4 .0 .1 

Postage and delivery services 2 ............................................. .121 132.101 132.617 4.5 .4 .1 .1 .2 

Postage 1 ............................................................................. .114 209.745 209.745 3.9 .0 .0 .0 .0 

Delivery services 2 ............................................................... .008 190.190 202.202 12.9 6.3 .8 1.3 4.1 

Information and information processing 1 2 ............................ 3.488 83.917 84.008 .9 .1 -.5 .0 .1 

Telephone services 1 2 ......................................................... 2.869 98.887 98.988 2.0 .1 -.3 .0 .1 

Land-line telephone services, local charges 1 3 ................. .896 225.572 225.884 4.1 .1 -.1 .2 .1 

Land-line telephone services, long distance charges 1 2 ... .607 71.865 71.870 3.1 .0 -.2 -.1 .0 

Wireless telephone services 1 2 ......................................... 1.365 64.977 65.056 -.8 .1 -.6 .0 .1 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 14 ............. .619 10.722 10.737 -5.2 .1 -1.5 .1 .1 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 15 .......... .228 8.843 8.937 -11.3 1.1 -3.9 -.3 1.1 

Computer software and accessories 1 2 .............................. .035 49.486 49.671 -5.9 .4 -.1 -1.7 .4 

Internet services and electronic information providers 1 2 ... .287 73.716 73.403 -.6 -.4 -.3 .8 -.4 

Telephone hardware, calculators, and other consumer

information items 1 2 .................................................... .062 40.192 39.856 -4.3 -.8 .2 -1.1 -.8 

Other goods and services .......................................................... 3.508 348.830 350.630 3.4 .5 .2 .4 .5 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ 1.183 568.410 574.724 5.5 1.1 .2 .9 1.1 

Cigarettes 1 2 ......................................................................... 1.119 230.125 232.695 5.6 1.1 .2 .9 1.1 

Tobacco products other than cigarettes 1 2 ........................... .058 162.102 163.722 3.7 1.0 .2 .9 1.0 

Personal care ........................................................................... 2.325 195.467 195.885 2.4 .2 .2 .1 .2 

Personal care products 1 ....................................................... .647 158.407 158.167 .4 -.2 .1 -.1 -.2 

Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care

products 1 2 .................................................................. .340 103.913 103.828 .9 -.1 .1 .1 -.1 

Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and

implements 1 ................................................................ .302 177.830 177.426 -.1 -.2 .1 -.3 -.2 

Personal care services 1 ........................................................ .560 219.945 220.324 2.8 .2 .3 .5 .2 

Haircuts and other personal care services 1 2 ..................... .560 134.057 134.288 2.8 .2 .3 .5 .2 

Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... .910 330.850 333.154 4.1 .7 .3 .3 .5 

Legal services 5 ................................................................... .230 265.264 268.790 5.0 1.3 .0 .5 1.3 

Funeral expenses 5 .............................................................. .100 263.363 265.395 5.4 .8 .3 .3 .6 

Laundry and dry cleaning services 1 2 ................................. .255 130.494 130.935 3.1 .3 .1 -.2 .3 

Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning 1 2 .... .022 140.418 142.544 5.1 1.5 .2 .6 1.5 

Financial services 1 5 ........................................................... .156 276.411 276.687 3.6 .1 .5 .3 .1 

Miscellaneous personal goods 2 ............................................ .207 87.196 86.626 -.3 -.7 .1 .1 -.8 

Special aggregate indexes

Commodities ................................................................................ 44.745 172.952 173.711 6.4 .4 1.9 .5 .6 

Commodities less food and beverages ...................................... 28.819 154.086 154.345 7.4 .2 2.9 .8 .6 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..................................... 17.315 196.636 196.910 13.5 .1 5.9 .0 1.6 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................... 13.318 249.863 251.751 17.9 .8 6.1 1.6 1.4 

Durables ................................................................................... 11.504 112.450 112.688 -.5 .2 .1 .0 .0

Services ....................................................................................... 55.255 244.275 245.484 3.2 .5 .3 .3 .3 

Rent of shelter 4 ........................................................................... 30.100 227.035 228.071 3.2 .5 .3 .3 .3 

Transportation services ................................................................ 5.266 236.020 236.883 2.2 .4 .3 .3 .5 

Other services .............................................................................. 10.042 278.783 279.780 3.1 .4 .1 .3 .3 

All items less food ........................................................................ 85.099 205.575 206.371 4.6 .4 1.1 .4 .4 

All items less shelter .................................................................... 69.603 197.174 198.113 5.3 .5 1.3 .4 .5 

All items less medical care ........................................................... 94.808 199.431 200.329 4.6 .5 1.1 .4 .4 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 29.844 156.073 156.365 7.2 .2 2.8 .8 .6 

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 18.341 197.551 197.892 12.9 .2 5.5 .0 1.5

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. 14.343 245.286 247.136 16.7 .8 5.6 1.5 1.3 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 33.241 202.222 203.268 9.0 .5 3.0 .0 1.1 

See footnotes at end of table.

58 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 8. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, detailed expenditure

categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Relative

importance,

December

2007

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2008 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Special aggregate indexes

Apparel less footwear ................................................................... 3.177 112.830 110.326 0.5 -2.2 0.3 0.4 0.8 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... 25.155 233.314 234.576 3.3 .5 .3 .3 .2 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 51.358 234.468 235.557 3.0 .5 .2 .3 .3 

Energy .......................................................................................... 11.610 218.104 220.163 20.4 .9 7.2 1.8 .8 

All items less energy .................................................................... 88.390 205.155 205.991 2.9 .4 .2 .2 .4

All items less food and energy ................................................... 73.489 205.377 205.992 2.4 .3 .2 .2 .3 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................... 22.581 140.815 140.696 .5 -.1 .1 .1 .3 

Energy commodities ............................................................... 7.264 261.928 264.633 34.6 1.0 11.5 2.8 1.4 

Services less energy services .................................................. 50.908 250.925 252.103 3.3 .5 .3 .3 .3 

Domestically produced farm food 1 .............................................. 7.119 210.009 212.468 6.1 1.2 .3 .3 1.2 

Utilities and public transportation ................................................. 10.267 189.083 190.145 3.0 .6 .0 .3 -.1 

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1982-84=$1.00) ........ -

 $ .486 $ .484 - ----

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ............. -

 $ .163 $ .162 - ----

1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other

item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 5 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 6 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base. 7 Indexes on a December 1990=100 base. 8 Indexes on a December 2001=100 base. 9 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 10 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.

11 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 12 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base. 13 Indexes on a December 2005=100 base. 14 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 15 This item will be rebased to December 2007=100 beginning with the

release of March 2008 data. All historical data will be revised to reflect the

new base.

NA Data not adequate for publication. - Data not available.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

59 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 9. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average,

detailed expenditure categories 

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Seasonally adjusted indexes

Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Apr.

2007

July

2007

Oct.

2007

Jan.

2008

July

2007

Jan.

2008

Expenditure category

All items .................................................................................... 204.496 206.586 207.386 208.301 4.9 4.1 2.7 7.7 4.5 5.1 

Food and beverages .............................................................. 205.286 205.952 206.145 207.555 5.8 4.9 4.5 4.5 5.3 4.5 

Food ..................................................................................... 204.918 205.618 205.780 207.222 5.9 5.0 4.6 4.6 5.4 4.6 

Food at home ..................................................................... 203.172 204.016 204.017 205.887 7.7 5.4 4.6 5.5 6.6 5.0 

Cereals and bakery products ........................................... 225.315 226.906 228.116 229.488 7.2 3.8 4.8 7.6 5.5 6.2 

Cereals and cereal products .......................................... 197.565 198.592 198.345 199.444 11.4 4.1 4.4 3.9 7.7 4.2 

Flour and prepared flour mixes .................................... 194.679 199.300 198.863 198.772 8.4 -.9 9.3 8.7 3.6 9.0 

Breakfast cereal 1 ......................................................... 207.771 209.566 208.175 203.902 14.6 2.8 4.4 -7.2 8.6 -1.6 

Rice, pasta, cornmeal 1 ................................................ 183.695 183.077 184.496 194.055 14.8 8.0 -2.9 24.5 11.3 10.0 

Bakery products ............................................................. 240.578 242.485 244.546 245.653 5.5 4.3 4.8 8.7 4.9 6.7 

Bread 1 2 ...................................................................... 143.922 144.963 147.613 149.352 12.8 4.7 9.1 16.0 8.7 12.5

Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins 1 2 .................................... 138.216 140.846 140.373 142.498 7.1 .6 4.4 13.0 3.8 8.6 

Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies ..................................... 224.417 226.240 226.428 227.612 8.8 2.4 5.6 5.8 5.6 5.7 

Other bakery products .................................................. 222.900 223.908 224.942 224.120 -2.6 4.4 .4 2.2 .8 1.3 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .......................................... 198.156 198.016 197.974 199.343 10.4 5.8 3.5 2.4 8.1 3.0 

Meats, poultry, and fish .................................................. 197.053 196.990 196.679 197.686 9.9 3.8 1.8 1.3 6.8 1.5 

Meats ............................................................................ 195.874 196.134 195.639 196.040 8.8 1.6 1.1 .3 5.1 .7 

Beef and veal 1 ........................................................... 213.242 214.115 213.259 213.374 18.8 -.7 2.4 .2 8.6 1.3 

Uncooked ground beef 1 .......................................... 186.515 187.874 186.988 188.128 10.1 5.7 4.4 3.5 7.9 3.9 

Uncooked beef roasts 1 2 ......................................... 154.380 155.054 154.068 154.611 33.5 -9.9 2.7 .6 9.7 1.7 

Uncooked beef steaks 1 2 ........................................ 152.580 153.498 153.152 151.421 25.6 -7.2 .2 -3.0 7.9 -1.4 

Uncooked other beef and veal 1 2 ............................ 150.890 147.888 147.341 149.383 5.7 20.8 1.8 -3.9 13.0 -1.1 

Pork ............................................................................ 180.291 179.986 179.802 180.697 1.8 7.5 -3.2 .9 4.6 -1.2 

Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products 2 .. 127.868 126.813 127.781 126.710 .9 13.3 -1.8 -3.6 6.9 -2.7 

Ham .......................................................................... 176.712 179.658 179.459 180.781 -1.6 13.4 -8.4 9.5 5.7 .1 

Pork chops ............................................................... 171.561 169.602 170.519 170.658 5.8 2.8 -1.1 -2.1 4.3 -1.6

Other pork including roasts and picnics 2 ................. 110.934 111.816 109.549 111.458 -2.7 4.9 -1.7 1.9 1.0 .1 

Other meats ................................................................ 184.857 184.699 184.487 184.918 -3.0 -1.9 5.1 .1 -2.4 2.6 

Poultry 1 ........................................................................ 195.559 194.982 194.314 197.033 17.8 13.3 1.7 3.0 15.5 2.4

Chicken 1 2 ................................................................. 127.527 128.249 127.898 128.647 22.2 13.2 1.7 3.6 17.6 2.6 

Other poultry including turkey 2 .................................. 118.130 117.790 117.494 120.860 -1.0 8.3 -1.4 9.6 3.5 4.0 

Fish and seafood 1 ....................................................... 223.068 222.142 223.236 224.865 5.4 2.5 5.0 3.3 3.9 4.1 

Fresh fish and seafood 1 2 ......................................... 132.233 132.211 132.570 133.795 9.0 3.3 2.1 4.8 6.2 3.4 

Processed fish and seafood 2 .................................... 114.977 114.043 116.152 115.505 1.7 -.9 9.3 1.8 .4 5.5 

Eggs ............................................................................... 216.236 214.611 219.781 229.088 21.6 53.9 42.4 26.0 36.8 33.9 

Dairy and related products ............................................... 204.364 205.536 205.206 205.370 9.4 30.4 12.5 2.0 19.5 7.1 

Milk 1 2 ............................................................................ 149.262 150.690 149.236 149.045 11.4 61.0 8.0 -.6 33.9 3.6 

Cheese and related products 1 ....................................... 201.891 201.131 200.799 204.985 9.0 16.6 26.8 6.3 12.8 16.1 

Ice cream and related products ...................................... 186.615 188.499 189.039 187.583 -5.1 6.4 5.0 2.1 .5 3.5 

Other dairy and related products 2 ................................. 135.841 137.021 137.435 137.913 8.4 13.9 16.0 6.2 11.1 11.0 

Fruits and vegetables ....................................................... 259.781 264.861 263.920 269.770 11.5 -6.0 3.8 16.3 2.4 9.9 

Fresh fruits and vegetables ............................................ 307.404 315.586 313.351 321.591 13.4 -8.6 3.2 19.8 1.8 11.2 

Fresh fruits ................................................................... 326.294 332.557 332.396 337.341 11.7 -9.2 9.2 14.2 .7 11.7 

Apples ........................................................................ 291.332 300.252 305.328 313.660 22.1 2.4 -19.2 34.4 11.8 4.2 

Bananas ..................................................................... 183.221 183.397 185.562 179.150 .6 .7 17.0 -8.6 .7 3.4

Citrus fruits 2 ............................................................... 213.257 204.180 203.526 203.713 31.0 -31.3 12.8 -16.7 -5.1 -3.1 

Other fresh fruits 2 ...................................................... 114.067 121.469 119.333 123.923 -2.5 3.1 10.9 39.3 .3 24.3 

Fresh vegetables .......................................................... 288.113 297.989 293.879 305.066 15.1 -8.1 -2.6 25.7 2.9 10.7 

Potatoes ..................................................................... 279.647 286.729 287.332 283.632 14.8 -.9 -4.9 5.8 6.7 .3 

Lettuce 1 ..................................................................... 289.855 287.705 286.234 284.873 -11.8 -34.6 91.2 -6.7 -24.1 33.6 

Tomatoes ................................................................... 295.127 312.680 326.715 357.799 33.6 -1.2 -9.3 116.0 14.9 40.0 

Other fresh vegetables ............................................... 301.780 303.010 294.705 306.582 14.7 -17.0 5.0 6.5 -2.5 5.8 

Processed fruits and vegetables 2 .................................. 128.726 127.939 129.180 129.873 4.9 4.6 6.0 3.6 4.8 4.8 

Canned fruits and vegetables 2 .................................... 127.960 126.795 128.374 128.948 5.5 3.2 8.3 3.1 4.4 5.7 

Frozen fruits and vegetables 2 ..................................... 128.393 127.933 128.628 130.073 1.6 6.0 2.9 5.3 3.8 4.1 

Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried 2 ............................................................................ 129.387 128.964 129.561 131.105 4.0 8.3 4.0 5.4 6.2 4.7 

See footnotes at end of table.

60 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 9. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average,

detailed expenditure categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Seasonally adjusted indexes

Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Apr.

2007

July

2007

Oct.

2007

Jan.

2008

July

2007

Jan.

2008

Expenditure category

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ............ 154.693 154.322 153.768 156.112 4.3 5.5 3.8 3.7 4.9 3.8 

Juices and nonalcoholic drinks 2 .................................... 120.024 119.917 119.185 121.030 4.5 5.8 3.5 3.4 5.2 3.4 

Carbonated drinks ........................................................ 143.534 143.476 141.382 143.948 6.2 6.7 2.9 1.2 6.4 2.0

Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 2 ................ 141.844 143.916 143.862 146.699 28.0 .5 7.2 14.4 13.4 10.8 

Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 2 ........... 113.681 113.674 114.191 116.941 -4.7 5.4 4.7 12.0 .2 8.3 

Beverage materials including coffee and tea 2 ............... 109.405 108.509 109.218 110.881 4.7 4.4 3.1 5.5 4.5 4.3 

Coffee ........................................................................... 176.744 176.550 176.861 178.575 4.8 9.7 .9 4.2 7.2 2.5 

Other beverage materials including tea 2 ..................... 120.787 119.548 120.259 122.374 4.9 2.4 4.2 5.4 3.7 4.8 

Other food at home .......................................................... 174.215 174.463 174.809 175.682 3.3 3.1 2.8 3.4 3.2 3.1 

Sugar and sweets ........................................................... 176.844 177.710 178.326 178.505 1.4 3.3 2.9 3.8 2.4 3.4 

Sugar and artificial sweeteners .................................... 166.997 166.848 166.551 166.916 .0 1.6 -2.4 -.2 .8 -1.3 

Candy and chewing gum 1 2 ........................................ 115.520 117.035 117.281 117.494 3.0 4.7 -.2 7.0 3.9 3.4 

Other sweets 2 .............................................................. 126.436 127.385 127.765 127.990 4.3 3.3 2.0 5.0 3.8 3.5 

Fats and oils ................................................................... 176.163 177.527 179.208 181.290 4.4 5.5 5.7 12.2 4.9 8.9 

Butter and margarine 2 ................................................. 139.290 140.094 141.583 142.181 2.6 9.4 4.1 8.6 5.9 6.3 

Salad dressing 2 ........................................................... 112.024 113.395 113.993 116.076 2.0 -2.5 4.3 15.3 -.3 9.7 

Other fats and oils including peanut butter 2 ................ 125.047 125.708 126.486 129.164 6.9 10.3 5.1 13.8 8.6 9.4 

Other foods ..................................................................... 189.947 189.803 189.809 190.770 3.5 2.6 2.2 1.7 3.1 2.0 

Soups ........................................................................... 213.821 216.935 215.608 222.995 2.8 -1.0 -4.1 18.3 .9 6.5 

Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods ...................... 156.630 155.198 155.173 154.342 3.7 6.7 2.8 -5.7 5.2 -1.6 

Snacks 1 ....................................................................... 186.531 185.963 186.595 186.547 11.2 -1.8 6.1 .0 4.5 3.0

Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces ..................... 199.363 198.050 198.673 200.093 4.1 2.7 3.9 1.5 3.4 2.7 

Baby food 1 2 ................................................................ 134.625 135.465 134.720 136.774 2.7 .1 15.7 6.5 1.4 11.0 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ..................................... 115.378 115.803 115.658 115.658 2.4 -.3 .1 1.0 1.0 .5 

Food away from home 1 ..................................................... 209.037 209.518 209.931 210.776 3.2 4.2 4.7 3.4 3.7 4.0 

Full service meals and snacks 1 2 .................................... 131.507 132.019 132.236 132.690 2.7 4.7 3.9 3.6 3.7 3.8 

Limited service meals and snacks 1 2 .............................. 132.322 132.490 132.893 133.484 3.4 4.2 5.2 3.6 3.8 4.4 

Food at employee sites and schools 2 ............................. 127.596 128.002 128.296 128.442 4.1 2.9 1.9 2.7 3.5 2.3 

Food from vending machines and mobile vendors 1 2 ..... 119.921 120.063 120.269 120.991 1.9 5.0 5.9 3.6 3.5 4.8 

Other food away from home 1 2 ....................................... 144.764 145.233 144.454 145.625 7.3 4.1 .9 2.4 5.7 1.6 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................. 209.364 209.491 210.180 211.034 4.5 4.0 3.4 3.2 4.3 3.3 

Alcoholic beverages at home ............................................. 182.663 182.630 183.136 184.171 4.5 3.5 3.0 3.3 4.0 3.2

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home .................. 186.730 186.597 187.286 188.185 5.2 5.5 2.6 3.2 5.3 2.9 

Distilled spirits at home .................................................... 179.552 179.453 179.523 180.985 3.2 1.8 -.3 3.2 2.5 1.5 

Wine at home ................................................................... 161.847 162.279 163.380 163.644 3.3 -.3 5.9 4.5 1.4 5.2 

Alcoholic beverages away from home ................................ 269.023 269.356 270.207 271.075 5.7 4.6 4.3 3.1 5.2 3.7 

Housing .................................................................................. 206.312 207.123 207.639 208.096 3.8 2.6 2.4 3.5 3.2 3.0 

Shelter .................................................................................. 234.946 235.668 236.320 236.955 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.5 3.0 3.2 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................ 236.309 237.208 237.988 238.767 4.1 3.5 3.8 4.2 3.8 4.0 

Lodging away from home 2 ................................................ 144.420 144.435 144.750 146.621 .8 15.7 -.9 6.2 8.0 2.6 

Housing at school, excluding board 3 4 ............................ 381.803 383.555 385.328 387.102 7.1 6.8 2.7 5.7 7.0 4.2 

Other lodging away from home including hotels and

motels ....................................................................... 301.225 301.189 301.810 307.069 .5 16.1 -1.1 8.0 8.0 3.3 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ............... 224.774 225.451 226.048 226.656 2.8 2.0 2.8 3.4 2.4 3.1 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ............................... 116.982 117.370 117.396 117.740 .7 -3.5 .2 2.6 -1.4 1.4 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................. 200.708 202.933 203.522 203.514 10.5 2.2 2.8 5.7 6.3 4.3 

Household energy .............................................................. 180.525 182.704 183.168 182.988 11.6 1.7 2.4 5.6 6.5 4.0 

Fuel oil and other fuels ..................................................... 264.919 287.993 294.530 305.305 18.5 23.8 27.8 76.4 21.1 50.1 

Fuel oil ............................................................................ 274.450 307.297 319.435 332.305 20.0 26.2 22.1 114.9 23.0 62.0 

Propane, kerosene, and firewood 5 ................................ 300.367 314.727 319.942 328.507 15.6 17.4 18.2 43.1 16.5 30.1 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................. 185.208 186.277 186.409 185.607 11.1 .2 .6 .9 5.5 .7 

Electricity 3 ..................................................................... 176.862 177.743 177.818 177.592 3.1 1.3 8.0 1.7 2.2 4.8 

Utility (piped) gas service 3 ............................................. 212.430 214.075 214.383 209.990 33.0 -2.5 -15.3 -4.5 13.8 -10.1 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ............... 146.020 146.890 147.594 148.371 4.8 5.2 5.0 6.6 5.0 5.8 

Water and sewerage maintenance 3 ................................ 313.363 315.111 316.389 317.607 5.1 6.1 5.3 5.5 5.6 5.4 

Garbage and trash collection 1 6 ...................................... 348.363 350.868 353.370 356.765 3.6 2.1 4.3 10.0 2.9 7.1 

Household furnishings and operations ................................. 122.158 122.149 122.123 122.389 -.1 -.3 -1.4 .8 -.2 -.3 

Window and floor coverings and other linens 2 .................. 80.529 81.055 80.955 80.915 -6.1 .7 -6.9 1.9 -2.7 -2.6 

Floor coverings 1 2 ........................................................... 115.179 114.908 117.978 117.493 -3.5 3.9 -6.1 8.3 .1 .8 

Window coverings 2 .......................................................... 88.829 91.286 89.519 90.672 -10.9 7.9 -5.0 8.6 -2.0 1.6 

Other linens 1 2 ................................................................. 68.894 69.357 68.938 68.911 -1.1 -10.4 -6.0 .1 -5.9 -3.0 

See footnotes at end of table.

61 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 9. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average,

detailed expenditure categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Seasonally adjusted indexes

Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Apr.

2007

July

2007

Oct.

2007

Jan.

2008

July

2007

Jan.

2008

Expenditure category

Furniture and bedding 1 ...................................................... 120.579 121.054 120.204 120.794 3.5 -2.3 -6.4 0.7 0.6 -2.9 

Bedroom furniture 1 .......................................................... 142.050 142.531 140.415 142.707 2.9 1.6 -1.1 1.9 2.2 .4 

Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture 1 2 .......... 89.657 90.054 89.432 88.927 -.7 -2.6 -3.6 -3.2 -1.6 -3.4 

Other furniture 2 ................................................................ 85.915 86.196 86.596 87.271 4.6 -4.8 -15.8 6.5 -.2 -5.3 

Appliances 1 2 .................................................................... 90.775 90.239 89.909 90.072 11.0 -.7 .3 -3.1 5.0 -1.4 

Major appliances 1 2 ......................................................... 101.269 101.221 100.715 100.883 14.8 -5.3 2.9 -1.5 4.3 .7 

Other appliances 1 2 ......................................................... 77.103 76.039 75.914 76.064 5.8 6.1 -3.2 -5.3 5.9 -4.2 

Other household equipment and furnishings 2 ................... 77.112 76.398 76.197 77.437 -4.4 -1.6 -2.1 1.7 -3.0 -.2 

Clocks, lamps, and decorator items 1 ............................... 69.991 69.107 67.750 68.668 -12.8 -4.7 .5 -7.3 -8.8 -3.5 

Indoor plants and flowers 7 ............................................... 127.226 126.079 128.698 129.860 2.3 -.2 5.1 8.5 1.0 6.8 

Dishes and flatware 1 2 .................................................... 75.084 74.881 73.764 76.396 .4 7.8 -6.4 7.2 4.0 .2 

Nonelectric cookware and tableware 2 ............................. 95.041 95.614 96.173 97.370 .8 3.1 .9 10.2 1.9 5.5 

Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies 2 .......... 94.208 94.226 94.113 93.258 -2.2 .0 -.6 -4.0 -1.1 -2.3 

Tools, hardware and supplies 1 2 ..................................... 99.765 99.554 98.836 98.308 -2.0 2.5 -1.9 -5.7 .2 -3.8 

Outdoor equipment and supplies 2 ................................... 89.199 89.491 89.475 88.628 -1.0 -2.8 -.7 -2.5 -1.9 -1.6 

Housekeeping supplies 1 .................................................... 170.093 169.907 171.286 171.836 -.2 -.4 1.4 4.2 -.3 2.8 

Household cleaning products 1 2 ...................................... 112.270 112.301 113.279 113.676 -2.6 1.0 -2.0 5.1 -.8 1.5 

Household paper products 1 2 .......................................... 136.460 136.993 138.485 138.416 -.1 -.7 7.2 5.9 -.4 6.5 

Miscellaneous household products 1 2 ............................. 112.998 112.089 112.593 113.275 4.2 -2.6 2.5 1.0 .7 1.8 

Household operations 1 2 ................................................... 143.886 144.275 144.659 145.431 2.1 2.0 2.0 4.4 2.1 3.2 

Domestic services 1 2 ....................................................... 136.219 136.840 138.159 138.423 2.6 -1.5 .1 6.6 .5 3.3 

Gardening and lawncare services 1 2 ............................... 142.515 142.951 143.712 NA - 1.7 -.2 ---

Moving, storage, freight expense 2 ................................... 131.403 131.264 130.592 131.481 -1.7 3.3 2.7 .2 .8 1.5 

Repair of household items 1 2 .......................................... 168.070 168.617 168.656 170.045 .7 2.6 8.1 4.8 1.6 6.4 

Apparel ................................................................................... 118.131 118.615 118.809 119.760 -2.3 -1.3 -.2 5.6 -1.8 2.7 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ...................................................... 112.414 112.382 112.718 113.796 .3 1.2 -.1 5.0 .7 2.4 

Men’s apparel ..................................................................... 118.018 117.863 117.636 118.008 -1.1 1.0 -5.4 .0 .0 -2.7 

Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear ........................... 122.565 123.174 121.663 118.985 -1.1 4.3 5.0 -11.2 1.6 -3.4 

Men’s furnishings ............................................................. 131.665 130.335 129.551 131.084 .8 .3 -9.7 -1.8 .5 -5.8 

Men’s shirts and sweaters 2 ............................................. 82.442 82.927 82.120 83.104 -2.0 -5.5 -8.7 3.3 -3.8 -2.9 

Men’s pants and shorts .................................................... 108.600 108.821 109.791 109.562 -3.3 4.5 1.4 3.6 .5 2.5 

Boys’ apparel ...................................................................... 95.903 95.716 97.926 100.460 8.2 4.8 9.8 20.4 6.5 15.0 

Women’s and girls’ apparel .................................................. 108.946 109.374 110.224 110.735 -4.1 -6.0 -1.0 6.7 -5.1 2.8 

Women’s apparel ............................................................... 111.486 111.629 112.041 113.172 -6.0 -3.7 .4 6.2 -4.8 3.3 

Women’s outerwear ......................................................... 99.416 98.132 96.928 101.302 2.7 -6.7 13.2 7.8 -2.1 10.5

Women’s dresses ............................................................. 116.265 116.033 118.761 116.253 -24.3 42.9 -18.8 .0 4.0 -9.9 

Women’s suits and separates 2 ........................................ 88.534 88.880 89.499 90.809 -2.9 -6.8 -3.1 10.7 -4.9 3.6 

Women’s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and

accessories 2 ............................................................ 91.879 91.435 92.418 90.967 .9 -7.8 .2 -3.9 -3.6 -1.9 

Girls’ apparel ...................................................................... 98.153 99.840 102.629 100.954 5.6 -16.5 -7.9 11.9 -6.1 1.5 

Footwear .............................................................................. 122.065 123.012 122.170 122.938 -2.3 4.1 -2.4 2.9 .8 .2 

Men’s footwear 1 ................................................................ 119.599 120.870 119.023 118.620 -5.8 -5.3 10.9 -3.2 -5.5 3.6 

Boys’ and girls’ footwear .................................................... 124.238 125.955 125.919 126.362 -1.9 .8 4.0 7.0 -.6 5.5 

Women’s footwear .............................................................. 121.906 122.804 121.780 122.812 1.7 10.8 -11.7 3.0 6.1 -4.7 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ............................................... 117.039 118.008 116.423 118.421 -4.4 -3.6 8.7 4.8 -4.0 6.7 

Jewelry and watches 5 ......................................................... 136.929 137.483 137.820 139.695 2.7 4.4 5.3 8.3 3.5 6.8 

Watches 5 ........................................................................... 111.188 111.638 110.257 110.193 -11.1 .6 .1 -3.5 -5.4 -1.7 

Jewelry 5 ............................................................................. 144.779 145.427 146.230 148.639 6.1 5.5 6.4 11.1 5.8 8.7 

Transportation ........................................................................ 185.904 192.987 195.050 196.402 10.2 8.9 1.6 24.6 9.5 12.5 

Private transportation ........................................................... 182.995 190.157 192.213 193.565 10.5 9.2 1.3 25.2 9.9 12.6 

New and used motor vehicles 2 .......................................... 93.452 93.401 93.445 93.452 -.7 1.3 .2 .0 .3 .1 

New vehicles .................................................................... 137.119 137.175 137.046 136.764 .3 -.3 -1.3 -1.0 .0 -1.2 

Used cars and trucks 1 ..................................................... 137.798 137.457 137.791 138.052 -2.5 5.1 2.7 .7 1.2 1.7 

Leased cars and trucks 8 .................................................. 92.273 92.229 92.613 92.650 .0 -1.8 2.9 1.6 -.9 2.3 

Car and truck rental 2 ....................................................... 113.237 112.248 111.550 111.531 -7.4 26.7 -11.9 -5.9 8.3 -9.0 

Motor fuel ........................................................................... 244.600 273.216 280.926 284.180 38.5 26.9 2.6 82.2 32.5 36.7 

Gasoline (all types) ........................................................... 243.513 272.061 279.754 283.087 38.7 27.1 2.4 82.6 32.8 36.8 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 9 .......................................... 243.374 272.508 280.416 283.861 38.9 26.6 2.5 85.1 32.6 37.8 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 9 10 ................................. 248.884 277.132 284.396 288.184 38.9 28.5 2.7 79.8 33.6 35.8 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 9 ....................................... 234.359 259.894 266.734 270.041 35.5 27.7 2.4 76.3 31.5 34.3 

Other motor fuels 1 2 ........................................................ 229.438 250.798 249.230 248.349 40.9 4.4 28.2 37.3 21.3 32.7 

See footnotes at end of table.

62 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 9. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average,

detailed expenditure categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Seasonally adjusted indexes

Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Apr.

2007

July

2007

Oct.

2007

Jan.

2008

July

2007

Jan.

2008

Expenditure category

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 .................................. 122.830 123.302 123.786 124.416 3.1 3.3 5.0 5.3 3.2 5.1 

Tires 1 ............................................................................... 112.050 112.201 112.172 111.973 2.8 1.5 5.6 -.3 2.1 2.6 

Vehicle accessories other than tires 1 2 ........................... 130.112 130.985 132.125 133.838 3.3 5.5 4.3 12.0 4.4 8.0 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ............................... 227.303 227.993 228.691 230.251 4.5 3.4 2.1 5.3 4.0 3.7 

Motor vehicle body work 1 ................................................ 234.288 234.946 235.569 235.923 2.6 .5 4.8 2.8 1.6 3.8 

Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing 1 ...................... 204.978 205.348 206.152 208.003 5.8 2.0 .6 6.0 3.9 3.3 

Motor vehicle repair 2 ....................................................... 139.131 139.843 140.264 141.263 3.4 4.4 2.3 6.3 3.9 4.3 

Motor vehicle insurance ..................................................... 334.977 335.379 336.022 337.328 -1.3 1.0 1.1 2.8 -.2 2.0 

Motor vehicle fees 1 2 ......................................................... 142.132 142.391 142.586 144.251 2.2 2.0 .7 6.1 2.1 3.4 

State and local registration and license 123 .................... 140.325 140.582 140.582 142.331 1.0 2.3 -.5 5.8 1.6 2.6 

Parking and other fees 1 2 ................................................ 145.920 146.192 146.865 148.334 5.2 1.2 3.5 6.8 3.2 5.1 

Public transportation ............................................................. 231.689 234.266 236.012 237.118 2.3 .9 8.7 9.7 1.6 9.2 

Airline fare .......................................................................... 255.662 260.363 263.640 265.528 4.5 1.3 13.6 16.4 2.9 14.9 

Other intercity transportation 1 ........................................... 151.674 153.610 158.532 156.314 -8.4 19.2 -19.4 12.8 4.5 -4.7 

Intracity transportation 1 ..................................................... 228.211 229.087 228.979 229.935 .8 2.0 1.1 3.1 1.4 2.1 

Medical care ........................................................................... 356.371 357.778 358.906 361.100 4.3 4.9 5.9 5.4 4.6 5.7 

Medical care commodities .................................................... 284.407 285.747 286.734 288.251 -.8 1.7 3.0 5.5 .5 4.3 

Prescription drugs .............................................................. 370.414 372.474 374.385 377.167 -1.4 1.4 3.5 7.5 .0 5.5 

Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies 1 5 ................ 156.094 156.416 156.017 155.363 1.6 2.4 2.7 -1.9 2.0 .4 

Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs 1 ............ 185.483 186.080 185.420 184.769 3.6 2.9 .9 -1.5 3.3 -.3 

Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies 1 ......... 187.426 187.205 187.256 186.159 -3.9 .8 8.0 -2.7 -1.6 2.5 

Medical care services ........................................................... 376.812 378.222 379.384 381.817 5.7 5.8 6.7 5.4 5.7 6.1 

Professional services ......................................................... 306.728 307.357 308.431 309.634 3.8 3.7 4.6 3.8 3.7 4.2 

Physicians’ services 3 ....................................................... 308.386 308.909 310.010 310.809 4.0 3.6 3.8 3.2 3.8 3.5 

Dental services 3 .............................................................. 365.398 366.394 368.670 370.519 4.5 4.7 9.5 5.7 4.6 7.6 

Eyeglasses and eye care 1 5 ............................................ 171.636 172.258 173.615 173.907 1.8 .8 -4.8 5.4 1.3 .2 

Services by other medical professionals 3 5 ..................... 203.047 204.081 205.325 205.719 2.6 2.3 2.4 5.4 2.4 3.9 

Hospital and related services 3 ........................................... 506.732 509.438 512.146 518.313 7.4 7.3 10.4 9.5 7.4 9.9 

Hospital services 3 11 ....................................................... 187.590 188.605 189.631 192.041 7.4 7.4 10.5 9.8 7.4 10.2 

Inpatient hospital services 3 9 11 .................................... 180.781 181.639 182.458 184.585 5.7 7.9 9.9 8.7 6.8 9.3 

Outpatient hospital services 1359 ................................ 436.762 442.906 442.799 449.176 11.9 5.3 12.5 11.9 8.5 12.2 

Nursing homes and adult day services 3 11 ..................... 172.670 173.430 173.722 173.436 5.9 4.1 3.6 1.8 5.0 2.7 

Care of invalids and elderly at home 1 12 ......................... 104.596 104.705 106.595 107.111 1.9 1.4 1.3 10.0 1.6 5.6 

Health insurance 1 13 ......................................................... 117.213 117.147 116.743 117.368 15.1 11.4 5.6 .5 13.2 3.0 

Recreation 2 ........................................................................... 108.860 108.936 108.995 109.201 .0 -.1 1.8 1.3 -.1 1.5

Video and audio 2 ................................................................. 102.822 102.659 103.054 103.205 -1.7 .4 1.8 1.5 -.7 1.7 

Televisions ......................................................................... 16.098 16.003 15.793 15.434 -20.4 -19.5 -12.4 -15.5 -20.0 -14.0 

Cable and satellite television and radio service 6 ............... 356.901 356.262 357.643 358.408 .9 3.3 4.7 1.7 2.1 3.2 

Other video equipment 2 .................................................... 22.267 21.887 21.623 21.490 -13.9 -5.2 -18.7 -13.2 -9.7 -16.0 

Video cassettes, discs, and other media including rental 1

2 .................................................................................. 76.433 77.013 78.675 79.189 -4.1 -3.4 3.5 15.2 -3.7 9.2 

Audio equipment 1 .............................................................. 51.173 51.309 51.080 50.638 -6.8 -4.2 -4.3 -4.1 -5.5 -4.2 

Audio discs, tapes and other media 1 2 .............................. 106.213 105.410 105.660 105.500 -3.8 5.7 .9 -2.7 .9 -.9 

Pets, pet products and services 2 ......................................... 134.416 134.530 134.953 135.351 3.0 5.9 8.9 2.8 4.4 5.8 

Pets and pet products ........................................................ 170.890 170.731 171.167 171.827 .9 5.9 10.7 2.2 3.4 6.4 

Pet services including veterinary 2 ..................................... 168.892 169.597 170.317 170.542 7.0 6.0 5.6 4.0 6.5 4.8 

Sporting goods 1 ................................................................... 114.742 114.917 114.764 115.180 .6 -5.9 -5.5 1.5 -2.7 -2.1 

Sports vehicles including bicycles ...................................... 137.596 137.547 137.486 137.738 -5.5 -4.2 -2.8 .4 -4.8 -1.2 

Sports equipment 1 ............................................................. 91.564 91.472 91.728 92.115 4.7 -5.1 -8.0 2.4 -.4 -2.9 

Photography 1 2 .................................................................... 83.670 83.328 82.841 82.577 -8.3 .1 2.8 -5.1 -4.2 -1.3 

Photographic equipment and supplies 1 ............................. 82.156 81.339 79.989 79.396 -13.3 1.8 1.0 -12.8 -6.1 -6.1 

Photographers and film processing 1 2 .............................. 106.293 106.374 106.717 106.750 -3.7 -1.3 4.2 1.7 -2.5 3.0 

Other recreational goods 2 ................................................... 62.649 62.477 62.047 61.988 -5.4 -6.5 -2.4 -4.2 -6.0 -3.3 

Toys 1 ................................................................................. 71.131 70.800 70.193 69.920 -4.1 -9.4 -1.6 -6.6 -6.8 -4.2 

Sewing machines, fabric and supplies 2 ............................. 87.466 87.763 86.993 88.419 -15.8 2.8 -6.5 4.4 -6.9 -1.2 

Music instruments and accessories 1 2 .............................. 95.724 96.065 96.967 96.795 -.3 3.3 -2.1 4.6 1.5 1.2 

Recreation services 2 ........................................................... 141.761 142.453 142.233 142.563 3.0 .0 2.2 2.3 1.5 2.2 

Club dues and fees for participant sports and group

exercises 2 .................................................................. 123.371 123.718 123.755 124.105 -.4 3.7 -2.1 2.4 1.6 .1 

Admissions ......................................................................... 304.574 306.395 305.457 306.065 3.2 -2.1 5.0 2.0 .5 3.5 

Fees for lessons or instructions 5 ....................................... 248.846 249.557 250.603 250.683 9.9 2.3 1.0 3.0 6.0 2.0 

Recreational reading materials 1 .......................................... 209.938 210.388 209.747 210.703 1.5 1.2 2.5 1.5 1.4 2.0 

Newspapers and magazines 1 2 ......................................... 122.246 122.337 122.141 122.870 2.4 -.5 2.9 2.1 1.0 2.5 

See footnotes at end of table.

63 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 9. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average,

detailed expenditure categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Seasonally adjusted indexes

Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Apr.

2007

July

2007

Oct.

2007

Jan.

2008

July

2007

Jan.

2008

Expenditure category

Recreational books 1 2 ....................................................... 103.975 104.448 103.872 104.155 -0.1 4.1 2.0 0.7 2.0 1.3 

Education and communication 2 ............................................. 117.318 117.277 117.559 117.947 3.8 3.3 2.6 2.2 3.6 2.4 

Education 2 ........................................................................... 171.706 172.588 173.490 174.582 5.9 4.7 5.1 6.9 5.3 6.0

Educational books and supplies ......................................... 433.903 436.077 439.590 439.883 9.3 7.9 8.7 5.6 8.6 7.1 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ............................ 483.966 486.458 488.861 492.237 5.6 4.4 4.7 7.0 5.0 5.9 

College tuition and fees .................................................... 548.576 551.784 554.852 558.617 6.4 5.9 4.8 7.5 6.2 6.2 

Elementary and high school tuition and fees .................... 545.335 548.294 550.706 553.264 5.7 5.1 4.8 5.9 5.4 5.4 

Child care and nursery school 7 ....................................... 215.805 216.523 217.276 219.346 4.4 2.4 4.2 6.7 3.4 5.4 

Technical and business school tuition and fees 2 ............ 182.567 183.521 185.155 185.339 6.4 .7 10.3 6.2 3.5 8.2 

Communication 2 .................................................................. 86.185 85.810 85.837 85.933 2.4 2.3 .8 -1.2 2.3 -.2 

Postage and delivery services 2 ......................................... 131.983 132.066 132.208 132.518 .6 15.9 .5 1.6 8.0 1.1 

Postage 1 .......................................................................... 209.745 209.745 209.745 209.745 .0 16.4 .0 .0 7.9 .0 

Delivery services 2 ............................................................ 188.115 189.566 192.070 199.901 7.8 10.9 6.4 27.5 9.3 16.5 

Information and information processing 1 2 ........................ 84.282 83.894 83.917 84.008 2.4 1.7 .8 -1.3 2.1 -.2 

Telephone services 1 2 ..................................................... 99.149 98.874 98.887 98.988 2.9 4.1 1.7 -.6 3.5 .5 

Land-line telephone services, local charges 1 3 ............. 225.335 225.210 225.572 225.884 6.4 4.8 4.3 1.0 5.6 2.6 

Land-line telephone services, long distance charges 1 2 72.073 71.954 71.865 71.870 2.8 10.6 .6 -1.1 6.6 -.3 

Wireless telephone services 1 2 ..................................... 65.360 64.981 64.977 65.056 -.1 -1.8 .4 -1.8 -.9 -.7 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 14 .......... 10.877 10.710 10.722 10.737 .0 -10.9 -4.4 -5.0 -5.6 -4.7 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 15 ...... 9.229 8.866 8.843 8.937 -1.8 -19.9 -10.7 -12.1 -11.3 -11.4 

Computer software and accessories 1 2 ........................... 50.388 50.320 49.486 49.671 -7.8 -5.8 -4.4 -5.6 -6.8 -5.0 

Internet services and electronic information providers 1 2 73.357 73.158 73.716 73.403 2.9 -4.9 -.4 .3 -1.0 -.1 

Telephone hardware, calculators, and other consumer

information items 1 2 ................................................. 40.552 40.621 40.192 39.856 -3.2 -6.8 -.4 -6.7 -5.0 -3.6 

Other goods and services ...................................................... 346.874 347.645 348.898 350.676 3.1 3.1 3.0 4.5 3.1 3.7 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ......................................... 562.134 563.435 568.410 574.724 3.2 4.9 5.0 9.3 4.0 7.1 

Cigarettes 1 2 ...................................................................... 227.580 228.110 230.125 232.695 3.2 5.1 5.1 9.3 4.1 7.2 

Tobacco products other than cigarettes 1 2 ........................ 160.337 160.695 162.102 163.722 2.7 1.0 2.5 8.7 1.9 5.5 

Personal care ....................................................................... 194.878 195.302 195.524 195.924 3.1 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.7 2.1 

Personal care products 1 .................................................... 158.408 158.579 158.407 158.167 2.8 -.3 -.1 -.6 1.2 -.4 

Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care

products 1 2 .............................................................. 103.667 103.818 103.913 103.828 2.1 -.4 1.1 .6 .9 .9 

Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and

implements 1 ............................................................ 178.334 178.444 177.830 177.426 3.5 -.3 -1.5 -2.0 1.6 -1.8 

Personal care services 1 .................................................... 218.149 218.897 219.945 220.324 2.6 2.6 2.1 4.0 2.6 3.0 

Haircuts and other personal care services 1 2 .................. 132.962 133.419 134.057 134.288 2.6 2.6 2.1 4.0 2.6 3.0 

Miscellaneous personal services ........................................ 329.823 330.664 331.721 333.520 4.6 2.9 4.6 4.6 3.7 4.6 

Legal services 5 ................................................................ 264.403 264.450 265.796 269.161 5.3 3.2 4.1 7.4 4.2 5.7 

Funeral expenses 5 .......................................................... 262.982 263.772 264.638 266.215 6.4 4.2 6.0 5.0 5.3 5.5 

Laundry and dry cleaning services 1 2 ............................. 130.533 130.715 130.494 130.935 5.5 2.4 3.4 1.2 3.9 2.3 

Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning 1 2 139.298 139.585 140.418 142.544 6.0 2.3 2.6 9.7 4.1 6.1 

Financial services 1 5 ....................................................... 274.200 275.616 276.411 276.687 1.3 1.4 8.1 3.7 1.3 5.8 

Miscellaneous personal goods 2 ........................................ 86.948 87.004 87.128 86.438 .5 2.1 -1.3 -2.3 1.3 -1.8 

Special aggregate indexes

Commodities ............................................................................ 170.962 174.229 175.167 176.292 6.5 5.5 2.3 13.1 6.0 7.5 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................. 151.648 155.974 157.215 158.122 6.9 5.9 1.0 18.2 6.4 9.3 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. 190.513 201.748 201.649 204.777 14.1 5.8 2.9 33.5 9.9 17.2 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ................ 239.066 253.733 257.755 261.377 20.6 15.5 -3.0 42.9 18.0 17.8 

Durables ............................................................................... 112.367 112.470 112.476 112.528 -1.2 -.9 -.5 .6 -1.1 .0 

Services .................................................................................... 243.793 244.542 245.199 245.868 3.7 2.9 3.0 3.4 3.3 3.2 

Rent of shelter 4 ....................................................................... 226.511 227.238 227.878 228.476 3.2 3.2 2.8 3.5 3.2 3.1 

Transportation services ............................................................ 234.618 235.256 235.963 237.214 .7 1.5 2.3 4.5 1.1 3.4 

Other services .......................................................................... 277.727 278.127 278.909 279.758 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.0 3.2 3.1 

All items less food .................................................................... 204.232 206.575 207.491 208.298 4.7 3.9 2.3 8.2 4.3 5.2 

All items less shelter ................................................................. 195.609 198.217 199.078 200.108 5.7 4.5 2.6 9.5 5.1 6.0 

All items less medical care ....................................................... 198.163 200.258 201.041 201.908 4.9 4.0 2.5 7.8 4.5 5.1 

Commodities less food ............................................................. 153.700 157.933 159.164 160.074 6.8 5.8 1.1 17.6 6.3 9.0 

Nondurables less food .............................................................. 191.807 202.374 202.296 205.318 13.5 5.8 2.9 31.3 9.6 16.2 

Nondurables less food and apparel .......................................... 235.467 248.761 252.459 255.821 19.3 14.7 -2.6 39.3 17.0 16.5 

Nondurables ............................................................................. 198.841 204.803 204.783 206.961 9.7 5.2 4.3 17.4 7.5 10.6 

See footnotes at end of table.

64 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 9. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average,

detailed expenditure categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Seasonally adjusted indexes

Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Apr.

2007

July

2007

Oct.

2007

Jan.

2008

July

2007

Jan.

2008

Special aggregate indexes

Apparel less footwear ............................................................... 112.825 113.160 113.643 114.577 -2.3 -2.9 0.4 6.4 -2.6 3.4 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ................................................... 232.837 233.423 234.129 234.673 4.4 3.4 2.4 3.2 3.9 2.8 

Services less medical care services ......................................... 234.070 234.646 235.252 235.849 3.5 3.0 2.5 3.1 3.3 2.8 

Energy ...................................................................................... 211.122 226.219 230.224 232.031 25.5 15.1 2.5 45.9 20.2 22.3 

All items less energy ................................................................ 204.575 205.063 205.468 206.280 2.6 2.8 2.7 3.4 2.7 3.0 

All items less food and energy ............................................... 204.872 205.315 205.774 206.456 2.0 2.3 2.3 3.1 2.1 2.7 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ................. 140.700 140.789 140.900 141.352 -.4 .5 .2 1.9 .0 1.0 

Energy commodities ........................................................... 246.446 274.866 282.540 286.486 37.3 26.7 3.8 82.6 31.9 37.7 

Services less energy services .............................................. 250.128 250.837 251.555 252.403 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.7 3.1 3.4 

Domestically produced farm food 1 .......................................... 208.836 209.477 210.009 212.468 5.7 5.6 6.0 7.1 5.6 6.6 

Utilities and public transportation ............................................. 190.252 190.199 190.684 190.516 6.5 3.9 1.1 .6 5.2 .8 

1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other

item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 5 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 6 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base. 7 Indexes on a December 1990=100 base. 8 Indexes on a December 2001=100 base. 9 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 10 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.

11 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 12 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base. 13 Indexes on a December 2005=100 base. 14 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 15 This item will be rebased to December 2007=100 beginning with the

release of March 2008 data. All historical data will be revised to reflect the

new base.

NA Data not adequate for publication. - Data not available.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

65 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 10. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index 

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Area

All items 

Pricing

schedule 1

Indexes Percent change to 

Jan. 2008 from—

Percent change to 

Dec. 2007 from—

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Dec.

2006

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

U.S. city average ............................................ M 208.936 210.177 210.036 211.080 4.3 0.4 0.5 4.1 0.5 -0.1 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban .............................................. M 221.951 223.356 223.425 224.325 3.9 .4 .4 3.8 .7 .0 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 224.636 225.766 225.688 226.310 3.6 .2 .3 3.6 .5 .0 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 130.761 132.049 132.323 133.301 4.8 .9 .7 4.4 1.2 .2 

Midwest urban ................................................ M 199.455 200.762 200.227 201.427 4.3 .3 .6 3.8 .4 -.3 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 200.927 202.012 201.519 202.830 4.0 .4 .7 3.5 .3 -.2 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 127.349 128.392 128.040 128.753 4.8 .3 .6 4.1 .5 -.3 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 195.054 196.569 195.819 196.708 4.9 .1 .5 4.7 .4 -.4 

South urban .................................................... M 202.155 203.437 203.457 204.510 4.9 .5 .5 4.4 .6 .0 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 204.779 205.698 206.078 207.221 4.8 .7 .6 4.4 .6 .2 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 128.600 129.556 129.368 129.937 4.9 .3 .4 4.5 .6 -.1 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 200.712 202.550 202.878 204.524 4.3 1.0 .8 3.5 1.1 .2 

West urban ..................................................... M 213.917 214.904 214.733 215.739 3.8 .4 .5 4.1 .4 -.1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 217.314 218.196 218.020 219.036 3.8 .4 .5 4.0 .3 -.1 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 129.866 130.581 130.481 131.328 4.0 .6 .6 4.4 .5 -.1 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 191.324 192.224 192.140 193.045 4.0 .4 .5 3.9 .4 .0 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 128.869 129.848 129.718 130.431 4.7 .4 .5 4.4 .7 -.1 

D ................................................................. M 200.941 202.525 202.333 203.200 4.4 .3 .4 4.0 .7 -.1 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... M 206.696 207.821 207.155 208.757 4.7 .5 .8 4.7 .2 -.3 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... M 218.696 219.943 219.373 220.918 3.9 .4 .7 4.2 .3 -.3 

New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,

NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 228.552 229.504 229.395 229.869 3.7 .2 .2 3.7 .4 .0 

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ..... 1 - 230.689 -

 231.980 3.4 .6 ----

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 1 - 197.726 -

 199.686 4.2 1.0 ----

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... 1 - 196.465 - 197.079 4.3 .3 ----

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 - 135.151 -

 136.293 4.9 .8 ----

Atlanta, GA ..................................................... 2 201.938 -

 202.751 ---- 4.1 .4 -

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. 2 201.786 - 200.201 ---- 1.9 -.8 -

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 184.922 -

 186.246 ---- 3.9 .7 -

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. 2 215.159 -

 217.319 ---- 5.8 1.0 -

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ 2 218.929 -

 219.025 ---- 3.5 .0 -

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... 2 217.949 - 218.485 ---- 3.8 .2 -

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 218.427 -

 218.966 ---- 4.6 .2 -

1 Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all areas;

 most other goods and services priced as indicated:

 M - Every month.

 1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November.

 2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December. 2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in 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.

NOTE: Local area indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each

local index has a smaller sample size than the national index and is, therefore,

subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a

result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national index,

although their long-term trends are similar. Therefore, the Bureau of Labor

Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national average CPI

for use in their escalator clauses. 

66 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 11. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Regions1, by expenditure category and commodity and service

group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Northeast Midwest South West

Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from—

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Expenditure category

All items ...................................................... 224.325 3.9 0.4 201.427 4.3 0.6 204.510 4.9 0.5 215.739 3.8 0.5 

All items (December 1977=100) ................ 353.243 - - 327.734 - - 331.743 - - 348.730 - -

Food and beverages ................................. 213.162 4.7 .9 201.793 4.6 1.0 206.178 5.2 .8 214.568 4.8 1.0 

Food ........................................................ 212.793 4.7 .9 201.357 4.8 1.0 206.650 5.3 .8 213.914 4.8 1.1 

Food at home ........................................ 212.737 5.1 1.3 197.767 5.6 1.5 204.180 6.2 1.2 218.181 5.9 1.5 

Food away from home .......................... 215.822 4.2 .4 207.211 3.8 .3 213.012 4.2 .4 207.496 3.3 .5 

Alcoholic beverages ................................ 216.931 3.8 .4 206.465 2.8 1.3 198.592 3.5 .9 221.213 4.4 .7 

Housing ..................................................... 237.516 2.9 .5 193.875 2.3 .7 195.959 3.4 .6 224.348 3.2 .8 

Shelter .................................................... 281.256 2.6 .4 223.675 2.4 .7 217.254 3.5 .6 252.265 3.6 .8 

Rent of primary residence 2 .................. 269.763 3.7 .3 213.444 2.4 .2 215.562 4.2 .3 252.359 4.7 .4 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary

residence 2 3 ................................. 291.630 2.2 .0 226.111 1.7 .2 219.877 3.4 .3 263.768 3.4 .4 

Fuels and utilities .................................... 218.034 9.2 1.9 192.638 2.8 .6 203.203 5.7 .7 218.608 3.2 .3 

Household energy ................................. 205.824 9.5 2.0 170.295 2.2 .3 176.595 5.7 .7 204.995 2.8 .4 

Gas (piped) and electricity 2 ............... 201.524 2.8 1.8 174.818 1.2 .2 176.262 4.8 .7 206.060 2.1 .2 

Electricity 2 ........................................ 182.656 3.7 2.8 151.297 2.2 .8 166.301 4.9 .8 211.124 2.7 .1 

Utility (piped) gas service 2 ............... 234.884 1.1 -.1 214.058 -.1 -.6 227.382 3.9 -.2 211.175 .8 .5 

Household furnishings and operations ... 127.055 -3.0 -.1 120.484 1.2 .5 126.040 -.1 .4 132.568 -.4 .5 

Apparel ..................................................... 112.382 -.6 -1.7 106.602 .1 -3.0 130.005 .5 -2.0 109.948 -.7 -1.8 

Transportation ........................................... 189.789 8.7 .2 192.424 11.2 .9 189.930 10.8 .9 191.280 6.8 -.3 

Private transportation .............................. 184.422 9.2 .3 187.965 11.4 .9 188.632 11.0 .9 186.207 6.9 -.3 

New and used motor vehicles 4 ............ 93.324 .2 -.3 95.753 .4 .1 95.643 .1 .5 94.291 -.6 -.1 

New vehicles ....................................... 135.613 -.7 -.2 133.234 .4 .1 141.131 -.5 .5 135.617 -1.3 -.1 

New cars and trucks 4 5 .................... 94.021 -.8 -.3 93.918 .5 .1 96.037 -.6 .5 94.280 -1.3 .0 

New cars 5 ........................................ 134.223 -1.0 -.2 130.985 -.3 -.1 143.062 -.4 .1 135.749 -.8 .0 

Used cars and trucks .......................... 142.209 1.3 .2 138.248 1.4 .3 136.201 1.5 .2 134.747 1.6 .1 

Motor fuel .............................................. 257.858 33.1 .9 267.356 40.4 2.2 260.899 38.5 1.8 255.535 25.2 -1.2 

Gasoline (all types) ............................. 256.466 33.1 .9 266.458 40.6 2.3 259.556 38.6 1.9 254.225 25.2 -1.2 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 5 ............ 258.455 33.6 .8 265.678 41.1 2.4 259.433 39.3 1.9 253.420 25.4 -1.2 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 ..... 260.192 32.6 1.1 290.451 39.9 2.1 268.801 38.0 1.9 238.294 25.6 -1.3 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 ......... 246.580 30.9 .9 260.982 38.8 2.2 254.641 36.8 1.8 242.545 24.2 -1.2 

Medical care ............................................. 383.442 5.0 .8 361.157 4.9 1.0 343.951 5.0 .8 362.649 4.8 .5 

Medical care commodities ...................... 314.948 1.5 .8 296.263 2.8 .4 283.103 3.1 .6 296.680 2.1 .6 

Medical care services ............................. 401.628 6.0 .8 382.092 5.6 1.2 363.450 5.7 .9 382.265 5.6 .5 

Professional services ............................ 312.779 3.8 .4 324.938 4.3 1.0 303.158 3.8 .6 287.257 3.6 .4 

Recreation 4 .............................................. 113.558 .2 .3 113.354 2.3 .4 113.052 .9 .3 108.502 .4 .3 

Education and communication 4 ............... 124.654 4.4 .1 123.805 2.7 .2 117.987 3.2 -.1 121.436 3.3 .6 

Other goods and services ......................... 357.643 1.6 .2 329.000 3.8 .7 327.952 3.4 .2 341.860 3.0 .7 

Commodity and service group

All items ...................................................... 224.325 3.9 .4 201.427 4.3 .6 204.510 4.9 .5 215.739 3.8 .5 

Commodities ............................................. 175.130 5.4 .4 166.828 6.5 .6 172.799 6.5 .5 169.928 4.2 .2 

Commodities less food and beverages ... 151.777 6.0 .0 148.385 7.6 .3 154.937 7.2 .3 145.442 3.9 -.3 

Nondurables less food and beverages 187.884 11.4 .1 186.190 13.4 .3 197.584 13.6 .3 180.640 8.4 -.6 

Nondurables less food, beverages,

and apparel ................................. 246.628 16.2 .7 237.880 17.7 1.3 239.441 18.0 1.0 230.347 11.8 -.3 

Durables ............................................... 110.073 -2.0 -.1 110.371 .2 .3 115.122 -.4 .4 112.653 -1.4 .1 

Services .................................................... 272.502 3.0 .4 237.529 2.8 .6 236.989 3.7 .5 257.291 3.6 .7 

Rent of shelter 3 ...................................... 294.182 2.6 .4 230.008 2.4 .7 223.454 3.6 .6 268.350 3.7 .8 

Transportation services .......................... 225.915 2.7 -.1 243.204 2.1 .6 243.320 3.1 .6 239.778 2.3 .3 

Other services ......................................... 309.592 3.3 .3 284.698 3.5 .3 281.491 3.2 .2 287.409 3.6 .6 

See footnotes at end of table.

67 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 11. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Regions1, by expenditure category and commodity and service

group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Northeast Midwest South West

Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from—

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ......................... 217.145 3.9 0.4 193.678 4.3 0.6 196.325 4.9 0.5 208.625 3.8 0.5 

All items less food ....................................... 226.632 3.8 .3 201.366 4.3 .5 204.026 4.8 .5 216.167 3.7 .4 

All items less shelter ................................... 205.167 4.7 .4 195.475 5.2 .6 200.657 5.5 .5 202.125 3.9 .3 

Commodities less food ............................... 154.352 5.9 .0 150.373 7.4 .3 156.466 7.1 .3 148.529 4.0 -.3 

Nondurables ............................................... 201.216 7.8 .5 194.451 8.9 .7 202.174 9.3 .5 198.687 6.5 .2 

Nondurables less food ................................ 189.460 10.8 .1 187.227 12.6 .4 197.488 12.9 .3 183.885 8.2 -.5 

Nondurables less food and apparel ............ 241.695 14.8 .7 233.893 16.3 1.3 234.872 16.7 1.0 228.898 11.1 -.2 

Services less rent of shelter 3 ..................... 272.272 3.5 .5 259.049 3.3 .6 260.874 3.9 .5 271.517 3.4 .5 

Services less medical care services ........... 263.175 2.8 .4 226.194 2.5 .6 224.720 3.6 .5 247.972 3.4 .7 

Energy ........................................................ 227.569 19.2 1.5 212.642 20.4 1.3 210.702 21.7 1.3 236.181 15.8 -.7

All items less energy ................................... 226.046 2.5 .3 202.402 2.8 .5 204.367 3.1 .4 215.911 2.9 .6 

All items less food and energy .................. 229.897 2.1 .2 203.230 2.4 .4 204.364 2.7 .3 216.894 2.5 .5 

Commodities less food and energy

commodities .................................... 140.701 -.6 -.3 137.902 1.0 -.1 143.029 .4 -.1 136.788 -.3 -.1 

Energy commodities ............................... 269.672 34.1 1.2 267.466 39.8 2.1 264.759 38.2 1.8 258.974 25.2 -1.1 

Services less energy services ................ 279.573 3.0 .3 245.847 3.0 .7 243.203 3.7 .5 261.213 3.7 .7 

1 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical

notes. 2 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other

item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means

estimator. 3 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.

4 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 5 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 6 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. - Data not available.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

68 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 12. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Population size classes1, by expenditure category and

commodity and service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Size class A 2 Size class B/C 3 Size class D 

Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change

from—

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Expenditure category

All items 4 ............................................................................. 193.045 4.0 0.5 130.431 4.7 0.5 203.200 4.4 0.4 

All items (December 1977=100) .......................................... 193.045 -- --- 327.710 - -

Food and beverages ........................................................... 189.211 4.7 1.0 130.221 5.1 .9 206.690 4.9 1.0 

Food .................................................................................. 189.133 4.8 1.0 130.275 5.1 .8 206.640 5.0 1.0 

Food at home .................................................................. 193.560 5.6 1.5 128.946 5.9 1.2 202.989 5.9 1.5 

Food away from home .................................................... 182.561 3.8 .4 132.445 4.0 .4 214.384 3.8 .2 

Alcoholic beverages .......................................................... 188.527 2.9 .8 129.465 5.2 1.0 206.987 2.9 .4 

Housing ............................................................................... 196.353 2.9 .6 129.073 3.2 .6 188.900 2.8 .8 

Shelter .............................................................................. 212.781 3.1 .6 130.091 3.3 .7 212.119 2.5 .5

Rent of primary residence 5 ............................................ 207.557 4.2 .3 133.261 3.7 .3 203.418 2.5 .0 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 6 ........... 210.980 2.8 .2 128.574 2.8 .3 221.014 1.7 .4 

Fuels and utilities .............................................................. 208.874 5.4 .9 154.530 5.3 .7 201.543 5.0 1.9 

Household energy ........................................................... 210.333 5.4 .8 155.151 5.2 .6 173.860 5.1 2.3 

Gas (piped) and electricity 5 ......................................... 198.228 3.0 .6 146.191 2.7 .5 183.529 4.0 2.1 

Electricity 5 .................................................................. 180.497 4.2 .9 132.809 2.7 .9 178.223 6.1 2.8 

Utility (piped) gas service 5 ......................................... 232.709 .8 .1 190.458 2.6 -.5 205.254 -2.3 -.7 

Household furnishings and operations ............................. 120.493 -1.0 .5 99.497 .1 .1 124.542 1.8 .9 

Apparel ............................................................................... 108.013 -.7 -2.5 86.606 .8 -1.2 114.411 -1.1 -3.6 

Transportation ..................................................................... 186.128 8.6 .3 135.057 10.4 .6 191.102 9.8 .4

Private transportation ........................................................ 185.848 8.9 .3 135.021 10.6 .7 186.897 9.8 .3 

New and used motor vehicles 3 ...................................... 95.205 .1 .1 94.599 .0 .2 93.173 -1.0 -.5 

New vehicles ................................................................. 119.723 -.3 .0 95.420 -.5 .4 138.896 -2.8 -.7 

New cars and trucks 3 7 .............................................. 94.209 -.4 .0 95.482 -.6 .3 95.840 -2.7 -.7 

New cars 7 .................................................................. 119.605 -.7 .0 97.220 -.3 .2 138.656 -2.1 -.7 

Used cars and trucks .................................................... 131.318 1.4 .2 92.288 1.5 .2 126.486 1.8 .2 

Motor fuel ........................................................................ 377.501 32.9 .6 259.755 36.5 1.2 250.564 32.5 1.5 

Gasoline (all types) ....................................................... 375.687 33.0 .6 260.377 36.7 1.3 248.819 32.7 1.6 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 7 ...................................... 384.928 33.4 .6 266.584 37.2 1.3 238.306 32.0 1.6 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 ............................... 255.406 32.8 .7 253.693 36.4 1.4 280.356 36.0 1.7 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ................................... 335.561 31.3 .6 244.138 34.5 1.3 252.450 32.9 1.6 

Medical care ....................................................................... 284.959 4.8 .8 152.111 5.1 .8 351.157 4.7 .9

Medical care commodities ................................................ 233.009 1.8 .6 138.799 2.8 .7 294.325 5.8 .2 

Medical care services ....................................................... 300.006 5.7 .8 156.741 5.9 .8 370.890 4.4 1.1 

Professional services ...................................................... 240.216 3.5 .4 143.197 4.1 .8 312.219 4.3 .2 

Recreation 3 ........................................................................ 113.804 1.0 .5 109.326 .8 .2 113.166 1.5 .1 

Education and communication 3 ......................................... 124.054 4.0 .2 117.556 2.5 .2 124.730 2.2 -.1 

Other goods and services ................................................... 268.423 2.6 .5 149.752 3.5 .5 347.078 3.5 -.3 

Commodity and service group

All items 4 ............................................................................. 193.045 4.0 .5 130.431 4.7 .5 203.200 4.4 .4 

Commodities ....................................................................... 163.290 5.2 .3 121.024 6.4 .5 171.876 6.1 .3 

Commodities less food and beverages ............................. 147.508 5.5 .0 115.867 7.0 .3 154.429 6.8 .0 

Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... 190.926 10.5 -.2 145.515 13.5 .4 194.086 12.3 -.1 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... 252.264 15.0 .6 174.319 17.2 .8 236.326 16.0 .8 

Durables ......................................................................... 105.038 -1.0 .2 87.166 -.7 .2 114.680 -.4 .1 

Services .............................................................................. 216.640 3.3 .6 134.983 3.5 .6 237.314 3.0 .5 

Rent of shelter 6 ................................................................ 213.632 3.1 .6 130.323 3.4 .7 219.397 2.6 .5 

Transportation services .................................................... 191.532 2.2 .3 131.008 3.0 .4 247.612 3.9 .0 

Other services ................................................................... 239.114 3.8 .4 134.103 3.0 .3 288.454 2.4 .0 

See footnotes at end of table.

69 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 12. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Population size classes1, by expenditure category and

commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Size class A 2 Size class B/C 3 Size class D 

Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change

from—

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ................................................... 188.536 4.0 0.5 127.097 4.7 0.5 193.681 4.3 0.4 

All items less food ................................................................. 193.774 3.9 .4 128.372 4.6 .5 202.555 4.2 .3 

All items less shelter ............................................................. 184.450 4.5 .4 128.149 5.3 .5 201.873 5.0 .4

Commodities less food ......................................................... 149.480 5.4 .0 116.272 7.0 .3 155.836 6.6 .0 

Nondurables ......................................................................... 190.262 7.4 .4 137.668 9.3 .6 200.863 8.6 .4

Nondurables less food .......................................................... 191.030 9.9 -.1 144.480 13.0 .4 194.388 11.6 -.1

Nondurables less food and apparel ...................................... 244.390 13.7 .6 170.358 16.3 .8 233.379 14.9 .8 

Services less rent of shelter 6 ............................................... 219.819 3.6 .5 139.724 3.5 .5 267.654 3.5 .6 

Services less medical care services ..................................... 210.596 3.1 .5 132.933 3.2 .6 223.333 2.9 .5 

Energy .................................................................................. 278.346 18.6 .7 201.034 20.8 1.0 212.205 19.4 1.8 

All items less energy ............................................................. 187.339 2.8 .4 123.000 3.0 .5 203.005 2.7 .2 

All items less food and energy ............................................ 187.154 2.4 .4 121.629 2.6 .4 202.804 2.2 .1 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ............. 126.691 -.2 -.2 98.619 .5 .1 142.948 .7 -.5 

Energy commodities ......................................................... 381.666 33.0 .7 265.360 36.3 1.2 251.321 32.6 1.7 

Services less energy services .......................................... 217.983 3.3 .6 134.097 3.5 .6 243.302 3.0 .4 

1 See region and area size on Table 10 for information about population

size classes. 2 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 3 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 4 The ’All items’ index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base. 5 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All

other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means

estimator. 6 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 7 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 8 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. - Data not available.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

70 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 13. 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

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Northeast

Size class A Size class B/C 2

Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change from—

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................................... 226.310 3.6 0.3 133.301 4.8 0.7 

All items (December 1977=100) ................................................ 349.693 -----

Food and beverages ................................................................ 212.659 4.3 .8 132.576 5.5 1.1 

Food ....................................................................................... 212.124 4.4 .8 132.955 5.6 1.1 

Food at home ....................................................................... 213.111 4.6 1.3 131.542 6.3 1.4 

Food away from home .......................................................... 213.944 4.1 .3 135.404 4.5 .7

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 218.682 3.6 .1 126.658 4.3 .8

Housing .................................................................................... 241.201 2.6 .4 134.655 3.6 .8 

Shelter .................................................................................... 285.867 2.5 .2 131.935 3.0 .9 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................. 276.921 3.8 .4 136.624 3.2 .2 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 5 ................. 292.903 2.2 -.1 129.914 2.2 .3 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 212.409 8.9 2.2 181.924 9.9 1.2

Household energy ................................................................ 207.628 9.3 2.5 184.820 9.9 1.0 

Gas (piped) and electricity 4 ............................................... 201.201 3.3 2.3 153.430 1.7 .6 

Electricity 4 ....................................................................... 181.115 5.1 3.5 131.843 .9 1.2 

Utility (piped) gas service 4 .............................................. 236.918 .3 .1 192.426 3.3 -.9 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 127.454 -3.5 -.1 101.519 -1.7 -.2

Apparel ..................................................................................... 108.086 -1.2 -2.8 87.091 .9 1.4 

Transportation .......................................................................... 190.436 8.3 .0 133.578 9.5 .5 

Private transportation ............................................................. 184.602 9.0 .1 134.544 9.6 .5

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 250.662 32.4 .7 264.136 34.3 1.2 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 248.983 32.4 .7 264.227 34.4 1.3

Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ........................................... 250.794 33.0 .7 269.081 34.7 1.2 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 ..................................... 248.392 31.7 .8 262.487 34.4 1.6 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ......................................... 241.187 30.2 .7 247.116 32.4 1.4 

Medical care ............................................................................. 386.689 4.8 .9 157.077 5.5 .6 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 114.572 .4 .3 111.094 -.2 .5 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 127.149 4.4 .1 117.846 4.3 .2 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 348.973 1.5 .2 155.155 1.9 .2

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................................... 226.310 3.6 .3 133.301 4.8 .7 

Commodities ............................................................................ 174.342 4.9 .2 125.953 6.7 .8 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................. 149.548 5.3 -.2 121.849 7.4 .6

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. 182.032 10.3 -.3 153.647 13.8 .9

Durables ............................................................................... 110.596 -2.2 -.2 87.994 -1.5 .1 

Services .................................................................................... 273.661 2.9 .3 136.192 3.3 .7 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ......................................................... 219.196 3.6 .2 130.008 4.7 .8

All items less shelter ................................................................... 204.675 4.3 .3 131.486 5.5 .7

Commodities less food ............................................................... 152.352 5.2 -.2 121.996 7.3 .6

Nondurables ............................................................................... 198.585 7.0 .3 142.400 9.6 1.0 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 184.251 9.7 -.3 151.523 13.2 .9

Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................................... 269.478 3.5 .5 140.379 3.6 .5 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 264.503 2.8 .3 133.823 2.9 .7 

Energy ........................................................................................ 226.243 18.5 1.6 217.265 20.6 1.1

All items less energy .................................................................. 228.335 2.4 .1 124.653 2.9 .7

All items less food and energy ................................................. 232.770 2.0 .0 122.980 2.3 .6

See footnotes at end of table.

71 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 13. 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-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Midwest

Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class D 

Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from—

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................................... 202.830 4.0 0.7 128.753 4.8 0.6 196.708 4.9 0.5

All items (December 1977=100) ................................................ 334.883 -- --- 315.366 - -

Food and beverages ................................................................ 204.081 4.4 1.0 129.072 4.9 1.1 200.790 5.3 .3

Food ....................................................................................... 203.827 4.4 1.0 129.193 5.1 1.1 199.992 5.7 .3 

Food at home ....................................................................... 202.557 4.9 1.5 126.840 6.2 1.8 190.421 7.4 .2

Food away from home .......................................................... 205.982 3.8 .3 132.252 3.7 .1 216.869 3.6 .4 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 205.166 3.6 1.4 128.363 2.0 1.4 212.444 1.2 .4

Housing .................................................................................... 196.944 2.0 .8 123.218 2.5 .4 185.185 3.8 .5 

Shelter .................................................................................... 230.056 2.3 .9 123.044 2.1 .4 206.777 4.5 .6 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................. 224.345 2.3 .2 122.557 2.3 .2 191.597 3.3 .2 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 5 ................. 232.500 1.8 .3 119.985 1.4 .1 213.562 2.1 .4 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 186.062 2.0 .6 156.246 4.3 .8 203.396 1.8 -.3 

Household energy ................................................................ 167.098 1.2 .1 158.869 3.9 .6 162.508 1.8 -.3 

Gas (piped) and electricity 4 ............................................... 169.157 .6 .1 153.901 2.6 .7 170.708 .0 -.9 

Electricity 4 ....................................................................... 139.539 2.9 .6 130.074 1.7 1.4 150.049 .6 -.2 

Utility (piped) gas service 4 .............................................. 203.697 -1.9 -.4 204.160 3.8 -.5 214.717 -1.2 -2.0 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 115.942 .3 .5 97.001 2.6 .4 117.842 2.3 .9 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 103.361 -.6 -2.8 81.604 1.8 -3.2 120.546 -1.9 -3.4 

Transportation .......................................................................... 192.353 10.5 1.0 140.145 12.4 .8 177.307 10.7 1.1 

Private transportation ............................................................. 189.112 10.7 .8 140.479 12.9 .9 169.857 10.7 1.0 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 271.127 40.5 2.3 275.067 42.5 1.9 232.594 32.2 2.7 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 269.793 40.7 2.4 275.576 42.8 2.1 230.160 32.3 2.8 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ........................................... 270.028 41.5 2.4 282.302 43.6 2.3 221.838 31.8 3.0 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 ..................................... 286.379 39.7 2.4 268.393 41.0 1.5 267.290 33.1 2.3 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ......................................... 259.391 38.4 2.2 257.874 40.5 2.3 236.329 34.1 2.5 

Medical care ............................................................................. 355.072 4.9 .6 157.102 4.8 1.4 357.963 5.5 2.1 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 114.760 1.5 .9 112.228 3.3 -.2 109.280 3.0 .5 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 125.703 3.3 .0 123.201 1.9 .7 113.096 1.9 -.3 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 328.853 3.4 .4 150.705 5.0 1.3 330.204 1.2 -.2 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................................... 202.830 4.0 .7 128.753 4.8 .6 196.708 4.9 .5

Commodities ............................................................................ 166.013 5.9 .5 120.070 7.6 .7 169.970 6.3 .3 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................. 145.319 6.7 .2 115.066 9.3 .4 153.995 6.9 .4 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. 181.445 12.4 .2 144.506 15.6 .4 195.225 10.8 .5 

Durables ............................................................................... 109.177 .0 .3 84.330 .4 .3 111.688 1.0 .2

Services .................................................................................... 239.380 2.7 .7 133.931 2.7 .5 226.090 3.8 .6 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ......................................................... 195.972 3.9 .7 125.415 4.8 .5 186.534 4.8 .3 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 194.750 4.8 .5 129.287 5.9 .6 194.526 5.0 .4 

Commodities less food ............................................................... 147.662 6.6 .3 115.447 9.0 .4 155.579 6.6 .4

Nondurables ............................................................................... 193.649 8.3 .6 136.711 10.1 .8 198.672 8.0 .4 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 183.013 11.8 .3 143.282 14.6 .5 195.875 10.1 .5 

Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................................... 258.763 3.3 .6 144.742 3.3 .6 248.822 3.2 .5 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 229.589 2.5 .7 131.186 2.5 .4 209.373 3.5 .3 

Energy ........................................................................................ 211.706 19.6 1.3 209.622 22.6 1.4 194.748 16.6 1.3 

All items less energy .................................................................. 204.002 2.5 .6 121.375 2.9 .5 198.005 3.5 .3 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 204.706 2.2 .5 119.891 2.5 .3 197.690 3.1 .3 

See footnotes at end of table.

72 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 13. 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-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

South

Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class D 

Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from—

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................................... 207.221 4.8 0.6 129.937 4.9 0.4 204.524 4.3 0.8

All items (December 1977=100) ................................................ 334.525 -- --- 332.130 - -

Food and beverages ................................................................ 208.546 5.2 .8 129.501 5.1 .7 203.523 5.3 1.6

Food ....................................................................................... 209.545 5.5 .8 129.761 5.1 .6 203.180 5.1 1.7 

Food at home ....................................................................... 205.857 6.5 1.3 128.856 5.8 .8 205.531 6.4 2.9

Food away from home .......................................................... 216.886 4.4 .4 131.324 4.2 .4 203.580 3.3 .1 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 195.950 1.4 .7 125.012 4.9 1.1 204.684 6.6 .0

Housing .................................................................................... 202.322 3.8 .7 129.060 3.4 .3 187.229 1.2 1.2 

Shelter .................................................................................... 223.587 3.7 .8 132.004 3.7 .3 210.712 .6 .9 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................. 223.033 4.3 .4 135.326 4.2 .2 208.224 3.0 .6 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 5 ................. 227.115 3.6 .2 131.157 3.4 .2 219.623 .8 .8 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 202.929 7.0 .0 144.229 4.6 .9 195.524 5.5 2.2 

Household energy ................................................................ 185.593 7.5 -.1 142.891 4.2 .9 173.695 5.6 2.6 

Gas (piped) and electricity 4 ............................................... 188.148 6.8 -.2 139.232 3.0 .9 176.659 4.6 2.4 

Electricity 4 ....................................................................... 174.664 7.3 .1 131.544 2.7 1.0 172.483 6.1 2.7 

Utility (piped) gas service 4 .............................................. 222.353 4.7 -1.4 185.052 4.5 .6 193.482 -3.5 .5 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 135.033 .8 .9 97.572 -.5 -.1 120.047 -1.6 1.4 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 145.778 1.7 -2.9 86.722 -.5 -1.1 117.072 .4 -3.3 

Transportation .......................................................................... 189.720 10.6 .9 133.346 10.9 1.0 202.440 11.4 .7 

Private transportation ............................................................. 190.100 10.7 .9 133.141 11.1 .9 201.453 11.5 .7 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 269.094 37.5 1.9 259.777 38.8 1.7 249.537 40.3 1.9 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 266.420 37.6 1.9 260.104 39.0 1.8 246.821 40.6 2.1 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ........................................... 268.423 38.1 2.0 268.363 39.6 1.7 239.623 41.8 2.1 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 ..................................... 265.180 37.2 1.8 251.401 38.4 1.9 288.566 39.2 2.1 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ......................................... 259.798 36.1 1.8 244.679 37.1 1.7 253.858 37.6 2.1 

Medical care ............................................................................. 333.276 3.9 .9 148.494 5.8 .8 339.385 4.4 .4 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 113.991 .3 .3 111.972 1.4 .3 115.169 .9 .7 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 119.243 3.8 .1 116.226 2.9 -.2 123.069 1.7 .2 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 312.662 3.3 .4 147.470 3.3 .1 336.792 5.1 .1 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................................... 207.221 4.8 .6 129.937 4.9 .4 204.524 4.3 .8

Commodities ............................................................................ 174.500 6.6 .5 120.361 6.3 .4 175.388 7.1 .9 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................. 155.535 7.5 .3 115.391 6.9 .3 161.282 8.1 .5 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. 194.304 12.9 .1 145.161 13.7 .4 201.696 15.8 .1 

Durables ............................................................................... 118.837 .3 .4 87.742 -.8 .2 118.404 -1.5 1.1 

Services .................................................................................... 239.095 3.8 .6 134.845 3.9 .4 235.319 2.0 .8 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ......................................................... 200.671 4.9 .5 126.806 4.9 .4 194.302 4.3 .8 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 201.572 5.5 .4 126.832 5.4 .5 203.701 5.6 .8 

Commodities less food ............................................................... 157.300 7.2 .3 115.660 6.8 .4 162.275 8.0 .5

Nondurables ............................................................................... 201.317 8.8 .5 137.121 9.4 .5 203.180 10.7 .8 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 194.291 11.9 .2 144.001 13.2 .5 201.406 15.2 .1 

Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................................... 262.519 4.0 .4 137.383 4.0 .6 263.208 3.1 .6 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 229.084 3.7 .6 133.212 3.7 .4 220.454 1.8 .8 

Energy ........................................................................................ 219.351 21.5 1.0 192.095 21.6 1.4 207.809 23.0 2.2 

All items less energy .................................................................. 207.684 3.2 .5 122.817 3.2 .3 202.781 2.0 .6 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 207.772 2.8 .5 121.500 2.8 .3 203.080 1.4 .4 

See footnotes at end of table.

73 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 13. 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-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

West

Size class A Size class B/C 2

Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change from—

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................................... 219.036 3.8 0.5 131.328 4.0 0.6 

All items (December 1977=100) ................................................ 357.168 -----

Food and beverages ................................................................ 216.004 4.7 1.1 131.317 5.2 .9 

Food ....................................................................................... 215.748 4.9 1.2 130.433 4.8 .9 

Food at home ....................................................................... 221.888 6.3 1.7 129.019 5.7 1.1 

Food away from home .......................................................... 207.232 3.1 .5 132.624 3.4 .6

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 216.803 2.6 .7 146.926 12.2 .7

Housing .................................................................................... 234.326 3.1 .6 130.532 3.3 1.2 

Shelter .................................................................................... 263.372 3.7 .7 131.482 3.8 1.6 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................. 268.101 5.3 .4 135.969 4.0 .6 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 5 ................. 276.290 3.5 .3 130.395 3.4 .6 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 222.407 2.4 .2 154.820 3.3 -.5

Household energy ................................................................ 213.528 1.3 .1 153.910 3.5 -.7

Gas (piped) and electricity 4 ............................................... 214.408 .7 .0 150.379 2.8 -.8 

Electricity 4 ....................................................................... 227.349 -.6 -.7 137.682 5.7 -.3 

Utility (piped) gas service 4 .............................................. 212.734 4.0 2.1 183.285 -3.5 -2.1 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 134.424 -1.2 .6 105.339 .0 .5

Apparel ..................................................................................... 110.502 -1.7 -1.7 91.462 2.7 -1.2 

Transportation .......................................................................... 187.214 6.2 -.3 135.635 8.1 -.1 

Private transportation ............................................................. 182.823 6.3 -.3 134.403 8.2 .0

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 253.220 24.6 -1.5 236.675 27.1 -.8 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 251.390 24.6 -1.5 238.197 27.3 -.8

Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ........................................... 253.209 24.8 -1.5 238.696 27.7 -.8 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 ..................................... 231.587 25.1 -1.7 234.439 27.1 -.8 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ......................................... 241.583 23.9 -1.5 226.019 25.5 -.9 

Medical care ............................................................................. 358.025 5.5 .8 151.812 3.4 .1 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 112.101 1.7 .5 99.223 -2.5 .1 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 122.534 4.2 .7 114.085 1.1 .6 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 347.889 2.5 .8 148.397 3.9 1.0

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................................... 219.036 3.8 .5 131.328 4.0 .6 

Commodities ............................................................................ 169.869 3.9 .2 119.552 5.0 .2 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................. 143.618 3.4 -.3 113.006 4.9 -.1

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. 176.472 7.5 -.7 140.072 10.3 -.3

Durables ............................................................................... 112.152 -1.8 .2 88.465 -.9 .2 

Services .................................................................................... 262.199 3.7 .6 135.574 3.3 1.0 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ......................................................... 212.663 3.7 .4 127.289 4.1 .7

All items less shelter ................................................................... 201.721 3.8 .3 127.448 4.1 .2

Commodities less food ............................................................... 146.940 3.3 -.2 113.943 5.1 -.1

Nondurables ............................................................................... 197.444 6.0 .2 135.923 7.8 .2 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 179.901 7.1 -.6 140.538 10.4 -.3

Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................................... 270.924 3.6 .5 139.547 2.7 .2 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 254.305 3.5 .6 133.519 3.2 1.1 

Energy ........................................................................................ 235.931 15.1 -1.0 200.060 16.6 -.8

All items less energy .................................................................. 219.705 2.9 .6 123.880 2.8 .8

All items less food and energy ................................................. 221.139 2.6 .5 122.736 2.5 .8

1 See region and area size on Table 10 for information about cross classifications. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 The ’All items’ index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base. 4 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item

stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator.

5 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 6 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 7 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. - Data not available.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

74 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 14. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Food at home, selected areas

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Area

Food at home 

Pricing

schedule 1

Indexes Percent change to 

Jan. 2008 from—

Percent change to 

Dec. 2007 from—

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Dec.

2006

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

U.S. city average ............................................ M 204.333 204.745 205.208 207.983 5.8 1.6 1.4 5.6 0.4 0.2 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban .............................................. M 208.979 208.980 209.944 212.737 5.1 1.8 1.3 5.4 .5 .5 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 209.450 209.757 210.414 213.111 4.6 1.6 1.3 5.3 .5 .3 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 129.076 128.635 129.675 131.542 6.3 2.3 1.4 5.9 .5 .8 

Midwest urban ................................................ M 194.380 194.994 194.862 197.767 5.6 1.4 1.5 5.0 .2 -.1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 199.751 199.998 199.576 202.557 4.9 1.3 1.5 4.2 -.1 -.2 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 123.727 124.412 124.539 126.840 6.2 2.0 1.8 6.0 .7 .1 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 188.843 189.846 190.067 190.421 7.4 .3 .2 6.8 .6 .1 

South urban .................................................... M 200.727 201.006 201.821 204.180 6.2 1.6 1.2 5.5 .5 .4 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 201.647 202.494 203.298 205.857 6.5 1.7 1.3 5.5 .8 .4 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 127.388 127.357 127.844 128.856 5.8 1.2 .8 5.5 .4 .4 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 198.912 198.507 199.777 205.531 6.4 3.5 2.9 5.3 .4 .6 

West urban ..................................................... M 214.139 214.922 215.002 218.181 5.9 1.5 1.5 6.4 .4 .0 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 216.640 217.281 218.104 221.888 6.3 2.1 1.7 6.3 .7 .4 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 127.691 128.678 127.594 129.019 5.7 .3 1.1 7.1 -.1 -.8 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 189.848 190.315 190.778 193.560 5.6 1.7 1.5 5.4 .5 .2 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 127.001 127.232 127.451 128.946 5.9 1.3 1.2 5.9 .4 .2 

D ................................................................. M 199.287 199.098 199.935 202.989 5.9 2.0 1.5 5.4 .3 .4 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... M 210.277 208.292 206.635 210.331 5.6 1.0 1.8 5.6 -1.7 -.8 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... M 221.903 222.478 223.433 228.564 7.1 2.7 2.3 6.8 .7 .4 

New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,

NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 210.881 211.758 212.435 214.574 4.6 1.3 1.0 5.7 .7 .3 

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ..... 1 208.341 209.144 209.011 211.066 2.8 .9 1.0 3.7 .3 -.1 

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 1 200.020 199.918 199.990 206.560 6.9 3.3 3.3 3.1 .0 .0 

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... 1 190.758 190.676 190.985 193.522 7.9 1.5 1.3 6.5 .1 .2 

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 3 ...... 1 129.220 129.817 130.003 131.643 5.0 1.4 1.3 4.3 .6 .1 

Atlanta, GA ..................................................... 2 210.297 210.902 210.668 212.165 6.3 .6 .7 4.7 .2 -.1 

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. 2 186.669 187.314 186.533 187.292 1.8 .0 .4 1.5 -.1 -.4 

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 190.286 191.848 194.454 197.201 6.5 2.8 1.4 6.8 2.2 1.4 

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. 2 214.840 216.886 218.997 221.014 7.0 1.9 .9 5.7 1.9 1.0 

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ 2 209.800 208.135 208.706 214.029 6.1 2.8 2.6 5.2 -.5 .3 

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... 2 218.160 218.711 220.506 224.506 6.7 2.6 1.8 6.8 1.1 .8 

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 219.349 218.968 219.920 221.644 5.7 1.2 .8 5.6 .3 .4 

1 Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all areas;

 most other goods and services priced as indicated:

 M - Every month.

 1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November.

 2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December. 2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical

notes. 3 Indexes on a December 1997=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.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

75 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 15. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Areas priced monthly, by expenditure category and commodity

and service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

U.S.

city

average

ChicagoGaryKenosha, IL-IN-WI Los AngelesRiversideOrange County, CA 

New YorkNorthern N.J.-

Long Island,

NY-NJ-CT-PA

Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from—

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Expenditure category

All items ...................................................... 211.080 4.3 0.5 208.757 4.7 0.8 220.918 3.9 0.7 229.869 3.7 0.2 

All items (1967=100) ................................... 632.301 - - 623.678 - - 652.691 - - 664.520 - -

Food and beverages ................................. 208.837 4.8 .9 205.555 4.4 1.2 217.108 4.6 1.5 216.257 4.3 .6 

Food ........................................................ 208.618 4.9 .9 204.259 4.3 1.1 216.398 4.9 1.6 215.453 4.4 .7 

Food at home ........................................ 207.983 5.8 1.4 210.331 5.6 1.8 228.564 7.1 2.3 214.574 4.6 1.0 

Food away from home .......................... 211.070 3.9 .4 191.682 2.7 .2 198.799 2.2 .8 222.274 4.2 .2 

Alcoholic beverages ................................ 210.425 3.7 .8 221.397 5.5 2.4 214.193 .8 .3 224.177 3.7 -.2 

Housing ..................................................... 212.244 3.0 .6 215.237 2.8 1.0 240.414 3.8 .7 248.563 3.0 .3 

Shelter .................................................... 243.871 3.1 .6 262.185 3.5 .7 269.583 4.8 .7 298.233 2.8 .0 

Rent of primary residence 1 .................. 239.850 3.9 .3 262.761 3.8 .2 271.836 5.9 .6 288.886 4.2 .4 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary

residence 1 2 ................................. 250.106 2.8 .2 265.168 3.3 .3 280.472 4.2 .4 306.943 2.9 .1 

Fuels and utilities .................................... 204.796 5.4 .9 176.575 .9 1.5 236.848 2.7 1.1 198.529 10.9 3.0 

Household energy ................................. 185.107 5.3 .9 160.924 -.2 .5 237.427 .7 1.1 200.992 11.4 3.3 

Gas (piped) and electricity 1 ............... 186.475 3.0 .7 163.990 -.5 .5 235.954 .1 1.0 191.337 6.1 3.3 

Electricity 1 ........................................ 175.219 3.7 1.1 128.929 -.8 -1.6 261.367 -5.2 -1.7 172.635 8.9 5.1 

Utility (piped) gas service 1 ............... 220.065 1.2 -.2 204.583 -.3 2.9 215.691 13.9 7.7 226.969 1.7 .3 

Household furnishings and operations ... 126.515 -.5 .4 107.833 -.2 2.5 126.731 -2.8 .7 127.203 -4.2 -.2 

Apparel ..................................................... 115.795 -.2 -2.1 85.309 -2.5 -3.6 101.454 -3.8 -1.4 104.895 -.5 -2.3

Transportation ........................................... 190.839 9.4 .5 184.366 12.8 1.5 186.230 6.6 .0 196.532 7.7 -.2 

Private transportation .............................. 186.978 9.6 .5 181.801 13.0 1.3 180.613 6.9 .1 187.682 8.6 .0 

Motor fuel .............................................. 260.523 34.4 .9 274.302 41.6 2.9 249.700 26.2 -1.5 239.795 33.0 .3 

Gasoline (all types) ............................. 259.338 34.5 1.0 272.082 41.7 3.0 244.426 26.2 -1.5 238.853 33.0 .3 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 3 ............ 259.327 34.9 1.0 268.967 42.6 3.0 244.782 27.1 -1.5 241.606 33.5 .1 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 3 4 ..... 264.674 34.5 1.0 281.991 40.1 2.8 230.968 25.1 -1.7 239.142 32.8 .5 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 3 ......... 249.713 32.7 .9 258.175 38.6 2.9 234.076 24.6 -1.5 235.776 31.1 .6 

Medical care ............................................. 360.459 4.9 .8 360.723 6.0 .2 349.063 3.4 1.6 368.031 5.0 1.1 

Recreation 5 .............................................. 112.083 1.0 .3 111.468 2.2 1.2 115.310 .9 1.1 113.854 -.1 .4 

Education and communication 5 ............... 121.762 3.4 .2 131.203 5.2 .0 124.216 5.0 1.3 127.531 3.7 .1 

Other goods and services ......................... 339.052 3.0 .4 324.956 2.7 -.1 336.749 2.5 .9 340.952 2.0 .2 

Commodity and service group

All items ...................................................... 211.080 4.3 .5 208.757 4.7 .8 220.918 3.9 .7 229.869 3.7 .2 

Commodities ............................................. 171.179 5.7 .4 162.232 6.0 .7 168.431 3.7 .6 175.430 4.7 .1 

Commodities less food and beverages ... 150.303 6.2 .1 138.066 6.8 .3 140.301 3.3 .1 147.054 5.0 -.3 

Nondurables less food and beverages 188.692 11.8 .0 172.425 11.5 -.2 176.244 7.5 -.6 176.863 10.0 -.4 

Durables ............................................... 112.300 -.9 .2 104.536 1.3 1.0 105.247 -2.4 1.0 107.944 -2.9 -.1 

Services .................................................... 250.648 3.3 .6 252.691 4.0 .9 266.567 4.1 .8 276.502 3.1 .3 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ......................... 203.569 4.2 .5 201.927 4.6 .8 214.727 3.9 .7 223.675 3.6 .2 

All items less shelter ................................... 200.609 4.9 .4 190.898 5.3 .8 199.681 3.4 .7 203.135 4.2 .3 

Commodities less food ............................... 152.531 6.1 .1 141.338 6.8 .4 143.961 3.1 .1 150.311 4.9 -.3 

Nondurables ............................................... 199.346 8.2 .5 190.344 7.9 .5 198.577 5.9 .5 198.545 6.7 .1 

Nondurables less food ................................ 190.000 11.2 .1 175.892 11.1 .1 180.577 6.9 -.5 179.987 9.4 -.4 

Services less rent of shelter 2 ..................... 265.311 3.6 .5 255.041 4.4 1.1 269.525 2.9 .9 262.046 3.6 .6 

Services less medical care services ........... 240.201 3.1 .5 244.296 3.7 .9 259.139 4.1 .7 269.000 3.0 .2 

Energy ........................................................ 219.465 19.6 .9 203.931 18.2 1.8 246.818 16.4 -.7 217.924 19.8 1.9

All items less energy ................................... 211.846 2.8 .5 210.651 3.5 .7 220.796 3.0 .8 232.633 2.4 .1 

All items less food and energy .................. 213.138 2.5 .4 212.656 3.3 .6 222.048 2.7 .7 237.232 2.1 .0 

1 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item

stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 2 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 3 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.

4 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. - Data not available.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

76 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 16. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and

service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Monthly cities and pricing schedule 11

U.S.

 city 

 average 

BostonBrocktonNashua,

 MA-NH-ME-CT 

ChicagoGaryKenosha,

 IL-IN-WI 

Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change

from—

Jan.

2007

Nov.

2007

Jan.

2007

Nov.

2007

Jan.

2007

Nov.

2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................................. 211.080 4.3 0.4 231.980 3.4 0.6 208.757 4.7 0.5

All items (1967=100) ................................................................ 632.301 - - 674.256 - - 623.678 - -

Food and beverages 3 ............................................................ 208.837 4.8 1.1 217.948 4.0 .9 205.555 4.4 1.2 

Food 3 ................................................................................... 208.618 4.9 1.1 217.982 3.7 .9 204.259 4.3 1.0

Food at home ..................................................................... 207.983 5.8 1.6 211.066 2.8 .9 210.331 5.6 1.0

Food away from home 4 ..................................................... 211.070 3.9 .6 230.392 5.0 .9 191.682 2.7 1.0 

Alcoholic beverages 4 ........................................................... 210.425 3.7 .7 219.658 6.0 1.2 221.397 5.5 3.4 

Housing 3 ................................................................................ 212.244 3.0 .7 237.321 1.7 1.3 215.237 2.8 .8 

Shelter .................................................................................. 243.871 3.1 .7 274.891 1.4 1.0 262.185 3.5 .6 

Rent of primary residence 3 5 ............................................. 239.850 3.9 .7 270.144 1.6 .4 262.761 3.8 .7 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 6 ............... 250.106 2.8 .5 284.896 -.2 -.9 265.168 3.3 .7 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................. 204.796 5.4 1.3 250.352 6.0 3.5 176.575 .9 1.2 

Household energy .............................................................. 185.107 5.3 1.3 220.278 5.9 3.7 160.924 -.2 .2 

Gas (piped) and electricity 5 ............................................. 186.475 3.0 .9 218.083 -5.6 1.7 163.990 -.5 .2 

Electricity 5 ..................................................................... 175.219 3.7 1.0 203.186 -3.9 2.5 128.929 -.8 -.4 

Utility (piped) gas service 5 ............................................. 220.065 1.2 .6 237.220 -8.8 .5 204.583 -.3 .9 

Household furnishings and operations ................................. 126.515 -.5 .2 124.607 -1.0 .0 107.833 -.2 1.2 

Apparel 3 ................................................................................ 115.795 -.2 -4.5 126.707 1.3 -8.9 85.309 -2.5 -10.4

Transportation 3 ...................................................................... 190.839 9.4 .1 180.940 6.6 .3 184.366 12.8 1.4 

Private transportation ........................................................... 186.978 9.6 .1 180.686 7.2 .2 181.801 13.0 1.2

Motor fuel ........................................................................... 260.523 34.4 -.7 261.020 31.5 1.5 274.302 41.6 1.4 

Gasoline (all types) ........................................................... 259.338 34.5 -.6 257.373 31.4 1.5 272.082 41.7 1.5 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 7 .......................................... 259.327 34.9 -.7 256.368 32.1 1.5 268.967 42.6 1.5 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 ................................... 264.674 34.5 -.5 257.146 30.1 1.4 281.991 40.1 1.2 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ....................................... 249.713 32.7 -.3 250.994 28.3 1.6 258.175 38.6 1.6 

Medical care 3 ........................................................................ 360.459 4.9 1.0 495.676 5.1 1.2 360.723 6.0 .4 

Recreation 9 ........................................................................... 112.083 1.0 .2 117.114 1.0 .1 111.468 2.2 1.0 

Education and communication 9 ............................................. 121.762 3.4 .3 129.370 8.3 .0 131.203 5.2 .1 

Other goods and services 3 .................................................... 339.052 3.0 .8 351.825 1.3 .7 324.956 2.7 1.0 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................................. 211.080 4.3 .4 231.980 3.4 .6 208.757 4.7 .5 

Commodities .......................................................................... 171.179 5.7 .1 176.458 5.8 .1 162.232 6.0 -.2

Commodities less food and beverages ................................ 150.303 6.2 -.5 153.782 7.2 -.4 138.066 6.8 -1.0 

Nondurables less food and beverages ............................... 188.692 11.8 -1.0 197.729 13.4 -.4 172.425 11.5 -2.3 

Durables ............................................................................. 112.300 -.9 .2 110.756 -1.7 -.4 104.536 1.3 .9 

Services .................................................................................. 250.648 3.3 .7 281.838 1.8 .8 252.691 4.0 .8 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 3 .................................................... 203.569 4.2 .4 221.149 3.3 .5 201.927 4.6 .5 

All items less shelter ................................................................. 200.609 4.9 .3 217.169 4.5 .3 190.898 5.3 .3 

Commodities less food ............................................................. 152.531 6.1 -.5 156.490 7.0 -.3 141.338 6.8 -.8 

Nondurables ............................................................................. 199.346 8.2 .0 206.543 8.3 .3 190.344 7.9 -.6 

Nondurables less food .............................................................. 190.000 11.2 -.9 198.010 12.5 -.3 175.892 11.1 -1.9 

Services less rent of shelter 6 ................................................... 265.311 3.6 .6 303.001 2.5 .5 255.041 4.4 1.1 

Services less medical care services ......................................... 240.201 3.1 .6 265.622 1.6 .8 244.296 3.7 .9 

Energy 3 ................................................................................... 219.465 19.6 .2 237.224 15.9 2.7 203.931 18.2 .9 

All items less energy ................................................................ 211.846 2.8 .5 234.656 2.2 .3 210.651 3.5 .4 

All items less food and energy 3 ............................................. 213.138 2.5 .3 238.552 1.9 .2 212.656 3.3 .3 

See footnotes at end of table.

77 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 16. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and

service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Monthly cities and pricing schedule 11

ClevelandAkron, OHDallasFort Worth, TX

Los AngelesRiversideOrange County, CA

Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change

from—

Jan.

2007

Nov.

2007

Jan.

2007

Nov.

2007

Jan.

2007

Nov.

2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................................. 199.686 4.2 1.0 197.079 4.3 0.3 220.918 3.9 0.4

All items (1967=100) ................................................................ 639.888 - - 618.225 - - 652.691 - -

Food and beverages 3 ............................................................ 210.402 5.4 2.1 212.703 6.4 1.2 217.108 4.6 1.7 

Food 3 ................................................................................... 213.787 5.6 2.0 208.248 6.9 1.1 216.398 4.9 2.0

Food at home ..................................................................... 206.560 6.9 3.3 193.522 7.9 1.5 228.564 7.1 2.7 

Food away from home 4 ..................................................... 228.639 4.0 .2 231.658 5.6 .6 198.799 2.2 1.1 

Alcoholic beverages 4 ........................................................... 172.513 2.6 3.2 271.139 1.5 3.1 214.193 .8 -2.7 

Housing 3 ................................................................................ 191.493 1.9 2.2 177.469 2.6 .5 240.414 3.8 .7 

Shelter .................................................................................. 215.909 1.7 1.7 182.624 3.2 .7 269.583 4.8 .8 

Rent of primary residence 3 5 ............................................. 208.421 1.0 -.2 179.991 4.2 1.2 271.836 5.9 1.1 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 6 ............... 211.510 .6 .2 194.238 2.5 .6 280.472 4.2 .7 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................. 192.542 2.2 4.1 221.143 2.2 -.4 236.848 2.7 .5 

Household energy .............................................................. 184.109 -.2 3.6 219.668 2.1 -.6 237.427 .7 .2 

Gas (piped) and electricity 5 ............................................. 183.919 -1.2 3.6 217.069 1.7 -.8 235.954 .1 .1 

Electricity 5 ..................................................................... 133.745 .9 .0 204.648 .5 1.0 261.367 -5.2 -1.9 

Utility (piped) gas service 5 ............................................. 236.177 -2.7 6.2 238.899 8.0 -10.9 215.691 13.9 5.0 

Household furnishings and operations ................................. 122.263 2.8 2.3 133.021 -.5 .4 126.731 -2.8 .1 

Apparel 3 ................................................................................ 103.992 .7 -6.5 130.424 6.0 -6.0 101.454 -3.8 -3.6

Transportation 3 ...................................................................... 193.766 8.6 -1.1 193.824 9.8 .4 186.230 6.6 -1.3 

Private transportation ........................................................... 195.120 8.7 -1.1 195.177 10.0 .4 180.613 6.9 -1.2 

Motor fuel ........................................................................... 299.520 40.8 -3.6 268.551 35.9 -.2 249.700 26.2 -3.6 

Gasoline (all types) ........................................................... 297.479 40.9 -3.5 267.254 36.1 -.2 244.426 26.2 -3.6 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 7 .......................................... 288.193 41.8 -3.6 264.457 36.5 -.2 244.782 27.1 -3.6 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 ................................... 305.027 39.5 -3.5 265.832 35.6 -.3 230.968 25.1 -3.7 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ....................................... 288.758 38.2 -3.0 262.317 35.1 .0 234.076 24.6 -3.6 

Medical care 3 ........................................................................ 339.137 10.5 2.0 321.004 1.0 1.1 349.063 3.4 2.4 

Recreation 9 ........................................................................... 108.679 2.5 .5 113.505 -2.6 -.3 115.310 .9 .8 

Education and communication 9 ............................................. 111.498 1.8 1.0 129.969 3.7 .7 124.216 5.0 1.3 

Other goods and services 3 .................................................... 331.732 4.4 .1 321.146 2.3 -.5 336.749 2.5 1.0 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................................. 199.686 4.2 1.0 197.079 4.3 .3 220.918 3.9 .4 

Commodities .......................................................................... 174.442 6.8 .2 172.582 6.1 -.2 168.431 3.7 -.1 

Commodities less food and beverages ................................ 154.165 7.7 -.9 152.275 5.8 -1.1 140.301 3.3 -1.1 

Nondurables less food and beverages ............................... 191.627 15.0 -2.3 183.712 12.3 -1.8 176.244 7.5 -1.8 

Durables ............................................................................. 113.101 -.7 1.0 125.167 -1.6 -.1 105.247 -2.4 -.2 

Services .................................................................................. 226.000 2.6 1.5 221.401 3.1 .7 266.567 4.1 .8 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 3 .................................................... 193.374 3.8 .9 190.702 4.6 .3 214.727 3.9 .3 

All items less shelter ................................................................. 194.980 5.4 .7 204.323 4.8 .1 199.681 3.4 .2 

Commodities less food ............................................................. 154.947 7.5 -.7 155.906 5.6 -.9 143.961 3.1 -1.2 

Nondurables ............................................................................. 201.970 9.9 -.2 197.699 9.3 -.3 198.577 5.9 -.1 

Nondurables less food .............................................................. 189.904 14.0 -1.9 188.680 11.4 -1.5 180.577 6.9 -1.9 

Services less rent of shelter 6 ................................................... 240.412 3.6 1.3 277.451 3.0 .7 269.525 2.9 .7 

Services less medical care services ......................................... 217.392 1.8 1.4 210.976 3.2 .6 259.139 4.1 .7 

Energy 3 ................................................................................... 226.200 16.2 .1 243.847 18.0 -.4 246.818 16.4 -2.4 

All items less energy ................................................................ 198.683 2.9 1.1 196.042 2.9 .4 220.796 3.0 .7 

All items less food and energy 3 ............................................. 195.934 2.4 1.0 194.073 2.2 .3 222.048 2.7 .5 

See footnotes at end of table.

78 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 16. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity

and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Monthly cities and pricing schedule 11

New YorkNorthern N.J.-

Long Island,

NY-NJ-CT-PA

WashingtonBaltimore,

DC-MD-VA-WV 2

Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change from—

Jan.

2007

Nov.

2007

Jan.

2007

Nov.

2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................................. 229.869 3.7 0.2 136.293 4.9 0.8 

All items (1967=100) ................................................................ 664.520 -----

Food and beverages 3 ............................................................ 216.257 4.3 .8 133.892 4.7 1.0 

Food 3 ................................................................................... 215.453 4.4 .9 135.029 4.9 1.0 

Food at home ..................................................................... 214.574 4.6 1.3 131.643 5.0 1.4 

Food away from home 4 ..................................................... 222.274 4.2 .3 136.893 4.8 .6 

Alcoholic beverages 4 ........................................................... 224.177 3.7 .7 117.106 2.0 .4 

Housing 3 ................................................................................ 248.563 3.0 .3 145.925 4.3 1.1 

Shelter .................................................................................. 298.233 2.8 -.1 149.875 2.6 1.1 

Rent of primary residence 3 5 ............................................. 288.886 4.2 .9 158.437 3.2 .8 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 6 ............... 306.943 2.9 .3 149.348 2.5 .6 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................. 198.529 10.9 3.8 174.395 22.1 -.1

Household energy .............................................................. 200.992 11.4 4.1 178.658 24.8 -.3

Gas (piped) and electricity 5 ............................................. 191.337 6.1 3.7 171.653 24.4 -.8 

Electricity 5 ..................................................................... 172.635 8.9 6.3 167.586 32.0 -2.3 

Utility (piped) gas service 5 ............................................. 226.969 1.7 -.3 166.273 -2.4 6.4 

Household furnishings and operations ................................. 127.203 -4.2 -.5 101.335 -1.8 2.4 

Apparel 3 ................................................................................ 104.895 -.5 -5.3 88.051 -2.2 -5.3 

Transportation 3 ...................................................................... 196.532 7.7 .2 132.937 10.2 1.3 

Private transportation ........................................................... 187.682 8.6 .5 133.268 10.2 1.2

Motor fuel ........................................................................... 239.795 33.0 2.1 251.542 36.2 .8

Gasoline (all types) ........................................................... 238.853 33.0 2.1 251.405 36.2 .8

Gasoline, unleaded regular 7 .......................................... 241.606 33.5 2.0 256.061 36.6 .7 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 ................................... 239.142 32.8 2.4 247.687 35.8 1.0 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ....................................... 235.776 31.1 2.4 245.268 34.8 .8 

Medical care 3 ........................................................................ 368.031 5.0 1.3 139.374 7.9 2.3 

Recreation 9 ........................................................................... 113.854 -.1 .0 115.781 .1 .8 

Education and communication 9 ............................................. 127.531 3.7 .2 127.514 3.8 -.2 

Other goods and services 3 .................................................... 340.952 2.0 .6 154.069 5.2 2.7 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................................. 229.869 3.7 .2 136.293 4.9 .8 

Commodities .......................................................................... 175.430 4.7 .0 121.260 5.8 .7 

Commodities less food and beverages ................................ 147.054 5.0 -.6 114.054 6.6 .6

Nondurables less food and beverages ............................... 176.863 10.0 -.6 137.970 11.4 -.2

Durables ............................................................................. 107.944 -2.9 -.7 87.931 -.6 1.8 

Services .................................................................................. 276.502 3.1 .2 146.221 4.4 .9 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 3 .................................................... 223.675 3.6 .1 136.076 4.7 .8 

All items less shelter ................................................................. 203.135 4.2 .3 129.450 6.3 .7

Commodities less food ............................................................. 150.311 4.9 -.5 114.265 6.3 .6

Nondurables ............................................................................. 198.545 6.7 .2 135.173 7.8 .4 

Nondurables less food .............................................................. 179.987 9.4 -.5 136.260 10.5 -.1

Services less rent of shelter 6 ................................................... 262.046 3.6 .7 142.523 7.0 .7 

Services less medical care services ......................................... 269.000 3.0 .2 146.804 4.1 .8

Energy 3 ................................................................................... 217.924 19.8 3.1 206.360 30.2 .3 

All items less energy ................................................................ 232.633 2.4 -.1 130.983 2.8 .9

All items less food and energy 3 ............................................. 237.232 2.1 -.3 131.177 2.4 .9 

1 Areas on pricing schedule 2 (see Table 10) will appear next month. 2 For Washington-Baltimore, indexes are on a December 1997=100 base unless

otherwise noted. 3 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a November 1996=100 base. 4 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a November 1997=100 base. 5 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item

stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator.

6 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 7 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 8 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 9 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. - Data not available.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

79 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 17. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all items index 

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Area

All items 

Pricing

schedule 1

Indexes Percent change to 

Jan. 2008 from—

Percent change to 

Dec. 2007 from—

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Dec.

2006

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

U.S. city average ............................................ M 204.338 205.891 205.777 206.744 4.6 0.4 0.5 4.3 0.7 -0.1 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban .............................................. M 218.151 219.871 220.146 221.065 4.2 .5 .4 4.1 .9 .1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 219.275 220.710 220.824 221.492 3.9 .4 .3 3.8 .7 .1 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 131.080 132.485 132.856 133.766 5.0 1.0 .7 4.7 1.4 .3 

Midwest urban ................................................ M 194.384 196.056 195.493 196.617 4.7 .3 .6 4.1 .6 -.3 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 194.843 196.343 195.839 196.963 4.3 .3 .6 3.8 .5 -.3 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 126.879 128.129 127.740 128.561 5.3 .3 .6 4.4 .7 -.3 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 193.074 194.907 194.099 194.850 4.8 .0 .4 4.6 .5 -.4 

South urban .................................................... M 199.319 200.849 200.850 201.814 5.3 .5 .5 4.7 .8 .0 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 202.906 203.991 204.370 205.304 5.3 .6 .5 4.8 .7 .2 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 127.265 128.407 128.206 128.767 5.4 .3 .4 4.8 .7 -.2 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 200.942 202.913 203.333 204.954 4.9 1.0 .8 3.9 1.2 .2 

West urban ..................................................... M 208.304 209.629 209.488 210.342 4.2 .3 .4 4.3 .6 -.1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 210.025 211.268 211.095 212.040 4.2 .4 .4 4.3 .5 -.1 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 129.419 130.356 130.309 130.935 4.3 .4 .5 4.6 .7 .0 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 189.471 190.680 190.622 191.461 4.4 .4 .4 4.2 .6 .0 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 128.103 129.268 129.156 129.830 5.1 .4 .5 4.7 .8 -.1 

D ................................................................. M 199.275 201.016 200.867 201.685 4.5 .3 .4 4.1 .8 -.1 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... M 199.558 200.887 200.217 201.525 4.9 .3 .7 4.9 .3 -.3 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... M 211.259 212.844 212.282 213.825 4.6 .5 .7 4.6 .5 -.3 

New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,

NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 222.624 223.716 223.873 224.557 4.1 .4 .3 4.0 .6 .1 

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ..... 1 - 230.440 -

 231.291 3.1 .4 ----

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 1 - 188.488 -

 190.115 4.7 .9 ----

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... 1 - 198.521 - 199.407 4.8 .4 ----

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 - 134.844 -

 135.826 5.3 .7 ----

Atlanta, GA ..................................................... 2 200.714 -

 202.034 ---- 4.6 .7 -

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. 2 196.237 - 195.866 ---- 2.5 -.2 -

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 183.426 -

 184.975 ---- 4.2 .8 -

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. 2 213.454 -

 215.561 ---- 5.9 1.0 -

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ 2 218.061 -

 218.791 ---- 3.6 .3 -

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... 2 213.133 - 214.204 ---- 4.2 .5 -

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 213.107 -

 214.024 ---- 4.8 .4 -

1 Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all areas;

 most other goods and services priced as indicated:

 M - Every month.

 1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November.

 2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December. 2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in 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.

NOTE: Local area indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each

local index has a smaller sample size than the national index and is, therefore,

subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a

result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national index,

although their long-term trends are similar. Therefore, the Bureau of Labor

Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national average CPI

for use in their escalator clauses. 

80 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 18. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Regions1, by expenditure category and

commodity and service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Northeast Midwest South West

Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from—

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Expenditure category

All items ...................................................... 221.065 4.2 0.4 196.617 4.7 0.6 201.814 5.3 0.5 210.342 4.2 0.4 

All items (December 1977=100) ................ 345.291 - - 317.974 - - 326.860 - - 338.429 - -

Food and beverages ................................. 212.095 4.7 .9 201.616 4.6 1.0 205.006 5.2 .8 214.367 5.0 1.1 

Food ........................................................ 211.855 4.8 .9 201.246 4.8 1.0 205.522 5.4 .8 213.355 5.0 1.1 

Food at home ........................................ 211.392 5.1 1.3 197.837 5.5 1.5 202.775 6.2 1.1 217.164 6.0 1.5 

Food away from home .......................... 215.675 4.3 .4 207.127 3.7 .3 212.021 4.1 .4 208.153 3.4 .6 

Alcoholic beverages ................................ 213.665 3.6 .3 206.008 2.5 1.2 196.914 3.3 .7 225.842 5.7 .6 

Housing ..................................................... 233.877 3.0 .5 187.885 2.2 .6 194.649 3.5 .4 220.181 3.3 .6 

Shelter .................................................... 275.521 2.6 .3 212.625 2.3 .5 215.856 3.6 .4 244.134 3.7 .6 

Rent of primary residence 2 .................. 267.612 3.6 .3 213.879 2.4 .2 214.789 4.2 .3 253.667 4.7 .4 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary

residence 2 3 ................................. 256.502 2.2 .0 210.433 1.7 .2 204.970 3.4 .3 234.011 3.5 .4 

Fuels and utilities .................................... 215.139 8.7 2.0 193.015 2.9 .6 202.244 5.3 .8 217.336 3.3 .4 

Household energy ................................. 202.347 8.9 2.1 170.184 2.4 .3 174.045 5.2 .8 203.975 3.0 .5 

Gas (piped) and electricity 2 ............... 200.200 2.7 1.9 173.762 1.2 .2 174.700 4.4 .8 205.724 2.5 .3 

Electricity 2 ........................................ 181.924 3.4 2.9 151.452 2.1 .8 164.365 4.4 1.0 210.449 3.1 .1 

Utility (piped) gas service 2 ............... 233.702 1.0 -.1 213.824 -.1 -.6 230.474 4.0 -.1 213.618 1.2 .9 

Household furnishings and operations ... 121.052 -2.8 -.1 117.829 1.2 .6 120.681 .1 .2 131.090 -.3 .6 

Apparel ..................................................... 113.306 .5 -1.1 104.969 -.1 -3.0 130.545 .9 -1.9 111.042 .4 -1.7 

Transportation ........................................... 192.592 9.1 .3 193.124 12.6 1.0 188.450 11.5 .9 190.037 7.6 -.2 

Private transportation .............................. 188.608 9.6 .3 190.283 12.8 .9 187.179 11.6 .9 186.725 7.6 -.2 

New and used motor vehicles 4 ............ 93.630 -.2 -.3 95.238 .7 .1 93.791 .2 .4 92.821 -.2 .0 

New vehicles ....................................... 136.278 -1.0 -.2 136.300 .6 .1 140.520 -.6 .4 137.783 -1.0 .0 

Used cars and trucks .......................... 142.441 1.3 .2 139.427 1.3 .3 136.946 1.5 .2 135.351 1.6 .1 

Motor fuel .............................................. 257.991 33.2 .9 268.130 40.6 2.2 260.825 38.6 1.8 256.222 25.3 -1.2 

Gasoline (all types) ............................. 256.703 33.2 .9 267.196 40.8 2.3 259.577 38.8 1.8 255.091 25.4 -1.2 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 5 ............ 258.292 33.7 .8 266.288 41.4 2.5 259.437 39.4 1.9 254.099 25.6 -1.1 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 ..... 260.687 32.8 1.1 290.260 40.0 2.0 268.815 38.1 1.9 239.493 25.8 -1.3 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 ......... 246.404 31.0 .9 260.882 38.9 2.2 254.324 36.9 1.8 243.467 24.3 -1.2 

Medical care ............................................. 380.647 5.2 .8 363.328 5.2 1.0 346.424 5.3 .9 360.795 4.7 .6 

Medical care commodities ...................... 307.068 1.0 .8 290.605 2.9 .5 276.108 3.0 .6 287.499 1.6 .7 

Medical care services ............................. 400.024 6.3 .8 385.056 5.9 1.2 367.489 6.0 .9 380.513 5.5 .6 

Professional services ............................ 314.384 3.9 .4 325.785 4.3 1.0 304.625 4.1 .5 290.260 3.5 .4 

Recreation 4 .............................................. 112.817 .4 .3 109.923 1.9 .3 109.862 .7 .3 104.324 -.2 .4 

Education and communication 4 ............... 119.301 3.6 .1 120.333 2.4 .3 114.199 2.9 .0 119.501 3.1 .8 

Other goods and services ......................... 382.279 2.0 .1 342.764 4.6 1.0 337.377 4.0 .3 342.099 2.6 .6 

Commodity and service group

All items ...................................................... 221.065 4.2 .4 196.617 4.7 .6 201.814 5.3 .5 210.342 4.2 .4 

Commodities ............................................. 180.300 6.2 .4 168.489 7.2 .6 174.417 7.2 .5 172.870 4.9 .2 

Commodities less food and beverages ... 159.361 7.1 .1 151.322 8.8 .4 157.953 8.4 .4 149.497 5.0 -.3 

Nondurables less food and beverages 197.543 13.0 .2 194.082 14.9 .5 205.451 15.4 .4 188.092 9.9 -.7 

Nondurables less food, beverages,

and apparel ................................. 261.522 17.7 .7 248.764 19.3 1.5 252.424 20.2 1.1 244.449 13.5 -.4 

Durables ............................................... 112.458 -1.4 -.1 110.127 .4 .3 114.134 -.3 .3 114.299 -1.0 .2 

Services .................................................... 267.625 2.9 .4 230.965 2.7 .5 235.334 3.7 .4 250.543 3.5 .6 

Rent of shelter 3 ...................................... 257.924 2.6 .3 211.383 2.3 .6 205.615 3.7 .4 235.849 3.8 .6 

Transportation services .......................... 223.607 1.8 -.1 240.101 1.9 .5 245.823 2.7 .5 239.096 2.2 .5 

Other services ......................................... 306.031 3.0 .3 268.376 3.2 .3 271.076 3.0 .2 272.938 3.2 .7 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ......................... 215.142 4.2 .4 190.002 4.7 .5 194.547 5.3 .5 204.391 4.1 .4 

All items less food ....................................... 223.050 4.1 .3 195.535 4.7 .5 200.861 5.3 .4 209.644 4.0 .3 

All items less shelter ................................... 204.178 5.1 .5 193.294 5.7 .6 198.125 6.0 .5 198.569 4.4 .3 

Commodities less food ............................... 161.576 7.0 .1 153.145 8.5 .4 159.187 8.2 .4 152.489 5.0 -.2 

Nondurables ............................................... 206.149 8.8 .6 198.537 9.6 .7 205.347 10.2 .6 202.735 7.3 .2 

See footnotes at end of table.

81 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 18. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Regions1, by expenditure category and

commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Northeast Midwest South West

Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from—

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Special aggregate indexes

Nondurables less food ................................ 198.726 12.5 0.2 194.657 14.0 0.5 204.881 14.7 0.5 191.391 9.7 -0.6 

Nondurables less food and apparel ............ 255.988 16.5 .6 243.744 17.9 1.5 246.758 19.0 1.1 242.079 12.8 -.3 

Services less rent of shelter 3 ..................... 237.301 3.2 .6 230.799 3.0 .5 233.804 3.8 .5 238.935 3.2 .6 

Services less medical care services ........... 259.158 2.6 .4 220.114 2.4 .5 223.360 3.5 .4 241.912 3.4 .6 

Energy ........................................................ 226.678 19.7 1.4 214.364 21.3 1.4 211.571 22.5 1.4 240.033 16.9 -.6

All items less energy ................................... 221.436 2.5 .3 195.802 2.7 .5 200.384 3.2 .3 208.768 2.9 .5 

All items less food and energy .................. 224.742 2.0 .1 194.955 2.3 .4 199.460 2.7 .3 208.023 2.5 .4 

Commodities less food and energy

commodities .................................... 145.031 -.3 -.2 137.970 1.2 -.1 142.525 .7 -.1 137.766 .1 .0 

Energy commodities ............................... 267.434 34.0 1.1 268.722 40.1 2.2 263.779 38.4 1.8 259.295 25.4 -1.1 

Services less energy services ................ 274.787 2.9 .3 238.529 2.8 .6 242.142 3.7 .4 254.133 3.6 .6 

1 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical

notes. 2 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other

item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means

estimator. 3 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base

4 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 5 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 6 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. - Data not available.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

82 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 19. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Population size classes1, by expenditure

category and commodity and service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Size class A 2 Size class B/C 3 Size class D 

Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change

from—

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Expenditure category

All items 4 ............................................................................. 191.461 4.4 0.4 129.830 5.1 0.5 201.685 4.5 0.4 

All items (December 1977=100) .......................................... 191.461 -- --- 325.956 - -

Food and beverages ........................................................... 188.954 4.8 1.0 130.240 5.2 .9 205.648 4.9 1.0 

Food .................................................................................. 188.834 4.9 1.0 130.283 5.2 .9 205.316 5.0 1.0 

Food at home .................................................................. 193.147 5.7 1.4 128.950 6.0 1.2 200.851 5.8 1.6 

Food away from home .................................................... 182.069 3.8 .4 132.464 4.0 .4 214.445 3.9 .2 

Alcoholic beverages .......................................................... 188.444 3.0 .6 129.601 5.0 .9 209.690 3.7 .4 

Housing ............................................................................... 194.704 3.0 .5 129.110 3.2 .5 192.050 2.8 .7 

Shelter .............................................................................. 210.749 3.2 .4 130.003 3.2 .5 217.257 2.5 .5

Rent of primary residence 5 ............................................ 206.964 4.2 .3 133.281 3.7 .3 203.469 2.6 .1 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 6 ........... 210.361 2.8 .2 128.386 2.8 .3 205.926 1.7 .4 

Fuels and utilities .............................................................. 205.017 4.8 .9 154.372 5.4 .7 203.291 4.9 1.7 

Household energy ........................................................... 205.195 4.7 .9 154.787 5.3 .6 173.231 5.0 2.0 

Gas (piped) and electricity 5 ......................................... 195.262 2.8 .8 146.148 2.7 .6 182.821 3.8 1.8 

Electricity 5 .................................................................. 178.193 3.8 1.0 132.634 2.7 .9 177.432 5.9 2.5 

Utility (piped) gas service 5 ......................................... 231.875 .7 .3 190.595 2.5 -.6 208.492 -2.7 -.9 

Household furnishings and operations ............................. 116.872 -.8 .5 97.262 .2 .1 120.146 1.3 .8 

Apparel ............................................................................... 107.363 .2 -2.1 87.593 1.5 -1.2 115.546 -2.3 -4.0 

Transportation ..................................................................... 189.864 9.6 .4 134.324 11.0 .7 188.201 10.0 .4

Private transportation ........................................................ 189.784 9.9 .4 134.274 11.1 .7 185.472 10.0 .4 

New and used motor vehicles 3 ...................................... 94.689 .3 .1 93.232 .1 .2 92.208 -.4 -.4 

New vehicles ................................................................. 120.267 -.2 .1 95.542 -.6 .4 141.817 -3.0 -.7 

Used cars and trucks .................................................... 131.813 1.4 .2 92.300 1.4 .2 127.008 1.8 .2 

Motor fuel ........................................................................ 378.778 33.2 .6 260.768 36.4 1.2 251.824 32.9 1.6 

Gasoline (all types) ....................................................... 377.098 33.3 .7 261.406 36.6 1.3 250.119 33.1 1.7 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 7 ...................................... 386.199 33.8 .7 267.843 37.1 1.3 239.749 32.5 1.7 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 ............................... 257.008 33.1 .7 254.268 36.3 1.3 280.917 36.3 1.7 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ................................... 336.521 31.5 .6 244.869 34.4 1.3 251.958 33.3 1.7 

Medical care ....................................................................... 284.819 4.9 .8 152.886 5.4 .8 349.025 4.8 1.0

Medical care commodities ................................................ 228.020 1.5 .6 137.178 2.7 .7 286.115 5.6 .1 

Medical care services ....................................................... 300.995 5.9 .8 157.685 6.1 .9 368.123 4.6 1.2 

Professional services ...................................................... 242.535 3.7 .4 143.498 4.2 .9 310.422 4.2 .3 

Recreation 3 ........................................................................ 111.490 .9 .5 105.923 .6 .2 109.729 .6 .0 

Education and communication 3 ......................................... 120.219 3.6 .4 114.221 2.4 .2 122.676 1.8 -.1 

Other goods and services ................................................... 278.132 3.0 .6 157.429 3.9 .6 363.560 3.8 -.3 

Commodity and service group

All items 4 ............................................................................. 191.461 4.4 .4 129.830 5.1 .5 201.685 4.5 .4 

Commodities ....................................................................... 167.585 5.9 .4 122.125 7.1 .5 173.641 6.3 .3 

Commodities less food and beverages ............................. 153.932 6.7 .0 117.709 8.1 .4 157.403 7.2 .0 

Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... 201.288 11.9 -.1 151.164 15.5 .5 201.909 13.1 -.1 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... 270.443 16.8 .6 183.067 19.2 .9 249.194 17.5 .9 

Durables ......................................................................... 108.046 -.5 .2 87.320 -.5 .2 114.880 -.3 .1 

Services .............................................................................. 213.645 3.2 .5 134.393 3.3 .5 238.401 2.9 .5 

Rent of shelter 6 ................................................................ 211.594 3.2 .4 130.226 3.2 .5 203.113 2.5 .5 

Transportation services .................................................... 193.814 1.7 .4 131.555 2.7 .5 243.868 3.7 -.2 

Other services ................................................................... 232.039 3.4 .5 130.829 2.9 .3 279.903 2.0 .1 

See footnotes at end of table.

83 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 19. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Population size classes1, by expenditure

category and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Size class A 2 Size class B/C 3 Size class D 

Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change

from—

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ................................................... 187.654 4.3 0.4 127.018 5.0 0.5 193.951 4.5 0.4 

All items less food ................................................................. 191.981 4.3 .3 127.931 5.0 .5 200.906 4.4 .3 

All items less shelter ............................................................. 183.917 5.0 .5 127.766 5.8 .5 198.527 5.2 .4

Commodities less food ......................................................... 155.578 6.6 .1 118.047 8.0 .4 158.884 7.0 .0 

Nondurables ......................................................................... 195.038 8.1 .4 140.096 10.3 .7 205.204 9.0 .4

Nondurables less food .......................................................... 200.879 11.3 -.1 149.755 14.9 .5 202.194 12.5 -.1 

Nondurables less food and apparel ...................................... 261.229 15.5 .6 178.173 18.2 .9 245.662 16.4 .8 

Services less rent of shelter 6 ............................................... 215.623 3.3 .6 138.561 3.4 .5 237.753 3.2 .6 

Services less medical care services ..................................... 208.001 3.1 .5 132.463 3.1 .5 226.086 2.7 .5 

Energy .................................................................................. 280.979 19.2 .8 203.424 21.7 1.0 214.384 20.3 1.7 

All items less energy ............................................................. 184.335 2.8 .4 121.693 3.0 .5 199.550 2.5 .2 

All items less food and energy ............................................ 183.492 2.4 .3 119.888 2.5 .4 199.053 2.0 .0 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ............. 129.524 .3 -.2 98.986 .8 .1 142.591 .5 -.6 

Energy commodities ......................................................... 381.697 33.3 .7 264.472 36.2 1.2 251.635 32.9 1.7 

Services less energy services .......................................... 215.045 3.3 .5 133.304 3.4 .5 244.672 2.8 .4 

1 See region and area size on Table 10 for information about population size

classes. 2 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 3 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 4 The ’All items’ index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base. 5 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item

stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 6 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 7 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 8 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. - Data not available.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

84 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 20. 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

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Northeast

Size class A Size class B/C 2

Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change from—

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................................... 221.492 3.9 0.3 133.766 5.0 0.7 

All items (December 1977=100) ................................................ 338.452 -----

Food and beverages ................................................................ 211.302 4.4 .8 132.282 5.4 1.1 

Food ....................................................................................... 210.949 4.4 .8 132.557 5.5 1.2 

Food at home ....................................................................... 211.410 4.7 1.2 130.827 6.1 1.5 

Food away from home .......................................................... 212.639 4.1 .3 135.355 4.6 .7

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 214.395 3.2 .0 127.192 4.2 .7

Housing .................................................................................... 234.341 2.8 .4 135.449 3.6 .7 

Shelter .................................................................................... 275.637 2.6 .1 131.706 2.7 .6 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................. 275.704 3.7 .4 136.624 3.2 .2 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 5 ................. 258.985 2.2 -.1 129.914 2.2 .3 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 206.000 7.9 2.4 181.407 9.8 1.3

Household energy ................................................................ 201.149 8.2 2.6 184.013 9.8 1.0 

Gas (piped) and electricity 4 ............................................... 199.148 3.1 2.5 153.789 1.6 .7 

Electricity 4 ....................................................................... 179.590 4.8 3.7 131.843 .9 1.2 

Utility (piped) gas service 4 .............................................. 235.251 .0 .1 192.426 3.3 -.9 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 120.968 -3.5 -.2 100.072 -1.4 -.1

Apparel ..................................................................................... 107.572 .1 -1.9 88.497 1.3 1.4 

Transportation .......................................................................... 194.042 9.1 .1 134.920 9.3 .5 

Private transportation ............................................................. 189.499 9.9 .2 135.538 9.3 .6

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 250.816 32.4 .7 264.135 34.3 1.2 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 249.261 32.4 .7 264.227 34.4 1.3

Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ........................................... 250.745 33.0 .6 269.081 34.7 1.2 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 ..................................... 249.082 31.8 .8 262.487 34.4 1.6 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ......................................... 241.700 30.3 .8 247.116 32.4 1.4 

Medical care ............................................................................. 382.727 4.9 .9 157.557 5.7 .6 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 113.950 .7 .3 110.860 -.2 .4 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 122.764 3.5 .1 110.776 3.8 .1 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 375.531 2.0 .1 165.532 1.8 .0

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................................... 221.492 3.9 .3 133.766 5.0 .7 

Commodities ............................................................................ 178.142 5.6 .2 128.286 7.4 .8 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................. 155.245 6.5 -.1 126.069 8.2 .6

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. 186.882 11.3 -.2 164.917 16.2 .9

Durables ............................................................................... 112.073 -1.6 -.1 88.565 -1.2 .0 

Services .................................................................................... 267.568 2.8 .3 135.575 3.0 .5 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ......................................................... 215.531 3.9 .3 131.016 5.0 .7

All items less shelter ................................................................... 202.898 4.7 .4 132.476 5.9 .7

Commodities less food ............................................................... 157.672 6.4 -.1 126.084 8.1 .6

Nondurables ............................................................................... 200.744 7.6 .3 147.485 11.1 1.0 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 188.870 10.8 -.1 162.058 15.6 .9

Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................................... 233.705 3.2 .6 139.371 3.2 .5 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 259.178 2.7 .3 133.483 2.5 .5 

Energy ........................................................................................ 222.750 18.5 1.6 219.438 21.5 1.1

All items less energy .................................................................. 222.762 2.4 .1 124.135 2.6 .6

All items less food and energy ................................................. 226.535 2.0 .0 122.464 2.0 .5

See footnotes at end of table.

85 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 20. 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-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Midwest

Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class D 

Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from—

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................................... 196.963 4.3 0.6 128.561 5.3 0.6 194.850 4.8 0.4

All items (December 1977=100) ................................................ 321.996 -- --- 315.706 - -

Food and beverages ................................................................ 203.700 4.3 1.0 129.273 4.9 1.2 200.288 5.3 .2

Food ....................................................................................... 203.626 4.4 .9 129.433 5.2 1.2 199.353 5.5 .2 

Food at home ....................................................................... 202.933 4.8 1.4 127.374 6.3 1.9 188.822 7.2 .1

Food away from home .......................................................... 205.183 3.8 .3 132.215 3.7 .2 217.957 3.7 .4 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 203.507 3.3 1.3 128.109 1.7 1.5 213.431 1.1 .4

Housing .................................................................................... 189.116 2.0 .7 122.807 2.5 .5 185.368 3.3 .4 

Shelter .................................................................................... 215.612 2.3 .7 122.217 2.0 .3 206.506 3.8 .5 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................. 224.831 2.3 .2 122.557 2.3 .2 191.597 3.3 .2 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 5 ................. 212.879 1.8 .3 119.985 1.4 .1 203.276 2.1 .4 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 186.421 2.0 .6 155.999 4.6 .9 206.000 2.0 -.4 

Household energy ................................................................ 166.508 1.3 .2 158.261 4.3 .7 163.612 2.1 -.5 

Gas (piped) and electricity 4 ............................................... 168.346 .5 .2 152.110 2.6 .7 170.597 -.1 -.9 

Electricity 4 ....................................................................... 138.235 2.7 .6 130.074 1.7 1.4 150.054 .6 -.2 

Utility (piped) gas service 4 .............................................. 203.827 -1.7 -.3 204.160 3.8 -.5 214.596 -1.2 -2.0 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 112.986 .0 .5 95.251 2.8 .7 118.794 2.1 .9 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 100.831 -1.2 -2.8 81.729 2.8 -3.0 121.529 -2.9 -4.2 

Transportation .......................................................................... 191.540 11.9 1.0 141.839 14.2 .8 179.612 11.6 1.1 

Private transportation ............................................................. 189.059 12.1 .9 142.067 14.5 .9 174.842 11.6 1.0 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 271.281 40.8 2.3 275.071 42.5 1.9 232.567 32.2 2.7 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 269.916 41.0 2.4 275.576 42.8 2.1 230.167 32.3 2.8 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ........................................... 269.880 41.8 2.4 282.302 43.6 2.3 221.846 31.8 3.0 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 ..................................... 286.182 39.9 2.4 268.393 41.0 1.5 267.290 33.1 2.3 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ......................................... 258.691 38.5 2.2 257.874 40.5 2.3 236.326 34.1 2.5 

Medical care ............................................................................. 357.637 5.3 .5 157.553 5.0 1.3 355.843 5.6 2.0 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 112.603 1.2 .6 107.668 3.4 -.2 108.052 1.2 .5 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 122.053 3.0 .1 118.886 1.7 .7 116.377 1.8 -.2 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 336.996 4.2 .6 161.887 6.0 2.0 345.829 1.5 .0 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................................... 196.963 4.3 .6 128.561 5.3 .6 194.850 4.8 .4

Commodities ............................................................................ 166.514 6.5 .5 122.333 8.5 .8 173.424 6.7 .3 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................. 146.693 7.8 .3 118.868 10.8 .6 159.712 7.7 .3 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. 187.447 13.7 .2 152.637 17.6 .8 202.763 11.4 .5 

Durables ............................................................................... 108.733 .3 .3 86.254 .4 .3 113.237 1.3 .2

Services .................................................................................... 232.092 2.6 .6 132.864 2.6 .5 222.836 3.1 .5 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ......................................................... 190.810 4.3 .6 125.700 5.3 .6 187.215 4.8 .3 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 192.267 5.2 .5 129.370 6.5 .8 193.107 5.1 .4 

Commodities less food ............................................................... 148.795 7.6 .3 119.030 10.4 .7 161.208 7.4 .3 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 196.705 8.9 .6 140.438 11.1 1.0 202.800 8.3 .4 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 188.625 13.0 .3 150.588 16.5 .9 203.498 10.7 .5 

Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................................... 232.378 3.0 .5 143.298 3.2 .6 218.188 2.5 .4 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 222.281 2.4 .6 130.261 2.4 .4 209.056 2.8 .3 

Energy ........................................................................................ 213.046 20.6 1.4 210.416 23.4 1.4 198.589 17.5 1.4 

All items less energy .................................................................. 196.495 2.5 .5 120.256 3.0 .5 194.197 3.1 .2 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 195.238 2.1 .4 118.322 2.6 .4 193.380 2.6 .2 

See footnotes at end of table.

86 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 20. 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-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

South

Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class D 

Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from—

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................................... 205.304 5.3 0.5 128.767 5.4 0.4 204.954 4.9 0.8

All items (December 1977=100) ................................................ 332.593 -- --- 331.776 - -

Food and beverages ................................................................ 207.031 5.3 .8 129.759 5.2 .6 202.900 5.5 1.8

Food ....................................................................................... 207.712 5.5 .8 130.044 5.2 .6 202.508 5.3 1.8 

Food at home ....................................................................... 204.429 6.4 1.1 129.100 5.8 .8 204.243 6.5 3.0

Food away from home .......................................................... 214.817 4.2 .3 131.531 4.2 .4 203.846 3.5 .1 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 196.813 .6 .7 124.464 4.3 .9 205.190 7.8 .1 

Housing .................................................................................... 199.352 3.9 .4 128.984 3.4 .3 193.443 1.7 1.2 

Shelter .................................................................................... 219.503 3.8 .4 132.208 3.7 .3 224.745 1.3 .9 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................. 220.644 4.4 .3 135.326 4.2 .2 208.224 3.0 .6 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 5 ................. 211.288 3.7 .2 131.157 3.4 .2 207.572 .8 .8 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 199.582 6.2 .3 144.145 4.5 .9 196.957 5.5 2.2 

Household energy ................................................................ 182.496 6.5 .2 142.599 4.1 .9 171.458 5.6 2.6 

Gas (piped) and electricity 4 ............................................... 186.396 6.1 .1 139.361 3.0 .9 175.798 4.7 2.5 

Electricity 4 ....................................................................... 173.189 6.2 .4 131.544 2.7 1.0 172.629 6.1 2.7 

Utility (piped) gas service 4 .............................................. 228.457 5.6 -.9 185.052 4.5 .6 193.603 -3.5 .5 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 129.552 1.4 .7 95.255 -.5 -.2 110.474 -2.4 1.2 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 147.060 2.1 -2.4 87.295 .1 -1.3 115.975 -.8 -3.5 

Transportation .......................................................................... 195.682 11.7 .9 130.450 11.3 .9 195.761 11.5 .8 

Private transportation ............................................................. 195.403 11.9 .9 130.145 11.4 .9 194.696 11.6 .8 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 269.279 37.9 1.8 259.761 38.8 1.7 249.553 40.3 1.9 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 266.626 37.9 1.9 260.104 39.0 1.8 246.832 40.6 2.1 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ........................................... 269.138 38.4 1.9 268.363 39.6 1.7 239.606 41.8 2.1 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 ..................................... 265.337 37.5 1.7 251.401 38.4 1.9 288.566 39.2 2.1 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ......................................... 259.369 36.5 1.8 244.679 37.1 1.7 253.854 37.6 2.1 

Medical care ............................................................................. 336.825 3.9 .9 148.871 6.1 .9 337.858 4.3 .5 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 110.924 -.1 .3 108.954 1.2 .3 111.111 .2 .1 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 114.221 3.3 .1 112.998 2.9 -.2 122.264 1.5 .2 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 318.800 3.8 .8 153.597 4.0 .1 354.305 5.6 .0 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................................... 205.304 5.3 .5 128.767 5.4 .4 204.954 4.9 .8

Commodities ............................................................................ 178.848 7.3 .5 120.803 7.0 .5 175.083 7.5 .9 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................. 162.643 8.9 .3 116.056 8.1 .4 160.613 8.4 .4 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. 209.228 14.3 .4 149.070 15.9 .5 206.302 16.8 .2 

Durables ............................................................................... 117.196 .7 .2 87.469 -.5 .2 115.491 -1.5 .8 

Services .................................................................................... 236.077 3.7 .4 134.302 3.9 .4 244.103 2.4 .7 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ......................................................... 199.149 5.3 .4 126.202 5.3 .4 196.172 4.9 .8 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 201.437 6.0 .5 125.843 6.0 .5 200.759 5.9 .8 

Commodities less food ............................................................... 164.131 8.6 .4 116.299 7.9 .4 161.632 8.4 .4

Nondurables ............................................................................... 207.746 9.4 .6 138.870 10.5 .6 206.177 11.4 .9 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 208.554 13.4 .4 147.731 15.3 .5 205.579 16.2 .2 

Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................................... 232.622 3.6 .5 136.095 3.9 .6 240.956 3.2 .6 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 225.707 3.6 .4 132.728 3.6 .4 230.834 2.3 .8 

Energy ........................................................................................ 221.066 22.0 1.1 194.580 22.7 1.4 206.624 23.8 2.2 

All items less energy .................................................................. 204.112 3.3 .4 121.023 3.2 .3 201.840 2.2 .5 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 203.493 2.9 .3 119.079 2.7 .2 202.418 1.6 .3 

See footnotes at end of table.

87 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 20. 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-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

West

Size class A Size class B/C 2

Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change from—

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................................... 212.040 4.2 0.4 130.935 4.3 0.5 

All items (December 1977=100) ................................................ 343.252 -----

Food and beverages ................................................................ 216.537 5.1 1.2 130.958 5.2 .8 

Food ....................................................................................... 215.849 5.2 1.3 130.141 4.8 .8 

Food at home ....................................................................... 221.482 6.5 1.8 128.895 5.7 1.0 

Food away from home .......................................................... 207.539 3.3 .6 132.666 3.3 .6

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 221.181 3.7 .4 147.404 13.0 .8

Housing .................................................................................... 226.070 3.3 .5 131.152 3.2 .8 

Shelter .................................................................................... 248.664 3.9 .5 132.126 3.7 1.1 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................. 271.045 5.2 .4 135.705 4.0 .6 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 5 ................. 239.958 3.6 .4 130.497 3.4 .6 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 221.206 2.5 .4 153.699 3.2 -.5

Household energy ................................................................ 214.290 1.6 .4 152.566 3.4 -.6

Gas (piped) and electricity 4 ............................................... 215.570 1.1 .3 150.362 2.9 -.7 

Electricity 4 ....................................................................... 228.472 -.3 -.6 137.735 5.6 -.3 

Utility (piped) gas service 4 .............................................. 213.759 5.0 2.9 183.441 -3.4 -2.0 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 134.110 -1.0 .8 102.903 -.2 .4

Apparel ..................................................................................... 112.275 -.1 -1.5 92.361 2.9 -1.2 

Transportation .......................................................................... 187.232 6.9 -.3 135.714 9.1 .0 

Private transportation ............................................................. 183.889 7.0 -.3 135.300 9.1 .0

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 254.510 24.8 -1.4 236.816 27.1 -.8 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 252.798 24.8 -1.4 238.312 27.3 -.8

Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ........................................... 254.450 24.9 -1.4 238.806 27.7 -.8 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 ..................................... 232.943 25.2 -1.6 234.715 27.1 -.8 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ......................................... 243.024 24.0 -1.4 226.205 25.5 -.9 

Medical care ............................................................................. 354.131 5.4 .9 153.394 3.4 .1 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 108.470 1.3 .6 96.690 -2.4 .2 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 120.456 4.3 1.0 114.927 1.3 .6 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 339.992 2.1 .8 151.683 3.4 .8

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................................... 212.040 4.2 .4 130.935 4.3 .5 

Commodities ............................................................................ 173.223 4.7 .3 120.587 5.6 .2 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................. 148.026 4.6 -.2 114.635 5.8 -.1

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. 185.448 9.2 -.7 142.683 11.5 -.4

Durables ............................................................................... 113.975 -1.2 .4 88.451 -.9 .2 

Services .................................................................................... 252.451 3.7 .6 135.268 3.2 .7 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ......................................................... 206.803 4.1 .4 127.241 4.3 .5

All items less shelter ................................................................... 198.781 4.3 .4 126.988 4.5 .2

Commodities less food ............................................................... 151.136 4.5 -.2 115.501 6.0 -.1

Nondurables ............................................................................... 202.669 6.9 .3 136.516 8.2 .2 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 188.828 8.8 -.6 142.912 11.6 -.3

Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................................... 236.476 3.5 .7 138.091 2.6 .2 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 245.128 3.6 .5 133.379 3.1 .8 

Energy ........................................................................................ 240.591 16.4 -.9 202.289 17.4 -.7

All items less energy .................................................................. 210.980 3.1 .6 122.922 2.8 .6

All items less food and energy ................................................. 210.231 2.7 .5 121.371 2.4 .6

1 See region and area size on Table 10 for information about cross classifications. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 The ’All items’ index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base. 4 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item

stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator.

5 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 6 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 7 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. - Data not available.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

88 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 21. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Food at home, selected areas

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Area

Food at home 

Pricing

schedule 1

Indexes Percent change to 

Jan. 2008 from—

Percent change to 

Dec. 2007 from—

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Dec.

2006

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

U.S. city average ............................................ M 203.442 203.741 204.141 206.870 5.8 1.5 1.3 5.7 0.3 0.2 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban .............................................. M 207.872 207.704 208.712 211.392 5.1 1.8 1.3 5.4 .4 .5 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 207.931 208.232 208.915 211.410 4.7 1.5 1.2 5.3 .5 .3 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 128.631 127.893 128.957 130.827 6.1 2.3 1.5 5.8 .3 .8 

Midwest urban ................................................ M 194.938 195.350 194.997 197.837 5.5 1.3 1.5 5.1 .0 -.2 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 200.732 200.782 200.096 202.933 4.8 1.1 1.4 4.2 -.3 -.3 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 124.307 124.917 124.953 127.374 6.3 2.0 1.9 6.0 .5 .0 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 188.107 188.619 188.616 188.822 7.2 .1 .1 6.8 .3 .0 

South urban .................................................... M 199.465 199.575 200.492 202.775 6.2 1.6 1.1 5.5 .5 .5 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 200.555 201.160 202.147 204.429 6.4 1.6 1.1 5.6 .8 .5 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 127.684 127.585 128.102 129.100 5.8 1.2 .8 5.5 .3 .4 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 197.524 196.800 198.210 204.243 6.5 3.8 3.0 5.2 .3 .7 

West urban ..................................................... M 213.190 213.985 213.931 217.164 6.0 1.5 1.5 6.4 .3 .0 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 216.194 216.836 217.594 221.482 6.5 2.1 1.8 6.4 .6 .3 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 127.776 128.696 127.575 128.895 5.7 .2 1.0 7.0 -.2 -.9 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 189.644 190.026 190.452 193.147 5.7 1.6 1.4 5.5 .4 .2 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 127.123 127.282 127.442 128.950 6.0 1.3 1.2 5.9 .3 .1 

D ................................................................. M 197.319 196.887 197.703 200.851 5.8 2.0 1.6 5.3 .2 .4 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... M 209.797 208.108 206.072 209.602 5.6 .7 1.7 5.6 -1.8 -1.0 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... M 221.827 222.293 223.095 228.609 7.4 2.8 2.5 6.8 .6 .4 

New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,

NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 208.575 209.470 210.211 212.331 4.6 1.4 1.0 5.6 .8 .4 

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ..... 1 204.321 205.274 204.969 206.416 2.3 .6 .7 3.2 .3 -.1 

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 1 198.541 197.975 198.021 204.930 7.2 3.5 3.5 3.4 -.3 .0 

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... 1 190.451 189.980 190.239 193.062 8.0 1.6 1.5 6.7 -.1 .1 

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 3 ...... 1 129.168 129.293 129.481 131.085 4.8 1.4 1.2 4.0 .2 .1 

Atlanta, GA ..................................................... 2 203.374 204.150 203.681 205.194 6.2 .5 .7 4.5 .2 -.2 

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. 2 189.733 190.375 189.437 190.019 1.5 -.2 .3 1.4 -.2 -.5 

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 193.759 194.996 198.095 200.053 6.3 2.6 1.0 7.0 2.2 1.6 

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. 2 213.084 214.898 217.106 218.834 6.9 1.8 .8 5.8 1.9 1.0 

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ 2 211.693 210.269 210.806 215.597 6.3 2.5 2.3 5.7 -.4 .3 

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... 2 217.047 217.675 219.169 222.944 6.8 2.4 1.7 6.8 1.0 .7 

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 216.381 216.296 217.220 218.264 5.6 .9 .5 5.7 .4 .4 

1 Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all areas;

 most other goods and services priced as indicated:

 M - Every month.

 1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November.

 2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December. 2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical

notes. 3 Indexes on a December 1997=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.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

89 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 22. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Areas priced monthly, by expenditure

category and commodity and service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

U.S.

city

average

ChicagoGaryKenosha, IL-IN-WI Los AngelesRiversideOrange County, CA 

New YorkNorthern N.J.-

Long Island,

NY-NJ-CT-PA

Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent

change from—

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Expenditure category

All items ...................................................... 206.744 4.6 0.5 201.525 4.9 0.7 213.825 4.6 0.7 224.557 4.1 0.3 

All items (1967=100) ................................... 615.828 - - 591.852 - - 631.918 - - 639.370 - -

Food and beverages ................................. 208.055 4.9 .9 205.400 4.5 1.2 218.935 5.1 1.6 213.999 4.4 .7 

Food ........................................................ 207.794 5.0 .9 204.403 4.4 1.1 217.360 5.4 1.8 213.736 4.5 .7 

Food at home ........................................ 206.870 5.8 1.3 209.602 5.6 1.7 228.609 7.4 2.5 212.331 4.6 1.0 

Food away from home .......................... 210.776 3.9 .4 192.874 2.7 .3 200.048 2.2 .8 220.353 4.2 .3 

Alcoholic beverages ................................ 210.473 3.8 .7 218.064 5.2 2.4 220.593 1.5 -.7 215.470 3.7 -.3 

Housing ..................................................... 207.692 3.1 .5 202.430 2.6 .8 233.529 3.9 .6 242.935 3.5 .5 

Shelter .................................................... 236.550 3.1 .5 240.018 3.5 .5 256.531 4.8 .5 290.919 3.2 .2 

Rent of primary residence 1 .................. 238.955 3.9 .3 262.761 3.8 .2 272.565 6.0 .6 287.473 4.2 .5 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary

residence 1 2 ................................. 226.703 2.8 .2 237.249 3.3 .3 249.633 4.2 .4 273.975 2.9 .1 

Fuels and utilities .................................... 202.663 5.1 .9 177.033 .9 1.4 234.405 2.7 1.1 191.506 10.3 3.2 

Household energy ................................. 182.025 5.0 .9 160.117 -.1 .6 236.775 .6 1.1 195.559 10.7 3.5 

Gas (piped) and electricity 1 ............... 184.522 2.8 .8 163.479 -.5 .6 235.804 .2 1.0 190.799 6.3 3.5 

Electricity 1 ........................................ 173.350 3.5 1.1 128.929 -.8 -1.6 260.577 -5.2 -1.7 171.467 8.9 5.4 

Utility (piped) gas service 1 ............... 219.960 1.2 -.1 204.581 -.3 2.9 215.625 13.9 7.7 227.048 2.1 .3 

Household furnishings and operations ... 122.322 -.2 .4 102.613 -1.1 1.9 126.418 -1.8 1.0 118.209 -3.7 -.2 

Apparel ..................................................... 115.866 .5 -1.9 84.704 -1.4 -3.6 101.255 -2.8 -1.0 98.794 .1 -1.7 

Transportation ........................................... 190.918 10.2 .5 180.445 13.6 1.5 188.493 8.1 .0 197.865 8.2 -.1 

Private transportation .............................. 188.093 10.4 .5 177.716 13.8 1.4 184.560 8.3 .0 190.946 9.3 .1 

Motor fuel .............................................. 261.531 34.6 1.0 274.310 41.6 2.9 249.575 26.2 -1.5 240.167 32.8 .2 

Gasoline (all types) ............................. 260.457 34.8 1.0 272.078 41.7 3.0 244.255 26.2 -1.6 239.243 32.8 .2 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 3 ............ 260.329 35.2 1.0 268.968 42.6 3.0 244.736 27.0 -1.5 241.711 33.4 .1 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 3 4 ..... 265.934 34.7 1.1 281.991 40.1 2.8 231.036 25.1 -1.7 240.079 32.7 .5 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 3 ......... 250.461 32.9 1.0 258.180 38.6 2.9 234.151 24.6 -1.5 236.697 31.0 .6 

Medical care ............................................. 360.710 5.1 .8 367.447 6.1 .3 343.714 3.6 1.6 366.207 5.0 1.1 

Recreation 5 .............................................. 109.046 .7 .3 108.204 1.1 .3 110.792 1.0 1.3 111.255 .3 .5 

Education and communication 5 ............... 118.097 3.0 .3 131.033 4.1 .0 123.175 6.4 1.8 123.793 3.0 .1 

Other goods and services ......................... 350.630 3.4 .5 337.946 3.8 .0 324.300 2.7 1.0 371.693 2.5 .1 

Commodity and service group

All items ...................................................... 206.744 4.6 .5 201.525 4.9 .7 213.825 4.6 .7 224.557 4.1 .3 

Commodities ............................................. 173.711 6.4 .4 162.539 6.7 .6 172.269 4.9 .7 177.050 5.3 .1 

Commodities less food and beverages ... 154.345 7.4 .2 139.572 7.8 .2 145.180 4.9 .2 150.342 6.1 -.2 

Nondurables less food and beverages 196.910 13.5 .1 181.288 13.2 -.1 182.769 9.9 -.5 178.971 10.9 -.3 

Durables ............................................... 112.688 -.5 .2 102.970 1.2 .8 108.906 -1.4 1.0 108.360 -2.2 -.1 

Services .................................................... 245.484 3.2 .5 242.529 3.6 .7 257.350 4.3 .8 272.486 3.3 .4 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ......................... 200.329 4.6 .5 194.510 4.8 .7 208.978 4.6 .7 219.259 4.0 .3 

All items less shelter ................................... 198.113 5.3 .5 188.926 5.5 .7 196.909 4.4 .8 200.208 4.6 .4 

Commodities less food ............................... 156.365 7.2 .2 142.471 7.7 .3 149.048 4.8 .2 152.986 6.0 -.2 

Nondurables ............................................... 203.268 9.0 .5 195.408 8.8 .6 203.338 7.2 .5 198.439 7.3 .2 

Nondurables less food ................................ 197.892 12.9 .2 184.160 12.7 .1 188.309 9.4 -.5 181.406 10.4 -.3 

Services less rent of shelter 2 ..................... 234.576 3.3 .5 229.540 3.7 .9 234.998 3.4 1.1 227.494 3.5 .8 

Services less medical care services ........... 235.557 3.0 .5 232.341 3.4 .7 250.934 4.3 .7 265.369 3.2 .4 

Energy ........................................................ 220.163 20.4 .9 205.673 19.5 1.9 249.238 17.7 -.8 216.199 19.9 1.9

All items less energy ................................... 205.991 2.9 .4 201.807 3.3 .5 211.919 3.4 .9 226.746 2.6 .1 

All items less food and energy .................. 205.992 2.4 .3 201.415 3.1 .4 210.935 3.0 .7 230.711 2.2 .0 

1 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item

stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 2 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 3 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.

4 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. - Data not available.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

90 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 23. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, by expenditure category

and commodity and service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Monthly cities and pricing schedule 11

U.S.

 city 

 average 

BostonBrocktonNashua,

 MA-NH-ME-CT 

ChicagoGaryKenosha,

 IL-IN-WI 

Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change

from—

Jan.

2007

Nov.

2007

Jan.

2007

Nov.

2007

Jan.

2007

Nov.

2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................................. 206.744 4.6 0.4 231.291 3.1 0.4 201.525 4.9 0.3

All items (1967=100) ................................................................ 615.828 - - 668.514 - - 591.852 - -

Food and beverages 3 ............................................................ 208.055 4.9 1.1 215.215 3.5 .7 205.400 4.5 1.0 

Food 3 ................................................................................... 207.794 5.0 1.1 215.514 3.4 .7 204.403 4.4 .8

Food at home ..................................................................... 206.870 5.8 1.5 206.416 2.3 .6 209.602 5.6 .7 

Food away from home 4 ..................................................... 210.776 3.9 .6 233.566 5.0 .8 192.874 2.7 .9 

Alcoholic beverages 4 ........................................................... 210.473 3.8 .7 213.689 4.2 .8 218.064 5.2 3.3 

Housing 3 ................................................................................ 207.692 3.1 .7 236.305 1.1 .7 202.430 2.6 .7 

Shelter .................................................................................. 236.550 3.1 .6 274.026 .8 .3 240.018 3.5 .6 

Rent of primary residence 3 5 ............................................. 238.955 3.9 .7 270.144 1.6 .4 262.761 3.8 .7 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 6 ............... 226.703 2.8 .5 250.375 -.2 -.9 237.249 3.3 .7 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................. 202.663 5.1 1.3 242.555 3.2 3.1 177.033 .9 1.0 

Household energy .............................................................. 182.025 5.0 1.3 210.395 2.9 3.2 160.117 -.1 .1 

Gas (piped) and electricity 5 ............................................. 184.522 2.8 1.0 217.669 -5.7 1.8 163.479 -.5 .2 

Electricity 5 ..................................................................... 173.350 3.5 1.1 203.187 -3.9 2.5 128.929 -.8 -.4 

Utility (piped) gas service 5 ............................................. 219.960 1.2 .6 237.226 -8.8 .5 204.581 -.3 .9 

Household furnishings and operations ................................. 122.322 -.2 .2 124.434 .8 -.1 102.613 -1.1 .5 

Apparel 3 ................................................................................ 115.866 .5 -4.2 144.198 1.0 -6.7 84.704 -1.4 -9.9

Transportation 3 ...................................................................... 190.918 10.2 .1 187.677 7.6 .5 180.445 13.6 1.3 

Private transportation ........................................................... 188.093 10.4 .1 186.197 8.1 .4 177.716 13.8 1.2

Motor fuel ........................................................................... 261.531 34.6 -.7 261.043 31.5 1.5 274.310 41.6 1.4 

Gasoline (all types) ........................................................... 260.457 34.8 -.6 257.377 31.4 1.5 272.078 41.7 1.5 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 7 .......................................... 260.329 35.2 -.7 256.349 32.1 1.5 268.968 42.6 1.5 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 ................................... 265.934 34.7 -.5 257.146 30.1 1.4 281.991 40.1 1.2 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ....................................... 250.461 32.9 -.3 250.989 28.3 1.6 258.180 38.6 1.6 

Medical care 3 ........................................................................ 360.710 5.1 1.0 486.958 5.3 1.2 367.447 6.1 .5 

Recreation 9 ........................................................................... 109.046 .7 .2 121.342 2.0 .1 108.204 1.1 .0 

Education and communication 9 ............................................. 118.097 3.0 .3 123.193 5.5 .0 131.033 4.1 .1 

Other goods and services 3 .................................................... 350.630 3.4 .9 382.876 1.9 .9 337.946 3.8 1.3 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................................. 206.744 4.6 .4 231.291 3.1 .4 201.525 4.9 .3 

Commodities .......................................................................... 173.711 6.4 .1 185.277 6.8 .3 162.539 6.7 -.2

Commodities less food and beverages ................................ 154.345 7.4 -.4 167.695 8.4 .0 139.572 7.8 -1.0 

Nondurables less food and beverages ............................... 196.910 13.5 -.9 214.991 14.0 .0 181.288 13.2 -2.1 

Durables ............................................................................. 112.688 -.5 .2 115.067 -.1 -.1 102.970 1.2 .7 

Services .................................................................................. 245.484 3.2 .6 281.110 1.0 .4 242.529 3.6 .7 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 3 .................................................... 200.329 4.6 .4 221.511 3.0 .3 194.510 4.8 .3 

All items less shelter ................................................................. 198.113 5.3 .3 218.648 4.5 .4 188.926 5.5 .2 

Commodities less food ............................................................. 156.365 7.2 -.4 169.212 8.3 .0 142.471 7.7 -.8 

Nondurables ............................................................................. 203.268 9.0 .1 214.917 9.2 .4 195.408 8.8 -.6 

Nondurables less food .............................................................. 197.892 12.9 -.8 213.425 13.4 .0 184.160 12.7 -1.7 

Services less rent of shelter 6 ................................................... 234.576 3.3 .7 271.133 1.3 .6 229.540 3.7 .9 

Services less medical care services ......................................... 235.557 3.0 .6 265.915 .7 .4 232.341 3.4 .8 

Energy 3 ................................................................................... 220.163 20.4 .1 229.897 14.0 2.4 205.673 19.5 .9 

All items less energy ................................................................ 205.991 2.9 .5 234.076 1.9 .1 201.807 3.3 .3 

All items less food and energy 3 ............................................. 205.992 2.4 .3 239.239 1.6 .0 201.415 3.1 .1 

See footnotes at end of table.

91 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 23. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, by expenditure category

and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Monthly cities and pricing schedule 11

ClevelandAkron, OHDallasFort Worth, TX

Los AngelesRiversideOrange County, CA

Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change

from—

Jan.

2007

Nov.

2007

Jan.

2007

Nov.

2007

Jan.

2007

Nov.

2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................................. 190.115 4.7 0.9 199.407 4.8 0.4 213.825 4.6 0.5

All items (1967=100) ................................................................ 594.051 - - 614.905 - - 631.918 - -

Food and beverages 3 ............................................................ 209.233 5.6 2.2 211.303 6.6 1.3 218.935 5.1 1.9 

Food 3 ................................................................................... 212.262 5.9 2.1 206.705 7.0 1.2 217.360 5.4 2.2

Food at home ..................................................................... 204.930 7.2 3.5 193.062 8.0 1.6 228.609 7.4 2.8 

Food away from home 4 ..................................................... 226.685 3.9 .0 231.827 5.4 .7 200.048 2.2 1.2 

Alcoholic beverages 4 ........................................................... 172.296 2.2 3.2 265.821 .5 2.7 220.593 1.5 -1.7 

Housing 3 ................................................................................ 176.693 1.9 1.9 178.108 2.5 .6 233.529 3.9 .7 

Shelter .................................................................................. 191.422 1.8 1.3 182.475 3.2 .8 256.531 4.8 .8 

Rent of primary residence 3 5 ............................................. 208.421 1.0 -.2 179.991 4.2 1.2 272.565 6.0 1.1 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 6 ............... 196.587 .6 .2 176.371 2.5 .6 249.633 4.2 .7 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................. 193.934 2.4 4.2 218.548 2.0 -.1 234.405 2.7 .4 

Household energy .............................................................. 183.994 .3 3.7 220.044 1.9 -.2 236.775 .6 .2 

Gas (piped) and electricity 5 ............................................. 182.465 -1.2 3.7 216.768 1.5 -.3 235.804 .2 .0 

Electricity 5 ..................................................................... 133.745 .9 .0 204.648 .5 1.0 260.577 -5.2 -1.9 

Utility (piped) gas service 5 ............................................. 236.184 -2.7 6.2 238.900 8.0 -10.9 215.625 13.9 5.0 

Household furnishings and operations ................................. 118.507 1.7 1.4 123.509 -.6 .4 126.418 -1.8 .0 

Apparel 3 ................................................................................ 100.614 1.6 -6.4 127.505 2.9 -5.3 101.255 -2.8 -3.7

Transportation 3 ...................................................................... 192.320 10.9 -1.0 206.911 11.8 .4 188.493 8.1 -1.4 

Private transportation ........................................................... 192.447 11.0 -1.1 208.012 11.9 .3 184.560 8.3 -1.4

Motor fuel ........................................................................... 299.508 40.8 -3.6 268.522 35.9 -.2 249.575 26.2 -3.6 

Gasoline (all types) ........................................................... 297.500 40.9 -3.5 267.249 36.1 -.2 244.255 26.2 -3.6 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 7 .......................................... 288.189 41.8 -3.6 264.460 36.5 -.2 244.736 27.0 -3.6 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 ................................... 305.027 39.5 -3.5 265.832 35.6 -.3 231.036 25.1 -3.7 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ....................................... 288.759 38.2 -3.0 262.293 35.1 .0 234.151 24.6 -3.6 

Medical care 3 ........................................................................ 337.483 12.4 2.4 327.982 1.3 1.4 343.714 3.6 2.4 

Recreation 9 ........................................................................... 107.636 2.4 .8 109.643 -3.9 -.4 110.792 1.0 .8 

Education and communication 9 ............................................. 105.233 1.5 .9 121.356 2.4 .6 123.175 6.4 1.8 

Other goods and services 3 .................................................... 368.540 4.1 .2 329.271 2.2 -.5 324.300 2.7 1.1 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................................. 190.115 4.7 .9 199.407 4.8 .4 213.825 4.6 .5 

Commodities .......................................................................... 171.995 8.2 .0 181.526 6.9 .0 172.269 4.9 -.1

Commodities less food and beverages ................................ 152.869 10.0 -1.2 163.593 7.2 -.7 145.180 4.9 -1.3 

Nondurables less food and beverages ............................... 199.337 16.7 -2.6 202.110 13.5 -1.1 182.769 9.9 -2.0 

Durables ............................................................................. 110.123 .0 1.2 127.829 -1.2 .0 108.906 -1.4 -.4 

Services .................................................................................. 212.968 2.5 1.4 220.893 2.9 .8 257.350 4.3 .9 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 3 .................................................... 184.674 4.3 .8 193.303 5.1 .4 208.978 4.6 .4 

All items less shelter ................................................................. 192.820 6.1 .7 207.368 5.5 .3 196.909 4.4 .3 

Commodities less food ............................................................. 153.484 9.6 -1.1 167.544 7.0 -.6 149.048 4.8 -1.3 

Nondurables ............................................................................. 204.448 10.8 -.3 207.066 9.8 .1 203.338 7.2 .0 

Nondurables less food .............................................................. 196.872 15.5 -2.2 207.593 12.7 -.9 188.309 9.4 -2.0 

Services less rent of shelter 6 ................................................... 221.027 3.1 1.6 248.258 2.7 .7 234.998 3.4 1.0 

Services less medical care services ......................................... 204.660 1.7 1.3 210.110 2.9 .7 250.934 4.3 .8 

Energy 3 ................................................................................... 228.255 16.9 .1 247.292 19.2 -.3 249.238 17.7 -2.6 

All items less energy ................................................................ 187.240 3.0 1.0 195.763 3.1 .5 211.919 3.4 .8 

All items less food and energy 3 ............................................. 182.233 2.5 .8 193.083 2.2 .4 210.935 3.0 .5 

See footnotes at end of table.

92 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 23. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, by expenditure

category and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Monthly cities and pricing schedule 11

New YorkNorthern N.J.-

Long Island,

NY-NJ-CT-PA

WashingtonBaltimore,

DC-MD-VA-WV 2

Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change from— Index

Jan.

2008

Percent change from—

Jan.

2007

Nov.

2007

Jan.

2007

Nov.

2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................................. 224.557 4.1 0.4 135.826 5.3 0.7 

All items (1967=100) ................................................................ 639.370 -----

Food and beverages 3 ............................................................ 213.999 4.4 .9 132.988 4.5 1.1 

Food 3 ................................................................................... 213.736 4.5 1.0 134.031 4.7 1.1 

Food at home ..................................................................... 212.331 4.6 1.4 131.085 4.8 1.4 

Food away from home 4 ..................................................... 220.353 4.2 .4 136.100 4.7 .8 

Alcoholic beverages 4 ........................................................... 215.470 3.7 .6 118.137 1.8 .5 

Housing 3 ................................................................................ 242.935 3.5 .6 147.342 4.9 .8 

Shelter .................................................................................. 290.919 3.2 .2 150.871 2.7 .9 

Rent of primary residence 3 5 ............................................. 287.473 4.2 .8 158.434 3.2 .8 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 6 ............... 273.975 2.9 .3 148.789 2.4 .7 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................. 191.506 10.3 3.8 170.110 23.2 -.7

Household energy .............................................................. 195.559 10.7 4.1 173.172 25.9 -1.0 

Gas (piped) and electricity 5 ............................................. 190.799 6.3 3.9 169.355 25.8 -1.3 

Electricity 5 ..................................................................... 171.467 8.9 6.4 164.079 31.4 -2.4 

Utility (piped) gas service 5 ............................................. 227.048 2.1 -.3 170.010 -3.1 6.0 

Household furnishings and operations ................................. 118.209 -3.7 -.1 96.367 -2.3 2.5 

Apparel 3 ................................................................................ 98.794 .1 -4.6 87.720 .1 -5.7 

Transportation 3 ...................................................................... 197.865 8.2 .4 131.734 9.6 1.1 

Private transportation ........................................................... 190.946 9.3 .7 131.962 9.7 1.0

Motor fuel ........................................................................... 240.167 32.8 2.2 251.214 36.2 .8

Gasoline (all types) ........................................................... 239.243 32.8 2.2 251.120 36.2 .8

Gasoline, unleaded regular 7 .......................................... 241.711 33.4 2.0 255.711 36.6 .7 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 ................................... 240.079 32.7 2.5 247.674 35.8 1.0 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ....................................... 236.697 31.0 2.5 245.028 34.8 .9 

Medical care 3 ........................................................................ 366.207 5.0 1.2 139.023 7.7 2.3 

Recreation 9 ........................................................................... 111.255 .3 .3 112.648 1.0 1.1 

Education and communication 9 ............................................. 123.793 3.0 .1 120.632 2.7 -.2 

Other goods and services 3 .................................................... 371.693 2.5 .6 171.990 7.9 5.5 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................................. 224.557 4.1 .4 135.826 5.3 .7 

Commodities .......................................................................... 177.050 5.3 .2 122.514 6.0 .7 

Commodities less food and beverages ................................ 150.342 6.1 -.4 116.583 7.2 .5

Nondurables less food and beverages ............................... 178.971 10.9 -.3 145.761 12.5 .1

Durables ............................................................................. 108.360 -2.2 -.5 87.088 -.9 1.1 

Services .................................................................................. 272.486 3.3 .5 146.863 4.9 .8 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 3 .................................................... 219.259 4.0 .3 135.604 5.2 .7 

All items less shelter ................................................................. 200.208 4.6 .5 129.229 6.8 .6

Commodities less food ............................................................. 152.986 6.0 -.3 116.761 7.0 .5

Nondurables ............................................................................. 198.439 7.3 .3 137.900 7.9 .6 

Nondurables less food .............................................................. 181.406 10.4 -.2 143.511 11.7 .2

Services less rent of shelter 6 ................................................... 227.494 3.5 .9 142.807 8.3 .7 

Services less medical care services ......................................... 265.369 3.2 .5 147.347 4.6 .7

Energy 3 ................................................................................... 216.199 19.9 3.1 204.997 30.7 .0 

All items less energy ................................................................ 226.746 2.6 .1 129.704 2.8 .8

All items less food and energy 3 ............................................. 230.711 2.2 -.1 129.679 2.4 .8 

1 Areas on pricing schedule 2 (see Table 10) will appear next month. 2 For Washington-Baltimore, indexes are on a December 1997=100 base unless

otherwise noted. 3 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a November 1996=100 base. 4 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a November 1997=100 base. 5 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item

stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator.

6 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 7 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 8 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 9 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. - Data not available.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

93 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 24. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U. S. city average, all items

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.

1913 9.8 9.8 9.8 9.8 9.7 9.8 9.9 9.9 10.0 10.0 10.1 10.0 

1914 10.0 9.9 9.9 9.8 9.9 9.9 10.0 10.2 10.2 10.1 10.2 10.1 

1915 10.1 10.0 9.9 10.0 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.3 

1916 10.4 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 10.8 10.9 11.1 11.3 11.5 11.6 

1917 11.7 12.0 12.0 12.6 12.8 13.0 12.8 13.0 13.3 13.5 13.5 13.7 

1918 14.0 14.1 14.0 14.2 14.5 14.7 15.1 15.4 15.7 16.0 16.3 16.5 

1919 16.5 16.2 16.4 16.7 16.9 16.9 17.4 17.7 17.8 18.1 18.5 18.9 

1920 19.3 19.5 19.7 20.3 20.6 20.9 20.8 20.3 20.0 19.9 19.8 19.4 

1921 19.0 18.4 18.3 18.1 17.7 17.6 17.7 17.7 17.5 17.5 17.4 17.3 

1922 16.9 16.9 16.7 16.7 16.7 16.7 16.8 16.6 16.6 16.7 16.8 16.9 

1923 16.8 16.8 16.8 16.9 16.9 17.0 17.2 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.3 17.3 

1924 17.3 17.2 17.1 17.0 17.0 17.0 17.1 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.2 17.3 

1925 17.3 17.2 17.3 17.2 17.3 17.5 17.7 17.7 17.7 17.7 18.0 17.9 

1926 17.9 17.9 17.8 17.9 17.8 17.7 17.5 17.4 17.5 17.6 17.7 17.7 

1927 17.5 17.4 17.3 17.3 17.4 17.6 17.3 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.3 17.3 

1928 17.3 17.1 17.1 17.1 17.2 17.1 17.1 17.1 17.3 17.2 17.2 17.1 

1929 17.1 17.1 17.0 16.9 17.0 17.1 17.3 17.3 17.3 17.3 17.3 17.2 

1930 17.1 17.0 16.9 17.0 16.9 16.8 16.6 16.5 16.6 16.5 16.4 16.1 

1931 15.9 15.7 15.6 15.5 15.3 15.1 15.1 15.1 15.0 14.9 14.7 14.6 

1932 14.3 14.1 14.0 13.9 13.7 13.6 13.6 13.5 13.4 13.3 13.2 13.1 

1933 12.9 12.7 12.6 12.6 12.6 12.7 13.1 13.2 13.2 13.2 13.2 13.2 

1934 13.2 13.3 13.3 13.3 13.3 13.4 13.4 13.4 13.6 13.5 13.5 13.4 

1935 13.6 13.7 13.7 13.8 13.8 13.7 13.7 13.7 13.7 13.7 13.8 13.8 

1936 13.8 13.8 13.7 13.7 13.7 13.8 13.9 14.0 14.0 14.0 14.0 14.0 

1937 14.1 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.4 14.5 14.5 14.6 14.6 14.5 14.4 

1938 14.2 14.1 14.1 14.2 14.1 14.1 14.1 14.1 14.1 14.0 14.0 14.0 

1939 14.0 13.9 13.9 13.8 13.8 13.8 13.8 13.8 14.1 14.0 14.0 14.0 

1940 13.9 14.0 14.0 14.0 14.0 14.1 14.0 14.0 14.0 14.0 14.0 14.1 

1941 14.1 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.7 14.7 14.9 15.1 15.3 15.4 15.5 

1942 15.7 15.8 16.0 16.1 16.3 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.5 16.7 16.8 16.9 

1943 16.9 16.9 17.2 17.4 17.5 17.5 17.4 17.3 17.4 17.4 17.4 17.4 

1944 17.4 17.4 17.4 17.5 17.5 17.6 17.7 17.7 17.7 17.7 17.7 17.8 

1945 17.8 17.8 17.8 17.8 17.9 18.1 18.1 18.1 18.1 18.1 18.1 18.2 

1946 18.2 18.1 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.7 19.8 20.2 20.4 20.8 21.3 21.5 

1947 21.5 21.5 21.9 21.9 21.9 22.0 22.2 22.5 23.0 23.0 23.1 23.4 

1948 23.7 23.5 23.4 23.8 23.9 24.1 24.4 24.5 24.5 24.4 24.2 24.1 

1949 24.0 23.8 23.8 23.9 23.8 23.9 23.7 23.8 23.9 23.7 23.8 23.6 

1950 23.5 23.5 23.6 23.6 23.7 23.8 24.1 24.3 24.4 24.6 24.7 25.0 

1951 25.4 25.7 25.8 25.8 25.9 25.9 25.9 25.9 26.1 26.2 26.4 26.5 

1952 26.5 26.3 26.3 26.4 26.4 26.5 26.7 26.7 26.7 26.7 26.7 26.7 

1953 26.6 26.5 26.6 26.6 26.7 26.8 26.8 26.9 26.9 27.0 26.9 26.9 

1954 26.9 26.9 26.9 26.8 26.9 26.9 26.9 26.9 26.8 26.8 26.8 26.7 

1955 26.7 26.7 26.7 26.7 26.7 26.7 26.8 26.8 26.9 26.9 26.9 26.8 

1956 26.8 26.8 26.8 26.9 27.0 27.2 27.4 27.3 27.4 27.5 27.5 27.6 

1957 27.6 27.7 27.8 27.9 28.0 28.1 28.3 28.3 28.3 28.3 28.4 28.4 

1958 28.6 28.6 28.8 28.9 28.9 28.9 29.0 28.9 28.9 28.9 29.0 28.9 

1959 29.0 28.9 28.9 29.0 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.2 29.3 29.4 29.4 29.4 

1960 29.3 29.4 29.4 29.5 29.5 29.6 29.6 29.6 29.6 29.8 29.8 29.8 

1961 29.8 29.8 29.8 29.8 29.8 29.8 30.0 29.9 30.0 30.0 30.0 30.0 

1962 30.0 30.1 30.1 30.2 30.2 30.2 30.3 30.3 30.4 30.4 30.4 30.4 

1963 30.4 30.4 30.5 30.5 30.5 30.6 30.7 30.7 30.7 30.8 30.8 30.9 

1964 30.9 30.9 30.9 30.9 30.9 31.0 31.1 31.0 31.1 31.1 31.2 31.2 

1965 31.2 31.2 31.3 31.4 31.4 31.6 31.6 31.6 31.6 31.7 31.7 31.8 

1966 31.8 32.0 32.1 32.3 32.3 32.4 32.5 32.7 32.7 32.9 32.9 32.9 

1967 32.9 32.9 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 33.4 33.5 33.6 33.7 33.8 33.9 

1968 34.1 34.2 34.3 34.4 34.5 34.7 34.9 35.0 35.1 35.3 35.4 35.5 

1969 35.6 35.8 36.1 36.3 36.4 36.6 36.8 37.0 37.1 37.3 37.5 37.7 

See footnotes at end of table.

94 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 24. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban

Consumers (CPI-U): U. S. city average, all

items-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Year

Semiannual

averages Annual

avg.

Percent change

from previous

1st

half

2nd

half Dec. Annualavg.

1913 - - 9.9 - -

1914 - - 10.0 1.0 1.0 

1915 - - 10.1 2.0 1.0 

1916 - - 10.9 12.6 7.9 

1917 - - 12.8 18.1 17.4 

1918 - - 15.1 20.4 18.0 

1919 - - 17.3 14.5 14.6 

1920 - - 20.0 2.6 15.6 

1921 - - 17.9 -10.8 -10.5 

1922 - - 16.8 -2.3 -6.1 

1923 - - 17.1 2.4 1.8 

1924 - - 17.1 .0 .0 

1925 - - 17.5 3.5 2.3 

1926 - - 17.7 -1.1 1.1 

1927 - - 17.4 -2.3 -1.7 

1928 - - 17.1 -1.2 -1.7 

1929 - - 17.1 .6 .0 

1930 - - 16.7 -6.4 -2.3 

1931 - - 15.2 -9.3 -9.0 

1932 - - 13.7 -10.3 -9.9 

1933 - - 13.0 .8 -5.1 

1934 - - 13.4 1.5 3.1 

1935 - - 13.7 3.0 2.2 

1936 - - 13.9 1.4 1.5 

1937 - - 14.4 2.9 3.6 

1938 - - 14.1 -2.8 -2.1 

1939 - - 13.9 .0 -1.4 

1940 - - 14.0 .7 .7 

1941 - - 14.7 9.9 5.0 

1942 - - 16.3 9.0 10.9 

1943 - - 17.3 3.0 6.1 

1944 - - 17.6 2.3 1.7 

1945 - - 18.0 2.2 2.3 

1946 - - 19.5 18.1 8.3 

1947 - - 22.3 8.8 14.4 

1948 - - 24.1 3.0 8.1 

1949 - - 23.8 -2.1 -1.2 

1950 - - 24.1 5.9 1.3 

1951 - - 26.0 6.0 7.9 

1952 - - 26.5 .8 1.9 

1953 - - 26.7 .7 .8 

1954 - - 26.9 -.7 .7 

1955 - - 26.8 .4 -.4 

1956 - - 27.2 3.0 1.5 

1957 - - 28.1 2.9 3.3 

1958 - - 28.9 1.8 2.8 

1959 - - 29.1 1.7 .7 

1960 - - 29.6 1.4 1.7 

1961 - - 29.9 .7 1.0 

1962 - - 30.2 1.3 1.0 

1963 - - 30.6 1.6 1.3 

1964 - - 31.0 1.0 1.3 

1965 - - 31.5 1.9 1.6 

1966 - - 32.4 3.5 2.9 

1967 - - 33.4 3.0 3.1 

1968 - - 34.8 4.7 4.2 

1969 - - 36.7 6.2 5.5 

See footnotes at end of table.

95 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 24. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U. S. city average, all items-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.

1970 37.8 38.0 38.2 38.5 38.6 38.8 39.0 39.0 39.2 39.4 39.6 39.8 

1971 39.8 39.9 40.0 40.1 40.3 40.6 40.7 40.8 40.8 40.9 40.9 41.1 

1972 41.1 41.3 41.4 41.5 41.6 41.7 41.9 42.0 42.1 42.3 42.4 42.5 

1973 42.6 42.9 43.3 43.6 43.9 44.2 44.3 45.1 45.2 45.6 45.9 46.2 

1974 46.6 47.2 47.8 48.0 48.6 49.0 49.4 50.0 50.6 51.1 51.5 51.9 

1975 52.1 52.5 52.7 52.9 53.2 53.6 54.2 54.3 54.6 54.9 55.3 55.5 

1976 55.6 55.8 55.9 56.1 56.5 56.8 57.1 57.4 57.6 57.9 58.0 58.2 

1977 58.5 59.1 59.5 60.0 60.3 60.7 61.0 61.2 61.4 61.6 61.9 62.1 

1978 62.5 62.9 63.4 63.9 64.5 65.2 65.7 66.0 66.5 67.1 67.4 67.7 

1979 68.3 69.1 69.8 70.6 71.5 72.3 73.1 73.8 74.6 75.2 75.9 76.7 

1980 77.8 78.9 80.1 81.0 81.8 82.7 82.7 83.3 84.0 84.8 85.5 86.3 

1981 87.0 87.9 88.5 89.1 89.8 90.6 91.6 92.3 93.2 93.4 93.7 94.0 

1982 94.3 94.6 94.5 94.9 95.8 97.0 97.5 97.7 97.9 98.2 98.0 97.6 

1983 97.8 97.9 97.9 98.6 99.2 99.5 99.9 100.2 100.7 101.0 101.2 101.3 

1984 101.9 102.4 102.6 103.1 103.4 103.7 104.1 104.5 105.0 105.3 105.3 105.3 

1985 105.5 106.0 106.4 106.9 107.3 107.6 107.8 108.0 108.3 108.7 109.0 109.3 

1986 109.6 109.3 108.8 108.6 108.9 109.5 109.5 109.7 110.2 110.3 110.4 110.5 

1987 111.2 111.6 112.1 112.7 113.1 113.5 113.8 114.4 115.0 115.3 115.4 115.4 

1988 115.7 116.0 116.5 117.1 117.5 118.0 118.5 119.0 119.8 120.2 120.3 120.5 

1989 121.1 121.6 122.3 123.1 123.8 124.1 124.4 124.6 125.0 125.6 125.9 126.1 

1990 127.4 128.0 128.7 128.9 129.2 129.9 130.4 131.6 132.7 133.5 133.8 133.8 

1991 134.6 134.8 135.0 135.2 135.6 136.0 136.2 136.6 137.2 137.4 137.8 137.9 

1992 138.1 138.6 139.3 139.5 139.7 140.2 140.5 140.9 141.3 141.8 142.0 141.9 

1993 142.6 143.1 143.6 144.0 144.2 144.4 144.4 144.8 145.1 145.7 145.8 145.8 

1994 146.2 146.7 147.2 147.4 147.5 148.0 148.4 149.0 149.4 149.5 149.7 149.7 

1995 150.3 150.9 151.4 151.9 152.2 152.5 152.5 152.9 153.2 153.7 153.6 153.5 

1996 154.4 154.9 155.7 156.3 156.6 156.7 157.0 157.3 157.8 158.3 158.6 158.6 

1997 159.1 159.6 160.0 160.2 160.1 160.3 160.5 160.8 161.2 161.6 161.5 161.3 

1998 161.6 161.9 162.2 162.5 162.8 163.0 163.2 163.4 163.6 164.0 164.0 163.9 

1999 164.3 164.5 165.0 166.2 166.2 166.2 166.7 167.1 167.9 168.2 168.3 168.3 

2000 168.8 169.8 171.2 171.3 171.5 172.4 172.8 172.8 173.7 174.0 174.1 174.0 

2001 175.1 175.8 176.2 176.9 177.7 178.0 177.5 177.5 178.3 177.7 177.4 176.7 

2002 177.1 177.8 178.8 179.8 179.8 179.9 180.1 180.7 181.0 181.3 181.3 180.9 

2003 181.7 183.1 184.2 183.8 183.5 183.7 183.9 184.6 185.2 185.0 184.5 184.3 

2004 185.2 186.2 187.4 188.0 189.1 189.7 189.4 189.5 189.9 190.9 191.0 190.3 

2005 190.7 191.8 193.3 194.6 194.4 194.5 195.4 196.4 198.8 199.2 197.6 196.8 

2006 198.3 198.7 199.8 201.5 202.5 202.9 203.5 203.9 202.9 201.8 201.5 201.8 

2007 202.416 203.499 205.352 206.686 207.949 208.352 208.299 207.917 208.490 208.936 210.177 210.036

2008 211.080 -----------

See footnotes at end of table.

96 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 24. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban

Consumers (CPI-U): U. S. city average, all

items-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Year

Semiannual

averages Annual

avg.

Percent change

from previous

1st

half

2nd

half Dec. Annualavg.

1970 - - 38.8 5.6 5.7 

1971 - - 40.5 3.3 4.4 

1972 - - 41.8 3.4 3.2 

1973 - - 44.4 8.7 6.2 

1974 - - 49.3 12.3 11.0 

1975 - - 53.8 6.9 9.1 

1976 - - 56.9 4.9 5.8 

1977 - - 60.6 6.7 6.5 

1978 - - 65.2 9.0 7.6 

1979 - - 72.6 13.3 11.3 

1980 - - 82.4 12.5 13.5 

1981 - - 90.9 8.9 10.3 

1982 - - 96.5 3.8 6.2 

1983 - - 99.6 3.8 3.2 

1984 102.9 104.9 103.9 3.9 4.3 

1985 106.6 108.5 107.6 3.8 3.6 

1986 109.1 110.1 109.6 1.1 1.9 

1987 112.4 114.9 113.6 4.4 3.6 

1988 116.8 119.7 118.3 4.4 4.1 

1989 122.7 125.3 124.0 4.6 4.8 

1990 128.7 132.6 130.7 6.1 5.4 

1991 135.2 137.2 136.2 3.1 4.2 

1992 139.2 141.4 140.3 2.9 3.0 

1993 143.7 145.3 144.5 2.7 3.0 

1994 147.2 149.3 148.2 2.7 2.6 

1995 151.5 153.2 152.4 2.5 2.8 

1996 155.8 157.9 156.9 3.3 3.0 

1997 159.9 161.2 160.5 1.7 2.3 

1998 162.3 163.7 163.0 1.6 1.6 

1999 165.4 167.8 166.6 2.7 2.2 

2000 170.8 173.6 172.2 3.4 3.4 

2001 176.6 177.5 177.1 1.6 2.8 

2002 178.9 180.9 179.9 2.4 1.6 

2003 183.3 184.6 184.0 1.9 2.3 

2004 187.6 190.2 188.9 3.3 2.7 

2005 193.2 197.4 195.3 3.4 3.4 

2006 200.6 202.6 201.6 2.5 3.2 

2007 205.709 208.976 207.342 4.1 2.8 

2008 --- --

- Data not available.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

97 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 25. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by commodity and service group and detailed

expenditure categories

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Unadjusted indexes

December Jan.

2008 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Expenditure category

All items ..................................................................... 174.0 176.7 180.9 184.3 190.3 196.8 201.8 210.036 211.080 

All items (1967=100) .................................................. 521.1 529.2 541.9 552.1 570.1 589.4 604.5 629.174 632.301

Food and beverages ................................................ 170.5 175.2 177.8 184.1 188.9 193.2 197.4 206.936 208.837 

Food ...................................................................... 170.0 174.7 177.3 183.6 188.5 192.9 197.0 206.704 208.618

Food at home ...................................................... 170.2 174.7 176.1 184.1 188.5 191.7 194.3 205.208 207.983 

Cereals and bakery products ............................. 190.7 195.3 197.3 202.9 206.4 208.4 214.8 226.461 228.661 

Cereals and cereal products ............................ 175.7 179.2 180.1 183.9 185.7 185.1 189.0 196.793 198.759 

Flour and prepared flour mixes ...................... 151.9 158.9 165.0 171.4 165.4 171.6 177.0 190.014 202.292 

Breakfast cereal ............................................. 199.0 202.2 202.2 203.2 205.7 201.3 202.3 207.828 203.125 

Rice, pasta, cornmeal .................................... 152.0 154.7 154.6 161.1 165.0 167.1 174.9 183.958 193.982 

Rice 1 2 ........................................................ 98.9 97.9 98.2 103.4 108.3 110.1 117.3 122.254 125.829 

Bakery products ............................................... 198.1 203.3 206.0 212.6 217.1 220.7 228.5 242.268 244.591 

Bread 2 .......................................................... 109.3 115.0 116.2 118.6 123.3 126.9 133.4 147.354 148.813 

White bread 1 ............................................... 201.9 212.3 213.7 218.9 227.2 232.5 244.6 272.159 273.076 

Bread other than white 1 .............................. 210.0 218.8 223.3 222.5 233.7 240.2 251.3 276.643 283.058 

Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins 2 ........................ 109.3 113.4 115.5 119.9 123.1 126.1 134.0 139.977 141.863 

Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies ...................... 192.9 196.1 199.9 205.1 209.4 213.9 216.1 228.738 227.868 

Cookies 1 ..................................................... 191.0 196.2 201.6 203.1 208.1 212.5 216.2 222.193 217.143 

Fresh cakes and cupcakes 1 ....................... 193.9 197.4 199.9 207.7 211.6 216.1 216.9 235.227 238.064 

Other bakery products ................................... 195.0 195.9 197.3 206.5 206.9 205.9 212.4 217.459 221.712 

Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts 1 188.4 196.0 198.0 205.5 209.8 216.8 225.3 233.009 233.493 

Crackers, bread, and cracker products 1 ..... 226.4 225.1 227.0 242.4 239.8 236.6 244.4 247.888 255.065 

Frozen and refrigerated bakery products,

pies, tarts, turnovers 1 ......................... 195.3 202.0 203.7 207.0 211.9 211.6 217.3 225.129 229.466 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ............................ 156.6 162.0 162.4 181.1 183.1 185.7 188.6 198.755 200.035 

Meats, poultry, and fish ................................... 157.0 163.3 163.0 180.4 184.5 187.1 189.0 196.639 197.762 

Meats ............................................................. 152.9 160.0 160.3 182.7 185.6 187.8 189.4 195.558 195.998 

Beef and veal ............................................... 150.9 160.2 161.1 198.9 197.1 201.5 202.6 212.808 212.771 

Uncooked ground beef .............................. 128.4 137.3 139.0 166.1 170.9 176.8 177.7 186.936 188.526 

Uncooked beef roasts 2 ............................. 109.7 118.7 119.1 147.1 146.1 147.8 147.5 155.076 155.454 

Uncooked beef steaks 2 ............................ 110.9 115.8 116.1 148.0 143.1 145.0 145.1 152.557 150.407 

Uncooked other beef and veal 2 ................ 107.7 113.7 112.8 137.3 128.8 132.7 138.1 143.603 145.650 

Pork ............................................................. 157.2 163.0 159.2 167.5 175.4 175.2 176.4 178.818 180.170 

Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related

products 2 .......................................... 107.7 113.4 113.1 118.0 124.8 120.3 122.3 126.273 126.160 

Bacon and related products 1 .................. 174.4 185.8 187.8 205.1 212.4 207.7 211.1 219.140 217.441 

Breakfast sausage and related products 1 2 .................................................... 108.3 111.8 110.7 115.1 123.6 117.7 119.3 122.097 122.776 

Ham ........................................................... 152.5 158.5 155.3 162.4 169.2 172.9 173.6 175.954 176.625 

Ham, excluding canned 1 ........................ 164.6 171.4 169.8 178.9 188.5 193.3 195.9 198.301 197.813 

Pork chops ................................................. 155.0 159.4 154.9 163.2 166.9 166.8 166.2 167.482 168.615 

Other pork including roasts and picnics 2 .. 98.8 100.7 95.4 102.2 108.8 111.6 112.1 111.596 114.262 

Other meats ................................................. 155.1 159.7 164.8 173.8 178.9 180.4 184.0 187.239 187.275 

Frankfurters 1 ............................................. 153.0 157.7 172.0 177.0 172.8 175.6 177.6 186.345 183.521 

Lunchmeats 1 2 .......................................... 104.2 108.2 109.5 113.3 116.8 118.0 119.1 120.873 122.117 

Lamb and organ meats 1 ........................... 169.7 173.4 189.8 202.7 207.5 214.2 NA 231.966 242.223 

Lamb and mutton 1 2 ................................. 105.3 102.5 NA NA 114.9 126.8 NA NA NA

Poultry ........................................................... 160.7 167.7 166.6 174.4 183.3 183.8 182.5 193.998 196.927 

Chicken 2 ..................................................... 103.1 108.4 108.3 113.4 120.0 119.6 118.5 127.324 128.127 

Fresh whole chicken 1 ............................... 164.0 168.7 170.6 171.5 186.4 188.5 186.1 202.199 202.562 

Fresh and frozen chicken parts 1 ............... 158.8 169.6 167.5 176.9 186.3 183.2 181.2 194.487 196.341 

Other poultry including turkey 2 ................... 105.0 107.1 104.0 108.5 111.2 114.3 114.7 116.282 122.715 

Fish and seafood ........................................... 189.5 189.4 187.4 192.5 196.9 204.4 211.6 221.633 223.529 

Fresh fish and seafood 2 ............................. 110.5 109.6 106.3 111.3 114.4 120.9 125.9 132.385 133.976 

Processed fish and seafood 2 ...................... 102.4 103.5 105.3 105.3 106.9 108.2 110.9 115.420 115.939 

Canned fish and seafood 1 ........................ 125.3 128.2 130.5 130.2 133.7 136.5 144.0 148.631 150.125 

Frozen fish and seafood 1 ......................... 218.6 217.6 225.5 227.1 228.7 231.5 233.8 245.839 246.628 

Eggs ................................................................ 145.5 133.5 146.5 190.6 152.6 154.7 176.5 234.018 237.923 

Dairy and related products ................................ 161.5 170.8 167.3 173.0 180.1 183.2 181.0 205.299 206.905 

Milk 2 ................................................................ 109.3 114.1 109.9 117.5 124.4 128.7 125.5 149.692 149.521 

Fresh whole milk 1 ......................................... 160.0 167.3 160.2 171.3 181.5 189.3 181.2 221.014 220.554 

Fresh milk other than whole 1 2 ..................... 110.6 114.4 111.8 119.1 125.1 128.0 128.0 149.603 149.076 

Cheese and related products .......................... 161.1 172.7 168.3 172.2 181.4 182.3 178.9 202.189 206.382 

Ice cream and related products ....................... 167.1 181.8 179.1 179.4 178.4 179.1 182.0 188.522 189.511 

Other dairy and related products 2 .................. 109.5 112.6 114.9 116.7 120.1 121.9 121.7 136.064 136.936 

Fruits and vegetables ........................................ 215.1 214.4 224.9 232.4 250.8 252.3 257.2 272.482 279.072 

See footnotes at end of table.

98 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 25. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by commodity and service group and detailed

expenditure categories-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Unadjusted indexes

December Jan.

2008 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Expenditure category

Fresh fruits and vegetables ............................. 254.8 250.5 264.3 276.3 302.7 301.1 306.4 326.064 334.533 

Fresh fruits ..................................................... 269.0 270.7 283.3 287.3 308.2 312.3 325.7 344.733 350.064 

Apples .......................................................... 202.9 216.2 231.2 238.5 241.0 251.1 276.3 292.707 303.227 

Bananas ...................................................... 161.0 165.4 165.4 162.9 158.2 169.9 174.5 182.356 179.876 

Citrus fruits 2 ................................................ 120.5 129.8 142.4 145.1 162.2 174.3 185.0 186.752 190.542 

Oranges, including tangerines 1 ................ 214.7 242.2 278.8 294.3 313.7 331.5 370.7 348.722 354.037 

Other fresh fruits 2 ....................................... 114.3 107.7 111.7 113.7 126.8 121.8 124.4 134.596 136.614 

Fresh vegetables ........................................... 240.2 230.4 245.2 263.8 295.1 288.3 286.1 306.142 317.487 

Potatoes ...................................................... 179.4 205.2 222.2 214.5 230.5 251.7 266.8 274.694 282.875 

Lettuce ......................................................... 281.6 231.6 218.5 301.8 276.9 260.0 281.9 295.313 292.945 

Tomatoes ..................................................... 285.9 264.2 288.5 284.2 425.0 342.3 318.5 378.746 385.431 

Other fresh vegetables ................................ 243.4 232.2 250.1 271.0 282.5 295.2 288.0 300.382 318.198 

Processed fruits and vegetables 2 ................... 105.3 110.1 113.3 112.4 114.2 120.3 123.5 128.488 130.767 

Canned fruits and vegetables 2 ..................... 104.9 109.3 112.9 109.9 112.6 119.1 122.2 127.028 129.038 

Canned fruits 1 2 .......................................... 107.8 107.7 111.9 110.1 112.0 117.8 122.3 125.693 128.338 

Canned vegetables 1 2 ................................ 105.7 113.7 116.1 112.2 116.5 124.4 125.9 131.871 133.057 

Frozen fruits and vegetables 2 ....................... 107.7 114.5 114.9 118.0 117.0 122.6 125.7 129.831 132.342 

Frozen vegetables 1 .................................... 159.1 168.8 168.6 173.2 171.4 177.5 178.7 179.760 184.081 

Other processed fruits and vegetables

including dried 2 ..................................... 102.0 103.9 110.3 109.5 113.0 118.5 122.5 129.286 131.897 

Dried beans, peas, and lentils 1 2 ................ 99.0 103.6 110.1 108.9 113.8 116.6 123.6 139.039 141.255 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage

materials .................................................... 136.7 138.5 139.8 139.3 140.6 145.5 148.5 153.648 157.863 

Juices and nonalcoholic drinks 2 ..................... 104.9 106.9 108.0 107.4 108.3 111.5 113.6 117.609 121.298 

Carbonated drinks ......................................... 121.1 123.3 124.9 124.8 127.5 133.1 133.6 138.194 143.657 

Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 2 .... 111.3 114.4 113.7 115.0 111.5 111.7 126.5 143.465 146.427 

Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 2 104.6 106.5 107.5 106.1 105.7 107.4 110.7 114.034 116.764 

Beverage materials including coffee and tea 2 96.8 96.5 97.4 97.5 98.7 103.1 105.6 109.195 111.377 

Coffee ............................................................ 147.7 142.6 142.2 143.2 145.5 162.3 165.8 175.083 179.587 

Roasted coffee 1 .......................................... 151.7 142.7 142.0 144.6 146.4 167.1 166.3 180.752 184.779 

Instant and freeze dried coffee 1 ................. 159.3 164.2 164.2 161.0 167.8 175.0 188.5 184.030 191.553 

Other beverage materials including tea 2 ...... 109.6 112.7 114.7 114.3 115.4 115.9 118.9 121.631 123.672 

Other food at home ............................................ 156.3 160.9 161.1 163.0 163.6 167.6 168.7 174.057 176.085 

Sugar and sweets ............................................ 153.5 156.1 159.1 161.0 161.3 167.8 172.4 178.631 180.193 

Sugar and artificial sweeteners ..................... 133.6 136.7 140.1 143.0 142.7 154.3 163.3 162.521 167.022 

Candy and chewing gum 2 ............................ 104.2 105.3 107.0 107.3 107.5 111.4 113.1 118.555 118.794 

Other sweets 2 ............................................... 106.4 109.2 112.1 115.8 116.6 118.6 123.3 127.536 129.373 

Fats and oils .................................................... 150.2 156.9 152.8 157.7 167.4 165.2 166.7 176.068 181.813 

Butter and margarine 2 .................................. 113.3 126.4 114.6 119.2 135.6 131.2 129.5 137.454 142.388 

Butter 1 ........................................................ 147.2 174.9 141.0 145.1 186.2 174.6 164.5 168.121 173.369 

Margarine 1 .................................................. 153.8 160.7 161.4 171.1 173.0 174.1 177.0 193.811 200.510 

Salad dressing 2 ............................................ 105.9 107.9 107.3 109.7 110.3 105.6 109.2 113.085 116.872 

Other fats and oils including peanut butter 2 103.0 103.4 105.5 108.9 113.8 116.3 117.3 125.054 128.806 

Peanut butter 1 2 .......................................... 108.2 109.5 109.6 109.9 110.3 111.7 108.5 117.962 119.126 

Other foods ...................................................... 172.7 177.9 178.2 179.6 178.3 183.3 183.5 188.325 190.037 

Soups ............................................................ 196.9 202.8 205.3 207.1 207.4 211.4 211.3 211.165 216.449 

Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods ....... 150.2 154.7 153.1 153.6 152.9 154.3 151.7 157.409 157.798 

Snacks ........................................................... 166.8 173.7 167.9 175.4 171.4 181.3 179.5 187.632 187.236 

Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces ...... 173.0 182.3 187.9 183.8 178.4 185.2 185.0 191.486 199.251 

Salt and other seasonings and spices 1 2 ... 101.0 108.5 108.2 107.0 106.7 113.2 109.0 115.302 117.572 

Olives, pickles, relishes 1 2 .......................... 100.2 109.4 111.7 105.0 109.7 110.2 112.6 117.241 123.832 

Sauces and gravies 1 2 ................................ 106.5 109.6 113.5 111.9 102.4 106.3 109.4 110.635 111.439 

Other condiments 1 ...................................... 182.6 184.4 195.4 202.8 195.5 198.9 199.3 211.775 235.339 

Baby food 2 .................................................... 111.9 115.3 117.0 120.7 123.2 127.4 128.6 133.326 135.083 

Other miscellaneous foods 2 ......................... 108.9 108.5 110.2 109.8 110.8 112.4 115.1 115.267 115.162 

Prepared salads 1 3 ..................................... ------- 100.000 98.672 

Food away from home ......................................... 170.8 176.0 180.1 184.3 189.9 196.0 202.2 210.233 211.070 

Full service meals and snacks 2 ........................ 108.0 111.6 114.0 116.5 119.9 123.3 127.5 132.413 132.872 

Limited service meals and snacks 2 .................. 107.8 111.3 113.7 116.3 120.0 124.0 127.7 132.959 133.567 

Food at employee sites and schools 2 ............... 104.3 106.2 111.3 114.1 117.4 120.6 125.0 128.545 128.729 

Food at elementary and secondary schools 1

4 ............................................................... ----- 100.0 104.3 107.685 107.748 

Food from vending machines and mobile

vendors 2 ................................................... 103.1 104.7 106.1 108.6 111.0 114.2 116.5 120.438 121.193 

See footnotes at end of table.

99 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 25. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by commodity and service group and detailed

expenditure categories-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Unadjusted indexes

December Jan.

2008 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Expenditure category

Other food away from home 2 ........................... 111.1 115.5 119.8 122.9 127.0 133.7 139.1 145.814 146.649 

Alcoholic beverages .............................................. 176.5 180.9 184.9 188.7 193.9 196.4 201.1 208.704 210.425 

Alcoholic beverages at home ............................ 159.2 161.5 164.6 167.4 170.9 171.5 174.0 179.709 181.664 

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home 159.0 161.5 165.7 170.7 176.4 175.5 177.8 185.387 186.894 

Distilled spirits at home .................................... 163.5 169.4 170.3 173.9 175.3 177.2 178.7 179.844 182.835 

Whiskey at home 1 ........................................ 160.0 165.8 168.1 172.9 173.8 177.1 178.9 183.048 184.542 

Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home 1 164.7 171.0 171.3 173.6 175.7 176.8 177.2 177.552 180.721 

Wine at home .................................................. 151.1 150.7 152.8 152.0 153.0 155.4 158.4 163.500 165.575 

Alcoholic beverages away from home ............... 210.4 219.4 225.9 232.0 240.9 248.0 258.4 270.329 271.642 

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away

from home 1 2 .......................................... 108.7 111.9 114.8 118.9 123.1 125.7 131.7 136.117 136.798 

Wine away from home 1 2 ............................... 110.5 120.5 123.5 125.4 131.4 135.8 140.1 148.241 148.433 

Distilled spirits away from home 1 2 ................. 109.6 114.6 117.9 122.4 126.3 131.6 136.2 144.053 144.601 

Housing ................................................................... 171.9 176.9 181.1 185.1 190.7 198.3 204.8 210.933 212.244

Shelter ................................................................... 195.1 203.2 209.5 214.1 219.8 225.6 235.1 242.372 243.871

Rent of primary residence 5 ................................. 187.6 196.4 202.5 207.9 213.9 220.5 230.0 239.102 239.850 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................. 108.8 108.6 109.2 112.9 118.7 122.8 127.7 133.545 140.176 

Housing at school, excluding board 5 6 ............. 260.1 273.7 290.5 307.2 328.4 345.3 362.9 381.548 381.637 

Other lodging away from home including hotels

and motels ................................................. 231.1 229.3 229.4 236.6 248.5 256.7 266.8 278.872 293.563 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 6 201.8 210.9 217.9 222.2 227.2 232.8 242.8 249.532 250.106 

Tenants’ and household insurance 2 ................... 104.7 106.3 112.3 114.3 118.7 116.1 117.1 117.003 117.435 

Fuels and utilities ................................................... 145.3 142.2 144.2 153.6 165.7 191.6 192.6 203.006 204.796

Household energy ............................................... 130.6 126.2 127.5 136.5 148.0 174.7 174.2 183.516 185.107 

Fuel oil and other fuels ...................................... 144.9 112.7 125.6 137.0 183.7 227.8 233.2 299.296 306.937 

Fuel oil ............................................................. 146.5 107.4 123.2 132.8 185.2 235.5 240.9 319.208 326.483 

Propane, kerosene, and firewood 7 ................. 170.7 154.9 163.4 182.3 225.8 264.9 271.9 324.116 334.271 

Gas (piped) and electricity 5 .............................. 135.6 133.5 134.1 143.3 153.0 180.0 179.0 185.155 186.475 

Electricity 5 ....................................................... 126.9 134.6 132.1 135.6 138.5 153.3 164.8 173.357 175.219 

Utility (piped) gas service 5 .............................. 160.1 136.0 145.1 170.3 198.2 258.0 221.3 220.496 220.065 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 107.9 111.0 114.6 119.8 126.3 132.9 139.3 146.878 148.277 

Water and sewerage maintenance 5 ............... 230.8 237.8 246.2 257.8 273.7 288.8 302.5 319.460 322.470 

Garbage and trash collection 8 ........................ 271.9 278.6 285.4 297.4 307.4 320.6 337.2 353.439 356.901 

Household furnishings and operations .................. 128.6 128.9 127.0 124.7 125.5 126.4 127.0 126.066 126.515 

Window and floor coverings and other linens 2 ... 101.1 98.5 93.3 89.5 88.2 86.6 82.4 79.801 80.318 

Floor coverings 2 ............................................... 107.3 107.3 109.4 107.5 108.2 114.9 119.5 119.083 118.813 

Window coverings 2 ........................................... 101.2 94.8 91.3 89.9 88.5 88.6 87.9 85.646 87.462 

Other linens 2 ..................................................... 97.4 96.2 88.3 82.9 81.3 77.9 71.3 68.305 68.325 

Furniture and bedding ......................................... 134.2 130.0 128.6 126.5 126.3 127.1 126.2 123.506 123.792 

Bedroom furniture .............................................. 137.4 135.7 133.5 133.1 139.7 146.2 144.4 142.055 143.991 

Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture 2 ................................................................. 103.0 99.5 98.5 96.2 94.4 93.0 92.3 90.510 89.766 

Other furniture 2 ................................................. 99.7 93.9 93.6 92.4 89.0 88.6 89.0 85.986 86.862 

Infants’ furniture 1 4 ......................................... ----- 100.0 98.6 NA NA

Appliances 2 ........................................................ 94.9 94.4 91.5 87.9 84.6 87.0 88.0 89.273 89.407 

Major appliances 2 ............................................. 96.3 97.9 95.6 92.1 89.3 94.5 97.2 99.903 100.011 

Laundry equipment 1 ....................................... 112.0 111.6 111.5 109.5 105.3 110.7 112.4 115.994 117.060 

Other appliances 2 ............................................. 92.8 89.2 85.5 81.9 78.0 77.1 76.1 75.756 75.920 

Other household equipment and furnishings 2 .... 96.1 95.6 91.5 86.9 87.3 83.2 78.7 74.948 76.029 

Clocks, lamps, and decorator items .................. 108.6 106.6 101.0 91.8 91.7 84.6 77.6 70.179 70.963 

Indoor plants and flowers 9 ................................ 114.8 117.6 116.7 119.2 120.1 122.4 121.6 124.005 125.027 

Dishes and flatware 2 ........................................ 93.4 90.6 85.7 83.7 85.0 79.2 74.2 72.305 74.982 

Nonelectric cookware and tableware 2 .............. 96.3 95.2 90.8 89.6 90.6 89.7 90.6 93.341 94.788 

Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and

supplies 2 ..................................................... 96.4 95.8 94.6 92.1 93.6 93.7 94.8 93.772 93.323 

Tools, hardware and supplies 2 ......................... 97.8 95.7 94.2 92.6 95.7 98.2 100.1 99.028 98.590 

Outdoor equipment and supplies 2 .................... 95.6 95.8 94.6 91.7 92.4 91.4 92.1 91.213 90.747 

Housekeeping supplies ....................................... 156.1 159.9 158.1 156.7 158.1 161.8 168.3 170.743 171.187 

Household cleaning products 2 .......................... 107.6 110.5 109.0 107.3 106.5 109.9 112.9 112.712 113.048 

Household paper products 2 .............................. 117.4 119.1 119.1 116.9 125.0 125.6 133.9 138.930 138.698 

Miscellaneous household products 2 ................. 104.0 106.9 105.2 106.0 104.7 107.3 111.4 113.655 114.269 

Household operations 2 ....................................... 112.5 117.2 119.9 122.6 127.0 133.3 139.1 142.100 142.828 

Domestic services 2 ........................................... 111.7 114.9 119.5 122.6 124.9 131.3 137.3 139.648 140.120 

Gardening and lawncare services 2 ................... 113.2 118.3 118.4 119.9 125.5 NA NA 141.672 NA

Moving, storage, freight expense 2 .................... 111.3 115.6 117.2 119.9 123.4 128.4 128.6 128.413 128.956 

See footnotes at end of table.

100 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 25. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by commodity and service group and detailed

expenditure categories-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Unadjusted indexes

December Jan.

2008 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Expenditure category

Repair of household items 2 .............................. 114.1 122.6 128.6 133.0 142.2 151.9 158.4 165.089 166.192 

Apparel .................................................................... 127.8 123.7 121.5 119.0 118.8 117.5 118.6 118.257 115.795

Men’s and boys’ apparel ........................................ 128.0 122.8 119.3 118.0 116.3 114.1 113.2 112.026 110.691 

Men’s apparel ...................................................... 131.4 125.8 124.5 122.4 121.4 119.8 119.4 116.489 114.751 

Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear ............ 130.0 128.1 127.2 128.1 126.0 125.3 120.2 121.449 115.781 

Men’s furnishings ............................................... 135.2 132.0 133.2 136.1 134.8 133.4 131.7 126.721 128.560 

Men’s shirts and sweaters 2 .............................. 99.9 92.2 91.3 88.5 86.0 85.4 87.8 81.560 78.737 

Men’s pants and shorts ..................................... 123.6 117.5 113.7 106.8 110.3 106.4 106.8 108.284 108.996 

Boys’ apparel ....................................................... 114.5 110.8 100.6 101.7 97.5 93.8 91.4 95.216 95.161 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ................................... 119.7 114.8 113.1 110.9 110.0 108.9 110.2 109.418 104.367 

Women’s apparel ................................................. 120.1 115.3 112.9 111.1 109.6 109.7 111.6 110.570 105.894 

Women’s outerwear ........................................... 121.8 113.3 113.8 112.6 106.8 102.4 101.7 96.725 91.910 

Women’s dresses .............................................. 95.8 99.1 100.3 100.4 96.8 104.2 112.4 115.453 106.685 

Women’s suits and separates 2 ......................... 96.5 90.9 88.7 86.3 86.0 85.6 87.6 87.306 82.838 

Women’s underwear, nightwear, sportswear

and accessories 2 ...................................... 100.6 97.5 93.8 93.3 92.2 91.8 91.0 88.867 87.914 

Girls’ apparel ....................................................... 117.8 112.2 114.1 109.5 112.1 104.4 102.8 103.475 96.730 

Footwear ................................................................ 123.8 120.6 120.7 118.5 120.3 121.4 123.0 122.258 121.148

Men’s footwear .................................................... 128.7 124.5 124.6 120.4 118.1 120.7 123.4 120.906 120.147 

Boys’ and girls’ footwear ...................................... 123.5 122.1 120.6 118.2 122.9 124.4 123.4 125.993 123.730 

Women’s footwear ............................................... 120.0 116.7 117.3 116.5 119.7 119.7 121.7 120.615 119.775 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................ 128.2 128.5 125.3 119.2 118.6 115.0 114.1 113.779 113.861 

Jewelry and watches 7 ........................................... 132.4 132.3 127.2 122.1 126.0 123.2 129.1 134.325 139.714 

Watches 7 ............................................................ 119.3 117.1 110.9 111.0 112.8 113.7 115.7 113.726 115.390 

Jewelry 7 .............................................................. 136.2 136.6 131.7 125.6 129.8 126.4 133.0 139.691 145.846 

Transportation ......................................................... 154.4 148.5 154.2 154.7 164.8 172.7 175.4 189.984 190.839

Private transportation ............................................ 150.3 144.3 150.4 150.8 161.3 168.9 171.8 186.134 186.978 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ........................... 102.1 101.6 98.7 94.4 95.4 95.8 94.8 94.754 94.834 

New vehicles ..................................................... 143.6 143.5 140.6 138.0 138.8 138.3 137.1 136.664 136.827 

New cars and trucks 1 2 ................................... 99.6 99.6 97.6 95.7 96.3 95.9 95.0 94.727 94.817 

New cars 1 ....................................................... 140.5 140.5 137.7 134.8 135.5 136.6 136.9 136.371 136.363 

New trucks 1 8 ................................................. 152.2 152.0 148.6 146.4 147.2 144.4 141.5 141.191 141.478 

Used cars and trucks ......................................... 160.2 157.2 148.5 131.0 137.3 139.2 136.2 136.943 137.203 

Leased cars and trucks 10 ................................. -

 100.0 98.0 95.7 91.7 93.0 92.9 93.464 93.319 

Car and truck rental 2 ........................................ 107.6 103.7 104.2 107.5 103.2 112.1 115.4 113.982 111.654 

Motor fuel ............................................................. 127.8 96.1 119.7 127.8 161.2 187.3 199.3 258.132 260.523

Gasoline (all types) ............................................ 127.0 95.4 119.1 127.2 160.4 186.2 198.1 256.790 259.338 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 1 ........................... 125.5 93.1 117.1 125.7 159.2 185.8 197.9 256.775 259.327 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 1 11 ................... 131.5 98.8 123.9 131.4 165.2 190.8 202.1 261.983 264.674 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 1 ........................ 126.7 97.0 119.8 127.1 158.0 181.1 192.3 247.369 249.713 

Other motor fuels 2 ............................................ 134.3 112.0 113.8 115.8 152.6 186.4 200.1 248.393 247.519 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment ..................... 103.1 105.8 107.0 107.7 109.9 114.0 119.5 123.928 124.282 

Tires ................................................................... 98.5 101.2 101.3 100.8 103.2 106.2 110.0 113.060 112.738

Vehicle accessories other than tires 2 ............... 103.6 106.2 108.7 111.1 112.7 118.4 126.2 132.574 134.134 

Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires 1 110.1 111.3 113.9 115.5 116.0 119.9 125.6 131.420 132.559 

Motor oil, coolant, and fluids 1 ......................... 141.7 150.7 154.3 160.2 170.3 195.1 224.4 240.510 246.532 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................ 179.9 186.4 193.3 198.0 203.3 210.7 218.8 226.120 227.732 

Motor vehicle body work .................................... 191.1 197.6 201.2 205.0 210.5 220.5 228.1 236.039 236.594 

Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing ......... 165.0 171.6 177.9 180.9 186.2 192.2 198.3 204.331 206.222 

Motor vehicle repair 2 ........................................ 109.7 113.5 117.9 121.4 124.4 129.2 134.9 139.602 140.459 

Motor vehicle insurance ....................................... 260.5 279.4 304.6 318.4 329.3 332.5 335.2 336.915 337.639 

Motor vehicle fees 2 ............................................. 108.2 110.4 114.0 121.8 132.3 136.2 139.4 142.248 143.793 

State and local registration and license 2 5 ....... 105.3 106.4 110.1 119.4 131.8 134.4 137.6 139.320 140.964 

Parking and other fees 2 .................................... 114.8 119.6 122.9 126.5 133.0 139.5 142.3 147.630 149.017 

Parking fees and tolls 1 2 ................................. 115.3 120.2 123.9 128.0 135.4 144.2 146.5 153.178 154.348 

Automobile service clubs 1 2 ........................... 104.5 109.8 109.5 112.2 113.9 114.1 118.2 119.323 120.145 

Public transportation .............................................. 209.5 204.8 203.0 205.6 205.4 217.6 217.8 233.408 234.334 

Airline fare ........................................................... 238.2 229.0 223.4 223.1 219.7 233.8 231.4 255.873 258.046

Other intercity transportation ............................... 156.3 152.0 155.1 147.0 144.6 151.6 154.7 156.648 154.208 

Intercity bus fare 1 3 ........................................... ------- 100.000 100.899 

See footnotes at end of table.

101 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 25. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by commodity and service group and detailed

expenditure categories-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Unadjusted indexes

December Jan.

2008 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Expenditure category

Intercity train fare 1 3 ......................................... ------- 100.000 98.114 

Ship fare 1 2 ....................................................... 86.0 78.4 77.0 69.1 72.5 72.3 71.3 72.918 71.151 

Intracity transportation ......................................... 177.5 182.3 185.1 204.1 211.9 223.3 227.5 232.378 233.285 

Medical care ............................................................ 264.8 277.3 291.3 302.1 314.9 328.4 340.1 357.661 360.459

Medical care commodities ..................................... 241.1 251.6 259.5 265.0 270.8 280.8 285.9 293.610 295.355 

Prescription drugs ................................................ 290.0 307.3 321.2 329.1 340.7 355.7 362.3 374.389 377.828 

Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies 7 .... 150.2 151.1 151.2 153.0 151.0 153.6 156.3 158.094 157.297 

Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs 177.4 179.5 179.9 182.5 178.3 182.1 185.5 187.414 186.608 

Nonprescription medical equipment and

supplies ..................................................... 179.8 179.0 178.1 179.0 181.1 182.4 185.1 187.782 186.523 

Medical care services ............................................ 270.4 283.5 299.4 311.9 327.3 342.0 356.0 376.940 380.135 

Professional services ........................................... 240.3 248.9 257.0 264.1 274.6 284.9 292.4 304.784 306.529 

Physicians’ services 5 ........................................ 247.1 255.8 264.1 270.1 280.8 289.5 294.3 306.304 308.145 

Dental services 5 ............................................... 262.2 272.5 284.8 297.2 311.9 329.6 346.2 366.225 369.101 

Eyeglasses and eye care 7 ................................ 151.4 155.6 155.2 157.5 162.0 167.0 170.3 172.811 173.040 

Services by other medical professionals 5 7 ...... 163.4 169.0 175.1 179.2 183.7 188.3 194.2 200.312 200.944 

Hospital and related services 5 ............................ 325.3 348.3 382.4 407.0 428.0 449.7 477.2 515.677 523.313 

Hospital services 5 12 ........................................ 118.8 127.4 140.3 149.3 157.1 165.2 175.4 189.908 192.878 

Inpatient hospital services 1 5 12 ..................... 116.3 124.3 136.0 143.7 151.8 159.8 170.6 183.595 186.480 

Outpatient hospital services 157 .................... 271.6 290.2 327.0 348.5 364.2 382.5 402.4 442.085 448.152 

Nursing homes and adult day services 5 12 ....... 119.0 124.3 129.8 137.3 142.1 147.1 154.5 161.981 163.185 

Care of invalids and elderly at home 3 ............... ----- 100.0 103.1 106.602 108.032 

Health insurance 4 ............................................... ----- 100.0 106.4 115.727 116.260 

Recreation 2 ............................................................. 103.7 105.3 106.5 107.7 108.5 109.7 110.8 111.705 112.083 

Video and audio 2 .................................................. 100.7 101.2 103.2 103.3 103.9 103.9 102.8 102.691 102.986 

Televisions ........................................................... 47.4 42.3 37.8 32.4 28.4 24.3 18.8 15.352 15.196 

Cable and satellite television and radio service 8 270.0 280.9 301.3 312.6 325.2 336.0 344.7 353.432 355.407 

Other video equipment 2 ...................................... 60.4 50.4 43.8 38.4 32.9 29.4 25.3 22.009 21.983 

Video cassettes, discs, and other media

including rental 2 .......................................... 85.4 83.9 78.0 78.0 77.1 76.5 77.4 77.808 78.352 

Video cassettes and discs, blank and

prerecorded 1 2 .......................................... 84.9 81.0 80.7 79.0 77.1 70.7 68.4 64.303 64.018 

Rental of video tapes and discs 1 2 ................... 91.3 94.2 86.5 86.3 85.5 89.1 92.2 95.867 96.872 

Audio equipment .................................................. 79.4 75.9 72.5 68.6 64.0 58.4 55.9 53.242 52.819 

Audio discs, tapes and other media 2 .................. 104.0 108.5 109.6 105.3 109.0 109.1 105.9 105.202 105.105 

Pets, pet products and services 2 .......................... 106.9 111.4 113.9 117.0 122.0 125.4 129.8 136.947 137.336 

Pets and pet products .......................................... 143.6 148.4 149.3 151.5 155.8 157.6 162.6 170.641 171.100 

Pet food 1 2 ........................................................ 102.3 105.4 105.7 107.8 111.1 112.4 116.2 122.446 122.744 

Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories 1 2 99.5 101.6 104.3 103.9 105.8 107.7 110.9 114.293 114.257 

Pet services including veterinary 2 ...................... 117.7 124.6 130.7 137.3 145.9 153.0 159.3 169.281 169.799 

Pet services 1 2 .................................................. 110.9 113.0 117.5 122.0 128.2 133.2 138.6 144.294 145.181 

Veterinarian services 1 2 .................................... 118.1 125.7 132.2 139.3 148.6 156.3 163.0 174.382 174.835 

Sporting goods ...................................................... 119.2 117.3 115.7 114.9 113.5 115.5 117.2 116.125 116.644 

Sports vehicles including bicycles ....................... 132.4 131.8 130.7 127.8 129.6 134.7 138.8 138.424 138.658 

Sports equipment ................................................ 106.3 103.5 101.6 102.2 98.2 97.8 96.8 95.030 95.794 

Photography 2 ........................................................ 99.4 98.7 96.8 94.7 91.8 89.0 84.7 81.737 81.544 

Photographic equipment and supplies ................ 125.0 122.3 114.7 108.2 100.5 95.6 84.9 79.082 78.563 

Film and photographic supplies 1 2 ................... 96.0 97.3 91.7 88.8 87.5 88.0 84.5 86.304 86.282 

Photographic equipment 1 2 .............................. 90.1 83.2 78.2 71.6 61.8 55.5 45.5 38.800 38.346 

Photographers and film processing 2 .................. 103.7 103.8 105.7 106.3 106.5 104.8 106.7 106.295 106.439 

Photographer fees 1 2 ........................................ 104.2 108.7 114.3 118.1 115.4 113.4 114.6 117.023 117.272 

Film processing 1 2 ............................................ 101.1 99.4 100.5 100.6 100.4 98.8 100.5 99.692 99.758 

Other recreational goods 2 .................................... 86.4 83.1 77.0 74.5 71.3 68.5 66.4 62.868 62.726 

Toys ..................................................................... 103.4 98.0 88.9 85.2 80.0 76.4 72.7 68.585 68.319 

Toys, games, hobbies and playground

equipment 1 2 ............................................ 85.9 82.4 78.1 75.7 73.6 71.8 70.0 67.586 67.329 

Sewing machines, fabric and supplies 2 .............. 95.2 96.2 94.1 94.6 94.9 91.7 92.6 86.794 86.952 

Music instruments and accessories 2 .................. 100.1 100.1 98.9 97.5 98.7 96.9 96.9 95.018 95.087 

Recreation services 2 ............................................ 113.3 117.7 121.4 125.6 128.3 132.1 137.2 140.427 141.189 

Club dues and fees for participant sports and

group exercises 2 ......................................... 110.1 112.4 113.1 116.1 116.4 119.4 122.0 123.864 124.846 

Admissions .......................................................... 234.8 245.3 257.4 266.1 275.3 284.9 299.8 307.108 308.740 

Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts 1 2 116.4 119.4 125.4 130.3 133.5 138.2 145.7 148.620 149.404 

Admission to sporting events 1 2 ....................... 119.2 126.4 131.4 132.3 141.4 150.4 156.0 163.370 164.117 

See footnotes at end of table.

102 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 25. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by commodity and service group and detailed

expenditure categories-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Unadjusted indexes

December Jan.

2008 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Expenditure category

Fees for lessons or instructions 7 ........................ 190.5 203.2 206.1 219.0 224.9 230.8 238.9 248.080 248.469 

Recreational reading materials .............................. 189.4 193.1 196.9 198.6 202.9 204.0 205.7 208.036 208.940 

Newspapers and magazines 2 ............................. 107.1 109.3 111.7 113.6 117.8 119.8 121.0 122.709 123.485 

Recreational books 2 ........................................... 101.3 103.0 104.7 104.2 104.2 102.9 103.6 104.305 104.513 

Education and communication 2 .............................. 103.6 106.9 109.2 110.9 112.6 115.3 118.0 121.506 121.762 

Education 2 ............................................................ 115.5 122.0 130.0 139.4 148.5 157.6 167.6 176.927 177.440 

Educational books and supplies .......................... 285.4 294.7 323.3 342.8 355.9 374.3 399.5 434.352 437.822 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ............. 332.7 352.2 374.0 401.7 428.9 455.3 484.0 510.016 511.301 

College tuition and fees ..................................... 340.9 361.9 387.4 425.5 462.2 492.8 527.2 559.190 559.517 

Elementary and high school tuition and fees ..... 361.4 387.3 413.6 440.4 471.4 497.8 527.1 556.271 556.382 

Child care and nursery school 9 ........................ 160.1 168.1 176.4 183.6 190.0 200.5 211.2 219.405 221.112 

Technical and business school tuition and fees 2 ................................................................. 119.0 126.0 132.3 144.3 155.8 166.0 174.4 183.016 181.895 

Communication 2 ................................................... 93.0 93.4 91.8 88.2 85.4 84.3 83.1 83.282 83.396 

Postage and delivery services 2 .......................... 103.2 108.0 119.2 119.4 120.0 120.5 126.5 132.091 132.671 

Postage ............................................................. 165.1 172.7 190.9 190.9 190.9 190.9 201.1 208.927 208.927 

Delivery services 2 ............................................. 116.0 123.7 129.4 135.1 154.0 169.3 171.5 189.551 202.959 

Information and information processing 2 ............ 92.2 92.3 90.0 86.2 83.3 82.2 80.6 80.546 80.642 

Telephone services 2 ......................................... 98.4 99.7 99.9 97.2 94.8 95.2 96.8 98.792 98.906 

Land-line telephone services, local charges 5 180.1 188.2 198.2 203.3 205.5 212.2 216.8 225.675 226.056 

Land-line telephone services, long distance

charges 2 ................................................. 89.5 87.9 82.6 74.3 68.6 67.4 69.6 71.946 71.960 

Land-line interstate toll calls 1 ........................ 65.8 64.5 60.7 54.1 49.4 47.9 50.3 51.498 51.486 

Land-line intrastate toll calls 1 ........................ 88.9 87.4 82.1 74.4 69.5 69.8 72.1 76.349 76.398 

Wireless telephone services 2 ......................... 71.1 67.2 67.4 66.5 65.6 64.6 64.6 64.011 64.089 

Information technology, hardware and services 13 ................................................................. 23.8 19.8 17.2 15.3 14.2 13.1 11.2 10.215 10.229 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 2 14 ............................................................. 36.5 25.3 19.7 16.2 13.9 11.7 10.3 8.936 9.026 

Computer software and accessories 2 ............... 81.5 79.5 71.0 64.1 61.1 58.5 54.2 50.722 50.897 

Internet services and electronic information

providers 2 ................................................. 95.7 100.3 99.6 97.6 97.2 94.5 77.2 73.176 72.896 

Telephone hardware, calculators, and other

consumer information items 2 .................... 70.8 65.0 59.0 52.3 48.4 44.2 40.3 36.945 36.551 

Other goods and services ........................................ 274.0 286.4 295.8 300.2 307.8 317.3 326.7 337.633 339.052 

Tobacco and smoking products ............................. 396.6 431.7 472.5 470.4 484.8 513.1 527.3 566.696 572.684 

Cigarettes 2 .......................................................... 160.4 175.1 192.3 190.6 196.0 207.6 213.4 229.969 232.471 

Tobacco products other than cigarettes 2 ............ 121.7 125.8 130.9 138.6 147.1 154.6 157.7 163.226 164.132 

Personal care ........................................................ 167.8 172.6 175.4 179.0 183.3 187.6 193.3 197.643 198.112 

Personal care products ........................................ 155.5 155.4 153.4 153.4 153.4 155.4 159.0 158.236 158.201 

Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous

personal care products 2 ........................... 104.9 104.6 103.4 102.6 101.7 102.1 104.2 103.861 103.864 

Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations

and implements ......................................... 168.1 168.3 165.9 167.3 169.2 173.1 177.5 176.418 176.333 

Personal care services ........................................ 181.3 186.4 189.9 194.3 201.2 206.6 212.5 219.656 219.932 

Haircuts and other personal care services 2 ...... 110.6 113.7 115.9 118.6 122.8 126.0 129.6 134.026 134.195 

Miscellaneous personal services ......................... 255.7 268.5 276.9 287.1 297.7 306.6 318.7 329.908 332.183 

Legal services 7 ................................................. 192.6 205.1 213.9 224.6 236.6 244.6 255.5 262.910 266.221 

Funeral expenses 7 ........................................... 189.8 198.3 206.8 215.4 223.2 233.5 244.9 256.560 258.321 

Laundry and dry cleaning services 2 ................. 107.1 111.5 113.8 117.2 120.7 122.9 126.9 130.834 131.199 

Apparel services other than laundry and dry

cleaning 2 ................................................... 108.6 113.0 115.1 118.7 121.9 127.9 134.4 139.205 141.070 

Financial services 7 ........................................... 218.2 228.0 235.2 241.3 250.2 254.2 263.0 273.241 273.716 

Checking account and other bank services 1 2 110.4 116.0 117.9 120.1 123.4 123.9 126.7 129.839 129.814 

Tax return preparation and other accounting

fees 1 2 .................................................... 117.4 122.7 128.7 134.1 141.0 147.2 156.6 163.279 164.834 

Miscellaneous personal goods 2 .......................... 96.0 94.4 93.6 89.0 86.6 86.4 86.9 87.487 86.817 

Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap 1 ........ 155.6 156.5 156.4 149.5 148.0 150.2 151.6 154.060 153.308 

Infants’ equipment 1 4 ........................................ ----- 100.0 97.1 95.663 95.286 

Special aggregate indexes

Commodities .............................................................. 150.0 147.9 149.7 150.4 155.8 160.0 162.1 170.511 171.179

Commodities less food and beverages ................... 137.8 132.3 133.6 131.7 137.2 141.3 142.5 150.162 150.303 

Nondurables less food and beverages .................. 147.2 138.4 145.2 146.7 157.4 166.3 170.9 188.635 188.692 

See footnotes at end of table.

103 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 25. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by commodity and service group and detailed

expenditure categories-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Unadjusted indexes

December Jan.

2008 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Special aggregate indexes

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel 163.1 151.6 163.9 167.7 185.2 200.4 207.3 236.735 238.389 

Durables ................................................................ 125.9 124.3 120.2 115.0 115.5 114.9 113.3 112.093 112.300

Services ..................................................................... 198.0 205.3 211.9 217.9 224.6 233.2 241.2 249.225 250.648

Rent of shelter 6 ......................................................... 203.1 211.7 218.1 222.9 228.9 235.0 245.0 252.669 254.239 

Transportation services ............................................. 198.3 204.5 212.0 217.7 221.8 227.8 230.8 236.504 237.347 

Other services ........................................................... 233.0 241.9 250.2 257.4 264.3 272.3 280.9 289.945 290.905

All items less food ...................................................... 174.7 177.0 181.6 184.4 190.6 197.4 202.6 210.610 211.512

All items less shelter .................................................. 167.5 168.2 171.7 174.7 180.9 187.7 191.1 199.734 200.609

All items less medical care ........................................ 169.0 171.3 175.1 178.2 183.9 190.0 194.8 202.600 203.569 

Commodities less food .............................................. 139.3 134.1 135.6 133.8 139.3 143.3 144.7 152.344 152.531 

Nondurables less food ............................................... 149.0 140.9 147.6 149.2 159.5 168.1 172.7 189.844 190.000 

Nondurables less food and apparel ........................... 163.6 153.4 165.0 168.8 185.1 199.2 205.8 233.014 234.667 

Nondurables .............................................................. 159.1 156.8 161.6 165.4 173.3 180.1 184.5 198.422 199.346

Apparel less footwear ................................................ 124.1 119.9 117.2 114.8 114.1 112.3 113.3 112.990 110.342 

Services less rent of shelter 6 .................................... 206.9 213.2 220.5 228.4 236.5 248.8 254.9 263.966 265.311 

Services less medical care services .......................... 191.5 198.3 204.3 209.9 216.0 224.2 231.7 238.894 240.201 

Energy ....................................................................... 128.1 111.4 123.3 131.8 153.7 180.0 185.2 217.506 219.465

All items less energy .................................................. 180.2 185.2 188.6 191.5 195.8 200.1 205.1 210.890 211.846

All items less food and energy ................................. 182.8 187.8 191.4 193.6 197.8 202.1 207.3 212.356 213.138 

Commodities less food and energy commodities .. 145.1 144.7 142.5 139.0 139.8 140.1 139.9 140.014 139.845 

Energy commodities ............................................ 129.3 97.6 120.7 129.0 163.4 190.7 202.4 261.976 264.660 

Services less energy services ............................... 204.4 212.6 219.8 225.5 231.9 238.7 247.5 255.785 257.220 

Domestically produced farm food .............................. 173.2 178.2 179.8 189.5 194.4 196.9 199.2 211.109 213.641 

Utilities and public transportation ............................... 156.5 156.6 158.4 163.2 168.3 183.5 185.2 191.955 192.975 

1 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 2005=100 base. 5 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item

stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 6 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 7 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 8 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base. 9 Indexes on a December 1990=100 base.

10 Indexes on a December 2001=100 base. 11 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 12 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 13 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 14 This item will be rebased to December 2007=100 beginning with the release of

March 2008 data. All historical data will be revised to reflect the new base.

NA Data not adequate for publication. - Data not available.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

104 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 26. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by commodity and

service group and detailed expenditure categories

Item and group

Percent change from previous December

December Jan.

2008 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Expenditure category

All items ................................................................................ 3.4 1.6 2.4 1.9 3.3 3.4 2.5 4.1 0.5 

Food and beverages ........................................................... 2.8 2.8 1.5 3.5 2.6 2.3 2.2 4.8 .9 

Food .................................................................................. 2.8 2.8 1.5 3.6 2.7 2.3 2.1 4.9 .9 

Food at home .................................................................. 2.9 2.6 .8 4.5 2.4 1.7 1.4 5.6 1.4 

Cereals and bakery products ........................................ 2.6 2.4 1.0 2.8 1.7 1.0 3.1 5.4 1.0 

Cereals and cereal products ....................................... .9 2.0 .5 2.1 1.0 -.3 2.1 4.1 1.0 

Flour and prepared flour mixes ................................. .7 4.6 3.8 3.9 -3.5 3.7 3.1 7.4 6.5 

Breakfast cereal ........................................................ 1.2 1.6 .0 .5 1.2 -2.1 .5 2.7 -2.3 

Rice, pasta, cornmeal ............................................... .4 1.8 -.1 4.2 2.4 1.3 4.7 5.2 5.4 

Rice 1 2 ................................................................... -1.2 -1.0 .3 5.3 4.7 1.7 6.5 4.2 2.9 

Bakery products .......................................................... 3.5 2.6 1.3 3.2 2.1 1.7 3.5 6.0 1.0 

Bread 2 ..................................................................... 4.6 5.2 1.0 2.1 4.0 2.9 5.1 10.5 1.0 

White bread 1 .......................................................... 4.7 5.2 .7 2.4 3.8 2.3 5.2 11.3 .3 

Bread other than white 1 ......................................... 5.4 4.2 2.1 -.4 5.0 2.8 4.6 10.1 2.3 

Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins 2 ................................... 3.0 3.8 1.9 3.8 2.7 2.4 6.3 4.5 1.3 

Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies ................................. 1.8 1.7 1.9 2.6 2.1 2.1 1.0 5.8 -.4 

Cookies 1 ................................................................ -1.3 2.7 2.8 .7 2.5 2.1 1.7 2.8 -2.3 

Fresh cakes and cupcakes 1 .................................. 3.5 1.8 1.3 3.9 1.9 2.1 .4 8.4 1.2 

Other bakery products .............................................. 4.1 .5 .7 4.7 .2 -.5 3.2 2.4 2.0 

Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts 1 ........... 7.7 4.0 1.0 3.8 2.1 3.3 3.9 3.4 .2 

Crackers, bread, and cracker products 1 ................ 3.0 -.6 .8 6.8 -1.1 -1.3 3.3 1.4 2.9 

Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies,

tarts, turnovers 1 ............................................. 3.6 3.4 .8 1.6 2.4 -.1 2.7 3.6 1.9 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ....................................... 4.5 3.4 .2 11.5 1.1 1.4 1.6 5.4 .6 

Meats, poultry, and fish ............................................... 4.0 4.0 -.2 10.7 2.3 1.4 1.0 4.0 .6 

Meats ........................................................................ 5.2 4.6 .2 14.0 1.6 1.2 .9 3.3 .2 

Beef and veal .......................................................... 5.5 6.2 .6 23.5 -.9 2.2 .5 5.0 .0 

Uncooked ground beef ......................................... 6.1 6.9 1.2 19.5 2.9 3.5 .5 5.2 .9 

Uncooked beef roasts 2 ........................................ 6.4 8.2 .3 23.5 -.7 1.2 -.2 5.1 .2 

Uncooked beef steaks 2 ....................................... 4.5 4.4 .3 27.5 -3.3 1.3 .1 5.1 -1.4 

Uncooked other beef and veal 2 ........................... 5.3 5.6 -.8 21.7 -6.2 3.0 4.1 4.0 1.4 

Pork ........................................................................ 5.8 3.7 -2.3 5.2 4.7 -.1 .7 1.4 .8 

Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products 2 7.4 5.3 -.3 4.3 5.8 -3.6 1.7 3.2 -.1 

Bacon and related products 1 ............................. 8.7 6.5 1.1 9.2 3.6 -2.2 1.6 3.8 -.8 

Breakfast sausage and related products 1 2 ....... 6.9 3.2 -1.0 4.0 7.4 -4.8 1.4 2.3 .6 

Ham ...................................................................... 4.0 3.9 -2.0 4.6 4.2 2.2 .4 1.4 .4 

Ham, excluding canned 1 ................................... 4.7 4.1 -.9 5.4 5.4 2.5 1.3 1.2 -.2 

Pork chops ............................................................ 5.9 2.8 -2.8 5.4 2.3 -.1 -.4 .8 .7 

Other pork including roasts and picnics 2 ............. 5.1 1.9 -5.3 7.1 6.5 2.6 .4 -.4 2.4 

Other meats ............................................................ 3.7 3.0 3.2 5.5 2.9 .8 2.0 1.8 .0 

Frankfurters 1 ........................................................ 3.2 3.1 9.1 2.9 -2.4 1.6 1.1 4.9 -1.5 

Lunchmeats 1 2 ..................................................... 2.8 3.8 1.2 3.5 3.1 1.0 .9 1.5 1.0 

Lamb and organ meats 1 ...................................... 9.3 2.2 9.5 6.8 2.4 3.2 - - 4.4 

Lamb and mutton 1 2 ............................................ 5.6 -2.7 --- 10.4 ---

Poultry ....................................................................... 2.0 4.4 -.7 4.7 5.1 .3 -.7 6.3 1.5 

Chicken 2 ................................................................ 1.8 5.1 -.1 4.7 5.8 -.3 -.9 7.4 .6 

Fresh whole chicken 1 .......................................... 1.4 2.9 1.1 .5 8.7 1.1 -1.3 8.7 .2 

Fresh and frozen chicken parts 1 .......................... 2.1 6.8 -1.2 5.6 5.3 -1.7 -1.1 7.3 1.0 

Other poultry including turkey 2 .............................. 2.6 2.0 -2.9 4.3 2.5 2.8 .3 1.4 5.5 

Fish and seafood ...................................................... 1.4 -.1 -1.1 2.7 2.3 3.8 3.5 4.7 .9 

Fresh fish and seafood 2 ........................................ 3.9 -.8 -3.0 4.7 2.8 5.7 4.1 5.2 1.2 

Processed fish and seafood 2 ................................. -1.8 1.1 1.7 .0 1.5 1.2 2.5 4.1 .4 

Canned fish and seafood 1 ................................... -4.7 2.3 1.8 -.2 2.7 2.1 5.5 3.2 1.0 

Frozen fish and seafood 1 .................................... 2.2 -.5 3.6 .7 .7 1.2 1.0 5.1 .3 

Eggs ............................................................................ 17.3 -8.2 9.7 30.1 -19.9 1.4 14.1 32.6 1.7 

Dairy and related products ............................................ -.4 5.8 -2.0 3.4 4.1 1.7 -1.2 13.4 .8 

Milk 2 ........................................................................... -.4 4.4 -3.7 6.9 5.9 3.5 -2.5 19.3 -.1 

Fresh whole milk 1 .................................................... .9 4.6 -4.2 6.9 6.0 4.3 -4.3 22.0 -.2 

Fresh milk other than whole 1 2 ................................ -.1 3.4 -2.3 6.5 5.0 2.3 .0 16.9 -.4 

Cheese and related products ...................................... -2.5 7.2 -2.5 2.3 5.3 .5 -1.9 13.0 2.1 

Ice cream and related products .................................. 1.8 8.8 -1.5 .2 -.6 .4 1.6 3.6 .5 

Other dairy and related products 2 ............................. 1.5 2.8 2.0 1.6 2.9 1.5 -.2 11.8 .6 

Fruits and vegetables ................................................... 5.2 -.3 4.9 3.3 7.9 .6 1.9 5.9 2.4 

See footnotes at end of table.

105 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 26. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by commodity and

service group and detailed expenditure categories-Continued

Item and group

Percent change from previous December

December Jan.

2008 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Expenditure category

Fresh fruits and vegetables ........................................ 6.2 -1.7 5.5 4.5 9.6 -0.5 1.8 6.4 2.6 

Fresh fruits ................................................................ .8 .6 4.7 1.4 7.3 1.3 4.3 5.8 1.5 

Apples ..................................................................... .2 6.6 6.9 3.2 1.0 4.2 10.0 5.9 3.6 

Bananas .................................................................. -.2 2.7 .0 -1.5 -2.9 7.4 2.7 4.5 -1.4 

Citrus fruits 2 ........................................................... -4.7 7.7 9.7 1.9 11.8 7.5 6.1 .9 2.0 

Oranges, including tangerines 1 ........................... -10.3 12.8 15.1 5.6 6.6 5.7 11.8 -5.9 1.5 

Other fresh fruits 2 .................................................. 4.3 -5.8 3.7 1.8 11.5 -3.9 2.1 8.2 1.5 

Fresh vegetables ...................................................... 12.2 -4.1 6.4 7.6 11.9 -2.3 -.8 7.0 3.7 

Potatoes .................................................................. -5.9 14.4 8.3 -3.5 7.5 9.2 6.0 3.0 3.0 

Lettuce .................................................................... 32.4 -17.8 -5.7 38.1 -8.3 -6.1 8.4 4.8 -.8 

Tomatoes ................................................................ 22.5 -7.6 9.2 -1.5 49.5 -19.5 -7.0 18.9 1.8 

Other fresh vegetables ........................................... 10.7 -4.6 7.7 8.4 4.2 4.5 -2.4 4.3 5.9 

Processed fruits and vegetables 2 .............................. 1.8 4.6 2.9 -.8 1.6 5.3 2.7 4.0 1.8 

Canned fruits and vegetables 2 ................................ 1.9 4.2 3.3 -2.7 2.5 5.8 2.6 4.0 1.6 

Canned fruits 1 2 ..................................................... 3.0 -.1 3.9 -1.6 1.7 5.2 3.8 2.8 2.1 

Canned vegetables 1 2 ........................................... 2.0 7.6 2.1 -3.4 3.8 6.8 1.2 4.7 .9 

Frozen fruits and vegetables 2 .................................. 2.0 6.3 .3 2.7 -.8 4.8 2.5 3.3 1.9 

Frozen vegetables 1 ............................................... 3.1 6.1 -.1 2.7 -1.0 3.6 .7 .6 2.4 

Other processed fruits and vegetables including

dried 2 ............................................................... 1.3 1.9 6.2 -.7 3.2 4.9 3.4 5.5 2.0 

Dried beans, peas, and lentils 1 2 ........................... .6 4.6 6.3 -1.1 4.5 2.5 6.0 12.5 1.6 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ......... 1.5 1.3 .9 -.4 .9 3.5 2.1 3.5 2.7 

Juices and nonalcoholic drinks 2 ................................ 1.9 1.9 1.0 -.6 .8 3.0 1.9 3.5 3.1 

Carbonated drinks .................................................... 2.1 1.8 1.3 -.1 2.2 4.4 .4 3.4 4.0 

Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 2 ............... 1.9 2.8 -.6 1.1 -3.0 .2 13.2 13.4 2.1 

Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 2 .......... 1.7 1.8 .9 -1.3 -.4 1.6 3.1 3.0 2.4 

Beverage materials including coffee and tea 2 ........... .2 -.3 .9 .1 1.2 4.5 2.4 3.4 2.0 

Coffee ....................................................................... -3.2 -3.5 -.3 .7 1.6 11.5 2.2 5.6 2.6 

Roasted coffee 1 ..................................................... -3.6 -5.9 -.5 1.8 1.2 14.1 -.5 8.7 2.2 

Instant and freeze dried coffee 1 ............................ -.6 3.1 .0 -1.9 4.2 4.3 7.7 -2.4 4.1 

Other beverage materials including tea 2 ................. 4.1 2.8 1.8 -.3 1.0 .4 2.6 2.3 1.7 

Other food at home ....................................................... 2.0 2.9 .1 1.2 .4 2.4 .7 3.2 1.2 

Sugar and sweets ....................................................... .8 1.7 1.9 1.2 .2 4.0 2.7 3.6 .9 

Sugar and artificial sweeteners ................................. -.4 2.3 2.5 2.1 -.2 8.1 5.8 -.5 2.8 

Candy and chewing gum 2 ....................................... 1.2 1.1 1.6 .3 .2 3.6 1.5 4.8 .2 

Other sweets 2 .......................................................... 1.0 2.6 2.7 3.3 .7 1.7 4.0 3.4 1.4 

Fats and oils ............................................................... 3.5 4.5 -2.6 3.2 6.2 -1.3 .9 5.6 3.3 

Butter and margarine 2 ............................................. 8.3 11.6 -9.3 4.0 13.8 -3.2 -1.3 6.1 3.6 

Butter 1 ................................................................... 12.4 18.8 -19.4 2.9 28.3 -6.2 -5.8 2.2 3.1 

Margarine 1 ............................................................. 2.3 4.5 .4 6.0 1.1 .6 1.7 9.5 3.5 

Salad dressing 2 ....................................................... 1.7 1.9 -.6 2.2 .5 -4.3 3.4 3.6 3.3 

Other fats and oils including peanut butter 2 ............ 1.0 .4 2.0 3.2 4.5 2.2 .9 6.6 3.0 

Peanut butter 1 2 ..................................................... 2.3 1.2 .1 .3 .4 1.3 -2.9 8.7 1.0 

Other foods ................................................................. 1.9 3.0 .2 .8 -.7 2.8 .1 2.6 .9 

Soups ........................................................................ 2.7 3.0 1.2 .9 .1 1.9 .0 -.1 2.5 

Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods .................. 2.3 3.0 -1.0 .3 -.5 .9 -1.7 3.8 .2 

Snacks ...................................................................... 2.6 4.1 -3.3 4.5 -2.3 5.8 -1.0 4.5 -.2 

Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces ................. -1.1 5.4 3.1 -2.2 -2.9 3.8 -.1 3.5 4.1 

Salt and other seasonings and spices 1 2 ............... -1.9 7.4 -.3 -1.1 -.3 6.1 -3.7 5.8 2.0 

Olives, pickles, relishes 1 2 ..................................... .3 9.2 2.1 -6.0 4.5 .5 2.2 4.1 5.6 

Sauces and gravies 1 2 ........................................... .9 2.9 3.6 -1.4 -8.5 3.8 2.9 1.1 .7 

Other condiments 1 ................................................. 5.7 1.0 6.0 3.8 -3.6 1.7 .2 6.3 11.1 

Baby food 2 ............................................................... 4.1 3.0 1.5 3.2 2.1 3.4 .9 3.7 1.3 

Other miscellaneous foods 2 .................................... 3.0 -.4 1.6 -.4 .9 1.4 2.4 .1 -.1 

Prepared salads 1 3 ................................................ -------- -1.3 

Food away from home .................................................... 2.4 3.0 2.3 2.3 3.0 3.2 3.2 4.0 .4 

Full service meals and snacks 2 ................................... 2.8 3.3 2.2 2.2 2.9 2.8 3.4 3.9 .3 

Limited service meals and snacks 2 ............................. 2.8 3.2 2.2 2.3 3.2 3.3 3.0 4.1 .5 

Food at employee sites and schools 2 .......................... -.2 1.8 4.8 2.5 2.9 2.7 3.6 2.8 .1 

Food at elementary and secondary schools 1 4 .......... ------ 4.3 3.2 .1 

Food from vending machines and mobile vendors 2 .... 1.5 1.6 1.3 2.4 2.2 2.9 2.0 3.4 .6 

See footnotes at end of table.

106 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 26. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by commodity and

service group and detailed expenditure categories-Continued

Item and group

Percent change from previous December

December Jan.

2008 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Expenditure category

Other food away from home 2 ...................................... 3.9 4.0 3.7 2.6 3.3 5.3 4.0 4.8 0.6 

Alcoholic beverages .......................................................... 2.7 2.5 2.2 2.1 2.8 1.3 2.4 3.8 .8 

Alcoholic beverages at home ........................................ 2.4 1.4 1.9 1.7 2.1 .4 1.5 3.3 1.1 

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home ............. 3.1 1.6 2.6 3.0 3.3 -.5 1.3 4.3 .8 

Distilled spirits at home ............................................... 3.1 3.6 .5 2.1 .8 1.1 .8 .6 1.7 

Whiskey at home 1 ................................................... 2.1 3.6 1.4 2.9 .5 1.9 1.0 2.3 .8 

Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home 1 .......... 3.5 3.8 .2 1.3 1.2 .6 .2 .2 1.8 

Wine at home .............................................................. .9 -.3 1.4 -.5 .7 1.6 1.9 3.2 1.3 

Alcoholic beverages away from home .......................... 3.4 4.3 3.0 2.7 3.8 2.9 4.2 4.6 .5 

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home 1 2 ....................................................................... 3.3 2.9 2.6 3.6 3.5 2.1 4.8 3.4 .5 

Wine away from home 1 2 ........................................... 5.1 9.0 2.5 1.5 4.8 3.3 3.2 5.8 .1 

Distilled spirits away from home 1 2 ............................ 3.6 4.6 2.9 3.8 3.2 4.2 3.5 5.8 .4 

Housing ............................................................................... 4.3 2.9 2.4 2.2 3.0 4.0 3.3 3.0 .6 

Shelter .............................................................................. 3.4 4.2 3.1 2.2 2.7 2.6 4.2 3.1 .6 

Rent of primary residence 5 ............................................ 4.0 4.7 3.1 2.7 2.9 3.1 4.3 4.0 .3 

Lodging away from home 2 ............................................. 2.8 -.2 .6 3.4 5.1 3.5 4.0 4.6 5.0 

Housing at school, excluding board 5 6 ........................ 4.2 5.2 6.1 5.7 6.9 5.1 5.1 5.1 .0 

Other lodging away from home including hotels and

motels ................................................................... 2.7 -.8 .0 3.1 5.0 3.3 3.9 4.5 5.3 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 6 ........... 3.4 4.5 3.3 2.0 2.3 2.5 4.3 2.8 .2 

Tenants’ and household insurance 2 .............................. 2.4 1.5 5.6 1.8 3.8 -2.2 .9 -.1 .4 

Fuels and utilities .............................................................. 12.1 -2.1 1.4 6.5 7.9 15.6 .5 5.4 .9 

Household energy ........................................................... 14.5 -3.4 1.0 7.1 8.4 18.0 -.3 5.3 .9 

Fuel oil and other fuels ................................................. 36.3 -22.2 11.4 9.1 34.1 24.0 2.4 28.3 2.6 

Fuel oil ........................................................................ 40.5 -26.7 14.7 7.8 39.5 27.2 2.3 32.5 2.3 

Propane, kerosene, and firewood 7 ............................ 25.7 -9.3 5.5 11.6 23.9 17.3 2.6 19.2 3.1 

Gas (piped) and electricity 5 ......................................... 12.7 -1.5 .4 6.9 6.8 17.6 -.6 3.4 .7 

Electricity 5 .................................................................. 2.6 6.1 -1.9 2.6 2.1 10.7 7.5 5.2 1.1 

Utility (piped) gas service 5 ......................................... 36.7 -15.1 6.7 17.4 16.4 30.2 -14.2 -.4 -.2 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .......... 3.1 2.9 3.2 4.5 5.4 5.2 4.8 5.4 1.0 

Water and sewerage maintenance 5 .......................... 3.3 3.0 3.5 4.7 6.2 5.5 4.7 5.6 .9 

Garbage and trash collection 8 ................................... 2.0 2.5 2.4 4.2 3.4 4.3 5.2 4.8 1.0 

Household furnishings and operations ............................. 1.7 .2 -1.5 -1.8 .6 .7 .5 -.7 .4 

Window and floor coverings and other linens 2 .............. 1.8 -2.6 -5.3 -4.1 -1.5 -1.8 -4.8 -3.2 .6 

Floor coverings 2 .......................................................... 7.0 .0 2.0 -1.7 .7 6.2 4.0 -.3 -.2 

Window coverings 2 ...................................................... 1.7 -6.3 -3.7 -1.5 -1.6 .1 -.8 -2.6 2.1 

Other linens 2 ................................................................ -1.3 -1.2 -8.2 -6.1 -1.9 -4.2 -8.5 -4.2 .0 

Furniture and bedding ..................................................... .4 -3.1 -1.1 -1.6 -.2 .6 -.7 -2.1 .2 

Bedroom furniture ......................................................... -2.3 -1.2 -1.6 -.3 5.0 4.7 -1.2 -1.6 1.4 

Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture 2 ......... 2.1 -3.4 -1.0 -2.3 -1.9 -1.5 -.8 -1.9 -.8 

Other furniture 2 ............................................................ -.6 -5.8 -.3 -1.3 -3.7 -.4 .5 -3.4 1.0 

Infants’ furniture 1 4 ..................................................... ------ -1.4 - -

Appliances 2 ................................................................... -2.9 -.5 -3.1 -3.9 -3.8 2.8 1.1 1.4 .2 

Major appliances 2 ........................................................ -2.1 1.7 -2.3 -3.7 -3.0 5.8 2.9 2.8 .1 

Laundry equipment 1 .................................................. .5 -.4 -.1 -1.8 -3.8 5.1 1.5 3.2 .9 

Other appliances 2 ........................................................ -4.1 -3.9 -4.1 -4.2 -4.8 -1.2 -1.3 -.5 .2 

Other household equipment and furnishings 2 ............... -.7 -.5 -4.3 -5.0 .5 -4.7 -5.4 -4.8 1.4 

Clocks, lamps, and decorator items .............................. -4.4 -1.8 -5.3 -9.1 -.1 -7.7 -8.3 -9.6 1.1 

Indoor plants and flowers 9 ........................................... 5.5 2.4 -.8 2.1 .8 1.9 -.7 2.0 .8 

Dishes and flatware 2 ................................................... -2.8 -3.0 -5.4 -2.3 1.6 -6.8 -6.3 -2.6 3.7 

Nonelectric cookware and tableware 2 ......................... -.8 -1.1 -4.6 -1.3 1.1 -1.0 1.0 3.0 1.6 

Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies 2 ...... -2.0 -.6 -1.3 -2.6 1.6 .1 1.2 -1.1 -.5 

Tools, hardware and supplies 2 .................................... .5 -2.1 -1.6 -1.7 3.3 2.6 1.9 -1.1 -.4 

Outdoor equipment and supplies 2 ............................... -3.1 .2 -1.3 -3.1 .8 -1.1 .8 -1.0 -.5 

Housekeeping supplies ................................................... 4.7 2.4 -1.1 -.9 .9 2.3 4.0 1.5 .3 

Household cleaning products 2 ..................................... 4.7 2.7 -1.4 -1.6 -.7 3.2 2.7 -.2 .3 

Household paper products 2 ......................................... 8.0 1.4 .0 -1.8 6.9 .5 6.6 3.8 -.2 

Miscellaneous household products 2 ............................ 2.1 2.8 -1.6 .8 -1.2 2.5 3.8 2.0 .5 

Household operations 2 .................................................. 6.1 4.2 2.3 2.3 3.6 5.0 4.4 2.2 .5 

Domestic services 2 ...................................................... 4.5 2.9 4.0 2.6 1.9 5.1 4.6 1.7 .3 

Gardening and lawncare services 2 .............................. 9.0 4.5 .1 1.3 4.7 ----

Moving, storage, freight expense 2 ............................... 5.1 3.9 1.4 2.3 2.9 4.1 .2 -.1 .4 

See footnotes at end of table.

107 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 26. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by commodity and

service group and detailed expenditure categories-Continued

Item and group

Percent change from previous December

December Jan.

2008 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Expenditure category

Repair of household items 2 ......................................... 5.4 7.4 4.9 3.4 6.9 6.8 4.3 4.2 0.7 

Apparel ............................................................................... -1.8 -3.2 -1.8 -2.1 -.2 -1.1 .9 -.3 -2.1 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................... -2.7 -4.1 -2.9 -1.1 -1.4 -1.9 -.8 -1.0 -1.2 

Men’s apparel ................................................................. -2.2 -4.3 -1.0 -1.7 -.8 -1.3 -.3 -2.4 -1.5 

Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear ....................... -4.3 -1.5 -.7 .7 -1.6 -.6 -4.1 1.0 -4.7 

Men’s furnishings .......................................................... -1.7 -2.4 .9 2.2 -1.0 -1.0 -1.3 -3.8 1.5 

Men’s shirts and sweaters 2 ......................................... .4 -7.7 -1.0 -3.1 -2.8 -.7 2.8 -7.1 -3.5 

Men’s pants and shorts ................................................. -4.1 -4.9 -3.2 -6.1 3.3 -3.5 .4 1.4 .7 

Boys’ apparel .................................................................. -4.4 -3.2 -9.2 1.1 -4.1 -3.8 -2.6 4.2 -.1 

Women’s and girls’ apparel .............................................. -1.7 -4.1 -1.5 -1.9 -.8 -1.0 1.2 -.7 -4.6 

Women’s apparel ............................................................ -1.8 -4.0 -2.1 -1.6 -1.4 .1 1.7 -.9 -4.2 

Women’s outerwear ...................................................... 2.8 -7.0 .4 -1.1 -5.2 -4.1 -.7 -4.9 -5.0 

Women’s dresses ......................................................... -8.2 3.4 1.2 .1 -3.6 7.6 7.9 2.7 -7.6 

Women’s suits and separates 2 .................................... -1.6 -5.8 -2.4 -2.7 -.3 -.5 2.3 -.3 -5.1 

Women’s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and

accessories 2 ........................................................ -.2 -3.1 -3.8 -.5 -1.2 -.4 -.9 -2.3 -1.1 

Girls’ apparel ................................................................... -1.2 -4.8 1.7 -4.0 2.4 -6.9 -1.5 .7 -6.5 

Footwear ........................................................................... .1 -2.6 .1 -1.8 1.5 .9 1.3 -.6 -.9 

Men’s footwear ............................................................... .7 -3.3 .1 -3.4 -1.9 2.2 2.2 -2.0 -.6 

Boys’ and girls’ footwear ................................................. -2.5 -1.1 -1.2 -2.0 4.0 1.2 -.8 2.1 -1.8 

Women’s footwear .......................................................... 1.0 -2.8 .5 -.7 2.7 .0 1.7 -.9 -.7 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ............................................ -3.6 .2 -2.5 -4.9 -.5 -3.0 -.8 -.3 .1 

Jewelry and watches 7 ...................................................... -.9 -.1 -3.9 -4.0 3.2 -2.2 4.8 4.0 4.0 

Watches 7 ....................................................................... 1.1 -1.8 -5.3 .1 1.6 .8 1.8 -1.7 1.5 

Jewelry 7 ......................................................................... -1.3 .3 -3.6 -4.6 3.3 -2.6 5.2 5.0 4.4 

Transportation ..................................................................... 4.1 -3.8 3.8 .3 6.5 4.8 1.6 8.3 .5 

Private transportation ........................................................ 4.1 -4.0 4.2 .3 7.0 4.7 1.7 8.3 .5 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ...................................... 1.0 -.5 -2.9 -4.4 1.1 .4 -1.0 .0 .1 

New vehicles ................................................................. .0 -.1 -2.0 -1.8 .6 -.4 -.9 -.3 .1 

New cars and trucks 1 2 .............................................. .0 .0 -2.0 -1.9 .6 -.4 -.9 -.3 .1 

New cars 1 .................................................................. .3 .0 -2.0 -2.1 .5 .8 .2 -.4 .0 

New trucks 1 8 ............................................................. -.6 -.1 -2.2 -1.5 .5 -1.9 -2.0 -.2 .2 

Used cars and trucks .................................................... 3.4 -1.9 -5.5 -11.8 4.8 1.4 -2.2 .5 .2 

Leased cars and trucks 10 ............................................ - - -2.0 -2.3 -4.2 1.4 -.1 .6 -.2 

Car and truck rental 2 ................................................... -.6 -3.6 .5 3.2 -4.0 8.6 2.9 -1.2 -2.0 

Motor fuel ........................................................................ 13.9 -24.8 24.6 6.8 26.1 16.2 6.4 29.5 .9 

Gasoline (all types) ....................................................... 13.9 -24.9 24.8 6.8 26.1 16.1 6.4 29.6 1.0 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 1 ...................................... 14.5 -25.8 25.8 7.3 26.7 16.7 6.5 29.7 1.0 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 1 11 .............................. 13.2 -24.9 25.4 6.1 25.7 15.5 5.9 29.6 1.0 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 1 ................................... 12.8 -23.4 23.5 6.1 24.3 14.6 6.2 28.6 .9 

Other motor fuels 2 ....................................................... 25.2 -16.6 1.6 1.8 31.8 22.1 7.3 24.1 -.4 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment ................................. 2.3 2.6 1.1 .7 2.0 3.7 4.8 3.7 .3 

Tires .............................................................................. 1.0 2.7 .1 -.5 2.4 2.9 3.6 2.8 -.3 

Vehicle accessories other than tires 2 .......................... 3.3 2.5 2.4 2.2 1.4 5.1 6.6 5.1 1.2 

Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires 1 .......... 1.4 1.1 2.3 1.4 .4 3.4 4.8 4.6 .9 

Motor oil, coolant, and fluids 1 .................................... 7.2 6.4 2.4 3.8 6.3 14.6 15.0 7.2 2.5 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ............................ 3.5 3.6 3.7 2.4 2.7 3.6 3.8 3.3 .7 

Motor vehicle body work ............................................... 3.7 3.4 1.8 1.9 2.7 4.8 3.4 3.5 .2 

Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing ..................... 2.9 4.0 3.7 1.7 2.9 3.2 3.2 3.0 .9 

Motor vehicle repair 2 ................................................... 3.7 3.5 3.9 3.0 2.5 3.9 4.4 3.5 .6 

Motor vehicle insurance .................................................. 1.8 7.3 9.0 4.5 3.4 1.0 .8 .5 .2 

Motor vehicle fees 2 ........................................................ 3.5 2.0 3.3 6.8 8.6 2.9 2.3 2.0 1.1 

State and local registration and license 2 5 ................... 3.0 1.0 3.5 8.4 10.4 2.0 2.4 1.3 1.2 

Parking and other fees 2 ............................................... 4.5 4.2 2.8 2.9 5.1 4.9 2.0 3.7 .9 

Parking fees and tolls 1 2 ............................................ 4.7 4.2 3.1 3.3 5.8 6.5 1.6 4.6 .8 

Automobile service clubs 1 2 ....................................... .6 5.1 -.3 2.5 1.5 .2 3.6 1.0 .7 

Public transportation ......................................................... 4.1 -2.2 -.9 1.3 -.1 5.9 .1 7.2 .4 

Airline fare ....................................................................... 5.9 -3.9 -2.4 -.1 -1.5 6.4 -1.0 10.6 .8 

Other intercity transportation .......................................... -1.6 -2.8 2.0 -5.2 -1.6 4.8 2.0 1.3 -1.6 

Intercity bus fare 1 3 ...................................................... -------- .9 

See footnotes at end of table.

108 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 26. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by commodity and

service group and detailed expenditure categories-Continued

Item and group

Percent change from previous December

December Jan.

2008 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Expenditure category

Intercity train fare 1 3 ..................................................... -------- -1.9 

Ship fare 1 2 .................................................................. -12.8 -8.8 -1.8 -10.3 4.9 -0.3 -1.4 2.3 -2.4 

Intracity transportation .................................................... 2.5 2.7 1.5 10.3 3.8 5.4 1.9 2.1 .4 

Medical care ....................................................................... 4.2 4.7 5.0 3.7 4.2 4.3 3.6 5.2 .8 

Medical care commodities ................................................ 2.8 4.4 3.1 2.1 2.2 3.7 1.8 2.7 .6 

Prescription drugs ........................................................... 3.6 6.0 4.5 2.5 3.5 4.4 1.9 3.3 .9 

Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies 7 ............... 1.0 .6 .1 1.2 -1.3 1.7 1.8 1.1 -.5 

Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs ........... 1.1 1.2 .2 1.4 -2.3 2.1 1.9 1.0 -.4 

Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies ........ .9 -.4 -.5 .5 1.2 .7 1.5 1.4 -.7 

Medical care services ....................................................... 4.6 4.8 5.6 4.2 4.9 4.5 4.1 5.9 .8 

Professional services ...................................................... 3.7 3.6 3.3 2.8 4.0 3.8 2.6 4.2 .6 

Physicians’ services 5 ................................................... 3.9 3.5 3.2 2.3 4.0 3.1 1.7 4.1 .6 

Dental services 5 .......................................................... 4.3 3.9 4.5 4.4 4.9 5.7 5.0 5.8 .8 

Eyeglasses and eye care 7 ........................................... 2.4 2.8 -.3 1.5 2.9 3.1 2.0 1.5 .1 

Services by other medical professionals 5 7 ................. 2.6 3.4 3.6 2.3 2.5 2.5 3.1 3.1 .3 

Hospital and related services 5 ....................................... 6.2 7.1 9.8 6.4 5.2 5.1 6.1 8.1 1.5 

Hospital services 5 12 ................................................... 6.3 7.2 10.1 6.4 5.2 5.2 6.2 8.3 1.6 

Inpatient hospital services 1 5 12 ................................. 5.6 6.9 9.4 5.7 5.6 5.3 6.8 7.6 1.6 

Outpatient hospital services 157 ............................... 7.2 6.8 12.7 6.6 4.5 5.0 5.2 9.9 1.4 

Nursing homes and adult day services 5 12 .................. 4.9 4.5 4.4 5.8 3.5 3.5 5.0 4.8 .7 

Care of invalids and elderly at home 3 .......................... ------ 3.1 3.4 1.3 

Health insurance 4 .......................................................... ------ 6.4 8.8 .5 

Recreation 2 ........................................................................ 1.7 1.5 1.1 1.1 .7 1.1 1.0 .8 .3 

Video and audio 2 ............................................................. .6 .5 2.0 .1 .6 .0 -1.1 -.1 .3 

Televisions ...................................................................... -10.7 -10.8 -10.6 -14.3 -12.3 -14.4 -22.6 -18.3 -1.0 

Cable and satellite television and radio service 8 ........... 5.1 4.0 7.3 3.8 4.0 3.3 2.6 2.5 .6 

Other video equipment 2 ................................................. -17.8 -16.6 -13.1 -12.3 -14.3 -10.6 -13.9 -13.0 -.1 

Video cassettes, discs, and other media including rental 2 .............................................................................. -6.1 -1.8 -7.0 .0 -1.2 -.8 1.2 .5 .7 

Video cassettes and discs, blank and prerecorded 1 2 1.3 -4.6 -.4 -2.1 -2.4 -8.3 -3.3 -6.0 -.4 

Rental of video tapes and discs 1 2 .............................. -8.2 3.2 -8.2 -.2 -.9 4.2 3.5 4.0 1.0 

Audio equipment ............................................................. .9 -4.4 -4.5 -5.4 -6.7 -8.8 -4.3 -4.8 -.8 

Audio discs, tapes and other media 2 ............................. 2.7 4.3 1.0 -3.9 3.5 .1 -2.9 -.7 -.1 

Pets, pet products and services 2 ..................................... 2.9 4.2 2.2 2.7 4.3 2.8 3.5 5.5 .3 

Pets and pet products ..................................................... -.6 3.3 .6 1.5 2.8 1.2 3.2 4.9 .3 

Pet food 1 2 ................................................................... .1 3.0 .3 2.0 3.1 1.2 3.4 5.4 .2 

Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories 1 2 ........... -1.1 2.1 2.7 -.4 1.8 1.8 3.0 3.1 .0 

Pet services including veterinary 2 ................................. 9.0 5.9 4.9 5.0 6.3 4.9 4.1 6.3 .3 

Pet services 1 2 ............................................................. 5.5 1.9 4.0 3.8 5.1 3.9 4.1 4.1 .6 

Veterinarian services 1 2 ............................................... 9.0 6.4 5.2 5.4 6.7 5.2 4.3 7.0 .3 

Sporting goods .................................................................. .8 -1.6 -1.4 -.7 -1.2 1.8 1.5 -.9 .4 

Sports vehicles including bicycles .................................. 3.2 -.5 -.8 -2.2 1.4 3.9 3.0 -.3 .2 

Sports equipment ............................................................ -1.3 -2.6 -1.8 .6 -3.9 -.4 -1.0 -1.8 .8 

Photography 2 ................................................................... .3 -.7 -1.9 -2.2 -3.1 -3.1 -4.8 -3.5 -.2 

Photographic equipment and supplies ............................ -2.9 -2.2 -6.2 -5.7 -7.1 -4.9 -11.2 -6.9 -.7 

Film and photographic supplies 1 2 ............................... -1.6 1.4 -5.8 -3.2 -1.5 .6 -4.0 2.1 .0 

Photographic equipment 1 2 ......................................... -4.0 -7.7 -6.0 -8.4 -13.7 -10.2 -18.0 -14.7 -1.2 

Photographers and film processing 2 ............................. 2.6 .1 1.8 .6 .2 -1.6 1.8 -.4 .1 

Photographer fees 1 2 ................................................... -

 4.3 5.2 3.3 -2.3 -1.7 1.1 2.1 .2 

Film processing 1 2 ....................................................... .8 -1.7 1.1 .1 -.2 -1.6 1.7 -.8 .1 

Other recreational goods 2 ............................................... -2.6 -3.8 -7.3 -3.2 -4.3 -3.9 -3.1 -5.3 -.2 

Toys ................................................................................ -3.7 -5.2 -9.3 -4.2 -6.1 -4.5 -4.8 -5.7 -.4

Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipment 1 2 .. -2.7 -4.1 -5.2 -3.1 -2.8 -2.4 -2.5 -3.4 -.4 

Sewing machines, fabric and supplies 2 ......................... .0 1.1 -2.2 .5 .3 -3.4 1.0 -6.3 .2 

Music instruments and accessories 2 ............................. 1.4 .0 -1.2 -1.4 1.2 -1.8 .0 -1.9 .1 

Recreation services 2 ....................................................... 3.8 3.9 3.1 3.5 2.1 3.0 3.9 2.4 .5 

Club dues and fees for participant sports and group

exercises 2 .............................................................. 3.3 2.1 .6 2.7 .3 2.6 2.2 1.5 .8 

Admissions ..................................................................... 5.0 4.5 4.9 3.4 3.5 3.5 5.2 2.4 .5 

Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts 1 2 .......... 4.1 2.6 5.0 3.9 2.5 3.5 5.4 2.0 .5 

Admission to sporting events 1 2 .................................. 5.8 6.0 4.0 .7 6.9 6.4 3.7 4.7 .5 

See footnotes at end of table.

109 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 26. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by commodity and

service group and detailed expenditure categories-Continued

Item and group

Percent change from previous December

December Jan.

2008 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Expenditure category

Fees for lessons or instructions 7 ................................... 1.8 6.7 1.4 6.3 2.7 2.6 3.5 3.8 0.2 

Recreational reading materials ......................................... 1.3 2.0 2.0 .9 2.2 .5 .8 1.1 .4 

Newspapers and magazines 2 ........................................ 1.6 2.1 2.2 1.7 3.7 1.7 1.0 1.4 .6 

Recreational books 2 ...................................................... .7 1.7 1.7 -.5 .0 -1.2 .7 .7 .2 

Education and communication 2 ......................................... 1.3 3.2 2.2 1.6 1.5 2.4 2.3 3.0 .2 

Education 2 ....................................................................... 5.7 5.6 6.6 7.2 6.5 6.1 6.3 5.6 .3 

Educational books and supplies ..................................... 11.5 3.3 9.7 6.0 3.8 5.2 6.7 8.7 .8 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ........................ 5.2 5.9 6.2 7.4 6.8 6.2 6.3 5.4 .3 

College tuition and fees ................................................ 4.5 6.2 7.0 9.8 8.6 6.6 7.0 6.1 .1 

Elementary and high school tuition and fees ................ 6.3 7.2 6.8 6.5 7.0 5.6 5.9 5.5 .0 

Child care and nursery school 9 ................................... 5.6 5.0 4.9 4.1 3.5 5.5 5.3 3.9 .8 

Technical and business school tuition and fees 2 ......... 4.6 5.9 5.0 9.1 8.0 6.5 5.1 4.9 -.6 

Communication 2 .............................................................. -3.0 .4 -1.7 -3.9 -3.2 -1.3 -1.4 .2 .1 

Postage and delivery services 2 ..................................... .1 4.7 10.4 .2 .5 .4 5.0 4.4 .4 

Postage ......................................................................... .0 4.6 10.5 .0 .0 .0 5.3 3.9 .0 

Delivery services 2 ........................................................ 5.5 6.6 4.6 4.4 14.0 9.9 1.3 10.5 7.1 

Information and information processing 2 ....................... -3.4 .1 -2.5 -4.2 -3.4 -1.3 -1.9 -.1 .1 

Telephone services 2 .................................................... -2.3 1.3 .2 -2.7 -2.5 .4 1.7 2.1 .1 

Land-line telephone services, local charges 5 ............ 5.5 4.5 5.3 2.6 1.1 3.3 2.2 4.1 .2 

Land-line telephone services, long distance charges 2 .......................................................................... -9.2 -1.8 -6.0 -10.0 -7.7 -1.7 3.3 3.4 .0 

Land-line interstate toll calls 1 ................................... -11.2 -2.0 -5.9 -10.9 -8.7 -3.0 5.0 2.4 .0 

Land-line intrastate toll calls 1 ................................... -6.0 -1.7 -6.1 -9.4 -6.6 .4 3.3 5.9 .1 

Wireless telephone services 2 .................................... -12.3 -5.5 .3 -1.3 -1.4 -1.5 .0 -.9 .1 

Information technology, hardware and services 13 ......... -15.6 -16.8 -13.1 -11.0 -7.2 -7.7 -14.5 -8.8 .1 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 2 14 ..... -22.7 -30.7 -22.1 -17.8 -14.2 -15.8 -12.0 -13.2 1.0 

Computer software and accessories 2 .......................... -7.6 -2.5 -10.7 -9.7 -4.7 -4.3 -7.4 -6.4 .3 

Internet services and electronic information providers 2 -.3 4.8 -.7 -2.0 -.4 -2.8 -18.3 -5.2 -.4 

Telephone hardware, calculators, and other consumer

information items 2 ................................................ -11.1 -8.2 -9.2 -11.4 -7.5 -8.7 -8.8 -8.3 -1.1 

Other goods and services ................................................... 4.2 4.5 3.3 1.5 2.5 3.1 3.0 3.3 .4 

Tobacco and smoking products ........................................ 7.5 8.9 9.5 -.4 3.1 5.8 2.8 7.5 1.1 

Cigarettes 2 ..................................................................... 7.6 9.2 9.8 -.9 2.8 5.9 2.8 7.8 1.1 

Tobacco products other than cigarettes 2 ....................... 5.4 3.4 4.1 5.9 6.1 5.1 2.0 3.5 .6 

Personal care .................................................................... 3.0 2.9 1.6 2.1 2.4 2.3 3.0 2.2 .2 

Personal care products ................................................... 2.0 -.1 -1.3 .0 .0 1.3 2.3 -.5 .0 

Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal

care products 2 ..................................................... 3.9 -.3 -1.1 -.8 -.9 .4 2.1 -.3 .0 

Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and

implements ........................................................... .2 .1 -1.4 .8 1.1 2.3 2.5 -.6 .0 

Personal care services ................................................... 4.0 2.8 1.9 2.3 3.6 2.7 2.9 3.4 .1 

Haircuts and other personal care services 2 ................. 4.0 2.8 1.9 2.3 3.5 2.6 2.9 3.4 .1 

Miscellaneous personal services .................................... 3.7 5.0 3.1 3.7 3.7 3.0 3.9 3.5 .7 

Legal services 7 ............................................................ 5.0 6.5 4.3 5.0 5.3 3.4 4.5 2.9 1.3 

Funeral expenses 7 ...................................................... 2.5 4.5 4.3 4.2 3.6 4.6 4.9 4.8 .7 

Laundry and dry cleaning services 2 ............................ 2.4 4.1 2.1 3.0 3.0 1.8 3.3 3.1 .3 

Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning 2 3.8 4.1 1.9 3.1 2.7 4.9 5.1 3.6 1.3 

Financial services 7 ...................................................... 3.7 4.5 3.2 2.6 3.7 1.6 3.5 3.9 .2 

Checking account and other bank services 1 2 ........... 3.4 5.1 1.6 1.9 2.7 .4 2.3 2.5 .0 

Tax return preparation and other accounting fees 1 2 4.6 4.5 4.9 4.2 5.1 4.4 6.4 4.3 1.0 

Miscellaneous personal goods 2 ..................................... -2.2 -1.7 -.8 -4.9 -2.7 -.2 .6 .7 -.8 

Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap 1 ................... -1.0 .6 -.1 -4.4 -1.0 1.5 .9 1.6 -.5 

Infants’ equipment 1 4 ................................................... ------ -2.9 -1.5 -.4 

Special aggregate indexes

Commodities ......................................................................... 2.7 -1.4 1.2 .5 3.6 2.7 1.3 5.2 .4 

Commodities less food and beverages ............................... 2.5 -4.0 1.0 -1.4 4.2 3.0 .8 5.4 .1 

Nondurables less food and beverages ............................. 4.5 -6.0 4.9 1.0 7.3 5.7 2.8 10.4 .0 

See footnotes at end of table.

110 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 26. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by commodity and

service group and detailed expenditure categories-Continued

Item and group

Percent change from previous December

December Jan.

2008 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Special aggregate indexes

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ............ 7.2 -7.1 8.1 2.3 10.4 8.2 3.4 14.2 0.7 

Durables ........................................................................... .0 -1.3 -3.3 -4.3 .4 -.5 -1.4 -1.1 .2 

Services ................................................................................ 3.9 3.7 3.2 2.8 3.1 3.8 3.4 3.3 .6 

Rent of shelter 6 .................................................................... 3.5 4.2 3.0 2.2 2.7 2.7 4.3 3.1 .6 

Transportation services ........................................................ 2.9 3.1 3.7 2.7 1.9 2.7 1.3 2.5 .4 

Other services ....................................................................... 2.9 3.8 3.4 2.9 2.7 3.0 3.2 3.2 .3 

All items less food ................................................................. 3.5 1.3 2.6 1.5 3.4 3.6 2.6 4.0 .4 

All items less shelter ............................................................. 3.3 .4 2.1 1.7 3.5 3.8 1.8 4.5 .4 

All items less medical care ................................................... 3.3 1.4 2.2 1.8 3.2 3.3 2.5 4.0 .5 

Commodities less food ......................................................... 2.5 -3.7 1.1 -1.3 4.1 2.9 1.0 5.3 .1 

Nondurables less food .......................................................... 4.3 -5.4 4.8 1.1 6.9 5.4 2.7 9.9 .1 

Nondurables less food and apparel ...................................... 6.8 -6.2 7.6 2.3 9.7 7.6 3.3 13.2 .7 

Nondurables ......................................................................... 3.6 -1.4 3.1 2.4 4.8 3.9 2.4 7.5 .5 

Apparel less footwear ........................................................... -2.1 -3.4 -2.3 -2.0 -.6 -1.6 .9 -.3 -2.3 

Services less rent of shelter 6 ............................................... 4.5 3.0 3.4 3.6 3.5 5.2 2.5 3.6 .5 

Services less medical care services ..................................... 3.9 3.6 3.0 2.7 2.9 3.8 3.3 3.1 .5 

Energy .................................................................................. 14.2 -13.0 10.7 6.9 16.6 17.1 2.9 17.4 .9

All items less energy ............................................................. 2.6 2.8 1.8 1.5 2.2 2.2 2.5 2.8 .5 

All items less food and energy ............................................ 2.6 2.7 1.9 1.1 2.2 2.2 2.6 2.4 .4 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ............. .6 -.3 -1.5 -2.5 .6 .2 -.1 .1 -.1 

Energy commodities ....................................................... 15.7 -24.5 23.7 6.9 26.7 16.7 6.1 29.4 1.0 

Services less energy services .......................................... 3.4 4.0 3.4 2.6 2.8 2.9 3.7 3.3 .6 

Domestically produced farm food ......................................... 3.2 2.9 .9 5.4 2.6 1.3 1.2 6.0 1.2 

Utilities and public transportation .......................................... 5.8 .1 1.1 3.0 3.1 9.0 .9 3.6 .5 

1 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 2005=100 base. 5 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. 

All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric

means estimator. 6 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 7 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 8 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base.

9 Indexes on a December 1990=100 base. 10 Indexes on a December 2001=100 base. 11 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 12 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 13 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 14 This item will be rebased to December 2007=100 beginning

with the release of March 2008 data. All historical data will be

revised to reflect the new base. - Data not available.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

111 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 27. Historical Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U. S. city average, all

items

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.

1913 9.9 9.8 9.8 9.9 9.8 9.8 9.9 10.0 10.0 10.1 10.1 10.1 

1914 10.1 10.0 10.0 9.9 9.9 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.2 10.2 10.2 

1915 10.2 10.1 10.0 10.1 10.1 10.2 10.2 10.2 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.4 

1916 10.5 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.7 10.9 10.9 11.0 11.2 11.3 11.5 11.6 

1917 11.8 12.0 12.1 12.6 12.9 13.0 12.9 13.1 13.3 13.6 13.6 13.8 

1918 14.0 14.2 14.1 14.3 14.5 14.8 15.2 15.4 15.8 16.1 16.3 16.6 

1919 16.6 16.2 16.5 16.8 17.0 17.0 17.5 17.8 17.9 18.2 18.6 19.0 

1920 19.4 19.6 19.8 20.4 20.7 21.0 20.9 20.4 20.1 20.0 19.9 19.5 

1921 19.1 18.5 18.4 18.2 17.8 17.7 17.8 17.8 17.6 17.6 17.5 17.4 

1922 17.0 17.0 16.8 16.8 16.8 16.8 16.9 16.7 16.7 16.8 16.9 17.0 

1923 16.9 16.9 16.9 17.0 17.0 17.1 17.3 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.4 17.4 

1924 17.4 17.3 17.2 17.1 17.1 17.1 17.2 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.3 17.4 

1925 17.4 17.3 17.4 17.3 17.4 17.6 17.8 17.8 17.8 17.8 18.1 18.0 

1926 18.0 18.0 17.9 18.0 17.9 17.8 17.6 17.5 17.6 17.7 17.8 17.8 

1927 17.6 17.5 17.4 17.4 17.5 17.7 17.4 17.3 17.4 17.5 17.4 17.4 

1928 17.4 17.2 17.2 17.2 17.3 17.2 17.2 17.2 17.4 17.3 17.3 17.2 

1929 17.2 17.2 17.1 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.4 17.4 17.4 17.4 17.4 17.3 

1930 17.2 17.1 17.0 17.1 17.0 16.9 16.7 16.6 16.7 16.6 16.5 16.2 

1931 16.0 15.7 15.6 15.5 15.4 15.2 15.2 15.1 15.1 15.0 14.8 14.7 

1932 14.4 14.2 14.1 14.0 13.8 13.7 13.7 13.5 13.5 13.4 13.3 13.2 

1933 13.0 12.8 12.7 12.6 12.7 12.8 13.2 13.3 13.3 13.3 13.3 13.2 

1934 13.3 13.4 13.4 13.4 13.4 13.4 13.4 13.5 13.7 13.6 13.5 13.5 

1935 13.7 13.8 13.8 13.9 13.8 13.8 13.7 13.7 13.8 13.8 13.9 13.9 

1936 13.9 13.8 13.8 13.8 13.8 13.9 14.0 14.1 14.1 14.1 14.1 14.1 

1937 14.2 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.4 14.5 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.6 14.5 14.5 

1938 14.3 14.2 14.2 14.2 14.2 14.2 14.2 14.2 14.2 14.1 14.1 14.1 

1939 14.0 14.0 13.9 13.9 13.9 13.9 13.9 13.9 14.2 14.1 14.1 14.0 

1940 14.0 14.1 14.1 14.1 14.1 14.1 14.1 14.1 14.1 14.1 14.1 14.2 

1941 14.2 14.2 14.2 14.4 14.5 14.7 14.8 14.9 15.2 15.4 15.5 15.5 

1942 15.7 15.9 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.6 16.8 16.9 17.0 

1943 17.0 17.0 17.3 17.5 17.6 17.6 17.5 17.4 17.5 17.5 17.5 17.5 

1944 17.5 17.5 17.5 17.6 17.6 17.7 17.8 17.8 17.8 17.8 17.8 17.9 

1945 17.9 17.9 17.9 17.9 18.0 18.2 18.2 18.2 18.2 18.2 18.2 18.3 

1946 18.3 18.2 18.4 18.5 18.6 18.8 19.9 20.3 20.5 20.9 21.5 21.6 

1947 21.6 21.6 22.1 22.1 22.0 22.2 22.4 22.6 23.1 23.1 23.3 23.6 

1948 23.8 23.6 23.6 23.9 24.1 24.2 24.5 24.6 24.6 24.5 24.4 24.2 

1949 24.2 23.9 24.0 24.0 24.0 24.0 23.8 23.9 24.0 23.9 23.9 23.8 

1950 23.7 23.6 23.7 23.7 23.8 24.0 24.2 24.4 24.6 24.7 24.8 25.1 

1951 25.5 25.9 26.0 26.0 26.1 26.1 26.1 26.1 26.3 26.4 26.5 26.6 

1952 26.6 26.5 26.5 26.6 26.6 26.7 26.9 26.9 26.9 26.9 26.9 26.9 

1953 26.8 26.7 26.7 26.8 26.8 26.9 27.0 27.1 27.1 27.2 27.1 27.0 

1954 27.1 27.1 27.0 27.0 27.1 27.1 27.1 27.1 27.0 26.9 27.0 26.9 

1955 26.9 26.9 26.9 26.9 26.9 26.9 27.0 26.9 27.0 27.0 27.1 27.0 

1956 27.0 27.0 27.0 27.0 27.2 27.3 27.5 27.5 27.5 27.7 27.7 27.8 

1957 27.8 27.9 28.0 28.1 28.1 28.3 28.4 28.5 28.5 28.5 28.6 28.6 

1958 28.8 28.8 29.0 29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1 

1959 29.1 29.1 29.1 29.1 29.2 29.3 29.4 29.3 29.4 29.5 29.5 29.5 

1960 29.5 29.5 29.5 29.7 29.7 29.8 29.8 29.8 29.8 29.9 30.0 30.0 

1961 30.0 30.0 30.0 30.0 30.0 30.0 30.1 30.1 30.2 30.2 30.2 30.2 

1962 30.2 30.2 30.3 30.4 30.4 30.4 30.4 30.4 30.6 30.6 30.6 30.6 

1963 30.6 30.6 30.7 30.7 30.7 30.8 30.9 30.9 30.9 31.0 31.0 31.1 

1964 31.1 31.1 31.1 31.1 31.1 31.2 31.3 31.2 31.3 31.3 31.4 31.4 

1965 31.4 31.4 31.5 31.6 31.6 31.8 31.8 31.8 31.8 31.9 31.9 32.0 

1966 32.0 32.2 32.3 32.5 32.5 32.6 32.7 32.9 32.9 33.1 33.1 33.1 

1967 33.1 33.1 33.2 33.3 33.4 33.5 33.6 33.7 33.8 33.9 34.0 34.1 

1968 34.2 34.3 34.5 34.6 34.7 34.9 35.1 35.2 35.3 35.5 35.6 35.7 

1969 35.8 36.0 36.3 36.5 36.6 36.8 37.0 37.2 37.3 37.5 37.7 37.9 

See footnotes at end of table.

112 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 27. Historical Consumer Price Index for Urban

Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U. S. city

average, all items-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Year

Semiannual

averages Annual

avg.

Percent change

from previous

1st

half

2nd

half Dec. Annualavg.

1913 - - 10.0 - -

1914 - - 10.1 1.0 1.0 

1915 - - 10.2 2.0 1.0 

1916 - - 11.0 11.5 7.8 

1917 - - 12.9 19.0 17.3 

1918 - - 15.1 20.3 17.1 

1919 - - 17.4 14.5 15.2 

1920 - - 20.1 2.6 15.5 

1921 - - 18.0 -10.8 -10.4 

1922 - - 16.9 -2.3 -6.1 

1923 - - 17.2 2.4 1.8 

1924 - - 17.2 .0 .0 

1925 - - 17.6 3.4 2.3 

1926 - - 17.8 -1.1 1.1 

1927 - - 17.5 -2.2 -1.7 

1928 - - 17.2 -1.1 -1.7 

1929 - - 17.2 .6 .0 

1930 - - 16.8 -6.4 -2.3 

1931 - - 15.3 -9.3 -8.9 

1932 - - 13.7 -10.2 -10.5 

1933 - - 13.0 .0 -5.1 

1934 - - 13.5 2.3 3.8 

1935 - - 13.8 3.0 2.2 

1936 - - 13.9 1.4 .7 

1937 - - 14.4 2.8 3.6 

1938 - - 14.2 -2.8 -1.4 

1939 - - 14.0 -.7 -1.4 

1940 - - 14.1 1.4 .7 

1941 - - 14.8 9.2 5.0 

1942 - - 16.4 9.7 10.8 

1943 - - 17.4 2.9 6.1 

1944 - - 17.7 2.3 1.7 

1945 - - 18.1 2.2 2.3 

1946 - - 19.6 18.0 8.3 

1947 - - 22.5 9.3 14.8 

1948 - - 24.2 2.5 7.6 

1949 - - 24.0 -1.7 -.8 

1950 - - 24.2 5.5 .8 

1951 - - 26.1 6.0 7.9 

1952 - - 26.7 1.1 2.3 

1953 - - 26.9 .4 .7 

1954 - - 27.0 -.4 .4 

1955 - - 26.9 .4 -.4 

1956 - - 27.3 3.0 1.5 

1957 - - 28.3 2.9 3.7 

1958 - - 29.1 1.7 2.8 

1959 - - 29.3 1.4 .7 

1960 - - 29.8 1.7 1.7 

1961 - - 30.1 .7 1.0 

1962 - - 30.4 1.3 1.0 

1963 - - 30.8 1.6 1.3 

1964 - - 31.2 1.0 1.3 

1965 - - 31.7 1.9 1.6 

1966 - - 32.6 3.4 2.8 

1967 - - 33.6 3.0 3.1 

1968 - - 35.0 4.7 4.2 

1969 - - 36.9 6.2 5.4 

See footnotes at end of table.

113 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 27. Historical Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U. S. city average, all

items-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.

1970 38.0 38.2 38.4 38.7 38.8 39.0 39.2 39.2 39.4 39.6 39.8 40.0 

1971 40.0 40.1 40.2 40.4 40.6 40.8 40.9 41.0 41.0 41.1 41.2 41.3 

1972 41.4 41.6 41.6 41.7 41.9 42.0 42.1 42.2 42.4 42.5 42.6 42.7 

1973 42.9 43.2 43.6 43.9 44.1 44.4 44.5 45.4 45.5 45.9 46.2 46.5 

1974 46.9 47.5 48.0 48.3 48.8 49.3 49.7 50.3 50.9 51.4 51.8 52.2 

1975 52.4 52.8 53.0 53.2 53.5 53.9 54.5 54.7 54.9 55.3 55.6 55.8 

1976 56.0 56.1 56.2 56.5 56.8 57.1 57.4 57.7 57.9 58.2 58.3 58.5 

1977 58.9 59.5 59.8 60.3 60.6 61.0 61.3 61.5 61.8 61.9 62.2 62.5 

1978 62.8 63.2 63.7 64.3 64.9 65.6 66.0 66.4 66.8 67.4 67.7 68.1 

1979 68.7 69.5 70.3 71.1 71.9 72.8 73.7 74.4 75.1 75.7 76.4 77.2 

1980 78.3 79.4 80.5 81.4 82.3 83.2 83.3 83.8 84.6 85.3 86.1 86.9 

1981 87.5 88.5 89.0 89.6 90.3 91.1 92.2 92.8 93.7 93.9 94.1 94.4 

1982 94.7 95.0 94.8 95.2 96.2 97.4 98.0 98.2 98.3 98.6 98.4 98.0 

1983 98.1 98.1 98.4 99.0 99.5 99.8 100.1 100.5 101.0 101.2 101.2 101.2 

1984 101.6 101.8 101.8 102.1 102.5 102.8 103.2 104.2 104.8 104.8 104.7 104.8 

1985 104.9 105.4 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.0 107.1 107.3 107.6 107.9 108.3 108.6 

1986 108.9 108.5 107.9 107.6 107.9 108.4 108.4 108.6 109.1 109.1 109.2 109.3 

1987 110.0 110.5 111.0 111.6 111.9 112.4 112.7 113.3 113.8 114.1 114.3 114.2 

1988 114.5 114.7 115.1 115.7 116.2 116.7 117.2 117.7 118.5 118.9 119.0 119.2 

1989 119.7 120.2 120.8 121.8 122.5 122.8 123.2 123.2 123.6 124.2 124.4 124.6 

1990 125.9 126.4 127.1 127.3 127.5 128.3 128.7 129.9 131.1 131.9 132.2 132.2 

1991 132.8 132.8 133.0 133.3 133.8 134.1 134.3 134.6 135.2 135.4 135.8 135.9 

1992 136.0 136.4 137.0 137.3 137.6 138.1 138.4 138.8 139.1 139.6 139.8 139.8 

1993 140.3 140.7 141.1 141.6 141.9 142.0 142.1 142.4 142.6 143.3 143.4 143.3 

1994 143.6 144.0 144.4 144.7 144.9 145.4 145.8 146.5 146.9 147.0 147.3 147.2 

1995 147.8 148.3 148.7 149.3 149.6 149.9 149.9 150.2 150.6 151.0 150.9 150.9 

1996 151.7 152.2 152.9 153.6 154.0 154.1 154.3 154.5 155.1 155.5 155.9 155.9 

1997 156.3 156.8 157.0 157.2 157.2 157.4 157.5 157.8 158.3 158.5 158.5 158.2 

1998 158.4 158.5 158.7 159.1 159.5 159.7 159.8 160.0 160.2 160.6 160.7 160.7 

1999 161.0 161.1 161.4 162.7 162.8 162.8 163.3 163.8 164.7 165.0 165.1 165.1 

2000 165.6 166.5 167.9 168.0 168.2 169.2 169.4 169.3 170.4 170.6 170.9 170.7 

2001 171.7 172.4 172.6 173.5 174.4 174.6 173.8 173.8 174.8 174.0 173.7 172.9 

2002 173.2 173.7 174.7 175.8 175.8 175.9 176.1 176.6 177.0 177.3 177.4 177.0 

2003 177.7 179.2 180.3 179.8 179.4 179.6 179.6 180.3 181.0 180.7 180.2 179.9 

2004 180.9 181.9 182.9 183.5 184.7 185.3 184.9 185.0 185.4 186.5 186.8 186.0 

2005 186.3 187.3 188.6 190.2 190.0 190.1 191.0 192.1 195.0 195.2 193.4 192.5 

2006 194.0 194.2 195.3 197.2 198.2 198.6 199.2 199.6 198.4 197.0 196.8 197.2 

2007 197.559 198.544 200.612 202.130 203.661 203.906 203.700 203.199 203.889 204.338 205.891 205.777

2008 206.744 -----------

See footnotes at end of table.

114 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 27. Historical Consumer Price Index for Urban

Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U. S. city

average, all items-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Year

Semiannual

averages Annual

avg.

Percent change

from previous

1st

half

2nd

half Dec. Annualavg.

1970 - - 39.0 5.5 5.7 

1971 - - 40.7 3.3 4.4 

1972 - - 42.1 3.4 3.4 

1973 - - 44.7 8.9 6.2 

1974 - - 49.6 12.3 11.0 

1975 - - 54.1 6.9 9.1 

1976 - - 57.2 4.8 5.7 

1977 - - 60.9 6.8 6.5 

1978 - - 65.6 9.0 7.7 

1979 - - 73.1 13.4 11.4 

1980 - - 82.9 12.6 13.4 

1981 - - 91.4 8.6 10.3 

1982 - - 96.9 3.8 6.0 

1983 - - 99.8 3.3 3.0 

1984 102.1 104.4 103.3 3.6 3.5 

1985 106.0 107.8 106.9 3.6 3.5 

1986 108.2 109.0 108.6 .6 1.6 

1987 111.2 113.7 112.5 4.5 3.6 

1988 115.5 118.4 117.0 4.4 4.0 

1989 121.3 123.9 122.6 4.5 4.8 

1990 127.1 131.0 129.0 6.1 5.2 

1991 133.3 135.2 134.3 2.8 4.1 

1992 137.1 139.3 138.2 2.9 2.9 

1993 141.3 142.9 142.1 2.5 2.8 

1994 144.5 146.8 145.6 2.7 2.5 

1995 148.9 150.6 149.8 2.5 2.9 

1996 153.1 155.2 154.1 3.3 2.9 

1997 157.0 158.1 157.6 1.5 2.3 

1998 159.0 160.3 159.7 1.6 1.3 

1999 162.0 164.5 163.2 2.7 2.2 

2000 167.6 170.2 168.9 3.4 3.5 

2001 173.2 173.8 173.5 1.3 2.7 

2002 174.9 176.9 175.9 2.4 1.4 

2003 179.3 180.3 179.8 1.6 2.2 

2004 183.2 185.8 184.5 3.4 2.6 

2005 188.8 193.2 191.0 3.5 3.5 

2006 196.3 198.0 197.1 2.4 3.2 

2007 201.069 204.466 202.767 4.3 2.9 

2008 --- --

- Data not available.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

115 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 28. Historical Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by commodity and service

group and detailed expenditure categories

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Unadjusted indexes

December Jan.

2008 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Expenditure category

All items ..................................................................... 170.7 172.9 177.0 179.9 186.0 192.5 197.2 205.777 206.744 

All items (1967=100) .................................................. 508.5 515.0 527.2 536.0 554.2 573.3 587.3 612.948 615.828

Food and beverages ................................................ 169.8 174.6 177.1 183.6 188.4 192.5 196.5 206.141 208.055 

Food ...................................................................... 169.3 174.1 176.5 183.1 187.9 192.2 196.1 205.855 207.794

Food at home ...................................................... 169.1 173.7 175.1 183.3 187.6 190.7 193.2 204.141 206.870 

Cereals and bakery products ............................. 190.4 195.1 197.1 202.9 206.3 208.4 215.2 226.696 229.105 

Cereals and cereal products ............................ 175.0 178.4 179.4 183.4 185.1 184.6 188.9 196.937 199.266 

Flour and prepared flour mixes ...................... 151.8 159.1 165.5 171.9 165.4 171.7 176.8 190.120 202.102 

Breakfast cereal ............................................. 199.0 201.9 201.9 203.2 205.6 200.9 202.0 208.175 203.902 

Rice, pasta, cornmeal .................................... 152.2 154.8 154.9 161.0 165.0 167.3 175.8 184.496 194.055 

Bakery products ............................................... 198.3 203.5 206.3 213.1 217.6 221.3 229.5 243.149 245.584 

Bread 1 .......................................................... 109.3 114.9 116.0 118.4 123.6 126.8 133.7 147.613 149.352 

Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins 1 ........................ 109.8 114.0 116.2 120.8 123.6 126.7 134.6 140.373 142.498 

Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies ...................... 192.0 195.1 199.2 204.6 208.4 213.2 215.5 228.155 227.468 

Other bakery products ................................... 195.6 196.6 198.2 207.8 207.9 207.2 214.9 219.795 223.688 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ............................ 156.3 161.8 162.3 181.0 183.2 185.6 188.0 198.489 199.686 

Meats, poultry, and fish ................................... 156.8 163.2 163.0 180.4 184.6 187.1 188.5 196.452 197.485 

Meats ............................................................. 152.8 160.0 160.3 182.5 185.4 187.7 189.1 195.296 195.737 

Beef and veal ............................................... 150.5 159.7 160.8 198.6 197.0 201.7 202.7 213.259 213.374 

Uncooked ground beef .............................. 128.3 137.0 138.5 165.3 170.4 176.0 177.3 186.988 188.128 

Uncooked beef roasts 1 ............................. 109.3 118.6 118.9 147.0 145.4 147.4 147.4 154.068 154.611 

Uncooked beef steaks 1 ............................ 110.9 115.8 116.5 148.6 143.3 145.9 145.3 153.152 151.421 

Uncooked other beef and veal 1 ................ 108.1 113.7 113.2 138.6 130.8 134.8 141.0 147.341 149.383 

Pork ............................................................. 157.0 163.1 159.2 167.3 175.3 174.9 175.3 177.887 179.181 

Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related

products 1 .......................................... 107.4 113.5 113.0 117.8 124.7 120.0 121.9 125.971 125.913 

Ham ........................................................... 151.1 157.6 155.2 162.4 169.4 173.4 174.2 176.895 177.536 

Pork chops ................................................. 155.5 160.2 155.5 164.0 167.9 168.4 166.3 167.784 168.557 

Other pork including roasts and picnics 1 .. 99.3 101.0 95.5 101.4 108.0 109.8 109.4 108.820 111.354 

Other meats ................................................. 154.8 159.2 164.8 173.2 178.1 179.6 183.3 186.035 185.843 

Poultry ........................................................... 160.7 167.8 166.8 174.9 184.5 184.1 181.9 194.314 197.033 

Chicken 1 ..................................................... 103.2 108.4 108.4 113.9 121.0 120.3 118.6 127.898 128.647 

Other poultry including turkey 1 ................... 105.3 107.5 103.9 107.9 110.4 112.0 111.9 114.166 120.349 

Fish and seafood ........................................... 191.1 191.3 188.8 194.1 197.7 205.5 212.4 223.236 224.865 

Fresh fish and seafood 1 ............................. 110.8 110.0 106.6 111.6 113.9 120.6 125.4 132.570 133.795 

Processed fish and seafood 1 ...................... 102.5 103.9 105.4 105.4 107.1 108.2 110.8 115.420 115.992 

Eggs ................................................................ 144.5 132.4 145.4 189.1 151.2 153.8 176.2 234.691 238.698 

Dairy and related products ................................ 161.5 170.6 167.2 172.7 179.9 183.0 180.3 205.149 206.652 

Milk 1 ................................................................ 109.4 114.1 109.9 117.7 124.3 128.6 124.9 149.236 149.045 

Cheese and related products .......................... 160.3 171.9 167.7 170.9 180.2 180.8 176.9 200.799 204.985 

Ice cream and related products ....................... 168.2 183.2 181.6 180.8 180.6 180.4 184.1 189.727 190.631 

Other dairy and related products 1 .................. 110.3 113.2 115.0 116.7 120.0 121.9 121.9 136.149 137.041 

Fruits and vegetables ........................................ 213.3 212.8 222.9 229.7 248.6 249.6 254.7 269.533 275.843 

Fresh fruits and vegetables ............................. 252.4 248.5 261.9 273.1 300.3 298.1 303.6 322.717 330.621 

Fresh fruits ..................................................... 264.4 266.9 279.2 282.7 302.7 306.3 321.0 338.490 343.558 

Apples .......................................................... 204.0 217.9 232.6 239.9 241.8 252.3 277.8 294.385 306.057 

Bananas ...................................................... 160.8 164.8 165.8 162.6 158.5 169.8 174.7 183.352 180.765 

Citrus fruits 1 ................................................ 120.6 129.9 142.0 144.5 161.0 172.2 183.1 183.278 186.422 

Other fresh fruits 1 ....................................... 113.9 107.5 111.4 113.2 126.5 120.9 124.2 133.873 135.843 

Fresh vegetables ........................................... 240.4 230.8 245.0 262.6 296.0 288.6 285.7 306.165 316.665 

Potatoes ...................................................... 179.5 205.5 222.9 213.9 230.0 252.4 266.8 275.821 281.726 

Lettuce ......................................................... 276.5 228.5 214.9 294.8 270.9 253.2 273.0 286.234 284.873 

Tomatoes ..................................................... 281.9 261.0 283.4 279.6 416.9 337.8 312.1 373.203 379.482 

Other fresh vegetables ................................ 246.1 234.3 251.9 272.7 285.2 298.4 291.2 302.224 319.710 

Processed fruits and vegetables 1 ................... 105.3 109.9 113.0 111.8 113.9 119.6 122.7 127.813 130.324 

Canned fruits and vegetables 1 ..................... 105.0 109.3 112.9 109.5 112.5 118.9 122.0 127.130 129.345 

Frozen fruits and vegetables 1 ....................... 107.4 114.0 114.1 117.0 116.4 121.3 124.2 127.862 130.327 

Other processed fruits and vegetables

including dried 1 ..................................... 102.1 103.4 109.7 108.9 112.5 117.4 121.0 128.005 131.333 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage

materials .................................................... 135.8 137.7 139.1 138.6 140.0 144.9 147.8 152.883 157.130 

Juices and nonalcoholic drinks 1 ..................... 105.0 106.9 108.0 107.7 108.6 112.1 114.2 118.208 122.014 

Carbonated drinks ......................................... 121.7 123.8 125.5 125.5 128.5 134.3 135.3 139.574 145.162 

Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 .... 111.2 114.0 113.7 114.9 112.5 112.2 127.3 143.862 146.699 

Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 104.6 106.4 107.4 106.3 105.6 107.5 110.6 114.191 116.941 

See footnotes at end of table.

116 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 28. Historical Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by commodity and service

group and detailed expenditure categories-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Unadjusted indexes

December Jan.

2008 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Expenditure category

Beverage materials including coffee and tea 1 97.4 97.3 98.2 97.9 99.2 103.4 105.7 109.188 111.167 

Coffee ............................................................ 147.1 142.1 141.8 142.6 144.6 162.1 165.4 173.838 178.084 

Other beverage materials including tea 1 ...... 109.8 113.1 114.9 113.9 115.4 115.7 118.4 121.348 123.191 

Other food at home ............................................ 155.8 160.5 160.6 162.5 163.2 167.1 168.1 173.511 175.572 

Sugar and sweets ............................................ 153.3 155.9 158.9 160.5 160.6 166.9 171.3 177.051 178.902 

Sugar and artificial sweeteners ..................... 133.6 136.8 140.3 143.1 142.7 154.5 163.5 162.645 167.377 

Candy and chewing gum 1 ............................ 104.5 105.7 107.3 107.3 107.3 110.8 112.2 117.281 117.494 

Other sweets 1 ............................................... 106.1 109.0 111.8 115.2 116.0 117.5 122.2 126.657 128.804 

Fats and oils .................................................... 149.9 156.5 152.9 157.7 167.3 165.6 167.3 176.736 182.307 

Butter and margarine 1 .................................. 113.1 126.2 114.7 119.4 135.9 132.0 130.2 138.383 143.344 

Salad dressing 1 ............................................ 106.3 108.2 107.9 110.1 110.8 106.4 110.1 113.763 117.051 

Other fats and oils including peanut butter 1 103.3 103.7 105.8 109.0 114.0 116.3 117.6 125.513 129.385 

Other foods ...................................................... 173.0 178.3 178.5 180.0 178.6 183.7 183.7 188.646 190.364 

Soups ............................................................ 197.9 203.7 206.0 208.5 208.3 211.3 211.3 211.526 216.292 

Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods ....... 149.1 153.6 151.8 151.9 151.0 152.0 149.5 154.768 154.937 

Snacks ........................................................... 166.7 173.6 166.9 174.8 170.6 180.7 178.7 186.595 186.547 

Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces ...... 173.5 182.9 189.0 184.7 179.6 186.7 186.5 193.197 200.683 

Baby food 1 .................................................... 112.6 116.0 117.2 120.8 123.8 128.0 129.3 134.720 136.774 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 ......................... 108.6 109.0 110.7 110.3 111.3 112.9 115.3 115.658 115.658 

Food away from home ......................................... 170.8 176.0 180.0 184.2 189.7 195.8 202.0 209.931 210.776 

Full service meals and snacks 1 ........................ 108.0 111.4 113.8 116.4 119.7 123.1 127.3 132.236 132.690 

Limited service meals and snacks 1 .................. 107.8 111.3 113.7 116.3 119.9 124.0 127.7 132.893 133.484 

Food at employee sites and schools 1 ............... 104.1 106.1 111.2 114.0 117.4 120.5 124.8 128.568 128.698 

Food from vending machines and mobile

vendors 1 ................................................... 103.1 104.7 106.2 108.8 111.2 114.2 116.4 120.269 120.991 

Other food away from home 1 ........................... 111.4 115.8 120.1 123.1 127.0 133.6 138.7 144.454 145.625 

Alcoholic beverages .............................................. 175.8 180.5 184.7 188.9 194.2 196.3 201.1 208.934 210.473 

Alcoholic beverages at home ............................ 159.3 161.8 165.2 168.5 172.5 172.7 175.7 181.999 183.657 

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home 159.4 161.9 166.1 171.0 176.5 175.9 178.7 186.264 187.707 

Distilled spirits at home .................................... 161.6 167.7 170.1 172.2 173.8 175.1 176.3 178.085 180.419 

Wine at home .................................................. 148.7 148.8 149.9 149.0 149.3 151.5 156.0 161.506 163.410 

Alcoholic beverages away from home ............... 208.8 218.7 225.2 231.9 240.3 247.3 257.4 269.505 270.867 

Housing ................................................................... 168.1 172.9 176.9 181.0 186.4 194.2 200.5 206.638 207.692

Shelter ................................................................... 189.6 197.7 203.9 208.2 213.5 219.2 228.3 235.480 236.550

Rent of primary residence 2 ................................. 187.0 195.7 201.9 207.0 213.0 219.7 229.1 238.216 238.955 

Lodging away from home 1 .................................. 108.7 108.8 109.6 113.4 118.6 122.4 127.1 133.179 139.825 

Housing at school, excluding board 2 3 ............. 263.0 277.2 293.9 311.5 330.2 349.6 367.7 388.209 388.391 

Other lodging away from home including hotels

and motels ................................................. 230.5 229.3 229.4 236.5 247.0 254.4 263.8 276.352 291.488 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 2 3 183.5 191.7 198.0 201.7 206.1 211.2 220.1 226.151 226.703 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 ................... 104.9 106.3 112.3 114.4 118.9 116.4 117.4 117.396 117.740 

Fuels and utilities ................................................... 144.6 141.5 143.5 153.0 164.7 190.2 190.9 200.831 202.663

Household energy ............................................... 129.3 125.2 126.4 135.4 146.4 172.4 171.5 180.379 182.025 

Fuel oil and other fuels ...................................... 144.1 112.7 125.0 136.2 183.4 227.4 232.2 298.656 306.087 

Fuel oil ............................................................. 147.3 107.6 123.0 132.6 186.0 236.0 240.9 320.865 327.799 

Propane, kerosene, and firewood 4 ................. 172.9 154.1 163.3 181.0 225.7 266.5 272.4 326.741 336.509 

Gas (piped) and electricity 2 .............................. 134.8 132.5 133.2 142.5 152.0 178.3 177.1 183.066 184.522 

Electricity 2 ....................................................... 126.5 133.6 131.1 134.9 137.7 152.2 163.2 171.431 173.350 

Utility (piped) gas service 2 .............................. 160.4 135.5 145.1 170.2 198.7 258.9 221.1 220.150 219.960 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 1 108.0 111.0 114.6 119.9 126.5 133.2 139.6 147.186 148.528 

Water and sewerage maintenance 2 ............... 227.7 234.6 242.8 254.2 270.1 285.0 298.5 315.239 318.062 

Garbage and trash collection 5 ........................ 271.9 278.2 284.5 297.1 307.1 320.3 337.0 353.370 356.765 

Household furnishings and operations .................. 125.6 125.4 123.0 120.4 121.3 121.9 122.6 121.880 122.322 

Window and floor coverings and other linens 1 ... 100.6 99.3 94.3 90.7 89.4 87.7 83.9 81.035 81.353 

Floor coverings 1 ............................................... 106.5 106.3 108.1 107.3 107.7 114.0 117.5 117.978 117.493 

Window coverings 1 ........................................... 101.4 98.5 95.5 94.3 91.5 90.1 91.4 90.188 92.253 

Other linens 1 ..................................................... 97.3 96.5 89.0 83.8 82.6 79.5 72.8 68.938 68.911 

Furniture and bedding ......................................... 130.6 126.4 125.1 123.0 123.0 123.6 122.6 120.204 120.794 

Bedroom furniture .............................................. 135.6 133.9 131.1 131.0 137.8 143.6 141.4 140.415 142.707 

Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture 1 ................................................................. 102.5 98.6 98.1 95.5 93.7 92.0 91.7 89.432 88.927 

Other furniture 1 ................................................. 99.5 94.3 93.9 92.2 88.7 88.9 88.5 85.686 86.316 

Appliances 1 ........................................................ 94.9 94.4 90.8 87.6 84.6 87.4 88.4 89.909 90.072 

Major appliances 1 ............................................. 96.2 97.8 95.1 92.0 89.4 94.8 98.1 100.715 100.883 

Other appliances 1 ............................................. 93.0 89.1 84.6 81.3 77.9 77.1 75.6 75.914 76.064 

See footnotes at end of table.

117 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 28. Historical Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by commodity and service

group and detailed expenditure categories-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Unadjusted indexes

December Jan.

2008 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Expenditure category

Other household equipment and furnishings 1 .... 95.6 95.0 91.0 86.2 87.2 82.9 79.0 76.170 77.332 

Clocks, lamps, and decorator items .................. 104.7 102.6 96.6 86.3 87.3 80.1 74.3 67.750 68.668 

Indoor plants and flowers 6 ................................ 115.6 118.7 118.8 120.5 121.7 124.1 123.6 128.403 129.418 

Dishes and flatware 1 ........................................ 93.0 90.5 85.7 85.3 86.2 80.7 75.1 73.764 76.396 

Nonelectric cookware and tableware 1 .............. 96.5 95.0 91.3 91.1 92.0 91.7 92.2 95.198 96.650 

Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and

supplies 1 ..................................................... 96.3 95.3 93.5 90.9 92.9 93.2 94.7 93.593 93.078 

Tools, hardware and supplies 1 ......................... 98.2 96.0 93.9 91.6 96.0 98.5 100.5 98.836 98.308 

Outdoor equipment and supplies 1 .................... 94.8 94.3 92.5 89.7 90.2 88.8 89.7 89.028 88.536 

Housekeeping supplies ....................................... 157.0 160.8 158.5 157.0 158.7 162.5 168.8 171.286 171.836 

Household cleaning products 1 .......................... 107.7 110.6 108.9 107.3 106.6 110.2 113.2 113.279 113.676 

Household paper products 1 .............................. 117.2 118.8 118.3 116.3 124.6 125.2 133.4 138.485 138.416 

Miscellaneous household products 1 ................. 103.9 107.0 104.8 105.3 103.9 106.6 110.6 112.593 113.275 

Household operations 1 ....................................... 113.2 118.0 120.8 123.8 129.3 136.0 141.2 144.659 145.431 

Domestic services 1 ........................................... 111.4 114.3 118.8 122.0 124.6 131.1 135.7 138.159 138.423 

Gardening and lawncare services 1 ................... 114.0 119.6 119.3 121.3 126.9 NA NA 143.712 NA

Moving, storage, freight expense 1 .................... 111.4 114.4 117.5 120.4 124.3 129.6 129.0 130.180 130.917 

Repair of household items 1 .............................. 116.2 124.4 129.9 134.7 144.8 155.5 162.1 168.656 170.045 

Apparel .................................................................... 126.6 123.0 120.9 118.7 118.6 117.2 118.6 118.126 115.866

Men’s and boys’ apparel ........................................ 128.0 122.7 118.8 117.8 115.7 113.5 113.0 112.487 111.494 

Men’s apparel ...................................................... 132.1 126.4 124.6 122.6 121.5 119.6 119.9 117.412 115.827 

Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear ............ 129.3 127.6 126.4 127.4 124.7 124.3 120.8 122.326 117.123 

Men’s furnishings ............................................... 138.0 134.8 135.9 138.7 135.4 133.7 133.3 127.244 129.060 

Men’s shirts and sweaters 1 .............................. 100.5 93.1 92.4 90.1 87.3 86.7 89.7 83.798 80.562 

Men’s pants and shorts ..................................... 123.3 117.1 112.3 105.7 109.6 105.7 105.6 107.614 108.294 

Boys’ apparel ....................................................... 115.4 111.1 101.8 103.7 98.7 95.9 93.4 97.503 98.136 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ................................... 117.5 113.5 112.3 110.5 110.2 108.3 110.4 109.375 104.456 

Women’s apparel ................................................. 117.2 113.5 111.6 110.5 109.2 109.0 112.0 110.682 106.251 

Women’s outerwear ........................................... 123.6 116.3 116.5 116.4 113.4 108.1 107.0 102.975 96.939 

Women’s dresses .............................................. 94.0 99.8 101.0 102.3 99.7 104.0 116.9 116.942 106.831 

Women’s suits and separates 1 ......................... 96.4 91.4 90.1 87.9 87.4 86.9 89.2 88.138 84.359 

Women’s underwear, nightwear, sportswear

and accessories 1 ...................................... 100.5 97.3 93.1 93.1 91.8 91.8 90.5 89.828 88.805 

Girls’ apparel ....................................................... 119.0 113.7 115.1 110.7 113.8 105.7 104.2 104.034 97.208 

Footwear ................................................................ 124.0 121.0 120.8 117.8 119.4 120.9 122.6 122.029 121.137

Men’s footwear .................................................... 128.0 123.7 122.9 117.8 115.6 118.1 121.0 119.023 118.620 

Boys’ and girls’ footwear ...................................... 124.2 121.8 121.0 118.5 123.6 125.2 124.9 127.064 124.851 

Women’s footwear ............................................... 119.5 117.3 117.9 116.4 119.2 119.6 121.6 120.533 119.919 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................ 130.0 130.3 127.2 121.4 121.4 117.6 116.8 116.419 116.323 

Jewelry and watches 4 ........................................... 130.1 131.0 124.8 122.6 126.5 122.5 128.3 133.527 139.151 

Watches 4 ............................................................ 116.9 114.6 106.7 107.1 108.4 108.7 111.0 108.082 110.298 

Jewelry 4 .............................................................. 133.9 135.7 129.9 127.1 131.4 126.6 133.6 141.273 147.743 

Transportation ......................................................... 153.9 147.4 153.0 152.5 163.4 171.6 174.4 189.967 190.918

Private transportation ............................................ 151.2 144.5 150.4 149.7 160.9 168.8 171.7 187.159 188.093 

New and used motor vehicles 1 ........................... 102.8 102.0 98.5 92.8 94.3 94.8 93.7 93.733 93.842 

New vehicles ..................................................... 144.6 144.7 141.7 139.2 139.8 139.3 138.2 137.736 137.931 

Used cars and trucks ......................................... 161.6 158.1 149.3 131.7 138.1 140.0 137.0 137.791 138.052 

Car and truck rental 1 ........................................ 107.9 103.8 104.4 107.1 102.1 112.2 114.0 112.921 110.871 

Motor fuel ............................................................. 127.7 96.3 120.0 128.1 161.7 188.0 199.8 259.032 261.531

Gasoline (all types) ............................................ 126.9 95.7 119.4 127.6 160.9 187.0 198.8 257.792 260.457 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 7 ........................... 125.4 93.3 117.4 126.0 159.6 186.5 198.4 257.653 260.329 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 .................... 131.6 99.2 124.3 131.9 165.9 191.8 202.9 263.140 265.934 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ........................ 126.6 97.2 120.0 127.4 158.3 181.7 192.7 248.029 250.461 

Other motor fuels 1 ............................................ 134.4 111.7 113.6 115.5 153.0 187.0 200.7 249.230 248.349 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment ..................... 102.3 104.9 106.3 107.3 109.3 113.6 119.2 123.786 124.416 

Tires ................................................................... 97.5 100.4 100.5 100.0 102.4 105.4 109.1 112.172 111.973

Vehicle accessories other than tires 1 ............... 103.5 105.8 108.3 110.8 112.3 118.0 125.7 132.125 133.838 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................ 181.5 187.9 195.0 199.8 205.3 213.2 221.4 228.692 230.255 

Motor vehicle body work .................................... 191.4 198.0 201.7 204.9 210.8 220.7 228.2 235.569 235.923 

Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing ......... 166.1 172.6 179.1 182.0 187.9 194.0 200.1 206.152 208.003 

Motor vehicle repair 1 ........................................ 109.9 113.6 118.2 121.6 124.7 129.8 135.5 140.233 141.061 

Motor vehicle insurance ....................................... 260.8 280.1 305.6 319.7 330.5 333.5 336.3 338.071 338.752 

Motor vehicle fees 1 ............................................. 108.8 110.8 114.3 122.7 133.4 136.7 139.8 142.586 144.251 

State and local registration and license 1 2 ....... 106.7 107.8 111.5 121.3 133.3 135.6 138.9 140.582 142.331 

Parking and other fees 1 .................................... 115.1 119.8 122.7 126.1 132.9 138.9 141.3 146.865 148.334 

See footnotes at end of table.

118 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 28. Historical Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by commodity and service

group and detailed expenditure categories-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Unadjusted indexes

December Jan.

2008 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Expenditure category

Public transportation .............................................. 203.7 200.1 199.2 203.6 204.2 216.6 217.4 231.363 232.594 

Airline fare ........................................................... 237.0 227.5 222.6 221.8 217.8 232.3 230.0 254.153 256.616

Other intercity transportation ............................... 158.9 154.2 157.5 147.8 146.1 153.1 156.5 158.532 156.314 

Intracity transportation ......................................... 176.1 180.6 183.2 201.4 209.0 220.6 224.8 228.979 229.935 

Medical care ............................................................ 263.8 276.2 290.6 301.4 314.4 328.2 340.0 357.745 360.710

Medical care commodities ..................................... 236.5 246.7 254.0 259.4 264.4 273.9 279.1 285.913 287.703 

Prescription drugs ................................................ 289.8 307.1 320.6 328.4 340.0 354.9 361.8 373.019 376.515 

Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies 4 .... 147.9 149.4 149.5 151.7 149.2 151.7 154.5 156.017 155.363 

Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs 175.0 177.7 178.1 181.2 176.6 180.1 183.5 185.420 184.769 

Nonprescription medical equipment and

supplies ..................................................... 179.6 179.0 178.2 179.1 181.0 182.5 185.5 187.256 186.159 

Medical care services ............................................ 270.1 283.0 299.5 311.9 327.7 342.8 356.7 378.119 381.507 

Professional services ........................................... 242.3 251.0 259.2 266.5 277.2 287.4 294.7 307.333 309.169 

Physicians’ services 2 ........................................ 248.5 257.5 266.2 272.1 282.9 291.7 296.3 308.349 310.356 

Dental services 2 ............................................... 262.0 272.3 284.6 297.4 312.2 329.4 345.5 366.759 369.500 

Eyeglasses and eye care 4 ................................ 152.0 156.1 155.8 158.6 163.4 168.2 171.7 173.615 173.907 

Services by other medical professionals 2 4 ...... 167.8 173.5 179.2 183.5 188.0 192.8 198.3 204.926 205.538 

Hospital and related services 2 ............................ 320.9 343.6 379.1 403.4 424.2 446.4 473.0 510.961 518.853 

Hospital services 2 9 .......................................... 118.5 127.0 140.2 149.2 156.9 165.1 175.1 189.193 192.225 

Inpatient hospital services 279 ....................... 115.9 123.9 135.9 143.0 151.0 159.0 169.3 181.855 184.808 

Outpatient hospital services 247 .................... 271.9 290.1 328.5 350.9 366.5 385.3 404.1 442.799 449.176 

Nursing homes and adult day services 2 9 ........ 124.0 130.6 137.0 144.6 150.0 156.6 163.6 172.786 173.925 

Care of invalids and elderly at home 10 ............. ----- 100.0 103.0 106.595 107.111 

Health insurance 11 ............................................. ----- 100.0 106.8 116.743 117.368 

Recreation 1 ............................................................. 102.6 103.8 104.7 105.5 106.1 107.1 108.1 108.702 109.046 

Video and audio 1 .................................................. 100.3 100.5 102.4 102.5 103.2 103.2 102.4 102.523 102.839 

Televisions ........................................................... 46.7 41.7 37.2 32.0 28.0 24.2 18.7 15.462 15.279 

Cable and satellite television and radio service 5 271.8 282.3 302.7 313.9 326.8 337.5 346.3 354.903 356.853 

Other video equipment 1 ...................................... 60.4 50.2 43.3 38.0 32.5 29.0 24.9 21.692 21.658 

Video cassettes, discs, and other media

including rental 1 .......................................... 86.2 84.5 79.1 78.7 77.7 77.2 78.1 78.675 79.189 

Audio equipment .................................................. 78.4 74.5 70.8 66.9 63.2 56.8 53.9 51.080 50.638 

Audio discs, tapes and other media 1 .................. 104.0 107.9 109.1 104.7 108.6 108.7 105.9 105.660 105.500 

Pets, pet products and services 1 .......................... 106.2 110.6 112.6 115.2 120.0 123.3 127.8 134.740 135.166 

Pets and pet products .......................................... 143.2 147.8 148.8 150.5 155.3 157.6 162.8 171.130 171.593 

Pet services including veterinary 1 ...................... 118.4 125.5 131.4 137.7 146.2 153.5 159.8 169.616 170.305 

Sporting goods ...................................................... 121.9 119.7 117.8 116.5 115.1 116.5 117.9 114.764 115.180 

Sports vehicles including bicycles ....................... 136.0 134.6 133.1 130.5 132.5 137.2 141.4 137.138 137.545 

Sports equipment ................................................ 105.7 102.8 100.5 100.5 96.3 94.6 93.9 91.728 92.115 

Photography 1 ........................................................ 99.6 99.1 97.7 95.7 92.2 89.5 85.5 82.841 82.577 

Photographic equipment and supplies ................ 125.6 122.6 115.3 109.1 100.6 95.8 85.6 79.989 79.396 

Photographers and film processing 1 .................. 103.4 103.9 106.0 106.3 106.5 104.9 106.8 106.717 106.750 

Other recreational goods 1 .................................... 86.2 82.8 76.5 73.8 70.4 67.6 65.3 62.080 61.924 

Toys ..................................................................... 104.9 99.7 90.7 86.9 81.6 77.9 74.2 70.193 69.920 

Sewing machines, fabric and supplies 1 .............. 95.5 96.4 93.7 94.0 94.0 91.9 92.9 87.326 87.728 

Music instruments and accessories 1 .................. 100.1 99.9 98.1 96.7 97.9 95.1 96.7 96.967 96.795 

Recreation services 1 ............................................ 113.8 118.1 122.6 126.8 129.4 133.4 139.0 141.896 142.665 

Club dues and fees for participant sports and

group exercises 1 ......................................... 110.2 112.5 113.4 116.3 115.9 119.0 122.0 123.194 124.282 

Admissions .......................................................... 234.2 243.8 257.0 265.8 274.5 283.6 298.4 304.937 306.487 

Fees for lessons or instructions 4 ........................ 190.7 204.7 207.5 221.1 227.0 232.8 240.2 249.677 250.056 

Recreational reading materials .............................. 191.0 194.3 197.9 199.7 204.3 205.5 207.3 209.747 210.703 

Newspapers and magazines 1 ............................. 107.1 109.1 111.4 113.3 117.2 119.3 120.7 122.141 122.870 

Recreational books 1 ........................................... 101.4 102.8 104.2 103.8 103.9 102.3 102.7 103.872 104.155 

Education and communication 1 .............................. 103.7 106.9 108.8 109.7 110.5 112.6 114.8 117.782 118.097 

Education 1 ............................................................ 115.7 122.1 129.7 138.4 147.0 155.6 165.5 174.276 175.134 

Educational books and supplies .......................... 289.2 297.3 324.5 343.8 357.6 375.5 402.0 437.391 441.207 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ............. 326.5 345.2 366.0 390.7 415.8 440.5 468.3 491.554 493.797 

College tuition and fees ..................................... 340.6 361.8 387.3 424.8 462.2 493.2 529.2 560.233 560.840 

Elementary and high school tuition and fees ..... 359.4 386.4 412.8 438.9 470.4 497.1 525.7 553.931 554.027 

Child care and nursery school 6 ........................ 160.9 168.8 176.9 183.5 189.7 199.3 209.9 217.589 219.837 

See footnotes at end of table.

119 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 28. Historical Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by commodity and service

group and detailed expenditure categories-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Unadjusted indexes

December Jan.

2008 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Expenditure category

Technical and business school tuition and fees 118.9 125.8 132.6 145.3 157.3 168.0 176.3 185.776 185.790 

Communication 1 ................................................... 94.1 94.6 93.2 89.7 87.0 86.2 85.2 85.834 85.935 

Postage and delivery services 1 .......................... 103.2 108.1 119.4 119.5 120.0 120.5 126.5 132.101 132.617 

Postage ............................................................. 165.6 173.4 191.7 191.7 191.7 191.7 201.9 209.745 209.745 

Delivery services 1 ............................................. 116.2 124.1 130.4 136.2 154.9 169.4 170.9 190.190 202.202 

Information and information processing 1 ............ 93.6 93.9 92.0 88.3 85.5 84.6 83.5 83.917 84.008 

Telephone services 1 ......................................... 98.6 99.9 100.1 97.4 95.0 95.3 96.9 98.887 98.988 

Land-line telephone services, local charges 2 179.7 187.9 198.1 203.1 205.4 212.0 216.6 225.572 225.884 

Land-line telephone services, long distance

charges 1 ................................................. 89.4 87.7 82.5 74.1 68.4 67.3 69.5 71.865 71.870 

Wireless telephone services 1 ......................... 71.7 68.2 68.5 67.6 66.7 65.7 65.6 64.977 65.056 

Information technology, hardware and services 12 ................................................................. 24.6 20.6 17.8 15.8 14.8 13.6 11.6 10.722 10.737 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 13 ............................................................. 35.9 25.0 19.3 15.9 13.7 11.6 10.2 8.843 8.937 

Computer software and accessories 1 ............... 82.0 79.3 69.9 63.3 60.0 57.4 52.8 49.486 49.671 

Internet services and electronic information

providers 1 ................................................. 95.8 100.7 99.9 98.1 97.3 94.8 77.3 73.716 73.403 

Telephone hardware, calculators, and other

consumer information items 1 .................... 70.0 64.7 59.3 52.1 48.5 44.7 42.3 40.192 39.856 

Other goods and services ........................................ 279.2 293.3 305.1 308.1 315.9 326.6 335.7 348.830 350.630 

Tobacco and smoking products ............................. 396.9 432.9 474.3 471.5 485.7 515.0 528.6 568.410 574.724 

Cigarettes 1 .......................................................... 160.2 175.1 192.4 190.6 196.0 208.0 213.5 230.125 232.695 

Tobacco products other than cigarettes 1 ............ 121.8 125.3 130.3 138.4 146.8 153.6 156.6 162.102 163.722 

Personal care ........................................................ 167.7 172.3 174.7 177.8 181.9 185.8 191.1 195.467 195.885 

Personal care products ........................................ 155.8 156.0 154.2 154.0 153.8 155.4 158.6 158.407 158.167 

Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous

personal care products 1 ........................... 104.3 104.0 103.0 102.2 101.4 101.8 103.9 103.913 103.828 

Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations

and implements ......................................... 170.8 171.7 169.3 170.2 171.4 174.8 178.4 177.830 177.426 

Personal care services ........................................ 181.7 187.1 190.7 194.9 201.8 206.9 212.7 219.945 220.324 

Haircuts and other personal care services 1 ...... 110.8 114.1 116.2 118.8 123.0 126.1 129.7 134.057 134.288 

Miscellaneous personal services ......................... 255.3 268.0 276.7 286.6 298.4 307.0 318.7 330.850 333.154 

Legal services 4 ................................................. 191.8 204.1 213.2 224.0 238.0 245.9 255.7 265.264 268.790 

Funeral expenses 4 ........................................... 193.9 202.8 210.8 219.9 228.4 239.8 250.6 263.363 265.395 

Laundry and dry cleaning services 1 ................. 106.9 111.4 113.8 117.0 120.5 122.8 126.7 130.494 130.935 

Apparel services other than laundry and dry

cleaning 1 ................................................... 109.5 114.0 116.4 120.3 123.4 129.2 135.8 140.418 142.544 

Financial services 4 ........................................... 218.0 228.2 235.9 241.9 251.0 254.5 264.8 276.411 276.687 

Miscellaneous personal goods 1 .......................... 95.4 93.5 92.6 88.5 85.7 86.1 86.8 87.196 86.626 

Special aggregate indexes

Commodities .............................................................. 150.6 148.4 150.3 150.7 156.6 161.2 163.5 172.952 173.711

Commodities less food and beverages ................... 139.1 133.4 135.0 132.5 138.8 143.4 145.0 154.086 154.345 

Nondurables less food and beverages .................. 148.6 139.4 147.3 149.0 160.9 170.8 176.1 196.636 196.910 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel 165.5 153.1 167.2 171.3 190.8 207.8 215.7 249.863 251.751 

Durables ................................................................ 126.6 124.9 120.4 114.0 115.1 114.9 113.3 112.450 112.688

Services ..................................................................... 194.5 201.7 208.3 214.2 220.5 229.2 236.6 244.275 245.484

Rent of shelter 3 ......................................................... 182.6 190.4 196.3 200.6 205.6 211.2 220.0 227.035 228.071 

Transportation services ............................................. 195.2 202.6 211.7 218.0 222.7 228.3 231.4 236.020 236.883 

Other services ........................................................... 228.9 237.3 245.1 250.9 256.5 263.5 270.9 278.783 279.780

All items less food ...................................................... 170.9 172.5 177.0 179.2 185.5 192.3 197.2 205.575 206.371

All items less shelter .................................................. 165.5 165.7 169.1 171.6 178.0 184.8 188.0 197.174 198.113

All items less medical care ........................................ 166.4 168.3 172.1 174.7 180.6 186.7 191.2 199.431 200.329 

Commodities less food .............................................. 140.6 135.1 136.8 134.5 140.7 145.3 147.0 156.073 156.365 

Nondurables less food ............................................... 150.3 141.8 149.6 151.4 162.9 172.4 177.7 197.551 197.892 

Nondurables less food and apparel ........................... 165.8 154.7 168.0 172.1 190.3 205.9 213.5 245.286 247.136 

Nondurables .............................................................. 159.7 157.3 162.6 166.6 175.1 182.2 186.9 202.222 203.268

Apparel less footwear ................................................ 122.9 119.2 116.6 114.8 114.2 112.0 113.3 112.830 110.326 

Services less rent of shelter 3 .................................... 183.7 189.2 195.9 202.9 209.9 221.1 225.8 233.314 234.576 

Services less medical care services .......................... 188.3 195.0 201.1 206.6 212.4 220.6 227.6 234.468 235.557 

See footnotes at end of table.

120 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 28. Historical Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by commodity and service

group and detailed expenditure categories-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Unadjusted indexes

December Jan.

2008 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Special aggregate indexes

Energy ....................................................................... 127.6 110.0 122.6 131.1 153.3 179.3 184.7 218.104 220.163

All items less energy .................................................. 176.8 181.5 184.6 186.9 191.0 194.9 199.6 205.155 205.991

All items less food and energy ................................. 178.7 183.5 186.7 188.0 192.0 195.9 200.7 205.377 205.992 

Commodities less food and energy commodities .. 145.8 145.6 143.1 138.7 139.9 140.4 140.4 140.815 140.696 

Energy commodities ............................................ 128.9 97.5 120.7 129.0 163.4 190.7 202.1 261.928 264.633 

Services less energy services ............................... 201.1 209.4 216.7 222.1 228.1 234.6 243.0 250.925 252.103 

Domestically produced farm food .............................. 172.0 177.2 178.7 188.7 193.6 196.0 198.1 210.009 212.468 

Utilities and public transportation ............................... 154.1 154.2 156.3 161.3 166.4 181.4 183.0 189.083 190.145 

1 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 2 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item

stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 3 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base. 6 Indexes on a December 1990=100 base. 7 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 8 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.

9 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 10 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base. 11 Indexes on a December 2005=100 base. 12 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 13 This item will be rebased to December 2007=100 beginning with the release of

March 2008 data. All historical data will be revised to reflect the new base.

NA Data not adequate for publication. - Data not available.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

121 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 29. Historical Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average,

by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories

Item and group

Percent change from previous December

December Jan.

2008 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Expenditure category

All items ................................................................................ 3.4 1.3 2.4 1.6 3.4 3.5 2.4 4.3 0.5 

Food and beverages ........................................................... 2.8 2.8 1.4 3.7 2.6 2.2 2.1 4.9 .9 

Food .................................................................................. 2.8 2.8 1.4 3.7 2.6 2.3 2.0 5.0 .9 

Food at home .................................................................. 3.0 2.7 .8 4.7 2.3 1.7 1.3 5.7 1.3 

Cereals and bakery products ........................................ 2.5 2.5 1.0 2.9 1.7 1.0 3.3 5.3 1.1 

Cereals and cereal products ....................................... .9 1.9 .6 2.2 .9 -.3 2.3 4.3 1.2 

Flour and prepared flour mixes ................................. 1.1 4.8 4.0 3.9 -3.8 3.8 3.0 7.5 6.3 

Breakfast cereal ........................................................ 1.2 1.5 .0 .6 1.2 -2.3 .5 3.1 -2.1 

Rice, pasta, cornmeal ............................................... .3 1.7 .1 3.9 2.5 1.4 5.1 4.9 5.2 

Bakery products .......................................................... 3.6 2.6 1.4 3.3 2.1 1.7 3.7 5.9 1.0 

Bread ........................................................................ 4.6 5.1 1.0 2.1 4.4 2.6 5.4 10.4 1.2 

Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins ..................................... 3.3 3.8 1.9 4.0 2.3 2.5 6.2 4.3 1.5 

Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies ................................. 1.7 1.6 2.1 2.7 1.9 2.3 1.1 5.9 -.3 

Other bakery products .............................................. 4.2 .5 .8 4.8 .0 -.3 3.7 2.3 1.8 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ....................................... 4.6 3.5 .3 11.5 1.2 1.3 1.3 5.6 .6 

Meats, poultry, and fish ............................................... 4.1 4.1 -.1 10.7 2.3 1.4 .7 4.2 .5 

Meats ........................................................................ 5.2 4.7 .2 13.8 1.6 1.2 .7 3.3 .2 

Beef and veal .......................................................... 5.2 6.1 .7 23.5 -.8 2.4 .5 5.2 .1 

Uncooked ground beef ......................................... 6.0 6.8 1.1 19.4 3.1 3.3 .7 5.5 .6 

Uncooked beef roasts ........................................... 5.9 8.5 .3 23.6 -1.1 1.4 .0 4.5 .4 

Uncooked beef steaks .......................................... 4.4 4.4 .6 27.6 -3.6 1.8 -.4 5.4 -1.1 

Uncooked other beef and veal .............................. 4.3 5.2 -.4 22.4 -5.6 3.1 4.6 4.5 1.4 

Pork ........................................................................ 5.8 3.9 -2.4 5.1 4.8 -.2 .2 1.5 .7 

Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products 7.2 5.7 -.4 4.2 5.9 -3.8 1.6 3.3 .0 

Ham ...................................................................... 3.6 4.3 -1.5 4.6 4.3 2.4 .5 1.5 .4 

Pork chops ............................................................ 6.0 3.0 -2.9 5.5 2.4 .3 -1.2 .9 .5 

Other pork including roasts and picnics ................ 5.9 1.7 -5.4 6.2 6.5 1.7 -.4 -.5 2.3 

Other meats ............................................................ 3.8 2.8 3.5 5.1 2.8 .8 2.1 1.5 -.1 

Poultry ....................................................................... 1.8 4.4 -.6 4.9 5.5 -.2 -1.2 6.8 1.4 

Chicken ................................................................... 1.6 5.0 .0 5.1 6.2 -.6 -1.4 7.8 .6 

Other poultry including turkey ................................. 2.5 2.1 -3.3 3.8 2.3 1.4 -.1 2.0 5.4 

Fish and seafood ...................................................... 1.9 .1 -1.3 2.8 1.9 3.9 3.4 5.1 .7 

Fresh fish and seafood ........................................... 4.3 -.7 -3.1 4.7 2.1 5.9 4.0 5.7 .9 

Processed fish and seafood ................................... -1.6 1.4 1.4 .0 1.6 1.0 2.4 4.2 .5 

Eggs ............................................................................ 17.1 -8.4 9.8 30.1 -20.0 1.7 14.6 33.2 1.7 

Dairy and related products ............................................ -.2 5.6 -2.0 3.3 4.2 1.7 -1.5 13.8 .7 

Milk ............................................................................. -.4 4.3 -3.7 7.1 5.6 3.5 -2.9 19.5 -.1 

Cheese and related products ...................................... -2.5 7.2 -2.4 1.9 5.4 .3 -2.2 13.5 2.1 

Ice cream and related products .................................. 2.1 8.9 -.9 -.4 -.1 -.1 2.1 3.1 .5 

Other dairy and related products ................................ 1.8 2.6 1.6 1.5 2.8 1.6 .0 11.7 .7 

Fruits and vegetables ................................................... 5.2 -.2 4.7 3.1 8.2 .4 2.0 5.8 2.3 

Fresh fruits and vegetables ........................................ 6.1 -1.5 5.4 4.3 10.0 -.7 1.8 6.3 2.4 

Fresh fruits ................................................................ .5 .9 4.6 1.3 7.1 1.2 4.8 5.4 1.5 

Apples ..................................................................... .5 6.8 6.7 3.1 .8 4.3 10.1 6.0 4.0 

Bananas .................................................................. -.4 2.5 .6 -1.9 -2.5 7.1 2.9 5.0 -1.4 

Citrus fruits .............................................................. -4.9 7.7 9.3 1.8 11.4 7.0 6.3 .1 1.7 

Other fresh fruits ..................................................... 3.8 -5.6 3.6 1.6 11.7 -4.4 2.7 7.8 1.5 

Fresh vegetables ...................................................... 12.3 -4.0 6.2 7.2 12.7 -2.5 -1.0 7.2 3.4 

Potatoes .................................................................. -6.3 14.5 8.5 -4.0 7.5 9.7 5.7 3.4 2.1 

Lettuce .................................................................... 32.2 -17.4 -6.0 37.2 -8.1 -6.5 7.8 4.8 -.5 

Tomatoes ................................................................ 22.6 -7.4 8.6 -1.3 49.1 -19.0 -7.6 19.6 1.7 

Other fresh vegetables ........................................... 10.8 -4.8 7.5 8.3 4.6 4.6 -2.4 3.8 5.8 

Processed fruits and vegetables ................................. 1.8 4.4 2.8 -1.1 1.9 5.0 2.6 4.2 2.0 

Canned fruits and vegetables ................................... 2.1 4.1 3.3 -3.0 2.7 5.7 2.6 4.2 1.7 

Frozen fruits and vegetables .................................... 1.8 6.1 .1 2.5 -.5 4.2 2.4 2.9 1.9 

Other processed fruits and vegetables including

dried .................................................................. 1.2 1.3 6.1 -.7 3.3 4.4 3.1 5.8 2.6 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ......... 1.7 1.4 1.0 -.4 1.0 3.5 2.0 3.4 2.8 

Juices and nonalcoholic drinks ................................... 2.0 1.8 1.0 -.3 .8 3.2 1.9 3.5 3.2 

Carbonated drinks .................................................... 2.4 1.7 1.4 .0 2.4 4.5 .7 3.2 4.0 

Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks .................. 1.8 2.5 -.3 1.1 -2.1 -.3 13.5 13.0 2.0 

Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks ............ 1.8 1.7 .9 -1.0 -.7 1.8 2.9 3.2 2.4 

See footnotes at end of table.

122 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 29. Historical Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average,

by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories-Continued

Item and group

Percent change from previous December

December Jan.

2008 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Expenditure category

Beverage materials including coffee and tea .............. 0.7 -0.1 0.9 -0.3 1.3 4.2 2.2 3.3 1.8 

Coffee ....................................................................... -2.9 -3.4 -.2 .6 1.4 12.1 2.0 5.1 2.4 

Other beverage materials including tea .................... 4.3 3.0 1.6 -.9 1.3 .3 2.3 2.5 1.5 

Other food at home ....................................................... 2.0 3.0 .1 1.2 .4 2.4 .6 3.2 1.2 

Sugar and sweets ....................................................... .7 1.7 1.9 1.0 .1 3.9 2.6 3.4 1.0 

Sugar and artificial sweeteners ................................. -.6 2.4 2.6 2.0 -.3 8.3 5.8 -.5 2.9 

Candy and chewing gum .......................................... 1.1 1.1 1.5 .0 .0 3.3 1.3 4.5 .2 

Other sweets ............................................................. .8 2.7 2.6 3.0 .7 1.3 4.0 3.6 1.7 

Fats and oils ............................................................... 3.6 4.4 -2.3 3.1 6.1 -1.0 1.0 5.6 3.2 

Butter and margarine ................................................ 8.3 11.6 -9.1 4.1 13.8 -2.9 -1.4 6.3 3.6 

Salad dressing .......................................................... 1.8 1.8 -.3 2.0 .6 -4.0 3.5 3.3 2.9 

Other fats and oils including peanut butter ............... 1.3 .4 2.0 3.0 4.6 2.0 1.1 6.7 3.1 

Other foods ................................................................. 2.1 3.1 .1 .8 -.8 2.9 .0 2.7 .9 

Soups ........................................................................ 2.6 2.9 1.1 1.2 -.1 1.4 .0 .1 2.3 

Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods .................. 2.1 3.0 -1.2 .1 -.6 .7 -1.6 3.5 .1 

Snacks ...................................................................... 2.8 4.1 -3.9 4.7 -2.4 5.9 -1.1 4.4 .0 

Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces ................. -1.0 5.4 3.3 -2.3 -2.8 4.0 -.1 3.6 3.9 

Baby food .................................................................. 4.4 3.0 1.0 3.1 2.5 3.4 1.0 4.2 1.5 

Other miscellaneous foods ....................................... 3.2 .4 1.6 -.4 .9 1.4 2.1 .3 .0 

Food away from home .................................................... 2.4 3.0 2.3 2.3 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.9 .4 

Full service meals and snacks ...................................... 2.8 3.1 2.2 2.3 2.8 2.8 3.4 3.9 .3 

Limited service meals and snacks ................................ 2.8 3.2 2.2 2.3 3.1 3.4 3.0 4.1 .4 

Food at employee sites and schools ............................ -.4 1.9 4.8 2.5 3.0 2.6 3.6 3.0 .1 

Food from vending machines and mobile vendors ....... 1.5 1.6 1.4 2.4 2.2 2.7 1.9 3.3 .6 

Other food away from home ......................................... 4.2 3.9 3.7 2.5 3.2 5.2 3.8 4.1 .8 

Alcoholic beverages .......................................................... 2.8 2.7 2.3 2.3 2.8 1.1 2.4 3.9 .7 

Alcoholic beverages at home ........................................ 2.7 1.6 2.1 2.0 2.4 .1 1.7 3.6 .9 

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home ............. 3.2 1.6 2.6 3.0 3.2 -.3 1.6 4.2 .8 

Distilled spirits at home ............................................... 2.6 3.8 1.4 1.2 .9 .7 .7 1.0 1.3 

Wine at home .............................................................. .7 .1 .7 -.6 .2 1.5 3.0 3.5 1.2 

Alcoholic beverages away from home .......................... 3.0 4.7 3.0 3.0 3.6 2.9 4.1 4.7 .5 

Housing ............................................................................... 4.3 2.9 2.3 2.3 3.0 4.2 3.2 3.1 .5 

Shelter .............................................................................. 3.4 4.3 3.1 2.1 2.5 2.7 4.2 3.1 .5 

Rent of primary residence 1 ............................................ 3.9 4.7 3.2 2.5 2.9 3.1 4.3 4.0 .3 

Lodging away from home ............................................... 2.8 .1 .7 3.5 4.6 3.2 3.8 4.8 5.0 

Housing at school, excluding board 1 ........................... 4.4 5.4 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.2 5.6 .0 

Other lodging away from home including hotels and

motels ................................................................... 2.6 -.5 .0 3.1 4.4 3.0 3.7 4.8 5.5 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 1 .............. 3.2 4.5 3.3 1.9 2.2 2.5 4.2 2.7 .2 

Tenants’ and household insurance ................................. 2.4 1.3 5.6 1.9 3.9 -2.1 .9 .0 .3 

Fuels and utilities .............................................................. 11.9 -2.1 1.4 6.6 7.6 15.5 .4 5.2 .9 

Household energy ........................................................... 13.9 -3.2 1.0 7.1 8.1 17.8 -.5 5.2 .9 

Fuel oil and other fuels ................................................. 35.9 -21.8 10.9 9.0 34.7 24.0 2.1 28.6 2.5 

Fuel oil ........................................................................ 40.4 -27.0 14.3 7.8 40.3 26.9 2.1 33.2 2.2 

Propane, kerosene, and firewood ............................... 27.4 -10.9 6.0 10.8 24.7 18.1 2.2 19.9 3.0 

Gas (piped) and electricity 1 ......................................... 12.5 -1.7 .5 7.0 6.7 17.3 -.7 3.4 .8 

Electricity 1 .................................................................. 2.6 5.6 -1.9 2.9 2.1 10.5 7.2 5.0 1.1 

Utility (piped) gas service 1 ......................................... 37.3 -15.5 7.1 17.3 16.7 30.3 -14.6 -.4 -.1 

Water and sewer and trash collection services ............ 3.1 2.8 3.2 4.6 5.5 5.3 4.8 5.4 .9 

Water and sewerage maintenance 1 .......................... 3.4 3.0 3.5 4.7 6.3 5.5 4.7 5.6 .9 

Garbage and trash collection ...................................... 2.0 2.3 2.3 4.4 3.4 4.3 5.2 4.9 1.0 

Household furnishings and operations ............................. 1.1 -.2 -1.9 -2.1 .7 .5 .6 -.6 .4 

Window and floor coverings and other linens ................. 1.6 -1.3 -5.0 -3.8 -1.4 -1.9 -4.3 -3.4 .4 

Floor coverings ............................................................. 6.5 -.2 1.7 -.7 .4 5.8 3.1 .4 -.4 

Window coverings ......................................................... 2.8 -2.9 -3.0 -1.3 -3.0 -1.5 1.4 -1.3 2.3 

Other linens .................................................................. -1.4 -.8 -7.8 -5.8 -1.4 -3.8 -8.4 -5.3 .0 

Furniture and bedding ..................................................... .3 -3.2 -1.0 -1.7 .0 .5 -.8 -2.0 .5 

Bedroom furniture ......................................................... -2.5 -1.3 -2.1 -.1 5.2 4.2 -1.5 -.7 1.6 

Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture ............ 2.2 -3.8 -.5 -2.7 -1.9 -1.8 -.3 -2.5 -.6 

Other furniture ............................................................... -.7 -5.2 -.4 -1.8 -3.8 .2 -.4 -3.2 .7 

Appliances ...................................................................... -2.7 -.5 -3.8 -3.5 -3.4 3.3 1.1 1.7 .2 

Major appliances ........................................................... -2.0 1.7 -2.8 -3.3 -2.8 6.0 3.5 2.7 .2 

Other appliances ........................................................... -3.4 -4.2 -5.1 -3.9 -4.2 -1.0 -1.9 .4 .2 

See footnotes at end of table.

123 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 29. Historical Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average,

by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories-Continued

Item and group

Percent change from previous December

December Jan.

2008 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Expenditure category

Other household equipment and furnishings .................. -0.9 -0.6 -4.2 -5.3 1.2 -4.9 -4.7 -3.6 1.5 

Clocks, lamps, and decorator items .............................. -4.7 -2.0 -5.8 -10.7 1.2 -8.2 -7.2 -8.8 1.4 

Indoor plants and flowers .............................................. 5.4 2.7 .1 1.4 1.0 2.0 -.4 3.9 .8 

Dishes and flatware ...................................................... -2.2 -2.7 -5.3 -.5 1.1 -6.4 -6.9 -1.8 3.6 

Nonelectric cookware and tableware ............................ -1.2 -1.6 -3.9 -.2 1.0 -.3 .5 3.3 1.5 

Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies ......... -2.4 -1.0 -1.9 -2.8 2.2 .3 1.6 -1.2 -.6 

Tools, hardware and supplies ....................................... -.1 -2.2 -2.2 -2.4 4.8 2.6 2.0 -1.7 -.5 

Outdoor equipment and supplies .................................. -4.0 -.5 -1.9 -3.0 .6 -1.6 1.0 -.7 -.6 

Housekeeping supplies ................................................... 4.6 2.4 -1.4 -.9 1.1 2.4 3.9 1.5 .3 

Household cleaning products ....................................... 4.5 2.7 -1.5 -1.5 -.7 3.4 2.7 .1 .4 

Household paper products ............................................ 8.2 1.4 -.4 -1.7 7.1 .5 6.5 3.8 .0 

Miscellaneous household products ............................... 1.6 3.0 -2.1 .5 -1.3 2.6 3.8 1.8 .6 

Household operations ..................................................... 6.6 4.2 2.4 2.5 4.4 5.2 3.8 2.4 .5 

Domestic services ......................................................... 4.1 2.6 3.9 2.7 2.1 5.2 3.5 1.8 .2 

Gardening and lawncare services ................................ 9.7 4.9 -.3 1.7 4.6 ----

Moving, storage, freight expense .................................. 4.7 2.7 2.7 2.5 3.2 4.3 -.5 .9 .6 

Repair of household items ............................................ 7.4 7.1 4.4 3.7 7.5 7.4 4.2 4.0 .8 

Apparel ............................................................................... -1.9 -2.8 -1.7 -1.8 -.1 -1.2 1.2 -.4 -1.9

Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................... -2.7 -4.1 -3.2 -.8 -1.8 -1.9 -.4 -.5 -.9 

Men’s apparel ................................................................. -2.1 -4.3 -1.4 -1.6 -.9 -1.6 .3 -2.1 -1.3 

Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear ....................... -4.0 -1.3 -.9 .8 -2.1 -.3 -2.8 1.3 -4.3 

Men’s furnishings .......................................................... -2.3 -2.3 .8 2.1 -2.4 -1.3 -.3 -4.5 1.4 

Men’s shirts and sweaters ............................................ .7 -7.4 -.8 -2.5 -3.1 -.7 3.5 -6.6 -3.9 

Men’s pants and shorts ................................................. -4.2 -5.0 -4.1 -5.9 3.7 -3.6 -.1 1.9 .6 

Boys’ apparel .................................................................. -4.5 -3.7 -8.4 1.9 -4.8 -2.8 -2.6 4.4 .6 

Women’s and girls’ apparel .............................................. -1.9 -3.4 -1.1 -1.6 -.3 -1.7 1.9 -.9 -4.5 

Women’s apparel ............................................................ -1.9 -3.2 -1.7 -1.0 -1.2 -.2 2.8 -1.2 -4.0 

Women’s outerwear ...................................................... 2.7 -5.9 .2 -.1 -2.6 -4.7 -1.0 -3.8 -5.9 

Women’s dresses ......................................................... -8.6 6.2 1.2 1.3 -2.5 4.3 12.4 .0 -8.6 

Women’s suits and separates ....................................... -1.7 -5.2 -1.4 -2.4 -.6 -.6 2.6 -1.2 -4.3 

Women’s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and

accessories ........................................................... .0 -3.2 -4.3 .0 -1.4 .0 -1.4 -.7 -1.1 

Girls’ apparel ................................................................... -1.7 -4.5 1.2 -3.8 2.8 -7.1 -1.4 -.2 -6.6 

Footwear ........................................................................... -.2 -2.4 -.2 -2.5 1.4 1.3 1.4 -.5 -.7 

Men’s footwear ............................................................... .5 -3.4 -.6 -4.1 -1.9 2.2 2.5 -1.6 -.3 

Boys’ and girls’ footwear ................................................. -1.6 -1.9 -.7 -2.1 4.3 1.3 -.2 1.7 -1.7 

Women’s footwear .......................................................... .2 -1.8 .5 -1.3 2.4 .3 1.7 -.9 -.5 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ............................................ -3.6 .2 -2.4 -4.6 .0 -3.1 -.7 -.3 -.1 

Jewelry and watches ........................................................ -1.1 .7 -4.7 -1.8 3.2 -3.2 4.7 4.1 4.2 

Watches .......................................................................... 1.4 -2.0 -6.9 .4 1.2 .3 2.1 -2.6 2.1 

Jewelry ............................................................................ -1.6 1.3 -4.3 -2.2 3.4 -3.7 5.5 5.7 4.6 

Transportation ..................................................................... 4.3 -4.2 3.8 -.3 7.1 5.0 1.6 8.9 .5 

Private transportation ........................................................ 4.3 -4.4 4.1 -.5 7.5 4.9 1.7 9.0 .5 

New and used motor vehicles ......................................... 1.3 -.8 -3.4 -5.8 1.6 .5 -1.2 .0 .1 

New vehicles ................................................................. -.1 .1 -2.1 -1.8 .4 -.4 -.8 -.3 .1 

Used cars and trucks .................................................... 3.4 -2.2 -5.6 -11.8 4.9 1.4 -2.1 .6 .2 

Car and truck rental ...................................................... -.5 -3.8 .6 2.6 -4.7 9.9 1.6 -.9 -1.8 

Motor fuel ........................................................................ 13.7 -24.6 24.6 6.8 26.2 16.3 6.3 29.6 1.0 

Gasoline (all types) ....................................................... 13.6 -24.6 24.8 6.9 26.1 16.2 6.3 29.7 1.0 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 2 ...................................... 14.3 -25.6 25.8 7.3 26.7 16.9 6.4 29.9 1.0 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 2 .................................. 12.9 -24.6 25.3 6.1 25.8 15.6 5.8 29.7 1.1 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 2 ................................... 12.6 -23.2 23.5 6.2 24.3 14.8 6.1 28.7 1.0 

Other motor fuels .......................................................... 25.1 -16.9 1.7 1.7 32.5 22.2 7.3 24.2 -.4 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment ................................. 2.1 2.5 1.3 .9 1.9 3.9 4.9 3.8 .5 

Tires .............................................................................. 1.0 3.0 .1 -.5 2.4 2.9 3.5 2.8 -.2 

Vehicle accessories other than tires ............................. 3.0 2.2 2.4 2.3 1.4 5.1 6.5 5.1 1.3 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ............................ 3.6 3.5 3.8 2.5 2.8 3.8 3.8 3.3 .7 

Motor vehicle body work ............................................... 3.8 3.4 1.9 1.6 2.9 4.7 3.4 3.2 .2 

Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing ..................... 3.1 3.9 3.8 1.6 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.0 .9 

Motor vehicle repair ...................................................... 3.7 3.4 4.0 2.9 2.5 4.1 4.4 3.5 .6 

Motor vehicle insurance .................................................. 1.9 7.4 9.1 4.6 3.4 .9 .8 .5 .2 

Motor vehicle fees ........................................................... 4.1 1.8 3.2 7.3 8.7 2.5 2.3 2.0 1.2 

State and local registration and license 1 ..................... 3.9 1.0 3.4 8.8 9.9 1.7 2.4 1.2 1.2 

Parking and other fees .................................................. 4.5 4.1 2.4 2.8 5.4 4.5 1.7 3.9 1.0 

See footnotes at end of table.

124 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 29. Historical Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average,

by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories-Continued

Item and group

Percent change from previous December

December Jan.

2008 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Expenditure category

Public transportation ......................................................... 3.9 -1.8 -0.4 2.2 0.3 6.1 0.4 6.4 0.5 

Airline fare ....................................................................... 5.9 -4.0 -2.2 -.4 -1.8 6.7 -1.0 10.5 1.0 

Other intercity transportation .......................................... -1.9 -3.0 2.1 -6.2 -1.2 4.8 2.2 1.3 -1.4 

Intracity transportation .................................................... 2.3 2.6 1.4 9.9 3.8 5.6 1.9 1.9 .4 

Medical care ....................................................................... 4.2 4.7 5.2 3.7 4.3 4.4 3.6 5.2 .8 

Medical care commodities ................................................ 2.7 4.3 3.0 2.1 1.9 3.6 1.9 2.4 .6 

Prescription drugs ........................................................... 3.6 6.0 4.4 2.4 3.5 4.4 1.9 3.1 .9 

Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies .................. 1.2 1.0 .1 1.5 -1.6 1.7 1.8 1.0 -.4 

Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs ........... 1.4 1.5 .2 1.7 -2.5 2.0 1.9 1.0 -.4 

Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies ........ .3 -.3 -.4 .5 1.1 .8 1.6 .9 -.6 

Medical care services ....................................................... 4.5 4.8 5.8 4.1 5.1 4.6 4.1 6.0 .9 

Professional services ...................................................... 3.8 3.6 3.3 2.8 4.0 3.7 2.5 4.3 .6 

Physicians’ services 1 ................................................... 3.9 3.6 3.4 2.2 4.0 3.1 1.6 4.1 .7 

Dental services 1 .......................................................... 4.4 3.9 4.5 4.5 5.0 5.5 4.9 6.2 .7 

Eyeglasses and eye care .............................................. 2.4 2.7 -.2 1.8 3.0 2.9 2.1 1.1 .2 

Services by other medical professionals 1 .................... 2.7 3.4 3.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.9 3.3 .3 

Hospital and related services 1 ....................................... 6.2 7.1 10.3 6.4 5.2 5.2 6.0 8.0 1.5 

Hospital services 1 ........................................................ 6.2 7.2 10.4 6.4 5.2 5.2 6.1 8.0 1.6 

Inpatient hospital services 1 2 ..................................... 5.6 6.9 9.7 5.2 5.6 5.3 6.5 7.4 1.6 

Outpatient hospital services 1 2 .................................. 7.2 6.7 13.2 6.8 4.4 5.1 4.9 9.6 1.4 

Nursing homes and adult day services 1 ...................... 5.9 5.3 4.9 5.5 3.7 4.4 4.5 5.6 .7 

Care of invalids and elderly at home 3 .......................... ------ 3.0 3.5 .5 

Health insurance 4 .......................................................... ------ 6.8 9.3 .5 

Recreation .......................................................................... 1.4 1.2 .9 .8 .6 .9 .9 .6 .3 

Video and audio ................................................................ .5 .2 1.9 .1 .7 .0 -.8 .1 .3 

Televisions ...................................................................... -10.7 -10.7 -10.8 -14.0 -12.5 -13.6 -22.7 -17.3 -1.2 

Cable and satellite television and radio service .............. 5.3 3.9 7.2 3.7 4.1 3.3 2.6 2.5 .5 

Other video equipment ................................................... -17.8 -16.9 -13.7 -12.2 -14.5 -10.8 -14.1 -12.9 -.2 

Video cassettes, discs, and other media including rental -5.8 -2.0 -6.4 -.5 -1.3 -.6 1.2 .7 .7 

Audio equipment ............................................................. .4 -5.0 -5.0 -5.5 -5.5 -10.1 -5.1 -5.2 -.9 

Audio discs, tapes and other media ................................ 2.5 3.8 1.1 -4.0 3.7 .1 -2.6 -.2 -.2 

Pets, pet products and services ........................................ 2.6 4.1 1.8 2.3 4.2 2.8 3.6 5.4 .3 

Pets and pet products ..................................................... -.6 3.2 .7 1.1 3.2 1.5 3.3 5.1 .3 

Pet services including veterinary .................................... 9.6 6.0 4.7 4.8 6.2 5.0 4.1 6.1 .4 

Sporting goods .................................................................. 1.1 -1.8 -1.6 -1.1 -1.2 1.2 1.2 -2.7 .4 

Sports vehicles including bicycles .................................. 3.3 -1.0 -1.1 -2.0 1.5 3.5 3.1 -3.0 .3 

Sports equipment ............................................................ -1.3 -2.7 -2.2 .0 -4.2 -1.8 -.7 -2.3 .4 

Photography ..................................................................... .5 -.5 -1.4 -2.0 -3.7 -2.9 -4.5 -3.1 -.3 

Photographic equipment and supplies ............................ -3.0 -2.4 -6.0 -5.4 -7.8 -4.8 -10.6 -6.6 -.7 

Photographers and film processing ................................ 2.5 .5 2.0 .3 .2 -1.5 1.8 -.1 .0 

Other recreational goods .................................................. -2.6 -3.9 -7.6 -3.5 -4.6 -4.0 -3.4 -4.9 -.3 

Toys ................................................................................ -3.4 -5.0 -9.0 -4.2 -6.1 -4.5 -4.7 -5.4 -.4

Sewing machines, fabric and supplies ............................ .1 .9 -2.8 .3 .0 -2.2 1.1 -6.0 .5 

Music instruments and accessories ................................ .8 -.2 -1.8 -1.4 1.2 -2.9 1.7 .3 -.2 

Recreation services .......................................................... 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.4 2.1 3.1 4.2 2.1 .5 

Club dues and fees for participant sports and group

exercises ................................................................. 3.7 2.1 .8 2.6 -.3 2.7 2.5 1.0 .9 

Admissions ..................................................................... 4.9 4.1 5.4 3.4 3.3 3.3 5.2 2.2 .5 

Fees for lessons or instructions ...................................... 1.6 7.3 1.4 6.6 2.7 2.6 3.2 3.9 .2 

Recreational reading materials ......................................... 1.4 1.7 1.9 .9 2.3 .6 .9 1.2 .5 

Newspapers and magazines .......................................... 1.5 1.9 2.1 1.7 3.4 1.8 1.2 1.2 .6 

Recreational books ......................................................... 1.0 1.4 1.4 -.4 .1 -1.5 .4 1.1 .3 

Education and communication ............................................ 1.2 3.1 1.8 .8 .7 1.9 2.0 2.6 .3 

Education .......................................................................... 5.8 5.5 6.2 6.7 6.2 5.9 6.4 5.3 .5 

Educational books and supplies ..................................... 12.6 2.8 9.1 5.9 4.0 5.0 7.1 8.8 .9 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ........................ 5.2 5.7 6.0 6.7 6.4 5.9 6.3 5.0 .5 

College tuition and fees ................................................ 4.6 6.2 7.0 9.7 8.8 6.7 7.3 5.9 .1 

Elementary and high school tuition and fees ................ 5.6 7.5 6.8 6.3 7.2 5.7 5.8 5.4 .0 

Child care and nursery school ...................................... 5.5 4.9 4.8 3.7 3.4 5.1 5.3 3.7 1.0 

See footnotes at end of table.

125 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 29. Historical Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average,

by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories-Continued

Item and group

Percent change from previous December

December Jan.

2008 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Expenditure category

Technical and business school tuition and fees ........... 4.5 5.8 5.4 9.6 8.3 6.8 4.9 5.4 0.0 

Communication ................................................................. -3.0 .5 -1.5 -3.8 -3.0 -.9 -1.2 .7 .1 

Postage and delivery services ........................................ .1 4.7 10.5 .1 .4 .4 5.0 4.4 .4 

Postage ......................................................................... .0 4.7 10.6 .0 .0 .0 5.3 3.9 .0 

Delivery services ........................................................... 5.5 6.8 5.1 4.4 13.7 9.4 .9 11.3 6.3 

Information and information processing .......................... -3.1 .3 -2.0 -4.0 -3.2 -1.1 -1.3 .5 .1 

Telephone services ....................................................... -2.3 1.3 .2 -2.7 -2.5 .3 1.7 2.1 .1 

Land-line telephone services, local charges 1 ............ 5.6 4.6 5.4 2.5 1.1 3.2 2.2 4.1 .1 

Land-line telephone services, long distance charges -9.3 -1.9 -5.9 -10.2 -7.7 -1.6 3.3 3.4 .0 

Wireless telephone services ....................................... -12.5 -4.9 .4 -1.3 -1.3 -1.5 -.2 -.9 .1 

Information technology, hardware and services ............. -16.0 -16.3 -13.6 -11.2 -6.3 -8.1 -14.7 -7.6 .1 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 5 ......... -23.5 -30.4 -22.8 -17.6 -13.8 -15.3 -12.1 -13.3 1.1 

Computer software and accessories ............................ -7.3 -3.3 -11.9 -9.4 -5.2 -4.3 -8.0 -6.3 .4 

Internet services and electronic information providers -.5 5.1 -.8 -1.8 -.8 -2.6 -18.5 -4.6 -.4 

Telephone hardware, calculators, and other consumer

information items .................................................. -11.5 -7.6 -8.3 -12.1 -6.9 -7.8 -5.4 -5.0 -.8 

Other goods and services ................................................... 4.5 5.1 4.0 1.0 2.5 3.4 2.8 3.9 .5 

Tobacco and smoking products ........................................ 7.4 9.1 9.6 -.6 3.0 6.0 2.6 7.5 1.1 

Cigarettes ....................................................................... 7.4 9.3 9.9 -.9 2.8 6.1 2.6 7.8 1.1 

Tobacco products other than cigarettes ......................... 5.1 2.9 4.0 6.2 6.1 4.6 2.0 3.5 1.0 

Personal care .................................................................... 2.8 2.7 1.4 1.8 2.3 2.1 2.9 2.3 .2 

Personal care products ................................................... 1.8 .1 -1.2 -.1 -.1 1.0 2.1 -.1 -.2 

Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal

care products ........................................................ 3.5 -.3 -1.0 -.8 -.8 .4 2.1 .0 -.1 

Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and

implements ........................................................... .1 .5 -1.4 .5 .7 2.0 2.1 -.3 -.2 

Personal care services ................................................... 4.0 3.0 1.9 2.2 3.5 2.5 2.8 3.4 .2 

Haircuts and other personal care services ................... 4.0 3.0 1.8 2.2 3.5 2.5 2.9 3.4 .2 

Miscellaneous personal services .................................... 3.5 5.0 3.2 3.6 4.1 2.9 3.8 3.8 .7 

Legal services ............................................................... 4.4 6.4 4.5 5.1 6.3 3.3 4.0 3.7 1.3 

Funeral expenses ......................................................... 2.7 4.6 3.9 4.3 3.9 5.0 4.5 5.1 .8 

Laundry and dry cleaning services ............................... 2.3 4.2 2.2 2.8 3.0 1.9 3.2 3.0 .3 

Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning .. 4.3 4.1 2.1 3.4 2.6 4.7 5.1 3.4 1.5 

Financial services ......................................................... 4.0 4.7 3.4 2.5 3.8 1.4 4.0 4.4 .1 

Miscellaneous personal goods ....................................... -2.3 -2.0 -1.0 -4.4 -3.2 .5 .8 .5 -.7 

Special aggregate indexes

Commodities ......................................................................... 2.7 -1.5 1.3 .3 3.9 2.9 1.4 5.8 .4 

Commodities less food and beverages ............................... 2.7 -4.1 1.2 -1.9 4.8 3.3 1.1 6.3 .2 

Nondurables less food and beverages ............................. 4.6 -6.2 5.7 1.2 8.0 6.2 3.1 11.7 .1 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ............ 7.5 -7.5 9.2 2.5 11.4 8.9 3.8 15.8 .8 

Durables ........................................................................... .2 -1.3 -3.6 -5.3 1.0 -.2 -1.4 -.8 .2 

Services ................................................................................ 3.9 3.7 3.3 2.8 2.9 3.9 3.2 3.2 .5 

Rent of shelter ...................................................................... 3.5 4.3 3.1 2.2 2.5 2.7 4.2 3.2 .5 

Transportation services ........................................................ 2.8 3.8 4.5 3.0 2.2 2.5 1.4 2.0 .4 

Other services ....................................................................... 2.7 3.7 3.3 2.4 2.2 2.7 2.8 2.9 .4 

All items less food ................................................................. 3.5 .9 2.6 1.2 3.5 3.7 2.5 4.2 .4 

All items less shelter ............................................................. 3.4 .1 2.1 1.5 3.7 3.8 1.7 4.9 .5 

All items less medical care ................................................... 3.3 1.1 2.3 1.5 3.4 3.4 2.4 4.3 .5 

Commodities less food ......................................................... 2.8 -3.9 1.3 -1.7 4.6 3.3 1.2 6.2 .2 

Nondurables less food .......................................................... 4.5 -5.7 5.5 1.2 7.6 5.8 3.1 11.2 .2 

Nondurables less food and apparel ...................................... 7.2 -6.7 8.6 2.4 10.6 8.2 3.7 14.9 .8 

Nondurables ......................................................................... 3.7 -1.5 3.4 2.5 5.1 4.1 2.6 8.2 .5 

Apparel less footwear ........................................................... -2.2 -3.0 -2.2 -1.5 -.5 -1.9 1.2 -.4 -2.2 

Services less rent of shelter .................................................. 4.4 3.0 3.5 3.6 3.4 5.3 2.1 3.3 .5 

Services less medical care services ..................................... 3.9 3.6 3.1 2.7 2.8 3.9 3.2 3.0 .5 

See footnotes at end of table.

126 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 29. Historical Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average,

by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories-Continued

Item and group

Percent change from previous December

December Jan.

2008 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Special aggregate indexes

Energy .................................................................................. 13.8 -13.8 11.5 6.9 16.9 17.0 3.0 18.1 0.9

All items less energy ............................................................. 2.5 2.7 1.7 1.2 2.2 2.0 2.4 2.8 .4 

All items less food and energy ............................................ 2.4 2.7 1.7 .7 2.1 2.0 2.5 2.3 .3 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ............. .8 -.1 -1.7 -3.1 .9 .4 .0 .3 -.1 

Energy commodities ....................................................... 15.0 -24.4 23.8 6.9 26.7 16.7 6.0 29.6 1.0 

Services less energy services .......................................... 3.3 4.1 3.5 2.5 2.7 2.8 3.6 3.3 .5 

Domestically produced farm food ......................................... 3.2 3.0 .8 5.6 2.6 1.2 1.1 6.0 1.2 

Utilities and public transportation .......................................... 5.8 .1 1.4 3.2 3.2 9.0 .9 3.3 .6 

1 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. 

All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric

means estimator. 2 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 3 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 2005=100 base.

5 This item will be rebased to December 2007=100 beginning

with the release of March 2008 data. All historical data will be

revised to reflect the new base. - Data not available.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

127 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 30. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, semiannual averages, all items index

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Area

All items 

Semiannual average indexes Percent change from preceding

semiannual average

1st half

2006

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

U.S. city average ........................................................................ 200.6 202.6 205.709 208.976 1.0 1.5 1.6 

Region and area size 1

Northeast urban .......................................................................... 213.8 216.2 218.745 222.279 1.1 1.2 1.6

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ................................................. 216.0 218.8 221.265 224.807 1.3 1.1 1.6 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 2 ........................................... 126.4 127.3 129.070 131.208 .7 1.4 1.7 

Midwest urban ............................................................................ 192.4 193.6 196.629 199.616 .6 1.6 1.5

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ................................................. 194.0 195.4 198.463 200.970 .7 1.6 1.3 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 2 ........................................... 122.8 123.4 125.368 127.547 .5 1.6 1.7 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ....................... 187.1 188.6 190.945 195.409 .8 1.2 2.3 

South urban ................................................................................ 193.8 195.6 198.495 202.226 .9 1.5 1.9 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ................................................. 195.7 197.9 200.919 204.732 1.1 1.5 1.9 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 2 ........................................... 123.5 124.4 126.204 128.641 .7 1.5 1.9 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ....................... 193.7 196.8 198.842 201.564 1.6 1.0 1.4 

West urban ................................................................................. 204.5 206.9 210.890 213.570 1.2 1.9 1.3 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ................................................. 207.6 210.3 214.354 216.940 1.3 1.9 1.2 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 2 ........................................... 124.5 125.6 128.022 129.666 .9 1.9 1.3 

Size classes

A 3 .......................................................................................... 183.6 185.6 188.480 191.267 1.1 1.6 1.5

B/C 2 ....................................................................................... 123.9 124.8 126.776 128.960 .7 1.6 1.7 

D ............................................................................................. 192.5 195.2 197.684 201.318 1.4 1.3 1.8 

Selected local areas

Anchorage, AK ........................................................................... 176.7 177.9 179.394 183.080 .7 .8 2.1 

Atlanta, GA ................................................................................. 192.6 195.0 198.086 201.936 1.2 1.6 1.9 

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ................................. 222.0 224.2 225.910 228.909 1.0 .8 1.3 

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI .............................................. 197.9 198.8 203.052 206.583 .5 2.1 1.7 

Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN .................................................. 187.7 189.5 192.111 195.673 1.0 1.4 1.9 

Cleveland-Akron, OH ................................................................. 191.4 190.9 194.472 197.467 -.3 1.9 1.5 

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ................................................................. 189.7 190.5 191.057 195.433 .4 .3 2.3 

Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO ..................................................... 196.3 199.1 201.258 202.799 1.4 1.1 .8 

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI ......................................................... 195.9 197.2 199.588 200.670 .7 1.2 .5 

Honolulu, HI ................................................................................ 206.4 212.3 216.620 222.388 2.9 2.0 2.7 

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ............................................... 180.3 181.0 182.851 184.826 .4 1.0 1.1 

Kansas City, MO-KS .................................................................. 188.6 191.6 193.206 195.753 1.6 .8 1.3 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ............................... 209.3 211.6 216.260 218.416 1.1 2.2 1.0 

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ......................................................... 202.7 205.1 209.955 214.826 1.2 2.4 2.3 

Milwaukee-Racine, WI ................................................................ 189.2 190.5 192.634 195.571 .7 1.1 1.5 

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI ..................................................... 195.1 197.3 200.627 201.867 1.1 1.7 .6 

New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA ................. 219.2 222.3 225.095 228.785 1.4 1.3 1.6 

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD ............... 210.7 213.4 214.753 218.734 1.3 .6 1.9 

Phoenix-Mesa, AZ 4 ................................................................... 110.6 112.3 114.531 116.038 1.5 2.0 1.3 

Pittsburgh, PA ............................................................................ 194.8 196.6 199.672 203.295 .9 1.6 1.8 

Portland-Salem, OR-WA ............................................................ 199.8 202.5 206.653 210.460 1.4 2.1 1.8 

St. Louis, MO-IL ......................................................................... 188.8 190.3 192.125 194.338 .8 1.0 1.2

San Diego, CA ............................................................................ 226.7 229.6 231.870 234.772 1.3 1.0 1.3 

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ....................................... 207.9 210.6 214.736 217.361 1.3 2.0 1.2 

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ................................................ 205.8 209.5 213.810 217.502 1.8 2.1 1.7 

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL ....................................... 173.9 176.6 182.886 185.689 1.6 3.6 1.5 

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 5 .................................. 127.7 130.0 132.000 134.927 1.8 1.5 2.2 

1 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical

notes. 2 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.

3 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 4 For Phoenix-Mesa, indexes are on a December 2001=100 base. 5 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base.

128 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 31. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Regions 1, semiannual averages, by expenditure category and commodity

and service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

U.S. city average Northeast Midwest South West

Index

Percent

change

fromIndex

Percent

change

fromIndex

Percent

change

fromIndex

Percent

change

fromIndex

Percent

change

from2nd half

2007

2nd

half

2006

1st

half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd

half

2006

1st

half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd

half

2006

1st

half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd

half

2006

1st

half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd

half

2006

1st

half

2007

Expenditure category

All items .......................................................... 208.976 3.1 1.6 222.279 2.8 1.6 199.616 3.1 1.5 202.226 3.4 1.9 213.570 3.2 1.3 

All items (December 1977=100) 2 ................. 625.999 - - 350.021 - - 324.787 - - 328.040 - - 345.224 - -

Food and beverages ..................................... 205.454 4.5 2.1 209.782 4.3 2.1 198.432 4.1 2.0 202.884 4.5 2.5 211.048 4.7 1.9 

Food ........................................................... 205.121 4.5 2.2 209.342 4.5 2.1 197.867 4.2 2.1 203.248 4.6 2.6 210.237 4.7 1.9 

Food at home ........................................... 203.501 5.0 2.3 208.126 4.5 1.8 193.518 4.6 2.1 199.860 5.1 2.8 213.404 5.4 2.1 

Food away from home .............................. 208.809 3.9 2.1 213.805 4.4 2.4 204.738 3.6 2.0 210.750 3.9 2.3 205.212 3.8 1.7

Alcoholic beverages ................................... 208.524 3.5 1.5 214.560 3.0 1.8 204.792 3.1 .9 196.777 3.3 1.2 219.732 4.7 1.9 

Housing ........................................................ 210.938 3.0 1.3 236.246 2.7 1.3 193.088 2.4 .9 194.807 3.2 1.6 222.390 3.6 1.2 

Shelter ........................................................ 242.213 3.3 1.3 281.261 2.8 1.5 222.273 2.1 .9 215.515 3.8 1.5 249.347 4.2 1.4 

Rent of primary residence ........................ 236.751 4.0 1.8 266.412 3.8 1.8 211.866 2.6 1.1 212.891 4.4 2.0 248.158 4.7 2.0

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary

residence 3 ....................................... 247.822 2.9 1.3 289.811 2.3 1.2 224.314 1.4 .7 217.697 3.6 1.5 260.748 3.8 1.6 

Fuels and utilities ........................................ 203.457 4.3 2.9 208.292 6.0 2.8 194.508 6.2 1.7 203.753 2.6 4.2 219.954 3.2 1.8 

Household energy .................................... 184.356 4.1 2.9 196.016 6.0 2.8 173.199 6.5 1.7 178.007 2.2 4.6 207.186 2.4 1.5 

Gas (piped) and electricity ...................... 188.216 3.4 2.1 197.630 3.9 .1 178.715 6.3 1.3 178.902 1.9 4.3 209.400 2.2 1.3

Electricity .............................................. 179.477 4.0 4.2 181.942 5.6 1.4 159.493 8.9 5.2 170.584 2.0 5.6 215.603 2.7 3.4 

Utility (piped) gas service ..................... 214.756 1.7 -2.7 224.552 1.0 -2.0 210.178 2.7 -3.7 219.531 1.6 -1.3 212.122 1.0 -3.1 

Household furnishings and operations ....... 126.360 -.7 -.8 127.855 -2.5 -1.8 119.788 .4 .0 125.706 -.2 -.5 132.475 -.6 -1.0 

Apparel ......................................................... 118.130 -.9 -1.4 116.541 -1.2 -1.7 109.485 -.4 -1.2 130.526 -.9 -2.2 111.963 -1.1 -.5 

Transportation .............................................. 187.053 3.7 2.6 185.308 2.9 2.9 189.189 4.9 3.2 185.499 4.3 3.1 188.280 2.5 1.2 

Private transportation ................................. 183.084 3.8 2.6 179.685 3.1 3.0 184.762 5.0 3.2 184.155 4.4 3.1 183.004 2.6 1.1 

New and used motor vehicles 4 ................ 94.264 -1.0 -.1 92.956 -1.3 .4 94.734 -.6 .1 94.990 -.8 -.3 94.005 -1.4 -.3 

New vehicles .......................................... 135.634 -.8 -.9 134.751 -.8 -.7 131.300 -.2 -.4 139.907 -.8 -1.0 134.761 -1.3 -1.4 

New cars and trucks 4 5 ........................ 93.997 -.8 -.9 93.523 -.8 -.7 92.537 .0 -.4 95.181 -.9 -1.0 93.681 -1.3 -1.4 

New cars 5 ............................................ 135.346 -.6 -.8 133.673 -.6 -.9 129.308 -.2 -.5 142.301 -.3 -.6 134.420 -1.0 -1.0 

Used cars and trucks .............................. 136.802 -2.1 1.6 141.678 -2.4 1.5 137.525 -2.4 1.4 135.972 -2.0 1.6 134.436 -1.9 1.8 

Motor fuel .................................................. 248.278 13.3 8.0 240.654 12.1 9.2 259.705 16.1 9.7 246.893 14.6 9.8 245.298 10.0 3.4 

Gasoline (all types) ................................. 247.089 13.3 8.0 239.324 12.1 9.2 258.485 16.1 9.7 245.542 14.6 9.8 244.155 10.0 3.2 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 5 ................ 247.192 13.4 7.9 240.793 12.2 9.1 257.457 16.2 9.8 245.401 14.7 9.8 243.123 10.0 3.2 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 ......... 252.080 13.4 8.3 243.171 11.8 9.3 282.357 16.1 9.5 254.403 14.6 9.8 229.380 10.4 3.3 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 ............. 237.896 13.0 8.1 231.697 11.7 9.4 253.534 15.7 9.7 240.956 14.5 9.7 233.479 10.0 3.2 

Medical care ................................................. 354.780 4.7 2.1 377.771 4.9 1.9 355.328 4.8 2.2 337.733 4.1 2.3 357.922 5.3 2.1 

Medical care commodities .......................... 291.956 1.7 1.4 310.782 2.1 .0 292.981 2.4 1.4 279.231 .6 1.8 294.638 2.1 1.6

Medical care services ................................. 373.640 5.7 2.4 395.525 5.7 2.4 375.260 5.6 2.4 356.317 5.3 2.5 376.660 6.2 2.2 

Professional services ................................ 302.983 4.1 1.5 310.201 4.0 1.3 320.531 4.0 1.6 299.312 4.3 1.6 284.027 4.0 1.2 

Recreation 4 ................................................. 111.531 .3 .2 113.198 -.3 .0 112.271 1.0 .7 112.257 .1 .0 108.513 .5 .0 

Education and communication 4 ................... 120.847 2.6 2.1 123.241 3.1 3.0 122.760 2.6 1.6 117.557 2.8 2.1 120.440 1.8 1.9 

Other goods and services ............................. 335.206 3.6 1.1 356.089 2.5 .9 323.944 2.9 1.2 324.258 5.0 1.3 337.148 3.3 1.1 

Commodity and service group

All items .......................................................... 208.976 3.1 1.6 222.279 2.8 1.6 199.616 3.1 1.5 202.226 3.4 1.9 213.570 3.2 1.3 

Commodities ................................................. 168.844 3.0 1.6 172.448 2.8 1.7 164.829 3.5 1.9 170.060 3.3 2.0 168.064 2.3 .8 

Commodities less food and beverages ...... 148.463 2.1 1.3 149.479 1.7 1.4 147.011 3.2 1.9 152.487 2.6 1.7 144.250 .9 .2 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..... 185.103 5.0 2.9 183.064 4.3 3.1 184.175 6.2 3.5 192.837 5.8 3.5 178.090 3.5 1.3 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and

apparel ............................................ 231.002 7.0 4.3 235.092 6.4 5.0 232.736 8.1 4.9 231.668 8.0 5.3 224.689 5.2 1.9

Durables ................................................... 112.007 -1.7 -.8 110.328 -2.2 -1.1 109.602 -.8 -.3 114.587 -1.4 -.7 112.651 -2.2 -1.2 

Services ........................................................ 248.777 3.3 1.6 271.098 2.9 1.6 235.898 2.8 1.2 235.144 3.5 1.8 254.841 3.8 1.6 

Rent of shelter 3 ......................................... 252.506 3.4 1.4 294.195 2.8 1.5 228.538 2.1 .9 221.668 3.8 1.5 265.244 4.3 1.5 

Transportation services .............................. 235.321 1.5 1.4 224.310 .9 1.5 240.817 1.4 1.0 240.704 2.2 1.5 238.288 1.3 1.4 

Other services ............................................ 288.111 2.9 1.8 306.529 2.7 2.1 281.579 2.9 1.7 279.146 2.9 1.6 284.617 3.1 1.9 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ............................. 201.619 3.0 1.6 215.239 2.7 1.6 192.042 3.0 1.5 194.231 3.3 1.8 206.567 3.1 1.2 

See footnotes at end of table.

129 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 31. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Regions 1, semiannual averages, by expenditure category and commodity

and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

U.S. city average Northeast Midwest South West

Index

Percent

change

fromIndex

Percent

change

fromIndex

Percent

change

fromIndex

Percent

change

fromIndex

Percent

change

from2nd half

2007

2nd

half

2006

1st

half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd

half

2006

1st

half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd

half

2006

1st

half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd

half

2006

1st

half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd

half

2006

1st

half

2007

Special aggregate indexes

All items less food ........................................... 209.637 2.9 1.5 224.829 2.6 1.5 199.835 3.0 1.4 201.926 3.2 1.8 214.229 2.9 1.2 

All items less shelter ....................................... 198.304 3.1 1.7 202.308 2.9 1.7 193.486 3.6 1.8 198.130 3.2 2.1 200.260 2.7 1.2 

Commodities less food ................................... 150.686 2.2 1.3 152.053 1.8 1.4 148.983 3.2 1.9 154.032 2.6 1.6 147.321 1.1 .2 

Nondurables ................................................... 195.855 4.7 2.5 197.099 4.3 2.5 191.789 5.1 2.7 198.134 5.2 3.0 195.681 4.1 1.6 

Nondurables less food .................................... 186.521 4.9 2.8 184.829 4.2 3.0 185.229 6.0 3.3 192.926 5.7 3.4 181.380 3.6 1.3 

Nondurables less food and apparel ................ 227.849 6.7 4.1 231.281 6.1 4.6 229.104 7.7 4.6 227.662 7.6 5.0 223.643 5.1 1.9 

Services less rent of shelter 3 ......................... 263.131 3.2 1.8 269.060 2.9 1.7 257.139 3.6 1.6 258.906 3.0 2.2 269.696 3.2 1.7 

Services less medical care services ............... 238.615 3.1 1.5 262.021 2.7 1.5 224.897 2.6 1.1 223.222 3.2 1.8 245.721 3.6 1.5 

Energy ............................................................ 213.385 8.9 5.6 214.756 8.7 5.6 210.855 11.6 5.9 205.128 8.5 7.3 231.180 7.0 2.7 

All items less energy ....................................... 210.145 2.6 1.2 225.151 2.2 1.2 200.569 2.2 1.0 202.465 2.8 1.3 213.959 2.9 1.1 

All items less food and energy ...................... 211.767 2.3 1.0 229.516 1.8 1.1 201.708 1.9 .9 202.737 2.4 1.0 215.233 2.6 1.0 

Commodities less food and energy

commodities ....................................... 139.757 -.5 -.4 141.528 -.9 -.8 137.431 .2 .0 142.515 -.2 -.4 136.874 -.9 -.5

Energy commodities ................................... 250.623 13.3 8.3 247.574 12.5 10.0 259.245 16.0 9.7 249.738 14.5 9.9 248.078 10.0 3.5 

Services less energy services .................... 254.986 3.3 1.5 278.413 2.8 1.7 243.581 2.6 1.2 240.825 3.6 1.6 258.382 3.9 1.6

1 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. 2 Indexes are on a December 1977=100 base except for the U.S. which is on a

1967=100 base. 3 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.

4 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 5 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 6 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. - Data not available.

130 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 32. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Population size classes 1, semiannual averages, by

expenditure category and commodity and service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Size class A 2 Size class B/C 3 Size class D 

Index Percent change

fromIndex Percent changefromIndex Percent changefrom2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

Expenditure category

All items 4 ............................................................................. 191.267 3.1 1.5 128.960 3.3 1.7 201.318 3.1 1.8 

All items (December 1977=100) .......................................... 191.267 -- --- 324.675 - -

Food and beverages ........................................................... 186.050 4.1 1.9 128.201 4.8 2.4 203.419 4.9 2.4 

Food .................................................................................. 185.811 4.2 2.0 128.231 4.9 2.5 203.336 5.0 2.5 

Food at home .................................................................. 189.141 4.5 1.9 126.389 5.4 2.8 198.811 5.9 2.8 

Food away from home .................................................... 180.518 3.8 2.1 131.096 4.2 2.1 212.410 3.8 2.1 

Alcoholic beverages .......................................................... 187.275 3.1 1.3 127.812 4.3 1.9 204.293 2.9 1.4 

Housing ............................................................................... 195.237 3.1 1.3 128.213 3.0 1.3 187.401 2.5 1.5 

Shelter .............................................................................. 211.402 3.4 1.4 129.110 3.3 1.3 210.829 2.5 1.3 

Rent of primary residence ............................................... 204.755 4.3 1.9 131.507 3.8 1.5 202.351 2.9 1.4 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 .............. 209.216 3.0 1.4 127.247 2.8 1.3 218.775 1.9 .7 

Fuels and utilities .............................................................. 207.785 4.3 2.8 153.522 4.4 3.0 198.604 3.8 2.8

Household energy ........................................................... 209.657 4.2 2.8 154.707 4.0 3.0 171.408 3.6 3.1 

Gas (piped) and electricity ............................................ 200.286 3.6 2.1 147.819 3.2 2.1 182.256 3.3 2.8 

Electricity .................................................................... 186.049 4.5 5.1 135.710 3.4 3.1 177.588 5.1 4.7 

Utility (piped) gas service ............................................ 225.723 1.6 -3.9 187.297 2.5 -.6 203.389 -1.7 -2.3 

Household furnishings and operations ............................. 120.515 -.9 -1.1 99.316 -.4 -.6 123.143 .6 .4 

Apparel ............................................................................... 111.200 -1.2 -1.5 86.933 -.4 -1.4 117.261 -.9 -1.2 

Transportation ..................................................................... 182.605 3.3 2.3 132.097 4.2 3.0 188.299 4.0 2.9

Private transportation ........................................................ 182.157 3.4 2.3 131.902 4.3 2.9 184.130 4.0 2.9 

New and used motor vehicles 3 ...................................... 94.528 -.9 .1 93.979 -1.2 -.3 93.719 -1.1 -.1 

New vehicles ................................................................. 118.505 -.5 -.7 94.505 -1.0 -1.1 140.298 -1.3 -1.2

New cars and trucks 3 6 .............................................. 93.259 -.6 -.7 94.575 -1.0 -1.1 96.786 -1.3 -1.1 

New cars 6 .................................................................. 118.768 -.5 -.8 96.365 -.6 -.7 137.717 -1.0 -.9 

Used cars and trucks .................................................... 130.885 -2.3 1.5 92.048 -2.1 1.6 126.180 -1.4 1.8 

Motor fuel ........................................................................ 360.787 12.8 7.2 246.603 14.4 9.1 239.546 10.9 7.4 

Gasoline (all types) ....................................................... 359.058 12.8 7.2 247.061 14.4 9.1 237.719 10.9 7.4 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ...................................... 368.160 13.0 7.1 252.940 14.5 9.1 227.883 10.3 6.9 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 ............................... 243.859 12.7 7.5 241.042 14.3 9.2 266.732 13.1 8.8 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ................................... 320.608 12.3 7.3 231.703 14.0 9.1 240.716 12.1 8.1 

Medical care ....................................................................... 280.980 5.1 2.1 149.336 4.4 2.2 346.383 4.1 2.1

Medical care commodities ................................................ 231.030 1.5 1.1 136.745 1.8 1.4 290.927 1.8 2.9 

Medical care services ....................................................... 295.346 6.1 2.4 153.704 5.3 2.4 365.517 4.9 1.8 

Professional services ...................................................... 237.683 4.2 1.4 141.242 3.9 1.4 309.749 4.9 2.2 

Recreation 3 ........................................................................ 113.151 .3 .1 108.818 .1 .1 113.138 1.4 .8 

Education and communication 3 ......................................... 122.763 2.9 2.5 117.176 2.2 1.7 124.142 2.6 1.7 

Other goods and services ................................................... 265.366 2.8 .8 147.996 4.7 1.4 343.401 3.7 2.0 

Commodity and service group

All items 4 ............................................................................. 191.267 3.1 1.5 128.960 3.3 1.7 201.318 3.1 1.8 

Commodities ....................................................................... 161.308 2.6 1.3 119.093 3.4 1.9 169.777 3.2 2.0

Commodities less food and beverages ............................. 146.120 1.7 1.0 113.989 2.6 1.7 152.802 2.3 1.8 

Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... 188.222 4.2 2.3 141.770 6.1 3.6 190.748 4.7 3.3 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... 244.877 6.4 3.8 168.467 7.9 5.0 229.794 6.3 4.4 

Durables ......................................................................... 104.777 -1.6 -.9 86.896 -1.7 -.9 114.608 -1.0 -.1

Services .............................................................................. 215.043 3.3 1.6 133.944 3.3 1.6 235.645 3.1 1.7 

Rent of shelter 5 ................................................................ 212.254 3.4 1.4 129.329 3.4 1.3 218.041 2.6 1.3 

Transportation services .................................................... 189.861 1.0 1.2 129.843 2.0 1.5 246.448 4.1 2.1 

Other services ................................................................... 236.303 2.9 1.9 133.139 2.8 1.6 287.427 2.7 1.7

See footnotes at end of table.

131 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 32. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Population size classes 1, semiannual averages, by

expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Size class A 2 Size class B/C 3 Size class D 

Index Percent change

fromIndex Percent changefromIndex Percent changefrom2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ................................................... 186.854 2.9 1.4 125.732 3.2 1.7 191.953 3.0 1.8 

All items less food ................................................................. 192.245 2.9 1.4 127.019 3.1 1.6 200.907 2.8 1.7 

All items less shelter ............................................................. 182.477 2.9 1.5 126.506 3.4 1.9 199.784 3.4 2.0 

Commodities less food ......................................................... 148.097 1.8 1.0 114.399 2.7 1.7 154.184 2.3 1.8 

Nondurables ......................................................................... 187.343 4.1 2.1 134.807 5.5 3.0 197.576 4.8 2.9 

Nondurables less food .......................................................... 188.447 4.1 2.2 140.865 6.0 3.5 191.106 4.6 3.1 

Nondurables less food and apparel ...................................... 237.812 6.0 3.5 164.882 7.6 4.8 227.176 6.0 4.2 

Services less rent of shelter 5 ............................................... 217.934 3.1 1.8 138.646 3.2 1.8 265.556 3.5 2.0 

Services less medical care services ..................................... 209.175 3.1 1.5 132.078 3.1 1.5 221.952 2.9 1.7 

Energy .................................................................................. 271.308 8.6 5.1 195.057 9.5 6.3 205.549 7.7 5.5 

All items less energy ............................................................. 185.909 2.5 1.1 121.891 2.6 1.2 201.711 2.6 1.4 

All items less food and energy ............................................ 186.054 2.2 1.0 120.690 2.2 1.0 201.887 2.1 1.2 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ............. 126.930 -.7 -.6 98.191 -.2 -.3 143.035 .2 .3 

Energy commodities ......................................................... 362.274 12.8 7.5 250.429 14.4 9.4 239.299 10.9 7.5 

Services less energy services .......................................... 216.126 3.3 1.5 132.854 3.3 1.5 241.582 3.1 1.6 

1 See region and area size on Table 10 for information about population

size classes. 2 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 3 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 4 The ’All items’ index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base.

5 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 6 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 7 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. - Data not available.

132 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 33. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Cross classification of region and population size classes 1,

semiannual averages, by expenditure category and commodity and service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Northeast

Size class A Size class B/C 2

Index Percent change from- Index Percent change from2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ..................................................................................... 224.807 2.7 1.6 131.208 3.1 1.7 

All items (December 1977=100) ................................................. 347.370 -----

Food and beverages .................................................................. 209.523 4.2 2.0 130.119 4.8 2.4 

Food ......................................................................................... 208.928 4.3 2.0 130.425 4.8 2.4 

Food at home ......................................................................... 208.772 4.3 1.5 128.293 4.9 2.5 

Food away from home ........................................................... 212.082 4.3 2.5 133.939 4.7 2.2 

Alcoholic beverages ................................................................. 216.505 2.7 1.7 125.125 3.8 2.2 

Housing ...................................................................................... 240.347 2.5 1.4 133.182 3.2 1.2 

Shelter ...................................................................................... 286.142 2.7 1.5 131.495 3.0 1.3 

Rent of primary residence ...................................................... 273.518 3.9 1.8 134.846 3.4 1.6

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 ..................... 291.466 2.3 1.3 128.526 2.4 .9 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 203.462 5.0 3.0 172.917 8.0 2.5

Household energy .................................................................. 198.042 5.0 3.0 175.575 8.1 2.3 

Gas (piped) and electricity ................................................... 197.265 3.2 .8 150.718 5.6 -1.4 

Electricity ............................................................................ 181.361 5.0 3.2 130.087 7.0 -2.2 

Utility (piped) gas service ................................................... 224.880 .3 -2.9 187.721 2.7 .4

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 128.489 -2.6 -1.9 101.677 -2.2 -1.6 

Apparel ....................................................................................... 113.950 -.6 -1.7 85.622 -3.4 -1.8

Transportation ............................................................................ 186.322 2.8 2.9 129.852 3.4 2.8 

Private transportation ............................................................... 180.237 2.9 3.1 130.535 3.5 2.8 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 234.543 11.3 8.8 245.304 13.5 9.8 

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 232.967 11.4 8.8 245.299 13.5 9.8

Gasoline, unleaded regular 5 ............................................. 234.165 11.4 8.6 249.725 13.7 9.8 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 ....................................... 233.062 11.3 9.2 243.282 12.7 9.5 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 .......................................... 227.342 10.9 9.1 230.495 13.2 9.9 

Medical care ............................................................................... 381.552 5.1 1.8 154.278 4.5 2.2 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................... 114.537 .5 .1 110.018 -1.9 -.5 

Education and communication 2 ................................................ 125.658 3.4 3.0 116.639 2.3 2.9 

Other goods and services .......................................................... 347.532 1.9 .9 154.398 4.0 1.0

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ..................................................................................... 224.807 2.7 1.6 131.208 3.1 1.7 

Commodities .............................................................................. 172.447 2.6 1.6 122.785 3.0 2.0 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................... 148.296 1.6 1.3 118.314 1.9 1.7 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................... 179.078 3.9 2.7 146.663 5.1 3.8

Durables ................................................................................. 111.142 -2.1 -1.0 87.743 -2.5 -1.4 

Services ..................................................................................... 272.536 2.8 1.6 135.060 3.1 1.4 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ........................................................... 217.820 2.6 1.6 127.985 2.9 1.6

All items less shelter .................................................................... 202.415 2.7 1.6 128.756 3.1 1.8

Commodities less food ................................................................. 151.071 1.7 1.3 118.540 2.0 1.7

Nondurables ................................................................................. 195.558 4.1 2.3 137.783 4.9 3.1 

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 181.378 3.8 2.6 144.956 5.0 3.7

Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... 266.489 2.9 1.7 138.468 3.1 1.5 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 263.583 2.6 1.6 132.850 2.7 1.2 

Energy .......................................................................................... 214.019 7.7 5.5 204.135 10.6 5.8

All items less energy .................................................................... 227.887 2.3 1.3 123.481 2.1 1.1

All items less food and energy ................................................... 232.865 1.9 1.1 122.068 1.6 .9

See footnotes at end of table.

133 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 33. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Cross classification of region and population size classes 1,

semiannual averages, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Midwest

Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class D 

Index Percent

change fromIndex Percentchange fromIndex Percentchange from2nd half

2007

2nd

half

2006

1st

half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd

half

2006

1st

half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd

half

2006

1st

half

2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ..................................................................................... 200.970 2.9 1.3 127.547 3.4 1.7 195.409 3.6 2.3 

All items (December 1977=100) ................................................. 331.813 -- --- 313.284 - -

Food and beverages .................................................................. 200.785 3.7 1.9 126.662 4.6 1.9 198.315 4.8 2.9 

Food ......................................................................................... 200.460 3.7 1.9 126.608 4.7 2.0 197.557 4.9 3.1 

Food at home ......................................................................... 198.618 3.9 1.9 123.399 5.2 2.0 188.082 6.9 4.1 

Food away from home ........................................................... 203.277 3.5 2.0 130.934 4.1 2.0 214.255 2.6 2.0 

Alcoholic beverages ................................................................. 202.926 3.1 1.2 128.159 3.2 .6 209.401 3.0 .3

Housing ...................................................................................... 195.901 2.2 .5 122.975 2.5 1.2 184.455 3.9 2.5 

Shelter ...................................................................................... 228.201 1.9 .6 122.628 2.0 .9 205.872 3.8 2.8 

Rent of primary residence ...................................................... 222.585 2.8 1.0 121.761 2.2 .8 190.107 3.0 2.0 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 ..................... 230.513 1.4 .7 119.255 1.4 .6 211.264 1.3 1.1 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 187.790 6.3 .7 158.005 6.0 2.9 204.598 6.0 2.6 

Household energy .................................................................. 170.037 6.8 .5 161.868 6.3 3.1 163.651 5.9 3.1

Gas (piped) and electricity ................................................... 172.668 6.7 .3 157.864 5.7 2.5 173.846 5.6 2.6 

Electricity ............................................................................ 147.370 10.5 5.7 137.548 6.8 4.4 155.333 9.3 5.6 

Utility (piped) gas service ................................................... 200.277 2.6 -5.4 199.624 4.0 -.5 211.683 -1.4 -2.8 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 115.671 .0 -.3 96.102 .9 .4 116.120 1.4 .4 

Apparel ....................................................................................... 106.329 -.9 -2.2 83.648 .5 .4 123.248 .4 -.8 

Transportation ............................................................................ 188.830 4.7 3.0 137.786 5.3 3.6 176.002 4.1 3.5 

Private transportation ............................................................... 185.791 4.8 3.0 137.843 5.4 3.5 168.718 4.1 3.3 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 264.044 16.4 9.6 265.646 17.1 10.2 228.006 11.5 8.3 

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 262.469 16.3 9.6 265.641 17.1 10.2 225.420 11.5 8.3 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 5 ............................................. 262.571 16.6 9.8 271.531 17.2 10.3 216.948 10.9 8.1 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 ....................................... 278.315 15.8 9.4 260.745 17.0 9.8 262.598 12.5 8.5 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 .......................................... 252.825 15.7 9.5 248.718 16.5 10.0 231.936 12.8 9.4 

Medical care ............................................................................... 350.511 5.2 2.6 154.084 4.5 1.8 349.667 4.6 2.0 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................... 113.581 .3 .1 111.138 2.1 1.5 108.831 .6 .9 

Education and communication 2 ................................................ 124.467 2.9 2.2 122.261 2.2 .8 112.607 1.6 1.3 

Other goods and services .......................................................... 324.649 2.2 1.0 147.349 3.9 1.8 328.161 2.9 .4 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ..................................................................................... 200.970 2.9 1.3 127.547 3.4 1.7 195.409 3.6 2.3 

Commodities .............................................................................. 164.229 3.0 1.6 118.256 4.2 2.3 168.652 3.8 2.4 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................... 144.235 2.7 1.5 113.556 4.0 2.5 153.231 3.2 2.1 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................... 180.234 5.5 2.9 141.984 7.5 4.5 193.603 5.0 3.2 

Durables ................................................................................. 108.247 -.7 -.3 83.812 -1.2 -.5 111.733 .3 .5 

Services ..................................................................................... 237.433 2.7 1.0 133.273 2.8 1.3 224.775 3.5 2.3 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ........................................................... 194.222 2.7 1.2 124.343 3.3 1.7 185.562 3.6 2.4 

All items less shelter .................................................................... 192.852 3.4 1.6 127.780 4.0 2.1 193.088 3.6 2.2 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 146.517 2.7 1.5 113.994 4.0 2.4 154.747 3.2 2.1 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 191.434 4.6 2.4 134.247 6.0 3.2 196.616 4.9 3.1 

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 181.701 5.3 2.8 140.939 7.2 4.2 194.170 4.9 3.0 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... 256.638 3.7 1.5 143.835 3.5 1.7 247.200 3.4 1.8 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 227.855 2.5 .8 130.756 2.6 1.3 208.805 3.2 2.3 

Energy .......................................................................................... 210.302 11.7 5.2 207.308 12.0 6.9 193.136 8.9 5.9 

All items less energy .................................................................... 202.076 2.0 .9 120.263 2.4 1.1 196.754 3.0 1.9 

All items less food and energy ................................................... 203.032 1.7 .7 119.055 2.0 1.0 196.682 2.6 1.7

See footnotes at end of table.

134 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 33. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Cross classification of region and population size classes 1,

semiannual averages, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

South

Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class D 

Index Percent

change fromIndex Percentchange fromIndex Percentchange from2nd half

2007

2nd

half

2006

1st

half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd

half

2006

1st

half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd

half

2006

1st

half

2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ..................................................................................... 204.732 3.5 1.9 128.641 3.4 1.9 201.564 2.4 1.4 

All items (December 1977=100) ................................................. 330.505 -- --- 327.323 - -

Food and beverages .................................................................. 204.900 4.1 2.3 127.715 4.7 2.7 199.140 4.9 2.1 

Food ......................................................................................... 205.617 4.3 2.5 127.956 4.8 2.8 199.115 4.9 2.0 

Food at home ......................................................................... 200.914 4.6 2.6 126.703 5.3 3.1 198.951 5.5 2.1 

Food away from home ........................................................... 214.217 3.8 2.3 129.967 4.0 2.3 202.940 4.1 2.0 

Alcoholic beverages ................................................................. 195.608 2.4 .5 123.584 4.0 1.7 198.020 3.9 2.6

Housing ...................................................................................... 200.777 3.7 1.9 128.637 3.1 1.6 184.832 .4 .0 

Shelter ...................................................................................... 220.999 4.1 1.5 131.482 3.8 1.6 207.745 .7 -.4 

Rent of primary residence ...................................................... 219.948 4.5 1.9 133.867 4.6 2.1 205.274 2.8 1.0 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 ..................... 225.053 4.1 1.6 129.894 3.3 1.7 216.018 1.1 -.6 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 206.228 3.8 6.2 143.675 1.9 3.0 192.589 1.0 2.8 

Household energy .................................................................. 189.928 4.0 7.1 143.007 1.0 2.9 171.452 .9 3.0

Gas (piped) and electricity ................................................... 193.641 3.8 7.0 140.390 .6 2.6 175.579 .3 2.7 

Electricity ............................................................................ 181.721 4.0 8.5 134.146 .3 3.5 172.286 1.5 3.6 

Utility (piped) gas service ................................................... 215.663 3.4 -.8 177.812 1.4 -1.5 187.862 -5.9 -2.4 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 134.062 .3 -.3 97.648 -.2 -.5 119.711 -2.4 -1.6 

Apparel ....................................................................................... 146.566 -.8 -1.3 86.965 -.6 -2.8 118.382 -3.0 -2.5 

Transportation ............................................................................ 185.003 3.9 2.9 130.342 4.4 3.2 197.887 5.0 3.6 

Private transportation ............................................................... 185.287 4.0 2.8 130.077 4.6 3.3 196.942 5.0 3.7 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 253.929 13.7 9.4 246.498 15.2 10.1 234.832 14.7 10.0 

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 251.415 13.8 9.4 246.729 15.2 10.0 231.942 14.7 10.0 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 5 ............................................. 253.153 13.7 9.2 254.619 15.3 10.1 225.010 14.8 10.2 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 ....................................... 250.673 13.9 9.6 238.380 15.0 10.0 271.593 14.5 9.7 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 .......................................... 245.465 13.7 9.5 231.980 15.0 9.9 238.977 14.7 9.6 

Medical care ............................................................................... 328.626 4.3 2.1 145.305 4.2 2.4 335.484 2.9 2.3 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................... 113.312 -.5 -.7 111.025 .3 .3 115.206 1.8 .8 

Education and communication 2 ................................................ 118.306 2.6 2.4 116.274 3.0 2.1 122.199 2.6 1.0 

Other goods and services .......................................................... 307.859 4.8 .9 146.300 5.3 1.4 331.483 4.3 2.5 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ..................................................................................... 204.732 3.5 1.9 128.641 3.4 1.9 201.564 2.4 1.4 

Commodities .............................................................................. 171.481 3.1 1.9 118.654 3.4 2.0 171.978 3.2 2.0 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................... 152.829 2.3 1.6 113.735 2.8 1.7 158.308 2.4 1.9 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................... 189.568 4.9 3.1 141.760 6.4 3.7 196.349 5.7 4.2 

Durables ................................................................................. 117.994 -1.2 -.6 87.524 -1.4 -.7 117.536 -2.1 -1.1 

Services ..................................................................................... 237.010 3.7 1.9 133.948 3.4 1.8 232.937 1.8 .8 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ........................................................... 198.282 3.4 1.9 125.659 3.3 1.9 191.451 2.4 1.3 

All items less shelter .................................................................... 199.100 3.1 2.1 125.257 3.3 2.0 200.743 3.1 2.0 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 154.679 2.3 1.5 114.007 2.9 1.7 159.187 2.4 2.0 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 197.158 4.5 2.7 134.545 5.6 3.2 198.297 5.3 3.2 

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 189.890 4.7 2.9 140.712 6.4 3.6 195.992 5.6 4.1 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... 261.144 3.1 2.5 136.094 2.9 2.0 261.524 2.8 1.9 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 227.206 3.5 1.9 132.567 3.2 1.8 218.246 1.6 .7 

Energy .......................................................................................... 215.176 8.7 8.2 186.508 8.5 6.8 199.677 8.2 6.8 

All items less energy .................................................................... 205.352 2.9 1.2 121.883 2.9 1.4 200.606 1.7 .6 

All items less food and energy ................................................... 205.718 2.6 1.0 120.724 2.5 1.1 201.288 1.0 .4

See footnotes at end of table.

135 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 33. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Cross classification of region and population size classes 1,

semiannual averages, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

West

Size class A Size class B/C 2

Index Percent change from- Index Percent change from2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ..................................................................................... 216.940 3.2 1.2 129.666 3.2 1.3 

All items (December 1977=100) ................................................. 353.750 -----

Food and beverages .................................................................. 212.066 4.3 1.6 129.515 5.6 2.5 

Food ......................................................................................... 211.495 4.3 1.6 128.807 5.6 2.5 

Food at home ......................................................................... 216.016 5.1 1.7 127.101 6.3 3.0 

Food away from home ........................................................... 204.846 3.5 1.6 131.443 4.4 1.6 

Alcoholic beverages ................................................................. 216.641 4.1 1.4 141.952 7.6 3.7 

Housing ...................................................................................... 232.775 3.7 1.2 128.582 3.3 .9 

Shelter ...................................................................................... 261.014 4.5 1.6 128.597 3.6 .8 

Rent of primary residence ...................................................... 263.601 5.2 2.5 132.884 3.6 .8

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 ..................... 273.276 4.0 1.7 128.405 3.2 1.3 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 223.965 1.8 .7 157.521 5.1 3.5

Household energy .................................................................. 216.099 .5 -.1 157.642 5.1 4.0

Gas (piped) and electricity ................................................... 217.911 .2 -.4 155.086 5.0 3.9

Electricity ............................................................................ 234.474 .0 1.7 141.296 6.5 5.8 

Utility (piped) gas service ................................................... 208.089 .4 -4.9 191.305 1.6 -.4

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 134.593 -1.0 -1.5 105.148 -.7 -.8

Apparel ....................................................................................... 112.837 -2.2 -.9 91.689 1.5 .5 

Transportation ............................................................................ 184.635 2.3 .9 132.825 3.2 2.0 

Private transportation ............................................................... 180.008 2.3 .7 131.427 3.1 1.8 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 244.382 10.4 2.5 225.207 10.4 5.3 

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 242.786 10.5 2.4 226.675 10.4 5.2

Gasoline, unleaded regular 5 ............................................. 244.450 10.5 2.4 226.842 10.5 5.2 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 ....................................... 223.973 10.5 2.4 223.528 10.3 5.4 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 .......................................... 233.321 10.5 2.3 216.168 10.0 5.0 

Medical care ............................................................................... 352.479 5.6 2.2 150.423 4.8 1.9 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................... 111.344 .9 .6 100.674 -.5 -1.4 

Education and communication 2 ................................................ 121.155 2.4 2.3 113.912 -.2 .6 

Other goods and services .......................................................... 343.007 2.7 .6 146.027 4.8 1.6

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ..................................................................................... 216.940 3.2 1.2 129.666 3.2 1.3 

Commodities .............................................................................. 168.085 2.1 .5 117.954 2.7 1.3 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................... 142.737 .7 -.2 111.500 1.4 .7 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................... 174.661 3.0 .7 136.933 4.6 2.3

Durables ................................................................................. 112.151 -2.3 -1.5 88.276 -2.2 -1.2 

Services ..................................................................................... 259.843 3.9 1.7 133.898 3.6 1.3 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ........................................................... 210.701 3.0 1.1 125.652 3.2 1.2

All items less shelter .................................................................... 199.722 2.4 1.0 126.398 3.1 1.5

Commodities less food ................................................................. 146.082 .8 -.1 112.351 1.6 .8

Nondurables ................................................................................. 194.643 3.7 1.2 133.440 5.2 2.4 

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 178.201 3.1 .8 137.287 4.8 2.4

Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... 268.486 2.9 1.7 139.539 3.5 1.8 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 252.191 3.7 1.6 131.865 3.4 1.2 

Energy .......................................................................................... 231.708 6.6 1.5 196.101 8.2 4.8

All items less energy .................................................................... 217.746 2.9 1.2 122.422 2.8 .9

All items less food and energy ................................................... 219.573 2.7 1.1 121.306 2.3 .7

1 See region and area size on Table 10 in the CPI Detailed Report for

information about cross classifications. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 The ’All items’ index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base.

4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 5 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 6 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. - Data not available.

136 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 34. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Select areas, semiannual averages, by expenditure category and

commodity and service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Anchorage, AK Atlanta, GA 

BostonBrockton-Nashua,

 MA-NH-ME-CT 

Index Percent change

fromIndex Percent changefromIndex Percent changefrom2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

Expenditure category

All items 4 ..................................................................................... 183.080 2.9 2.1 201.936 3.6 1.9 228.909 2.1 1.3 

All items (1967=100) 5 ................................................................. 488.664 - - 608.978 - - 665.332 - -

Food and beverages 4 ............................................................... 186.798 5.5 2.8 209.531 3.2 2.0 215.200 3.6 1.7 

Food 4 ...................................................................................... 188.357 6.0 3.1 217.506 3.5 2.2 215.625 3.5 1.6 

Food at home ......................................................................... 190.377 7.0 3.5 209.134 3.6 2.8 208.873 3.4 .6 

Food away from home 6 ......................................................... 184.914 4.4 2.3 230.939 3.3 1.9 227.571 4.4 2.5 

Alcoholic beverages 6 .............................................................. 166.007 .3 -.1 139.464 -.5 -.9 213.353 4.0 2.3 

Housing 4 ................................................................................... 164.300 2.9 1.0 199.169 4.2 1.8 233.615 1.1 .6

Shelter ...................................................................................... 165.613 2.0 1.3 216.724 5.0 2.2 273.543 1.5 .8 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................... 157.410 3.2 1.7 217.719 6.6 4.6 269.337 2.2 .9 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 ..................... 165.285 2.3 1.6 214.173 4.7 2.1 287.058 1.4 .6 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 239.341 11.7 .5 228.684 2.7 1.0 228.185 .9 .6 

Household energy .................................................................. 249.972 13.1 -.7 210.850 2.3 3.5 197.567 .7 -1.4 

Gas (piped) and electricity ................................................... 276.425 13.1 -.8 210.710 2.1 3.3 201.419 -4.7 -7.1 

Electricity ............................................................................ 208.146 -1.3 -1.8 180.702 4.8 9.6 196.779 -4.1 -4.6 

Utility (piped) gas service ................................................... 379.237 29.3 .0 252.919 -2.9 -7.4 198.123 -6.1 -12.3 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 112.151 .4 .1 125.580 1.4 1.7 123.807 -2.7 -2.3 

Apparel 4 .................................................................................... 126.447 -2.7 5.1 123.014 5.3 -1.8 137.658 3.7 1.9 

Transportation 4 ......................................................................... 184.474 3.1 4.2 181.471 5.1 3.8 177.526 1.9 2.1 

Private transportation ............................................................... 181.197 2.8 4.2 181.360 4.9 3.8 177.217 2.0 2.4 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 241.937 12.5 15.0 251.213 16.4 12.4 243.257 10.9 9.3 

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 242.538 12.5 15.1 249.427 16.4 12.4 239.972 10.9 9.3 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 ............................................. 235.672 12.7 15.2 247.951 16.7 12.4 238.555 11.2 9.2 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 ....................................... 229.785 12.0 14.8 298.533 17.0 12.9 241.355 10.7 9.6 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 .......................................... 238.792 12.2 14.3 246.877 14.6 12.0 235.594 9.2 9.1 

Medical care 4 ............................................................................ 369.508 3.0 1.4 319.293 -3.0 .6 487.784 5.8 2.5 

Recreation 10 ............................................................................. 117.001 .3 .4 115.657 -1.1 -.3 116.798 1.5 .8 

Education and communication 10 ............................................... 108.377 1.7 2.0 111.672 3.1 2.8 124.136 3.3 3.8 

Other goods and services 4 ....................................................... 267.689 5.0 2.6 310.030 3.3 1.8 348.596 1.1 .3 

Commodity and service group

All items 4 ..................................................................................... 183.080 2.9 2.1 201.936 3.6 1.9 228.909 2.1 1.3 

Commodities .............................................................................. 161.376 2.7 3.2 166.991 3.0 2.4 174.086 2.8 1.9 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................... 148.152 1.3 3.3 145.095 2.9 2.7 151.604 2.3 2.1 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................... 180.023 4.9 7.6 178.409 5.1 4.4 193.428 6.2 4.6 

Durables ................................................................................. 121.736 -2.1 -.6 111.425 .1 .4 110.615 -3.4 -1.6 

Services ..................................................................................... 200.930 3.1 1.4 236.975 3.8 1.7 278.151 1.7 .9 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 4 ........................................................ 175.863 2.9 2.1 194.794 3.9 2.0 218.260 1.9 1.3 

All items less shelter .................................................................... 189.958 3.4 2.5 199.161 2.8 1.9 213.257 2.4 1.6 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 149.293 1.2 3.2 144.634 2.8 2.5 154.177 2.4 2.1 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 183.770 5.3 5.2 193.060 4.1 3.1 203.007 4.8 3.0 

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 179.824 4.6 7.0 174.649 4.6 4.1 193.662 6.0 4.3 

Services less rent of shelter 7 ...................................................... 257.201 4.4 1.6 269.180 2.6 1.2 295.469 1.8 1.0 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 189.213 3.1 1.4 225.319 3.9 1.7 262.242 1.4 .8 

Energy 4 ....................................................................................... 240.221 12.8 7.2 210.230 8.9 7.8 216.551 5.1 3.2 

All items less energy .................................................................... 179.831 2.1 1.5 201.236 2.9 1.4 233.182 1.8 1.1 

All items less food and energy 4 ................................................ 178.507 1.6 1.3 198.984 2.8 1.3 237.258 1.5 1.0 

See footnotes at end of table.

137 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 34. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Select areas, semiannual averages, by expenditure category and

commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

ChicagoGary-Kenosha,

 IL-IN-WI 

CincinnatiHamilton,

 OH-KY-IN 

ClevelandAkron, OH 

Index Percent change

fromIndex Percent changefromIndex Percent changefrom2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

Expenditure category

All items 4 ..................................................................................... 206.583 3.9 1.7 195.673 3.3 1.9 197.467 3.4 1.5 

All items (1967=100) 5 ................................................................. 617.185 - - 605.456 - - 632.777 - -

Food and beverages 4 ............................................................... 202.369 3.9 2.1 182.614 3.6 1.8 205.913 3.7 1.9 

Food 4 ...................................................................................... 201.562 4.1 2.3 179.947 3.1 1.7 209.188 4.0 2.0 

Food at home ......................................................................... 207.197 4.9 3.1 177.130 3.0 1.7 199.574 3.2 1.1 

Food away from home 6 ......................................................... 189.456 3.1 1.2 185.516 2.9 1.9 226.274 4.4 2.4 

Alcoholic beverages 6 .............................................................. 212.876 2.3 .4 211.584 11.0 2.6 169.617 1.4 .5 

Housing 4 ................................................................................... 213.793 4.4 1.0 182.874 1.9 1.0 188.942 1.7 .4

Shelter ...................................................................................... 260.674 3.6 2.0 205.021 .8 -.7 212.234 1.5 -.6 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................... 258.995 4.0 1.6 204.961 1.4 .6 208.662 2.1 1.0 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 ..................... 261.823 2.6 2.0 205.306 .4 -.6 210.967 1.2 .3 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 175.541 16.6 -3.3 199.286 9.3 10.3 193.076 3.0 3.0 

Household energy .................................................................. 161.780 19.5 -3.9 171.906 9.6 9.5 185.214 -.3 2.6 

Gas (piped) and electricity ................................................... 164.980 19.6 -4.1 177.313 9.5 9.5 185.809 -.6 2.2

Electricity ............................................................................ 134.256 26.5 2.6 168.992 12.5 12.5 147.579 .9 7.8 

Utility (piped) gas service ................................................... 198.226 12.5 -10.6 227.066 -.8 -.6 223.190 -1.8 -1.9 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 106.219 -1.0 -1.2 116.543 .4 -.1 119.410 .7 .5 

Apparel 4 .................................................................................... 92.643 -3.1 -2.9 128.644 7.2 10.9 106.281 -.5 -1.6 

Transportation 4 ......................................................................... 179.104 5.2 3.8 184.840 5.7 3.0 192.827 6.2 3.0 

Private transportation ............................................................... 176.746 5.3 3.9 183.732 5.7 3.2 193.840 6.2 3.0 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 266.179 14.9 10.2 259.152 14.6 7.0 288.784 18.2 9.9 

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 263.958 15.0 10.2 258.592 14.6 6.9 286.516 18.2 9.9 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 ............................................. 260.510 15.1 10.2 266.901 14.9 7.2 277.570 18.7 9.9 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 ....................................... 274.788 14.8 10.2 250.129 13.7 6.2 293.741 17.1 9.8 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 .......................................... 251.225 14.3 9.8 222.491 14.1 6.7 278.201 16.5 9.6 

Medical care 4 ............................................................................ 354.006 5.0 3.3 371.239 3.7 1.9 332.302 10.3 7.3 

Recreation 10 ............................................................................. 109.360 .1 .7 117.417 1.5 -1.1 108.289 3.6 1.6 

Education and communication 10 ............................................... 128.894 4.0 3.4 118.351 3.3 1.8 110.522 1.1 .6 

Other goods and services 4 ....................................................... 323.552 2.2 1.0 370.655 3.8 2.1 329.500 3.2 1.1 

Commodity and service group

All items 4 ..................................................................................... 206.583 3.9 1.7 195.673 3.3 1.9 197.467 3.4 1.5 

Commodities .............................................................................. 160.891 2.8 1.9 162.530 4.3 2.7 172.338 4.3 2.1 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................... 137.574 2.2 1.7 150.658 4.6 3.2 153.096 4.7 2.3 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................... 174.337 4.9 3.0 182.315 8.6 5.9 190.236 8.7 4.9 

Durables ................................................................................. 102.044 -1.2 .1 121.537 -.4 -.4 112.296 -.2 -.9 

Services ..................................................................................... 249.709 4.6 1.7 231.362 2.6 1.3 223.620 2.8 1.2 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 4 ........................................................ 199.936 3.9 1.6 187.464 3.2 1.9 191.377 3.0 1.2 

All items less shelter .................................................................... 188.455 4.1 1.6 193.678 4.4 2.9 193.200 4.3 2.4 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 140.559 2.2 1.7 152.859 4.8 3.1 153.787 4.5 2.2 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 189.854 4.4 2.5 183.811 6.2 3.9 199.163 6.2 3.3 

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 177.073 4.7 2.8 184.503 8.7 5.7 188.364 8.1 4.6 

Services less rent of shelter 7 ...................................................... 250.197 5.7 1.3 266.948 4.6 3.2 239.216 4.1 2.7 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 241.596 4.5 1.5 217.991 2.2 1.1 215.467 2.1 .5 

Energy 4 ....................................................................................... 201.184 17.1 2.9 212.610 12.2 8.1 222.794 7.7 5.9 

All items less energy .................................................................... 208.513 2.8 1.6 195.709 2.1 1.0 196.077 2.6 .9 

All items less food and energy 4 ................................................ 210.629 2.5 1.5 199.912 1.9 .8 193.646 2.3 .7 

See footnotes at end of table.

138 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 34. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Select areas, semiannual averages, by expenditure category and

commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

DallasFort Worth, TX DenverBoulder-Greeley, CO DetroitAnn ArborFlint, MI 

Index Percent change

fromIndex Percent changefromIndex Percent changefrom2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

Expenditure category

All items 4 ..................................................................................... 195.433 2.6 2.3 202.799 1.9 0.8 200.670 1.8 0.5 

All items (1967=100) 5 ................................................................. 613.061 - - 676.250 - - 596.473 - -

Food and beverages 4 ............................................................... 208.375 5.4 2.9 193.495 4.5 1.4 189.694 2.5 .6 

Food 4 ...................................................................................... 203.983 5.7 3.3 195.709 4.8 1.5 189.310 2.6 .6 

Food at home ......................................................................... 188.831 6.3 3.2 198.286 4.6 1.6 185.705 2.3 .0 

Food away from home 6 ......................................................... 227.413 4.4 2.8 190.746 4.5 1.2 195.121 3.1 1.5 

Alcoholic beverages 6 .............................................................. 265.206 2.2 -1.4 177.959 2.1 .5 188.721 1.8 .6 

Housing 4 ................................................................................... 177.722 1.7 1.9 187.856 -.2 -.8 189.737 .6 .0

Shelter ...................................................................................... 181.514 2.4 1.8 208.567 1.3 .5 214.987 .5 -.2 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................... 177.783 3.1 1.6 197.873 .2 .2 205.475 2.1 .5 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 ..................... 193.152 2.1 1.0 204.749 .5 -.5 213.764 -.1 -.7 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 229.117 1.0 3.8 176.639 -5.1 -7.0 211.846 .4 1.1 

Household energy .................................................................. 231.999 .5 5.3 132.685 -6.6 -9.3 177.939 .1 1.1

Gas (piped) and electricity ................................................... 230.313 .4 5.2 131.385 -6.8 -9.5 179.550 -.4 .8 

Electricity ............................................................................ 215.016 -1.5 3.6 119.364 1.8 -3.3 154.843 .5 .7 

Utility (piped) gas service ................................................... 270.551 12.4 14.2 160.697 -12.7 -13.9 203.185 -1.1 .8 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 132.632 -1.9 -1.2 124.155 -5.9 -4.1 118.167 2.4 .6 

Apparel 4 .................................................................................... 131.165 -3.1 6.7 99.748 -7.6 .7 103.627 -6.7 -6.5 

Transportation 4 ......................................................................... 189.042 3.7 3.4 223.280 4.8 3.6 207.437 4.9 2.9 

Private transportation ............................................................... 190.437 4.1 3.4 219.836 4.4 3.5 206.257 4.8 2.9 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 255.615 13.9 9.7 238.771 14.6 9.9 261.093 20.6 11.3 

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 254.329 13.9 9.7 237.751 14.7 9.9 259.919 20.6 11.3 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 ............................................. 251.273 13.4 9.5 235.052 14.7 9.8 267.443 20.7 11.4 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 ....................................... 254.474 15.0 10.2 224.526 14.1 9.8 287.817 20.7 11.3 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 .......................................... 249.638 14.8 10.2 237.364 15.3 10.1 245.359 19.7 11.0 

Medical care 4 ............................................................................ 317.517 2.2 .5 405.130 4.3 1.1 353.692 7.3 1.8 

Recreation 10 ............................................................................. 114.137 -1.6 -.8 125.918 2.7 2.9 118.701 -3.2 -1.2

Education and communication 10 ............................................... 128.626 3.5 2.7 110.703 4.4 .5 128.938 3.6 1.8 

Other goods and services 4 ....................................................... 320.175 6.9 1.2 301.431 .7 -1.1 350.748 2.4 .8 

Commodity and service group

All items 4 ..................................................................................... 195.433 2.6 2.3 202.799 1.9 .8 200.670 1.8 .5 

Commodities .............................................................................. 170.327 3.0 2.6 159.024 2.3 1.6 161.390 2.6 1.2 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................... 150.994 1.6 2.5 140.630 1.0 1.7 145.920 2.6 1.5 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................... 181.541 5.4 5.6 169.025 3.0 3.3 174.370 4.1 1.9 

Durables ................................................................................. 124.598 -2.9 -1.3 113.057 -1.6 -.4 112.504 .8 1.1 

Services ..................................................................................... 220.345 2.3 2.0 239.539 1.5 .2 241.990 1.2 .1 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 4 ........................................................ 189.141 2.6 2.4 192.999 1.7 .7 194.607 1.5 .5 

All items less shelter .................................................................... 202.367 2.7 2.4 201.266 2.2 .9 197.921 2.4 1.0 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 154.522 1.7 2.3 142.046 1.1 1.6 147.661 2.6 1.5 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 194.491 5.4 4.2 181.832 3.8 2.3 182.397 3.3 1.2 

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 186.376 5.2 5.0 168.990 2.9 3.0 175.335 3.9 1.8 

Services less rent of shelter 7 ...................................................... 276.304 2.3 2.2 285.031 1.9 .0 279.918 2.1 .6 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 210.139 2.2 2.1 225.221 1.2 .1 233.494 .7 .0 

Energy 4 ....................................................................................... 243.751 7.0 7.5 181.413 5.5 1.7 218.052 10.6 6.6 

All items less energy .................................................................... 194.107 1.9 1.7 205.422 1.5 .6 201.487 1.0 .0 

All items less food and energy 4 ................................................ 192.560 1.3 1.4 207.563 .9 .5 204.561 .7 -.1 

See footnotes at end of table.

139 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 34. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Select areas, semiannual averages, by expenditure category and

commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Honolulu, HI 

HoustonGalvestonBrazoria, TX 

Kansas City, MO-KS 

Index Percent change

fromIndex Percent changefromIndex Percent changefrom2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

Expenditure category

All items 4 ..................................................................................... 222.388 4.8 2.7 184.826 2.1 1.1 195.753 2.2 1.3 

All items (1967=100) 5 ................................................................. 612.229 - - 592.803 - - 581.261 - -

Food and beverages 4 ............................................................... 206.932 5.1 2.0 187.864 3.8 1.9 200.003 3.6 1.7 

Food 4 ...................................................................................... 206.742 5.1 1.9 187.057 3.7 1.9 202.481 3.7 1.8 

Food at home ......................................................................... 212.387 5.5 1.3 190.554 4.6 2.4 200.971 5.3 2.5 

Food away from home 6 ......................................................... 196.995 4.1 2.0 179.431 2.9 1.4 207.896 2.8 1.5 

Alcoholic beverages 6 .............................................................. 208.188 6.2 3.8 193.057 4.8 2.6 167.489 1.6 .9 

Housing 4 ................................................................................... 243.250 6.7 4.1 170.279 .2 .1 189.345 2.5 1.2

Shelter ...................................................................................... 264.263 6.0 2.9 187.513 1.1 -.2 208.645 1.8 1.3 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................... 251.252 6.6 3.2 177.976 1.2 .0 207.045 3.4 .6 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 ..................... 271.858 6.0 3.0 171.997 .8 .5 204.524 1.6 1.0 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 232.643 13.7 19.0 187.882 -6.4 -.9 195.809 6.7 2.6 

Household energy .................................................................. 209.310 12.4 19.1 183.325 -7.8 -1.9 174.235 7.2 4.1 

Gas (piped) and electricity ................................................... 206.825 12.2 19.2 181.407 -8.1 -2.1 173.188 7.2 4.0 

Electricity ............................................................................ 202.546 12.2 19.6 181.091 -10.2 -3.8 116.102 10.7 10.6 

Utility (piped) gas service ................................................... 237.090 12.4 11.9 174.496 8.8 10.5 250.055 3.2 -3.0 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 165.835 2.2 .6 118.541 3.0 1.2 126.406 1.8 .1 

Apparel 4 .................................................................................... 105.642 .9 2.9 149.285 -3.3 -5.3 108.442 -3.8 -1.9 

Transportation 4 ......................................................................... 205.652 1.5 .6 169.867 3.9 3.2 182.594 3.9 2.7 

Private transportation ............................................................... 202.994 1.1 .2 168.778 3.4 2.8 180.738 3.7 2.7 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 250.603 6.8 5.7 240.809 14.0 8.2 256.374 17.4 10.3 

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 257.599 6.9 5.7 239.586 14.0 8.2 256.183 17.5 10.2 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 ............................................. 272.268 7.1 6.0 248.055 13.8 8.0 250.595 17.8 10.3 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 ....................................... 200.981 6.5 5.3 244.957 14.2 8.4 309.683 17.2 10.0 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 .......................................... 229.421 6.6 5.2 232.188 14.8 9.0 252.207 16.1 9.9 

Medical care 4 ............................................................................ 309.195 - - 334.250 6.4 3.2 302.852 1.2 1.3 

Recreation 10 ............................................................................. 103.087 1.8 1.0 109.516 1.8 .6 113.457 -1.9 -.4 

Education and communication 10 ............................................... 115.047 1.2 1.9 106.681 1.9 1.3 115.505 1.1 1.3 

Other goods and services 4 ....................................................... 351.295 5.0 2.2 289.546 8.5 1.4 323.679 1.2 -.2 

Commodity and service group

All items 4 ..................................................................................... 222.388 4.8 2.7 184.826 2.1 1.1 195.753 2.2 1.3 

Commodities .............................................................................. 175.698 3.1 1.4 161.631 3.2 1.5 167.364 2.1 1.1 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................... 153.579 1.8 1.0 146.294 2.9 1.2 150.577 1.2 .7 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................... 183.012 3.8 3.3 185.653 5.6 2.0 195.585 3.0 1.8 

Durables ................................................................................. 119.758 -.1 -1.1 110.326 -.6 .5 107.434 -.9 -.6 

Services ..................................................................................... 263.341 5.8 3.5 208.874 1.3 .8 223.873 2.3 1.5 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 4 ........................................................ 217.894 4.7 2.7 176.757 1.8 .9 189.820 2.3 1.3 

All items less shelter .................................................................... 203.880 3.7 2.4 183.246 2.5 1.5 192.391 2.4 1.4 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 155.893 1.9 1.1 148.028 2.9 1.2 150.929 1.2 .7 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 196.344 4.5 2.5 187.705 4.7 1.9 197.941 3.3 1.8 

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 184.605 3.9 3.3 185.829 5.6 2.0 193.469 2.9 1.8 

Services less rent of shelter 7 ...................................................... 258.574 4.7 3.9 230.017 1.5 1.5 249.228 2.9 1.9 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 259.409 5.7 3.6 195.282 .9 .5 214.185 2.2 1.3 

Energy 4 ....................................................................................... 231.085 9.3 11.5 211.239 2.2 3.0 212.496 12.7 7.4 

All items less energy .................................................................... 223.620 4.4 2.1 184.373 2.3 .8 195.519 1.3 .8 

All items less food and energy 4 ................................................ 228.307 4.3 2.1 183.805 2.0 .6 194.468 .9 .7 

See footnotes at end of table.

140 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 34. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Select areas, semiannual averages, by expenditure category and

commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Los AngelesRiversideOrange County, CA MiamiFort Lauderdale, FL MilwaukeeRacine, WI 

Index Percent change

fromIndex Percent changefromIndex Percent changefrom2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

Expenditure category

All items 4 ..................................................................................... 218.416 3.2 1.0 214.826 4.7 2.3 195.571 2.7 1.5 

All items (1967=100) 5 ................................................................. 645.296 - - 346.269 - - 604.042 - -

Food and beverages 4 ............................................................... 212.213 3.8 1.0 213.515 3.8 2.5 207.381 4.2 2.6 

Food 4 ...................................................................................... 211.000 3.8 1.1 214.459 4.0 2.5 209.812 4.2 2.7 

Food at home ......................................................................... 220.912 5.2 1.2 214.686 3.4 2.9 211.791 5.5 3.4 

Food away from home 6 ......................................................... 195.941 2.1 .8 216.422 4.4 1.1 208.948 3.7 2.5 

Alcoholic beverages 6 .............................................................. 216.645 4.2 .3 203.791 1.7 1.5 187.724 3.7 1.0 

Housing 4 ................................................................................... 238.424 4.7 1.3 219.462 6.3 2.7 191.125 1.3 .4

Shelter ...................................................................................... 267.352 6.0 1.9 240.117 7.9 3.1 228.323 1.3 .6 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................... 267.129 6.0 2.6 230.672 7.3 2.8 207.214 2.1 .8 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 ..................... 277.475 5.2 1.9 244.137 8.3 4.0 239.799 .8 .7 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 230.487 -.4 -2.1 165.540 -2.5 .2 181.134 .6 -2.0 

Household energy .................................................................. 230.126 -3.2 -4.5 156.650 -3.8 .0 157.127 2.8 -2.3 

Gas (piped) and electricity ................................................... 229.155 -3.5 -4.8 153.736 -4.1 -.2 161.670 2.5 -2.7 

Electricity ............................................................................ 254.982 -5.7 -4.5 149.929 -4.2 .1 157.179 2.4 2.5 

Utility (piped) gas service ................................................... 206.189 1.5 -5.6 227.046 .7 -8.5 164.167 2.5 -8.6

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 127.405 -2.1 -1.7 175.549 2.9 .2 104.481 2.1 1.3 

Apparel 4 .................................................................................... 104.134 -.5 -.4 152.850 -.9 -3.1 115.950 4.2 3.0 

Transportation 4 ......................................................................... 183.654 1.4 .5 192.603 4.7 3.2 181.608 5.9 4.1 

Private transportation ............................................................... 177.535 1.3 .5 193.638 5.2 3.3 174.713 5.9 4.2 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 239.334 9.3 1.5 263.188 14.3 10.1 265.325 12.1 8.7 

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 234.378 9.3 1.5 260.557 14.4 10.0 261.701 12.1 8.7 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 ............................................. 234.154 9.5 1.5 261.581 14.3 10.0 267.566 12.3 8.8 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 ....................................... 222.228 9.1 1.3 241.096 14.3 10.1 268.757 11.8 8.5 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 .......................................... 225.414 9.1 1.4 254.248 14.7 10.1 224.177 11.3 8.2 

Medical care 4 ............................................................................ 341.253 3.1 .8 333.093 1.9 1.6 332.038 2.8 .7 

Recreation 10 ............................................................................. 114.283 -.5 .0 110.992 -3.0 -1.4 104.416 .9 .6 

Education and communication 10 ............................................... 122.119 2.9 2.5 115.003 4.5 2.8 120.834 -.2 .1 

Other goods and services 4 ....................................................... 332.008 2.0 1.0 260.728 1.6 .5 299.255 2.3 1.1 

Commodity and service group

All items 4 ..................................................................................... 218.416 3.2 1.0 214.826 4.7 2.3 195.571 2.7 1.5 

Commodities .............................................................................. 166.222 1.6 .1 184.815 4.0 2.3 161.190 4.0 2.6 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................... 139.181 .2 -.4 166.120 4.1 2.2 139.018 3.9 2.6 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................... 173.883 3.0 .5 191.417 5.3 3.0 179.515 7.8 5.6 

Durables ................................................................................. 105.399 -3.4 -1.7 139.173 2.3 1.1 102.408 -1.2 -1.3 

Services ..................................................................................... 263.844 4.3 1.6 239.029 5.1 2.3 228.256 1.8 .8 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 4 ........................................................ 212.408 3.3 1.0 208.727 4.9 2.4 189.453 2.7 1.6 

All items less shelter .................................................................... 197.047 1.6 .4 201.652 2.6 1.6 185.214 3.3 1.9 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 142.931 .4 -.4 167.991 4.0 2.2 140.870 3.9 2.6 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 195.059 3.4 .7 204.043 4.5 2.7 194.890 6.1 4.2 

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 178.486 3.1 .5 192.721 5.0 2.9 179.664 7.5 5.3 

Services less rent of shelter 7 ...................................................... 265.965 1.6 .9 241.984 .8 .7 237.778 2.4 .9 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 256.690 4.3 1.6 228.808 5.2 2.3 218.841 1.6 .8 

Energy 4 ....................................................................................... 237.512 4.8 -.6 200.085 5.3 5.2 205.886 7.7 3.5 

All items less energy .................................................................... 218.767 3.1 1.1 216.811 4.8 2.1 196.117 1.9 1.1 

All items less food and energy 4 ................................................ 220.596 3.0 1.1 217.062 4.9 2.1 194.521 1.6 .9 

See footnotes at end of table.

141 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 34. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Select areas, semiannual averages, by expenditure category and

commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

MinneapolisSt. Paul, MN-WI New York-Northern New

Jersey-Long Island,

NY-NJ-CT-PA

PhiladelphiaWilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD

Index Percent change

fromIndex Percent changefromIndex Percent changefrom2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

Expenditure category

All items 4 ..................................................................................... 201.867 2.3 0.6 228.785 2.9 1.6 218.734 2.5 1.9 

All items (1967=100) 5 ................................................................. 634.374 - - 661.387 - - 631.911 - -

Food and beverages 4 ............................................................... 222.013 4.8 3.3 213.142 4.3 2.2 197.545 3.5 1.5 

Food 4 ...................................................................................... 217.854 5.0 3.4 212.220 4.4 2.2 197.267 3.8 1.6 

Food at home ......................................................................... 207.731 5.0 2.5 210.266 4.6 1.8 207.880 3.5 1.3 

Food away from home 6 ......................................................... 233.672 5.0 4.6 220.268 4.2 2.7 178.162 3.8 2.1 

Alcoholic beverages 6 .............................................................. 258.028 3.7 2.2 222.885 3.2 1.8 198.696 1.0 .8 

Housing 4 ................................................................................... 182.646 .5 -1.1 248.158 2.9 1.6 228.335 2.4 2.0

Shelter ...................................................................................... 207.087 1.3 -.4 298.797 3.1 1.7 272.388 3.0 1.9 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................... 200.288 2.4 .7 284.636 4.3 2.1 249.790 4.3 1.8 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 ..................... 215.880 1.4 1.1 304.785 2.6 1.5 277.793 2.7 1.5 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 179.041 -.6 -2.9 190.438 5.9 3.8 205.177 4.3 3.5 

Household energy .................................................................. 172.517 .7 -4.2 192.153 5.9 3.8 190.184 4.3 4.7

Gas (piped) and electricity ................................................... 174.598 .4 -4.7 187.731 4.8 2.0 203.724 3.1 3.6 

Electricity ............................................................................ 184.424 2.9 2.5 172.820 6.6 5.3 194.308 6.1 5.4 

Utility (piped) gas service ................................................... 178.527 -2.2 -11.5 216.809 1.8 -2.9 222.935 -2.9 -.1 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 121.682 -.9 -.6 129.009 -2.4 -2.2 122.981 -4.7 -.6 

Apparel 4 .................................................................................... 127.540 .0 -2.5 110.160 -1.3 -2.4 98.064 -3.3 -3.0 

Transportation 4 ......................................................................... 189.622 3.8 2.3 193.170 2.8 2.9 188.398 3.0 3.8 

Private transportation ............................................................... 179.172 4.3 2.5 183.829 2.9 3.1 185.513 2.8 3.5 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 239.693 16.0 8.1 225.142 11.3 8.9 254.898 9.6 7.2 

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 240.674 16.0 8.0 224.263 11.3 8.9 251.009 9.7 7.2 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 ............................................. 244.758 16.9 9.3 226.372 11.1 8.5 252.908 10.0 7.2 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 ....................................... 241.340 14.9 6.6 224.969 11.5 9.6 243.745 9.0 7.2 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 .......................................... 276.049 14.2 6.0 222.927 11.5 9.5 233.830 8.8 7.2 

Medical care 4 ............................................................................ 370.697 6.8 2.2 362.825 5.6 1.7 404.994 3.5 .9 

Recreation 10 ............................................................................. 115.994 2.9 1.2 114.058 .1 -.4 118.153 2.7 1.2 

Education and communication 10 ............................................... 123.869 2.1 1.5 126.736 3.7 2.7 122.040 2.7 2.7 

Other goods and services 4 ....................................................... 320.799 1.9 1.5 338.376 1.6 1.2 382.022 2.6 .1 

Commodity and service group

All items 4 ..................................................................................... 201.867 2.3 .6 228.785 2.9 1.6 218.734 2.5 1.9 

Commodities .............................................................................. 171.087 3.2 1.7 173.860 2.6 1.5 165.348 1.6 1.3 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................... 145.190 2.3 .8 146.312 1.3 .9 145.605 .6 1.3 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................... 186.835 5.6 2.1 174.367 3.2 2.2 175.503 2.5 2.0 

Durables ................................................................................. 107.727 -1.6 -.7 109.143 -1.9 -1.2 112.142 -2.0 .3 

Services ..................................................................................... 229.397 1.7 -.1 275.860 3.0 1.7 273.996 3.0 2.2 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 4 ........................................................ 194.270 2.0 .5 222.732 2.8 1.6 210.712 2.4 1.9 

All items less shelter .................................................................... 201.153 3.0 1.4 201.338 2.8 1.6 201.823 2.2 1.8 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 149.914 2.4 .9 149.547 1.4 1.0 147.682 .5 1.2 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 204.985 5.2 2.7 195.769 3.9 2.2 187.962 2.9 1.7 

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 192.292 5.4 2.1 177.578 3.2 2.2 176.908 2.3 1.9 

Services less rent of shelter 7 ...................................................... 267.606 2.7 1.0 259.845 3.1 1.8 281.131 3.1 2.4 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 217.096 1.2 -.4 268.562 2.9 1.7 262.918 3.1 2.3 

Energy 4 ....................................................................................... 209.806 9.3 2.7 206.875 8.2 5.9 212.805 6.6 5.8 

All items less energy .................................................................... 204.339 1.7 .4 232.503 2.5 1.3 220.926 2.1 1.5 

All items less food and energy 4 ................................................ 202.395 1.2 -.1 237.724 2.1 1.1 227.271 1.9 1.5 

See footnotes at end of table.

142 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 34. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Select areas, semiannual averages, by expenditure category and

commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Phoenix-Mesa, AZ 1 Pittsburgh, PA 

Portland-Salem,

OR-WA

Index Percent change

fromIndex Percent changefromIndex Percent changefrom2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

Expenditure category

All items 4 ..................................................................................... 116.038 3.3 1.3 203.295 3.4 1.8 210.460 3.9 1.8 

All items (1967=100) 5 ................................................................. --- 620.349 - - 616.140 - -

Food and beverages 4 ............................................................... 120.510 6.2 2.8 201.473 5.4 2.0 189.756 4.3 1.9 

Food 4 ...................................................................................... 120.985 6.3 3.0 200.865 5.8 2.1 190.484 4.3 1.9 

Food at home ......................................................................... 126.019 8.3 3.2 199.013 5.6 2.2 187.147 3.5 1.6 

Food away from home 6 ......................................................... 115.256 4.1 2.7 204.480 5.9 1.7 198.887 5.8 2.5 

Alcoholic beverages 6 .............................................................. 115.088 4.3 .5 208.226 .4 1.1 183.383 3.7 2.6 

Housing 4 ................................................................................... 116.140 4.0 1.5 207.427 2.7 1.2 205.028 3.4 2.3

Shelter ...................................................................................... 115.195 4.4 1.0 227.568 1.8 1.2 234.005 3.5 1.9 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................... 115.756 6.7 3.7 196.312 3.1 .3 219.819 5.0 2.3 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 ..................... 114.050 4.0 1.6 218.929 1.5 -.2 240.878 3.3 1.4 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 138.032 5.9 7.5 231.073 9.6 3.6 220.867 8.3 5.3 

Household energy .................................................................. 150.578 5.9 13.1 222.122 10.6 4.3 194.010 10.4 6.6 

Gas (piped) and electricity ................................................... 150.296 5.8 13.1 218.618 10.0 3.4 238.961 10.4 6.5 

Electricity ............................................................................ 153.864 5.9 14.6 154.002 16.0 1.0 252.459 16.8 11.9 

Utility (piped) gas service ................................................... 133.666 5.5 2.2 292.254 5.4 5.4 206.511 -.4 -2.7 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 105.280 -.6 -1.5 141.449 .8 -.3 110.084 -.2 1.2 

Apparel 4 .................................................................................... 113.697 -4.6 -5.1 140.136 2.2 -1.5 121.904 -.2 2.6 

Transportation 4 ......................................................................... 113.421 1.7 .7 164.257 5.4 4.2 210.610 4.8 1.2 

Private transportation ............................................................... 115.226 1.7 .5 165.413 6.2 4.8 210.679 4.9 .8 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 244.904 11.2 2.0 253.193 16.2 10.7 253.706 7.3 .6 

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 245.442 11.3 1.8 253.666 16.2 10.7 254.237 7.3 .4 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 ............................................. 250.871 11.2 1.8 252.021 16.2 10.8 252.126 7.2 .2 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 ....................................... 238.070 11.1 1.7 268.613 16.0 10.4 215.802 7.4 .8 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 .......................................... 234.524 11.8 2.3 244.230 16.2 10.4 236.564 7.3 .7 

Medical care 4 ............................................................................ 127.579 3.1 2.1 342.185 4.0 2.3 385.390 13.2 3.7 

Recreation 10 ............................................................................. 104.305 3.2 2.3 106.448 -2.6 .1 111.574 -.6 -1.2 

Education and communication 10 ............................................... 113.921 1.4 1.7 126.441 3.7 2.7 106.496 .1 1.0 

Other goods and services 4 ....................................................... 122.946 6.4 1.3 336.603 3.9 1.2 384.774 4.4 1.0 

Commodity and service group

All items 4 ..................................................................................... 116.038 3.3 1.3 203.295 3.4 1.8 210.460 3.9 1.8 

Commodities .............................................................................. 112.079 2.5 .3 177.152 4.6 2.4 164.894 2.9 1.0 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................... 107.584 .6 -1.1 162.644 4.1 2.6 151.759 2.1 .5 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................... 134.369 3.6 -.7 202.426 6.1 3.6 178.708 3.0 .7 

Durables ................................................................................. 85.114 -2.4 -1.5 120.206 .7 .7 119.367 .6 .1 

Services ..................................................................................... 119.002 3.9 2.1 232.110 2.5 1.4 256.175 4.6 2.4 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 4 ........................................................ 115.354 3.4 1.3 195.996 3.3 1.8 202.086 3.2 1.7 

All items less shelter .................................................................... 116.592 2.8 1.4 196.867 4.1 2.2 202.556 4.2 1.8 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 107.870 .8 -1.0 164.508 3.9 2.5 152.792 2.1 .6 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 126.967 4.9 1.1 202.222 5.8 2.8 183.615 3.6 1.3 

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 132.703 3.7 -.6 202.777 5.7 3.5 178.182 3.1 .8 

Services less rent of shelter 7 ...................................................... 122.320 3.3 3.3 242.963 3.4 1.8 290.237 6.0 2.7 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 117.689 4.0 2.0 223.187 2.3 1.3 246.234 3.4 2.1 

Energy 4 ....................................................................................... 191.723 8.7 6.8 242.003 13.4 7.5 222.318 8.6 3.0 

All items less energy .................................................................... 111.695 2.8 1.0 201.414 2.4 1.2 211.897 3.4 1.7 

All items less food and energy 4 ................................................ 110.185 2.2 .6 202.408 1.8 1.0 217.548 3.3 1.7 

See footnotes at end of table.

143 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 34. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Select areas, semiannual averages, by expenditure category and

commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

St. Louis, MO-IL San Diego, CA 

San FranciscoOakland-San Jose, CA 

Index Percent change

fromIndex Percent changefromIndex Percent changefrom2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

Expenditure category

All items 4 ..................................................................................... 194.338 2.1 1.2 234.772 2.3 1.3 217.361 3.2 1.2 

All items (1967=100) 5 ................................................................. 577.214 - - 793.838 - - 668.228 - -

Food and beverages 4 ............................................................... 197.064 2.9 1.3 213.479 4.4 1.4 217.657 4.5 2.2 

Food 4 ...................................................................................... 195.671 2.9 1.4 210.864 4.4 1.3 217.247 4.4 2.1 

Food at home ......................................................................... 187.230 2.1 1.1 195.335 3.2 1.0 218.080 5.2 2.4 

Food away from home 6 ......................................................... 210.777 4.2 1.8 229.371 5.1 1.9 215.390 3.6 1.7 

Alcoholic beverages 6 .............................................................. 199.926 2.8 .9 236.887 5.2 2.4 227.169 4.9 2.7 

Housing 4 ................................................................................... 185.961 1.1 .9 262.839 2.5 1.4 239.226 3.1 1.0

Shelter ...................................................................................... 209.558 1.8 .7 298.458 3.3 2.0 269.424 3.2 1.0 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................... 189.558 2.8 1.5 282.172 3.7 2.2 280.033 4.3 2.0 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 ..................... 216.290 1.2 .3 316.710 3.6 2.3 287.670 3.0 1.3 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 182.620 1.1 4.3 192.741 -2.9 -2.2 252.005 3.9 3.2 

Household energy .................................................................. 175.864 1.0 9.4 163.736 -6.8 -5.3 268.736 3.6 3.0 

Gas (piped) and electricity ................................................... 179.640 .8 9.4 160.719 -7.5 -5.9 268.589 3.4 2.8 

Electricity ............................................................................ 149.336 6.2 16.3 146.765 -9.3 -5.6 270.905 .2 2.3 

Utility (piped) gas service ................................................... 206.334 -6.0 .9 184.800 .7 -6.9 257.064 11.6 4.1 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 133.281 -2.8 -1.2 175.940 .4 -.8 127.695 2.3 .1 

Apparel 4 .................................................................................... 125.583 8.0 1.4 125.135 -2.4 2.9 106.280 -5.6 -1.6 

Transportation 4 ......................................................................... 180.346 2.6 2.1 193.518 1.1 .3 167.345 3.5 .8 

Private transportation ............................................................... 181.261 2.9 2.2 188.007 1.2 .0 160.348 3.9 1.0 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 261.217 14.1 8.4 245.413 8.8 2.2 240.192 13.6 2.5 

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 257.046 14.1 8.4 246.182 8.8 2.2 239.348 13.8 2.0 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 ............................................. 249.524 13.6 7.8 255.303 9.2 2.0 239.618 13.9 2.0 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 ....................................... 297.469 15.0 9.3 213.750 7.1 2.6 223.090 14.1 2.2 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 .......................................... 252.169 16.0 10.7 249.633 9.3 2.4 225.618 13.3 2.1 

Medical care 4 ............................................................................ 342.893 1.0 -.6 --- 358.100 7.2 2.8 

Recreation 10 ............................................................................. 119.138 1.7 -.1 136.695 -.1 -.6 104.108 1.8 .7 

Education and communication 10 ............................................... 125.765 3.2 2.9 117.764 .8 3.5 128.448 3.4 2.5 

Other goods and services 4 ....................................................... 260.630 1.6 -.1 331.081 -.2 -1.4 355.591 2.8 1.3 

Commodity and service group

All items 4 ..................................................................................... 194.338 2.1 1.2 234.772 2.3 1.3 217.361 3.2 1.2 

Commodities .............................................................................. 167.959 2.6 1.2 181.390 1.3 .4 165.735 2.4 .9 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................... 151.382 2.5 1.1 163.530 -.5 -.1 134.837 .9 .0 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................... 190.782 5.9 2.8 178.435 2.1 1.6 166.402 2.7 .8 

Durables ................................................................................. 114.599 -1.5 -.9 151.362 -3.3 -2.1 104.508 -1.3 -1.1 

Services ..................................................................................... 222.383 1.7 1.1 281.913 2.8 1.8 260.420 3.7 1.4 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 4 ........................................................ 186.855 2.2 1.3 228.802 2.0 1.1 211.460 3.0 1.1 

All items less shelter .................................................................... 190.882 2.3 1.4 209.655 1.7 .8 197.358 3.3 1.4 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 153.669 2.5 1.1 166.809 -.2 .0 139.147 1.1 .1 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 194.236 4.3 2.0 197.212 3.3 1.5 193.625 3.7 1.6 

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 191.918 5.6 2.6 183.516 2.4 1.6 171.184 2.8 1.0 

Services less rent of shelter 7 ...................................................... 241.441 1.7 1.6 274.105 1.8 1.3 262.485 4.5 2.2 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 211.038 1.8 1.4 273.749 2.5 1.7 253.700 3.4 1.3 

Energy 4 ....................................................................................... 212.682 7.7 8.8 210.621 3.3 -.3 253.743 9.5 2.7 

All items less energy .................................................................... 195.627 1.7 .7 238.467 2.1 1.4 217.959 2.8 1.1 

All items less food and energy 4 ................................................ 195.963 1.5 .5 244.571 1.8 1.4 218.724 2.5 .9 

See footnotes at end of table.

144 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 34. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Select areas, semiannual averages, by expenditure category and

commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

SeattleTacoma-Bremerton, WA TampaSt. PetersburgClearwater, FL 2WashingtonBaltimore,

DC-MD-VA-WV 3

Index Percent change

fromIndex Percent changefromIndex Percent changefrom2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

Expenditure category

All items 4 ..................................................................................... 217.502 3.8 1.7 185.689 5.1 1.5 134.927 3.8 2.2 

All items (1967=100) 5 ................................................................. 663.030 - - 185.689 -- ---

Food and beverages 4 ............................................................... 217.505 4.4 2.2 181.648 6.0 3.3 132.142 4.2 2.3 

Food 4 ...................................................................................... 218.711 4.3 2.2 180.972 6.5 3.5 133.073 4.3 2.5 

Food at home ......................................................................... 217.000 4.2 1.4 179.818 6.8 3.2 129.086 4.1 1.6 

Food away from home 6 ......................................................... 223.825 4.4 2.8 182.873 5.5 3.4 135.264 4.0 2.9 

Alcoholic beverages 6 .............................................................. 205.745 4.5 2.2 178.923 1.6 1.1 117.353 2.9 .6 

Housing 4 ................................................................................... 227.579 4.6 1.9 183.829 4.9 .5 144.856 4.4 2.7

Shelter ...................................................................................... 248.631 5.4 2.7 201.558 5.9 .5 148.614 3.3 1.0 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................... 238.629 7.5 4.2 198.090 6.3 2.2 156.318 3.7 1.4 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 ..................... 257.939 4.9 2.7 211.503 6.3 1.4 147.779 3.2 1.0 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 197.245 4.3 1.2 185.193 3.1 .8 175.783 17.5 21.4 

Household energy .................................................................. 201.500 4.9 2.4 157.950 2.7 .0 180.955 20.1 21.4

Gas (piped) and electricity ................................................... 237.370 4.2 1.8 156.012 2.6 -.1 175.604 20.8 22.0

Electricity ............................................................................ 232.270 5.6 5.5 152.728 2.6 .0 174.942 24.8 29.1 

Utility (piped) gas service ................................................... 206.856 1.1 -6.0 281.577 5.1 -6.3 154.366 3.0 -5.6 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 183.908 -1.5 -4.4 121.649 -.4 -.2 100.607 -1.3 -1.5 

Apparel 4 .................................................................................... 134.675 3.8 .0 142.052 1.9 2.0 91.544 -.5 -2.5

Transportation 4 ......................................................................... 199.275 2.0 1.5 176.317 5.3 2.9 129.797 3.8 2.4 

Private transportation ............................................................... 207.030 2.0 1.3 180.073 5.2 2.9 130.167 3.9 2.1 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 319.751 8.8 2.8 304.128 13.3 8.7 235.954 11.8 8.1 

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 325.284 8.8 2.6 298.242 13.4 8.7 236.041 11.8 8.0 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 ............................................. 357.422 8.5 2.5 296.811 13.3 8.8 240.090 11.8 7.9 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 ....................................... 250.175 9.5 2.9 258.246 13.5 8.7 232.770 11.8 8.2 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 .......................................... 287.278 9.9 2.9 291.592 13.4 8.7 231.172 11.8 8.1 

Medical care 4 ............................................................................ 334.746 6.1 3.3 296.548 14.1 1.5 136.382 6.1 3.9 

Recreation 10 ............................................................................. 94.971 2.3 .5 114.359 .7 .3 115.392 .3 -.8 

Education and communication 10 ............................................... 119.491 1.0 1.5 107.239 2.4 2.1 126.613 2.3 2.7 

Other goods and services 4 ....................................................... 351.191 4.1 .4 228.380 1.8 1.0 149.151 3.9 1.1 

Commodity and service group

All items 4 ..................................................................................... 217.502 3.8 1.7 185.689 5.1 1.5 134.927 3.8 2.2 

Commodities .............................................................................. 183.082 2.7 .8 158.507 4.7 2.7 119.580 2.8 1.4 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................... 164.048 1.8 .0 144.873 3.7 2.3 112.410 1.9 .9 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................... 193.496 5.0 1.9 203.087 6.1 3.8 135.634 4.5 2.3 

Durables ................................................................................. 134.769 -2.0 -2.3 96.297 .7 .3 87.063 -2.0 -1.5 

Services ..................................................................................... 249.898 4.5 2.3 210.403 5.5 .7 145.062 4.4 2.6 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 4 ........................................................ 212.173 3.7 1.6 179.438 4.6 1.5 134.794 3.7 2.1 

All items less shelter .................................................................... 206.386 2.9 1.2 179.446 4.8 2.1 128.082 4.1 3.1 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 165.581 2.0 .1 147.278 3.6 2.2 112.723 2.0 .8 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 205.163 4.7 2.1 191.414 6.0 3.5 133.163 4.4 2.3 

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 193.939 4.9 1.9 201.590 5.5 3.5 134.182 4.3 2.2 

Services less rent of shelter 7 ...................................................... 257.622 3.3 1.7 215.899 4.9 .9 141.518 5.8 5.3 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 242.763 4.4 2.3 200.667 4.5 .7 145.775 4.1 2.5 

Energy 4 ....................................................................................... 266.629 7.4 2.6 214.826 8.0 4.4 201.303 16.0 14.6 

All items less energy .................................................................... 216.867 3.6 1.6 182.767 4.8 1.2 129.797 2.6 .9 

All items less food and energy 4 ................................................ 216.657 3.5 1.5 183.246 4.5 .8 130.109 2.3 .7 

1 For Phoenix-Mesa, indexes are on a December 2001=100 base. 2 Indexes on a 1987=100 base. 3 For Washington-Baltimore, indexes are on a December 1997=100 base unless

otherwise noted. 4 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a November 1996=100 base. 5 Index is on a November 1977=100 base in Miami and an October 1967=100 base in

Anchorage. 6 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a November 1997=100 base. 7 Indexes are on a November 1982=100 base in Anchorage, Boston, Cincinnati,

Denver, Miami, Milwaukee, Portland, St. Louis, San Diego, and Seattle. Indexes are on a

December 1982=100 base in Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Honolulu,

Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and

San Francisco. 8 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 9 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 10 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. - Data not available.

145 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 35. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, semiannual averages, all

items index

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Area

All items 

Semiannual average indexes Percent change from preceding

semiannual average

1st half

2006

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

U.S. city average ........................................................................ 196.3 198.0 201.069 204.466 0.9 1.6 1.7 

Region and area size 1

Northeast urban .......................................................................... 210.1 212.3 214.971 218.485 1.0 1.3 1.6

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ................................................. 210.8 213.4 215.969 219.428 1.2 1.2 1.6 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 2 ........................................... 126.8 127.6 129.307 131.512 .6 1.3 1.7 

Midwest urban ............................................................................ 187.7 188.6 191.591 194.774 .5 1.6 1.7

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ................................................. 188.5 189.4 192.462 195.190 .5 1.6 1.4 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 2 ........................................... 122.3 122.7 124.797 127.177 .3 1.7 1.9 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ....................... 185.2 186.8 189.175 193.485 .9 1.3 2.3 

South urban ................................................................................ 191.0 192.7 195.454 199.438 .9 1.4 2.0 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ................................................. 193.8 195.9 198.760 202.812 1.1 1.5 2.0 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 2 ........................................... 122.2 122.9 124.733 127.359 .6 1.5 2.1 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ....................... 193.8 196.6 198.733 201.876 1.4 1.1 1.6 

West urban ................................................................................. 199.2 201.6 205.297 208.023 1.2 1.8 1.3 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ................................................. 200.7 203.2 207.066 209.654 1.2 1.9 1.2 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 2 ........................................... 124.1 125.2 127.587 129.352 .9 1.9 1.4 

Size classes

A 3 .......................................................................................... 181.9 183.7 186.575 189.471 1.0 1.6 1.6

B/C 2 ....................................................................................... 123.2 124.0 125.928 128.262 .6 1.6 1.9 

D ............................................................................................. 191.2 193.7 196.060 199.702 1.3 1.2 1.9 

Selected local areas

Anchorage, AK ........................................................................... 176.6 178.0 179.112 182.957 .8 .6 2.1 

Atlanta, GA ................................................................................. 191.0 193.4 196.761 200.879 1.3 1.7 2.1 

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ................................. 221.3 223.9 225.373 228.513 1.2 .7 1.4 

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI .............................................. 191.4 191.9 196.091 199.569 .3 2.2 1.8 

Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN .................................................. 182.3 183.6 186.202 189.688 .7 1.4 1.9 

Cleveland-Akron, OH ................................................................. 182.5 181.6 184.634 188.102 -.5 1.7 1.9 

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ................................................................. 191.2 192.1 192.884 197.516 .5 .4 2.4 

Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO ..................................................... 188.9 191.4 193.585 194.819 1.3 1.1 .6 

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI ......................................................... 190.9 192.2 194.472 195.703 .7 1.2 .6 

Honolulu, HI ................................................................................ 205.6 211.4 215.681 221.401 2.8 2.0 2.7 

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ............................................... 178.8 179.8 181.319 183.475 .6 .8 1.2 

Kansas City, MO-KS .................................................................. 180.2 182.8 184.561 187.094 1.4 1.0 1.4 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ............................... 201.9 204.1 208.502 210.820 1.1 2.2 1.1 

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ......................................................... 201.0 203.7 207.904 212.966 1.3 2.1 2.4 

Milwaukee-Racine, WI ................................................................ 192.6 193.8 196.010 199.243 .6 1.1 1.6 

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI ..................................................... 189.3 190.9 194.069 196.209 .8 1.7 1.1 

New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA ................. 213.2 216.1 219.097 222.755 1.4 1.4 1.7 

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD ............... 210.5 212.9 214.281 217.871 1.1 .6 1.7 

Phoenix-Mesa, AZ 4 ................................................................... 110.1 111.6 113.627 115.208 1.4 1.8 1.4 

Pittsburgh, PA ............................................................................ 187.5 188.7 192.312 196.178 .6 1.9 2.0 

Portland-Salem, OR-WA ............................................................ 194.7 197.3 201.217 204.801 1.3 2.0 1.8 

St. Louis, MO-IL ......................................................................... 187.7 189.4 190.919 193.393 .9 .8 1.3 

San Diego, CA ............................................................................ 211.7 214.8 217.062 219.601 1.5 1.1 1.2 

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ....................................... 203.7 206.1 209.986 212.754 1.2 1.9 1.3 

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ................................................ 200.8 204.4 208.373 212.160 1.8 1.9 1.8 

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL ....................................... 173.1 175.7 181.833 184.974 1.5 3.5 1.7 

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 5 .................................. 127.2 129.4 131.245 134.472 1.7 1.4 2.5 

1 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical

notes. 2 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.

3 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 4 For Phoenix-Mesa, indexes are on a December 2001=100 base. 5 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base.

146 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 36. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Regions 1, semiannual averages, by expenditure

category and commodity and service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

U.S. city average Northeast Midwest South West

Index

Percent

change

fromIndex

Percent

change

fromIndex

Percent

change

fromIndex

Percent

change

fromIndex

Percent

change

from2nd half

2007

2nd

half

2006

1st

half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd

half

2006

1st

half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd

half

2006

1st

half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd

half

2006

1st

half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd

half

2006

1st

half

2007

Expenditure category

All items .......................................................... 204.466 3.3 1.7 218.485 2.9 1.6 194.774 3.3 1.7 199.438 3.5 2.0 208.023 3.2 1.3 

All items (December 1977=100) 2 ................. 609.041 - - 341.262 - - 314.993 - - 323.012 - - 334.697 - -

Food and beverages ..................................... 204.725 4.5 2.2 208.757 4.3 2.1 198.455 4.1 2.0 201.784 4.6 2.5 210.755 4.9 2.0 

Food ........................................................... 204.374 4.6 2.2 208.423 4.4 2.1 198.000 4.3 2.1 202.191 4.7 2.6 209.674 4.9 2.0 

Food at home ........................................... 202.594 5.0 2.3 207.005 4.4 1.8 194.000 4.7 2.2 198.574 5.1 2.8 212.496 5.5 2.2 

Food away from home .............................. 208.542 4.0 2.1 213.602 4.4 2.4 204.743 3.6 2.0 209.908 3.9 2.3 205.818 3.9 1.6

Alcoholic beverages ................................... 208.542 3.6 1.4 211.911 3.0 1.8 204.129 2.8 .7 195.423 3.5 1.1 223.260 5.1 2.2 

Housing ........................................................ 206.188 3.0 1.4 231.734 2.9 1.3 187.088 2.5 .9 193.479 3.2 1.8 218.060 3.5 1.3 

Shelter ........................................................ 234.609 3.3 1.4 274.632 2.9 1.4 211.129 2.0 .9 213.964 3.9 1.6 241.023 4.1 1.5 

Rent of primary residence ........................ 235.875 4.0 1.8 264.341 3.7 1.7 212.305 2.7 1.1 212.158 4.5 2.0 249.356 4.6 2.0

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary

residence 3 ....................................... 224.603 2.8 1.3 254.817 2.3 1.1 208.752 1.4 .8 202.965 3.7 1.6 231.219 3.7 1.5 

Fuels and utilities ........................................ 201.459 4.2 2.6 205.046 6.0 2.3 194.848 6.4 1.7 203.022 2.2 4.0 218.742 3.3 2.0 

Household energy .................................... 181.382 4.1 2.7 192.311 5.9 2.1 172.901 6.8 1.7 175.642 1.7 4.3 206.174 2.6 1.7 

Gas (piped) and electricity ...................... 186.084 3.4 1.9 195.259 4.0 -.5 177.615 6.4 1.1 177.401 1.4 4.0 208.727 2.5 1.6

Electricity .............................................. 177.462 4.0 4.0 180.409 5.5 .7 159.502 9.0 5.0 168.486 1.4 5.1 214.881 3.2 3.7 

Utility (piped) gas service ..................... 214.145 1.8 -2.9 221.671 1.2 -2.6 210.275 3.1 -3.8 222.427 1.2 -1.4 213.345 .8 -3.1 

Household furnishings and operations ....... 122.085 -.5 -.6 121.591 -2.3 -1.6 117.172 .7 .1 120.378 -.1 -.4 130.882 -.9 -1.0 

Apparel ......................................................... 117.812 -1.0 -1.2 116.322 -1.0 -1.0 107.617 -.9 -1.4 131.098 -1.1 -2.0 112.860 -.7 -.2 

Transportation .............................................. 186.914 4.0 2.8 187.752 3.0 2.9 189.774 5.3 3.7 183.994 4.5 3.4 186.710 2.8 1.4 

Private transportation ................................. 184.037 4.0 2.8 183.511 3.2 3.0 186.951 5.4 3.7 182.735 4.6 3.4 183.309 2.9 1.3 

New and used motor vehicles 4 ................ 93.320 -1.1 .0 93.342 -1.5 .1 94.173 -.8 .3 93.316 -.9 -.1 92.529 -1.2 -.1 

New vehicles .......................................... 136.804 -.7 -.9 135.515 -.9 -.9 134.135 .0 -.3 139.480 -.8 -1.0 137.021 -1.0 -1.1 

Used cars and trucks .............................. 137.654 -2.1 1.6 141.887 -2.3 1.5 138.701 -2.5 1.4 136.719 -1.9 1.6 135.060 -1.8 1.8 

Motor fuel .................................................. 249.264 13.5 8.1 240.785 12.3 9.3 260.511 16.2 9.8 246.881 14.7 9.9 245.758 10.0 3.5 

Gasoline (all types) ................................. 248.170 13.5 8.1 239.550 12.3 9.3 259.260 16.2 9.8 245.612 14.8 9.9 244.770 10.0 3.3 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 5 ................ 248.153 13.5 8.0 240.704 12.4 9.2 258.068 16.2 9.8 245.449 14.8 9.9 243.544 9.9 3.3 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 ......... 253.323 13.5 8.4 243.528 11.9 9.4 282.408 16.2 9.6 254.487 14.7 9.9 230.323 10.4 3.3 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 ............. 238.621 13.1 8.2 231.400 11.9 9.4 253.533 15.8 9.7 240.697 14.6 9.8 234.231 10.0 3.3 

Medical care ................................................. 354.708 4.8 2.2 374.881 5.1 2.0 357.304 5.1 2.3 339.563 4.2 2.4 356.004 5.4 2.0 

Medical care commodities .......................... 284.276 1.4 1.2 302.690 1.5 -.4 286.969 2.5 1.3 272.432 .3 1.9 285.716 1.8 1.4

Medical care services ................................. 374.630 5.8 2.5 393.886 6.1 2.7 378.108 5.8 2.6 359.473 5.3 2.5 374.822 6.2 2.1 

Professional services ................................ 305.451 4.1 1.5 311.962 4.3 1.4 321.313 3.9 1.6 300.369 4.4 1.8 286.913 3.9 1.2 

Recreation 4 ................................................. 108.563 .2 .0 112.305 -.2 .1 109.061 1.0 .6 109.265 -.1 -.1 104.305 -.2 -.5 

Education and communication 4 ................... 117.338 2.3 1.8 118.260 2.6 2.4 119.371 2.3 1.4 113.897 2.6 1.9 118.541 1.6 1.6 

Other goods and services ............................. 346.206 4.1 1.3 380.665 3.1 1.1 335.649 3.4 1.4 333.103 6.0 1.5 338.280 3.3 1.0 

Commodity and service group

All items .......................................................... 204.466 3.3 1.7 218.485 2.9 1.6 194.774 3.3 1.7 199.438 3.5 2.0 208.023 3.2 1.3 

Commodities ................................................. 171.137 3.3 1.9 177.078 3.0 2.0 166.345 3.8 2.2 171.538 3.6 2.2 170.738 2.7 1.0 

Commodities less food and beverages ...... 152.141 2.7 1.7 156.356 2.3 2.0 149.655 3.7 2.3 155.250 3.1 2.1 147.958 1.3 .4 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..... 192.604 5.7 3.3 191.575 5.1 3.7 191.456 6.8 3.9 199.970 6.7 4.0 184.982 4.0 1.5 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and

apparel ............................................ 243.412 7.9 4.8 248.860 7.3 5.5 242.805 8.9 5.3 243.547 9.1 5.9 237.790 5.8 2.1

Durables ................................................... 112.334 -1.5 -.5 112.492 -2.0 -.8 109.354 -.8 -.1 113.728 -1.3 -.4 114.141 -1.9 -.9 

Services ........................................................ 243.535 3.2 1.5 265.692 2.8 1.4 229.449 2.8 1.2 233.513 3.4 1.9 248.036 3.7 1.6 

Rent of shelter 3 ......................................... 226.191 3.3 1.4 257.093 2.9 1.4 209.866 2.0 .9 203.808 3.9 1.6 232.844 4.2 1.5 

Transportation services .............................. 234.696 1.3 1.1 222.395 .6 .9 237.603 1.2 .9 243.175 2.1 1.3 236.906 1.3 1.2

Other services ............................................ 277.364 2.6 1.6 303.169 2.3 1.8 265.649 2.6 1.5 269.077 2.6 1.5 270.739 2.7 1.6 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ............................. 198.183 3.2 1.7 212.670 2.8 1.6 188.305 3.2 1.6 192.351 3.5 2.0 202.158 3.1 1.3 

All items less food ........................................... 204.295 3.0 1.6 220.644 2.7 1.6 193.947 3.1 1.6 198.648 3.3 1.9 207.554 2.9 1.2 

All items less shelter ....................................... 195.689 3.2 1.8 200.943 2.9 1.7 191.306 3.8 1.9 195.551 3.4 2.2 196.538 2.8 1.2 

See footnotes at end of table.

147 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 36. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Regions 1, semiannual averages, by expenditure

category and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

U.S. city average Northeast Midwest South West

Index

Percent

change

fromIndex

Percent

change

fromIndex

Percent

change

fromIndex

Percent

change

fromIndex

Percent

change

from2nd half

2007

2nd

half

2006

1st

half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd

half

2006

1st

half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd

half

2006

1st

half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd

half

2006

1st

half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd

half

2006

1st

half

2007

Special aggregate indexes

Commodities less food ................................... 154.160 2.6 1.7 158.592 2.3 2.0 151.465 3.7 2.3 156.511 3.2 2.1 150.913 1.5 0.5 

Nondurables ................................................... 199.444 5.1 2.8 201.369 4.7 2.9 195.648 5.5 3.0 201.001 5.6 3.3 199.435 4.5 1.8 

Nondurables less food .................................... 193.710 5.6 3.2 192.970 4.9 3.6 192.070 6.5 3.7 199.621 6.5 3.8 188.279 4.1 1.5 

Nondurables less food and apparel ................ 239.380 7.6 4.5 244.346 6.9 5.2 238.173 8.4 5.0 238.521 8.7 5.6 235.787 5.7 2.1 

Services less rent of shelter 3 ......................... 232.795 3.0 1.7 234.356 2.8 1.3 229.432 3.6 1.5 232.251 2.8 2.1 237.431 3.0 1.6 

Services less medical care services ............... 233.875 3.0 1.5 257.431 2.6 1.3 218.897 2.5 1.1 221.905 3.2 1.8 239.577 3.4 1.5 

Energy ............................................................ 213.837 9.2 5.7 213.565 9.0 5.5 212.299 11.9 6.1 205.717 8.7 7.4 234.399 7.3 2.8 

All items less energy ....................................... 204.204 2.5 1.2 220.212 2.2 1.2 193.973 2.2 1.1 198.494 2.8 1.3 206.745 2.8 1.2 

All items less food and energy ...................... 204.537 2.1 1.0 224.011 1.7 1.0 193.420 1.7 .9 197.853 2.4 1.0 206.321 2.3 1.0 

Commodities less food and energy

commodities ....................................... 140.451 -.2 -.2 145.531 -.8 -.5 137.334 .3 .1 142.040 .0 -.2 137.669 -.7 -.3 

Energy commodities ................................... 250.950 13.4 8.4 246.256 12.7 10.0 260.419 16.1 9.8 249.041 14.6 9.9 248.360 10.0 3.5 

Services less energy services .................... 249.735 3.2 1.5 273.208 2.7 1.5 236.286 2.5 1.2 239.681 3.6 1.6 251.207 3.7 1.6

1 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. 2 Indexes are on a December 1977=100 base except for the U.S. which is on a

1967=100 base. 3 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base

4 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 5 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 6 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. - Data not available.

148 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 37. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Population size classes 1, semiannual

averages, by expenditure category and commodity and service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Size class A 2 Size class B/C 3 Size class D 

Index Percent change

fromIndex Percent changefromIndex Percent changefrom2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

Expenditure category

All items 4 ............................................................................. 189.471 3.1 1.6 128.262 3.4 1.9 199.702 3.1 1.9 

All items (December 1977=100) .......................................... 189.471 -- --- 322.752 - -

Food and beverages ........................................................... 185.815 4.2 2.0 128.262 5.0 2.5 202.393 5.0 2.5 

Food .................................................................................. 185.570 4.3 2.0 128.273 5.0 2.5 202.104 5.1 2.5 

Food at home .................................................................. 188.940 4.6 2.0 126.487 5.4 2.8 196.784 6.0 2.8 

Food away from home .................................................... 180.058 3.8 2.1 131.100 4.2 2.1 212.560 3.9 2.1 

Alcoholic beverages .......................................................... 187.209 3.2 1.2 128.143 4.4 1.7 205.997 3.3 1.6 

Housing ............................................................................... 193.309 3.2 1.4 128.205 3.0 1.4 190.378 2.5 1.4 

Shelter .............................................................................. 208.996 3.4 1.5 128.959 3.2 1.3 215.542 2.5 1.2 

Rent of primary residence ............................................... 204.202 4.3 1.9 131.514 3.8 1.5 202.199 3.0 1.4 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 .............. 208.582 3.0 1.4 127.064 2.7 1.2 203.754 1.8 .6 

Fuels and utilities .............................................................. 204.115 4.1 2.3 153.396 4.4 3.0 200.819 3.8 3.0

Household energy ........................................................... 204.659 4.0 2.3 154.358 4.2 3.0 171.346 3.7 3.3 

Gas (piped) and electricity ............................................ 196.823 3.5 1.6 147.834 3.2 2.1 182.168 3.3 2.9 

Electricity .................................................................... 183.583 4.3 4.7 135.495 3.5 3.0 177.267 5.0 4.7 

Utility (piped) gas service ............................................ 223.775 1.8 -4.4 187.570 2.5 -.6 206.993 -2.0 -2.3 

Household furnishings and operations ............................. 116.742 -.7 -.9 97.106 -.3 -.4 119.066 .3 .2 

Apparel ............................................................................... 110.005 -1.3 -1.2 87.651 -.1 -1.0 119.199 -2.0 -1.4 

Transportation ..................................................................... 186.093 3.7 2.5 131.218 4.3 3.1 185.218 3.9 3.0

Private transportation ........................................................ 185.892 3.8 2.6 131.089 4.3 3.1 182.523 3.9 3.0 

New and used motor vehicles 3 ...................................... 94.030 -.9 .2 92.679 -1.3 -.2 92.627 -.9 .3 

New vehicles ................................................................. 119.099 -.3 -.6 94.642 -1.0 -1.1 143.056 -1.5 -1.2

Used cars and trucks .................................................... 131.351 -2.2 1.5 92.075 -2.0 1.6 126.732 -1.4 1.8 

Motor fuel ........................................................................ 362.497 13.0 7.3 247.456 14.4 9.1 240.394 11.1 7.6 

Gasoline (all types) ....................................................... 360.886 13.0 7.3 247.926 14.4 9.1 238.591 11.1 7.5 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ...................................... 369.878 13.1 7.2 254.017 14.5 9.1 228.877 10.5 7.1 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 ............................... 245.705 12.9 7.6 241.498 14.3 9.2 266.941 13.3 8.9 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ................................... 321.865 12.5 7.4 232.316 13.9 9.1 239.966 12.2 8.2 

Medical care ....................................................................... 280.686 5.1 2.2 149.949 4.6 2.2 344.098 4.3 2.1

Medical care commodities ................................................ 226.010 1.0 .9 135.099 1.8 1.3 282.825 1.7 2.8 

Medical care services ....................................................... 296.157 6.2 2.5 154.464 5.4 2.5 362.490 5.0 1.9 

Professional services ...................................................... 239.914 4.3 1.5 141.471 3.9 1.4 307.892 4.8 2.1 

Recreation 3 ........................................................................ 110.778 .1 .0 105.583 .1 -.1 109.899 .7 .5 

Education and communication 3 ......................................... 119.055 2.5 2.1 113.927 2.1 1.6 122.097 2.2 1.2 

Other goods and services ................................................... 274.705 3.3 1.0 155.346 5.2 1.6 358.754 4.1 2.1 

Commodity and service group

All items 4 ............................................................................. 189.471 3.1 1.6 128.262 3.4 1.9 199.702 3.1 1.9 

Commodities ....................................................................... 165.360 3.0 1.6 120.032 3.7 2.2 171.466 3.2 2.2

Commodities less food and beverages ............................. 152.182 2.3 1.4 115.565 3.2 2.1 155.639 2.3 2.0 

Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... 198.031 4.8 2.6 146.742 7.0 4.2 198.172 5.0 3.4 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... 262.216 7.3 4.2 176.397 8.8 5.5 241.647 6.9 4.7 

Durables ......................................................................... 107.644 -1.4 -.5 87.061 -1.6 -.7 114.782 -1.1 .1

Services .............................................................................. 211.885 3.2 1.5 133.374 3.2 1.5 236.639 3.0 1.6 

Rent of shelter 5 ................................................................ 209.836 3.5 1.5 129.169 3.3 1.3 201.478 2.5 1.2 

Transportation services .................................................... 191.987 .7 .8 130.224 1.8 1.3 243.120 4.2 2.2 

Other services ................................................................... 229.502 2.5 1.6 130.006 2.7 1.5 278.495 2.3 1.4

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ................................................... 185.741 3.0 1.5 125.541 3.4 1.8 192.095 3.0 1.8 

All items less food ................................................................. 190.222 2.9 1.5 126.462 3.2 1.7 199.130 2.8 1.7 

See footnotes at end of table.

149 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 37. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Population size classes 1, semiannual

averages, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Size class A 2 Size class B/C 3 Size class D 

Index Percent change

fromIndex Percent changefromIndex Percent changefrom2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

Special aggregate indexes

All items less shelter ............................................................. 181.814 3.0 1.6 126.032 3.6 2.1 196.458 3.3 2.1 

Commodities less food ......................................................... 153.840 2.3 1.4 115.920 3.2 2.0 157.072 2.4 2.0 

Nondurables ......................................................................... 191.870 4.4 2.3 136.950 6.0 3.4 201.734 5.0 3.0 

Nondurables less food .......................................................... 197.750 4.7 2.5 145.510 6.9 4.1 198.473 4.9 3.3 

Nondurables less food and apparel ...................................... 253.795 6.9 3.9 171.957 8.6 5.3 238.432 6.6 4.5 

Services less rent of shelter 5 ............................................... 213.870 2.9 1.6 137.588 3.1 1.8 236.105 3.4 1.9 

Services less medical care services ..................................... 206.396 3.0 1.5 131.623 3.0 1.5 224.584 2.8 1.5 

Energy .................................................................................. 273.794 8.9 5.0 197.051 9.8 6.5 207.594 8.0 5.8 

All items less energy ............................................................. 182.752 2.5 1.2 120.568 2.6 1.2 198.263 2.4 1.3 

All items less food and energy ............................................ 182.244 2.1 1.0 118.937 2.1 .9 198.146 1.9 1.1 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ............. 129.554 -.5 -.3 98.506 -.1 -.2 142.773 -.1 .3 

Energy commodities ......................................................... 363.509 13.0 7.6 249.633 14.4 9.4 239.404 11.1 7.7 

Services less energy services .......................................... 212.997 3.2 1.5 132.042 3.2 1.5 242.771 3.0 1.4 

1 See region and area size on Table 10 for information about population

size classes. 2 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 3 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 4 The ’All items’ index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base.

5 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 6 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 7 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. - Data not available.

150 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 38. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Cross classification of region and

population size classes 1, semiannual averages, by expenditure category and commodity and service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Northeast

Size class A Size class B/C 2

Index Percent change from- Index Percent change from2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................................... 219.428 2.8 1.6 131.512 3.1 1.7 

All items (December 1977=100) ................................................ 335.298 -----

Food and beverages ................................................................ 208.241 4.2 1.9 129.884 4.7 2.4 

Food ....................................................................................... 207.794 4.3 1.9 130.087 4.8 2.4 

Food at home ....................................................................... 207.320 4.2 1.5 127.748 4.9 2.5 

Food away from home .......................................................... 210.772 4.2 2.5 133.849 4.7 2.2 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 213.130 2.7 1.6 125.795 3.6 2.1 

Housing .................................................................................... 232.419 2.7 1.3 133.849 3.4 1.2 

Shelter .................................................................................... 274.670 2.8 1.5 131.320 2.9 1.3 

Rent of primary residence .................................................... 272.402 3.9 1.8 134.846 3.4 1.6

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 ................... 257.665 2.3 1.3 128.526 2.4 .9 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 196.800 4.7 2.2 172.447 8.0 2.4

Household energy ................................................................ 191.402 4.6 2.1 174.898 8.2 2.2 

Gas (piped) and electricity .................................................. 193.690 3.0 .1 151.208 5.7 -1.5 

Electricity .......................................................................... 179.170 4.6 2.7 130.087 7.0 -2.2 

Utility (piped) gas service ................................................. 220.756 .5 -3.8 187.721 2.7 .4

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 121.746 -2.4 -1.7 100.167 -2.1 -1.5 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 112.085 -.4 -.8 86.585 -3.5 -1.9 

Transportation .......................................................................... 189.470 3.0 3.0 131.137 3.1 2.8 

Private transportation ............................................................. 184.578 3.2 3.2 131.609 3.1 2.8 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 234.830 11.5 8.9 245.303 13.5 9.8 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 233.367 11.4 8.9 245.299 13.5 9.8

Gasoline, unleaded regular 5 ........................................... 234.324 11.5 8.7 249.725 13.7 9.8 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 ..................................... 233.752 11.4 9.3 243.282 12.7 9.5 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 ......................................... 227.781 11.0 9.1 230.495 13.2 9.9 

Medical care ............................................................................. 377.736 5.4 1.9 154.736 4.7 2.3 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 113.582 .6 .3 110.087 -1.4 -.4 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 121.666 2.9 2.3 109.866 1.8 2.6 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 373.934 2.6 1.1 164.839 4.0 1.1

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................................... 219.428 2.8 1.6 131.512 3.1 1.7 

Commodities ............................................................................ 175.861 3.0 1.9 124.824 3.1 2.2 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................. 153.418 2.1 1.9 122.220 2.4 2.1

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. 183.336 4.3 3.2 156.686 6.3 4.6

Durables ............................................................................... 112.304 -1.7 -.7 88.389 -2.2 -.9 

Services .................................................................................... 265.676 2.8 1.4 134.520 3.1 1.3 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ......................................................... 213.562 2.7 1.6 128.818 3.0 1.7

All items less shelter ................................................................... 200.344 2.8 1.7 129.565 3.1 1.9

Commodities less food ............................................................... 155.855 2.2 1.8 122.304 2.4 2.1

Nondurables ............................................................................... 197.406 4.3 2.6 142.212 5.6 3.6 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 185.438 4.3 3.1 154.285 6.2 4.5

Services less rent of shelter 4 .................................................... 230.870 2.7 1.3 137.586 3.1 1.2 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 257.442 2.6 1.4 132.578 2.8 1.0 

Energy ........................................................................................ 210.422 7.7 5.2 206.035 10.9 6.0 

All items less energy .................................................................. 221.891 2.3 1.2 122.974 1.9 1.0

All items less food and energy ................................................. 226.156 1.9 1.1 121.589 1.3 .8

See footnotes at end of table.

151 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 38. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Cross classification of region and

population size classes 1, semiannual averages, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Midwest

Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class D 

Index Percent

change fromIndex Percentchange fromIndex Percentchange from2nd half

2007

2nd

half

2006

1st

half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd

half

2006

1st

half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd

half

2006

1st

half

2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................................... 195.190 3.1 1.4 127.177 3.6 1.9 193.485 3.6 2.3

All items (December 1977=100) ................................................ 319.098 -- --- 313.493 - -

Food and beverages ................................................................ 200.689 3.7 1.9 126.843 4.6 2.0 198.222 4.8 3.0

Food ....................................................................................... 200.609 3.8 2.0 126.839 4.7 2.1 197.353 4.9 3.2 

Food at home ....................................................................... 199.524 4.0 2.0 123.945 5.2 2.1 187.207 6.9 4.2

Food away from home .......................................................... 202.687 3.5 2.0 130.843 4.0 2.0 215.344 2.7 2.0 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 200.760 2.7 .9 127.891 3.0 .6 210.322 3.1 .3 

Housing .................................................................................... 188.142 2.4 .6 122.459 2.6 1.2 184.422 3.4 2.2 

Shelter .................................................................................... 213.799 2.0 .8 121.606 1.8 .8 205.132 3.1 2.3 

Rent of primary residence .................................................... 223.099 2.9 1.1 121.761 2.2 .8 190.107 3.0 2.0 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 ................... 211.038 1.4 .8 119.255 1.4 .6 201.088 1.3 1.1 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 188.084 6.6 .5 157.556 6.2 3.1 207.445 6.3 3.0 

Household energy ................................................................ 169.196 7.1 .3 160.952 6.4 3.2 164.966 6.3 3.5 

Gas (piped) and electricity .................................................. 171.631 6.9 .0 156.066 5.7 2.5 173.996 5.8 2.8 

Electricity .......................................................................... 145.638 10.7 5.4 137.548 6.8 4.4 155.338 9.3 5.6 

Utility (piped) gas service ................................................. 200.682 3.1 -5.4 199.624 4.0 -.5 211.564 -1.4 -2.8 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 112.781 .0 -.5 94.403 1.5 .9 117.079 1.3 .3 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 103.621 -1.9 -2.9 83.298 .6 1.4 124.688 .1 -.6 

Transportation .......................................................................... 188.034 5.1 3.5 139.256 6.0 4.0 178.094 4.3 3.8 

Private transportation ............................................................. 185.674 5.1 3.5 139.329 6.1 4.0 173.466 4.4 3.7

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 264.325 16.4 9.7 265.643 17.1 10.2 227.984 11.5 8.3 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 262.726 16.4 9.7 265.641 17.1 10.2 225.427 11.5 8.3 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 5 ........................................... 262.540 16.7 9.9 271.531 17.2 10.3 216.956 10.9 8.1 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 ..................................... 278.416 15.9 9.6 260.745 17.0 9.8 262.598 12.5 8.5 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 ......................................... 252.347 15.7 9.6 248.718 16.5 10.0 231.933 12.8 9.4 

Medical care ............................................................................. 353.137 5.4 2.7 154.579 4.7 1.9 347.520 4.9 2.0 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 111.829 .5 .1 106.506 1.8 1.4 107.736 .1 .2 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 120.896 2.5 1.8 118.058 2.2 .6 115.754 1.6 1.2 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 331.347 2.6 1.3 157.032 4.5 1.9 342.596 3.4 .4 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................................... 195.190 3.1 1.4 127.177 3.6 1.9 193.485 3.6 2.3

Commodities ............................................................................ 164.706 3.3 1.9 120.254 4.7 2.7 171.999 4.1 2.7 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................. 145.470 3.1 1.9 116.954 4.7 3.1 158.633 3.5 2.4 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. 185.982 6.0 3.2 149.189 8.3 5.1 200.736 5.4 3.3 

Durables ............................................................................... 107.734 -.7 -.1 85.833 -1.1 -.2 113.121 .3 .8 

Services .................................................................................... 230.347 2.8 1.1 132.162 2.7 1.3 221.510 3.2 1.9 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ......................................................... 189.132 2.9 1.3 124.417 3.6 1.9 186.094 3.4 2.3 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 190.487 3.5 1.7 127.710 4.3 2.3 191.731 3.7 2.3 

Commodities less food ............................................................... 147.505 3.1 1.8 117.189 4.6 3.0 160.072 3.5 2.3 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 194.477 4.8 2.6 137.534 6.5 3.5 200.714 5.1 3.2 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 187.050 5.7 3.1 147.384 8.0 4.8 201.409 5.2 3.1 

Services less rent of shelter 4 .................................................... 230.882 3.7 1.3 142.518 3.6 1.7 217.133 3.2 1.6 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 220.726 2.5 .9 129.754 2.5 1.2 208.276 2.8 1.9 

Energy ........................................................................................ 211.381 12.1 5.4 207.757 12.2 7.0 196.926 9.2 6.2 

All items less energy .................................................................. 194.688 1.9 .9 118.995 2.5 1.2 192.893 2.8 1.7 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 193.682 1.6 .7 117.334 1.9 1.0 192.240 2.3 1.4 

See footnotes at end of table.

152 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 38. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Cross classification of region and

population size classes 1, semiannual averages, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

South

Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class D 

Index Percent

change fromIndex Percentchange fromIndex Percentchange from2nd half

2007

2nd

half

2006

1st

half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd

half

2006

1st

half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd

half

2006

1st

half

2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................................... 202.812 3.5 2.0 127.359 3.6 2.1 201.876 2.7 1.6

All items (December 1977=100) ................................................ 328.556 -- --- 326.792 - -

Food and beverages ................................................................ 203.542 4.2 2.3 128.013 4.8 2.8 198.225 4.9 2.1

Food ....................................................................................... 203.994 4.3 2.5 128.247 4.9 2.8 198.276 5.0 2.0 

Food at home ....................................................................... 199.754 4.6 2.6 127.007 5.3 3.1 197.442 5.5 2.0

Food away from home .......................................................... 212.477 3.7 2.2 130.155 4.0 2.4 203.257 4.3 2.1 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 197.193 2.3 .1 123.587 4.2 1.5 197.033 4.3 2.8

Housing .................................................................................... 198.073 3.8 2.1 128.427 3.0 1.7 190.806 .8 .3 

Shelter .................................................................................... 217.047 4.4 1.7 131.474 3.8 1.7 221.231 1.3 -.2 

Rent of primary residence .................................................... 217.672 4.6 2.1 133.867 4.6 2.1 205.274 2.8 1.0 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 ................... 209.454 4.4 1.8 129.894 3.3 1.7 204.165 1.2 -.6 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 203.386 2.9 5.6 143.736 1.9 3.0 193.942 1.0 2.8 

Household energy ................................................................ 187.250 2.9 6.3 142.870 1.0 3.0 169.232 .8 3.0 

Gas (piped) and electricity .................................................. 191.973 2.8 6.3 140.675 .6 2.7 174.653 .4 2.7 

Electricity .......................................................................... 180.078 2.8 7.5 134.146 .3 3.5 172.431 1.5 3.6 

Utility (piped) gas service ................................................. 220.818 2.8 -1.0 177.812 1.4 -1.5 187.980 -5.9 -2.4

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 128.578 .8 .1 95.331 -.3 -.5 110.449 -3.1 -2.1 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 148.203 -1.5 -1.1 87.320 -.2 -2.5 117.913 -4.1 -2.7 

Transportation .......................................................................... 190.657 4.4 3.3 127.469 4.5 3.4 191.480 5.0 3.7 

Private transportation ............................................................. 190.357 4.5 3.2 127.157 4.5 3.4 190.429 5.0 3.8

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 254.230 14.0 9.5 246.483 15.2 10.1 234.848 14.7 10.0 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 251.719 14.0 9.5 246.729 15.2 10.0 231.953 14.7 10.0 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 5 ........................................... 253.922 13.9 9.4 254.619 15.3 10.1 224.993 14.9 10.2 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 ..................................... 250.990 14.2 9.7 238.380 15.0 10.0 271.593 14.5 9.7 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 ......................................... 245.143 14.0 9.7 231.980 15.0 9.9 238.974 14.7 9.6 

Medical care ............................................................................. 331.525 4.0 2.0 145.393 4.4 2.5 334.276 3.2 2.4 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 110.025 -1.5 -1.0 108.343 .5 .2 111.738 1.2 .8 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 113.432 1.7 1.9 113.059 3.1 2.1 121.448 2.5 .8 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 312.655 5.8 1.0 152.315 6.3 1.6 348.300 4.9 2.9

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................................... 202.812 3.5 2.0 127.359 3.6 2.1 201.876 2.7 1.6

Commodities ............................................................................ 175.663 3.5 2.2 118.981 3.8 2.3 171.609 3.1 2.1 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................. 159.582 3.0 2.1 114.205 3.4 2.1 157.667 2.3 2.1 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. 203.678 5.4 3.4 145.121 7.5 4.3 200.390 5.9 4.4 

Durables ............................................................................... 116.535 -1.1 -.2 87.257 -1.3 -.5 114.999 -2.2 -.9 

Services .................................................................................... 234.209 3.6 1.9 133.344 3.4 1.9 241.576 2.2 1.1 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ......................................................... 196.766 3.5 2.0 124.927 3.6 2.1 193.168 2.6 1.5 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 198.895 3.1 2.2 124.224 3.5 2.2 197.792 3.1 2.1 

Commodities less food ............................................................... 161.162 2.9 2.0 114.472 3.4 2.1 158.531 2.4 2.1 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 203.310 4.7 2.9 136.065 6.1 3.5 200.855 5.4 3.3 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 203.344 5.3 3.2 143.960 7.4 4.2 199.539 5.8 4.3 

Services less rent of shelter 4 .................................................... 231.757 2.5 2.3 134.927 2.9 2.1 239.510 2.9 2.0 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 224.081 3.4 1.9 132.023 3.2 1.8 228.443 2.1 1.0 

Energy ........................................................................................ 216.725 8.6 8.0 188.699 8.9 7.1 198.328 8.4 7.0 

All items less energy .................................................................. 201.847 2.9 1.3 120.047 2.9 1.4 199.710 1.8 .7 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 201.517 2.6 1.0 118.259 2.5 1.1 200.731 1.2 .5 

See footnotes at end of table.

153 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 38. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Cross classification of region and

population size classes 1, semiannual averages, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

West

Size class A Size class B/C 2

Index Percent change from- Index Percent change from2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................................... 209.654 3.2 1.2 129.352 3.3 1.4 

All items (December 1977=100) ................................................ 339.388 -----

Food and beverages ................................................................ 212.332 4.5 1.7 129.280 5.6 2.6 

Food ....................................................................................... 211.438 4.5 1.7 128.645 5.5 2.5 

Food at home ....................................................................... 215.673 5.1 1.8 127.144 6.2 3.1 

Food away from home .......................................................... 205.000 3.6 1.6 131.532 4.3 1.5 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 220.214 4.5 1.7 141.817 7.8 3.7 

Housing .................................................................................... 224.146 3.7 1.4 129.470 3.2 1.1 

Shelter .................................................................................... 245.955 4.5 1.8 129.492 3.5 .9 

Rent of primary residence .................................................... 266.459 5.2 2.4 132.621 3.6 .8

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 ................... 237.234 4.1 1.6 128.505 3.2 1.3 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 222.465 1.8 .7 156.612 5.1 3.6

Household energy ................................................................ 216.387 .4 -.2 156.515 5.1 4.0

Gas (piped) and electricity .................................................. 218.273 .2 -.3 154.994 5.0 3.9

Electricity .......................................................................... 235.581 .2 1.9 141.338 6.4 5.8 

Utility (piped) gas service ................................................. 206.570 .0 -5.3 191.419 1.5 -.4

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 133.959 -1.4 -1.6 102.852 -1.1 -.7

Apparel ..................................................................................... 114.145 -1.9 -.5 92.656 1.6 .4 

Transportation .......................................................................... 184.369 2.5 1.0 132.566 3.6 2.1 

Private transportation ............................................................. 180.946 2.6 .9 132.030 3.6 2.0

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 245.463 10.4 2.5 225.329 10.4 5.3 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 243.962 10.4 2.4 226.771 10.4 5.2

Gasoline, unleaded regular 5 ........................................... 245.446 10.4 2.4 226.932 10.5 5.2 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 ..................................... 225.108 10.5 2.4 223.777 10.3 5.4 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 ......................................... 234.605 10.4 2.3 216.342 10.0 5.0 

Medical care ............................................................................. 348.405 5.5 2.1 152.059 5.1 1.9 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 107.607 .1 .2 97.810 -.9 -1.7 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 119.020 2.5 2.1 114.721 -.1 .7 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 336.576 2.6 .5 149.579 4.6 1.4

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................................... 209.654 3.2 1.2 129.352 3.3 1.4 

Commodities ............................................................................ 171.062 2.4 .7 118.923 3.1 1.5 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................. 146.747 1.1 .1 112.921 1.8 .9

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. 182.955 3.5 .9 139.295 5.2 2.6

Durables ............................................................................... 113.795 -2.0 -1.0 88.219 -2.2 -1.2 

Services .................................................................................... 249.865 3.7 1.7 133.800 3.4 1.3 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ......................................................... 204.522 3.1 1.2 125.684 3.2 1.4

All items less shelter ................................................................... 196.506 2.5 1.0 125.880 3.3 1.6

Commodities less food ............................................................... 149.864 1.3 .1 113.691 2.0 1.0

Nondurables ............................................................................... 199.402 4.1 1.3 134.056 5.4 2.6 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 186.426 3.6 .9 139.388 5.3 2.6

Services less rent of shelter 4 .................................................... 234.295 2.6 1.5 138.168 3.3 1.7 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 242.739 3.6 1.6 131.943 3.2 1.2 

Energy ........................................................................................ 235.531 7.0 1.6 197.909 8.3 4.8 

All items less energy .................................................................. 208.796 2.8 1.2 121.587 2.7 1.0

All items less food and energy ................................................. 208.491 2.5 1.1 120.063 2.2 .7

1 See region and area size on Table 10 in the CPI Detailed Report for

information about cross classifications. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 The ’All items’ index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base.

4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 5 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 6 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. - Data not available.

154 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 39. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, semiannual averages, by

expenditure category and commodity and service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Anchorage, AK Atlanta, GA 

BostonBrockton-Nashua,

 MA-NH-ME-CT 

Index Percent change

fromIndex Percent changefromIndex Percent changefrom2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

Expenditure category

All items 4 ................................................................................. 182.957 2.8 2.1 200.879 3.9 2.1 228.513 2.1 1.4

All items (1967=100) 5 .............................................................. 476.172 - - 607.385 - - 660.484 - -

Food and beverages 4 ............................................................ 186.221 5.4 2.8 207.016 3.4 2.0 213.250 3.4 1.5 

Food 4 ................................................................................... 186.866 5.8 3.0 213.255 3.5 2.1 213.741 3.4 1.5

Food at home ..................................................................... 188.671 6.9 3.7 202.462 3.8 2.8 205.075 3.1 .5

Food away from home 6 ..................................................... 182.948 4.1 2.1 231.778 3.2 1.9 230.821 4.5 2.6 

Alcoholic beverages 6 ........................................................... 172.134 .3 -.2 138.247 .2 -.6 209.386 2.7 2.0 

Housing 4 ................................................................................ 164.050 3.1 1.2 196.590 4.4 2.2 233.186 1.1 .5 

Shelter .................................................................................. 163.648 2.2 1.5 210.341 5.2 2.5 274.198 1.6 .8 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................ 157.410 3.2 1.7 217.719 6.6 4.6 269.337 2.2 .9 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 ................. 153.033 2.3 1.6 199.360 4.7 2.1 252.275 1.4 .6 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................. 245.075 11.3 .4 227.312 2.8 1.3 221.552 -.5 -.7 

Household energy .............................................................. 260.078 12.5 -.8 208.989 2.4 4.0 189.031 -.6 -3.0

Gas (piped) and electricity ................................................ 274.523 12.5 -.9 208.948 2.3 3.9 199.610 -4.8 -7.4 

Electricity ........................................................................ 208.155 -1.3 -1.9 180.700 4.8 9.6 196.780 -4.1 -4.6 

Utility (piped) gas service ............................................... 379.238 29.3 .0 252.921 -2.9 -7.4 198.128 -6.1 -12.3 

Household furnishings and operations ................................. 111.373 .4 .3 132.431 1.4 1.6 122.882 -1.2 -.7 

Apparel 4 ................................................................................ 124.210 -3.0 4.4 128.010 6.6 -2.6 153.632 3.3 3.9

Transportation 4 ...................................................................... 180.875 2.8 4.0 181.718 5.1 4.1 183.649 2.3 2.4 

Private transportation ........................................................... 180.587 2.6 4.1 180.175 5.0 4.1 182.090 2.3 2.7

Motor fuel ........................................................................... 242.062 12.5 15.0 251.163 16.4 12.4 243.279 10.9 9.3 

Gasoline (all types) ........................................................... 242.546 12.5 15.1 249.433 16.4 12.4 239.975 10.9 9.3 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 .......................................... 235.683 12.7 15.2 247.944 16.7 12.4 238.537 11.2 9.2 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 ................................... 229.785 12.0 14.8 298.533 17.0 12.9 241.355 10.7 9.6 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 ....................................... 238.772 12.2 14.3 246.865 14.6 12.0 235.589 9.2 9.1 

Medical care 4 ........................................................................ 381.419 3.1 1.5 314.940 -2.8 .6 478.954 5.9 2.6 

Recreation 10 .......................................................................... 115.776 -1.0 -.1 109.536 -.7 -.8 120.683 2.2 1.1 

Education and communication 10 ........................................... 109.617 1.0 1.6 109.342 3.2 2.9 119.941 2.0 2.6 

Other goods and services 4 .................................................... 270.822 5.6 3.3 337.040 3.1 1.6 378.436 2.0 .6 

Commodity and service group

All items 4 ................................................................................. 182.957 2.8 2.1 200.879 3.9 2.1 228.513 2.1 1.4

Commodities .......................................................................... 162.535 2.2 3.2 173.413 3.8 2.5 182.378 3.2 2.7 

Commodities less food and beverages ................................ 151.024 1.0 3.3 155.272 4.2 2.8 164.712 3.1 3.2 

Nondurables less food and beverages ............................... 181.349 5.0 7.8 200.744 6.3 4.0 209.739 6.6 5.5 

Durables ............................................................................. 121.750 -2.6 -.8 112.354 .2 .5 114.370 -2.4 -.5 

Services .................................................................................. 201.689 3.2 1.4 234.576 3.8 1.9 278.335 1.4 .6 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 4 .................................................... 175.538 2.8 2.2 194.374 4.2 2.2 218.918 1.9 1.3 

All items less shelter ................................................................. 189.830 3.0 2.5 201.926 3.2 1.9 214.522 2.3 1.7 

Commodities less food ............................................................. 152.146 1.0 3.2 154.891 4.1 2.7 166.193 3.1 3.2

Nondurables ............................................................................. 184.379 5.2 5.5 203.311 4.7 2.9 210.925 5.1 3.7 

Nondurables less food .............................................................. 181.558 4.8 7.4 196.668 6.1 3.8 208.276 6.4 5.3

Services less rent of shelter 7 ................................................... 224.343 4.2 1.5 242.500 2.3 1.1 264.606 1.1 .3 

Services less medical care services ......................................... 189.332 3.2 1.5 223.334 3.9 1.9 263.449 1.1 .5 

Energy 4 ................................................................................... 239.910 12.5 8.0 210.810 9.3 8.2 210.198 4.4 2.3 

All items less energy ................................................................ 179.565 1.9 1.5 199.144 3.2 1.5 233.220 1.8 1.2 

All items less food and energy 4 ............................................. 178.098 1.4 1.3 196.725 3.2 1.4 238.654 1.5 1.1 

See footnotes at end of table.

155 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 39. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, semiannual averages, by

expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

ChicagoGary-Kenosha,

 IL-IN-WI 

CincinnatiHamilton,

 OH-KY-IN 

ClevelandAkron, OH 

Index Percent change

fromIndex Percent changefromIndex Percent changefrom2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

Expenditure category

All items 4 ................................................................................. 199.569 4.0 1.8 189.688 3.3 1.9 188.102 3.6 1.9

All items (1967=100) 5 .............................................................. 586.105 - - 582.932 - - 587.760 - -

Food and beverages 4 ............................................................ 202.382 3.9 2.2 181.973 3.5 1.8 204.797 4.0 2.0 

Food 4 ................................................................................... 201.831 4.1 2.4 180.159 3.1 1.7 207.695 4.2 2.1

Food at home ..................................................................... 206.705 4.8 3.2 177.561 3.0 1.8 198.102 3.6 1.2

Food away from home 6 ..................................................... 190.676 3.1 1.3 185.691 3.0 1.9 224.566 4.4 2.5 

Alcoholic beverages 6 ........................................................... 209.475 1.4 -.2 212.305 10.5 2.4 169.302 1.2 .4 

Housing 4 ................................................................................ 200.957 4.5 .8 178.627 2.3 1.6 174.857 1.8 .9 

Shelter .................................................................................. 238.201 3.5 1.9 197.032 .9 -.3 188.833 1.4 .2 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................ 258.995 4.0 1.6 204.961 1.4 .6 208.662 2.1 1.0 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 ................. 234.255 2.6 2.0 191.142 .5 -.6 196.083 1.2 .3 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................. 176.007 16.4 -3.5 194.284 9.1 10.3 193.836 3.0 3.0 

Household energy .............................................................. 160.726 19.2 -4.1 163.769 9.4 9.3 184.173 -.1 2.6

Gas (piped) and electricity ................................................ 164.254 19.3 -4.4 166.675 9.3 9.3 183.755 -.7 2.1 

Electricity ........................................................................ 134.256 26.5 2.6 168.987 12.5 12.5 147.580 .9 7.8 

Utility (piped) gas service ............................................... 198.224 12.5 -10.6 227.065 -.8 -.6 223.197 -1.8 -1.9 

Household furnishings and operations ................................. 101.871 -1.3 -1.2 113.085 .7 -.1 116.414 .4 .3 

Apparel 4 ................................................................................ 91.460 -1.8 -2.2 114.345 -.4 2.9 102.934 -.1 -2.6

Transportation 4 ...................................................................... 175.562 5.4 4.1 188.731 6.1 3.3 190.587 6.8 3.8 

Private transportation ........................................................... 172.997 5.4 4.2 188.766 6.0 3.5 190.649 6.7 3.8

Motor fuel ........................................................................... 266.189 14.9 10.2 259.137 14.6 7.0 288.762 18.2 9.9 

Gasoline (all types) ........................................................... 263.954 15.0 10.2 258.574 14.6 6.9 286.536 18.2 9.9

Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 .......................................... 260.510 15.1 10.2 266.912 14.9 7.2 277.567 18.7 9.9 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 ................................... 274.788 14.8 10.2 250.129 13.7 6.2 293.741 17.1 9.8 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 ....................................... 251.229 14.3 9.8 222.476 14.1 6.7 278.202 16.5 9.6 

Medical care 4 ........................................................................ 360.441 5.1 3.3 363.306 3.8 2.0 329.613 11.8 8.6 

Recreation 10 .......................................................................... 107.288 .3 .6 114.864 1.1 -1.3 106.888 3.6 1.4 

Education and communication 10 ........................................... 129.312 3.0 2.7 109.291 3.3 1.6 104.325 1.0 .5 

Other goods and services 4 .................................................... 335.205 2.9 1.8 363.797 4.3 1.7 365.475 3.0 1.1 

Commodity and service group

All items 4 ................................................................................. 199.569 4.0 1.8 189.688 3.3 1.9 188.102 3.6 1.9

Commodities .......................................................................... 161.262 3.2 2.2 161.310 4.1 2.2 169.913 5.0 2.6 

Commodities less food and beverages ................................ 139.136 2.8 2.2 150.089 4.4 2.4 151.793 5.7 3.1 

Nondurables less food and beverages ............................... 182.822 5.8 3.6 180.118 7.7 4.2 198.324 10.0 5.3 

Durables ............................................................................. 100.880 -1.1 .2 122.305 -.5 -.3 108.974 -1.0 -.5 

Services .................................................................................. 239.840 4.6 1.5 224.160 2.7 1.6 210.934 2.6 1.4 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 4 .................................................... 192.736 3.9 1.7 182.750 3.3 1.9 182.866 3.2 1.6 

All items less shelter ................................................................. 186.907 4.2 1.7 188.468 4.3 2.7 190.928 4.5 2.6 

Commodities less food ............................................................. 141.772 2.8 2.1 151.947 4.6 2.4 152.347 5.5 2.9

Nondurables ............................................................................. 194.734 4.9 2.9 182.225 5.6 3.0 201.877 6.9 3.6 

Nondurables less food .............................................................. 185.042 5.5 3.3 182.041 7.9 4.1 195.738 9.4 4.9

Services less rent of shelter 7 ................................................... 226.003 5.9 .9 233.997 4.6 3.5 219.640 3.7 2.4 

Services less medical care services ......................................... 229.966 4.5 1.3 212.339 2.3 1.5 202.979 1.9 .9 

Energy 4 ................................................................................... 202.588 16.8 3.2 208.611 12.2 8.0 224.151 7.9 6.0 

All items less energy ................................................................ 199.964 2.6 1.6 188.666 1.8 .8 184.870 2.4 1.1 

All items less food and energy 4 ............................................. 199.772 2.3 1.4 191.046 1.6 .6 180.228 2.1 .9 

See footnotes at end of table.

156 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 39. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, semiannual averages, by

expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

DallasFort Worth, TX DenverBoulder-Greeley, CO DetroitAnn ArborFlint, MI 

Index Percent change

fromIndex Percent changefromIndex Percent changefrom2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

Expenditure category

All items 4 ................................................................................. 197.516 2.8 2.4 194.819 1.8 0.6 195.703 1.8 0.6

All items (1967=100) 5 .............................................................. 609.074 - - 648.459 - - 576.382 - -

Food and beverages 4 ............................................................ 206.968 5.6 3.1 194.358 4.9 1.5 191.183 2.6 .6 

Food 4 ................................................................................... 202.481 5.8 3.4 196.572 5.2 1.5 191.173 2.7 .6

Food at home ..................................................................... 188.268 6.4 3.3 197.866 4.9 1.6 188.940 2.4 .0

Food away from home 6 ..................................................... 227.744 4.2 2.7 192.956 5.2 1.4 195.564 3.3 1.5 

Alcoholic beverages 6 ........................................................... 260.760 2.3 -2.2 183.108 1.9 .7 187.172 2.2 .8 

Housing 4 ................................................................................ 178.178 1.6 1.5 180.345 -.9 -1.5 180.346 .5 -.1

Shelter .................................................................................. 181.091 2.5 1.4 197.307 .6 -.1 198.078 .4 -.3 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................ 177.783 3.1 1.6 197.873 .2 .2 205.475 2.1 .5 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 ................. 175.385 2.1 1.0 191.143 .4 -.5 204.681 -.1 -.7 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................. 226.441 .6 3.6 173.492 -5.4 -7.2 214.458 .5 1.1 

Household energy .............................................................. 231.937 .1 4.9 132.092 -6.7 -9.4 179.774 .2 1.1 

Gas (piped) and electricity ................................................ 229.234 .0 4.8 131.841 -6.9 -9.5 180.114 -.4 .7 

Electricity ........................................................................ 215.016 -1.5 3.6 119.364 1.8 -3.3 154.842 .5 .7 

Utility (piped) gas service ............................................... 270.552 12.4 14.2 160.698 -12.7 -13.9 203.185 -1.1 .8

Household furnishings and operations ................................. 123.248 -2.0 -1.4 127.617 -6.8 -4.7 113.065 1.7 .1 

Apparel 4 ................................................................................ 129.972 -4.7 6.8 94.522 -4.9 3.1 100.740 -9.4 -7.8

Transportation 4 ...................................................................... 201.915 4.7 4.2 222.035 5.5 4.2 214.074 5.6 3.6 

Private transportation ........................................................... 203.167 4.9 4.2 219.401 5.4 4.2 213.110 5.6 3.6

Motor fuel ........................................................................... 255.577 13.9 9.7 238.736 14.6 9.9 261.085 20.6 11.3 

Gasoline (all types) ........................................................... 254.325 13.9 9.7 237.748 14.7 9.9 259.914 20.6 11.3

Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 .......................................... 251.275 13.4 9.5 235.057 14.7 9.8 267.445 20.7 11.4 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 ................................... 254.474 15.0 10.2 224.526 14.1 9.8 287.817 20.7 11.3 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 ....................................... 249.616 14.9 10.2 237.397 15.2 10.1 245.375 19.8 11.0 

Medical care 4 ........................................................................ 323.440 2.3 .5 403.098 4.3 1.2 351.433 7.6 1.9 

Recreation 10 .......................................................................... 110.337 -3.0 -1.5 114.859 1.8 2.4 118.014 -3.0 -1.4 

Education and communication 10 ........................................... 120.390 1.0 1.7 111.652 4.3 -.6 125.981 3.0 1.3 

Other goods and services 4 .................................................... 328.281 9.9 1.1 302.802 1.2 -1.3 351.884 2.9 1.0 

Commodity and service group

All items 4 ................................................................................. 197.516 2.8 2.4 194.819 1.8 .6 195.703 1.8 .6 

Commodities .......................................................................... 179.109 3.7 3.2 162.132 2.9 1.9 162.958 2.9 1.4 

Commodities less food and beverages ................................ 162.053 2.6 3.2 141.897 1.7 2.2 147.313 3.1 1.8 

Nondurables less food and beverages ............................... 199.189 6.5 6.1 178.587 4.2 4.3 184.702 4.8 2.4 

Durables ............................................................................. 127.626 -3.0 -.9 105.790 -2.7 -1.4 106.548 .3 .9 

Services .................................................................................. 219.675 2.0 1.7 228.722 .9 -.3 236.488 1.1 .1 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 4 .................................................... 191.529 2.9 2.5 186.272 1.6 .6 190.453 1.6 .6 

All items less shelter ................................................................. 205.276 2.9 2.7 196.615 2.3 1.0 197.930 2.5 1.0 

Commodities less food ............................................................. 165.907 2.5 3.0 143.371 1.7 2.1 149.023 3.1 1.8

Nondurables ............................................................................. 203.534 6.0 4.5 190.037 4.5 2.9 188.779 3.7 1.5 

Nondurables less food .............................................................. 204.532 6.3 5.6 178.643 4.0 4.0 185.315 4.6 2.3

Services less rent of shelter 7 ................................................... 247.517 1.6 2.0 261.695 1.3 -.6 254.328 1.8 .5 

Services less medical care services ......................................... 209.157 1.8 1.8 215.035 .6 -.5 228.187 .6 .0 

Energy 4 ................................................................................... 246.114 7.3 7.5 191.326 6.0 2.1 219.802 10.8 6.7 

All items less energy ................................................................ 193.647 2.0 1.7 195.360 1.3 .4 193.920 .8 -.1 

All items less food and energy 4 ............................................. 191.395 1.1 1.2 196.053 .4 .2 195.125 .5 -.2 

See footnotes at end of table.

157 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 39. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, semiannual averages, by

expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Honolulu, HI 

HoustonGalvestonBrazoria, TX 

Kansas City, MO-KS 

Index Percent change

fromIndex Percent changefromIndex Percent changefrom2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

Expenditure category

All items 4 ................................................................................. 221.401 4.7 2.7 183.475 2.0 1.2 187.094 2.3 1.4

All items (1967=100) 5 .............................................................. 618.532 - - 585.571 - - 548.186 - -

Food and beverages 4 ............................................................ 205.833 5.2 2.1 190.468 4.1 2.1 199.666 3.7 1.7 

Food 4 ................................................................................... 205.680 5.2 2.0 189.891 4.1 2.1 201.749 3.8 1.8

Food at home ..................................................................... 208.222 5.5 1.5 193.958 4.8 2.6 199.898 5.4 2.5

Food away from home 6 ..................................................... 199.021 4.2 2.2 181.960 3.2 1.6 207.728 2.8 1.5 

Alcoholic beverages 6 ........................................................... 207.963 6.3 4.0 191.197 3.1 1.8 168.009 1.3 .6 

Housing 4 ................................................................................ 247.099 6.9 4.3 170.212 .1 .2 179.722 2.4 1.1 

Shelter .................................................................................. 271.233 6.0 2.9 181.900 1.1 .0 195.862 1.9 1.3 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................ 251.252 6.6 3.2 177.976 1.2 .0 207.045 3.4 .6 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 ................. 254.487 6.0 3.0 180.093 .8 .5 186.206 1.6 1.0 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................. 234.154 13.6 19.0 188.116 -6.5 -.9 194.785 6.8 2.7 

Household energy .............................................................. 208.767 12.3 19.0 181.814 -7.8 -1.9 173.731 7.2 4.3 

Gas (piped) and electricity ................................................ 207.083 12.2 19.1 180.349 -8.1 -2.1 173.719 7.2 4.1 

Electricity ........................................................................ 202.551 12.2 19.6 181.084 -10.2 -3.8 116.103 10.7 10.6 

Utility (piped) gas service ............................................... 237.088 12.4 11.9 174.497 8.8 10.5 250.054 3.2 -3.0 

Household furnishings and operations ................................. 158.862 3.2 .8 121.583 3.8 1.8 114.272 .9 -.3 

Apparel 4 ................................................................................ 110.150 2.2 2.3 150.208 -6.7 -4.9 102.586 -3.8 .1

Transportation 4 ...................................................................... 197.531 1.1 .9 179.707 4.2 3.3 173.546 4.0 2.8 

Private transportation ........................................................... 193.789 .9 .7 179.224 4.0 3.2 172.252 3.8 2.8 

Motor fuel ........................................................................... 250.407 6.8 5.7 240.807 14.0 8.2 256.355 17.4 10.2 

Gasoline (all types) ........................................................... 257.605 6.9 5.7 239.584 14.0 8.2 256.177 17.5 10.2 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 .......................................... 272.265 7.1 6.0 248.061 13.8 8.0 250.592 17.8 10.3 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 ................................... 200.981 6.5 5.3 244.957 14.2 8.4 309.683 17.2 10.0 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 ....................................... 229.424 6.5 5.2 232.211 14.8 9.0 252.198 16.1 9.9 

Medical care 4 ........................................................................ 315.663 - - 332.528 6.9 3.6 304.312 1.1 1.1 

Recreation 10 .......................................................................... 101.671 1.9 1.1 109.308 .2 -.4 112.407 -1.0 -.4 

Education and communication 10 ........................................... 110.949 -.4 .5 99.466 1.4 .9 108.849 1.3 .9 

Other goods and services 4 .................................................... 365.535 4.1 1.7 272.417 9.0 1.6 327.421 1.4 -.2 

Commodity and service group

All items 4 ................................................................................. 221.401 4.7 2.7 183.475 2.0 1.2 187.094 2.3 1.4

Commodities .......................................................................... 179.569 3.5 1.8 166.252 3.3 1.8 162.374 2.1 1.2 

Commodities less food and beverages ................................ 160.097 2.2 1.5 152.273 2.9 1.6 145.010 1.3 1.0 

Nondurables less food and beverages ............................... 190.547 4.1 3.2 196.856 5.2 2.4 192.644 3.7 2.5 

Durables ............................................................................. 121.538 -.2 -.6 108.906 -.5 .6 108.021 -1.4 -.8 

Services .................................................................................. 266.368 5.7 3.3 204.714 .9 .6 215.947 2.6 1.5 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 4 .................................................... 217.033 4.6 2.7 176.090 1.8 1.1 182.138 2.4 1.4 

All items less shelter ................................................................. 202.429 3.8 2.4 184.682 2.4 1.6 185.031 2.6 1.5 

Commodities less food ............................................................. 162.214 2.3 1.6 153.663 2.9 1.6 145.681 1.4 1.0

Nondurables ............................................................................. 199.231 4.7 2.6 195.028 4.6 2.3 196.215 3.7 2.1 

Nondurables less food .............................................................. 191.181 4.3 3.3 196.562 5.1 2.4 191.300 3.6 2.4

Services less rent of shelter 7 ................................................... 237.642 4.3 3.6 210.673 .8 1.1 220.087 3.4 1.9 

Services less medical care services ......................................... 262.123 5.5 3.5 190.404 .4 .3 206.496 2.5 1.3 

Energy 4 ................................................................................... 232.610 9.0 10.7 216.894 3.4 3.6 210.986 12.8 7.6 

All items less energy ................................................................ 222.306 4.4 2.0 180.197 2.0 .8 186.216 1.4 .8 

All items less food and energy 4 ............................................. 227.039 4.2 2.0 177.842 1.5 .5 183.108 .8 .6 

See footnotes at end of table.

158 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 39. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, semiannual averages, by

expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Los AngelesRiversideOrange County, CA MiamiFort Lauderdale, FL MilwaukeeRacine, WI 

Index Percent change

fromIndex Percent changefromIndex Percent changefrom2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

Expenditure category

All items 4 ................................................................................. 210.820 3.3 1.1 212.966 4.5 2.4 199.243 2.8 1.6

All items (1967=100) 5 .............................................................. 623.036 - - 346.004 - - 636.953 - -

Food and beverages 4 ............................................................ 213.556 4.0 1.1 212.722 3.8 2.6 207.413 4.2 2.5 

Food 4 ................................................................................... 211.630 4.0 1.2 214.254 4.0 2.7 210.258 4.3 2.7

Food at home ..................................................................... 220.846 5.1 1.4 212.901 3.4 3.0 211.477 5.5 3.3

Food away from home 6 ..................................................... 197.016 2.3 .8 219.041 4.4 1.0 211.711 3.8 2.6 

Alcoholic beverages 6 ........................................................... 221.640 3.2 -.1 190.567 .5 .8 185.472 4.0 1.1 

Housing 4 ................................................................................ 230.972 4.4 1.4 219.133 6.3 2.8 198.124 1.3 .5 

Shelter .................................................................................. 253.700 5.7 2.0 240.904 7.8 3.2 237.873 1.3 .7 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................ 267.784 6.0 2.6 230.672 7.3 2.8 207.214 2.1 .8 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 ................. 246.906 5.2 1.9 234.714 8.3 4.0 214.774 .7 .7 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................. 228.615 -.3 -2.1 165.457 -2.6 .2 183.244 .5 -2.1 

Household energy .............................................................. 230.035 -3.1 -4.5 156.428 -3.9 .0 158.544 2.7 -2.5

Gas (piped) and electricity ................................................ 229.504 -3.4 -4.7 153.680 -4.1 -.2 163.762 2.4 -2.8 

Electricity ........................................................................ 254.873 -5.6 -4.3 149.929 -4.2 .1 157.179 2.4 2.5 

Utility (piped) gas service ............................................... 206.036 1.4 -5.6 227.057 .7 -8.5 164.170 2.5 -8.6 

Household furnishings and operations ................................. 126.695 -1.7 -1.3 172.788 3.5 .6 104.078 2.1 1.5 

Apparel 4 ................................................................................ 103.675 -.8 -.9 163.093 -1.2 -2.9 124.568 1.9 2.4

Transportation 4 ...................................................................... 185.278 2.1 .8 191.432 5.1 3.5 182.874 5.9 4.2 

Private transportation ........................................................... 181.134 2.1 .7 192.172 5.4 3.6 179.466 5.8 4.4

Motor fuel ........................................................................... 239.215 9.3 1.5 263.178 14.3 10.1 265.312 12.1 8.7 

Gasoline (all types) ........................................................... 234.218 9.3 1.5 260.570 14.4 10.0 261.705 12.1 8.7 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 .......................................... 234.128 9.5 1.5 261.591 14.3 10.0 267.575 12.3 8.8 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 ................................... 222.270 9.1 1.3 241.096 14.3 10.1 268.757 11.8 8.5 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 ....................................... 225.475 9.0 1.4 254.227 14.7 10.1 224.173 11.3 8.2 

Medical care 4 ........................................................................ 335.862 3.2 .9 335.712 2.2 2.0 337.391 3.1 .8 

Recreation 10 .......................................................................... 109.654 -.8 .0 106.161 -5.1 -1.5 101.202 1.0 .6 

Education and communication 10 ........................................... 120.599 4.1 3.0 117.746 3.8 2.7 114.871 -.3 -.2 

Other goods and services 4 .................................................... 319.118 1.9 .9 253.704 1.2 .4 300.225 3.1 1.5 

Commodity and service group

All items 4 ................................................................................. 210.820 3.3 1.1 212.966 4.5 2.4 199.243 2.8 1.6

Commodities .......................................................................... 169.610 2.2 .4 186.594 4.0 2.6 165.868 4.1 2.8 

Commodities less food and beverages ................................ 143.639 1.0 -.1 170.336 4.2 2.6 144.028 4.1 3.0 

Nondurables less food and beverages ............................... 179.370 3.6 .6 200.031 5.6 3.3 192.611 8.0 6.0 

Durables ............................................................................. 109.114 -2.4 -1.1 135.670 1.6 1.4 99.732 -1.1 -.9 

Services .................................................................................. 254.001 4.2 1.7 237.559 4.9 2.3 240.934 1.7 .7 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 4 .................................................... 206.116 3.3 1.1 207.473 4.7 2.5 194.331 2.8 1.7 

All items less shelter ................................................................. 193.824 2.0 .6 199.753 2.5 1.8 186.261 3.4 2.0 

Commodities less food ............................................................. 147.538 1.1 -.1 171.070 4.1 2.5 145.784 4.1 2.9

Nondurables ............................................................................. 199.094 3.8 .9 207.608 4.6 2.9 201.644 6.1 4.2 

Nondurables less food .............................................................. 185.049 3.6 .5 199.116 5.3 3.1 191.201 7.7 5.6

Services less rent of shelter 7 ................................................... 231.268 1.7 1.1 214.320 .4 .7 217.154 2.3 .7 

Services less medical care services ......................................... 247.805 4.2 1.7 228.226 5.0 2.3 233.166 1.5 .7 

Energy 4 ................................................................................... 239.796 5.5 -.3 199.862 6.0 5.7 212.217 8.0 3.7

All items less energy ................................................................ 209.445 3.1 1.3 214.938 4.5 2.2 198.121 2.0 1.2 

All items less food and energy 4 ............................................. 209.088 2.9 1.3 215.125 4.6 2.1 196.202 1.6 .9 

See footnotes at end of table.

159 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 39. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, semiannual averages, by

expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

MinneapolisSt. Paul, MN-WI New York-Northern New

Jersey-Long Island,

NY-NJ-CT-PA

PhiladelphiaWilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD

Index Percent change

fromIndex Percent changefromIndex Percent changefrom2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

Expenditure category

All items 4 ................................................................................. 196.209 2.8 1.1 222.755 3.1 1.7 217.871 2.3 1.7

All items (1967=100) 5 .............................................................. 615.824 - - 634.239 - - 632.842 - -

Food and beverages 4 ............................................................ 220.096 5.0 3.3 210.827 4.3 2.1 200.719 3.6 1.5 

Food 4 ................................................................................... 215.730 5.1 3.4 210.441 4.4 2.1 199.804 3.7 1.5

Food at home ..................................................................... 208.288 5.1 2.6 208.142 4.5 1.7 209.762 3.7 1.5

Food away from home 6 ..................................................... 228.204 5.1 4.7 218.283 4.1 2.7 178.194 3.7 1.9 

Alcoholic beverages 6 ........................................................... 261.109 3.9 2.2 214.738 3.4 1.9 205.139 1.0 .5 

Housing 4 ................................................................................ 180.472 .9 -.5 241.054 3.2 1.7 229.143 2.3 1.6 

Shelter .................................................................................. 199.360 1.4 .1 289.623 3.2 1.7 275.870 3.1 1.7 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................ 200.288 2.4 .7 283.346 4.2 2.1 249.790 4.3 1.8 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 ................. 200.100 1.3 1.1 272.045 2.7 1.5 247.047 2.8 1.5 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................. 182.279 -.4 -2.7 183.722 5.9 3.2 207.233 4.1 3.4 

Household energy .............................................................. 173.073 .8 -3.9 187.032 5.9 3.1 190.575 4.3 4.6 

Gas (piped) and electricity ................................................ 175.265 .5 -4.4 186.337 4.9 1.5 205.516 3.3 3.7 

Electricity ........................................................................ 184.426 2.9 2.5 171.243 6.5 5.0 194.307 6.1 5.4

Utility (piped) gas service ............................................... 178.526 -2.2 -11.5 215.852 2.6 -3.3 222.930 -2.9 -.1 

Household furnishings and operations ................................. 129.041 .2 -.5 119.577 -1.8 -2.0 117.428 -6.7 -1.8 

Apparel 4 ................................................................................ 120.351 .7 -2.0 103.396 -1.2 -2.0 98.232 -4.2 -2.6

Transportation 4 ...................................................................... 185.658 4.7 2.8 194.123 2.9 2.8 194.766 3.4 4.0 

Private transportation ........................................................... 178.417 5.0 2.9 186.656 3.1 3.1 192.965 3.2 3.8

Motor fuel ........................................................................... 239.688 16.0 8.1 225.528 11.3 8.9 254.879 9.6 7.2 

Gasoline (all types) ........................................................... 240.684 16.0 8.0 224.666 11.3 8.9 251.008 9.7 7.2 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 .......................................... 244.754 16.9 9.3 226.588 11.1 8.5 252.910 10.0 7.2 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 ................................... 241.340 14.9 6.6 225.761 11.5 9.6 243.745 9.0 7.2 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 ....................................... 276.048 14.2 6.0 223.616 11.4 9.4 233.852 8.8 7.2 

Medical care 4 ........................................................................ 368.755 6.8 2.1 361.301 5.9 1.7 393.959 3.5 1.0 

Recreation 10 .......................................................................... 114.192 3.7 1.5 111.069 .2 -.1 115.772 1.4 .4 

Education and communication 10 ........................................... 114.310 1.8 1.6 123.176 3.2 2.1 117.073 2.2 2.5 

Other goods and services 4 .................................................... 338.181 2.2 1.9 368.893 2.2 1.3 388.708 3.3 .8 

Commodity and service group

All items 4 ................................................................................. 196.209 2.8 1.1 222.755 3.1 1.7 217.871 2.3 1.7

Commodities .......................................................................... 171.747 3.9 2.1 175.192 2.9 1.7 172.675 1.5 1.3 

Commodities less food and beverages ................................ 147.525 3.3 1.4 149.195 1.9 1.4 152.425 .0 1.1 

Nondurables less food and beverages ............................... 184.648 6.2 2.4 176.201 3.7 2.6 176.768 1.8 1.9 

Durables ............................................................................. 111.116 -.4 -.1 109.225 -1.4 -.9 116.109 -3.0 -.3 

Services .................................................................................. 222.655 1.8 .2 270.701 3.1 1.7 271.999 3.1 2.0 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 4 .................................................... 190.098 2.6 1.1 217.555 3.0 1.7 211.479 2.3 1.7 

All items less shelter ................................................................. 196.741 3.5 1.7 198.166 3.0 1.6 201.560 2.0 1.6 

Commodities less food ............................................................. 152.131 3.3 1.4 151.847 2.0 1.4 154.598 .1 1.1 

Nondurables ............................................................................. 202.953 5.6 2.9 195.497 4.0 2.3 191.263 2.7 1.7 

Nondurables less food .............................................................. 190.349 6.0 2.4 178.746 3.7 2.6 179.082 1.8 1.9

Services less rent of shelter 7 ................................................... 234.026 2.5 .9 225.326 3.0 1.5 242.247 2.9 2.3 

Services less medical care services ......................................... 211.586 1.3 .0 263.727 2.9 1.6 262.606 3.1 2.1 

Energy 4 ................................................................................... 211.374 10.3 3.6 205.193 8.3 5.7 211.108 6.8 5.8 

All items less energy ................................................................ 198.094 2.0 .8 225.970 2.6 1.3 219.589 1.9 1.2 

All items less food and energy 4 ............................................. 194.725 1.4 .2 230.484 2.2 1.1 225.520 1.5 1.2 

See footnotes at end of table.

160 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 39. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, semiannual averages, by

expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Phoenix-Mesa, AZ 1 Pittsburgh, PA 

Portland-Salem,

OR-WA

Index Percent change

fromIndex Percent changefromIndex Percent changefrom2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

Expenditure category

All items 4 ................................................................................. 115.208 3.2 1.4 196.178 4.0 2.0 204.801 3.8 1.8

All items (1967=100) 5 .............................................................. --- 583.467 - - 590.242 - -

Food and beverages 4 ............................................................ 121.900 6.5 2.8 201.931 5.3 2.1 188.971 4.3 2.1 

Food 4 ................................................................................... 122.144 6.6 3.0 200.515 5.6 2.2 189.358 4.4 2.0

Food at home ..................................................................... 126.449 8.3 3.2 198.884 5.7 2.2 185.721 3.7 1.6

Food away from home 6 ..................................................... 115.169 4.0 2.6 204.722 5.6 2.1 197.825 5.7 2.6 

Alcoholic beverages 6 ........................................................... 118.095 4.4 .3 212.874 .2 .9 188.525 4.0 2.7 

Housing 4 ................................................................................ 116.070 4.4 2.2 188.697 3.2 1.0 198.308 3.9 2.4

Shelter .................................................................................. 114.571 4.6 1.7 196.889 1.9 .5 220.105 3.8 2.0 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................ 115.756 6.7 3.7 196.312 3.1 .3 219.819 5.0 2.3 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 ................. 114.050 4.0 1.6 203.413 1.5 -.2 231.333 3.3 1.4 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................. 138.003 5.8 7.5 233.524 10.2 4.0 224.331 9.1 6.0 

Household energy .............................................................. 150.160 5.9 13.1 224.907 11.2 4.7 191.677 11.2 7.3

Gas (piped) and electricity ................................................ 149.879 5.8 13.1 219.443 10.3 3.2 231.520 11.2 7.2 

Electricity ........................................................................ 153.864 5.9 14.6 154.003 16.0 1.0 252.458 16.8 11.9 

Utility (piped) gas service ............................................... 133.666 5.5 2.2 292.256 5.4 5.4 206.518 -.4 -2.7 

Household furnishings and operations ................................. 105.728 -.3 -1.6 131.473 1.1 -.3 108.720 -.1 .9 

Apparel 4 ................................................................................ 108.715 -5.5 -5.8 143.044 4.4 -.7 118.738 -.3 2.8

Transportation 4 ...................................................................... 112.607 1.2 .5 174.679 6.4 5.0 203.339 4.3 1.0 

Private transportation ........................................................... 113.600 1.2 .4 177.335 7.0 5.5 202.707 4.3 .9 

Motor fuel ........................................................................... 244.868 11.2 2.0 253.188 16.2 10.7 253.682 7.4 .6 

Gasoline (all types) ........................................................... 245.442 11.3 1.8 253.661 16.2 10.7 254.242 7.3 .4 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 .......................................... 250.871 11.2 1.8 252.022 16.2 10.8 252.131 7.2 .2 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 ................................... 238.070 11.1 1.7 268.613 16.0 10.4 215.802 7.4 .8 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 ....................................... 234.524 11.8 2.3 244.210 16.2 10.4 236.558 7.3 .7 

Medical care 4 ........................................................................ 127.003 2.8 1.9 329.669 4.5 2.4 386.362 13.7 3.6 

Recreation 10 .......................................................................... 102.821 2.7 1.6 104.731 -2.2 .7 111.733 -1.1 -1.4 

Education and communication 10 ........................................... 110.693 .9 1.4 121.379 3.7 2.6 104.023 -1.3 .2 

Other goods and services 4 .................................................... 122.767 6.8 1.2 368.032 4.1 1.2 395.927 3.6 .7 

Commodity and service group

All items 4 ................................................................................. 115.208 3.2 1.4 196.178 4.0 2.0 204.801 3.8 1.8

Commodities .......................................................................... 112.264 2.5 .4 179.821 5.5 3.0 167.148 3.0 1.2 

Commodities less food and beverages ................................ 107.581 .4 -.9 165.153 5.5 3.5 155.091 2.1 .6 

Nondurables less food and beverages ............................... 139.046 3.7 -.9 212.076 8.0 4.9 186.824 2.9 .8 

Durables ............................................................................. 83.538 -2.5 -1.0 114.343 .9 .8 123.232 .9 .3

Services .................................................................................. 118.039 3.9 2.4 216.810 2.8 1.2 247.492 4.6 2.3 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 4 .................................................... 114.685 3.2 1.4 191.326 3.9 2.0 198.400 3.3 1.7 

All items less shelter ................................................................. 115.761 2.6 1.3 196.698 4.8 2.6 201.019 3.9 1.7 

Commodities less food ............................................................. 107.826 .5 -.9 167.651 5.4 3.4 156.024 2.2 .7

Nondurables ............................................................................. 129.406 5.2 1.1 208.519 6.8 3.7 188.147 3.7 1.5 

Nondurables less food .............................................................. 137.346 3.7 -.8 213.549 7.6 4.7 185.822 2.9 .9

Services less rent of shelter 7 ................................................... 121.339 2.9 3.1 209.746 3.7 2.0 263.894 5.6 2.6 

Services less medical care services ......................................... 116.929 3.9 2.3 210.223 2.5 1.1 238.437 3.5 2.2 

Energy 4 ................................................................................... 196.119 8.8 6.6 239.721 13.9 8.0 221.322 8.7 3.0 

All items less energy ................................................................ 109.919 2.5 1.0 191.952 2.6 1.1 204.793 3.2 1.7 

All items less food and energy 4 ............................................. 107.631 1.6 .5 190.239 2.1 .9 208.352 2.9 1.6 

See footnotes at end of table.

161 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 39. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, semiannual averages, by

expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

St. Louis, MO-IL San Diego, CA 

San FranciscoOakland-San Jose, CA 

Index Percent change

fromIndex Percent changefromIndex Percent changefrom2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

Expenditure category

All items 4 ................................................................................. 193.393 2.1 1.3 219.601 2.2 1.2 212.754 3.2 1.3

All items (1967=100) 5 .............................................................. 568.973 - - 708.177 - - 647.852 - -

Food and beverages 4 ............................................................ 197.422 2.9 1.5 212.549 4.4 1.4 216.514 4.6 2.3 

Food 4 ................................................................................... 196.658 2.9 1.5 209.121 4.3 1.3 216.359 4.4 2.2

Food at home ..................................................................... 187.496 2.1 1.1 193.533 3.1 1.0 217.009 5.2 2.6

Food away from home 6 ..................................................... 211.483 4.2 1.8 232.342 5.3 2.2 214.975 3.4 1.7 

Alcoholic beverages 6 ........................................................... 190.955 3.1 1.6 247.145 5.7 2.9 223.494 6.7 3.4 

Housing 4 ................................................................................ 188.574 .9 .9 232.200 2.4 1.4 236.064 3.3 1.3 

Shelter .................................................................................. 209.265 1.7 .5 251.103 3.4 2.1 260.485 3.4 1.2 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................ 189.558 2.8 1.5 282.172 3.7 2.2 280.033 4.3 2.0 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 ................. 198.152 1.1 .3 261.392 3.6 2.3 241.625 3.0 1.3 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................. 185.728 1.2 4.4 190.900 -3.5 -2.5 247.812 3.8 3.1 

Household energy .............................................................. 177.410 1.1 9.5 163.579 -6.8 -5.2 270.399 3.6 2.9

Gas (piped) and electricity ................................................ 181.460 .9 9.5 161.174 -7.8 -5.9 269.500 3.5 2.8 

Electricity ........................................................................ 149.334 6.2 16.3 146.765 -9.3 -5.6 270.906 .2 2.3 

Utility (piped) gas service ............................................... 206.335 -6.0 .9 184.801 .7 -6.9 257.066 11.6 4.1 

Household furnishings and operations ................................. 130.042 -3.3 -1.6 172.947 -.1 -.7 132.405 1.7 .1 

Apparel 4 ................................................................................ 125.929 5.8 1.7 128.153 -1.0 3.2 110.335 -5.0 -.9

Transportation 4 ...................................................................... 183.362 2.6 2.1 195.577 1.4 .3 170.462 3.8 1.1 

Private transportation ........................................................... 182.921 2.8 2.2 191.558 1.5 .2 165.279 3.9 1.2

Motor fuel ........................................................................... 261.202 14.1 8.4 245.277 8.8 2.2 240.135 13.6 2.5 

Gasoline (all types) ........................................................... 257.047 14.1 8.4 246.169 8.8 2.2 239.345 13.8 2.0 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 .......................................... 249.512 13.6 7.8 255.286 9.2 2.0 239.618 13.9 2.0 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 ................................... 297.469 15.0 9.3 213.750 7.1 2.6 223.090 14.1 2.2 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 ....................................... 252.181 16.1 10.7 249.640 9.3 2.4 225.588 13.3 2.1 

Medical care 4 ........................................................................ 342.482 1.3 -.3 --- 347.970 7.1 2.6 

Recreation 10 .......................................................................... 120.762 1.7 -.1 146.935 .2 -.3 100.862 .2 -.4 

Education and communication 10 ........................................... 122.789 3.3 3.0 110.007 -.1 2.0 124.008 2.6 1.6 

Other goods and services 4 .................................................... 259.208 1.7 -.1 324.631 -.7 -1.4 350.615 2.6 .7 

Commodity and service group

All items 4 ................................................................................. 193.393 2.1 1.3 219.601 2.2 1.2 212.754 3.2 1.3

Commodities .......................................................................... 171.595 2.4 1.3 184.906 1.7 .6 170.756 2.7 1.2 

Commodities less food and beverages ................................ 156.655 2.2 1.3 168.811 .2 .1 142.287 1.2 .3 

Nondurables less food and beverages ............................... 192.048 5.5 2.9 189.447 2.8 1.7 174.578 3.1 1.0 

Durables ............................................................................. 121.559 -1.3 -.5 147.969 -3.0 -1.8 110.323 -1.3 -.7 

Services .................................................................................. 220.554 1.8 1.2 251.291 2.7 1.6 253.896 3.6 1.4 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 4 .................................................... 187.095 2.2 1.4 213.911 2.1 1.1 208.096 3.1 1.3 

All items less shelter ................................................................. 189.505 2.3 1.5 208.480 1.6 .7 194.402 3.2 1.4 

Commodities less food ............................................................. 158.399 2.2 1.3 171.867 .4 .2 145.366 1.5 .5 

Nondurables ............................................................................. 194.761 4.2 2.2 202.636 3.6 1.6 197.437 4.0 1.7 

Nondurables less food .............................................................. 192.374 5.4 2.9 194.543 3.0 1.8 177.448 3.5 1.2

Services less rent of shelter 7 ................................................... 222.204 2.0 1.8 233.389 1.1 .7 227.412 4.0 1.8 

Services less medical care services ......................................... 209.614 1.9 1.5 241.153 2.4 1.6 247.963 3.3 1.3 

Energy 4 ................................................................................... 213.545 8.1 8.9 218.171 3.9 .0 256.922 10.0 2.6

All items less energy ................................................................ 193.653 1.6 .7 220.138 2.0 1.3 212.273 2.7 1.2 

All items less food and energy 4 ............................................. 192.854 1.3 .6 222.729 1.6 1.3 211.792 2.3 .9 

See footnotes at end of table.

162 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 39. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, semiannual averages, by

expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

SeattleTacoma-Bremerton, WA TampaSt. PetersburgClearwater, FL 2WashingtonBaltimore,

DC-MD-VA-WV 3

Index Percent change

fromIndex Percent changefromIndex Percent changefrom2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

2nd half

2007

2nd half

2006

1st half

2007

Expenditure category

All items 4 ................................................................................. 212.160 3.8 1.8 184.974 5.3 1.7 134.472 3.9 2.5

All items (1967=100) 5 .............................................................. 629.267 - - 184.974 -- ---

Food and beverages 4 ............................................................ 216.084 4.6 2.4 183.224 6.5 3.3 131.296 4.2 2.1 

Food 4 ................................................................................... 216.629 4.5 2.3 181.729 6.7 3.5 132.196 4.3 2.3

Food at home ..................................................................... 214.446 4.3 1.6 181.235 6.9 3.2 128.780 4.0 1.6

Food away from home 6 ..................................................... 224.424 4.8 2.8 183.142 5.7 3.5 134.442 3.9 2.7 

Alcoholic beverages 6 ........................................................... 213.724 6.0 2.9 183.926 1.8 1.0 118.289 3.1 .1 

Housing 4 ................................................................................ 215.702 4.8 2.1 183.893 5.0 .8 146.258 4.9 3.5 

Shelter .................................................................................. 235.086 5.5 2.9 201.426 6.1 .9 149.238 3.3 1.0 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................ 238.629 7.5 4.2 198.090 6.3 2.2 156.334 3.7 1.4 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 7 ................. 242.324 4.9 2.7 211.503 6.3 1.4 147.257 3.2 .9 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................. 195.739 4.1 1.2 181.857 3.0 .8 172.953 18.3 23.1 

Household energy .............................................................. 200.188 4.7 2.4 157.126 2.7 .0 177.164 21.1 23.1 

Gas (piped) and electricity ................................................ 233.057 4.4 2.2 155.815 2.6 -.1 174.311 21.6 23.5 

Electricity ........................................................................ 232.269 5.6 5.5 152.728 2.6 .0 171.476 24.5 28.8

Utility (piped) gas service ............................................... 206.859 1.1 -6.0 281.577 5.1 -6.3 157.974 2.7 -6.0 

Household furnishings and operations ................................. 168.809 -1.7 -4.6 116.976 .0 .2 95.370 -2.1 -2.0 

Apparel 4 ................................................................................ 142.815 4.6 .9 125.531 3.4 2.6 92.033 -.9 -1.5 

Transportation 4 ...................................................................... 200.381 1.9 1.4 183.896 5.2 2.9 128.898 3.6 2.1 

Private transportation ........................................................... 206.310 1.9 1.3 186.905 5.2 2.9 129.177 3.7 2.1

Motor fuel ........................................................................... 319.726 8.8 2.8 304.191 13.3 8.7 235.611 11.8 8.1 

Gasoline (all types) ........................................................... 325.273 8.8 2.6 298.242 13.4 8.7 235.728 11.8 8.0 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 8 .......................................... 357.454 8.5 2.5 296.811 13.3 8.8 239.717 11.8 7.9 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 ................................... 250.175 9.5 2.9 258.246 13.5 8.7 232.718 11.8 8.2 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 ....................................... 287.251 9.9 2.9 291.592 13.4 8.7 230.887 11.8 8.0 

Medical care 4 ........................................................................ 333.594 6.0 3.2 303.448 15.5 1.4 136.005 5.9 3.6 

Recreation 10 .......................................................................... 96.441 1.8 .2 112.243 .2 -.1 112.184 .6 -.3 

Education and communication 10 ........................................... 118.007 .0 1.2 110.026 2.8 2.5 119.905 .6 1.9 

Other goods and services 4 .................................................... 357.992 3.5 .8 233.086 2.3 1.3 163.042 4.1 1.3 

Commodity and service group

All items 4 ................................................................................. 212.160 3.8 1.8 184.974 5.3 1.7 134.472 3.9 2.5

Commodities .......................................................................... 184.562 3.1 1.3 161.982 5.0 2.9 120.937 2.8 1.5 

Commodities less food and beverages ................................ 166.737 2.2 .6 148.692 4.2 2.6 115.005 1.8 1.0 

Nondurables less food and beverages ............................... 210.540 5.1 1.9 204.650 6.5 4.1 143.148 4.2 2.5 

Durables ............................................................................. 126.430 -1.6 -1.2 101.245 .9 .5 86.628 -2.0 -1.3 

Services .................................................................................. 241.821 4.4 2.3 207.357 5.4 .9 145.658 4.7 3.2 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 4 .................................................... 207.112 3.7 1.7 179.649 4.8 1.7 134.329 3.8 2.4 

All items less shelter ................................................................. 204.982 3.0 1.3 179.112 4.9 2.2 128.030 4.3 3.3 

Commodities less food ............................................................. 168.203 2.3 .7 152.029 4.1 2.5 115.257 1.9 1.0

Nondurables ............................................................................. 212.437 4.8 2.1 193.686 6.5 3.7 135.888 4.2 2.3 

Nondurables less food .............................................................. 210.187 5.1 2.0 205.201 6.2 4.0 141.132 4.1 2.3

Services less rent of shelter 7 ................................................... 229.314 2.7 1.3 211.087 4.6 .9 142.212 6.8 6.7 

Services less medical care services ......................................... 234.191 4.3 2.3 198.627 4.6 .9 146.258 4.5 3.1 

Energy 4 ................................................................................... 269.464 7.4 2.6 219.010 8.2 4.6 201.207 16.6 15.7 

All items less energy ................................................................ 210.154 3.5 1.7 180.826 4.9 1.4 128.461 2.4 .8 

All items less food and energy 4 ............................................. 208.261 3.3 1.5 180.829 4.5 1.0 128.517 2.0 .5 

1 For Phoenix-Mesa, indexes are on a December 2001=100 base. 2 Indexes on a 1987=100 base. 3 For Washington-Baltimore, indexes are on a December 1997=100 base unless

otherwise noted. 4 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a November 1996=100 base. 5 Index is on a November 1977=100 base in Miami and an October 1967=100 base in

Anchorage. 6 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a November 1997=100 base. 7 Indexes are on a November 1984=100 base in Anchorage, Boston, Cincinnati,

Denver, Miami, Milwaukee, Portland, St. Louis, San Diego, and Seattle. Indexes are on a

December 1984=100 base in Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Honolulu,

Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and

San Francisco. 8 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 9 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 10 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. - Data not available.

163 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 1A. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category

and commodity and service group 

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Annual

 average 

2006

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent change from

2006 to 2007

Expenditure category

All items ......................................................................................... 201.6 207.342 2.8 

All items (1967=100) ...................................................................... 603.9 621.106 -

Food and beverages .................................................................... 195.7 203.300 3.9

Food ........................................................................................... 195.2 202.916 4.0 

Food at home ........................................................................... 193.1 201.245 4.2

Cereals and bakery products ................................................. 212.8 222.107 4.4

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ................................................ 186.6 195.616 4.8

Dairy and related products ..................................................... 181.4 194.770 7.4

Fruits and vegetables ............................................................. 252.9 262.628 3.8

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .................. 147.4 153.432 4.1

Other food at home ................................................................ 169.6 173.275 2.2

Sugar and sweets ................................................................ 171.5 176.772 3.1

Fats and oils ......................................................................... 168.0 172.921 2.9

Other foods .......................................................................... 185.0 188.244 1.8

Other miscellaneous foods 1 .............................................. 113.9 115.105 1.1 

Food away from home ............................................................. 199.4 206.659 3.6

Other food away from home 1 ................................................ 136.6 144.068 5.5 

Alcoholic beverages ................................................................... 200.7 207.026 3.2

Housing ........................................................................................ 203.2 209.586 3.1 

Shelter ........................................................................................ 232.1 240.611 3.7 

Rent of primary residence ........................................................ 225.1 234.679 4.3

Lodging away from home 1 ...................................................... 136.0 142.813 5.0 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 2 ....................... 238.2 246.235 3.4 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 ....................................... 116.5 117.004 .4 

Fuels and utilities ....................................................................... 194.7 200.632 3.0

Household energy .................................................................... 177.1 181.744 2.6

Fuel oil and other fuels ........................................................... 234.9 251.453 7.0

Gas (piped) and electricity ..................................................... 182.1 186.262 2.3

Water and sewer and trash collection services 1 ..................... 136.8 143.706 5.0 

Household furnishings and operations ....................................... 127.0 126.875 -.1

Household operations 1 ........................................................... 136.6 140.621 2.9 

Apparel ......................................................................................... 119.5 118.998 -.4 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ............................................................ 114.1 112.368 -1.5

Women’s and girls’ apparel ........................................................ 110.7 110.296 -.4

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ..................................................... 116.5 113.948 -2.2

Footwear .................................................................................... 123.5 122.374 -.9 

Transportation .............................................................................. 180.9 184.682 2.1 

Private transportation ................................................................. 177.0 180.778 2.1

New and used motor vehicles 1 ............................................... 95.6 94.303 -1.4 

New vehicles .......................................................................... 137.6 136.254 -1.0 

Used cars and trucks ............................................................. 140.0 135.747 -3.0

Motor fuel ................................................................................. 221.0 239.070 8.2

Gasoline (all types) ................................................................ 219.9 237.959 8.2

Motor vehicle parts and equipment .......................................... 117.3 121.583 3.7

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ..................................... 215.6 222.963 3.4

Public transportation .................................................................. 226.6 230.002 1.5

Medical care ................................................................................. 336.2 351.054 4.4

Medical care commodities ......................................................... 285.9 289.999 1.4

Medical care services ................................................................ 350.6 369.302 5.3

Professional services ............................................................... 289.3 300.792 4.0

Hospital and related services ................................................... 468.1 498.922 6.6

See footnotes at end of table.

164 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 1A. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category

and commodity and service group -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Annual

 average 

2006

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent change from

2006 to 2007

Expenditure category

Recreation 1 ................................................................................. 110.9 111.443 0.5 

Video and audio 1 ...................................................................... 104.6 102.949 -1.6 

Education and communication 1 .................................................. 116.8 119.577 2.4 

Education 1 ................................................................................ 162.1 171.388 5.7 

Educational books and supplies .............................................. 388.9 420.418 8.1

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................. 468.1 494.079 5.5

Communication 1 ....................................................................... 84.1 83.367 -.9 

Information and information processing 1 ................................ 81.7 80.720 -1.2 

Telephone services 1 ............................................................. 95.8 98.247 2.6 

Information technology, hardware and services 3 .................. 12.5 10.597 -15.2 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 4 .............. 10.8 9.688 -10.3 

Other goods and services ............................................................ 321.7 333.328 3.6

Tobacco and smoking products ................................................. 519.9 554.184 6.6

Personal care ............................................................................. 190.2 195.622 2.9

Personal care products ............................................................ 155.8 158.285 1.6

Personal care services ............................................................. 209.7 216.559 3.3

Miscellaneous personal services ............................................. 313.6 324.984 3.6

Commodity and service group

Commodities .................................................................................. 164.0 167.509 2.1 

Food and beverages .................................................................... 195.7 203.300 3.9

Commodities less food and beverages ........................................ 145.9 147.515 1.1

Nondurables less food and beverages ...................................... 176.7 182.526 3.3

Apparel ..................................................................................... 119.5 118.998 -.4 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ..................... 216.3 226.224 4.6

Durables ..................................................................................... 114.5 112.473 -1.8 

Services ......................................................................................... 238.9 246.848 3.3 

Rent of shelter 2 ........................................................................... 241.9 250.813 3.7 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 ........................................... 116.5 117.004 .4 

Gas (piped) and electricity ........................................................... 182.1 186.262 2.3

Water and sewer and trash collection services 1 ......................... 136.8 143.706 5.0 

Household operations 1 ............................................................... 136.6 140.621 2.9 

Transportation services ................................................................ 230.8 233.731 1.3

Medical care services .................................................................. 350.6 369.302 5.3

Other services .............................................................................. 277.5 285.559 2.9

Special indexes

All items less food .......................................................................... 202.7 208.098 2.7

All items less shelter ...................................................................... 191.9 196.639 2.5

All items less medical care ............................................................. 194.7 200.080 2.8

Commodities less food ................................................................... 148.0 149.720 1.2

Nondurables less food ................................................................... 178.2 184.012 3.3

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................... 213.9 223.411 4.4

Nondurables ................................................................................... 186.7 193.468 3.6 

Services less rent of shelter 2 ........................................................ 253.3 260.764 2.9 

Services less medical care services .............................................. 229.6 236.847 3.2

Energy ............................................................................................ 196.9 207.723 5.5 

All items less energy ...................................................................... 203.7 208.925 2.6

All items less food and energy ..................................................... 205.9 210.729 2.3

Commodities less food and energy commodities ...................... 140.6 140.053 -.4

Energy commodities ................................................................ 223.0 241.018 8.1

Services less energy services .................................................... 244.7 253.058 3.4

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1982-84=$1.00) .......... $ .496 $ .482 -

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ............... $ .166 $ .161 -

1 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 2 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 3 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 4 This item will be rebased to December 2007=100 beginning

with the release of March 2008 data. All historical data will be

revised to reflect the new base. - Data not available.

165 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 3A. Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, detailed expenditure

categories

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Annual

 average 

2006

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent change from

2006 to 2007

Expenditure category

All items ......................................................................................... 201.6 207.342 2.8 

All items (1967=100) ...................................................................... 603.9 621.106 -

Food and beverages .................................................................... 195.7 203.300 3.9

Food ........................................................................................... 195.2 202.916 4.0 

Food at home ........................................................................... 193.1 201.245 4.2

Cereals and bakery products ................................................. 212.8 222.107 4.4

Cereals and cereal products ................................................ 187.3 194.684 3.9

Flour and prepared flour mixes .......................................... 182.2 191.583 5.1

Breakfast cereal ................................................................. 199.9 205.014 2.6

Rice, pasta, cornmeal ........................................................ 171.4 181.421 5.8

Rice 1 2 ............................................................................ 114.9 120.066 4.5 

Bakery products ................................................................... 226.4 236.633 4.5

Bread 2 ............................................................................... 130.4 140.094 7.4 

White bread 1 ................................................................... 238.0 257.975 8.4 

Bread other than white 1 .................................................. 248.7 264.239 6.2 

Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins 2 ............................................ 129.7 136.456 5.2 

Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies .......................................... 214.2 221.742 3.5

Cookies 1 ......................................................................... 211.6 217.879 3.0 

Fresh cakes and cupcakes 1 ............................................ 217.0 225.784 4.0 

Other bakery products ....................................................... 215.5 220.479 2.3 

Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts 1 .................... 221.8 227.966 2.8 

Crackers, bread, and cracker products 1 ......................... 250.7 255.261 1.8 

Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies, tarts,

turnovers 1 ............................................................... 218.6 226.312 3.5 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ................................................ 186.6 195.616 4.8

Meats, poultry, and fish ........................................................ 188.2 195.383 3.8

Meats ................................................................................. 188.8 194.983 3.3 

Beef and veal ................................................................... 202.1 211.060 4.4

Uncooked ground beef ................................................... 176.3 184.280 4.5

Uncooked beef roasts 2 ................................................. 145.6 154.365 6.0 

Uncooked beef steaks 2 ................................................. 146.1 151.817 3.9 

Uncooked other beef and veal 2 .................................... 137.9 142.998 3.7 

Pork .................................................................................. 177.3 180.912 2.0 

Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products 2 ........ 123.1 127.438 3.5 

Bacon and related products 1 ...................................... 213.0 220.978 3.7 

Breakfast sausage and related products 1 2 ................ 120.0 123.001 2.5 

Ham ............................................................................... 175.8 177.557 1.0 

Ham, excluding canned 1 ............................................. 198.6 199.275 .3 

Pork chops ..................................................................... 167.8 170.165 1.4

Other pork including roasts and picnics 2 ...................... 111.5 113.155 1.5 

Other meats ..................................................................... 180.7 184.822 2.3

Frankfurters 1 ................................................................. 171.6 179.344 4.5 

Lunchmeats 1 2 .............................................................. 118.7 120.260 1.3 

Lamb and organ meats 1 ............................................... 226.4 222.329 -1.8 

Lamb and mutton 1 2 ...................................................... ---

Poultry ................................................................................ 182.0 191.360 5.1 

Chicken 2 ......................................................................... 117.6 124.363 5.8 

Fresh whole chicken 1 .................................................... 184.0 196.176 6.6 

Fresh and frozen chicken parts 1 ................................... 180.0 190.371 5.8 

Other poultry including turkey 2 ........................................ 116.3 119.535 2.8 

Fish and seafood ............................................................... 209.5 219.087 4.6

Fresh fish and seafood 2 .................................................. 124.1 131.343 5.8 

Processed fish and seafood 2 .......................................... 110.7 113.415 2.5 

Canned fish and seafood 1 ............................................ 141.8 146.191 3.1 

Frozen fish and seafood 1 .............................................. 235.5 241.375 2.5 

Eggs ..................................................................................... 151.2 195.291 29.2 

Dairy and related products ..................................................... 181.4 194.770 7.4

Milk 2 .................................................................................... 125.5 140.119 11.6 

Fresh whole milk 1 ............................................................. 181.6 205.397 13.1 

Fresh milk other than whole 1 2 ......................................... 127.5 141.000 10.6 

Cheese and related products ............................................... 180.8 191.472 5.9

Ice cream and related products ........................................... 179.3 183.382 2.3

Other dairy and related products 2 ....................................... 122.8 130.364 6.2 

See footnotes at end of table.

166 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 3A. Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, detailed expenditure

categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Annual

 average 

2006

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent change from

2006 to 2007

Expenditure category

Fruits and vegetables ............................................................. 252.9 262.628 3.8 

Fresh fruits and vegetables .................................................. 300.4 312.105 3.9 

Fresh fruits ......................................................................... 315.2 329.506 4.5 

Apples .............................................................................. 277.4 299.446 7.9 

Bananas ........................................................................... 175.3 177.538 1.3 

Citrus fruits 2 .................................................................... 197.7 217.583 10.1 

Oranges, including tangerines 1 ..................................... 396.2 452.941 14.3 

Other fresh fruits 2 ............................................................ 112.5 114.397 1.7 

Fresh vegetables ............................................................... 284.3 293.468 3.2

Potatoes ........................................................................... 273.1 280.432 2.7 

Lettuce ............................................................................. 266.1 280.230 5.3 

Tomatoes ......................................................................... 323.3 306.454 -5.2 

Other fresh vegetables ..................................................... 284.8 302.491 6.2

Processed fruits and vegetables 2 ....................................... 122.8 127.241 3.6 

Canned fruits and vegetables 2 .......................................... 121.8 125.503 3.0 

Canned fruits 1 2 .............................................................. 121.5 125.221 3.1 

Canned vegetables 1 2 ..................................................... 125.9 129.530 2.9 

Frozen fruits and vegetables 2 ........................................... 124.8 128.753 3.2 

Frozen vegetables 1 ......................................................... 179.1 180.755 .9 

Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried 2 ... 121.1 128.603 6.2 

Dried beans, peas, and lentils 1 2 .................................... 119.7 132.481 10.7 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .................. 147.4 153.432 4.1

Juices and nonalcoholic drinks 2 .......................................... 113.2 117.890 4.1 

Carbonated drinks .............................................................. 134.2 140.138 4.4

Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 2 ........................ 119.7 138.490 15.7 

Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 2 ................... 109.5 112.941 3.1 

Beverage materials including coffee and tea 2 .................... 104.1 108.221 4.0 

Coffee ................................................................................ 165.3 175.647 6.3 

Roasted coffee 1 .............................................................. 169.2 179.704 6.2 

Instant and freeze dried coffee 1 ...................................... 178.9 189.145 5.7 

Other beverage materials including tea 2 ........................... 116.5 119.800 2.8 

Other food at home ................................................................ 169.6 173.275 2.2

Sugar and sweets ................................................................ 171.5 176.772 3.1

Sugar and artificial sweeteners .......................................... 163.9 167.072 1.9

Candy and chewing gum 2 ................................................. 112.2 116.075 3.5 

Other sweets 2 ................................................................... 122.4 126.206 3.1 

Fats and oils ......................................................................... 168.0 172.921 2.9

Butter and margarine 2 ....................................................... 132.6 136.260 2.8 

Butter 1 ............................................................................. 171.2 170.683 -.3 

Margarine 1 ...................................................................... 179.1 188.012 5.0 

Salad dressing 2 ................................................................. 109.0 110.804 1.7 

Other fats and oils including peanut butter 2 ...................... 117.6 122.199 3.9 

Peanut butter 1 2 .............................................................. 111.0 114.433 3.1 

Other foods .......................................................................... 185.0 188.244 1.8

Soups ................................................................................. 214.9 216.212 .6 

Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods ............................ 153.7 156.737 2.0

Snacks ............................................................................... 181.2 184.915 2.1 

Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces .......................... 190.3 195.492 2.7

Salt and other seasonings and spices 1 2 ........................ 111.9 114.802 2.6 

Olives, pickles, relishes 1 2 .............................................. 113.1 120.837 6.8 

Sauces and gravies 1 2 .................................................... 109.9 111.491 1.4 

Other condiments 1 .......................................................... 219.3 225.943 3.0 

Baby food 2 ........................................................................ 128.0 130.415 1.9 

Other miscellaneous foods 2 .............................................. 113.9 115.105 1.1 

Food away from home ............................................................. 199.4 206.659 3.6

Full service meals and snacks 2 ............................................ 125.7 130.203 3.6 

Limited service meals and snacks 2 ....................................... 126.0 130.553 3.6 

Food at employee sites and schools 2 ................................... 122.6 126.764 3.4 

Food at elementary and secondary schools 1 3 ................... 101.6 105.769 4.1 

Food from vending machines and mobile vendors 2 .............. 115.1 118.325 2.8 

See footnotes at end of table.

167 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 3A. Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, detailed expenditure

categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Annual

 average 

2006

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent change from

2006 to 2007

Expenditure category

Other food away from home 2 ................................................ 136.6 144.068 5.5 

Alcoholic beverages ................................................................... 200.7 207.026 3.2

Alcoholic beverages at home ................................................... 174.9 179.094 2.4

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home ........................ 178.1 184.125 3.4

Distilled spirits at home .......................................................... 179.7 180.984 .7

Whiskey at home 1 ............................................................... 180.7 184.606 2.2 

Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home 1 ..................... 178.0 178.321 .2 

Wine at home ......................................................................... 159.8 162.914 1.9

Alcoholic beverages away from home ..................................... 254.6 265.969 4.5

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home 1 2 ..... 129.6 134.542 3.8 

Wine away from home 1 2 ...................................................... 138.9 145.398 4.7 

Distilled spirits away from home 1 2 ....................................... 134.3 140.844 4.9 

Housing ........................................................................................ 203.2 209.586 3.1 

Shelter ........................................................................................ 232.1 240.611 3.7 

Rent of primary residence ........................................................ 225.1 234.679 4.3

Lodging away from home 2 ...................................................... 136.0 142.813 5.0 

Housing at school, excluding board 4 .................................... 352.7 371.121 5.2 

Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels 285.6 299.905 5.0

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 ....................... 238.2 246.235 3.4 

Tenants’ and household insurance 2 ....................................... 116.5 117.004 .4 

Fuels and utilities ....................................................................... 194.7 200.632 3.0

Household energy .................................................................... 177.1 181.744 2.6

Fuel oil and other fuels ........................................................... 234.9 251.453 7.0

Fuel oil ................................................................................. 244.6 262.597 7.4

Propane, kerosene, and firewood 5 ..................................... 268.8 285.957 6.4 

Gas (piped) and electricity ..................................................... 182.1 186.262 2.3

Electricity .............................................................................. 169.2 175.825 3.9 

Utility (piped) gas service ..................................................... 220.8 217.688 -1.4

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ..................... 136.8 143.706 5.0 

Water and sewerage maintenance ........................................ 297.2 312.635 5.2

Garbage and trash collection 6 .............................................. 330.1 345.566 4.7 

Household furnishings and operations ....................................... 127.0 126.875 -.1

Window and floor coverings and other linens 2 ........................ 84.2 80.709 -4.1 

Floor coverings 2 .................................................................... 116.7 118.117 1.2 

Window coverings 2 ............................................................... 86.6 86.077 -.6 

Other linens 2 ......................................................................... 74.8 69.640 -6.9 

Furniture and bedding .............................................................. 127.0 125.836 -.9

Bedroom furniture .................................................................. 145.4 144.742 -.5

Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture 2 .................. 92.8 91.626 -1.3 

Other furniture 2 ..................................................................... 89.6 88.973 -.7 

Infants’ furniture 1 3 .............................................................. 99.8 - -

Appliances 2 ............................................................................. 88.1 89.769 1.9 

Major appliances 2 ................................................................. 96.3 99.928 3.8 

Laundry equipment 1 ............................................................ 111.9 115.848 3.5 

Other appliances 2 ................................................................. 77.3 76.766 -.7 

Other household equipment and furnishings 2 ......................... 80.4 76.948 -4.3 

Clocks, lamps, and decorator items ....................................... 79.6 73.604 -7.5

Indoor plants and flowers 7 .................................................... 122.2 123.593 1.1 

Dishes and flatware 2 ............................................................. 78.0 73.655 -5.6 

Nonelectric cookware and tableware 2 .................................. 91.1 93.148 2.2 

Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies 2 ............... 94.6 94.569 .0 

Tools, hardware and supplies 2 ............................................. 99.4 99.711 .3 

Outdoor equipment and supplies 2 ........................................ 92.1 91.990 -.1 

Housekeeping supplies ............................................................ 166.6 169.358 1.7

Household cleaning products 2 .............................................. 111.6 112.260 .6 

Household paper products 2 .................................................. 132.0 135.555 2.7 

Miscellaneous household products 2 ..................................... 111.0 113.567 2.3 

Household operations 2 ........................................................... 136.6 140.621 2.9 

Domestic services 2 ............................................................... 133.1 138.059 3.7 

Gardening and lawncare services 2 ....................................... 136.6 140.522 2.9 

See footnotes at end of table.

168 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 3A. Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, detailed expenditure

categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Annual

 average 

2006

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent change from

2006 to 2007

Expenditure category

Moving, storage, freight expense 2 ........................................ 129.5 129.372 -0.1 

Repair of household items 2 ................................................... 154.7 161.178 4.2 

Apparel ......................................................................................... 119.5 118.998 -.4 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ............................................................ 114.1 112.368 -1.5

Men’s apparel .......................................................................... 119.8 118.176 -1.4

Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear ................................ 121.4 120.212 -1.0

Men’s furnishings ................................................................... 134.6 132.755 -1.4

Men’s shirts and sweaters 2 ................................................... 84.7 82.530 -2.6 

Men’s pants and shorts .......................................................... 109.5 108.949 -.5

Boys’ apparel ........................................................................... 93.7 91.687 -2.1

Women’s and girls’ apparel ........................................................ 110.7 110.296 -.4

Women’s apparel ..................................................................... 112.5 112.064 -.4

Women’s outerwear ............................................................... 94.8 93.143 -1.7

Women’s dresses .................................................................. 111.3 112.797 1.3

Women’s suits and separates 2 ............................................. 88.2 88.921 .8 

Women’s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and

accessories 2 ................................................................. 94.4 91.805 -2.7 

Girls’ apparel ............................................................................ 101.6 101.104 -.5

Footwear .................................................................................... 123.5 122.374 -.9 

Men’s footwear ......................................................................... 123.5 120.879 -2.1

Boys’ and girls’ footwear .......................................................... 123.3 122.418 -.7

Women’s footwear ................................................................... 122.8 122.465 -.3

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ..................................................... 116.5 113.948 -2.2

Jewelry and watches 5 ............................................................... 130.7 137.092 4.9 

Watches 5 ................................................................................ 116.8 116.744 .0 

Jewelry 5 .................................................................................. 134.8 142.442 5.7 

Transportation .............................................................................. 180.9 184.682 2.1 

Private transportation ................................................................. 177.0 180.778 2.1

New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................... 95.6 94.303 -1.4 

New vehicles .......................................................................... 137.6 136.254 -1.0

New cars and trucks 1 2 ....................................................... 95.4 94.427 -1.0 

New cars 1 ........................................................................... 136.4 135.865 -.4 

New trucks 1 6 ...................................................................... 142.9 140.714 -1.5 

Used cars and trucks ............................................................. 140.0 135.747 -3.0

Leased cars and trucks 8 ....................................................... 93.1 92.637 -.5 

Car and truck rental 2 ............................................................. 110.4 113.686 3.0 

Motor fuel ................................................................................. 221.0 239.070 8.2

Gasoline (all types) ................................................................ 219.9 237.959 8.2

Gasoline, unleaded regular 1 ............................................... 220.0 238.151 8.3 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 1 9 ......................................... 224.4 242.455 8.0 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 1 ............................................ 212.1 228.966 8.0 

Other motor fuels 2 ................................................................. 205.0 217.145 5.9 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment .......................................... 117.3 121.583 3.7

Tires ....................................................................................... 108.4 111.649 3.0 

Vehicle accessories other than tires 2 .................................... 123.2 128.856 4.6 

Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires 1 .................... 123.5 127.975 3.6 

Motor oil, coolant, and fluids 1 .............................................. 212.7 231.138 8.7 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ..................................... 215.6 222.963 3.4

Motor vehicle body work ........................................................ 224.8 232.233 3.3

Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing .............................. 195.7 202.143 3.3

Motor vehicle repair 2 ............................................................. 132.7 137.370 3.5 

Motor vehicle insurance ........................................................... 331.8 333.143 .4

Motor vehicle fees 2 ................................................................. 138.8 141.198 1.7 

State and local registration and license 2 ............................... 137.3 138.785 1.1 

Parking and other fees 2 ........................................................ 141.1 145.552 3.2 

Parking fees and tolls 1 2 ..................................................... 145.6 150.402 3.3 

Automobile service clubs 1 2 ................................................ 116.4 119.076 2.3 

Public transportation .................................................................. 226.6 230.002 1.5

Airline fare ................................................................................ 247.3 251.686 1.8

Other intercity transportation .................................................... 154.6 153.884 -.5

See footnotes at end of table.

169 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 3A. Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, detailed expenditure

categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Annual

 average 

2006

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent change from

2006 to 2007

Expenditure category

Ship fare 1 2 ........................................................................... 71.6 71.197 -0.6 

Intracity transportation ............................................................. 225.9 230.623 2.1

Medical care ................................................................................. 336.2 351.054 4.4

Medical care commodities ......................................................... 285.9 289.999 1.4

Prescription drugs .................................................................... 363.9 369.157 1.4

Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies 5 ......................... 154.6 156.791 1.4 

Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs ..................... 183.4 186.407 1.6

Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies ................. 183.2 185.065 1.0

Medical care services ................................................................ 350.6 369.302 5.3

Professional services ............................................................... 289.3 300.792 4.0

Physicians’ services ............................................................... 291.9 303.242 3.9

Dental services ...................................................................... 340.9 358.415 5.1

Eyeglasses and eye care 5 .................................................... 168.1 171.619 2.1 

Services by other medical professionals 5 ............................. 192.2 197.414 2.7 

Hospital and related services ................................................... 468.1 498.922 6.6

Hospital services 10 ............................................................... 172.1 183.551 6.7 

Inpatient hospital services 1 10 ............................................ 167.5 178.060 6.3 

Outpatient hospital services 1 5 ........................................... 395.0 424.230 7.4 

Nursing homes and adult daycare 10 ..................................... 151.0 159.592 5.7 

Health insurance 3 ................................................................... 103.1 113.520 10.1 

Recreation 2 ................................................................................. 110.9 111.443 .5 

Video and audio 2 ...................................................................... 104.6 102.949 -1.6 

Televisions ............................................................................... 22.3 16.938 -24.0 

Cable and satellite television and radio service 6 .................... 344.9 351.475 1.9 

Other video equipment 2 .......................................................... 26.9 23.602 -12.3 

Video cassettes, discs, and other media including rental 2 ...... 76.6 76.112 -.6 

Video cassettes and discs, blank and prerecorded 1 2 .......... 69.3 64.542 -6.9 

Rental of video tapes and discs 1 2 ........................................ 90.1 92.370 2.5 

Audio equipment ...................................................................... 57.3 54.130 -5.5

Audio discs, tapes and other media 2 ...................................... 107.6 105.475 -2.0 

Pets, pet products and services 2 .............................................. 128.4 133.841 4.2 

Pets and pet products .............................................................. 161.7 166.578 3.0

Pet food 1 2 ............................................................................ 115.5 119.400 3.4 

Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories 1 2 .................... 110.0 112.393 2.2 

Pet services including veterinary 2 ........................................... 156.5 165.707 5.9 

Pet services 1 2 ...................................................................... 136.1 142.361 4.6 

Veterinarian services 1 2 ........................................................ 160.1 170.356 6.4 

Sporting goods ........................................................................... 117.1 116.426 -.6

Sports vehicles including bicycles ............................................ 138.0 137.923 -.1

Sports equipment ..................................................................... 97.6 96.179 -1.5

Photography 2 ............................................................................ 87.1 82.590 -5.2 

Photographic equipment and supplies ..................................... 91.1 81.582 -10.4

Film and photographic supplies 1 2 ........................................ 85.9 85.770 -.2 

Photographic equipment 1 2 ................................................... 51.2 41.552 -18.8 

Photographers and film processing 2 ....................................... 105.3 105.476 .2 

Photographer fees 1 2 ............................................................ 114.0 115.640 1.4 

Film processing 1 2 ................................................................ 99.3 98.882 -.4 

Other recreational goods 2 ......................................................... 67.2 64.335 -4.3 

Toys ......................................................................................... 74.1 70.584 -4.7 

Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipment 1 2 ........... 70.8 68.809 -2.8 

Sewing machines, fabric and supplies 2 .................................. 92.0 88.473 -3.8 

Music instruments and accessories 2 ...................................... 97.7 95.144 -2.6 

Recreation services 2 ................................................................. 135.1 139.369 3.2 

Club membership dues and fees for participant sports 2 ......... 121.9 123.703 1.5 

Admissions ............................................................................... 291.9 303.788 4.1 

Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts 1 2 ................... 141.8 147.392 3.9 

Admission to sporting events 1 2 ............................................ 152.5 160.091 5.0 

Fees for lessons or instructions 5 ............................................. 236.0 245.485 4.0 

See footnotes at end of table.

170 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 3A. Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, detailed expenditure

categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Annual

 average 

2006

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent change from

2006 to 2007

Expenditure category

Recreational reading materials .................................................. 205.3 207.330 1.0 

Newspapers and magazines 2 ................................................. 120.9 122.150 1.0 

Recreational books 2 ................................................................ 103.3 104.120 .8 

Education and communication 2 .................................................. 116.8 119.577 2.4 

Education 2 ................................................................................ 162.1 171.388 5.7 

Educational books and supplies .............................................. 388.9 420.418 8.1

College textbooks 1 8 ............................................................. 128.0 138.580 8.3 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................. 468.1 494.079 5.5

College tuition and fees ......................................................... 507.0 538.687 6.2

Elementary and high school tuition and fees ......................... 511.2 539.442 5.5

Child care and nursery school 7 ............................................. 206.0 214.877 4.3 

Technical and business school tuition and fees 2 .................. 170.8 177.666 4.0 

Communication 2 ....................................................................... 84.1 83.367 -.9 

Postage and delivery services 2 ............................................... 126.6 130.103 2.8 

Postage .................................................................................. 201.1 206.067 2.5 

Delivery services 2 ................................................................. 172.9 183.936 6.4 

Information and information processing 2 ................................ 81.7 80.720 -1.2 

Telephone services 2 ............................................................. 95.8 98.247 2.6 

Land-line telephone services, local charges ........................ 213.9 222.113 3.8

Land-line telephone services, long distance charges 2 ........ 68.3 71.453 4.6 

Land-line interstate toll calls 1 ............................................ 48.9 51.251 4.8 

Land-line intrastate toll calls 1 ............................................ 70.3 75.115 6.8 

Wireless telephone services 2 .............................................. 64.6 64.383 -.3 

Information technology, hardware and services 11 .................. 12.5 10.597 -15.2 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 2 12 .............. 10.8 9.688 -10.3 

Computer software and accessories 2 ................................... 55.4 52.512 -5.2 

Internet services and electronic information providers 2 ........ 92.2 73.247 -20.6 

Telephone hardware, calculators, and other consumer

information items 2 ......................................................... 41.7 38.613 -7.4 

Other goods and services ............................................................ 321.7 333.328 3.6

Tobacco and smoking products ................................................. 519.9 554.184 6.6

Cigarettes 2 .............................................................................. 210.4 224.787 6.8 

Tobacco products other than cigarettes 2 ................................ 156.1 160.713 3.0 

Personal care ............................................................................. 190.2 195.622 2.9

Personal care products ............................................................ 155.8 158.285 1.6

Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care

products 2 ....................................................................... 102.6 103.606 1.0 

Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implements 173.1 177.001 2.3

Personal care services ............................................................. 209.7 216.559 3.3

Haircuts and other personal care services 2 .......................... 127.9 132.136 3.3 

Miscellaneous personal services ............................................. 313.6 324.984 3.6

Legal services 5 ..................................................................... 250.0 260.273 4.1 

Funeral expenses 5 ................................................................ 240.6 252.567 5.0 

Laundry and dry cleaning services 2 ...................................... 125.5 129.436 3.1 

Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning 2 ........ 131.8 136.904 3.9 

Financial services 5 ................................................................ 259.8 268.183 3.2 

Checking account and other bank services 1 2 .................... 125.3 127.727 1.9 

Tax return preparation and other accounting fees 1 2 .......... 154.5 160.764 4.1 

Care of invalids and elderly at home 3 ................................... 101.8 103.164 1.3 

Miscellaneous personal goods 2 .............................................. 86.3 87.076 .9 

Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap 1 ............................. 150.2 152.868 1.8 

Infants’ equipment 1 3 ............................................................ 96.3 95.878 -.4 

Special aggregate indexes

Commodities .................................................................................. 164.0 167.509 2.1 

Commodities less food and beverages ........................................ 145.9 147.515 1.1

Nondurables less food and beverages ...................................... 176.7 182.526 3.3

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ..................... 216.3 226.224 4.6

Durables ..................................................................................... 114.5 112.473 -1.8 

Services ......................................................................................... 238.9 246.848 3.3 

Rent of shelter 4 ............................................................................. 241.9 250.813 3.7 

Transportation services .................................................................. 230.8 233.731 1.3

Other services ................................................................................ 277.5 285.559 2.9

All items less food .......................................................................... 202.7 208.098 2.7

All items less shelter ...................................................................... 191.9 196.639 2.5

All items less medical care ............................................................. 194.7 200.080 2.8

Commodities less food ................................................................... 148.0 149.720 1.2

See footnotes at end of table.

171 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 3A. Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, detailed expenditure

categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Annual

 average 

2006

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent change from

2006 to 2007

Special aggregate indexes

Nondurables less food ................................................................... 178.2 184.012 3.3

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................... 213.9 223.411 4.4

Nondurables ................................................................................... 186.7 193.468 3.6 

Apparel less footwear .................................................................... 114.1 113.848 -.2

Services less rent of shelter 4 ........................................................ 253.3 260.764 2.9 

Services less medical care services .............................................. 229.6 236.847 3.2

Energy ............................................................................................ 196.9 207.723 5.5 

All items less energy ...................................................................... 203.7 208.925 2.6

All items less food and energy ..................................................... 205.9 210.729 2.3

Commodities less food and energy commodities ...................... 140.6 140.053 -.4

Energy commodities ................................................................ 223.0 241.018 8.1

Services less energy services .................................................... 244.7 253.058 3.4

Domestically produced farm food .................................................. 198.1 206.457 4.2

Utilities and public transportation ................................................... 186.7 191.340 2.5

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1982-84=$1.00) .......... $ .496 $ .482 -

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ............... $ .166 $ .161 -

1 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 Indexes on a December 2005=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 6 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base. 7 Indexes on a December 1990=100 base. 8 Indexes on a December 2001=100 base.9 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 10 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 11 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 12 This item will be rebased to December 2007=100 beginning

with the release of March 2008 data. All historical data will be

revised to reflect the new base. - Data not available.

172 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 5A. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, unadjusted indexes for

special detailed expenditure categories1

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item

Annual

 average 

2006

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent change from

2006 to 2007

Food and beverages

Rice 2 ............................................................................................. 114.9 120.066 4.5 

White bread .................................................................................... 238.0 257.975 8.4

Bread other than white ................................................................... 248.7 264.239 6.2

Fresh cakes and cupcakes ............................................................ 217.0 225.784 4.0

Cookies .......................................................................................... 211.6 217.879 3.0 

Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts ..................................... 221.8 227.966 2.8

Crackers, bread, and cracker products .......................................... 250.7 255.261 1.8

Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies, tarts, turnovers .... 218.6 226.312 3.5

Bacon and related products ........................................................... 213.0 220.978 3.7

Breakfast sausage and related products 2 ..................................... 120.0 123.001 2.5 

Ham, excluding canned ................................................................. 198.6 199.275 .3

Frankfurters .................................................................................... 171.6 179.344 4.5 

Lunchmeats 2 ................................................................................. 118.7 120.260 1.3 

Lamb and organ meats .................................................................. 226.4 222.329 -1.8

Lamb and mutton 2 ........................................................................ ---

Fresh whole chicken ...................................................................... 184.0 196.176 6.6

Fresh and frozen chicken parts ...................................................... 180.0 190.371 5.8

Canned fish and seafood ............................................................... 141.8 146.191 3.1

Frozen fish and seafood ................................................................ 235.5 241.375 2.5

Fresh whole milk ............................................................................ 181.6 205.397 13.1

Fresh milk other than whole 2 ........................................................ 127.5 141.000 10.6 

Oranges, including tangerines ....................................................... 396.2 452.941 14.3

Canned fruits 2 ............................................................................... 121.5 125.221 3.1 

Canned vegetables 2 ..................................................................... 125.9 129.530 2.9 

Frozen vegetables ......................................................................... 179.1 180.755 .9

Dried beans, peas, and lentils 2 ..................................................... 119.7 132.481 10.7 

Roasted coffee ............................................................................... 169.2 179.704 6.2

Instant and freeze dried coffee ...................................................... 178.9 189.145 5.7

Butter ............................................................................................. 171.2 170.683 -.3 

Margarine ....................................................................................... 179.1 188.012 5.0 

Peanut butter 2 ............................................................................... 111.0 114.433 3.1 

Salt and other seasonings and spices 2 ......................................... 111.9 114.802 2.6 

Olives, pickles, relishes 2 ............................................................... 113.1 120.837 6.8 

Sauces and gravies 2 ..................................................................... 109.9 111.491 1.4 

Other condiments ........................................................................... 219.3 225.943 3.0

Food at elementary and secondary schools 3 ................................ 101.6 105.769 4.1 

Whiskey at home ........................................................................... 180.7 184.606 2.2

Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home .................................. 178.0 178.321 .2

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home 2 ................ 129.6 134.542 3.8 

Wine away from home 2 ................................................................. 138.9 145.398 4.7 

Distilled spirits away from home 2 .................................................. 134.3 140.844 4.9 

Housing

Infants’ furniture 3 ........................................................................... 99.8 - -

Laundry equipment ........................................................................ 111.9 115.848 3.5 

Transportation

New cars and trucks 2 .................................................................... 95.4 94.427 -1.0 

New cars ........................................................................................ 136.4 135.865 -.4

New trucks 4 ................................................................................... 142.9 140.714 -1.5 

Gasoline, unleaded regular ............................................................ 220.0 238.151 8.3

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 ..................................................... 224.4 242.455 8.0 

Gasoline, unleaded premium ......................................................... 212.1 228.966 8.0

Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires ................................ 123.5 127.975 3.6

Motor oil, coolant, and fluids .......................................................... 212.7 231.138 8.7

Parking fees and tolls 2 .................................................................. 145.6 150.402 3.3 

Automobile service clubs 2 ............................................................. 116.4 119.076 2.3 

Ship fare 2 ...................................................................................... 71.6 71.197 -.6 

Medical care

Inpatient hospital services 6 ........................................................... 167.5 178.060 6.3 

Outpatient hospital services 7 ........................................................ 395.0 424.230 7.4 

See footnotes at end of table.

173 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 5A. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, unadjusted indexes for

special detailed expenditure categories1-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item

Annual

 average 

2006

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent change from

2006 to 2007

Recreation

Video cassettes and discs, blank and prerecorded 2 ..................... 69.3 64.542 -6.9 

Rental of video tapes and discs 2 .................................................. 90.1 92.370 2.5 

Pet food 2 ....................................................................................... 115.5 119.400 3.4 

Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories 2 ............................... 110.0 112.393 2.2 

Pet services 2 ................................................................................. 136.1 142.361 4.6 

Veterinarian services 2 ................................................................... 160.1 170.356 6.4 

Film and photographic supplies 2 ................................................... 85.9 85.770 -.2 

Photographic equipment 2 ............................................................. 51.2 41.552 -18.8 

Photographer fees 2 ....................................................................... 114.0 115.640 1.4 

Film processing 2 ........................................................................... 99.3 98.882 -.4 

Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipment 2 ...................... 70.8 68.809 -2.8 

Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts 2 .............................. 141.8 147.392 3.9 

Admission to sporting events 2 ...................................................... 152.5 160.091 5.0 

Education and communication

College textbooks 8 ........................................................................ 128.0 138.580 8.3 

Land-line interstate toll calls ........................................................... 48.9 51.251 4.8

Land-line intrastate toll calls ........................................................... 70.3 75.115 6.8

Other goods and services

Checking account and other bank services 2 ................................. 125.3 127.727 1.9 

Tax return preparation and other accounting fees 2 ...................... 154.5 160.764 4.1 

Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap ....................................... 150.2 152.868 1.8

Infants’ equipment 3 ....................................................................... 96.3 95.878 -.4 

1 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 Indexes on a December 2005=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.6 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 7 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 8 Indexes on a December 2001=100 base. - Data not available.

174 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
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 

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Annual

 average 

2006

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent change from

2006 to 2007

Expenditure category

All items ......................................................................................... 197.1 202.767 2.9 

All items (1967=100) ...................................................................... 587.2 603.982 -

Food and beverages .................................................................... 194.9 202.531 3.9

Food ........................................................................................... 194.4 202.134 4.0 

Food at home ........................................................................... 192.2 200.273 4.2

Cereals and bakery products ................................................. 213.1 222.409 4.4

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ................................................ 186.1 195.193 4.9

Dairy and related products ..................................................... 180.9 194.474 7.5

Fruits and vegetables ............................................................. 251.0 260.484 3.8

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .................. 146.7 152.786 4.1

Other food at home ................................................................ 169.1 172.630 2.1

Sugar and sweets ................................................................ 170.5 175.323 2.8

Fats and oils ......................................................................... 168.7 173.640 2.9

Other foods .......................................................................... 185.2 188.405 1.7

Other miscellaneous foods 1 .............................................. 114.2 115.356 1.0 

Food away from home ............................................................. 199.1 206.412 3.7

Other food away from home 1 ................................................ 136.2 143.462 5.3 

Alcoholic beverages ................................................................... 200.6 207.097 3.2

Housing ........................................................................................ 198.5 204.795 3.2 

Shelter ........................................................................................ 224.8 232.998 3.6 

Rent of primary residence ........................................................ 224.2 233.806 4.3

Lodging away from home 1 ...................................................... 135.3 142.339 5.2 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 2 ....................... 216.0 223.175 3.3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 ....................................... 116.8 117.366 .5 

Fuels and utilities ....................................................................... 193.1 198.863 3.0

Household energy .................................................................... 174.4 179.031 2.7

Fuel oil and other fuels ........................................................... 234.0 251.121 7.3

Gas (piped) and electricity ..................................................... 180.2 184.357 2.3

Water and sewer and trash collection services 1 ..................... 137.1 143.980 5.0 

Household furnishings and operations ....................................... 122.6 122.477 -.1

Household operations 1 ........................................................... 139.0 143.054 2.9 

Apparel ......................................................................................... 119.1 118.518 -.5 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ............................................................ 114.0 112.224 -1.6

Women’s and girls’ apparel ........................................................ 110.3 110.202 -.1

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ..................................................... 118.6 116.278 -2.0

Footwear .................................................................................... 123.1 122.062 -.8 

Transportation .............................................................................. 180.3 184.344 2.2 

Private transportation ................................................................. 177.5 181.496 2.3

New and used motor vehicles 1 ............................................... 94.7 93.300 -1.5 

New vehicles .......................................................................... 138.6 137.415 -.9 

Used cars and trucks ............................................................. 140.8 136.586 -3.0

Motor fuel ................................................................................. 221.6 239.900 8.3

Gasoline (all types) ................................................................ 220.7 238.879 8.2

Motor vehicle parts and equipment .......................................... 116.9 121.356 3.8

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ..................................... 218.1 225.535 3.4

Public transportation .................................................................. 225.0 228.531 1.6

Medical care ................................................................................. 335.7 350.882 4.5

Medical care commodities ......................................................... 279.0 282.558 1.3

Medical care services ................................................................ 351.1 370.111 5.4

Professional services ............................................................... 291.7 303.169 3.9

Hospital and related services ................................................... 463.6 493.740 6.5

See footnotes at end of table.

175 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
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 -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Annual

 average 

2006

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent change from

2006 to 2007

Expenditure category

Recreation 1 ................................................................................. 108.2 108.572 0.3 

Video and audio 1 ...................................................................... 103.9 102.559 -1.3 

Education and communication 1 .................................................. 113.9 116.301 2.1 

Education 1 ................................................................................ 160.3 169.280 5.6 

Educational books and supplies .............................................. 390.7 423.730 8.5

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................. 453.3 477.589 5.4

Communication 1 ....................................................................... 86.0 85.782 -.3 

Information and information processing 1 ................................ 84.3 83.928 -.4 

Telephone services 1 ............................................................. 95.9 98.373 2.6 

Information technology, hardware and services 3 .................. 13.0 11.062 -14.9 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 4 .............. 10.7 9.565 -10.6 

Other goods and services ............................................................ 330.9 344.004 4.0

Tobacco and smoking products ................................................. 521.6 555.502 6.5

Personal care ............................................................................. 188.3 193.590 2.8

Personal care products ............................................................ 155.7 158.268 1.6

Personal care services ............................................................. 209.8 216.823 3.3

Miscellaneous personal services ............................................. 314.1 326.100 3.8

Commodity and service group

Commodities .................................................................................. 165.7 169.554 2.3 

Food and beverages .................................................................... 194.9 202.531 3.9

Commodities less food and beverages ........................................ 148.7 150.865 1.5

Nondurables less food and beverages ...................................... 182.6 189.507 3.8

Apparel ..................................................................................... 119.1 118.518 -.5 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ..................... 226.1 237.858 5.2

Durables ..................................................................................... 114.6 112.640 -1.7 

Services ......................................................................................... 234.1 241.696 3.2 

Rent of shelter 2 ........................................................................... 216.6 224.617 3.7 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 ........................................... 116.8 117.366 .5 

Gas (piped) and electricity ........................................................... 180.2 184.357 2.3

Water and sewer and trash collection services 1 ......................... 137.1 143.980 5.0 

Household operations 1 ............................................................... 139.0 143.054 2.9 

Transportation services ................................................................ 230.6 233.420 1.2

Medical care services .................................................................. 351.1 370.111 5.4

Other services .............................................................................. 268.2 275.218 2.6

Special indexes

All items less food .......................................................................... 197.5 202.698 2.6

All items less shelter ...................................................................... 189.2 193.940 2.5

All items less medical care ............................................................. 191.3 196.564 2.8

Commodities less food ................................................................... 150.6 152.875 1.5

Nondurables less food ................................................................... 183.8 190.698 3.8

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................... 223.0 234.201 5.0

Nondurables ................................................................................... 189.5 196.772 3.8 

Services less rent of shelter 2 ........................................................ 224.7 230.876 2.7 

Services less medical care services .............................................. 225.3 232.195 3.1

Energy ............................................................................................ 196.8 208.066 5.7 

All items less energy ...................................................................... 198.0 203.002 2.5

All items less food and energy ..................................................... 199.2 203.554 2.2

Commodities less food and energy commodities ...................... 141.1 140.612 -.3

Energy commodities ................................................................ 223.0 241.257 8.2

Services less energy services .................................................... 239.9 247.888 3.3

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1982-84=$1.00) .......... $ .507 $ .493 -

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ............... $ .170 $ .166 -

1 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 2 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 3 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 4 This item will be rebased to December 2007=100 beginning

with the release of March 2008 data. All historical data will be

revised to reflect the new base. - Data not available.

176 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 8A. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average,

detailed expenditure categories 

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Annual

 average 

2006

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent change from

2006 to 2007

Expenditure category

All items ......................................................................................... 197.1 202.767 2.9 

All items (1967=100) ...................................................................... 587.2 603.982 -

Food and beverages .................................................................... 194.9 202.531 3.9

Food ........................................................................................... 194.4 202.134 4.0 

Food at home ........................................................................... 192.2 200.273 4.2

Cereals and bakery products ................................................. 213.1 222.409 4.4

Cereals and cereal products ................................................ 187.2 194.757 4.0

Flour and prepared flour mixes .......................................... 182.1 191.517 5.2

Breakfast cereal ................................................................. 199.9 205.085 2.6

Rice, pasta, cornmeal ........................................................ 172.1 182.280 5.9

Bakery products ................................................................... 227.3 237.576 4.5

Bread 1 ............................................................................... 130.6 140.345 7.5 

Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins 1 ............................................ 130.4 136.990 5.1 

Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies .......................................... 213.6 221.230 3.6 

Other bakery products ....................................................... 217.7 222.803 2.3

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ................................................ 186.1 195.193 4.9

Meats, poultry, and fish ........................................................ 187.8 195.018 3.8

Meats ................................................................................. 188.6 194.670 3.2 

Beef and veal ................................................................... 202.3 211.339 4.5

Uncooked ground beef ................................................... 176.0 183.999 4.5

Uncooked beef roasts 1 ................................................. 145.3 153.926 5.9 

Uncooked beef steaks 1 ................................................. 146.6 152.262 3.9 

Uncooked other beef and veal 1 .................................... 141.2 146.592 3.8 

Pork .................................................................................. 176.5 180.007 2.0 

Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products 1 ........ 122.7 127.128 3.6 

Ham ............................................................................... 175.8 177.823 1.2 

Pork chops ..................................................................... 168.9 170.885 1.2

Other pork including roasts and picnics 1 ...................... 109.0 110.509 1.4 

Other meats ..................................................................... 179.9 183.656 2.1

Poultry ................................................................................ 181.8 191.274 5.2 

Chicken 1 ......................................................................... 118.0 124.816 5.8 

Other poultry including turkey 1 ........................................ 114.0 117.153 2.8 

Fish and seafood ............................................................... 209.9 219.996 4.8

Fresh fish and seafood 1 .................................................. 123.2 130.967 6.3 

Processed fish and seafood 1 .......................................... 110.7 113.289 2.3 

Eggs ..................................................................................... 150.2 195.310 30.0 

Dairy and related products ..................................................... 180.9 194.474 7.5

Milk 1 .................................................................................... 125.2 139.673 11.6 

Cheese and related products ............................................... 179.1 189.904 6.0

Ice cream and related products ........................................... 181.0 184.721 2.1

Other dairy and related products 1 ....................................... 123.1 130.506 6.0 

Fruits and vegetables ............................................................. 251.0 260.484 3.8

Fresh fruits and vegetables .................................................. 298.5 309.876 3.8

Fresh fruits ......................................................................... 311.7 326.815 4.8

Apples .............................................................................. 279.3 301.901 8.1 

Bananas ........................................................................... 175.3 178.059 1.6 

Citrus fruits 1 .................................................................... 196.1 215.602 9.9 

Other fresh fruits 1 ............................................................ 111.9 114.108 2.0 

Fresh vegetables ............................................................... 284.4 292.348 2.8

Potatoes ........................................................................... 273.2 280.546 2.7 

Lettuce ............................................................................. 257.8 271.533 5.3 

Tomatoes ......................................................................... 318.4 299.909 -5.8 

Other fresh vegetables ..................................................... 287.7 305.084 6.0

Processed fruits and vegetables 1 ....................................... 122.1 126.578 3.7 

Canned fruits and vegetables 1 .......................................... 121.7 125.486 3.1 

Frozen fruits and vegetables 1 ........................................... 123.4 127.014 2.9 

Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried 1 ... 119.8 127.266 6.2 

See footnotes at end of table.

177 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 8A. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average,

detailed expenditure categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Annual

 average 

2006

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent change from

2006 to 2007

Expenditure category

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .................. 146.7 152.786 4.1 

Juices and nonalcoholic drinks 1 .......................................... 113.7 118.578 4.3 

Carbonated drinks .............................................................. 135.6 141.636 4.5

Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 ........................ 120.5 139.153 15.5 

Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 ................... 109.4 112.950 3.2 

Beverage materials including coffee and tea 1 .................... 104.2 108.172 3.8 

Coffee ................................................................................ 165.2 174.753 5.8 

Other beverage materials including tea 1 ........................... 116.1 119.387 2.8 

Other food at home ................................................................ 169.1 172.630 2.1

Sugar and sweets ................................................................ 170.5 175.323 2.8

Sugar and artificial sweeteners .......................................... 164.0 167.237 2.0

Candy and chewing gum 1 ................................................. 111.4 114.782 3.0 

Other sweets 1 ................................................................... 121.4 125.157 3.1 

Fats and oils ......................................................................... 168.7 173.640 2.9

Butter and margarine 1 ....................................................... 133.6 137.121 2.6 

Salad dressing 1 ................................................................. 110.0 111.737 1.6 

Other fats and oils including peanut butter 1 ...................... 117.9 122.646 4.0 

Other foods .......................................................................... 185.2 188.405 1.7

Soups ................................................................................. 215.0 216.303 .6 

Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods ............................ 151.2 154.039 1.9

Snacks ............................................................................... 180.5 183.965 1.9 

Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces .......................... 192.0 197.209 2.7

Baby food 1 ........................................................................ 128.8 131.409 2.0 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 .............................................. 114.2 115.356 1.0 

Food away from home ............................................................. 199.1 206.412 3.7

Full service meals and snacks 1 ............................................ 125.5 130.007 3.6 

Limited service meals and snacks 1 ....................................... 126.0 130.528 3.6 

Food at employee sites and schools 1 ................................... 122.5 126.743 3.5 

Food from vending machines and mobile vendors 1 .............. 115.1 118.221 2.7 

Other food away from home 1 ................................................ 136.2 143.462 5.3 

Alcoholic beverages ................................................................... 200.6 207.097 3.2

Alcoholic beverages at home ................................................... 176.1 180.950 2.8

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home ........................ 178.7 184.782 3.4

Distilled spirits at home .......................................................... 177.4 179.042 .9

Wine at home ......................................................................... 157.2 160.318 2.0

Alcoholic beverages away from home ..................................... 253.8 265.210 4.5

Housing ........................................................................................ 198.5 204.795 3.2 

Shelter ........................................................................................ 224.8 232.998 3.6 

Rent of primary residence ........................................................ 224.2 233.806 4.3

Lodging away from home 1 ...................................................... 135.3 142.339 5.2 

Housing at school, excluding board 2 .................................... 357.2 377.074 5.6 

Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels 282.2 296.854 5.2

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 2 ....................... 216.0 223.175 3.3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 ....................................... 116.8 117.366 .5 

Fuels and utilities ....................................................................... 193.1 198.863 3.0

Household energy .................................................................... 174.4 179.031 2.7

Fuel oil and other fuels ........................................................... 234.0 251.121 7.3

Fuel oil ................................................................................. 245.1 263.707 7.6

Propane, kerosene, and firewood 3 ..................................... 269.5 287.817 6.8 

Gas (piped) and electricity ..................................................... 180.2 184.357 2.3

Electricity .............................................................................. 167.6 174.086 3.9 

Utility (piped) gas service ..................................................... 220.4 217.355 -1.4

Water and sewer and trash collection services 1 ..................... 137.1 143.980 5.0 

Water and sewerage maintenance ........................................ 293.5 308.473 5.1

Garbage and trash collection 4 .............................................. 329.9 345.320 4.7 

Household furnishings and operations ....................................... 122.6 122.477 -.1

Window and floor coverings and other linens 1 ........................ 85.7 81.894 -4.4 

Floor coverings 1 .................................................................... 115.8 116.667 .7 

Window coverings 1 ............................................................... 90.2 89.956 -.3 

Other linens 1 ......................................................................... 76.2 70.508 -7.5 

Furniture and bedding .............................................................. 123.3 122.196 -.9

Bedroom furniture .................................................................. 142.6 142.069 -.4

Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture 1 .................. 91.9 90.596 -1.4 

Other furniture 1 ..................................................................... 89.4 88.756 -.7 

See footnotes at end of table.

178 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 8A. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average,

detailed expenditure categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Annual

 average 

2006

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent change from

2006 to 2007

Expenditure category

Appliances 1 ............................................................................. 88.3 90.158 2.1 

Major appliances 1 ................................................................. 96.8 100.730 4.1 

Other appliances 1 ................................................................. 76.9 76.400 -.7 

Other household equipment and furnishings 1 ......................... 80.6 77.499 -3.8 

Clocks, lamps, and decorator items ....................................... 75.9 70.499 -7.1

Indoor plants and flowers 5 .................................................... 124.0 125.949 1.6 

Dishes and flatware 1 ............................................................. 79.1 74.735 -5.5 

Nonelectric cookware and tableware 1 .................................. 92.9 94.806 2.1 

Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies 1 ............... 94.3 94.334 .0 

Tools, hardware and supplies 1 ............................................. 100.0 99.776 -.2 

Outdoor equipment and supplies 1 ........................................ 89.5 89.659 .2 

Housekeeping supplies ............................................................ 167.1 169.838 1.6

Household cleaning products 1 .............................................. 111.8 112.679 .8 

Household paper products 1 .................................................. 131.5 135.087 2.7 

Miscellaneous household products 1 ..................................... 110.1 112.684 2.3 

Household operations 1 ........................................................... 139.0 143.054 2.9 

Domestic services 1 ............................................................... 131.8 136.455 3.5 

Gardening and lawncare services 1 ....................................... 138.4 142.413 2.9 

Moving, storage, freight expense 1 ........................................ 130.2 130.232 .0 

Repair of household items 1 ................................................... 158.2 165.210 4.4 

Apparel ......................................................................................... 119.1 118.518 -.5 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ............................................................ 114.0 112.224 -1.6

Men’s apparel .......................................................................... 120.3 118.739 -1.3

Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear ................................ 121.1 120.924 -.1

Men’s furnishings ................................................................... 135.5 133.374 -1.6

Men’s shirts and sweaters 1 ................................................... 86.3 84.054 -2.6 

Men’s pants and shorts .......................................................... 108.7 107.856 -.8

Boys’ apparel ........................................................................... 95.9 93.710 -2.3

Women’s and girls’ apparel ........................................................ 110.3 110.202 -.1

Women’s apparel ..................................................................... 112.1 112.194 .1

Women’s outerwear ............................................................... 99.9 98.325 -1.6

Women’s dresses .................................................................. 115.0 116.947 1.7

Women’s suits and separates 1 ............................................. 89.2 90.048 1.0 

Women’s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and

accessories 1 ................................................................. 94.4 92.185 -2.3 

Girls’ apparel ............................................................................ 102.6 101.838 -.7

Footwear .................................................................................... 123.1 122.062 -.8 

Men’s footwear ......................................................................... 120.5 118.818 -1.4

Boys’ and girls’ footwear .......................................................... 124.3 124.096 -.2

Women’s footwear ................................................................... 123.4 122.447 -.8

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ..................................................... 118.6 116.278 -2.0

Jewelry and watches 3 ............................................................... 130.0 135.295 4.1 

Watches 3 ................................................................................ 112.0 111.930 -.1 

Jewelry 3 .................................................................................. 135.5 142.390 5.1 

Transportation .............................................................................. 180.3 184.344 2.2 

Private transportation ................................................................. 177.5 181.496 2.3

New and used motor vehicles 1 ............................................... 94.7 93.300 -1.5 

New vehicles .......................................................................... 138.6 137.415 -.9

Used cars and trucks ............................................................. 140.8 136.586 -3.0

Leased cars and trucks 6 ....................................................... 92.3 91.994 -.3 

Car and truck rental 1 ............................................................. 109.9 112.797 2.6 

Motor fuel ................................................................................. 221.6 239.900 8.3

Gasoline (all types) ................................................................ 220.7 238.879 8.2

Gasoline, unleaded regular 7 ............................................... 220.6 238.953 8.3 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 ......................................... 225.2 243.543 8.1 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ............................................ 212.5 229.561 8.0 

Other motor fuels 1 ................................................................. 205.5 217.772 6.0 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment .......................................... 116.9 121.356 3.8

Tires ....................................................................................... 107.4 110.797 3.2 

Vehicle accessories other than tires 1 .................................... 122.7 128.428 4.7 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ..................................... 218.1 225.535 3.4

Motor vehicle body work ........................................................ 224.9 232.208 3.2

Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing .............................. 197.3 203.950 3.4

See footnotes at end of table.

179 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 8A. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average,

detailed expenditure categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Annual

 average 

2006

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent change from

2006 to 2007

Expenditure category

Motor vehicle repair 1 ............................................................. 133.3 138.002 3.5 

Motor vehicle insurance ........................................................... 332.8 334.250 .4

Motor vehicle fees 1 ................................................................. 139.2 141.611 1.7 

State and local registration and license 1 ............................... 138.6 140.084 1.1 

Parking and other fees 1 ........................................................ 140.2 144.714 3.2 

Public transportation .................................................................. 225.0 228.531 1.6

Airline fare ................................................................................ 246.4 250.567 1.7

Other intercity transportation .................................................... 156.2 155.423 -.5

Intracity transportation ............................................................. 223.1 227.376 1.9

Medical care ................................................................................. 335.7 350.882 4.5

Medical care commodities ......................................................... 279.0 282.558 1.3

Prescription drugs .................................................................... 363.4 367.997 1.3

Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies 3 ......................... 152.7 154.780 1.4 

Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs ..................... 181.5 184.225 1.5

Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies ................. 183.5 184.988 .8

Medical care services ................................................................ 351.1 370.111 5.4

Professional services ............................................................... 291.7 303.169 3.9

Physicians’ services ............................................................... 293.9 305.096 3.8

Dental services ...................................................................... 340.4 358.352 5.3

Eyeglasses and eye care 3 .................................................... 169.5 172.912 2.0 

Services by other medical professionals 3 ............................. 196.3 201.783 2.8 

Hospital and related services ................................................... 463.6 493.740 6.5

Hospital services 9 ................................................................. 171.6 182.719 6.5 

Inpatient hospital services 7 9 .............................................. 166.1 176.283 6.1 

Outpatient hospital services 3 7 ........................................... 395.9 424.652 7.3 

Nursing homes and adult daycare 9 ....................................... 160.4 170.595 6.4 

Health insurance 10 .................................................................. 103.2 114.279 10.7 

Recreation 1 ................................................................................. 108.2 108.572 .3 

Video and audio 1 ...................................................................... 103.9 102.559 -1.3 

Televisions ............................................................................... 22.2 16.951 -23.6 

Cable and satellite television and radio service 4 .................... 346.4 352.911 1.9 

Other video equipment 1 .......................................................... 26.4 23.253 -11.9 

Video cassettes, discs, and other media including rental 1 ...... 77.3 76.717 -.8 

Audio equipment ...................................................................... 55.4 51.874 -6.4

Audio discs, tapes and other media 1 ...................................... 107.3 105.571 -1.6 

Pets, pet products and services 1 .............................................. 126.5 131.607 4.0 

Pets and pet products .............................................................. 161.8 166.920 3.2

Pet services including veterinary 1 ........................................... 157.3 166.099 5.6 

Sporting goods ........................................................................... 117.5 116.637 -.7

Sports vehicles including bicycles ............................................ 139.3 139.703 .3

Sports equipment ..................................................................... 94.8 92.995 -1.9

Photography 1 ............................................................................ 87.8 83.573 -4.8 

Photographic equipment and supplies ..................................... 91.7 82.376 -10.2

Photographers and film processing 1 ....................................... 105.4 105.833 .4 

Other recreational goods 1 ......................................................... 66.2 63.517 -4.1 

Toys ......................................................................................... 75.7 72.157 -4.7 

Sewing machines, fabric and supplies 1 .................................. 92.2 89.131 -3.3 

Music instruments and accessories 1 ...................................... 97.2 96.007 -1.2 

Recreation services 1 ................................................................. 136.7 141.058 3.2 

Club membership dues and fees for participant sports 1 ......... 121.8 123.513 1.4 

Admissions ............................................................................... 290.6 302.185 4.0 

Fees for lessons or instructions 3 ............................................. 237.6 246.929 3.9 

Recreational reading materials .................................................. 206.9 208.642 .8

Newspapers and magazines 1 ................................................. 120.4 121.617 1.0 

Recreational books 1 ................................................................ 102.6 103.150 .5 

Education and communication 1 .................................................. 113.9 116.301 2.1 

Education 1 ................................................................................ 160.3 169.280 5.6 

Educational books and supplies .............................................. 390.7 423.730 8.5

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................. 453.3 477.589 5.4

College tuition and fees ......................................................... 508.0 540.249 6.3

Elementary and high school tuition and fees ......................... 509.8 537.765 5.5

See footnotes at end of table.

180 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 8A. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average,

detailed expenditure categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Annual

 average 

2006

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent change from

2006 to 2007

Expenditure category

Child care and nursery school 5 ............................................. 205.1 213.565 4.1 

Technical and business school tuition and fees 1 .................. 172.5 179.672 4.2 

Communication 1 ....................................................................... 86.0 85.782 -.3 

Postage and delivery services 1 ............................................... 126.6 130.103 2.8 

Postage .................................................................................. 201.9 206.879 2.5 

Delivery services 1 ................................................................. 172.8 184.184 6.6 

Information and information processing 1 ................................ 84.3 83.928 -.4 

Telephone services 1 ............................................................. 95.9 98.373 2.6 

Land-line telephone services, local charges ........................ 213.8 222.045 3.9

Land-line telephone services, long distance charges 1 ........ 68.2 71.349 4.6 

Wireless telephone services 1 .............................................. 65.6 65.385 -.3 

Information technology, hardware and services 11 .................. 13.0 11.062 -14.9 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 12 .............. 10.7 9.565 -10.6 

Computer software and accessories 1 ................................... 54.1 51.234 -5.3 

Internet services and electronic information providers 1 ........ 92.4 73.714 -20.2 

Telephone hardware, calculators, and other consumer

information items 1 ......................................................... 43.0 40.902 -4.9 

Other goods and services ............................................................ 330.9 344.004 4.0

Tobacco and smoking products ................................................. 521.6 555.502 6.5

Cigarettes 1 .............................................................................. 210.7 224.801 6.7 

Tobacco products other than cigarettes 1 ................................ 154.7 159.637 3.2 

Personal care ............................................................................. 188.3 193.590 2.8

Personal care products ............................................................ 155.7 158.268 1.6

Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care

products 1 ....................................................................... 102.3 103.516 1.2 

Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implements 174.6 178.306 2.1

Personal care services ............................................................. 209.8 216.823 3.3

Haircuts and other personal care services 1 .......................... 127.9 132.154 3.3 

Miscellaneous personal services ............................................. 314.1 326.100 3.8 

Legal services 3 ..................................................................... 251.0 261.452 4.2 

Funeral expenses 3 ................................................................ 246.7 259.040 5.0 

Laundry and dry cleaning services 1 ...................................... 125.3 129.110 3.0 

Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning 1 ........ 133.1 138.146 3.8 

Financial services 3 ................................................................ 261.6 270.929 3.6 

Care of invalids and elderly at home 10 ................................. 101.7 104.351 2.6 

Miscellaneous personal goods 1 .............................................. 86.3 86.874 .7 

Special aggregate indexes

Commodities .................................................................................. 165.7 169.554 2.3 

Commodities less food and beverages ........................................ 148.7 150.865 1.5

Nondurables less food and beverages ...................................... 182.6 189.507 3.8

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ..................... 226.1 237.858 5.2

Durables ..................................................................................... 114.6 112.640 -1.7 

Services ......................................................................................... 234.1 241.696 3.2 

Rent of shelter 2 ............................................................................. 216.6 224.617 3.7 

Transportation services .................................................................. 230.6 233.420 1.2

Other services ................................................................................ 268.2 275.218 2.6

All items less food .......................................................................... 197.5 202.698 2.6

All items less shelter ...................................................................... 189.2 193.940 2.5

All items less medical care ............................................................. 191.3 196.564 2.8

Commodities less food ................................................................... 150.6 152.875 1.5

Nondurables less food ................................................................... 183.8 190.698 3.8

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................... 223.0 234.201 5.0

Nondurables ................................................................................... 189.5 196.772 3.8 

See footnotes at end of table.

181 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 8A. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average,

detailed expenditure categories -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Annual

 average 

2006

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent change from

2006 to 2007

Special aggregate indexes

Apparel less footwear .................................................................... 113.7 113.310 -0.3

Services less rent of shelter 2 ........................................................ 224.7 230.876 2.7 

Services less medical care services .............................................. 225.3 232.195 3.1

Energy ............................................................................................ 196.8 208.066 5.7 

All items less energy ...................................................................... 198.0 203.002 2.5

All items less food and energy ..................................................... 199.2 203.554 2.2

Commodities less food and energy commodities ...................... 141.1 140.612 -.3

Energy commodities ................................................................ 223.0 241.257 8.2

Services less energy services .................................................... 239.9 247.888 3.3

Domestically produced farm food .................................................. 197.1 205.481 4.3

Utilities and public transportation ................................................... 184.1 188.730 2.5

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1982-84=$1.00) .......... $ .507 $ .493 -

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ............... $ .170 $ .166 -

1 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 2 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 3 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1990=100 base. 6 Indexes on a December 2001=100 base. 7 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 8 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.9 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 10 Indexes on a December 2005=100 base. 11 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 12 This item will be rebased to December 2007=100 beginning

with the release of March 2008 data. All historical data will be

revised to reflect the new base. - Data not available.

182 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 11A. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Regions1, by expenditure category and commodity and

service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Northeast Midwest South West

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Expenditure category

All items .......................................................... 220.512 2.6 198.123 2.7 200.361 2.9 212.230 3.2 

All items (December 1977=100) .................... 347.239 - 322.357 -

 325.013 - 343.059 -

Food and beverages ..................................... 207.650 4.0 196.517 3.7 200.411 3.8 209.068 4.2 

Food ........................................................... 207.188 4.1 195.876 3.7 200.682 3.8 208.261 4.2 

Food at home ........................................... 206.249 3.9 191.517 4.0 197.135 4.2 211.197 4.7 

Food away from home .............................. 211.253 4.2 202.749 3.4 208.383 3.4 203.543 3.6 

Alcoholic beverages ................................... 212.681 2.9 203.854 3.1 195.583 3.0 217.720 3.5 

Housing ........................................................ 234.682 3.0 192.263 2.3 193.233 3.3 221.069 3.8 

Shelter ........................................................ 279.199 3.4 221.327 2.3 213.965 4.1 247.582 4.4 

Rent of primary residence ........................ 264.109 4.1 210.765 2.6 210.841 4.8 245.709 4.7 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary

residence 2 ....................................... 288.143 3.2 223.495 1.7 216.038 4.0 258.749 4.1 

Fuels and utilities ........................................ 205.433 4.5 192.908 4.4 199.618 1.4 217.964 2.9 

Household energy .................................... 193.384 4.3 171.775 4.4 174.098 .8 205.617 2.0 

Gas (piped) and electricity ...................... 197.511 3.5 177.594 4.2 175.176 .6 208.022 1.9 

Electricity .............................................. 180.725 6.9 155.545 8.8 166.082 1.2 212.062 2.8 

Utility (piped) gas service ..................... 226.896 -2.1 214.246 -1.2 220.958 -2.1 215.485 -.1 

Household furnishings and operations ....... 129.047 -1.4 119.802 .3 126.024 .1 133.175 .3 

Apparel ......................................................... 117.554 -1.5 110.171 .0 132.004 -.2 112.220 .1 

Transportation .............................................. 182.731 1.2 186.221 2.9 182.687 2.1 187.127 2.1 

Private transportation ................................. 177.092 1.3 181.864 3.0 181.376 2.2 182.012 2.2 

New and used motor vehicles 3 ................ 92.786 -1.8 94.678 -.9 95.132 -1.3 94.145 -1.4 

New vehicles .......................................... 135.225 -1.0 131.555 -.6 140.616 -1.2 135.686 -.9 

New cars and trucks 3 4 ........................ 93.846 -1.1 92.703 -.4 95.675 -1.3 94.326 -.9 

New cars 4 ............................................ 134.288 -.4 129.613 .0 142.750 -.5 135.130 -.6 

Used cars and trucks .............................. 140.651 -3.1 136.569 -3.2 134.934 -3.0 133.266 -3.0 

Motor fuel .................................................. 230.557 6.5 248.239 9.7 235.859 7.8 241.282 8.5 

Gasoline (all types) ................................. 229.291 6.5 247.081 9.7 234.598 7.8 240.320 8.6 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 4 ................ 230.797 6.6 246.004 9.6 234.449 7.7 239.315 8.7 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 4 5 ......... 232.792 6.3 270.099 9.9 243.051 7.9 225.746 8.4 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 4 ............. 221.782 6.5 242.359 9.5 230.292 8.0 229.856 8.4 

Medical care ................................................. 374.231 4.8 351.519 4.6 333.919 3.6 354.311 5.1 

Medical care commodities .......................... 310.817 2.9 290.981 2.2 276.707 .0 292.290 2.0 

Medical care services ................................. 390.853 5.3 370.813 5.3 352.030 4.9 372.646 6.0 

Professional services ................................ 308.205 4.0 317.943 3.8 296.929 4.1 282.282 4.0 

Recreation 3 ................................................. 113.226 -.4 111.875 .9 112.253 .5 108.505 .7 

Education and communication 3 ................... 121.471 2.7 121.769 2.8 116.326 2.6 119.327 1.6 

Other goods and services ............................. 354.494 2.6 322.024 2.6 322.177 5.0 335.381 3.6 

Commodity and service group

All items .......................................................... 220.512 2.6 198.123 2.7 200.361 2.9 212.230 3.2 

Commodities ................................................. 171.017 1.9 163.258 2.5 168.423 2.1 167.394 2.1 

Commodities less food and beverages ...... 148.427 .5 145.621 1.8 151.238 1.2 144.128 1.0 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..... 180.348 2.3 181.050 3.9 189.565 3.5 176.961 3.4 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and

apparel ............................................ 229.546 3.8 227.267 5.2 225.807 4.6 222.605 4.6 

Durables ................................................... 110.942 -2.2 109.755 -1.1 114.992 -1.7 113.351 -1.9 

Services ........................................................ 269.002 3.0 234.476 2.8 233.043 3.5 252.857 3.9 

Rent of shelter 2 ......................................... 292.019 3.4 227.562 2.3 220.040 4.1 263.340 4.5 

Transportation services .............................. 222.669 .3 239.578 1.7 238.969 1.9 236.589 1.1 

Other services ............................................ 303.418 2.5 279.213 2.9 276.938 3.1 281.999 3.1 

See footnotes at end of table.

183 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 11A. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Regions1, by expenditure category and commodity and

service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Northeast Midwest South West

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ............................. 213.545 2.5 190.653 2.5 192.468 2.9 205.321 3.1 

All items less food ........................................... 223.130 2.4 198.424 2.5 200.175 2.8 212.990 3.0 

All items less shelter ....................................... 200.633 2.2 191.767 2.8 196.120 2.4 199.088 2.5 

Commodities less food ................................... 150.970 .6 147.604 1.9 152.782 1.2 147.147 1.1 

Nondurables ................................................... 194.655 3.2 189.225 3.8 195.241 3.6 194.138 3.8 

Nondurables less food .................................... 182.178 2.3 182.242 3.9 189.782 3.4 180.194 3.4 

Nondurables less food and apparel ................ 226.196 3.7 224.093 5.0 222.245 4.5 221.571 4.5 

Services less rent of shelter 2 ......................... 266.865 2.6 255.117 3.3 256.131 2.8 267.384 3.1 

Services less medical care services ............... 260.076 2.9 223.679 2.6 221.294 3.4 243.867 3.7 

Energy ............................................................ 209.072 5.3 205.007 7.2 198.108 4.4 228.173 5.9 

All items less energy ....................................... 223.795 2.3 199.533 2.2 201.209 2.7 212.744 2.9 

All items less food and energy ...................... 228.317 2.0 200.849 1.9 201.721 2.6 214.150 2.7 

Commodities less food and energy

commodities ....................................... 142.068 -.9 137.443 .0 142.808 -.3 137.232 -.6 

Energy commodities ................................... 236.274 6.8 247.746 9.6 238.535 7.7 243.913 8.5 

Services less energy services .................... 276.122 3.0 242.118 2.7 238.929 3.7 256.355 4.0 

1 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical

notes. 2 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 3 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.

4 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 5 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. - Data not available.

184 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 12A. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Population size classes1, by expenditure category and

commodity and service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Size class A 2 Size class B/C 3 Size class D 

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change from

2006 to

2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change from

2006 to

2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change from

2006 to

2007

Expenditure category

All items 4 ................................................................................... 189.874 2.9 127.868 2.8 199.501 2.9 

All items (December 1977=100) ................................................ 189.874 - -- 321.745 -

Food and beverages ................................................................ 184.300 3.7 126.669 4.1 201.006 4.3 

Food ....................................................................................... 184.011 3.8 126.673 4.2 200.843 4.4 

Food at home ....................................................................... 187.396 4.0 124.697 4.3 196.058 5.1 

Food away from home .......................................................... 178.664 3.5 129.736 3.9 210.251 3.5 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 186.113 2.9 126.640 3.7 202.905 2.8 

Housing .................................................................................... 194.004 3.3 127.384 3.0 186.055 2.7 

Shelter .................................................................................... 209.971 3.7 128.292 3.5 209.441 3.2 

Rent of primary residence .................................................... 202.804 4.4 130.518 4.0 200.975 3.3 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 ................... 207.814 3.5 126.453 3.1 218.050 2.9 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 204.972 3.3 151.317 2.7 195.872 3.1 

Household energy ................................................................ 206.771 3.0 152.457 2.1 168.811 2.7 

Gas (piped) and electricity .................................................. 198.261 2.7 146.307 1.7 179.774 2.6 

Electricity .......................................................................... 181.517 4.6 133.670 3.0 173.601 4.7 

Utility (piped) gas service ................................................. 230.282 -1.0 187.903 -1.8 205.784 -3.0 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 121.176 -.1 99.593 -.1 122.928 -.2 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 112.037 -.2 87.564 -.7 117.953 -.5 

Transportation .......................................................................... 180.554 1.8 130.193 2.4 185.647 2.6 

Private transportation ............................................................. 180.124 1.9 130.021 2.5 181.546 2.5 

New and used motor vehicles 3 ........................................... 94.496 -1.3 94.113 -1.5 93.760 -1.6 

New vehicles ...................................................................... 118.943 -.8 95.030 -1.1 141.115 -1.7 

New cars and trucks 3 6 ................................................... 93.607 -.7 95.098 -1.1 97.348 -1.8 

New cars 6 ........................................................................ 119.259 -.4 96.687 -.4 138.354 -1.2 

Used cars and trucks .......................................................... 129.904 -3.1 91.329 -3.0 125.095 -2.4 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 348.692 7.9 236.277 8.6 231.264 7.0 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 347.077 8.0 236.740 8.7 229.560 7.0 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ........................................... 356.011 8.1 242.393 8.8 220.479 6.6 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 ..................................... 235.394 7.7 230.858 8.5 255.947 7.9 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ......................................... 309.649 7.7 222.041 8.4 231.653 7.8 

Medical care ............................................................................. 278.026 4.8 147.757 4.0 342.898 4.0 

Medical care commodities ...................................................... 229.777 1.5 135.819 1.4 286.767 1.1 

Medical care services ............................................................. 291.835 5.8 151.896 4.8 362.319 4.9 

Professional services ........................................................... 236.021 4.1 140.253 3.7 306.487 4.4 

Recreation 3 ............................................................................. 113.090 .4 108.753 .3 112.691 1.5 

Education and communication 3 .............................................. 121.276 2.5 116.205 2.0 123.098 3.3 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 264.267 3.0 146.949 4.6 340.105 3.2 

Commodity and service group

All items 4 ................................................................................... 189.874 2.9 127.868 2.8 199.501 2.9 

Commodities ............................................................................ 160.252 2.0 117.963 2.3 168.074 2.2 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................. 145.431 1.0 113.060 1.3 151.421 1.1 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. 186.136 3.0 139.293 3.8 187.741 3.1 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ................ 240.450 4.2 164.450 5.1 224.930 4.1 

Durables ............................................................................... 105.240 -1.6 87.274 -1.8 114.692 -1.6 

Services .................................................................................... 213.377 3.4 132.914 3.3 233.702 3.5

Rent of shelter 5 ..................................................................... 210.807 3.8 128.488 3.5 216.592 3.2 

Transportation services .......................................................... 188.737 .7 128.854 1.9 243.861 4.2 

Other services ........................................................................ 234.067 2.9 132.083 2.8 284.994 3.2 

See footnotes at end of table.

185 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 12A. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Population size classes1, by expenditure category and

commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Size class A 2 Size class B/C 3 Size class D 

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change from

2006 to

2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change from

2006 to

2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change from

2006 to

2007

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ......................................................... 185.528 2.7 124.687 2.7 190.238 2.8 

All items less food ...................................................................... 190.918 2.7 126.020 2.6 199.201 2.7 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 181.096 2.4 125.323 2.6 197.809 2.8 

Commodities less food ............................................................... 147.388 1.1 113.462 1.4 152.804 1.2 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 185.430 3.4 132.812 4.0 194.829 3.7 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 186.431 2.9 138.471 3.8 188.201 3.1 

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................ 233.813 4.1 161.121 5.0 222.617 4.0 

Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................................... 215.977 2.9 137.409 2.9 263.010 3.6 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 207.620 3.2 131.120 3.1 220.136 3.3 

Energy ........................................................................................ 264.743 5.6 189.292 5.6 200.152 5.1

All items less energy .................................................................. 184.858 2.6 121.173 2.5 200.327 2.6 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 185.135 2.4 120.122 2.2 200.709 2.3 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ................... 127.293 -.5 98.355 -.5 142.823 -.3 

Energy commodities ............................................................... 349.618 7.8 239.658 8.6 230.912 7.0 

Services less energy services ................................................ 214.485 3.4 131.861 3.3 239.705 3.5 

1 See region and area size on Table 10 for information about

population size classes. 2 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 3 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 4 The ’All items’ index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base.

5 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 6 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 7 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. - Data not available.

186 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
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

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Northeast Midwest

Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class D 

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from

2006 to

2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from

2006 to

2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from

2006 to

2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from

2006 to

2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from

2006 to

2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ....................................................... 223.036 2.6 130.139 2.6 199.717 2.6 126.458 2.7 193.177 2.9 

All items (December 1977=100) .................... 344.634 - -- 329.743 - -- 309.706 -

Food and beverages ..................................... 207.508 3.9 128.611 4.2 198.957 3.3 125.490 4.2 195.494 3.9 

Food ........................................................... 206.890 4.0 128.903 4.3 198.581 3.3 125.376 4.3 194.549 3.9 

Food at home ........................................... 207.189 3.9 126.708 4.1 196.798 3.4 122.210 4.5 184.378 5.1 

Food away from home .............................. 209.457 4.1 132.518 4.6 201.317 3.3 129.643 4.0 212.204 2.5 

Alcoholic beverages ................................... 214.746 2.7 123.788 3.3 201.708 2.9 127.766 3.3 209.123 3.7 

Housing ........................................................ 238.704 3.0 132.389 3.2 195.421 2.3 122.274 2.2 182.211 3.4 

Shelter ........................................................ 283.980 3.3 130.633 3.5 227.537 2.4 122.065 2.0 203.047 3.2 

Rent of primary residence ........................ 271.101 4.2 133.796 3.6 221.435 2.9 121.262 2.2 188.288 2.6 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary

residence 4 ....................................... 289.663 3.2 127.970 3.2 229.659 1.7 118.885 1.6 210.099 1.9 

Fuels and utilities ........................................ 200.513 4.1 170.818 5.2 187.144 4.4 155.752 4.0 201.980 5.7 

Household energy .................................... 195.171 3.9 173.607 5.2 169.596 4.5 159.461 4.0 161.165 5.5 

Gas (piped) and electricity ...................... 196.460 3.1 151.800 4.3 172.452 4.5 155.917 3.6 171.612 5.4 

Electricity .............................................. 178.554 6.2 131.574 8.4 143.387 10.1 134.625 6.9 151.246 9.4 

Utility (piped) gas service ..................... 228.288 -1.5 187.351 -3.8 205.989 -1.1 200.164 -1.4 214.698 -1.6 

Household furnishings and operations ....... 129.747 -1.3 102.504 -1.8 115.857 .0 95.916 .6 115.909 1.1 

Apparel ......................................................... 114.926 -.8 86.406 -4.0 107.508 .4 83.481 -.7 123.726 -.1 

Transportation .............................................. 183.704 1.0 128.088 1.7 186.066 3.0 135.424 3.2 173.015 1.7 

Private transportation ................................. 177.559 1.1 128.766 1.8 183.045 2.9 135.488 3.3 165.992 1.6 

Motor fuel .................................................. 225.051 6.0 234.357 7.7 252.472 10.0 253.394 10.3 219.241 5.7 

Gasoline (all types) ................................. 223.544 5.9 234.368 7.7 250.977 10.0 253.394 10.3 216.758 5.6 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 5 ................ 224.859 5.9 238.579 7.9 250.898 10.1 258.871 10.3 208.816 5.0 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 ......... 223.217 6.1 232.692 6.8 266.368 9.8 249.133 10.5 252.290 7.0 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 ............. 217.904 6.0 220.098 7.4 241.892 9.7 237.369 9.7 222.011 6.8 

Medical care ................................................. 378.261 5.0 152.605 4.4 346.104 4.8 152.754 4.3 346.227 4.0 

Recreation 2 ................................................. 114.463 .1 110.275 -1.6 113.507 .4 110.297 1.5 108.344 .5 

Education and communication 2 ................... 123.852 3.0 114.968 1.7 123.137 2.9 121.772 2.8 111.879 2.0 

Other goods and services ............................. 346.060 2.1 153.615 4.0 323.069 1.9 146.079 3.3 327.580 3.5 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ....................................................... 223.036 2.6 130.139 2.6 199.717 2.6 126.458 2.7 193.177 2.9 

Commodities ................................................. 171.115 1.9 121.605 1.8 162.900 2.2 116.939 2.9 166.649 2.4 

Commodities less food and beverages ...... 147.351 .4 117.315 .5 143.149 1.6 112.165 2.2 151.626 1.6 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..... 176.716 2.1 143.956 2.7 177.666 3.7 138.950 4.6 190.618 2.9 

Durables ................................................... 111.690 -2.1 88.344 -2.4 108.394 -1.0 84.019 -1.5 111.461 -.6 

Services ........................................................ 270.365 3.0 134.110 3.1 236.248 2.9 132.399 2.6 222.287 3.2 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ............................. 216.113 2.5 126.967 2.5 193.091 2.4 123.282 2.6 183.410 2.8 

All items less shelter ....................................... 200.784 2.2 127.622 2.2 191.341 2.7 126.493 3.1 191.038 2.7 

Commodities less food ................................... 150.094 .6 117.528 .7 145.423 1.6 112.641 2.2 153.185 1.6 

Nondurables ................................................... 193.352 3.1 135.704 3.4 189.194 3.5 132.172 4.5 193.700 3.4 

Nondurables less food .................................... 179.067 2.1 142.354 2.7 179.220 3.6 138.093 4.5 191.354 3.0 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ......................... 264.216 2.6 137.470 2.7 254.752 3.3 142.622 3.3 245.025 3.1 

Services less medical care services ............... 261.496 2.9 132.069 2.9 226.923 2.6 129.923 2.4 206.436 2.9 

Energy ............................................................ 208.448 4.8 198.558 6.3 205.088 7.3 200.661 7.3 187.766 5.6 

All items less energy ....................................... 226.477 2.4 122.794 2.1 201.217 2.1 119.585 2.2 194.916 2.5 

All items less food and energy ...................... 231.577 2.1 121.538 1.7 202.349 1.9 118.483 1.9 195.083 2.2 

See footnotes at end of table.

187 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
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-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

South West

Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class D Size class A Size class B/C 2

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from

2006 to

2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from

2006 to

2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from

2006 to

2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from

2006 to

2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from

2006 to

2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ....................................................... 202.825 3.1 127.422 2.8 200.203 2.6 215.647 3.2 128.844 3.1 

All items (December 1977=100) .................... 327.428 - -- 325.113 -

 351.642 - --

Food and beverages ..................................... 202.594 3.6 126.032 3.8 197.123 4.6 210.365 3.9 127.906 4.7 

Food ........................................................... 203.156 3.7 126.232 3.9 197.143 4.6 209.780 4.0 127.249 4.6 

Food at home ........................................... 198.403 4.0 124.815 4.2 196.930 5.1 214.217 4.6 125.235 4.9 

Food away from home .............................. 211.805 3.4 128.482 3.4 200.998 4.0 203.243 3.3 130.381 4.3 

Alcoholic beverages ................................... 195.127 2.5 122.531 3.3 195.472 3.9 215.127 3.2 139.447 5.6 

Housing ........................................................ 198.891 3.7 127.631 3.1 184.808 1.8 231.351 4.0 127.985 3.3 

Shelter ........................................................ 219.378 4.3 130.419 4.1 208.208 3.0 258.906 4.7 128.083 3.7 

Rent of primary residence ........................ 217.850 4.9 132.468 5.0 204.211 4.0 260.429 5.1 132.330 4.0 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary

residence 4 ....................................... 223.235 4.5 128.830 3.6 216.680 3.6 271.048 4.5 127.588 3.4 

Fuels and utilities ........................................ 200.220 2.6 141.616 .7 189.941 .1 223.161 2.2 154.830 3.8 

Household energy .................................... 183.667 2.4 140.967 -.4 168.973 -.2 216.232 1.1 154.602 3.3 

Gas (piped) and electricity ...................... 187.348 2.4 138.638 -.6 173.291 -.5 218.348 .9 152.165 3.2 

Electricity .............................................. 174.612 3.0 131.863 -.3 169.272 1.8 232.557 1.5 137.409 4.7 

Utility (piped) gas service ..................... 216.488 -.4 179.169 -1.9 190.162 -11.4 213.499 -.4 191.691 -.2 

Household furnishings and operations ....... 134.280 .5 97.898 .1 120.688 -2.9 135.608 .4 105.589 -.1 

Apparel ......................................................... 147.560 .7 88.239 -.7 119.923 -1.5 113.345 -.6 91.456 2.1 

Transportation .............................................. 182.407 1.7 128.312 2.2 194.417 2.9 183.845 1.8 131.510 2.7 

Private transportation ................................. 182.789 1.8 128.028 2.3 193.445 3.0 179.341 1.8 130.281 2.7 

Motor fuel .................................................. 243.032 6.8 235.231 8.4 224.136 8.3 241.374 8.7 219.537 8.5 

Gasoline (all types) ................................. 240.659 6.8 235.479 8.4 221.412 8.3 239.978 8.8 221.071 8.6 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 5 ................ 242.440 6.6 242.954 8.4 214.609 8.3 241.607 8.9 221.237 8.8 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 ......... 239.730 7.1 227.557 8.4 259.627 8.3 221.326 8.5 217.829 8.3 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 ............. 234.854 7.2 221.543 8.4 228.463 8.7 230.662 8.8 211.017 8.0 

Medical care ................................................. 325.272 3.8 143.569 3.6 331.775 3.1 348.710 5.5 149.053 4.2 

Recreation 2 ................................................. 113.683 .2 110.837 .5 114.755 1.5 111.022 .8 101.405 .0 

Education and communication 2 ................... 116.937 2.5 115.071 2.6 121.621 3.4 119.790 1.8 113.567 .1 

Other goods and services ............................. 306.429 4.9 145.302 5.4 327.379 3.2 341.936 3.3 144.910 4.7 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ....................................................... 202.825 3.1 127.422 2.8 200.203 2.6 215.647 3.2 128.844 3.1 

Commodities ................................................. 169.921 2.1 117.470 2.1 170.305 2.0 167.679 2.1 117.191 2.3 

Commodities less food and beverages ...... 151.650 1.0 112.790 1.2 156.798 .8 142.894 .9 111.113 1.1 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..... 186.699 3.1 139.247 3.8 192.391 3.2 174.036 3.1 135.361 4.1 

Durables ................................................... 118.353 -1.7 87.836 -1.6 118.201 -2.3 112.980 -1.9 88.799 -2.1 

Services ........................................................ 234.772 3.7 132.732 3.4 231.966 3.0 257.713 4.0 133.061 3.5 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ............................. 196.446 3.0 124.493 2.8 190.232 2.5 209.506 3.1 124.880 3.0 

All items less shelter ....................................... 197.032 2.4 124.000 2.3 198.795 2.4 198.772 2.4 125.460 2.8 

Commodities less food ................................... 153.524 1.1 113.059 1.3 157.651 .9 146.187 1.0 111.915 1.3 

Nondurables ................................................... 194.573 3.4 132.455 3.8 195.210 3.8 193.494 3.5 131.848 4.4 

Nondurables less food .................................... 187.198 3.0 138.285 3.7 192.125 3.2 177.514 3.1 135.666 4.2 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ......................... 257.978 2.9 134.757 2.6 259.050 3.0 266.281 2.8 138.310 3.4 

Services less medical care services ............... 225.115 3.5 131.407 3.2 217.471 2.9 250.188 3.8 131.085 3.5 

Energy ............................................................ 206.999 4.6 180.563 4.3 193.311 4.3 229.958 5.8 191.639 6.3 

All items less energy ....................................... 204.104 2.9 121.067 2.7 199.985 2.3 216.476 3.0 121.859 2.7 

All items less food and energy ...................... 204.688 2.8 120.071 2.4 200.932 1.8 218.380 2.9 120.903 2.4 

1 See region and area size on Table 10 for information about cross classifications. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 The ’All items’ index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.5 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 6 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. - Data not available.

188 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 16A. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and

service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Anchorage, AK Atlanta, GA 

BostonBrockton-Nashua,

 MA-NH-ME-CT 

ChicagoGary-Kenosha,

 IL-IN-WI 

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................. 181.237 2.2 200.011 3.2 227.409 1.9 204.818 3.3 

All items (1967=100) 4 ............................................. 483.746 -

 603.172 - 660.972 - 611.910 -

Food and beverages 3 ........................................... 184.224 4.6 207.509 2.8 213.451 3.6 200.264 3.2 

Food 3 .................................................................. 185.567 4.8 215.192 3.0 213.955 3.5 199.326 3.3 

Food at home ..................................................... 187.131 5.4 206.290 3.1 208.223 3.5 204.110 3.5 

Food away from home 5 .................................... 182.800 3.6 228.736 2.7 224.774 4.1 188.294 3.2 

Alcoholic beverages 5 .......................................... 166.068 1.1 140.106 .0 210.906 4.0 212.421 1.9 

Housing 3 ............................................................... 163.467 2.7 197.364 4.0 232.932 1.5 212.778 4.2 

Shelter ................................................................. 164.540 1.4 214.425 4.7 272.486 2.0 258.132 3.5 

Rent of primary residence 3 ............................... 156.066 3.1 212.941 4.9 268.126 2.8 256.905 4.0 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 6 164.008 2.1 211.976 4.8 286.236 1.8 259.278 2.3 

Fuels and utilities ................................................. 238.720 12.7 227.576 3.2 227.541 .2 178.561 14.2 

Household energy .............................................. 250.802 13.9 207.260 2.4 198.986 -.2 165.037 16.5 

Gas (piped) and electricity ............................... 277.590 14.0 207.317 2.4 209.149 -3.1 168.473 16.7 

Electricity ....................................................... 210.108 .2 172.771 5.3 201.563 -2.7 132.579 26.5 

Utility (piped) gas service ............................... 379.151 29.4 262.986 -2.6 211.962 -4.0 210.035 7.8 

Household furnishings and operations ................ 112.098 1.2 124.549 .7 125.292 -.9 106.875 -.6 

Apparel 3 ................................................................ 123.356 -2.8 124.130 8.9 136.343 2.0 94.048 -2.1 

Transportation 3 ..................................................... 180.744 1.2 178.122 2.9 175.728 .7 175.808 3.4 

Private transportation ........................................... 177.545 1.0 178.020 2.6 175.163 .7 173.413 3.4 

Motor fuel ........................................................... 226.117 6.4 237.348 8.8 232.899 6.1 253.873 10.2 

Gasoline (all types) .......................................... 226.663 6.5 235.669 8.8 229.764 6.1 251.760 10.3 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 7 ......................... 220.110 6.5 234.290 8.8 228.489 6.2 248.422 10.4 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 .................. 214.968 6.4 281.489 9.1 230.780 6.3 262.073 10.2 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ...................... 223.818 6.3 233.675 8.1 225.739 5.2 239.964 10.0 

Medical care 3 ........................................................ 366.953 3.0 318.357 -3.2 481.925 5.4 348.371 3.9 

Recreation 9 ........................................................... 116.744 -.1 115.857 -.5 116.357 1.7 108.961 -.7 

Education and communication 9 ............................ 107.321 .7 110.148 3.2 121.870 1.8 126.797 3.3 

Other goods and services 3 ................................... 264.234 4.0 307.225 3.3 348.116 2.4 321.946 1.8 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................. 181.237 2.2 200.011 3.2 227.409 1.9 204.818 3.3 

Commodities .......................................................... 158.903 1.5 165.029 2.1 172.439 2.0 159.424 1.9 

Commodities less food and beverages ................ 145.769 .0 143.191 1.7 150.031 1.0 136.418 1.1 

Nondurables less food and beverages .............. 173.697 2.4 174.624 3.3 189.203 3.7 171.833 3.3 

Durables ............................................................ 122.126 -2.1 111.204 -.4 111.498 -3.0 102.012 -1.7 

Services ................................................................. 199.550 2.7 235.035 3.9 276.845 1.9 247.662 4.1 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 3 .................................... 174.056 2.2 192.874 3.5 216.898 1.8 198.323 3.2 

All items less shelter ................................................ 187.644 2.6 197.308 2.4 211.624 2.0 186.963 3.1 

Commodities less food ............................................ 146.972 .0 142.840 1.6 152.569 1.2 139.414 1.2 

Nondurables ............................................................ 179.253 3.4 190.150 3.0 200.034 3.6 187.497 3.3 

Nondurables less food ............................................. 173.904 2.3 171.250 3.0 189.643 3.8 174.680 3.2 

Services less rent of shelter 6 .................................. 255.186 4.1 267.630 2.9 294.035 1.9 248.651 4.8 

Services less medical care services ........................ 187.897 2.7 223.398 3.9 261.179 1.7 239.829 4.2 

Energy 3 ................................................................... 232.191 9.9 202.602 5.5 213.211 2.5 198.319 13.3 

All items less energy ................................................ 178.471 1.6 199.817 2.9 231.965 1.8 206.853 2.4 

All items less food and energy 3 ............................ 177.346 1.2 197.715 2.9 236.131 1.5 209.058 2.2 

See footnotes at end of table.

189 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 16A. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and

service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

CincinnatiHamilton,

 OH-KY-IN 

ClevelandAkron, OH DallasFort Worth, TX DenverBoulder-Greeley, CO 

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................. 193.892 2.8 195.970 2.5 193.245 1.7 202.029 2.2 

All items (1967=100) 4 ............................................. 599.945 -

 627.979 - 606.198 - 673.681 -

Food and beverages 3 ........................................... 181.035 3.6 203.991 3.2 205.395 4.3 192.169 4.1 

Food 3 .................................................................. 178.456 3.0 207.123 3.3 200.679 4.4 194.260 4.3 

Food at home ..................................................... 175.607 3.1 198.486 2.8 185.908 5.2 196.689 3.5 

Food away from home 5 .................................... 183.820 2.6 223.600 4.0 224.307 3.4 189.588 4.8 

Alcoholic beverages 5 .......................................... 208.854 11.4 169.204 2.0 267.109 3.5 177.559 2.3 

Housing 3 ............................................................... 181.932 2.1 188.608 1.6 176.084 .8 188.659 .9 

Shelter ................................................................. 205.715 2.0 212.835 2.3 179.941 1.5 208.019 2.2 

Rent of primary residence 3 ............................... 204.393 2.4 207.600 2.2 176.344 2.6 197.709 1.4 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 6 205.943 1.8 210.617 1.8 192.191 2.0 205.305 1.7 

Fuels and utilities ................................................. 189.951 4.3 190.269 -1.6 224.928 -.7 183.253 -5.1 

Household energy .............................................. 164.481 3.2 182.905 -4.7 226.180 -1.7 139.483 -7.4 

Gas (piped) and electricity ............................... 169.638 2.9 183.775 -5.0 224.665 -1.6 138.294 -7.6 

Electricity ....................................................... 159.588 5.4 142.263 .5 211.248 -3.5 121.395 .3 

Utility (piped) gas service ............................... 227.781 -5.0 225.358 -8.9 253.743 10.3 173.662 -12.6 

Household furnishings and operations ................ 116.574 .4 119.133 .4 133.448 -1.2 126.826 -2.5 

Apparel 3 ................................................................ 122.316 2.2 107.158 -1.5 127.058 -3.2 99.405 -3.3 

Transportation 3 ..................................................... 182.183 3.2 189.999 3.7 185.971 1.3 219.414 2.8 

Private transportation ........................................... 180.879 2.8 191.060 3.6 187.292 1.7 216.139 2.5 

Motor fuel ........................................................... 250.653 8.0 275.801 10.3 244.277 6.3 228.050 10.3 

Gasoline (all types) .......................................... 250.203 8.1 273.650 10.3 243.078 6.3 227.076 10.3 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 7 ......................... 257.980 8.2 265.031 10.6 240.421 5.8 224.534 10.3 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 .................. 242.866 7.7 280.653 9.7 242.733 7.2 214.521 9.6 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ...................... 215.470 7.9 266.004 9.6 238.064 7.3 226.448 11.1 

Medical care 3 ........................................................ 367.832 4.9 321.064 7.4 316.791 3.1 402.854 6.5 

Recreation 9 ........................................................... 118.054 1.9 107.444 2.7 114.600 -1.4 124.169 1.8 

Education and communication 9 ............................ 117.310 3.5 110.173 1.4 126.920 2.7 110.439 4.5 

Other goods and services 3 ................................... 366.899 3.3 327.725 2.4 318.233 7.1 303.172 2.3 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................. 193.892 2.8 195.970 2.5 193.245 1.7 202.029 2.2 

Commodities .......................................................... 160.407 2.5 170.526 2.8 168.129 1.6 157.778 2.3 

Commodities less food and beverages ................ 148.348 1.9 151.378 2.6 149.166 .1 139.439 1.0 

Nondurables less food and beverages .............. 177.212 3.9 185.818 4.5 176.767 2.6 166.314 3.1 

Durables ............................................................ 121.757 -.7 112.822 .1 125.392 -2.8 113.257 -1.5 

Services ................................................................. 229.898 3.0 222.345 2.3 218.159 1.8 239.312 2.2 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 3 .................................... 185.759 2.7 190.279 2.2 186.903 1.6 192.289 2.0 

All items less shelter ................................................ 190.948 3.2 190.944 2.6 199.962 1.7 200.333 2.2 

Commodities less food ............................................ 150.528 2.2 152.115 2.6 152.780 .2 140.903 1.2 

Nondurables ............................................................ 180.351 3.8 195.940 3.8 190.530 3.4 179.800 3.6 

Nondurables less food ............................................. 179.522 4.4 184.260 4.3 181.935 2.6 166.536 3.0 

Services less rent of shelter 6 .................................. 262.811 4.2 236.100 2.3 273.351 2.0 285.055 2.2 

Services less medical care services ........................ 216.762 2.5 214.878 1.8 207.931 1.4 225.088 1.7 

Energy 3 ................................................................... 204.608 5.7 216.589 2.0 235.206 2.2 179.906 2.4 

All items less energy ................................................ 194.769 2.4 195.237 2.4 192.516 1.5 204.777 2.2 

All items less food and energy 3 ............................ 199.072 2.2 193.007 2.2 191.268 1.0 207.077 1.8 

See footnotes at end of table.

190 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 16A. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and

service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

DetroitAnn ArborFlint, MI 

Honolulu, HI 

HoustonGalvestonBrazoria, TX 

Kansas City, MO-KS 

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................. 200.129 1.8 219.504 4.8 183.838 1.8 194.479 2.3 

All items (1967=100) 4 ............................................. 594.866 -

 604.289 - 589.636 - 577.480 -

Food and beverages 3 ........................................... 189.092 3.1 204.942 5.5 186.117 3.6 198.315 3.3 

Food 3 .................................................................. 188.703 3.2 204.850 5.6 185.350 3.5 200.718 3.5 

Food at home ..................................................... 185.716 2.9 211.000 6.1 188.293 4.0 198.474 4.5 

Food away from home 5 .................................... 193.727 3.2 195.071 4.9 178.211 2.8 206.348 2.7 

Alcoholic beverages 5 .......................................... 188.200 2.3 204.337 3.4 190.651 3.6 166.721 2.4 

Housing 3 ............................................................... 189.783 .7 238.428 7.2 170.183 .5 188.240 2.5 

Shelter ................................................................. 215.204 .8 260.518 7.6 187.683 1.1 207.291 2.2 

Rent of primary residence 3 ............................... 204.914 2.2 247.386 8.1 177.994 2.2 206.459 3.7 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 6 214.492 1.0 267.859 7.9 171.606 .9 203.532 1.7 

Fuels and utilities ................................................. 210.665 -1.7 214.040 5.3 188.694 -3.9 193.324 5.5 

Household energy .............................................. 176.988 -2.3 192.529 2.8 185.067 -5.5 170.799 5.6 

Gas (piped) and electricity ............................... 178.879 -2.8 190.190 2.7 183.322 -5.7 169.895 5.9 

Electricity ....................................................... 154.320 2.4 185.965 2.7 184.636 -6.3 110.560 9.5 

Utility (piped) gas service ............................... 202.364 -6.7 224.454 3.1 166.231 -1.2 253.974 2.0 

Household furnishings and operations ................ 117.791 2.4 165.368 1.7 117.854 2.6 126.343 1.5 

Apparel 3 ................................................................ 107.233 -1.9 104.145 -.2 153.468 -1.2 109.485 1.5 

Transportation 3 ..................................................... 204.497 3.1 205.027 1.4 167.231 .6 180.189 2.8 

Private transportation ........................................... 203.395 3.0 202.805 1.5 166.445 .3 178.364 2.6 

Motor fuel ........................................................... 247.796 11.9 243.860 4.2 231.637 6.5 244.456 10.8 

Gasoline (all types) .......................................... 246.690 11.9 250.606 4.2 230.484 6.6 244.283 10.8 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 7 ......................... 253.762 12.0 264.578 4.4 238.878 6.3 238.863 10.9 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 .................. 273.224 11.8 195.918 4.0 235.437 6.8 295.553 11.0 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ...................... 233.231 11.2 223.726 4.0 222.651 7.3 240.869 10.1 

Medical care 3 ........................................................ 350.483 7.1 - - 329.023 7.5 300.956 1.4 

Recreation 9 ........................................................... 119.437 -1.5 102.572 1.5 109.194 1.9 113.702 -1.0 

Education and communication 9 ............................ 127.820 3.6 113.967 .0 105.985 2.0 114.757 1.9 

Other goods and services 3 ................................... 349.351 2.4 347.499 4.6 287.548 8.8 323.933 1.8 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................. 200.129 1.8 219.504 4.8 183.838 1.8 194.479 2.3 

Commodities .......................................................... 160.435 2.4 174.478 3.0 160.475 1.8 166.473 2.0 

Commodities less food and beverages ................ 144.817 1.9 152.794 1.3 145.419 .8 150.021 1.4 

Nondurables less food and beverages .............. 172.742 3.2 180.082 2.5 183.849 3.6 193.841 3.2 

Durables ............................................................ 111.914 .3 120.419 .2 110.078 -2.8 107.734 -.8 

Services ................................................................. 241.877 1.5 258.946 6.0 208.041 1.8 222.211 2.5 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 3 .................................... 194.145 1.6 214.992 4.8 175.941 1.4 188.581 2.4 

All items less shelter ................................................ 196.985 2.3 201.523 3.0 181.927 2.0 191.066 2.4 

Commodities less food ............................................ 146.573 1.9 155.028 1.4 147.116 .9 150.367 1.3 

Nondurables ............................................................ 181.272 3.2 193.935 4.3 185.923 3.6 196.223 3.3 

Nondurables less food ............................................. 173.775 3.1 181.620 2.6 183.998 3.7 191.793 3.1 

Services less rent of shelter 6 .................................. 279.084 2.2 253.668 3.1 228.335 2.4 246.919 3.0 

Services less medical care services ........................ 233.497 1.1 254.878 6.0 194.751 1.2 212.811 2.5 

Energy 3 ................................................................... 211.331 5.0 219.187 3.6 208.119 .1 205.137 8.4 

All items less energy ................................................ 201.474 1.5 221.339 4.9 183.642 2.0 194.711 1.8 

All items less food and energy 3 ............................ 204.669 1.3 225.932 4.8 183.261 1.8 193.830 1.5 

See footnotes at end of table.

191 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 16A. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and

service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Los AngelesRiversideOrange County, CA MiamiFort Lauderdale, FL MilwaukeeRacine, WI MinneapolisSt. Paul, MN-WI 

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................. 217.338 3.3 212.390 4.2 194.102 2.2 201.247 2.6 

All items (1967=100) 4 ............................................. 642.111 -

 342.343 - 599.506 - 632.425 -

Food and beverages 3 ........................................... 211.164 3.7 210.958 3.6 204.799 3.5 218.457 3.6 

Food 3 .................................................................. 209.903 3.7 211.820 3.7 207.048 3.5 214.240 3.6 

Food at home ..................................................... 219.582 5.2 211.631 2.9 208.327 4.4 205.193 4.2 

Food away from home 5 .................................... 195.124 1.9 215.217 4.4 206.391 3.0 228.529 3.3 

Alcoholic beverages 5 .......................................... 216.292 2.6 202.255 2.7 186.813 3.3 255.204 2.7 

Housing 3 ............................................................... 236.944 5.1 216.583 5.9 190.697 1.5 183.654 1.9 

Shelter ................................................................. 264.815 6.3 236.521 7.4 227.660 1.5 207.506 2.7 

Rent of primary residence 3 ............................... 263.758 6.1 227.484 8.3 206.366 2.4 199.575 2.6 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 6 274.860 5.8 239.478 8.0 238.935 1.2 214.754 1.8 

Fuels and utilities ................................................. 232.933 .8 165.390 -2.0 182.947 1.0 181.761 1.5 

Household energy .............................................. 235.538 -1.2 156.628 -4.0 158.978 1.9 176.333 2.6 

Gas (piped) and electricity ............................... 234.972 -1.4 153.864 -4.2 163.931 1.6 178.879 2.6 

Electricity ....................................................... 260.927 -2.3 149.888 -4.2 155.270 1.6 182.136 4.7 

Utility (piped) gas service ............................... 212.322 .7 237.558 -3.7 171.852 1.7 190.102 .5 

Household furnishings and operations ................ 128.479 -1.0 175.376 3.1 103.834 1.5 122.036 -1.2 

Apparel 3 ................................................................ 104.359 -1.5 155.258 .8 114.258 2.9 129.155 3.2 

Transportation 3 ..................................................... 183.167 .9 189.655 2.3 177.993 3.5 187.447 2.0 

Private transportation ........................................... 177.096 .7 190.558 2.7 171.154 3.4 176.947 2.2 

Motor fuel ........................................................... 237.576 7.4 251.170 7.3 254.660 7.2 230.756 9.9 

Gasoline (all types) .......................................... 232.694 7.4 248.669 7.3 251.191 7.2 231.714 9.9 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 7 ......................... 232.407 7.4 249.692 7.2 256.697 7.3 234.381 10.1 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 .................. 220.761 7.3 230.003 7.5 258.201 7.0 233.892 9.7 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ...................... 223.874 7.2 242.608 7.7 215.724 7.1 268.241 9.2 

Medical care 3 ........................................................ 339.962 3.6 330.502 1.6 330.954 3.0 366.735 7.4 

Recreation 9 ........................................................... 114.296 -.6 111.770 -2.0 104.120 .7 115.294 2.6 

Education and communication 9 ............................ 120.640 2.3 113.460 4.3 120.750 .7 122.946 2.8 

Other goods and services 3 ................................... 330.344 2.6 260.031 2.4 297.618 2.5 318.445 .5 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................. 217.338 3.3 212.390 4.2 194.102 2.2 201.247 2.6 

Commodities .......................................................... 166.129 1.3 182.715 2.8 159.144 2.7 169.646 2.1 

Commodities less food and beverages ................ 139.487 -.1 164.307 2.3 137.232 2.3 144.584 1.2 

Nondurables less food and beverages .............. 173.476 2.2 188.662 3.5 174.719 4.9 184.931 4.0 

Durables ............................................................ 106.304 -3.1 138.404 .5 103.097 -1.1 108.113 -2.0 

Services ................................................................. 261.824 4.5 236.323 4.8 227.350 2.0 229.525 2.9 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 3 .................................... 211.348 3.2 206.322 4.3 187.968 2.2 193.772 2.3 

All items less shelter ................................................ 196.625 1.5 200.016 2.0 183.505 2.5 199.725 2.6 

Commodities less food ............................................ 143.222 .0 166.185 2.3 139.107 2.3 149.233 1.4 

Nondurables ............................................................ 194.340 2.9 201.378 3.5 190.961 4.2 202.304 3.8 

Nondurables less food ............................................. 178.077 2.2 190.049 3.4 175.135 4.7 190.319 3.9 

Services less rent of shelter 6 .................................. 264.730 1.8 241.140 1.1 236.697 2.4 266.340 3.4 

Services less medical care services ........................ 254.684 4.6 226.222 5.0 218.018 1.7 217.495 2.5 

Energy 3 ................................................................... 238.219 4.3 195.121 1.7 202.374 4.7 207.020 6.7 

All items less energy ................................................ 217.548 3.2 214.560 4.4 195.010 1.9 203.943 2.2 

All items less food and energy 3 ............................ 219.353 3.1 214.879 4.6 193.653 1.6 202.492 2.0 

See footnotes at end of table.

192 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 16A. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and

service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

New York-Northern New

Jersey-Long Island,

NY-NJ-CT-PA

Phoenix-Mesa, AZ1

PhiladelphiaWilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD

Pittsburgh, PA 

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................. 226.940 2.8 115.284 3.4 216.743 2.2 201.483 3.0 

All items (1967=100) 4 ............................................. 656.052 - -- 626.160 -

 614.821 -

Food and beverages 3 ........................................... 210.878 3.9 118.883 5.1 196.104 3.3 199.488 5.3 

Food 3 .................................................................. 209.938 4.0 119.237 5.2 195.756 3.5 198.815 5.8 

Food at home ..................................................... 208.415 3.9 124.074 7.1 206.508 3.0 196.840 5.4 

Food away from home 5 .................................... 217.389 4.1 113.724 3.3 176.333 3.7 202.733 6.0 

Alcoholic beverages 5 .......................................... 220.876 3.1 114.828 4.2 197.882 1.1 207.066 .3 

Housing 3 ............................................................... 246.255 3.5 115.302 4.8 226.135 2.7 206.198 2.7 

Shelter ................................................................. 296.332 3.7 114.611 5.4 269.801 3.5 226.265 2.7 

Rent of primary residence 3 ............................... 281.724 4.5 113.697 6.1 247.534 4.3 196.051 3.7 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 6 302.517 3.6 113.169 5.3 275.766 3.6 219.097 2.2 

Fuels and utilities ................................................. 186.965 5.4 133.240 5.7 201.666 4.0 227.019 4.8 

Household energy .............................................. 188.633 5.4 141.869 5.7 185.889 3.6 217.547 3.8 

Gas (piped) and electricity ............................... 185.895 5.2 141.586 5.7 200.163 2.9 215.074 3.4 

Electricity ....................................................... 168.456 7.8 144.051 5.5 189.322 8.0 153.217 15.3 

Utility (piped) gas service ............................... 220.012 1.4 132.195 7.7 223.043 -6.6 284.789 -5.0 

Household furnishings and operations ................ 130.466 -.9 106.082 .6 123.342 -4.4 141.685 .9 

Apparel 3 ................................................................ 111.507 -1.9 116.777 .5 99.559 -1.7 141.183 5.2 

Transportation 3 ..................................................... 190.446 1.2 113.041 .3 184.957 .4 160.930 2.7 

Private transportation ........................................... 181.045 1.3 114.948 .4 182.397 .3 161.648 3.2 

Motor fuel ........................................................... 215.970 5.7 242.506 6.7 246.363 5.4 240.929 8.7 

Gasoline (all types) .......................................... 215.129 5.7 243.245 6.8 242.618 5.4 241.390 8.7 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 7 ......................... 217.471 5.4 248.673 6.7 244.457 5.6 239.704 8.7 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 .................. 215.097 6.0 236.097 6.9 235.591 5.2 255.926 8.6 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ...................... 213.289 6.1 231.941 7.3 226.009 5.3 232.715 9.1 

Medical care 3 ........................................................ 359.876 5.5 126.275 2.8 403.187 3.3 338.285 3.6 

Recreation 9 ........................................................... 114.282 -.5 103.111 2.4 117.439 2.1 106.370 -2.9 

Education and communication 9 ............................ 125.064 3.5 112.987 2.1 120.421 2.5 124.772 2.9 

Other goods and services 3 ................................... 336.437 1.3 122.129 5.8 381.837 3.7 334.636 3.6 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................. 226.940 2.8 115.284 3.4 216.743 2.2 201.483 3.0 

Commodities .......................................................... 172.609 1.9 111.920 2.1 164.247 .9 175.115 3.7 

Commodities less food and beverages ................ 145.653 .3 108.166 .5 144.690 -.4 160.614 2.7 

Nondurables less food and beverages .............. 172.504 1.4 134.831 3.8 173.787 1.6 198.865 4.5 

Durables ............................................................ 109.827 -1.6 85.753 -2.8 111.998 -3.2 119.778 -.3 

Services ................................................................. 273.502 3.3 117.777 4.4 271.087 3.0 230.498 2.4 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 3 .................................... 220.936 2.7 114.634 3.5 208.743 2.1 194.288 2.9 

All items less shelter ................................................ 199.737 2.3 115.773 2.5 200.062 1.6 194.789 3.1 

Commodities less food ............................................ 148.836 .4 108.418 .7 146.772 -.4 162.503 2.6 

Nondurables ............................................................ 193.684 2.8 126.283 4.5 186.359 2.4 199.422 4.9 

Nondurables less food ............................................. 175.706 1.6 133.100 3.8 175.272 1.5 199.371 4.2 

Services less rent of shelter 6 .................................. 257.506 2.8 120.381 3.2 277.883 2.5 240.759 2.3 

Services less medical care services ........................ 266.261 3.2 116.524 4.5 259.995 3.0 221.748 2.2 

Energy 3 ................................................................... 201.095 5.5 185.651 6.3 206.959 4.4 233.548 6.3 

All items less energy ................................................ 231.020 2.6 111.163 3.1 219.329 2.0 200.263 2.6 

All items less food and energy 3 ............................ 236.402 2.3 109.856 2.8 225.644 1.8 201.434 2.0 

See footnotes at end of table.

193 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 16A. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and

service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Portland-Salem,

OR-WA St. Louis, MO-IL San Diego, CA 

San FranciscoOakland-San Jose, CA 

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................. 208.556 3.7 193.231 2.0 233.321 2.3 216.048 3.3 

All items (1967=100) 4 ............................................. 610.566 -

 573.928 - 788.930 - 664.193 -

Food and beverages 3 ........................................... 187.948 3.4 195.764 3.3 212.005 4.1 215.329 4.1 

Food 3 .................................................................. 188.727 3.4 194.340 3.4 209.484 4.1 214.973 4.1 

Food at home ..................................................... 185.693 3.1 186.224 2.7 194.341 2.3 215.515 4.4 

Food away from home 5 .................................... 196.418 4.4 208.907 4.4 227.190 5.9 213.583 3.5 

Alcoholic beverages 5 .......................................... 181.053 2.9 199.040 2.2 234.143 3.5 224.175 4.3 

Housing 3 ............................................................... 202.768 3.2 185.142 .8 261.031 2.6 238.090 3.3 

Shelter ................................................................. 231.856 3.5 208.876 1.6 295.461 3.1 268.132 3.1 

Rent of primary residence 3 ............................... 217.369 5.0 188.186 2.5 279.078 3.7 277.314 3.9 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 6 239.219 3.5 216.006 1.3 313.222 3.5 285.828 2.9 

Fuels and utilities ................................................. 215.304 6.3 178.840 .1 194.878 .6 248.134 3.9 

Household energy .............................................. 187.984 7.8 168.325 -.3 168.315 -1.2 264.799 3.0 

Gas (piped) and electricity ............................... 231.619 7.8 171.887 -.4 165.747 -1.6 264.886 2.9 

Electricity ....................................................... 239.045 11.5 138.853 6.3 151.155 -2.2 267.886 2.3 

Utility (piped) gas service ............................... 209.412 1.6 205.412 -8.2 191.655 1.1 251.959 4.2 

Household furnishings and operations ................ 109.447 -.8 134.092 -2.3 176.638 .9 127.661 3.9 

Apparel 3 ................................................................ 120.366 .1 124.702 6.0 123.390 -3.1 107.170 -1.7 

Transportation 3 ..................................................... 209.378 5.0 178.489 1.8 193.218 1.5 166.644 3.2 

Private transportation ........................................... 209.803 5.4 179.348 2.2 187.965 2.0 159.558 3.5 

Motor fuel ........................................................... 252.991 11.0 251.139 8.2 242.726 7.4 237.268 11.8 

Gasoline (all types) .......................................... 253.790 11.1 247.125 8.2 243.545 7.4 236.981 12.3 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 7 ......................... 251.864 11.2 240.538 8.0 252.782 7.6 237.271 12.3 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 .................. 214.944 11.0 284.850 8.6 211.020 6.8 220.675 12.4 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ...................... 235.738 10.8 240.027 9.0 246.736 7.4 223.300 11.9 

Medical care 3 ........................................................ 378.584 12.7 343.858 2.2 - - 353.236 6.8 

Recreation 9 ........................................................... 112.243 -.1 119.198 1.9 137.110 .9 103.729 1.6 

Education and communication 9 ............................ 105.966 -.5 123.968 2.8 115.770 -.6 126.854 2.6 

Other goods and services 3 ................................... 382.807 4.6 260.741 2.7 333.456 1.8 353.355 2.5 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................. 208.556 3.7 193.231 2.0 233.321 2.3 216.048 3.3 

Commodities .......................................................... 164.041 2.8 166.963 2.2 181.007 1.7 165.016 2.6 

Commodities less food and beverages ................ 151.410 2.6 150.542 1.6 163.652 .3 134.832 1.6 

Nondurables less food and beverages .............. 178.114 4.2 188.219 3.9 177.053 1.5 165.709 3.4 

Durables ............................................................ 119.286 .0 115.130 -1.0 152.959 -1.0 105.103 -.8 

Services ................................................................. 253.224 4.2 221.155 1.7 279.448 2.6 258.596 3.6 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 3 .................................... 200.399 3.0 185.678 1.9 227.507 2.1 210.286 3.0 

All items less shelter ................................................ 200.811 3.8 189.592 2.2 208.807 1.9 195.951 3.3 

Commodities less food ............................................ 152.354 2.6 152.825 1.7 166.851 .5 139.044 1.7 

Nondurables ............................................................ 182.417 3.8 192.301 3.6 195.780 2.8 192.138 3.8 

Nondurables less food ............................................. 177.447 4.1 189.482 3.8 182.041 1.6 170.333 3.5 

Services less rent of shelter 6 .................................. 286.393 5.1 239.536 2.0 272.384 1.8 259.661 4.3 

Services less medical care services ........................ 243.662 3.1 209.630 1.6 271.443 2.4 252.076 3.4 

Energy 3 ................................................................... 219.086 9.7 204.059 4.2 210.940 4.4 250.410 8.2 

All items less energy ................................................ 210.081 3.1 194.971 1.8 236.846 2.0 216.802 2.9 

All items less food and energy 3 ............................ 215.709 3.1 195.435 1.5 242.896 1.7 217.752 2.7 

See footnotes at end of table.

194 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 16A. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, by expenditure category

and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

SeattleTacoma-Bremerton, WA TampaSt. PetersburgClearwater, FL WashingtonBaltimore,

DC-MD-VA-WV 2

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................. 215.656 3.9 184.288 5.2 133.464 3.6 

All items (1967=100) 4 ............................................. 657.403 -

 184.288 - --

Food and beverages 3 ........................................... 215.127 4.2 178.752 4.9 130.647 3.5 

Food 3 .................................................................. 216.316 4.2 177.912 5.2 131.459 3.6 

Food at home ..................................................... 215.499 4.3 176.999 5.8 128.039 3.6 

Food away from home 5 .................................... 220.727 4.2 179.861 4.3 133.347 3.5 

Alcoholic beverages 5 .......................................... 203.539 3.8 177.922 1.6 117.007 2.6 

Housing 3 ............................................................... 225.482 4.8 183.401 5.9 142.958 4.8 

Shelter ................................................................. 245.393 5.3 201.078 7.3 147.848 4.3 

Rent of primary residence 3 ............................... 233.823 6.7 195.965 7.1 155.271 4.6 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 6 254.539 5.1 210.029 7.8 147.082 4.2 

Fuels and utilities ................................................. 196.044 5.7 184.475 2.8 160.304 12.7 

Household energy .............................................. 199.163 5.9 157.918 2.7 165.037 14.9 

Gas (piped) and electricity ............................... 235.261 5.6 156.086 2.7 159.764 15.6 

Electricity ....................................................... 226.231 5.2 152.729 2.7 155.213 20.6 

Utility (piped) gas service ............................... 213.431 6.6 291.004 .2 158.962 -3.0 

Household furnishings and operations ................ 188.169 1.5 121.774 -.3 101.376 -.7 

Apparel 3 ................................................................ 134.655 6.1 140.677 .6 92.707 1.1 

Transportation 3 ..................................................... 197.837 1.8 173.804 3.9 128.301 2.0 

Private transportation ........................................... 205.706 1.9 177.549 3.8 128.801 2.1 

Motor fuel ........................................................... 315.448 8.9 291.893 8.5 227.139 5.6 

Gasoline (all types) .......................................... 321.198 9.0 286.262 8.5 227.304 5.6 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 7 ......................... 353.030 8.8 284.857 8.4 231.303 5.4 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 .................. 246.698 9.6 247.914 8.7 223.918 5.8 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ...................... 283.186 9.7 279.945 8.8 222.554 6.0 

Medical care 3 ........................................................ 329.443 4.9 294.394 14.7 133.843 3.4 

Recreation 9 ........................................................... 94.736 2.4 114.181 1.2 115.858 1.3 

Education and communication 9 ............................ 118.581 .2 106.142 1.4 124.955 2.3 

Other goods and services 3 ................................... 350.446 5.6 227.239 1.9 148.317 3.9 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................. 215.656 3.9 184.288 5.2 133.464 3.6 

Commodities .......................................................... 182.332 3.1 156.420 3.6 118.727 2.0 

Commodities less food and beverages ................ 164.019 2.5 143.251 2.6 111.929 1.0 

Nondurables less food and beverages .............. 191.684 5.4 199.356 4.3 134.079 2.8 

Durables ............................................................ 136.328 -.9 96.162 .4 87.722 -1.7 

Services ................................................................. 247.063 4.4 209.653 6.3 143.193 4.5 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 3 .................................... 210.481 3.8 178.080 4.6 133.388 3.6 

All items less shelter ................................................ 205.194 3.2 177.614 4.1 126.158 3.1 

Commodities less food ............................................ 165.475 2.6 145.678 2.5 112.249 1.1 

Nondurables ............................................................ 203.083 4.7 188.164 4.7 131.649 3.2 

Nondurables less food ............................................. 192.104 5.3 198.140 4.0 132.747 2.8 

Services less rent of shelter 6 .................................. 255.451 3.3 214.943 5.0 137.966 4.5 

Services less medical care services ........................ 240.037 4.3 200.001 5.4 143.992 4.5 

Energy 3 ................................................................... 263.219 7.8 210.290 5.6 188.448 10.2 

All items less energy ................................................ 215.155 3.6 181.647 5.1 129.202 2.9 

All items less food and energy 3 ............................ 215.057 3.5 182.543 5.0 129.677 2.8 

1 For Phoenix-Mesa, indexes are on a December 2001=100 base. 2 For Washington-Baltimore, indexes are on a December 1997=100

base unless otherwise noted. 3 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a November 1996=100 base. 4 Index is on a November 1977=100 base in Miami and an October

1967=100 base in Anchorage. 5 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a November 1997=100 base. 6 Indexes are on a November 1982=100 base in Anchorage, Boston,

Cincinnati, Denver, Miami, Milwaukee, Portland, St. Louis, San Diego, and

Seattle. Indexes are on a December 1982=100 base in Atlanta, Chicago,

Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Honolulu, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles,

Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco. 7 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 8 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 9 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. - Data not available.

195 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 18A. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Regions1, by expenditure category and

commodity and service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Northeast Midwest South West

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Expenditure category

All items .......................................................... 216.728 2.6 193.183 2.7 197.446 2.9 206.660 3.1 

All items (December 1977=100) .................... 338.517 - 312.419 -

 319.785 - 332.504 -

Food and beverages ..................................... 206.653 4.0 196.481 3.7 199.284 3.8 208.681 4.3 

Food ........................................................... 206.302 4.0 195.939 3.7 199.601 3.9 207.621 4.3 

Food at home ........................................... 205.151 3.9 191.892 4.0 195.837 4.2 210.179 4.7 

Food away from home .............................. 211.060 4.2 202.739 3.4 207.551 3.4 204.166 3.7 

Alcoholic beverages ................................... 210.081 2.9 203.416 2.7 194.358 3.3 220.886 3.9 

Housing ........................................................ 230.246 3.2 186.216 2.4 191.801 3.3 216.624 3.7 

Shelter ........................................................ 272.706 3.5 210.152 2.2 212.306 4.3 239.209 4.3 

Rent of primary residence ........................ 262.094 4.0 211.182 2.7 210.062 4.9 246.936 4.8 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary

residence 2 ....................................... 253.371 3.2 207.956 1.7 201.371 4.1 229.481 4.1 

Fuels and utilities ........................................ 202.785 4.5 193.265 4.5 199.141 1.1 216.632 2.9 

Household energy .................................... 190.312 4.4 171.489 4.6 172.051 .4 204.438 2.1 

Gas (piped) and electricity ...................... 195.703 3.7 176.606 4.4 173.966 .3 207.095 2.0 

Electricity .............................................. 179.754 6.8 155.670 8.9 164.429 .8 211.024 3.0 

Utility (piped) gas service ..................... 224.650 -1.8 214.377 -1.1 224.025 -2.3 216.767 -.3 

Household furnishings and operations ....... 122.582 -1.3 117.138 .5 120.638 .0 131.517 -.1 

Apparel ......................................................... 116.932 -1.3 108.370 -.8 132.407 -.5 112.980 .5 

Transportation .............................................. 185.120 1.3 186.414 3.1 180.991 2.2 185.449 2.3 

Private transportation ................................. 180.832 1.4 183.626 3.1 179.744 2.2 182.142 2.3 

New and used motor vehicles 3 ................ 93.296 -1.9 94.011 -1.1 93.351 -1.5 92.564 -1.4 

New vehicles .......................................... 136.159 -1.0 134.344 -.5 140.172 -1.1 137.794 -.7 

Used cars and trucks .............................. 140.841 -3.0 137.741 -3.2 135.670 -3.0 133.866 -2.9 

Motor fuel .................................................. 230.573 6.7 248.927 9.8 235.775 7.9 241.657 8.5 

Gasoline (all types) ................................. 229.399 6.7 247.739 9.8 234.592 7.9 240.841 8.5 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 4 ................ 230.588 6.8 246.519 9.7 234.426 7.8 239.643 8.6 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 4 5 ......... 233.064 6.5 270.033 10.0 243.056 8.0 226.602 8.4 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 4 ............. 221.421 6.6 242.284 9.5 229.960 8.1 230.526 8.3 

Medical care ................................................. 371.135 4.9 353.246 4.7 335.663 3.7 352.540 5.2 

Medical care commodities .......................... 303.342 2.7 285.082 2.3 269.941 -.3 283.744 1.6 

Medical care services ................................. 388.787 5.5 373.309 5.4 355.099 5.0 370.920 6.1 

Professional services ................................ 309.765 4.1 318.818 3.7 297.752 4.1 285.239 3.9 

Recreation 3 ................................................. 112.271 -.1 108.761 .9 109.326 .3 104.570 .2 

Education and communication 3 ................... 116.859 2.1 118.575 2.4 112.832 2.4 117.619 1.5 

Other goods and services ............................. 378.607 3.1 333.277 2.9 330.624 5.8 336.596 3.5 

Commodity and service group

All items .......................................................... 216.728 2.6 193.183 2.7 197.446 2.9 206.660 3.1 

Commodities ................................................. 175.344 2.0 164.539 2.6 169.651 2.3 169.864 2.4 

Commodities less food and beverages ...... 154.852 .9 147.950 2.1 153.665 1.4 147.635 1.3 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..... 188.129 2.8 187.851 4.3 196.122 3.9 183.620 3.9 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and

apparel ............................................ 242.409 4.4 236.644 5.7 236.778 5.4 235.343 5.1 

Durables ................................................... 112.923 -2.1 109.390 -1.1 113.982 -1.7 114.663 -1.8 

Services ........................................................ 263.884 3.0 228.088 2.7 231.381 3.4 246.123 3.7 

Rent of shelter 2 ......................................... 255.268 3.5 208.891 2.2 202.196 4.3 231.071 4.4 

Transportation services .............................. 221.355 .2 236.589 1.4 241.616 1.9 235.481 1.2 

Other services ............................................ 300.539 2.2 263.699 2.6 267.096 2.8 268.640 2.8 

See footnotes at end of table.

196 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 18A. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Regions1, by expenditure category and

commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Northeast Midwest South West

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ............................. 210.979 2.5 186.805 2.6 190.447 2.9 200.864 3.1 

All items less food ........................................... 218.949 2.4 192.443 2.5 196.768 2.8 206.323 2.9 

All items less shelter ....................................... 199.222 2.2 189.478 2.9 193.424 2.4 195.340 2.6 

Commodities less food ................................... 157.072 .9 149.785 2.1 154.937 1.5 150.537 1.4 

Nondurables ................................................... 198.533 3.3 192.813 4.0 197.815 3.9 197.708 4.1 

Nondurables less food .................................... 189.604 2.8 188.631 4.2 195.926 3.9 186.854 3.9 

Nondurables less food and apparel ................ 238.334 4.2 232.518 5.5 232.249 5.2 233.354 5.0 

Services less rent of shelter 2 ......................... 232.850 2.5 227.766 3.2 229.826 2.6 235.567 2.9 

Services less medical care services ............... 255.787 2.9 217.738 2.5 219.938 3.3 237.774 3.6 

Energy ............................................................ 207.972 5.5 206.240 7.4 198.629 4.5 231.157 6.1 

All items less energy ....................................... 218.948 2.3 192.935 2.1 197.211 2.7 205.551 2.8 

All items less food and energy ...................... 222.921 1.9 192.597 1.7 196.848 2.4 205.310 2.5 

Commodities less food and energy

commodities ....................................... 145.877 -.8 137.260 .0 142.217 -.3 137.895 -.4 

Energy commodities ................................... 235.039 6.8 248.747 9.7 237.808 7.8 244.160 8.5 

Services less energy services .................... 271.138 3.0 234.878 2.5 237.754 3.8 249.271 3.8 

1 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical

notes. 2 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 3 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.

4 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 5 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. - Data not available.

197 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
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

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Size class A 2 Size class B/C 3 Size class D 

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change from

2006 to

2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change from

2006 to

2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change from

2006 to

2007

Expenditure category

All items 4 ................................................................................... 188.023 2.9 127.095 2.8 197.881 2.8 

All items (December 1977=100) ................................................ 188.023 - -- 319.808 -

Food and beverages ................................................................ 184.037 3.7 126.707 4.1 199.963 4.4 

Food ....................................................................................... 183.746 3.8 126.691 4.2 199.616 4.5 

Food at home ....................................................................... 187.114 4.0 124.765 4.4 194.073 5.1 

Food away from home .......................................................... 178.244 3.5 129.741 3.8 210.337 3.6 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 186.140 3.0 127.044 3.7 204.357 3.1 

Housing .................................................................................... 192.018 3.3 127.327 2.9 189.051 2.7 

Shelter .................................................................................... 207.483 3.8 128.138 3.5 214.265 3.2 

Rent of primary residence .................................................... 202.253 4.5 130.516 4.1 200.821 3.3 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 ................... 207.170 3.5 126.292 3.1 203.110 2.9 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 201.828 3.2 151.158 2.8 197.912 3.0 

Household energy ................................................................ 202.402 2.9 152.075 2.3 168.618 2.8 

Gas (piped) and electricity .................................................. 195.278 2.7 146.321 1.8 179.574 2.5 

Electricity .......................................................................... 179.444 4.5 133.509 3.1 173.321 4.6 

Utility (piped) gas service ................................................. 228.888 -.9 188.149 -1.8 209.448 -3.5 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 117.291 .0 97.295 -.2 118.933 -.5 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 110.694 -.5 88.115 -.5 120.055 -1.1

Transportation .......................................................................... 183.791 2.0 129.227 2.4 182.495 2.4 

Private transportation ............................................................. 183.560 2.1 129.112 2.5 179.838 2.4 

New and used motor vehicles 3 ........................................... 93.940 -1.3 92.756 -1.6 92.478 -1.5 

New vehicles ...................................................................... 119.463 -.5 95.179 -1.1 143.957 -1.7 

Used cars and trucks .......................................................... 130.359 -3.2 91.362 -3.0 125.629 -2.5 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 350.151 8.1 237.109 8.6 231.954 7.0 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 348.645 8.1 237.584 8.6 230.273 7.1 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ........................................... 357.452 8.2 243.443 8.8 221.310 6.7 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 ..................................... 237.068 7.9 231.311 8.4 256.071 8.0 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ......................................... 310.733 7.8 222.636 8.3 230.832 7.9 

Medical care ............................................................................. 277.672 4.9 148.311 4.2 340.561 4.2 

Medical care commodities ...................................................... 224.963 1.1 134.256 1.5 278.955 1.0 

Medical care services ............................................................. 292.512 5.9 152.573 4.9 359.088 5.0 

Professional services ........................................................... 238.113 4.1 140.487 3.7 304.676 4.4 

Recreation 3 ............................................................................. 110.794 .2 105.626 .3 109.636 1.0 

Education and communication 3 .............................................. 117.856 2.1 113.038 1.9 121.353 2.9 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 273.386 3.3 154.150 4.9 355.025 3.6 

Commodity and service group

All items 4 ................................................................................... 188.023 2.9 127.095 2.8 197.881 2.8 

Commodities ............................................................................ 164.060 2.3 118.738 2.5 169.654 2.2 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................. 151.155 1.3 114.401 1.7 154.113 1.1 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. 195.503 3.3 143.788 4.4 194.905 3.3 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ................ 256.985 4.8 171.801 5.7 236.229 4.5 

Durables ............................................................................... 107.925 -1.5 87.352 -1.9 114.724 -1.7 

Services .................................................................................... 210.300 3.3 132.360 3.2 234.794 3.4

Rent of shelter 5 ..................................................................... 208.309 3.8 128.323 3.5 200.273 3.2 

Transportation services .......................................................... 191.199 .5 129.386 1.8 240.463 4.3 

Other services ........................................................................ 227.666 2.6 129.019 2.6 276.636 2.9 

See footnotes at end of table.

198 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
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-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Size class A 2 Size class B/C 3 Size class D 

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change from

2006 to

2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change from

2006 to

2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change from

2006 to

2007

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ......................................................... 184.349 2.8 124.414 2.7 190.358 2.7 

All items less food ...................................................................... 188.846 2.7 125.386 2.6 197.430 2.6 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 180.388 2.4 124.758 2.6 194.469 2.7 

Commodities less food ............................................................... 152.808 1.4 114.757 1.7 155.542 1.2 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 189.736 3.5 134.724 4.3 198.840 3.8 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 195.313 3.3 142.668 4.4 195.303 3.3 

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................ 249.035 4.6 167.667 5.6 233.342 4.4 

Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................................... 212.211 2.6 136.394 2.8 233.912 3.5 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 204.920 3.1 130.681 3.0 222.871 3.2 

Energy ........................................................................................ 267.245 5.7 191.062 5.9 201.919 5.2

All items less energy .................................................................. 181.703 2.5 119.846 2.4 196.981 2.5 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 181.355 2.3 118.385 2.1 197.113 2.1 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ................... 129.779 -.4 98.593 -.3 142.554 -.5 

Energy commodities ............................................................... 350.747 8.0 238.923 8.6 230.882 7.0 

Services less energy services ................................................ 211.409 3.4 131.072 3.3 241.041 3.5 

1 See region and area size on Table 10 for information about population size

classes. 2 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 3 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 4 The ’All items’ index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base.

5 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 6 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 7 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. - Data not available.

199 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
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

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Northeast Midwest

Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class D 

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from

2006 to

2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from

2006 to

2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from

2006 to

2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from

2006 to

2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from

2006 to

2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ....................................................... 217.698 2.6 130.410 2.5 193.826 2.6 125.987 2.8 191.330 2.9 

All items (December 1977=100) .................... 332.655 - -- 316.868 - -- 310.001 -

Food and beverages ..................................... 206.282 3.9 128.378 4.2 198.812 3.3 125.629 4.2 195.320 3.9 

Food ........................................................... 205.817 3.9 128.568 4.3 198.658 3.4 125.564 4.2 194.287 3.8 

Food at home ........................................... 205.776 3.8 126.183 4.1 197.581 3.4 122.684 4.5 183.392 5.0 

Food away from home .............................. 208.170 4.1 132.400 4.5 200.721 3.3 129.546 3.9 213.233 2.5 

Alcoholic beverages ................................... 211.457 2.7 124.493 3.2 199.906 2.4 127.519 3.0 210.047 4.0 

Housing ........................................................ 230.887 3.2 133.045 3.3 187.566 2.4 121.721 2.1 182.461 3.3 

Shelter ........................................................ 272.670 3.4 130.499 3.5 212.932 2.3 121.107 1.9 202.832 2.9 

Rent of primary residence ........................ 270.040 4.1 133.796 3.6 221.922 3.0 121.262 2.2 188.288 2.6 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary

residence 4 ....................................... 256.071 3.2 127.970 3.2 210.195 1.7 118.885 1.6 199.980 1.9 

Fuels and utilities ........................................ 194.725 4.0 170.410 5.5 187.620 4.5 155.198 4.2 204.466 6.0 

Household energy .................................... 189.462 3.8 173.003 5.5 168.916 4.7 158.432 4.1 162.186 5.9 

Gas (piped) and electricity ...................... 193.572 3.1 152.359 4.7 171.621 4.6 154.128 3.7 171.615 5.7 

Electricity .............................................. 176.842 5.8 131.574 8.4 141.901 10.4 134.625 6.9 151.251 9.4 

Utility (piped) gas service ..................... 225.106 -1.0 187.351 -3.8 206.395 -.9 200.164 -1.4 214.577 -1.6 

Household furnishings and operations ....... 122.790 -1.2 100.908 -1.6 113.059 .1 94.002 1.1 116.932 1.4 

Apparel ......................................................... 112.550 -.7 87.425 -3.7 105.153 -.6 82.743 -1.1 125.092 .0 

Transportation .............................................. 186.738 1.2 129.372 1.5 184.876 3.1 136.589 3.6 174.843 1.8 

Private transportation ................................. 181.717 1.2 129.845 1.5 182.523 3.0 136.657 3.7 170.370 1.8 

Motor fuel .................................................. 225.248 6.0 234.356 7.7 252.594 10.1 253.391 10.3 219.219 5.6 

Gasoline (all types) ................................. 223.850 6.0 234.368 7.7 251.076 10.1 253.394 10.3 216.765 5.6 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 5 ................ 224.927 5.9 238.579 7.9 250.753 10.2 258.871 10.3 208.823 5.0 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 ......... 223.798 6.2 232.692 6.8 266.258 9.9 249.133 10.5 252.290 7.0 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 ............. 218.284 6.0 220.098 7.4 241.301 9.8 237.369 9.7 222.008 6.8 

Medical care ................................................. 374.260 5.2 153.010 4.6 348.418 4.9 153.158 4.5 344.125 4.2 

Recreation 2 ................................................. 113.408 .4 110.295 -1.0 111.796 .7 105.780 1.2 107.630 .4 

Education and communication 2 ................... 120.272 2.5 108.462 .9 119.807 2.3 117.679 2.6 115.091 2.1 

Other goods and services ............................. 371.878 2.6 163.978 4.1 329.275 2.2 155.532 3.8 341.925 4.0 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ....................................................... 217.698 2.6 130.410 2.5 193.826 2.6 125.987 2.8 191.330 2.9 

Commodities ................................................. 174.239 2.0 123.476 2.0 163.192 2.4 118.701 3.1 169.774 2.7 

Commodities less food and beverages ...... 152.023 .8 120.946 1.0 144.146 1.9 115.206 2.6 156.755 1.9 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..... 180.460 2.4 153.214 3.7 183.056 4.0 145.577 5.2 197.544 3.3 

Durables ................................................... 112.673 -1.9 88.787 -2.2 107.778 -.9 85.939 -1.6 112.652 -.5 

Services ........................................................ 263.811 3.1 133.672 3.1 229.144 2.7 131.340 2.6 219.395 3.0 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ............................. 211.890 2.6 127.760 2.5 187.879 2.4 123.251 2.7 184.001 2.7 

All items less shelter ....................................... 198.695 2.2 128.375 2.2 188.919 2.7 126.279 3.2 189.601 2.9 

Commodities less food ................................... 154.445 .9 121.029 1.0 146.188 1.9 115.493 2.6 158.242 2.0 

Nondurables ................................................... 194.943 3.1 139.746 3.9 192.022 3.6 135.187 4.6 197.647 3.5 

Nondurables less food .................................... 182.618 2.4 150.961 3.6 184.237 3.9 144.006 5.0 198.376 3.3 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ......................... 229.336 2.5 136.761 2.6 229.382 3.1 141.343 3.2 215.377 3.1 

Services less medical care services ............... 255.670 2.9 131.895 2.9 219.772 2.5 128.984 2.4 206.295 2.7 

Energy ............................................................ 205.229 4.8 200.169 6.6 205.981 7.6 200.942 7.5 191.195 5.7 

All items less energy ....................................... 220.556 2.4 122.343 2.0 193.801 1.9 118.297 2.2 191.252 2.4 

All items less food and energy ...................... 224.953 2.1 121.118 1.5 193.003 1.7 116.761 1.8 190.935 2.1 

See footnotes at end of table.

200 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
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-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

South West

Size class A Size class B/C 2 Size class D Size class A Size class B/C 2

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from

2006 to

2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from

2006 to

2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from

2006 to

2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from

2006 to

2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from

2006 to

2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ....................................................... 200.786 3.1 126.046 2.9 200.304 2.6 208.360 3.1 128.470 3.1 

All items (December 1977=100) .................... 325.274 - -- 324.248 -

 337.294 - --

Food and beverages ..................................... 201.215 3.7 126.298 3.9 196.181 4.6 210.533 4.1 127.663 4.6 

Food ........................................................... 201.533 3.7 126.483 3.9 196.285 4.7 209.646 4.1 127.071 4.7 

Food at home ........................................... 197.192 4.0 125.105 4.2 195.506 5.1 213.757 4.6 125.247 4.9 

Food away from home .............................. 210.190 3.3 128.629 3.4 201.161 4.2 203.391 3.3 130.532 4.3 

Alcoholic beverages ................................... 197.127 2.7 122.665 3.5 194.360 4.0 218.351 3.7 139.289 5.7 

Housing ........................................................ 196.032 3.8 127.364 3.0 190.548 2.0 222.626 4.0 128.760 3.3 

Shelter ........................................................ 215.258 4.5 130.373 4.1 221.404 3.5 243.796 4.7 128.894 3.7 

Rent of primary residence ........................ 215.485 4.9 132.468 5.0 204.211 4.0 263.281 5.1 132.077 4.0 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary

residence 4 ....................................... 207.601 4.6 128.830 3.6 204.790 3.6 235.321 4.5 127.687 3.4 

Fuels and utilities ........................................ 197.963 2.0 141.622 .7 191.287 .2 221.714 2.1 153.922 3.8 

Household energy .................................... 181.661 1.8 140.768 -.4 166.794 -.1 216.572 1.0 153.491 3.2 

Gas (piped) and electricity ...................... 186.321 1.8 138.853 -.6 172.358 -.4 218.647 .9 152.050 3.2 

Electricity .............................................. 173.820 2.1 131.863 -.3 169.414 1.8 233.381 1.6 137.465 4.7 

Utility (piped) gas service ..................... 221.965 -.6 179.169 -1.9 190.281 -11.4 212.300 -.8 191.797 -.3 

Household furnishings and operations ....... 128.542 .8 95.591 -.1 111.654 -3.4 135.023 .1 103.228 -.7 

Apparel ......................................................... 149.050 -.2 88.451 -.5 119.538 -2.3 114.450 -.1 92.465 1.9 

Transportation .............................................. 187.653 2.0 125.384 2.2 188.036 2.9 183.491 1.9 131.174 3.0 

Private transportation ................................. 187.374 2.1 125.065 2.2 186.972 2.9 180.128 2.0 130.746 3.0 

Motor fuel .................................................. 243.155 6.9 235.216 8.3 224.151 8.3 242.465 8.7 219.659 8.5 

Gasoline (all types) ................................. 240.782 6.9 235.479 8.4 221.421 8.3 241.153 8.8 221.167 8.6 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 5 ................ 243.031 6.7 242.954 8.4 214.594 8.3 242.600 8.8 221.327 8.8 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 ......... 239.854 7.3 227.557 8.4 259.627 8.3 222.470 8.4 218.073 8.3 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 ............. 234.327 7.3 221.543 8.4 228.459 8.7 231.955 8.6 211.188 8.0 

Medical care ................................................. 328.302 3.8 143.592 3.8 330.427 3.3 344.845 5.5 150.676 4.5 

Recreation 2 ................................................. 110.576 -.7 108.211 .8 111.289 1.0 107.520 .2 98.648 -.3 

Education and communication 2 ................... 112.366 1.6 111.902 2.7 120.966 3.4 117.807 1.9 114.340 .1 

Other goods and services ............................. 311.142 5.9 151.092 6.2 343.420 3.5 335.676 3.0 148.550 4.5 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ....................................................... 200.786 3.1 126.046 2.9 200.304 2.6 208.360 3.1 128.470 3.1 

Commodities ................................................. 173.796 2.3 117.633 2.4 169.847 1.9 170.450 2.4 118.051 2.7 

Commodities less food and beverages ...... 157.974 1.3 113.031 1.6 156.052 .7 146.700 1.2 112.424 1.5 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..... 200.300 3.4 142.128 4.4 196.180 3.3 182.164 3.6 137.551 4.5 

Durables ................................................... 116.645 -1.7 87.473 -1.6 115.538 -2.5 114.376 -1.7 88.758 -2.1 

Services ........................................................ 231.980 3.7 132.094 3.4 240.276 3.2 247.810 3.8 132.944 3.5 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ............................. 194.798 3.0 123.656 2.8 191.714 2.6 203.297 3.1 124.841 3.0 

All items less shelter ....................................... 196.736 2.3 122.858 2.4 195.778 2.3 195.554 2.4 124.903 2.8 

Commodities less food ................................... 159.594 1.4 113.305 1.6 156.889 .8 149.765 1.3 113.150 1.7 

Nondurables ................................................... 200.485 3.5 133.734 4.2 197.606 3.9 198.097 3.8 132.378 4.6 

Nondurables less food .................................... 200.155 3.3 141.085 4.4 195.435 3.4 185.566 3.6 137.608 4.6 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ......................... 229.171 2.4 133.568 2.5 237.148 3.1 232.594 2.5 137.007 3.1 

Services less medical care services ............... 221.989 3.5 130.827 3.2 227.322 3.1 240.790 3.7 131.135 3.3 

Energy ............................................................ 208.664 4.5 182.467 4.5 191.869 4.6 233.656 6.1 193.366 6.4 

All items less energy ....................................... 200.565 2.9 119.214 2.6 198.968 2.3 207.544 2.9 120.999 2.7 

All items less food and energy ...................... 200.499 2.7 117.611 2.4 200.246 1.8 207.355 2.7 119.672 2.3 

1 See region and area size on Table 10 for information about cross

classifications. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 The ’All items’ index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base.

4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 5 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 6 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. - Data not available.

201 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 23A. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, by expenditure category and

commodity and service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Anchorage, AK Atlanta, GA 

BostonBrockton-Nashua,

 MA-NH-ME-CT 

ChicagoGary-Kenosha,

 IL-IN-WI 

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................. 181.035 2.1 198.820 3.4 226.943 2.0 197.830 3.2 

All items (1967=100) 4 ............................................. 471.168 -

 601.160 - 655.947 - 580.998 -

Food and beverages 3 ........................................... 183.666 4.4 204.986 3.0 211.623 3.4 200.196 3.1 

Food 3 .................................................................. 184.105 4.7 211.049 3.2 212.145 3.4 199.458 3.3 

Food at home ..................................................... 185.268 5.3 199.751 3.3 204.612 3.3 203.507 3.4 

Food away from home ....................................... 181.110 3.4 229.577 2.8 227.854 4.3 189.493 3.2 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................. 172.275 1.3 138.637 .6 207.358 3.0 209.684 1.2 

Housing 3 ............................................................... 163.101 3.0 194.486 4.2 232.593 1.5 200.138 4.2 

Shelter ................................................................. 162.476 1.9 207.738 4.8 273.172 2.0 235.925 3.3 

Rent of primary residence 3 ............................... 156.066 3.1 212.941 4.9 268.126 2.8 256.905 4.0 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 151.851 2.1 197.314 4.8 251.552 1.8 231.978 2.3 

Fuels and utilities ................................................. 244.579 12.2 225.883 3.3 222.342 -.6 179.226 13.9 

Household energy .............................................. 261.078 13.4 204.998 2.7 191.984 -1.0 164.169 16.1 

Gas (piped) and electricity ............................... 275.736 13.4 205.069 2.6 207.628 -3.2 167.998 16.3 

Electricity ....................................................... 210.117 .2 172.770 5.3 201.564 -2.7 132.579 26.5 

Utility (piped) gas service ............................... 379.152 29.4 262.987 -2.6 211.968 -4.0 210.033 7.8 

Household furnishings and operations ................ 111.218 .9 131.390 .8 123.335 -.1 102.508 -.9 

Apparel 3 ................................................................ 121.570 -2.7 129.727 9.5 150.784 2.9 92.513 -1.3 

Transportation 3 ..................................................... 177.358 .9 178.149 2.7 181.496 .9 172.103 3.4 

Private transportation ........................................... 177.068 .8 176.626 2.6 179.731 .9 169.520 3.4 

Motor fuel ........................................................... 226.233 6.4 237.301 8.8 232.920 6.1 253.884 10.2 

Gasoline (all types) .......................................... 226.670 6.4 235.674 8.8 229.767 6.1 251.756 10.3 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ......................... 220.121 6.5 234.282 8.8 228.471 6.2 248.423 10.4 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 .................. 214.968 6.4 281.489 9.1 230.780 6.3 262.073 10.2 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ...................... 223.800 6.3 233.663 8.1 225.734 5.2 239.969 10.0 

Medical care 3 ........................................................ 378.673 3.1 313.987 -3.0 472.941 5.5 354.668 3.9 

Recreation 8 ........................................................... 115.842 -1.2 109.976 .3 120.029 2.5 106.973 -.4 

Education and communication 8 ............................ 108.779 .0 107.807 3.0 118.400 .9 127.588 2.3 

Other goods and services 3 ................................... 266.548 4.6 334.346 2.9 377.254 2.9 332.307 2.1 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................. 181.035 2.1 198.820 3.4 226.943 2.0 197.830 3.2 

Commodities .......................................................... 160.044 1.1 171.337 2.9 180.005 2.3 159.540 2.1 

Commodities less food and beverages ................ 148.614 -.2 153.168 2.8 162.120 1.6 137.659 1.6 

Nondurables less food and beverages .............. 174.773 2.4 196.909 4.5 204.239 4.3 179.663 4.0 

Durables ............................................................ 122.230 -2.5 112.065 -.4 114.639 -2.5 100.776 -1.7 

Services ................................................................. 200.261 2.8 232.431 3.8 277.471 1.7 238.094 4.0 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 3 .................................... 173.656 2.0 192.323 3.7 217.476 1.8 191.139 3.2 

All items less shelter ................................................ 187.511 2.1 200.037 2.7 212.717 1.9 185.353 3.1 

Commodities less food ............................................ 149.784 -.1 152.865 2.7 163.616 1.7 140.332 1.5 

Nondurables ............................................................ 179.532 3.4 200.416 3.7 207.149 3.9 191.977 3.5 

Nondurables less food ............................................. 175.318 2.4 193.097 4.3 203.015 4.2 182.065 3.8 

Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................. 222.727 3.9 241.229 2.5 264.167 1.4 225.025 4.9 

Services less medical care services ........................ 187.975 2.9 221.213 3.8 262.813 1.5 228.511 4.1 

Energy 3 ................................................................... 231.008 9.3 202.796 5.7 207.848 2.1 199.419 12.9 

All items less energy ................................................ 178.238 1.4 197.676 3.2 231.889 1.8 198.393 2.2 

All items less food and energy 3 ............................ 176.963 1.0 195.403 3.2 237.363 1.6 198.345 1.9 

See footnotes at end of table.

202 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 23A. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, by expenditure category and

commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

CincinnatiHamilton,

 OH-KY-IN 

ClevelandAkron, OH DallasFort Worth, TX DenverBoulder-Greeley, CO 

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................. 187.945 2.7 186.368 2.3 195.200 1.9 194.202 2.1 

All items (1967=100) 4 ............................................. 577.575 -

 582.343 - 601.932 - 646.405 -

Food and beverages 3 ........................................... 180.385 3.6 202.814 3.3 203.851 4.5 192.967 4.4 

Food 3 .................................................................. 178.621 3.1 205.553 3.4 199.119 4.5 195.103 4.6 

Food at home ..................................................... 175.970 3.1 196.893 3.1 185.269 5.4 196.310 3.6 

Food away from home ....................................... 183.945 2.8 221.852 3.9 224.713 3.3 191.653 5.4 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................. 209.797 10.7 168.946 1.4 263.746 3.8 182.458 2.3 

Housing 3 ............................................................... 177.197 2.2 174.090 1.2 176.864 1.1 181.700 .4 

Shelter ................................................................. 197.340 2.0 188.632 2.0 179.799 2.0 197.361 1.8 

Rent of primary residence 3 ............................... 204.393 2.4 207.600 2.2 176.344 2.6 197.709 1.4 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 191.735 1.8 195.757 1.8 174.511 2.0 191.662 1.8 

Fuels and utilities ................................................. 185.242 4.0 191.013 -1.9 222.458 -1.1 180.213 -5.4 

Household energy .............................................. 156.825 3.0 181.832 -4.7 226.505 -2.1 138.941 -7.5 

Gas (piped) and electricity ............................... 159.561 2.8 181.898 -5.1 223.969 -2.1 138.786 -7.5 

Electricity ....................................................... 159.584 5.4 142.264 .5 211.248 -3.5 121.395 .3 

Utility (piped) gas service ............................... 227.780 -5.0 225.364 -8.9 253.745 10.3 173.663 -12.7 

Household furnishings and operations ................ 113.133 .7 116.252 .4 124.126 -1.3 130.797 -2.6 

Apparel 3 ................................................................ 112.758 -2.6 104.307 -1.2 125.859 -4.8 93.090 -2.5 

Transportation 3 ..................................................... 185.704 3.1 187.060 3.6 197.837 1.7 217.581 3.3 

Private transportation ........................................... 185.579 2.8 187.151 3.6 199.043 1.9 214.995 3.2 

Motor fuel ........................................................... 250.638 8.0 275.781 10.3 244.240 6.3 228.016 10.3 

Gasoline (all types) .......................................... 250.185 8.1 273.669 10.4 243.074 6.3 227.073 10.3 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ......................... 257.990 8.2 265.028 10.6 240.423 5.8 224.538 10.3 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 .................. 242.866 7.7 280.653 9.7 242.733 7.2 214.521 9.6 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ...................... 215.455 7.9 266.006 9.6 238.042 7.3 226.479 11.1 

Medical care 3 ........................................................ 359.819 5.1 316.591 8.1 322.635 3.1 400.777 6.5 

Recreation 8 ........................................................... 115.610 1.5 106.175 2.9 111.202 -2.5 113.503 1.0 

Education and communication 8 ............................ 108.448 3.7 104.091 1.4 119.388 .3 111.978 4.8 

Other goods and services 3 ................................... 360.689 3.9 363.563 2.3 326.462 10.4 304.846 2.9 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................. 187.945 2.7 186.368 2.3 195.200 1.9 194.202 2.1 

Commodities .......................................................... 159.583 2.4 167.738 3.1 176.365 2.2 160.607 2.7 

Commodities less food and beverages ................ 148.309 1.8 149.544 2.9 159.538 .7 140.358 1.6 

Nondurables less food and beverages .............. 176.468 3.6 193.376 5.4 193.507 3.5 174.939 3.6 

Durables ............................................................ 122.472 -.8 109.275 -.9 128.194 -3.0 106.520 -1.9 

Services ................................................................. 222.374 2.9 209.507 1.9 217.833 1.6 229.107 1.7 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 3 .................................... 181.075 2.5 181.469 2.1 189.183 1.8 185.713 1.9 

All items less shelter ................................................ 186.026 3.0 188.547 2.5 202.537 1.8 195.674 2.3 

Commodities less food ............................................ 150.143 2.1 150.181 2.9 163.486 .9 141.871 1.6 

Nondurables ............................................................ 179.565 3.6 198.384 4.3 199.150 4.0 187.388 4.0 

Nondurables less food ............................................. 178.433 3.9 191.174 5.0 199.153 3.5 175.224 3.5 

Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................. 230.088 3.9 217.058 1.7 245.063 1.1 262.453 1.6 

Services less medical care services ........................ 210.751 2.4 202.121 1.4 207.331 1.2 215.533 1.1 

Energy 3 ................................................................... 200.861 5.7 217.819 2.1 237.483 2.4 189.331 2.8 

All items less energy ................................................ 187.923 2.1 183.901 2.1 192.066 1.7 194.966 2.0 

All items less food and energy 3 ............................ 190.491 1.9 179.468 1.9 190.242 1.0 195.881 1.5 

See footnotes at end of table.

203 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 23A. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, by expenditure category and

commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

DetroitAnn ArborFlint, MI 

Honolulu, HI 

HoustonGalvestonBrazoria, TX 

Kansas City, MO-KS 

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................. 195.087 1.9 218.541 4.8 182.397 1.7 185.827 2.4 

All items (1967=100) 4 ............................................. 574.571 -

 610.541 - 582.129 - 544.474 -

Food and beverages 3 ........................................... 190.603 3.2 203.708 5.4 188.510 3.7 197.993 3.4 

Food 3 .................................................................. 190.605 3.3 203.668 5.5 187.926 3.8 200.000 3.6 

Food at home ..................................................... 188.927 3.1 206.657 5.9 191.525 4.1 197.493 4.7 

Food away from home ....................................... 194.119 3.3 196.914 4.9 180.520 3.0 206.161 2.8 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................. 186.407 2.4 203.930 3.3 189.463 2.1 167.520 2.2 

Housing 3 ............................................................... 180.395 .7 242.035 7.4 170.032 .6 178.781 2.4 

Shelter ................................................................. 198.353 1.0 267.359 7.7 181.930 1.2 194.623 2.3 

Rent of primary residence 3 ............................... 204.914 2.2 247.386 8.1 177.994 2.2 206.459 3.7 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 205.379 1.0 250.743 7.9 179.684 .9 185.303 1.7 

Fuels and utilities ................................................. 213.265 -1.5 215.425 5.2 188.945 -3.9 192.220 5.6 

Household energy .............................................. 178.803 -2.1 192.071 2.8 183.565 -5.5 170.174 5.7 

Gas (piped) and electricity ............................... 179.445 -2.5 190.474 2.7 182.273 -5.7 170.299 5.9 

Electricity ....................................................... 154.320 2.4 185.970 2.7 184.629 -6.3 110.561 9.5 

Utility (piped) gas service ............................... 202.364 -6.7 224.452 3.1 166.232 -1.2 253.973 2.0 

Household furnishings and operations ................ 113.007 1.8 158.260 2.8 120.484 3.1 114.472 .7 

Apparel 3 ................................................................ 104.990 -3.8 108.899 1.5 154.118 -4.7 102.534 1.4 

Transportation 3 ..................................................... 210.334 3.3 196.605 .9 176.827 1.1 171.163 2.7 

Private transportation ........................................... 209.398 3.2 193.157 1.0 176.443 1.0 169.889 2.6 

Motor fuel ........................................................... 247.788 11.9 243.666 4.2 231.633 6.5 244.439 10.8 

Gasoline (all types) .......................................... 246.684 11.9 250.613 4.2 230.481 6.6 244.277 10.8 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ......................... 253.764 12.0 264.575 4.4 238.883 6.3 238.860 10.9 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 .................. 273.224 11.8 195.918 4.0 235.437 6.8 295.553 11.0 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ...................... 233.245 11.2 223.728 4.0 222.673 7.3 240.860 10.1 

Medical care 3 ........................................................ 348.239 7.5 - - 326.800 8.0 302.665 1.4 

Recreation 8 ........................................................... 118.880 -1.2 101.121 1.8 109.500 .5 112.658 .1 

Education and communication 8 ............................ 125.196 3.2 110.673 -.9 99.015 1.4 108.360 1.7 

Other goods and services 3 ................................... 350.107 2.4 362.446 4.0 270.238 9.0 327.701 1.8 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................. 195.087 1.9 218.541 4.8 182.397 1.7 185.827 2.4 

Commodities .......................................................... 161.853 2.5 178.001 3.2 164.779 1.9 161.375 2.0 

Commodities less food and beverages ................ 146.007 2.2 158.907 1.6 151.055 .8 144.289 1.3 

Nondurables less food and beverages .............. 182.541 3.6 187.565 3.0 194.513 2.9 190.262 3.5 

Durables ............................................................ 106.096 -.1 121.895 -.1 108.608 -2.3 108.455 -1.3 

Services ................................................................. 236.401 1.4 262.076 6.1 204.071 1.6 214.354 2.8 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 3 .................................... 189.913 1.6 214.154 4.7 175.173 1.4 180.889 2.5 

All items less shelter ................................................ 196.908 2.2 200.075 3.2 183.271 1.9 183.694 2.5 

Commodities less food ............................................ 147.722 2.2 160.922 1.7 152.428 .9 144.964 1.3 

Nondurables ............................................................ 187.345 3.4 196.746 4.4 192.869 3.3 194.175 3.5 

Nondurables less food ............................................. 183.212 3.5 188.134 3.0 194.248 2.8 189.019 3.4 

Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................. 253.670 1.7 233.483 2.9 209.521 1.8 218.046 3.3 

Services less medical care services ........................ 228.230 .9 257.681 6.0 190.092 1.0 205.169 2.7 

Energy 3 ................................................................... 212.919 5.2 221.378 3.6 213.122 .8 203.554 8.5 

All items less energy ................................................ 193.988 1.5 220.088 4.9 179.482 1.9 185.454 1.8 

All items less food and energy 3 ............................ 195.323 1.2 224.760 4.8 177.418 1.4 182.550 1.4 

See footnotes at end of table.

204 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 23A. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, by expenditure category and

commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Los AngelesRiversideOrange County, CA MiamiFort Lauderdale, FL MilwaukeeRacine, WI MinneapolisSt. Paul, MN-WI 

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................. 209.661 3.3 210.435 4.0 197.627 2.3 195.139 2.7 

All items (1967=100) 4 ............................................. 619.612 -

 341.892 - 631.785 - 612.466 -

Food and beverages 3 ........................................... 212.393 3.8 210.048 3.6 204.865 3.5 216.553 3.8 

Food 3 .................................................................. 210.408 3.9 211.453 3.7 207.526 3.6 212.165 3.8 

Food at home ..................................................... 219.299 5.0 209.784 3.0 208.110 4.4 205.687 4.3 

Food away from home ....................................... 196.275 2.2 217.969 4.7 209.038 3.0 223.050 3.4 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................. 221.742 2.0 189.831 2.3 184.466 3.6 258.251 3.2 

Housing 3 ............................................................... 229.391 4.8 216.177 6.0 197.676 1.5 180.947 1.9 

Shelter ................................................................. 251.161 6.0 237.187 7.6 237.068 1.6 199.263 2.4 

Rent of primary residence 3 ............................... 264.373 6.2 227.484 8.3 206.366 2.4 199.575 2.6 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 244.618 5.8 230.235 8.0 214.001 1.2 199.056 1.8 

Fuels and utilities ................................................. 231.031 .8 165.323 -2.1 185.234 .9 184.763 1.7 

Household energy .............................................. 235.461 -1.2 156.419 -4.0 160.581 1.8 176.602 2.7 

Gas (piped) and electricity ............................... 235.212 -1.3 153.799 -4.2 166.141 1.6 179.283 2.7 

Electricity ....................................................... 260.578 -2.3 149.888 -4.2 155.270 1.6 182.138 4.7 

Utility (piped) gas service ............................... 212.188 .7 237.568 -3.7 171.855 1.7 190.101 .5 

Household furnishings and operations ................ 127.511 -1.0 172.242 3.6 103.332 1.7 129.355 .5 

Apparel 3 ................................................................ 104.136 -1.0 165.516 .4 123.110 1.2 121.591 2.1 

Transportation 3 ..................................................... 184.583 1.4 188.160 2.4 179.150 3.4 183.117 2.4 

Private transportation ........................................... 180.470 1.4 188.793 2.6 175.709 3.2 175.864 2.5 

Motor fuel ........................................................... 237.453 7.4 251.160 7.3 254.648 7.2 230.752 9.9 

Gasoline (all types) .......................................... 232.530 7.4 248.681 7.3 251.195 7.2 231.723 9.9 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ......................... 232.377 7.5 249.701 7.2 256.706 7.3 234.376 10.1 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 .................. 220.799 7.2 230.003 7.5 258.201 7.0 233.892 9.7 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ...................... 223.930 7.2 242.588 7.7 215.720 7.1 268.240 9.2 

Medical care 3 ........................................................ 334.331 3.6 332.412 1.6 336.133 3.3 364.875 7.3 

Recreation 8 ........................................................... 109.676 -.9 106.949 -4.3 100.885 .9 113.352 3.4 

Education and communication 8 ............................ 118.818 3.5 116.184 3.4 115.007 .3 113.417 2.4 

Other goods and services 3 ................................... 317.681 2.3 253.247 2.4 298.052 3.0 335.043 .8 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................. 209.661 3.3 210.435 4.0 197.627 2.3 195.139 2.7 

Commodities .......................................................... 169.308 1.9 184.234 2.8 163.589 2.8 170.008 2.7 

Commodities less food and beverages ................ 143.733 .6 168.171 2.2 141.924 2.3 146.536 2.1 

Nondurables less food and beverages .............. 178.868 2.8 196.857 3.5 187.173 4.9 182.461 4.0 

Durables ............................................................ 109.702 -2.2 134.754 -.3 100.179 -1.0 111.146 -.4 

Services ................................................................. 251.893 4.4 234.840 4.7 240.080 1.9 222.395 2.6 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 3 .................................... 204.976 3.3 204.988 4.1 192.698 2.2 189.109 2.4 

All items less shelter ................................................ 193.244 1.9 197.948 1.8 184.433 2.6 195.104 2.8 

Commodities less food ............................................ 147.634 .6 168.954 2.1 143.722 2.4 151.084 2.2 

Nondurables ............................................................ 198.254 3.4 204.675 3.5 197.547 4.2 200.127 3.9 

Nondurables less food ............................................. 184.565 2.8 196.093 3.4 186.168 4.8 188.108 3.9 

Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................. 230.026 1.8 213.600 .7 216.435 2.2 233.035 3.0 

Services less medical care services ........................ 245.715 4.4 225.640 4.9 232.400 1.7 211.552 2.2 

Energy 3 ................................................................... 240.145 4.7 194.502 2.2 208.383 4.9 207.701 7.2 

All items less energy ................................................ 208.150 3.1 212.671 4.3 196.942 1.9 197.314 2.2 

All items less food and energy 3 ............................ 207.777 3.0 212.961 4.4 195.309 1.5 194.488 1.9 

See footnotes at end of table.

205 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 23A. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, by expenditure category and

commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

New York-Northern New

Jersey-Long Island,

NY-NJ-CT-PA

Phoenix-Mesa, AZ1

PhiladelphiaWilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD

Pittsburgh, PA 

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................. 220.926 2.9 114.418 3.2 216.076 2.1 194.245 3.3 

All items (1967=100) 4 ............................................. 629.032 - -- 627.628 -

 577.718 -

Food and beverages 3 ........................................... 208.661 4.0 120.232 5.4 199.248 3.3 199.806 5.2 

Food 3 .................................................................. 208.265 4.0 120.384 5.4 198.281 3.5 198.338 5.6 

Food at home ..................................................... 206.404 4.0 124.496 7.1 208.178 3.0 196.719 5.4 

Food away from home ....................................... 215.429 4.0 113.683 3.3 176.510 3.6 202.650 5.5 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................. 212.750 3.3 117.909 4.3 204.658 1.2 211.890 .1 

Housing 3 ............................................................... 239.095 3.8 114.825 5.1 227.291 2.7 187.792 3.0 

Shelter ................................................................. 287.171 3.9 113.603 5.5 273.544 3.7 196.362 2.6 

Rent of primary residence 3 ............................... 280.487 4.5 113.697 6.1 247.534 4.3 196.051 3.7 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 269.975 3.7 113.169 5.3 245.245 3.6 203.569 2.2 

Fuels and utilities ................................................. 180.915 5.6 133.184 5.7 203.847 4.1 228.993 5.3 

Household energy .............................................. 184.216 5.6 141.479 5.7 186.396 3.7 219.827 4.5 

Gas (piped) and electricity ............................... 184.927 5.4 141.201 5.8 201.814 3.2 216.004 3.9 

Electricity ....................................................... 167.190 7.7 144.051 5.5 189.321 8.0 153.218 15.3 

Utility (piped) gas service ............................... 219.566 2.2 132.195 7.7 223.038 -6.6 284.791 -5.0 

Household furnishings and operations ................ 120.792 -.4 106.565 1.0 118.518 -5.8 131.656 1.3 

Apparel 3 ................................................................ 104.427 -2.2 112.045 .0 99.533 -3.1 143.566 7.5 

Transportation 3 ..................................................... 191.481 1.3 112.335 -.1 191.039 .7 170.508 3.2 

Private transportation ........................................... 183.868 1.3 113.388 -.2 189.457 .7 172.719 3.7 

Motor fuel ........................................................... 216.344 5.7 242.467 6.7 246.344 5.5 240.924 8.7 

Gasoline (all types) .......................................... 215.519 5.6 243.245 6.8 242.617 5.4 241.385 8.7 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ......................... 217.679 5.4 248.673 6.7 244.459 5.6 239.705 8.7 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 .................. 215.845 6.0 236.097 6.9 235.591 5.2 255.926 8.6 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ...................... 213.991 6.0 231.941 7.3 226.029 5.3 232.696 9.0 

Medical care 3 ........................................................ 358.243 5.8 125.822 2.5 392.099 3.2 325.845 4.1 

Recreation 8 ........................................................... 111.145 -.3 102.030 2.2 115.522 1.2 104.369 -2.6 

Education and communication 8 ............................ 121.897 3.1 109.937 1.6 115.629 1.7 119.829 2.9 

Other goods and services 3 ................................... 366.566 1.9 122.021 6.1 387.113 3.8 365.778 3.8 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................. 220.926 2.9 114.418 3.2 216.076 2.1 194.245 3.3 

Commodities .......................................................... 173.727 2.1 112.031 2.0 171.588 .8 177.179 4.2 

Commodities less food and beverages ................ 148.170 .6 108.090 .2 151.572 -.8 162.374 3.7 

Nondurables less food and beverages .............. 173.966 1.6 139.651 4.0 175.078 .9 207.141 5.6 

Durables ............................................................ 109.704 -1.3 83.958 -2.9 116.289 -3.7 113.900 .1 

Services ................................................................. 268.503 3.5 116.679 4.4 269.345 3.1 215.525 2.5 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 3 .................................... 215.771 2.8 113.912 3.2 209.707 2.0 189.463 3.2 

All items less shelter ................................................ 196.571 2.3 115.038 2.3 199.947 1.3 194.199 3.5 

Commodities less food ............................................ 150.787 .7 108.314 .3 153.751 -.7 164.886 3.6 

Nondurables ............................................................ 193.272 2.9 128.679 4.8 189.656 2.1 204.818 5.5 

Nondurables less food ............................................. 176.520 1.7 137.892 4.0 177.442 .9 208.738 5.4 

Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................. 223.616 2.9 119.539 3.0 239.559 2.3 207.740 2.4 

Services less medical care services ........................ 261.592 3.3 115.595 4.4 259.951 3.2 209.107 2.4 

Energy 3 ................................................................... 199.666 5.6 190.088 6.3 205.298 4.5 230.850 6.8 

All items less energy ................................................ 224.543 2.7 109.374 2.8 218.260 1.9 190.916 2.8 

All items less food and energy 3 ............................ 229.218 2.4 107.337 2.2 224.237 1.5 189.419 2.3 

See footnotes at end of table.

206 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 23A. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, by expenditure category and

commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Portland-Salem,

OR-WA St. Louis, MO-IL San Diego, CA 

San FranciscoOakland-San Jose, CA 

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................. 203.009 3.6 192.156 1.9 218.332 2.4 211.370 3.2 

All items (1967=100) 4 ............................................. 585.077 -

 565.333 - 704.083 - 643.639 -

Food and beverages 3 ........................................... 187.063 3.3 195.976 3.3 211.033 4.0 214.070 4.2 

Food 3 .................................................................. 187.483 3.4 195.224 3.4 207.738 3.9 214.017 4.0 

Food at home ..................................................... 184.262 3.2 186.492 2.8 192.607 2.2 214.275 4.3 

Food away from home ....................................... 195.295 4.3 209.584 4.4 229.833 5.9 213.210 3.4 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................. 186.084 3.3 189.422 1.7 243.617 4.1 219.832 6.0 

Housing 3 ............................................................... 195.983 3.6 187.699 .9 230.588 2.8 234.577 3.2 

Shelter ................................................................. 217.995 3.8 208.699 1.6 248.532 3.3 258.883 3.2 

Rent of primary residence 3 ............................... 217.369 5.0 188.186 2.5 279.078 3.7 277.314 3.9 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 229.740 3.4 197.892 1.3 258.513 3.5 240.078 2.9 

Fuels and utilities ................................................. 218.001 6.8 181.842 .1 193.365 .4 244.112 3.8 

Household energy .............................................. 185.151 8.2 169.696 -.2 168.035 -1.0 266.538 3.0 

Gas (piped) and electricity ............................... 223.715 8.3 173.589 -.4 166.185 -1.7 265.779 2.9 

Electricity ....................................................... 239.044 11.5 138.852 6.3 151.156 -2.2 267.887 2.3 

Utility (piped) gas service ............................... 209.419 1.6 205.412 -8.2 191.656 1.1 251.961 4.2 

Household furnishings and operations ................ 108.209 .1 131.130 -2.4 173.540 1.0 132.361 2.7 

Apparel 3 ................................................................ 117.138 -.1 124.847 3.3 126.193 -1.6 110.828 -1.8 

Transportation 3 ..................................................... 202.298 4.5 181.458 1.7 195.301 1.9 169.560 3.3 

Private transportation ........................................... 201.823 4.7 180.994 1.9 191.408 2.1 164.338 3.4 

Motor fuel ........................................................... 252.975 11.1 251.124 8.2 242.590 7.4 237.221 11.8 

Gasoline (all types) .......................................... 253.796 11.1 247.125 8.2 243.532 7.4 236.977 12.3 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ......................... 251.870 11.2 240.527 8.0 252.765 7.6 237.271 12.3 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 .................. 214.944 11.0 284.850 8.6 211.020 6.8 220.675 12.4 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ...................... 235.732 10.8 240.038 9.0 246.743 7.4 223.271 11.9 

Medical care 3 ........................................................ 379.711 13.2 343.061 2.5 - - 343.518 6.7 

Recreation 8 ........................................................... 112.513 -.5 120.841 2.2 147.133 1.1 101.044 .5 

Education and communication 8 ............................ 103.925 -1.8 121.006 2.5 108.927 -.9 123.042 1.9 

Other goods and services 3 ................................... 394.584 3.8 259.308 2.6 327.013 1.4 349.351 2.7 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................. 203.009 3.6 192.156 1.9 218.332 2.4 211.370 3.2 

Commodities .......................................................... 166.177 2.9 170.454 2.1 184.333 2.0 169.784 2.7 

Commodities less food and beverages ................ 154.630 2.6 155.666 1.4 168.705 .9 142.093 1.6 

Nondurables less food and beverages .............. 186.081 4.1 189.320 3.5 187.867 2.2 173.744 3.7 

Durables ............................................................ 123.042 .5 121.848 -.8 149.334 -.8 110.702 -1.2 

Services ................................................................. 244.657 4.2 219.200 1.8 249.294 2.7 252.099 3.4 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 3 .................................... 196.768 3.0 185.812 1.9 212.741 2.3 206.802 3.0 

All items less shelter ................................................ 199.366 3.5 188.078 2.0 207.747 1.9 193.063 3.1 

Commodities less food ............................................ 155.496 2.6 157.393 1.4 171.666 1.0 145.035 1.9 

Nondurables ............................................................ 186.798 3.7 192.672 3.4 201.074 3.1 195.763 4.0 

Nondurables less food ............................................. 184.973 4.0 189.701 3.4 192.830 2.4 176.395 3.9 

Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................. 260.534 4.8 220.200 2.1 232.562 1.5 225.385 3.8 

Services less medical care services ........................ 235.926 3.2 208.113 1.7 239.292 2.5 246.315 3.2 

Energy 3 ................................................................... 218.140 10.0 204.855 4.4 218.118 4.8 253.617 8.6 

All items less energy ................................................ 203.115 2.9 192.947 1.8 218.739 2.1 211.065 2.7 

All items less food and energy 3 ............................ 206.729 2.8 192.312 1.4 221.326 1.8 210.825 2.4 

See footnotes at end of table.

207 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 23A. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Select areas, by

expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

SeattleTacoma-Bremerton, WA TampaSt. PetersburgClearwater, FL WashingtonBaltimore,

DC-MD-VA-WV 2

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................. 210.266 3.8 183.403 5.2 132.859 3.6 

All items (1967=100) 4 ............................................. 623.650 -

 183.403 - --

Food and beverages 3 ........................................... 213.577 4.3 180.266 5.4 129.918 3.4 

Food 3 .................................................................. 214.163 4.2 178.687 5.6 130.718 3.5 

Food at home ..................................................... 212.762 4.2 178.458 6.0 127.792 3.5 

Food away from home ....................................... 221.363 4.4 180.072 4.8 132.643 3.4 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................. 210.716 4.8 183.045 1.9 118.252 3.3 

Housing 3 ............................................................... 213.456 5.0 183.168 5.9 143.808 5.2 

Shelter ................................................................. 231.736 5.4 200.553 7.4 148.485 4.3 

Rent of primary residence 3 ............................... 233.823 6.7 195.965 7.1 155.284 4.6 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 239.130 5.1 210.029 7.8 146.609 4.2 

Fuels and utilities ................................................. 194.545 5.6 181.142 2.8 156.733 13.8 

Household energy .............................................. 197.875 5.8 157.106 2.7 160.570 16.3 

Gas (piped) and electricity ............................... 230.593 5.6 155.921 2.6 157.724 16.7 

Electricity ....................................................... 226.230 5.2 152.729 2.7 152.307 20.4 

Utility (piped) gas service ............................... 213.435 6.6 291.004 .2 162.991 -2.9 

Household furnishings and operations ................ 172.869 1.8 116.831 -.3 96.321 -1.3 

Apparel 3 ................................................................ 142.157 6.6 123.917 1.2 92.723 .0 

Transportation 3 ..................................................... 199.037 1.7 181.293 3.8 127.552 1.8 

Private transportation ........................................... 205.008 1.7 184.247 3.8 127.871 1.9 

Motor fuel ........................................................... 315.425 8.9 291.954 8.5 226.828 5.6 

Gasoline (all types) .......................................... 321.188 9.0 286.262 8.5 227.018 5.6 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ......................... 353.061 8.8 284.857 8.4 230.962 5.4 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 .................. 246.698 9.6 247.914 8.7 223.882 5.8 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ...................... 283.160 9.7 279.945 8.8 222.290 6.0 

Medical care 3 ........................................................ 328.497 5.0 301.324 16.3 133.645 3.6 

Recreation 8 ........................................................... 96.345 1.7 112.289 .9 112.352 1.2 

Education and communication 8 ............................ 117.313 -1.3 108.678 1.5 118.806 .6 

Other goods and services 3 ................................... 356.601 4.1 231.602 2.1 161.983 4.0 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................. 210.266 3.8 183.403 5.2 132.859 3.6 

Commodities .......................................................... 183.412 3.3 159.728 3.7 120.036 2.0 

Commodities less food and beverages ................ 166.262 2.7 146.815 2.7 114.412 .8 

Nondurables less food and beverages .............. 208.582 5.7 200.613 4.4 141.420 2.5 

Durables ............................................................ 127.214 -1.2 101.002 .4 87.203 -1.8 

Services ................................................................. 239.098 4.2 206.400 6.2 143.421 4.8 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 3 .................................... 205.332 3.7 178.110 4.6 132.747 3.5 

All items less shelter ................................................ 203.689 3.1 177.192 4.0 125.964 3.1 

Commodities less food ............................................ 167.634 2.8 150.143 2.7 114.688 1.0 

Nondurables ............................................................ 210.211 4.9 190.216 4.9 134.372 3.0 

Nondurables less food ............................................. 208.153 5.6 201.299 4.3 139.547 2.5 

Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................. 227.799 2.7 210.139 4.7 137.718 5.3 

Services less medical care services ........................ 231.589 4.1 197.735 5.3 144.066 4.8 

Energy 3 ................................................................... 266.005 7.9 214.224 5.7 187.540 11.0 

All items less energy ................................................ 208.419 3.5 179.577 5.0 127.920 2.7 

All items less food and energy 3 ............................ 206.685 3.3 179.928 4.9 128.188 2.6 

1 For Phoenix-Mesa, indexes are on a December 2001=100 base. 2 For Washington-Baltimore, indexes are on a December 1997=100

base unless otherwise noted. 3 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a November 1996=100 base. 4 Index is on a November 1977=100 base in Miami and an October

1967=100 base in Anchorage. 5 Indexes are on a November 1984=100 base in Anchorage, Boston,

Cincinnati, Denver, Miami, Milwaukee, Portland, St. Louis, San Diego, and

Seattle. Indexes are on a December 1984=100 base in Atlanta, Chicago,

Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Honolulu, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles,

Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco. 6 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 7 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 8 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. - Data not available.

208 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table P1. Average residential prices for utility (piped) gas, electricity, and fuel oil, U.S. city average and selected areas

Area, region and population size class

Utility (piped) gas Electricity Fuel oil #2

per 40 therms per 100 therms per 500 KWH per gallon (3.785 liters)

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008 Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

U.S. city average ............................................................ $57.088 $57.151 $128.131 $128.011 $60.520 $61.275 $3.247 $3.337 

Region and area size 1

Northeast urban .............................................................. 69.551 70.180 155.691 155.754 80.977 83.501 3.260 3.359 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................................... 70.365 71.213 159.417 159.758 85.258 88.638 3.290 3.404 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 .................................. 67.120 67.105 144.173 143.379 73.160 74.119 3.186 3.244

Midwest urban ................................................................ 52.184 51.954 114.235 113.640 53.816 54.134 3.143 3.119 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................................... 52.255 52.185 112.695 112.502 53.935 54.039 3.134 3.106 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 .................................. 52.968 52.710 118.312 117.611 53.537 54.154 3.185 3.094

Size D - Nonmetropolitan 

 (less than 50,000) ...................................... 49.559 48.664 109.965 107.719 54.263 54.520 NA NA

South urban .................................................................... 60.468 60.135 132.523 132.104 58.745 59.149 3.259 3.317 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................................... 63.144 62.040 137.711 135.654 65.736 65.513 3.395 3.484 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 .................................. 60.128 60.229 131.663 132.201 54.704 55.166 3.221 3.210

Size D - Nonmetropolitan 

 (less than 50,000) ...................................... 51.488 51.725 115.430 115.978 58.854 60.671 2.906 3.000 

West urban ..................................................................... 50.377 50.766 121.721 122.837 53.933 54.364 2.985 3.182 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................................... 49.571 50.449 122.293 124.635 59.384 59.496 2.991 3.051 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 .................................. 51.378 50.472 118.756 116.782 51.856 52.067 NA NA

Size classes

A ................................................................................. 58.016 58.300 130.995 131.240 66.188 66.993 3.286 3.391 

B/C .............................................................................. 56.997 56.787 126.394 125.852 56.548 57.066 3.189 3.233 

D ................................................................................. 50.745 50.366 114.106 113.070 52.178 53.761 3.011 3.145 

Selected local areas

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................................... 50.757 52.657 105.713 109.879 59.807 58.769 - -

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ................... 44.548 48.053 112.532 121.279 70.590 70.185 - -

New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA ..... 71.813 73.459 163.450 164.337 90.689 95.391 - -

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ..................... 73.725 73.876 164.428 164.791 86.703 89.149 - -

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................................... 53.261 52.987 124.367 123.680 58.621 58.670 - -

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................................... 54.748 50.715 120.847 111.363 71.764 71.764 - -

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV ......................... 67.164 66.195 148.045 146.955 68.371 66.132 - -

Atlanta, GA ..................................................................... 71.380 72.104 152.233 154.093 51.297 54.325 - -

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................................. 48.301 47.092 107.136 104.110 49.885 50.165 - -

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................................... 54.602 54.602 118.941 118.941 71.055 71.055 - -

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................................. 71.617 73.827 158.086 163.229 60.599 60.115 - -

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD ... 66.220 66.056 152.345 151.943 81.186 80.784 - -

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........................... 50.956 47.357 137.274 128.198 62.190 62.737 - -

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................................... 54.707 54.707 123.718 123.718 38.427 38.462 - -

1 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. NA Data not adequate for publication.

209 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table P2. Average residential unit prices and consumption ranges for utility (piped) gas and electricity for U.S. city

average and selected areas

Area, region and population size class

Average price per

therm of utility

(piped) gas

Range of therm

consumption for 

Jan.2008

Average price

per KWH of

electricity

Range of KWH

consumption for 

Jan.2008

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008 Low High Dec.2007

Jan.

2008 Low High

U.S. city average ............................................................ $1.281 $1.278 4 987 $0.115 $0.116 11 9,890 

Region and area size 1

Northeast urban .............................................................. 1.522 1.520 4 987 .152 .157 129 8,494 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................................... 1.554 1.556 4 987 .161 .168 129 8,494 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 .................................. 1.426 1.416 25 422 .136 .137 233 4,762 

Midwest urban ................................................................ 1.134 1.127 17 712 .097 .098 11 9,890 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................................... 1.113 1.108 17 581 .103 .103 11 9,890 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 .................................. 1.176 1.170 18 712 .091 .093 70 3,932 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan 

 (less than 50,000) ...................................... 1.114 1.092 25 323 .095 .094 230 3,529 

South urban .................................................................... 1.365 1.361 7 522 .105 .106 164 8,744 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................................... 1.396 1.372 7 522 .121 .121 244 8,744 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 .................................. 1.374 1.381 11 298 .097 .098 225 7,500 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan 

 (less than 50,000) ...................................... 1.191 1.197 25 364 .102 .104 164 4,883 

West urban ..................................................................... 1.238 1.247 7 851 .125 .125 153 7,471 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................................... 1.242 1.265 7 851 .142 .141 153 7,471 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 .................................. 1.214 1.191 8 364 .115 .114 235 4,233 

Size classes

A ................................................................................. 1.298 1.298 4 987 .131 .133 11 9,890 

B/C .............................................................................. 1.278 1.272 8 712 .104 .104 70 7,500 

D ................................................................................. 1.163 1.154 19 364 .094 .097 163 4,883 

Selected local areas

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................................... 1.052 1.083 17 581 .129 .127 11 2,751 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ................... 1.127 1.215 16 851 .188 .185 258 7,471 

New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA ..... 1.588 1.592 4 987 .174 .183 129 4,706 

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ..................... 1.582 1.585 24 642 .161 .165 384 8,494 

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................................... 1.239 1.232 19 410 .085 .085 48 3,300 

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................................... 1.188 1.090 31 490 .123 .124 348 3,889 

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV ......................... 1.490 1.467 15 371 .127 .123 551 4,132 

Atlanta, GA ..................................................................... 1.532 1.551 15 308 .088 .093 244 4,110 

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................................. 1.055 1.024 34 509 .110 .111 94 2,833 

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................................... 1.253 1.253 17 230 .134 .134 438 4,494 

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................................. 1.681 1.738 7 522 .122 .121 373 5,813 

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD ... 1.485 1.481 37 752 .151 .151 430 3,810 

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........................... 1.362 1.271 13 257 .181 .178 178 2,448 

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................................... 1.267 1.267 12 241 .080 .080 313 5,882 

1 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes.

210 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table P3. Average prices for gasoline, U.S. city average and selected areas

Area, region and population size class

Gasoline

All types1

Gasoline

Unleaded

regular

Gasoline

Unleaded

midgrade

Gasoline

Unleaded

premium

Automotive

Diesel fuel

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

U.S. city average ............................................................ $3.069 $3.096 $3.020 $3.047 $3.123 $3.154 $3.264 $3.291 $3.423 $3.413 

Region and area size 2

Northeast urban .............................................................. 3.157 3.183 3.101 3.125 3.244 3.276 3.365 3.396 3.543 3.543 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................................... 3.146 3.166 3.079 3.097 3.249 3.272 3.360 3.385 3.531 3.534 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 .................................. 3.181 3.220 3.144 3.180 3.233 3.284 3.380 3.428 3.568 3.561 

Midwest urban ................................................................ 2.989 3.051 2.954 3.016 3.018 3.077 3.169 3.235 3.412 3.404 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................................... 3.000 3.062 2.952 3.012 3.073 3.141 3.196 3.263 3.434 3.424 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 .................................. 2.990 3.048 2.966 3.027 2.994 3.036 3.164 3.232 3.474 3.432 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan 

 (less than 50,000) ...................................... 2.950 3.017 2.937 3.008 2.935 2.997 3.073 3.134 3.310 3.339 

South urban .................................................................... 2.977 3.033 2.921 2.976 3.053 3.110 3.168 3.226 3.341 3.347 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................................... 3.016 3.072 2.947 3.004 3.101 3.152 3.212 3.270 3.432 3.431 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 .................................. 2.956 3.009 2.904 2.956 3.029 3.087 3.145 3.199 3.305 3.324 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan 

 (less than 50,000) ...................................... 2.969 3.030 2.922 2.981 3.036 3.098 3.150 3.214 3.333 3.326 

West urban ..................................................................... 3.205 3.167 3.155 3.118 3.275 3.233 3.386 3.346 3.502 3.461 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................................... 3.239 3.191 3.186 3.139 3.305 3.253 3.418 3.369 3.496 3.483 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 .................................. 3.147 3.122 3.104 3.079 3.209 3.183 3.317 3.292 3.439 3.356 

Size classes

A ................................................................................. 3.115 3.130 3.057 3.072 3.188 3.206 3.316 3.330 3.476 3.469 

B/C .............................................................................. 3.033 3.070 2.993 3.029 3.078 3.119 3.216 3.255 3.389 3.377 

D ................................................................................. 3.009 3.053 2.971 3.014 3.045 3.093 3.186 3.228 3.379 3.366 

Selected local areas

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................................... 3.088 3.161 3.040 3.110 3.148 3.227 3.255 3.337 - -

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ................... 3.299 3.253 3.243 3.199 3.357 3.304 3.449 3.401 - -

New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA ..... 3.198 3.208 3.120 3.125 3.318 3.334 3.407 3.429 - -

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ..................... 3.040 3.067 3.000 3.027 3.124 3.145 3.237 3.266 - -

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................................... 2.937 3.014 2.882 2.959 3.035 3.114 3.144 3.216 - -

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................................... 2.876 2.948 2.805 2.877 NA NA 3.082 3.159 - -

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV ......................... 3.076 3.135 3.001 3.062 3.157 3.208 3.267 3.326 - -

Atlanta, GA ..................................................................... 2.992 3.048 2.931 2.989 3.092 3.140 3.202 3.253 - -

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................................. 3.048 3.062 3.005 3.016 3.088 3.117 3.260 3.279 - -

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................................... 2.935 2.988 2.874 2.924 2.981 3.031 3.146 3.209 - -

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................................. 3.160 3.182 3.098 3.119 3.225 3.250 3.351 3.366 - -

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD ... 3.095 3.118 3.044 3.067 3.159 3.183 3.279 3.296 - -

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........................... 3.374 3.297 3.326 3.250 3.481 3.401 3.555 3.483 - -

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................................... 3.164 3.113 3.129 3.077 3.275 3.228 3.371 3.324 - -

1 Also includes types of gasoline not shown separately. 2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. NA Data not adequate for publication.

211 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table P4. Average retail food prices, U.S. city average and four regions

Food and unit

U.S. city average Northeast Midwest South West

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Cereals and bakery products:

Flour, white, all purpose, per lb. (453.6 gm) ............................... $0.398 $0.421 $0.482 $0.489 $0.396 $0.418 $0.391 $0.416 $0.349 $0.382 

Rice, white, long grain, uncooked, per lb. (453.6 gm) ................ .551 .568 NA NA NA NA .610 .617 NA NA

Spaghetti and macaroni, per lb. (453.6 gm) ............................... .846 1.017 NA NA .807 .921 .934 1.019 NA NA

Bread, white, pan, per lb. (453.6 gm) ......................................... 1.280 1.281 1.617 1.563 1.266 1.257 1.104 1.108 1.312 1.395 

Bread, French, per lb. (453.6 gm) .............................................. NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Bread, whole wheat, pan, per lb. (453.6 gm) ............................. 1.809 1.812 NA NA 1.737 1.671 1.825 1.811 1.701 1.646 

Cookies, chocolate chip, per lb. (453.6 gm) ............................... 2.719 2.642 NA NA NA NA 2.466 2.426 2.778 2.719 

Crackers, soda, salted, per lb. (453.6 gm) ................................. NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Meats, poultry, fish and eggs:

Meats:

 Beef and veal: 

Ground chuck, 100% beef, per lb. (453.6 gm) ....................... 2.702 2.725 2.652 2.649 2.344 2.612 2.850 2.790 NA NA

Ground beef, 100% beef, per lb. (453.6 gm) .......................... 2.234 2.328 NA NA 2.045 2.086 2.303 2.487 NA NA

Ground beef, lean and extra lean, per lb. (453.6 gm) ............ 3.068 3.129 3.015 3.014 2.833 3.035 3.250 3.295 3.138 3.128 

All uncooked ground beef, per lb. (453.6 gm) ........................ 2.871 2.902 2.866 2.876 2.562 2.697 3.022 3.025 2.989 2.958 

Chuck roast, graded and ungraded, excluding USDA Prime

and Choice, per lb. (453.6 gm) ..................................... 3.352 3.286 NA NA NA NA 3.488 3.409 3.007 2.962 

Chuck roast, USDA Choice, boneless, per lb. (453.6 gm) ..... 3.395 3.371 NA NA 3.209 3.327 3.567 3.368 3.245 3.278 

Round roast, USDA Choice, boneless, per lb. (453.6 gm) ..... 3.721 3.711 3.620 3.474 3.508 3.644 3.962 4.087 NA NA

Round roast, graded and ungraded, excluding USDA Prime

and Choice, per lb. (453.6 gm) ..................................... 3.861 3.923 NA NA NA NA 3.793 3.889 3.875 4.168 

All Uncooked Beef Roasts, per lb. (453.6 gm) ....................... 3.766 3.760 3.852 3.715 3.755 3.803 3.842 3.845 3.594 3.643 

Steak, round, USDA Choice, boneless, per lb. (453.6 gm) .... 4.043 3.984 4.064 3.998 3.896 3.978 4.180 3.946 3.939 4.017 

Steak, round, graded and ungraded, excluding USDA Prime

and Choice, per lb. (453.6 gm) ..................................... 4.097 4.071 NA NA NA NA 4.140 4.070 4.169 3.971 

Steak, sirloin, graded and ungraded, excluding USDA Prime

and Choice, per lb. (453.6 gm) ..................................... 5.704 5.735 NA NA NA NA 6.031 5.954 5.279 5.739 

Steak, sirloin, USDA Choice, boneless, per lb. (453.6 gm) .... 5.907 5.818 6.813 6.476 5.515 5.508 5.704 5.678 5.504 5.543 

Short ribs, any primal source, bone-in, per lb. (453.6 gm) ..... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Beef for stew, boneless, per lb. (453.6 gm) ........................... 3.501 3.572 NA NA 3.462 3.532 3.525 3.669 3.580 3.439 

All Uncooked Beef Steaks, per lb. (453.6 gm) ....................... 5.287 5.291 5.029 4.803 5.323 5.419 5.579 5.625 5.067 5.115 

All Uncooked Other Beef (Excluding Veal), 

per lb. (453.6 gm) .......................................................... 2.931 2.989 3.193 3.176 2.909 2.937 2.846 2.974 2.920 2.937 

 Pork: 

Bacon, sliced, per lb. (453.6 gm) ........................................... 3.688 3.652 3.709 3.624 3.593 3.646 3.631 3.577 3.864 3.783 

Chops, center cut, bone-in, per lb. (453.6 gm) ....................... 3.378 3.314 2.988 3.090 3.574 3.644 3.630 3.260 3.194 3.276 

Chops, boneless, per lb. (453.6 gm) ...................................... 3.528 3.608 3.512 3.752 3.631 3.670 3.380 3.526 3.805 3.585 

All Pork Chops, per lb. (453.6 gm) ......................................... 3.153 3.162 2.994 3.076 3.445 3.506 3.179 3.150 2.953 2.915 

Ham, rump or shank half, bone-in, smoked,

per lb. (453.6 gm) .......................................................... 1.983 1.907 NA NA NA NA 1.680 1.662 NA NA

Ham, boneless, excluding canned, per lb. (453.6 gm) ........... 3.035 3.041 NA 2.843 2.724 2.695 3.339 3.422 3.576 3.555 

All Ham (Excluding Canned Ham and Luncheon Slices), 

per lb. (453.6 gm) .......................................................... 2.256 2.235 1.894 1.908 2.370 2.327 2.128 2.150 2.813 2.713 

Ham, canned, 3 or 5 lbs, per lb. (453.6 gm) ........................... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Shoulder picnic, bone-in, smoked, per lb. (453.6 gm) ............ NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

All Other Pork (Excluding Canned Ham and Luncheon

Slices),

per lb. (453.6 gm) .......................................................... 2.018 2.057 1.783 1.848 2.470 2.344 1.862 1.941 2.231 2.319 

Sausage, fresh, loose, per lb. (453.6 gm) .............................. NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

 Other meats: 

Frankfurters, all meat or all beef, per lb. (453.6 gm) .............. NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Bologna, all beef or mixed, per lb. (453.6 gm) ....................... 2.520 2.602 NA NA NA NA 2.376 2.495 2.700 2.582 

Lamb and mutton, bone-in, per lb. (453.6 gm) ....................... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

 Poultry: 

Chicken, fresh, whole, per lb. (453.6 gm) ................................ 1.166 1.163 1.073 1.039 1.226 1.256 1.114 1.124 1.385 1.370 

Chicken breast, bone-in, per lb. (453.6 gm) ............................. 2.310 2.321 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Chicken breast, boneless, per lb. (453.6 gm) .......................... 3.376 3.392 3.005 3.106 3.372 3.470 3.361 3.313 3.626 3.574 

Chicken legs, bone-in, per lb. (453.6 gm) ................................ 1.360 1.355 1.498 1.421 1.241 1.307 1.366 1.381 1.289 1.278 

Turkey, frozen, whole, per lb. (453.6 gm) ................................ 1.010 1.207 NA NA 1.131 1.268 .875 1.174 NA NA

 Fish and seafood: 

Tuna, light, chunk, per lb. (453.6 gm) ...................................... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

 Eggs: 

Grade A, large, per doz. ........................................................... 2.099 2.175 NA NA 1.982 2.172 2.078 2.090 NA NA

Grade AA, large, per doz. ........................................................ NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Dairy products: 

Milk, fresh, whole, fortified, per 1/2 gal. (1.9 lit) .......................... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Milk, fresh, whole, fortified, per gal. (3.8 lit) ................................ 3.870 3.871 3.810 3.812 3.528 3.535 4.230 4.224 3.572 3.575 

Milk, fresh, low fat, per 1/2 gal. (1.9 lit) ...................................... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

See footnotes at end of table.

212 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table P4. Average retail food prices, U.S. city average and four regions-Continued

Food and unit

U.S. city average Northeast Midwest South West

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Dairy products: 

Milk, fresh, low fat, per gal. (3.8 lit) ............................................ NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Butter, salted, grade AA, stick, per lb. (453.6 gm) ..................... $2.983 $3.083 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

American processed cheese, per lb. (453.6 gm) ....................... 3.905 3.994 NA NA $3.394 $3.363 NA NA NA NA

Cheddar cheese, natural, per lb. (453.6 gm) ............................. 4.445 4.623 NA NA 4.472 4.460 $4.384 $4.671 $4.097 $4.358 

Ice cream, prepackaged, bulk, regular, per 1/2 gal. (1.9 lit) ....... 4.081 4.140 NA NA 3.901 3.638 4.152 4.266 3.693 4.003 

Yogurt, natural, fruit flavored, per 8 oz. (226.8 gm) ................... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Fruits and vegetables: 

Fresh fruits and vegetables: 

Apples, Red Delicious, per lb. (453.6 gm) ................................ 1.121 1.161 $1.239 $1.249 1.068 1.115 1.200 1.260 .993 1.027 

Bananas, per lb. (453.6 gm) ..................................................... .525 .521 .579 .576 .508 .499 .498 .485 .537 .547 

Oranges, Navel, per lb. (453.6 gm) .......................................... .905 .905 1.038 .950 1.004 .925 1.083 1.085 .679 .752 

Oranges, Valencia, per lb. (453.6 gm) ..................................... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Cherries, per lb. (453.6 gm) ..................................................... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 4.303 NA NA

Grapefruit, per lb. (453.6 gm) ................................................... .906 .854 1.058 .957 1.008 .899 .932 .890 .771 .749 

Grapes, Thompson Seedless, per lb. (453.6 gm) .................... NA 3.411 3.677 3.257 3.308 3.453 NA 3.528 NA NA

Lemons, per lb. (453.6 gm) ...................................................... 2.048 2.025 1.860 1.851 2.086 1.813 2.245 2.235 1.947 2.059 

Peaches, per lb. (453.6 gm) ..................................................... NA NA NA 2.211 NA NA NA NA NA NA

Pears, Anjou, per lb. (453.6 gm) .............................................. 1.272 1.272 NA NA 1.344 1.426 1.274 1.176 NA NA

Strawberries, dry pint, per 12 oz. (340.2 gm) ........................... 3.069 3.024 3.321 2.765 3.155 3.020 2.794 2.863 NA 3.439 

Potatoes, white, per lb. (453.6 gm) .......................................... .520 .525 .542 .550 .509 .478 .596 .626 .449 .459 

Lettuce, iceberg, per lb. (453.6 gm) ......................................... .949 .950 1.126 1.125 .838 .891 .942 .915 .925 .904 

Lettuce, romaine, per lb. (453.6 gm) ........................................ 1.775 1.724 NA NA 1.703 1.581 1.806 1.565 1.699 1.663 

Tomatoes, field grown, per lb. (453.6 gm) ............................... 2.147 2.032 2.155 2.138 2.114 1.998 2.057 2.036 2.299 1.948 

Broccoli, per lb. (453.6 gm) ...................................................... 1.655 1.733 NA NA 1.561 1.920 1.499 1.609 NA NA

Cabbage, per lb. (453.6 gm) .................................................... .613 .626 NA NA NA NA .653 .607 NA NA

Carrots, short trimmed and topped, per lb. (453.6 gm) ............ .750 .780 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Celery, per lb. (453.6 gm) ........................................................ NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Corn on the cob, per lb. (453.6 gm) ......................................... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Cucumbers, per lb. (453.6 gm) ................................................ NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Onions, dry yellow, per lb. (453.6 gm) ..................................... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Peppers, sweet, per lb. (453.6 gm) .......................................... 2.187 2.166 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

 Processed fruits and vegetables: 

Apple Sauce, any variety, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 gm) ............ NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Orange juice, frozen concentrate, 12 oz. can, 

per 16 oz. (473.2 ml) ....................................................... 2.528 2.544 NA NA NA NA 2.657 2.650 NA NA

Peaches, any variety, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 gm) ................... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Beans, dried, any type, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 gm) ................ 1.005 1.014 NA NA 1.014 1.021 .996 1.023 1.001 .976 

Corn, canned, any style, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 gm) .............. NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Potatoes, frozen, French fried, per lb. (453.6 gm) ................... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Tomatoes, canned, whole, per lb. (453.6 gm) .......................... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Tomatoes, canned, any type, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 gm) ...... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Other foods at home: 

Sugar and sweets:

Sugar, white, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 gm) ................................ .503 .519 NA NA .524 .539 .472 .473 .526 .578 

Sugar, white, 33-80 oz. pkg, per lb. (453.6 gm) ....................... .480 .495 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

 Fats and oils: 

Margarine, stick, per lb. (453.6 gm) ......................................... 1.008 1.094 NA NA NA NA .872 .971 NA NA

Margarine, soft, tubs, per lb. (453.6 gm) .................................. 1.244 1.198 NA NA 1.162 1.162 .942 .943 1.479 1.276 

Shortening, vegetable oil blends, per lb. (453.6 gm) ................ NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Peanut butter, creamy, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 gm) ................. 1.882 1.942 NA NA 1.589 1.589 NA NA NA NA

 Nonalcoholic beverages: 

Cola, nondiet, cans, 72 oz. 6 pk., per 16 oz. (473.2 ml) 1 ........ NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Cola, nondiet, per 2 liters (67.6 oz) 1 ....................................... 1.284 1.278 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Coffee, 100%, ground roast, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 gm) ........ 3.685 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Coffee, 100%, ground roast, 13.1-20 oz. can, 

per lb. (453.6 gm) ............................................................ NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Coffee, instant, plain, regular, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 gm) ...... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

 Other prepared foods: 

Potato chips, per 16 oz. (453.6 gm) ........................................ 3.646 3.530 4.285 4.159 3.514 3.343 3.670 3.629 3.472 3.353 

Alcoholic beverages at home: 

Malt beverages, all types, all sizes, any origin, 

 per 16 oz. (473.2 ml) ................................................ 1.096 1.157 1.093 1.323 1.043 .940 1.062 1.177 1.174 1.239 

Vodka, all types, all sizes, any origin, per 1 liter (33.8 oz) ......... NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Wine, red and white table, all sizes, any origin, 

per 1 liter (33.8 oz) ............................................................ 10.035 8.152 10.345 NA 12.252 9.714 8.580 7.578 9.901 8.038 

1 Deposit may be included in price. NA Data not adequate for publication.

213 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 1CA. Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U): U.S. city average, by

expenditure category and commodity and service group 

(December 1999=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Annual

 average 

2006

Annual

 average 

2007

Percent change from

2006 to 2007

Expenditure category

All items ......................................................................................... 117.0 119.948 2.5 

Food and beverages .................................................................... 115.4 119.633 3.7 

Food ........................................................................................... 115.4 119.624 3.7 

Food at home ........................................................................... 112.3 116.418 3.7

Food away from home ............................................................. 119.5 123.869 3.7

Alcoholic beverages ................................................................... 116.1 120.095 3.4

Housing ........................................................................................ 121.2 124.760 2.9 

Shelter ........................................................................................ 122.5 126.921 3.6 

Fuels and utilities ....................................................................... 144.4 148.459 2.8

Household furnishings and operations ....................................... 96.5 95.916 -.6

Apparel ......................................................................................... 90.2 88.906 -1.4 

Transportation .............................................................................. 120.4 122.890 2.1 

Private transportation ................................................................. 121.1 123.753 2.2

Public transportation .................................................................. 111.4 112.992 1.4

Medical care ................................................................................. 131.4 136.994 4.3

Medical care commodities ......................................................... 121.3 122.958 1.4

Medical care services ................................................................ 134.9 142.147 5.4

Recreation .................................................................................... 105.7 104.999 -.7 

Education and communication ..................................................... 103.9 104.952 1.0

Education ................................................................................... 150.6 158.859 5.5 

Communication .......................................................................... 75.9 73.818 -2.7 

Other goods and services ............................................................ 119.8 124.076 3.6

Commodity and service group

Services ......................................................................................... 124.2 128.150 3.2 

Commodities .................................................................................. 108.1 109.726 1.5 

Durables ....................................................................................... 86.8 84.687 -2.4 

Nondurables ................................................................................... 118.9 122.634 3.1 

All items less food and energy ..................................................... 112.9 115.075 1.9

Energy ............................................................................................ 168.1 176.974 5.3 

Indexes for 2007 are interim adjustments. Indexes for 2006 are final.

214 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 1C. Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure

category and commodity and service group 

(December 1999=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Relative

importance,

2005-2006

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2008 from—

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Expenditure category

All items ...................................................................................... 100.000 121.322 121.895 3.9 0.5 

Food and beverages ................................................................ 14.726 121.638 122.754 4.6 .9

Food ....................................................................................... 13.648 121.694 122.818 4.7 .9 

Food at home ....................................................................... 7.557 118.456 120.057 5.3 1.4

Food away from home .......................................................... 6.091 125.981 126.480 3.9 .4

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 1.077 121.283 122.294 4.1 .8

Housing .................................................................................... 42.421 125.440 126.224 2.8 .6 

Shelter .................................................................................... 32.409 127.841 128.649 3.0 .6 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 5.004 149.631 150.932 4.7 .9

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 5.008 95.081 95.406 -.8 .3

Apparel ..................................................................................... 3.988 88.224 86.315 -.6 -2.2 

Transportation .......................................................................... 17.393 126.437 126.959 9.2 .4 

Private transportation ............................................................. 16.285 127.421 127.949 9.4 .4

Public transportation ............................................................... 1.108 114.952 115.411 6.3 .4

Medical care ............................................................................. 6.085 139.369 140.429 4.6 .8

Medical care commodities ...................................................... 1.615 124.573 125.286 2.4 .6

Medical care services ............................................................. 4.470 144.832 146.032 5.4 .8

Recreation ................................................................................ 5.935 104.682 104.981 .0 .3 

Education and communication ................................................. 6.196 106.084 106.292 2.3 .2

Education ............................................................................... 2.771 163.920 164.392 5.7 .3 

Communication ...................................................................... 3.425 73.370 73.458 -.3 .1 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 3.257 125.658 126.147 2.9 .4

Commodity and service group

Services ...................................................................................... 58.427 129.311 130.051 3.2 .6 

Commodities .............................................................................. 41.573 111.351 111.721 4.9 .3 

Durables ................................................................................... 11.817 84.086 84.227 -1.4 .2 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 29.756 125.520 126.020 7.6 .4 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 77.561 115.807 116.208 2.2 .3

Energy ........................................................................................ 8.790 185.223 186.870 19.3 .9 

Indexes for 2008 are initial estimates. Indexes for 2007 are interim adjustments.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

215 CPI Detailed Report-January 2008
Table 24C. Historical Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U): U. S. city average, all items

(December 1999=100, unless otherwise noted)

Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual

avg.

Percent change

from previous

Dec. Annual

avg.

1999 ----------- 100.0 - --

2000 100.3 100.9 101.6 101.6 101.7 102.1 102.3 102.3 102.8 102.9 102.8 102.6 102.0 2.6 -

2001 103.3 103.7 103.9 104.2 104.6 104.8 104.5 104.6 104.9 104.7 104.4 103.9 104.3 1.3 2.3 

2002 104.2 104.5 105.1 105.6 105.6 105.6 105.7 106.0 106.3 106.4 106.3 106.0 105.6 2.0 1.2 

2003 106.5 107.3 107.9 107.7 107.5 107.6 107.7 108.2 108.5 108.4 108.0 107.8 107.8 1.7 2.1 

2004 108.5 109.1 109.7 110.0 110.6 110.8 110.7 110.7 111.0 111.6 111.6 111.2 110.5 3.2 2.5 

2005 111.3 111.9 112.6 113.4 113.3 113.2 113.7 114.3 115.6 115.7 114.9 114.4 113.7 2.9 2.9 

2006 115.2 115.4 116.0 116.9 117.5 117.7 118.1 118.3 117.8 117.1 116.9 117.0 117.0 2.3 2.9 

2007 117.310 117.897 118.978 119.712 120.290 120.478 120.384 120.198 120.538 120.823 121.443 121.322 119.948 3.7 2.5 

2008 121.895 - - - - - - - - - - - - --

- Data not available.

Indexes for 2008 are initial estimates. Indexes for 2007 are interim adjustments. Indexes for 2006 and earlier are final.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

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Table 25C. Historical Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U): U.S. city average, by commodity and service group and

detailed expenditure categories

(December 1999=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Unadjusted indexes

December Jan.

2008 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Expenditure category

All items ..................................................................... -

 100.0 102.6 103.9 106.0 107.8 111.2 114.4 117.0 121.322 121.895 

Food and beverages ................................................ -

 100.0 102.4 105.0 106.3 109.5 111.7 114.0 116.3 121.638 122.754 

Food ...................................................................... -

 100.0 102.4 105.0 106.2 109.5 111.7 114.0 116.3 121.694 122.818 

Food at home ...................................................... -

 100.0 102.4 104.6 104.8 108.6 110.0 111.5 112.7 118.456 120.057 

Food away from home ......................................... -

 100.0 102.4 105.6 108.1 110.6 113.9 117.5 121.2 125.981 126.480 

Alcoholic beverages .............................................. - 100.0 102.4 104.8 107.2 109.1 111.9 113.5 116.4 121.283 122.294 

Housing ................................................................... -

 100.0 103.6 106.8 109.1 111.6 115.1 118.6 122.1 125.440 126.224 

Shelter ................................................................... -

 100.0 103.4 107.6 110.7 113.0 116.4 119.3 124.1 127.841 128.649 

Fuels and utilities ................................................... -

 100.0 110.1 109.9 110.9 119.7 128.4 143.2 142.8 149.631 150.932 

Household furnishings and operations .................. -

 100.0 99.7 99.3 97.5 95.9 96.3 96.3 96.1 95.081 95.406 

Apparel .................................................................... -

 100.0 98.1 95.0 92.2 90.1 89.6 89.0 89.0 88.224 86.315 

Transportation ......................................................... -

 100.0 103.6 99.7 103.3 103.4 110.2 114.5 117.0 126.437 126.959 

Private transportation ............................................ -

 100.0 103.6 99.5 103.4 103.5 111.0 115.2 117.8 127.421 127.949 

Public transportation .............................................. -

 100.0 104.4 101.8 101.0 101.9 101.3 107.1 106.8 114.952 115.411 

Medical care ............................................................ -

 100.0 104.0 108.9 114.3 118.3 123.2 128.4 133.0 139.369 140.429 

Medical care commodities ..................................... - 100.0 102.6 107.4 110.7 112.7 114.9 119.0 121.2 124.573 125.286 

Medical care services ............................................ -

 100.0 104.4 109.3 115.5 120.2 126.0 131.6 137.2 144.832 146.032 

Recreation ............................................................... -

 100.0 101.2 102.1 102.7 103.3 104.3 104.8 104.8 104.682 104.981 

Education and communication ................................ -

 100.0 98.0 97.9 99.5 99.9 101.2 103.0 104.2 106.084 106.292 

Education ............................................................... -

 100.0 105.6 112.1 119.7 128.7 137.9 146.5 155.5 163.920 164.392 

Communication ...................................................... - 100.0 92.5 88.1 85.7 81.2 78.2 76.5 74.1 73.370 73.458 

Other goods and services ........................................ -

 100.0 103.8 107.6 110.9 112.2 114.9 118.3 121.7 125.658 126.147 

Commodity and service group

Services ..................................................................... -

 100.0 103.6 107.4 110.7 113.9 117.5 121.5 125.3 129.311 130.051 

Commodities .............................................................. -

 100.0 101.5 99.3 100.0 100.2 103.3 105.7 106.7 111.351 111.721 

Durables .................................................................. -

 100.0 98.1 95.3 91.7 88.0 88.7 87.5 85.5 84.086 84.227 

Nondurables .............................................................. - 100.0 103.0 100.9 103.6 105.8 110.2 114.8 117.4 125.520 126.020 

All items less food and energy ................................. -

 100.0 101.9 104.1 105.8 106.6 109.0 111.0 113.4 115.807 116.208 

Energy ....................................................................... - 100.0 112.6 98.3 108.6 116.4 134.4 154.5 158.1 185.223 186.870 

- Data not available.

Indexes for 2008 are initial estimates. Indexes for 2007 are interim adjustments. Indexes for 2006 and earlier are final.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

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Table 26C. Historical Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U): U.S. city average, by commodity and

service group and detailed expenditure categories

Item and group

Percent change from previous December

December Jan.

2008 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Expenditure category

All items ................................................................................ - - 2.6 1.3 2.0 1.7 3.2 2.9 2.3 3.7 0.5 

Food and beverages ........................................................... - - 2.4 2.5 1.2 3.0 2.0 2.1 2.0 4.6 .9 

Food .................................................................................. - - 2.4 2.5 1.1 3.1 2.0 2.1 2.0 4.6 .9 

Food at home .................................................................. - - 2.4 2.1 .2 3.6 1.3 1.4 1.1 5.1 1.4 

Food away from home .................................................... - - 2.4 3.1 2.4 2.3 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.9 .4 

Alcoholic beverages .......................................................... - - 2.4 2.3 2.3 1.8 2.6 1.4 2.6 4.2 .8 

Housing ............................................................................... - - 3.6 3.1 2.2 2.3 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.7 .6 

Shelter .............................................................................. - - 3.4 4.1 2.9 2.1 3.0 2.5 4.0 3.0 .6 

Fuels and utilities .............................................................. - - 10.1 -.2 .9 7.9 7.3 11.5 -.3 4.8 .9 

Household furnishings and operations ............................. - - -.3 -.4 -1.8 -1.6 .4 .0 -.2 -1.1 .3 

Apparel ............................................................................... - - -1.9 -3.2 -2.9 -2.3 -.6 -.7 .0 -.9 -2.2 

Transportation ..................................................................... - - 3.6 -3.8 3.6 .1 6.6 3.9 2.2 8.1 .4 

Private transportation ........................................................ - - 3.6 -4.0 3.9 .1 7.2 3.8 2.3 8.2 .4 

Public transportation ......................................................... - - 4.4 -2.5 -.8 .9 -.6 5.7 -.3 7.6 .4 

Medical care ....................................................................... - - 4.0 4.7 5.0 3.5 4.1 4.2 3.6 4.8 .8 

Medical care commodities ................................................ - - 2.6 4.7 3.1 1.8 2.0 3.6 1.8 2.8 .6 

Medical care services ....................................................... - - 4.4 4.7 5.7 4.1 4.8 4.4 4.3 5.6 .8 

Recreation .......................................................................... - - 1.2 .9 .6 .6 1.0 .5 .0 -.1 .3 

Education and communication ............................................ - - -2.0 -.1 1.6 .4 1.3 1.8 1.2 1.8 .2 

Education .......................................................................... - - 5.6 6.2 6.8 7.5 7.1 6.2 6.1 5.4 .3 

Communication ................................................................. - - -7.5 -4.8 -2.7 -5.3 -3.7 -2.2 -3.1 -1.0 .1 

Other goods and services ................................................... - - 3.8 3.7 3.1 1.2 2.4 3.0 2.9 3.3 .4 

Commodity and service group

Services ................................................................................ - - 3.6 3.7 3.1 2.9 3.2 3.4 3.1 3.2 .6 

Commodities ......................................................................... - - 1.5 -2.2 .7 .2 3.1 2.3 .9 4.4 .3 

Durables ............................................................................. - - -1.9 -2.9 -3.8 -4.0 .8 -1.4 -2.3 -1.7 .2 

Nondurables ......................................................................... - - 3.0 -2.0 2.7 2.1 4.2 4.2 2.3 6.9 .4 

All items less food and energy ............................................ - - 1.9 2.2 1.6 .8 2.3 1.8 2.2 2.1 .3 

Energy .................................................................................. - - 12.6 -12.7 10.5 7.2 15.5 15.0 2.3 17.2 .9 

- Data not available.

Indexes for 2008 are initial estimates. Indexes for 2007 are interim adjustments. Indexes for 2006 and earlier are final.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

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Technical Notes 

Brief Explanation of the CPI 

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time of goods and services purchased by 

households. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes CPIs for two population groups: (1) The CPI for Urban Wage 

Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), which covers households of wage earners and clerical workers that comprise approximately 

32 percent of the total population and (2) the CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the Chained CPI for All Urban Consumers 

(C-CPI-U), which cover approximately 87 percent of the total population and include, in addition to wage earner and clerical worker

households, groups such as professional, managerial, and technical workers, the self-employed, short-term workers, the unemployed,

and retirees and others not in the labor force. 

 The CPIs are based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, and fuels, transportation fares, charges for doctors’ and dentists’ services,

drugs, and other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day living. Prices are collected in 87 urban areas across the country 

from about 50,000 housing units and approximately 23,000 retail establishments—department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling 

stations, and other types of stores and service establishments. All taxes directly associated with the purchase and use of items are 

included in the index. Prices of fuels and a few other items are obtained every month in all 87 locations. Prices of most other

commodities and services are collected every month in the three largest geographic areas and every other month in other areas. Prices

of most goods and services are obtained through personal visits or telephone calls by BLS trained representatives. 

In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each location are averaged together with weights that represent

their importance in the spending of the appropriate population group. Local data are then combined to obtain a U.S. city average. For 

the CPI-U and CPI-W, separate indexes also are published by size of city, by region of the country, for cross-classifications of regions 

and population-size classes, and for 27 local areas. Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of prices among cities; they 

measure only the average change in prices for each area since the base period. For the C-CPI-U, data are issued only at the national 

level. It is important to note that the CPI-U and CPI-W are considered final when released, but the C-CPI-U is issued in preliminary 

form and is subject to two annual revisions.

The index measures price change from a designated reference date. For the CPI-U and the CPI-W, the reference base is 1982–84

= 100.0. The reference base for the C-CPI-U is December 1999 = 100.0. An increase of 16.5 percent from the reference base, for

example, is shown as 116.5. This change also can be expressed in dollars as follows: the price of a base-period market basket of

goods and services in the CPI has risen from $10 in 1982–84 to $11.65. 

 For further details, visit the CPI homepage on the Internet at https://www.bls.gov/cpi or contact our CPI Information and Analysis

Section at (202) 691-7000. 

Calculating index changes

Movements of the indexes from one month to another usually are expressed as percent changes, rather than changes in index points,

because index point changes are affected by the level of the index in relation to its base period, whereas percent changes are not. The 

example shown in the box on this page illustrates the computation of index point and percent changes. 

 Percent changes for 3-month and 6-month periods are expressed as annual rates and are computed according to the standard 

formula for compound growth rates. These data indicate what the percent change would be if the current rate were maintained for a 

12-month period. 

Index point change

CPI 202.416 

Less previous index 201.800 

Equals index point change .616 

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Percent change

Index point difference .616 

Divided by the previous index 201.800 

Equals 0.003 

Results multiplied by one hundred 0.003 x 100 

Equals percent change 0.3 

Regions defined 

The states in the four regions are listed below. 

The Northeast--Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and 

Vermont. 

The Midwest--Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and 

Wisconsin. 

The South--Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma,

South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. 

The West--Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and 

Wyoming. 

Energy prices 

Prices usually are available for the U.S. city average, 13 large metropolitan areas, the 4 census regions, 3 size classifications, and 10 

areas reflecting the 4 census regions cross-classified by the 3 population sizes. However, not all energy commodities and services are 

used in every area of the country. Fuel oil, for example, is not a common heating fuel in some urban areas, particularly in the South 

and West. Where no average prices are available, the designation NA appears. This designation also appears if the data sufficiency

criteria have not been met in any given month. For example, if there are fewer than five usable fuel oil prices for a published city or 

region size class, no fuel oil prices for the area will be published. 

 All prices are collected monthly by BLS representatives in the urban areas priced for the CPI. Prices for natural gas and electricity

include fuel and purchased gas adjustments and all applicable taxes. Fuel oil and gasoline prices include applicable Federal, State,

and local taxes. 

Natural gas and electricity. Natural gas prices are reported in therms, which are a measure of heating value. Electricity prices are 

given in kilowatt hours (kwh). For both utility services, the consumption ranges specified in table P2 are the upper and lower limits 

of the bill sizes priced for the CPI. The average prices per therm and per kilowatt hour are calculated from bills priced within these 

ranges. It should be noted that bills priced for the CPI not only are for different consumption amounts, but may also be calculated 

from different types of residential rate schedules. The average prices per therm and per kilowatt hour are not, therefore, generally 

suitable for use in place-to-place price comparisons. The average prices for 40 and 100 therms of natural gas, and for 500 kilowatt 

hours of electricity (shown in table P1) are calculated from a special price collection program. They are not used in the calculation of 

the CPI. Because heating and air-conditioning requirements vary by geographic location, climate, and weather conditions, it cannot 

be inferred that these consumption amounts represent those used by a typical residential consumer. These bills are used merely 

to track price changes over time for constant amounts of consumption, and to provide continuity with prices of natural gas and 

electricity formerly published in conjunction with the unrevised CPI.

Fuel oil. Only #2 fuel oil (home heating oil) is priced. (See table P1.) Prices are collected, in most cases, for quantities greater than 1 

gallon. These prices are converted to a gallon price for this program. Fuel oil prices reflect discounts for quantity or quick payment. 

Gasoline and automotive diesel fuel. Gasoline and diesel prices, shown in table P3, are collected at the pump from a sample of full 

service, miniservice, and self-service gas stations. Approximate British Thermal Unit (BTU) values for some energy items are as

follows, according to the source indicated: 

1 therm = 100,000 BTUs (U.S. Department of Energy) 

1 kwh = 3,412 BTUs (Edison Electric Institute) 

1 gallon #2 fuel oil = 140,000 BTUs (U.S. Department of Energy) 

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Food and beverage prices 

Actual weighted average prices for food and beverages are calculated each month at the national level and for the four census 

geographic regions, as shown in table P4. As a result of changes in price collection methodology and sample sizes, 

average prices for individual cities cannot, in general, be produced. It is hoped, however, that regional average prices will help to 

satisfy the need for local area data. It should be noted that the average prices for food in this report reflect variations in brand, quality, 

and size among geographic areas. Users of average food prices should be aware that these differences exist. 

Because a number of food commodities are not available in all areas on a year-round basis, prices will not appear in some months

for some regions or for the U.S. city average. In other instances, sufficient prices may not be available due to temporary disruptions 

in supplies. Where no average prices are available, the designation NA appears. When a price is not available from an individual

store in any month, an estimated price will be calculated for the missing item and used in computing the average price. For cases in 

which the proportion of estimated prices used to calculate the average is considered too high, the average price is not published, and 

NA appears for that item in the table. 

 Because of space limitations in the table, the description for each item is abbreviated. Detailed specifications are available from 

BLS information offices or from the Washington office, upon request. 

Seasonally adjusted and unadjusted data 

Because price data are used for different purposes by different groups, the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes seasonally adjusted as 

well as unadjusted changes each month. 

 For analyzing general price trends in the economy, seasonally adjusted changes are usually preferred since they eliminate the 

effect of changes that normally occur at the same time and in about the same magnitude every year--such as price movements 

resulting from changing climatic conditions, production cycles, model changeovers, holidays, and sales. 

 The unadjusted data are of primary interest to consumers concerned about the prices they actually pay. Unadjusted data also are

used extensively for escalation purposes. Many collective bargaining contract agreements and pension plans, for example, tie 

compensation changes to the Consumer Price Index unadjusted for seasonal variation. 

Seasonal factors used in computing the seasonally adjusted indexes are derived by the X-12-ARIMA Seasonal Adjustment 

Method. Seasonally adjusted indexes and seasonal factors are computed annually. Each year, the last 5 years of seasonally adjusted 

data are revised. Data from January 2002 through December 2006 were replaced in January 2007. Exceptions to the usual revision

schedule were: the updated seasonal data at the end of 1977 replaced data from 1967 through 1977; and, in January 2002, dependently 

seasonally adjusted series were revised for January 1987-December 2001 as a result of a change in the aggregation weights for 

dependently adjusted series. For further information, please see “Aggregation of Dependently Adjusted Seasonally Adjusted Series,”

in the October 2001 issue of the CPI Detailed Report.

The seasonal movement of All items and 54 other aggregations is derived by combining the seasonal movement of 73 selected 

components. Each year the seasonal status of every series is reevaluated based upon certain statistical criteria. If any of the 73 

components change their seasonal adjustment status from seasonally adjusted to not seasonally adjusted, not seasonally adjusted data 

will be used in the aggregation of the dependent series for the last 5 years, but the seasonally adjusted indexes will be used before that 

period. Note: 44 of the 73 components are seasonally adjusted for 2007. 

Seasonally adjusted data, including the All items index levels, are subject to revision for up to five years after their original

release. For this reason, BLS advises against the use of these data in escalation agreements. 

Effective with the calculation of the seasonal factors for 1990, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has used an enhanced seasonal 

adjustment procedure called Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment for some CPI series. Intervention Analysis Seasonal 

Adjustment allows for better estimates of seasonally adjusted data. Extreme values and/or sharp movements which might distort the 

seasonal pattern are estimated and removed from the data prior to calculation of seasonal factors. Beginning with the calculation of 

seasonal factors for 1996, X-12-ARIMA software was used for Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment. 

In January 2007, BLS adjusted 37 series using Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment, including selected food and beverage 

items, fuel oil, motor fuels, vehicles, jewelry, admission to sporting events and educational books and supplies. For example, this 

procedure was used for the Motor fuel series to offset the effects of damage to oil refineries from Hurricane Katrina, as well as the 

effects of implementing new fuel requirements in the United States. 

For a complete list of Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment series and explanations, please refer to the article “Intervention 

Analysis Seasonal Adjustment”, located on our website at: https://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpisapage.htm.

For additional information on seasonal adjustment in the CPI, please write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Consumer 

Prices and Price Indexes, Washington, DC 20212 or contact Jeff Wilson on (202) 691-6968 by e-mail at Wilson.Jeff@bls.gov. If you

have general questions about the CPI, please call our information staff at (202) 691-7000. 

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Metropolitan areas 

BLS publishes price indexes for three major metropolitan areas monthly: 

 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI 

 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA 

 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, 

 NY-NJ-CT-PA 

Data for an additional 11 metropolitan areas are published every other month [on an odd- (January, March, etc.) or even- (February,

April, and so forth) month schedule] for the following areas: 

 Atlanta, GA -even 

 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA- 

 NH -ME-CT -odd 

 Cleveland-Akron, OH -odd 

 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX -odd 

 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI -even 

 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX -even 

 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL -even 

 Philadelphia-Wilmington 

 -Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD -even 

 San Francisco-Oakland 

 -San Jose, CA -even 

 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, 

 WA -even 

 Washington-Baltimore, 

 DC-MD-VA-WV -odd 

(Note: The designation even or odd refers to the month during which the area’s price change is measured. Due to the time needed for 

processing, data are released 2 to 3 weeks into the following month.) 

 Data are published for another group of 13 metropolitan areas on a semiannual basis. These indexes, which refer to the 

arithmetic average for the 6-month periods from January through June and July through December, are published with release of the

CPI for July and January, respectively, in August and February for 

 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 

 San Diego, CA 

 St. Louis, MO-IL 

 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 

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How to Obtain Consumer Price Index Information 

CPI information is available from BLS electronically, through publication subscriptions, and via telephone and fax through 

automated recordings. Information specialists also are available in the national and information offices to provide help and to respond 

to questions. 

Electronic access to CPI data

BLS on the Internet. Through the Internet, BLS provides free, continuous access to published CPI data and press releases. The most 

recent month’s CPI is made available immediately at the time of release. Additionally, a database called LABSTAT, containing 

current and historical data for the CPI, is accessible.

World Wide Web. BLS maintains a Web site at https://www.bls.gov on the Internet. This BLS homepage provides access to 

LABSTAT, as well as links to program-specific homepages. The CPI homepage https://www.bls.gov/cpi/ provides other CPI 

information, as well as indexes. This includes a brief explanation of methodology, frequently asked questions and answers, contacts

for further information, and explanations of how the CPI program handles special items, such as medical care and housing. In 

addition, CPI press releases and historical data for metropolitan areas can be accessed by linking to the regional office home pages

from the main BLS Web site listed above. 

Subscriptions to CPI publications 

Summary data. Free, monthly, 2-page publication containing 1- and 12-month percent changes for selected U.S. city average 

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers 

(CPI-W) index series. The All Items index data for each local area also are included. To be added to the mailing list, write to: Office 

of Publications, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Room 2850, Washington, DC 20212-0001, or call (202) 

691-5200 or any of the BLS infor-mation offices listed next. 

Recorded CPI data

Summary CPI data are provided on 24-hour recorded messages. Detailed CPI information may be obtained by calling (202) 691-5200.

A touch-tone telephone is recommended, as this system allows the user to select specific indexes from lists of available data. 

 Recorded summaries of CPI data also may be obtained by calling any one of the metropolitan area CPI hotlines listed next. These

hotline summaries typically include data for the U.S. city average, as well as for the specified area. The recordings are approximately 

3 minutes in length, do not require a touch-tone telephone, and are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 

Area Hotline number 

Anchorage (907) 271-2770 

Atlanta (404) 331-3415 

Baltimore (410) 962-4898 

Boston (617) 565-2325/2327 

Chicago (312) 353-1880 

Cincinnati (513) 684-2349 

Cleveland (216) 522-3852 

Dallas (214) 767-6970 

Denver (303) 844-1726 

Detroit (313) 226-7558 

Honolulu (808) 541-2808 

Houston (214) 767-6970 

Indianapolis (317) 226-7885 

Kansas City (816) 285-7000 

Los Angeles (310) 235-6884 

Milwaukee (414) 276-2579 

Minneapolis-St. Paul (612) 725-3580 

New York (212) 337-2400 

Philadelphia (215) 656-3948 

Pittsburgh (412) 644-2900 

Portland (503) 326-2081 

San Diego (619) 557-6538 

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San Francisco (415) 975-4406 

Seattle (206) 553-0645 

St. Louis (314) 539-3581 

Washington, DC (202) 691-6994/5200 

Other sources of CPI data 

Fax-on-Demand. This fax service has been discontinued as of April 27, 2007. 

Technical information may be obtained during normal working hours, Monday through Friday, by calling the Washington, DC 

national office at (202) 691-7000 or any of the information offices listed below. 

Office Telephone 

Atlanta (404) 331-3415 

Boston (617) 565-2327 

Chicago (312) 353-1880 

Dallas (214) 767-6970

Kansas City (816) 285-7000 

New York (212) 337-2400 

Philadelphia (215) 597-3282 

San Francisco (415) 625-2270 

Washington, DC (202) 691-7000 

Historical tables. These include all published indexes for each of the detailed CPI components. These tables may be obtained via the 

Internet, by calling (202) 691-7000 in the national office, or by contacting any of the information offices just listed. 

Descriptive publications. These publications describe the CPI and ways in which to use it. They include simple factsheets discussing 

specific topics about the CPI, a broader, non-technical overview of the CPI in a question-and-answer format, and a technical and

thorough description of the CPI and its methodology. These publications may be obtained by calling (202) 691-7000, and many are

included on the CPI homepage on the Internet. 

Special publications. Also available are various special publications, such as Relative Importance of Components in the Consumer 

Price Index and materials describing the annual revisions of seasonally adjusted CPI data. For more information, call (202) 691-

7000.

Further information can be obtained by writing the Office of Prices and Living Conditions, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2 

Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Room 3615, Washington, DC 20212-0001, or by calling any of the information offices listed earlier. 

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