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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX – DECEMBER 2010 

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.5 percent in December on a 

seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, 

the all items index increased 1.5 percent before seasonal adjustment. 

The energy index increased in December. The gasoline index rose sharply and accounted for about 80 

percent of the all items seasonally adjusted increase. The household energy index, which declined in 

November, increased as well. The food index increased slightly in December, with the fruits and 

vegetables index rising notably.

The index for all items less food and energy also rose in December. An increase in the shelter index 

accounted for about 60 percent of the rise, and the indexes for airline fares, medical care and apparel 

rose as well. These increases more than offset declines in the indexes for communication, recreation, and 

household furnishings and operations.

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Chart 1. One-month percent change in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), seasonally adjusted, Dec. 2009 - Dec. 2010

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Chart 2. 12-month percent change in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), not seasonally adjusted, Dec. 2009 - Dec. 2010

Percent change

All items All items less food and energy

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Year in Review 

The rate of increase in the CPI slowed in 2010 as the December to December increase fell from 2.7 

percent in 2009 to 1.5 percent in 2010. A deceleration in the gasoline index accounted for much of the 

slowdown, as it increased 13.8 percent in 2010 after rising 53.5 percent in 2009. The index for 

household energy, which declined in 2009, rose 0.8 percent in 2010 as increases in the indexes for fuel 

oil and electricity more than offset a decline in the natural gas index. The energy index as a whole, 

which rose 18.2 percent in 2009, increased 7.7 percent in 2010.

The index for all items less food and energy also decelerated in 2010. After rising 1.8 percent in both 

2008 and 2009, the index increased 0.8 percent in 2010, the smallest December-December increase in 

the history of the index. Several indexes turned down in 2010. These include the new vehicles index, 

which fell 0.2 percent in 2010 after rising 4.9 percent in 2009, and the index for apparel, which fell 1.1 

percent in 2010 after a 1.9 percent increase in 2009. The indexes for recreation and household 

furnishings and operations, which both declined in 2009, posted larger decreases in 2010. The indexes 

for tobacco and for used cars and trucks rose in 2010, but at a slower rate than the previous year. The 

shelter and medical care indexes posted increases in 2010 similar to their 2009 figures. One of the few 

indexes to accelerate was the airline fares index, which rose 5.8 percent in 2010 after rising 4.3 percent 

in 2009.

The food index turned up in 2010, rising 1.5 percent after declining 0.5 percent in 2009. The index for 

food away from home rose 1.3 percent; the food at home index increased 1.7 percent after declining 2.4 

percent in 2009. Among major grocery store food groups, the index for meats, poultry, fish and eggs 

posted the largest increase at 5.5 percent followed by a 3.7 percent increase in the dairy index. The 

indexes for nonalcoholic beverages and cereals and bakery products were the only ones to decline. 

Consumer Price Index Data for December 2010 

Food

The food index rose 0.1 percent in December after a 0.2 percent increase in November. The indexes for 

food away from home and food at home both rose 0.1 percent. Within the latter group, the fruits and 

vegetables index rose 1.8 percent after declining in November. The index for fresh fruits rose 3.4 

percent, its fourth consecutive monthly increase. The indexes for cereals and bakery products, dairy and 

related products, and other food at home also increased in December. In contrast, the index for 

nonalcoholic beverages fell 1.3 percent in December and the index for meats, poultry, fish and eggs fell 

0.4 percent.

Energy

The energy index, which rose 0.2 percent in November, increased 4.6 percent in December. The 

gasoline index rose 8.5 percent in December, the sixth consecutive increase. (Before seasonal 

adjustment, gasoline prices rose 4.5 percent in December.) The index for household energy also 

increased in December, rising 0.8 percent after declining 0.4 percent in November. The index for fuel oil 

increased 4.9 percent, and the indexes for natural gas and electricity rose 1.4 percent and 0.3 percent, 

respectively.
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All items less food and energy 

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.1 percent in December, the same increase as last 

month. The index for shelter rose 0.1 percent for the third month in a row. The rent index rose 0.2 

percent while the index for owners’ equivalent rent increased 0.1 percent. The index for lodging away 

from home turned up in December, rising 1.3 percent after falling 1.2 percent in November. The index 

for airline fares continued to rise in December, increasing 3.3 percent after a 3.0 percent advance in 

November. The index for medical care rose 0.2 percent in December. The index for medical care 

commodities rose 0.1 percent while the index for medical care services increased 0.3 percent with the 

hospital services index rising 0.8 percent. The index for apparel rose 0.1 percent in December, and the 

tobacco index increased 0.8 percent after declining in each of the two previous months. The index for 

new vehicles was unchanged in December after declining in November while the used cars and trucks 

index fell 0.1 percent, its fourth consecutive decline. Also falling in December were the indexes for 

recreation (down 0.2 percent), communication (down 0.6 percent), and household furnishings and 

operations (down 0.1 percent).

 Not seasonally adjusted CPI measures 

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 1.5 percent over the last 12 

months to an index level of 219.179 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index increased 0.2 percent prior 

to seasonal adjustment. 

The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) increased 1.7 

percent over the last 12 months to an index level of 215.262 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index 

rose 0.2 percent prior to seasonal adjustment. 

The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) increased 1.4 percent over the 

last 12 months. For the month, the index increased 0.2 percent on a not seasonally adjusted basis. Please 

note that the indexes for the post-2008 period are subject to revision.

The Consumer Price Index for January 2011 is scheduled to be released on Thursday, February 

17, 2011, at 8:30 a.m. (EST).
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Effective with the release of CPI data for January 2011 scheduled for Thursday, February 17, 2011, the 

following series will be re-titled: 

Recreation services will become Other recreation services 

Gas (piped) and electricity will become Energy services 

Canned fish and seafood will become Shelf stable fish and seafood 

The Recreation services index does not include all services under the major group Recreation, specifically 

video and audio related services, pet services, and photography and film services are excluded. The new 

title, Other recreation services, will reflect these exclusions. 

Gas (piped) and electricity has been presented as Energy services in Table A of the CPI News Release 

since August 2009. At that time, the format text of the News Release was updated to focus on Food, 

Energy, and All items less food and energy instead of the major groups (Food, Housing, Apparel, 

Transportation, Medical care, Education and communication, Recreation, and Other goods and services).

The title will be changed in the remainder of the publication tables in January 2011 to improve 

consistency.

The title for Canned fish and seafood will change to Shelf stable fish and seafood to better reflect current 

packaging methods. 
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Brief Explanation of the CPI 

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time of goods and 

services purchased by households. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes CPIs for two population 

groups: (1) the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), which covers households 

of wage earners and clerical workers that comprise approximately 32 percent of the total population and 

(2) the CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the Chained CPI for All Urban Consumers (C-CPIU), which cover approximately 87 percent of the total population and include in addition to wage 

earners and clerical worker households, groups such as professional, managerial, and technical workers, 

the self-employed, short-term workers, the unemployed, and retirees and others not in the labor force. 

The CPIs are based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, and fuels, transportation fares, charges for 

doctors’ and dentists’ services, drugs, and other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day 

living. Prices are collected each month in 87 urban areas across the country from about 4,000 housing 

units and approximately 25,000 retail establishments-department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling 

stations, and other types of stores and service establishments. All taxes directly associated with the 

purchase and use of items are included in the index. Prices of fuels and a few other items are obtained 

every month in all 87 locations. Prices of most other commodities and services are collected every 

month in the three largest geographic areas and every other month in other areas. Prices of most goods 

and services are obtained by personal visits or telephone calls of the Bureau’s trained representatives. 

In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each location are averaged together with 

weights, which represent their importance in the spending of the appropriate population group. Local 

data are then combined to obtain a U.S. city average. For the CPI-U and CPI-W separate indexes are 

also published by size of city, by region of the country, for cross-classifications of regions and 

population-size classes, and for 27 local areas. Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of 

prices among cities; they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base period.

For the C-CPI-U data are issued only at the national level. It is important to note that the CPI-U and 

CPI-W are considered final when released, but the C-CPI-U is issued in preliminary form and subject to 

two annual revisions. 

The index measures price change from a designed reference date. For the CPI-U and the CPI-W the 

reference base is 1982-84 equals 100.0. The reference base for the C-CPI-U is December 1999 equals 

100. An increase of 16.5 percent from the reference base, for example, is shown as 116.5. This change 

can also be expressed in dollars as follows: the price of a base period market basket of goods and 

services in the CPI has risen from $10 in 1982-84 to $11.65. 

For further details visit the CPI home page on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/cpi/ or contact our CPI 

Information and Analysis Section on (202) 691-7000. 
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Note on Sampling Error in the Consumer Price Index 

The CPI is a statistical estimate that is subject to sampling error because it is based upon a sample of 

retail prices and not the complete universe of all prices. BLS calculates and publishes estimates of the 

1-month, 2-month, 6-month and 12-month percent change standard errors annually, for the CPI-U.

These standard error estimates can be used to construct confidence intervals for hypothesis testing. For 

example, the estimated standard error of the 1 month percent change is 0.04 percent for the U.S. All 

Items Consumer Price Index. This means that if we repeatedly sample from the universe of all retail 

prices using the same methodology, and estimate a percentage change for each sample, then 95% of 

these estimates would be within 0.08 percent of the 1 month percentage change based on all retail prices.

For example, for a 1-month change of 0.2 percent in the All Items CPI for All Urban Consumers, we are 

95 percent confident that the actual percent change based on all retail prices would fall between 0.12 and 

0.28 percent. For the latest data, including information on how to use the estimates of standard error, 

see “Variance Estimates for Price Changes in the Consumer Price Index, January-December 2009”. 

These data are available on the CPI home page (http://www.bls.gov/cpi), or by using the following link 

http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpivar2009.pdf

Calculating Index Changes 

Movements of the indexes from one month to another are usually expressed as percent changes rather 

than changes in index points, because index point changes are affected by the level of the index in 

relation to its base period while percent changes are not. The example below illustrates the computation 

of index point and percent changes. 

 Percent changes for 3-month and 6-month periods are expressed as annual rates and are computed 

according to the standard formula for compound growth rates. These data indicate what the percent 

change would be if the current rate were maintained for a 12-month period. 

Index Point Change

CPI 202.416 

Less previous index 201.800 

Equals index point change .616 

Percent Change

Index point difference .616 

Divided by the previous index 201.800 

Equals 0.003 

Results multiplied by one hundred 0.003x100 

Equals percent change 0.3
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Regions Defined 

The states in the four regions shown in Tables 3 and 6 are listed below. 

The Northeast--Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, 

and Vermont. 

The Midwest--Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, 

and Wisconsin. 

The South--Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, 

Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. 

The West--Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, 

Washington, and Wyoming. 

A Note on Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Data 

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

publishes seasonally adjusted as well as unadjusted changes each month. 

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

since they eliminate the effect of changes that normally occur at the same time and in about the same 

magnitude every year--such as price movements resulting from changing climatic conditions, production 

cycles, model changeovers, holidays, and sales. 

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

Unadjusted data also are used extensively for escalation purposes. Many collective bargaining contract 

agreements and pension plans, for example, tie compensation changes to the Consumer Price Index 

before adjustment for seasonal variation. 

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

Seasonal Adjustment Method. Seasonally adjusted indexes and seasonal factors are computed annually. 

Each year, the last 5 years of seasonally adjusted data are revised. Data from January 2005 through 

December 2009 were replaced in January 2010. Exceptions to the usual revision schedule were: the 

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

dependently seasonally adjusted series were revised for January 1987-December 2001 as a result of a 

change in the aggregation weights for dependently adjusted series. For further information, please see 

“Aggregation of Dependently Adjusted Seasonally Adjusted Series,” in the October 2001 issue of the 

CPI Detailed Report. 

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

movement of 73 selected components. Each year the seasonal status of every series is reevaluated based 

upon certain statistical criteria. If any of the 73 components change their seasonal adjustment status 

from seasonally adjusted to not seasonally adjusted, not seasonally adjusted data will be used in the 

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

before that period. Note: 46 of the 73 components are seasonally adjusted for 2010. 

Seasonally adjusted data, including the all items index levels, are subject to revision for up to five years 

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

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

enhanced seasonal adjustment procedure called Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment for some 

CPI series. Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment allows for better estimates of seasonally 

adjusted data. Extreme values and/or sharp movements which might distort the seasonal pattern are 

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

calculation of seasonal factors for 1996, X-12-ARIMA software was used for Intervention Analysis 

Seasonal Adjustment. 

For the seasonal factors introduced in January 2010, BLS adjusted 30 series using Intervention Analysis 

Seasonal Adjustment, including selected food and beverage items, motor fuels, electricity and vehicles.

For example, this procedure was used for the Motor fuel series to offset the effects of events such as 

damage to oil refineries from Hurricane Katrina. 

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

the article “Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment”, located on our website at 

http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpisapage.htm.

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

Statistics, Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes, Washington, DC 20212 or contact David 

Levin at (202) 691-6968, or by e-mail at Levin.David@bls.gov If you have general questions about the 

CPI, please call our information staff at (202) 691-7000.

Recalculated Seasonally Adjusted Indexes to be Available on February 15, 2011 

Each year with the release of the January CPI, seasonal adjustment factors are recalculated to reflect 

price movements from the just-completed calendar year. This routine annual recalculation may result in 

revisions to seasonally adjusted indexes for the previous 5 years. BLS will make available recalculated 

seasonally adjusted indexes, as well as recalculated seasonal adjustment factors, for the period January 

2006 through December 2010, on Tuesday, February 15, 2011. This date is two working days before the 

scheduled release of the January 2011 CPI on Thursday, February 17, 2011. 

The revised indexes and seasonal factors will be available on the internet. The address is 

http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpisapage.htm. Look under Seasonal Adjustment in the CPI and select Revised 

Seasonally Adjusted Indexes and Factors, 2006-2010. 

For further information please contact David Levin by electronic mail at: Levin.David@bls.gov or by 

telephone at: (202) 691-5261. 
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)

CPI-U

Relative

importance,

December

2009

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Dec. 2010 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Nov.

2010

Dec.

2010

Dec.

2009

Nov.

2010

Sep. to

Oct.

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Expenditure category

All items ........................................................................................ 100.000 218.803 219.179 1.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.5 

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

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Food and beverages .................................................................. 14.795 220.991 221.278 1.5 .1 .1 .2 .1 

Food ......................................................................................... 13.738 220.617 220.946 1.5 .1 .1 .2 .1 

Food at home ......................................................................... 7.801 216.538 216.955 1.7 .2 .0 .3 .1 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................... 1.108 249.944 250.592 -.2 .3 -.2 .4 .5 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. 1.745 212.957 212.019 5.5 -.4 .6 .5 -.4 

Dairy and related products 1 ................................................ .820 201.277 202.056 3.7 .4 1.1 .0 .4 

Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... 1.153 269.917 277.089 1.4 2.7 -.7 -.2 1.8 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................ .952 161.427 159.229 -1.2 -1.4 -.5 .8 -1.3 

Other food at home .............................................................. 2.023 190.152 190.147 .1 .0 -.2 .1 .1 

Sugar and sweets .............................................................. .295 200.586 203.098 2.2 1.3 .7 -1.4 1.3 

Fats and oils ....................................................................... .232 202.375 200.476 1.6 -.9 .5 .8 -.8 

Other foods ........................................................................ 1.496 202.988 202.776 -.5 -.1 -.4 .3 .0 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... .439 120.623 122.419 .0 1.5 -.3 -.9 1.5 

Food away from home 1 ......................................................... 5.937 227.512 227.722 1.3 .1 .1 .1 .1 

Other food away from home 1 2 ........................................... .326 160.392 160.681 2.4 .2 .0 .2 .2 

Alcoholic beverages ................................................................. 1.056 224.490 224.215 1.0 -.1 .2 .0 .1 

Housing ...................................................................................... 41.960 215.830 216.142 .3 .1 .1 .0 .2 

Shelter ...................................................................................... 32.289 248.738 248.972 .4 .1 .1 .1 .1 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................... 5.966 250.317 250.986 .8 .3 .1 .2 .2 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................... .769 126.704 125.665 2.5 -.8 -1.0 -1.2 1.3 

Owners’ equivalent rent of residences 3 4 .............................. 25.206 257.202 257.452 .3 .1 .1 .1 .1 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ................ 23.593 257.194 257.444 .3 .1 .1 .1 .1 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... .347 127.501 126.194 1.9 -1.0 .4 .3 -1.0 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 5.081 210.978 212.505 1.8 .7 .4 -.2 .7 

Household energy .................................................................. 4.028 184.764 186.338 .8 .9 .4 -.4 .8 

Fuel oil and other fuels 1 ...................................................... .276 286.367 298.037 13.5 4.1 4.0 3.5 4.1 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 5 .............................................. 3.752 187.335 188.443 -.1 .6 .2 -.7 .5 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................... 1.052 174.094 174.543 5.7 .3 .4 .3 .5 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 4.590 124.121 123.931 -2.5 -.2 .0 -.2 -.1 

Household operations 1 2 ....................................................... .781 150.180 150.648 .3 .3 -.1 .0 .3 

Apparel ....................................................................................... 3.695 121.498 118.071 -1.1 -2.8 -.3 .2 .1 

Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... .903 112.824 109.711 -.8 -2.8 -.3 -.4 -.4 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... 1.580 109.778 105.739 -2.4 -3.7 -.4 .5 .0 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... .196 115.106 112.558 -.1 -2.2 -1.9 .7 .7 

Footwear .................................................................................. .721 129.368 126.585 -1.5 -2.2 .2 -.8 -.3 

Transportation ............................................................................ 16.685 195.659 198.280 5.3 1.3 1.2 .3 2.3 

Private transportation ............................................................... 15.497 190.915 193.545 5.3 1.4 1.3 .1 2.4 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. 6.386 96.936 97.046 .6 .1 -.4 -.3 .0 

New vehicles ........................................................................ 3.573 138.222 138.567 -.2 .2 -.2 -.4 .0 

Used cars and trucks ........................................................... 2.012 142.250 142.454 3.7 .1 -.9 -.5 -.1 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 4.525 245.165 256.025 13.9 4.4 4.4 .7 7.7

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 4.337 244.345 255.319 13.8 4.5 4.6 .7 8.5 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ..................................... .401 138.768 139.223 3.3 .3 .4 .3 .3 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1 ................................ 1.167 249.872 250.134 1.9 .1 .2 .0 .1 

Public transportation ................................................................ 1.187 254.995 257.172 4.9 .9 .2 2.1 1.7 

Medical care ............................................................................... 6.513 391.660 391.946 3.3 .1 .1 .1 .2

Medical care commodities 1 ..................................................... 1.611 316.794 317.199 2.9 .1 .1 .2 .1 

Medical care services ............................................................... 4.902 414.850 415.079 3.4 .1 .2 .1 .3 

Professional services ............................................................. 2.796 330.508 330.651 2.7 .0 .0 .3 .1 

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)

CPI-U

Relative

importance,

December

2009

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Dec. 2010 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Nov.

2010

Dec.

2010

Dec.

2009

Nov.

2010

Sep. to

Oct.

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Expenditure category

Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 1.619 619.747 621.176 6.7 0.2 0.5 -0.2 0.8 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................... 6.437 112.839 112.345 -.8 -.4 -.1 .0 -.2 

Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 1.894 98.214 97.167 -2.7 -1.1 -.1 .0 -.7 

Education and communication 2 ................................................ 6.434 130.894 130.548 1.3 -.3 -.1 .1 -.1 

Education 2 .............................................................................. 3.035 203.139 203.343 3.9 .1 .0 .4 .5 

Educational books and supplies ............................................. .200 510.185 513.904 3.5 .7 .5 .4 .9 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................ 2.835 584.509 584.840 4.0 .1 .0 .4 .4 

Communication 2 ..................................................................... 3.399 84.423 83.913 -1.1 -.6 -.2 -.1 -.6 

Information and information processing 1 2 ............................ 3.225 81.250 80.730 -1.2 -.6 -.2 -.1 -.6 

Telephone services 1 2 ......................................................... 2.392 102.329 101.739 -.9 -.6 -.2 -.1 -.6 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 6 ............. .833 9.309 9.232 -2.0 -.8 -.2 -.2 -.8 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 7 ............... .246 74.969 73.559 -5.6 -1.9 -.5 -.4 -2.3 

Other goods and services .......................................................... 3.483 383.633 384.502 1.9 .2 -.3 .3 .2 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ .871 820.854 827.680 5.6 .8 -.3 -.1 .8 

Personal care ........................................................................... 2.612 207.162 207.196 .7 .0 -.3 .5 .0 

Personal care products 1 ....................................................... .688 160.401 160.656 -1.0 .2 -.6 .3 .2 

Personal care services 1 ........................................................ .642 229.623 230.159 .8 .2 -.4 .1 .2 

Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... 1.048 357.061 356.475 2.2 -.2 .2 .4 .0 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ................................................................................ 39.816 175.415 176.015 2.0 .3 .5 .1 1.0

Food and beverages .................................................................. 14.795 220.991 221.278 1.5 .1 .1 .2 .1 

Commodities less food and beverages ...................................... 25.021 151.148 151.854 2.3 .5 .7 .1 1.5 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..................................... 15.044 192.320 193.856 4.4 .8 1.1 .7 2.7 

Apparel ................................................................................... 3.695 121.498 118.071 -1.1 -2.8 -.3 .2 .1 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................... 11.349 240.762 245.458 6.2 2.0 1.5 .6 3.4 

Durables ................................................................................... 9.978 110.573 110.512 -.9 -.1 -.4 -.4 .0 

Services ....................................................................................... 60.184 261.921 262.074 1.2 .1 .1 .1 .2 

Rent of shelter 4 ......................................................................... 31.942 259.142 259.418 .4 .1 .1 .4 .3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... .347 127.501 126.194 1.9 -1.0 .4 .3 -1.0 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 5 .................................................... 3.752 187.335 188.443 -.1 .6 .2 -.7 .5 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ....................... 1.052 174.094 174.543 5.7 .3 .4 .3 .5 

Household operations 1 2 ........................................................... .781 150.180 150.648 .3 .3 -.1 .0 .3 

Transportation services .............................................................. 6.060 263.265 263.264 2.8 .0 .3 .5 .2 

Medical care services ................................................................. 4.902 414.850 415.079 3.4 .1 .2 .1 .3 

Other services ............................................................................ 11.347 311.499 310.824 1.4 -.2 .0 .2 .0

Special indexes

All items less food ........................................................................ 86.262 218.538 218.921 1.5 .2 .3 .1 .6

All items less shelter .................................................................... 67.711 209.560 209.996 2.0 .2 .3 .1 .7

All items less medical care ........................................................... 93.487 210.336 210.712 1.4 .2 .2 .1 .5 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 26.078 153.761 154.443 2.2 .4 .7 .1 1.5 

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 16.100 194.266 195.703 4.2 .7 .8 .7 2.4 

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. 12.405 238.165 242.401 5.7 1.8 1.2 .7 3.1 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 29.838 207.053 208.028 3.0 .5 .8 .4 1.3 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... 28.243 285.467 285.481 2.0 .0 .2 .1 .3 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 55.282 250.044 250.191 1.0 .1 .1 .3 .3 

Energy .......................................................................................... 8.553 211.970 217.953 7.7 2.8 2.6 .2 4.6 

All items less energy .................................................................... 91.447 221.235 221.045 .9 -.1 .0 .1 .1

All items less food and energy ................................................... 77.708 222.077 221.795 .8 -.1 .0 .1 .1 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................... 21.276 143.594 142.830 -.4 -.5 -.2 -.1 .0 

Energy commodities ............................................................... 4.801 248.928 259.903 13.9 4.4 4.4 .8 7.5 

Services less energy services .................................................. 56.432 269.509 269.572 1.3 .0 .1 .2 .1 

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

 $ .457 $ .456 - ----

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ............. - $ .153 $ .152 - ----

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 In January, 2011, this series will be re-titled Energy services. 6 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 7 Indexes on a December 2007=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)

CPI-U

Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Sep.

2010

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

Dec.

2010

Mar.

2010

June

2010

Sep.

2010

Dec.

2010 June

2010

Dec.

2010

Expenditure category

All items .............................................................................. 218.372 218.879 219.146 220.252 0.9 -1.5 2.7 3.5 -0.3 3.1 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 220.644 220.808 221.216 221.482 2.0 .7 1.7 1.5 1.3 1.6

Food ................................................................................ 220.262 220.408 220.841 221.112 2.3 .6 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.6 

Food at home ................................................................ 216.241 216.339 216.924 217.241 3.7 .0 1.2 1.9 1.8 1.5

Cereals and bakery products ...................................... 250.651 250.168 251.147 252.377 -2.8 -2.8 2.3 2.8 -2.8 2.6 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................... 210.311 211.630 212.686 211.832 4.1 12.0 3.2 2.9 8.0 3.1 

Dairy and related products 1 ....................................... 199.042 201.291 201.277 202.056 8.5 -1.7 2.2 6.2 3.3 4.2 

Fruits and vegetables .................................................. 270.585 268.779 268.320 273.170 19.7 -9.9 -5.7 3.9 3.8 -1.0

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ....... 161.667 160.937 162.234 160.203 -.7 -2.6 2.1 -3.6 -1.7 -.8 

Other food at home ..................................................... 191.482 191.175 191.387 191.556 -1.0 -.5 1.8 .2 -.7 1.0 

Sugar and sweets ..................................................... 202.826 204.188 201.329 203.928 -.1 .3 6.6 2.2 .1 4.4 

Fats and oils .............................................................. 201.256 202.234 203.821 202.113 -1.3 2.9 2.9 1.7 .8 2.3

Other foods ............................................................... 204.645 203.766 204.398 204.391 -1.2 -1.1 .7 -.5 -1.2 .1 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................ 122.106 121.698 120.623 122.419 -.3 -2.5 1.8 1.0 -1.4 1.4 

Food away from home 1 ............................................... 227.075 227.287 227.512 227.722 .4 1.4 2.3 1.1 .9 1.7 

Other food away from home 1 2 .................................. 160.072 160.036 160.392 160.681 4.3 1.6 2.0 1.5 2.9 1.8 

Alcoholic beverages ........................................................ 224.249 224.665 224.724 224.932 -1.5 1.2 3.0 1.2 -.2 2.1 

Housing ............................................................................. 216.157 216.351 216.425 216.828 -1.1 -.6 .4 1.2 -.9 .8 

Shelter ............................................................................. 248.590 248.725 248.990 249.325 -2.2 .9 .4 1.2 -.7 .8 

Rent of primary residence 3 .......................................... 249.535 249.675 250.217 250.772 .3 .4 .5 2.0 .3 1.3 

Lodging away from home 2 ........................................... 135.371 134.035 132.465 134.131 -6.7 23.1 -5.1 -3.6 7.2 -4.3 

Owners’ equivalent rent of residences 3 4 .................... 256.667 256.884 257.192 257.432 -.8 .3 .5 1.2 -.3 .8 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ....... 256.661 256.878 257.184 257.423 -.8 .3 .5 1.2 -.3 .8 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ......................... 126.627 127.111 127.501 126.194 2.0 2.8 4.3 -1.4 2.4 1.4 

Fuels and utilities ............................................................ 213.483 214.378 213.899 215.440 8.8 -7.1 2.4 3.7 .5 3.1 

Household energy ......................................................... 187.999 188.822 188.156 189.638 8.9 -10.1 1.9 3.5 -1.0 2.7 

Fuel oil and other fuels 1 ............................................. 265.812 276.551 286.367 298.037 22.0 -14.4 .4 58.0 2.2 26.0 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 5 ..................................... 191.969 192.302 191.052 192.059 8.0 -9.8 2.0 .2 -1.3 1.1 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .......... 172.598 173.204 173.652 174.471 8.5 5.3 4.5 4.4 6.9 4.4 

Household furnishings and operations ............................ 124.729 124.685 124.453 124.378 -3.7 -3.7 -1.5 -1.1 -3.7 -1.3 

Household operations 1 2 ............................................. 150.346 150.151 150.180 150.648 -.5 1.5 -.6 .8 .5 .1 

Apparel .............................................................................. 119.444 119.028 119.248 119.344 -4.5 1.3 -.9 -.3 -1.6 -.6 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. 112.412 112.077 111.579 111.174 -3.9 9.0 -3.5 -4.3 2.4 -3.9

Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. 106.293 105.915 106.487 106.507 -5.0 -3.9 -1.2 .8 -4.5 -.2

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... 114.148 111.956 112.760 113.529 1.3 2.5 -2.0 -2.2 1.9 -2.1

Footwear ......................................................................... 128.327 128.548 127.489 127.064 -5.0 2.6 .5 -3.9 -1.3 -1.7 

Transportation ................................................................... 193.961 196.318 196.833 201.406 4.6 -10.1 13.0 16.3 -3.0 14.6 

Private transportation ...................................................... 189.331 191.780 192.011 196.566 5.4 -11.5 14.2 16.2 -3.4 15.2 

New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................... 97.739 97.303 96.966 96.950 3.1 1.3 1.8 -3.2 2.2 -.7 

New vehicles ............................................................... 138.704 138.417 137.924 137.926 -1.2 .4 2.2 -2.2 -.4 .0 

Used cars and trucks .................................................. 145.139 143.833 143.137 142.989 11.4 6.6 3.3 -5.8 8.9 -1.3

Motor fuel ...................................................................... 238.064 248.648 250.355 269.733 9.5 -37.3 49.0 64.8 -17.2 56.7 

Gasoline (all types) ..................................................... 236.714 247.512 249.154 270.336 8.6 -38.9 48.8 70.1 -18.5 59.1 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................ 137.802 138.289 138.768 139.223 2.2 3.5 3.3 4.2 2.8 3.7 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1 ....................... 249.231 249.824 249.872 250.134 2.0 1.6 2.6 1.5 1.8 2.0 

Public transportation ....................................................... 251.529 251.992 257.386 261.731 -5.5 11.2 -1.7 17.2 2.5 7.3 

Medical care ...................................................................... 391.328 391.902 392.323 393.216 5.7 2.3 3.2 1.9 4.0 2.6 

Medical care commodities 1 ............................................ 315.804 316.082 316.794 317.199 7.7 1.1 1.2 1.8 4.4 1.5 

Medical care services ..................................................... 414.806 415.495 415.781 416.864 5.0 2.8 3.9 2.0 3.9 2.9

Professional services .................................................... 330.705 330.626 331.593 331.902 2.9 2.6 3.9 1.5 2.8 2.7

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)

CPI-U

Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Sep.

2010

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

Dec.

2010

Mar.

2010

June

2010

Sep.

2010

Dec.

2010 June

2010

Dec.

2010

Expenditure category

Hospital and related services 3 ..................................... 617.619 621.010 619.809 624.460 10.6 5.5 6.5 4.5 8.0 5.5 

Recreation 2 ...................................................................... 113.028 112.945 112.985 112.779 -1.0 1.4 -2.3 -.9 .2 -1.6

Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 98.746 98.605 98.570 97.866 -3.1 -.2 -3.4 -3.5 -1.7 -3.4 

Education and communication 2 ....................................... 130.220 130.140 130.316 130.223 3.2 1.7 .4 .0 2.4 .2 

Education 2 ..................................................................... 200.358 200.442 201.278 202.207 5.9 5.2 .9 3.7 5.6 2.3 

Educational books and supplies ................................... 504.653 507.055 509.314 514.069 4.3 6.2 -3.8 7.7 5.2 1.8 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ...................... 576.388 576.457 578.848 581.328 6.1 5.1 1.2 3.5 5.6 2.3 

Communication 2 ............................................................ 84.660 84.527 84.424 83.948 .6 -1.3 .0 -3.3 -.4 -1.7 

Information and information processing 1 2 .................. 81.497 81.359 81.250 80.730 .2 -1.4 .0 -3.7 -.6 -1.8 

Telephone services 1 2 ............................................... 102.633 102.458 102.329 101.739 -1.6 .0 1.3 -3.4 -.8 -1.1 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 6 .... 9.339 9.324 9.309 9.232 5.6 -5.3 -3.5 -4.5 .0 -4.0 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 7 ..... 76.330 75.917 75.649 73.933 -4.1 -8.2 2.3 -12.0 -6.2 -5.1 

Other goods and services ................................................. 383.948 382.701 383.904 384.835 .8 2.4 3.6 .9 1.6 2.2 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... 823.766 821.529 820.854 827.680 1.8 9.9 9.0 1.9 5.8 5.4 

Personal care .................................................................. 207.136 206.425 207.359 207.439 .4 -.1 1.7 .6 .2 1.2 

Personal care products 1 .............................................. 160.985 159.951 160.401 160.656 .2 -5.6 2.3 -.8 -2.7 .7 

Personal care services 1 ............................................... 230.332 229.343 229.623 230.159 .2 3.2 .2 -.3 1.7 -.1 

Miscellaneous personal services .................................. 355.275 356.127 357.566 357.742 2.5 1.1 2.5 2.8 1.8 2.7 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ....................................................................... 174.665 175.490 175.685 177.447 2.2 -5.2 5.3 6.5 -1.6 5.9 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 220.644 220.808 221.216 221.482 2.0 .7 1.7 1.5 1.3 1.6

Commodities less food and beverages ............................. 150.262 151.324 151.427 153.732 2.2 -8.5 7.4 9.6 -3.3 8.5 

Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... 189.461 191.616 192.943 198.143 1.8 -13.6 13.0 19.6 -6.2 16.3 

Apparel .......................................................................... 119.444 119.028 119.248 119.344 -4.5 1.3 -.9 -.3 -1.6 -.6 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... 237.892 241.403 242.946 251.231 5.5 -19.4 20.3 24.4 -7.8 22.3 

Durables .......................................................................... 111.580 111.174 110.683 110.641 -.6 -.2 .7 -3.3 -.4 -1.3 

Services .............................................................................. 261.781 262.008 262.313 262.734 .3 1.1 .9 1.5 .7 1.2 

Rent of shelter 4 ................................................................ 259.063 259.238 260.293 261.086 -3.4 .9 1.2 3.2 -1.3 2.2 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ............................. 126.627 127.111 127.501 126.194 2.0 2.8 4.3 -1.4 2.4 1.4 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 5 ........................................... 191.969 192.302 191.052 192.059 8.0 -9.8 2.0 .2 -1.3 1.1 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .............. 172.598 173.204 173.652 174.471 8.5 5.3 4.5 4.4 6.9 4.4 

Household operations 1 2 ................................................. 150.346 150.151 150.180 150.648 -.5 1.5 -.6 .8 .5 .1 

Transportation services ..................................................... 260.777 261.655 263.019 263.668 2.1 3.3 1.3 4.5 2.7 2.9 

Medical care services ....................................................... 414.806 415.495 415.781 416.864 5.0 2.8 3.9 2.0 3.9 2.9 

Other services ................................................................... 310.495 310.397 311.001 310.951 1.5 3.2 .5 .6 2.4 .5 

Special indexes

All items less food ............................................................... 218.095 218.658 218.899 220.137 .7 -1.8 2.9 3.8 -.5 3.3 

All items less shelter ........................................................... 209.012 209.671 209.943 211.368 2.5 -2.6 3.8 4.6 -.1 4.2 

All items less medical care .................................................. 209.905 210.404 210.664 211.768 .6 -1.7 2.7 3.6 -.6 3.1 

Commodities less food ........................................................ 152.889 153.938 154.040 156.296 2.1 -8.1 7.2 9.2 -3.2 8.2 

Nondurables less food ........................................................ 191.839 193.327 194.729 199.426 2.7 -13.5 13.5 16.8 -5.7 15.1 

Nondurables less food and apparel .................................... 235.546 238.419 240.153 247.669 4.9 -17.9 18.7 22.2 -7.2 20.4

Nondurables ........................................................................ 205.209 206.911 207.704 210.310 2.6 -8.5 8.4 10.3 -3.1 9.4 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ............................................. 285.138 285.577 285.971 286.783 2.9 1.3 1.4 2.3 2.1 1.9 

Services less medical care services ................................... 249.872 250.121 250.920 251.610 -.9 .9 1.0 2.8 .0 1.9 

Energy ................................................................................. 210.256 215.720 216.190 226.181 9.2 -25.7 24.5 33.9 -9.9 29.1 

All items less energy ........................................................... 220.930 220.938 221.187 221.402 .2 1.2 .9 .9 .7 .9 

All items less food and energy .......................................... 221.781 221.765 221.982 222.187 -.2 1.3 .7 .7 .6 .7 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ........... 143.727 143.379 143.251 143.215 -.1 -.1 .3 -1.4 -.1 -.6 

Energy commodities ..................................................... 241.105 251.770 253.894 273.021 10.2 -36.2 45.6 64.4 -16.1 54.7 

Services less energy services ......................................... 268.921 269.138 269.589 269.957 -.2 1.9 .9 1.5 .8 1.2 

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 In January, 2011, this series will be re-titled Energy services. 6 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 7 Indexes on a December 2007=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): Selected areas, all items index 

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-U

All items 

Pricing

schedule 1

Indexes Percent change to

Dec.2010 from—

Percent change to

Nov.2010 from—

Sep.

2010

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

Dec.

2010

Dec.

2009

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

Nov.

2009

Sep.

2010

Oct.

2010

U.S. city average ............................................ M 218.439 218.711 218.803 219.179 1.5 0.2 0.2 1.1 0.2 0.0 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban .............................................. M 234.027 234.671 235.094 235.141 1.6 .2 .0 1.5 .5 .2 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 235.995 236.560 236.806 236.828 1.4 .1 .0 1.3 .3 .1 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 139.229 139.746 140.282 140.351 2.0 .4 .0 1.9 .8 .4 

Midwest urban ................................................ M 208.788 208.689 208.816 209.270 1.8 .3 .2 1.2 .0 .1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 209.253 209.182 209.344 209.936 1.7 .4 .3 1.0 .0 .1 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 134.275 134.074 134.058 134.267 1.9 .1 .2 1.6 -.2 .0 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 205.100 205.565 206.014 206.136 1.7 .3 .1 1.5 .4 .2 

South urban .................................................... M 211.775 212.026 211.996 212.488 1.4 .2 .2 1.1 .1 .0 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 213.493 213.589 213.424 213.850 1.4 .1 .2 .9 .0 -.1 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 134.658 134.890 134.892 135.240 1.5 .3 .3 1.2 .2 .0 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 215.172 215.390 215.736 216.189 1.4 .4 .2 1.1 .3 .2 

West urban ..................................................... M 221.384 221.708 221.671 222.081 1.3 .2 .2 .9 .1 .0 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 225.726 226.058 225.847 226.112 1.4 .0 .1 1.1 .1 -.1 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 133.544 133.745 133.930 134.328 .9 .4 .3 .4 .3 .1 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 199.617 199.842 199.844 200.123 1.5 .1 .1 1.1 .1 .0 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 134.987 135.174 135.289 135.579 1.5 .3 .2 1.2 .2 .1 

D ................................................................. M 211.524 211.831 212.124 212.541 1.6 .3 .2 1.2 .3 .1 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... M 213.339 213.332 213.066 213.778 1.2 .2 .3 .4 -.1 -.1 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... M 226.048 226.794 225.941 226.639 1.3 -.1 .3 .7 .0 -.4 

New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,

NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 241.485 241.981 241.960 241.874 1.4 .0 .0 1.3 .2 .0 

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ..... 1 236.474 -

 238.103 ---- .6 .7 -

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 1 205.492 - 206.168 ---- 2.3 .3 -

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... 1 201.882 - 201.168 ---- -.4 -.4 -

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 142.738 - 142.915 ---- 1.6 .1 -

Atlanta, GA ..................................................... 2 - 202.913 - 202.519 1.0 -.2 ----

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. 2 - 205.824 - 206.384 1.2 .3 ----

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 - 195.094 - 194.479 1.9 -.3 ----

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. 2 - 223.631 - 224.907 .9 .6 ----

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ 2 - 228.543 - 228.017 1.4 -.2 ----

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... 2 - 228.107 - 227.658 1.5 -.2 ----

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 - 227.251 - 226.862 .6 -.2 ----

1 Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all areas;

 most other goods and services priced as indicated:

 M - Every month.

 1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November.

 2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December. 2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See 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 4. 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)

CPI-W

Relative

importance,

December

2009

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Dec. 2010 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Nov.

2010

Dec.

2010

Dec.

2009

Nov.

2010

Sep. to

Oct.

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Expenditure category

All items ........................................................................................ 100.000 214.750 215.262 1.7 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.6 

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

 639.673 641.200 - ----

Food and beverages .................................................................. 16.425 220.245 220.508 1.5 .1 .1 .2 .1 

Food ......................................................................................... 15.333 219.768 220.062 1.6 .1 .1 .2 .1 

Food at home ......................................................................... 8.900 215.414 215.748 1.7 .2 .0 .3 .1 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................... 1.257 250.648 251.419 -.1 .3 -.2 .4 .6 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. 2.144 212.693 211.858 5.6 -.4 .6 .4 -.3 

Dairy and related products 1 ................................................ .898 200.084 200.958 3.8 .4 1.1 .1 .4 

Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... 1.223 266.802 273.977 1.4 2.7 -.7 -.2 1.9 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................ 1.123 160.999 158.654 -1.3 -1.5 -.5 1.0 -1.4 

Other food at home .............................................................. 2.254 189.265 189.176 .0 .0 -.2 .2 .0 

Sugar and sweets .............................................................. .321 199.542 202.206 2.5 1.3 .6 -1.0 1.4 

Fats and oils ....................................................................... .259 202.668 200.925 1.4 -.9 .5 .8 -.7 

Other foods ........................................................................ 1.674 202.901 202.520 -.7 -.2 -.4 .3 -.1 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... .472 120.723 122.267 -.4 1.3 -.3 -.9 1.3 

Food away from home 1 ......................................................... 6.433 227.634 227.871 1.3 .1 .1 .1 .1 

Other food away from home 1 2 ........................................... .321 161.428 161.657 3.1 .1 .1 .3 .1 

Alcoholic beverages ................................................................. 1.092 225.771 225.592 1.1 -.1 .1 .2 .1 

Housing ...................................................................................... 39.753 212.490 212.861 .3 .2 .1 .1 .2 

Shelter ...................................................................................... 30.171 242.806 243.120 .5 .1 .1 .1 .1 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................... 8.476 248.553 249.246 .7 .3 .0 .2 .2 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................... .432 128.305 127.369 2.5 -.7 -.7 -.9 1.2 

Owners’ equivalent rent of residences 3 4 .............................. 20.959 233.047 233.278 .3 .1 .1 .1 .1 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ................ 20.218 233.049 233.278 .3 .1 .1 .1 .1 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... .303 128.556 127.674 2.6 -.7 .3 .3 -.7 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 5.632 209.449 210.860 1.7 .7 .3 -.3 .6 

Household energy .................................................................. 4.517 182.634 184.079 .8 .8 .3 -.4 .7 

Fuel oil and other fuels 1 ...................................................... .271 287.994 299.558 13.0 4.0 4.2 3.4 4.0 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 5 .............................................. 4.246 186.023 187.077 .0 .6 .1 -.7 .5 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................... 1.114 174.621 175.008 5.5 .2 .2 .4 .4 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 3.950 120.257 120.007 -2.6 -.2 .0 -.1 .0 

Household operations 1 2 ....................................................... .369 152.778 153.116 .4 .2 -.1 .0 .2 

Apparel ....................................................................................... 3.788 120.628 117.127 -1.6 -2.9 -.3 .0 .0 

Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... .945 112.815 109.849 -.9 -2.6 -.5 -.1 -.3 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... 1.568 109.388 104.988 -2.6 -4.0 -.2 .3 -.3 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... .285 117.900 115.832 .1 -1.8 -1.7 .7 1.1 

Footwear .................................................................................. .781 128.216 125.691 -2.3 -2.0 .2 -1.0 -.2 

Transportation ............................................................................ 18.647 194.884 197.832 5.9 1.5 1.5 -.1 2.8 

Private transportation ............................................................... 17.881 191.524 194.477 5.9 1.5 1.6 -.2 2.8

New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. 6.952 96.024 96.151 1.1 .1 -.5 -.3 .0 

New vehicles ........................................................................ 3.385 139.224 139.567 -.3 .2 -.2 -.3 .0 

Used cars and trucks ........................................................... 2.944 143.176 143.377 3.7 .1 -.9 -.5 -.1 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 5.774 245.957 257.025 13.9 4.5 4.8 -.4 8.3 

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 5.530 245.250 256.443 13.9 4.6 4.6 .7 8.7 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ..................................... .472 138.654 139.150 3.2 .4 .3 .4 .4 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1 ................................ 1.180 252.610 252.759 2.0 .1 .2 .0 .1 

Public transportation ................................................................ .766 252.230 254.312 4.5 .8 .4 1.7 1.9 

Medical care ............................................................................... 5.261 393.277 393.616 3.5 .1 .2 .1 .3

Medical care commodities 1 ..................................................... 1.301 308.332 308.823 3.0 .2 .1 .3 .2 

Medical care services ............................................................... 3.961 418.307 418.568 3.7 .1 .2 .1 .3 

Professional services ............................................................. 2.195 333.868 334.032 2.9 .0 .0 .3 .1 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 4. 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)

CPI-W

Relative

importance,

December

2009

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Dec. 2010 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Nov.

2010

Dec.

2010

Dec.

2009

Nov.

2010

Sep. to

Oct.

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Expenditure category

Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 1.339 622.116 623.692 7.4 0.3 0.6 -0.1 0.8 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................... 6.031 109.082 108.561 -1.2 -.5 -.1 -.2 -.2 

Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 2.046 98.774 97.753 -2.6 -1.0 -.1 -.1 -.6 

Education and communication 2 ................................................ 6.175 125.526 125.089 .8 -.3 -.1 .1 -.2 

Education 2 .............................................................................. 2.327 200.228 200.496 4.0 .1 .1 .4 .5 

Educational books and supplies ............................................. .196 513.546 515.937 3.3 .5 .3 .6 .7 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................ 2.131 563.563 564.149 4.1 .1 .1 .4 .5 

Communication 2 ..................................................................... 3.848 87.040 86.472 -1.2 -.7 -.2 -.1 -.6 

Information and information processing 1 2 ............................ 3.715 84.846 84.271 -1.3 -.7 -.2 -.2 -.7 

Telephone services 1 2 ......................................................... 2.906 101.975 101.327 -1.2 -.6 -.2 -.2 -.6 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 6 ............. .809 9.849 9.767 -1.7 -.8 -.3 -.2 -.8 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 7 ............... .225 74.615 73.078 -6.1 -2.1 -.8 -.4 -2.6 

Other goods and services .......................................................... 3.919 412.383 414.002 2.5 .4 -.3 .2 .4 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ 1.397 825.644 832.741 5.5 .9 -.3 -.1 .9 

Personal care ........................................................................... 2.522 204.830 205.084 .8 .1 -.4 .4 .2 

Personal care products 1 ....................................................... .733 160.801 161.217 -.6 .3 -.6 .4 .3 

Personal care services 1 ........................................................ .577 229.855 230.332 .8 .2 -.4 .1 .2 

Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... 1.019 358.407 358.380 2.4 .0 .2 .4 .3 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ................................................................................ 43.589 178.504 179.331 2.4 .5 .6 .0 1.2

Food and beverages .................................................................. 16.425 220.245 220.508 1.5 .1 .1 .2 .1 

Commodities less food and beverages ...................................... 27.164 155.953 156.997 2.9 .7 .9 -.2 1.9 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..................................... 16.703 201.110 203.292 5.0 1.1 1.3 .8 3.1 

Apparel ................................................................................... 3.788 120.628 117.127 -1.6 -2.9 -.3 .0 .0 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................... 12.915 255.572 261.243 6.9 2.2 1.9 .5 3.9 

Durables ................................................................................... 10.461 111.813 111.789 -.3 .0 -.4 -.4 .0 

Services ....................................................................................... 56.411 257.219 257.382 1.1 .1 .1 .1 .1 

Rent of shelter 4 ......................................................................... 29.868 233.956 234.278 .4 .1 .1 .3 .2 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... .303 128.556 127.674 2.6 -.7 .3 .3 -.7 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 5 .................................................... 4.246 186.023 187.077 .0 .6 .1 -.7 .5 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ....................... 1.114 174.621 175.008 5.5 .2 .2 .4 .4 

Household operations 1 2 ........................................................... .369 152.778 153.116 .4 .2 -.1 .0 .2 

Transportation services .............................................................. 5.918 263.804 263.648 3.0 -.1 .4 .4 .1 

Medical care services ................................................................. 3.961 418.307 418.568 3.7 .1 .2 .1 .3 

Other services ............................................................................ 10.631 297.313 296.508 1.0 -.3 .0 .1 -.1

Special indexes

All items less food ........................................................................ 84.667 213.675 214.225 1.7 .3 .4 .0 .7

All items less shelter .................................................................... 69.829 206.838 207.428 2.2 .3 .4 .0 .8

All items less medical care ........................................................... 94.739 207.523 208.036 1.6 .2 .3 .0 .7 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 28.256 158.328 159.342 2.9 .6 .9 -.2 1.9 

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 17.795 202.679 204.737 4.7 1.0 1.2 .8 2.9

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. 14.007 251.899 257.051 6.4 2.0 1.6 .6 3.6 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 33.128 211.249 212.541 3.3 .6 1.0 .1 1.5 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... 26.543 251.894 251.847 1.9 .0 .2 .1 .2 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 52.450 245.958 246.115 .9 .1 .1 .2 .2 

Energy .......................................................................................... 10.291 212.622 218.896 8.2 3.0 2.9 -.4 5.1 

All items less energy .................................................................... 89.709 215.970 215.786 .9 -.1 .0 .1 .1

All items less food and energy ................................................... 74.376 215.584 215.303 .8 -.1 .0 .1 .1 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................... 22.211 145.757 145.037 -.1 -.5 -.3 -.1 .0 

Energy commodities ............................................................... 6.045 248.880 260.026 13.9 4.5 4.8 -.3 8.1 

Services less energy services .................................................. 52.165 265.001 265.062 1.2 .0 .1 .2 .1 

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

 $ .466 $ .465 - ----

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ............. - $ .156 $ .156 - ----

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 In January, 2011, this series will be re-titled Energy services. 6 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 7 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base. - Data not available.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Table 5. 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)

CPI-W

Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Sep.

2010

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

Dec.

2010

Mar.

2010

June

2010

Sep.

2010

Dec.

2010 June

2010

Dec.

2010

Expenditure category

All items .............................................................................. 214.345 215.005 215.099 216.456 1.6 -2.4 3.5 4.0 -0.4 3.8 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 219.852 220.003 220.512 220.760 1.9 .7 1.9 1.7 1.3 1.8

Food ................................................................................ 219.367 219.514 220.027 220.282 2.2 .6 1.8 1.7 1.4 1.7 

Food at home ................................................................ 215.042 215.136 215.851 216.119 3.7 .1 1.3 2.0 1.8 1.7

Cereals and bakery products ...................................... 251.234 250.767 251.854 253.276 -2.9 -3.0 2.5 3.3 -2.9 2.9 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................... 210.142 211.446 212.372 211.647 4.4 12.1 3.4 2.9 8.2 3.1 

Dairy and related products 1 ....................................... 197.812 199.890 200.084 200.958 8.1 -1.4 2.4 6.5 3.2 4.4 

Fruits and vegetables .................................................. 267.680 265.939 265.517 270.617 19.8 -11.1 -5.1 4.5 3.2 -.5

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ....... 161.087 160.297 161.964 159.635 -.1 -3.1 1.7 -3.6 -1.6 -1.0 

Other food at home ..................................................... 190.495 190.170 190.508 190.594 -1.3 -.5 1.5 .2 -.9 .9 

Sugar and sweets ..................................................... 201.240 202.408 200.410 203.134 .2 .5 5.6 3.8 .4 4.7 

Fats and oils .............................................................. 201.340 202.318 203.951 202.611 -3.2 3.8 2.6 2.5 .2 2.6

Other foods ............................................................... 204.561 203.701 204.329 204.127 -1.3 -1.3 .6 -.8 -1.3 -.1 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................ 122.164 121.806 120.723 122.267 -.8 -2.3 1.1 .3 -1.6 .7 

Food away from home 1 ............................................... 227.188 227.412 227.634 227.871 .2 1.4 2.4 1.2 .8 1.8 

Other food away from home 1 2 .................................. 160.755 160.988 161.428 161.657 5.7 1.5 2.9 2.3 3.6 2.6 

Alcoholic beverages ........................................................ 225.507 225.707 226.149 226.307 -2.3 1.5 3.7 1.4 -.4 2.6 

Housing ............................................................................. 212.764 212.959 213.083 213.495 -.2 -.8 .4 1.4 -.5 .9 

Shelter ............................................................................. 242.448 242.602 242.941 243.274 -1.2 .7 .4 1.4 -.3 .9 

Rent of primary residence 3 .......................................... 247.767 247.885 248.466 249.017 .3 .2 .3 2.0 .3 1.2 

Lodging away from home 2 ........................................... 136.197 135.294 134.069 135.647 -4.6 22.4 -7.5 -1.6 8.1 -4.6 

Owners’ equivalent rent of residences 3 4 .................... 232.567 232.759 233.045 233.259 -.9 .4 .5 1.2 -.3 .9 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ....... 232.568 232.762 233.047 233.259 -.9 .4 .5 1.2 -.3 .8 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ......................... 127.718 128.130 128.556 127.674 3.1 3.1 4.4 -.1 3.1 2.1 

Fuels and utilities ............................................................ 212.484 213.115 212.541 213.882 8.4 -6.4 2.8 2.7 .7 2.7 

Household energy ......................................................... 186.387 186.978 186.171 187.442 8.4 -9.1 2.5 2.3 -.8 2.4

Fuel oil and other fuels 1 ............................................. 267.283 278.516 287.994 299.558 23.3 -15.7 -.6 57.8 1.9 25.2 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 5 ..................................... 191.045 191.184 189.877 190.741 7.5 -8.6 2.7 -.6 -.9 1.0 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .......... 173.079 173.455 174.105 174.849 9.0 5.0 4.1 4.2 7.0 4.1 

Household furnishings and operations ............................ 120.681 120.687 120.577 120.551 -3.8 -3.8 -2.2 -.4 -3.8 -1.3 

Household operations 1 2 ............................................. 152.851 152.729 152.778 153.116 -1.1 3.1 -1.0 .7 1.0 -.2 

Apparel .............................................................................. 118.544 118.175 118.205 118.202 -4.8 1.4 -1.8 -1.1 -1.7 -1.5 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. 112.281 111.728 111.637 111.265 -5.7 10.3 -3.9 -3.6 2.0 -3.7 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. 105.776 105.596 105.902 105.566 -4.6 -4.5 -.7 -.8 -4.5 -.7

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... 116.525 114.553 115.336 116.626 3.7 3.0 -6.5 .3 3.4 -3.1

Footwear ......................................................................... 127.444 127.691 126.425 126.215 -6.0 2.3 -1.5 -3.8 -1.9 -2.6 

Transportation ................................................................... 193.376 196.286 196.010 201.414 6.1 -13.0 16.3 17.7 -3.9 17.0 

Private transportation ...................................................... 190.087 193.039 192.616 197.998 6.6 -13.8 17.1 17.7 -4.1 17.4 

New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................... 96.958 96.498 96.178 96.147 3.8 2.4 1.9 -3.3 3.1 -.7 

New vehicles ............................................................... 139.661 139.363 138.938 138.964 -1.5 .5 1.8 -2.0 -.5 -.1 

Used cars and trucks .................................................. 146.033 144.761 144.095 143.968 11.1 6.5 3.5 -5.5 8.8 -1.1

Motor fuel ...................................................................... 239.792 251.389 250.312 271.110 11.2 -40.2 55.0 63.4 -18.4 59.2 

Gasoline (all types) ..................................................... 237.478 248.433 250.194 271.950 8.4 -39.4 48.8 72.0 -18.9 59.9 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................ 137.728 138.153 138.654 139.150 2.0 3.4 3.0 4.2 2.7 3.6 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1 ....................... 251.938 252.546 252.610 252.759 2.1 1.6 2.9 1.3 1.9 2.1 

Public transportation ....................................................... 248.885 249.803 254.162 258.913 -6.2 9.0 -.6 17.1 1.1 7.9 

Medical care ...................................................................... 392.737 393.364 393.839 394.859 6.1 2.6 3.2 2.2 4.3 2.7 

Medical care commodities 1 ............................................ 307.322 307.539 308.332 308.823 7.9 1.2 1.2 2.0 4.5 1.6 

Medical care services ..................................................... 417.992 418.780 419.099 420.321 5.5 3.0 3.9 2.2 4.3 3.1

Professional services .................................................... 334.108 333.960 334.892 335.235 3.1 3.2 3.9 1.4 3.1 2.6

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 5. 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)

CPI-W

Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Sep.

2010

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

Dec.

2010

Mar.

2010

June

2010

Sep.

2010

Dec.

2010 June

2010

Dec.

2010

Expenditure category

Hospital and related services 3 ..................................... 618.805 622.544 621.699 626.726 12.2 5.5 6.9 5.2 8.8 6.1 

Recreation 2 ...................................................................... 109.532 109.427 109.238 109.001 -.7 .6 -2.4 -1.9 .0 -2.2 

Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 99.299 99.197 99.112 98.468 -2.6 -1.1 -2.7 -3.3 -1.9 -3.0 

Education and communication 2 ....................................... 125.137 125.048 125.128 124.875 2.4 1.2 .4 -.8 1.8 -.2 

Education 2 ..................................................................... 197.532 197.794 198.587 199.530 6.2 5.0 .7 4.1 5.6 2.4 

Educational books and supplies ................................... 507.899 509.466 512.598 516.216 4.6 5.3 -3.2 6.7 5.0 1.6 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ...................... 555.849 556.496 558.619 561.152 6.4 5.0 1.1 3.9 5.7 2.5 

Communication 2 ............................................................ 87.340 87.168 87.040 86.495 .0 -1.1 .2 -3.8 -.5 -1.8 

Information and information processing 1 2 .................. 85.154 84.978 84.846 84.271 -.2 -1.2 .2 -4.1 -.7 -2.0 

Telephone services 1 2 ............................................... 102.325 102.135 101.975 101.327 -2.1 -.1 1.2 -3.8 -1.1 -1.4 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 6 .... 9.891 9.864 9.849 9.767 6.8 -4.8 -3.4 -4.9 .8 -4.1 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 7 ..... 76.253 75.608 75.329 73.399 -3.0 -9.0 2.6 -14.2 -6.0 -6.1 

Other goods and services ................................................. 413.007 411.642 412.582 414.354 1.0 3.1 4.7 1.3 2.0 3.0

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... 828.794 826.468 825.644 832.741 1.7 9.9 8.9 1.9 5.7 5.3 

Personal care .................................................................. 204.868 204.132 204.986 205.359 .5 -.6 2.3 1.0 .0 1.6 

Personal care products 1 .............................................. 161.132 160.174 160.801 161.217 .5 -6.1 3.1 .2 -2.9 1.7 

Personal care services 1 ............................................... 230.624 229.635 229.855 230.332 -.2 3.5 .3 -.5 1.6 -.1 

Miscellaneous personal services .................................. 356.667 357.305 358.744 359.650 3.3 .3 2.8 3.4 1.8 3.1 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ....................................................................... 177.809 178.870 178.792 181.020 2.7 -6.3 6.8 7.4 -1.9 7.1 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 219.852 220.003 220.512 220.760 1.9 .7 1.9 1.7 1.3 1.8

Commodities less food and beverages ............................. 155.148 156.567 156.242 159.251 3.2 -10.3 9.9 11.0 -3.8 10.4 

Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... 197.981 200.534 202.072 208.300 2.6 -17.0 16.4 22.5 -7.7 19.4 

Apparel .......................................................................... 118.544 118.175 118.205 118.202 -4.8 1.4 -1.8 -1.1 -1.7 -1.5 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... 252.387 257.082 258.326 268.291 5.6 -21.5 23.2 27.7 -8.9 25.4 

Durables .......................................................................... 112.925 112.468 111.966 111.940 .6 .8 .7 -3.4 .7 -1.4 

Services .............................................................................. 257.115 257.372 257.614 257.957 1.0 .8 1.0 1.3 .9 1.2 

Rent of shelter 4 ................................................................ 233.640 233.826 234.549 235.122 -2.0 .3 .9 2.6 -.8 1.8 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ............................. 127.718 128.130 128.556 127.674 3.1 3.1 4.4 -.1 3.1 2.1 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 5 ........................................... 191.045 191.184 189.877 190.741 7.5 -8.6 2.7 -.6 -.9 1.0 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .............. 173.079 173.455 174.105 174.849 9.0 5.0 4.1 4.2 7.0 4.1 

Household operations 1 2 ................................................. 152.851 152.729 152.778 153.116 -1.1 3.1 -1.0 .7 1.0 -.2 

Transportation services ..................................................... 261.213 262.351 263.299 263.604 3.0 2.9 2.1 3.7 2.9 2.9 

Medical care services ....................................................... 417.992 418.780 419.099 420.321 5.5 3.0 3.9 2.2 4.3 3.1 

Other services ................................................................... 296.788 296.741 297.051 296.777 1.4 2.5 .4 .0 1.9 .2 

Special indexes

All items less food ............................................................... 213.269 214.020 214.040 215.589 1.5 -2.9 3.9 4.4 -.7 4.1 

All items less shelter ........................................................... 206.412 207.262 207.268 209.010 2.9 -3.7 4.9 5.1 -.5 5.0 

All items less medical care .................................................. 207.125 207.781 207.863 209.217 1.4 -2.7 3.6 4.1 -.7 3.8 

Commodities less food ........................................................ 157.535 158.926 158.620 161.562 2.9 -9.9 9.6 10.6 -3.7 10.1 

Nondurables less food ........................................................ 199.695 202.081 203.602 209.514 2.3 -16.1 15.7 21.2 -7.3 18.4 

Nondurables less food and apparel .................................... 248.977 252.930 254.423 263.509 5.1 -19.9 21.6 25.5 -8.3 23.5

Nondurables ........................................................................ 209.473 211.654 211.827 215.029 3.0 -9.5 9.8 11.0 -3.4 10.4 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ............................................. 251.937 252.325 252.500 253.075 3.2 1.0 1.5 1.8 2.1 1.7 

Services less medical care services ................................... 245.846 246.090 246.592 247.083 .1 .6 1.0 2.0 .4 1.5 

Energy ................................................................................. 211.343 217.469 216.534 227.622 10.0 -28.0 29.1 34.6 -11.0 31.8 

All items less energy ........................................................... 215.669 215.670 215.889 216.073 .7 1.1 .9 .8 .9 .8 

All items less food and energy .......................................... 215.303 215.274 215.434 215.603 .4 1.2 .8 .6 .8 .7 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ........... 146.012 145.595 145.415 145.432 .1 .5 .5 -1.6 .3 -.6 

Energy commodities ..................................................... 242.121 253.766 253.090 273.641 11.7 -39.2 52.0 63.2 -17.6 57.5 

Services less energy services ......................................... 264.313 264.583 265.001 265.284 .5 1.6 .9 1.5 1.0 1.2 

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 In January, 2011, this series will be re-titled Energy services. 6 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 7 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base.

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): Selected areas, all items index 

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-W

All items 

Pricing

schedule 1

Indexes Percent change to

Dec.2010 from—

Percent change to

Nov.2010 from—

Sep.

2010

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

Dec.

2010

Dec.

2009

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

Nov.

2009

Sep.

2010

Oct.

2010

U.S. city average ............................................ M 214.306 214.623 214.750 215.262 1.7 0.3 0.2 1.3 0.2 0.1 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban .............................................. M 231.566 232.396 232.962 233.082 1.9 .3 .1 1.7 .6 .2 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 231.881 232.672 233.031 233.092 1.7 .2 .0 1.5 .5 .2 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 140.295 140.848 141.452 141.598 2.2 .5 .1 2.1 .8 .4 

Midwest urban ................................................ M 204.442 204.329 204.468 205.024 2.0 .3 .3 1.4 .0 .1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 203.946 203.906 204.064 204.731 1.9 .4 .3 1.2 .1 .1 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 134.361 134.093 134.112 134.454 2.1 .3 .3 1.7 -.2 .0 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 203.086 203.548 203.937 204.132 1.8 .3 .1 1.6 .4 .2 

South urban .................................................... M 209.155 209.376 209.352 209.994 1.6 .3 .3 1.2 .1 .0 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 211.393 211.409 211.222 211.712 1.4 .1 .2 1.0 -.1 -.1 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 133.680 133.923 133.927 134.405 1.7 .4 .4 1.4 .2 .0 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 215.346 215.451 215.822 216.477 1.5 .5 .3 1.1 .2 .2 

West urban ..................................................... M 215.804 216.273 216.267 216.847 1.4 .3 .3 1.0 .2 .0 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 218.524 219.017 218.817 219.273 1.5 .1 .2 1.2 .1 -.1 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 133.346 133.622 133.777 134.306 1.0 .5 .4 .5 .3 .1 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 198.278 198.576 198.598 198.979 1.6 .2 .2 1.2 .2 .0 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 134.644 134.840 134.969 135.379 1.7 .4 .3 1.4 .2 .1 

D ................................................................. M 209.864 210.160 210.529 210.959 1.7 .4 .2 1.3 .3 .2 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... M 206.897 206.894 206.632 207.479 1.6 .3 .4 .7 -.1 -.1 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... M 218.427 219.339 218.694 219.619 1.6 .1 .4 1.0 .1 -.3 

New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,

NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 236.725 237.483 237.606 237.575 1.8 .0 .0 1.6 .4 .1 

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ..... 1 236.844 -

 238.891 ---- .9 .9 -

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 1 196.787 - 197.530 ---- 2.4 .4 -

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... 1 205.602 - 204.918 ---- -.2 -.3 -

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 142.755 - 142.938 ---- 1.7 .1 -

Atlanta, GA ..................................................... 2 - 201.887 - 201.390 1.0 -.2 ----

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. 2 - 201.864 - 202.280 1.3 .2 ----

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 - 193.110 - 192.863 2.1 -.1 ----

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. 2 - 221.497 - 222.510 .7 .5 ----

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ 2 - 228.676 - 228.072 1.5 -.3 ----

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... 2 - 224.352 - 224.152 1.8 -.1 ----

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 - 223.112 - 222.853 .9 -.1 ----

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 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 7. Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure

category and commodity and service group

(December 1999=100, unless otherwise noted)

C-CPI-U Relative

importance,

2007-2008

 Unadjusted

 indexes

 Unadjusted

 percent change to

 Dec. 2010 from—

 Nov.

 2010

 Dec.

 2010

 Dec.

 2009

 Nov.

 2010

Expenditure category

All items ...................................................................................... 100.000 126.650 126.866 1.4 0.2 

Food and beverages ................................................................ 14.519 128.954 129.126 1.5 .1 

Food ....................................................................................... 13.493 128.924 129.123 1.5 .2 

Food at home ....................................................................... 7.780 123.690 123.941 1.7 .2 

Food away from home .......................................................... 5.712 136.088 136.209 1.3 .1 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 1.027 129.808 129.620 .9 -.1 

Housing .................................................................................... 42.074 128.047 128.230 .2 .1 

Shelter .................................................................................... 32.119 131.182 131.299 .4 .1 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 5.231 156.764 158.033 1.5 .8 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 4.724 91.833 91.620 -3.0 -.2 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 3.772 90.474 87.883 -1.4 -2.9 

Transportation .......................................................................... 17.199 133.734 135.647 5.6 1.4 

Private transportation ............................................................. 16.013 134.367 136.349 5.6 1.5 

Public transportation ............................................................... 1.186 125.263 126.305 4.9 .8 

Medical care ............................................................................. 6.294 151.549 151.631 3.0 .1 

Medical care commodities ...................................................... 1.570 133.404 133.560 2.8 .1 

Medical care services ............................................................. 4.723 158.214 158.267 3.1 .0 

Recreation ................................................................................ 6.625 102.131 101.650 -1.7 -.5 

Education and communication ................................................. 6.288 113.029 112.661 .9 -.3 

Education ............................................................................... 2.804 187.238 187.485 3.8 .1 

Communication ...................................................................... 3.484 72.757 72.254 -1.4 -.7 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 3.229 138.820 139.040 1.5 .2 

Commodity and service group

Services ...................................................................................... 59.383 135.698 135.786 1.0 .1 

Commodities .............................................................................. 40.617 115.543 115.920 1.8 .3 

Durables ................................................................................... 10.376 80.299 80.180 -1.5 -.1 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 30.241 133.968 134.623 3.0 .5 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 76.901 120.113 119.924 .5 -.2 

Energy ........................................................................................ 9.606 188.456 193.850 7.8 2.9 

Indexes for 2010 are initial estimates. Indexes for 2009 are interim adjustments.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Table 1A. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure

category and commodity and service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-U Annual

average

2009

Annual

average

2010

Percent

change

from 2009

to 2010

Expenditure category

All items ............................................................................................................ 214.537 218.056 1.6 

All items (1967=100) ........................................................................................ 642.658 653.198 -

Food and beverages ....................................................................................... 218.249 219.984 .8 

Food ............................................................................................................. 217.955 219.625 .8 

Food at home ............................................................................................. 215.124 215.836 .3 

Cereals and bakery products .................................................................... 252.567 250.449 -.8 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ................................................................... 203.805 207.694 1.9 

Dairy and related products ....................................................................... 197.013 199.245 1.1 

Fruits and vegetables ............................................................................... 272.945 273.458 .2 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ..................................... 163.034 161.602 -.9 

Other food at home ................................................................................... 191.220 191.124 -.1 

Sugar and sweets ................................................................................... 196.933 201.242 2.2 

Fats and oils ........................................................................................... 201.224 200.587 -.3 

Other foods ............................................................................................. 205.497 204.553 -.5 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 ................................................................ 122.393 121.683 -.6 

Food away from home ................................................................................ 223.272 226.114 1.3 

Other food away from home 1 .................................................................. 155.852 159.276 2.2 

Alcoholic beverages ..................................................................................... 220.751 223.291 1.2 

Housing .......................................................................................................... 217.057 216.256 -.4 

Shelter .......................................................................................................... 249.354 248.396 -.4 

Rent of primary residence .......................................................................... 248.812 249.385 .2 

Lodging away from home 1 ........................................................................ 134.243 133.656 -.4 

Owners’ equivalent rent of residences 2 ..................................................... 256.610 256.584 .0 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 2 ....................................... 256.610 256.578 .0 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 .......................................................... 121.487 125.682 3.5 

Fuels and utilities .......................................................................................... 210.696 214.187 1.7

Household energy ...................................................................................... 188.113 189.286 .6 

Fuel oil and other fuels ............................................................................. 239.778 275.132 14.7 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ..................................................................... 193.563 192.886 -.3 

Household furnishings and operations ......................................................... 128.701 125.490 -2.5 

Apparel ........................................................................................................... 120.078 119.503 -.5 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ............................................................................... 113.628 111.914 -1.5 

Women’s and girls’ apparel .......................................................................... 108.091 107.081 -.9 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ....................................................................... 114.489 114.180 -.3 

Footwear ....................................................................................................... 126.854 127.988 .9

Transportation ................................................................................................ 179.252 193.396 7.9

Private transportation ................................................................................... 174.762 188.747 8.0 

New and used motor vehicles 1 .................................................................. 93.486 97.149 3.9 

New vehicles ............................................................................................ 135.623 138.005 1.8 

Used cars and trucks ................................................................................ 126.973 143.128 12.7 

Motor fuel .................................................................................................... 201.978 239.178 18.4

Gasoline (all types) ................................................................................... 201.555 238.594 18.4 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment ............................................................ 134.050 136.995 2.2 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ....................................................... 243.337 247.954 1.9 

Public transportation ..................................................................................... 236.348 251.351 6.3 

Medical care ................................................................................................... 375.613 388.436 3.4

Medical care commodities ............................................................................ 305.108 314.717 3.1 

Medical care services ................................................................................... 397.299 411.208 3.5 

Professional services .................................................................................. 319.372 328.186 2.8 

Hospital and related services ..................................................................... 567.879 607.679 7.0 

Recreation 1 ................................................................................................... 114.272 113.313 -.8 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1A. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure

category and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-U Annual

average

2009

Annual

average

2010

Percent

change

from 2009

to 2010

Expenditure category

Video and audio 1 ......................................................................................... 101.276 99.122 -2.1 

Education and communication 1 ..................................................................... 127.393 129.919 2.0 

Education 1 ................................................................................................... 190.857 199.337 4.4 

Educational books and supplies ................................................................. 482.072 505.569 4.9 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .................................................... 548.971 573.174 4.4 

Communication 1 .......................................................................................... 84.954 84.681 -.3 

Information and information processing 1 ................................................... 81.944 81.513 -.5 

Telephone services 1 ................................................................................ 102.392 102.379 .0 

Information technology, hardware and services 4 .................................... 9.672 9.413 -2.7 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 5 ................................... 82.304 76.377 -7.2 

Other goods and services ............................................................................... 368.586 381.291 3.4 

Tobacco and smoking products .................................................................... 730.316 807.330 10.5 

Personal care ............................................................................................... 204.587 206.643 1.0

Personal care products ............................................................................... 162.578 161.062 -.9 

Personal care services ............................................................................... 227.588 229.614 .9 

Miscellaneous personal services ................................................................ 344.469 354.052 2.8 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ..................................................................................................... 169.698 174.566 2.9 

Food and beverages ....................................................................................... 218.249 219.984 .8 

Commodities less food and beverages .......................................................... 144.395 150.392 4.2 

Nondurables less food and beverages ......................................................... 178.959 189.916 6.1 

Apparel ....................................................................................................... 120.078 119.503 -.5

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ........................................ 219.592 238.053 8.4 

Durables ....................................................................................................... 109.859 111.324 1.3

Services ............................................................................................................ 259.154 261.274 .8 

Rent of shelter 2 ............................................................................................. 259.924 258.823 -.4 

Transportation services .................................................................................. 251.031 259.823 3.5 

Other services ................................................................................................ 303.992 309.602 1.8

Special indexes

All items less food ............................................................................................. 214.008 217.828 1.8 

All items less shelter ......................................................................................... 203.301 208.643 2.6

All items less medical care ............................................................................... 206.555 209.689 1.5 

Commodities less food ..................................................................................... 147.071 152.990 4.0 

Nondurables less food ...................................................................................... 181.453 191.927 5.8 

Nondurables less food and apparel .................................................................. 218.687 235.601 7.7 

Nondurables ..................................................................................................... 198.548 205.271 3.4 

Services less rent of shelter 2 ........................................................................... 278.064 284.368 2.3 

Services less medical care services ................................................................. 248.122 249.569 .6 

Energy .............................................................................................................. 193.126 211.449 9.5 

All items less energy ......................................................................................... 218.433 220.458 .9

All items less food and energy ........................................................................ 219.235 221.337 1.0 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ......................................... 142.041 143.588 1.1 

Energy commodities ................................................................................... 205.281 242.636 18.2 

Services less energy services ...................................................................... 265.875 268.278 .9 

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1982-84=$1.00) ............................ $ .466 $ .459 -

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) .................................. $ .156 $ .153 -

1 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 2 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 3 In January, 2011, this series will be re-titled Energy services. 4 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base. - Data not available.
Table 4A. 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)

CPI-W Annual

average

2009

Annual

average

2010

Percent

change

from 2009

to 2010

Expenditure category

All items ............................................................................................................ 209.630 213.967 2.1 

All items (1967=100) ........................................................................................ 624.423 637.342 -

Food and beverages ....................................................................................... 217.480 219.182 .8 

Food ............................................................................................................. 217.118 218.730 .7 

Food at home ............................................................................................. 213.908 214.638 .3 

Cereals and bakery products .................................................................... 253.214 251.024 -.9 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ................................................................... 203.394 207.431 2.0 

Dairy and related products ....................................................................... 195.679 197.992 1.2 

Fruits and vegetables ............................................................................... 270.562 270.713 .1 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ..................................... 162.598 161.214 -.9 

Other food at home ................................................................................... 190.519 190.294 -.1 

Sugar and sweets ................................................................................... 195.702 200.035 2.2 

Fats and oils ........................................................................................... 202.003 200.909 -.5 

Other foods ............................................................................................. 205.573 204.577 -.5 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 ................................................................ 122.753 121.872 -.7 

Food away from home ................................................................................ 223.383 226.204 1.3 

Other food away from home 1 .................................................................. 155.607 159.794 2.7 

Alcoholic beverages ..................................................................................... 221.325 224.368 1.4 

Housing .......................................................................................................... 213.144 212.880 -.1 

Shelter .......................................................................................................... 242.637 242.309 -.1 

Rent of primary residence .......................................................................... 247.401 247.725 .1 

Lodging away from home 1 ........................................................................ 135.163 135.119 .0 

Owners’ equivalent rent of residences 2 ..................................................... 232.499 232.461 .0 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 2 ....................................... 232.499 232.462 .0 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 .......................................................... 121.935 126.739 3.9 

Fuels and utilities .......................................................................................... 209.595 212.885 1.6

Household energy ...................................................................................... 186.229 187.272 .6 

Fuel oil and other fuels ............................................................................. 243.003 277.433 14.2 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ..................................................................... 191.981 191.552 -.2 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 1 ....................................... 161.584 171.446 6.1 

Household furnishings and operations ......................................................... 124.632 121.555 -2.5 

Household operations 1 .............................................................................. 152.818 152.707 -.1 

Apparel ........................................................................................................... 119.847 118.733 -.9 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ............................................................................... 114.340 111.811 -2.2 

Women’s and girls’ apparel .......................................................................... 107.602 106.360 -1.2 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ....................................................................... 117.202 117.415 .2 

Footwear ....................................................................................................... 127.183 127.593 .3

Transportation ................................................................................................ 176.729 192.560 9.0

Private transportation ................................................................................... 173.491 189.257 9.1 

New and used motor vehicles 1 .................................................................. 91.308 96.271 5.4 

New vehicles ............................................................................................ 136.711 139.044 1.7 

Used cars and trucks ................................................................................ 127.687 144.007 12.8 

Motor fuel .................................................................................................... 202.695 240.094 18.5

Gasoline (all types) ................................................................................... 202.375 239.629 18.4 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment ............................................................ 134.133 136.998 2.1 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ....................................................... 245.795 250.543 1.9 

Public transportation ..................................................................................... 234.661 248.713 6.0 

Medical care ................................................................................................... 376.064 389.766 3.6

Medical care commodities ............................................................................ 296.724 306.257 3.2 

Medical care services ................................................................................... 399.165 414.273 3.8 

Professional services .................................................................................. 322.127 331.456 2.9 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 4A. 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)

CPI-W Annual

average

2009

Annual

average

2010

Percent

change

from 2009

to 2010

Expenditure category

Hospital and related services ..................................................................... 565.029 608.516 7.7 

Recreation 1 ................................................................................................... 111.015 109.812 -1.1 

Video and audio 1 ......................................................................................... 101.602 99.643 -1.9 

Education and communication 1 ..................................................................... 123.017 124.891 1.5 

Education 1 ................................................................................................... 188.143 196.606 4.5 

Educational books and supplies ................................................................. 485.025 508.386 4.8 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .................................................... 529.316 552.958 4.5 

Communication 1 .......................................................................................... 87.662 87.317 -.4 

Information and information processing 1 ................................................... 85.571 85.126 -.5 

Telephone services 1 ................................................................................ 102.341 102.086 -.2 

Information technology, hardware and services 4 .................................... 10.178 9.960 -2.1 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 5 ................................... 82.104 76.273 -7.1 

Other goods and services ............................................................................... 391.628 409.278 4.5 

Tobacco and smoking products .................................................................... 735.056 812.347 10.5 

Personal care ............................................................................................... 202.490 204.299 .9 

Personal care products ............................................................................... 162.557 161.174 -.9 

Personal care services ............................................................................... 227.804 229.824 .9 

Miscellaneous personal services ................................................................ 346.500 355.502 2.6 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ..................................................................................................... 171.452 177.545 3.6 

Food and beverages ....................................................................................... 217.480 219.182 .8 

Commodities less food and beverages .......................................................... 147.327 155.064 5.3 

Nondurables less food and beverages ......................................................... 185.579 198.517 7.0 

Apparel ....................................................................................................... 119.847 118.733 -.9

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ........................................ 230.503 252.481 9.5 

Durables ....................................................................................................... 109.610 112.513 2.6

Services ............................................................................................................ 254.267 256.628 .9 

Rent of shelter 2 ............................................................................................. 233.917 233.507 -.2 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 .............................................................. 121.935 126.739 3.9 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ........................................................................... 191.981 191.552 -.2 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 1 ........................................... 161.584 171.446 6.1 

Household operations 1 .................................................................................. 152.818 152.707 -.1 

Transportation services .................................................................................. 250.960 259.985 3.6 

Medical care services ..................................................................................... 399.165 414.273 3.8 

Other services ................................................................................................ 291.572 296.066 1.5

Special indexes

All items less food ............................................................................................. 208.128 212.938 2.3 

All items less shelter ......................................................................................... 199.860 205.943 3.0

All items less medical care ............................................................................... 202.810 206.828 2.0 

Commodities less food ..................................................................................... 149.780 157.422 5.1 

Nondurables less food ...................................................................................... 187.718 200.147 6.6 

Nondurables less food and apparel .................................................................. 228.679 248.965 8.9 

Nondurables ..................................................................................................... 201.628 209.360 3.8 

Services less rent of shelter 2 ........................................................................... 245.814 251.210 2.2 

Services less medical care services ................................................................. 243.796 245.533 .7 

Energy .............................................................................................................. 192.594 211.926 10.0 

All items less energy ......................................................................................... 212.652 215.173 1.2

All items less food and energy ........................................................................ 212.126 214.835 1.3 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ......................................... 143.099 145.728 1.8 

Energy commodities ................................................................................... 205.325 242.805 18.3 

Services less energy services ...................................................................... 261.022 263.713 1.0 

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1982-84=$1.00) ............................ $ .477 $ .467 -

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) .................................. $ .160 $ .157 -

1 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 2 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 3 In January, 2011, this series will be re-titled Energy services. 4 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base. - Data not available.