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

2005

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2006 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

All items ...................................................................................... 100.000 196.8 198.3 4.0 0.8 -0.7 -0.1 0.7 

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

 589.4 593.9 - - - - -

Food and beverages ................................................................ 15.051 193.2 194.5 2.6 .7 .3 .1 .5 

Food ....................................................................................... 13.942 192.9 194.1 2.6 .6 .3 .1 .5 

Food at home ....................................................................... 7.988 191.7 193.4 2.4 .9 .3 .1 .5 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................. 1.098 208.4 210.6 1.4 1.1 .2 -.1 .5 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ............................................ 2.133 185.7 185.8 1.3 .1 .7 .0 .1 

Dairy and related products ................................................. .852 183.2 183.7 .2 .3 .7 -.3 .5 

Fruits and vegetables ......................................................... 1.219 252.3 258.5 6.4 2.5 .0 .7 1.7 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .............. .910 145.5 147.2 3.5 1.2 .4 -.1 .3 

Other food at home ............................................................ 1.777 167.6 169.1 2.1 .9 -.3 .2 .5 

Sugar and sweets ............................................................. .302 167.8 169.3 3.9 .9 .4 1.0 .2 

Fats and oils ..................................................................... .231 165.2 169.9 -.3 2.8 .1 -.3 1.4 

Other foods 1 .................................................................... 1.244 183.3 184.3 2.2 .5 -.5 .2 .5 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ....................................... .328 112.4 112.6 2.3 .2 .5 -.3 .2 

Food away from home 1 ....................................................... 5.953 196.0 196.6 3.0 .3 .2 .2 .3 

Other food away from home 2 ............................................ .277 133.7 134.1 5.2 .3 .3 .2 .2 

Alcoholic beverages 1 ............................................................ 1.109 196.4 198.0 1.9 .8 .2 -.4 .8 

Housing .................................................................................... 42.380 198.3 200.0 4.3 .9 .4 .2 .5 

Shelter .................................................................................... 32.260 225.6 226.8 2.6 .5 .3 .3 .1 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................. 5.832 220.5 220.9 3.0 .2 .2 .2 .1 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................. 2.611 122.8 127.5 4.0 3.8 1.1 .8 .5 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ................. 23.442 232.8 233.4 2.5 .3 .2 .3 .2 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................. .375 116.1 115.9 -2.2 -.2 .1 .2 -.2 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 5.371 191.6 198.7 19.1 3.7 1.2 -1.3 3.4 

Fuels ..................................................................................... 4.494 174.7 182.1 22.2 4.2 1.4 -1.6 3.8 

Fuel oil and other fuels ....................................................... .339 227.8 229.5 26.7 .7 -3.8 -1.0 -1.2 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................... 4.155 180.0 188.1 21.9 4.5 1.8 -1.6 4.2 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................. .877 132.9 134.0 5.0 .8 .5 .4 .7 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 4.749 126.4 126.5 .3 .1 .1 .5 -.3 

Household operations 1 2 ..................................................... .779 133.3 134.1 4.8 .6 .7 .6 .6 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 3.786 117.5 114.9 -1.0 -2.2 .1 -.3 .3 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ........................................................ .915 114.1 112.4 -2.3 -1.5 -.2 -.3 .2 

Women’s and girls’ apparel .................................................... 1.612 108.9 103.0 -2.0 -5.4 1.0 -.4 -.6 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................. .183 115.0 113.3 -3.6 -1.5 -.3 .8 .2 

Footwear ................................................................................ .759 121.4 122.3 2.4 .7 -1.0 -.4 2.1 

Transportation .......................................................................... 17.415 172.7 175.9 7.3 1.9 -4.9 -.7 1.8

Private transportation ............................................................. 16.329 168.9 172.1 7.2 1.9 -5.1 -.8 1.8 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ........................................... 7.858 95.8 96.2 .4 .4 -.3 -.2 .3 

New vehicles ...................................................................... 5.155 138.3 139.3 -.4 .7 -.1 -.1 .6 

Used cars and trucks 1 ....................................................... 1.799 139.2 139.3 1.3 .1 -.9 -.1 .1 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 4.191 187.3 199.2 27.4 6.4 -16.0 -2.7 6.2 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 4.148 186.2 198.2 27.4 6.4 -16.1 -2.7 6.4 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ................................... .362 114.0 114.4 3.4 .4 .5 .4 .4 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................. 1.131 210.7 211.2 3.5 .2 .2 .1 .2 

Public transportation ............................................................... 1.087 217.6 219.9 7.6 1.1 .1 -.5 1.3 

Medical care ............................................................................. 6.220 328.4 329.5 4.0 .3 .5 .2 .1 

Medical care commodities ...................................................... 1.457 280.8 282.0 3.8 .4 .6 .2 .4 

Medical care services ............................................................. 4.764 342.0 342.9 4.1 .3 .5 .2 .0 

Professional services ........................................................... 2.815 284.9 284.7 3.1 -.1 .4 .2 -.3 

Hospital and related services 3 ............................................ 1.576 449.7 453.6 5.2 .9 .7 .2 .7 

See footnotes at end of table.
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

2005

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2006 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 5.637 109.7 109.9 0.9 0.2 -0.1 0.1 0.0 

Video and audio 2 ................................................................... 1.783 103.9 104.1 -.1 .2 -.2 .0 -.2 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 6.047 115.3 115.7 2.7 .3 .4 .2 .4 

Education 2 ............................................................................. 2.967 157.6 158.3 6.4 .4 .5 .4 .7 

Educational books and supplies ........................................... .196 374.3 379.2 6.1 1.3 .7 .5 .5 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .............................. 2.771 455.3 457.2 6.4 .4 .5 .5 .7 

Communication 2 .................................................................... 3.080 84.3 84.5 -1.1 .2 .2 -.1 .2 

Information and information processing 1 2 .......................... 2.895 82.2 82.1 -1.3 -.1 .2 .0 -.1 

Telephone services 1 2 ....................................................... 2.245 95.2 95.2 .4 .0 .6 .0 .0 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ........... .650 13.1 13.0 -8.5 -.8 -1.5 .0 -.8 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 .......... .236 11.7 11.6 -17.1 -.9 -1.6 -2.5 -.9 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 3.463 317.3 318.2 2.9 .3 .3 .4 .3 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ........................................... .710 513.1 515.1 4.3 .4 .4 .4 .4 

Personal care ......................................................................... 2.752 187.6 188.1 2.5 .3 .4 .4 .2 

Personal care products 1 ...................................................... .710 155.4 155.8 1.8 .3 .0 .3 .3 

Personal care services 1 ...................................................... .675 206.6 206.4 2.2 -.1 .2 .7 -.1 

Miscellaneous personal services .......................................... 1.172 306.6 308.2 3.2 .5 .3 .4 .3 

Commodity and service group

Commodities .............................................................................. 40.790 160.0 161.3 3.8 .8 -2.2 -.3 .9 

Food and beverages ................................................................ 15.051 193.2 194.5 2.6 .7 .3 .1 .5 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................... 25.739 141.3 142.6 4.5 .9 -3.6 -.6 1.1 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................... 14.163 166.3 168.7 8.7 1.4 -4.3 -.7 2.3 

Apparel ................................................................................. 3.786 117.5 114.9 -1.0 -2.2 .1 -.3 .3 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................. 10.377 200.4 206.0 12.4 2.8 -7.8 -1.1 2.5 

Durables ................................................................................. 11.576 114.9 115.3 -.6 .3 -.3 -.1 .1 

Services ...................................................................................... 59.210 233.2 234.9 4.1 .7 .4 .1 .5 

Rent of shelter 4 ....................................................................... 31.884 235.0 236.2 2.7 .5 .3 .3 .1 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ..................................... .375 116.1 115.9 -2.2 -.2 .1 .2 -.2 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ..................................................... 4.155 180.0 188.1 21.9 4.5 1.8 -1.6 4.2 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ..................... .877 132.9 134.0 5.0 .8 .5 .4 .7 

Household operations 1 2 ......................................................... .779 133.3 134.1 4.8 .6 .7 .6 .6 

Transportation services ............................................................ 5.707 227.8 228.2 2.9 .2 .3 .0 .4 

Medical care services ............................................................... 4.764 342.0 342.9 4.1 .3 .5 .2 .0 

Other services .......................................................................... 10.669 272.3 273.2 3.1 .3 .4 .3 .3 

Special indexes

All items less food ...................................................................... 86.058 197.4 199.0 4.2 .8 -.8 -.1 .7 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 67.740 187.7 189.3 4.6 .9 -1.1 -.2 .9 

All items less medical care ......................................................... 93.780 190.0 191.6 4.0 .8 -.7 -.1 .7 

Commodities less food ............................................................... 26.848 143.3 144.7 4.4 1.0 -3.5 -.5 1.1 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 15.272 168.1 170.5 8.3 1.4 -4.0 -.7 2.2 

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................ 11.486 199.2 204.3 11.3 2.6 -7.2 -1.0 2.3 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 29.214 180.1 182.0 5.5 1.1 -2.1 -.3 1.5 

Services less rent of shelter 4 .................................................... 27.325 248.8 251.2 5.8 1.0 .6 .0 .9 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 54.446 224.2 225.9 4.1 .8 .3 .2 .5 

Energy ........................................................................................ 8.685 180.0 189.5 24.8 5.3 -8.1 -2.1 5.0 

All items less energy .................................................................. 91.315 200.1 200.8 2.2 .3 .2 .2 .2 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 77.373 202.1 202.6 2.1 .2 .2 .1 .2 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ................... 22.319 140.1 139.9 .1 -.1 -.1 .0 .2 

Energy commodities ............................................................. 4.530 190.7 202.1 27.3 6.0 -15.3 -2.6 5.7 

Services less energy services ................................................ 55.055 238.7 239.7 2.9 .4 .3 .3 .2 

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

 $ .508 $ .504 - - - - -

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ........... - $ .170 $ .168 - - - - -

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. - Data not available.

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

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Apr.

2005

July

2005

Oct.

2005

Jan.

2006

July

2005

Jan.

2006

Expenditure category

All items ...................................................................................... 199.1 197.8 197.7 199.0 5.8 2.1 8.5 -0.2 3.9 4.0 

Food and beverages ................................................................ 192.4 192.9 193.1 194.0 3.9 1.1 2.1 3.4 2.4 2.7 

Food ....................................................................................... 192.0 192.5 192.7 193.6 3.9 1.1 2.3 3.4 2.5 2.8 

Food at home ....................................................................... 190.7 191.2 191.4 192.4 4.8 -.4 1.5 3.6 2.1 2.5 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................. 209.7 210.1 209.9 211.0 1.2 -.4 2.3 2.5 .4 2.4 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ............................................ 184.5 185.7 185.7 185.8 4.2 -1.7 .0 2.8 1.2 1.4 

Dairy and related products ................................................. 181.7 183.0 182.5 183.4 .0 -1.5 -1.1 3.8 -.8 1.3 

Fruits and vegetables ......................................................... 245.6 245.5 247.2 251.5 10.0 .8 4.9 10.0 5.3 7.4 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .............. 145.6 146.2 146.1 146.5 8.8 .8 2.2 2.5 4.7 2.4 

Other food at home ............................................................ 168.2 167.7 168.1 169.0 4.7 .0 1.7 1.9 2.3 1.8 

Sugar and sweets ............................................................. 166.7 167.4 169.0 169.3 5.3 3.2 .7 6.4 4.2 3.5 

Fats and oils ..................................................................... 167.5 167.6 167.1 169.4 -1.9 -3.0 -.7 4.6 -2.5 1.9 

Other foods 1 .................................................................... 184.0 183.0 183.3 184.3 6.1 .0 2.2 .7 3.0 1.4 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ....................................... 112.1 112.7 112.4 112.6 2.6 2.6 2.2 1.8 2.6 2.0 

Food away from home 1 ....................................................... 195.2 195.6 196.0 196.6 2.8 3.2 3.3 2.9 3.0 3.1 

Other food away from home 2 ............................................ 133.2 133.6 133.9 134.2 6.4 7.3 3.7 3.0 6.8 3.4 

Alcoholic beverages 1 ............................................................ 196.8 197.1 196.4 198.0 3.3 -.2 2.1 2.5 1.5 2.3 

Housing .................................................................................... 198.6 199.4 199.7 200.6 4.0 2.5 6.5 4.1 3.2 5.3 

Shelter .................................................................................... 225.8 226.5 227.2 227.4 3.3 2.0 2.0 2.9 2.6 2.4 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................. 219.4 219.9 220.4 220.7 3.0 3.0 3.4 2.4 3.0 2.9 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................. 130.4 131.8 132.8 133.4 10.4 -2.4 -.6 9.5 3.8 4.3 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ................. 231.6 232.1 232.7 233.2 2.7 2.3 2.1 2.8 2.5 2.4 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................. 115.8 115.9 116.1 115.9 -1.0 -.3 -7.6 .3 -.7 -3.7 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 193.7 196.0 193.5 200.0 11.2 7.6 47.7 13.7 9.4 29.6 

Fuels ..................................................................................... 177.2 179.6 176.8 183.6 12.8 8.0 59.0 15.2 10.4 35.4 

Fuel oil and other fuels ....................................................... 242.1 233.0 230.7 227.9 38.0 31.2 80.7 -21.5 34.6 19.1 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................... 181.8 185.1 182.1 189.8 10.9 6.1 57.4 18.8 8.5 36.8 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................. 131.9 132.6 133.1 134.0 4.5 6.0 3.1 6.5 5.2 4.8 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 126.1 126.2 126.8 126.4 -.3 .3 .3 1.0 .0 .6 

Household operations 1 2 ..................................................... 131.6 132.5 133.3 134.1 3.8 3.8 4.1 7.8 3.8 5.9 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 118.9 119.0 118.7 119.1 -.7 -4.9 1.0 .7 -2.8 .8 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ........................................................ 115.1 114.9 114.6 114.8 .0 -9.5 1.8 -1.0 -4.9 .3

Women’s and girls’ apparel .................................................... 109.5 110.6 110.2 109.5 -1.1 -5.3 -1.4 .0 -3.2 -.7 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................. 114.3 113.9 114.8 115.0 -.3 -8.4 -7.7 2.5 -4.5 -2.7 

Footwear ................................................................................ 123.9 122.7 122.2 124.8 .0 2.3 4.3 2.9 1.2 3.6 

Transportation .......................................................................... 184.4 175.4 174.1 177.2 17.8 3.8 27.0 -14.7 10.6 4.1 

Private transportation ............................................................. 180.8 171.5 170.2 173.3 18.5 3.4 28.2 -15.6 10.7 4.0 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ........................................... 95.9 95.6 95.4 95.7 .8 .4 1.3 -.8 .6 .2 

New vehicles ...................................................................... 137.7 137.6 137.4 138.2 -.6 -3.4 1.2 1.5 -2.0 1.3 

Used cars and trucks 1 ....................................................... 140.6 139.4 139.2 139.3 1.8 8.7 -1.1 -3.6 5.2 -2.4 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 237.5 199.4 194.1 206.2 88.0 10.1 123.2 -43.2 43.9 12.6 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 236.4 198.4 193.0 205.4 87.4 10.3 123.7 -43.0 43.8 12.9 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ................................... 113.0 113.6 114.0 114.4 .7 4.0 4.0 5.0 2.4 4.5 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................. 209.6 210.1 210.4 210.8 3.0 3.6 5.1 2.3 3.3 3.7 

Public transportation ............................................................... 223.1 223.4 222.3 225.1 9.7 10.3 6.7 3.6 10.0 5.2 

Medical care ............................................................................. 327.0 328.7 329.4 329.8 4.8 3.9 4.0 3.5 4.3 3.7 

Medical care commodities ...................................................... 278.9 280.5 281.1 282.3 2.2 3.7 4.3 5.0 3.0 4.6 

Medical care services ............................................................. 340.7 342.5 343.2 343.3 5.6 4.0 3.8 3.1 4.8 3.5 

Professional services ........................................................... 284.6 285.6 286.3 285.3 4.7 3.0 3.6 1.0 3.9 2.3

Hospital and related services 3 ............................................ 445.4 448.7 449.7 452.7 6.3 4.1 4.1 6.7 5.2 5.4 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Apr.

2005

July

2005

Oct.

2005

Jan.

2006

July

2005

Jan.

2006

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 110.0 109.9 110.0 110.0 0.0 0.4 3.3 0.0 0.2 1.7 

Video and audio 2 ................................................................... 104.6 104.4 104.4 104.2 .4 -4.5 5.5 -1.5 -2.1 1.9 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 114.3 114.8 115.0 115.5 3.2 .7 2.5 4.3 2.0 3.4 

Education 2 ............................................................................. 155.3 156.1 156.8 157.9 6.6 6.5 5.6 6.9 6.6 6.2 

Educational books and supplies ........................................... 372.4 374.9 376.9 378.9 4.0 5.7 7.5 7.2 4.8 7.3 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .............................. 448.3 450.5 452.7 455.8 6.8 6.6 5.4 6.9 6.7 6.1 

Communication 2 .................................................................... 84.2 84.4 84.3 84.5 -.5 -4.2 -.9 1.4 -2.3 .2 

Information and information processing 1 2 .......................... 82.0 82.2 82.2 82.1 .0 -4.7 -1.0 .5 -2.4 -.2 

Telephone services 1 2 ....................................................... 94.6 95.2 95.2 95.2 2.1 -3.7 .9 2.6 -.8 1.7 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ........... 13.3 13.1 13.1 13.0 -8.2 -8.4 -8.5 -8.7 -8.3 -8.6 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 .......... 12.2 12.0 11.7 11.6 -16.1 -16.7 -17.5 -18.3 -16.4 -17.9 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 315.4 316.5 317.7 318.5 2.1 3.5 1.9 4.0 2.8 3.0

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ........................................... 509.4 511.2 513.1 515.1 2.5 5.3 4.9 4.6 3.9 4.7 

Personal care ......................................................................... 186.5 187.2 187.9 188.3 2.0 3.1 1.1 3.9 2.5 2.5 

Personal care products 1 ...................................................... 155.0 155.0 155.4 155.8 .8 4.2 .0 2.1 2.5 1.0 

Personal care services 1 ...................................................... 204.8 205.2 206.6 206.4 2.8 1.2 1.8 3.2 2.0 2.5 

Miscellaneous personal services .......................................... 305.6 306.5 307.6 308.5 3.0 3.5 2.7 3.9 3.2 3.3 

Commodity and service group

Commodities .............................................................................. 164.8 161.2 160.7 162.1 8.4 1.5 12.6 -6.4 4.9 2.6 

Food and beverages ................................................................ 192.4 192.9 193.1 194.0 3.9 1.1 2.1 3.4 2.4 2.7 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................... 148.4 143.1 142.3 143.9 11.8 1.4 18.9 -11.6 6.5 2.5 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................... 178.8 171.2 170.0 173.9 15.0 6.4 27.1 -10.5 10.6 6.6 

Apparel ................................................................................. 118.9 119.0 118.7 119.1 -.7 -4.9 1.0 .7 -2.8 .8 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................. 223.0 205.6 203.4 208.5 32.7 6.8 47.4 -23.6 19.1 6.1 

Durables ................................................................................. 115.2 114.9 114.8 114.9 -1.4 -.3 .0 -1.0 -.9 -.5 

Services ...................................................................................... 233.1 234.1 234.4 235.5 3.9 2.5 5.7 4.2 3.2 4.9 

Rent of shelter 4 ....................................................................... 235.2 235.9 236.6 236.9 3.9 2.1 1.7 2.9 3.0 2.3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ..................................... 115.8 115.9 116.1 115.9 -1.0 -.3 -7.6 .3 -.7 -3.7 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ..................................................... 181.8 185.1 182.1 189.8 10.9 6.1 57.4 18.8 8.5 36.8 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ..................... 131.9 132.6 133.1 134.0 4.5 6.0 3.1 6.5 5.2 4.8 

Household operations 1 2 ......................................................... 131.6 132.5 133.3 134.1 3.8 3.8 4.1 7.8 3.8 5.9 

Transportation services ............................................................ 227.7 228.3 228.3 229.1 2.9 3.6 2.9 2.5 3.3 2.7 

Medical care services ............................................................... 340.7 342.5 343.2 343.3 5.6 4.0 3.8 3.1 4.8 3.5 

Other services .......................................................................... 270.6 271.6 272.4 273.1 3.1 1.8 3.8 3.7 2.4 3.8 

Special indexes

All items less food ...................................................................... 200.3 198.7 198.6 199.9 6.0 2.3 9.5 -.8 4.1 4.2 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 190.9 188.8 188.4 190.1 7.0 2.2 11.7 -1.7 4.6 4.8 

All items less medical care ......................................................... 192.5 191.1 191.0 192.3 6.0 1.9 8.8 -.4 3.9 4.1 

Commodities less food ............................................................... 150.3 145.1 144.4 146.0 11.3 1.4 18.4 -11.0 6.2 2.7 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 180.0 172.8 171.6 175.4 14.3 6.1 25.4 -9.8 10.1 6.3 

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................ 219.8 204.0 202.0 206.6 29.5 6.4 43.0 -21.9 17.4 5.6 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 186.3 182.4 181.8 184.6 10.0 2.7 14.0 -3.6 6.3 4.8 

Services less rent of shelter 4 .................................................... 248.0 249.5 249.5 251.7 4.3 4.1 8.8 6.1 4.2 7.5 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 224.2 224.9 225.4 226.6 3.9 2.8 5.5 4.4 3.3 4.9 

Energy ........................................................................................ 205.0 188.3 184.3 193.5 46.3 9.0 90.9 -20.6 26.3 23.1 

All items less energy .................................................................. 199.9 200.3 200.7 201.1 2.7 1.4 2.2 2.4 2.0 2.3 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 202.0 202.5 202.8 203.2 2.4 1.6 2.0 2.4 2.0 2.2 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ................... 140.3 140.2 140.2 140.5 -.3 -.6 .6 .6 -.4 .6 

Energy commodities ............................................................. 239.0 202.5 197.3 208.6 84.4 11.3 120.2 -42.0 43.3 13.0 

Services less energy services ................................................ 238.4 239.2 239.8 240.2 3.5 2.2 2.7 3.1 2.8 2.9 

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.

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

2005

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2006 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

All items ......................................................................................... 100.000 196.8 198.3 4.0 0.8 -0.7 -0.1 0.7 

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

 589.4 593.9 - - - - -

Food and beverages .................................................................... 15.051 193.2 194.5 2.6 .7 .3 .1 .5 

Food ........................................................................................... 13.942 192.9 194.1 2.6 .6 .3 .1 .5 

Food at home ........................................................................... 7.988 191.7 193.4 2.4 .9 .3 .1 .5 

Cereals and bakery products ................................................. 1.098 208.4 210.6 1.4 1.1 .2 -.1 .5 

Cereals and cereal products ................................................ .361 185.1 186.0 -.5 .5 .1 .2 -.3 

Flour and prepared flour mixes .......................................... .046 171.6 181.8 .3 5.9 1.3 -.2 -.7 

Breakfast cereal 1 .............................................................. .203 201.3 200.3 -1.6 -.5 -.3 .0 -.5 

Rice, pasta, cornmeal 1 ...................................................... .111 167.1 167.1 1.0 .0 -.7 1.1 .0 

Rice 1 2 3 .......................................................................... -

 110.1 111.8 2.1 1.5 -.5 1.2 1.5 

Bakery products 1 ................................................................ .738 220.7 223.5 2.4 1.3 .1 -.6 1.3 

Bread 1 3 ............................................................................ .215 126.9 127.8 2.2 .7 1.3 -.9 .7 

White bread 1 2 ................................................................ -

 232.5 234.4 2.2 .8 1.3 -1.0 .8 

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

 240.2 242.5 2.0 1.0 1.3 -1.2 1.0 

Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins 1 3 ......................................... .100 126.1 127.0 3.7 .7 -.2 .0 .7 

Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies .......................................... .209 213.9 212.9 2.5 -.5 .3 .4 .2 

Cookies 1 2 ....................................................................... -

 212.5 210.4 1.8 -1.0 2.3 .6 -1.0 

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

 216.1 215.7 3.0 -.2 -.4 .3 -.2 

Other bakery products ....................................................... .213 205.9 213.9 2.1 3.9 -.2 -1.4 2.7 

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

 216.8 219.5 4.7 1.2 -.9 .6 1.2 

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

 236.6 247.1 1.8 4.4 .6 -2.4 3.5 

Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies, tarts,

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

 211.6 221.3 2.6 4.6 -.9 .0 1.3 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ................................................ 2.133 185.7 185.8 1.3 .1 .7 .0 .1 

Meats, poultry, and fish ........................................................ 2.044 187.1 187.0 1.0 -.1 .8 .0 -.1 

Meats ................................................................................. 1.327 187.8 187.9 1.1 .1 .7 .5 -.1 

Beef and veal 1 ................................................................ .641 201.5 202.8 2.8 .6 .4 1.2 .6 

Uncooked ground beef 1 ................................................ .237 176.8 176.7 3.8 -.1 -.1 .2 -.1 

Uncooked beef roasts 1 3 ............................................... .108 147.8 147.9 1.4 .1 2.0 1.9 .1 

Uncooked beef steaks 1 3 .............................................. .245 145.0 146.7 2.2 1.2 .3 1.8 1.2 

Uncooked other beef and veal 1 3 .................................. .051 132.7 135.7 4.4 2.3 -1.1 1.8 2.3 

Pork .................................................................................. .422 175.2 174.6 -1.7 -.3 .6 -.1 -.6 

Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products 3 ........ .133 120.3 121.2 -3.7 .7 .5 .7 .7 

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

 207.7 208.7 -3.2 .5 .9 .9 1.3 

Breakfast sausage and related products 2 3 ................ - 117.7 119.4 -3.3 1.4 -.8 .0 1.0 

Ham ............................................................................... .097 172.9 170.0 -.1 -1.7 .1 -.2 -1.5 

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

 193.3 189.1 .7 -2.2 .7 -.8 -1.4 

Pork chops ..................................................................... .083 166.8 165.9 -2.5 -.5 1.5 -1.5 -1.8 

Other pork including roasts and picnics 3 ...................... .108 111.6 111.2 .4 -.4 .2 .8 -.9 

Other meats 1 ................................................................... .265 180.4 178.8 1.1 -.9 1.9 -.2 -.9 

Frankfurters 1 2 .............................................................. -

 175.6 171.0 .4 -2.6 3.3 -.7 -2.6 

Lunchmeats 1 2 3 ........................................................... - 118.0 117.1 -.3 -.8 -.3 1.1 -.8 

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

 214.2 NA - - .2 -3.8 -

Lamb and mutton 1 2 3 ................................................... -

 126.8 NA - - - -8.0 -

Poultry 1 ............................................................................. .383 183.8 181.5 -1.3 -1.3 .6 -2.0 -1.3 

Chicken 1 3 ....................................................................... .308 119.6 117.9 -1.3 -1.4 1.6 -2.8 -1.4 

Fresh whole chicken 1 2 ................................................. - 188.5 188.0 1.4 -.3 -.9 1.0 -.3 

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

 183.2 179.8 -3.2 -1.9 2.4 -4.6 -1.9 

Other poultry including turkey 3 ........................................ .075 114.3 113.4 -1.2 -.8 .6 .5 -2.2 

Fish and seafood 1 ............................................................. .334 204.4 206.3 3.5 .9 1.0 .1 .9 

Fresh fish and seafood 1 3 ............................................... .205 120.9 121.4 5.4 .4 2.0 1.3 .4 

Processed fish and seafood 3 .......................................... .129 108.2 110.1 .8 1.8 -.5 -.5 1.3 

Canned fish and seafood 2 ............................................ - 136.5 138.7 2.5 1.6 -.4 -.9 1.5 

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

 231.5 236.6 2.2 2.2 1.1 -1.5 2.2 

Eggs ..................................................................................... .089 154.7 157.9 8.3 2.1 -.9 -.1 3.6 

Dairy and related products ..................................................... .852 183.2 183.7 .2 .3 .7 -.3 .5 

Milk 3 .................................................................................... .309 128.7 127.9 .1 -.6 1.0 -.2 -.8 

Fresh whole milk 2 ............................................................. - 189.3 186.8 -.2 -1.3 1.6 .6 -1.0 

Fresh milk other than whole 1 2 3 ....................................... -

 128.0 129.1 .4 .9 .3 -1.5 .9 

Cheese and related products ............................................... .264 182.3 183.1 -.7 .4 1.2 -.9 .7 

Ice cream and related products ........................................... .143 179.1 182.0 1.1 1.6 -1.3 .5 1.0 

Other dairy and related products 1 3 .................................... .137 121.9 122.6 1.4 .6 .4 .2 .6 

See footnotes at end of table.
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

2005

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2006 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

Fruits and vegetables ............................................................. 1.219 252.3 258.5 6.4 2.5 0.0 0.7 1.7 

Fresh fruits and vegetables .................................................. .971 301.1 309.4 7.2 2.8 -.1 .5 2.4 

Fresh fruits ......................................................................... .485 312.3 316.3 3.7 1.3 .0 -.9 2.7 

Apples .............................................................................. .080 251.1 253.5 5.1 1.0 1.7 .2 -.2 

Bananas ........................................................................... .073 169.9 174.4 7.3 2.6 .4 -.1 1.4 

Citrus fruits 3 .................................................................... .091 174.3 178.3 12.8 2.3 2.2 -1.5 6.2 

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

 331.5 330.4 8.9 -.3 1.8 -2.5 2.2 

Other fresh fruits 3 ............................................................ .240 121.8 122.5 -1.4 .6 -1.3 -1.4 2.4 

Fresh vegetables ............................................................... .486 288.3 300.6 10.9 4.3 -.1 2.0 2.1 

Potatoes ........................................................................... .074 251.7 261.1 9.9 3.7 -1.5 .0 -.2 

Lettuce 1 ........................................................................... .058 260.0 260.8 1.0 .3 .1 .5 .3 

Tomatoes ......................................................................... .102 342.3 393.1 27.0 14.8 -6.7 8.8 13.8 

Other fresh vegetables ..................................................... .251 295.2 298.2 7.3 1.0 1.3 1.5 -.4 

Processed fruits and vegetables 3 ....................................... .247 120.3 121.8 3.3 1.2 .0 1.4 -.7 

Canned fruits and vegetables 3 .......................................... .129 119.1 120.9 4.1 1.5 -1.1 2.1 -.4 

Canned fruits 1 2 3 ........................................................... -

 117.8 121.0 3.4 2.7 -2.0 1.6 2.7 

Canned vegetables 2 3 ..................................................... - 124.4 124.8 4.6 .3 -1.1 1.4 -1.4 

Frozen fruits and vegetables 3 ........................................... .077 122.6 123.5 1.4 .7 1.2 .5 -.6 

Frozen vegetables 2 ......................................................... - 177.5 179.4 1.4 1.1 .3 .4 -.4 

Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried 3 ... .042 118.5 120.3 4.2 1.5 .2 .3 .4 

Dried beans, peas, and lentils 1 2 3 ................................. -

 116.6 117.2 1.7 .5 .2 -1.9 .5 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .................. .910 145.5 147.2 3.5 1.2 .4 -.1 .3 

Juices and nonalcoholic drinks 3 .......................................... .606 111.5 113.3 3.8 1.6 .5 .2 .7 

Carbonated drinks .............................................................. .332 133.1 135.7 4.4 2.0 .2 .5 .3 

Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 3 ...................... .016 111.7 116.0 3.4 3.8 -.9 -.5 3.8 

Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 3 ................ .259 107.4 108.4 2.9 .9 .8 .5 .9 

Beverage materials including coffee and tea 1 3 .................. .304 103.1 103.6 3.2 .5 .3 -1.1 .5 

Coffee 1 .............................................................................. .100 162.3 163.1 7.5 .5 -.1 -1.5 .5 

Roasted coffee 1 2 ........................................................... -

 167.1 168.3 9.1 .7 -.4 -1.4 .7 

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

 175.0 175.9 1.7 .5 .5 -1.4 .5 

Other beverage materials including tea 1 3 ........................ .204 115.9 116.4 .6 .4 .6 -.8 .4 

Other food at home ................................................................ 1.777 167.6 169.1 2.1 .9 -.3 .2 .5 

Sugar and sweets ................................................................ .302 167.8 169.3 3.9 .9 .4 1.0 .2 

Sugar and artificial sweeteners .......................................... .054 154.3 157.6 7.5 2.1 1.9 1.7 -.7 

Candy and chewing gum 1 3 .............................................. .196 111.4 111.5 3.1 .1 .6 .7 .1 

Other sweets 3 ................................................................... .051 118.6 121.4 2.9 2.4 -.4 .3 .6 

Fats and oils ......................................................................... .231 165.2 169.9 -.3 2.8 .1 -.3 1.4 

Butter and margarine 1 3 .................................................... .071 131.2 138.9 -.4 5.9 -3.0 -1.6 5.9 

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

 174.6 186.7 -4.4 6.9 -.5 -1.4 2.0 

Margarine 2 ...................................................................... - 174.1 182.1 4.6 4.6 1.1 -1.7 2.4 

Salad dressing 3 ................................................................. .062 105.6 108.8 -1.7 3.0 -.1 -.6 2.9 

Other fats and oils including peanut butter 1 3 ................... .099 116.3 117.0 .9 .6 -.2 .1 .6 

Peanut butter 1 2 3 ........................................................... -

 111.7 111.7 1.5 .0 .5 1.2 .0 

Other foods 1 ........................................................................ 1.244 183.3 184.3 2.2 .5 -.5 .2 .5 

Soups ................................................................................. .088 211.4 205.7 -.3 -2.7 -.9 .0 -1.7 

Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods ............................ .257 154.3 155.9 2.5 1.0 -1.3 -.6 1.3 

Snacks 1 ............................................................................. .278 181.3 180.2 2.6 -.6 -.7 .7 -.6 

Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces 1 ........................ .221 185.2 190.9 1.7 3.1 -2.4 .3 3.1 

Salt and other seasonings and spices 1 2 3 ..................... - 113.2 113.0 1.2 -.2 -.2 1.2 -.2 

Olives, pickles, relishes 1 2 3 ........................................... -

 110.2 115.7 5.2 5.0 -8.7 1.0 5.0 

Sauces and gravies 1 2 3 ................................................. - 106.3 109.1 1.1 2.6 -1.9 -.2 2.6 

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

 198.9 219.4 5.6 10.3 -5.4 -.9 10.3 

Baby food 1 3 ..................................................................... .073 127.4 128.0 4.4 .5 1.8 .2 .5 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 3 ........................................... .328 112.4 112.6 2.3 .2 .5 -.3 .2 

Food away from home 1 ........................................................... 5.953 196.0 196.6 3.0 .3 .2 .2 .3 

Full service meals and snacks 1 3 .......................................... 2.594 123.3 123.6 2.6 .2 .2 .2 .2 

Limited service meals and snacks 1 3 .................................... 2.702 124.0 124.6 3.3 .5 .2 .1 .5 

Food at employee sites and schools 3 ................................... .254 120.6 120.9 2.8 .2 .3 .2 .4 

Food at elementary and secondary schools 1 2 4 ................ -

 100.0 100.1 - .1 - - .1 

Food from vending machines and mobile vendors 1 3 ........... .126 114.2 114.3 3.0 .1 .2 .4 .1 

Other food away from home 3 ................................................ .277 133.7 134.1 5.2 .3 .3 .2 .2 

See footnotes at end of table.
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

2005

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2006 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

Alcoholic beverages 1 ................................................................ 1.109 196.4 198.0 1.9 0.8 0.2 -0.4 0.8 

Alcoholic beverages at home ................................................... .716 171.5 173.3 1.2 1.0 .0 -.2 .8 

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home ........................ .336 175.5 176.8 .4 .7 .2 -.4 .7 

Distilled spirits at home .......................................................... .125 177.2 179.1 1.8 1.1 -.1 .2 .8 

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

 177.1 178.6 1.9 .8 .1 .2 .8 

Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home 2 ..................... - 176.8 179.1 1.9 1.3 .0 .2 1.2 

Wine at home ......................................................................... .254 155.4 157.5 2.1 1.4 -.2 -.1 .7 

Alcoholic beverages away from home ..................................... .393 248.0 249.3 3.3 .5 .3 .2 .6 

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home 1 2 3 .. -

 125.7 126.4 2.7 .6 .5 .2 .6 

Wine away from home 1 2 3 ................................................... -

 135.8 136.4 3.6 .4 .4 -.1 .4 

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

 131.6 132.2 4.4 .5 .5 .6 .5 

Housing ........................................................................................ 42.380 198.3 200.0 4.3 .9 .4 .2 .5 

Shelter ........................................................................................ 32.260 225.6 226.8 2.6 .5 .3 .3 .1 

Rent of primary residence 5 ..................................................... 5.832 220.5 220.9 3.0 .2 .2 .2 .1 

Lodging away from home 3 ...................................................... 2.611 122.8 127.5 4.0 3.8 1.1 .8 .5 

Housing at school, excluding board 5 6 .................................. .151 345.3 345.5 5.1 .1 .4 .5 .4 

Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels 2.460 256.7 267.1 3.8 4.1 1.1 .8 .3 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 6 .................... 23.442 232.8 233.4 2.5 .3 .2 .3 .2 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 3 ..................................... .375 116.1 115.9 -2.2 -.2 .1 .2 -.2 

Fuels and utilities ....................................................................... 5.371 191.6 198.7 19.1 3.7 1.2 -1.3 3.4 

Fuels ........................................................................................ 4.494 174.7 182.1 22.2 4.2 1.4 -1.6 3.8 

Fuel oil and other fuels ........................................................... .339 227.8 229.5 26.7 .7 -3.8 -1.0 -1.2 

Fuel oil ................................................................................. .232 235.5 237.2 30.6 .7 -4.6 -1.1 -1.9 

Other household fuels 7 ....................................................... .107 264.9 267.0 18.4 .8 -.5 -.8 -1.0 

Gas (piped) and electricity 5 ................................................... 4.155 180.0 188.1 21.9 4.5 1.8 -1.6 4.2 

Electricity 5 ........................................................................... 2.625 153.3 162.2 15.0 5.8 3.4 -.9 5.5 

Utility (piped) gas service 5 .................................................. 1.530 258.0 264.1 34.5 2.4 -.6 -2.8 1.7 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 3 ..................... .877 132.9 134.0 5.0 .8 .5 .4 .7 

Water and sewerage maintenance 5 ...................................... .655 288.8 291.2 4.9 .8 .5 .5 .7 

Garbage and trash collection 1 8 ............................................ .222 320.6 323.0 5.1 .7 .5 .0 .7 

Household furnishings and operations ....................................... 4.749 126.4 126.5 .3 .1 .1 .5 -.3 

Window and floor coverings and other linens 3 ........................ .377 86.6 86.7 -2.9 .1 .1 1.0 -.8 

Floor coverings 1 3 ................................................................. .050 114.9 115.1 5.7 .2 1.1 1.0 .2 

Window coverings 1 3 ............................................................ .100 88.6 88.5 -.6 -.1 -.8 4.7 -.1 

Other linens 1 3 ...................................................................... .227 77.9 78.2 -5.3 .4 -.3 -.4 .4 

Furniture and bedding 1 ........................................................... 1.013 127.1 127.0 .4 -.1 .7 .9 -.1 

Bedroom furniture 1 ................................................................ .336 146.2 146.1 3.7 -.1 .2 1.6 -.1 

Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture 1 3 ................ .473 93.0 92.8 -2.0 -.2 1.1 .8 -.2 

Other furniture 3 ..................................................................... .197 88.6 89.1 1.5 .6 .0 -.3 1.0 

Infants’ furniture 1 2 4 ........................................................... -

 100.0 100.8 - .8 - - .8 

Appliances 3 ............................................................................. .339 87.0 87.2 1.8 .2 -.2 .2 -.2 

Major appliances 1 3 .............................................................. .192 94.5 94.7 3.8 .2 -.7 1.4 .2 

Laundry equipment 1 2 ......................................................... - 110.7 111.7 4.4 .9 -.5 -.2 .9 

Other appliances 1 3 .............................................................. .140 77.1 77.3 -1.2 .3 -.5 -.9 .3 

Other household equipment and furnishings 3 ......................... .635 83.2 82.2 -5.3 -1.2 -.6 .0 -1.4 

Clocks, lamps, and decorator items 1 .................................... .356 84.6 82.6 -9.4 -2.4 .8 -1.3 -2.4 

Indoor plants and flowers 9 .................................................... .104 122.4 121.9 2.4 -.4 -.4 .5 -.3 

Dishes and flatware 1 3 .......................................................... .082 79.2 80.3 -5.5 1.4 -1.6 -1.4 1.4 

Nonelectric cookware and tableware 1 3 ................................ .093 89.7 90.3 -.1 .7 -2.2 -1.1 .7 

Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies 1 3 ............. .766 93.7 93.9 -.9 .2 -.3 -.2 .2 

Tools, hardware and supplies 1 3 ........................................... .208 98.2 98.3 1.8 .1 .0 -.6 .1 

Outdoor equipment and supplies 3 ........................................ .371 91.4 91.7 -2.1 .3 -.2 .0 .1 

Housekeeping supplies 1 ......................................................... .841 161.8 162.4 2.4 .4 .1 .0 .4 

Household cleaning products 1 3 ........................................... .372 109.9 109.7 3.2 -.2 .4 -.2 -.2 

Household paper products 1 3 ............................................... .203 125.6 126.3 .5 .6 .1 .0 .6 

Miscellaneous household products 1 3 .................................. .266 107.3 108.5 2.7 1.1 -.5 .2 1.1 

Household operations 1 3 ......................................................... .779 133.3 134.1 4.8 .6 .7 .6 .6 

Domestic services 1 3 ............................................................ .247 131.3 131.1 4.5 -.2 .8 .8 -.2 

Gardening and lawncare services 1 3 .................................... .249 NA NA - - 1.1 - -

Moving, storage, freight expense 3 ........................................ .081 128.4 128.1 3.1 -.2 .1 -.2 -.2 

See footnotes at end of table.
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

2005

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2006 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

Repair of household items 1 3 ................................................ .126 151.9 151.2 6.1 -0.5 0.3 0.4 -0.5 

Apparel ......................................................................................... 3.786 117.5 114.9 -1.0 -2.2 .1 -.3 .3 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ............................................................ .915 114.1 112.4 -2.3 -1.5 -.2 -.3 .2 

Men’s apparel .......................................................................... .718 119.8 117.5 -1.9 -1.9 -.2 -.7 -.3 

Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear ................................ .145 125.3 120.1 -3.6 -4.2 .5 -.7 -2.6 

Men’s furnishings ................................................................... .182 133.4 134.6 .7 .9 -.6 -.5 1.3 

Men’s shirts and sweaters 3 ................................................... .197 85.4 81.5 -.9 -4.6 .1 .1 .4 

Men’s pants and shorts .......................................................... .177 106.4 106.6 -5.2 .2 .4 -1.7 -1.1 

Boys’ apparel ........................................................................... .196 93.8 93.7 -3.8 -.1 -1.0 .7 .5 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ........................................................ 1.612 108.9 103.0 -2.0 -5.4 1.0 -.4 -.6 

Women’s apparel ..................................................................... 1.365 109.7 103.7 -1.4 -5.5 1.1 -.5 -.8 

Women’s outerwear ............................................................... .116 102.4 93.9 -5.0 -8.3 -.9 -.4 -1.1 

Women’s dresses .................................................................. .132 104.2 95.2 5.7 -8.6 .6 1.4 -.2 

Women’s suits and separates 3 ............................................. .725 85.6 79.3 -3.3 -7.4 1.5 -.5 -2.2 

Women’s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and

accessories 3 ................................................................. .364 91.8 91.7 -.2 -.1 .9 -.7 -.5 

Girls’ apparel ............................................................................ .247 104.4 99.6 -4.8 -4.6 .3 .4 .4 

Footwear .................................................................................... .759 121.4 122.3 2.4 .7 -1.0 -.4 2.1 

Men’s footwear 1 ...................................................................... .228 120.7 122.7 3.8 1.7 -1.2 -.7 1.7 

Boys’ and girls’ footwear 1 ....................................................... .168 124.4 122.4 .0 -1.6 -1.5 -.5 -1.6 

Women’s footwear ................................................................... .362 119.7 121.1 2.5 1.2 -1.0 -1.3 3.5 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ..................................................... .183 115.0 113.3 -3.6 -1.5 -.3 .8 .2 

Jewelry and watches 7 ............................................................... .318 123.2 128.4 .6 4.2 -.3 .1 .7 

Watches 7 ................................................................................ .046 113.7 115.9 1.5 1.9 -.3 .4 .3 

Jewelry 7 .................................................................................. .272 126.4 132.2 .5 4.6 -.2 -.2 1.0 

Transportation .............................................................................. 17.415 172.7 175.9 7.3 1.9 -4.9 -.7 1.8 

Private transportation ................................................................. 16.329 168.9 172.1 7.2 1.9 -5.1 -.8 1.8 

New and used motor vehicles 3 ............................................... 7.858 95.8 96.2 .4 .4 -.3 -.2 .3 

New vehicles .......................................................................... 5.155 138.3 139.3 -.4 .7 -.1 -.1 .6 

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

 95.9 96.6 -.3 .7 -.1 -.1 .6 

New cars 2 ........................................................................... -

 136.6 137.7 1.0 .8 .0 .0 .9 

New trucks 2 8 ...................................................................... -

 144.4 145.2 -2.2 .6 -.3 -.3 .3 

Used cars and trucks 1 ........................................................... 1.799 139.2 139.3 1.3 .1 -.9 -.1 .1 

Leased cars and trucks 1 10 ................................................... .613 93.0 92.4 1.8 -.6 -.5 -1.0 -.6 

Car and truck rental 3 ............................................................. .090 112.1 108.7 5.7 -3.0 1.7 1.7 -1.9 

Motor fuel ................................................................................. 4.191 187.3 199.2 27.4 6.4 -16.0 -2.7 6.2 

Gasoline (all types) ................................................................ 4.148 186.2 198.2 27.4 6.4 -16.1 -2.7 6.4 

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

 185.8 197.7 28.0 6.4 -16.2 -2.6 6.3 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 2 11 ....................................... -

 190.8 203.2 27.0 6.5 -16.4 -2.7 7.0 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 2 ............................................ -

 181.1 192.3 25.4 6.2 -15.6 -2.9 6.3 

Other motor fuels 1 3 .............................................................. .042 186.4 190.0 28.0 1.9 -11.3 -7.4 1.9 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ....................................... .362 114.0 114.4 3.4 .4 .5 .4 .4 

Tires 1 .................................................................................... .217 106.2 106.4 2.5 .2 .5 .4 .2 

Vehicle accessories other than tires 1 3 ................................. .146 118.4 118.9 4.6 .4 .5 .4 .4 

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

 119.9 120.2 2.6 .3 .3 .4 .3 

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

 195.1 197.3 14.3 1.1 1.9 .6 1.1 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ..................................... 1.131 210.7 211.2 3.5 .2 .2 .1 .2 

Motor vehicle body work 1 ...................................................... .085 220.5 221.0 5.1 .2 .3 .5 .2 

Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing 1 ........................... .423 192.2 192.3 3.1 .1 .4 .3 .1 

Motor vehicle repair 3 ............................................................. .602 129.2 129.6 3.6 .3 .2 .1 .4 

Motor vehicle insurance ........................................................... 2.301 332.5 331.9 .6 -.2 .4 .4 .0 

Motor vehicle fees 1 3 .............................................................. .485 136.2 138.3 3.9 1.5 .6 .1 1.5 

State and local registration and license 1 3 5 ......................... .311 134.4 137.1 3.6 2.0 .0 .1 2.0 

Parking and other fees 1 3 ..................................................... .162 139.5 140.3 4.5 .6 1.5 .1 .6 

Parking fees and tolls 1 2 3 .................................................. -

 144.2 144.7 5.3 .3 1.8 .1 .3 

Automobile service clubs 1 2 3 ............................................. - 114.1 116.0 1.0 1.7 -.3 .4 1.7 

Public transportation .................................................................. 1.087 217.6 219.9 7.6 1.1 .1 -.5 1.3 

Airline fare 1 ............................................................................. .673 233.8 236.5 8.6 1.2 -1.5 -2.9 1.2 

Other intercity transportation 1 ................................................. .163 151.6 154.2 6.3 1.7 .2 1.5 1.7 

Ship fare 1 2 3 ........................................................................ -

 72.3 73.1 1.2 1.1 .7 1.0 1.1 

See footnotes at end of table.
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

2005

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2006 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

Intracity transportation 1 ........................................................... .248 223.3 224.2 5.8 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.4 

Medical care ................................................................................. 6.220 328.4 329.5 4.0 .3 .5 .2 .1 

Medical care commodities ......................................................... 1.457 280.8 282.0 3.8 .4 .6 .2 .4 

Prescription drugs and medical supplies ................................. 1.025 355.7 357.6 4.4 .5 .7 .3 .3 

Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies 1 7 ...................... .432 153.6 153.9 2.3 .2 .5 .2 .2 

Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs 1 .................. .296 182.1 182.5 2.9 .2 .6 .3 .2 

Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies 1 ............... .136 182.4 182.7 1.2 .2 .3 -.1 .2 

Medical care services ................................................................ 4.764 342.0 342.9 4.1 .3 .5 .2 .0 

Professional services ............................................................... 2.815 284.9 284.7 3.1 -.1 .4 .2 -.3 

Physicians’ services 5 ............................................................ 1.631 289.5 288.5 2.3 -.3 .2 .3 -.8 

Dental services 5 .................................................................... .704 329.6 331.7 5.2 .6 .5 .4 .3 

Eyeglasses and eye care 7 .................................................... .226 167.0 166.9 2.9 -.1 1.1 -.8 -.1 

Services by other medical professionals 5 7 .......................... .254 188.3 188.1 2.1 -.1 .3 .1 -.3 

Hospital and related services 5 ................................................ 1.576 449.7 453.6 5.2 .9 .7 .2 .7 

Hospital services 5 12 ............................................................. 1.490 165.2 166.7 5.3 .9 .8 .2 .6 

Inpatient hospital services 2 5 12 .......................................... - 159.8 161.6 5.3 1.1 .6 .3 .6 

Outpatient hospital services 1 2 5 7 ...................................... -

 382.5 384.6 5.2 .5 1.6 -.1 .5 

Nursing homes and adult daycare 5 12 .................................. .087 147.1 148.2 3.6 .7 .5 .3 .3 

Health insurance 1 4 ................................................................. .373 100.0 100.3 -

 .3 - - .3 

Recreation 3 ................................................................................. 5.637 109.7 109.9 .9 .2 -.1 .1 .0 

Video and audio 3 ...................................................................... 1.783 103.9 104.1 -.1 .2 -.2 .0 -.2 

Televisions ............................................................................... .164 24.3 24.4 -13.8 .4 -2.8 -.8 -.4 

Cable and satellite television and radio service 8 .................... 1.144 336.0 337.1 2.9 .3 .2 .4 -.3 

Other video equipment 3 .......................................................... .047 29.4 29.2 -9.9 -.7 -1.0 -1.4 -.3 

Video cassettes, discs, and other media including rental 1 3 ... .175 76.5 76.2 -.4 -.4 .5 -1.7 -.4 

Video cassettes and discs, blank and prerecorded 1 2 3 ....... - 70.7 69.5 -8.8 -1.7 .8 -2.8 -1.7 

Rental of video tapes and discs 1 2 3 ..................................... -

 89.1 89.2 4.4 .1 .3 -.2 .1 

Audio equipment 1 ................................................................... .079 58.4 57.7 -8.1 -1.2 -.3 -.8 -1.2 

Audio discs, tapes and other media 1 3 ................................... .095 109.1 109.0 -.9 -.1 -.2 -.5 -.1 

Pets, pet products and services 3 .............................................. .640 125.4 125.8 3.1 .3 .5 .2 .3 

Pets and pet products .............................................................. .375 157.6 157.9 1.7 .2 .6 .1 .2 

Pet food 1 2 3 ......................................................................... -

 112.4 112.5 1.9 .1 .8 1.0 .1 

Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories 1 2 3 .................. - 107.7 108.4 2.2 .6 .2 -.3 .6 

Pet services including veterinary 3 ........................................... .265 153.0 153.8 4.8 .5 .3 .2 .4 

Pet services 1 2 3 ................................................................... - 133.2 134.1 3.7 .7 .8 .0 .7 

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

 156.3 157.1 5.2 .5 .3 .1 .4 

Sporting goods 1 ........................................................................ .682 115.5 115.8 1.3 .3 -.9 -.3 .3 

Sports vehicles including bicycles ............................................ .399 134.7 134.9 2.8 .1 -.7 .1 -.4 

Sports equipment 1 .................................................................. .274 97.8 98.1 -.4 .3 -1.3 -.2 .3 

Photography 1 3 ......................................................................... .181 89.0 89.0 -2.6 .0 .0 -.9 .0 

Photographic equipment and supplies 1 .................................. .092 95.6 96.0 -3.7 .4 -.1 -1.6 .4 

Film and photographic supplies 1 2 3 ..................................... - 88.0 87.2 -.2 -.9 .3 -1.1 -.9 

Photographic equipment 1 2 3 ................................................ -

 55.5 55.9 -8.2 .7 -.5 -2.5 .7 

Photographers and film processing 1 3 .................................... .087 104.8 104.3 -1.9 -.5 .0 -.4 -.5 

Photographer fees 1 2 3 ......................................................... -

 113.4 113.8 -.8 .4 -.4 .0 .4 

Film processing 1 2 3 .............................................................. -

 98.8 98.1 -2.2 -.7 .2 -.5 -.7 

Other recreational goods 3 ......................................................... .403 68.5 68.1 -3.8 -.6 -.4 -.3 -.6 

Toys 1 ....................................................................................... .264 76.4 76.0 -4.6 -.5 -.5 -.4 -.5 

Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipment 1 2 3 ........ - 71.8 71.7 -2.2 -.1 -.7 -.7 -.1 

Sewing machines, fabric and supplies 1 3 ............................... .072 91.7 90.6 -2.3 -1.2 -1.0 .0 -1.2 

Music instruments and accessories 1 3 .................................... .050 96.9 96.7 -1.7 -.2 .1 -.1 -.2 

Recreation services 3 ................................................................. 1.631 132.1 132.6 2.6 .4 .3 .2 .1 

Club membership dues and fees for participant sports 3 ......... .507 119.4 120.1 2.8 .6 .4 .3 .3 

Admissions ............................................................................... .688 284.9 285.6 2.7 .2 .4 .3 -.2 

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

 138.2 138.7 2.7 .4 .4 .2 .0 

Admission to sporting events 2 3 ............................................ - 150.4 150.3 5.5 -.1 -.1 .4 -.5 

Fees for lessons or instructions 7 ............................................. .216 230.8 231.8 2.6 .4 -.1 .1 .1 

Recreational reading materials 1 ................................................ .318 204.0 204.9 .7 .4 -.5 .2 .4 

Newspapers and magazines 1 3 .............................................. .187 119.8 120.7 2.0 .8 -1.0 1.2 .8 

See footnotes at end of table.
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

2005

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2006 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

Recreational books 1 3 ............................................................. .130 102.9 102.9 -1.3 0.0 0.3 -1.2 0.0 

Education and communication 3 .................................................. 6.047 115.3 115.7 2.7 .3 .4 .2 .4 

Education 3 ................................................................................ 2.967 157.6 158.3 6.4 .4 .5 .4 .7 

Educational books and supplies .............................................. .196 374.3 379.2 6.1 1.3 .7 .5 .5 

College textbooks 1 2 10 ......................................................... -

 123.0 124.7 6.1 1.4 -.2 .2 1.4 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................. 2.771 455.3 457.2 6.4 .4 .5 .5 .7 

College tuition and fees ......................................................... 1.462 492.8 493.5 6.7 .1 .6 .6 .6 

Elementary and high school tuition and fees ......................... .395 497.8 497.9 5.6 .0 .5 .5 .5 

Child care and nursery school 9 ............................................. .716 200.5 202.9 6.4 1.2 .4 .3 1.1 

Technical and business school tuition and fees 3 .................. .065 166.0 167.8 5.7 1.1 .6 .5 1.0 

Communication 3 ....................................................................... 3.080 84.3 84.5 -1.1 .2 .2 -.1 .2 

Postage and delivery services 3 ............................................... .185 120.5 126.5 5.3 5.0 .1 .1 4.9 

Postage 1 ............................................................................... .169 190.9 201.1 5.3 5.3 .0 .0 5.3 

Delivery services 3 ................................................................. .015 169.3 170.8 8.4 .9 1.4 1.4 -.4 

Information and information processing 1 3 ............................. 2.895 82.2 82.1 -1.3 -.1 .2 .0 -.1 

Telephone services 1 3 .......................................................... 2.245 95.2 95.2 .4 .0 .6 .0 .0 

Land-line telephone services, local charges 1 5 ................... .749 212.2 211.4 2.5 -.4 .2 .4 -.4 

Land-line telephone services, long distance charges 1 3 ..... .681 67.4 67.7 -1.2 .4 2.0 -.6 .4 

Land-line interstate toll calls 1 2 ......................................... -

 47.9 48.2 -2.4 .6 1.5 -.6 .6 

Land-line intrastate toll calls 1 2 ......................................... -

 69.8 69.9 1.3 .1 2.6 -.4 .1 

Wireless telephone services 1 3 ........................................... .816 64.6 64.6 -1.1 .0 -.3 .0 .0 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 13 ............... .650 13.1 13.0 -8.5 -.8 -1.5 .0 -.8 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 3 ................ .236 11.7 11.6 -17.1 -.9 -1.6 -2.5 -.9 

Computer software and accessories 1 3 ................................ .041 58.5 57.8 -4.8 -1.2 .2 .2 -1.2 

Internet services and electronic information providers 1 3 ..... .307 94.5 94.5 -2.8 .0 -.7 .3 .0 

Telephone hardware, calculators, and other consumer

information items 1 3 ...................................................... .057 44.2 44.3 -7.3 .2 -.7 -.7 .2 

Other goods and services ............................................................ 3.463 317.3 318.2 2.9 .3 .3 .4 .3 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 .............................................. .710 513.1 515.1 4.3 .4 .4 .4 .4 

Cigarettes 1 3 ........................................................................... .661 207.6 208.5 4.3 .4 .3 .3 .4 

Tobacco products other than cigarettes 1 3 ............................. .046 154.6 154.3 4.0 -.2 .6 .7 -.2 

Personal care ............................................................................. 2.752 187.6 188.1 2.5 .3 .4 .4 .2 

Personal care products 1 ......................................................... .710 155.4 155.8 1.8 .3 .0 .3 .3 

Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care

products 1 3 .................................................................... .369 102.1 102.1 1.1 .0 -.1 .4 .0 

Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implements 1 ..................................................................................... .336 173.1 174.0 2.6 .5 .1 .1 .5 

Personal care services 1 .......................................................... .675 206.6 206.4 2.2 -.1 .2 .7 -.1 

Haircuts and other personal care services 1 3 ....................... .675 126.0 125.9 2.2 -.1 .2 .6 -.1 

Miscellaneous personal services ............................................. 1.172 306.6 308.2 3.2 .5 .3 .4 .3 

Legal services 7 ..................................................................... .298 244.6 246.0 3.1 .6 .2 .4 .3 

Funeral expenses 7 ................................................................ .187 233.5 234.6 4.9 .5 .6 .4 .4 

Laundry and dry cleaning services 1 3 ................................... .283 122.9 123.4 2.2 .4 .1 .2 .4 

Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning 1 3 ...... .033 127.9 128.5 5.1 .5 .1 .3 .5 

Financial services 7 ................................................................ .185 254.2 256.1 2.4 .7 .3 .2 .5 

Checking account and other bank services 1 2 3 ................. -

 123.9 124.6 .9 .6 .2 .0 .6 

Tax return preparation and other accounting fees 2 3 .......... - 147.2 149.4 5.7 1.5 .5 .4 .9 

Care of invalids and elderly at home 1 4 ................................ .105 100.0 100.4 -

 .4 - - .4 

Miscellaneous personal goods 3 .............................................. .195 86.4 86.3 .6 -.1 1.5 .9 -.8 

Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap 2 ............................. -

 150.2 149.3 1.6 -.6 1.2 .8 -1.0 

Infants’ equipment 1 2 4 ......................................................... - 100.0 98.0 - -2.0 - - -2.0 

Special aggregate indexes

Commodities .................................................................................. 40.790 160.0 161.3 3.8 .8 -2.2 -.3 .9 

Commodities less food and beverages ........................................ 25.739 141.3 142.6 4.5 .9 -3.6 -.6 1.1 

Nondurables less food and beverages ...................................... 14.163 166.3 168.7 8.7 1.4 -4.3 -.7 2.3 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ..................... 10.377 200.4 206.0 12.4 2.8 -7.8 -1.1 2.5 

Durables ..................................................................................... 11.576 114.9 115.3 -.6 .3 -.3 -.1 .1 

Services ......................................................................................... 59.210 233.2 234.9 4.1 .7 .4 .1 .5 

Rent of shelter 6 ............................................................................. 31.884 235.0 236.2 2.7 .5 .3 .3 .1 

Transportation services .................................................................. 5.707 227.8 228.2 2.9 .2 .3 .0 .4 

Other services ................................................................................ 10.669 272.3 273.2 3.1 .3 .4 .3 .3 

All items less food .......................................................................... 86.058 197.4 199.0 4.2 .8 -.8 -.1 .7 

All items less shelter ...................................................................... 67.740 187.7 189.3 4.6 .9 -1.1 -.2 .9 

See footnotes at end of table.
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

2005

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2006 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ............................................................. 93.780 190.0 191.6 4.0 0.8 -0.7 -0.1 0.7 

Commodities less food ................................................................... 26.848 143.3 144.7 4.4 1.0 -3.5 -.5 1.1

Nondurables less food ................................................................... 15.272 168.1 170.5 8.3 1.4 -4.0 -.7 2.2

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................... 11.486 199.2 204.3 11.3 2.6 -7.2 -1.0 2.3 

Nondurables ................................................................................... 29.214 180.1 182.0 5.5 1.1 -2.1 -.3 1.5 

Apparel less footwear .................................................................... 3.028 112.3 109.0 -1.8 -2.9 .4 -.3 -.1

Services less rent of shelter 6 ........................................................ 27.325 248.8 251.2 5.8 1.0 .6 .0 .9 

Services less medical care services .............................................. 54.446 224.2 225.9 4.1 .8 .3 .2 .5 

Energy ............................................................................................ 8.685 180.0 189.5 24.8 5.3 -8.1 -2.1 5.0 

All items less energy ...................................................................... 91.315 200.1 200.8 2.2 .3 .2 .2 .2 

All items less food and energy ..................................................... 77.373 202.1 202.6 2.1 .2 .2 .1 .2 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ...................... 22.319 140.1 139.9 .1 -.1 -.1 .0 .2 

Energy commodities ................................................................ 4.530 190.7 202.1 27.3 6.0 -15.3 -2.6 5.7 

Services less energy services .................................................... 55.055 238.7 239.7 2.9 .4 .3 .3 .2 

Domestically produced farm food 1 ................................................ 6.671 196.9 198.6 2.2 .9 .1 .4 .9 

Utilities and public transportation ................................................... 9.508 183.5 187.6 10.9 2.2 1.0 -.7 2.1 

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

 $ .508 $ .504 - - - - -

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

 $ .170 $ .168 - - - - -

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 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. NA Data not adequate for publication. - Data not available.

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

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Apr.

2005

July

2005

Oct.

2005

Jan.

2006

July

2005

Jan.

2006

Expenditure category

All items ......................................................................................... 199.1 197.8 197.7 199.0 5.8 2.1 8.5 -0.2 3.9 4.0 

Food and beverages .................................................................... 192.4 192.9 193.1 194.0 3.9 1.1 2.1 3.4 2.4 2.7 

Food ........................................................................................... 192.0 192.5 192.7 193.6 3.9 1.1 2.3 3.4 2.5 2.8 

Food at home ........................................................................... 190.7 191.2 191.4 192.4 4.8 -.4 1.5 3.6 2.1 2.5 

Cereals and bakery products ................................................. 209.7 210.1 209.9 211.0 1.2 -.4 2.3 2.5 .4 2.4 

Cereals and cereal products ................................................ 186.2 186.3 186.7 186.2 .6 -3.2 .4 .0 -1.3 .2 

Flour and prepared flour mixes .......................................... 178.6 181.0 180.6 179.4 9.7 -10.9 1.4 1.8 -1.1 1.6 

Breakfast cereal 1 .............................................................. 202.0 201.4 201.3 200.3 2.2 -3.9 -1.2 -3.3 -.9 -2.3 

Rice, pasta, cornmeal 1 ...................................................... 166.5 165.3 167.1 167.1 -1.4 1.5 2.7 1.4 .0 2.1 

Rice 1 2 3 .......................................................................... 109.4 108.8 110.1 111.8 -2.2 -.7 2.6 9.1 -1.5 5.8 

Bakery products 1 ................................................................ 221.8 222.0 220.7 223.5 4.1 1.5 1.1 3.1 2.8 2.1 

Bread 1 3 ............................................................................ 126.3 128.0 126.9 127.8 2.9 .0 1.3 4.8 1.4 3.0 

White bread 1 2 ................................................................ 231.8 234.8 232.5 234.4 7.3 -2.0 -.7 4.6 2.5 1.9 

Bread other than white 1 2 ............................................... 240.0 243.1 240.2 242.5 -5.0 3.5 5.5 4.2 -.8 4.9 

Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins 1 3 ......................................... 126.4 126.1 126.1 127.0 6.7 .3 5.9 1.9 3.5 3.9 

Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies .......................................... 210.9 211.6 212.5 212.9 2.7 1.7 1.7 3.8 2.2 2.8 

Cookies 1 2 ....................................................................... 206.4 211.2 212.5 210.4 -3.3 4.8 -1.7 8.0 .7 3.0 

Fresh cakes and cupcakes 1 2 ......................................... 216.4 215.5 216.1 215.7 7.5 -.4 6.5 -1.3 3.5 2.6 

Other bakery products ....................................................... 213.7 213.3 210.3 215.9 -1.5 3.5 2.3 4.2 .9 3.2 

Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts 1 2 ................. 217.4 215.4 216.8 219.5 .6 4.5 10.2 3.9 2.5 7.0 

Crackers, bread, and cracker products 2 ......................... 247.8 249.2 243.3 251.9 -3.2 3.6 .3 6.8 .2 3.5 

Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies, tarts,

turnovers 2 ............................................................... 218.4 216.4 216.3 219.1 4.8 -.4 4.5 1.3 2.2 2.9 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ................................................ 184.5 185.7 185.7 185.8 4.2 -1.7 .0 2.8 1.2 1.4 

Meats, poultry, and fish ........................................................ 186.1 187.5 187.5 187.3 4.8 -2.7 -.4 2.6 1.0 1.1 

Meats ................................................................................. 186.1 187.4 188.4 188.3 7.0 -5.2 -1.9 4.8 .8 1.4 

Beef and veal 1 ................................................................ 198.4 199.1 201.5 202.8 9.2 -3.3 -3.0 9.2 2.8 2.9 

Uncooked ground beef 1 ................................................ 176.7 176.5 176.8 176.7 9.2 2.1 3.9 .0 5.6 2.0 

Uncooked beef roasts 1 3 ............................................... 142.2 145.0 147.8 147.9 1.4 -3.0 -8.0 17.0 -.8 3.8 

Uncooked beef steaks 1 3 .............................................. 142.0 142.4 145.0 146.7 14.1 -10.4 -6.2 13.9 1.1 3.4 

Uncooked other beef and veal 1 3 .................................. 131.8 130.3 132.7 135.7 6.9 5.6 -6.4 12.4 6.2 2.6 

Pork .................................................................................. 176.0 177.0 176.9 175.8 8.5 -12.7 -.9 -.5 -2.7 -.7 

Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products 3 ........ 119.2 119.8 120.6 121.5 5.5 -18.3 -7.7 7.9 -7.2 -.2 

Bacon and related products 2 ...................................... 204.4 206.2 208.0 210.6 -.2 -16.4 -6.6 12.7 -8.6 2.6 

Breakfast sausage and related products 2 3 ................ 118.7 117.8 117.8 119.0 10.1 -17.2 -5.2 1.0 -4.5 -2.1 

Ham ............................................................................... 175.6 175.7 175.4 172.8 25.5 -10.9 -4.9 -6.2 5.7 -5.5 

Ham, excluding canned 2 ............................................. 196.4 197.8 196.2 193.5 33.5 -9.5 -9.7 -5.8 9.9 -7.8 

Pork chops ..................................................................... 170.0 172.6 170.0 166.9 -1.6 -5.5 4.3 -7.1 -3.6 -1.5 

Other pork including roasts and picnics 3 ...................... 111.7 111.9 112.8 111.8 2.2 -6.6 5.9 .4 -2.3 3.1 

Other meats 1 ................................................................... 177.5 180.8 180.4 178.8 -.9 3.4 -.9 3.0 1.2 1.0 

Frankfurters 1 2 .............................................................. 171.1 176.8 175.6 171.0 -5.3 2.2 5.1 -.2 -1.6 2.4 

Lunchmeats 1 2 3 ........................................................... 117.0 116.7 118.0 117.1 -1.7 2.8 -2.7 .3 .5 -1.2 

Lamb and organ meats 1 2 ............................................. 222.3 222.7 214.2 NA 8.3 22.8 16.7 -

 15.3 -

Lamb and mutton 1 2 3 ................................................... NA 137.9 126.8 NA 31.5 - - - - -

Poultry 1 ............................................................................. 186.5 187.6 183.8 181.5 .7 4.0 1.3 -10.3 2.3 -4.7 

Chicken 1 3 ....................................................................... 121.1 123.0 119.6 117.9 1.3 3.4 1.0 -10.2 2.4 -4.7 

Fresh whole chicken 1 2 ................................................. 188.4 186.7 188.5 188.0 5.3 -.2 1.5 -.8 2.5 .3 

Fresh and frozen chicken parts 1 2 ................................ 187.5 192.0 183.2 179.8 -3.6 8.5 -.6 -15.4 2.3 -8.3 

Other poultry including turkey 3 ........................................ 114.9 115.6 116.2 113.7 1.0 1.0 -3.1 -4.1 1.0 -3.6 

Fish and seafood 1 ............................................................. 202.0 204.1 204.4 206.3 .0 .6 4.7 8.8 .3 6.7 

Fresh fish and seafood 1 3 ............................................... 117.0 119.3 120.9 121.4 1.0 -1.0 6.4 15.9 .0 11.1 

Processed fish and seafood 3 .......................................... 109.6 109.1 108.6 110.0 -.7 .7 1.8 1.5 .0 1.7 

Canned fish and seafood 2 ............................................ 138.0 137.5 136.2 138.2 5.1 5.7 -1.2 .6 5.4 -.3 

Frozen fish and seafood 1 2 ........................................... 232.6 235.1 231.5 236.6 1.2 2.6 -2.0 7.1 1.9 2.4 

Eggs ..................................................................................... 149.0 147.6 147.4 152.7 -13.9 32.1 9.4 10.3 6.6 9.8 

Dairy and related products ..................................................... 181.7 183.0 182.5 183.4 .0 -1.5 -1.1 3.8 -.8 1.3

Milk 3 .................................................................................... 126.8 128.1 127.8 126.8 .3 -.6 .3 .0 -.2 .2

Fresh whole milk 2 ............................................................. 183.7 186.6 187.8 185.9 -2.1 -4.7 1.3 4.9 -3.4 3.1 

Fresh milk other than whole 1 2 3 ....................................... 129.6 130.0 128.0 129.1 -3.1 3.8 2.5 -1.5 .3 .5 

Cheese and related products ............................................... 181.7 183.8 182.1 183.3 .0 -1.7 -4.3 3.6 -.9 -.4 

Ice cream and related products ........................................... 179.8 177.5 178.4 180.1 .7 -2.4 5.8 .7 -.9 3.2 

Other dairy and related products 1 3 .................................... 121.1 121.6 121.9 122.6 1.7 4.7 -5.4 5.0 3.2 -.3 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Apr.

2005

July

2005

Oct.

2005

Jan.

2006

July

2005

Jan.

2006

Expenditure category

Fruits and vegetables ............................................................. 245.6 245.5 247.2 251.5 10.0 0.8 4.9 10.0 5.3 7.4 

Fresh fruits and vegetables .................................................. 290.8 290.6 292.1 299.2 10.4 1.0 5.7 12.1 5.6 8.8 

Fresh fruits ......................................................................... 304.0 303.9 301.2 309.4 -14.2 20.0 4.6 7.3 1.5 5.9 

Apples .............................................................................. 253.1 257.4 257.9 257.3 -25.3 36.9 11.5 6.8 1.1 9.1 

Bananas ........................................................................... 170.8 171.4 171.3 173.7 8.7 .2 13.7 7.0 4.4 10.3 

Citrus fruits 3 .................................................................... 183.3 187.3 184.5 195.9 -3.0 18.1 8.5 30.5 7.0 19.0 

Oranges, including tangerines 2 ..................................... 367.8 374.4 364.9 372.9 -2.4 15.8 17.7 5.7 6.3 11.5 

Other fresh fruits 3 ............................................................ 111.1 109.7 108.2 110.8 -17.6 23.9 -6.6 -1.1 1.1 -3.9 

Fresh vegetables ............................................................... 276.2 275.9 281.3 287.3 41.1 -14.3 6.6 17.1 10.0 11.7 

Potatoes ........................................................................... 267.0 263.0 263.1 262.7 1.2 11.7 37.9 -6.3 6.3 13.7 

Lettuce 1 ........................................................................... 258.4 258.7 260.0 260.8 53.5 -44.9 18.4 3.8 -8.0 10.9 

Tomatoes ......................................................................... 310.2 289.4 314.9 358.4 27.0 5.7 8.7 78.2 15.9 39.2 

Other fresh vegetables ..................................................... 279.7 283.3 287.5 286.4 37.8 -8.3 -4.6 9.9 12.4 2.4 

Processed fruits and vegetables 3 ....................................... 120.6 120.6 122.3 121.4 8.8 .3 2.0 2.7 4.5 2.3 

Canned fruits and vegetables 3 .......................................... 120.1 118.8 121.3 120.8 9.3 2.0 3.1 2.4 5.6 2.7 

Canned fruits 1 2 3 ........................................................... 118.3 115.9 117.8 121.0 4.5 8.0 -7.4 9.4 6.2 .7 

Canned vegetables 2 3 ..................................................... 125.7 124.3 126.0 124.2 8.3 8.5 7.0 -4.7 8.4 1.0 

Frozen fruits and vegetables 3 ........................................... 121.5 123.0 123.6 122.9 2.7 -1.6 .0 4.7 .5 2.3 

Frozen vegetables 2 ......................................................... 178.2 178.8 179.5 178.7 7.7 -1.3 -1.6 1.1 3.1 -.2 

Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried 3 ... 119.2 119.4 119.8 120.3 15.7 -3.9 1.7 3.7 5.4 2.7 

Dried beans, peas, and lentils 1 2 3 ................................. 118.7 118.9 116.6 117.2 11.6 -.3 1.4 -5.0 5.5 -1.9 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .................. 145.6 146.2 146.1 146.5 8.8 .8 2.2 2.5 4.7 2.4 

Juices and nonalcoholic drinks 3 .......................................... 111.2 111.8 112.0 112.8 8.3 -1.1 2.2 5.9 3.5 4.0 

Carbonated drinks .............................................................. 133.6 133.9 134.6 135.0 5.0 4.3 3.7 4.3 4.7 4.0 

Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 3 ...................... 113.3 112.3 111.7 116.0 1.8 4.0 -1.7 9.9 2.9 3.9 

Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 3 ................ 106.1 106.9 107.4 108.4 10.2 -6.5 .0 9.0 1.5 4.4 

Beverage materials including coffee and tea 1 3 .................. 103.9 104.2 103.1 103.6 6.9 3.2 3.9 -1.1 5.0 1.4 

Coffee 1 .............................................................................. 164.8 164.7 162.3 163.1 28.1 9.8 -1.0 -4.1 18.6 -2.5 

Roasted coffee 1 2 ........................................................... 170.2 169.5 167.1 168.3 34.3 10.8 -.2 -4.4 22.0 -2.3 

Instant and freeze dried coffee 1 2 ................................... 176.6 177.4 175.0 175.9 7.1 5.8 -4.0 -1.6 6.5 -2.8 

Other beverage materials including tea 1 3 ........................ 116.1 116.8 115.9 116.4 -4.4 -.3 6.4 1.0 -2.4 3.7 

Other food at home ................................................................ 168.2 167.7 168.1 169.0 4.7 .0 1.7 1.9 2.3 1.8 

Sugar and sweets ................................................................ 166.7 167.4 169.0 169.3 5.3 3.2 .7 6.4 4.2 3.5 

Sugar and artificial sweeteners .......................................... 152.3 155.2 157.9 156.8 10.2 -5.0 13.4 12.4 2.3 12.9 

Candy and chewing gum 1 3 .............................................. 109.9 110.6 111.4 111.5 3.0 9.9 -5.6 6.0 6.4 .0 

Other sweets 3 ................................................................... 119.8 119.3 119.7 120.4 14.8 -5.8 2.0 2.0 4.0 2.0 

Fats and oils ......................................................................... 167.5 167.6 167.1 169.4 -1.9 -3.0 -.7 4.6 -2.5 1.9 

Butter and margarine 1 3 .................................................... 137.5 133.4 131.2 138.9 -2.0 -10.8 8.3 4.1 -6.5 6.2 

Butter 2 ............................................................................. 183.6 182.6 180.0 183.6 -10.4 -5.7 -1.1 .0 -8.1 -.5 

Margarine 2 ...................................................................... 179.5 181.4 178.3 182.5 18.3 -17.8 15.4 6.9 -1.4 11.0 

Salad dressing 3 ................................................................. 106.2 106.1 105.5 108.6 -5.3 -4.0 -5.8 9.4 -4.7 1.5 

Other fats and oils including peanut butter 1 3 ................... 116.4 116.2 116.3 117.0 .0 .3 1.0 2.1 .2 1.6 

Peanut butter 1 2 3 ........................................................... 109.9 110.4 111.7 111.7 8.2 -6.9 -1.4 6.7 .4 2.6 

Other foods 1 ........................................................................ 184.0 183.0 183.3 184.3 6.1 .0 2.2 .7 3.0 1.4 

Soups ................................................................................. 216.3 214.4 214.3 210.7 13.9 -3.3 -.7 -10.0 5.0 -5.5 

Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods ............................ 156.5 154.4 153.5 155.5 1.1 1.9 10.3 -2.5 1.5 3.7 

Snacks 1 ............................................................................. 181.3 180.1 181.3 180.2 9.4 -4.4 8.4 -2.4 2.3 2.8 

Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces 1 ........................ 189.3 184.7 185.2 190.9 3.7 -1.1 .6 3.4 1.3 2.0 

Salt and other seasonings and spices 1 2 3 ..................... 112.1 111.9 113.2 113.0 2.2 .7 -1.4 3.3 1.4 .9 

Olives, pickles, relishes 1 2 3 ........................................... 119.5 109.1 110.2 115.7 7.5 -35.4 100.7 -12.1 -16.7 32.8 

Sauces and gravies 1 2 3 ................................................. 108.6 106.5 106.3 109.1 4.1 2.2 -3.6 1.9 3.2 -.9 

Other condiments 1 2 ....................................................... 212.2 200.7 198.9 219.4 15.0 2.6 -7.9 14.3 8.6 2.6 

Baby food 1 3 ..................................................................... 124.9 127.1 127.4 128.0 5.7 -4.1 6.3 10.3 .7 8.3 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 3 ........................................... 112.1 112.7 112.4 112.6 2.6 2.6 2.2 1.8 2.6 2.0 

Food away from home 1 ........................................................... 195.2 195.6 196.0 196.6 2.8 3.2 3.3 2.9 3.0 3.1 

Full service meals and snacks 1 3 .......................................... 122.8 123.1 123.3 123.6 2.3 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.6 

Limited service meals and snacks 1 3 .................................... 123.6 123.9 124.0 124.6 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 

Food at employee sites and schools 3 ................................... 119.5 119.9 120.1 120.6 2.4 2.4 2.7 3.7 2.4 3.2 

Food at elementary and secondary schools 1 2 4 ................ - - 100.0 100.1 - - - - - -

Food from vending machines and mobile vendors 1 3 ........... 113.6 113.8 114.2 114.3 4.0 2.2 3.2 2.5 3.1 2.9 

Other food away from home 3 ................................................ 133.2 133.6 133.9 134.2 6.4 7.3 3.7 3.0 6.8 3.4 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Apr.

2005

July

2005

Oct.

2005

Jan.

2006

July

2005

Jan.

2006

Expenditure category

Alcoholic beverages 1 ................................................................ 196.8 197.1 196.4 198.0 3.3 -0.2 2.1 2.5 1.5 2.3 

Alcoholic beverages at home ................................................... 172.7 172.7 172.3 173.6 1.9 -.5 1.2 2.1 .7 1.6 

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home ........................ 176.3 176.7 176.0 177.2 1.1 -2.0 .5 2.1 -.5 1.3 

Distilled spirits at home .......................................................... 178.1 177.9 178.2 179.6 1.6 -1.6 3.7 3.4 .0 3.5 

Whiskey at home 1 2 ............................................................ 176.6 176.7 177.1 178.6 2.8 .7 -.5 4.6 1.7 2.0 

Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home 2 ..................... 177.3 177.3 177.7 179.8 -.2 -2.2 4.4 5.8 -1.2 5.1 

Wine at home ......................................................................... 157.2 156.9 156.7 157.8 1.8 3.7 1.5 1.5 2.7 1.5 

Alcoholic beverages away from home ..................................... 246.5 247.2 247.7 249.3 3.5 1.8 3.5 4.6 2.7 4.1 

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home 1 2 3 .. 124.8 125.4 125.7 126.4 1.0 2.3 2.3 5.2 1.6 3.7 

Wine away from home 1 2 3 ................................................... 135.3 135.9 135.8 136.4 2.5 3.7 4.9 3.3 3.1 4.1 

Distilled spirits away from home 2 3 ....................................... 130.2 130.8 131.6 132.2 6.5 .6 4.4 6.3 3.5 5.3 

Housing ........................................................................................ 198.6 199.4 199.7 200.6 4.0 2.5 6.5 4.1 3.2 5.3 

Shelter ........................................................................................ 225.8 226.5 227.2 227.4 3.3 2.0 2.0 2.9 2.6 2.4 

Rent of primary residence 5 ..................................................... 219.4 219.9 220.4 220.7 3.0 3.0 3.4 2.4 3.0 2.9 

Lodging away from home 3 ...................................................... 130.4 131.8 132.8 133.4 10.4 -2.4 -.6 9.5 3.8 4.3 

Housing at school, excluding board 5 6 .................................. 339.2 340.6 342.2 343.7 6.0 5.5 3.4 5.4 5.8 4.4 

Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels 274.2 277.3 279.4 280.3 10.6 -3.0 -.7 9.2 3.6 4.1 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 6 .................... 231.6 232.1 232.7 233.2 2.7 2.3 2.1 2.8 2.5 2.4 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 3 ..................................... 115.8 115.9 116.1 115.9 -1.0 -.3 -7.6 .3 -.7 -3.7 

Fuels and utilities ....................................................................... 193.7 196.0 193.5 200.0 11.2 7.6 47.7 13.7 9.4 29.6 

Fuels ........................................................................................ 177.2 179.6 176.8 183.6 12.8 8.0 59.0 15.2 10.4 35.4 

Fuel oil and other fuels ........................................................... 242.1 233.0 230.7 227.9 38.0 31.2 80.7 -21.5 34.6 19.1 

Fuel oil ................................................................................. 254.9 243.3 240.7 236.1 50.9 41.3 85.2 -26.4 46.1 16.8 

Other household fuels 7 ....................................................... 266.1 264.8 262.7 260.0 23.1 6.6 64.4 -8.9 14.5 22.4 

Gas (piped) and electricity 5 ................................................... 181.8 185.1 182.1 189.8 10.9 6.1 57.4 18.8 8.5 36.8 

Electricity 5 ........................................................................... 154.3 159.6 158.2 166.9 5.9 9.9 10.2 36.9 7.9 22.8 

Utility (piped) gas service 5 .................................................. 262.1 260.4 253.0 257.2 21.6 -.6 192.0 -7.3 10.0 64.6 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 3 ..................... 131.9 132.6 133.1 134.0 4.5 6.0 3.1 6.5 5.2 4.8 

Water and sewerage maintenance 5 ...................................... 286.5 288.0 289.3 291.2 4.5 6.1 2.4 6.7 5.3 4.5 

Garbage and trash collection 1 8 ............................................ 319.1 320.6 320.6 323.0 3.7 5.4 6.3 5.0 4.5 5.6 

Household furnishings and operations ....................................... 126.1 126.2 126.8 126.4 -.3 .3 .3 1.0 .0 .6 

Window and floor coverings and other linens 3 ........................ 85.8 85.9 86.8 86.1 -2.2 -4.9 -5.4 1.4 -3.6 -2.1 

Floor coverings 1 3 ................................................................. 112.6 113.8 114.9 115.1 5.2 7.1 1.4 9.2 6.2 5.2 

Window coverings 1 3 ............................................................ 85.3 84.6 88.6 88.5 -17.6 13.9 -10.1 15.9 -3.1 2.1 

Other linens 1 3 ...................................................................... 78.4 78.2 77.9 78.2 2.4 -14.5 -7.3 -1.0 -6.4 -4.2 

Furniture and bedding 1 ........................................................... 125.1 126.0 127.1 127.0 1.0 -3.4 -1.9 6.2 -1.3 2.1 

Bedroom furniture 1 ................................................................ 143.6 143.9 146.2 146.1 6.7 .3 .8 7.1 3.4 3.9 

Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture 1 3 ................ 91.3 92.3 93.0 92.8 -6.2 -4.2 -3.8 6.7 -5.2 1.3 

Other furniture 3 ..................................................................... 89.4 89.4 89.1 90.0 2.3 -4.8 6.5 2.7 -1.3 4.6 

Infants’ furniture 1 2 4 ........................................................... - -

 100.0 100.8 - - - - - -

Appliances 3 ............................................................................. 87.3 87.1 87.3 87.1 5.7 1.4 1.4 -.9 3.5 .2 

Major appliances 1 3 .............................................................. 93.9 93.2 94.5 94.7 8.6 3.5 .0 3.5 6.0 1.7 

Laundry equipment 1 2 ......................................................... 111.5 110.9 110.7 111.7 16.2 -1.8 3.3 .7 6.8 2.0 

Other appliances 1 3 .............................................................. 78.2 77.8 77.1 77.3 .0 -3.0 3.1 -4.5 -1.5 -.8 

Other household equipment and furnishings 3 ......................... 84.0 83.5 83.5 82.3 -4.1 -2.3 -6.8 -7.9 -3.2 -7.3 

Clocks, lamps, and decorator items 1 .................................... 85.0 85.7 84.6 82.6 -6.4 -12.3 -8.0 -10.8 -9.4 -9.4 

Indoor plants and flowers 9 .................................................... 122.9 122.4 123.0 122.6 -2.3 9.7 3.3 -1.0 3.5 1.2 

Dishes and flatware 1 3 .......................................................... 81.6 80.3 79.2 80.3 9.2 -11.4 -12.2 -6.2 -1.6 -9.3 

Nonelectric cookware and tableware 1 3 ................................ 92.7 90.7 89.7 90.3 2.2 9.1 -.9 -10.0 5.6 -5.5 

Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies 1 3 ............. 94.2 93.9 93.7 93.9 -.8 -2.1 .4 -1.3 -1.5 -.4 

Tools, hardware and supplies 1 3 ........................................... 98.8 98.8 98.2 98.3 7.2 .8 1.2 -2.0 4.0 -.4 

Outdoor equipment and supplies 3 ........................................ 92.2 92.0 92.0 92.1 -7.0 -2.6 1.8 -.4 -4.8 .7 

Housekeeping supplies 1 ......................................................... 161.7 161.8 161.8 162.4 .3 2.0 5.6 1.7 1.1 3.7 

Household cleaning products 1 3 ........................................... 109.7 110.1 109.9 109.7 1.1 2.7 9.3 .0 1.9 4.5 

Household paper products 1 3 ............................................... 125.5 125.6 125.6 126.3 -4.7 5.3 -1.0 2.6 .2 .8 

Miscellaneous household products 1 3 .................................. 107.6 107.1 107.3 108.5 2.7 -1.5 6.6 3.4 .6 5.0 

Household operations 1 3 ......................................................... 131.6 132.5 133.3 134.1 3.8 3.8 4.1 7.8 3.8 5.9 

Domestic services 1 3 ............................................................ 129.2 130.2 131.3 131.1 7.5 1.9 2.8 6.0 4.7 4.4 

Gardening and lawncare services 1 3 .................................... 128.9 130.3 NA NA -

 2.5 3.5 - - -

Moving, storage, freight expense 3 ........................................ 128.5 128.6 128.4 128.2 -1.6 10.7 4.8 -.9 4.4 1.9 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Apr.

2005

July

2005

Oct.

2005

Jan.

2006

July

2005

Jan.

2006

Expenditure category

Repair of household items 1 3 ................................................ 150.9 151.3 151.9 151.2 9.9 3.9 10.1 0.8 6.9 5.4 

Apparel ......................................................................................... 118.9 119.0 118.7 119.1 -.7 -4.9 1.0 .7 -2.8 .8 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ............................................................ 115.1 114.9 114.6 114.8 .0 -9.5 1.8 -1.0 -4.9 .3 

Men’s apparel .......................................................................... 120.8 120.6 119.8 119.5 3.3 -8.5 2.4 -4.2 -2.8 -1.0 

Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear ................................ 125.3 125.9 125.0 121.7 10.9 -13.5 1.3 -11.0 -2.0 -5.1 

Men’s furnishings ................................................................... 136.4 135.6 134.9 136.7 4.5 -7.9 6.1 .9 -1.9 3.5 

Men’s shirts and sweaters 3 ................................................... 83.1 83.2 83.3 83.6 1.4 -3.7 -3.3 2.4 -1.2 -.5 

Men’s pants and shorts .......................................................... 110.7 111.1 109.2 108.0 -4.1 -7.2 .0 -9.4 -5.7 -4.8 

Boys’ apparel ........................................................................... 96.1 95.1 95.8 96.3 -8.1 -12.1 5.2 .8 -10.1 3.0 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ........................................................ 109.5 110.6 110.2 109.5 -1.1 -5.3 -1.4 .0 -3.2 -.7 

Women’s apparel ..................................................................... 110.9 112.1 111.5 110.6 .0 -4.9 .0 -1.1 -2.5 -.5 

Women’s outerwear ............................................................... 100.6 99.7 99.3 98.2 -18.7 -2.4 13.8 -9.2 -10.9 1.6 

Women’s dresses .................................................................. 104.2 104.8 106.3 106.1 15.1 -3.8 4.3 7.5 5.2 5.9 

Women’s suits and separates 3 ............................................. 86.5 87.8 87.4 85.5 -3.1 -4.0 -1.4 -4.5 -3.6 -3.0 

Women’s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and

accessories 3 ................................................................. 94.1 94.9 94.2 93.7 11.1 -4.9 -4.5 -1.7 2.8 -3.1 

Girls’ apparel ............................................................................ 102.6 102.9 103.3 103.7 -8.5 -7.3 -7.1 4.4 -7.9 -1.5 

Footwear .................................................................................... 123.9 122.7 122.2 124.8 .0 2.3 4.3 2.9 1.2 3.6 

Men’s footwear 1 ...................................................................... 123.1 121.6 120.7 122.7 10.9 -2.0 8.2 -1.3 4.3 3.3 

Boys’ and girls’ footwear 1 ....................................................... 126.9 125.0 124.4 122.4 -1.3 6.0 10.4 -13.4 2.3 -2.2 

Women’s footwear ................................................................... 124.1 122.8 121.2 125.4 -.3 -4.8 11.8 4.3 -2.6 7.9 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ..................................................... 114.3 113.9 114.8 115.0 -.3 -8.4 -7.7 2.5 -4.5 -2.7 

Jewelry and watches 7 ............................................................... 128.0 127.6 127.7 128.6 -4.3 .6 4.8 1.9 -1.9 3.3 

Watches 7 ................................................................................ 115.7 115.4 115.9 116.3 -1.4 3.9 1.4 2.1 1.2 1.7 

Jewelry 7 .................................................................................. 131.7 131.4 131.2 132.5 -5.6 .6 5.3 2.5 -2.6 3.9 

Transportation .............................................................................. 184.4 175.4 174.1 177.2 17.8 3.8 27.0 -14.7 10.6 4.1 

Private transportation ................................................................. 180.8 171.5 170.2 173.3 18.5 3.4 28.2 -15.6 10.7 4.0 

New and used motor vehicles 3 ............................................... 95.9 95.6 95.4 95.7 .8 .4 1.3 -.8 .6 .2 

New vehicles .......................................................................... 137.7 137.6 137.4 138.2 -.6 -3.4 1.2 1.5 -2.0 1.3 

New cars and trucks 2 3 ....................................................... 95.4 95.3 95.2 95.8 -.4 -4.1 1.7 1.7 -2.3 1.7 

New cars 2 ........................................................................... 135.6 135.6 135.6 136.8 -.3 -1.8 2.7 3.6 -1.0 3.1 

New trucks 2 8 ...................................................................... 144.4 143.9 143.4 143.9 -1.6 -5.9 .3 -1.4 -3.8 -.6 

Used cars and trucks 1 ........................................................... 140.6 139.4 139.2 139.3 1.8 8.7 -1.1 -3.6 5.2 -2.4 

Leased cars and trucks 1 10 ................................................... 94.4 93.9 93.0 92.4 5.4 1.8 8.9 -8.2 3.6 .0 

Car and truck rental 3 ............................................................. 108.7 110.5 112.4 110.3 -1.9 7.9 11.0 6.0 2.9 8.5 

Motor fuel ................................................................................. 237.5 199.4 194.1 206.2 88.0 10.1 123.2 -43.2 43.9 12.6 

Gasoline (all types) ................................................................ 236.4 198.4 193.0 205.4 87.4 10.3 123.7 -43.0 43.8 12.9 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 2 ............................................... 236.4 198.2 193.1 205.3 89.5 10.4 125.1 -43.1 44.6 13.2 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 2 11 ....................................... 242.3 202.6 197.1 210.8 81.7 11.0 125.6 -42.7 42.0 13.7 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 2 ............................................ 227.6 192.2 186.7 198.4 78.6 10.2 117.1 -42.3 40.3 12.0 

Other motor fuels 1 3 .............................................................. 226.8 201.2 186.4 190.0 109.3 6.0 146.0 -50.7 48.9 10.1 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ....................................... 113.0 113.6 114.0 114.4 .7 4.0 4.0 5.0 2.4 4.5 

Tires 1 .................................................................................... 105.3 105.8 106.2 106.4 -1.2 3.5 3.5 4.2 1.2 3.9 

Vehicle accessories other than tires 1 3 ................................. 117.3 117.9 118.4 118.9 3.2 4.3 5.3 5.6 3.7 5.4 

Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires 1 2 ................. 119.1 119.4 119.9 120.2 1.4 3.1 2.4 3.7 2.2 3.1 

Motor oil, coolant, and fluids 1 2 ........................................... 190.3 193.9 195.1 197.3 8.1 14.3 19.5 15.5 11.2 17.5 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ..................................... 209.6 210.1 210.4 210.8 3.0 3.6 5.1 2.3 3.3 3.7 

Motor vehicle body work 1 ...................................................... 218.7 219.3 220.5 221.0 4.6 5.2 6.5 4.3 4.9 5.4 

Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing 1 ........................... 190.9 191.7 192.2 192.3 2.6 4.1 2.8 3.0 3.4 2.9 

Motor vehicle repair 3 ............................................................. 128.6 128.9 129.0 129.5 1.9 3.9 6.1 2.8 2.9 4.5 

Motor vehicle insurance ........................................................... 328.9 330.3 331.5 331.5 -.4 1.2 -1.4 3.2 .4 .9 

Motor vehicle fees 1 3 .............................................................. 135.3 136.1 136.2 138.3 3.0 3.3 .3 9.2 3.2 4.6 

State and local registration and license 1 3 5 ......................... 134.3 134.3 134.4 137.1 1.8 .9 3.3 8.6 1.4 5.9 

Parking and other fees 1 3 ..................................................... 137.2 139.3 139.5 140.3 5.5 8.2 -4.3 9.3 6.8 2.3 

Parking fees and tolls 1 2 3 .................................................. 141.6 144.1 144.2 144.7 7.2 9.8 -4.1 9.0 8.5 2.2 

Automobile service clubs 1 2 3 ............................................. 114.0 113.7 114.1 116.0 .0 -2.4 -.4 7.2 -1.2 3.4 

Public transportation .................................................................. 223.1 223.4 222.3 225.1 9.7 10.3 6.7 3.6 10.0 5.2 

Airline fare 1 ............................................................................. 244.3 240.7 233.8 236.5 35.5 27.7 -8.4 -12.2 31.6 -10.3 

Other intercity transportation 1 ................................................. 149.1 149.4 151.6 154.2 -1.9 33.1 -14.6 14.4 14.3 -1.2 

Ship fare 1 2 3 ........................................................................ 71.1 71.6 72.3 73.1 -6.0 8.1 -7.5 11.7 .8 1.7 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Apr.

2005

July

2005

Oct.

2005

Jan.

2006

July

2005

Jan.

2006

Expenditure category

Intracity transportation 1 ........................................................... 222.7 222.9 223.3 224.2 9.2 6.4 5.0 2.7 7.8 3.9 

Medical care ................................................................................. 327.0 328.7 329.4 329.8 4.8 3.9 4.0 3.5 4.3 3.7 

Medical care commodities ......................................................... 278.9 280.5 281.1 282.3 2.2 3.7 4.3 5.0 3.0 4.6 

Prescription drugs and medical supplies ................................. 353.2 355.8 356.8 358.0 1.9 5.6 4.5 5.5 3.7 5.0 

Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies 1 7 ...................... 152.6 153.3 153.6 153.9 3.5 -1.3 3.8 3.5 1.1 3.6 

Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs 1 .................. 180.6 181.6 182.1 182.5 5.5 -.4 2.2 4.3 2.5 3.3 

Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies 1 ............... 181.9 182.5 182.4 182.7 -.2 -3.7 7.1 1.8 -2.0 4.4 

Medical care services ................................................................ 340.7 342.5 343.2 343.3 5.6 4.0 3.8 3.1 4.8 3.5 

Professional services ............................................................... 284.6 285.6 286.3 285.3 4.7 3.0 3.6 1.0 3.9 2.3 

Physicians’ services 5 ............................................................ 289.8 290.5 291.3 289.1 4.9 3.3 2.2 -1.0 4.1 .6 

Dental services 5 .................................................................... 328.7 330.2 331.6 332.7 6.5 3.3 5.8 5.0 4.9 5.4 

Eyeglasses and eye care 7 .................................................... 166.0 167.8 166.4 166.2 1.0 2.2 8.1 .5 1.6 4.2 

Services by other medical professionals 5 7 .......................... 188.0 188.5 188.7 188.1 3.5 2.6 1.9 .2 3.1 1.1 

Hospital and related services 5 ................................................ 445.4 448.7 449.7 452.7 6.3 4.1 4.1 6.7 5.2 5.4 

Hospital services 5 12 ............................................................. 163.6 164.9 165.2 166.2 6.5 4.3 3.8 6.5 5.4 5.1 

Inpatient hospital services 2 5 12 .......................................... 158.6 159.6 160.1 161.1 6.4 5.0 3.3 6.5 5.7 4.9 

Outpatient hospital services 1 2 5 7 ...................................... 376.8 382.9 382.5 384.6 4.8 4.4 3.2 8.5 4.6 5.9 

Nursing homes and adult daycare 5 12 .................................. 146.4 147.2 147.7 148.2 2.3 2.8 4.2 5.0 2.5 4.6 

Health insurance 1 4 ................................................................. - -

 100.0 100.3 - - - - - -

Recreation 3 ................................................................................. 110.0 109.9 110.0 110.0 .0 .4 3.3 .0 .2 1.7 

Video and audio 3 ...................................................................... 104.6 104.4 104.4 104.2 .4 -4.5 5.5 -1.5 -2.1 1.9 

Televisions ............................................................................... 25.3 24.6 24.4 24.3 -12.1 -9.8 -19.4 -14.9 -11.0 -17.2 

Cable and satellite television and radio service 8 .................... 336.5 337.1 338.3 337.4 2.7 -3.5 11.5 1.1 -.4 6.1 

Other video equipment 3 .......................................................... 29.8 29.5 29.1 29.0 -6.1 -7.4 -14.6 -10.3 -6.7 -12.5 

Video cassettes, discs, and other media including rental 1 3 ... 77.4 77.8 76.5 76.2 -2.1 1.6 5.3 -6.1 -.3 -.5 

Video cassettes and discs, blank and prerecorded 1 2 3 ....... 72.1 72.7 70.7 69.5 -6.2 -2.1 -12.7 -13.7 -4.2 -13.2 

Rental of video tapes and discs 1 2 3 ..................................... 89.0 89.3 89.1 89.2 -1.4 4.3 14.7 .9 1.4 7.6 

Audio equipment 1 ................................................................... 59.1 58.9 58.4 57.7 -3.8 -15.1 -4.0 -9.1 -9.6 -6.6 

Audio discs, tapes and other media 1 3 ................................... 109.9 109.7 109.1 109.0 2.2 -6.7 4.5 -3.2 -2.3 .6 

Pets, pet products and services 3 .............................................. 124.7 125.3 125.5 125.9 1.6 3.0 3.9 3.9 2.3 3.9 

Pets and pet products .............................................................. 156.5 157.4 157.6 157.9 -1.3 2.1 2.3 3.6 .4 3.0 

Pet food 1 2 3 ......................................................................... 110.4 111.3 112.4 112.5 .0 1.5 -1.4 7.8 .7 3.1 

Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories 1 2 3 .................. 107.8 108.0 107.7 108.4 3.8 6.5 -3.6 2.2 5.2 -.7 

Pet services including veterinary 3 ........................................... 152.7 153.2 153.5 154.1 5.6 3.8 6.5 3.7 4.7 5.1 

Pet services 1 2 3 ................................................................... 132.2 133.2 133.2 134.1 3.4 .9 4.7 5.9 2.2 5.3 

Veterinarian services 2 3 ........................................................ 156.2 156.6 156.8 157.4 6.3 4.3 7.2 3.1 5.3 5.1 

Sporting goods 1 ........................................................................ 116.9 115.8 115.5 115.8 2.1 3.5 3.5 -3.7 2.8 -.2 

Sports vehicles including bicycles ............................................ 136.7 135.8 135.9 135.4 -3.0 10.2 8.6 -3.8 3.4 2.3 

Sports equipment 1 .................................................................. 99.3 98.0 97.8 98.1 1.2 -.4 2.5 -4.7 .4 -1.2 

Photography 1 3 ......................................................................... 89.8 89.8 89.0 89.0 -2.2 -4.3 -.4 -3.5 -3.3 -2.0 

Photographic equipment and supplies 1 .................................. 97.3 97.2 95.6 96.0 -1.2 -5.5 -2.8 -5.2 -3.4 -4.0 

Film and photographic supplies 1 2 3 ..................................... 88.7 89.0 88.0 87.2 5.1 -1.8 2.8 -6.6 1.6 -2.0 

Photographic equipment 1 2 3 ................................................ 57.2 56.9 55.5 55.9 -10.1 -6.6 -7.3 -8.8 -8.4 -8.1 

Photographers and film processing 1 3 .................................... 105.2 105.2 104.8 104.3 -2.6 -3.4 1.9 -3.4 -3.0 -.8 

Photographer fees 1 2 3 ......................................................... 113.9 113.4 113.4 113.8 -8.8 2.5 4.0 -.4 -3.3 1.8 

Film processing 1 2 3 .............................................................. 99.1 99.3 98.8 98.1 -1.2 -4.7 1.2 -4.0 -3.0 -1.4 

Other recreational goods 3 ......................................................... 69.0 68.7 68.5 68.1 -7.7 .0 -2.3 -5.1 -3.9 -3.7 

Toys 1 ....................................................................................... 77.1 76.7 76.4 76.0 -11.1 -1.5 .0 -5.6 -6.4 -2.8 

Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipment 1 2 3 ........ 72.8 72.3 71.8 71.7 -5.9 -2.2 5.7 -5.9 -4.1 -.3 

Sewing machines, fabric and supplies 1 3 ............................... 92.6 91.7 91.7 90.6 .0 8.0 -7.8 -8.4 3.9 -8.1 

Music instruments and accessories 1 3 .................................... 96.9 97.0 96.9 96.7 -.8 .0 -5.2 -.8 -.4 -3.0 

Recreation services 3 ................................................................. 131.8 132.2 132.5 132.6 .9 4.1 3.4 2.5 2.5 2.9 

Club membership dues and fees for participant sports 3 ......... 118.8 119.3 119.7 120.0 .0 1.4 5.9 4.1 .7 5.0 

Admissions ............................................................................... 284.6 285.6 286.5 285.9 -.1 8.0 1.3 1.8 3.8 1.6 

Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts 2 3 ................... 137.9 138.5 138.8 138.8 .0 7.3 .9 2.6 3.6 1.8 

Admission to sporting events 2 3 ............................................ 150.7 150.6 151.2 150.5 2.5 14.1 6.6 -.5 8.2 3.0 

Fees for lessons or instructions 7 ............................................. 230.7 230.5 230.8 231.1 4.9 1.2 3.4 .7 3.0 2.0 

Recreational reading materials 1 ................................................ 204.6 203.5 204.0 204.9 .6 1.2 .4 .6 .9 .5 

Newspapers and magazines 1 3 .............................................. 119.6 118.4 119.8 120.7 3.4 -.7 1.7 3.7 1.4 2.7 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Apr.

2005

July

2005

Oct.

2005

Jan.

2006

July

2005

Jan.

2006

Expenditure category

Recreational books 1 3 ............................................................. 103.9 104.2 102.9 102.9 -3.8 4.3 -1.9 -3.8 0.2 -2.9 

Education and communication 3 .................................................. 114.3 114.8 115.0 115.5 3.2 .7 2.5 4.3 2.0 3.4 

Education 3 ................................................................................ 155.3 156.1 156.8 157.9 6.6 6.5 5.6 6.9 6.6 6.2

Educational books and supplies .............................................. 372.4 374.9 376.9 378.9 4.0 5.7 7.5 7.2 4.8 7.3 

College textbooks 1 2 10 ......................................................... 122.9 122.7 123.0 124.7 4.9 3.1 10.8 6.0 4.0 8.3 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................. 448.3 450.5 452.7 455.8 6.8 6.6 5.4 6.9 6.7 6.1 

College tuition and fees ......................................................... 483.0 485.7 488.6 491.5 7.6 7.5 4.7 7.2 7.6 5.9 

Elementary and high school tuition and fees ......................... 489.7 492.1 494.6 496.9 6.9 5.2 4.1 6.0 6.0 5.1 

Child care and nursery school 9 ............................................. 199.0 199.8 200.4 202.7 5.6 6.1 6.5 7.6 5.9 7.1 

Technical and business school tuition and fees 3 .................. 163.6 164.6 165.5 167.1 3.3 9.9 1.2 8.8 6.6 5.0 

Communication 3 ....................................................................... 84.2 84.4 84.3 84.5 -.5 -4.2 -.9 1.4 -2.3 .2 

Postage and delivery services 3 ............................................... 120.3 120.4 120.5 126.4 .0 .3 .7 21.9 .2 10.8 

Postage 1 ............................................................................... 190.9 190.9 190.9 201.1 .0 .0 .0 23.1 .0 11.0 

Delivery services 3 ................................................................. 165.4 167.7 170.1 169.5 -1.8 11.0 15.1 10.3 4.4 12.6 

Information and information processing 1 3 ............................. 82.0 82.2 82.2 82.1 .0 -4.7 -1.0 .5 -2.4 -.2 

Telephone services 1 3 .......................................................... 94.6 95.2 95.2 95.2 2.1 -3.7 .9 2.6 -.8 1.7 

Land-line telephone services, local charges 1 5 ................... 211.0 211.4 212.2 211.4 5.9 .6 2.7 .8 3.2 1.7 

Land-line telephone services, long distance charges 1 3 ..... 66.5 67.8 67.4 67.7 -.6 -9.6 -1.2 7.4 -5.2 3.0 

Land-line interstate toll calls 1 2 ......................................... 47.5 48.2 47.9 48.2 -4.8 -9.5 -.8 6.0 -7.2 2.5 

Land-line intrastate toll calls 1 2 ......................................... 68.3 70.1 69.8 69.9 2.9 -5.6 -1.2 9.7 -1.4 4.1 

Wireless telephone services 1 3 ........................................... 64.8 64.6 64.6 64.6 -.6 -3.0 .6 -1.2 -1.8 -.3 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 13 ............... 13.3 13.1 13.1 13.0 -8.2 -8.4 -8.5 -8.7 -8.3 -8.6 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 3 ................ 12.2 12.0 11.7 11.6 -16.1 -16.7 -17.5 -18.3 -16.4 -17.9 

Computer software and accessories 1 3 ................................ 58.3 58.4 58.5 57.8 -10.1 -4.0 -1.4 -3.4 -7.1 -2.4 

Internet services and electronic information providers 1 3 ..... 94.9 94.2 94.5 94.5 -2.4 -4.1 -2.9 -1.7 -3.3 -2.3 

Telephone hardware, calculators, and other consumer

information items 1 3 ...................................................... 44.8 44.5 44.2 44.3 -8.1 -13.8 -2.6 -4.4 -11.0 -3.5 

Other goods and services ............................................................ 315.4 316.5 317.7 318.5 2.1 3.5 1.9 4.0 2.8 3.0 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 .............................................. 509.4 511.2 513.1 515.1 2.5 5.3 4.9 4.6 3.9 4.7 

Cigarettes 1 3 ........................................................................... 206.2 206.9 207.6 208.5 2.4 5.3 5.0 4.5 3.8 4.8 

Tobacco products other than cigarettes 1 3 ............................. 152.6 153.5 154.6 154.3 3.8 4.3 3.5 4.5 4.1 4.0 

Personal care ............................................................................. 186.5 187.2 187.9 188.3 2.0 3.1 1.1 3.9 2.5 2.5 

Personal care products 1 ......................................................... 155.0 155.0 155.4 155.8 .8 4.2 .0 2.1 2.5 1.0 

Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care

products 1 3 .................................................................... 101.8 101.7 102.1 102.1 .0 7.3 -3.8 1.2 3.6 -1.4 

Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implements 1 ..................................................................................... 172.7 172.9 173.1 174.0 1.9 1.4 4.0 3.0 1.7 3.5 

Personal care services 1 .......................................................... 204.8 205.2 206.6 206.4 2.8 1.2 1.8 3.2 2.0 2.5 

Haircuts and other personal care services 1 3 ....................... 124.9 125.2 126.0 125.9 3.0 1.0 1.6 3.2 2.0 2.4 

Miscellaneous personal services ............................................. 305.6 306.5 307.6 308.5 3.0 3.5 2.7 3.9 3.2 3.3 

Legal services 7 ..................................................................... 244.2 244.7 245.8 246.5 -.5 7.4 2.2 3.8 3.4 3.0 

Funeral expenses 7 ................................................................ 231.7 233.2 234.2 235.1 4.4 4.3 4.8 6.0 4.3 5.4 

Laundry and dry cleaning services 1 3 ................................... 122.5 122.6 122.9 123.4 .7 4.0 1.3 3.0 2.3 2.1 

Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning 1 3 ...... 127.4 127.5 127.9 128.5 13.4 3.2 .6 3.5 8.2 2.1 

Financial services 7 ................................................................ 253.6 254.4 254.9 256.3 2.3 .8 2.2 4.3 1.5 3.3 

Checking account and other bank services 1 2 3 ................. 123.7 123.9 123.9 124.6 2.0 -.3 -1.0 2.9 .8 1.0 

Tax return preparation and other accounting fees 2 3 .......... 147.0 147.7 148.3 149.7 6.4 2.5 6.5 7.6 4.4 7.0 

Care of invalids and elderly at home 1 4 ................................ - - 100.0 100.4 - - - - - -

Miscellaneous personal goods 3 .............................................. 84.6 85.9 86.7 86.0 5.7 -2.3 -7.2 6.8 1.6 -.5 

Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap 2 ............................. 147.0 148.8 150.0 148.5 9.6 -2.6 -4.5 4.1 3.3 -.3 

Infants’ equipment 1 2 4 ......................................................... - -

 100.0 98.0 - - - - - -

Special aggregate indexes

Commodities .................................................................................. 164.8 161.2 160.7 162.1 8.4 1.5 12.6 -6.4 4.9 2.6 

Commodities less food and beverages ........................................ 148.4 143.1 142.3 143.9 11.8 1.4 18.9 -11.6 6.5 2.5 

Nondurables less food and beverages ...................................... 178.8 171.2 170.0 173.9 15.0 6.4 27.1 -10.5 10.6 6.6 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ..................... 223.0 205.6 203.4 208.5 32.7 6.8 47.4 -23.6 19.1 6.1 

Durables ..................................................................................... 115.2 114.9 114.8 114.9 -1.4 -.3 .0 -1.0 -.9 -.5 

Services ......................................................................................... 233.1 234.1 234.4 235.5 3.9 2.5 5.7 4.2 3.2 4.9 

Rent of shelter 6 ............................................................................. 235.2 235.9 236.6 236.9 3.9 2.1 1.7 2.9 3.0 2.3 

Transportation services .................................................................. 227.7 228.3 228.3 229.1 2.9 3.6 2.9 2.5 3.3 2.7 

Other services ................................................................................ 270.6 271.6 272.4 273.1 3.1 1.8 3.8 3.7 2.4 3.8 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Apr.

2005

July

2005

Oct.

2005

Jan.

2006

July

2005

Jan.

2006

Special aggregate indexes

All items less food .......................................................................... 200.3 198.7 198.6 199.9 6.0 2.3 9.5 -0.8 4.1 4.2 

All items less shelter ...................................................................... 190.9 188.8 188.4 190.1 7.0 2.2 11.7 -1.7 4.6 4.8 

All items less medical care ............................................................. 192.5 191.1 191.0 192.3 6.0 1.9 8.8 -.4 3.9 4.1 

Commodities less food ................................................................... 150.3 145.1 144.4 146.0 11.3 1.4 18.4 -11.0 6.2 2.7 

Nondurables less food ................................................................... 180.0 172.8 171.6 175.4 14.3 6.1 25.4 -9.8 10.1 6.3 

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................... 219.8 204.0 202.0 206.6 29.5 6.4 43.0 -21.9 17.4 5.6 

Nondurables ................................................................................... 186.3 182.4 181.8 184.6 10.0 2.7 14.0 -3.6 6.3 4.8 

Apparel less footwear .................................................................... 113.3 113.8 113.5 113.4 -1.4 -6.1 -.4 .4 -3.8 .0 

Services less rent of shelter 6 ........................................................ 248.0 249.5 249.5 251.7 4.3 4.1 8.8 6.1 4.2 7.5 

Services less medical care services .............................................. 224.2 224.9 225.4 226.6 3.9 2.8 5.5 4.4 3.3 4.9 

Energy ............................................................................................ 205.0 188.3 184.3 193.5 46.3 9.0 90.9 -20.6 26.3 23.1 

All items less energy ...................................................................... 199.9 200.3 200.7 201.1 2.7 1.4 2.2 2.4 2.0 2.3 

All items less food and energy ..................................................... 202.0 202.5 202.8 203.2 2.4 1.6 2.0 2.4 2.0 2.2 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ...................... 140.3 140.2 140.2 140.5 -.3 -.6 .6 .6 -.4 .6 

Energy commodities ................................................................ 239.0 202.5 197.3 208.6 84.4 11.3 120.2 -42.0 43.3 13.0 

Services less energy services .................................................... 238.4 239.2 239.8 240.2 3.5 2.2 2.7 3.1 2.8 2.9 

Domestically produced farm food 1 ................................................ 196.0 196.2 196.9 198.6 1.2 .0 2.1 5.4 .6 3.7 

Utilities and public transportation ................................................... 184.4 186.3 185.0 188.9 5.8 5.0 23.6 10.1 5.4 16.6 

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 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. NA Data not adequate for publication. - Data not available.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
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. 2006

from—

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Food and beverages

Rice 2 ......................................................................................... 109.4 108.8 110.1 111.8 1.9 -0.5 1.2 1.5 2.1 

White bread ................................................................................ 231.8 234.8 232.5 234.4 1.3 1.3 -1.0 .8 2.2 

Bread other than white ............................................................... 240.0 243.1 240.2 242.5 2.0 1.3 -1.2 1.0 2.0 

Fresh cakes and cupcakes ......................................................... 216.4 215.5 216.1 215.7 .9 -.4 .3 -.2 3.0 

Cookies ...................................................................................... 206.4 211.2 212.5 210.4 1.3 2.3 .6 -1.0 1.8 

Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts ................................. 217.4 215.4 216.8 219.5 1.6 -.9 .6 1.2 4.7 

Crackers, bread, and cracker products ...................................... 248.0 244.4 236.6 247.1 -.2 -1.5 -3.2 4.4 1.8 

Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies, tarts, turnovers 216.3 213.5 211.6 221.3 .0 -1.3 -.9 4.6 2.6 

Bacon and related products ....................................................... 204.5 206.5 207.7 208.7 -.6 1.0 .6 .5 -3.2 

Breakfast sausage and related products 2 ................................. 118.7 118.0 117.7 119.4 -2.6 -.6 -.3 1.4 -3.3 

Ham, excluding canned .............................................................. 203.8 201.2 193.3 189.1 .1 -1.3 -3.9 -2.2 .7

Frankfurters ................................................................................ 171.1 176.8 175.6 171.0 -.5 3.3 -.7 -2.6 .4 

Lunchmeats 2 ............................................................................. 117.0 116.7 118.0 117.1 .7 -.3 1.1 -.8 -.3 

Lamb and organ meats .............................................................. 222.3 222.7 214.2 NA 1.0 .2 -3.8 - -

Lamb and mutton 2 ..................................................................... NA 137.9 126.8 NA - -

 -8.0 - -

Fresh whole chicken ................................................................... 188.4 186.7 188.5 188.0 -.2 -.9 1.0 -.3 1.4 

Fresh and frozen chicken parts .................................................. 187.5 192.0 183.2 179.8 -3.0 2.4 -4.6 -1.9 -3.2

Canned fish and seafood ........................................................... 139.7 138.6 136.5 138.7 .4 -.8 -1.5 1.6 2.5 

Frozen fish and seafood ............................................................. 232.6 235.1 231.5 236.6 .4 1.1 -1.5 2.2 2.2

Fresh whole milk ........................................................................ 184.3 188.1 189.3 186.8 .3 2.1 .6 -1.3 -.2 

Fresh milk other than whole 2 .................................................... 129.6 130.0 128.0 129.1 1.3 .3 -1.5 .9 .4 

Oranges, including tangerines .................................................... 434.8 389.2 331.5 330.4 .3 -10.5 -14.8 -.3 8.9

Canned fruits 2 ........................................................................... 118.3 115.9 117.8 121.0 -1.9 -2.0 1.6 2.7 3.4 

Canned vegetables 2 .................................................................. 126.0 121.9 124.4 124.8 1.0 -3.3 2.1 .3 4.6 

Frozen vegetables ...................................................................... 179.1 176.8 177.5 179.4 -1.3 -1.3 .4 1.1 1.4 

Dried beans, peas, and lentils 2 ................................................. 118.7 118.9 116.6 117.2 .3 .2 -1.9 .5 1.7 

Roasted coffee ........................................................................... 170.2 169.5 167.1 168.3 .9 -.4 -1.4 .7 9.1 

Instant and freeze dried coffee ................................................... 176.6 177.4 175.0 175.9 -1.3 .5 -1.4 .5 1.7 

Butter .......................................................................................... 184.4 177.1 174.6 186.7 -1.8 -4.0 -1.4 6.9 -4.4 

Margarine ................................................................................... 180.7 176.4 174.1 182.1 1.1 -2.4 -1.3 4.6 4.6 

Peanut butter 2 ........................................................................... 109.9 110.4 111.7 111.7 -1.5 .5 1.2 .0 1.5 

Salt and other seasonings and spices 2 ..................................... 112.1 111.9 113.2 113.0 -.3 -.2 1.2 -.2 1.2 

Olives, pickles, relishes 2 ........................................................... 119.5 109.1 110.2 115.7 12.0 -8.7 1.0 5.0 5.2 

Sauces and gravies 2 ................................................................. 108.6 106.5 106.3 109.1 -1.7 -1.9 -.2 2.6 1.1 

Other condiments ....................................................................... 212.2 200.7 198.9 219.4 -1.7 -5.4 -.9 10.3 5.6 

Food at elementary and secondary schools 3 ............................ - -

 100.0 100.1 - - - .1 -

Whiskey at home ........................................................................ 176.6 176.7 177.1 178.6 -.4 .1 .2 .8 1.9

Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home .............................. 178.0 177.7 176.8 179.1 .2 -.2 -.5 1.3 1.9 

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home 2 ............ 124.8 125.4 125.7 126.4 .4 .5 .2 .6 2.7 

Wine away from home 2 ............................................................. 135.3 135.9 135.8 136.4 .6 .4 -.1 .4 3.6 

Distilled spirits away from home 2 .............................................. 130.4 131.0 131.6 132.2 .2 .5 .5 .5 4.4 

Housing

Infants’ furniture 3 ....................................................................... - -

 100.0 100.8 - - - .8 -

Laundry equipment ..................................................................... 111.5 110.9 110.7 111.7 .1 -.5 -.2 .9 4.4

Transportation

New cars and trucks 2 ................................................................ 95.0 95.6 95.9 96.6 1.0 .6 .3 .7 -.3 

New cars .................................................................................... 135.1 136.1 136.6 137.7 1.1 .7 .4 .8 1.0 

New trucks 4 ............................................................................... 143.6 144.3 144.4 145.2 .8 .5 .1 .6 -2.2 

Gasoline, unleaded regular ........................................................ 235.9 198.2 185.8 197.7 -5.1 -16.0 -6.3 6.4 28.0 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 .................................................. 241.6 203.1 190.8 203.2 -4.7 -15.9 -6.1 6.5 27.0 

Gasoline, unleaded premium ..................................................... 227.1 192.8 181.1 192.3 -4.8 -15.1 -6.1 6.2 25.4

Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires ............................. 119.1 119.4 119.9 120.2 -.1 .3 .4 .3 2.6 

Motor oil, coolant, and fluids ....................................................... 190.3 193.9 195.1 197.3 2.3 1.9 .6 1.1 14.3 

Parking fees and tolls 2 .............................................................. 141.6 144.1 144.2 144.7 -1.4 1.8 .1 .3 5.3 

Automobile service clubs 2 ......................................................... 114.0 113.7 114.1 116.0 -.1 -.3 .4 1.7 1.0 

Ship fare 2 .................................................................................. 71.1 71.6 72.3 73.1 -1.1 .7 1.0 1.1 1.2 

Medical care

Inpatient hospital services 6 7 ..................................................... 157.7 159.5 159.8 161.6 .6 1.1 .2 1.1 5.3 

Outpatient hospital services 7 8 .................................................. 376.8 382.9 382.5 384.6 1.1 1.6 -.1 .5 5.2 

See footnotes at end of table.
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. 2006

from—

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Recreation

Video cassettes and discs, blank and prerecorded 2 ................. 72.1 72.7 70.7 69.5 -1.6 0.8 -2.8 -1.7 -8.8 

Rental of video tapes and discs 2 ............................................... 89.0 89.3 89.1 89.2 .8 .3 -.2 .1 4.4 

Pet food 2 ................................................................................... 110.4 111.3 112.4 112.5 -.1 .8 1.0 .1 1.9 

Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories 2 ........................... 107.8 108.0 107.7 108.4 -.1 .2 -.3 .6 2.2 

Pet services 2 ............................................................................. 132.2 133.2 133.2 134.1 .3 .8 .0 .7 3.7 

Veterinarian services 2 ............................................................... 155.9 156.2 156.3 157.1 .5 .2 .1 .5 5.2 

Film and photographic supplies 2 ............................................... 88.7 89.0 88.0 87.2 .3 .3 -1.1 -.9 -.2 

Photographic equipment 2 .......................................................... 57.2 56.9 55.5 55.9 -1.9 -.5 -2.5 .7 -8.2 

Photographer fees 2 ................................................................... 113.9 113.4 113.4 113.8 .7 -.4 .0 .4 -.8 

Film processing 2 ....................................................................... 99.1 99.3 98.8 98.1 .0 .2 -.5 -.7 -2.2 

Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipment 2 .................. 72.8 72.3 71.8 71.7 1.4 -.7 -.7 -.1 -2.2 

Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts 2 .......................... 137.8 137.9 138.2 138.7 .0 .1 .2 .4 2.7 

Admission to sporting events 2 ................................................... 150.6 150.1 150.4 150.3 .9 -.3 .2 -.1 5.5 

Education and communication

College textbooks 9 .................................................................... 122.9 122.7 123.0 124.7 .4 -.2 .2 1.4 6.1 

Land-line interstate toll calls ....................................................... 47.5 48.2 47.9 48.2 -2.1 1.5 -.6 .6 -2.4 

Land-line intrastate toll calls ....................................................... 68.3 70.1 69.8 69.9 -1.7 2.6 -.4 .1 1.3 

Other goods and services

Checking account and other bank services 2 ............................. 123.7 123.9 123.9 124.6 .2 .2 .0 .6 .9 

Tax return preparation and other accounting fees 2 ................... 146.6 147.1 147.2 149.4 .3 .3 .1 1.5 5.7 

Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap .................................... 146.5 148.6 150.2 149.3 1.2 1.4 1.1 -.6 1.6 

Infants’ equipment 3 ................................................................... - -

 100.0 98.0 - - - -2.0 -

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 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other

item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means

estimator. 8 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 9 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.
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

2005

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2006 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

All items ...................................................................................... 100.000 192.5 194.0 4.1 0.8 -0.8 -0.1 0.7 

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

 573.3 577.7 - - - - -

Food and beverages ................................................................ 16.537 192.5 193.8 2.5 .7 .3 .2 .4 

Food ....................................................................................... 15.519 192.2 193.4 2.6 .6 .3 .2 .4 

Food at home ....................................................................... 9.347 190.7 192.4 2.3 .9 .3 .2 .5 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................. 1.275 208.4 210.8 1.5 1.2 .2 .0 .7 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ............................................ 2.653 185.6 185.4 1.1 -.1 .7 -.1 -.1 

Dairy and related products ................................................. .965 183.0 183.5 .2 .3 .7 -.3 .3 

Fruits and vegetables ......................................................... 1.338 249.6 256.2 6.7 2.6 .0 .9 1.5 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .............. 1.087 144.9 146.7 3.6 1.2 .4 .0 .3 

Other food at home ............................................................ 2.030 167.1 168.5 1.9 .8 -.2 .2 .5 

Sugar and sweets ............................................................. .337 166.9 168.3 3.8 .8 .5 .9 .1 

Fats and oils ..................................................................... .287 165.6 170.4 .0 2.9 .1 -.2 1.5 

Other foods 1 .................................................................... 1.406 183.7 184.4 2.0 .4 -.4 .2 .4 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ....................................... .370 112.9 113.0 2.1 .1 .6 -.3 .1 

Food away from home 1 ....................................................... 6.172 195.8 196.4 3.0 .3 .2 .2 .3 

Other food away from home 2 ............................................ .275 133.6 133.7 5.0 .1 .2 .3 .1 

Alcoholic beverages 1 ............................................................ 1.018 196.3 198.0 1.9 .9 .3 -.4 .9 

Housing .................................................................................... 40.161 194.2 195.8 4.5 .8 .4 .1 .5 

Shelter .................................................................................... 30.069 219.2 220.0 2.6 .4 .3 .3 .0 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................. 7.880 219.7 220.1 3.0 .2 .3 .3 .1 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................. 1.412 122.4 126.1 3.2 3.0 .9 1.1 -.5 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ................. 20.429 211.2 211.7 2.5 .2 .2 .2 .2 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................. .348 116.4 116.2 -2.2 -.2 .2 .2 -.2 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 5.900 190.2 197.3 18.9 3.7 1.3 -1.2 3.3 

Fuels ..................................................................................... 4.984 172.4 179.7 21.9 4.2 1.4 -1.5 3.8 

Fuel oil and other fuels ....................................................... .347 227.4 228.9 26.5 .7 -4.0 -.9 -1.6 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................... 4.637 178.3 186.4 21.6 4.5 1.9 -1.5 4.2 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................. .916 133.2 134.3 5.0 .8 .5 .4 .7 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 4.193 121.9 122.0 .1 .1 .0 .2 -.2 

Household operations 1 2 ..................................................... .363 136.0 136.7 4.9 .5 .6 .5 .5 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 4.090 117.2 114.3 -1.6 -2.5 .0 -.3 .0 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ........................................................ .982 113.5 112.0 -2.3 -1.3 -.3 -.3 .1 

Women’s and girls’ apparel .................................................... 1.689 108.3 102.1 -3.0 -5.7 .7 -.3 -1.1 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................. .242 117.6 115.8 -3.9 -1.5 -.3 .8 .3 

Footwear ................................................................................ .964 120.9 121.6 2.4 .6 -1.1 -.2 1.8 

Transportation .......................................................................... 19.669 171.6 174.9 7.6 1.9 -5.2 -.7 1.8

Private transportation ............................................................. 18.931 168.8 172.2 7.6 2.0 -5.4 -.8 1.9 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ........................................... 8.944 94.8 95.2 .6 .4 -.4 -.2 .3 

New vehicles ...................................................................... 5.380 139.3 140.3 -.3 .7 -.1 -.1 .6 

Used cars and trucks 1 ....................................................... 2.801 140.0 140.1 1.3 .1 -.8 -.1 .1 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 5.244 188.0 199.9 27.4 6.3 -16.0 -2.6 6.2 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 5.193 187.0 198.9 27.4 6.4 -16.0 -2.6 6.2 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ................................... .434 113.6 113.9 3.5 .3 .5 .4 .3 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................. 1.130 213.2 213.6 3.7 .2 .2 .1 .2 

Public transportation ............................................................... .738 216.6 219.0 7.7 1.1 .0 -.4 1.3 

Medical care ............................................................................. 5.171 328.2 329.1 4.0 .3 .6 .2 .1 

Medical care commodities ...................................................... 1.140 273.9 275.0 3.7 .4 .7 .2 .4 

Medical care services ............................................................. 4.030 342.8 343.6 4.1 .2 .6 .2 .0 

Professional services ........................................................... 2.336 287.4 287.2 3.0 -.1 .3 .2 -.3 

Hospital and related services 3 ............................................ 1.332 446.4 450.1 5.3 .8 .8 .2 .6 

See footnotes at end of table.
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

2005

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2006 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 5.097 107.1 107.2 0.7 0.1 -0.2 0.0 0.0 

Video and audio 2 ................................................................... 1.928 103.2 103.3 -.1 .1 -.1 -.1 -.2 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 5.635 112.6 113.1 2.3 .4 .4 .1 .4 

Education 2 ............................................................................. 2.243 155.6 156.7 6.4 .7 .5 .5 .8 

Educational books and supplies ........................................... .199 375.5 380.6 6.0 1.4 .6 .5 .6 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .............................. 2.044 440.5 443.3 6.4 .6 .5 .5 .8 

Communication 2 .................................................................... 3.392 86.2 86.3 -.8 .1 .3 .0 .1 

Information and information processing 1 2 .......................... 3.244 84.6 84.6 -1.1 .0 .4 -.1 .0 

Telephone services 1 2 ....................................................... 2.653 95.3 95.3 .4 .0 .5 .0 .0 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ........... .590 13.6 13.6 -8.1 .0 -.7 -.7 .0 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 .......... .208 11.6 11.4 -16.8 -1.7 -1.7 -1.7 -1.7 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 3.640 326.6 327.6 3.0 .3 .3 .4 .3 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ........................................... 1.137 515.0 517.1 4.5 .4 .4 .4 .4 

Personal care ......................................................................... 2.504 185.8 186.3 2.3 .3 .3 .4 .3 

Personal care products 1 ...................................................... .774 155.4 155.8 1.6 .3 -.1 .3 .3 

Personal care services 1 ...................................................... .616 206.9 206.6 2.1 -.1 .2 .7 -.1 

Miscellaneous personal services .......................................... .949 307.0 308.6 3.1 .5 .3 .4 .3 

Commodity and service group

Commodities .............................................................................. 44.601 161.2 162.6 4.0 .9 -2.4 -.4 1.0

Food and beverages ................................................................ 16.537 192.5 193.8 2.5 .7 .3 .2 .4 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................... 28.064 143.4 144.8 4.9 1.0 -3.9 -.6 1.2 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................... 15.599 170.8 173.5 9.3 1.6 -4.6 -.8 2.5 

Apparel ................................................................................. 4.090 117.2 114.3 -1.6 -2.5 .0 -.3 .0 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................. 11.509 207.8 214.2 13.5 3.1 -8.5 -1.2 2.7 

Durables ................................................................................. 12.465 114.9 115.2 -.3 .3 -.3 -.1 .2 

Services ...................................................................................... 55.399 229.2 230.7 4.2 .7 .4 .1 .5 

Rent of shelter 4 ....................................................................... 29.721 211.2 211.9 2.6 .3 .3 .3 .0 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ..................................... .348 116.4 116.2 -2.2 -.2 .2 .2 -.2 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ..................................................... 4.637 178.3 186.4 21.6 4.5 1.9 -1.5 4.2 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ..................... .916 133.2 134.3 5.0 .8 .5 .4 .7 

Household operations 1 2 ......................................................... .363 136.0 136.7 4.9 .5 .6 .5 .5 

Transportation services ............................................................ 5.659 228.3 228.6 2.6 .1 .2 .1 .2 

Medical care services ............................................................... 4.030 342.8 343.6 4.1 .2 .6 .2 .0 

Other services .......................................................................... 9.726 263.5 264.4 2.8 .3 .4 .2 .3 

Special indexes

All items less food ...................................................................... 84.481 192.3 193.9 4.4 .8 -1.0 -.2 .8 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 69.931 184.8 186.6 4.8 1.0 -1.3 -.3 1.0 

All items less medical care ......................................................... 94.829 186.7 188.2 4.1 .8 -.9 -.1 .7 

Commodities less food ............................................................... 29.082 145.3 146.8 4.9 1.0 -3.7 -.6 1.2 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 16.617 172.4 175.1 8.8 1.6 -4.4 -.7 2.4 

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................ 12.527 205.9 211.9 12.4 2.9 -7.8 -1.2 2.6 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 32.136 182.2 184.2 5.7 1.1 -2.4 -.3 1.5 

Services less rent of shelter 4 .................................................... 25.679 221.1 223.4 6.0 1.0 .7 .0 1.0 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 51.369 220.6 222.2 4.2 .7 .5 .2 .5 

Energy ........................................................................................ 10.228 179.3 188.8 24.7 5.3 -8.7 -2.1 5.0 

All items less energy .................................................................. 89.772 194.9 195.4 2.0 .3 .2 .2 .2 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 74.253 195.9 196.2 2.0 .2 .2 .2 .2 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ................... 23.491 140.4 140.2 .2 -.1 -.1 -.1 .1 

Energy commodities ............................................................. 5.591 190.7 202.0 27.3 5.9 -15.4 -2.5 5.7 

Services less energy services ................................................ 50.762 234.6 235.4 2.8 .3 .3 .3 .1 

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

 $ .520 $ .516 - - - - -

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ........... - $ .174 $ .173 - - - - -

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. - Data not available.

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

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Apr.

2005

July

2005

Oct.

2005

Jan.

2006

July

2005

Jan.

2006

Expenditure category

All items ...................................................................................... 195.1 193.5 193.3 194.6 6.1 2.3 9.3 -1.0 4.2 4.0 

Food and beverages ................................................................ 191.7 192.2 192.5 193.3 3.9 .8 2.1 3.4 2.3 2.7 

Food ....................................................................................... 191.3 191.8 192.1 192.9 3.9 .8 2.3 3.4 2.4 2.9 

Food at home ....................................................................... 189.7 190.3 190.6 191.5 4.6 -.6 1.5 3.8 1.9 2.7 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................. 209.5 210.0 209.9 211.3 1.4 -1.0 2.5 3.5 .2 3.0 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ............................................ 184.4 185.7 185.6 185.4 3.5 -1.3 -.2 2.2 1.1 1.0 

Dairy and related products ................................................. 181.5 182.8 182.3 182.9 .2 -1.7 -1.1 3.1 -.8 1.0 

Fruits and vegetables ......................................................... 243.1 243.2 245.3 249.0 10.7 1.0 5.1 10.1 5.7 7.6

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .............. 144.9 145.5 145.5 146.0 9.1 .3 2.2 3.1 4.6 2.7 

Other food at home ............................................................ 167.5 167.2 167.6 168.4 4.4 .0 1.2 2.2 2.2 1.7 

Sugar and sweets ............................................................. 165.8 166.6 168.1 168.3 5.0 3.7 .2 6.2 4.4 3.2 

Fats and oils ..................................................................... 167.6 167.7 167.4 169.9 -1.6 -3.3 -.5 5.6 -2.5 2.5 

Other foods 1 .................................................................... 184.1 183.4 183.7 184.4 5.9 -.2 1.8 .7 2.8 1.2 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ....................................... 112.5 113.2 112.9 113.0 1.5 2.9 2.2 1.8 2.2 2.0 

Food away from home 1 ....................................................... 195.1 195.5 195.8 196.4 3.0 2.9 3.6 2.7 3.0 3.1 

Other food away from home 2 ............................................ 133.0 133.3 133.7 133.9 6.1 8.0 3.7 2.7 7.0 3.2 

Alcoholic beverages 1 ............................................................ 196.5 197.0 196.3 198.0 3.8 -1.2 1.9 3.1 1.2 2.5 

Housing .................................................................................... 194.3 195.1 195.2 196.2 4.1 2.8 7.3 4.0 3.4 5.6 

Shelter .................................................................................... 218.8 219.5 220.1 220.2 3.4 2.2 1.8 2.6 2.8 2.2 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................. 218.4 219.0 219.6 219.9 3.2 3.0 3.0 2.8 3.1 2.9 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................. 129.8 131.0 132.5 131.9 10.4 .0 -3.0 6.6 5.1 1.7 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ................. 210.1 210.6 211.0 211.5 2.7 2.3 2.1 2.7 2.5 2.4 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................. 116.0 116.2 116.4 116.2 -1.0 -.3 -7.9 .7 -.7 -3.7 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 192.1 194.6 192.2 198.6 11.2 7.4 45.9 14.2 9.3 29.1 

Fuels ..................................................................................... 174.6 177.1 174.5 181.1 13.0 7.5 56.5 15.7 10.2 34.6 

Fuel oil and other fuels ....................................................... 242.1 232.4 230.4 226.8 39.0 30.5 83.2 -23.0 34.7 18.8 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................... 179.9 183.3 180.5 188.1 11.3 6.2 54.4 19.5 8.7 35.8 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................. 132.2 132.9 133.4 134.3 4.5 6.0 3.1 6.5 5.2 4.8 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 121.9 121.9 122.2 121.9 -.3 -.3 1.0 .0 -.3 .5 

Household operations 1 2 ..................................................... 134.5 135.3 136.0 136.7 3.1 5.3 4.6 6.7 4.2 5.6 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 118.5 118.5 118.2 118.2 -1.7 -3.6 .0 -1.0 -2.6 -.5 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ........................................................ 114.8 114.5 114.2 114.3 -.3 -8.9 2.1 -1.7 -4.7 .2 

Women’s and girls’ apparel .................................................... 109.1 109.9 109.6 108.4 -2.5 -3.9 -2.9 -2.5 -3.2 -2.7 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................. 116.8 116.4 117.3 117.6 -1.9 -8.9 -6.9 2.8 -5.5 -2.2 

Footwear ................................................................................ 123.0 121.7 121.5 123.7 .7 3.3 3.3 2.3 2.0 2.8 

Transportation .......................................................................... 184.0 174.5 173.2 176.4 18.8 4.3 28.6 -15.5 11.3 4.2 

Private transportation ............................................................. 181.4 171.6 170.3 173.5 19.1 4.3 29.3 -16.3 11.5 4.0 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ........................................... 95.1 94.7 94.5 94.8 .4 1.7 1.3 -1.3 1.1 .0 

New vehicles ...................................................................... 138.7 138.6 138.4 139.2 -.6 -3.7 1.7 1.4 -2.1 1.6 

Used cars and trucks 1 ....................................................... 141.4 140.2 140.0 140.1 1.7 8.9 -1.4 -3.6 5.3 -2.5 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 238.5 200.4 195.1 207.1 86.8 10.7 123.8 -43.1 43.8 12.8 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 237.3 199.3 194.1 206.1 87.8 10.3 123.9 -43.1 43.9 12.9 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ................................... 112.6 113.2 113.6 113.9 1.1 3.7 4.4 4.7 2.4 4.5 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................. 212.1 212.6 212.9 213.4 3.3 3.9 5.3 2.5 3.6 3.9 

Public transportation ............................................................... 221.6 221.6 220.8 223.6 9.8 9.3 8.0 3.7 9.6 5.8 

Medical care ............................................................................. 326.7 328.6 329.2 329.5 4.9 3.8 4.1 3.5 4.3 3.8 

Medical care commodities ...................................................... 271.8 273.7 274.2 275.3 2.0 3.3 4.1 5.3 2.7 4.7 

Medical care services ............................................................. 341.5 343.4 344.0 344.0 5.7 4.0 4.1 3.0 4.8 3.5 

Professional services ........................................................... 287.2 288.2 288.7 287.7 4.7 3.3 3.3 .7 4.0 2.0 

Hospital and related services 3 ............................................ 441.8 445.5 446.2 448.7 6.3 3.9 4.4 6.4 5.1 5.4 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Apr.

2005

July

2005

Oct.

2005

Jan.

2006

July

2005

Jan.

2006

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 107.5 107.3 107.3 107.3 0.0 0.0 3.8 -0.7 0.0 1.5 

Video and audio 2 ................................................................... 103.8 103.7 103.6 103.4 .4 -4.2 5.2 -1.5 -1.9 1.8 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 111.8 112.3 112.4 112.9 2.9 .0 2.2 4.0 1.5 3.1 

Education 2 ............................................................................. 153.4 154.2 155.0 156.2 6.1 6.3 5.4 7.5 6.2 6.4 

Educational books and supplies ........................................... 373.9 376.0 377.9 380.2 4.2 5.4 7.4 6.9 4.8 7.1 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .............................. 434.0 436.3 438.3 442.0 6.3 6.5 5.1 7.6 6.4 6.4 

Communication 2 .................................................................... 85.9 86.2 86.2 86.3 .0 -4.1 -.9 1.9 -2.1 .5 

Information and information processing 1 2 .......................... 84.4 84.7 84.6 84.6 .0 -4.6 -.5 1.0 -2.3 .2 

Telephone services 1 2 ....................................................... 94.8 95.3 95.3 95.3 2.1 -3.3 .8 2.1 -.6 1.5 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ........... 13.8 13.7 13.6 13.6 -7.9 -10.6 -8.2 -5.7 -9.2 -7.0 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 .......... 12.0 11.8 11.6 11.4 -13.8 -19.6 -15.1 -18.5 -16.8 -16.8 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 324.6 325.6 326.8 327.8 1.8 4.2 2.1 4.0 3.0 3.1

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ........................................... 511.3 513.2 515.0 517.1 2.4 6.1 4.9 4.6 4.2 4.8 

Personal care ......................................................................... 184.8 185.3 186.0 186.5 1.3 3.3 .9 3.7 2.3 2.3 

Personal care products 1 ...................................................... 155.0 154.9 155.4 155.8 .8 4.8 -1.0 2.1 2.8 .5 

Personal care services 1 ...................................................... 205.0 205.5 206.9 206.6 2.4 1.0 1.8 3.2 1.7 2.5 

Miscellaneous personal services .......................................... 305.9 306.7 308.0 308.9 2.3 3.8 2.5 4.0 3.0 3.2 

Commodity and service group

Commodities .............................................................................. 166.5 162.5 161.9 163.5 9.2 1.8 13.5 -7.0 5.4 2.7 

Food and beverages ................................................................ 191.7 192.2 192.5 193.3 3.9 .8 2.1 3.4 2.3 2.7 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................... 151.3 145.4 144.5 146.3 12.6 2.2 20.5 -12.6 7.3 2.6 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................... 184.8 176.3 174.9 179.3 16.5 7.0 29.3 -11.4 11.7 7.0 

Apparel ................................................................................. 118.5 118.5 118.2 118.2 -1.7 -3.6 .0 -1.0 -2.6 -.5 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................. 233.9 214.1 211.5 217.2 35.5 7.4 53.0 -25.6 20.6 6.7 

Durables ................................................................................. 115.2 114.9 114.8 115.0 -.7 .0 .3 -.7 -.3 -.2 

Services ...................................................................................... 228.8 229.8 230.0 231.1 3.8 2.7 6.0 4.1 3.3 5.0 

Rent of shelter 4 ....................................................................... 210.8 211.5 212.1 212.1 3.3 2.7 1.7 2.5 3.0 2.1 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ..................................... 116.0 116.2 116.4 116.2 -1.0 -.3 -7.9 .7 -.7 -3.7 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ..................................................... 179.9 183.3 180.5 188.1 11.3 6.2 54.4 19.5 8.7 35.8 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ..................... 132.2 132.9 133.4 134.3 4.5 6.0 3.1 6.5 5.2 4.8 

Household operations 1 2 ......................................................... 134.5 135.3 136.0 136.7 3.1 5.3 4.6 6.7 4.2 5.6 

Transportation services ............................................................ 227.7 228.2 228.5 229.0 2.4 3.1 2.7 2.3 2.7 2.5 

Medical care services ............................................................... 341.5 343.4 344.0 344.0 5.7 4.0 4.1 3.0 4.8 3.5 

Other services .......................................................................... 262.0 263.0 263.6 264.3 2.7 1.2 3.7 3.6 2.0 3.7 

Special indexes

All items less food ...................................................................... 195.6 193.6 193.3 194.8 6.6 2.6 10.7 -1.6 4.6 4.3 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 188.5 186.1 185.6 187.4 7.6 2.2 12.6 -2.3 4.9 4.9 

All items less medical care ......................................................... 189.5 187.7 187.5 188.9 6.3 2.2 9.6 -1.3 4.2 4.0 

Commodities less food ............................................................... 153.0 147.3 146.4 148.2 12.1 2.2 19.9 -12.0 7.1 2.8 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 185.7 177.5 176.3 180.5 16.1 6.4 27.4 -10.7 11.2 6.6 

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................ 229.6 211.7 209.2 214.6 32.2 6.8 48.2 -23.7 18.8 6.3 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 189.2 184.7 184.1 186.9 10.3 3.1 15.3 -4.8 6.7 4.8 

Services less rent of shelter 4 .................................................... 220.2 221.7 221.7 223.9 4.2 4.0 9.0 6.9 4.1 7.9 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 220.0 221.0 221.4 222.6 3.8 2.8 5.5 4.8 3.3 5.1 

Energy ........................................................................................ 205.7 187.9 183.9 193.1 48.2 9.4 91.8 -22.3 27.3 22.0 

All items less energy .................................................................. 194.6 195.0 195.3 195.7 2.5 1.5 2.1 2.3 2.0 2.2 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 195.7 196.0 196.3 196.6 2.3 1.7 2.1 1.9 2.0 2.0 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ................... 140.7 140.6 140.5 140.7 .0 .0 .6 .0 .0 .3 

Energy commodities ............................................................. 239.6 202.7 197.6 208.8 84.4 11.6 121.5 -42.3 43.4 13.0 

Services less energy services ................................................ 234.0 234.7 235.3 235.6 3.4 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.9 2.7 

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.

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

2005

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2006 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

All items ......................................................................................... 100.000 192.5 194.0 4.1 0.8 -0.8 -0.1 0.7 

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

 573.3 577.7 - - - - -

Food and beverages .................................................................... 16.537 192.5 193.8 2.5 .7 .3 .2 .4 

Food ........................................................................................... 15.519 192.2 193.4 2.6 .6 .3 .2 .4 

Food at home ........................................................................... 9.347 190.7 192.4 2.3 .9 .3 .2 .5 

Cereals and bakery products ................................................. 1.275 208.4 210.8 1.5 1.2 .2 .0 .7 

Cereals and cereal products ................................................ .440 184.6 186.0 -.3 .8 .1 .2 .0 

Flour and prepared flour mixes .......................................... .054 171.7 182.0 .1 6.0 1.2 -.3 -.8 

Breakfast cereal 1 .............................................................. .242 200.9 200.4 -1.4 -.2 -.3 .0 -.2 

Rice, pasta, cornmeal 1 ...................................................... .145 167.3 168.1 1.7 .5 -.3 1.0 .5 

Bakery products 1 ................................................................ .835 221.3 224.3 2.5 1.4 .1 -.5 1.4 

Bread 1 2 ............................................................................ .239 126.8 127.9 2.2 .9 1.3 -.9 .9 

Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins 1 2 ......................................... .105 126.7 127.8 3.7 .9 -.3 .0 .9 

Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies .......................................... .248 213.2 212.1 2.5 -.5 .2 .5 .1 

Other bakery products ....................................................... .243 207.2 215.7 2.2 4.1 -.1 -1.3 2.7 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ................................................ 2.653 185.6 185.4 1.1 -.1 .7 -.1 -.1 

Meats, poultry, and fish ........................................................ 2.545 187.1 186.7 .8 -.2 .7 .0 -.3 

Meats ................................................................................. 1.688 187.7 187.8 1.1 .1 .8 .6 -.1 

Beef and veal 1 ................................................................ .823 201.7 203.2 3.1 .7 .5 1.4 .7 

Uncooked ground beef 1 ................................................ .324 176.0 176.3 3.9 .2 .0 .1 .2 

Uncooked beef roasts 1 2 ............................................... .132 147.4 147.8 1.8 .3 2.0 2.1 .3 

Uncooked beef steaks 1 2 .............................................. .302 145.9 147.2 2.3 .9 .4 2.2 .9 

Uncooked other beef and veal 1 2 .................................. .065 134.8 140.2 6.4 4.0 -.3 1.7 4.0 

Pork .................................................................................. .539 174.9 173.8 -2.1 -.6 .7 -.1 -.9 

Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products 2 ........ .171 120.0 120.7 -3.9 .6 .5 .5 .6 

Ham ............................................................................... .114 173.4 169.6 -.8 -2.2 .1 .0 -2.2 

Pork chops ..................................................................... .121 168.4 167.0 -2.6 -.8 1.9 -1.6 -2.3 

Other pork including roasts and picnics 2 ...................... .133 109.8 109.1 -.6 -.6 .5 1.0 -1.3 

Other meats 1 ................................................................... .326 179.6 178.3 .9 -.7 1.8 -.2 -.7 

Poultry 1 ............................................................................. .485 184.1 181.4 -1.7 -1.5 .4 -2.2 -1.5 

Chicken 1 2 ....................................................................... .401 120.3 118.3 -1.6 -1.7 1.3 -2.8 -1.7 

Other poultry including turkey 2 ........................................ .084 112.0 111.5 -2.3 -.4 .4 .1 -1.9 

Fish and seafood 1 ............................................................. .372 205.5 206.3 2.9 .4 .8 .0 .4 

Fresh fish and seafood 1 2 ............................................... .228 120.6 120.2 4.8 -.3 1.6 1.0 -.3 

Processed fish and seafood 2 .......................................... .144 108.2 110.0 .3 1.7 -.6 -.5 1.0 

Eggs ..................................................................................... .108 153.8 157.1 8.7 2.1 -.9 -.2 3.8 

Dairy and related products ..................................................... .965 183.0 183.5 .2 .3 .7 -.3 .3 

Milk 2 .................................................................................... .377 128.6 127.6 -.1 -.8 .9 -.2 -.8 

Cheese and related products ............................................... .284 180.8 181.8 -.7 .6 1.2 -.9 .6 

Ice cream and related products ........................................... .157 180.4 184.0 1.0 2.0 -1.3 .3 1.1 

Other dairy and related products 1 2 .................................... .146 121.9 122.9 1.7 .8 .2 .2 .8 

Fruits and vegetables ............................................................. 1.338 249.6 256.2 6.7 2.6 .0 .9 1.5 

Fresh fruits and vegetables .................................................. 1.059 298.1 306.8 7.6 2.9 .1 .7 2.1 

Fresh fruits ......................................................................... .521 306.3 310.7 3.6 1.4 .3 -1.2 2.5 

Apples .............................................................................. .093 252.3 254.5 4.8 .9 1.7 .2 -.5 

Bananas ........................................................................... .084 169.8 174.3 7.2 2.7 .1 .2 .9 

Citrus fruits 2 .................................................................... .103 172.2 175.7 11.6 2.0 1.8 -1.1 5.6 

Other fresh fruits 2 ............................................................ .240 120.9 122.1 -1.5 1.0 -1.3 -1.4 2.2 

Fresh vegetables ............................................................... .538 288.6 301.1 11.6 4.3 -.1 2.5 1.8 

Potatoes ........................................................................... .089 252.4 262.0 10.7 3.8 -1.2 .1 .0 

Lettuce 1 ........................................................................... .065 253.2 253.4 .4 .1 -.1 .6 .1 

Tomatoes ......................................................................... .121 337.8 386.2 27.7 14.3 -6.7 9.3 13.3 

Other fresh vegetables ..................................................... .263 298.4 301.4 7.7 1.0 1.2 1.6 -.4 

Processed fruits and vegetables 2 ....................................... .279 119.6 121.3 3.3 1.4 -.1 1.5 -.7 

Canned fruits and vegetables 2 .......................................... .141 118.9 121.1 4.5 1.9 -1.2 2.1 .0 

Frozen fruits and vegetables 2 ........................................... .087 121.3 122.2 1.2 .7 1.2 .6 -1.1 

Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried 2 ... .051 117.4 119.1 3.6 1.4 .1 .1 .8 

See footnotes at end of table.
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

2005

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2006 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .................. 1.087 144.9 146.7 3.6 1.2 0.4 0.0 0.3 

Juices and nonalcoholic drinks 2 .......................................... .759 112.1 114.0 3.9 1.7 .5 .2 .7 

Carbonated drinks .............................................................. .439 134.3 137.2 4.7 2.2 .3 .4 .5 

Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 2 ...................... .018 112.2 116.4 3.2 3.7 -.7 -.8 3.7 

Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 2 ................ .301 107.5 108.3 2.8 .7 .8 .6 .7 

Beverage materials including coffee and tea 1 2 .................. .328 103.4 103.7 3.0 .3 .4 -1.0 .3 

Coffee 1 .............................................................................. .103 162.1 162.6 7.8 .3 .0 -1.3 .3 

Other beverage materials including tea 1 2 ........................ .225 115.7 116.1 .4 .3 .7 -.9 .3 

Other food at home ................................................................ 2.030 167.1 168.5 1.9 .8 -.2 .2 .5 

Sugar and sweets ................................................................ .337 166.9 168.3 3.8 .8 .5 .9 .1 

Sugar and artificial sweeteners .......................................... .067 154.5 157.9 7.6 2.2 2.0 1.8 -.6 

Candy and chewing gum 1 2 .............................................. .209 110.8 110.8 2.8 .0 .6 .5 .0 

Other sweets 2 ................................................................... .060 117.5 120.4 2.9 2.5 -.3 .3 .6 

Fats and oils ......................................................................... .287 165.6 170.4 .0 2.9 .1 -.2 1.5 

Butter and margarine 1 2 .................................................... .084 132.0 139.9 .1 6.0 -3.0 -1.3 6.0 

Salad dressing 2 ................................................................. .080 106.4 109.4 -1.8 2.8 -.4 -.5 2.7 

Other fats and oils including peanut butter 1 2 ................... .124 116.3 117.4 1.1 .9 -.1 .0 .9 

Other foods 1 ........................................................................ 1.406 183.7 184.4 2.0 .4 -.4 .2 .4 

Soups ................................................................................. .094 211.3 205.4 -.9 -2.8 -.6 -.4 -1.8 

Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods ............................ .292 152.0 153.3 2.1 .9 -1.2 -.7 1.1 

Snacks 1 ............................................................................. .298 180.7 179.4 2.3 -.7 -.5 .7 -.7 

Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces 1 ........................ .250 186.7 192.3 1.7 3.0 -2.3 .2 3.0 

Baby food 1 2 ..................................................................... .102 128.0 128.4 4.2 .3 1.9 .1 .3 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ........................................... .370 112.9 113.0 2.1 .1 .6 -.3 .1 

Food away from home 1 ........................................................... 6.172 195.8 196.4 3.0 .3 .2 .2 .3 

Full service meals and snacks 1 2 .......................................... 2.144 123.1 123.4 2.6 .2 .2 .2 .2 

Limited service meals and snacks 1 2 .................................... 3.223 124.0 124.5 3.2 .4 .2 .2 .4 

Food at employee sites and schools 2 ................................... .328 120.5 120.8 2.7 .2 .3 .2 .3 

Food from vending machines and mobile vendors 1 2 ........... .202 114.2 114.3 2.8 .1 .1 .4 .1 

Other food away from home 2 ................................................ .275 133.6 133.7 5.0 .1 .2 .3 .1 

Alcoholic beverages 1 ................................................................ 1.018 196.3 198.0 1.9 .9 .3 -.4 .9 

Alcoholic beverages at home ................................................... .722 172.7 174.5 1.1 1.0 .1 -.3 .8 

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home ........................ .461 175.9 177.4 .7 .9 .3 -.6 .8 

Distilled spirits at home .......................................................... .116 175.1 176.6 1.4 .9 .0 .3 .5 

Wine at home ......................................................................... .145 151.5 154.1 2.3 1.7 -.3 .0 1.0 

Alcoholic beverages away from home ..................................... .296 247.3 248.5 3.3 .5 .4 .2 .6 

Housing ........................................................................................ 40.161 194.2 195.8 4.5 .8 .4 .1 .5 

Shelter ........................................................................................ 30.069 219.2 220.0 2.6 .4 .3 .3 .0 

Rent of primary residence 3 ..................................................... 7.880 219.7 220.1 3.0 .2 .3 .3 .1 

Lodging away from home 2 ...................................................... 1.412 122.4 126.1 3.2 3.0 .9 1.1 -.5 

Housing at school, excluding board 3 4 .................................. .073 349.6 349.8 5.9 .1 .5 .5 .5 

Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels 1.339 254.4 262.5 2.8 3.2 .9 1.2 -.9 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 .................... 20.429 211.2 211.7 2.5 .2 .2 .2 .2 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ..................................... .348 116.4 116.2 -2.2 -.2 .2 .2 -.2 

Fuels and utilities ....................................................................... 5.900 190.2 197.3 18.9 3.7 1.3 -1.2 3.3 

Fuels ........................................................................................ 4.984 172.4 179.7 21.9 4.2 1.4 -1.5 3.8 

Fuel oil and other fuels ........................................................... .347 227.4 228.9 26.5 .7 -4.0 -.9 -1.6 

Fuel oil ................................................................................. .227 236.0 237.7 30.5 .7 -4.8 -1.1 -2.0 

Other household fuels 5 ....................................................... .120 266.5 268.0 18.8 .6 -.3 -.8 -1.4 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ................................................... 4.637 178.3 186.4 21.6 4.5 1.9 -1.5 4.2 

Electricity 3 ........................................................................... 2.962 152.2 161.1 14.9 5.8 3.5 -.9 5.5 

Utility (piped) gas service 3 .................................................. 1.676 258.9 264.5 34.5 2.2 -.6 -2.7 1.3 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ..................... .916 133.2 134.3 5.0 .8 .5 .4 .7 

Water and sewerage maintenance 3 ...................................... .695 285.0 287.5 5.0 .9 .5 .5 .7 

Garbage and trash collection 1 6 ............................................ .220 320.3 322.8 5.1 .8 .5 .0 .8 

Household furnishings and operations ....................................... 4.193 121.9 122.0 .1 .1 .0 .2 -.2 

Window and floor coverings and other linens 2 ........................ .301 87.7 87.9 -3.1 .2 -.1 .5 -.8 

Floor coverings 1 2 ................................................................. .046 114.0 114.0 5.2 .0 .8 .8 .0 

Window coverings 1 2 ............................................................ .070 90.1 90.5 -1.6 .4 -.9 2.2 .4 

Other linens 1 2 ...................................................................... .185 79.5 79.7 -5.3 .3 -.1 -.6 .3 

Furniture and bedding 1 ........................................................... .884 123.6 123.4 .3 -.2 .7 .8 -.2 

Bedroom furniture 1 ................................................................ .302 143.6 143.3 3.5 -.2 .2 1.5 -.2 

Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture 1 2 ................ .412 92.0 91.7 -2.4 -.3 1.0 .7 -.3 

Other furniture 2 ..................................................................... .157 88.9 89.2 2.3 .3 .0 -.3 1.1 

See footnotes at end of table.
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

2005

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2006 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

Appliances 2 ............................................................................. .386 87.4 87.5 2.0 0.1 -0.3 0.5 -0.6 

Major appliances 1 2 .............................................................. .216 94.8 94.9 3.8 .1 -.6 1.3 .1 

Other appliances 1 2 .............................................................. .160 77.1 77.3 -.8 .3 -.4 -.9 .3 

Other household equipment and furnishings 2 ......................... .529 82.9 82.3 -5.0 -.7 -.4 -.1 -1.0 

Clocks, lamps, and decorator items 1 .................................... .279 80.1 78.6 -9.4 -1.9 .9 -1.5 -1.9 

Indoor plants and flowers 7 .................................................... .081 124.1 123.9 2.9 -.2 -.5 .4 .1 

Dishes and flatware 1 2 .......................................................... .075 80.7 81.7 -4.9 1.2 -1.4 -1.2 1.2 

Nonelectric cookware and tableware 1 2 ................................ .094 91.7 92.2 .5 .5 -1.4 -.7 .5 

Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies 1 2 ............. .797 93.2 93.4 -1.0 .2 -.5 -.3 .2 

Tools, hardware and supplies 1 2 ........................................... .293 98.5 98.6 1.8 .1 -.2 -.6 .1 

Outdoor equipment and supplies 2 ........................................ .324 88.8 89.1 -3.2 .3 -.6 .1 -.1 

Housekeeping supplies 1 ......................................................... .933 162.5 162.9 2.3 .2 -.1 .1 .2 

Household cleaning products 1 2 ........................................... .460 110.2 109.9 3.2 -.3 .3 -.1 -.3 

Household paper products 1 2 ............................................... .222 125.2 126.0 .6 .6 -.1 .1 .6 

Miscellaneous household products 1 2 .................................. .251 106.6 107.6 2.6 .9 -.7 .3 .9 

Household operations 1 2 ......................................................... .363 136.0 136.7 4.9 .5 .6 .5 .5 

Domestic services 1 2 ............................................................ .078 131.1 130.8 4.6 -.2 .7 1.2 -.2 

Gardening and lawncare services 1 2 .................................... .110 NA NA - -

 .9 - -

Moving, storage, freight expense 2 ........................................ .052 129.6 129.2 3.2 -.3 .0 -.2 .1 

Repair of household items 1 2 ................................................ .078 155.5 155.2 6.8 -.2 .1 .2 -.2 

Apparel ......................................................................................... 4.090 117.2 114.3 -1.6 -2.5 .0 -.3 .0 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ............................................................ .982 113.5 112.0 -2.3 -1.3 -.3 -.3 .1 

Men’s apparel .......................................................................... .722 119.6 117.5 -2.2 -1.8 .2 -.7 -.3 

Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear ................................ .127 124.3 119.2 -3.2 -4.1 .3 -.6 -2.7 

Men’s furnishings ................................................................... .181 133.7 134.9 .7 .9 -.4 -.6 1.3 

Men’s shirts and sweaters 2 ................................................... .182 86.7 82.5 -1.0 -4.8 .1 .2 .1 

Men’s pants and shorts .......................................................... .212 105.7 105.7 -5.7 .0 .9 -2.2 -1.7 

Boys’ apparel ........................................................................... .260 95.9 95.8 -2.8 -.1 -1.3 .7 .8 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ........................................................ 1.689 108.3 102.1 -3.0 -5.7 .7 -.3 -1.1 

Women’s apparel ..................................................................... 1.385 109.0 102.6 -2.3 -5.9 .9 -.4 -1.3 

Women’s outerwear ............................................................... .125 108.1 100.0 -3.4 -7.5 -1.3 .2 .5 

Women’s dresses .................................................................. .199 104.0 93.9 -.2 -9.7 .1 .4 -1.2 

Women’s suits and separates 2 ............................................. .705 86.9 80.6 -3.6 -7.2 1.5 -.6 -2.4 

Women’s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and

accessories 2 ................................................................. .331 91.8 91.9 .4 .1 .6 -.5 -.1 

Girls’ apparel ............................................................................ .304 105.7 100.4 -5.7 -5.0 .3 .3 -.2 

Footwear .................................................................................... .964 120.9 121.6 2.4 .6 -1.1 -.2 1.8 

Men’s footwear 1 ...................................................................... .311 118.1 119.1 3.0 .8 -1.2 -.5 .8 

Boys’ and girls’ footwear 1 ....................................................... .243 125.2 123.0 -.2 -1.8 -1.3 -.3 -1.8 

Women’s footwear ................................................................... .410 119.6 121.8 3.4 1.8 -.9 -1.1 3.9 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ..................................................... .242 117.6 115.8 -3.9 -1.5 -.3 .8 .3 

Jewelry and watches 5 ............................................................... .213 122.5 126.2 -1.1 3.0 .1 -.6 -.1 

Watches 5 ................................................................................ .045 108.7 110.6 .6 1.7 -.8 .3 .2 

Jewelry 5 .................................................................................. .168 126.6 130.9 -1.1 3.4 .5 -.7 .2 

Transportation .............................................................................. 19.669 171.6 174.9 7.6 1.9 -5.2 -.7 1.8 

Private transportation ................................................................. 18.931 168.8 172.2 7.6 2.0 -5.4 -.8 1.9 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................... 8.944 94.8 95.2 .6 .4 -.4 -.2 .3 

New vehicles .......................................................................... 5.380 139.3 140.3 -.3 .7 -.1 -.1 .6 

Used cars and trucks 1 ........................................................... 2.801 140.0 140.1 1.3 .1 -.8 -.1 .1 

Leased cars and trucks 1 8 .................................................... .556 92.3 91.7 1.8 -.7 -.4 -.6 -.7 

Car and truck rental 2 ............................................................. .056 112.2 108.7 6.5 -3.1 1.6 2.5 -2.2 

Motor fuel ................................................................................. 5.244 188.0 199.9 27.4 6.3 -16.0 -2.6 6.2 

Gasoline (all types) ................................................................ 5.193 187.0 198.9 27.4 6.4 -16.0 -2.6 6.2 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 9 ............................................... -

 186.5 198.3 28.0 6.3 -16.1 -2.5 6.1 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 9 10 ....................................... -

 191.8 204.1 27.0 6.4 -16.3 -2.7 6.7 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 9 ............................................ -

 181.7 192.8 25.4 6.1 -15.5 -2.8 6.1 

Other motor fuels 1 2 .............................................................. .050 187.0 190.5 28.1 1.9 -11.1 -7.4 1.9 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ....................................... .434 113.6 113.9 3.5 .3 .5 .4 .3 

Tires 1 .................................................................................... .236 105.4 105.6 2.5 .2 .5 .4 .2 

Vehicle accessories other than tires 1 2 ................................. .198 118.0 118.5 4.7 .4 .4 .4 .4 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ..................................... 1.130 213.2 213.6 3.7 .2 .2 .1 .2 

Motor vehicle body work 1 ...................................................... .064 220.7 221.6 5.5 .4 .2 .7 .4 

Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing 1 ........................... .420 194.0 194.0 3.1 .0 .4 .3 .0 

See footnotes at end of table.
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

2005

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2006 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

Motor vehicle repair 2 ............................................................. .620 129.8 130.2 3.8 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.2 

Motor vehicle insurance ........................................................... 2.721 333.5 332.9 .6 -.2 .3 .4 -.1 

Motor vehicle fees 1 2 .............................................................. .459 136.7 138.9 3.7 1.6 .7 .1 1.6 

State and local registration and license 1 2 3 ......................... .321 135.6 138.3 3.4 2.0 .0 .1 2.0 

Parking and other fees 1 2 ..................................................... .133 138.9 139.5 3.9 .4 2.5 .1 .4 

Public transportation .................................................................. .738 216.6 219.0 7.7 1.1 .0 -.4 1.3 

Airline fare 1 ............................................................................. .400 232.3 235.9 9.3 1.5 -1.4 -3.0 1.5 

Other intercity transportation 1 ................................................. .075 153.1 155.0 5.5 1.2 .2 1.7 1.2 

Intracity transportation 1 ........................................................... .258 220.6 221.5 6.0 .4 .1 .3 .4 

Medical care ................................................................................. 5.171 328.2 329.1 4.0 .3 .6 .2 .1 

Medical care commodities ......................................................... 1.140 273.9 275.0 3.7 .4 .7 .2 .4 

Prescription drugs and medical supplies ................................. .778 354.9 356.8 4.4 .5 .7 .3 .4 

Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies 1 5 ...................... .362 151.7 151.9 2.1 .1 .7 .2 .1 

Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs 1 .................. .267 180.1 180.3 2.4 .1 .9 .2 .1 

Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies 1 ............... .095 182.5 182.9 1.3 .2 .1 .1 .2 

Medical care services ................................................................ 4.030 342.8 343.6 4.1 .2 .6 .2 .0 

Professional services ............................................................... 2.336 287.4 287.2 3.0 -.1 .3 .2 -.3 

Physicians’ services 3 ............................................................ 1.415 291.7 290.6 2.3 -.4 .2 .2 -.8 

Dental services 3 .................................................................... .570 329.4 331.5 5.1 .6 .4 .4 .4 

Eyeglasses and eye care 5 .................................................... .182 168.2 168.1 2.6 -.1 .8 -.9 -.1 

Services by other medical professionals 3 5 .......................... .169 192.8 192.4 2.0 -.2 .2 .2 -.5 

Hospital and related services 3 ................................................ 1.332 446.4 450.1 5.3 .8 .8 .2 .6 

Hospital services 3 11 ............................................................. 1.299 165.1 166.5 5.3 .8 .9 .1 .6 

Inpatient hospital services 3 9 11 .......................................... -

 159.0 160.6 5.2 1.0 .6 .4 .5 

Outpatient hospital services 1 3 5 9 ...................................... -

 385.3 387.2 5.1 .5 1.7 -.2 .5 

Nursing homes and adult daycare 3 11 .................................. .033 156.6 157.8 4.5 .8 .4 .4 .5 

Health insurance 1 12 ............................................................... .362 100.0 100.2 -

 .2 - - .2 

Recreation 2 ................................................................................. 5.097 107.1 107.2 .7 .1 -.2 .0 .0 

Video and audio 2 ...................................................................... 1.928 103.2 103.3 -.1 .1 -.1 -.1 -.2 

Televisions ............................................................................... .162 24.2 24.3 -12.6 .4 -2.0 -1.2 .0 

Cable and satellite television and radio service 6 .................... 1.260 337.5 338.4 2.8 .3 .1 .4 -.3 

Other video equipment 2 .......................................................... .050 29.0 28.8 -9.7 -.7 -1.0 -1.7 -.7 

Video cassettes, discs, and other media including rental 1 2 ... .216 77.2 76.9 -.4 -.4 .8 -1.9 -.4 

Audio equipment 1 ................................................................... .075 56.8 56.0 -9.1 -1.4 -.9 -.7 -1.4 

Audio discs, tapes and other media 1 2 ................................... .106 108.7 108.5 -1.0 -.2 -.1 -.6 -.2 

Pets, pet products and services 2 .............................................. .632 123.3 123.7 3.0 .3 .6 .1 .3 

Pets and pet products .............................................................. .414 157.6 157.9 1.9 .2 .6 .1 .3 

Pet services including veterinary 2 ........................................... .218 153.5 154.4 5.0 .6 .3 .3 .5 

Sporting goods 1 ........................................................................ .536 116.5 116.4 .3 -.1 -.9 -.2 -.1 

Sports vehicles including bicycles ............................................ .271 137.2 136.4 2.2 -.6 -.9 .1 -1.1 

Sports equipment 1 .................................................................. .258 94.6 95.1 -2.0 .5 -1.4 .0 .5 

Photography 1 2 ......................................................................... .158 89.5 89.5 -2.6 .0 .0 -1.0 .0 

Photographic equipment and supplies 1 .................................. .078 95.8 96.4 -3.6 .6 -.1 -1.8 .6 

Photographers and film processing 1 2 .................................... .078 104.9 104.4 -1.8 -.5 .1 -.4 -.5 

Other recreational goods 2 ......................................................... .388 67.6 67.3 -4.0 -.4 -.4 -.3 -.4 

Toys 1 ....................................................................................... .289 77.9 77.6 -4.7 -.4 -.5 -.5 -.4 

Sewing machines, fabric and supplies 1 2 ............................... .053 91.9 90.8 -1.5 -1.2 -.4 .2 -1.2 

Music instruments and accessories 1 2 .................................... .033 95.1 95.3 -2.0 .2 .0 -.3 .2 

Recreation services 2 ................................................................. 1.228 133.4 134.0 2.8 .4 .2 .2 .1 

Club membership dues and fees for participant sports 2 ......... .312 119.0 119.9 3.2 .8 .5 .2 .4 

Admissions ............................................................................... .592 283.6 284.3 2.4 .2 .3 .3 -.2 

Fees for lessons or instructions 5 ............................................. .138 232.8 233.7 2.5 .4 -.2 .0 .2 

Recreational reading materials 1 ................................................ .228 205.5 206.5 .7 .5 -.5 .1 .5 

Newspapers and magazines 1 2 .............................................. .143 119.3 120.2 2.0 .8 -.8 .8 .8 

Recreational books 1 2 ............................................................. .084 102.3 102.3 -1.6 .0 .1 -1.4 .0 

Education and communication 2 .................................................. 5.635 112.6 113.1 2.3 .4 .4 .1 .4 

Education 2 ................................................................................ 2.243 155.6 156.7 6.4 .7 .5 .5 .8 

Educational books and supplies .............................................. .199 375.5 380.6 6.0 1.4 .6 .5 .6 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................. 2.044 440.5 443.3 6.4 .6 .5 .5 .8 

College tuition and fees ......................................................... .926 493.2 493.9 6.8 .1 .6 .6 .6 

Elementary and high school tuition and fees ......................... .264 497.1 497.1 5.6 .0 .5 .5 .5 

See footnotes at end of table.
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

2005

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2006 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

Child care and nursery school 7 ............................................. .738 199.3 202.2 6.1 1.5 0.4 0.3 1.4 

Technical and business school tuition and fees 2 .................. .032 168.0 169.4 5.3 .8 .5 .5 .6 

Communication 2 ....................................................................... 3.392 86.2 86.3 -.8 .1 .3 .0 .1 

Postage and delivery services 2 ............................................... .148 120.5 126.5 5.3 5.0 .0 .1 5.0 

Postage 1 ............................................................................... .136 191.7 201.9 5.3 5.3 .0 .0 5.3 

Delivery services 2 ................................................................. .012 169.4 170.5 7.5 .6 1.1 1.3 .5 

Information and information processing 1 2 ............................. 3.244 84.6 84.6 -1.1 .0 .4 -.1 .0 

Telephone services 1 2 .......................................................... 2.653 95.3 95.3 .4 .0 .5 .0 .0 

Land-line telephone services, local charges 1 3 ................... .861 212.0 211.2 2.4 -.4 .2 .4 -.4 

Land-line telephone services, long distance charges 1 2 ..... .801 67.3 67.6 -1.0 .4 2.0 -.6 .4 

Wireless telephone services 1 2 ........................................... .991 65.7 65.7 -1.1 .0 -.3 .2 .0 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 13 ............... .590 13.6 13.6 -8.1 .0 -.7 -.7 .0 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ................ .208 11.6 11.4 -16.8 -1.7 -1.7 -1.7 -1.7 

Computer software and accessories 1 2 ................................ .029 57.4 56.5 -5.0 -1.6 .7 -.2 -1.6 

Internet services and electronic information providers 1 2 ..... .301 94.8 94.8 -2.7 .0 -.8 .4 .0 

Telephone hardware, calculators, and other consumer

information items 1 2 ...................................................... .042 44.7 45.0 -5.9 .7 -.7 -.7 .7 

Other goods and services ............................................................ 3.640 326.6 327.6 3.0 .3 .3 .4 .3 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 .............................................. 1.137 515.0 517.1 4.5 .4 .4 .4 .4 

Cigarettes 1 2 ........................................................................... 1.071 208.0 208.9 4.6 .4 .4 .3 .4 

Tobacco products other than cigarettes 1 2 ............................. .062 153.6 153.4 3.6 -.1 .5 .6 -.1 

Personal care ............................................................................. 2.504 185.8 186.3 2.3 .3 .3 .4 .3 

Personal care products 1 ......................................................... .774 155.4 155.8 1.6 .3 -.1 .3 .3 

Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care

products 1 2 .................................................................... .423 101.8 101.8 1.1 .0 -.1 .5 .0 

Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implements 1 ..................................................................................... .346 174.8 175.7 2.3 .5 .2 .1 .5 

Personal care services 1 .......................................................... .616 206.9 206.6 2.1 -.1 .2 .7 -.1 

Haircuts and other personal care services 1 2 ....................... .616 126.1 125.9 2.0 -.2 .2 .7 -.2 

Miscellaneous personal services ............................................. .949 307.0 308.6 3.1 .5 .3 .4 .3 

Legal services 5 ..................................................................... .253 245.9 246.8 3.0 .4 .2 .4 .1 

Funeral expenses 5 ................................................................ .122 239.8 241.1 5.3 .5 .6 .4 .5 

Laundry and dry cleaning services 1 2 ................................... .280 122.8 123.3 2.3 .4 .2 .2 .4 

Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning 1 2 ...... .024 129.2 129.8 4.8 .5 .2 .2 .5 

Financial services 5 ................................................................ .145 254.5 257.1 2.5 1.0 .2 .2 .8 

Care of invalids and elderly at home 1 12 .............................. .005 100.0 100.4 -

 .4 - - .4 

Miscellaneous personal goods 2 .............................................. .165 86.1 86.0 .6 -.1 1.7 .9 -1.2 

Special aggregate indexes

Commodities .................................................................................. 44.601 161.2 162.6 4.0 .9 -2.4 -.4 1.0 

Commodities less food and beverages ........................................ 28.064 143.4 144.8 4.9 1.0 -3.9 -.6 1.2 

Nondurables less food and beverages ...................................... 15.599 170.8 173.5 9.3 1.6 -4.6 -.8 2.5 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ..................... 11.509 207.8 214.2 13.5 3.1 -8.5 -1.2 2.7 

Durables ..................................................................................... 12.465 114.9 115.2 -.3 .3 -.3 -.1 .2 

Services ......................................................................................... 55.399 229.2 230.7 4.2 .7 .4 .1 .5 

Rent of shelter 4 ............................................................................. 29.721 211.2 211.9 2.6 .3 .3 .3 .0 

Transportation services .................................................................. 5.659 228.3 228.6 2.6 .1 .2 .1 .2 

Other services ................................................................................ 9.726 263.5 264.4 2.8 .3 .4 .2 .3

All items less food .......................................................................... 84.481 192.3 193.9 4.4 .8 -1.0 -.2 .8 

All items less shelter ...................................................................... 69.931 184.8 186.6 4.8 1.0 -1.3 -.3 1.0 

All items less medical care ............................................................. 94.829 186.7 188.2 4.1 .8 -.9 -.1 .7 

Commodities less food ................................................................... 29.082 145.3 146.8 4.9 1.0 -3.7 -.6 1.2

Nondurables less food ................................................................... 16.617 172.4 175.1 8.8 1.6 -4.4 -.7 2.4

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................... 12.527 205.9 211.9 12.4 2.9 -7.8 -1.2 2.6 

Nondurables ................................................................................... 32.136 182.2 184.2 5.7 1.1 -2.4 -.3 1.5 

See footnotes at end of table.
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

2005

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2006 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Special aggregate indexes

Apparel less footwear .................................................................... 3.126 112.0 108.1 -2.9 -3.5 0.4 -0.3 -0.5 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ........................................................ 25.679 221.1 223.4 6.0 1.0 .7 .0 1.0 

Services less medical care services .............................................. 51.369 220.6 222.2 4.2 .7 .5 .2 .5 

Energy ............................................................................................ 10.228 179.3 188.8 24.7 5.3 -8.7 -2.1 5.0 

All items less energy ...................................................................... 89.772 194.9 195.4 2.0 .3 .2 .2 .2 

All items less food and energy ..................................................... 74.253 195.9 196.2 2.0 .2 .2 .2 .2 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ...................... 23.491 140.4 140.2 .2 -.1 -.1 -.1 .1 

Energy commodities ................................................................ 5.591 190.7 202.0 27.3 5.9 -15.4 -2.5 5.7 

Services less energy services .................................................... 50.762 234.6 235.4 2.8 .3 .3 .3 .1 

Domestically produced farm food 1 ................................................ 7.804 196.0 197.6 2.1 .8 .1 .4 .8 

Utilities and public transportation ................................................... 10.204 181.4 185.4 10.8 2.2 1.2 -.6 2.1 

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

 $ .520 $ .516 - - - - -

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

 $ .174 $ .173 - - - - -

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 2005=100 base. 13 Indexes on a December 1988=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.
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.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Apr.

2005

July

2005

Oct.

2005

Jan.

2006

July

2005

Jan.

2006

Expenditure category

All items ......................................................................................... 195.1 193.5 193.3 194.6 6.1 2.3 9.3 -1.0 4.2 4.0 

Food and beverages .................................................................... 191.7 192.2 192.5 193.3 3.9 .8 2.1 3.4 2.3 2.7 

Food ........................................................................................... 191.3 191.8 192.1 192.9 3.9 .8 2.3 3.4 2.4 2.9 

Food at home ........................................................................... 189.7 190.3 190.6 191.5 4.6 -.6 1.5 3.8 1.9 2.7 

Cereals and bakery products ................................................. 209.5 210.0 209.9 211.3 1.4 -1.0 2.5 3.5 .2 3.0 

Cereals and cereal products ................................................ 185.7 185.9 186.2 186.2 .9 -3.8 .9 1.1 -1.5 1.0 

Flour and prepared flour mixes .......................................... 179.7 181.8 181.2 179.7 9.2 -10.7 2.7 .0 -1.2 1.3 

Breakfast cereal 1 .............................................................. 201.6 200.9 200.9 200.4 2.2 -3.7 -1.6 -2.4 -.8 -2.0 

Rice, pasta, cornmeal 1 ...................................................... 166.1 165.6 167.3 168.1 -1.0 -.2 3.2 4.9 -.6 4.0 

Bakery products 1 ................................................................ 222.2 222.4 221.3 224.3 3.9 1.3 1.1 3.8 2.6 2.5 

Bread 1 2 ............................................................................ 126.2 127.9 126.8 127.9 2.9 -.3 1.0 5.5 1.3 3.2 

Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins 1 2 ......................................... 127.1 126.7 126.7 127.8 6.3 .6 5.9 2.2 3.4 4.0 

Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies .......................................... 210.2 210.7 211.7 211.9 2.5 1.4 2.5 3.3 1.9 2.9 

Other bakery products ....................................................... 214.9 214.7 211.9 217.7 -1.7 3.8 1.9 5.3 1.0 3.6 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ................................................ 184.4 185.7 185.6 185.4 3.5 -1.3 -.2 2.2 1.1 1.0 

Meats, poultry, and fish ........................................................ 186.2 187.5 187.5 187.0 4.4 -2.5 -.4 1.7 .9 .6 

Meats ................................................................................. 185.7 187.2 188.3 188.2 6.4 -5.2 -2.1 5.5 .4 1.6 

Beef and veal 1 ................................................................ 198.1 199.0 201.7 203.2 9.2 -3.7 -2.8 10.7 2.6 3.7 

Uncooked ground beef 1 ................................................ 175.8 175.8 176.0 176.3 9.0 .5 5.2 1.1 4.6 3.1 

Uncooked beef roasts 1 2 ............................................... 141.5 144.3 147.4 147.8 2.5 -4.0 -8.3 19.0 -.8 4.5 

Uncooked beef steaks 1 2 .............................................. 142.2 142.8 145.9 147.2 14.0 -10.1 -7.0 14.8 1.3 3.3 

Uncooked other beef and veal 1 2 .................................. 132.9 132.5 134.8 140.2 6.5 5.5 -8.0 23.8 6.0 6.7 

Pork .................................................................................. 175.6 176.8 176.6 175.0 6.9 -11.8 -1.6 -1.4 -2.9 -1.5 

Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products 2 ........ 119.1 119.7 120.3 121.0 5.2 -18.1 -7.1 6.5 -7.2 -.5 

Ham ............................................................................... 175.9 176.0 176.0 172.2 20.8 -7.9 -4.9 -8.2 5.5 -6.5 

Pork chops ..................................................................... 171.6 174.8 172.0 168.0 -2.8 -3.9 5.0 -8.1 -3.3 -1.8 

Other pork including roasts and picnics 2 ...................... 109.6 110.1 111.2 109.7 2.9 -7.3 1.5 .4 -2.3 .9 

Other meats 1 ................................................................... 176.7 179.9 179.6 178.3 -1.4 3.0 -1.6 3.7 .8 1.0 

Poultry 1 ............................................................................. 187.5 188.2 184.1 181.4 .2 4.9 1.3 -12.4 2.5 -5.8 

Chicken 1 2 ....................................................................... 122.2 123.8 120.3 118.3 .3 4.7 1.7 -12.2 2.5 -5.5 

Other poultry including turkey 2 ........................................ 113.6 114.1 114.2 112.0 .0 .3 -4.1 -5.5 .2 -4.8 

Fish and seafood 1 ............................................................. 203.8 205.5 205.5 206.3 .0 .4 6.3 5.0 .2 5.7 

Fresh fish and seafood 1 2 ............................................... 117.5 119.4 120.6 120.2 2.1 -1.4 9.4 9.5 .3 9.4 

Processed fish and seafood 2 .......................................... 109.9 109.2 108.7 109.8 -2.9 1.5 2.6 -.4 -.7 1.1 

Eggs ..................................................................................... 148.0 146.7 146.4 151.9 -14.1 32.9 10.4 11.0 6.8 10.7 

Dairy and related products ..................................................... 181.5 182.8 182.3 182.9 .2 -1.7 -1.1 3.1 -.8 1.0

Milk 2 .................................................................................... 126.7 127.9 127.7 126.7 -.3 -.3 .3 .0 -.3 .2 

Cheese and related products ............................................... 180.3 182.5 180.9 182.0 -.7 -1.5 -4.1 3.8 -1.1 -.2 

Ice cream and related products ........................................... 181.8 179.4 179.9 181.8 1.8 -4.1 6.9 .0 -1.2 3.4 

Other dairy and related products 1 2 .................................... 121.4 121.7 121.9 122.9 2.0 5.0 -5.1 5.0 3.5 -.2 

Fruits and vegetables ............................................................. 243.1 243.2 245.3 249.0 10.7 1.0 5.1 10.1 5.7 7.6 

Fresh fruits and vegetables .................................................. 287.9 288.2 290.1 296.3 11.5 1.0 6.1 12.2 6.1 9.1 

Fresh fruits ......................................................................... 299.3 300.2 296.7 304.0 -14.3 20.7 4.7 6.4 1.7 5.5 

Apples .............................................................................. 254.2 258.5 259.1 257.8 -25.3 35.8 12.0 5.8 .7 8.8 

Bananas ........................................................................... 171.0 171.1 171.5 173.1 8.4 1.2 14.5 5.0 4.8 9.7 

Citrus fruits 2 .................................................................... 181.3 184.6 182.6 192.9 -3.0 17.3 6.2 28.2 6.7 16.7 

Other fresh fruits 2 ............................................................ 110.5 109.1 107.6 110.0 -16.8 24.5 -7.3 -1.8 1.8 -4.6 

Fresh vegetables ............................................................... 275.7 275.3 282.1 287.3 43.0 -14.5 7.6 17.9 10.6 12.6 

Potatoes ........................................................................... 266.7 263.4 263.7 263.6 1.2 11.7 39.3 -4.6 6.3 15.3 

Lettuce 1 ........................................................................... 251.9 251.6 253.2 253.4 51.0 -44.9 19.4 2.4 -8.8 10.6 

Tomatoes ......................................................................... 304.5 284.2 310.7 352.1 32.0 2.2 10.2 78.8 16.1 40.4 

Other fresh vegetables ..................................................... 282.8 286.2 290.9 289.6 39.1 -7.6 -4.5 10.0 13.4 2.5

Processed fruits and vegetables 2 ....................................... 120.0 119.9 121.7 120.9 8.5 .7 1.7 3.0 4.5 2.4 

Canned fruits and vegetables 2 .......................................... 119.9 118.5 121.0 121.0 8.6 2.7 3.1 3.7 5.6 3.4 

Frozen fruits and vegetables 2 ........................................... 120.3 121.8 122.5 121.1 4.8 -2.6 .0 2.7 1.0 1.3 

Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried 2 ... 118.4 118.5 118.6 119.5 13.1 -3.6 1.7 3.8 4.4 2.7 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Apr.

2005

July

2005

Oct.

2005

Jan.

2006

July

2005

Jan.

2006

Expenditure category

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .................. 144.9 145.5 145.5 146.0 9.1 0.3 2.2 3.1 4.6 2.7 

Juices and nonalcoholic drinks 2 .......................................... 111.8 112.4 112.6 113.4 8.3 -.7 2.2 5.8 3.7 4.0 

Carbonated drinks .............................................................. 134.8 135.2 135.8 136.5 5.3 4.3 4.0 5.1 4.8 4.5 

Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 2 ...................... 113.9 113.1 112.2 116.4 1.8 -1.4 3.6 9.1 .2 6.3 

Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 2 ................ 106.0 106.9 107.5 108.3 10.2 -6.2 -.8 9.0 1.7 4.0 

Beverage materials including coffee and tea 1 2 .................. 104.0 104.4 103.4 103.7 6.5 3.6 3.1 -1.1 5.0 1.0 

Coffee 1 .............................................................................. 164.3 164.3 162.1 162.6 29.6 10.9 -1.9 -4.1 19.9 -3.0 

Other beverage materials including tea 1 2 ........................ 115.9 116.7 115.7 116.1 -4.1 -.7 6.1 .7 -2.4 3.4 

Other food at home ................................................................ 167.5 167.2 167.6 168.4 4.4 .0 1.2 2.2 2.2 1.7 

Sugar and sweets ................................................................ 165.8 166.6 168.1 168.3 5.0 3.7 .2 6.2 4.4 3.2 

Sugar and artificial sweeteners .......................................... 152.2 155.2 158.0 157.1 9.4 -4.7 13.4 13.5 2.1 13.4 

Candy and chewing gum 1 2 .............................................. 109.6 110.3 110.8 110.8 2.6 11.1 -6.3 4.5 6.8 -1.1 

Other sweets 2 ................................................................... 118.7 118.3 118.6 119.3 15.7 -5.9 1.0 2.0 4.4 1.5 

Fats and oils ......................................................................... 167.6 167.7 167.4 169.9 -1.6 -3.3 -.5 5.6 -2.5 2.5 

Butter and margarine 1 2 .................................................... 137.9 133.7 132.0 139.9 -1.4 -11.3 8.6 5.9 -6.5 7.2 

Salad dressing 2 ................................................................. 107.3 106.9 106.4 109.3 -6.3 -2.9 -5.1 7.7 -4.6 1.1 

Other fats and oils including peanut butter 1 2 ................... 116.4 116.3 116.3 117.4 .0 .0 1.0 3.5 .0 2.3 

Other foods 1 ........................................................................ 184.1 183.4 183.7 184.4 5.9 -.2 1.8 .7 2.8 1.2 

Soups ................................................................................. 216.2 214.9 214.1 210.2 14.3 -4.0 -1.6 -10.6 4.8 -6.3 

Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods ............................ 154.1 152.3 151.2 152.8 .0 1.6 10.2 -3.3 .8 3.2 

Snacks 1 ............................................................................. 180.3 179.4 180.7 179.4 9.4 -4.4 6.7 -2.0 2.3 2.3 

Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces 1 ........................ 190.8 186.4 186.7 192.3 4.1 -1.0 .8 3.2 1.5 2.0 

Baby food 1 2 ..................................................................... 125.5 127.9 128.0 128.4 5.6 -4.1 6.3 9.6 .7 7.9 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ........................................... 112.5 113.2 112.9 113.0 1.5 2.9 2.2 1.8 2.2 2.0 

Food away from home 1 ........................................................... 195.1 195.5 195.8 196.4 3.0 2.9 3.6 2.7 3.0 3.1 

Full service meals and snacks 1 2 .......................................... 122.6 122.9 123.1 123.4 2.0 2.7 3.0 2.6 2.3 2.8 

Limited service meals and snacks 1 2 .................................... 123.6 123.8 124.0 124.5 3.0 3.3 3.6 2.9 3.2 3.3 

Food at employee sites and schools 2 ................................... 119.5 119.9 120.1 120.5 2.8 2.0 2.4 3.4 2.4 2.9 

Food from vending machines and mobile vendors 1 2 ........... 113.7 113.8 114.2 114.3 3.3 2.2 3.6 2.1 2.7 2.9 

Other food away from home 2 ................................................ 133.0 133.3 133.7 133.9 6.1 8.0 3.7 2.7 7.0 3.2 

Alcoholic beverages 1 ................................................................ 196.5 197.0 196.3 198.0 3.8 -1.2 1.9 3.1 1.2 2.5 

Alcoholic beverages at home ................................................... 173.7 173.8 173.3 174.7 1.6 -.5 .9 2.3 .6 1.6 

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home ........................ 176.7 177.3 176.3 177.7 1.6 -1.6 .5 2.3 .0 1.4 

Distilled spirits at home .......................................................... 175.4 175.4 175.9 176.8 .7 -2.3 3.7 3.2 -.8 3.5 

Wine at home ......................................................................... 153.1 152.7 152.7 154.2 1.3 4.0 1.1 2.9 2.7 2.0 

Alcoholic beverages away from home ..................................... 245.7 246.6 247.0 248.5 3.5 1.8 3.3 4.6 2.7 4.0 

Housing ........................................................................................ 194.3 195.1 195.2 196.2 4.1 2.8 7.3 4.0 3.4 5.6 

Shelter ........................................................................................ 218.8 219.5 220.1 220.2 3.4 2.2 1.8 2.6 2.8 2.2 

Rent of primary residence 3 ..................................................... 218.4 219.0 219.6 219.9 3.2 3.0 3.0 2.8 3.1 2.9 

Lodging away from home 2 ...................................................... 129.8 131.0 132.5 131.9 10.4 .0 -3.0 6.6 5.1 1.7 

Housing at school, excluding board 3 4 .................................. 343.2 344.9 346.5 348.1 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.8 6.0 5.8 

Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels 271.9 274.4 277.7 275.1 11.0 -.7 -3.6 4.8 5.0 .5 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 .................... 210.1 210.6 211.0 211.5 2.7 2.3 2.1 2.7 2.5 2.4 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ..................................... 116.0 116.2 116.4 116.2 -1.0 -.3 -7.9 .7 -.7 -3.7 

Fuels and utilities ....................................................................... 192.1 194.6 192.2 198.6 11.2 7.4 45.9 14.2 9.3 29.1 

Fuels ........................................................................................ 174.6 177.1 174.5 181.1 13.0 7.5 56.5 15.7 10.2 34.6 

Fuel oil and other fuels ........................................................... 242.1 232.4 230.4 226.8 39.0 30.5 83.2 -23.0 34.7 18.8 

Fuel oil ................................................................................. 256.0 243.7 241.1 236.2 53.3 41.9 84.3 -27.5 47.5 15.6 

Other household fuels 5 ....................................................... 267.5 266.6 264.6 261.0 23.5 6.0 68.2 -9.4 14.4 23.5 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ................................................... 179.9 183.3 180.5 188.1 11.3 6.2 54.4 19.5 8.7 35.8 

Electricity 3 ........................................................................... 153.1 158.4 157.0 165.7 6.0 9.6 9.4 37.2 7.8 22.5 

Utility (piped) gas service 3 .................................................. 262.6 260.9 253.9 257.3 23.1 -.8 190.8 -7.8 10.5 63.7 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ..................... 132.2 132.9 133.4 134.3 4.5 6.0 3.1 6.5 5.2 4.8 

Water and sewerage maintenance 3 ...................................... 282.9 284.3 285.6 287.5 4.9 5.9 2.6 6.7 5.4 4.6 

Garbage and trash collection 1 6 ............................................ 318.7 320.2 320.3 322.8 3.7 5.4 6.0 5.2 4.5 5.6 

Household furnishings and operations ....................................... 121.9 121.9 122.2 121.9 -.3 -.3 1.0 .0 -.3 .5 

Window and floor coverings and other linens 2 ........................ 87.8 87.7 88.1 87.4 .0 -7.8 -2.2 -1.8 -4.0 -2.0 

Floor coverings 1 2 ................................................................. 112.2 113.1 114.0 114.0 4.5 7.5 2.2 6.6 6.0 4.3 

Window coverings 1 2 ............................................................ 89.0 88.2 90.1 90.5 -10.8 10.2 -10.9 6.9 -.9 -2.4 

Other linens 1 2 ...................................................................... 80.1 80.0 79.5 79.7 3.4 -20.4 -.5 -2.0 -9.3 -1.2 

Furniture and bedding 1 ........................................................... 121.8 122.6 123.6 123.4 1.3 -3.5 -1.6 5.4 -1.1 1.8 

Bedroom furniture 1 ................................................................ 141.2 141.5 143.6 143.3 6.8 .9 .3 6.1 3.8 3.1 

Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture 1 2 ................ 90.5 91.4 92.0 91.7 -6.6 -4.7 -3.5 5.4 -5.7 .9 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Apr.

2005

July

2005

Oct.

2005

Jan.

2006

July

2005

Jan.

2006

Expenditure category

Other furniture 2 ..................................................................... 89.6 89.6 89.3 90.3 3.2 -3.5 6.5 3.2 -0.2 4.8 

Appliances 2 ............................................................................. 87.7 87.4 87.8 87.3 5.7 1.4 2.8 -1.8 3.5 .5 

Major appliances 1 2 .............................................................. 94.2 93.6 94.8 94.9 8.1 3.9 .4 3.0 6.0 1.7 

Other appliances 1 2 .............................................................. 78.1 77.8 77.1 77.3 -1.0 -2.0 4.2 -4.0 -1.5 .0 

Other household equipment and furnishings 2 ......................... 83.5 83.2 83.1 82.3 -3.6 -2.3 -8.2 -5.6 -3.0 -6.9 

Clocks, lamps, and decorator items 1 .................................... 80.6 81.3 80.1 78.6 -5.9 -13.3 -8.9 -9.6 -9.7 -9.2 

Indoor plants and flowers 7 .................................................... 124.7 124.1 124.6 124.7 -2.3 9.6 4.3 .0 3.5 2.1 

Dishes and flatware 1 2 .......................................................... 82.9 81.7 80.7 81.7 5.7 -13.1 -5.6 -5.7 -4.1 -5.6 

Nonelectric cookware and tableware 1 2 ................................ 93.6 92.3 91.7 92.2 3.1 6.2 -.9 -5.9 4.6 -3.4 

Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies 1 2 ............. 94.0 93.5 93.2 93.4 -.4 -1.7 .9 -2.5 -1.1 -.9 

Tools, hardware and supplies 1 2 ........................................... 99.3 99.1 98.5 98.6 8.1 .4 1.6 -2.8 4.2 -.6 

Outdoor equipment and supplies 2 ........................................ 90.1 89.6 89.7 89.6 -9.2 -3.1 1.8 -2.2 -6.2 -.2 

Housekeeping supplies 1 ......................................................... 162.5 162.4 162.5 162.9 .0 2.0 6.4 1.0 1.0 3.7 

Household cleaning products 1 2 ........................................... 110.0 110.3 110.2 109.9 1.5 2.6 9.2 -.4 2.1 4.3 

Household paper products 1 2 ............................................... 125.2 125.1 125.2 126.0 -4.4 4.6 -.3 2.6 .0 1.1 

Miscellaneous household products 1 2 .................................. 107.0 106.3 106.6 107.6 1.9 -2.3 8.7 2.3 -.2 5.4 

Household operations 1 2 ......................................................... 134.5 135.3 136.0 136.7 3.1 5.3 4.6 6.7 4.2 5.6 

Domestic services 1 2 ............................................................ 128.6 129.5 131.1 130.8 8.2 1.3 1.9 7.0 4.7 4.4 

Gardening and lawncare services 1 2 .................................... 130.3 131.5 NA NA -

 3.2 3.4 - - -

Moving, storage, freight expense 2 ........................................ 129.7 129.7 129.4 129.5 -2.8 12.4 4.8 -.6 4.5 2.0 

Repair of household items 1 2 ................................................ 155.0 155.2 155.5 155.2 11.5 3.5 12.2 .5 7.4 6.2 

Apparel ......................................................................................... 118.5 118.5 118.2 118.2 -1.7 -3.6 .0 -1.0 -2.6 -.5 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ............................................................ 114.8 114.5 114.2 114.3 -.3 -8.9 2.1 -1.7 -4.7 .2 

Men’s apparel .......................................................................... 120.5 120.7 119.8 119.5 2.0 -7.6 .3 -3.3 -2.9 -1.5 

Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear ................................ 124.3 124.7 124.0 120.7 10.3 -14.8 5.3 -11.1 -3.0 -3.2 

Men’s furnishings ................................................................... 136.3 135.8 135.0 136.8 5.4 -6.0 2.4 1.5 -.4 1.9 

Men’s shirts and sweaters 2 ................................................... 84.2 84.3 84.5 84.6 .9 -3.7 -2.8 1.9 -1.4 -.5 

Men’s pants and shorts .......................................................... 110.2 111.2 108.7 106.9 -4.2 -8.6 1.5 -11.5 -6.4 -5.2 

Boys’ apparel ........................................................................... 98.3 97.0 97.7 98.5 -6.9 -12.3 8.6 .8 -9.6 4.6 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ........................................................ 109.1 109.9 109.6 108.4 -2.5 -3.9 -2.9 -2.5 -3.2 -2.7 

Women’s apparel ..................................................................... 110.2 111.2 110.7 109.3 -1.1 -3.2 -1.4 -3.2 -2.1 -2.3 

Women’s outerwear ............................................................... 105.5 104.1 104.3 104.8 -14.3 .4 4.3 -2.6 -7.2 .8 

Women’s dresses .................................................................. 104.4 104.5 104.9 103.6 1.9 4.7 -4.5 -3.0 3.3 -3.8 

Women’s suits and separates 2 ............................................. 87.7 89.0 88.5 86.4 -3.5 -4.9 -.5 -5.8 -4.2 -3.2 

Women’s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and

accessories 2 ................................................................. 94.1 94.7 94.2 94.1 11.1 -4.5 -4.1 .0 3.0 -2.1 

Girls’ apparel ............................................................................ 104.7 105.0 105.3 105.1 -8.7 -7.1 -8.3 1.5 -7.9 -3.5 

Footwear .................................................................................... 123.0 121.7 121.5 123.7 .7 3.3 3.3 2.3 2.0 2.8 

Men’s footwear 1 ...................................................................... 120.2 118.7 118.1 119.1 11.9 -4.3 9.1 -3.6 3.5 2.6 

Boys’ and girls’ footwear 1 ....................................................... 127.3 125.6 125.2 123.0 -2.9 8.4 7.9 -12.8 2.6 -3.0 

Women’s footwear ................................................................... 123.7 122.6 121.2 125.9 .0 -4.2 11.1 7.3 -2.1 9.2 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ..................................................... 116.8 116.4 117.3 117.6 -1.9 -8.9 -6.9 2.8 -5.5 -2.2 

Jewelry and watches 5 ............................................................... 126.9 127.0 126.3 126.2 -5.8 -1.3 4.9 -2.2 -3.6 1.3 

Watches 5 ................................................................................ 111.1 110.2 110.5 110.7 -.4 2.9 1.5 -1.4 1.3 .0

Jewelry 5 .................................................................................. 131.0 131.7 130.8 131.1 -7.3 -1.2 4.1 .3 -4.3 2.2 

Transportation .............................................................................. 184.0 174.5 173.2 176.4 18.8 4.3 28.6 -15.5 11.3 4.2 

Private transportation ................................................................. 181.4 171.6 170.3 173.5 19.1 4.3 29.3 -16.3 11.5 4.0 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................... 95.1 94.7 94.5 94.8 .4 1.7 1.3 -1.3 1.1 .0 

New vehicles .......................................................................... 138.7 138.6 138.4 139.2 -.6 -3.7 1.7 1.4 -2.1 1.6 

Used cars and trucks 1 ........................................................... 141.4 140.2 140.0 140.1 1.7 8.9 -1.4 -3.6 5.3 -2.5 

Leased cars and trucks 1 8 .................................................... 93.3 92.9 92.3 91.7 4.5 1.8 8.1 -6.7 3.1 .4 

Car and truck rental 2 ............................................................. 108.3 110.0 112.7 110.2 -1.5 8.0 12.3 7.2 3.1 9.7 

Motor fuel ................................................................................. 238.5 200.4 195.1 207.1 86.8 10.7 123.8 -43.1 43.8 12.8 

Gasoline (all types) ................................................................ 237.3 199.3 194.1 206.1 87.8 10.3 123.9 -43.1 43.9 12.9 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 9 ............................................... 237.4 199.1 194.1 206.0 89.2 11.0 125.6 -43.3 44.9 13.1 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 9 10 ....................................... 243.5 203.9 198.3 211.5 81.7 11.4 126.0 -43.1 42.3 13.4 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 9 ............................................ 228.3 193.0 187.5 198.9 78.0 10.7 117.5 -42.4 40.3 11.9 

Other motor fuels 1 2 .............................................................. 227.3 202.0 187.0 190.5 106.7 6.2 148.7 -50.7 48.2 10.8 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ....................................... 112.6 113.2 113.6 113.9 1.1 3.7 4.4 4.7 2.4 4.5 

Tires 1 .................................................................................... 104.5 105.0 105.4 105.6 -.8 3.1 3.5 4.3 1.2 3.9 

Vehicle accessories other than tires 1 2 ................................. 117.0 117.5 118.0 118.5 3.2 4.3 6.0 5.2 3.7 5.6 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ..................................... 212.1 212.6 212.9 213.4 3.3 3.9 5.3 2.5 3.6 3.9 

Motor vehicle body work 1 ...................................................... 218.8 219.2 220.7 221.6 4.6 5.2 6.9 5.2 4.9 6.0 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Apr.

2005

July

2005

Oct.

2005

Jan.

2006

July

2005

Jan.

2006

Expenditure category

Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing 1 ........................... 192.7 193.5 194.0 194.0 2.8 3.9 3.2 2.7 3.3 3.0 

Motor vehicle repair 2 ............................................................. 129.2 129.7 129.7 130.0 2.6 4.2 6.1 2.5 3.4 4.3 

Motor vehicle insurance ........................................................... 330.2 331.1 332.5 332.2 -.4 1.2 -1.1 2.4 .4 .7 

Motor vehicle fees 1 2 .............................................................. 135.6 136.6 136.7 138.9 2.7 2.4 -.3 10.1 2.6 4.8 

State and local registration and license 1 2 3 ......................... 135.5 135.5 135.6 138.3 1.8 .6 3.0 8.5 1.2 5.7 

Parking and other fees 1 2 ..................................................... 135.3 138.7 138.9 139.5 4.9 7.3 -8.1 13.0 6.1 1.9 

Public transportation .................................................................. 221.6 221.6 220.8 223.6 9.8 9.3 8.0 3.7 9.6 5.8 

Airline fare 1 ............................................................................. 243.0 239.6 232.3 235.9 36.1 28.7 -8.3 -11.2 32.4 -9.7 

Other intercity transportation 1 ................................................. 150.2 150.5 153.1 155.0 -1.6 30.9 -15.2 13.4 13.5 -1.9 

Intracity transportation 1 ........................................................... 219.8 220.0 220.6 221.5 9.1 6.3 5.5 3.1 7.7 4.3 

Medical care ................................................................................. 326.7 328.6 329.2 329.5 4.9 3.8 4.1 3.5 4.3 3.8 

Medical care commodities ......................................................... 271.8 273.7 274.2 275.3 2.0 3.3 4.1 5.3 2.7 4.7 

Prescription drugs and medical supplies ................................. 352.3 354.8 356.0 357.5 1.6 5.6 4.4 6.0 3.6 5.2 

Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies 1 5 ...................... 150.4 151.4 151.7 151.9 2.7 -1.3 3.0 4.0 .7 3.5 

Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs 1 .................. 178.2 179.8 180.1 180.3 4.2 -1.1 1.8 4.8 1.5 3.3 

Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies 1 ............... 182.2 182.4 182.5 182.9 -1.1 -2.0 6.9 1.5 -1.5 4.2 

Medical care services ................................................................ 341.5 343.4 344.0 344.0 5.7 4.0 4.1 3.0 4.8 3.5 

Professional services ............................................................... 287.2 288.2 288.7 287.7 4.7 3.3 3.3 .7 4.0 2.0 

Physicians’ services 3 ............................................................ 291.9 292.6 293.3 290.9 5.3 3.4 1.8 -1.4 4.3 .2 

Dental services 3 .................................................................... 328.5 329.9 331.3 332.5 5.9 3.5 5.7 5.0 4.7 5.3 

Eyeglasses and eye care 5 .................................................... 167.6 169.0 167.5 167.3 1.0 2.5 8.3 -.7 1.7 3.7 

Services by other medical professionals 3 5 .......................... 192.6 193.0 193.3 192.4 4.3 2.5 1.7 -.4 3.4 .6 

Hospital and related services 3 ................................................ 441.8 445.5 446.2 448.7 6.3 3.9 4.4 6.4 5.1 5.4 

Hospital services 3 11 ............................................................. 163.4 164.8 165.0 166.0 6.2 4.3 4.0 6.5 5.3 5.3 

Inpatient hospital services 3 9 11 .......................................... 157.7 158.7 159.3 160.1 6.2 4.7 3.9 6.2 5.5 5.1 

Outpatient hospital services 1 3 5 9 ...................................... 379.3 385.9 385.3 387.2 5.0 3.9 3.1 8.6 4.4 5.8 

Nursing homes and adult daycare 3 11 .................................. 155.6 156.3 156.9 157.7 4.0 3.7 5.0 5.5 3.9 5.3 

Health insurance 1 12 ............................................................... - -

 100.0 100.2 - - - - - -

Recreation 2 ................................................................................. 107.5 107.3 107.3 107.3 .0 .0 3.8 -.7 .0 1.5 

Video and audio 2 ...................................................................... 103.8 103.7 103.6 103.4 .4 -4.2 5.2 -1.5 -1.9 1.8 

Televisions ............................................................................... 25.1 24.6 24.3 24.3 -11.0 -8.6 -18.3 -12.2 -9.8 -15.3 

Cable and satellite television and radio service 6 .................... 338.0 338.5 339.7 338.8 2.7 -3.3 11.4 1.0 -.4 6.0 

Other video equipment 2 .......................................................... 29.5 29.2 28.7 28.5 -5.0 -8.7 -13.6 -12.9 -6.8 -13.3 

Video cassettes, discs, and other media including rental 1 2 ... 78.1 78.7 77.2 76.9 -2.6 2.6 4.7 -6.0 .0 -.8 

Audio equipment 1 ................................................................... 57.7 57.2 56.8 56.0 -1.9 -18.2 -4.1 -11.3 -10.4 -7.7 

Audio discs, tapes and other media 1 2 ................................... 109.5 109.4 108.7 108.5 2.6 -7.1 4.5 -3.6 -2.4 .4 

Pets, pet products and services 2 .............................................. 122.6 123.3 123.4 123.8 1.3 2.3 4.7 4.0 1.8 4.3 

Pets and pet products .............................................................. 156.4 157.4 157.5 157.9 -1.3 1.6 3.7 3.9 .1 3.8 

Pet services including veterinary 2 ........................................... 153.1 153.6 154.0 154.7 5.5 3.8 6.8 4.2 4.7 5.5 

Sporting goods 1 ........................................................................ 117.8 116.7 116.5 116.4 2.1 .3 3.8 -4.7 1.2 -.5 

Sports vehicles including bicycles ............................................ 139.2 138.0 138.1 136.6 1.2 7.4 8.5 -7.3 4.2 .3 

Sports equipment 1 .................................................................. 95.9 94.6 94.6 95.1 -1.2 -4.1 .8 -3.3 -2.7 -1.2 

Photography 1 2 ......................................................................... 90.4 90.4 89.5 89.5 -2.2 -4.3 .0 -3.9 -3.2 -2.0 

Photographic equipment and supplies 1 .................................. 97.7 97.6 95.8 96.4 -2.0 -5.1 -2.0 -5.2 -3.6 -3.6 

Photographers and film processing 1 2 .................................... 105.2 105.3 104.9 104.4 -1.9 -3.7 1.5 -3.0 -2.8 -.8 

Other recreational goods 2 ......................................................... 68.1 67.8 67.6 67.3 -9.9 .6 -1.7 -4.6 -4.8 -3.2 

Toys 1 ....................................................................................... 78.7 78.3 77.9 77.6 -11.7 -1.0 .0 -5.5 -6.5 -2.8 

Sewing machines, fabric and supplies 1 2 ............................... 92.1 91.7 91.9 90.8 .4 8.5 -8.6 -5.5 4.4 -7.1 

Music instruments and accessories 1 2 .................................... 95.4 95.4 95.1 95.3 -3.7 -.8 -2.9 -.4 -2.3 -1.7 

Recreation services 2 ................................................................. 133.2 133.5 133.8 133.9 1.2 4.4 3.7 2.1 2.8 2.9 

Club membership dues and fees for participant sports 2 ......... 118.3 118.9 119.1 119.6 .7 .3 7.4 4.5 .5 5.9 

Admissions ............................................................................... 283.6 284.5 285.3 284.6 -.6 8.5 .7 1.4 3.9 1.1 

Fees for lessons or instructions 5 ............................................. 233.1 232.7 232.7 233.2 4.8 .5 4.6 .2 2.7 2.4 

Recreational reading materials 1 ................................................ 206.3 205.3 205.5 206.5 .6 1.6 .2 .4 1.1 .3 

Newspapers and magazines 1 2 .............................................. 119.2 118.3 119.3 120.2 3.1 .0 1.4 3.4 1.5 2.4 

Recreational books 1 2 ............................................................. 103.6 103.7 102.3 102.3 -3.8 4.7 -2.3 -4.9 .4 -3.6 

Education and communication 2 .................................................. 111.8 112.3 112.4 112.9 2.9 .0 2.2 4.0 1.5 3.1 

Education 2 ................................................................................ 153.4 154.2 155.0 156.2 6.1 6.3 5.4 7.5 6.2 6.4

Educational books and supplies .............................................. 373.9 376.0 377.9 380.2 4.2 5.4 7.4 6.9 4.8 7.1 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................. 434.0 436.3 438.3 442.0 6.3 6.5 5.1 7.6 6.4 6.4 

College tuition and fees ......................................................... 482.7 485.8 488.8 491.9 7.5 7.6 4.4 7.8 7.6 6.1 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Apr.

2005

July

2005

Oct.

2005

Jan.

2006

July

2005

Jan.

2006

Expenditure category

Elementary and high school tuition and fees ......................... 488.8 491.3 493.7 496.1 7.1 5.4 3.9 6.1 6.2 5.0 

Child care and nursery school 7 ............................................. 197.9 198.6 199.2 202.0 5.1 5.3 5.9 8.5 5.2 7.2 

Technical and business school tuition and fees 2 .................. 166.0 166.8 167.7 168.7 1.5 11.1 2.4 6.7 6.2 4.5 

Communication 2 ....................................................................... 85.9 86.2 86.2 86.3 .0 -4.1 -.9 1.9 -2.1 .5 

Postage and delivery services 2 ............................................... 120.4 120.4 120.5 126.5 .0 .3 .7 21.9 .2 10.8 

Postage 1 ............................................................................... 191.7 191.7 191.7 201.9 .0 .0 .0 23.0 .0 10.9 

Delivery services 2 ................................................................. 165.8 167.7 169.9 170.8 -5.7 10.6 13.6 12.6 2.2 13.1 

Information and information processing 1 2 ............................. 84.4 84.7 84.6 84.6 .0 -4.6 -.5 1.0 -2.3 .2 

Telephone services 1 2 .......................................................... 94.8 95.3 95.3 95.3 2.1 -3.3 .8 2.1 -.6 1.5 

Land-line telephone services, local charges 1 3 ................... 210.7 211.2 212.0 211.2 5.7 .8 2.3 1.0 3.2 1.6 

Land-line telephone services, long distance charges 1 2 ..... 66.4 67.7 67.3 67.6 -.6 -9.1 -1.2 7.4 -4.9 3.0 

Wireless telephone services 1 2 ........................................... 65.8 65.6 65.7 65.7 -.6 -3.6 .6 -.6 -2.1 .0 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 13 ............... 13.8 13.7 13.6 13.6 -7.9 -10.6 -8.2 -5.7 -9.2 -7.0 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ................ 12.0 11.8 11.6 11.4 -13.8 -19.6 -15.1 -18.5 -16.8 -16.8 

Computer software and accessories 1 2 ................................ 57.1 57.5 57.4 56.5 -7.8 -6.0 -2.1 -4.1 -6.9 -3.1 

Internet services and electronic information providers 1 2 ..... 95.2 94.4 94.8 94.8 -2.0 -4.1 -2.9 -1.7 -3.1 -2.3 

Telephone hardware, calculators, and other consumer

information items 1 2 ...................................................... 45.3 45.0 44.7 45.0 -5.7 -9.8 -5.1 -2.6 -7.8 -3.9 

Other goods and services ............................................................ 324.6 325.6 326.8 327.8 1.8 4.2 2.1 4.0 3.0 3.1 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 .............................................. 511.3 513.2 515.0 517.1 2.4 6.1 4.9 4.6 4.2 4.8 

Cigarettes 1 2 ........................................................................... 206.5 207.3 208.0 208.9 2.2 6.3 5.0 4.7 4.2 4.9 

Tobacco products other than cigarettes 1 2 ............................. 151.9 152.7 153.6 153.4 3.8 3.8 2.7 4.0 3.8 3.3 

Personal care ............................................................................. 184.8 185.3 186.0 186.5 1.3 3.3 .9 3.7 2.3 2.3 

Personal care products 1 ......................................................... 155.0 154.9 155.4 155.8 .8 4.8 -1.0 2.1 2.8 .5 

Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care

products 1 2 .................................................................... 101.4 101.3 101.8 101.8 .0 7.8 -4.6 1.6 3.8 -1.6 

Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implements 1 ..................................................................................... 174.4 174.7 174.8 175.7 1.9 .7 3.5 3.0 1.3 3.3 

Personal care services 1 .......................................................... 205.0 205.5 206.9 206.6 2.4 1.0 1.8 3.2 1.7 2.5 

Haircuts and other personal care services 1 2 ....................... 125.0 125.2 126.1 125.9 2.3 1.0 1.9 2.9 1.6 2.4 

Miscellaneous personal services ............................................. 305.9 306.7 308.0 308.9 2.3 3.8 2.5 4.0 3.0 3.2 

Legal services 5 ..................................................................... 245.5 245.9 247.0 247.3 -.5 8.1 1.8 3.0 3.7 2.4 

Funeral expenses 5 ................................................................ 238.3 239.7 240.7 241.9 5.1 4.4 5.7 6.2 4.8 6.0 

Laundry and dry cleaning services 1 2 ................................... 122.3 122.5 122.8 123.3 .7 4.0 1.3 3.3 2.3 2.3 

Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning 1 2 ...... 128.8 129.0 129.2 129.8 12.5 4.1 .0 3.1 8.2 1.6 

Financial services 5 ................................................................ 254.4 254.8 255.3 257.4 2.6 .3 2.4 4.8 1.4 3.6 

Care of invalids and elderly at home 1 12 .............................. - -

 100.0 100.4 - - - - - -

Miscellaneous personal goods 2 .............................................. 84.4 85.8 86.6 85.6 5.3 -1.4 -7.2 5.8 1.9 -.9 

Special aggregate indexes

Commodities .................................................................................. 166.5 162.5 161.9 163.5 9.2 1.8 13.5 -7.0 5.4 2.7 

Commodities less food and beverages ........................................ 151.3 145.4 144.5 146.3 12.6 2.2 20.5 -12.6 7.3 2.6 

Nondurables less food and beverages ...................................... 184.8 176.3 174.9 179.3 16.5 7.0 29.3 -11.4 11.7 7.0 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ..................... 233.9 214.1 211.5 217.2 35.5 7.4 53.0 -25.6 20.6 6.7 

Durables ..................................................................................... 115.2 114.9 114.8 115.0 -.7 .0 .3 -.7 -.3 -.2 

Services ......................................................................................... 228.8 229.8 230.0 231.1 3.8 2.7 6.0 4.1 3.3 5.0 

Rent of shelter 4 ............................................................................. 210.8 211.5 212.1 212.1 3.3 2.7 1.7 2.5 3.0 2.1 

Transportation services .................................................................. 227.7 228.2 228.5 229.0 2.4 3.1 2.7 2.3 2.7 2.5 

Other services ................................................................................ 262.0 263.0 263.6 264.3 2.7 1.2 3.7 3.6 2.0 3.7 

All items less food .......................................................................... 195.6 193.6 193.3 194.8 6.6 2.6 10.7 -1.6 4.6 4.3 

All items less shelter ...................................................................... 188.5 186.1 185.6 187.4 7.6 2.2 12.6 -2.3 4.9 4.9 

All items less medical care ............................................................. 189.5 187.7 187.5 188.9 6.3 2.2 9.6 -1.3 4.2 4.0 

Commodities less food ................................................................... 153.0 147.3 146.4 148.2 12.1 2.2 19.9 -12.0 7.1 2.8 

Nondurables less food ................................................................... 185.7 177.5 176.3 180.5 16.1 6.4 27.4 -10.7 11.2 6.6 

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................... 229.6 211.7 209.2 214.6 32.2 6.8 48.2 -23.7 18.8 6.3 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Apr.

2005

July

2005

Oct.

2005

Jan.

2006

July

2005

Jan.

2006

Special aggregate indexes

Nondurables ................................................................................... 189.2 184.7 184.1 186.9 10.3 3.1 15.3 -4.8 6.7 4.8 

Apparel less footwear .................................................................... 113.0 113.4 113.1 112.5 -2.1 -5.8 -1.1 -1.8 -3.9 -1.4 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ........................................................ 220.2 221.7 221.7 223.9 4.2 4.0 9.0 6.9 4.1 7.9 

Services less medical care services .............................................. 220.0 221.0 221.4 222.6 3.8 2.8 5.5 4.8 3.3 5.1 

Energy ............................................................................................ 205.7 187.9 183.9 193.1 48.2 9.4 91.8 -22.3 27.3 22.0 

All items less energy ...................................................................... 194.6 195.0 195.3 195.7 2.5 1.5 2.1 2.3 2.0 2.2 

All items less food and energy ..................................................... 195.7 196.0 196.3 196.6 2.3 1.7 2.1 1.9 2.0 2.0 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ...................... 140.7 140.6 140.5 140.7 .0 .0 .6 .0 .0 .3 

Energy commodities ................................................................ 239.6 202.7 197.6 208.8 84.4 11.6 121.5 -42.3 43.4 13.0 

Services less energy services .................................................... 234.0 234.7 235.3 235.6 3.4 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.9 2.7 

Domestically produced farm food 1 ................................................ 195.1 195.3 196.0 197.6 1.2 .0 1.9 5.2 .6 3.5 

Utilities and public transportation ................................................... 181.9 184.0 182.9 186.8 5.8 4.3 23.4 11.2 5.1 17.1 

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 2005=100 base. 13 Indexes on a December 1988=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.
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. 2006 from—

Percent change to 

Dec. 2005 from—

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Dec.

2004

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

U.S. city average ............................................ M 199.2 197.6 196.8 198.3 4.0 0.4 0.8 3.4 -1.2 -0.4 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban .............................................. M 211.5 210.0 209.0 211.0 4.1 .5 1.0 3.5 -1.2 -.5 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 213.8 212.2 211.3 213.2 4.0 .5 .9 3.5 -1.2 -.4 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 125.2 124.3 123.6 124.8 4.5 .4 1.0 3.7 -1.3 -.6 

Midwest urban ................................................ M 192.1 190.3 189.7 190.8 3.6 .3 .6 3.2 -1.2 -.3 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 193.7 192.1 191.6 192.7 3.7 .3 .6 3.2 -1.1 -.3 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 122.6 121.3 120.9 121.6 3.7 .2 .6 3.1 -1.4 -.3 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 186.8 185.0 184.4 185.3 4.0 .2 .5 4.1 -1.3 -.3 

South urban .................................................... M 192.5 190.7 190.1 191.5 4.3 .4 .7 3.7 -1.2 -.3 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 194.5 192.9 191.9 193.6 4.5 .4 .9 3.8 -1.3 -.5 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 122.5 121.4 121.2 122.0 4.2 .5 .7 3.5 -1.1 -.2 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 193.6 190.7 189.7 191.0 4.8 .2 .7 4.3 -2.0 -.5 

West urban ..................................................... M 202.6 201.4 200.0 201.7 3.7 .1 .9 3.0 -1.3 -.7 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 205.4 204.2 203.0 204.7 4.1 .2 .8 3.3 -1.2 -.6 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 123.6 122.8 121.8 122.9 2.8 .1 .9 2.4 -1.5 -.8 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 182.1 180.8 180.0 181.4 4.1 .3 .8 3.4 -1.2 -.4 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 123.1 122.0 121.6 122.5 3.9 .4 .7 3.3 -1.2 -.3 

D ................................................................. M 192.2 190.2 189.3 190.1 3.9 -.1 .4 3.8 -1.5 -.5 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... M 197.9 197.3 196.4 197.5 4.0 .1 .6 3.6 -.8 -.5 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... M 206.9 205.6 203.9 206.0 5.4 .2 1.0 4.5 -1.4 -.8 

New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,

NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 216.6 215.3 214.2 215.9 3.7 .3 .8 3.6 -1.1 -.5 

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ..... 1 -

 218.6 - 220.5 4.4 .9 - - - -

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 1 -

 189.9 - 190.3 3.8 .2 - - - -

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... 1 - 187.8 - 188.6 4.8 .4 - - - -

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 -

 125.4 - 126.3 4.1 .7 - - - -

Atlanta, GA ..................................................... 2 193.9 -

 188.7 - - - - 3.0 -2.7 -

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. 2 195.1 -

 192.4 - - - - 3.8 -1.4 -

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 179.2 -

 177.2 - - - - 4.2 -1.1 -

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. 2 198.8 -

 197.4 - - - - 4.7 -.7 -

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ 2 207.5 -

 204.9 - - - - 3.6 -1.3 -

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... 2 205.9 -

 203.4 - - - - 2.0 -1.2 -

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 203.3 -

 200.9 - - - - 3.0 -1.2 -

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: 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. 

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

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from—

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Expenditure category

All items .......................................................... 211.0 4.1 1.0 190.8 3.6 0.6 191.5 4.3 0.7 201.7 3.7 0.9 

All items (December 1977=100) .................... 332.2 - -

 310.5 - - 310.7 - - 326.0 - -

Food and beverages ..................................... 198.0 2.5 .6 189.2 3.0 1.0 192.0 2.9 .6 199.2 2.0 .4 

Food ........................................................... 197.5 2.6 .7 188.6 3.1 1.0 192.3 3.0 .6 198.4 2.0 .3 

Food at home ........................................... 198.4 2.4 .8 185.7 3.4 1.6 189.3 2.7 .8 201.2 1.1 .4 

Food away from home .............................. 199.0 2.8 .6 193.5 2.7 .2 199.0 3.4 .4 193.9 3.1 .2 

Alcoholic beverages ................................... 203.6 2.4 .0 195.3 1.2 1.3 187.5 1.6 1.0 207.4 2.7 1.1 

Housing ........................................................ 222.4 4.8 1.2 186.9 3.5 .4 183.8 4.7 .7 209.9 4.1 1.2 

Shelter ........................................................ 261.0 2.8 .8 213.0 1.5 .1 200.4 2.7 .3 232.9 3.1 .9 

Rent of primary residence 2 ...................... 248.2 3.9 .2 204.1 1.8 .2 196.7 2.9 .3 230.1 3.0 .1 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary

residence 2 3 ..................................... 271.2 2.3 .5 217.2 1.2 -.1 203.5 3.0 .4 244.0 3.1 .1 

Fuels and utilities ........................................ 201.8 22.3 4.2 194.2 18.7 2.2 198.3 19.3 3.7 212.9 15.2 4.9 

Fuels ......................................................... 191.6 24.7 4.4 175.2 21.9 2.6 174.8 22.7 4.3 204.0 18.5 6.1 

Gas (piped) and electricity 2 ................... 200.1 23.3 5.3 182.0 21.9 2.7 176.4 22.8 4.5 206.8 18.4 6.3 

Electricity 2 ........................................... 167.9 17.8 7.6 134.4 7.7 3.7 157.6 18.7 5.9 194.3 11.2 5.7 

Utility (piped) gas service 2 ................... 263.7 30.6 2.1 265.3 37.0 1.8 283.1 37.0 -.3 251.3 31.6 7.3 

Household furnishings and operations ....... 130.5 1.3 .5 119.0 -1.2 -.3 125.9 -.1 .0 131.6 1.4 .2 

Apparel ......................................................... 114.6 -1.6 -1.7 107.0 -3.5 -4.7 128.4 .9 -1.9 106.0 -.7 -1.0 

Transportation .............................................. 177.2 7.1 2.1 175.9 7.4 1.9 174.7 7.9 2.0 176.0 6.3 1.3 

Private transportation ................................. 171.6 7.0 2.2 171.9 7.4 2.0 173.5 7.9 2.1 170.9 6.2 1.2 

New and used motor vehicles 4 ................ 95.4 .7 .2 95.7 .8 .7 97.2 .2 .3 96.0 .3 .4 

New vehicles .......................................... 138.8 .2 .6 134.1 -1.0 1.2 144.1 -.6 .6 138.2 .0 .7 

New cars and trucks 4 5 ........................ 96.5 .3 .6 94.4 -.9 1.3 98.1 -.6 .5 96.1 .0 .7 

New cars 5 ............................................ 136.9 1.3 .4 130.0 .0 1.6 145.2 1.1 .7 136.8 1.6 1.0 

Used cars and trucks .............................. 143.5 2.4 .1 140.1 1.2 .1 138.7 1.0 .0 137.1 1.3 .1 

Motor fuel .................................................. 199.2 28.3 8.9 206.9 28.7 6.3 200.6 29.6 6.9 190.1 22.5 3.7 

Gasoline (all types) ................................. 198.1 28.3 8.9 205.9 28.7 6.4 199.5 29.6 7.0 188.9 22.3 3.7 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 5 ................ 199.4 28.8 9.2 205.1 29.2 6.4 199.3 30.7 7.3 187.3 23.1 3.5 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 ......... 201.1 27.6 8.4 224.5 28.7 6.4 206.7 28.5 6.5 179.3 21.4 4.5 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 ............. 191.9 26.7 8.0 203.2 26.2 6.0 195.9 27.0 6.5 183.0 20.6 3.9 

Medical care ................................................. 347.9 3.6 .0 329.8 4.7 .7 317.2 3.4 .3 329.5 4.6 .3 

Medical care commodities .......................... 296.4 3.6 .2 281.0 3.9 .6 273.0 3.9 .8 283.9 4.0 -.1 

Medical care services ................................. 360.9 3.7 -.1 345.0 5.0 .7 330.1 3.3 .1 342.4 4.7 .4 

Professional services ................................ 289.9 1.9 -.7 300.9 3.4 .2 281.3 3.2 -.1 268.1 3.6 .2 

Recreation 4 ................................................. 113.4 1.6 .4 110.0 .5 .1 110.0 .7 .0 106.9 1.0 .3 

Education and communication 4 ................... 117.3 3.3 .3 117.2 2.6 .4 112.5 2.6 .2 116.2 2.5 .5 

Other goods and services ............................. 342.1 2.2 .1 310.4 3.6 .4 303.8 2.4 .1 319.2 3.3 .5 

Commodity and service group

All items .......................................................... 211.0 4.1 1.0 190.8 3.6 .6 191.5 4.3 .7 201.7 3.7 .9 

Commodities ................................................. 165.4 4.0 1.0 157.2 3.6 .8 162.7 4.2 .9 160.0 3.2 .6 

Commodities less food and beverages ...... 144.8 5.0 1.3 140.2 4.0 .6 146.8 5.0 1.1 138.0 3.9 .7 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..... 169.7 8.4 1.9 167.3 8.1 .7 176.0 10.1 2.0 160.0 7.5 .9 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and

apparel ............................................ 212.9 12.8 3.3 206.9 12.4 2.6 206.6 13.4 3.3 198.2 10.6 1.7 

Durables ................................................... 114.4 .1 .4 111.7 -1.2 .4 117.9 -1.1 .0 116.2 -.2 .4 

Services ........................................................ 255.6 4.2 .9 225.9 3.7 .4 221.1 4.4 .6 239.4 4.0 1.0 

Rent of shelter 3 ......................................... 272.8 2.9 .8 218.9 1.6 .2 206.0 2.7 .3 247.6 3.3 .9 

Transportation services .............................. 220.9 2.6 -.2 231.7 2.7 -.1 231.8 3.2 .3 231.3 3.1 .7 

Other services ............................................ 292.5 3.7 .3 267.4 2.9 .6 264.3 2.8 .1 268.6 2.9 .4 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from—

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ............................. 204.6 4.2 1.0 184.0 3.6 0.5 184.1 4.4 0.8 195.4 3.6 0.9 

All items less food ........................................... 213.6 4.4 1.0 191.1 3.7 .5 191.3 4.6 .7 202.3 4.0 .9 

All items less shelter ....................................... 194.3 4.9 1.0 184.8 4.6 .8 189.2 5.1 .9 190.2 3.9 .8 

Commodities less food ................................... 147.2 4.9 1.2 142.1 3.9 .6 148.2 4.9 1.1 140.9 3.9 .7 

Nondurables ................................................... 184.4 5.3 1.2 178.5 5.6 .9 184.1 6.3 1.3 180.3 4.5 .7 

Nondurables less food .................................... 171.6 7.9 1.7 168.9 7.7 .8 176.5 9.6 1.9 163.5 7.1 .9 

Nondurables less food and apparel ................ 210.6 11.7 3.0 205.0 11.4 2.4 204.1 12.4 3.1 198.5 9.8 1.6 

Services less rent of shelter 3 ......................... 259.1 6.0 .9 246.2 5.9 .8 246.6 6.2 .9 255.5 5.0 1.1 

Services less medical care services ............... 247.6 4.2 .9 216.3 3.6 .5 210.2 4.6 .6 231.5 4.0 1.0 

Energy ............................................................ 195.2 26.1 6.3 188.7 25.1 4.4 182.7 26.0 5.6 197.7 20.8 4.8 

All items less energy ....................................... 214.6 2.3 .4 193.1 1.7 .2 193.2 2.3 .3 203.8 2.5 .5 

All items less food and energy ...................... 219.2 2.3 .4 194.6 1.5 .1 193.7 2.1 .2 205.3 2.6 .6 

Commodities less food and energy

commodities ....................................... 142.4 .1 -.1 136.7 -.5 -.5 142.9 .2 -.1 136.9 .6 .2 

Energy commodities ................................... 206.1 28.7 7.2 207.1 28.4 6.0 203.6 29.2 6.7 192.8 22.5 3.7 

Services less energy services .................... 261.1 3.0 .5 232.0 2.3 .3 225.5 2.9 .3 242.1 3.3 .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.
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.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from—

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Expenditure category

All items 4 ................................................................................... 181.4 4.1 0.8 122.5 3.9 0.7 190.1 3.9 0.4 

All items (December 1977=100) ................................................ 181.4 - - - - -

 306.6 - -

Food and beverages ................................................................ 176.6 2.7 .6 121.0 2.5 .7 191.1 2.0 .8 

Food ....................................................................................... 176.2 2.7 .5 121.1 2.6 .7 190.9 2.1 .8 

Food at home ....................................................................... 180.4 2.7 .7 119.7 2.2 1.1 186.1 1.6 1.2 

Food away from home .......................................................... 170.0 2.9 .4 123.3 3.2 .2 200.3 2.9 .4 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 179.0 2.2 .9 119.9 1.7 .6 193.1 .7 .8 

Housing .................................................................................... 184.6 4.4 1.0 122.1 4.2 .7 178.4 4.3 .6 

Shelter .................................................................................... 197.5 2.9 .6 121.3 2.1 .4 198.1 2.4 .3 

Rent of primary residence 5 ................................................. 190.3 3.1 .2 123.4 2.7 .2 191.3 3.0 .2 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 6 ................. 196.2 2.4 .2 120.7 2.5 .3 208.0 2.4 -.1 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 203.2 20.5 4.2 149.9 17.7 3.2 192.1 16.4 2.5 

Fuels ..................................................................................... 207.4 24.2 4.9 152.9 20.2 3.6 167.1 19.4 2.9 

Gas (piped) and electricity 5 ............................................... 200.5 23.8 5.2 147.9 19.9 3.9 178.5 19.3 3.1 

Electricity 5 ....................................................................... 164.8 16.4 6.8 125.7 13.8 4.8 160.1 13.5 4.4 

Utility (piped) gas service 5 .............................................. 281.3 34.9 2.9 226.1 33.9 1.9 244.8 33.0 .2 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 120.6 .2 .2 99.5 .6 -.2 123.6 .2 .1 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 107.5 .3 -1.7 85.2 -3.1 -2.9 115.9 -1.4 -4.4 

Transportation .......................................................................... 172.6 6.9 1.8 123.6 7.8 2.0 174.4 7.5 1.1 

Private transportation ............................................................. 172.0 6.8 1.9 123.5 7.7 2.0 170.7 7.4 1.0 

New and used motor vehicles 3 ........................................... 96.3 .3 .3 96.1 .8 .6 96.0 -1.2 -.3 

New vehicles ...................................................................... 121.5 -.3 .8 97.2 .2 .9 145.6 -3.6 -.5 

New cars and trucks 3 7 ................................................... 95.6 -.4 .7 97.3 .1 .8 100.5 -3.6 -.4 

New cars 7 ........................................................................ 120.8 .9 .8 98.1 1.4 1.1 141.3 -1.6 .3 

Used cars and trucks .......................................................... 133.4 1.4 .1 93.8 1.2 .1 127.6 1.4 .1 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 289.8 27.0 6.7 197.4 27.7 6.5 193.5 28.2 3.5 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 288.3 27.0 6.7 197.7 27.7 6.6 191.9 28.2 3.5 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 7 ........................................... 294.7 27.6 6.7 201.7 28.3 6.7 184.4 28.8 3.6 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 ..................................... 196.6 26.4 6.8 194.1 27.4 6.3 215.5 28.4 4.1 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ......................................... 259.3 25.3 6.5 187.2 25.5 6.2 194.0 25.9 3.4 

Medical care ............................................................................. 259.4 4.5 .4 139.6 3.5 .2 322.3 4.1 .5

Medical care commodities ...................................................... 223.7 4.4 .4 132.1 3.4 .6 277.7 2.8 .3 

Medical care services ............................................................. 269.1 4.5 .4 142.2 3.5 .1 337.4 4.6 .6 

Professional services ........................................................... 222.6 3.2 -.1 133.5 2.9 .0 288.0 3.0 -.1 

Recreation 3 ............................................................................. 111.7 1.4 .4 107.3 .3 .0 109.5 .7 -.5 

Education and communication 3 .............................................. 117.1 2.7 .3 113.2 2.7 .4 116.8 1.7 .2 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 253.8 2.7 .4 139.0 2.9 .0 325.0 4.0 .5 

Commodity and service group

All items 4 ................................................................................... 181.4 4.1 .8 122.5 3.9 .7 190.1 3.9 .4 

Commodities ............................................................................ 154.4 3.8 .8 113.6 3.8 .9 161.4 3.5 .3 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................. 140.6 4.5 1.1 109.3 4.6 .9 146.2 4.4 .0 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. 172.3 8.6 1.5 128.3 8.5 1.5 173.8 9.0 .4 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ................ 219.5 12.3 2.9 149.2 12.3 2.8 204.9 12.2 1.8 

Durables ............................................................................... 107.8 -.6 .5 89.6 -.3 .2 117.3 -1.5 -.4 

Services .................................................................................... 202.9 4.3 .8 126.8 3.9 .6 221.3 4.1 .5 

Rent of shelter 6 ..................................................................... 198.2 3.0 .7 121.4 2.2 .4 204.8 2.5 .3 

Transportation services .......................................................... 185.9 2.8 .1 124.7 3.1 .2 228.2 3.2 .8 

Other services ........................................................................ 224.0 3.2 .4 126.6 2.9 .3 269.5 2.6 .0 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from—

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ......................................................... 177.5 4.0 0.9 119.6 3.9 0.8 181.5 3.8 0.4 

All items less food ...................................................................... 182.4 4.3 .9 120.7 4.1 .7 189.9 4.2 .4

All items less shelter ................................................................... 174.5 4.7 .9 120.7 4.6 .9 189.0 4.4 .5

Commodities less food ............................................................... 142.4 4.3 1.0 109.6 4.5 .9 147.5 4.4 .1 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 174.8 5.5 1.0 124.6 5.5 1.1 182.7 5.5 .6 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 173.2 8.3 1.5 127.8 8.1 1.4 174.5 8.5 .4 

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................ 214.7 11.2 2.7 146.7 11.6 2.7 203.5 11.3 1.7 

Services less rent of shelter 6 .................................................... 208.4 5.9 1.0 132.4 5.7 .9 249.5 5.6 .8 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 197.8 4.2 .8 125.3 3.9 .6 208.9 4.1 .5 

Energy ........................................................................................ 241.7 25.5 5.7 172.7 23.9 5.0 180.7 23.9 3.2 

All items less energy .................................................................. 177.4 2.4 .4 116.7 1.9 .3 192.1 1.9 .1 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 177.7 2.4 .4 115.9 1.8 .2 192.8 1.8 .0 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ................... 127.1 .3 .1 98.3 .0 -.2 142.8 -.4 -.7 

Energy commodities ............................................................... 292.4 27.1 6.2 201.6 27.5 6.0 193.8 28.1 3.4 

Services less energy services ................................................ 203.1 3.1 .5 125.2 2.7 .4 226.1 2.9 .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.
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.

2006

Percent change from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change from—

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................................... 213.2 4.0 0.9 124.8 4.5 1.0 

All items (December 1977=100) ................................................ 329.4 - - - - -

Food and beverages ................................................................ 198.1 2.5 .6 122.3 2.7 .7 

Food ....................................................................................... 197.5 2.6 .6 122.5 2.7 .8 

Food at home ....................................................................... 199.7 2.5 .5 121.4 2.2 1.3 

Food away from home .......................................................... 197.5 2.6 .7 124.5 3.5 .1 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 205.9 2.6 .1 118.1 2.1 .0 

Housing .................................................................................... 226.0 4.8 1.1 126.0 5.0 1.7 

Shelter .................................................................................... 265.5 3.1 .7 122.0 1.9 1.1 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................. 254.3 4.1 .2 126.9 3.2 .3 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 5 ................. 271.9 2.3 .5 121.4 2.3 .5 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 196.9 22.4 3.7 167.9 22.1 5.3 

Fuels ..................................................................................... 193.4 24.9 4.0 171.9 24.2 5.3 

Gas (piped) and electricity 4 ............................................... 199.0 23.4 4.7 153.8 23.0 6.4 

Electricity 4 ....................................................................... 167.1 19.0 7.1 120.5 15.2 8.7 

Utility (piped) gas service 4 .............................................. 260.0 29.8 1.8 229.6 32.5 2.9 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 130.6 1.0 .5 105.0 2.1 .2 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 110.7 -2.6 -1.1 87.9 1.2 -3.9 

Transportation .......................................................................... 178.5 6.4 2.0 123.5 8.6 2.1 

Private transportation ............................................................. 172.5 6.4 2.2 124.2 8.5 2.3 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 194.7 27.8 9.3 202.0 29.2 8.3 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 193.4 27.9 9.3 202.0 29.2 8.3 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ........................................... 195.0 28.5 9.7 204.9 29.5 8.4 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 ..................................... 191.9 27.0 8.6 202.9 28.9 7.9 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ......................................... 188.4 26.3 8.2 190.8 27.5 7.8 

Medical care ............................................................................. 351.3 3.6 .0 142.1 3.7 -.2 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 114.4 1.8 .6 110.9 .9 -.1 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 119.0 3.6 .3 112.6 2.4 .4 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 335.9 2.4 .2 146.1 1.7 -.3 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................................... 213.2 4.0 .9 124.8 4.5 1.0 

Commodities ............................................................................ 165.3 3.6 1.1 117.8 4.8 .9 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................. 143.5 4.4 1.4 114.9 6.3 1.0 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. 166.1 7.6 2.0 135.6 10.1 1.6 

Durables ............................................................................... 115.0 -.3 .6 91.5 1.1 .2 

Services .................................................................................... 256.7 4.2 .7 127.6 4.2 1.1 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ......................................................... 206.8 4.0 .9 122.0 4.5 1.1 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 194.3 4.6 .9 123.8 5.6 1.1 

Commodities less food ............................................................... 146.1 4.4 1.4 115.0 6.1 1.0 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 183.3 4.9 1.2 128.4 6.1 1.1 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 168.6 7.3 1.8 134.2 9.4 1.4 

Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................................... 256.5 5.8 .8 133.5 6.5 1.1 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 248.8 4.2 .8 126.1 4.3 1.3 

Energy ........................................................................................ 195.1 26.0 6.1 184.5 26.3 6.6 

All items less energy .................................................................. 216.8 2.4 .4 118.3 2.3 .4 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 221.9 2.4 .4 117.4 2.3 .3 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from—

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................................... 192.7 3.7 0.6 121.6 3.7 0.6 185.3 4.0 0.5 

All items (December 1977=100) ................................................ 318.1 - - - - -

 297.1 - -

Food and beverages ................................................................ 192.6 3.2 1.0 120.0 2.8 .9 187.1 2.4 1.2 

Food ....................................................................................... 192.3 3.3 1.1 119.9 2.9 .8 186.3 2.5 1.3 

Food at home ....................................................................... 192.3 3.7 1.7 117.7 3.4 1.6 175.8 2.3 1.7 

Food away from home .......................................................... 192.6 2.8 .2 123.0 2.4 .1 204.2 2.8 .5 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 194.7 1.4 1.6 121.2 1.1 1.1 198.2 .6 .4 

Housing .................................................................................... 190.0 3.5 .5 119.3 3.2 .3 174.6 4.4 .4 

Shelter .................................................................................... 218.4 1.4 .2 118.5 1.5 -.1 192.7 2.7 .6 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................. 213.5 1.7 .1 118.2 1.6 .3 182.3 3.5 .2 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 5 ................. 222.9 1.1 .0 116.0 1.0 -.2 202.6 2.5 .2 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 191.7 20.9 2.3 153.9 16.2 2.5 197.4 15.8 1.0 

Fuels ..................................................................................... 176.1 24.5 2.6 159.2 18.5 2.8 159.7 19.0 1.2 

Gas (piped) and electricity 4 ............................................... 179.8 24.7 2.7 156.7 18.3 3.0 170.7 18.9 1.2 

Electricity 4 ....................................................................... 122.1 7.0 5.0 117.7 6.5 2.5 133.4 13.0 1.4 

Utility (piped) gas service 4 .............................................. 257.7 38.0 1.0 244.1 36.9 3.5 260.0 28.8 .9 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 115.7 -1.4 .3 94.5 -1.0 -.7 114.5 -.4 -1.6 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 103.3 -3.2 -5.1 81.6 -5.0 -4.1 127.6 .7 -3.7 

Transportation .......................................................................... 176.1 7.1 1.7 127.3 8.2 2.5 164.6 6.7 1.2 

Private transportation ............................................................. 173.3 7.2 1.8 127.4 8.0 2.6 158.3 7.0 1.4 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 209.5 28.0 5.8 210.9 29.9 7.3 188.1 28.5 6.0 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 208.2 28.0 5.8 210.9 29.9 7.3 185.9 28.4 6.0 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ........................................... 207.8 28.4 5.8 215.4 30.2 7.3 180.5 29.4 6.4 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 ..................................... 221.7 27.7 5.9 206.4 30.4 7.4 212.8 26.4 4.8 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ......................................... 201.9 26.0 5.5 200.2 26.9 6.8 187.6 25.0 6.2 

Medical care ............................................................................. 324.1 5.3 .8 143.1 3.8 .4 328.8 5.1 1.0 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 112.4 .6 .6 107.6 .8 -.2 105.5 -1.7 -1.4 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 118.4 2.0 .3 117.1 3.8 .7 108.5 1.9 .4 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 313.9 2.6 .5 139.8 4.6 .2 309.8 6.7 .9 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................................... 192.7 3.7 .6 121.6 3.7 .6 185.3 4.0 .5 

Commodities ............................................................................ 157.4 3.6 .7 112.0 3.8 .9 160.6 3.6 .5 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................. 138.1 3.7 .4 107.5 4.4 .9 146.7 4.3 .1 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. 164.5 7.7 .4 127.5 8.5 1.2 179.3 9.8 1.4 

Durables ............................................................................... 110.1 -1.1 .5 86.0 -.9 .7 112.7 -2.3 -1.9 

Services .................................................................................... 227.7 3.7 .5 127.7 3.6 .3 212.6 4.4 .5 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ......................................................... 186.6 3.5 .5 118.8 3.7 .6 176.2 4.0 .5 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 185.1 4.7 .8 121.2 4.7 .8 184.0 4.5 .4

Commodities less food ............................................................... 140.3 3.6 .5 107.9 4.3 .9 148.1 4.1 .1 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 179.2 5.4 .8 123.8 5.7 1.1 183.7 5.9 1.3 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 166.5 7.3 .5 127.0 8.0 1.2 180.1 9.2 1.4 

Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................................... 247.0 6.2 .9 136.8 5.6 .7 236.0 5.7 .4 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 219.4 3.5 .5 125.9 3.5 .3 197.9 4.2 .4 

Energy ........................................................................................ 190.4 26.1 4.1 182.3 24.0 5.0 172.7 23.6 3.6 

All items less energy .................................................................. 194.9 1.7 .3 115.7 1.7 .1 188.0 2.1 .2 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 196.0 1.4 .1 114.9 1.4 -.1 188.4 2.0 -.1 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from—

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................................... 193.6 4.5 0.9 122.0 4.2 0.7 191.0 4.8 0.7 

All items (December 1977=100) ................................................ 312.6 - - - - -

 310.2 - -

Food and beverages ................................................................ 194.5 3.3 .6 120.8 2.7 .7 186.0 2.4 .8 

Food ....................................................................................... 194.9 3.3 .5 121.1 2.9 .7 186.2 2.5 .8 

Food at home ....................................................................... 191.0 3.4 .6 119.9 2.3 .9 186.5 2.4 1.2 

Food away from home .......................................................... 202.3 3.2 .4 123.0 3.7 .4 189.3 2.8 .3 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 188.4 3.0 1.6 117.2 .6 .6 181.9 -.3 .3 

Housing .................................................................................... 188.6 4.7 1.0 121.6 4.5 .5 177.7 6.7 1.0 

Shelter .................................................................................... 205.8 2.6 .4 122.0 2.7 .2 195.2 3.7 .3 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................. 203.3 2.7 .2 123.5 3.0 .3 190.8 3.0 .5 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 5 ................. 209.2 2.8 .4 122.0 3.0 .5 203.3 3.6 -.1 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 196.0 21.4 5.6 142.1 17.6 2.3 190.2 20.8 3.5 

Fuels ..................................................................................... 180.8 25.4 6.7 143.7 20.6 2.6 170.2 24.2 4.2 

Gas (piped) and electricity 4 ............................................... 184.6 25.7 6.8 141.8 20.5 2.7 175.2 24.3 4.4 

Electricity 4 ....................................................................... 160.3 21.4 8.2 128.7 16.9 4.2 158.7 16.9 6.1 

Utility (piped) gas service 4 .............................................. 289.7 38.3 2.3 219.8 34.4 -2.0 269.1 48.5 -1.1 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 133.5 .2 .0 97.6 -.7 -.2 126.2 2.6 1.1 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 141.7 4.6 -1.4 86.8 -1.4 -2.0 115.4 -1.8 -3.5 

Transportation .......................................................................... 175.1 7.8 2.2 122.6 7.8 2.0 183.1 8.7 1.7 

Private transportation ............................................................. 175.5 7.9 2.4 122.4 7.7 2.0 182.2 8.7 1.7 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 208.3 30.4 7.8 199.2 29.1 6.7 190.2 29.4 5.3 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 206.2 30.4 7.8 199.3 29.1 6.7 187.8 29.4 5.4 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ........................................... 207.9 31.6 8.0 205.5 30.2 7.1 181.8 30.1 5.8 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 ..................................... 205.0 29.5 7.8 192.9 27.8 6.0 220.3 29.3 4.8 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ......................................... 201.0 28.0 7.2 187.7 26.5 6.3 194.3 27.0 4.5 

Medical care ............................................................................. 308.4 3.5 .5 136.6 3.3 .1 314.5 3.5 .2

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 111.3 1.0 .2 108.7 .6 -.1 112.4 .4 -.2 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 112.7 2.6 .1 111.8 2.8 .2 115.9 .1 .1 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 289.4 2.0 .2 136.5 2.8 .1 314.9 2.1 .1 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................................... 193.6 4.5 .9 122.0 4.2 .7 191.0 4.8 .7 

Commodities ............................................................................ 164.2 4.7 1.1 113.5 3.9 .8 163.8 4.0 .7 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................. 147.2 5.5 1.4 109.4 4.6 .9 152.3 5.1 .7 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. 173.7 11.1 2.3 129.1 9.5 1.9 178.6 9.0 1.1 

Durables ............................................................................... 121.7 -.8 .3 89.9 -1.2 -.1 121.8 -.9 .2 

Services .................................................................................... 222.4 4.5 .8 126.1 4.3 .4 219.7 5.3 .6 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ......................................................... 187.6 4.6 .9 119.2 4.2 .6 181.6 4.8 .7 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 189.9 5.5 1.2 119.8 4.7 .8 190.7 5.1 .8 

Commodities less food ............................................................... 149.0 5.4 1.4 109.6 4.5 .8 152.9 4.9 .7 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 184.0 6.9 1.4 124.8 6.0 1.3 182.6 5.7 .9 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 174.6 10.5 2.2 128.4 9.0 1.8 178.3 8.5 1.0

Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................................... 247.6 6.6 1.3 130.2 5.9 .7 247.5 6.6 .9 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 213.5 4.5 .8 125.0 4.4 .5 206.0 5.5 .7 

Energy ........................................................................................ 190.5 27.8 7.2 166.9 24.7 4.6 177.7 26.7 4.8 

All items less energy .................................................................. 195.6 2.5 .3 116.4 2.1 .2 191.8 2.1 .2 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 196.2 2.4 .3 115.5 2.0 .1 193.2 2.1 .0 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006

Percent change from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change from—

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................................... 204.7 4.1 0.8 122.9 2.8 0.9 

All items (December 1977=100) ................................................ 333.8 - - - - -

Food and beverages ................................................................ 200.5 2.1 .2 121.7 1.8 .7 

Food ....................................................................................... 199.8 2.1 .2 121.3 1.7 .7 

Food at home ....................................................................... 203.7 1.4 .2 119.9 .8 1.0 

Food away from home .......................................................... 194.0 3.2 .1 123.5 2.8 .2 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 206.6 2.0 1.0 127.6 4.8 1.2 

Housing .................................................................................... 218.5 4.4 1.3 122.9 3.5 1.2 

Shelter .................................................................................... 242.2 3.8 1.0 122.0 1.8 .8 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................. 242.4 3.1 .2 125.3 2.7 .0 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 5 ................. 254.1 3.2 .1 121.8 3.0 .4 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 220.0 16.5 5.4 149.7 14.2 4.4 

Fuels ..................................................................................... 217.2 20.9 6.9 151.5 16.2 5.5 

Gas (piped) and electricity 4 ............................................... 219.9 21.0 7.0 149.2 15.8 5.6 

Electricity 4 ....................................................................... 211.2 13.5 6.0 126.8 8.4 5.2 

Utility (piped) gas service 4 .............................................. 261.6 33.7 8.8 213.5 30.2 6.0 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 133.4 .5 .2 105.6 4.1 .5 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 108.2 3.0 -.3 83.4 -7.8 -2.0 

Transportation .......................................................................... 174.0 6.1 1.4 122.6 6.6 1.5 

Private transportation ............................................................. 169.3 5.9 1.3 121.4 6.7 1.3 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 189.9 23.0 4.5 173.2 20.6 3.7 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 188.3 22.8 4.5 174.1 20.5 3.8 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ........................................... 188.7 23.6 4.4 173.2 20.9 3.7 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 ..................................... 175.7 21.6 4.8 173.2 20.5 4.4 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ......................................... 182.9 21.0 4.6 169.4 19.0 3.9 

Medical care ............................................................................. 321.8 5.4 .3 141.5 3.1 .3 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 109.1 1.9 .3 101.1 -1.6 .4 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 116.9 2.6 .3 112.2 1.8 1.0 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 326.3 3.7 .7 136.9 2.4 .1 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................................... 204.7 4.1 .8 122.9 2.8 .9 

Commodities ............................................................................ 160.4 3.4 .6 111.9 2.8 .8 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................. 137.0 4.3 .9 106.2 3.2 .8 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. 158.3 8.6 1.3 120.8 5.0 .8 

Durables ............................................................................... 115.7 -.5 .4 91.4 1.2 .7 

Services .................................................................................... 243.5 4.5 1.0 126.9 3.0 1.0 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ......................................................... 199.2 4.0 .9 119.2 2.8 .9 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 190.3 4.3 .8 119.8 3.4 1.0 

Commodities less food ............................................................... 140.1 4.1 .9 106.9 3.4 .8 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 180.4 5.1 .7 121.4 3.3 .8 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 162.2 8.1 1.3 121.3 5.0 .9 

Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................................... 255.4 5.4 1.1 132.2 4.2 1.3 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 237.1 4.4 1.1 125.2 3.0 1.1 

Energy ........................................................................................ 199.5 22.2 5.5 166.3 18.6 4.5 

All items less energy .................................................................. 206.9 2.9 .5 117.4 1.6 .6 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 208.9 3.1 .6 116.6 1.6 .5 

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.
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. 2006 from—

Percent change to 

Dec. 2005 from—

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Dec.

2004

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

U.S. city average ............................................ M 190.8 191.0 191.7 193.4 2.4 1.3 0.9 1.7 0.5 0.4 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban .............................................. M 194.8 195.9 196.9 198.4 2.4 1.3 .8 2.1 1.1 .5 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 196.0 197.2 198.7 199.7 2.5 1.3 .5 2.1 1.4 .8 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 119.2 119.8 119.8 121.4 2.2 1.3 1.3 2.3 .5 .0 

Midwest urban ................................................ M 181.9 182.3 182.8 185.7 3.4 1.9 1.6 2.3 .5 .3 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 188.6 188.2 189.1 192.3 3.7 2.2 1.7 2.9 .3 .5 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 114.7 115.8 115.9 117.7 3.4 1.6 1.6 1.9 1.0 .1 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 173.6 174.0 172.8 175.8 2.3 1.0 1.7 .3 -.5 -.7 

South urban .................................................... M 187.3 187.3 187.8 189.3 2.7 1.1 .8 1.8 .3 .3 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 189.4 189.8 189.9 191.0 3.4 .6 .6 1.9 .3 .1 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 118.3 118.2 118.8 119.9 2.3 1.4 .9 1.7 .4 .5 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 185.4 184.5 184.3 186.5 2.4 1.1 1.2 1.9 -.6 -.1 

West urban ..................................................... M 200.2 199.6 200.3 201.2 1.1 .8 .4 .7 .0 .4 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 203.3 202.7 203.3 203.7 1.4 .5 .2 .9 .0 .3 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 118.5 118.4 118.7 119.9 .8 1.3 1.0 .4 .2 .3 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 178.3 178.4 179.2 180.4 2.7 1.1 .7 1.9 .5 .4 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 117.8 118.0 118.4 119.7 2.2 1.4 1.1 1.6 .5 .3 

D ................................................................. M 184.9 184.0 183.9 186.1 1.6 1.1 1.2 .5 -.5 -.1 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... M 193.6 193.5 197.1 199.8 3.5 3.3 1.4 3.2 1.8 1.9 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... M 208.8 206.4 207.7 205.6 1.1 -.4 -1.0 2.1 -.5 .6 

New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,

NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 196.3 199.0 201.2 201.3 3.2 1.2 .0 2.3 2.5 1.1 

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ..... 1 197.5 195.6 196.4 200.2 2.6 2.4 1.9 1.4 -.6 .4 

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 1 192.3 188.9 191.5 195.8 4.8 3.7 2.2 3.6 -.4 1.4 

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... 1 174.9 173.2 174.4 177.0 6.8 2.2 1.5 2.5 -.3 .7 

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 3 ...... 1 123.5 124.1 125.0 123.7 4.2 -.3 -1.0 3.1 1.2 .7 

Atlanta, GA ..................................................... 2 195.7 195.1 194.7 199.2 1.6 2.1 2.3 -.3 -.5 -.2 

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. 2 181.5 180.1 180.1 183.7 4.5 2.0 2.0 1.9 -.8 .0 

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 181.9 182.7 180.1 180.5 1.9 -1.2 .2 1.9 -1.0 -1.4 

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. 2 202.7 204.8 202.8 207.6 1.8 1.4 2.4 -.3 .0 -1.0 

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ 2 199.1 199.0 197.9 199.8 .6 .4 1.0 2.2 -.6 -.6 

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... 2 204.7 205.2 204.8 205.8 .0 .3 .5 -1.5 .0 -.2 

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 204.9 204.6 202.5 204.5 3.5 .0 1.0 2.4 -1.2 -1.0 

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.
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.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from—

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Expenditure category

All items .......................................................... 198.3 4.0 0.8 197.5 4.0 0.6 206.0 5.4 1.0 215.9 3.7 0.8 

All items (1967=100) ...................................... 593.9 - -

 590.1 - - 608.6 - - 624.1 - -

Food and beverages ..................................... 194.5 2.6 .7 194.6 2.9 1.0 201.1 2.3 -.4 201.3 3.1 .4 

Food ........................................................... 194.1 2.6 .6 193.3 3.0 .8 199.4 2.4 -.5 200.4 3.1 .5 

Food at home ........................................... 193.4 2.4 .9 199.8 3.5 1.4 205.6 1.1 -1.0 201.3 3.2 .0 

Food away from home .............................. 196.6 3.0 .3 180.3 2.3 .1 188.7 3.8 .1 204.5 3.1 .9 

Alcoholic beverages ................................... 198.0 1.9 .8 212.0 1.4 3.4 212.1 1.1 .8 211.0 1.9 .0 

Housing ........................................................ 200.0 4.3 .9 205.6 4.6 .2 220.2 7.0 1.2 230.6 4.2 .9 

Shelter ........................................................ 226.8 2.6 .5 245.6 3.0 .1 242.9 6.3 .9 274.0 2.8 .7 

Rent of primary residence 1 ...................... 220.9 3.0 .2 245.2 2.2 .0 241.7 5.7 .3 262.4 5.0 .2 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary

residence 1 2 ..................................... 233.4 2.5 .3 251.3 2.7 .1 253.0 5.6 .2 280.1 2.2 .6 

Fuels and utilities ........................................ 198.7 19.1 3.7 181.6 18.5 -.3 226.3 19.1 7.4 182.0 21.4 2.2 

Fuels ......................................................... 182.1 22.2 4.2 169.0 21.5 -.5 233.2 24.6 9.4 184.5 23.8 2.4 

Gas (piped) and electricity 1 ................... 188.1 21.9 4.5 172.8 21.4 -.5 233.0 24.7 9.6 185.4 21.9 3.0 

Electricity 1 ........................................... 162.2 15.0 5.8 102.0 .0 .1 229.5 18.4 11.1 158.8 19.3 5.3 

Utility (piped) gas service 1 ................... 264.1 34.5 2.4 272.7 35.3 -.8 260.4 33.2 7.6 237.7 26.3 .1 

Household furnishings and operations ....... 126.5 .3 .1 107.9 .3 1.3 127.8 3.6 .0 131.0 .1 1.2 

Apparel ......................................................... 114.9 -1.0 -2.2 90.9 2.2 -5.3 105.0 3.0 1.8 109.4 -1.7 -.8 

Transportation .............................................. 175.9 7.3 1.9 166.0 6.5 2.5 174.9 6.1 2.0 184.1 6.0 1.9 

Private transportation ................................. 172.1 7.2 1.9 163.4 6.7 2.3 169.1 5.8 2.0 174.7 5.9 2.0 

Motor fuel .................................................. 199.2 27.4 6.4 206.4 27.9 6.1 190.0 22.9 5.9 187.5 26.8 8.6 

Gasoline (all types) ................................. 198.2 27.4 6.4 204.7 27.9 6.1 185.9 22.8 5.8 186.8 26.8 8.6 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 3 ................ 197.7 28.0 6.4 201.4 28.4 6.0 184.9 23.3 6.0 189.6 27.8 9.0 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 3 4 ......... 203.2 27.0 6.5 214.4 27.5 6.5 177.4 21.8 5.4 184.8 25.4 7.8 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 3 ............. 192.3 25.4 6.2 196.0 26.0 5.8 180.7 21.6 5.6 184.4 24.7 7.6 

Medical care ................................................. 329.5 4.0 .3 329.9 4.8 .4 323.2 6.3 .8 333.0 2.7 .1 

Recreation 5 ................................................. 109.9 .9 .2 110.4 .8 1.9 114.3 3.3 .3 116.1 1.8 1.1 

Education and communication 5 ................... 115.7 2.7 .3 121.7 1.8 .1 117.0 2.0 .3 119.4 4.0 .2 

Other goods and services ............................. 318.2 2.9 .3 313.1 .1 -.1 318.1 4.1 1.8 332.0 2.3 .0 

Commodity and service group

All items .......................................................... 198.3 4.0 .8 197.5 4.0 .6 206.0 5.4 1.0 215.9 3.7 .8 

Commodities ................................................. 161.3 3.8 .8 154.4 3.9 1.0 160.3 4.2 .9 166.8 3.5 1.0 

Commodities less food and beverages ...... 142.6 4.5 .9 131.9 4.5 1.0 135.8 5.4 1.8 142.1 3.8 1.4 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..... 168.7 8.7 1.4 158.3 9.2 .5 160.7 9.5 2.6 163.5 7.1 1.7 

Durables ................................................... 115.3 -.6 .3 104.9 -.8 1.5 110.4 .7 .7 112.4 -1.1 1.1 

Services ........................................................ 234.9 4.1 .7 238.2 4.1 .3 245.3 6.1 1.1 257.9 3.8 .7 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ............................. 191.6 4.0 .8 191.5 4.0 .6 200.3 5.4 1.1 210.4 3.7 .8 

All items less shelter ....................................... 189.3 4.6 .9 181.6 4.6 .8 190.0 4.8 1.1 193.3 4.3 .8 

Commodities less food ................................... 144.7 4.4 1.0 135.0 4.4 1.1 139.4 5.1 1.7 145.1 3.8 1.4 

Nondurables ................................................... 182.0 5.5 1.1 177.4 6.0 .8 182.6 5.6 1.0 184.3 4.9 1.0 

Nondurables less food .................................... 170.5 8.3 1.4 161.8 8.6 .7 165.6 8.8 2.4 166.7 6.7 1.6 

Services less rent of shelter 2 ......................... 251.2 5.8 1.0 242.5 5.5 .6 256.5 5.8 1.5 249.8 5.4 .6 

Services less medical care services ............... 225.9 4.1 .8 230.9 4.1 .3 238.5 6.1 1.1 251.4 3.9 .7 

Energy ............................................................ 189.5 24.8 5.3 182.1 24.2 2.3 206.0 23.6 7.2 187.3 24.9 4.8 

All items less energy ....................................... 200.8 2.2 .3 200.5 2.3 .5 207.7 4.3 .6 220.1 2.3 .5 

All items less food and energy ...................... 202.6 2.1 .2 202.6 2.2 .3 209.6 4.6 .9 225.2 2.2 .5 

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.
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.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from—

Jan.

2005

Nov.

2005

Jan.

2005

Nov.

2005

Jan.

2005

Nov.

2005

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................................... 198.3 4.0 0.4 220.5 4.4 0.9 197.5 4.0 0.1 

All items (1967=100) .................................................................. 593.9 - -

 640.8 - - 590.1 - -

Food and beverages 3 .............................................................. 194.5 2.6 .9 203.4 1.9 1.5 194.6 2.9 1.9 

Food 3 .................................................................................... 194.1 2.6 .9 204.3 2.0 1.7 193.3 3.0 1.8 

Food at home ....................................................................... 193.4 2.4 1.3 200.2 2.6 2.4 199.8 3.5 3.3 

Food away from home 4 ....................................................... 196.6 3.0 .5 212.5 1.2 .8 180.3 2.3 .1 

Alcoholic beverages 4 ............................................................ 198.0 1.9 .5 197.3 1.4 .5 212.0 1.4 2.7 

Housing 3 ................................................................................. 200.0 4.3 .8 229.0 5.3 1.3 205.6 4.6 -.1 

Shelter .................................................................................... 226.8 2.6 .6 264.6 2.4 .8 245.6 3.0 .5 

Rent of primary residence 3 5 ............................................... 220.9 3.0 .4 256.9 1.5 -.6 245.2 2.2 .0 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 6 ................. 233.4 2.5 .5 277.6 1.1 .1 251.3 2.7 .0 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 198.7 19.1 2.1 237.3 32.3 6.3 181.6 18.5 -3.1 

Fuels ..................................................................................... 182.1 22.2 2.3 210.3 35.2 6.5 169.0 21.5 -3.6 

Gas (piped) and electricity 5 ............................................... 188.1 21.9 2.6 234.0 35.2 8.7 172.8 21.4 -3.7 

Electricity 5 ....................................................................... 162.2 15.0 5.1 207.7 35.9 15.0 102.0 .0 .1 

Utility (piped) gas service 5 .............................................. 264.1 34.5 -1.4 277.3 32.6 -.5 272.7 35.3 -5.4 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 126.5 .3 .3 125.9 2.5 -.6 107.9 .3 -1.0 

Apparel 3 .................................................................................. 114.9 -1.0 -5.4 124.1 1.1 -3.5 90.9 2.2 -9.0 

Transportation 3 ....................................................................... 175.9 7.3 .2 171.5 6.1 .3 166.0 6.5 .5 

Private transportation ............................................................. 172.1 7.2 .2 171.1 6.5 .2 163.4 6.7 .3 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 199.2 27.4 -.3 199.9 28.1 2.4 206.4 27.9 1.2 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 198.2 27.4 -.2 197.2 28.1 2.3 204.7 27.9 1.2 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 7 ........................................... 197.7 28.0 -.3 195.9 28.6 2.6 201.4 28.4 1.1 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 ..................................... 203.2 27.0 .0 197.3 26.7 1.5 214.4 27.5 1.7 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ......................................... 192.3 25.4 -.3 195.9 26.5 2.0 196.0 26.0 .9 

Medical care 3 .......................................................................... 329.5 4.0 .4 447.0 3.9 .0 329.9 4.8 1.1 

Recreation 9 ............................................................................. 109.9 .9 .1 112.4 3.8 .2 110.4 .8 2.2 

Education and communication 9 .............................................. 115.7 2.7 .3 119.2 2.7 .3 121.7 1.8 .7 

Other goods and services 3 ...................................................... 318.2 2.9 .6 334.6 1.7 1.4 313.1 .1 -.2 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................................... 198.3 4.0 .4 220.5 4.4 .9 197.5 4.0 .1 

Commodities ............................................................................ 161.3 3.8 -.1 165.7 4.7 .5 154.4 3.9 .0 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................. 142.6 4.5 -.7 145.0 6.6 -.2 131.9 4.5 -1.0 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. 168.7 8.7 -1.4 174.2 11.7 -.4 158.3 9.2 -1.9 

Durables ............................................................................... 115.3 -.6 .3 115.7 -.1 .2 104.9 -.8 .3 

Services .................................................................................... 234.9 4.1 .6 269.9 4.2 1.0 238.2 4.1 .2 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 3 ...................................................... 191.6 4.0 .4 210.8 4.4 .9 191.5 4.0 .1 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 189.3 4.6 .2 204.9 5.7 .8 181.6 4.6 -.1 

Commodities less food ............................................................... 144.7 4.4 -.6 147.1 6.3 -.2 135.0 4.4 -.8 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 182.0 5.5 -.2 187.5 6.2 .6 177.4 6.0 -.1 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 170.5 8.3 -1.3 174.9 10.7 -.4 161.8 8.6 -1.6 

Services less rent of shelter 6 .................................................... 251.2 5.8 .7 288.3 7.2 1.4 242.5 5.5 -.2 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 225.9 4.1 .7 255.7 4.2 1.1 230.9 4.1 .1 

Energy 3 ..................................................................................... 189.5 24.8 1.0 206.6 32.1 4.8 182.1 24.2 -1.6 

All items less energy .................................................................. 200.8 2.2 .3 225.0 2.1 .5 200.5 2.3 .4 

All items less food and energy 3 ............................................... 202.6 2.1 .1 229.7 2.1 .3 202.6 2.2 .1 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from—

Jan.

2005

Nov.

2005

Jan.

2005

Nov.

2005

Jan.

2005

Nov.

2005

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................................... 190.3 3.8 0.2 188.6 4.8 0.4 206.0 5.4 0.2 

All items (1967=100) .................................................................. 609.8 - -

 591.7 - - 608.6 - -

Food and beverages 3 .............................................................. 198.2 3.9 2.7 196.0 5.2 1.9 201.1 2.3 -.1 

Food 3 .................................................................................... 201.2 4.1 2.7 191.8 5.2 1.6 199.4 2.4 -.3 

Food at home ....................................................................... 195.8 4.8 3.7 177.0 6.8 2.2 205.6 1.1 -.4 

Food away from home 4 ....................................................... 212.1 3.1 1.1 215.5 3.5 1.1 188.7 3.8 .0 

Alcoholic beverages 4 ............................................................ 165.3 1.1 3.8 249.5 1.8 4.3 212.1 1.1 1.0 

Housing 3 ................................................................................. 186.1 3.4 -.4 175.7 4.8 .3 220.2 7.0 .8 

Shelter .................................................................................... 204.8 .8 .2 176.5 -.1 .0 242.9 6.3 .7 

Rent of primary residence 3 5 ............................................... 201.4 .4 -.1 171.0 .5 .7 241.7 5.7 .6 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 6 ................. 204.1 -.6 -.1 188.3 .2 .0 253.0 5.6 .5 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 205.9 19.5 -.8 239.8 28.0 1.8 226.3 19.1 1.7 

Fuels ..................................................................................... 207.1 22.6 -1.1 246.5 35.7 2.1 233.2 24.6 1.5 

Gas (piped) and electricity 5 ............................................... 209.4 22.6 -1.1 245.1 36.1 2.1 233.0 24.7 1.5 

Electricity 5 ....................................................................... 126.0 .6 .5 220.6 35.0 8.9 229.5 18.4 11.2 

Utility (piped) gas service 5 .............................................. 301.8 36.6 -1.7 343.8 37.2 -17.3 260.4 33.2 -8.6 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 121.2 -2.7 -3.4 134.9 6.3 .4 127.8 3.6 .8 

Apparel 3 .................................................................................. 105.6 -4.9 -9.8 119.5 1.8 -4.6 105.0 3.0 -3.3

Transportation 3 ....................................................................... 180.2 7.3 1.1 179.8 7.3 .5 174.9 6.1 -1.0 

Private transportation ............................................................. 181.7 7.5 1.2 180.4 7.4 .7 169.1 5.8 -1.2 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 228.2 24.5 4.9 209.6 32.2 -.5 190.0 22.9 -5.8 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 226.4 24.5 5.0 208.5 32.1 -.4 185.9 22.8 -5.9 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 7 ........................................... 218.6 24.6 5.7 206.7 32.7 -.4 184.9 23.3 -6.0 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 ..................................... 233.6 25.2 3.5 206.8 31.0 .2 177.4 21.8 -5.9 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ......................................... 221.8 22.7 2.9 203.4 31.4 -1.1 180.7 21.6 -5.1 

Medical care 3 .......................................................................... 291.8 3.5 1.7 301.9 5.9 1.8 323.2 6.3 .9 

Recreation 9 ............................................................................. 104.7 .8 -.7 116.2 1.2 .5 114.3 3.3 .2 

Education and communication 9 .............................................. 108.1 1.1 .2 122.8 1.6 -.2 117.0 2.0 .2 

Other goods and services 3 ...................................................... 320.2 8.7 1.3 293.5 1.8 .6 318.1 4.1 2.9 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................................... 190.3 3.8 .2 188.6 4.8 .4 206.0 5.4 .2 

Commodities ............................................................................ 164.8 4.2 .2 162.6 5.5 .6 160.3 4.2 -.9 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................. 145.8 4.3 -1.3 145.4 5.7 -.1 135.8 5.4 -1.2 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. 171.0 7.1 -2.1 163.4 11.2 -1.1 160.7 9.5 -3.0 

Durables ............................................................................... 115.0 .6 -.3 130.1 .5 .9 110.4 .7 .9 

Services .................................................................................... 216.6 3.6 .2 214.4 4.3 .4 245.3 6.1 .8 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 3 ...................................................... 185.6 3.9 .1 182.8 4.8 .4 200.3 5.4 .2 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 186.2 5.1 .2 194.8 6.9 .7 190.0 4.8 -.2 

Commodities less food ............................................................... 146.6 4.3 -1.1 148.6 5.6 .0 139.4 5.1 -1.2 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 185.4 5.5 .4 179.0 7.8 .5 182.6 5.6 -1.6 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 170.3 6.8 -1.6 168.3 10.5 -.8 165.6 8.8 -2.8 

Services less rent of shelter 6 .................................................... 233.3 6.3 .3 269.0 8.9 .7 256.5 5.8 .9 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 210.8 3.5 .0 205.4 4.1 .3 238.5 6.1 .8 

Energy 3 ..................................................................................... 214.5 23.3 1.3 228.4 34.0 .8 206.0 23.6 -3.1 

All items less energy .................................................................. 189.5 1.8 .1 188.1 2.1 .5 207.7 4.3 .5 

All items less food and energy 3 ............................................... 187.3 1.4 -.3 187.7 1.5 .3 209.6 4.6 .6 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006

Percent change from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change from—

Jan.

2005

Nov.

2005

Jan.

2005

Nov.

2005

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................................... 215.9 3.7 0.3 126.3 4.1 0.7 

All items (1967=100) .................................................................. 624.1 - - - - -

Food and beverages 3 .............................................................. 201.3 3.1 1.1 125.3 3.8 .2 

Food 3 .................................................................................... 200.4 3.1 1.2 125.9 3.9 .1 

Food at home ....................................................................... 201.3 3.2 1.2 123.7 4.2 -.3 

Food away from home 4 ....................................................... 204.5 3.1 1.1 126.4 3.4 .5 

Alcoholic beverages 4 ............................................................ 211.0 1.9 .1 113.6 2.7 1.3 

Housing 3 ................................................................................. 230.6 4.2 .6 132.7 3.1 1.0 

Shelter .................................................................................... 274.0 2.8 .5 137.5 2.8 1.3 

Rent of primary residence 3 5 ............................................... 262.4 5.0 .0 145.0 4.0 1.0 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 6 ................. 280.1 2.2 .7 137.5 3.8 1.6 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 182.0 21.4 .6 137.9 13.4 .3 

Fuels ..................................................................................... 184.5 23.8 .6 138.2 14.8 .3 

Gas (piped) and electricity 5 ............................................... 185.4 21.9 1.1 132.8 14.6 .2 

Electricity 5 ....................................................................... 158.8 19.3 -.4 111.4 5.3 .2 

Utility (piped) gas service 5 .............................................. 237.7 26.3 3.6 214.8 41.4 1.5 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 131.0 .1 1.4 102.8 -4.4 -.4 

Apparel 3 .................................................................................. 109.4 -1.7 -6.5 91.6 7.8 -.2 

Transportation 3 ....................................................................... 184.1 6.0 .4 123.0 7.8 1.2 

Private transportation ............................................................. 174.7 5.9 .5 123.4 8.1 1.5 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 187.5 26.8 1.9 197.7 29.5 4.4 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 186.8 26.8 1.9 197.8 29.5 4.6 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 7 ........................................... 189.6 27.8 2.3 201.8 29.9 4.7 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 ..................................... 184.8 25.4 1.1 194.2 28.9 4.7 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ......................................... 184.4 24.7 1.2 192.8 28.5 4.0 

Medical care 3 .......................................................................... 333.0 2.7 .5 129.2 3.4 .4 

Recreation 9 ............................................................................. 116.1 1.8 1.3 112.2 1.7 .3 

Education and communication 9 .............................................. 119.4 4.0 .2 120.2 5.2 .7 

Other goods and services 3 ...................................................... 332.0 2.3 -.2 142.2 3.6 -.4 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................................... 215.9 3.7 .3 126.3 4.1 .7 

Commodities ............................................................................ 166.8 3.5 -.1 115.1 4.5 .5 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................. 142.1 3.8 -.9 109.3 5.0 .7 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. 163.5 7.1 -1.9 126.9 11.0 1.2 

Durables ............................................................................... 112.4 -1.1 1.0 89.9 -2.4 .0 

Services .................................................................................... 257.9 3.8 .5 133.7 3.9 .8 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 3 ...................................................... 210.4 3.7 .2 126.1 4.1 .7 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 193.3 4.3 .1 120.7 5.0 .4 

Commodities less food ............................................................... 145.1 3.8 -.8 109.6 5.0 .8 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 184.3 4.9 -.4 125.5 7.1 .7 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 166.7 6.7 -1.8 125.9 10.3 1.2 

Services less rent of shelter 6 .................................................... 249.8 5.4 .4 129.9 5.5 .3 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 251.4 3.9 .4 134.2 3.9 .9 

Energy 3 ..................................................................................... 187.3 24.9 1.0 160.9 21.8 2.3 

All items less energy .................................................................. 220.1 2.3 .2 123.4 2.7 .6 

All items less food and energy 3 ............................................... 225.2 2.2 .0 123.9 2.7 .7 

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.
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. 2006 from—

Percent change to 

Dec. 2005 from—

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Dec.

2004

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

U.S. city average ............................................ M 195.2 193.4 192.5 194.0 4.1 0.3 0.8 3.5 -1.4 -0.5 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban .............................................. M 208.1 206.5 205.5 207.5 4.3 .5 1.0 3.4 -1.2 -.5 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 208.9 207.3 206.4 208.2 4.0 .4 .9 3.4 -1.2 -.4 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 125.4 124.4 123.7 125.2 4.7 .6 1.2 3.6 -1.4 -.6 

Midwest urban ................................................ M 187.6 185.6 185.1 186.2 4.0 .3 .6 3.5 -1.3 -.3 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 188.5 186.7 186.2 187.3 3.8 .3 .6 3.4 -1.2 -.3 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 122.2 120.6 120.3 121.1 4.0 .4 .7 3.4 -1.6 -.2 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 184.9 183.0 182.4 183.5 4.4 .3 .6 4.3 -1.4 -.3 

South urban .................................................... M 190.2 188.0 187.2 188.8 4.6 .4 .9 3.8 -1.6 -.4 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 193.2 191.1 189.7 191.6 4.9 .3 1.0 4.0 -1.8 -.7 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 121.4 120.0 119.8 120.7 4.3 .6 .8 3.6 -1.3 -.2 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 194.4 191.0 189.8 191.0 5.0 .0 .6 4.6 -2.4 -.6 

West urban ..................................................... M 197.8 196.4 194.9 196.3 3.6 -.1 .7 2.9 -1.5 -.8 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 199.1 197.7 196.2 197.6 3.9 -.1 .7 3.2 -1.5 -.8 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 123.2 122.4 121.3 122.3 2.9 -.1 .8 2.3 -1.5 -.9 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 180.9 179.3 178.4 179.8 4.2 .3 .8 3.5 -1.4 -.5 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 122.4 121.2 120.7 121.7 4.0 .4 .8 3.3 -1.4 -.4 

D ................................................................. M 191.3 189.0 187.9 188.7 4.3 -.2 .4 4.0 -1.8 -.6 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... M 191.9 191.1 190.2 191.2 4.2 .1 .5 3.9 -.9 -.5 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... M 200.0 198.4 196.5 198.3 5.2 -.1 .9 4.2 -1.8 -1.0 

New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,

NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 211.0 209.9 208.7 210.2 3.8 .1 .7 3.4 -1.1 -.6 

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ..... 1 -

 217.7 - 219.5 4.4 .8 - - - -

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 1 -

 180.8 - 181.4 4.0 .3 - - - -

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... 1 - 188.9 - 189.9 5.3 .5 - - - -

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 -

 125.2 - 126.1 4.5 .7 - - - -

Atlanta, GA ..................................................... 2 193.1 -

 187.2 - - - - 3.1 -3.1 -

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. 2 190.5 -

 187.9 - - - - 4.0 -1.4 -

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 178.4 -

 175.1 - - - - 4.4 -1.8 -

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. 2 197.4 -

 195.5 - - - - 4.8 -1.0 -

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ 2 207.6 -

 205.2 - - - - 3.7 -1.2 -

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... 2 202.6 -

 199.3 - - - - 1.7 -1.6 -

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 198.6 -

 196.1 - - - - 3.0 -1.3 -

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: 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. 

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

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from—

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Expenditure category

All items .......................................................... 207.5 4.3 1.0 186.2 4.0 0.6 188.8 4.6 0.9 196.3 3.6 0.7 

All items (December 1977=100) .................... 324.1 - -

 301.2 - - 305.8 - - 315.8 - -

Food and beverages ..................................... 197.1 2.4 .6 189.3 3.0 1.0 191.0 2.9 .7 198.7 1.9 .3 

Food ........................................................... 196.7 2.4 .6 188.7 3.1 1.0 191.3 3.0 .7 197.8 1.9 .3 

Food at home ........................................... 197.3 2.2 .7 186.1 3.5 1.6 188.1 2.6 .9 200.2 1.1 .4 

Food away from home .............................. 198.8 2.7 .6 193.5 2.7 .2 198.3 3.6 .4 194.6 3.2 .2 

Alcoholic beverages ................................... 201.3 2.4 .1 196.6 1.5 1.5 185.5 1.0 .8 209.2 2.9 1.1 

Housing ........................................................ 218.8 5.1 1.2 181.6 3.8 .4 182.6 5.1 .8 205.7 3.9 .9 

Shelter ........................................................ 255.5 2.9 .7 202.9 1.6 .0 198.9 2.8 .3 225.1 2.8 .4 

Rent of primary residence 2 ...................... 246.6 3.9 .2 204.4 1.9 .1 196.0 2.9 .3 231.2 3.1 .1 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary

residence 2 3 ..................................... 238.5 2.4 .5 202.1 1.3 -.1 189.6 3.1 .4 216.5 2.9 .1 

Fuels and utilities ........................................ 200.5 22.3 4.5 194.8 18.6 2.1 197.4 19.1 3.7 211.8 15.0 4.9 

Fuels ......................................................... 189.8 24.5 4.7 174.9 21.5 2.4 172.4 22.4 4.4 203.1 18.2 6.1 

Gas (piped) and electricity 2 ................... 199.3 23.2 5.5 181.2 21.4 2.5 174.7 22.5 4.6 205.9 18.0 6.1 

Electricity 2 ........................................... 168.4 18.3 8.2 134.2 7.6 3.5 156.8 18.6 6.0 193.6 10.8 5.4 

Utility (piped) gas service 2 ................... 262.9 30.3 1.9 266.2 37.0 1.7 286.5 37.1 -.8 253.6 31.6 7.3 

Household furnishings and operations ....... 123.7 .8 .2 115.9 -1.1 -.1 120.6 -.4 -.1 130.2 1.3 .3 

Apparel ......................................................... 112.8 -2.0 -2.3 106.3 -3.7 -4.8 129.0 .8 -1.6 106.0 -2.3 -1.8 

Transportation .............................................. 179.1 7.6 2.3 175.3 7.9 2.2 172.7 8.2 2.1 173.4 6.6 1.3 

Private transportation ................................. 174.8 7.6 2.4 172.7 7.9 2.2 171.6 8.3 2.1 170.2 6.5 1.3 

New and used motor vehicles 4 ................ 95.9 1.2 .3 95.3 .8 .7 95.4 .2 .2 94.4 .7 .5 

New vehicles .......................................... 139.7 .5 .5 136.8 -.7 1.3 143.6 -.7 .5 140.0 .2 .9 

Used cars and trucks .............................. 143.6 2.4 .1 141.3 1.1 .1 139.4 .9 -.1 137.6 1.3 .1 

Motor fuel .................................................. 199.2 28.2 8.8 207.2 28.7 6.4 200.4 29.5 6.8 190.5 22.6 3.7 

Gasoline (all types) ................................. 198.2 28.2 8.8 206.2 28.7 6.3 199.3 29.5 6.9 189.5 22.5 3.7 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 5 ................ 199.2 28.8 9.2 205.3 29.2 6.4 199.1 30.6 7.2 187.6 23.0 3.5 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 ......... 201.6 27.6 8.4 224.2 28.7 6.5 206.6 28.5 6.3 180.1 21.5 4.6 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 ............. 191.7 26.6 7.9 203.0 26.2 6.1 195.5 26.9 6.3 183.7 20.6 3.9 

Medical care ................................................. 344.4 3.7 -.1 330.9 4.7 .6 318.3 3.3 .2 328.7 4.7 .3 

Medical care commodities .......................... 289.0 3.3 .1 274.5 3.7 .5 267.2 3.6 .8 276.7 4.1 -.1 

Medical care services ................................. 358.4 3.8 -.2 346.9 5.0 .6 332.4 3.3 .1 341.9 4.8 .4 

Professional services ................................ 291.4 1.7 -.7 302.2 3.2 .1 282.1 3.1 -.1 271.4 3.5 .2 

Recreation 4 ................................................. 111.9 1.5 .5 106.9 .4 .1 107.4 .7 -.1 103.6 .3 .2 

Education and communication 4 ................... 113.9 2.6 .4 114.8 2.5 .6 109.6 2.2 .1 114.7 1.9 .5 

Other goods and services ............................. 363.4 1.9 .0 320.6 4.5 .5 309.7 2.3 .2 321.6 3.3 .4 

Commodity and service group

All items .......................................................... 207.5 4.3 1.0 186.2 4.0 .6 188.8 4.6 .9 196.3 3.6 .7 

Commodities ................................................. 168.9 4.1 1.1 157.9 4.2 .9 163.3 4.5 1.1 161.4 3.3 .6 

Commodities less food and beverages ...... 150.0 5.3 1.4 141.6 4.8 .8 148.3 5.6 1.2 140.1 4.0 .6 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..... 175.2 8.7 2.1 172.7 9.2 1.1 180.6 11.0 2.3 163.8 7.8 .9 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and

apparel ............................................ 222.8 13.2 3.7 213.7 13.4 2.8 214.2 14.7 3.6 206.2 11.9 2.0 

Durables ................................................... 116.1 .4 .4 111.1 -.4 .5 116.9 -.8 .0 117.3 .1 .4 

Services ........................................................ 251.6 4.4 .9 220.7 3.8 .4 219.9 4.7 .6 233.6 3.8 .8 

Rent of shelter 3 ......................................... 239.1 2.9 .7 201.6 1.6 .1 189.4 2.9 .3 217.3 2.9 .4 

Transportation services .............................. 220.4 2.3 -.1 230.4 2.1 -.2 234.7 2.7 .2 230.5 3.2 .6 

Other services ............................................ 290.8 3.3 .3 253.6 2.8 .6 256.0 2.6 .1 256.8 2.5 .5 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from—

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ............................. 202.3 4.3 1.0 180.4 3.9 0.6 182.2 4.7 0.9 190.9 3.5 0.7 

All items less food ........................................... 209.8 4.6 1.0 185.5 4.1 .5 188.0 4.9 .8 195.8 3.9 .8 

All items less shelter ....................................... 192.8 4.9 1.1 182.5 4.9 .8 186.4 5.3 1.0 186.3 3.9 .8 

Commodities less food ................................... 152.1 5.2 1.3 143.4 4.6 .8 149.5 5.4 1.2 142.9 4.0 .7 

Nondurables ................................................... 187.1 5.3 1.3 181.4 6.0 1.0 185.8 6.7 1.5 182.6 4.7 .6 

Nondurables less food .................................... 176.8 8.2 1.9 173.9 8.6 1.0 180.8 10.4 2.2 167.3 7.5 .9 

Nondurables less food and apparel ................ 219.8 12.2 3.4 211.1 12.3 2.7 210.9 13.6 3.4 205.8 11.1 1.9 

Services less rent of shelter 3 ......................... 227.2 6.2 1.1 221.1 6.2 .8 221.9 6.5 1.0 226.3 5.1 1.3 

Services less medical care services ............... 244.5 4.4 .9 211.5 3.7 .4 209.3 4.8 .7 226.1 3.7 .8 

Energy ............................................................ 193.9 26.1 6.5 189.0 25.0 4.4 182.0 26.0 5.7 198.7 20.9 4.6 

All items less energy ....................................... 210.3 2.2 .3 187.2 1.7 .2 189.7 2.2 .3 197.2 2.2 .4 

All items less food and energy ...................... 214.4 2.1 .2 187.2 1.5 .0 189.5 2.0 .2 197.2 2.2 .3 

Commodities less food and energy

commodities ....................................... 145.7 .1 -.3 136.4 -.1 -.4 142.2 .3 -.1 137.1 .4 .1 

Energy commodities ................................... 204.8 28.6 7.4 207.7 28.4 6.0 202.7 29.2 6.6 192.8 22.6 3.7 

Services less energy services .................... 257.0 3.0 .5 225.9 2.2 .2 224.6 2.9 .2 235.9 3.0 .5 

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.
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.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from—

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Expenditure category

All items 4 ................................................................................... 179.8 4.2 0.8 121.7 4.0 0.8 188.7 4.3 0.4 

All items (December 1977=100) ................................................ 179.8 - - - - -

 305.0 - -

Food and beverages ................................................................ 176.4 2.6 .6 121.1 2.6 .7 190.0 2.0 .8 

Food ....................................................................................... 176.1 2.7 .6 121.2 2.7 .8 189.7 2.1 .8 

Food at home ....................................................................... 180.1 2.6 .7 119.7 2.1 1.1 184.5 1.5 1.1 

Food away from home .......................................................... 169.7 2.8 .4 123.4 3.4 .2 200.0 3.0 .5 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 179.0 2.1 1.0 120.6 1.8 .7 193.9 .7 .7 

Housing .................................................................................... 183.1 4.6 .8 122.2 4.4 .8 181.7 5.0 .6 

Shelter .................................................................................... 195.4 2.8 .4 121.4 2.2 .4 203.3 2.7 .2 

Rent of primary residence 5 ................................................. 189.8 3.2 .2 123.4 2.7 .3 191.1 3.0 .2 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 6 ................. 195.7 2.5 .2 120.6 2.6 .3 193.7 2.5 -.1 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 201.6 20.4 4.2 149.2 17.5 3.3 193.8 16.5 2.6 

Fuels ..................................................................................... 204.5 23.9 4.9 151.8 19.8 3.7 166.4 19.5 3.0 

Gas (piped) and electricity 5 ............................................... 198.7 23.5 5.1 147.2 19.5 4.0 177.9 19.6 3.2 

Electricity 5 ....................................................................... 163.8 16.4 7.1 125.4 13.6 4.8 160.0 13.9 4.6 

Utility (piped) gas service 5 .............................................. 280.9 34.8 2.4 226.3 34.0 2.0 251.9 34.0 .1 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 116.4 -.2 .3 97.2 .4 -.2 119.9 .5 .0 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 106.1 -.6 -2.1 85.6 -3.2 -2.7 117.2 -1.5 -4.9 

Transportation .......................................................................... 174.8 7.4 2.0 122.5 7.8 2.1 171.8 7.7 1.1 

Private transportation ............................................................. 174.4 7.5 2.0 122.4 7.7 2.1 169.5 7.8 1.1 

New and used motor vehicles 3 ........................................... 95.9 .6 .5 94.8 1.1 .5 94.3 -.6 -.2 

New vehicles ...................................................................... 121.7 -.3 .8 97.3 .3 .8 148.4 -3.3 -.2 

Used cars and trucks .......................................................... 133.9 1.4 .1 93.7 1.1 .0 128.2 1.4 .1 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 290.7 27.1 6.5 198.2 27.7 6.6 194.2 28.1 3.6 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 289.3 27.1 6.6 198.5 27.7 6.6 192.7 28.1 3.7 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 7 ........................................... 295.6 27.7 6.6 202.6 28.2 6.7 185.2 28.6 3.7 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 ..................................... 197.8 26.5 6.7 194.6 27.4 6.3 215.8 28.4 4.2 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ......................................... 259.9 25.2 6.3 187.8 25.5 6.3 193.5 25.7 3.4 

Medical care ............................................................................. 259.1 4.5 .3 139.8 3.4 .1 319.7 4.2 .5

Medical care commodities ...................................................... 219.5 4.3 .3 130.4 3.2 .5 270.6 2.6 .3 

Medical care services ............................................................. 269.8 4.6 .4 142.6 3.5 .0 334.2 4.7 .6 

Professional services ........................................................... 224.7 3.1 -.1 133.8 2.8 -.1 286.4 3.2 -.1 

Recreation 3 ............................................................................. 109.7 1.1 .4 104.2 .1 -.1 107.0 .8 -.4 

Education and communication 3 .............................................. 114.5 2.3 .2 110.3 2.3 .5 115.6 1.0 .3 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 262.4 2.8 .4 145.3 3.1 .1 338.5 4.0 .5 

Commodity and service group

All items 4 ................................................................................... 179.8 4.2 .8 121.7 4.0 .8 188.7 4.3 .4 

Commodities ............................................................................ 157.3 4.0 .9 113.9 4.1 1.0 162.6 4.2 .4 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................. 145.0 4.9 1.1 109.9 5.0 1.0 148.4 5.2 .1 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. 179.5 9.2 1.5 131.1 9.3 1.9 179.1 10.2 .4 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ................ 231.9 13.4 3.1 154.2 13.4 3.1 213.6 13.8 2.0 

Durables ............................................................................... 110.2 -.4 .5 89.5 .0 .2 117.3 -.8 -.3 

Services .................................................................................... 200.6 4.3 .7 126.6 4.0 .7 223.0 4.4 .5 

Rent of shelter 6 ..................................................................... 196.1 2.8 .4 121.5 2.3 .4 189.9 2.7 .2 

Transportation services .......................................................... 189.3 2.5 .2 125.6 2.6 .0 225.3 2.8 .6 

Other services ........................................................................ 218.9 2.9 .3 124.0 2.6 .3 262.5 2.2 .1 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from—

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ......................................................... 176.5 4.2 0.9 119.3 4.1 0.8 181.8 4.3 0.4 

All items less food ...................................................................... 180.5 4.5 .8 120.1 4.3 .8 188.4 4.6 .4

All items less shelter ................................................................... 173.8 4.9 1.0 120.0 4.7 1.0 185.8 4.8 .5 

Commodities less food ............................................................... 146.6 4.8 1.1 110.2 4.9 1.0 149.7 5.1 .1 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 178.2 5.7 1.1 125.7 5.7 1.3 185.7 6.2 .6 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 179.9 8.8 1.5 130.4 8.8 1.8 179.8 9.6 .4 

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................ 226.0 12.3 3.0 151.1 12.4 3.0 211.7 12.8 1.9 

Services less rent of shelter 6 .................................................... 206.2 6.2 1.2 131.7 5.7 .9 222.4 5.8 .8 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 195.9 4.3 .7 125.2 4.0 .7 212.1 4.3 .5 

Energy ........................................................................................ 243.3 25.5 5.7 173.0 23.8 5.2 181.5 24.1 3.4 

All items less energy .................................................................. 174.7 2.2 .3 115.7 1.9 .3 189.4 1.8 .1 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 174.5 2.2 .2 114.5 1.8 .2 190.0 1.8 -.1 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ................... 129.1 .2 -.1 98.5 .2 -.1 142.5 -.1 -.7 

Energy commodities ............................................................... 292.4 27.1 6.2 200.9 27.4 6.1 193.8 27.9 3.5 

Services less energy services ................................................ 200.6 2.9 .4 124.7 2.5 .3 227.9 2.8 .3 

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.
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.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from—

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................................... 208.2 4.0 0.9 125.2 4.7 1.2 

All items (December 1977=100) ................................................ 318.1 - - - - -

Food and beverages ................................................................ 197.0 2.3 .5 122.1 2.6 .7 

Food ....................................................................................... 196.5 2.3 .5 122.2 2.6 .8 

Food at home ....................................................................... 198.3 2.3 .4 120.8 1.9 1.3 

Food away from home .......................................................... 196.3 2.5 .8 124.4 3.4 .1 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 202.7 2.6 .1 119.2 2.1 .0 

Housing .................................................................................... 219.2 5.1 1.0 126.7 5.3 1.7 

Shelter .................................................................................... 255.5 3.1 .6 122.2 2.0 .9 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................. 253.5 4.1 .2 126.9 3.2 .3 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 5 ................. 240.3 2.4 .5 121.4 2.3 .5 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 194.1 22.4 4.0 166.4 21.9 5.4 

Fuels ..................................................................................... 190.5 24.7 4.3 170.0 23.9 5.5 

Gas (piped) and electricity 4 ............................................... 198.7 23.3 5.0 152.9 22.9 6.6 

Electricity 4 ....................................................................... 168.0 19.7 7.8 120.5 15.2 8.7 

Utility (piped) gas service 4 .............................................. 258.4 29.3 1.4 229.6 32.5 2.9 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 123.3 .6 .3 102.7 1.4 -.1 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 107.3 -3.3 -1.9 88.4 2.0 -3.6 

Transportation .......................................................................... 180.8 7.2 2.4 125.1 8.4 2.2 

Private transportation ............................................................. 175.7 7.3 2.6 125.5 8.2 2.2 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 194.9 27.8 9.2 201.9 29.1 8.2 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 193.7 27.9 9.2 202.0 29.2 8.3 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ........................................... 195.1 28.5 9.6 204.9 29.5 8.4 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 ..................................... 192.5 27.1 8.6 202.9 28.9 7.9 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ......................................... 188.8 26.3 8.1 190.8 27.5 7.8 

Medical care ............................................................................. 346.8 3.6 -.1 142.3 3.8 -.2 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 112.9 1.8 .7 110.0 .9 .0 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 116.4 3.0 .3 107.4 1.3 .4 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 359.5 2.2 .1 155.2 1.2 -.2 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................................... 208.2 4.0 .9 125.2 4.7 1.2 

Commodities ............................................................................ 167.5 3.7 1.0 119.3 5.0 1.2 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................. 146.8 4.6 1.4 117.7 6.6 1.3 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. 168.3 7.5 1.9 142.2 11.0 2.4 

Durables ............................................................................... 115.7 .2 .6 91.4 1.1 .2 

Services .................................................................................... 251.4 4.3 .7 127.6 4.3 1.2 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ......................................................... 202.9 4.1 .9 122.9 4.8 1.2 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 192.2 4.6 1.1 124.4 5.7 1.3 

Commodities less food ............................................................... 149.1 4.6 1.4 117.8 6.5 1.4 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 184.1 4.8 1.2 131.2 6.5 1.6 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 170.6 7.2 1.8 140.3 10.2 2.2 

Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................................... 224.1 6.0 1.0 133.1 6.7 1.4 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 244.2 4.4 .8 126.3 4.4 1.4 

Energy ........................................................................................ 193.0 26.0 6.4 184.3 26.3 6.8 

All items less energy .................................................................. 211.3 2.2 .3 118.2 2.2 .3 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 215.7 2.2 .3 117.4 2.2 .3 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from—

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................................... 187.3 3.8 0.6 121.1 4.0 0.7 183.5 4.4 0.6 

All items (December 1977=100) ................................................ 306.3 - - - - -

 297.2 - -

Food and beverages ................................................................ 192.6 3.2 1.0 120.2 2.9 .8 187.0 2.4 1.1 

Food ....................................................................................... 192.3 3.3 1.0 120.2 3.1 .8 186.2 2.5 1.1 

Food at home ....................................................................... 192.8 3.6 1.6 118.2 3.6 1.5 175.2 2.3 1.7 

Food away from home .......................................................... 192.0 2.8 .2 123.0 2.5 .1 205.1 2.7 .6 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 195.7 1.9 2.0 121.6 1.2 1.2 198.4 .7 .3 

Housing .................................................................................... 183.2 3.9 .4 118.8 3.3 .3 175.4 5.1 .3 

Shelter .................................................................................... 205.0 1.4 .0 117.9 1.4 .0 193.8 3.0 .5 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................. 214.0 1.8 .1 118.2 1.6 .3 182.3 3.5 .2 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 5 ................. 204.0 1.2 .0 116.0 1.0 -.2 192.8 2.6 .2 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 193.0 21.0 2.2 153.0 15.6 2.4 198.6 15.7 1.0 

Fuels ..................................................................................... 176.0 24.4 2.4 157.7 17.7 2.7 159.3 18.6 1.1 

Gas (piped) and electricity 4 ............................................... 179.6 24.5 2.5 154.7 17.4 3.0 169.5 18.5 1.3 

Electricity 4 ....................................................................... 120.4 6.6 4.8 117.7 6.5 2.5 133.4 13.0 1.4 

Utility (piped) gas service 4 .............................................. 259.2 37.9 .9 244.1 36.9 3.5 259.9 28.8 .9 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 112.8 -1.1 .5 92.1 -1.3 -.8 114.4 .0 -1.4 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 102.4 -3.2 -5.1 81.6 -5.6 -4.3 127.9 -.3 -4.6 

Transportation .......................................................................... 174.5 7.4 1.9 127.4 8.8 2.7 165.4 7.6 1.7 

Private transportation ............................................................. 172.2 7.4 1.9 127.5 8.7 2.7 161.4 7.8 1.8 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 209.2 28.0 5.8 210.9 29.9 7.3 188.1 28.5 6.1 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 207.9 27.9 5.9 210.9 29.9 7.3 185.9 28.4 6.0 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ........................................... 207.4 28.5 5.9 215.4 30.2 7.3 180.5 29.3 6.4 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 ..................................... 221.2 27.8 6.0 206.4 30.4 7.4 212.8 26.4 4.8 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ......................................... 201.0 25.9 5.6 200.2 26.9 6.8 187.6 25.0 6.2 

Medical care ............................................................................. 326.3 5.3 .7 143.0 3.8 .4 326.3 5.3 1.1 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 110.3 .5 .5 103.7 .9 -.1 104.8 -1.7 -.8 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 116.1 1.8 .3 113.6 3.9 1.0 111.5 1.4 .5 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 319.5 3.1 .5 148.4 6.1 .3 322.3 7.1 .9 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................................... 187.3 3.8 .6 121.1 4.0 .7 183.5 4.4 .6 

Commodities ............................................................................ 157.1 3.8 .8 113.3 4.5 1.1 162.6 4.2 .6 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................. 138.3 4.3 .6 109.7 5.4 1.1 150.2 5.0 .3 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. 168.7 8.5 .7 132.8 9.8 1.5 184.4 10.6 1.5 

Durables ............................................................................... 109.2 -.5 .6 87.8 -.2 .7 113.2 -1.6 -1.5

Services .................................................................................... 222.1 3.8 .5 127.0 3.6 .4 210.5 4.6 .5 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ......................................................... 181.9 3.8 .6 118.7 4.0 .7 176.6 4.4 .6 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 182.9 4.9 .8 120.8 5.0 .9 182.0 4.9 .6

Commodities less food ............................................................... 140.4 4.2 .7 110.0 5.2 1.1 151.5 4.8 .3 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 181.4 5.7 .9 126.3 6.4 1.2 186.8 6.5 1.2 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 170.4 7.9 .8 131.7 9.2 1.4 185.3 10.0 1.4 

Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................................... 224.2 6.5 .9 135.9 5.7 .7 207.6 6.0 .6 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 213.7 3.7 .4 125.3 3.5 .3 198.5 4.5 .4 

Energy ........................................................................................ 190.5 26.2 4.0 181.9 23.8 5.0 174.5 23.7 3.7 

All items less energy .................................................................. 188.4 1.7 .2 114.6 1.7 .1 184.7 2.3 .2 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 187.7 1.3 .0 113.5 1.5 .0 184.7 2.2 -.1 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from—

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................................... 191.6 4.9 1.0 120.7 4.3 0.8 191.0 5.0 0.6 

All items (December 1977=100) ................................................ 310.4 - - - - -

 309.2 - -

Food and beverages ................................................................ 193.2 3.2 .7 121.1 2.8 .7 185.0 2.2 .7 

Food ....................................................................................... 193.5 3.1 .7 121.3 3.0 .7 185.4 2.4 .7 

Food at home ....................................................................... 189.9 3.1 .8 120.1 2.3 1.0 185.4 2.1 1.0 

Food away from home .......................................................... 200.8 3.2 .4 123.2 3.8 .4 189.1 2.9 .4 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 188.8 2.4 1.3 117.4 .2 .4 180.2 -.6 .3 

Housing .................................................................................... 185.7 5.1 1.1 121.6 4.8 .6 183.4 7.1 1.0 

Shelter .................................................................................... 201.6 2.9 .3 122.2 2.8 .3 207.5 3.5 .1 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................. 201.1 2.7 .2 123.5 3.0 .3 190.8 3.0 .5 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 5 ................. 194.2 3.0 .3 122.0 3.0 .5 192.1 3.6 -.2 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 193.4 21.1 5.9 141.6 17.7 2.4 191.3 20.4 3.6 

Fuels ..................................................................................... 178.6 25.0 7.1 142.8 20.5 2.7 167.7 23.8 4.3 

Gas (piped) and electricity 4 ............................................... 183.3 25.1 7.2 141.4 20.5 2.9 174.0 24.1 4.5 

Electricity 4 ....................................................................... 161.2 21.5 8.6 128.7 16.9 4.2 158.9 16.9 6.1 

Utility (piped) gas service 4 .............................................. 296.1 38.2 1.3 219.8 34.4 -2.0 269.2 48.5 -1.1 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 127.2 -.2 .0 95.6 -.8 -.3 117.5 2.9 .9 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 144.1 5.0 -.7 87.1 -1.4 -2.0 114.1 -1.5 -3.9 

Transportation .......................................................................... 179.2 8.7 2.3 119.8 7.8 2.0 177.3 8.7 1.5 

Private transportation ............................................................. 178.9 8.8 2.4 119.6 7.8 2.0 176.3 8.7 1.5 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 208.1 30.1 7.3 199.2 29.1 6.7 190.2 29.4 5.3 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 206.1 30.2 7.5 199.3 29.1 6.7 187.8 29.4 5.4 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ........................................... 208.1 31.3 7.6 205.5 30.2 7.1 181.7 30.1 5.7 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 ..................................... 204.9 29.3 7.3 192.9 27.8 6.0 220.3 29.3 4.8 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ......................................... 200.4 27.6 6.8 187.7 26.5 6.3 194.3 27.0 4.5 

Medical care ............................................................................. 310.5 3.3 .5 136.4 3.3 .1 312.8 3.7 .2

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 109.5 .7 .0 105.8 .6 -.1 109.5 .7 -.1 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 109.7 2.7 .0 108.7 2.3 .2 115.4 .2 .1 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 291.6 2.1 .4 140.9 2.5 .1 330.0 1.6 .1 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................................... 191.6 4.9 1.0 120.7 4.3 .8 191.0 5.0 .6 

Commodities ............................................................................ 167.3 5.2 1.2 113.3 4.1 1.0 163.1 4.6 .7

Commodities less food and beverages .................................. 152.3 6.5 1.6 109.1 4.9 1.1 151.1 5.9 .7 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. 185.3 12.5 2.5 130.5 10.1 2.3 180.6 10.5 1.0 

Durables ............................................................................... 120.1 -.9 .3 89.5 -.8 .0 119.3 -.4 .3 

Services .................................................................................... 220.0 4.7 .8 125.8 4.5 .5 227.6 5.4 .6 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ......................................................... 186.0 5.0 1.0 118.5 4.4 .8 182.9 5.1 .7 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 189.5 5.9 1.3 118.6 4.9 .9 187.6 5.5 .8 

Commodities less food ............................................................... 153.9 6.4 1.6 109.4 4.9 1.1 151.7 5.7 .7 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 189.1 7.4 1.6 125.4 6.2 1.5 184.0 6.5 .9 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 185.5 11.8 2.4 129.8 9.5 2.1 180.0 9.8 1.0

Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................................... 221.0 7.1 1.6 129.3 6.1 .7 226.5 6.8 .9 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 210.8 4.8 .9 124.8 4.7 .6 215.4 5.5 .7 

Energy ........................................................................................ 191.0 27.6 7.2 167.3 24.9 4.8 175.6 26.8 4.8 

All items less energy .................................................................. 192.4 2.5 .3 114.9 2.0 .3 191.0 2.0 .1 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 192.3 2.3 .2 113.4 1.8 .0 192.8 1.8 -.1 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006

Percent change from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change from—

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................................... 197.6 3.9 0.7 122.3 2.9 0.8 

All items (December 1977=100) ................................................ 319.9 - - - - -

Food and beverages ................................................................ 200.5 2.0 .1 121.6 1.9 .7 

Food ....................................................................................... 199.6 2.0 .1 121.3 1.8 .7 

Food at home ....................................................................... 203.2 1.4 .1 119.9 .9 .9 

Food away from home .......................................................... 194.2 3.1 .1 123.8 3.2 .2 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 208.3 1.8 1.0 127.3 5.0 .9 

Housing .................................................................................... 210.2 4.2 .9 123.6 3.7 1.1 

Shelter .................................................................................... 227.9 3.3 .4 122.8 2.0 .6 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................. 244.9 3.3 .1 125.2 2.7 .1 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 5 ................. 220.4 3.1 .1 121.9 3.1 .4 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 219.5 16.4 5.4 148.7 14.1 4.4 

Fuels ..................................................................................... 218.6 20.8 6.8 150.2 16.0 5.5 

Gas (piped) and electricity 4 ............................................... 221.1 20.8 6.9 148.9 15.8 5.5 

Electricity 4 ....................................................................... 212.1 13.2 5.6 126.9 8.4 5.3 

Utility (piped) gas service 4 .............................................. 262.6 33.9 9.0 213.9 30.3 6.0 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 132.5 .1 .2 103.9 4.3 .6 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 108.4 1.1 -1.1 84.2 -8.0 -2.2 

Transportation .......................................................................... 172.8 6.7 1.5 121.1 6.5 1.4 

Private transportation ............................................................. 169.4 6.6 1.6 120.8 6.6 1.5 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 190.8 23.2 4.5 173.3 20.5 3.7 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 189.4 23.1 4.5 174.2 20.5 3.8 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 6 ........................................... 189.6 23.8 4.4 173.3 20.9 3.6 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 ..................................... 176.7 21.8 4.9 173.5 20.5 4.4 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ......................................... 184.0 21.1 4.5 169.6 18.9 3.9 

Medical care ............................................................................. 319.2 5.8 .3 143.0 3.0 .3 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 106.2 1.1 .3 98.6 -1.9 .0 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 114.9 2.0 .3 113.0 1.6 1.1 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 322.1 3.8 .6 140.6 2.4 .0 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................................... 197.6 3.9 .7 122.3 2.9 .8 

Commodities ............................................................................ 162.0 3.5 .6 112.0 2.7 .7 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................. 139.3 4.5 .9 106.4 3.1 .7 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. 163.3 9.2 1.2 121.4 5.1 .9 

Durables ............................................................................... 116.7 -.3 .5 91.2 1.0 .4 

Services .................................................................................... 234.6 4.2 .7 127.0 3.2 1.0 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ......................................................... 193.0 3.9 .7 118.9 2.9 .8 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 186.8 4.3 .8 118.9 3.3 .9 

Commodities less food ............................................................... 142.2 4.4 .9 107.0 3.2 .7 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 183.5 5.3 .7 121.5 3.5 .8 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 167.1 8.6 1.3 121.7 5.1 1.0 

Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................................... 224.6 5.5 1.3 131.4 4.4 1.4 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 228.5 4.1 .7 125.4 3.1 1.0 

Energy ........................................................................................ 200.9 22.3 5.3 166.5 18.6 4.5 

All items less energy .................................................................. 198.6 2.5 .3 116.6 1.6 .5 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 198.7 2.6 .4 115.5 1.5 .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 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.
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. 2006 from—

Percent change to 

Dec. 2005 from—

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Dec.

2004

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

U.S. city average ............................................ M 189.9 190.1 190.7 192.4 2.3 1.2 0.9 1.7 0.4 0.3 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban .............................................. M 193.9 195.0 196.0 197.3 2.2 1.2 .7 2.1 1.1 .5 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 194.8 196.1 197.5 198.3 2.3 1.1 .4 2.0 1.4 .7 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 118.9 119.3 119.3 120.8 1.9 1.3 1.3 2.3 .3 .0 

Midwest urban ................................................ M 182.2 182.7 183.2 186.1 3.5 1.9 1.6 2.4 .5 .3 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 189.2 188.9 189.8 192.8 3.6 2.1 1.6 2.9 .3 .5 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 115.1 116.3 116.5 118.2 3.6 1.6 1.5 2.1 1.2 .2 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 173.0 173.3 172.3 175.2 2.3 1.1 1.7 .5 -.4 -.6 

South urban .................................................... M 186.0 186.0 186.4 188.1 2.6 1.1 .9 1.6 .2 .2 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 188.3 188.7 188.3 189.9 3.1 .6 .8 1.5 .0 -.2 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 118.4 118.4 118.9 120.1 2.3 1.4 1.0 1.6 .4 .4 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 184.7 183.6 183.5 185.4 2.1 1.0 1.0 1.7 -.6 -.1 

West urban ..................................................... M 199.3 198.7 199.5 200.2 1.1 .8 .4 .6 .1 .4 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 202.9 202.4 203.0 203.2 1.4 .4 .1 .9 .0 .3 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 118.5 118.4 118.8 119.9 .9 1.3 .9 .3 .3 .3 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 178.0 178.2 178.8 180.1 2.6 1.1 .7 1.8 .4 .3 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 117.8 118.0 118.4 119.7 2.1 1.4 1.1 1.5 .5 .3 

D ................................................................. M 183.6 182.4 182.5 184.5 1.5 1.2 1.1 .6 -.6 .1 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... M 193.9 193.8 197.1 199.5 3.2 2.9 1.2 3.0 1.7 1.7 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... M 208.8 206.5 207.8 205.5 1.3 -.5 -1.1 1.8 -.5 .6 

New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,

NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 194.5 197.1 199.2 198.7 2.6 .8 -.3 2.0 2.4 1.1 

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ..... 1 194.9 193.2 193.5 197.5 2.5 2.2 2.1 1.4 -.7 .2 

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 1 190.6 187.0 189.5 193.8 4.8 3.6 2.3 3.4 -.6 1.3 

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... 1 174.3 172.3 173.3 176.4 6.8 2.4 1.8 2.4 -.6 .6 

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 3 ...... 1 123.8 123.9 125.0 123.7 3.9 -.2 -1.0 3.0 1.0 .9 

Atlanta, GA ..................................................... 2 189.7 189.3 188.9 192.7 1.4 1.8 2.0 -.2 -.4 -.2 

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. 2 183.6 182.5 182.7 186.2 5.0 2.0 1.9 2.4 -.5 .1 

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 185.0 185.8 182.9 183.3 1.9 -1.3 .2 1.7 -1.1 -1.6 

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. 2 200.8 203.1 200.7 205.5 1.5 1.2 2.4 -.5 .0 -1.2 

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ 2 200.8 200.5 199.7 202.3 .8 .9 1.3 2.3 -.5 -.4 

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... 2 204.2 204.4 204.1 204.9 -.3 .2 .4 -1.5 .0 -.1 

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 202.1 201.7 199.8 201.8 3.5 .0 1.0 2.1 -1.1 -.9 

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.
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.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from—

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Expenditure category

All items .......................................................... 194.0 4.1 0.8 191.2 4.2 0.5 198.3 5.2 0.9 210.2 3.8 0.7 

All items (1967=100) ...................................... 577.7 - -

 561.6 - - 586.0 - - 598.4 - -

Food and beverages ..................................... 193.8 2.5 .7 195.1 2.9 1.0 201.9 2.2 -.6 198.9 2.7 .3 

Food ........................................................... 193.4 2.6 .6 193.7 3.0 .8 199.6 2.3 -.6 198.5 2.7 .3 

Food at home ........................................... 192.4 2.3 .9 199.5 3.2 1.2 205.5 1.3 -1.1 198.7 2.6 -.3 

Food away from home .............................. 196.4 3.0 .3 181.5 2.7 .1 189.8 3.8 .0 202.6 2.9 1.0 

Alcoholic beverages ................................... 198.0 1.9 .9 212.7 2.1 4.0 220.0 2.0 1.3 203.0 1.9 .0 

Housing ........................................................ 195.8 4.5 .8 194.7 5.1 .3 213.4 6.7 1.0 223.9 4.5 .8 

Shelter ........................................................ 220.0 2.6 .4 225.4 2.9 .1 230.8 6.0 .5 265.7 2.9 .6 

Rent of primary residence 1 ...................... 220.1 3.0 .2 245.2 2.2 .0 242.1 5.7 .3 261.5 5.0 .2 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary

residence 1 2 ..................................... 211.7 2.5 .2 224.9 2.7 .1 225.1 5.6 .1 249.4 2.0 .6 

Fuels and utilities ........................................ 197.3 18.9 3.7 184.0 19.2 -.3 225.1 19.0 7.4 178.4 21.5 2.6 

Fuels ......................................................... 179.7 21.9 4.2 169.9 21.9 -.5 234.1 24.6 9.4 182.5 23.6 2.8 

Gas (piped) and electricity 1 ................... 186.4 21.6 4.5 174.3 21.8 -.5 234.1 24.7 9.5 186.6 22.0 3.4 

Electricity 1 ........................................... 161.1 14.9 5.8 102.0 .0 .1 229.1 18.2 11.0 160.6 20.4 6.1 

Utility (piped) gas service 1 ................... 264.5 34.5 2.2 272.7 35.3 -.8 260.3 33.2 7.5 237.3 25.9 -.1 

Household furnishings and operations ....... 122.0 .1 .1 104.7 1.2 1.7 126.6 2.3 .0 120.3 -1.0 .5 

Apparel ......................................................... 114.3 -1.6 -2.5 88.4 1.0 -5.6 103.9 1.8 1.0 102.6 -2.9 -1.8 

Transportation .............................................. 174.9 7.6 1.9 162.0 6.4 2.5 174.2 6.9 2.4 184.8 6.6 2.2 

Private transportation ................................. 172.2 7.6 2.0 159.3 6.5 2.4 170.2 6.8 2.3 177.1 6.6 2.4 

Motor fuel .................................................. 199.9 27.4 6.3 206.4 27.9 6.1 189.7 22.8 5.8 187.8 26.5 8.4 

Gasoline (all types) ................................. 198.9 27.4 6.4 204.7 27.9 6.1 185.7 22.7 5.8 187.1 26.6 8.5 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 3 ................ 198.3 28.0 6.3 201.4 28.4 5.9 184.8 23.2 6.0 189.8 27.6 8.8 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 3 4 ......... 204.1 27.0 6.4 214.4 27.5 6.5 177.3 21.7 5.3 185.4 25.3 7.7 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 3 ............. 192.8 25.4 6.1 196.0 26.0 5.8 180.7 21.6 5.6 185.0 24.4 7.5 

Medical care ................................................. 329.1 4.0 .3 335.8 5.2 .5 317.9 6.3 .8 330.5 2.6 -.2 

Recreation 5 ................................................. 107.2 .7 .1 108.3 1.3 1.6 109.8 2.8 .4 112.8 1.4 1.2 

Education and communication 5 ................... 113.1 2.3 .4 124.1 2.2 .0 113.7 1.2 .2 117.0 3.5 .2 

Other goods and services ............................. 327.6 3.0 .3 321.3 .2 -.3 307.8 4.3 1.4 358.7 2.0 -.2 

Commodity and service group

All items .......................................................... 194.0 4.1 .8 191.2 4.2 .5 198.3 5.2 .9 210.2 3.8 .7 

Commodities ................................................. 162.6 4.0 .9 153.9 4.0 .9 161.9 4.3 .9 167.2 3.3 .8 

Commodities less food and beverages ...... 144.8 4.9 1.0 132.1 4.5 .9 137.9 5.6 1.8 143.7 3.8 1.3 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..... 173.5 9.3 1.6 163.7 9.4 .6 162.8 10.0 2.6 164.0 6.5 1.5 

Durables ................................................... 115.2 -.3 .3 103.6 -.2 1.4 112.6 .8 1.0 112.0 -.6 .8 

Services ........................................................ 230.7 4.2 .7 230.5 4.4 .3 236.2 5.8 .9 253.6 4.1 .6 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care ............................. 188.2 4.1 .8 185.0 4.2 .5 193.8 5.2 .9 205.5 3.8 .7 

All items less shelter ....................................... 186.6 4.8 1.0 180.2 4.8 .8 185.6 4.7 1.1 190.2 4.2 .8 

Commodities less food ................................... 146.8 4.9 1.0 135.0 4.5 1.0 141.8 5.5 1.9 146.1 3.7 1.2 

Nondurables ................................................... 184.2 5.7 1.1 180.8 6.2 .8 184.8 5.8 .9 183.3 4.4 .8 

Nondurables less food .................................... 175.1 8.8 1.6 167.1 8.9 .8 168.9 9.5 2.6 166.5 6.2 1.3 

Services less rent of shelter 2 ......................... 223.4 6.0 1.0 221.5 6.2 .4 223.2 5.6 1.6 218.2 5.6 .7 

Services less medical care services ............... 222.2 4.2 .7 221.6 4.4 .3 230.4 5.8 .9 247.5 4.2 .7 

Energy ............................................................ 188.8 24.7 5.3 182.9 24.6 2.5 205.5 23.3 7.0 186.7 24.7 5.1 

All items less energy ....................................... 195.4 2.0 .3 193.0 2.2 .3 198.7 3.8 .4 214.0 2.1 .3 

All items less food and energy ...................... 196.2 2.0 .2 193.0 2.1 .3 198.6 4.1 .6 218.4 2.0 .3 

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.
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.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from—

Jan.

2005

Nov.

2005

Jan.

2005

Nov.

2005

Jan.

2005

Nov.

2005

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................................... 194.0 4.1 0.3 219.5 4.4 0.8 191.2 4.2 0.1 

All items (1967=100) .................................................................. 577.7 - -

 634.4 - - 561.6 - -

Food and beverages 3 .............................................................. 193.8 2.5 .9 202.1 2.0 1.6 195.1 2.9 1.9 

Food 3 .................................................................................... 193.4 2.6 .9 202.8 2.0 1.6 193.7 3.0 1.8 

Food at home ....................................................................... 192.4 2.3 1.2 197.5 2.5 2.2 199.5 3.2 2.9 

Food away from home 4 ....................................................... 196.4 3.0 .5 214.9 1.4 .8 181.5 2.7 .1 

Alcoholic beverages 4 ............................................................ 198.0 1.9 .5 195.4 1.7 .8 212.7 2.1 3.1 

Housing 3 ................................................................................. 195.8 4.5 .7 229.2 5.5 1.3 194.7 5.1 -.2 

Shelter .................................................................................... 220.0 2.6 .5 264.7 2.1 .5 225.4 2.9 .4 

Rent of primary residence 3 5 ............................................... 220.1 3.0 .5 256.9 1.5 -.6 245.2 2.2 .0 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 6 ................. 211.7 2.5 .5 244.0 1.1 .2 224.9 2.7 .0 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 197.3 18.9 2.2 236.9 31.8 6.2 184.0 19.2 -3.2 

Fuels ..................................................................................... 179.7 21.9 2.4 207.4 34.5 6.4 169.9 21.9 -3.7 

Gas (piped) and electricity 5 ............................................... 186.4 21.6 2.6 234.6 34.0 8.0 174.3 21.8 -3.7 

Electricity 5 ....................................................................... 161.1 14.9 5.2 207.7 35.9 15.0 102.0 .0 .1 

Utility (piped) gas service 5 .............................................. 264.5 34.5 -1.5 277.3 32.6 -.5 272.7 35.3 -5.4 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 122.0 .1 .2 123.3 3.4 .2 104.7 1.2 -.8 

Apparel 3 .................................................................................. 114.3 -1.6 -5.5 129.3 -.2 -4.2 88.4 1.0 -9.3 

Transportation 3 ....................................................................... 174.9 7.6 .1 176.3 6.8 .3 162.0 6.4 .8 

Private transportation ............................................................. 172.2 7.6 .2 174.7 7.0 .2 159.3 6.5 .7 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 199.9 27.4 -.3 199.9 28.1 2.4 206.4 27.9 1.2 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 198.9 27.4 -.3 197.2 28.1 2.3 204.7 27.9 1.2 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 7 ........................................... 198.3 28.0 -.3 195.9 28.6 2.6 201.4 28.4 1.1 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 ..................................... 204.1 27.0 .0 197.3 26.7 1.5 214.4 27.5 1.7 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ......................................... 192.8 25.4 -.4 195.8 26.4 1.9 196.0 26.0 .9 

Medical care 3 .......................................................................... 329.1 4.0 .4 437.4 3.9 .1 335.8 5.2 1.1 

Recreation 9 ............................................................................. 107.2 .7 .0 114.5 3.4 .1 108.3 1.3 2.8 

Education and communication 9 .............................................. 113.1 2.3 .4 117.0 2.5 .4 124.1 2.2 .6 

Other goods and services 3 ...................................................... 327.6 3.0 .7 362.7 2.2 1.6 321.3 .2 -.5 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................................... 194.0 4.1 .3 219.5 4.4 .8 191.2 4.2 .1 

Commodities ............................................................................ 162.6 4.0 -.1 170.9 4.5 .5 153.9 4.0 .0 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................. 144.8 4.9 -.8 153.5 6.4 -.1 132.1 4.5 -.9 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. 173.5 9.3 -1.5 183.1 11.0 -.7 163.7 9.4 -1.9 

Durables ............................................................................... 115.2 -.3 .3 118.2 .4 .6 103.6 -.2 .3 

Services .................................................................................... 230.7 4.2 .6 271.4 4.3 1.0 230.5 4.4 .1 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 3 ...................................................... 188.2 4.1 .3 210.8 4.4 .9 185.0 4.2 .0 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 186.6 4.8 .2 205.4 5.7 1.0 180.2 4.8 -.1 

Commodities less food ............................................................... 146.8 4.9 -.7 154.9 6.3 -.1 135.0 4.5 -.7 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 184.2 5.7 -.3 191.2 5.9 .6 180.8 6.2 -.1 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 175.1 8.8 -1.3 182.6 10.4 -.5 167.1 8.9 -1.6 

Services less rent of shelter 6 .................................................... 223.4 6.0 .8 261.4 7.5 1.6 221.5 6.2 -.1 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 222.2 4.2 .7 258.0 4.3 1.0 221.6 4.4 .1 

Energy 3 ..................................................................................... 188.8 24.7 .9 203.9 31.4 4.4 182.9 24.6 -1.5 

All items less energy .................................................................. 195.4 2.0 .2 224.0 2.0 .3 193.0 2.2 .3 

All items less food and energy 3 ............................................... 196.2 2.0 .1 229.7 2.0 .1 193.0 2.1 .1 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change

from—

Jan.

2005

Nov.

2005

Jan.

2005

Nov.

2005

Jan.

2005

Nov.

2005

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................................... 181.4 4.0 0.3 189.9 5.3 0.5 198.3 5.2 -0.1 

All items (1967=100) .................................................................. 566.7 - -

 585.6 - - 586.0 - -

Food and beverages 3 .............................................................. 197.2 3.9 2.8 194.5 5.3 2.0 201.9 2.2 -.3 

Food 3 .................................................................................... 199.5 4.1 2.7 190.4 5.7 1.9 199.6 2.3 -.3 

Food at home ....................................................................... 193.8 4.8 3.6 176.4 6.8 2.4 205.5 1.3 -.5 

Food away from home 4 ....................................................... 210.9 2.9 1.2 216.0 3.6 1.1 189.8 3.8 -.1 

Alcoholic beverages 4 ............................................................ 168.1 1.6 3.6 243.9 -.1 4.7 220.0 2.0 1.1 

Housing 3 ................................................................................. 173.0 3.7 -.3 176.2 5.4 .6 213.4 6.7 .6 

Shelter .................................................................................... 182.6 .2 .0 175.6 .1 .2 230.8 6.0 .6

Rent of primary residence 3 5 ............................................... 201.4 .4 -.1 171.0 .5 .7 242.1 5.7 .5 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 6 ................. 189.7 -.6 -.2 171.0 .2 .0 225.1 5.6 .4 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 208.4 19.9 -1.0 236.1 28.4 2.9 225.1 19.0 1.7 

Fuels ..................................................................................... 206.6 22.9 -1.2 244.5 35.8 3.3 234.1 24.6 1.3 

Gas (piped) and electricity 5 ............................................... 208.8 23.1 -1.1 242.0 36.1 3.3 234.1 24.7 1.3 

Electricity 5 ....................................................................... 126.0 .6 .5 220.6 35.0 8.9 229.1 18.2 11.1 

Utility (piped) gas service 5 .............................................. 301.8 36.6 -1.7 343.8 37.2 -17.3 260.3 33.2 -8.6 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 116.1 -.4 -1.8 125.7 5.0 .2 126.6 2.3 .9 

Apparel 3 .................................................................................. 101.7 -8.0 -9.4 120.7 1.6 -2.3 103.9 1.8 -4.0

Transportation 3 ....................................................................... 176.4 7.6 1.2 189.5 8.5 .2 174.2 6.9 -1.0 

Private transportation ............................................................. 176.7 7.7 1.3 190.2 8.6 .2 170.2 6.8 -1.2 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 228.2 24.5 5.0 209.6 32.2 -.5 189.7 22.8 -5.9 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 226.4 24.5 5.0 208.5 32.1 -.4 185.7 22.7 -5.9 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 7 ........................................... 218.6 24.6 5.7 206.7 32.7 -.4 184.8 23.2 -6.1 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 ..................................... 233.6 25.2 3.5 206.8 31.0 .2 177.3 21.7 -5.9 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ......................................... 221.8 22.7 2.9 203.4 31.4 -1.1 180.7 21.6 -5.1 

Medical care 3 .......................................................................... 285.9 3.6 1.7 307.6 5.7 1.9 317.9 6.3 .9 

Recreation 9 ............................................................................. 103.2 .8 -1.1 114.0 .4 -.3 109.8 2.8 .3 

Education and communication 9 .............................................. 102.2 .8 .3 118.6 1.6 -.2 113.7 1.2 .2 

Other goods and services 3 ...................................................... 356.3 11.8 1.9 292.2 1.7 .8 307.8 4.3 2.9 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................................... 181.4 4.0 .3 189.9 5.3 .5 198.3 5.2 -.1 

Commodities ............................................................................ 160.8 4.4 .6 169.2 6.2 .5 161.9 4.3 -1.1

Commodities less food and beverages .................................. 142.1 5.0 -.8 153.6 6.7 -.5 137.9 5.6 -1.5 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. 175.8 7.7 -1.5 176.5 13.1 -1.2 162.8 10.0 -3.6 

Durables ............................................................................... 111.5 1.5 .2 133.0 -.2 .2 112.6 .8 1.1 

Services .................................................................................... 205.9 3.5 .1 214.7 4.6 .6 236.2 5.8 .7 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 3 ...................................................... 177.2 3.9 .2 184.3 5.3 .5 193.8 5.2 -.1 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 183.9 5.4 .4 196.7 7.4 .7 185.6 4.7 -.4 

Commodities less food ............................................................... 143.0 4.8 -.7 157.1 6.4 -.3 141.8 5.5 -1.4 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 186.6 5.4 .6 186.0 8.9 .4 184.8 5.8 -1.9 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 174.9 7.2 -1.2 181.8 12.4 -.8 168.9 9.5 -3.3 

Services less rent of shelter 6 .................................................... 217.1 6.8 .2 243.5 9.3 1.1 223.2 5.6 1.0 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 200.0 3.4 .0 205.3 4.5 .5 230.4 5.8 .7 

Energy 3 ..................................................................................... 215.6 23.4 1.4 227.4 33.9 1.3 205.5 23.3 -3.6 

All items less energy .................................................................. 178.9 1.6 .2 187.4 2.0 .6 198.7 3.8 .4 

All items less food and energy 3 ............................................... 174.6 1.1 -.4 186.5 1.1 .3 198.6 4.1 .5 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006

Percent change from— Index

Jan.

2006

Percent change from—

Jan.

2005

Nov.

2005

Jan.

2005

Nov.

2005

Expenditure category

All items 3 ................................................................................... 210.2 3.8 0.1 126.1 4.5 0.7 

All items (1967=100) .................................................................. 598.4 - - - - -

Food and beverages 3 .............................................................. 198.9 2.7 1.0 124.8 3.5 .1 

Food 3 .................................................................................... 198.5 2.7 1.0 125.6 3.6 .1 

Food at home ....................................................................... 198.7 2.6 .8 123.7 3.9 -.2 

Food away from home 4 ....................................................... 202.6 2.9 1.2 126.2 3.4 .6 

Alcoholic beverages 4 ............................................................ 203.0 1.9 .0 113.4 1.6 .7 

Housing 3 ................................................................................. 223.9 4.5 .5 133.0 3.3 .9 

Shelter .................................................................................... 265.7 2.9 .5 138.5 3.3 1.2 

Rent of primary residence 3 5 ............................................... 261.5 5.0 .0 145.0 4.0 1.0 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 6 ................. 249.4 2.0 .7 137.0 3.9 1.6 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 178.4 21.5 .3 130.6 11.3 -.6 

Fuels ..................................................................................... 182.5 23.6 .2 129.6 12.1 -.7 

Gas (piped) and electricity 5 ............................................... 186.6 22.0 .5 126.5 11.9 -.8 

Electricity 5 ....................................................................... 160.6 20.4 .0 109.5 4.6 .1 

Utility (piped) gas service 5 .............................................. 237.3 25.9 2.2 219.7 42.8 -2.0 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 120.3 -1.0 .7 98.5 -5.4 -.5 

Apparel 3 .................................................................................. 102.6 -2.9 -7.7 93.8 9.5 .4 

Transportation 3 ....................................................................... 184.8 6.6 .6 122.6 8.2 1.2 

Private transportation ............................................................. 177.1 6.6 .7 122.9 8.6 1.3 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 187.8 26.5 1.7 197.5 29.6 4.6 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 187.1 26.6 1.7 197.6 29.6 4.8 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 7 ........................................... 189.8 27.6 2.0 201.5 30.0 4.8 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 ..................................... 185.4 25.3 1.0 194.2 29.0 4.8 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ......................................... 185.0 24.4 1.0 192.6 28.7 4.2 

Medical care 3 .......................................................................... 330.5 2.6 .3 128.4 3.5 .4 

Recreation 9 ............................................................................. 112.8 1.4 1.2 108.9 .9 .5 

Education and communication 9 .............................................. 117.0 3.5 .1 116.4 5.3 .6 

Other goods and services 3 ...................................................... 358.7 2.0 -.4 155.8 4.8 -.2 

Commodity and service group

All items 3 ................................................................................... 210.2 3.8 .1 126.1 4.5 .7 

Commodities ............................................................................ 167.2 3.3 -.4 116.7 4.8 .4 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................. 143.7 3.8 -1.3 112.3 5.7 .8 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. 164.0 6.5 -2.5 135.2 12.3 1.3 

Durables ............................................................................... 112.0 -.6 .7 89.4 -2.3 .1 

Services .................................................................................... 253.6 4.1 .5 133.6 4.2 .8 

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 3 ...................................................... 205.5 3.8 .1 125.9 4.5 .7 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 190.2 4.2 -.1 120.6 5.1 .3 

Commodities less food ............................................................... 146.1 3.7 -1.3 112.5 5.6 .8 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 183.3 4.4 -.7 128.8 7.3 .5 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 166.5 6.2 -2.4 133.4 11.4 1.1 

Services less rent of shelter 6 .................................................... 218.2 5.6 .4 128.1 5.4 .2 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 247.5 4.2 .5 134.0 4.2 .9 

Energy 3 ..................................................................................... 186.7 24.7 .7 157.0 20.8 1.7 

All items less energy .................................................................. 214.0 2.1 .0 123.0 3.0 .6 

All items less food and energy 3 ............................................... 218.4 2.0 -.2 123.3 2.9 .7 

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.
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.

Semiannual

averages Annual

avg.

Percent change

from previous

1st

half

2nd

half Dec. Annualavg.

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 - - 9.9 - -

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 - -

 10.0 1.0 1.0 

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 - -

 10.1 2.0 1.0 

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 - -

 10.9 12.6 7.9 

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 - - 12.8 18.1 17.4 

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 - -

 15.1 20.4 18.0 

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 - -

 17.3 14.5 14.6 

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 - -

 20.0 2.6 15.6 

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 - -

 17.9 -10.8 -10.5 

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 - -

 16.8 -2.3 -6.1 

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 - -

 17.1 2.4 1.8 

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 - -

 17.1 .0 .0 

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 - -

 17.5 3.5 2.3 

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 - -

 17.7 -1.1 1.1 

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 - -

 17.4 -2.3 -1.7 

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 - -

 17.1 -1.2 -1.7 

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 - -

 17.1 .6 .0 

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 - -

 16.7 -6.4 -2.3 

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 - -

 15.2 -9.3 -9.0 

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 - -

 13.7 -10.3 -9.9 

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 - -

 13.0 .8 -5.1 

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 - - 13.4 1.5 3.1 

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 - -

 13.7 3.0 2.2 

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 - -

 13.9 1.4 1.5 

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 - -

 14.4 2.9 3.6 

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 - -

 14.1 -2.8 -2.1 

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 - -

 13.9 .0 -1.4 

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 - -

 14.0 .7 .7 

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 - - 14.7 9.9 5.0 

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 - -

 16.3 9.0 10.9 

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 - -

 17.3 3.0 6.1 

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 - -

 17.6 2.3 1.7 

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 - -

 18.0 2.2 2.3 

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 - -

 19.5 18.1 8.3 

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 - -

 22.3 8.8 14.4 

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 - -

 24.1 3.0 8.1 

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 - - 23.8 -2.1 -1.2 

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 - -

 24.1 5.9 1.3 

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 - -

 26.0 6.0 7.9 

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 - -

 26.5 .8 1.9 

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 - -

 26.7 .7 .8 

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 - -

 26.9 -.7 .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 - -

 26.8 .4 -.4 

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 - -

 27.2 3.0 1.5 

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 - -

 28.1 2.9 3.3 

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 - - 28.9 1.8 2.8 

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 - -

 29.1 1.7 .7 

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 - -

 29.6 1.4 1.7 

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 - -

 29.9 .7 1.0 

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 - -

 30.2 1.3 1.0 

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 - -

 30.6 1.6 1.3 

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 - - 31.0 1.0 1.3 

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 - -

 31.5 1.9 1.6 

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 - -

 32.4 3.5 2.9 

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 - - 33.4 3.0 3.1 

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 - -

 34.8 4.7 4.2 

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 - -

 36.7 6.2 5.5 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

Semiannual

averages Annual

avg.

Percent change

from previous

1st

half

2nd

half Dec. Annualavg.

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 - - 38.8 5.6 5.7 

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 - -

 40.5 3.3 4.4 

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 - -

 41.8 3.4 3.2 

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 - -

 44.4 8.7 6.2 

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 - -

 49.3 12.3 11.0 

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 - -

 53.8 6.9 9.1 

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 - -

 56.9 4.9 5.8 

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 - -

 60.6 6.7 6.5 

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 - -

 65.2 9.0 7.6 

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 - -

 72.6 13.3 11.3 

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 - -

 82.4 12.5 13.5 

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 - -

 90.9 8.9 10.3 

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 - -

 96.5 3.8 6.2 

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 - -

 99.6 3.8 3.2 

1984 101.9 102.4 102.6 103.1 103.4 103.7 104.1 104.5 105.0 105.3 105.3 105.3 102.9 104.9 103.9 3.9 4.3 

1985 105.5 106.0 106.4 106.9 107.3 107.6 107.8 108.0 108.3 108.7 109.0 109.3 106.6 108.5 107.6 3.8 3.6 

1986 109.6 109.3 108.8 108.6 108.9 109.5 109.5 109.7 110.2 110.3 110.4 110.5 109.1 110.1 109.6 1.1 1.9 

1987 111.2 111.6 112.1 112.7 113.1 113.5 113.8 114.4 115.0 115.3 115.4 115.4 112.4 114.9 113.6 4.4 3.6 

1988 115.7 116.0 116.5 117.1 117.5 118.0 118.5 119.0 119.8 120.2 120.3 120.5 116.8 119.7 118.3 4.4 4.1 

1989 121.1 121.6 122.3 123.1 123.8 124.1 124.4 124.6 125.0 125.6 125.9 126.1 122.7 125.3 124.0 4.6 4.8 

1990 127.4 128.0 128.7 128.9 129.2 129.9 130.4 131.6 132.7 133.5 133.8 133.8 128.7 132.6 130.7 6.1 5.4 

1991 134.6 134.8 135.0 135.2 135.6 136.0 136.2 136.6 137.2 137.4 137.8 137.9 135.2 137.2 136.2 3.1 4.2 

1992 138.1 138.6 139.3 139.5 139.7 140.2 140.5 140.9 141.3 141.8 142.0 141.9 139.2 141.4 140.3 2.9 3.0 

1993 142.6 143.1 143.6 144.0 144.2 144.4 144.4 144.8 145.1 145.7 145.8 145.8 143.7 145.3 144.5 2.7 3.0 

1994 146.2 146.7 147.2 147.4 147.5 148.0 148.4 149.0 149.4 149.5 149.7 149.7 147.2 149.3 148.2 2.7 2.6 

1995 150.3 150.9 151.4 151.9 152.2 152.5 152.5 152.9 153.2 153.7 153.6 153.5 151.5 153.2 152.4 2.5 2.8 

1996 154.4 154.9 155.7 156.3 156.6 156.7 157.0 157.3 157.8 158.3 158.6 158.6 155.8 157.9 156.9 3.3 3.0 

1997 159.1 159.6 160.0 160.2 160.1 160.3 160.5 160.8 161.2 161.6 161.5 161.3 159.9 161.2 160.5 1.7 2.3 

1998 161.6 161.9 162.2 162.5 162.8 163.0 163.2 163.4 163.6 164.0 164.0 163.9 162.3 163.7 163.0 1.6 1.6 

1999 164.3 164.5 165.0 166.2 166.2 166.2 166.7 167.1 167.9 168.2 168.3 168.3 165.4 167.8 166.6 2.7 2.2 

2000 168.8 169.8 171.2 171.3 171.5 172.4 172.8 172.8 173.7 174.0 174.1 174.0 170.8 173.6 172.2 3.4 3.4 

2001 175.1 175.8 176.2 176.9 177.7 178.0 177.5 177.5 178.3 177.7 177.4 176.7 176.6 177.5 177.1 1.6 2.8 

2002 177.1 177.8 178.8 179.8 179.8 179.9 180.1 180.7 181.0 181.3 181.3 180.9 178.9 180.9 179.9 2.4 1.6 

2003 181.7 183.1 184.2 183.8 183.5 183.7 183.9 184.6 185.2 185.0 184.5 184.3 183.3 184.6 184.0 1.9 2.3 

2004 185.2 186.2 187.4 188.0 189.1 189.7 189.4 189.5 189.9 190.9 191.0 190.3 187.6 190.2 188.9 3.3 2.7 

2005 190.7 191.8 193.3 194.6 194.4 194.5 195.4 196.4 198.8 199.2 197.6 196.8 193.2 197.4 195.3 3.4 3.4 

2006 198.3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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

2006 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Expenditure category

All items ...................................................................................... 158.6 161.3 163.9 168.3 174.0 176.7 180.9 184.3 190.3 196.8 198.3 

All items (1967=100) .................................................................. 475.0 483.2 491.0 504.1 521.1 529.2 541.9 552.1 570.1 589.4 593.9 

Food and beverages ................................................................ 156.6 159.1 162.7 165.9 170.5 175.2 177.8 184.1 188.9 193.2 194.5 

Food ....................................................................................... 156.3 158.7 162.3 165.4 170.0 174.7 177.3 183.6 188.5 192.9 194.1 

Food at home ....................................................................... 157.7 159.2 162.6 165.4 170.2 174.7 176.1 184.1 188.5 191.7 193.4 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................. 175.7 178.4 182.3 185.9 190.7 195.3 197.3 202.9 206.4 208.4 210.6 

Cereals and cereal products ............................................ 166.6 169.6 172.0 174.1 175.7 179.2 180.1 183.9 185.7 185.1 186.0 

Flour and prepared flour mixes ...................................... 151.2 150.6 153.6 150.8 151.9 158.9 165.0 171.4 165.4 171.6 181.8 

Breakfast cereal ............................................................. 186.0 189.0 192.7 196.7 199.0 202.2 202.2 203.2 205.7 201.3 200.3 

Rice, pasta, cornmeal ..................................................... 144.0 149.8 150.0 151.4 152.0 154.7 154.6 161.1 165.0 167.1 167.1 

Rice 1 2 ......................................................................... -

 100.0 100.0 100.1 98.9 97.9 98.2 103.4 108.3 110.1 111.8 

Bakery products ............................................................... 179.8 182.3 186.9 191.4 198.1 203.3 206.0 212.6 217.1 220.7 223.5 

Bread 2 ........................................................................... -

 100.0 102.5 104.5 109.3 115.0 116.2 118.6 123.3 126.9 127.8 

White bread 1 ............................................................... 183.4 186.2 189.6 192.9 201.9 212.3 213.7 218.9 227.2 232.5 234.4 

Bread other than white 1 .............................................. 180.7 186.9 193.5 199.3 210.0 218.8 223.3 222.5 233.7 240.2 242.5 

Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins 2 ........................................ -

 100.0 102.7 106.1 109.3 113.4 115.5 119.9 123.1 126.1 127.0 

Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies ....................................... 178.8 180.1 184.0 189.4 192.9 196.1 199.9 205.1 209.4 213.9 212.9 

Cookies 1 ...................................................................... 180.5 182.3 186.1 193.6 191.0 196.2 201.6 203.1 208.1 212.5 210.4 

Fresh cakes and cupcakes 1 ........................................ 175.6 178.6 182.6 187.3 193.9 197.4 199.9 207.7 211.6 216.1 215.7 

Other bakery products .................................................... 178.1 178.8 183.9 187.3 195.0 195.9 197.3 206.5 206.9 205.9 213.9 

Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts 1 ................ 173.8 177.2 170.4 174.9 188.4 196.0 198.0 205.5 209.8 216.8 219.5 

Crackers, bread, and cracker products 1 ..................... 206.9 206.4 215.6 219.7 226.4 225.1 227.0 242.4 239.8 236.6 247.1 

Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies, tarts,

turnovers 1 ............................................................ 174.9 181.7 188.5 188.6 195.3 202.0 203.7 207.0 211.9 211.6 221.3 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ............................................ 150.0 148.4 147.3 149.8 156.6 162.0 162.4 181.1 183.1 185.7 185.8 

Meats, poultry, and fish .................................................... 149.0 148.1 147.4 150.9 157.0 163.3 163.0 180.4 184.5 187.1 187.0 

Meats .............................................................................. 144.4 143.4 140.2 145.3 152.9 160.0 160.3 182.7 185.6 187.8 187.9 

Beef and veal ............................................................... 137.8 136.9 137.1 143.1 150.9 160.2 161.1 198.9 197.1 201.5 202.8 

Uncooked ground beef ............................................... 117.6 116.4 115.9 121.0 128.4 137.3 139.0 166.1 170.9 176.8 176.7 

Uncooked beef roasts 2 .............................................. -

 100.0 101.2 103.1 109.7 118.7 119.1 147.1 146.1 147.8 147.9 

Uncooked beef steaks 2 ............................................. - 100.0 100.6 106.1 110.9 115.8 116.1 148.0 143.1 145.0 146.7 

Uncooked other beef and veal 2 ................................. -

 100.0 97.8 102.3 107.7 113.7 112.8 137.3 128.8 132.7 135.7 

Pork .............................................................................. 155.4 153.0 144.1 148.6 157.2 163.0 159.2 167.5 175.4 175.2 174.6 

Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products 2 .... -

 100.0 96.8 100.3 107.7 113.4 113.1 118.0 124.8 120.3 121.2 

Bacon and related products 1 ................................... 161.5 160.3 153.1 160.5 174.4 185.8 187.8 205.1 212.4 207.7 208.7 

Breakfast sausage and related products 1 2 ............ - 100.0 99.3 101.3 108.3 111.8 110.7 115.1 123.6 117.7 119.4 

Ham ............................................................................ 157.4 154.3 145.1 146.6 152.5 158.5 155.3 162.4 169.2 172.9 170.0 

Ham, excluding canned 1 ......................................... 168.3 164.7 154.4 157.2 164.6 171.4 169.8 178.9 188.5 193.3 189.1 

Pork chops ................................................................. 156.0 150.2 139.5 146.3 155.0 159.4 154.9 163.2 166.9 166.8 165.9 

Other pork including roasts and picnics 2 ................... -

 100.0 91.8 94.0 98.8 100.7 95.4 102.2 108.8 111.6 111.2 

Other meats .................................................................. 146.2 147.0 145.6 149.5 155.1 159.7 164.8 173.8 178.9 180.4 178.8 

Frankfurters 1 ............................................................. 143.8 144.9 140.2 148.3 153.0 157.7 172.0 177.0 172.8 175.6 171.0 

Lunchmeats 1 2 .......................................................... -

 100.0 99.8 101.4 104.2 108.2 109.5 113.3 116.8 118.0 117.1 

Lamb and organ meats 1 ............................................ 160.7 160.8 166.3 155.2 169.7 173.4 189.8 202.7 207.5 214.2 NA

Lamb and mutton 1 2 .................................................. -

 100.0 102.6 99.7 105.3 102.5 - - 114.9 126.8 NA

Poultry ............................................................................ 157.8 155.2 159.3 157.5 160.7 167.7 166.6 174.4 183.3 183.8 181.5 

Chicken 2 ...................................................................... -

 100.0 103.5 101.3 103.1 108.4 108.3 113.4 120.0 119.6 117.9 

Fresh whole chicken 1 ................................................ 158.2 158.9 162.4 161.8 164.0 168.7 170.6 171.5 186.4 188.5 188.0 

Fresh and frozen chicken parts 1 ............................... 161.5 154.4 160.6 155.6 158.8 169.6 167.5 176.9 186.3 183.2 179.8 

Other poultry including turkey 2 .................................... -

 100.0 100.1 102.3 105.0 107.1 104.0 108.5 111.2 114.3 113.4 

Fish and seafood ............................................................ 175.1 177.2 183.7 186.9 189.5 189.4 187.4 192.5 196.9 204.4 206.3 

Fresh fish and seafood 2 .............................................. -

 100.0 103.5 106.4 110.5 109.6 106.3 111.3 114.4 120.9 121.4 

Processed fish and seafood 2 ...................................... -

 100.0 103.8 104.3 102.4 103.5 105.3 105.3 106.9 108.2 110.1 

Canned fish and seafood 1 ......................................... 126.5 129.4 134.5 131.5 125.3 128.2 130.5 130.2 133.7 136.5 138.7 

Frozen fish and seafood 1 .......................................... 198.6 200.5 -

 213.8 218.6 217.6 225.5 227.1 228.7 231.5 236.6 

Eggs ................................................................................. 162.9 151.1 142.9 124.0 145.5 133.5 146.5 190.6 152.6 154.7 157.9 

Dairy and related products ................................................. 148.6 147.8 157.6 162.1 161.5 170.8 167.3 173.0 180.1 183.2 183.7 

Milk 2 ................................................................................ -

 100.0 106.1 109.7 109.3 114.1 109.9 117.5 124.4 128.7 127.9 

Fresh whole milk 1 .......................................................... 148.3 145.8 155.2 158.6 160.0 167.3 160.2 171.3 181.5 189.3 186.8 

Fresh milk other than whole 1 2 ...................................... - 100.0 106.1 110.7 110.6 114.4 111.8 119.1 125.1 128.0 129.1 

Cheese and related products ........................................... 150.1 148.3 159.0 165.3 161.1 172.7 168.3 172.2 181.4 182.3 183.1 

Ice cream and related products ........................................ 150.5 151.8 162.8 164.1 167.1 181.8 179.1 179.4 178.4 179.1 182.0 

Other dairy and related products 2 ................................... -

 100.0 106.0 107.9 109.5 112.6 114.9 116.7 120.1 121.9 122.6 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Expenditure category

Fruits and vegetables ......................................................... 187.2 191.3 200.7 204.5 215.1 214.4 224.9 232.4 250.8 252.3 258.5 

Fresh fruits and vegetables .............................................. 216.2 222.3 235.2 240.0 254.8 250.5 264.3 276.3 302.7 301.1 309.4 

Fresh fruits ..................................................................... 251.1 239.4 258.7 266.9 269.0 270.7 283.3 287.3 308.2 312.3 316.3 

Apples .......................................................................... 194.1 193.9 191.8 202.4 202.9 216.2 231.2 238.5 241.0 251.1 253.5 

Bananas ....................................................................... 157.5 151.5 165.6 161.4 161.0 165.4 165.4 162.9 158.2 169.9 174.4 

Citrus fruits 2 ................................................................ -

 100.0 118.0 126.4 120.5 129.8 142.4 145.1 162.2 174.3 178.3 

Oranges, including tangerines 1 ................................. 199.6 189.3 224.3 239.3 214.7 242.2 278.8 294.3 313.7 331.5 330.4 

Other fresh fruits 2 ........................................................ -

 100.0 106.6 109.6 114.3 107.7 111.7 113.7 126.8 121.8 122.5 

Fresh vegetables ............................................................ 181.2 205.2 212.3 214.0 240.2 230.4 245.2 263.8 295.1 288.3 300.6 

Potatoes ....................................................................... 160.2 175.0 178.0 190.7 179.4 205.2 222.2 214.5 230.5 251.7 261.1 

Lettuce .......................................................................... 184.6 218.5 199.3 212.7 281.6 231.6 218.5 301.8 276.9 260.0 260.8 

Tomatoes ..................................................................... 193.4 253.4 281.9 233.4 285.9 264.2 288.5 284.2 425.0 342.3 393.1 

Other fresh vegetables ................................................. 185.9 201.5 209.8 219.8 243.4 232.2 250.1 271.0 282.5 295.2 298.2 

Processed fruits and vegetables 2 ................................... -

 100.0 102.0 103.4 105.3 110.1 113.3 112.4 114.2 120.3 121.8 

Canned fruits and vegetables 2 ...................................... -

 100.0 102.3 102.9 104.9 109.3 112.9 109.9 112.6 119.1 120.9 

Canned fruits 1 2 ........................................................... - 100.0 102.7 104.7 107.8 107.7 111.9 110.1 112.0 117.8 121.0 

Canned vegetables 1 2 ................................................. -

 100.0 103.1 103.6 105.7 113.7 116.1 112.2 116.5 124.4 124.8 

Frozen fruits and vegetables 2 ....................................... -

 100.0 102.5 105.6 107.7 114.5 114.9 118.0 117.0 122.6 123.5 

Frozen vegetables 1 ..................................................... 143.7 147.8 150.3 154.3 159.1 168.8 168.6 173.2 171.4 177.5 179.4 

Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried 2 - 100.0 100.1 100.7 102.0 103.9 110.3 109.5 113.0 118.5 120.3 

Dried beans, peas, and lentils 1 2 ................................. -

 100.0 100.5 98.4 99.0 103.6 110.1 108.9 113.8 116.6 117.2 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .............. 126.9 133.1 131.7 134.7 136.7 138.5 139.8 139.3 140.6 145.5 147.2 

Juices and nonalcoholic drinks 2 ...................................... -

 100.0 99.9 102.9 104.9 106.9 108.0 107.4 108.3 111.5 113.3 

Carbonated drinks .......................................................... 118.0 116.1 114.9 118.6 121.1 123.3 124.9 124.8 127.5 133.1 135.7 

Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 2 ..................... -

 100.0 104.7 109.2 111.3 114.4 113.7 115.0 111.5 111.7 116.0 

Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 2 ............... -

 100.0 100.1 102.9 104.6 106.5 107.5 106.1 105.7 107.4 108.4 

Beverage materials including coffee and tea 2 ................. -

 100.0 96.5 96.6 96.8 96.5 97.4 97.5 98.7 103.1 103.6 

Coffee ............................................................................. 145.6 170.2 155.2 152.6 147.7 142.6 142.2 143.2 145.5 162.3 163.1 

Roasted coffee 1 .......................................................... 145.7 178.0 -

 157.4 151.7 142.7 142.0 144.6 146.4 167.1 168.3 

Instant and freeze dried coffee 1 .................................. 145.3 155.2 -

 160.3 159.3 164.2 164.2 161.0 167.8 175.0 175.9 

Other beverage materials including tea 2 ....................... -

 100.0 103.3 105.3 109.6 112.7 114.7 114.3 115.4 115.9 116.4 

Other food at home ............................................................ 143.6 147.7 152.4 153.3 156.3 160.9 161.1 163.0 163.6 167.6 169.1 

Sugar and sweets ............................................................. 144.7 147.9 150.1 152.3 153.5 156.1 159.1 161.0 161.3 167.8 169.3 

Sugar and artificial sweeteners ...................................... 132.2 133.3 133.8 134.2 133.6 136.7 140.1 143.0 142.7 154.3 157.6 

Candy and chewing gum 2 ............................................. -

 100.0 101.1 103.0 104.2 105.3 107.0 107.3 107.5 111.4 111.5 

Other sweets 2 ............................................................... -

 100.0 103.8 105.3 106.4 109.2 112.1 115.8 116.6 118.6 121.4 

Fats and oils ..................................................................... 140.7 140.3 151.9 145.1 150.2 156.9 152.8 157.7 167.4 165.2 169.9 

Butter and margarine 2 ................................................... -

 100.0 120.5 104.6 113.3 126.4 114.6 119.2 135.6 131.2 138.9 

Butter 1 ......................................................................... 113.9 128.2 168.9 131.0 147.2 174.9 141.0 145.1 186.2 174.6 186.7 

Margarine 1 .................................................................. 145.5 144.2 152.9 150.3 153.8 160.7 161.4 171.1 173.0 174.1 182.1 

Salad dressing 2 ............................................................. - 100.0 103.4 104.1 105.9 107.9 107.3 109.7 110.3 105.6 108.8 

Other fats and oils including peanut butter 2 .................. -

 100.0 102.1 102.0 103.0 103.4 105.5 108.9 113.8 116.3 117.0 

Peanut butter 1 2 .......................................................... - 100.0 102.2 105.8 108.2 109.5 109.6 109.9 110.3 111.7 111.7 

Other foods ....................................................................... 158.9 162.8 166.9 169.4 172.7 177.9 178.2 179.6 178.3 183.3 184.3 

Soups ............................................................................. 184.9 189.1 191.7 191.7 196.9 202.8 205.3 207.1 207.4 211.4 205.7 

Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods ........................ 146.2 144.9 147.1 146.8 150.2 154.7 153.1 153.6 152.9 154.3 155.9

Snacks ............................................................................ 151.7 155.6 156.9 162.6 166.8 173.7 167.9 175.4 171.4 181.3 180.2 

Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces ....................... 163.9 168.3 172.4 174.9 173.0 182.3 187.9 183.8 178.4 185.2 190.9 

Salt and other seasonings and spices 1 2 .................... -

 100.0 100.4 103.0 101.0 108.5 108.2 107.0 106.7 113.2 113.0 

Olives, pickles, relishes 1 2 ........................................... - 100.0 101.3 99.9 100.2 109.4 111.7 105.0 109.7 110.2 115.7 

Sauces and gravies 1 2 ................................................ -

 100.0 102.6 105.5 106.5 109.6 113.5 111.9 102.4 106.3 109.1 

Other condiments 1 ...................................................... 154.5 162.1 166.6 172.8 182.6 184.4 195.4 202.8 195.5 198.9 219.4 

Baby food 2 .................................................................... -

 100.0 103.3 107.5 111.9 115.3 117.0 120.7 123.2 127.4 128.0 

Other miscellaneous foods 2 .......................................... -

 100.0 104.9 105.7 108.9 108.5 110.2 109.8 110.8 112.4 112.6 

Food away from home .......................................................... 155.0 159.0 163.0 166.8 170.8 176.0 180.1 184.3 189.9 196.0 196.6 

Full service meals and snacks 2 ......................................... -

 100.0 102.8 105.1 108.0 111.6 114.0 116.5 119.9 123.3 123.6 

Limited service meals and snacks 2 ................................... - 100.0 102.2 104.9 107.8 111.3 113.7 116.3 120.0 124.0 124.6 

Food at employee sites and schools 2 ............................... -

 100.0 102.5 104.5 104.3 106.2 111.3 114.1 117.4 120.6 120.9 

Food at elementary and secondary schools 1 3 ............... - - - - - - - - - 100.0 100.1 

Food from vending machines and mobile vendors 2 .......... -

 100.0 100.9 101.6 103.1 104.7 106.1 108.6 111.0 114.2 114.3 

Other food away from home 2 ............................................ - 100.0 103.3 106.9 111.1 115.5 119.8 122.9 127.0 133.7 134.1 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Expenditure category

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 160.5 164.0 167.2 171.8 176.5 180.9 184.9 188.7 193.9 196.4 198.0 

Alcoholic beverages at home ............................................. 148.0 149.3 151.4 155.5 159.2 161.5 164.6 167.4 170.9 171.5 173.3 

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home .................. 148.3 147.5 149.8 154.2 159.0 161.5 165.7 170.7 176.4 175.5 176.8 

Distilled spirits at home .................................................... 148.5 151.9 153.0 158.6 163.5 169.4 170.3 173.9 175.3 177.2 179.1 

Whiskey at home 1 ......................................................... 147.9 151.5 153.2 156.7 160.0 165.8 168.1 172.9 173.8 177.1 178.6 

Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home 1 ................ 147.9 152.1 152.8 159.2 164.7 171.0 171.3 173.6 175.7 176.8 179.1 

Wine at home ................................................................... 141.7 145.1 147.2 149.8 151.1 150.7 152.8 152.0 153.0 155.4 157.5 

Alcoholic beverages away from home ................................ 185.6 192.5 198.1 203.5 210.4 219.4 225.9 232.0 240.9 248.0 249.3 

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home 1 2 - 100.0 101.9 105.2 108.7 111.9 114.8 118.9 123.1 125.7 126.4 

Wine away from home 1 2 ................................................ -

 100.0 104.2 105.1 110.5 120.5 123.5 125.4 131.4 135.8 136.4 

Distilled spirits away from home 1 2 ................................. -

 100.0 103.4 105.8 109.6 114.6 117.9 122.4 126.3 131.6 132.2 

Housing .................................................................................... 154.0 157.7 161.3 164.8 171.9 176.9 181.1 185.1 190.7 198.3 200.0 

Shelter .................................................................................... 172.3 178.1 184.0 188.6 195.1 203.2 209.5 214.1 219.8 225.6 226.8 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................. 164.0 169.1 174.9 180.3 187.6 196.4 202.5 207.9 213.9 220.5 220.9 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................. - 100.0 103.8 105.8 108.8 108.6 109.2 112.9 118.7 122.8 127.5 

Housing at school, excluding board 4 5 .............................. 219.0 229.7 239.4 249.5 260.1 273.7 290.5 307.2 328.4 345.3 345.5 

Other lodging away from home including hotels and

motels ......................................................................... 201.0 213.5 221.4 225.1 231.1 229.3 229.4 236.6 248.5 256.7 267.1 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 5 ................. 179.1 184.7 190.7 195.2 201.8 210.9 217.9 222.2 227.2 232.8 233.4 

Tenants’ and household insurance 2 .................................... -

 100.0 99.9 102.2 104.7 106.3 112.3 114.3 118.7 116.1 115.9 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 129.4 130.0 126.6 129.6 145.3 142.2 144.2 153.6 165.7 191.6 198.7 

Fuels ..................................................................................... 117.1 115.8 111.4 114.1 130.6 126.2 127.5 136.5 148.0 174.7 182.1 

Fuel oil and other fuels ....................................................... 110.3 97.2 86.1 106.3 144.9 112.7 125.6 137.0 183.7 227.8 229.5 

Fuel oil .............................................................................. 106.5 94.0 79.7 104.3 146.5 107.4 123.2 132.8 185.2 235.5 237.2 

Other household fuels 6 ................................................... 146.8 128.8 125.9 135.8 170.7 154.9 163.4 182.3 225.8 264.9 267.0 

Gas (piped) and electricity 4 ............................................... 122.8 123.0 118.9 120.3 135.6 133.5 134.1 143.3 153.0 180.0 188.1 

Electricity 4 ....................................................................... 128.7 127.0 122.9 123.7 126.9 134.6 132.1 135.6 138.5 153.3 162.2 

Utility (piped) gas service 4 .............................................. 115.0 118.8 114.7 117.1 160.1 136.0 145.1 170.3 198.2 258.0 264.1 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ............... -

 100.0 102.7 104.7 107.9 111.0 114.6 119.8 126.3 132.9 134.0 

Water and sewerage maintenance 4 ................................ 205.5 213.7 219.4 223.4 230.8 237.8 246.2 257.8 273.7 288.8 291.2 

Garbage and trash collection 7 ......................................... 247.8 252.8 259.9 266.5 271.9 278.6 285.4 297.4 307.4 320.6 323.0 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 125.0 125.1 126.6 126.4 128.6 128.9 127.0 124.7 125.5 126.4 126.5 

Window and floor coverings and other linens 2 .................... -

 100.0 101.2 99.3 101.1 98.5 93.3 89.5 88.2 86.6 86.7 

Floor coverings 2 ................................................................ -

 100.0 102.3 100.3 107.3 107.3 109.4 107.5 108.2 114.9 115.1 

Window coverings 2 ........................................................... -

 100.0 100.1 99.5 101.2 94.8 91.3 89.9 88.5 88.6 88.5 

Other linens 2 ..................................................................... - 100.0 101.5 98.7 97.4 96.2 88.3 82.9 81.3 77.9 78.2 

Furniture and bedding .......................................................... 134.5 133.5 135.4 133.7 134.2 130.0 128.6 126.5 126.3 127.1 127.0 

Bedroom furniture ............................................................... 141.5 142.7 141.8 140.7 137.4 135.7 133.5 133.1 139.7 146.2 146.1 

Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture 2 ............... -

 100.0 101.6 100.9 103.0 99.5 98.5 96.2 94.4 93.0 92.8 

Other furniture 2 ................................................................. - 100.0 104.3 100.3 99.7 93.9 93.6 92.4 89.0 88.6 89.1 

Infants’ furniture 1 3 .......................................................... - - - - - - - - -

 100.0 100.8 

Appliances 2 ......................................................................... - 100.0 98.9 97.7 94.9 94.4 91.5 87.9 84.6 87.0 87.2 

Major appliances 2 ............................................................. -

 100.0 98.5 98.4 96.3 97.9 95.6 92.1 89.3 94.5 94.7 

Laundry equipment 1 ........................................................ 113.2 113.4 110.6 111.4 112.0 111.6 111.5 109.5 105.3 110.7 111.7 

Other appliances 2 ............................................................. -

 100.0 99.6 96.8 92.8 89.2 85.5 81.9 78.0 77.1 77.3 

Other household equipment and furnishings 2 ..................... -

 100.0 99.9 96.8 96.1 95.6 91.5 86.9 87.3 83.2 82.2 

Clocks, lamps, and decorator items ................................... 117.0 121.0 119.5 113.6 108.6 106.6 101.0 91.8 91.7 84.6 82.6 

Indoor plants and flowers 8 ................................................ 116.4 107.1 109.3 108.8 114.8 117.6 116.7 119.2 120.1 122.4 121.9 

Dishes and flatware 2 ......................................................... - 100.0 99.4 96.1 93.4 90.6 85.7 83.7 85.0 79.2 80.3 

Nonelectric cookware and tableware 2 ............................... -

 100.0 99.5 97.1 96.3 95.2 90.8 89.6 90.6 89.7 90.3 

Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies 2 ............ - 100.0 99.6 98.4 96.4 95.8 94.6 92.1 93.6 93.7 93.9 

Tools, hardware and supplies 2 .......................................... -

 100.0 97.4 97.3 97.8 95.7 94.2 92.6 95.7 98.2 98.3 

Outdoor equipment and supplies 2 ..................................... -

 100.0 100.5 98.7 95.6 95.8 94.6 91.7 92.4 91.4 91.7 

Housekeeping supplies ........................................................ 141.4 143.4 146.3 149.1 156.1 159.9 158.1 156.7 158.1 161.8 162.4 

Household cleaning products 2 .......................................... -

 100.0 101.7 102.8 107.6 110.5 109.0 107.3 106.5 109.9 109.7 

Household paper products 2 .............................................. - 100.0 102.7 108.7 117.4 119.1 119.1 116.9 125.0 125.6 126.3 

Miscellaneous household products 2 ................................. -

 100.0 101.8 101.9 104.0 106.9 105.2 106.0 104.7 107.3 108.5 

Household operations 2 ........................................................ - 100.0 103.0 106.0 112.5 117.2 119.9 122.6 127.0 133.3 134.1 

Domestic services 2 ........................................................... -

 100.0 103.3 106.9 111.7 114.9 119.5 122.6 124.9 131.3 131.1 

Gardening and lawncare services 2 ................................... - 100.0 101.5 103.9 113.2 118.3 118.4 119.9 125.5 NA NA

Moving, storage, freight expense 2 .................................... -

 100.0 103.3 105.9 111.3 115.6 117.2 119.9 123.4 128.4 128.1 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Expenditure category

Repair of household items 2 ............................................... -

 100.0 105.6 108.3 114.1 122.6 128.6 133.0 142.2 151.9 151.2 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 130.3 131.6 130.7 130.1 127.8 123.7 121.5 119.0 118.8 117.5 114.9 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ........................................................ 127.8 131.2 130.3 131.5 128.0 122.8 119.3 118.0 116.3 114.1 112.4 

Men’s apparel ....................................................................... 130.4 133.7 133.1 134.4 131.4 125.8 124.5 122.4 121.4 119.8 117.5 

Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear ............................. 133.3 135.8 133.2 135.8 130.0 128.1 127.2 128.1 126.0 125.3 120.1 

Men’s furnishings ............................................................... 124.6 134.1 133.1 137.6 135.2 132.0 133.2 136.1 134.8 133.4 134.6 

Men’s shirts and sweaters 2 ............................................... -

 100.0 100.6 99.5 99.9 92.2 91.3 88.5 86.0 85.4 81.5 

Men’s pants and shorts ...................................................... 129.2 129.0 128.9 128.9 123.6 117.5 113.7 106.8 110.3 106.4 106.6 

Boys’ apparel ........................................................................ 116.8 120.7 118.8 119.8 114.5 110.8 100.6 101.7 97.5 93.8 93.7 

Women’s and girls’ apparel .................................................... 123.3 123.6 122.4 121.8 119.7 114.8 113.1 110.9 110.0 108.9 103.0 

Women’s apparel ................................................................. 123.0 123.7 123.0 122.3 120.1 115.3 112.9 111.1 109.6 109.7 103.7 

Women’s outerwear ........................................................... 126.1 126.7 122.1 118.5 121.8 113.3 113.8 112.6 106.8 102.4 93.9 

Women’s dresses ............................................................... 108.1 102.7 107.2 104.4 95.8 99.1 100.3 100.4 96.8 104.2 95.2 

Women’s suits and separates 2 ......................................... -

 100.0 98.2 98.1 96.5 90.9 88.7 86.3 86.0 85.6 79.3 

Women’s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and

accessories 2 .............................................................. -

 100.0 100.4 100.8 100.6 97.5 93.8 93.3 92.2 91.8 91.7 

Girls’ apparel ........................................................................ 125.0 123.6 119.4 119.2 117.8 112.2 114.1 109.5 112.1 104.4 99.6 

Footwear ................................................................................ 125.9 128.2 127.5 123.7 123.8 120.6 120.7 118.5 120.3 121.4 122.3 

Men’s footwear ..................................................................... 131.1 131.4 132.4 127.8 128.7 124.5 124.6 120.4 118.1 120.7 122.7 

Boys’ and girls’ footwear ...................................................... 130.4 133.5 133.3 126.7 123.5 122.1 120.6 118.2 122.9 124.4 122.4 

Women’s footwear ................................................................ 119.6 122.7 120.6 118.8 120.0 116.7 117.3 116.5 119.7 119.7 121.1 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................. 126.9 125.8 129.6 133.0 128.2 128.5 125.3 119.2 118.6 115.0 113.3 

Jewelry and watches 6 ........................................................... 140.3 138.9 136.1 133.6 132.4 132.3 127.2 122.1 126.0 123.2 128.4 

Watches 6 ............................................................................. 122.6 122.2 120.5 118.0 119.3 117.1 110.9 111.0 112.8 113.7 115.9 

Jewelry 6 .............................................................................. 145.4 143.6 140.5 138.0 136.2 136.6 131.7 125.6 129.8 126.4 132.2 

Transportation .......................................................................... 145.2 143.2 140.7 148.3 154.4 148.5 154.2 154.7 164.8 172.7 175.9 

Private transportation ............................................................. 141.7 140.0 137.2 144.4 150.3 144.3 150.4 150.8 161.3 168.9 172.1 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ........................................... 101.7 100.0 100.9 101.1 102.1 101.6 98.7 94.4 95.4 95.8 96.2 

New vehicles ...................................................................... 145.4 144.1 144.1 143.6 143.6 143.5 140.6 138.0 138.8 138.3 139.3 

New cars and trucks 1 2 ................................................... -

 100.0 100.0 99.6 99.6 99.6 97.6 95.7 96.3 95.9 96.6 

New cars 1 ........................................................................ 143.0 141.5 141.3 140.1 140.5 140.5 137.7 134.8 135.5 136.6 137.7 

New trucks 1 7 .................................................................. 151.5 151.4 152.1 153.1 152.2 152.0 148.6 146.4 147.2 144.4 145.2 

Used cars and trucks .......................................................... 155.6 147.9 153.1 155.0 160.2 157.2 148.5 131.0 137.3 139.2 139.3 

Leased cars and trucks 9 ................................................... - - - - -

 100.0 98.0 95.7 91.7 93.0 92.4 

Car and truck rental 2 ......................................................... - 100.0 101.5 108.2 107.6 103.7 104.2 107.5 103.2 112.1 108.7 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 108.6 101.9 86.2 112.2 127.8 96.1 119.7 127.8 161.2 187.3 199.2 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 107.9 101.3 85.7 111.5 127.0 95.4 119.1 127.2 160.4 186.2 198.2 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 1 ........................................... 106.1 99.1 82.8 109.6 125.5 93.1 117.1 125.7 159.2 185.8 197.7 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 1 10 ................................... 112.4 105.9 90.7 116.2 131.5 98.8 123.9 131.4 165.2 190.8 203.2 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 1 ......................................... 109.1 103.0 89.2 112.3 126.7 97.0 119.8 127.1 158.0 181.1 192.3 

Other motor fuels 2 ............................................................. - 100.0 87.7 107.3 134.3 112.0 113.8 115.8 152.6 186.4 190.0 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment ...................................... 102.3 101.4 101.2 100.8 103.1 105.8 107.0 107.7 109.9 114.0 114.4 

Tires ................................................................................... 101.8 99.0 98.6 97.5 98.5 101.2 101.3 100.8 103.2 106.2 106.4 

Vehicle accessories other than tires 2 ................................ -

 100.0 99.9 100.3 103.6 106.2 108.7 111.1 112.7 118.4 118.9 

Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires 1 ................ 107.0 108.2 108.3 108.6 110.1 111.3 113.9 115.5 116.0 119.9 120.2 

Motor oil, coolant, and fluids 1 .......................................... 132.0 131.8 130.8 132.2 141.7 150.7 154.3 160.2 170.3 195.1 197.3 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................. 160.6 164.7 169.6 173.8 179.9 186.4 193.3 198.0 203.3 210.7 211.2 

Motor vehicle body work ..................................................... 168.6 176.2 181.5 184.2 191.1 197.6 201.2 205.0 210.5 220.5 221.0 

Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing .......................... 148.2 152.1 156.5 160.3 165.0 171.6 177.9 180.9 186.2 192.2 192.3 

Motor vehicle repair 2 ......................................................... -

 100.0 103.0 105.8 109.7 113.5 117.9 121.4 124.4 129.2 129.6 

Motor vehicle insurance ....................................................... 249.3 255.3 254.5 255.8 260.5 279.4 304.6 318.4 329.3 332.5 331.9 

Motor vehicle fees 2 ............................................................. -

 100.0 103.1 104.5 108.2 110.4 114.0 121.8 132.3 136.2 138.3 

State and local registration and license 2 4 ........................ - 100.0 101.4 102.2 105.3 106.4 110.1 119.4 131.8 134.4 137.1 

Parking and other fees 2 .................................................... -

 100.0 107.0 109.9 114.8 119.6 122.9 126.5 133.0 139.5 140.3 

Parking fees and tolls 1 2 .................................................. - 100.0 107.4 110.1 115.3 120.2 123.9 128.0 135.4 144.2 144.7 

Automobile service clubs 1 2 ............................................ -

 100.0 100.9 103.9 104.5 109.8 109.5 112.2 113.9 114.1 116.0 

Public transportation ............................................................... 189.9 184.3 188.4 201.2 209.5 204.8 203.0 205.6 205.4 217.6 219.9 

Airline fare ............................................................................ 204.7 194.8 202.8 224.9 238.2 229.0 223.4 223.1 219.7 233.8 236.5 

Other intercity transportation ................................................ 155.2 156.3 161.1 158.9 156.3 152.0 155.1 147.0 144.6 151.6 154.2 

Ship fare 1 2 ........................................................................ -

 100.0 104.6 98.6 86.0 78.4 77.0 69.1 72.5 72.3 73.1 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Expenditure category

Intracity transportation .......................................................... 174.7 176.6 171.9 173.2 177.5 182.3 185.1 204.1 211.9 223.3 224.2 

Medical care ............................................................................. 230.6 237.1 245.2 254.2 264.8 277.3 291.3 302.1 314.9 328.4 329.5 

Medical care commodities ...................................................... 212.0 216.8 225.6 234.6 241.1 251.6 259.5 265.0 270.8 280.8 282.0 

Prescription drugs and medical supplies .............................. 245.4 251.5 263.8 279.9 290.0 307.3 321.2 329.1 340.7 355.7 357.6 

Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies 6 ..................... 143.3 145.8 149.2 148.7 150.2 151.1 151.2 153.0 151.0 153.6 153.9 

Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs ................. 171.2 173.1 177.4 175.4 177.4 179.5 179.9 182.5 178.3 182.1 182.5 

Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies .............. 168.0 172.8 176.3 178.2 179.8 179.0 178.1 179.0 181.1 182.4 182.7 

Medical care services ............................................................. 235.0 241.8 249.6 258.5 270.4 283.5 299.4 311.9 327.3 342.0 342.9 

Professional services ........................................................... 211.0 217.5 224.6 231.7 240.3 248.9 257.0 264.1 274.6 284.9 284.7 

Physicians’ services 4 ........................................................ 218.5 224.5 231.9 237.9 247.1 255.8 264.1 270.1 280.8 289.5 288.5 

Dental services 4 ................................................................ 221.1 230.0 240.2 251.3 262.2 272.5 284.8 297.2 311.9 329.6 331.7 

Eyeglasses and eye care 6 ................................................ 139.9 142.5 143.4 147.8 151.4 155.6 155.2 157.5 162.0 167.0 166.9 

Services by other medical professionals 4 6 ....................... 148.4 153.0 156.7 159.3 163.4 169.0 175.1 179.2 183.7 188.3 188.1 

Hospital and related services 4 ............................................ 273.7 282.5 291.4 306.3 325.3 348.3 382.4 407.0 428.0 449.7 453.6 

Hospital services 4 11 ......................................................... 100.0 103.2 106.4 111.8 118.8 127.4 140.3 149.3 157.1 165.2 166.7 

Inpatient hospital services 1 4 11 ...................................... 100.0 102.5 105.2 110.1 116.3 124.3 136.0 143.7 151.8 159.8 161.6 

Outpatient hospital services 1 4 6 ..................................... 219.2 228.3 237.3 253.3 271.6 290.2 327.0 348.5 364.2 382.5 384.6 

Nursing homes and adult daycare 4 11 .............................. 100.0 103.9 108.4 113.4 119.0 124.3 129.8 137.3 142.1 147.1 148.2 

Health insurance 3 ................................................................ - - - - - - - - -

 100.0 100.3 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 98.5 100.0 101.2 102.0 103.7 105.3 106.5 107.7 108.5 109.7 109.9 

Video and audio 2 ................................................................... 97.7 100.0 100.7 100.1 100.7 101.2 103.2 103.3 103.9 103.9 104.1 

Televisions ........................................................................... 62.9 60.2 57.3 53.1 47.4 42.3 37.8 32.4 28.4 24.3 24.4 

Cable and satellite television and radio service 7 ................. 218.6 233.6 249.8 256.8 270.0 280.9 301.3 312.6 325.2 336.0 337.1 

Other video equipment 2 ...................................................... -

 100.0 87.0 73.5 60.4 50.4 43.8 38.4 32.9 29.4 29.2 

Video cassettes, discs, and other media including rental 2 .. -

 100.0 93.9 90.9 85.4 83.9 78.0 78.0 77.1 76.5 76.2 

Video cassettes and discs, blank and prerecorded 1 2 ...... - 100.0 95.9 83.8 84.9 81.0 80.7 79.0 77.1 70.7 69.5 

Rental of video tapes and discs 1 2 .................................... -

 100.0 92.9 99.5 91.3 94.2 86.5 86.3 85.5 89.1 89.2 

Audio equipment .................................................................. 90.2 88.4 81.9 78.7 79.4 75.9 72.5 68.6 64.0 58.4 57.7 

Audio discs, tapes and other media 2 .................................. -

 100.0 100.0 101.3 104.0 108.5 109.6 105.3 109.0 109.1 109.0 

Pets, pet products and services 2 .......................................... - 100.0 101.9 103.9 106.9 111.4 113.9 117.0 122.0 125.4 125.8 

Pets and pet products .......................................................... 142.6 142.1 142.9 144.5 143.6 148.4 149.3 151.5 155.8 157.6 157.9 

Pet food 1 2 ......................................................................... -

 100.0 101.4 102.2 102.3 105.4 105.7 107.8 111.1 112.4 112.5 

Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories 1 2 ................. -

 100.0 99.7 100.6 99.5 101.6 104.3 103.9 105.8 107.7 108.4 

Pet services including veterinary 2 ....................................... -

 100.0 104.4 108.0 117.7 124.6 130.7 137.3 145.9 153.0 153.8 

Pet services 1 2 .................................................................. - 100.0 103.8 105.1 110.9 113.0 117.5 122.0 128.2 133.2 134.1 

Veterinarian services 1 2 .................................................... -

 100.0 104.6 108.3 118.1 125.7 132.2 139.3 148.6 156.3 157.1 

Sporting goods ....................................................................... 123.0 122.5 121.8 118.2 119.2 117.3 115.7 114.9 113.5 115.5 115.8 

Sports vehicles including bicycles ........................................ 124.9 124.3 127.7 128.3 132.4 131.8 130.7 127.8 129.6 134.7 134.9 

Sports equipment ................................................................. 118.4 118.1 114.3 107.7 106.3 103.5 101.6 102.2 98.2 97.8 98.1 

Photography 2 ........................................................................ -

 100.0 99.3 99.1 99.4 98.7 96.8 94.7 91.8 89.0 89.0 

Photographic equipment and supplies ................................. 132.9 134.0 129.7 128.7 125.0 122.3 114.7 108.2 100.5 95.6 96.0 

Film and photographic supplies 1 2 .................................... -

 100.0 99.2 97.6 96.0 97.3 91.7 88.8 87.5 88.0 87.2 

Photographic equipment 1 2 ............................................... -

 100.0 94.8 93.9 90.1 83.2 78.2 71.6 61.8 55.5 55.9 

Photographers and film processing 2 ................................... -

 100.0 101.0 101.1 103.7 103.8 105.7 106.3 106.5 104.8 104.3 

Photographer fees 1 2 ........................................................ -

 100.0 101.3 - 104.2 108.7 114.3 118.1 115.4 113.4 113.8 

Film processing 1 2 ............................................................. - 100.0 100.1 100.3 101.1 99.4 100.5 100.6 100.4 98.8 98.1 

Other recreational goods 2 ..................................................... -

 100.0 95.0 88.7 86.4 83.1 77.0 74.5 71.3 68.5 68.1 

Toys ...................................................................................... 126.4 124.4 116.8 107.4 103.4 98.0 88.9 85.2 80.0 76.4 76.0 

Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipment 1 2 ....... -

 100.0 95.0 88.3 85.9 82.4 78.1 75.7 73.6 71.8 71.7 

Sewing machines, fabric and supplies 2 .............................. - 100.0 98.1 95.2 95.2 96.2 94.1 94.6 94.9 91.7 90.6 

Music instruments and accessories 2 ................................... -

 100.0 99.6 98.7 100.1 100.1 98.9 97.5 98.7 96.9 96.7 

Recreation services 2 ............................................................. -

 100.0 103.7 109.1 113.3 117.7 121.4 125.6 128.3 132.1 132.6 

Club membership dues and fees for participant sports 2 ..... - 100.0 105.0 106.6 110.1 112.4 113.1 116.1 116.4 119.4 120.1 

Admissions ........................................................................... 193.8 200.3 205.8 223.6 234.8 245.3 257.4 266.1 275.3 284.9 285.6 

Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts 1 2 ............... -

 100.0 101.9 111.8 116.4 119.4 125.4 130.3 133.5 138.2 138.7 

Admission to sporting events 1 2 ........................................ -

 100.0 105.0 112.7 119.2 126.4 131.4 132.3 141.4 150.4 150.3 

Fees for lessons or instructions 6 ......................................... 165.5 174.1 178.9 187.1 190.5 203.2 206.1 219.0 224.9 230.8 231.8 

Recreational reading materials ............................................... 178.2 180.2 185.7 187.0 189.4 193.1 196.9 198.6 202.9 204.0 204.9 

Newspapers and magazines 2 ............................................. -

 100.0 103.4 105.4 107.1 109.3 111.7 113.6 117.8 119.8 120.7 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Expenditure category

Recreational books 2 ............................................................ -

 100.0 102.5 100.6 101.3 103.0 104.7 104.2 104.2 102.9 102.9 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 97.1 100.0 100.7 102.3 103.6 106.9 109.2 110.9 112.6 115.3 115.7 

Education 2 ............................................................................. 95.1 100.0 104.7 109.3 115.5 122.0 130.0 139.4 148.5 157.6 158.3 

Educational books and supplies ........................................... 231.1 242.8 257.3 256.0 285.4 294.7 323.3 342.8 355.9 374.3 379.2 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .............................. 274.3 288.5 301.7 316.3 332.7 352.2 374.0 401.7 428.9 455.3 457.2 

College tuition and fees ...................................................... 288.3 301.7 313.6 326.1 340.9 361.9 387.4 425.5 462.2 492.8 493.5 

Elementary and high school tuition and fees ...................... 280.5 300.6 318.7 340.1 361.4 387.3 413.6 440.4 471.4 497.8 497.9 

Child care and nursery school 8 ......................................... 131.6 137.6 144.2 151.6 160.1 168.1 176.4 183.6 190.0 200.5 202.9 

Technical and business school tuition and fees 2 .............. -

 100.0 107.1 113.8 119.0 126.0 132.3 144.3 155.8 166.0 167.8 

Communication 2 .................................................................... 100.3 100.0 97.1 95.9 93.0 93.4 91.8 88.2 85.4 84.3 84.5 

Postage and delivery services 2 ........................................... - 100.0 100.1 103.1 103.2 108.0 119.2 119.4 120.0 120.5 126.5 

Postage .............................................................................. 160.3 160.3 160.3 165.1 165.1 172.7 190.9 190.9 190.9 190.9 201.1 

Delivery services 2 ............................................................. -

 100.0 104.2 110.0 116.0 123.7 129.4 135.1 154.0 169.3 170.8 

Information and information processing 2 ............................ 100.3 100.0 96.9 95.4 92.2 92.3 90.0 86.2 83.3 82.2 82.1 

Telephone services 2 ......................................................... - 100.0 100.3 100.7 98.4 99.7 99.9 97.2 94.8 95.2 95.2 

Land-line telephone services, local charges 4 .................. 162.1 163.8 166.0 170.7 180.1 188.2 198.2 203.3 205.5 212.2 211.4 

Land-line telephone services, long distance charges 2 .... -

 100.0 99.9 98.6 89.5 87.9 82.6 74.3 68.6 67.4 67.7 

Land-line interstate toll calls 1 ........................................ 78.6 75.2 74.6 74.1 65.8 64.5 60.7 54.1 49.4 47.9 48.2 

Land-line intrastate toll calls 1 ........................................ 92.1 94.7 96.1 94.6 88.9 87.4 82.1 74.4 69.5 69.8 69.9 

Wireless telephone services 2 .......................................... -

 100.0 91.7 81.1 71.1 67.2 67.4 66.5 65.6 64.6 64.6 

Information technology, hardware and services 12 .............. 53.9 47.4 34.8 28.2 23.8 19.8 17.2 15.3 14.2 13.1 13.0 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 2 ............... - 100.0 64.2 47.2 36.5 25.3 19.7 16.2 13.9 11.7 11.6 

Computer software and accessories 2 ............................... -

 100.0 90.0 88.2 81.5 79.5 71.0 64.1 61.1 58.5 57.8 

Internet services and electronic information providers 2 .... - 100.0 103.3 96.0 95.7 100.3 99.6 97.6 97.2 94.5 94.5 

Telephone hardware, calculators, and other consumer

information items 2 ..................................................... -

 100.0 90.3 79.6 70.8 65.0 59.0 52.3 48.4 44.2 44.3 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 218.7 230.1 250.3 263.0 274.0 286.4 295.8 300.2 307.8 317.3 318.2 

Tobacco and smoking products ............................................. 234.3 251.2 331.2 369.1 396.6 431.7 472.5 470.4 484.8 513.1 515.1 

Cigarettes 2 .......................................................................... -

 100.0 133.7 149.1 160.4 175.1 192.3 190.6 196.0 207.6 208.5 

Tobacco products other than cigarettes 2 ............................ - 100.0 105.5 115.5 121.7 125.8 130.9 138.6 147.1 154.6 154.3 

Personal care ......................................................................... 150.5 154.0 158.3 162.9 167.8 172.6 175.4 179.0 183.3 187.6 188.1 

Personal care products ........................................................ 142.8 145.3 148.7 152.5 155.5 155.4 153.4 153.4 153.4 155.4 155.8 

Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care

products 2 ................................................................... -

 100.0 100.4 101.0 104.9 104.6 103.4 102.6 101.7 102.1 102.1 

Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and

implements ................................................................. 150.6 153.9 160.8 167.8 168.1 168.3 165.9 167.3 169.2 173.1 174.0 

Personal care services ......................................................... 159.2 163.9 168.3 174.3 181.3 186.4 189.9 194.3 201.2 206.6 206.4 

Haircuts and other personal care services 2 ...................... -

 100.0 102.7 106.3 110.6 113.7 115.9 118.6 122.8 126.0 125.9 

Miscellaneous personal services .......................................... 218.3 230.0 237.8 246.6 255.7 268.5 276.9 287.1 297.7 306.6 308.2 

Legal services 6 .................................................................. 159.3 167.5 174.6 183.5 192.6 205.1 213.9 224.6 236.6 244.6 246.0 

Funeral expenses 6 ............................................................ 164.0 172.3 179.1 185.1 189.8 198.3 206.8 215.4 223.2 233.5 234.6 

Laundry and dry cleaning services 2 .................................. -

 100.0 102.3 104.6 107.1 111.5 113.8 117.2 120.7 122.9 123.4 

Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning 2 ..... -

 100.0 101.7 104.6 108.6 113.0 115.1 118.7 121.9 127.9 128.5 

Financial services 6 ............................................................ 183.6 194.7 201.6 210.5 218.2 228.0 235.2 241.3 250.2 254.2 256.1 

Checking account and other bank services 1 2 ................ -

 100.0 102.2 106.8 110.4 116.0 117.9 120.1 123.4 123.9 124.6 

Tax return preparation and other accounting fees 1 2 ...... - 100.0 105.8 112.2 117.4 122.7 128.7 134.1 141.0 147.2 149.4 

Care of invalids and elderly at home 3 ............................... - - - - - - - - -

 100.0 100.4 

Miscellaneous personal goods 2 .......................................... - 100.0 100.6 98.2 96.0 94.4 93.6 89.0 86.6 86.4 86.3 

Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap 1 ......................... 151.8 158.1 160.7 157.2 155.6 156.5 156.4 149.5 148.0 150.2 149.3 

Infants’ equipment 1 3 ......................................................... - - - - - - - - - 100.0 98.0 

Special aggregate indexes

Commodities .............................................................................. 141.4 141.7 142.2 146.1 150.0 147.9 149.7 150.4 155.8 160.0 161.3 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................... 132.1 131.2 130.2 134.4 137.8 132.3 133.6 131.7 137.2 141.3 142.6 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................... 133.7 133.5 132.1 140.9 147.2 138.4 145.2 146.7 157.4 166.3 168.7 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................. 140.5 139.5 137.8 152.1 163.1 151.6 163.9 167.7 185.2 200.4 206.0 

Durables ................................................................................. 129.9 128.0 127.4 125.9 125.9 124.3 120.2 115.0 115.5 114.9 115.3 

Services ...................................................................................... 176.1 181.0 185.7 190.5 198.0 205.3 211.9 217.9 224.6 233.2 234.9 

Rent of shelter 5 ......................................................................... 179.3 185.3 191.5 196.3 203.1 211.7 218.1 222.9 228.9 235.0 236.2 

Transportation services .............................................................. 184.1 186.0 188.4 192.8 198.3 204.5 212.0 217.7 221.8 227.8 228.2 

Other services ............................................................................ 205.0 213.1 219.5 226.5 233.0 241.9 250.2 257.4 264.3 272.3 273.2 

All items less food ...................................................................... 159.0 161.8 164.2 168.8 174.7 177.0 181.6 184.4 190.6 197.4 199.0 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 154.7 156.4 157.8 162.1 167.5 168.2 171.7 174.7 180.9 187.7 189.3 

All items less medical care ......................................................... 154.5 157.0 159.4 163.6 169.0 171.3 175.1 178.2 183.9 190.0 191.6 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Special aggregate indexes

Commodities less food ............................................................... 133.3 132.6 131.7 135.9 139.3 134.1 135.6 133.8 139.3 143.3 144.7 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 135.3 135.3 134.2 142.8 149.0 140.9 147.6 149.2 159.5 168.1 170.5 

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................ 141.5 141.0 139.7 153.2 163.6 153.4 165.0 168.8 185.1 199.2 204.3 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 145.3 146.5 147.5 153.6 159.1 156.8 161.6 165.4 173.3 180.1 182.0 

Apparel less footwear ................................................................. 126.6 127.6 126.7 126.8 124.1 119.9 117.2 114.8 114.1 112.3 109.0 

Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................................... 185.2 189.5 192.8 198.0 206.9 213.2 220.5 228.4 236.5 248.8 251.2 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 170.6 175.4 179.8 184.3 191.5 198.3 204.3 209.9 216.0 224.2 225.9 

Energy ........................................................................................ 112.2 108.4 98.9 112.2 128.1 111.4 123.3 131.8 153.7 180.0 189.5 

All items less energy .................................................................. 164.8 168.3 172.3 175.7 180.2 185.2 188.6 191.5 195.8 200.1 200.8 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 167.0 170.7 174.8 178.2 182.8 187.8 191.4 193.6 197.8 202.1 202.6 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ................... 141.5 142.1 143.9 144.2 145.1 144.7 142.5 139.0 139.8 140.1 139.9 

Energy commodities ............................................................. 109.1 101.6 86.3 111.8 129.3 97.6 120.7 129.0 163.4 190.7 202.1 

Services less energy services ................................................ 181.5 186.9 192.5 197.7 204.4 212.6 219.8 225.5 231.9 238.7 239.7 

Domestically produced farm food ............................................... 160.1 161.1 165.0 167.8 173.2 178.2 179.8 189.5 194.4 196.9 198.6 

Utilities and public transportation ............................................... 144.4 145.0 145.0 147.9 156.5 156.6 158.4 163.2 168.3 183.5 187.6 

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 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 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 7 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base.

8 Indexes on a December 1990=100 base. 9 Indexes on a December 2001=100 base. 10 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 11 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 12 Indexes on a December 1988=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.
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.

2006 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Expenditure category

All items ...................................................................................... 3.3 1.7 1.6 2.7 3.4 1.6 2.4 1.9 3.3 3.4 0.8 

Food and beverages ................................................................ 4.2 1.6 2.3 2.0 2.8 2.8 1.5 3.5 2.6 2.3 .7 

Food ....................................................................................... 4.3 1.5 2.3 1.9 2.8 2.8 1.5 3.6 2.7 2.3 .6 

Food at home ....................................................................... 4.9 1.0 2.1 1.7 2.9 2.6 .8 4.5 2.4 1.7 .9 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................. 3.7 1.5 2.2 2.0 2.6 2.4 1.0 2.8 1.7 1.0 1.1 

Cereals and cereal products ............................................ -1.2 1.8 1.4 1.2 .9 2.0 .5 2.1 1.0 -.3 .5 

Flour and prepared flour mixes ...................................... 7.5 -.4 2.0 -1.8 .7 4.6 3.8 3.9 -3.5 3.7 5.9 

Breakfast cereal ............................................................. -4.2 1.6 2.0 2.1 1.2 1.6 .0 .5 1.2 -2.1 -.5 

Rice, pasta, cornmeal ..................................................... .8 4.0 .1 .9 .4 1.8 -.1 4.2 2.4 1.3 .0 

Rice 1 2 ......................................................................... - -

 .0 .1 -1.2 -1.0 .3 5.3 4.7 1.7 1.5 

Bakery products ............................................................... 6.0 1.4 2.5 2.4 3.5 2.6 1.3 3.2 2.1 1.7 1.3 

Bread 2 ........................................................................... - -

 2.5 2.0 4.6 5.2 1.0 2.1 4.0 2.9 .7 

White bread 1 ............................................................... 8.3 1.5 1.8 1.7 4.7 5.2 .7 2.4 3.8 2.3 .8 

Bread other than white 1 .............................................. 5.3 3.4 3.5 3.0 5.4 4.2 2.1 -.4 5.0 2.8 1.0 

Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins 2 ........................................ - -

 2.7 3.3 3.0 3.8 1.9 3.8 2.7 2.4 .7 

Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies ....................................... 4.2 .7 2.2 2.9 1.8 1.7 1.9 2.6 2.1 2.1 -.5 

Cookies 1 ...................................................................... 3.6 1.0 2.1 4.0 -1.3 2.7 2.8 .7 2.5 2.1 -1.0 

Fresh cakes and cupcakes 1 ........................................ 3.4 1.7 2.2 2.6 3.5 1.8 1.3 3.9 1.9 2.1 -.2 

Other bakery products .................................................... 6.0 .4 2.9 1.8 4.1 .5 .7 4.7 .2 -.5 3.9 

Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts 1 ................ 2.9 2.0 -3.8 2.6 7.7 4.0 1.0 3.8 2.1 3.3 1.2 

Crackers, bread, and cracker products 1 ..................... 12.6 -.2 4.5 1.9 3.0 -.6 .8 6.8 -1.1 -1.3 4.4 

Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies, tarts,

turnovers 1 ............................................................ 2.4 3.9 3.7 .1 3.6 3.4 .8 1.6 2.4 -.1 4.6 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ............................................ 5.6 -1.1 -.7 1.7 4.5 3.4 .2 11.5 1.1 1.4 .1 

Meats, poultry, and fish .................................................... 5.2 -.6 -.5 2.4 4.0 4.0 -.2 10.7 2.3 1.4 -.1 

Meats .............................................................................. 5.2 -.7 -2.2 3.6 5.2 4.6 .2 14.0 1.6 1.2 .1 

Beef and veal ............................................................... 2.4 -.7 .1 4.4 5.5 6.2 .6 23.5 -.9 2.2 .6 

Uncooked ground beef ............................................... 1.6 -1.0 -.4 4.4 6.1 6.9 1.2 19.5 2.9 3.5 -.1 

Uncooked beef roasts 2 .............................................. - -

 1.2 1.9 6.4 8.2 .3 23.5 -.7 1.2 .1 

Uncooked beef steaks 2 ............................................. - -

 .6 5.5 4.5 4.4 .3 27.5 -3.3 1.3 1.2 

Uncooked other beef and veal 2 ................................. - -

 -2.2 4.6 5.3 5.6 -.8 21.7 -6.2 3.0 2.3 

Pork .............................................................................. 11.3 -1.5 -5.8 3.1 5.8 3.7 -2.3 5.2 4.7 -.1 -.3 

Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products 2 .... - -

 -3.2 3.6 7.4 5.3 -.3 4.3 5.8 -3.6 .7 

Bacon and related products 1 ................................... 24.0 -.7 -4.5 4.8 8.7 6.5 1.1 9.2 3.6 -2.2 .5 

Breakfast sausage and related products 1 2 ............ - - -.7 2.0 6.9 3.2 -1.0 4.0 7.4 -4.8 1.4 

Ham ............................................................................ 9.2 -2.0 -6.0 1.0 4.0 3.9 -2.0 4.6 4.2 2.2 -1.7 

Ham, excluding canned 1 ......................................... 10.8 -2.1 -6.3 1.8 4.7 4.1 -.9 5.4 5.4 2.5 -2.2 

Pork chops ................................................................. 6.7 -3.7 -7.1 4.9 5.9 2.8 -2.8 5.4 2.3 -.1 -.5 

Other pork including roasts and picnics 2 ................... - -

 -8.2 2.4 5.1 1.9 -5.3 7.1 6.5 2.6 -.4 

Other meats .................................................................. 3.4 .5 -1.0 2.7 3.7 3.0 3.2 5.5 2.9 .8 -.9 

Frankfurters 1 ............................................................. 3.2 .8 -3.2 5.8 3.2 3.1 9.1 2.9 -2.4 1.6 -2.6 

Lunchmeats 1 2 .......................................................... - - -.2 1.6 2.8 3.8 1.2 3.5 3.1 1.0 -.8 

Lamb and organ meats 1 ............................................ 5.9 .1 3.4 -6.7 9.3 2.2 9.5 6.8 2.4 3.2 -

Lamb and mutton 1 2 .................................................. - - 2.6 -2.8 5.6 -2.7 - - - 10.4 -

Poultry ............................................................................ 7.9 -1.6 2.6 -1.1 2.0 4.4 -.7 4.7 5.1 .3 -1.3 

Chicken 2 ...................................................................... - -

 3.5 -2.1 1.8 5.1 -.1 4.7 5.8 -.3 -1.4 

Fresh whole chicken 1 ................................................ 9.3 .4 2.2 -.4 1.4 2.9 1.1 .5 8.7 1.1 -.3 

Fresh and frozen chicken parts 1 ............................... 7.5 -4.4 4.0 -3.1 2.1 6.8 -1.2 5.6 5.3 -1.7 -1.9 

Other poultry including turkey 2 .................................... - - .1 2.2 2.6 2.0 -2.9 4.3 2.5 2.8 -.8 

Fish and seafood ............................................................ 1.7 1.2 3.7 1.7 1.4 -.1 -1.1 2.7 2.3 3.8 .9 

Fresh fish and seafood 2 .............................................. - -

 3.5 2.8 3.9 -.8 -3.0 4.7 2.8 5.7 .4 

Processed fish and seafood 2 ...................................... - -

 3.8 .5 -1.8 1.1 1.7 .0 1.5 1.2 1.8 

Canned fish and seafood 1 ......................................... .8 2.3 3.9 -2.2 -4.7 2.3 1.8 -.2 2.7 2.1 1.6 

Frozen fish and seafood 1 .......................................... 2.0 1.0 - -

 2.2 -.5 3.6 .7 .7 1.2 2.2 

Eggs ................................................................................. 12.0 -7.2 -5.4 -13.2 17.3 -8.2 9.7 30.1 -19.9 1.4 2.1 

Dairy and related products ................................................. 10.1 -.5 6.6 2.9 -.4 5.8 -2.0 3.4 4.1 1.7 .3 

Milk 2 ................................................................................ - -

 6.1 3.4 -.4 4.4 -3.7 6.9 5.9 3.5 -.6 

Fresh whole milk 1 .......................................................... 10.9 -1.7 6.4 2.2 .9 4.6 -4.2 6.9 6.0 4.3 -1.3 

Fresh milk other than whole 1 2 ...................................... - -

 6.1 4.3 -.1 3.4 -2.3 6.5 5.0 2.3 .9 

Cheese and related products ........................................... 8.0 -1.2 7.2 4.0 -2.5 7.2 -2.5 2.3 5.3 .5 .4 

Ice cream and related products ........................................ 7.7 .9 7.2 .8 1.8 8.8 -1.5 .2 -.6 .4 1.6 

Other dairy and related products 2 ................................... - -

 6.0 1.8 1.5 2.8 2.0 1.6 2.9 1.5 .6 

Fruits and vegetables ......................................................... 5.2 2.2 4.9 1.9 5.2 -.3 4.9 3.3 7.9 .6 2.5 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Expenditure category

Fresh fruits and vegetables .............................................. 4.8 2.8 5.8 2.0 6.2 -1.7 5.5 4.5 9.6 -0.5 2.8 

Fresh fruits ..................................................................... 12.0 -4.7 8.1 3.2 .8 .6 4.7 1.4 7.3 1.3 1.3 

Apples .......................................................................... 3.5 -.1 -1.1 5.5 .2 6.6 6.9 3.2 1.0 4.2 1.0 

Bananas ....................................................................... 7.5 -3.8 9.3 -2.5 -.2 2.7 .0 -1.5 -2.9 7.4 2.6 

Citrus fruits 2 ................................................................ - -

 18.0 7.1 -4.7 7.7 9.7 1.9 11.8 7.5 2.3 

Oranges, including tangerines 1 ................................. -3.4 -5.2 18.5 6.7 -10.3 12.8 15.1 5.6 6.6 5.7 -.3 

Other fresh fruits 2 ........................................................ - -

 6.6 2.8 4.3 -5.8 3.7 1.8 11.5 -3.9 .6 

Fresh vegetables ............................................................ -3.8 13.2 3.5 .8 12.2 -4.1 6.4 7.6 11.9 -2.3 4.3 

Potatoes ....................................................................... -8.6 9.2 1.7 7.1 -5.9 14.4 8.3 -3.5 7.5 9.2 3.7 

Lettuce .......................................................................... 7.2 18.4 -8.8 6.7 32.4 -17.8 -5.7 38.1 -8.3 -6.1 .3 

Tomatoes ..................................................................... -20.3 31.0 11.2 -17.2 22.5 -7.6 9.2 -1.5 49.5 -19.5 14.8 

Other fresh vegetables ................................................. 1.5 8.4 4.1 4.8 10.7 -4.6 7.7 8.4 4.2 4.5 1.0 

Processed fruits and vegetables 2 ................................... - -

 2.0 1.4 1.8 4.6 2.9 -.8 1.6 5.3 1.2 

Canned fruits and vegetables 2 ...................................... - - 2.3 .6 1.9 4.2 3.3 -2.7 2.5 5.8 1.5 

Canned fruits 1 2 ........................................................... - -

 2.7 1.9 3.0 -.1 3.9 -1.6 1.7 5.2 2.7 

Canned vegetables 1 2 ................................................. - - 3.1 .5 2.0 7.6 2.1 -3.4 3.8 6.8 .3 

Frozen fruits and vegetables 2 ....................................... - -

 2.5 3.0 2.0 6.3 .3 2.7 -.8 4.8 .7 

Frozen vegetables 1 ..................................................... 2.4 2.9 1.7 2.7 3.1 6.1 -.1 2.7 -1.0 3.6 1.1 

Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried 2 - -

 .1 .6 1.3 1.9 6.2 -.7 3.2 4.9 1.5 

Dried beans, peas, and lentils 1 2 ................................. - -

 .5 -2.1 .6 4.6 6.3 -1.1 4.5 2.5 .5 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .............. -2.0 4.9 -1.1 2.3 1.5 1.3 .9 -.4 .9 3.5 1.2 

Juices and nonalcoholic drinks 2 ...................................... - -

 -.1 3.0 1.9 1.9 1.0 -.6 .8 3.0 1.6 

Carbonated drinks .......................................................... -.4 -1.6 -1.0 3.2 2.1 1.8 1.3 -.1 2.2 4.4 2.0 

Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 2 ..................... - -

 4.7 4.3 1.9 2.8 -.6 1.1 -3.0 .2 3.8 

Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 2 ............... - - .1 2.8 1.7 1.8 .9 -1.3 -.4 1.6 .9 

Beverage materials including coffee and tea 2 ................. - -

 -3.5 .1 .2 -.3 .9 .1 1.2 4.5 .5 

Coffee ............................................................................. -6.7 16.9 -8.8 -1.7 -3.2 -3.5 -.3 .7 1.6 11.5 .5 

Roasted coffee 1 .......................................................... -8.7 22.2 - -

 -3.6 -5.9 -.5 1.8 1.2 14.1 .7 

Instant and freeze dried coffee 1 .................................. -2.4 6.8 - -

 -.6 3.1 .0 -1.9 4.2 4.3 .5 

Other beverage materials including tea 2 ....................... - - 3.3 1.9 4.1 2.8 1.8 -.3 1.0 .4 .4 

Other food at home ............................................................ 2.2 2.9 3.2 .6 2.0 2.9 .1 1.2 .4 2.4 .9 

Sugar and sweets ............................................................. 4.5 2.2 1.5 1.5 .8 1.7 1.9 1.2 .2 4.0 .9 

Sugar and artificial sweeteners ...................................... 3.4 .8 .4 .3 -.4 2.3 2.5 2.1 -.2 8.1 2.1 

Candy and chewing gum 2 ............................................. - -

 1.1 1.9 1.2 1.1 1.6 .3 .2 3.6 .1 

Other sweets 2 ............................................................... - -

 3.8 1.4 1.0 2.6 2.7 3.3 .7 1.7 2.4 

Fats and oils ..................................................................... 2.3 -.3 8.3 -4.5 3.5 4.5 -2.6 3.2 6.2 -1.3 2.8 

Butter and margarine 2 ................................................... - -

 20.5 -13.2 8.3 11.6 -9.3 4.0 13.8 -3.2 5.9 

Butter 1 ......................................................................... 21.9 12.6 31.7 -22.4 12.4 18.8 -19.4 2.9 28.3 -6.2 6.9

Margarine 1 .................................................................. 2.8 -.9 6.0 -1.7 2.3 4.5 .4 6.0 1.1 .6 4.6 

Salad dressing 2 ............................................................. - -

 3.4 .7 1.7 1.9 -.6 2.2 .5 -4.3 3.0 

Other fats and oils including peanut butter 2 .................. - -

 2.1 -.1 1.0 .4 2.0 3.2 4.5 2.2 .6 

Peanut butter 1 2 .......................................................... - -

 2.2 3.5 2.3 1.2 .1 .3 .4 1.3 .0 

Other foods ....................................................................... 4.5 2.5 2.5 1.5 1.9 3.0 .2 .8 -.7 2.8 .5 

Soups ............................................................................. 4.8 2.3 1.4 .0 2.7 3.0 1.2 .9 .1 1.9 -2.7 

Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods ........................ 4.6 -.9 1.5 -.2 2.3 3.0 -1.0 .3 -.5 .9 1.0 

Snacks ............................................................................ 5.8 2.6 .8 3.6 2.6 4.1 -3.3 4.5 -2.3 5.8 -.6 

Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces ....................... 4.5 2.7 2.4 1.5 -1.1 5.4 3.1 -2.2 -2.9 3.8 3.1 

Salt and other seasonings and spices 1 2 .................... - -

 .4 2.6 -1.9 7.4 -.3 -1.1 -.3 6.1 -.2 

Olives, pickles, relishes 1 2 ........................................... - -

 1.3 -1.4 .3 9.2 2.1 -6.0 4.5 .5 5.0 

Sauces and gravies 1 2 ................................................ - - 2.6 2.8 .9 2.9 3.6 -1.4 -8.5 3.8 2.6 

Other condiments 1 ...................................................... 4.3 4.9 2.8 3.7 5.7 1.0 6.0 3.8 -3.6 1.7 10.3 

Baby food 2 .................................................................... - - 3.3 4.1 4.1 3.0 1.5 3.2 2.1 3.4 .5 

Other miscellaneous foods 2 .......................................... - -

 4.9 .8 3.0 -.4 1.6 -.4 .9 1.4 .2 

Food away from home .......................................................... 3.1 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.4 3.0 2.3 2.3 3.0 3.2 .3 

Full service meals and snacks 2 ......................................... - -

 2.8 2.2 2.8 3.3 2.2 2.2 2.9 2.8 .2 

Limited service meals and snacks 2 ................................... - -

 2.2 2.6 2.8 3.2 2.2 2.3 3.2 3.3 .5 

Food at employee sites and schools 2 ............................... - - 2.5 2.0 -.2 1.8 4.8 2.5 2.9 2.7 .2 

Food at elementary and secondary schools 1 3 ............... - - - - - - - - - -

 .1 

Food from vending machines and mobile vendors 2 .......... - - .9 .7 1.5 1.6 1.3 2.4 2.2 2.9 .1 

Other food away from home 2 ............................................ - -

 3.3 3.5 3.9 4.0 3.7 2.6 3.3 5.3 .3 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 3.6 2.2 2.0 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.2 2.1 2.8 1.3 .8 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Expenditure category

Alcoholic beverages at home ............................................. 3.4 0.9 1.4 2.7 2.4 1.4 1.9 1.7 2.1 0.4 1.0 

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home .................. 2.9 -.5 1.6 2.9 3.1 1.6 2.6 3.0 3.3 -.5 .7 

Distilled spirits at home .................................................... 2.1 2.3 .7 3.7 3.1 3.6 .5 2.1 .8 1.1 1.1 

Whiskey at home 1 ......................................................... 1.9 2.4 1.1 2.3 2.1 3.6 1.4 2.9 .5 1.9 .8 

Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home 1 ................ 1.9 2.8 .5 4.2 3.5 3.8 .2 1.3 1.2 .6 1.3 

Wine at home ................................................................... 6.2 2.4 1.4 1.8 .9 -.3 1.4 -.5 .7 1.6 1.4 

Alcoholic beverages away from home ................................ 3.8 3.7 2.9 2.7 3.4 4.3 3.0 2.7 3.8 2.9 .5 

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home 1 2 - -

 1.9 3.2 3.3 2.9 2.6 3.6 3.5 2.1 .6 

Wine away from home 1 2 ................................................ - -

 4.2 .9 5.1 9.0 2.5 1.5 4.8 3.3 .4 

Distilled spirits away from home 1 2 ................................. - -

 3.4 2.3 3.6 4.6 2.9 3.8 3.2 4.2 .5 

Housing .................................................................................... 2.9 2.4 2.3 2.2 4.3 2.9 2.4 2.2 3.0 4.0 .9 

Shelter .................................................................................... 2.9 3.4 3.3 2.5 3.4 4.2 3.1 2.2 2.7 2.6 .5 

Rent of primary residence 4 ................................................. 2.8 3.1 3.4 3.1 4.0 4.7 3.1 2.7 2.9 3.1 .2 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................. - -

 3.8 1.9 2.8 -.2 .6 3.4 5.1 3.5 3.8 

Housing at school, excluding board 4 5 .............................. 4.0 4.9 4.2 4.2 4.2 5.2 6.1 5.7 6.9 5.1 .1 

Other lodging away from home including hotels and

motels ......................................................................... 5.1 6.2 3.7 1.7 2.7 -.8 .0 3.1 5.0 3.3 4.1 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 5 ................. 2.8 3.1 3.2 2.4 3.4 4.5 3.3 2.0 2.3 2.5 .3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 2 .................................... - -

 -.1 2.3 2.4 1.5 5.6 1.8 3.8 -2.2 -.2 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 4.6 .5 -2.6 2.4 12.1 -2.1 1.4 6.5 7.9 15.6 3.7 

Fuels ..................................................................................... 5.6 -1.1 -3.8 2.4 14.5 -3.4 1.0 7.1 8.4 18.0 4.2 

Fuel oil and other fuels ....................................................... 23.1 -11.9 -11.4 23.5 36.3 -22.2 11.4 9.1 34.1 24.0 .7 

Fuel oil .............................................................................. 23.3 -11.7 -15.2 30.9 40.5 -26.7 14.7 7.8 39.5 27.2 .7 

Other household fuels 6 ................................................... 22.9 -12.3 -2.3 7.9 25.7 -9.3 5.5 11.6 23.9 17.3 .8 

Gas (piped) and electricity 4 ............................................... 3.8 .2 -3.3 1.2 12.7 -1.5 .4 6.9 6.8 17.6 4.5 

Electricity 4 ....................................................................... .7 -1.3 -3.2 .7 2.6 6.1 -1.9 2.6 2.1 10.7 5.8 

Utility (piped) gas service 4 .............................................. 11.0 3.3 -3.5 2.1 36.7 -15.1 6.7 17.4 16.4 30.2 2.4 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ............... - -

 2.7 1.9 3.1 2.9 3.2 4.5 5.4 5.2 .8 

Water and sewerage maintenance 4 ................................ 3.5 4.0 2.7 1.8 3.3 3.0 3.5 4.7 6.2 5.5 .8 

Garbage and trash collection 7 ......................................... 1.8 2.0 2.8 2.5 2.0 2.5 2.4 4.2 3.4 4.3 .7 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 1.0 .1 1.2 -.2 1.7 .2 -1.5 -1.8 .6 .7 .1 

Window and floor coverings and other linens 2 .................... - -

 1.2 -1.9 1.8 -2.6 -5.3 -4.1 -1.5 -1.8 .1 

Floor coverings 2 ................................................................ - - 2.3 -2.0 7.0 .0 2.0 -1.7 .7 6.2 .2 

Window coverings 2 ........................................................... - -

 .1 -.6 1.7 -6.3 -3.7 -1.5 -1.6 .1 -.1 

Other linens 2 ..................................................................... - - 1.5 -2.8 -1.3 -1.2 -8.2 -6.1 -1.9 -4.2 .4 

Furniture and bedding .......................................................... 1.0 -.7 1.4 -1.3 .4 -3.1 -1.1 -1.6 -.2 .6 -.1 

Bedroom furniture ............................................................... 3.4 .8 -.6 -.8 -2.3 -1.2 -1.6 -.3 5.0 4.7 -.1 

Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture 2 ............... - -

 1.6 -.7 2.1 -3.4 -1.0 -2.3 -1.9 -1.5 -.2 

Other furniture 2 ................................................................. - -

 4.3 -3.8 -.6 -5.8 -.3 -1.3 -3.7 -.4 .6 

Infants’ furniture 1 3 .......................................................... - - - - - - - - - -

 .8 

Appliances 2 ......................................................................... - -

 -1.1 -1.2 -2.9 -.5 -3.1 -3.9 -3.8 2.8 .2 

Major appliances 2 ............................................................. - - -1.5 -.1 -2.1 1.7 -2.3 -3.7 -3.0 5.8 .2 

Laundry equipment 1 ........................................................ 3.1 .2 -2.5 .7 .5 -.4 -.1 -1.8 -3.8 5.1 .9 

Other appliances 2 ............................................................. - - -.4 -2.8 -4.1 -3.9 -4.1 -4.2 -4.8 -1.2 .3 

Other household equipment and furnishings 2 ..................... - -

 -.1 -3.1 -.7 -.5 -4.3 -5.0 .5 -4.7 -1.2 

Clocks, lamps, and decorator items ................................... -4.2 3.4 -1.2 -4.9 -4.4 -1.8 -5.3 -9.1 -.1 -7.7 -2.4 

Indoor plants and flowers 8 ................................................ .7 -8.0 2.1 -.5 5.5 2.4 -.8 2.1 .8 1.9 -.4 

Dishes and flatware 2 ......................................................... - -

 -.6 -3.3 -2.8 -3.0 -5.4 -2.3 1.6 -6.8 1.4 

Nonelectric cookware and tableware 2 ............................... - - -.5 -2.4 -.8 -1.1 -4.6 -1.3 1.1 -1.0 .7 

Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies 2 ............ - -

 -.4 -1.2 -2.0 -.6 -1.3 -2.6 1.6 .1 .2 

Tools, hardware and supplies 2 .......................................... - - -2.6 -.1 .5 -2.1 -1.6 -1.7 3.3 2.6 .1 

Outdoor equipment and supplies 2 ..................................... - -

 .5 -1.8 -3.1 .2 -1.3 -3.1 .8 -1.1 .3 

Housekeeping supplies ........................................................ 1.1 1.4 2.0 1.9 4.7 2.4 -1.1 -.9 .9 2.3 .4 

Household cleaning products 2 .......................................... - -

 1.7 1.1 4.7 2.7 -1.4 -1.6 -.7 3.2 -.2 

Household paper products 2 .............................................. - -

 2.7 5.8 8.0 1.4 .0 -1.8 6.9 .5 .6 

Miscellaneous household products 2 ................................. - - 1.8 .1 2.1 2.8 -1.6 .8 -1.2 2.5 1.1 

Household operations 2 ........................................................ - -

 3.0 2.9 6.1 4.2 2.3 2.3 3.6 5.0 .6 

Domestic services 2 ........................................................... - - 3.3 3.5 4.5 2.9 4.0 2.6 1.9 5.1 -.2 

Gardening and lawncare services 2 ................................... - -

 1.5 2.4 9.0 4.5 .1 1.3 4.7 - -

Moving, storage, freight expense 2 .................................... - - 3.3 2.5 5.1 3.9 1.4 2.3 2.9 4.1 -.2 

Repair of household items 2 ............................................... - -

 5.6 2.6 5.4 7.4 4.9 3.4 6.9 6.8 -.5 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Expenditure category

Apparel ..................................................................................... -0.2 1.0 -0.7 -0.5 -1.8 -3.2 -1.8 -2.1 -0.2 -1.1 -2.2 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ........................................................ 1.4 2.7 -.7 .9 -2.7 -4.1 -2.9 -1.1 -1.4 -1.9 -1.5 

Men’s apparel ....................................................................... 1.6 2.5 -.4 1.0 -2.2 -4.3 -1.0 -1.7 -.8 -1.3 -1.9 

Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear ............................. -.3 1.9 -1.9 2.0 -4.3 -1.5 -.7 .7 -1.6 -.6 -4.2 

Men’s furnishings ............................................................... 3.8 7.6 -.7 3.4 -1.7 -2.4 .9 2.2 -1.0 -1.0 .9 

Men’s shirts and sweaters 2 ............................................... - -

 .6 -1.1 .4 -7.7 -1.0 -3.1 -2.8 -.7 -4.6 

Men’s pants and shorts ...................................................... 1.7 -.2 -.1 .0 -4.1 -4.9 -3.2 -6.1 3.3 -3.5 .2 

Boys’ apparel ........................................................................ .5 3.3 -1.6 .8 -4.4 -3.2 -9.2 1.1 -4.1 -3.8 -.1 

Women’s and girls’ apparel .................................................... -1.1 .2 -1.0 -.5 -1.7 -4.1 -1.5 -1.9 -.8 -1.0 -5.4 

Women’s apparel ................................................................. -.9 .6 -.6 -.6 -1.8 -4.0 -2.1 -1.6 -1.4 .1 -5.5

Women’s outerwear ........................................................... 2.1 .5 -3.6 -2.9 2.8 -7.0 .4 -1.1 -5.2 -4.1 -8.3 

Women’s dresses ............................................................... -5.8 -5.0 4.4 -2.6 -8.2 3.4 1.2 .1 -3.6 7.6 -8.6 

Women’s suits and separates 2 ......................................... - -

 -1.8 -.1 -1.6 -5.8 -2.4 -2.7 -.3 -.5 -7.4 

Women’s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and

accessories 2 .............................................................. - -

 .4 .4 -.2 -3.1 -3.8 -.5 -1.2 -.4 -.1 

Girls’ apparel ........................................................................ -2.9 -1.1 -3.4 -.2 -1.2 -4.8 1.7 -4.0 2.4 -6.9 -4.6 

Footwear ................................................................................ 1.5 1.8 -.5 -3.0 .1 -2.6 .1 -1.8 1.5 .9 .7 

Men’s footwear ..................................................................... -.4 .2 .8 -3.5 .7 -3.3 .1 -3.4 -1.9 2.2 1.7 

Boys’ and girls’ footwear ...................................................... 4.2 2.4 -.1 -5.0 -2.5 -1.1 -1.2 -2.0 4.0 1.2 -1.6 

Women’s footwear ................................................................ 1.5 2.6 -1.7 -1.5 1.0 -2.8 .5 -.7 2.7 .0 1.2 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................. -1.4 -.9 3.0 2.6 -3.6 .2 -2.5 -4.9 -.5 -3.0 -1.5

Jewelry and watches 6 ........................................................... -5.0 -1.0 -2.0 -1.8 -.9 -.1 -3.9 -4.0 3.2 -2.2 4.2 

Watches 6 ............................................................................. -6.1 -.3 -1.4 -2.1 1.1 -1.8 -5.3 .1 1.6 .8 1.9 

Jewelry 6 .............................................................................. -4.7 -1.2 -2.2 -1.8 -1.3 .3 -3.6 -4.6 3.3 -2.6 4.6 

Transportation .......................................................................... 4.4 -1.4 -1.7 5.4 4.1 -3.8 3.8 .3 6.5 4.8 1.9 

Private transportation ............................................................. 3.7 -1.2 -2.0 5.2 4.1 -4.0 4.2 .3 7.0 4.7 1.9 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ........................................... 1.0 -1.7 .9 .2 1.0 -.5 -2.9 -4.4 1.1 .4 .4 

New vehicles ...................................................................... 1.8 -.9 .0 -.3 .0 -.1 -2.0 -1.8 .6 -.4 .7 

New cars and trucks 1 2 ................................................... - -

 .0 -.4 .0 .0 -2.0 -1.9 .6 -.4 .7 

New cars 1 ........................................................................ 1.6 -1.0 -.1 -.8 .3 .0 -2.0 -2.1 .5 .8 .8 

New trucks 1 7 .................................................................. 2.2 -.1 .5 .7 -.6 -.1 -2.2 -1.5 .5 -1.9 .6 

Used cars and trucks .......................................................... -1.6 -4.9 3.5 1.2 3.4 -1.9 -5.5 -11.8 4.8 1.4 .1 

Leased cars and trucks 9 ................................................... - - - - - -

 -2.0 -2.3 -4.2 1.4 -.6 

Car and truck rental 2 ......................................................... - - 1.5 6.6 -.6 -3.6 .5 3.2 -4.0 8.6 -3.0 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 12.7 -6.2 -15.4 30.2 13.9 -24.8 24.6 6.8 26.1 16.2 6.4 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 12.4 -6.1 -15.4 30.1 13.9 -24.9 24.8 6.8 26.1 16.1 6.4 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 1 ........................................... 13.4 -6.6 -16.4 32.4 14.5 -25.8 25.8 7.3 26.7 16.7 6.4 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 1 10 ................................... 11.7 -5.8 -14.4 28.1 13.2 -24.9 25.4 6.1 25.7 15.5 6.5 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 1 ......................................... 10.9 -5.6 -13.4 25.9 12.8 -23.4 23.5 6.1 24.3 14.6 6.2 

Other motor fuels 2 ............................................................. - -

 -12.3 22.3 25.2 -16.6 1.6 1.8 31.8 22.1 1.9 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment ...................................... -.1 -.9 -.2 -.4 2.3 2.6 1.1 .7 2.0 3.7 .4 

Tires ................................................................................... .0 -2.8 -.4 -1.1 1.0 2.7 .1 -.5 2.4 2.9 .2 

Vehicle accessories other than tires 2 ................................ - -

 -.1 .4 3.3 2.5 2.4 2.2 1.4 5.1 .4 

Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires 1 ................ -.3 1.1 .1 .3 1.4 1.1 2.3 1.4 .4 3.4 .3 

Motor oil, coolant, and fluids 1 .......................................... 1.5 -.2 -.8 1.1 7.2 6.4 2.4 3.8 6.3 14.6 1.1 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................. 3.1 2.6 3.0 2.5 3.5 3.6 3.7 2.4 2.7 3.6 .2 

Motor vehicle body work ..................................................... 4.6 4.5 3.0 1.5 3.7 3.4 1.8 1.9 2.7 4.8 .2 

Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing .......................... 2.8 2.6 2.9 2.4 2.9 4.0 3.7 1.7 2.9 3.2 .1 

Motor vehicle repair 2 ......................................................... - -

 3.0 2.7 3.7 3.5 3.9 3.0 2.5 3.9 .3 

Motor vehicle insurance ....................................................... 3.8 2.4 -.3 .5 1.8 7.3 9.0 4.5 3.4 1.0 -.2 

Motor vehicle fees 2 ............................................................. - -

 3.1 1.4 3.5 2.0 3.3 6.8 8.6 2.9 1.5 

State and local registration and license 2 4 ........................ - - 1.4 .8 3.0 1.0 3.5 8.4 10.4 2.0 2.0 

Parking and other fees 2 .................................................... - -

 7.0 2.7 4.5 4.2 2.8 2.9 5.1 4.9 .6 

Parking fees and tolls 1 2 .................................................. - -

 7.4 2.5 4.7 4.2 3.1 3.3 5.8 6.5 .3 

Automobile service clubs 1 2 ............................................ - - .9 3.0 .6 5.1 -.3 2.5 1.5 .2 1.7 

Public transportation ............................................................... 11.2 -2.9 2.2 6.8 4.1 -2.2 -.9 1.3 -.1 5.9 1.1 

Airline fare ............................................................................ 14.7 -4.8 4.1 10.9 5.9 -3.9 -2.4 -.1 -1.5 6.4 1.2 

Other intercity transportation ................................................ 1.7 .7 3.1 -1.4 -1.6 -2.8 2.0 -5.2 -1.6 4.8 1.7 

Ship fare 1 2 ........................................................................ - -

 4.6 -5.7 -12.8 -8.8 -1.8 -10.3 4.9 -.3 1.1 

Intracity transportation .......................................................... 5.8 1.1 -2.7 .8 2.5 2.7 1.5 10.3 3.8 5.4 .4 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Expenditure category

Medical care ............................................................................. 3.0 2.8 3.4 3.7 4.2 4.7 5.0 3.7 4.2 4.3 0.3 

Medical care commodities ...................................................... 2.6 2.3 4.1 4.0 2.8 4.4 3.1 2.1 2.2 3.7 .4 

Prescription drugs and medical supplies .............................. 3.2 2.5 4.9 6.1 3.6 6.0 4.5 2.5 3.5 4.4 .5 

Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies 6 ..................... 1.3 1.7 2.3 -.3 1.0 .6 .1 1.2 -1.3 1.7 .2 

Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs ................. 2.1 1.1 2.5 -1.1 1.1 1.2 .2 1.4 -2.3 2.1 .2 

Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies .............. -.1 2.9 2.0 1.1 .9 -.4 -.5 .5 1.2 .7 .2 

Medical care services ............................................................. 3.2 2.9 3.2 3.6 4.6 4.8 5.6 4.2 4.9 4.5 .3 

Professional services ........................................................... 3.5 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.7 3.6 3.3 2.8 4.0 3.8 -.1 

Physicians’ services 4 ........................................................ 3.0 2.7 3.3 2.6 3.9 3.5 3.2 2.3 4.0 3.1 -.3 

Dental services 4 ................................................................ 5.1 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.3 3.9 4.5 4.4 4.9 5.7 .6 

Eyeglasses and eye care 6 ................................................ 1.2 1.9 .6 3.1 2.4 2.8 -.3 1.5 2.9 3.1 -.1 

Services by other medical professionals 4 6 ....................... 3.0 3.1 2.4 1.7 2.6 3.4 3.6 2.3 2.5 2.5 -.1 

Hospital and related services 4 ............................................ 4.1 3.2 3.2 5.1 6.2 7.1 9.8 6.4 5.2 5.1 .9 

Hospital services 4 11 ......................................................... -

 3.2 3.1 5.1 6.3 7.2 10.1 6.4 5.2 5.2 .9 

Inpatient hospital services 1 4 11 ...................................... - 2.5 2.6 4.7 5.6 6.9 9.4 5.7 5.6 5.3 1.1 

Outpatient hospital services 1 4 6 ..................................... 4.8 4.2 3.9 6.7 7.2 6.8 12.7 6.6 4.5 5.0 .5 

Nursing homes and adult daycare 4 11 .............................. - 3.9 4.3 4.6 4.9 4.5 4.4 5.8 3.5 3.5 .7 

Health insurance 3 ................................................................ - - - - - - - - - -

 .3 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 3.0 1.5 1.2 .8 1.7 1.5 1.1 1.1 .7 1.1 .2 

Video and audio 2 ................................................................... 3.3 2.4 .7 -.6 .6 .5 2.0 .1 .6 .0 .2 

Televisions ........................................................................... -5.3 -4.3 -4.8 -7.3 -10.7 -10.8 -10.6 -14.3 -12.3 -14.4 .4 

Cable and satellite television and radio service 7 ................. 7.8 6.9 6.9 2.8 5.1 4.0 7.3 3.8 4.0 3.3 .3 

Other video equipment 2 ...................................................... - - -13.0 -15.5 -17.8 -16.6 -13.1 -12.3 -14.3 -10.6 -.7 

Video cassettes, discs, and other media including rental 2 .. - -

 -6.1 -3.2 -6.1 -1.8 -7.0 .0 -1.2 -.8 -.4 

Video cassettes and discs, blank and prerecorded 1 2 ...... - - -4.1 -12.6 1.3 -4.6 -.4 -2.1 -2.4 -8.3 -1.7 

Rental of video tapes and discs 1 2 .................................... - -

 -7.1 7.1 -8.2 3.2 -8.2 -.2 -.9 4.2 .1 

Audio equipment .................................................................. -.6 -2.0 -7.4 -3.9 .9 -4.4 -4.5 -5.4 -6.7 -8.8 -1.2 

Audio discs, tapes and other media 2 .................................. - -

 .0 1.3 2.7 4.3 1.0 -3.9 3.5 .1 -.1 

Pets, pet products and services 2 .......................................... - -

 1.9 2.0 2.9 4.2 2.2 2.7 4.3 2.8 .3 

Pets and pet products .......................................................... 5.3 -.4 .6 1.1 -.6 3.3 .6 1.5 2.8 1.2 .2 

Pet food 1 2 ......................................................................... - -

 1.4 .8 .1 3.0 .3 2.0 3.1 1.2 .1 

Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories 1 2 ................. - - -.3 .9 -1.1 2.1 2.7 -.4 1.8 1.8 .6 

Pet services including veterinary 2 ....................................... - -

 4.4 3.4 9.0 5.9 4.9 5.0 6.3 4.9 .5 

Pet services 1 2 .................................................................. - - 3.8 1.3 5.5 1.9 4.0 3.8 5.1 3.9 .7 

Veterinarian services 1 2 .................................................... - -

 4.6 3.5 9.0 6.4 5.2 5.4 6.7 5.2 .5 

Sporting goods ....................................................................... -.1 -.4 -.6 -3.0 .8 -1.6 -1.4 -.7 -1.2 1.8 .3 

Sports vehicles including bicycles ........................................ .1 -.5 2.7 .5 3.2 -.5 -.8 -2.2 1.4 3.9 .1 

Sports equipment ................................................................. -.3 -.3 -3.2 -5.8 -1.3 -2.6 -1.8 .6 -3.9 -.4 .3 

Photography 2 ........................................................................ - -

 -.7 -.2 .3 -.7 -1.9 -2.2 -3.1 -3.1 .0 

Photographic equipment and supplies ................................. -.4 .8 -3.2 -.8 -2.9 -2.2 -6.2 -5.7 -7.1 -4.9 .4 

Film and photographic supplies 1 2 .................................... - -

 -.8 -1.6 -1.6 1.4 -5.8 -3.2 -1.5 .6 -.9 

Photographic equipment 1 2 ............................................... - -

 -5.2 -.9 -4.0 -7.7 -6.0 -8.4 -13.7 -10.2 .7 

Photographers and film processing 2 ................................... - - 1.0 .1 2.6 .1 1.8 .6 .2 -1.6 -.5 

Photographer fees 1 2 ........................................................ - -

 1.3 - - 4.3 5.2 3.3 -2.3 -1.7 .4 

Film processing 1 2 ............................................................. - -

 .1 .2 .8 -1.7 1.1 .1 -.2 -1.6 -.7 

Other recreational goods 2 ..................................................... - -

 -5.0 -6.6 -2.6 -3.8 -7.3 -3.2 -4.3 -3.9 -.6 

Toys ...................................................................................... 2.8 -1.6 -6.1 -8.0 -3.7 -5.2 -9.3 -4.2 -6.1 -4.5 -.5 

Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipment 1 2 ....... - -

 -5.0 -7.1 -2.7 -4.1 -5.2 -3.1 -2.8 -2.4 -.1 

Sewing machines, fabric and supplies 2 .............................. - -

 -1.9 -3.0 .0 1.1 -2.2 .5 .3 -3.4 -1.2 

Music instruments and accessories 2 ................................... - - -.4 -.9 1.4 .0 -1.2 -1.4 1.2 -1.8 -.2 

Recreation services 2 ............................................................. - -

 3.7 5.2 3.8 3.9 3.1 3.5 2.1 3.0 .4 

Club membership dues and fees for participant sports 2 ..... - - 5.0 1.5 3.3 2.1 .6 2.7 .3 2.6 .6 

Admissions ........................................................................... 4.0 3.4 2.7 8.6 5.0 4.5 4.9 3.4 3.5 3.5 .2

Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts 1 2 ............... - -

 1.9 9.7 4.1 2.6 5.0 3.9 2.5 3.5 .4 

Admission to sporting events 1 2 ........................................ - - 5.0 7.3 5.8 6.0 4.0 .7 6.9 6.4 -.1 

Fees for lessons or instructions 6 ......................................... 5.9 5.2 2.8 4.6 1.8 6.7 1.4 6.3 2.7 2.6 .4 

Recreational reading materials ............................................... 2.6 1.1 3.1 .7 1.3 2.0 2.0 .9 2.2 .5 .4 

Newspapers and magazines 2 ............................................. - -

 3.4 1.9 1.6 2.1 2.2 1.7 3.7 1.7 .8 

Recreational books 2 ............................................................ - - 2.5 -1.9 .7 1.7 1.7 -.5 .0 -1.2 .0 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Expenditure category

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 3.4 3.0 0.7 1.6 1.3 3.2 2.2 1.6 1.5 2.4 0.3 

Education 2 ............................................................................. 4.9 5.2 4.7 4.4 5.7 5.6 6.6 7.2 6.5 6.1 .4 

Educational books and supplies ........................................... 5.5 5.1 6.0 -.5 11.5 3.3 9.7 6.0 3.8 5.2 1.3 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .............................. 4.9 5.2 4.6 4.8 5.2 5.9 6.2 7.4 6.8 6.2 .4 

College tuition and fees ...................................................... 5.3 4.6 3.9 4.0 4.5 6.2 7.0 9.8 8.6 6.6 .1 

Elementary and high school tuition and fees ...................... 4.6 7.2 6.0 6.7 6.3 7.2 6.8 6.5 7.0 5.6 .0 

Child care and nursery school 8 ......................................... 3.7 4.6 4.8 5.1 5.6 5.0 4.9 4.1 3.5 5.5 1.2 

Technical and business school tuition and fees 2 .............. - -

 7.1 6.3 4.6 5.9 5.0 9.1 8.0 6.5 1.1 

Communication 2 .................................................................... 1.3 -.3 -2.9 -1.2 -3.0 .4 -1.7 -3.9 -3.2 -1.3 .2 

Postage and delivery services 2 ........................................... - -

 .1 3.0 .1 4.7 10.4 .2 .5 .4 5.0 

Postage .............................................................................. .0 .0 .0 3.0 .0 4.6 10.5 .0 .0 .0 5.3 

Delivery services 2 ............................................................. - -

 4.2 5.6 5.5 6.6 4.6 4.4 14.0 9.9 .9 

Information and information processing 2 ............................ 1.4 -.3 -3.1 -1.5 -3.4 .1 -2.5 -4.2 -3.4 -1.3 -.1 

Telephone services 2 ......................................................... - -

 .3 .4 -2.3 1.3 .2 -2.7 -2.5 .4 .0 

Land-line telephone services, local charges 4 .................. .9 1.0 1.3 2.8 5.5 4.5 5.3 2.6 1.1 3.3 -.4 

Land-line telephone services, long distance charges 2 .... - -

 -.1 -1.3 -9.2 -1.8 -6.0 -10.0 -7.7 -1.7 .4 

Land-line interstate toll calls 1 ........................................ 3.7 -4.3 -.8 -.7 -11.2 -2.0 -5.9 -10.9 -8.7 -3.0 .6 

Land-line intrastate toll calls 1 ........................................ 6.1 2.8 1.5 -1.6 -6.0 -1.7 -6.1 -9.4 -6.6 .4 .1 

Wireless telephone services 2 .......................................... - -

 -8.3 -11.6 -12.3 -5.5 .3 -1.3 -1.4 -1.5 .0 

Information technology, hardware and services 12 .............. -11.6 -12.1 -26.6 -19.0 -15.6 -16.8 -13.1 -11.0 -7.2 -7.7 -.8 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 2 ............... - -

 -35.8 -26.5 -22.7 -30.7 -22.1 -17.8 -14.2 -15.8 -.9 

Computer software and accessories 2 ............................... - -

 -10.0 -2.0 -7.6 -2.5 -10.7 -9.7 -4.7 -4.3 -1.2 

Internet services and electronic information providers 2 .... - -

 3.3 -7.1 -.3 4.8 -.7 -2.0 -.4 -2.8 .0 

Telephone hardware, calculators, and other consumer

information items 2 ..................................................... - -

 -9.7 -11.8 -11.1 -8.2 -9.2 -11.4 -7.5 -8.7 .2 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 3.6 5.2 8.8 5.1 4.2 4.5 3.3 1.5 2.5 3.1 .3 

Tobacco and smoking products ............................................. 2.7 7.2 31.8 11.4 7.5 8.9 9.5 -.4 3.1 5.8 .4 

Cigarettes 2 .......................................................................... - -

 33.7 11.5 7.6 9.2 9.8 -.9 2.8 5.9 .4 

Tobacco products other than cigarettes 2 ............................ - -

 5.5 9.5 5.4 3.4 4.1 5.9 6.1 5.1 -.2 

Personal care ......................................................................... 1.1 2.3 2.8 2.9 3.0 2.9 1.6 2.1 2.4 2.3 .3 

Personal care products ........................................................ -.9 1.8 2.3 2.6 2.0 -.1 -1.3 .0 .0 1.3 .3 

Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care

products 2 ................................................................... - -

 .4 .6 3.9 -.3 -1.1 -.8 -.9 .4 .0 

Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and

implements ................................................................. 2.5 2.2 4.5 4.4 .2 .1 -1.4 .8 1.1 2.3 .5 

Personal care services ......................................................... 3.2 3.0 2.7 3.6 4.0 2.8 1.9 2.3 3.6 2.7 -.1 

Haircuts and other personal care services 2 ...................... - -

 2.7 3.5 4.0 2.8 1.9 2.3 3.5 2.6 -.1 

Miscellaneous personal services .......................................... 4.0 5.4 3.4 3.7 3.7 5.0 3.1 3.7 3.7 3.0 .5 

Legal services 6 .................................................................. 3.8 5.1 4.2 5.1 5.0 6.5 4.3 5.0 5.3 3.4 .6 

Funeral expenses 6 ............................................................ 4.7 5.1 3.9 3.4 2.5 4.5 4.3 4.2 3.6 4.6 .5 

Laundry and dry cleaning services 2 .................................. - - 2.3 2.2 2.4 4.1 2.1 3.0 3.0 1.8 .4 

Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning 2 ..... - -

 1.7 2.9 3.8 4.1 1.9 3.1 2.7 4.9 .5 

Financial services 6 ............................................................ 3.4 6.0 3.5 4.4 3.7 4.5 3.2 2.6 3.7 1.6 .7 

Checking account and other bank services 1 2 ................ - -

 2.2 4.5 3.4 5.1 1.6 1.9 2.7 .4 .6 

Tax return preparation and other accounting fees 1 2 ...... - -

 5.8 6.0 4.6 4.5 4.9 4.2 5.1 4.4 1.5 

Care of invalids and elderly at home 3 ............................... - - - - - - - - - -

 .4 

Miscellaneous personal goods 2 .......................................... - -

 .6 -2.4 -2.2 -1.7 -.8 -4.9 -2.7 -.2 -.1 

Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap 1 ......................... 3.1 4.2 1.6 -2.2 -1.0 .6 -.1 -4.4 -1.0 1.5 -.6 

Infants’ equipment 1 3 ......................................................... - - - - - - - - - -

 -2.0 

Special aggregate indexes

Commodities .............................................................................. 3.2 .2 .4 2.7 2.7 -1.4 1.2 .5 3.6 2.7 .8 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................... 2.5 -.7 -.8 3.2 2.5 -4.0 1.0 -1.4 4.2 3.0 .9 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................... 3.8 -.1 -1.0 6.7 4.5 -6.0 4.9 1.0 7.3 5.7 1.4 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................. 5.9 -.7 -1.2 10.4 7.2 -7.1 8.1 2.3 10.4 8.2 2.8 

Durables ................................................................................. .7 -1.5 -.5 -1.2 .0 -1.3 -3.3 -4.3 .4 -.5 .3 

Services ...................................................................................... 3.3 2.8 2.6 2.6 3.9 3.7 3.2 2.8 3.1 3.8 .7 

Rent of shelter 5 ......................................................................... 2.9 3.3 3.3 2.5 3.5 4.2 3.0 2.2 2.7 2.7 .5 

Transportation services .............................................................. 4.4 1.0 1.3 2.3 2.9 3.1 3.7 2.7 1.9 2.7 .2

Other services ............................................................................ 3.9 4.0 3.0 3.2 2.9 3.8 3.4 2.9 2.7 3.0 .3 

All items less food ...................................................................... 3.1 1.8 1.5 2.8 3.5 1.3 2.6 1.5 3.4 3.6 .8 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 3.4 1.1 .9 2.7 3.3 .4 2.1 1.7 3.5 3.8 .9 

All items less medical care ......................................................... 3.3 1.6 1.5 2.6 3.3 1.4 2.2 1.8 3.2 3.3 .8 

Commodities less food ............................................................... 2.6 -.5 -.7 3.2 2.5 -3.7 1.1 -1.3 4.1 2.9 1.0 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 3.8 .0 -.8 6.4 4.3 -5.4 4.8 1.1 6.9 5.4 1.4 

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................ 5.6 -.4 -.9 9.7 6.8 -6.2 7.6 2.3 9.7 7.6 2.6 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Special aggregate indexes

Nondurables ............................................................................... 4.0 0.8 0.7 4.1 3.6 -1.4 3.1 2.4 4.8 3.9 1.1 

Apparel less footwear ................................................................. -.9 .8 -.7 .1 -2.1 -3.4 -2.3 -2.0 -.6 -1.6 -2.9 

Services less rent of shelter 5 .................................................... 3.8 2.3 1.7 2.7 4.5 3.0 3.4 3.6 3.5 5.2 1.0 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 3.4 2.8 2.5 2.5 3.9 3.6 3.0 2.7 2.9 3.8 .8 

Energy ........................................................................................ 8.6 -3.4 -8.8 13.4 14.2 -13.0 10.7 6.9 16.6 17.1 5.3 

All items less energy .................................................................. 2.9 2.1 2.4 2.0 2.6 2.8 1.8 1.5 2.2 2.2 .3 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 2.6 2.2 2.4 1.9 2.6 2.7 1.9 1.1 2.2 2.2 .2 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ................... 1.1 .4 1.3 .2 .6 -.3 -1.5 -2.5 .6 .2 -.1 

Energy commodities ............................................................. 13.8 -6.9 -15.1 29.5 15.7 -24.5 23.7 6.9 26.7 16.7 6.0 

Services less energy services ................................................ 3.3 3.0 3.0 2.7 3.4 4.0 3.4 2.6 2.8 2.9 .4 

Domestically produced farm food ............................................... 5.7 .6 2.4 1.7 3.2 2.9 .9 5.4 2.6 1.3 .9 

Utilities and public transportation ............................................... 5.0 .4 .0 2.0 5.8 .1 1.1 3.0 3.1 9.0 2.2 

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 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 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.

7 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base. 8 Indexes on a December 1990=100 base. 9 Indexes on a December 2001=100 base. 10 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 11 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 12 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. - Data not available.

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

Semiannual

averages Annual

avg.

Percent change

from previous

1st

half

2nd

half Dec. Annualavg.

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 - - 10.0 - -

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 - -

 10.1 1.0 1.0 

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 - -

 10.2 2.0 1.0 

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 - -

 11.0 11.5 7.8 

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 - - 12.9 19.0 17.3 

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 - -

 15.1 20.3 17.1 

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 - -

 17.4 14.5 15.2 

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 - -

 20.1 2.6 15.5 

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 - -

 18.0 -10.8 -10.4 

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 - -

 16.9 -2.3 -6.1 

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 - -

 17.2 2.4 1.8 

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 - -

 17.2 .0 .0 

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 - -

 17.6 3.4 2.3 

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 - -

 17.8 -1.1 1.1 

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 - -

 17.5 -2.2 -1.7 

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 - -

 17.2 -1.1 -1.7 

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 - -

 17.2 .6 .0 

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 - -

 16.8 -6.4 -2.3 

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 - -

 15.3 -9.3 -8.9 

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 - -

 13.7 -10.2 -10.5 

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 - -

 13.0 .0 -5.1 

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 - - 13.5 2.3 3.8 

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 - -

 13.8 3.0 2.2 

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 - -

 13.9 1.4 .7 

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 - -

 14.4 2.8 3.6 

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 - -

 14.2 -2.8 -1.4 

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 - -

 14.0 -.7 -1.4 

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 - -

 14.1 1.4 .7 

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 - - 14.8 9.2 5.0 

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 - -

 16.4 9.7 10.8 

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 - -

 17.4 2.9 6.1 

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 - -

 17.7 2.3 1.7 

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 - -

 18.1 2.2 2.3 

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 - -

 19.6 18.0 8.3 

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 - -

 22.5 9.3 14.8 

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 - -

 24.2 2.5 7.6 

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 - - 24.0 -1.7 -.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 - -

 24.2 5.5 .8 

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 - -

 26.1 6.0 7.9 

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 - -

 26.7 1.1 2.3 

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 - -

 26.9 .4 .7 

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 - -

 27.0 -.4 .4 

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 - -

 26.9 .4 -.4 

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 - -

 27.3 3.0 1.5 

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 - -

 28.3 2.9 3.7 

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 - - 29.1 1.7 2.8 

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 - -

 29.3 1.4 .7 

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 - -

 29.8 1.7 1.7 

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 - -

 30.1 .7 1.0 

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 - -

 30.4 1.3 1.0 

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 - -

 30.8 1.6 1.3 

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 - - 31.2 1.0 1.3 

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 - -

 31.7 1.9 1.6 

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 - -

 32.6 3.4 2.8 

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 - - 33.6 3.0 3.1 

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 - -

 35.0 4.7 4.2 

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 - -

 36.9 6.2 5.4 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

Semiannual

averages Annual

avg.

Percent change

from previous

1st

half

2nd

half Dec. Annualavg.

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 - - 39.0 5.5 5.7 

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 - -

 40.7 3.3 4.4 

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 - -

 42.1 3.4 3.4 

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 - -

 44.7 8.9 6.2 

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 - - 49.6 12.3 11.0 

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 - -

 54.1 6.9 9.1 

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 - -

 57.2 4.8 5.7 

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 - -

 60.9 6.8 6.5 

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 - -

 65.6 9.0 7.7 

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 - -

 73.1 13.4 11.4 

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 - -

 82.9 12.6 13.4 

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 - -

 91.4 8.6 10.3 

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 - -

 96.9 3.8 6.0 

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 - - 99.8 3.3 3.0 

1984 101.6 101.8 101.8 102.1 102.5 102.8 103.2 104.2 104.8 104.8 104.7 104.8 102.1 104.4 103.3 3.6 3.5 

1985 104.9 105.4 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.0 107.1 107.3 107.6 107.9 108.3 108.6 106.0 107.8 106.9 3.6 3.5 

1986 108.9 108.5 107.9 107.6 107.9 108.4 108.4 108.6 109.1 109.1 109.2 109.3 108.2 109.0 108.6 .6 1.6 

1987 110.0 110.5 111.0 111.6 111.9 112.4 112.7 113.3 113.8 114.1 114.3 114.2 111.2 113.7 112.5 4.5 3.6 

1988 114.5 114.7 115.1 115.7 116.2 116.7 117.2 117.7 118.5 118.9 119.0 119.2 115.5 118.4 117.0 4.4 4.0 

1989 119.7 120.2 120.8 121.8 122.5 122.8 123.2 123.2 123.6 124.2 124.4 124.6 121.3 123.9 122.6 4.5 4.8 

1990 125.9 126.4 127.1 127.3 127.5 128.3 128.7 129.9 131.1 131.9 132.2 132.2 127.1 131.0 129.0 6.1 5.2 

1991 132.8 132.8 133.0 133.3 133.8 134.1 134.3 134.6 135.2 135.4 135.8 135.9 133.3 135.2 134.3 2.8 4.1 

1992 136.0 136.4 137.0 137.3 137.6 138.1 138.4 138.8 139.1 139.6 139.8 139.8 137.1 139.3 138.2 2.9 2.9 

1993 140.3 140.7 141.1 141.6 141.9 142.0 142.1 142.4 142.6 143.3 143.4 143.3 141.3 142.9 142.1 2.5 2.8 

1994 143.6 144.0 144.4 144.7 144.9 145.4 145.8 146.5 146.9 147.0 147.3 147.2 144.5 146.8 145.6 2.7 2.5 

1995 147.8 148.3 148.7 149.3 149.6 149.9 149.9 150.2 150.6 151.0 150.9 150.9 148.9 150.6 149.8 2.5 2.9 

1996 151.7 152.2 152.9 153.6 154.0 154.1 154.3 154.5 155.1 155.5 155.9 155.9 153.1 155.2 154.1 3.3 2.9 

1997 156.3 156.8 157.0 157.2 157.2 157.4 157.5 157.8 158.3 158.5 158.5 158.2 157.0 158.1 157.6 1.5 2.3 

1998 158.4 158.5 158.7 159.1 159.5 159.7 159.8 160.0 160.2 160.6 160.7 160.7 159.0 160.3 159.7 1.6 1.3 

1999 161.0 161.1 161.4 162.7 162.8 162.8 163.3 163.8 164.7 165.0 165.1 165.1 162.0 164.5 163.2 2.7 2.2 

2000 165.6 166.5 167.9 168.0 168.2 169.2 169.4 169.3 170.4 170.6 170.9 170.7 167.6 170.2 168.9 3.4 3.5 

2001 171.7 172.4 172.6 173.5 174.4 174.6 173.8 173.8 174.8 174.0 173.7 172.9 173.2 173.8 173.5 1.3 2.7 

2002 173.2 173.7 174.7 175.8 175.8 175.9 176.1 176.6 177.0 177.3 177.4 177.0 174.9 176.9 175.9 2.4 1.4 

2003 177.7 179.2 180.3 179.8 179.4 179.6 179.6 180.3 181.0 180.7 180.2 179.9 179.3 180.3 179.8 1.6 2.2 

2004 180.9 181.9 182.9 183.5 184.7 185.3 184.9 185.0 185.4 186.5 186.8 186.0 183.2 185.8 184.5 3.4 2.6 

2005 186.3 187.3 188.6 190.2 190.0 190.1 191.0 192.1 195.0 195.2 193.4 192.5 188.8 193.2 191.0 3.5 3.5 

2006 194.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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

2006 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Expenditure category

All items ...................................................................................... 155.9 158.2 160.7 165.1 170.7 172.9 177.0 179.9 186.0 192.5 194.0 

All items (1967=100) .................................................................. 464.3 471.3 478.6 491.8 508.5 515.0 527.2 536.0 554.2 573.3 577.7 

Food and beverages ................................................................ 156.1 158.5 161.9 165.2 169.8 174.6 177.1 183.6 188.4 192.5 193.8 

Food ....................................................................................... 155.8 158.1 161.5 164.7 169.3 174.1 176.5 183.1 187.9 192.2 193.4 

Food at home ....................................................................... 156.9 158.2 161.3 164.2 169.1 173.7 175.1 183.3 187.6 190.7 192.4 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................. 175.4 178.1 182.0 185.7 190.4 195.1 197.1 202.9 206.3 208.4 210.8 

Cereals and cereal products ............................................ 165.7 168.8 171.3 173.4 175.0 178.4 179.4 183.4 185.1 184.6 186.0 

Flour and prepared flour mixes ...................................... 150.6 150.0 153.6 150.2 151.8 159.1 165.5 171.9 165.4 171.7 182.0 

Breakfast cereal ............................................................. 185.4 188.6 192.7 196.6 199.0 201.9 201.9 203.2 205.6 200.9 200.4 

Rice, pasta, cornmeal ..................................................... 144.2 150.1 149.9 151.7 152.2 154.8 154.9 161.0 165.0 167.3 168.1 

Bakery products ............................................................... 179.7 182.2 187.0 191.5 198.3 203.5 206.3 213.1 217.6 221.3 224.3 

Bread 1 ........................................................................... -

 100.0 102.4 104.5 109.3 114.9 116.0 118.4 123.6 126.8 127.9 

Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins 1 ........................................ - 100.0 103.1 106.3 109.8 114.0 116.2 120.8 123.6 126.7 127.8 

Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies ....................................... 177.8 179.1 183.1 188.8 192.0 195.1 199.2 204.6 208.4 213.2 212.1 

Other bakery products .................................................... 178.4 179.0 184.3 187.7 195.6 196.6 198.2 207.8 207.9 207.2 215.7 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ............................................ 149.8 148.0 146.9 149.4 156.3 161.8 162.3 181.0 183.2 185.6 185.4 

Meats, poultry, and fish .................................................... 148.9 147.8 147.0 150.6 156.8 163.2 163.0 180.4 184.6 187.1 186.7 

Meats .............................................................................. 144.5 143.3 140.2 145.2 152.8 160.0 160.3 182.5 185.4 187.7 187.8 

Beef and veal ............................................................... 137.8 136.6 136.9 143.0 150.5 159.7 160.8 198.6 197.0 201.7 203.2 

Uncooked ground beef ............................................... 117.6 116.3 115.9 121.0 128.3 137.0 138.5 165.3 170.4 176.0 176.3 

Uncooked beef roasts 1 .............................................. -

 100.0 101.2 103.2 109.3 118.6 118.9 147.0 145.4 147.4 147.8 

Uncooked beef steaks 1 ............................................. - 100.0 100.7 106.2 110.9 115.8 116.5 148.6 143.3 145.9 147.2 

Uncooked other beef and veal 1 ................................. -

 100.0 98.3 103.6 108.1 113.7 113.2 138.6 130.8 134.8 140.2 

Pork .............................................................................. 155.5 153.1 144.1 148.4 157.0 163.1 159.2 167.3 175.3 174.9 173.8 

Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products 1 .... -

 100.0 96.8 100.2 107.4 113.5 113.0 117.8 124.7 120.0 120.7 

Ham ............................................................................ 156.9 153.9 144.9 145.8 151.1 157.6 155.2 162.4 169.4 173.4 169.6 

Pork chops ................................................................. 156.9 150.9 140.0 146.7 155.5 160.2 155.5 164.0 167.9 168.4 167.0 

Other pork including roasts and picnics 1 ................... -

 100.0 91.5 93.8 99.3 101.0 95.5 101.4 108.0 109.8 109.1 

Other meats .................................................................. 146.0 146.6 145.4 149.1 154.8 159.2 164.8 173.2 178.1 179.6 178.3 

Poultry ............................................................................ 157.5 155.0 159.4 157.9 160.7 167.8 166.8 174.9 184.5 184.1 181.4 

Chicken 1 ...................................................................... -

 100.0 103.5 101.6 103.2 108.4 108.4 113.9 121.0 120.3 118.3 

Other poultry including turkey 1 .................................... -

 100.0 100.1 102.7 105.3 107.5 103.9 107.9 110.4 112.0 111.5 

Fish and seafood ............................................................ 176.5 178.0 184.5 187.5 191.1 191.3 188.8 194.1 197.7 205.5 206.3 

Fresh fish and seafood 1 .............................................. -

 100.0 103.5 106.2 110.8 110.0 106.6 111.6 113.9 120.6 120.2 

Processed fish and seafood 1 ...................................... -

 100.0 103.8 104.2 102.5 103.9 105.4 105.4 107.1 108.2 110.0 

Eggs ................................................................................. 162.3 150.1 142.0 123.4 144.5 132.4 145.4 189.1 151.2 153.8 157.1 

Dairy and related products ................................................. 148.5 147.5 157.4 161.9 161.5 170.6 167.2 172.7 179.9 183.0 183.5 

Milk 1 ................................................................................ -

 100.0 106.2 109.8 109.4 114.1 109.9 117.7 124.3 128.6 127.6 

Cheese and related products ........................................... 149.8 147.7 158.4 164.4 160.3 171.9 167.7 170.9 180.2 180.8 181.8 

Ice cream and related products ........................................ 150.4 151.9 163.2 164.7 168.2 183.2 181.6 180.8 180.6 180.4 184.0 

Other dairy and related products 1 ................................... -

 100.0 106.2 108.3 110.3 113.2 115.0 116.7 120.0 121.9 122.9 

Fruits and vegetables ......................................................... 186.0 190.0 199.0 202.8 213.3 212.8 222.9 229.7 248.6 249.6 256.2 

Fresh fruits and vegetables .............................................. 214.3 220.7 232.9 237.8 252.4 248.5 261.9 273.1 300.3 298.1 306.8 

Fresh fruits ..................................................................... 248.1 236.0 253.8 263.1 264.4 266.9 279.2 282.7 302.7 306.3 310.7 

Apples .......................................................................... 195.2 194.9 191.5 202.9 204.0 217.9 232.6 239.9 241.8 252.3 254.5 

Bananas ....................................................................... 157.2 151.3 165.5 161.4 160.8 164.8 165.8 162.6 158.5 169.8 174.3 

Citrus fruits 1 ................................................................ -

 100.0 118.2 126.8 120.6 129.9 142.0 144.5 161.0 172.2 175.7 

Other fresh fruits 1 ........................................................ -

 100.0 105.9 109.7 113.9 107.5 111.4 113.2 126.5 120.9 122.1 

Fresh vegetables ............................................................ 181.2 205.8 212.9 214.1 240.4 230.8 245.0 262.6 296.0 288.6 301.1 

Potatoes ....................................................................... 160.2 175.0 177.6 191.5 179.5 205.5 222.9 213.9 230.0 252.4 262.0 

Lettuce .......................................................................... 183.1 215.4 196.2 209.2 276.5 228.5 214.9 294.8 270.9 253.2 253.4 

Tomatoes ..................................................................... 190.5 249.5 277.2 229.9 281.9 261.0 283.4 279.6 416.9 337.8 386.2 

Other fresh vegetables ................................................. 187.5 203.6 212.3 222.1 246.1 234.3 251.9 272.7 285.2 298.4 301.4 

Processed fruits and vegetables 1 ................................... -

 100.0 102.1 103.4 105.3 109.9 113.0 111.8 113.9 119.6 121.3 

Canned fruits and vegetables 1 ...................................... -

 100.0 102.4 102.8 105.0 109.3 112.9 109.5 112.5 118.9 121.1 

Frozen fruits and vegetables 1 ....................................... - 100.0 102.4 105.5 107.4 114.0 114.1 117.0 116.4 121.3 122.2 

Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried 1 - 100.0 100.3 100.9 102.1 103.4 109.7 108.9 112.5 117.4 119.1 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Expenditure category

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .............. 126.5 131.7 130.4 133.5 135.8 137.7 139.1 138.6 140.0 144.9 146.7 

Juices and nonalcoholic drinks 1 ...................................... -

 100.0 99.7 102.9 105.0 106.9 108.0 107.7 108.6 112.1 114.0 

Carbonated drinks .......................................................... 118.5 116.3 115.2 118.9 121.7 123.8 125.5 125.5 128.5 134.3 137.2 

Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 ..................... -

 100.0 104.6 109.2 111.2 114.0 113.7 114.9 112.5 112.2 116.4 

Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 ............... -

 100.0 100.0 102.8 104.6 106.4 107.4 106.3 105.6 107.5 108.3 

Beverage materials including coffee and tea 1 ................. -

 100.0 96.7 96.7 97.4 97.3 98.2 97.9 99.2 103.4 103.7 

Coffee ............................................................................. 144.9 169.3 154.2 151.5 147.1 142.1 141.8 142.6 144.6 162.1 162.6 

Other beverage materials including tea 1 ....................... -

 100.0 103.3 105.3 109.8 113.1 114.9 113.9 115.4 115.7 116.1 

Other food at home ............................................................ 143.2 147.1 151.7 152.7 155.8 160.5 160.6 162.5 163.2 167.1 168.5 

Sugar and sweets ............................................................. 144.5 147.7 150.0 152.3 153.3 155.9 158.9 160.5 160.6 166.9 168.3 

Sugar and artificial sweeteners ...................................... 132.7 133.7 134.2 134.4 133.6 136.8 140.3 143.1 142.7 154.5 157.9 

Candy and chewing gum 1 ............................................. -

 100.0 101.3 103.4 104.5 105.7 107.3 107.3 107.3 110.8 110.8 

Other sweets 1 ............................................................... -

 100.0 103.7 105.3 106.1 109.0 111.8 115.2 116.0 117.5 120.4 

Fats and oils ..................................................................... 140.4 140.0 151.2 144.7 149.9 156.5 152.9 157.7 167.3 165.6 170.4 

Butter and margarine 1 ................................................... -

 100.0 120.2 104.4 113.1 126.2 114.7 119.4 135.9 132.0 139.9 

Salad dressing 1 ............................................................. - 100.0 103.5 104.4 106.3 108.2 107.9 110.1 110.8 106.4 109.4 

Other fats and oils including peanut butter 1 .................. -

 100.0 102.2 102.0 103.3 103.7 105.8 109.0 114.0 116.3 117.4 

Other foods ....................................................................... 158.8 162.7 166.7 169.4 173.0 178.3 178.5 180.0 178.6 183.7 184.4 

Soups ............................................................................. 185.6 189.6 192.3 192.8 197.9 203.7 206.0 208.5 208.3 211.3 205.4 

Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods ........................ 145.3 144.1 146.4 146.0 149.1 153.6 151.8 151.9 151.0 152.0 153.3

Snacks ............................................................................ 151.5 155.1 156.1 162.1 166.7 173.6 166.9 174.8 170.6 180.7 179.4 

Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces ....................... 163.9 168.4 172.4 175.2 173.5 182.9 189.0 184.7 179.6 186.7 192.3 

Baby food 1 .................................................................... -

 100.0 103.0 107.9 112.6 116.0 117.2 120.8 123.8 128.0 128.4 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 .......................................... -

 100.0 104.9 105.2 108.6 109.0 110.7 110.3 111.3 112.9 113.0 

Food away from home .......................................................... 155.0 159.0 163.0 166.8 170.8 176.0 180.0 184.2 189.7 195.8 196.4 

Full service meals and snacks 1 ......................................... -

 100.0 102.7 105.1 108.0 111.4 113.8 116.4 119.7 123.1 123.4 

Limited service meals and snacks 1 ................................... -

 100.0 102.2 104.9 107.8 111.3 113.7 116.3 119.9 124.0 124.5 

Food at employee sites and schools 1 ............................... - 100.0 102.5 104.5 104.1 106.1 111.2 114.0 117.4 120.5 120.8 

Food from vending machines and mobile vendors 1 .......... -

 100.0 100.8 101.6 103.1 104.7 106.2 108.8 111.2 114.2 114.3 

Other food away from home 1 ............................................ -

 100.0 103.4 106.9 111.4 115.8 120.1 123.1 127.0 133.6 133.7 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 159.9 163.1 166.2 171.0 175.8 180.5 184.7 188.9 194.2 196.3 198.0 

Alcoholic beverages at home ............................................. 147.7 148.4 150.8 155.1 159.3 161.8 165.2 168.5 172.5 172.7 174.5 

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home .................. 148.1 147.2 149.9 154.4 159.4 161.9 166.1 171.0 176.5 175.9 177.4 

Distilled spirits at home .................................................... 147.9 151.2 152.1 157.5 161.6 167.7 170.1 172.2 173.8 175.1 176.6 

Wine at home ................................................................... 139.9 143.0 145.1 147.7 148.7 148.8 149.9 149.0 149.3 151.5 154.1 

Alcoholic beverages away from home ................................ 185.2 192.1 196.7 202.7 208.8 218.7 225.2 231.9 240.3 247.3 248.5 

Housing .................................................................................... 151.0 154.4 157.8 161.1 168.1 172.9 176.9 181.0 186.4 194.2 195.8 

Shelter .................................................................................... 167.7 173.1 178.8 183.3 189.6 197.7 203.9 208.2 213.5 219.2 220.0 

Rent of primary residence 2 ................................................. 163.7 168.8 174.6 179.9 187.0 195.7 201.9 207.0 213.0 219.7 220.1 

Lodging away from home 1 .................................................. - 100.0 104.0 105.7 108.7 108.8 109.6 113.4 118.6 122.4 126.1 

Housing at school, excluding board 2 3 .............................. 219.2 231.2 241.7 251.9 263.0 277.2 293.9 311.5 330.2 349.6 349.8 

Other lodging away from home including hotels and

motels ......................................................................... 201.1 213.2 221.7 224.7 230.5 229.3 229.4 236.5 247.0 254.4 262.5 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 2 3 ................. 163.4 168.3 173.7 177.8 183.5 191.7 198.0 201.7 206.1 211.2 211.7 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 .................................... -

 100.0 100.3 102.4 104.9 106.3 112.3 114.4 118.9 116.4 116.2 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 129.0 129.7 126.4 129.2 144.6 141.5 143.5 153.0 164.7 190.2 197.3 

Fuels ..................................................................................... 116.5 115.2 110.9 113.5 129.3 125.2 126.4 135.4 146.4 172.4 179.7 

Fuel oil and other fuels ....................................................... 110.6 97.0 86.6 106.0 144.1 112.7 125.0 136.2 183.4 227.4 228.9 

Fuel oil .............................................................................. 106.9 94.2 79.9 104.9 147.3 107.6 123.0 132.6 186.0 236.0 237.7 

Other household fuels 4 ................................................... 147.9 128.5 125.3 135.7 172.9 154.1 163.3 181.0 225.7 266.5 268.0 

Gas (piped) and electricity 2 ............................................... 122.3 122.4 118.4 119.8 134.8 132.5 133.2 142.5 152.0 178.3 186.4 

Electricity 2 ....................................................................... 128.1 126.4 122.3 123.3 126.5 133.6 131.1 134.9 137.7 152.2 161.1 

Utility (piped) gas service 2 .............................................. 114.9 118.3 114.1 116.8 160.4 135.5 145.1 170.2 198.7 258.9 264.5 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 1 ............... - 100.0 102.8 104.8 108.0 111.0 114.6 119.9 126.5 133.2 134.3 

Water and sewerage maintenance 2 ................................ 202.6 210.6 216.4 220.2 227.7 234.6 242.8 254.2 270.1 285.0 287.5 

Garbage and trash collection 5 ......................................... 247.9 252.8 260.2 266.5 271.9 278.2 284.5 297.1 307.1 320.3 322.8 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 123.5 123.6 124.8 124.2 125.6 125.4 123.0 120.4 121.3 121.9 122.0 

Window and floor coverings and other linens 1 .................... -

 100.0 101.0 99.0 100.6 99.3 94.3 90.7 89.4 87.7 87.9 

Floor coverings 1 ................................................................ -

 100.0 102.5 100.0 106.5 106.3 108.1 107.3 107.7 114.0 114.0 

Window coverings 1 ........................................................... - 100.0 100.2 98.6 101.4 98.5 95.5 94.3 91.5 90.1 90.5 

Other linens 1 ..................................................................... -

 100.0 100.7 98.7 97.3 96.5 89.0 83.8 82.6 79.5 79.7 

Furniture and bedding .......................................................... 131.9 130.6 132.3 130.2 130.6 126.4 125.1 123.0 123.0 123.6 123.4 

Bedroom furniture ............................................................... 139.6 141.5 141.2 139.1 135.6 133.9 131.1 131.0 137.8 143.6 143.3 

Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture 1 ............... -

 100.0 101.2 100.3 102.5 98.6 98.1 95.5 93.7 92.0 91.7 

Other furniture 1 ................................................................. - 100.0 104.5 100.2 99.5 94.3 93.9 92.2 88.7 88.9 89.2 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Expenditure category

Appliances 1 ......................................................................... -

 100.0 98.9 97.5 94.9 94.4 90.8 87.6 84.6 87.4 87.5 

Major appliances 1 ............................................................. -

 100.0 98.6 98.2 96.2 97.8 95.1 92.0 89.4 94.8 94.9 

Other appliances 1 ............................................................. -

 100.0 99.5 96.3 93.0 89.1 84.6 81.3 77.9 77.1 77.3 

Other household equipment and furnishings 1 ..................... -

 100.0 100.0 96.5 95.6 95.0 91.0 86.2 87.2 82.9 82.3 

Clocks, lamps, and decorator items ................................... 114.1 118.4 117.6 109.9 104.7 102.6 96.6 86.3 87.3 80.1 78.6 

Indoor plants and flowers 6 ................................................ 117.0 107.3 109.7 109.7 115.6 118.7 118.8 120.5 121.7 124.1 123.9 

Dishes and flatware 1 ......................................................... -

 100.0 99.2 95.1 93.0 90.5 85.7 85.3 86.2 80.7 81.7 

Nonelectric cookware and tableware 1 ............................... -

 100.0 98.8 97.7 96.5 95.0 91.3 91.1 92.0 91.7 92.2 

Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies 1 ............ -

 100.0 99.4 98.7 96.3 95.3 93.5 90.9 92.9 93.2 93.4 

Tools, hardware and supplies 1 .......................................... -

 100.0 97.7 98.3 98.2 96.0 93.9 91.6 96.0 98.5 98.6 

Outdoor equipment and supplies 1 ..................................... -

 100.0 100.3 98.7 94.8 94.3 92.5 89.7 90.2 88.8 89.1 

Housekeeping supplies ........................................................ 142.0 144.3 147.1 150.1 157.0 160.8 158.5 157.0 158.7 162.5 162.9 

Household cleaning products 1 .......................................... -

 100.0 101.7 103.1 107.7 110.6 108.9 107.3 106.6 110.2 109.9 

Household paper products 1 .............................................. - 100.0 102.7 108.3 117.2 118.8 118.3 116.3 124.6 125.2 126.0 

Miscellaneous household products 1 ................................. -

 100.0 101.7 102.3 103.9 107.0 104.8 105.3 103.9 106.6 107.6 

Household operations 1 ........................................................ - 100.0 103.3 106.2 113.2 118.0 120.8 123.8 129.3 136.0 136.7 

Domestic services 1 ........................................................... -

 100.0 103.3 107.0 111.4 114.3 118.8 122.0 124.6 131.1 130.8 

Gardening and lawncare services 1 ................................... -

 100.0 101.7 103.9 114.0 119.6 119.3 121.3 126.9 NA NA

Moving, storage, freight expense 1 .................................... - 100.0 103.6 106.4 111.4 114.4 117.5 120.4 124.3 129.6 129.2 

Repair of household items 1 ............................................... -

 100.0 105.5 108.2 116.2 124.4 129.9 134.7 144.8 155.5 155.2 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 129.3 130.3 129.8 129.0 126.6 123.0 120.9 118.7 118.6 117.2 114.3 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ........................................................ 127.5 130.7 130.2 131.6 128.0 122.7 118.8 117.8 115.7 113.5 112.0 

Men’s apparel ....................................................................... 130.9 133.9 133.8 135.0 132.1 126.4 124.6 122.6 121.5 119.6 117.5 

Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear ............................. 134.7 135.9 133.4 134.7 129.3 127.6 126.4 127.4 124.7 124.3 119.2 

Men’s furnishings ............................................................... 125.7 136.1 135.8 141.3 138.0 134.8 135.9 138.7 135.4 133.7 134.9 

Men’s shirts and sweaters 1 ............................................... -

 100.0 101.3 99.8 100.5 93.1 92.4 90.1 87.3 86.7 82.5 

Men’s pants and shorts ...................................................... 129.0 128.9 128.6 128.7 123.3 117.1 112.3 105.7 109.6 105.7 105.7 

Boys’ apparel ........................................................................ 116.7 120.5 118.8 120.8 115.4 111.1 101.8 103.7 98.7 95.9 95.8 

Women’s and girls’ apparel .................................................... 121.7 121.5 121.0 119.8 117.5 113.5 112.3 110.5 110.2 108.3 102.1 

Women’s apparel ................................................................. 120.8 120.8 120.9 119.5 117.2 113.5 111.6 110.5 109.2 109.0 102.6 

Women’s outerwear ........................................................... 126.1 129.2 123.2 120.3 123.6 116.3 116.5 116.4 113.4 108.1 100.0 

Women’s dresses ............................................................... 105.9 100.5 107.5 102.8 94.0 99.8 101.0 102.3 99.7 104.0 93.9 

Women’s suits and separates 1 ......................................... -

 100.0 98.8 98.1 96.4 91.4 90.1 87.9 87.4 86.9 80.6 

Women’s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and

accessories 1 .............................................................. -

 100.0 100.4 100.5 100.5 97.3 93.1 93.1 91.8 91.8 91.9 

Girls’ apparel ........................................................................ 126.2 125.0 121.8 121.1 119.0 113.7 115.1 110.7 113.8 105.7 100.4 

Footwear ................................................................................ 127.0 129.2 128.2 124.2 124.0 121.0 120.8 117.8 119.4 120.9 121.6 

Men’s footwear ..................................................................... 131.4 131.4 132.6 127.4 128.0 123.7 122.9 117.8 115.6 118.1 119.1 

Boys’ and girls’ footwear ...................................................... 131.2 135.0 133.3 126.2 124.2 121.8 121.0 118.5 123.6 125.2 123.0 

Women’s footwear ................................................................ 120.2 123.1 120.6 119.3 119.5 117.3 117.9 116.4 119.2 119.6 121.8 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................. 128.1 126.5 130.9 134.8 130.0 130.3 127.2 121.4 121.4 117.6 115.8 

Jewelry and watches 4 ........................................................... 138.4 137.7 133.6 131.5 130.1 131.0 124.8 122.6 126.5 122.5 126.2 

Watches 4 ............................................................................. 120.9 121.1 119.4 115.3 116.9 114.6 106.7 107.1 108.4 108.7 110.6 

Jewelry 4 .............................................................................. 143.4 142.4 137.6 136.1 133.9 135.7 129.9 127.1 131.4 126.6 130.9 

Transportation .......................................................................... 144.8 142.4 139.6 147.6 153.9 147.4 153.0 152.5 163.4 171.6 174.9 

Private transportation ............................................................. 142.4 140.1 137.1 145.0 151.2 144.5 150.4 149.7 160.9 168.8 172.2 

New and used motor vehicles 1 ........................................... 102.1 100.0 101.1 101.5 102.8 102.0 98.5 92.8 94.3 94.8 95.2 

New vehicles ...................................................................... 146.5 145.3 145.3 144.7 144.6 144.7 141.7 139.2 139.8 139.3 140.3 

Used cars and trucks .......................................................... 156.8 149.5 154.3 156.3 161.6 158.1 149.3 131.7 138.1 140.0 140.1 

Car and truck rental 1 ......................................................... -

 100.0 101.5 108.4 107.9 103.8 104.4 107.1 102.1 112.2 108.7 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 108.9 101.7 86.0 112.3 127.7 96.3 120.0 128.1 161.7 188.0 199.9 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 108.3 101.2 85.5 111.7 126.9 95.7 119.4 127.6 160.9 187.0 198.9 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 7 ........................................... 106.5 98.9 82.6 109.7 125.4 93.3 117.4 126.0 159.6 186.5 198.3 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 ..................................... 112.4 105.9 90.6 116.6 131.6 99.2 124.3 131.9 165.9 191.8 204.1 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ......................................... 109.2 102.8 89.0 112.4 126.6 97.2 120.0 127.4 158.3 181.7 192.8 

Other motor fuels 1 ............................................................. -

 100.0 87.7 107.4 134.4 111.7 113.6 115.5 153.0 187.0 190.5 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment ...................................... 101.4 100.8 100.5 100.2 102.3 104.9 106.3 107.3 109.3 113.6 113.9 

Tires ................................................................................... 101.2 98.2 97.7 96.5 97.5 100.4 100.5 100.0 102.4 105.4 105.6 

Vehicle accessories other than tires 1 ................................ -

 100.0 100.0 100.5 103.5 105.8 108.3 110.8 112.3 118.0 118.5 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................. 161.4 165.7 170.9 175.2 181.5 187.9 195.0 199.8 205.3 213.2 213.6 

Motor vehicle body work ..................................................... 168.6 176.5 181.9 184.4 191.4 198.0 201.7 204.9 210.8 220.7 221.6 

Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing .......................... 148.6 152.7 157.1 161.1 166.1 172.6 179.1 182.0 187.9 194.0 194.0 

Motor vehicle repair 1 ......................................................... -

 100.0 103.2 106.0 109.9 113.6 118.2 121.6 124.7 129.8 130.2 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Expenditure category

Motor vehicle insurance ....................................................... 249.0 255.3 254.6 256.0 260.8 280.1 305.6 319.7 330.5 333.5 332.9 

Motor vehicle fees 1 ............................................................. -

 100.0 103.1 104.5 108.8 110.8 114.3 122.7 133.4 136.7 138.9 

State and local registration and license 1 2 ........................ -

 100.0 101.8 102.7 106.7 107.8 111.5 121.3 133.3 135.6 138.3 

Parking and other fees 1 .................................................... -

 100.0 106.8 110.1 115.1 119.8 122.7 126.1 132.9 138.9 139.5 

Public transportation ............................................................... 186.9 182.5 185.1 196.0 203.7 200.1 199.2 203.6 204.2 216.6 219.0 

Airline fare ............................................................................ 204.5 193.9 201.6 223.7 237.0 227.5 222.6 221.8 217.8 232.3 235.9 

Other intercity transportation ................................................ 157.9 160.3 164.7 162.0 158.9 154.2 157.5 147.8 146.1 153.1 155.0 

Intracity transportation .......................................................... 174.1 176.2 171.4 172.2 176.1 180.6 183.2 201.4 209.0 220.6 221.5 

Medical care ............................................................................. 230.1 236.5 244.4 253.2 263.8 276.2 290.6 301.4 314.4 328.2 329.1 

Medical care commodities ...................................................... 209.4 214.1 222.1 230.2 236.5 246.7 254.0 259.4 264.4 273.9 275.0 

Prescription drugs and medical supplies .............................. 244.9 251.0 263.4 279.7 289.8 307.1 320.6 328.4 340.0 354.9 356.8 

Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies 4 ..................... 142.5 144.8 147.4 146.2 147.9 149.4 149.5 151.7 149.2 151.7 151.9 

Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs ................. 169.0 171.6 175.0 172.5 175.0 177.7 178.1 181.2 176.6 180.1 180.3 

Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies .............. 171.6 175.0 177.4 179.0 179.6 179.0 178.2 179.1 181.0 182.5 182.9 

Medical care services ............................................................. 234.7 241.6 249.4 258.4 270.1 283.0 299.5 311.9 327.7 342.8 343.6 

Professional services ........................................................... 212.3 218.9 226.2 233.4 242.3 251.0 259.2 266.5 277.2 287.4 287.2 

Physicians’ services 2 ........................................................ 219.1 225.3 233.1 239.2 248.5 257.5 266.2 272.1 282.9 291.7 290.6 

Dental services 2 ................................................................ 220.9 229.6 239.7 250.9 262.0 272.3 284.6 297.4 312.2 329.4 331.5 

Eyeglasses and eye care 4 ................................................ 140.4 142.8 143.7 148.4 152.0 156.1 155.8 158.6 163.4 168.2 168.1 

Services by other medical professionals 2 4 ....................... 151.5 156.8 160.6 163.4 167.8 173.5 179.2 183.5 188.0 192.8 192.4 

Hospital and related services 2 ............................................ 270.4 278.7 287.4 302.1 320.9 343.6 379.1 403.4 424.2 446.4 450.1 

Hospital services 2 9 ........................................................... 100.0 103.0 106.2 111.6 118.5 127.0 140.2 149.2 156.9 165.1 166.5 

Inpatient hospital services 2 7 9 ........................................ 100.0 102.3 104.9 109.8 115.9 123.9 135.9 143.0 151.0 159.0 160.6 

Outpatient hospital services 2 4 7 ..................................... 219.5 228.6 238.1 253.7 271.9 290.1 328.5 350.9 366.5 385.3 387.2 

Nursing homes and adult daycare 2 9 ................................ 100.0 104.0 110.6 117.1 124.0 130.6 137.0 144.6 150.0 156.6 157.8 

Health insurance 10 .............................................................. - - - - - - - - -

 100.0 100.2 

Recreation 1 ............................................................................. 98.5 100.0 100.8 101.2 102.6 103.8 104.7 105.5 106.1 107.1 107.2 

Video and audio 1 ................................................................... 97.5 100.0 100.7 99.8 100.3 100.5 102.4 102.5 103.2 103.2 103.3 

Televisions ........................................................................... 61.7 59.3 56.4 52.3 46.7 41.7 37.2 32.0 28.0 24.2 24.3 

Cable and satellite television and radio service 5 ................. 219.5 234.6 250.7 258.0 271.8 282.3 302.7 313.9 326.8 337.5 338.4 

Other video equipment 1 ...................................................... -

 100.0 86.8 73.5 60.4 50.2 43.3 38.0 32.5 29.0 28.8 

Video cassettes, discs, and other media including rental 1 .. - 100.0 94.8 91.5 86.2 84.5 79.1 78.7 77.7 77.2 76.9 

Audio equipment .................................................................. 90.2 88.4 81.7 78.1 78.4 74.5 70.8 66.9 63.2 56.8 56.0 

Audio discs, tapes and other media 1 .................................. -

 100.0 100.3 101.5 104.0 107.9 109.1 104.7 108.6 108.7 108.5 

Pets, pet products and services 1 .......................................... - 100.0 101.6 103.5 106.2 110.6 112.6 115.2 120.0 123.3 123.7 

Pets and pet products .......................................................... 142.4 141.9 142.5 144.0 143.2 147.8 148.8 150.5 155.3 157.6 157.9 

Pet services including veterinary 1 ....................................... -

 100.0 104.3 108.0 118.4 125.5 131.4 137.7 146.2 153.5 154.4 

Sporting goods ....................................................................... 124.6 124.5 124.0 120.6 121.9 119.7 117.8 116.5 115.1 116.5 116.4 

Sports vehicles including bicycles ........................................ 127.4 127.7 131.5 131.6 136.0 134.6 133.1 130.5 132.5 137.2 136.4 

Sports equipment ................................................................. 118.0 117.3 113.3 107.1 105.7 102.8 100.5 100.5 96.3 94.6 95.1 

Photography 1 ........................................................................ -

 100.0 99.6 99.1 99.6 99.1 97.7 95.7 92.2 89.5 89.5 

Photographic equipment and supplies ................................. 133.9 134.6 130.5 129.5 125.6 122.6 115.3 109.1 100.6 95.8 96.4 

Photographers and film processing 1 ................................... -

 100.0 101.2 100.9 103.4 103.9 106.0 106.3 106.5 104.9 104.4 

Other recreational goods 1 ..................................................... -

 100.0 95.0 88.5 86.2 82.8 76.5 73.8 70.4 67.6 67.3 

Toys ...................................................................................... 127.4 125.2 117.8 108.6 104.9 99.7 90.7 86.9 81.6 77.9 77.6 

Sewing machines, fabric and supplies 1 .............................. -

 100.0 99.1 95.4 95.5 96.4 93.7 94.0 94.0 91.9 90.8 

Music instruments and accessories 1 ................................... -

 100.0 99.8 99.3 100.1 99.9 98.1 96.7 97.9 95.1 95.3 

Recreation services 1 ............................................................. - 100.0 103.3 109.3 113.8 118.1 122.6 126.8 129.4 133.4 134.0 

Club membership dues and fees for participant sports 1 ..... -

 100.0 104.7 106.3 110.2 112.5 113.4 116.3 115.9 119.0 119.9 

Admissions ........................................................................... 193.3 199.8 205.0 223.2 234.2 243.8 257.0 265.8 274.5 283.6 284.3 

Fees for lessons or instructions 4 ......................................... 167.3 175.8 179.4 187.7 190.7 204.7 207.5 221.1 227.0 232.8 233.7 

Recreational reading materials ............................................... 179.3 181.3 186.9 188.3 191.0 194.3 197.9 199.7 204.3 205.5 206.5 

Newspapers and magazines 1 ............................................. -

 100.0 103.3 105.5 107.1 109.1 111.4 113.3 117.2 119.3 120.2 

Recreational books 1 ............................................................ -

 100.0 102.6 100.4 101.4 102.8 104.2 103.8 103.9 102.3 102.3 

Education and communication 1 .............................................. 97.1 100.0 100.9 102.5 103.7 106.9 108.8 109.7 110.5 112.6 113.1 

Education 1 ............................................................................. 94.8 100.0 104.7 109.4 115.7 122.1 129.7 138.4 147.0 155.6 156.7 

Educational books and supplies ........................................... 232.9 245.2 259.7 256.9 289.2 297.3 324.5 343.8 357.6 375.5 380.6 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .............................. 267.9 282.7 295.8 310.4 326.5 345.2 366.0 390.7 415.8 440.5 443.3 

College tuition and fees ...................................................... 286.1 300.9 312.7 325.6 340.6 361.8 387.3 424.8 462.2 493.2 493.9 

Elementary and high school tuition and fees ...................... 279.3 299.4 318.0 340.2 359.4 386.4 412.8 438.9 470.4 497.1 497.1 

Child care and nursery school 6 ......................................... 132.1 138.7 145.2 152.5 160.9 168.8 176.9 183.5 189.7 199.3 202.2 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Expenditure category

Technical and business school tuition and fees ................. -

 100.0 107.6 113.8 118.9 125.8 132.6 145.3 157.3 168.0 169.4 

Communication 1 .................................................................... 100.1 100.0 97.8 97.0 94.1 94.6 93.2 89.7 87.0 86.2 86.3 

Postage and delivery services 1 ........................................... -

 100.0 100.1 103.1 103.2 108.1 119.4 119.5 120.0 120.5 126.5 

Postage .............................................................................. 160.8 160.8 160.8 165.6 165.6 173.4 191.7 191.7 191.7 191.7 201.9 

Delivery services 1 ............................................................. -

 100.0 104.2 110.1 116.2 124.1 130.4 136.2 154.9 169.4 170.5 

Information and information processing 1 ............................ 100.1 100.0 97.7 96.6 93.6 93.9 92.0 88.3 85.5 84.6 84.6 

Telephone services 1 ......................................................... -

 100.0 100.4 100.9 98.6 99.9 100.1 97.4 95.0 95.3 95.3 

Land-line telephone services, local charges 2 .................. 161.3 163.0 165.3 170.1 179.7 187.9 198.1 203.1 205.4 212.0 211.2 

Land-line telephone services, long distance charges 1 .... -

 100.0 100.0 98.6 89.4 87.7 82.5 74.1 68.4 67.3 67.6 

Wireless telephone services 1 .......................................... -

 100.0 92.4 81.9 71.7 68.2 68.5 67.6 66.7 65.7 65.7 

Information technology, hardware and services 11 .............. 54.9 48.9 36.0 29.3 24.6 20.6 17.8 15.8 14.8 13.6 13.6 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 ............... - 100.0 64.0 46.9 35.9 25.0 19.3 15.9 13.7 11.6 11.4 

Computer software and accessories 1 ............................... -

 100.0 89.9 88.5 82.0 79.3 69.9 63.3 60.0 57.4 56.5 

Internet services and electronic information providers 1 .... - 100.0 103.5 96.3 95.8 100.7 99.9 98.1 97.3 94.8 94.8 

Telephone hardware, calculators, and other consumer

information items 1 ..................................................... -

 100.0 89.7 79.1 70.0 64.7 59.3 52.1 48.5 44.7 45.0 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 215.2 226.9 252.6 267.3 279.2 293.3 305.1 308.1 315.9 326.6 327.6 

Tobacco and smoking products ............................................. 233.9 250.9 332.0 369.7 396.9 432.9 474.3 471.5 485.7 515.0 517.1 

Cigarettes 1 .......................................................................... -

 100.0 133.8 149.1 160.2 175.1 192.4 190.6 196.0 208.0 208.9 

Tobacco products other than cigarettes 1 ............................ -

 100.0 105.5 115.9 121.8 125.3 130.3 138.4 146.8 153.6 153.4 

Personal care ......................................................................... 150.4 153.9 158.3 163.1 167.7 172.3 174.7 177.8 181.9 185.8 186.3 

Personal care products ........................................................ 143.5 146.1 149.6 153.1 155.8 156.0 154.2 154.0 153.8 155.4 155.8 

Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care

products 1 ................................................................... -

 100.0 100.3 100.8 104.3 104.0 103.0 102.2 101.4 101.8 101.8 

Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and

implements ................................................................. 153.1 156.7 163.7 170.6 170.8 171.7 169.3 170.2 171.4 174.8 175.7 

Personal care services ......................................................... 159.4 164.1 168.6 174.7 181.7 187.1 190.7 194.9 201.8 206.9 206.6 

Haircuts and other personal care services 1 ...................... -

 100.0 102.8 106.5 110.8 114.1 116.2 118.8 123.0 126.1 125.9 

Miscellaneous personal services .......................................... 217.8 228.9 237.4 246.7 255.3 268.0 276.7 286.6 298.4 307.0 308.6 

Legal services 4 .................................................................. 159.7 166.5 174.9 183.7 191.8 204.1 213.2 224.0 238.0 245.9 246.8 

Funeral expenses 4 ............................................................ 165.9 174.7 182.1 188.8 193.9 202.8 210.8 219.9 228.4 239.8 241.1 

Laundry and dry cleaning services 1 .................................. -

 100.0 102.2 104.5 106.9 111.4 113.8 117.0 120.5 122.8 123.3 

Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning 1 ..... - 100.0 101.9 105.0 109.5 114.0 116.4 120.3 123.4 129.2 129.8 

Financial services 4 ............................................................ 183.2 193.9 200.5 209.7 218.0 228.2 235.9 241.9 251.0 254.5 257.1 

Care of invalids and elderly at home 10 .............................. - - - - - - - - -

 100.0 100.4 

Miscellaneous personal goods 1 .......................................... - 100.0 100.4 97.6 95.4 93.5 92.6 88.5 85.7 86.1 86.0 

Special aggregate indexes

Commodities .............................................................................. 141.4 141.6 142.3 146.6 150.6 148.4 150.3 150.7 156.6 161.2 162.6 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................... 132.4 131.3 130.6 135.4 139.1 133.4 135.0 132.5 138.8 143.4 144.8 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................... 133.6 133.1 132.1 142.0 148.6 139.4 147.3 149.0 160.9 170.8 173.5 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................. 140.4 139.3 137.9 153.9 165.5 153.1 167.2 171.3 190.8 207.8 214.2 

Durables ................................................................................. 129.6 127.5 127.4 126.3 126.6 124.9 120.4 114.0 115.1 114.9 115.2 

Services ...................................................................................... 173.4 178.2 182.5 187.2 194.5 201.7 208.3 214.2 220.5 229.2 230.7 

Rent of shelter 3 ......................................................................... 161.4 166.6 172.2 176.5 182.6 190.4 196.3 200.6 205.6 211.2 211.9 

Transportation services .............................................................. 181.5 183.9 186.1 189.9 195.2 202.6 211.7 218.0 222.7 228.3 228.6 

Other services ............................................................................ 201.7 209.9 216.1 222.9 228.9 237.3 245.1 250.9 256.5 263.5 264.4 

All items less food ...................................................................... 155.8 158.1 160.4 165.1 170.9 172.5 177.0 179.2 185.5 192.3 193.9 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 152.8 154.2 155.6 160.1 165.5 165.7 169.1 171.6 178.0 184.8 186.6 

All items less medical care ......................................................... 152.4 154.5 156.8 161.1 166.4 168.3 172.1 174.7 180.6 186.7 188.2 

Commodities less food ............................................................... 133.5 132.5 132.0 136.8 140.6 135.1 136.8 134.5 140.7 145.3 146.8 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 135.2 135.0 134.1 143.8 150.3 141.8 149.6 151.4 162.9 172.4 175.1 

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................ 141.3 140.7 139.7 154.7 165.8 154.7 168.0 172.1 190.3 205.9 211.9 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 145.2 146.2 147.3 154.0 159.7 157.3 162.6 166.6 175.1 182.2 184.2 

Apparel less footwear ................................................................. 125.5 126.1 125.7 125.7 122.9 119.2 116.6 114.8 114.2 112.0 108.1 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Special aggregate indexes

Services less rent of shelter 3 .................................................... 165.0 168.8 171.5 175.9 183.7 189.2 195.9 202.9 209.9 221.1 223.4 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 168.1 172.7 176.9 181.2 188.3 195.0 201.1 206.6 212.4 220.6 222.2 

Energy ........................................................................................ 112.0 107.7 97.8 112.1 127.6 110.0 122.6 131.1 153.3 179.3 188.8 

All items less energy .................................................................. 162.1 165.2 169.3 172.5 176.8 181.5 184.6 186.9 191.0 194.9 195.4 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 163.7 167.1 171.3 174.5 178.7 183.5 186.7 188.0 192.0 195.9 196.2 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ................... 141.0 141.5 144.1 144.6 145.8 145.6 143.1 138.7 139.9 140.4 140.2 

Energy commodities ............................................................. 109.4 101.6 86.2 112.1 128.9 97.5 120.7 129.0 163.4 190.7 202.0 

Services less energy services ................................................ 179.0 184.3 189.7 194.7 201.1 209.4 216.7 222.1 228.1 234.6 235.4 

Domestically produced farm food ............................................... 159.3 160.2 163.7 166.6 172.0 177.2 178.7 188.7 193.6 196.0 197.6 

Utilities and public transportation ............................................... 142.4 143.3 143.1 145.7 154.1 154.2 156.3 161.3 166.4 181.4 185.4 

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 2005=100 base. 11 Indexes on a December 1988=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.
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.

2006 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Expenditure category

All items ...................................................................................... 3.3 1.5 1.6 2.7 3.4 1.3 2.4 1.6 3.4 3.5 0.8 

Food and beverages ................................................................ 4.2 1.5 2.1 2.0 2.8 2.8 1.4 3.7 2.6 2.2 .7 

Food ....................................................................................... 4.3 1.5 2.2 2.0 2.8 2.8 1.4 3.7 2.6 2.3 .6 

Food at home ....................................................................... 4.9 .8 2.0 1.8 3.0 2.7 .8 4.7 2.3 1.7 .9 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................. 3.7 1.5 2.2 2.0 2.5 2.5 1.0 2.9 1.7 1.0 1.2 

Cereals and cereal products ............................................ -1.3 1.9 1.5 1.2 .9 1.9 .6 2.2 .9 -.3 .8 

Flour and prepared flour mixes ...................................... 7.6 -.4 2.4 -2.2 1.1 4.8 4.0 3.9 -3.8 3.8 6.0 

Breakfast cereal ............................................................. -4.2 1.7 2.2 2.0 1.2 1.5 .0 .6 1.2 -2.3 -.2 

Rice, pasta, cornmeal ..................................................... .8 4.1 -.1 1.2 .3 1.7 .1 3.9 2.5 1.4 .5 

Bakery products ............................................................... 6.0 1.4 2.6 2.4 3.6 2.6 1.4 3.3 2.1 1.7 1.4 

Bread .............................................................................. - -

 2.4 2.1 4.6 5.1 1.0 2.1 4.4 2.6 .9 

Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins ........................................... - -

 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.8 1.9 4.0 2.3 2.5 .9 

Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies ....................................... 4.2 .7 2.2 3.1 1.7 1.6 2.1 2.7 1.9 2.3 -.5 

Other bakery products .................................................... 6.2 .3 3.0 1.8 4.2 .5 .8 4.8 .0 -.3 4.1 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ............................................ 5.7 -1.2 -.7 1.7 4.6 3.5 .3 11.5 1.2 1.3 -.1 

Meats, poultry, and fish .................................................... 5.3 -.7 -.5 2.4 4.1 4.1 -.1 10.7 2.3 1.4 -.2 

Meats .............................................................................. 5.2 -.8 -2.2 3.6 5.2 4.7 .2 13.8 1.6 1.2 .1 

Beef and veal ............................................................... 2.5 -.9 .2 4.5 5.2 6.1 .7 23.5 -.8 2.4 .7 

Uncooked ground beef ............................................... 1.6 -1.1 -.3 4.4 6.0 6.8 1.1 19.4 3.1 3.3 .2 

Uncooked beef roasts ................................................ - -

 1.2 2.0 5.9 8.5 .3 23.6 -1.1 1.4 .3 

Uncooked beef steaks ................................................ - -

 .7 5.5 4.4 4.4 .6 27.6 -3.6 1.8 .9 

Uncooked other beef and veal ................................... - -

 -1.7 5.4 4.3 5.2 -.4 22.4 -5.6 3.1 4.0 

Pork .............................................................................. 11.1 -1.5 -5.9 3.0 5.8 3.9 -2.4 5.1 4.8 -.2 -.6 

Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products ....... - -

 -3.2 3.5 7.2 5.7 -.4 4.2 5.9 -3.8 .6 

Ham ............................................................................ 8.5 -1.9 -5.8 .6 3.6 4.3 -1.5 4.6 4.3 2.4 -2.2 

Pork chops ................................................................. 6.8 -3.8 -7.2 4.8 6.0 3.0 -2.9 5.5 2.4 .3 -.8 

Other pork including roasts and picnics ..................... - -

 -8.5 2.5 5.9 1.7 -5.4 6.2 6.5 1.7 -.6 

Other meats .................................................................. 3.4 .4 -.8 2.5 3.8 2.8 3.5 5.1 2.8 .8 -.7 

Poultry ............................................................................ 7.9 -1.6 2.8 -.9 1.8 4.4 -.6 4.9 5.5 -.2 -1.5 

Chicken ........................................................................ - -

 3.5 -1.8 1.6 5.0 .0 5.1 6.2 -.6 -1.7 

Other poultry including turkey ....................................... - -

 .1 2.6 2.5 2.1 -3.3 3.8 2.3 1.4 -.4 

Fish and seafood ............................................................ 2.4 .8 3.7 1.6 1.9 .1 -1.3 2.8 1.9 3.9 .4 

Fresh fish and seafood ................................................. - -

 3.5 2.6 4.3 -.7 -3.1 4.7 2.1 5.9 -.3 

Processed fish and seafood ......................................... - -

 3.8 .4 -1.6 1.4 1.4 .0 1.6 1.0 1.7 

Eggs ................................................................................. 12.1 -7.5 -5.4 -13.1 17.1 -8.4 9.8 30.1 -20.0 1.7 2.1 

Dairy and related products ................................................. 10.2 -.7 6.7 2.9 -.2 5.6 -2.0 3.3 4.2 1.7 .3 

Milk ................................................................................... - -

 6.2 3.4 -.4 4.3 -3.7 7.1 5.6 3.5 -.8 

Cheese and related products ........................................... 8.2 -1.4 7.2 3.8 -2.5 7.2 -2.4 1.9 5.4 .3 .6 

Ice cream and related products ........................................ 7.7 1.0 7.4 .9 2.1 8.9 -.9 -.4 -.1 -.1 2.0 

Other dairy and related products ...................................... - -

 6.2 2.0 1.8 2.6 1.6 1.5 2.8 1.6 .8 

Fruits and vegetables ......................................................... 5.1 2.2 4.7 1.9 5.2 -.2 4.7 3.1 8.2 .4 2.6 

Fresh fruits and vegetables .............................................. 4.4 3.0 5.5 2.1 6.1 -1.5 5.4 4.3 10.0 -.7 2.9 

Fresh fruits ..................................................................... 11.8 -4.9 7.5 3.7 .5 .9 4.6 1.3 7.1 1.2 1.4 

Apples .......................................................................... 3.8 -.2 -1.7 6.0 .5 6.8 6.7 3.1 .8 4.3 .9 

Bananas ....................................................................... 7.4 -3.8 9.4 -2.5 -.4 2.5 .6 -1.9 -2.5 7.1 2.7 

Citrus fruits ................................................................... - -

 18.2 7.3 -4.9 7.7 9.3 1.8 11.4 7.0 2.0 

Other fresh fruits ........................................................... - -

 5.9 3.6 3.8 -5.6 3.6 1.6 11.7 -4.4 1.0 

Fresh vegetables ............................................................ -4.1 13.6 3.4 .6 12.3 -4.0 6.2 7.2 12.7 -2.5 4.3 

Potatoes ....................................................................... -8.6 9.2 1.5 7.8 -6.3 14.5 8.5 -4.0 7.5 9.7 3.8 

Lettuce .......................................................................... 7.0 17.6 -8.9 6.6 32.2 -17.4 -6.0 37.2 -8.1 -6.5 .1 

Tomatoes ..................................................................... -20.4 31.0 11.1 -17.1 22.6 -7.4 8.6 -1.3 49.1 -19.0 14.3 

Other fresh vegetables ................................................. 1.8 8.6 4.3 4.6 10.8 -4.8 7.5 8.3 4.6 4.6 1.0 

Processed fruits and vegetables ...................................... - -

 2.1 1.3 1.8 4.4 2.8 -1.1 1.9 5.0 1.4 

Canned fruits and vegetables ......................................... - -

 2.4 .4 2.1 4.1 3.3 -3.0 2.7 5.7 1.9 

Frozen fruits and vegetables .......................................... - -

 2.4 3.0 1.8 6.1 .1 2.5 -.5 4.2 .7 

Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried .. - - .3 .6 1.2 1.3 6.1 -.7 3.3 4.4 1.4 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .............. -1.8 4.1 -1.0 2.4 1.7 1.4 1.0 -.4 1.0 3.5 1.2 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Expenditure category

Juices and nonalcoholic drinks ......................................... - -

 -0.3 3.2 2.0 1.8 1.0 -0.3 0.8 3.2 1.7 

Carbonated drinks .......................................................... -0.5 -1.9 -.9 3.2 2.4 1.7 1.4 .0 2.4 4.5 2.2 

Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks ....................... - -

 4.6 4.4 1.8 2.5 -.3 1.1 -2.1 -.3 3.7 

Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks .................. - -

 .0 2.8 1.8 1.7 .9 -1.0 -.7 1.8 .7 

Beverage materials including coffee and tea ................... - -

 -3.3 .0 .7 -.1 .9 -.3 1.3 4.2 .3 

Coffee ............................................................................. -6.9 16.8 -8.9 -1.8 -2.9 -3.4 -.2 .6 1.4 12.1 .3 

Other beverage materials including tea .......................... - -

 3.3 1.9 4.3 3.0 1.6 -.9 1.3 .3 .3 

Other food at home ............................................................ 2.2 2.7 3.1 .7 2.0 3.0 .1 1.2 .4 2.4 .8 

Sugar and sweets ............................................................. 4.4 2.2 1.6 1.5 .7 1.7 1.9 1.0 .1 3.9 .8 

Sugar and artificial sweeteners ...................................... 3.4 .8 .4 .1 -.6 2.4 2.6 2.0 -.3 8.3 2.2 

Candy and chewing gum ................................................ - -

 1.3 2.1 1.1 1.1 1.5 .0 .0 3.3 .0 

Other sweets .................................................................. - -

 3.7 1.5 .8 2.7 2.6 3.0 .7 1.3 2.5 

Fats and oils ..................................................................... 2.3 -.3 8.0 -4.3 3.6 4.4 -2.3 3.1 6.1 -1.0 2.9 

Butter and margarine ...................................................... - -

 20.2 -13.1 8.3 11.6 -9.1 4.1 13.8 -2.9 6.0 

Salad dressing ................................................................ - -

 3.5 .9 1.8 1.8 -.3 2.0 .6 -4.0 2.8 

Other fats and oils including peanut butter ..................... - - 2.2 -.2 1.3 .4 2.0 3.0 4.6 2.0 .9 

Other foods ....................................................................... 4.5 2.5 2.5 1.6 2.1 3.1 .1 .8 -.8 2.9 .4 

Soups ............................................................................. 4.6 2.2 1.4 .3 2.6 2.9 1.1 1.2 -.1 1.4 -2.8 

Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods ........................ 5.0 -.8 1.6 -.3 2.1 3.0 -1.2 .1 -.6 .7 .9 

Snacks ............................................................................ 5.7 2.4 .6 3.8 2.8 4.1 -3.9 4.7 -2.4 5.9 -.7 

Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces ....................... 4.5 2.7 2.4 1.6 -1.0 5.4 3.3 -2.3 -2.8 4.0 3.0 

Baby food ....................................................................... - -

 3.0 4.8 4.4 3.0 1.0 3.1 2.5 3.4 .3 

Other miscellaneous foods ............................................. - -

 4.9 .3 3.2 .4 1.6 -.4 .9 1.4 .1 

Food away from home .......................................................... 3.1 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.4 3.0 2.3 2.3 3.0 3.2 .3 

Full service meals and snacks ........................................... - -

 2.7 2.3 2.8 3.1 2.2 2.3 2.8 2.8 .2 

Limited service meals and snacks ...................................... - -

 2.2 2.6 2.8 3.2 2.2 2.3 3.1 3.4 .4 

Food at employee sites and schools .................................. - - 2.5 2.0 -.4 1.9 4.8 2.5 3.0 2.6 .2 

Food from vending machines and mobile vendors ............. - -

 .8 .8 1.5 1.6 1.4 2.4 2.2 2.7 .1 

Other food away from home ............................................... - -

 3.4 3.4 4.2 3.9 3.7 2.5 3.2 5.2 .1 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 3.6 2.0 1.9 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.3 2.3 2.8 1.1 .9 

Alcoholic beverages at home ............................................. 3.3 .5 1.6 2.9 2.7 1.6 2.1 2.0 2.4 .1 1.0 

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home .................. 2.8 -.6 1.8 3.0 3.2 1.6 2.6 3.0 3.2 -.3 .9 

Distilled spirits at home .................................................... 2.0 2.2 .6 3.6 2.6 3.8 1.4 1.2 .9 .7 .9 

Wine at home ................................................................... 6.2 2.2 1.5 1.8 .7 .1 .7 -.6 .2 1.5 1.7 

Alcoholic beverages away from home ................................ 4.0 3.7 2.4 3.1 3.0 4.7 3.0 3.0 3.6 2.9 .5 

Housing .................................................................................... 2.9 2.3 2.2 2.1 4.3 2.9 2.3 2.3 3.0 4.2 .8 

Shelter .................................................................................... 2.8 3.2 3.3 2.5 3.4 4.3 3.1 2.1 2.5 2.7 .4 

Rent of primary residence 1 ................................................. 2.8 3.1 3.4 3.0 3.9 4.7 3.2 2.5 2.9 3.1 .2 

Lodging away from home ..................................................... - -

 4.0 1.6 2.8 .1 .7 3.5 4.6 3.2 3.0 

Housing at school, excluding board 1 ................................. 3.5 5.5 4.5 4.2 4.4 5.4 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.9 .1 

Other lodging away from home including hotels and

motels ......................................................................... 5.2 6.0 4.0 1.4 2.6 -.5 .0 3.1 4.4 3.0 3.2 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 1 ................... 2.8 3.0 3.2 2.4 3.2 4.5 3.3 1.9 2.2 2.5 .2 

Tenants’ and household insurance ...................................... - - .3 2.1 2.4 1.3 5.6 1.9 3.9 -2.1 -.2 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 4.6 .5 -2.5 2.2 11.9 -2.1 1.4 6.6 7.6 15.5 3.7 

Fuels ..................................................................................... 5.7 -1.1 -3.7 2.3 13.9 -3.2 1.0 7.1 8.1 17.8 4.2 

Fuel oil and other fuels ....................................................... 23.6 -12.3 -10.7 22.4 35.9 -21.8 10.9 9.0 34.7 24.0 .7 

Fuel oil .............................................................................. 23.2 -11.9 -15.2 31.3 40.4 -27.0 14.3 7.8 40.3 26.9 .7 

Other household fuels ...................................................... 24.1 -13.1 -2.5 8.3 27.4 -10.9 6.0 10.8 24.7 18.1 .6

Gas (piped) and electricity 1 ............................................... 4.1 .1 -3.3 1.2 12.5 -1.7 .5 7.0 6.7 17.3 4.5 

Electricity 1 ....................................................................... .7 -1.3 -3.2 .8 2.6 5.6 -1.9 2.9 2.1 10.5 5.8 

Utility (piped) gas service 1 .............................................. 11.8 3.0 -3.6 2.4 37.3 -15.5 7.1 17.3 16.7 30.3 2.2 

Water and sewer and trash collection services .................. - - 2.8 1.9 3.1 2.8 3.2 4.6 5.5 5.3 .8 

Water and sewerage maintenance 1 ................................ 3.4 3.9 2.8 1.8 3.4 3.0 3.5 4.7 6.3 5.5 .9 

Garbage and trash collection ........................................... 1.9 2.0 2.9 2.4 2.0 2.3 2.3 4.4 3.4 4.3 .8 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... .9 .1 1.0 -.5 1.1 -.2 -1.9 -2.1 .7 .5 .1 

Window and floor coverings and other linens ....................... - -

 1.0 -2.0 1.6 -1.3 -5.0 -3.8 -1.4 -1.9 .2 

Floor coverings ................................................................... - - 2.5 -2.4 6.5 -.2 1.7 -.7 .4 5.8 .0 

Window coverings .............................................................. - -

 .2 -1.6 2.8 -2.9 -3.0 -1.3 -3.0 -1.5 .4 

Other linens ........................................................................ - - .7 -2.0 -1.4 -.8 -7.8 -5.8 -1.4 -3.8 .3 

Furniture and bedding .......................................................... .9 -1.0 1.3 -1.6 .3 -3.2 -1.0 -1.7 .0 .5 -.2 

Bedroom furniture ............................................................... 3.6 1.4 -.2 -1.5 -2.5 -1.3 -2.1 -.1 5.2 4.2 -.2

Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture ................. - -

 1.2 -.9 2.2 -3.8 -.5 -2.7 -1.9 -1.8 -.3 

Other furniture .................................................................... - -

 4.5 -4.1 -.7 -5.2 -.4 -1.8 -3.8 .2 .3 

Appliances ............................................................................ - -

 -1.1 -1.4 -2.7 -.5 -3.8 -3.5 -3.4 3.3 .1 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Expenditure category

Major appliances ................................................................ - -

 -1.4 -0.4 -2.0 1.7 -2.8 -3.3 -2.8 6.0 0.1 

Other appliances ................................................................ - -

 -.5 -3.2 -3.4 -4.2 -5.1 -3.9 -4.2 -1.0 .3 

Other household equipment and furnishings ........................ - -

 .0 -3.5 -.9 -.6 -4.2 -5.3 1.2 -4.9 -.7 

Clocks, lamps, and decorator items ................................... -3.9 3.8 -.7 -6.5 -4.7 -2.0 -5.8 -10.7 1.2 -8.2 -1.9 

Indoor plants and flowers ................................................... .6 -8.3 2.2 .0 5.4 2.7 .1 1.4 1.0 2.0 -.2 

Dishes and flatware ............................................................ - -

 -.8 -4.1 -2.2 -2.7 -5.3 -.5 1.1 -6.4 1.2 

Nonelectric cookware and tableware ................................. - -

 -1.2 -1.1 -1.2 -1.6 -3.9 -.2 1.0 -.3 .5 

Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies .............. - -

 -.6 -.7 -2.4 -1.0 -1.9 -2.8 2.2 .3 .2 

Tools, hardware and supplies ............................................ - -

 -2.3 .6 -.1 -2.2 -2.2 -2.4 4.8 2.6 .1 

Outdoor equipment and supplies ....................................... - -

 .3 -1.6 -4.0 -.5 -1.9 -3.0 .6 -1.6 .3 

Housekeeping supplies ........................................................ 1.5 1.6 1.9 2.0 4.6 2.4 -1.4 -.9 1.1 2.4 .2 

Household cleaning products ............................................. - -

 1.7 1.4 4.5 2.7 -1.5 -1.5 -.7 3.4 -.3 

Household paper products ................................................. - -

 2.7 5.5 8.2 1.4 -.4 -1.7 7.1 .5 .6 

Miscellaneous household products .................................... - - 1.7 .6 1.6 3.0 -2.1 .5 -1.3 2.6 .9 

Household operations .......................................................... - -

 3.3 2.8 6.6 4.2 2.4 2.5 4.4 5.2 .5 

Domestic services .............................................................. - - 3.3 3.6 4.1 2.6 3.9 2.7 2.1 5.2 -.2 

Gardening and lawncare services ...................................... - -

 1.7 2.2 9.7 4.9 -.3 1.7 4.6 - -

Moving, storage, freight expense ....................................... - - 3.6 2.7 4.7 2.7 2.7 2.5 3.2 4.3 -.3 

Repair of household items .................................................. - -

 5.5 2.6 7.4 7.1 4.4 3.7 7.5 7.4 -.2 

Apparel ..................................................................................... -.2 .8 -.4 -.6 -1.9 -2.8 -1.7 -1.8 -.1 -1.2 -2.5 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ........................................................ 1.4 2.5 -.4 1.1 -2.7 -4.1 -3.2 -.8 -1.8 -1.9 -1.3 

Men’s apparel ....................................................................... 1.7 2.3 -.1 .9 -2.1 -4.3 -1.4 -1.6 -.9 -1.6 -1.8 

Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear ............................. -.6 .9 -1.8 1.0 -4.0 -1.3 -.9 .8 -2.1 -.3 -4.1 

Men’s furnishings ............................................................... 4.3 8.3 -.2 4.1 -2.3 -2.3 .8 2.1 -2.4 -1.3 .9 

Men’s shirts and sweaters .................................................. - -

 1.3 -1.5 .7 -7.4 -.8 -2.5 -3.1 -.7 -4.8 

Men’s pants and shorts ...................................................... 1.5 -.1 -.2 .1 -4.2 -5.0 -4.1 -5.9 3.7 -3.6 .0 

Boys’ apparel ........................................................................ .3 3.3 -1.4 1.7 -4.5 -3.7 -8.4 1.9 -4.8 -2.8 -.1 

Women’s and girls’ apparel .................................................... -1.3 -.2 -.4 -1.0 -1.9 -3.4 -1.1 -1.6 -.3 -1.7 -5.7 

Women’s apparel ................................................................. -1.1 .0 .1 -1.2 -1.9 -3.2 -1.7 -1.0 -1.2 -.2 -5.9 

Women’s outerwear ........................................................... 4.0 2.5 -4.6 -2.4 2.7 -5.9 .2 -.1 -2.6 -4.7 -7.5 

Women’s dresses ............................................................... -9.3 -5.1 7.0 -4.4 -8.6 6.2 1.2 1.3 -2.5 4.3 -9.7

Women’s suits and separates ............................................ - -

 -1.2 -.7 -1.7 -5.2 -1.4 -2.4 -.6 -.6 -7.2 

Women’s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and

accessories ................................................................ - -

 .4 .1 .0 -3.2 -4.3 .0 -1.4 .0 .1 

Girls’ apparel ........................................................................ -1.9 -1.0 -2.6 -.6 -1.7 -4.5 1.2 -3.8 2.8 -7.1 -5.0 

Footwear ................................................................................ 1.6 1.7 -.8 -3.1 -.2 -2.4 -.2 -2.5 1.4 1.3 .6 

Men’s footwear ..................................................................... -.7 .0 .9 -3.9 .5 -3.4 -.6 -4.1 -1.9 2.2 .8 

Boys’ and girls’ footwear ...................................................... 4.3 2.9 -1.3 -5.3 -1.6 -1.9 -.7 -2.1 4.3 1.3 -1.8 

Women’s footwear ................................................................ 1.9 2.4 -2.0 -1.1 .2 -1.8 .5 -1.3 2.4 .3 1.8 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................. -1.3 -1.2 3.5 3.0 -3.6 .2 -2.4 -4.6 .0 -3.1 -1.5

Jewelry and watches .............................................................. -4.0 -.5 -3.0 -1.6 -1.1 .7 -4.7 -1.8 3.2 -3.2 3.0 

Watches ............................................................................... -6.5 .2 -1.4 -3.4 1.4 -2.0 -6.9 .4 1.2 .3 1.7 

Jewelry ................................................................................. -3.4 -.7 -3.4 -1.1 -1.6 1.3 -4.3 -2.2 3.4 -3.7 3.4 

Transportation .......................................................................... 4.2 -1.7 -2.0 5.7 4.3 -4.2 3.8 -.3 7.1 5.0 1.9 

Private transportation ............................................................. 3.8 -1.6 -2.1 5.8 4.3 -4.4 4.1 -.5 7.5 4.9 2.0 

New and used motor vehicles .............................................. .8 -2.1 1.1 .4 1.3 -.8 -3.4 -5.8 1.6 .5 .4 

New vehicles ...................................................................... 1.9 -.8 .0 -.4 -.1 .1 -2.1 -1.8 .4 -.4 .7 

Used cars and trucks .......................................................... -1.4 -4.7 3.2 1.3 3.4 -2.2 -5.6 -11.8 4.9 1.4 .1 

Car and truck rental ............................................................ - -

 1.5 6.8 -.5 -3.8 .6 2.6 -4.7 9.9 -3.1 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 13.0 -6.6 -15.4 30.6 13.7 -24.6 24.6 6.8 26.2 16.3 6.3 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 12.9 -6.6 -15.5 30.6 13.6 -24.6 24.8 6.9 26.1 16.2 6.4 

Gasoline, unleaded regular 2 ........................................... 13.9 -7.1 -16.5 32.8 14.3 -25.6 25.8 7.3 26.7 16.9 6.3 

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 2 ........................................ 11.7 -5.8 -14.4 28.7 12.9 -24.6 25.3 6.1 25.8 15.6 6.4 

Gasoline, unleaded premium 2 ......................................... 11.1 -5.9 -13.4 26.3 12.6 -23.2 23.5 6.2 24.3 14.8 6.1 

Other motor fuels ................................................................ - - -12.3 22.5 25.1 -16.9 1.7 1.7 32.5 22.2 1.9 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment ...................................... -.2 -.6 -.3 -.3 2.1 2.5 1.3 .9 1.9 3.9 .3 

Tires ................................................................................... .0 -3.0 -.5 -1.2 1.0 3.0 .1 -.5 2.4 2.9 .2 

Vehicle accessories other than tires ................................... - -

 .0 .5 3.0 2.2 2.4 2.3 1.4 5.1 .4 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................. 3.1 2.7 3.1 2.5 3.6 3.5 3.8 2.5 2.8 3.8 .2 

Motor vehicle body work ..................................................... 4.5 4.7 3.1 1.4 3.8 3.4 1.9 1.6 2.9 4.7 .4 

Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing .......................... 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.5 3.1 3.9 3.8 1.6 3.2 3.2 .0 

Motor vehicle repair ............................................................ - -

 3.2 2.7 3.7 3.4 4.0 2.9 2.5 4.1 .3 

Motor vehicle insurance ....................................................... 3.9 2.5 -.3 .5 1.9 7.4 9.1 4.6 3.4 .9 -.2 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Expenditure category

Motor vehicle fees ................................................................ - -

 3.1 1.4 4.1 1.8 3.2 7.3 8.7 2.5 1.6 

State and local registration and license 1 ........................... - -

 1.8 .9 3.9 1.0 3.4 8.8 9.9 1.7 2.0 

Parking and other fees ....................................................... - -

 6.8 3.1 4.5 4.1 2.4 2.8 5.4 4.5 .4 

Public transportation ............................................................... 10.6 -2.4 1.4 5.9 3.9 -1.8 -.4 2.2 .3 6.1 1.1 

Airline fare ............................................................................ 15.4 -5.2 4.0 11.0 5.9 -4.0 -2.2 -.4 -1.8 6.7 1.5 

Other intercity transportation ................................................ 1.9 1.5 2.7 -1.6 -1.9 -3.0 2.1 -6.2 -1.2 4.8 1.2 

Intracity transportation .......................................................... 5.6 1.2 -2.7 .5 2.3 2.6 1.4 9.9 3.8 5.6 .4 

Medical care ............................................................................. 3.1 2.8 3.3 3.6 4.2 4.7 5.2 3.7 4.3 4.4 .3 

Medical care commodities ...................................................... 2.5 2.2 3.7 3.6 2.7 4.3 3.0 2.1 1.9 3.6 .4 

Prescription drugs and medical supplies .............................. 3.0 2.5 4.9 6.2 3.6 6.0 4.4 2.4 3.5 4.4 .5 

Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies ........................ 1.5 1.6 1.8 -.8 1.2 1.0 .1 1.5 -1.6 1.7 .1 

Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs ................. 1.9 1.5 2.0 -1.4 1.4 1.5 .2 1.7 -2.5 2.0 .1 

Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies .............. .2 2.0 1.4 .9 .3 -.3 -.4 .5 1.1 .8 .2 

Medical care services ............................................................. 3.2 2.9 3.2 3.6 4.5 4.8 5.8 4.1 5.1 4.6 .2 

Professional services ........................................................... 3.6 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.8 3.6 3.3 2.8 4.0 3.7 -.1 

Physicians’ services 1 ........................................................ 3.1 2.8 3.5 2.6 3.9 3.6 3.4 2.2 4.0 3.1 -.4 

Dental services 1 ................................................................ 5.1 3.9 4.4 4.7 4.4 3.9 4.5 4.5 5.0 5.5 .6 

Eyeglasses and eye care ................................................... 1.4 1.7 .6 3.3 2.4 2.7 -.2 1.8 3.0 2.9 -.1 

Services by other medical professionals 1 ......................... 3.2 3.5 2.4 1.7 2.7 3.4 3.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 -.2 

Hospital and related services 1 ............................................ 4.0 3.1 3.1 5.1 6.2 7.1 10.3 6.4 5.2 5.2 .8 

Hospital services 1 ............................................................. -

 3.0 3.1 5.1 6.2 7.2 10.4 6.4 5.2 5.2 .8 

Inpatient hospital services 1 2 ........................................... -

 2.3 2.5 4.7 5.6 6.9 9.7 5.2 5.6 5.3 1.0 

Outpatient hospital services 1 2 ........................................ 4.8 4.1 4.2 6.6 7.2 6.7 13.2 6.8 4.4 5.1 .5 

Nursing homes and adult daycare 1 ................................... - 4.0 6.3 5.9 5.9 5.3 4.9 5.5 3.7 4.4 .8 

Health insurance 3 ................................................................ - - - - - - - - - -

 .2 

Recreation ................................................................................ 3.0 1.5 .8 .4 1.4 1.2 .9 .8 .6 .9 .1 

Video and audio ..................................................................... 3.4 2.6 .7 -.9 .5 .2 1.9 .1 .7 .0 .1 

Televisions ........................................................................... -5.4 -3.9 -4.9 -7.3 -10.7 -10.7 -10.8 -14.0 -12.5 -13.6 .4 

Cable and satellite television and radio service ................... 7.9 6.9 6.9 2.9 5.3 3.9 7.2 3.7 4.1 3.3 .3 

Other video equipment ......................................................... - -

 -13.2 -15.3 -17.8 -16.9 -13.7 -12.2 -14.5 -10.8 -.7 

Video cassettes, discs, and other media including rental ..... - -

 -5.2 -3.5 -5.8 -2.0 -6.4 -.5 -1.3 -.6 -.4 

Audio equipment .................................................................. -.7 -2.0 -7.6 -4.4 .4 -5.0 -5.0 -5.5 -5.5 -10.1 -1.4 

Audio discs, tapes and other media ..................................... - -

 .3 1.2 2.5 3.8 1.1 -4.0 3.7 .1 -.2 

Pets, pet products and services ............................................. - - 1.6 1.9 2.6 4.1 1.8 2.3 4.2 2.8 .3 

Pets and pet products .......................................................... 5.2 -.4 .4 1.1 -.6 3.2 .7 1.1 3.2 1.5 .2 

Pet services including veterinary .......................................... - -

 4.3 3.5 9.6 6.0 4.7 4.8 6.2 5.0 .6 

Sporting goods ....................................................................... .1 -.1 -.4 -2.7 1.1 -1.8 -1.6 -1.1 -1.2 1.2 -.1 

Sports vehicles including bicycles ........................................ .1 .2 3.0 .1 3.3 -1.0 -1.1 -2.0 1.5 3.5 -.6 

Sports equipment ................................................................. .0 -.6 -3.4 -5.5 -1.3 -2.7 -2.2 .0 -4.2 -1.8 .5 

Photography ........................................................................... - -

 -.4 -.5 .5 -.5 -1.4 -2.0 -3.7 -2.9 .0 

Photographic equipment and supplies ................................. .1 .5 -3.0 -.8 -3.0 -2.4 -6.0 -5.4 -7.8 -4.8 .6 

Photographers and film processing ...................................... - -

 1.2 -.3 2.5 .5 2.0 .3 .2 -1.5 -.5 

Other recreational goods ........................................................ - - -5.0 -6.8 -2.6 -3.9 -7.6 -3.5 -4.6 -4.0 -.4 

Toys ...................................................................................... 3.2 -1.7 -5.9 -7.8 -3.4 -5.0 -9.0 -4.2 -6.1 -4.5 -.4 

Sewing machines, fabric and supplies ................................. - -

 -.9 -3.7 .1 .9 -2.8 .3 .0 -2.2 -1.2 

Music instruments and accessories ..................................... - -

 -.2 -.5 .8 -.2 -1.8 -1.4 1.2 -2.9 .2 

Recreation services ................................................................ - -

 3.3 5.8 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.4 2.1 3.1 .4 

Club membership dues and fees for participant sports ........ - - 4.7 1.5 3.7 2.1 .8 2.6 -.3 2.7 .8 

Admissions ........................................................................... 4.1 3.4 2.6 8.9 4.9 4.1 5.4 3.4 3.3 3.3 .2

Fees for lessons or instructions ............................................ 5.5 5.1 2.0 4.6 1.6 7.3 1.4 6.6 2.7 2.6 .4 

Recreational reading materials ............................................... 2.8 1.1 3.1 .7 1.4 1.7 1.9 .9 2.3 .6 .5 

Newspapers and magazines ................................................ - -

 3.3 2.1 1.5 1.9 2.1 1.7 3.4 1.8 .8 

Recreational books ............................................................... - -

 2.6 -2.1 1.0 1.4 1.4 -.4 .1 -1.5 .0 

Education and communication ................................................. 3.3 3.0 .9 1.6 1.2 3.1 1.8 .8 .7 1.9 .4 

Education ............................................................................... 4.9 5.5 4.7 4.5 5.8 5.5 6.2 6.7 6.2 5.9 .7 

Educational books and supplies ........................................... 5.7 5.3 5.9 -1.1 12.6 2.8 9.1 5.9 4.0 5.0 1.4 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .............................. 4.7 5.5 4.6 4.9 5.2 5.7 6.0 6.7 6.4 5.9 .6 

College tuition and fees ...................................................... 5.5 5.2 3.9 4.1 4.6 6.2 7.0 9.7 8.8 6.7 .1 

Elementary and high school tuition and fees ...................... 4.6 7.2 6.2 7.0 5.6 7.5 6.8 6.3 7.2 5.7 .0 

Child care and nursery school ............................................ 3.6 5.0 4.7 5.0 5.5 4.9 4.8 3.7 3.4 5.1 1.5 

Technical and business school tuition and fees ................. - -

 7.6 5.8 4.5 5.8 5.4 9.6 8.3 6.8 .8 

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Expenditure category

Communication ...................................................................... 1.4 -0.1 -2.2 -0.8 -3.0 0.5 -1.5 -3.8 -3.0 -0.9 0.1 

Postage and delivery services .............................................. - -

 .1 3.0 .1 4.7 10.5 .1 .4 .4 5.0 

Postage .............................................................................. .0 .0 .0 3.0 .0 4.7 10.6 .0 .0 .0 5.3 

Delivery services ................................................................ - -

 4.2 5.7 5.5 6.8 5.1 4.4 13.7 9.4 .6 

Information and information processing ............................... 1.6 -.1 -2.3 -1.1 -3.1 .3 -2.0 -4.0 -3.2 -1.1 .0 

Telephone services ............................................................ - -

 .4 .5 -2.3 1.3 .2 -2.7 -2.5 .3 .0 

Land-line telephone services, local charges 1 .................. .9 1.1 1.4 2.9 5.6 4.6 5.4 2.5 1.1 3.2 -.4 

Land-line telephone services, long distance charges ....... - -

 .0 -1.4 -9.3 -1.9 -5.9 -10.2 -7.7 -1.6 .4 

Wireless telephone services ............................................. - -

 -7.6 -11.4 -12.5 -4.9 .4 -1.3 -1.3 -1.5 .0 

Information technology, hardware and services ................... -10.6 -10.9 -26.4 -18.6 -16.0 -16.3 -13.6 -11.2 -6.3 -8.1 .0 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment .................. - -

 -36.0 -26.7 -23.5 -30.4 -22.8 -17.6 -13.8 -15.3 -1.7 

Computer software and accessories .................................. - -

 -10.1 -1.6 -7.3 -3.3 -11.9 -9.4 -5.2 -4.3 -1.6 

Internet services and electronic information providers ....... - -

 3.5 -7.0 -.5 5.1 -.8 -1.8 -.8 -2.6 .0 

Telephone hardware, calculators, and other consumer

information items ........................................................ - -

 -10.3 -11.8 -11.5 -7.6 -8.3 -12.1 -6.9 -7.8 .7 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 3.4 5.4 11.3 5.8 4.5 5.1 4.0 1.0 2.5 3.4 .3 

Tobacco and smoking products ............................................. 2.4 7.3 32.3 11.4 7.4 9.1 9.6 -.6 3.0 6.0 .4 

Cigarettes ............................................................................. - -

 33.8 11.4 7.4 9.3 9.9 -.9 2.8 6.1 .4 

Tobacco products other than cigarettes ............................... - -

 5.5 9.9 5.1 2.9 4.0 6.2 6.1 4.6 -.1 

Personal care ......................................................................... 1.0 2.3 2.9 3.0 2.8 2.7 1.4 1.8 2.3 2.1 .3 

Personal care products ........................................................ -.8 1.8 2.4 2.3 1.8 .1 -1.2 -.1 -.1 1.0 .3 

Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care

products ...................................................................... - -

 .3 .5 3.5 -.3 -1.0 -.8 -.8 .4 .0 

Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and

implements ................................................................. 2.8 2.4 4.5 4.2 .1 .5 -1.4 .5 .7 2.0 .5 

Personal care services ......................................................... 3.4 2.9 2.7 3.6 4.0 3.0 1.9 2.2 3.5 2.5 -.1 

Haircuts and other personal care services ......................... - -

 2.8 3.6 4.0 3.0 1.8 2.2 3.5 2.5 -.2 

Miscellaneous personal services .......................................... 4.3 5.1 3.7 3.9 3.5 5.0 3.2 3.6 4.1 2.9 .5 

Legal services .................................................................... 4.3 4.3 5.0 5.0 4.4 6.4 4.5 5.1 6.3 3.3 .4 

Funeral expenses ............................................................... 4.9 5.3 4.2 3.7 2.7 4.6 3.9 4.3 3.9 5.0 .5 

Laundry and dry cleaning services ..................................... - -

 2.2 2.3 2.3 4.2 2.2 2.8 3.0 1.9 .4 

Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning ....... - -

 1.9 3.0 4.3 4.1 2.1 3.4 2.6 4.7 .5 

Financial services ............................................................... 3.1 5.8 3.4 4.6 4.0 4.7 3.4 2.5 3.8 1.4 1.0 

Care of invalids and elderly at home 3 ............................... - - - - - - - - - -

 .4 

Miscellaneous personal goods ............................................. - - .4 -2.8 -2.3 -2.0 -1.0 -4.4 -3.2 .5 -.1 

Special aggregate indexes

Commodities .............................................................................. 3.3 .1 .5 3.0 2.7 -1.5 1.3 .3 3.9 2.9 .9 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................... 2.6 -.8 -.5 3.7 2.7 -4.1 1.2 -1.9 4.8 3.3 1.0 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................... 4.1 -.4 -.8 7.5 4.6 -6.2 5.7 1.2 8.0 6.2 1.6 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................. 6.3 -.8 -1.0 11.6 7.5 -7.5 9.2 2.5 11.4 8.9 3.1 

Durables ................................................................................. .5 -1.6 -.1 -.9 .2 -1.3 -3.6 -5.3 1.0 -.2 .3 

Services ...................................................................................... 3.3 2.8 2.4 2.6 3.9 3.7 3.3 2.8 2.9 3.9 .7 

Rent of shelter ............................................................................ 2.9 3.2 3.4 2.5 3.5 4.3 3.1 2.2 2.5 2.7 .3 

Transportation services .............................................................. 3.8 1.3 1.2 2.0 2.8 3.8 4.5 3.0 2.2 2.5 .1

Other services ............................................................................ 4.0 4.1 3.0 3.1 2.7 3.7 3.3 2.4 2.2 2.7 .3 

All items less food ...................................................................... 3.1 1.5 1.5 2.9 3.5 .9 2.6 1.2 3.5 3.7 .8 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 3.4 .9 .9 2.9 3.4 .1 2.1 1.5 3.7 3.8 1.0 

All items less medical care ......................................................... 3.3 1.4 1.5 2.7 3.3 1.1 2.3 1.5 3.4 3.4 .8 

Commodities less food ............................................................... 2.7 -.7 -.4 3.6 2.8 -3.9 1.3 -1.7 4.6 3.3 1.0 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 4.2 -.1 -.7 7.2 4.5 -5.7 5.5 1.2 7.6 5.8 1.6 

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................ 5.9 -.4 -.7 10.7 7.2 -6.7 8.6 2.4 10.6 8.2 2.9 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 4.2 .7 .8 4.5 3.7 -1.5 3.4 2.5 5.1 4.1 1.1 

Apparel less footwear ................................................................. -.8 .5 -.3 .0 -2.2 -3.0 -2.2 -1.5 -.5 -1.9 -3.5 

Services less rent of shelter ....................................................... 3.6 2.3 1.6 2.6 4.4 3.0 3.5 3.6 3.4 5.3 1.0

See footnotes at end of table.
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.

2006 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Special aggregate indexes

Services less medical care services ........................................... 3.3 2.7 2.4 2.4 3.9 3.6 3.1 2.7 2.8 3.9 0.7 

Energy ........................................................................................ 9.2 -3.8 -9.2 14.6 13.8 -13.8 11.5 6.9 16.9 17.0 5.3 

All items less energy .................................................................. 2.9 1.9 2.5 1.9 2.5 2.7 1.7 1.2 2.2 2.0 .3 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 2.5 2.1 2.5 1.9 2.4 2.7 1.7 .7 2.1 2.0 .2 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ................... 1.0 .4 1.8 .3 .8 -.1 -1.7 -3.1 .9 .4 -.1 

Energy commodities ............................................................. 14.0 -7.1 -15.2 30.0 15.0 -24.4 23.8 6.9 26.7 16.7 5.9 

Services less energy services ................................................ 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.6 3.3 4.1 3.5 2.5 2.7 2.8 .3 

Domestically produced farm food ............................................... 5.7 .6 2.2 1.8 3.2 3.0 .8 5.6 2.6 1.2 .8 

Utilities and public transportation ............................................... 4.8 .6 -.1 1.8 5.8 .1 1.4 3.2 3.2 9.0 2.2 

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 2005=100 base. - Data not available.

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