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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX – OCTOBER 2010 

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent in October on a 

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

the all items index increased 1.2 percent before seasonal adjustment. 

As has frequently been the case in recent months, an increase in the energy index was the major factor in 

the all items seasonally adjusted increase. The gasoline index rose for the fourth month in a row and 

accounted for almost 90 percent of the all items increase; the household energy index rose as well. The 

food index rose slightly in October with the food at home index unchanged. 

The index for all items less food and energy was unchanged in October, the third month in a row with no 

change. The indexes for shelter and medical care rose, but these increases were offset by declines in an 

array of indexes including new vehicles, used cars and trucks, apparel, recreation, and tobacco. 

Over the last 12 months, the index for all items less food and energy has risen 0.6 percent, the smallest 

12-month increase in the history of the index, which dates to 1957. The energy index has risen 5.9 

percent over that span with the gasoline index up 9.5 percent. The food index has risen 1.4 percent, with 

both the food at home index and food away from home index rising the same 1.4 percent. 

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

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

Percent change

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Consumer Price Index Data for October 2010 

Food

The food index rose 0.1 percent in October after a 0.3 percent increase in September. The index for food 

away from home rose 0.1 percent while the food at home index was unchanged. Among the six major 

grocery store food groups that comprise the food at home index, the index for dairy and related products 

posted the largest increase, rising 1.1 percent. This was its fifth increase in the last six months and its 

largest since January. The index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs also rose, increasing 0.6 percent as 

increases in the indexes for beef, poultry, and pork offset a decline in the eggs index. These increases 

offset declines in the remaining food at home groups. The fruits and vegetables group posted the largest 

decline, falling 0.7 percent, while the index for nonalcoholic beverages fell 0.5 percent. The indexes for 

cereals and bakery products and for other food at home both fell 0.2 percent. Over the past year, the 

indexes for cereals and bakery products and for nonalcoholic beverages have declined, while the index 

for other food at home was unchanged and the indexes for the remaining three groups have risen. 

Energy

The energy index rose 2.6 percent in October, its fourth consecutive monthly increase. The gasoline 

index rose 4.6 percent in October after rising 1.6 percent in September. (Before seasonal adjustment, 

gasoline prices rose 3.3 percent in October.) The household energy index, which declined in September, 

rose in October, increasing 0.4 percent. The natural gas index fell 0.4 percent, but this decline was more 

than offset by a 0.4 percent increase in the electricity index and a 4.7 percent rise in the index for fuel 

oil. The indexes of all the major energy components have risen over the last 12 months. 

All items less food and energy 

The index for all items less food and energy was unchanged in October for the third month in a row. 

After being unchanged the previous two months, the shelter index rose 0.1 percent in October. The 

indexes for rent and owners’ equivalent rent both increased 0.1 percent while the index for lodging away 

from home declined 1.0 percent. The medical care index, which rose 0.6 percent in September, rose 0.1 

percent in October, with the medical care commodities index rising 0.1 percent and the index for 

medical care services increasing 0.2 percent. Within the medical care services component, the index for 

physicians’ services fell 0.1 percent but the hospital services index increased 0.7 percent. Offsetting 

these increases were declines in several indexes. The index for used cars and trucks fell 0.9 percent in 

October, its second straight decline after a long series of increases. The index for new vehicles fell as 

well, declining 0.2 percent. The apparel index fell 0.3 percent in October, its third straight decline. The 

recreation index fell for the fourth month in a row, decreasing 0.1 percent, and the index for tobacco fell 

for the first time since February, declining 0.3 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.6 percent over the last 12 months. Several 

transportation indexes have increased; the index for used cars and trucks has risen 8.6 percent, while the 

new vehicles index has edged up 0.4 percent and the index for airline fares has risen 4.4 percent. The 

medical care index has also increased, rising 3.4 percent. Indexes that have declined over the past year 

include shelter, which has fallen 0.3 percent, household furnishings and operations (down 2.5 percent),

apparel (down 1.2 percent), and recreation (down 1.0 percent). 
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Not seasonally adjusted CPI measures 

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 1.2 percent over the last 12 

months to an index level of 218.711 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index rose 0.1 percent prior to 

seasonal adjustment. 

The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) increased 1.5 

percent over the last 12 months to an index level of 214.623 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index 

rose 0.1 percent prior to seasonal adjustment. 

The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) increased 1.0 percent over the 

last 12 months. For the month, the index rose 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 November 2010 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, 

December 15, 2010, at 8:30 a.m. (EST). 

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.
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

Oct. 2010 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Sep.

2010

Oct.

2010

Oct.

2009

Sep.

2010

July to

Aug.

Aug. to

Sep.

Sep. to

Oct.

Expenditure category

All items ........................................................................................ 100.000 218.439 218.711 1.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2 

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

 654.346 655.162 - ----

Food and beverages .................................................................. 14.795 220.586 221.005 1.4 .2 .1 .3 .1 

Food ......................................................................................... 13.738 220.216 220.616 1.4 .2 .2 .3 .1 

Food at home ......................................................................... 7.801 216.161 216.698 1.4 .2 .0 .3 .0 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................... 1.108 250.085 249.890 -.6 -.1 .1 .8 -.2 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. 1.745 211.280 212.170 5.8 .4 -.3 .9 .6 

Dairy and related products 1 ................................................ .820 199.042 201.291 3.0 1.1 -.1 .2 1.1 

Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... 1.153 268.832 270.200 .3 .5 .4 .1 -.7 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................ .952 161.771 161.313 -1.0 -.3 -.1 .0 -.5 

Other food at home .............................................................. 2.023 191.289 191.311 .0 .0 .2 .0 -.2 

Sugar and sweets .............................................................. .295 202.469 202.962 3.2 .2 -.1 1.1 .7 

Fats and oils ....................................................................... .232 201.971 203.614 1.8 .8 .7 .1 .5 

Other foods ........................................................................ 1.496 204.322 203.990 -.9 -.2 .2 -.2 -.4 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... .439 122.106 121.698 -.3 -.3 -.2 .3 -.3 

Food away from home 1 ......................................................... 5.937 227.075 227.287 1.4 .1 .3 .3 .1 

Other food away from home 1 2 ........................................... .326 160.072 160.036 1.9 .0 .1 .3 .0 

Alcoholic beverages ................................................................. 1.056 224.043 224.705 1.1 .3 .0 .2 .2 

Housing ...................................................................................... 41.960 216.602 216.100 -.2 -.2 .0 -.1 .1 

Shelter ...................................................................................... 32.289 248.522 248.646 -.3 .0 .0 .0 .1 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................... 5.966 249.368 249.618 .3 .1 -.1 .1 .1 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................... .769 135.800 133.580 .1 -1.6 -1.3 -.2 -1.0 

Owners’ equivalent rent of residences 3 4 .............................. 25.206 256.590 256.823 .0 .1 .0 .0 .1 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ................ 23.593 256.584 256.817 .0 .1 .0 .0 .1 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... .347 126.627 127.111 4.0 .4 .5 .1 .4 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 5.081 217.695 213.031 2.4 -2.1 .4 -.4 .4

Household energy .................................................................. 4.028 192.635 187.271 1.7 -2.8 .5 -.6 .4 

Fuel oil and other fuels 1 ...................................................... .276 265.812 276.551 13.4 4.0 .7 1.0 4.0 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 5 .............................................. 3.752 197.049 190.603 .9 -3.3 .4 -.8 .2 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................... 1.052 172.833 173.360 5.3 .3 .2 .4 .4 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 4.590 124.535 124.524 -2.5 .0 .0 -.4 .0 

Household operations 1 2 ....................................................... .781 150.346 150.151 .0 -.1 -.1 -.2 -.1 

Apparel ....................................................................................... 3.695 121.011 122.454 -1.2 1.2 -.1 -.6 -.3 

Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... .903 112.201 114.090 -.6 1.7 -.1 -.6 -.3 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... 1.580 109.217 110.723 -2.7 1.4 -.3 -1.4 -.4 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... .196 114.413 114.663 -2.2 .2 -1.3 -1.3 -1.9 

Footwear .................................................................................. .721 129.303 130.896 .4 1.2 -.5 .3 .2

Transportation ............................................................................ 16.685 192.412 194.283 4.8 1.0 1.2 .5 1.2 

Private transportation ............................................................... 15.497 187.646 189.674 4.9 1.1 1.3 .5 1.3 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. 6.386 97.502 97.203 2.2 -.3 .4 -.2 -.4 

New vehicles ........................................................................ 3.573 137.365 137.849 .4 .4 .3 .1 -.2 

Used cars and trucks ........................................................... 2.012 146.065 144.040 8.6 -1.4 .7 -.7 -.9 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 4.525 232.518 240.303 9.7 3.3 3.9 1.8 4.4

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 4.337 231.819 239.527 9.5 3.3 3.9 1.6 4.6 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ..................................... .401 137.802 138.289 3.5 .4 .3 .1 .4 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1 ................................ 1.167 249.231 249.824 1.8 .2 .3 .3 .2 

Public transportation ................................................................ 1.187 252.525 251.435 4.3 -.4 -.2 .5 .2 

Medical care ............................................................................... 6.513 390.616 391.240 3.4 .2 .2 .6 .1

Medical care commodities 1 ..................................................... 1.611 315.804 316.082 2.5 .1 .2 .3 .1 

Medical care services ............................................................... 4.902 413.807 414.564 3.6 .2 .2 .8 .2 

Professional services ............................................................. 2.796 330.149 330.057 2.7 .0 .2 .4 .0 

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

Oct. 2010 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Sep.

2010

Oct.

2010

Oct.

2009

Sep.

2010

July to

Aug.

Aug. to

Sep.

Sep. to

Oct.

Expenditure category

Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 1.619 614.667 618.936 7.5 0.7 0.5 1.5 0.5 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................... 6.437 113.120 112.984 -1.0 -.1 -.2 -.3 -.1 

Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 1.894 98.638 98.503 -1.7 -.1 -.5 .0 -.1 

Education and communication 2 ................................................ 6.434 131.154 130.959 1.4 -.1 .0 -.1 -.1 

Education 2 .............................................................................. 3.035 203.353 203.071 3.7 -.1 .0 -.2 .0 

Educational books and supplies ............................................. .200 508.892 510.335 3.2 .3 -1.4 .6 .5 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................ 2.835 585.271 584.286 3.7 -.2 .1 -.3 .0 

Communication 2 ..................................................................... 3.399 84.665 84.531 -.6 -.2 .0 .0 -.2 

Information and information processing 1 2 ............................ 3.225 81.497 81.359 -.8 -.2 .0 .0 -.2 

Telephone services 1 2 ......................................................... 2.392 102.633 102.458 -.4 -.2 .1 .1 -.2 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 6 ............. .833 9.339 9.324 -1.9 -.2 -.2 -.4 -.2 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 7 ............... .246 75.570 75.385 -3.6 -.2 .2 .1 -.5 

Other goods and services .......................................................... 3.483 383.663 382.764 1.9 -.2 .3 -.1 -.3 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ .871 823.766 821.529 6.2 -.3 .4 .1 -.3 

Personal care ........................................................................... 2.612 206.929 206.471 .5 -.2 .2 -.2 -.3

Personal care products 1 ....................................................... .688 160.985 159.951 -1.4 -.6 .0 -.2 -.6 

Personal care services 1 ........................................................ .642 230.332 229.343 .4 -.4 -.1 .0 -.4 

Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... 1.048 355.964 356.508 2.5 .2 .2 -.1 .2 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ................................................................................ 39.816 174.282 175.225 1.7 .5 .5 .2 .5

Food and beverages .................................................................. 14.795 220.586 221.005 1.4 .2 .1 .3 .1 

Commodities less food and beverages ...................................... 25.021 149.761 150.882 1.9 .7 .8 .1 .7 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..................................... 15.044 188.770 191.332 3.0 1.4 1.4 .4 1.1 

Apparel ................................................................................... 3.695 121.011 122.454 -1.2 1.2 -.1 -.6 -.3 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................... 11.349 235.211 238.530 4.5 1.4 2.0 .8 1.5 

Durables ................................................................................... 9.978 111.174 110.966 .3 -.2 .4 -.3 -.4

Services ....................................................................................... 60.184 262.320 261.927 .8 -.1 .1 .0 .1 

Rent of shelter 4 ......................................................................... 31.942 258.934 259.054 -.4 .0 .1 .3 .1 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... .347 126.627 127.111 4.0 .4 .5 .1 .4 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 5 .................................................... 3.752 197.049 190.603 .9 -3.3 .4 -.8 .2 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ....................... 1.052 172.833 173.360 5.3 .3 .2 .4 .4 

Household operations 1 2 ........................................................... .781 150.346 150.151 .0 -.1 -.1 -.2 -.1 

Transportation services .............................................................. 6.060 260.577 261.625 2.8 .4 .1 .3 .3 

Medical care services ................................................................. 4.902 413.807 414.564 3.6 .2 .2 .8 .2 

Other services ............................................................................ 11.347 311.802 311.375 1.4 -.1 .0 -.2 .0 

Special indexes

All items less food ........................................................................ 86.262 218.179 218.431 1.1 .1 .3 .1 .3

All items less shelter .................................................................... 67.711 209.133 209.467 1.9 .2 .4 .1 .3

All items less medical care ........................................................... 93.487 210.001 210.257 1.0 .1 .3 .1 .2 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 26.078 152.395 153.508 1.9 .7 .7 .1 .7 

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 16.100 190.885 193.344 2.9 1.3 1.3 .5 .8 

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. 12.405 233.089 236.158 4.2 1.3 1.8 .7 1.2 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 29.838 204.920 206.518 2.2 .8 .9 .3 .8 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... 28.243 286.640 285.588 2.2 -.4 .2 .1 .2 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 55.282 250.516 250.066 .6 -.2 .1 .1 .1 

Energy .......................................................................................... 8.553 210.003 210.947 5.9 .4 2.3 .7 2.6 

All items less energy .................................................................... 91.447 221.030 221.236 .7 .1 .1 .0 .0 

All items less food and energy ................................................... 77.708 221.907 222.079 .6 .1 .0 .0 .0 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................... 21.276 143.866 144.028 .1 .1 .1 -.2 -.2 

Energy commodities ............................................................... 4.801 235.797 243.784 9.9 3.4 3.8 1.8 4.4 

Services less energy services .................................................. 56.432 269.034 269.208 .8 .1 .0 .1 .1 

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

 $ .458 $ .457 - ----

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

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—

July

2010

Aug.

2010

Sep.

2010

Oct.

2010

Jan.

2010

Apr.

2010

July

2010

Oct.

2010 Apr.

2010

Oct.

2010

Expenditure category

All items .............................................................................. 217.597 218.150 218.372 218.879 2.3 0.0 0.0 2.4 1.1 1.2 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 219.641 219.961 220.644 220.808 1.8 1.7 -.1 2.1 1.8 1.0

Food ................................................................................ 219.222 219.563 220.262 220.408 1.9 2.0 -.3 2.2 1.9 .9 

Food at home ................................................................ 215.430 215.506 216.241 216.339 2.3 3.0 -1.1 1.7 2.6 .3 

Cereals and bakery products ...................................... 248.561 248.746 250.651 250.168 -.4 -2.1 -2.5 2.6 -1.2 .0 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................... 209.196 208.537 210.311 211.630 3.1 8.2 7.0 4.7 5.6 5.8 

Dairy and related products 1 ....................................... 198.991 198.712 199.042 201.291 7.6 -3.3 3.5 4.7 2.0 4.1 

Fruits and vegetables .................................................. 269.266 270.413 270.585 268.779 7.4 13.0 -16.1 -.7 10.2 -8.7

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ....... 161.755 161.588 161.667 160.937 .0 .0 -1.8 -2.0 .0 -1.9 

Other food at home ..................................................... 190.968 191.436 191.482 191.175 -.7 -.1 .5 .4 -.4 .4 

Sugar and sweets ..................................................... 200.816 200.610 202.826 204.188 1.9 1.6 2.3 6.9 1.8 4.6 

Fats and oils .............................................................. 199.743 201.077 201.256 202.234 1.8 .6 .0 5.1 1.2 2.5

Other foods ............................................................... 204.548 205.055 204.645 203.766 -1.6 -.6 .2 -1.5 -1.1 -.7 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................ 122.052 121.787 122.106 121.698 -1.8 2.4 -.8 -1.2 .3 -1.0 

Food away from home 1 ............................................... 225.710 226.422 227.075 227.287 1.2 .6 .8 2.8 .9 1.8 

Other food away from home 1 2 .................................. 159.338 159.517 160.072 160.036 1.2 3.1 1.5 1.8 2.2 1.6 

Alcoholic beverages ........................................................ 223.758 223.789 224.249 224.665 .5 -.9 3.2 1.6 -.2 2.4

Housing ............................................................................. 216.192 216.277 216.157 216.351 -1.4 -.1 .1 .3 -.7 .2 

Shelter ............................................................................. 248.533 248.475 248.590 248.725 -2.6 -.3 1.1 .3 -1.4 .7 

Rent of primary residence 3 .......................................... 249.381 249.213 249.535 249.675 -.1 .2 .6 .5 .0 .6 

Lodging away from home 2 ........................................... 137.410 135.651 135.371 134.035 -13.0 7.3 17.4 -9.5 -3.4 3.1 

Owners’ equivalent rent of residences 3 4 .................... 256.521 256.580 256.667 256.884 -.7 -.7 .7 .6 -.7 .6 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ....... 256.513 256.575 256.661 256.878 -.7 -.7 .7 .6 -.7 .6 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ......................... 125.865 126.463 126.627 127.111 7.3 1.7 3.2 4.0 4.5 3.6 

Fuels and utilities ............................................................ 213.471 214.372 213.483 214.378 6.8 5.7 -4.1 1.7 6.2 -1.2 

Household energy ......................................................... 188.333 189.216 187.999 188.822 7.3 5.2 -6.3 1.0 6.3 -2.7

Fuel oil and other fuels 1 ............................................. 261.257 263.196 265.812 276.551 75.7 -3.9 -22.1 25.6 30.0 -1.1 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 5 ..................................... 192.576 193.441 191.969 192.302 3.4 5.9 -5.0 -.6 4.7 -2.8 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .......... 171.409 171.833 172.598 173.204 5.0 7.6 4.5 4.3 6.3 4.4 

Household furnishings and operations ............................ 125.135 125.193 124.729 124.685 -1.6 -5.1 -1.9 -1.4 -3.4 -1.6 

Household operations 1 2 ............................................. 150.747 150.630 150.346 150.151 -1.8 1.5 1.8 -1.6 -.2 .1 

Apparel .............................................................................. 120.373 120.205 119.444 119.028 .2 -7.0 6.6 -4.4 -3.4 1.0 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. 113.220 113.094 112.412 112.077 -1.7 -6.6 10.6 -4.0 -4.2 3.1 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. 108.074 107.759 106.293 105.915 1.1 -11.2 8.0 -7.8 -5.2 -.2

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... 117.212 115.667 114.148 111.956 .8 -1.8 10.8 -16.8 -.5 -4.0

Footwear ......................................................................... 128.465 127.882 128.327 128.548 4.3 -6.1 3.6 .3 -1.0 1.9 

Transportation ................................................................... 190.544 192.909 193.961 196.318 14.2 -2.8 -3.5 12.7 5.4 4.3 

Private transportation ...................................................... 185.797 188.302 189.331 191.780 14.9 -3.6 -3.8 13.5 5.3 4.5 

New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................... 97.557 97.908 97.739 97.303 4.9 1.7 3.0 -1.0 3.3 1.0 

New vehicles ............................................................... 138.139 138.529 138.704 138.417 -1.0 .8 1.1 .8 -.1 1.0

Used cars and trucks .................................................. 145.088 146.093 145.139 143.833 24.6 5.6 9.3 -3.4 14.7 2.7

Motor fuel ...................................................................... 224.977 233.847 238.064 248.648 43.6 -17.2 -18.3 49.2 9.0 10.4 

Gasoline (all types) ..................................................... 224.135 232.965 236.714 247.512 44.8 -17.0 -19.5 48.7 9.7 9.4 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................ 137.236 137.646 137.802 138.289 5.0 1.3 4.6 3.1 3.1 3.9 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1 ....................... 247.536 248.390 249.231 249.824 .3 2.9 .3 3.7 1.6 2.0 

Public transportation ....................................................... 250.567 250.191 251.529 251.992 5.9 8.8 .4 2.3 7.3 1.4

Medical care ...................................................................... 387.933 388.842 391.328 391.902 3.8 4.4 1.1 4.2 4.1 2.6 

Medical care commodities 1 ............................................ 314.113 314.881 315.804 316.082 2.8 5.3 -.5 2.5 4.0 1.0 

Medical care services ..................................................... 410.759 411.709 414.806 415.495 4.1 4.1 1.6 4.7 4.1 3.1

Professional services .................................................... 328.610 329.413 330.705 330.626 3.6 1.7 3.1 2.5 2.6 2.8

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—

July

2010

Aug.

2010

Sep.

2010

Oct.

2010

Jan.

2010

Apr.

2010

July

2010

Oct.

2010 Apr.

2010

Oct.

2010

Expenditure category

Hospital and related services 3 ..................................... 605.466 608.304 617.619 621.010 7.2 10.2 2.3 10.7 8.7 6.4 

Recreation 2 ...................................................................... 113.599 113.375 113.028 112.945 -2.1 .3 .0 -2.3 -.9 -1.2 

Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 99.240 98.747 98.746 98.605 -.1 -2.8 -1.3 -2.5 -1.4 -1.9 

Education and communication 2 ....................................... 130.355 130.369 130.220 130.140 1.8 3.1 1.6 -.7 2.5 .4 

Education 2 ..................................................................... 200.686 200.746 200.358 200.442 4.0 6.8 4.6 -.5 5.3 2.0 

Educational books and supplies ................................... 508.430 501.521 504.653 507.055 6.4 3.2 4.5 -1.1 4.8 1.7 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ...................... 577.097 577.834 576.388 576.457 3.8 7.0 4.6 -.4 5.4 2.1 

Communication 2 ............................................................ 84.702 84.695 84.660 84.527 -.4 -.1 -1.2 -.8 -.2 -1.0 

Information and information processing 1 2 .................. 81.535 81.532 81.497 81.359 -.8 -.2 -1.2 -.9 -.5 -1.0 

Telephone services 1 2 ............................................... 102.471 102.534 102.633 102.458 -.6 -1.3 .3 -.1 -1.0 .1 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 6 .... 9.399 9.381 9.339 9.324 -1.8 3.1 -5.4 -3.2 .6 -4.3 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 7 ..... 76.160 76.281 76.330 75.917 -4.2 -3.7 -5.3 -1.3 -3.9 -3.3 

Other goods and services ................................................. 383.432 384.493 383.948 382.701 2.7 .4 5.6 -.8 1.5 2.4

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... 819.214 822.662 823.766 821.529 6.9 .6 16.8 1.1 3.7 8.7 

Personal care .................................................................. 207.160 207.630 207.136 206.425 1.1 .4 2.0 -1.4 .7 .3 

Personal care products 1 .............................................. 161.372 161.337 160.985 159.951 -1.5 -.1 -.6 -3.5 -.8 -2.0 

Personal care services 1 ............................................... 230.519 230.354 230.332 229.343 .3 1.8 1.5 -2.0 1.0 -.3 

Miscellaneous personal services .................................. 354.973 355.528 355.275 356.127 3.1 2.5 3.1 1.3 2.8 2.2 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ....................................................................... 173.368 174.304 174.665 175.490 6.4 -2.5 -1.7 5.0 1.9 1.6 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 219.641 219.961 220.644 220.808 1.8 1.7 -.1 2.1 1.8 1.0

Commodities less food and beverages ............................. 148.890 150.042 150.262 151.324 9.3 -4.8 -2.6 6.7 2.0 1.9 

Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... 186.102 188.620 189.461 191.616 15.3 -9.2 -4.3 12.4 2.3 3.7 

Apparel .......................................................................... 120.373 120.205 119.444 119.028 .2 -7.0 6.6 -4.4 -3.4 1.0 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... 231.395 235.953 237.892 241.403 20.2 -9.5 -7.6 18.5 4.3 4.6 

Durables .......................................................................... 111.465 111.895 111.580 111.174 2.5 -1.1 .8 -1.0 .6 -.1 

Services .............................................................................. 261.549 261.680 261.781 262.008 -.4 1.7 1.2 .7 .6 .9 

Rent of shelter 4 ................................................................ 257.998 258.276 259.063 259.238 -1.6 -1.9 .2 1.9 -1.8 1.0 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ............................. 125.865 126.463 126.627 127.111 7.3 1.7 3.2 4.0 4.5 3.6 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 5 ........................................... 192.576 193.441 191.969 192.302 3.4 5.9 -5.0 -.6 4.7 -2.8 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .............. 171.409 171.833 172.598 173.204 5.0 7.6 4.5 4.3 6.3 4.4 

Household operations 1 2 ................................................. 150.747 150.630 150.346 150.151 -1.8 1.5 1.8 -1.6 -.2 .1 

Transportation services ..................................................... 259.852 260.059 260.777 261.655 2.1 5.0 1.5 2.8 3.5 2.2 

Medical care services ....................................................... 410.759 411.709 414.806 415.495 4.1 4.1 1.6 4.7 4.1 3.1 

Other services ................................................................... 310.990 311.046 310.495 310.397 1.3 2.5 2.8 -.8 1.9 1.0 

Special indexes

All items less food ............................................................... 217.361 217.947 218.095 218.658 2.4 -.3 .1 2.4 1.0 1.2 

All items less shelter ........................................................... 207.943 208.744 209.012 209.671 4.7 .1 -.5 3.4 2.4 1.4 

All items less medical care .................................................. 209.236 209.770 209.905 210.404 2.2 -.3 .0 2.3 .9 1.1

Commodities less food ........................................................ 151.537 152.662 152.889 153.938 8.9 -4.7 -2.4 6.5 1.9 1.9 

Nondurables less food ........................................................ 188.502 190.950 191.839 193.327 14.8 -8.7 -3.4 10.6 2.4 3.4 

Nondurables less food and apparel .................................... 229.614 233.855 235.546 238.419 19.0 -8.7 -6.8 16.2 4.2 4.1

Nondurables ........................................................................ 202.701 204.516 205.209 206.911 7.5 -2.9 -3.7 8.6 2.2 2.3 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ............................................. 284.537 284.979 285.138 285.577 2.7 3.9 .6 1.5 3.3 1.0 

Services less medical care services ................................... 249.251 249.511 249.872 250.121 -.1 .6 .3 1.4 .2 .9 

Energy ................................................................................. 204.195 208.874 210.256 215.720 25.6 -7.6 -12.8 24.6 7.7 4.2 

All items less energy ........................................................... 220.684 220.823 220.930 220.938 .3 .8 1.4 .5 .5 .9 

All items less food and energy .......................................... 221.676 221.779 221.781 221.765 .0 .6 1.7 .2 .3 .9 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ........... 143.923 144.079 143.727 143.379 1.7 -1.6 1.8 -1.5 .0 .1 

Energy commodities ..................................................... 228.353 236.938 241.105 251.770 45.4 -16.5 -18.5 47.8 10.2 9.7 

Services less energy services ......................................... 268.610 268.672 268.921 269.138 -.6 1.4 1.6 .8 .4 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

Oct.2010 from—

Percent change to

Sep.2010 from—

July

2010

Aug.

2010

Sep.

2010

Oct.

2010

Oct.

2009

Aug.

2010

Sep.

2010

Sep.

2009

July

2010

Aug.

2010

U.S. city average ............................................ M 218.011 218.312 218.439 218.711 1.2 0.2 0.1 1.1 0.2 0.1 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban .............................................. M 233.885 234.150 234.027 234.671 1.5 .2 .3 1.2 .1 -.1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 235.770 236.089 235.995 236.560 1.3 .2 .2 1.0 .1 .0 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 139.274 139.348 139.229 139.746 1.7 .3 .4 1.9 .0 -.1 

Midwest urban ................................................ M 208.211 208.639 208.788 208.689 1.5 .0 .0 1.6 .3 .1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 208.556 208.912 209.253 209.182 1.2 .1 .0 1.4 .3 .2 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 134.130 134.375 134.275 134.074 1.8 -.2 -.1 1.9 .1 -.1 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 203.992 204.985 205.100 205.565 1.5 .3 .2 1.6 .5 .1 

South urban .................................................... M 210.988 211.308 211.775 212.026 1.3 .3 .1 1.4 .4 .2 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 212.696 212.947 213.493 213.589 1.2 .3 .0 1.1 .4 .3 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 134.130 134.335 134.658 134.890 1.4 .4 .2 1.5 .4 .2 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 214.639 215.266 215.172 215.390 1.4 .1 .1 2.0 .2 .0 

West urban ..................................................... M 221.331 221.523 221.384 221.708 .6 .1 .1 .5 .0 -.1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 225.574 225.790 225.726 226.058 .8 .1 .1 .6 .1 .0 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 133.685 133.704 133.544 133.745 .1 .0 .2 .3 -.1 -.1 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 199.224 199.477 199.617 199.842 1.1 .2 .1 1.0 .2 .1 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 134.753 134.908 134.987 135.174 1.3 .2 .1 1.4 .2 .1 

D ................................................................. M 210.882 211.606 211.524 211.831 1.3 .1 .1 1.4 .3 .0 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... M 212.535 212.784 213.339 213.332 .8 .3 .0 .9 .4 .3 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... M 225.991 226.373 226.048 226.794 .7 .2 .3 .4 .0 -.1 

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

NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 241.147 241.569 241.485 241.981 1.5 .2 .2 1.2 .1 .0 

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ..... 1 236.132 -

 236.474 ---- -.1 .1 -

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 1 203.989 - 205.492 ---- 1.8 .7 -

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... 1 200.227 - 201.882 ---- .0 .8 -

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 141.966 - 142.738 ---- 1.3 .5 -

Atlanta, GA ..................................................... 2 - 204.511 - 202.913 .9 -.8 ----

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. 2 - 205.412 - 205.824 .4 .2 ----

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 - 195.165 - 195.094 1.8 .0 ----

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. 2 - 222.803 - 223.631 .5 .4 ----

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ 2 - 228.500 - 228.543 1.7 .0 ----

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... 2 - 227.954 - 228.107 .9 .1 ----

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 - 227.645 - 227.251 .4 -.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

Oct. 2010 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Sep.

2010

Oct.

2010

Oct.

2009

Sep.

2010

July to

Aug.

Aug. to

Sep.

Sep. to

Oct.

Expenditure category

All items ........................................................................................ 100.000 214.306 214.623 1.5 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.3 

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

 638.353 639.296 - ----

Food and beverages .................................................................. 16.425 219.817 220.199 1.4 .2 .2 .3 .1 

Food ......................................................................................... 15.333 219.376 219.736 1.4 .2 .2 .3 .1 

Food at home ......................................................................... 8.900 215.058 215.511 1.5 .2 .0 .3 .0 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................... 1.257 250.654 250.429 -.6 -.1 .2 .7 -.2 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. 2.144 211.109 211.978 5.9 .4 -.3 .9 .6 

Dairy and related products 1 ................................................ .898 197.812 199.890 3.0 1.1 -.1 .1 1.1 

Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... 1.223 266.461 267.466 .1 .4 .4 .0 -.7 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................ 1.123 161.210 160.678 -1.1 -.3 -.2 -.1 -.5 

Other food at home .............................................................. 2.254 190.318 190.351 -.1 .0 .3 -.1 -.2 

Sugar and sweets .............................................................. .321 200.971 201.469 2.9 .2 -.2 1.1 .6 

Fats and oils ....................................................................... .259 202.118 203.670 1.4 .8 .6 .1 .5 

Other foods ........................................................................ 1.674 204.234 203.935 -1.0 -.1 .3 -.3 -.4 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... .472 122.164 121.806 -.7 -.3 -.3 .3 -.3 

Food away from home 1 ......................................................... 6.433 227.188 227.412 1.4 .1 .3 .3 .1 

Other food away from home 1 2 ........................................... .321 160.755 160.988 2.6 .1 .1 .6 .1 

Alcoholic beverages ................................................................. 1.092 224.828 225.531 1.3 .3 .1 .1 .1 

Housing ...................................................................................... 39.753 213.294 212.681 .0 -.3 .0 .0 .1 

Shelter ...................................................................................... 30.171 242.338 242.513 -.1 .1 .0 .1 .1 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................... 8.476 247.589 247.823 .2 .1 -.1 .1 .0 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................... .432 136.488 134.787 .1 -1.2 -2.0 -.3 -.7 

Owners’ equivalent rent of residences 3 4 .............................. 20.959 232.472 232.680 .0 .1 .0 .1 .1 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ................ 20.218 232.473 232.683 .0 .1 .0 .1 .1 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... .303 127.718 128.130 4.4 .3 .5 .2 .3 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 5.632 216.787 211.649 2.4 -2.4 .6 -.4 .3

Household energy .................................................................. 4.517 191.066 185.262 1.7 -3.0 .7 -.7 .3 

Fuel oil and other fuels 1 ...................................................... .271 267.283 278.516 13.1 4.2 .6 .9 4.2 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 5 .............................................. 4.246 196.143 189.313 1.0 -3.5 .7 -.8 .1 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................... 1.114 173.258 173.843 5.3 .3 .2 .5 .2 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 3.950 120.560 120.643 -2.7 .1 -.1 -.3 .0 

Household operations 1 2 ....................................................... .369 152.851 152.729 -.4 -.1 -.1 -.5 -.1 

Apparel ....................................................................................... 3.788 119.942 121.587 -1.7 1.4 -.4 -.4 -.3 

Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... .945 111.901 113.618 -1.5 1.5 .1 -.6 -.5 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... 1.568 108.532 110.474 -2.5 1.8 -.7 -.3 -.2 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... .285 116.688 117.250 -2.3 .5 -2.1 -1.6 -1.7 

Footwear .................................................................................. .781 128.436 129.851 -.6 1.1 -.5 -.2 .2

Transportation ............................................................................ 18.647 191.517 193.553 5.5 1.1 1.6 .6 1.5 

Private transportation ............................................................... 17.881 188.152 190.259 5.5 1.1 1.7 .7 1.6 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. 6.952 96.860 96.402 3.2 -.5 .4 -.3 -.5 

New vehicles ........................................................................ 3.385 138.353 138.806 .3 .3 .2 .1 -.2 

Used cars and trucks ........................................................... 2.944 146.959 144.952 8.6 -1.4 .7 -.6 -.9 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 5.774 233.370 241.218 9.8 3.4 4.7 2.1 4.8

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 5.530 232.783 240.558 9.6 3.3 3.9 1.6 4.6 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ..................................... .472 137.728 138.153 3.3 .3 .3 .1 .3 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1 ................................ 1.180 251.938 252.546 1.9 .2 .4 .3 .2 

Public transportation ................................................................ .766 249.816 249.169 3.9 -.3 .0 .4 .4 

Medical care ............................................................................... 5.261 392.028 392.749 3.6 .2 .2 .6 .2

Medical care commodities 1 ..................................................... 1.301 307.322 307.539 2.6 .1 .3 .3 .1 

Medical care services ............................................................... 3.961 416.993 417.913 3.9 .2 .2 .7 .2 

Professional services ............................................................. 2.195 333.547 333.450 2.8 .0 .2 .4 .0 

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

Oct. 2010 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Sep.

2010

Oct.

2010

Oct.

2009

Sep.

2010

July to

Aug.

Aug. to

Sep.

Sep. to

Oct.

Expenditure category

Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 1.339 615.785 620.670 8.3 0.8 0.5 1.5 0.6 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................... 6.031 109.626 109.449 -1.2 -.2 -.2 -.3 -.1 

Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 2.046 99.199 99.054 -1.6 -.1 -.4 .0 -.1 

Education and communication 2 ................................................ 6.175 125.818 125.617 1.0 -.2 .0 -.1 -.1 

Education 2 .............................................................................. 2.327 200.329 200.129 3.8 -.1 .0 -.2 .1 

Educational books and supplies ............................................. .196 512.303 512.956 3.1 .1 -1.1 .6 .3 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................ 2.131 563.998 563.319 3.9 -.1 .1 -.3 .1 

Communication 2 ..................................................................... 3.848 87.343 87.170 -.7 -.2 .0 -.1 -.2 

Information and information processing 1 2 ............................ 3.715 85.154 84.978 -.8 -.2 .0 -.1 -.2 

Telephone services 1 2 ......................................................... 2.906 102.325 102.135 -.7 -.2 .1 .1 -.2 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 6 ............. .809 9.891 9.864 -1.3 -.3 -.1 -.6 -.3 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 7 ............... .225 75.356 74.970 -3.8 -.5 .2 -.1 -.8 

Other goods and services .......................................................... 3.919 412.690 411.655 2.6 -.3 .3 .0 -.3 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ 1.397 828.794 826.468 6.1 -.3 .4 .1 -.3 

Personal care ........................................................................... 2.522 204.620 204.142 .5 -.2 .2 -.1 -.4

Personal care products 1 ....................................................... .733 161.132 160.174 -1.3 -.6 .0 -.2 -.6 

Personal care services 1 ........................................................ .577 230.624 229.635 .4 -.4 -.1 .0 -.4 

Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... 1.019 357.423 357.784 2.4 .1 .2 .1 .2 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ................................................................................ 43.589 177.267 178.283 2.1 .6 .7 .3 .6

Food and beverages .................................................................. 16.425 219.817 220.199 1.4 .2 .2 .3 .1 

Commodities less food and beverages ...................................... 27.164 154.406 155.663 2.6 .8 1.0 .3 .9 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..................................... 16.703 197.015 199.991 3.4 1.5 1.5 .6 1.3 

Apparel ................................................................................... 3.788 119.942 121.587 -1.7 1.4 -.4 -.4 -.3 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................... 12.915 249.301 253.167 5.0 1.6 2.2 1.0 1.9 

Durables ................................................................................... 10.461 112.646 112.294 1.2 -.3 .3 -.2 -.4 

Services ....................................................................................... 56.411 257.663 257.198 .9 -.2 .1 .0 .1 

Rent of shelter 4 ......................................................................... 29.868 233.516 233.679 -.2 .1 .0 .2 .1 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... .303 127.718 128.130 4.4 .3 .5 .2 .3 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 5 .................................................... 4.246 196.143 189.313 1.0 -3.5 .7 -.8 .1 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ....................... 1.114 173.258 173.843 5.3 .3 .2 .5 .2 

Household operations 1 2 ........................................................... .369 152.851 152.729 -.4 -.1 -.1 -.5 -.1 

Transportation services .............................................................. 5.918 260.813 262.219 3.1 .5 .1 .2 .4 

Medical care services ................................................................. 3.961 416.993 417.913 3.9 .2 .2 .7 .2 

Other services ............................................................................ 10.631 297.815 297.397 1.2 -.1 .0 -.2 .0 

Special indexes

All items less food ........................................................................ 84.667 213.223 213.532 1.5 .1 .4 .1 .4

All items less shelter .................................................................... 69.829 206.399 206.770 2.1 .2 .5 .2 .4

All items less medical care ........................................................... 94.739 207.107 207.409 1.3 .1 .4 .1 .3 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 28.256 156.792 158.038 2.5 .8 1.0 .3 .9 

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 17.795 198.749 201.606 3.3 1.4 1.5 .6 1.2

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. 14.007 246.106 249.688 4.8 1.5 2.0 .9 1.6 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 33.128 208.853 210.627 2.4 .8 .9 .5 1.0 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... 26.543 253.335 252.181 2.2 -.5 .2 .0 .2 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 52.450 246.476 245.955 .7 -.2 .1 .1 .1 

Energy .......................................................................................... 10.291 210.386 211.514 6.2 .5 2.9 .9 2.9 

All items less energy .................................................................... 89.709 215.742 215.961 .9 .1 .1 .1 .0 

All items less food and energy ................................................... 74.376 215.388 215.580 .8 .1 .0 .0 .0 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................... 22.211 146.170 146.268 .6 .1 .1 -.2 -.3 

Energy commodities ............................................................... 6.045 235.913 243.933 9.9 3.4 4.5 2.0 4.8 

Services less energy services .................................................. 52.165 264.342 264.603 .9 .1 .0 .1 .1 

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

 $ .467 $ .466 - ----

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ............. - $ .157 $ .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—

July

2010

Aug.

2010

Sep.

2010

Oct.

2010

Jan.

2010

Apr.

2010

July

2010

Oct.

2010 Apr.

2010

Oct.

2010

Expenditure category

All items .............................................................................. 213.275 214.019 214.345 215.005 3.3 -0.3 -0.4 3.3 1.5 1.4 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 218.851 219.203 219.852 220.003 1.8 1.8 .0 2.1 1.8 1.0

Food ................................................................................ 218.336 218.696 219.367 219.514 1.7 2.1 -.3 2.2 1.9 .9 

Food at home ................................................................ 214.312 214.392 215.042 215.136 2.2 3.2 -1.0 1.5 2.7 .3 

Cereals and bakery products ...................................... 249.053 249.429 251.234 250.767 -.9 -1.8 -2.6 2.8 -1.4 .1 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................... 208.949 208.288 210.142 211.446 2.9 8.8 7.0 4.9 5.8 5.9 

Dairy and related products 1 ....................................... 197.782 197.651 197.812 199.890 7.5 -3.4 3.8 4.3 1.9 4.1 

Fruits and vegetables .................................................. 266.463 267.571 267.680 265.939 7.3 13.6 -16.7 -.8 10.4 -9.1

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ....... 161.496 161.246 161.087 160.297 .0 .1 -1.5 -2.9 .1 -2.2 

Other food at home ..................................................... 190.144 190.637 190.495 190.170 -.5 -.4 .2 .1 -.4 .1 

Sugar and sweets ..................................................... 199.386 199.065 201.240 202.408 2.2 2.3 1.1 6.2 2.2 3.6 

Fats and oils .............................................................. 199.998 201.168 201.340 202.318 1.5 .2 -.6 4.7 .9 2.0

Other foods ............................................................... 204.633 205.225 204.561 203.701 -1.3 -1.0 .2 -1.8 -1.1 -.8 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................ 122.217 121.804 122.164 121.806 -2.0 2.2 -1.6 -1.3 .1 -1.5 

Food away from home 1 ............................................... 225.707 226.481 227.188 227.412 1.1 .7 .6 3.1 .9 1.8 

Other food away from home 1 2 .................................. 159.725 159.866 160.755 160.988 2.0 3.6 1.6 3.2 2.8 2.4 

Alcoholic beverages ........................................................ 224.936 225.179 225.507 225.707 1.8 -2.2 4.4 1.4 -.2 2.9 

Housing ............................................................................. 212.756 212.842 212.764 212.959 -.4 .0 -.1 .4 -.2 .1 

Shelter ............................................................................. 242.390 242.282 242.448 242.602 -1.6 -.2 .9 .4 -.9 .6 

Rent of primary residence 3 .......................................... 247.705 247.460 247.767 247.885 -.3 .2 .4 .3 .0 .4 

Lodging away from home 2 ........................................... 139.345 136.626 136.197 135.294 -12.6 8.8 18.0 -11.1 -2.5 2.4 

Owners’ equivalent rent of residences 3 4 .................... 232.411 232.443 232.567 232.759 -.8 -.6 .7 .6 -.7 .6 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ....... 232.411 232.444 232.568 232.762 -.8 -.6 .7 .6 -.7 .6 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ......................... 126.950 127.526 127.718 128.130 8.5 1.8 3.5 3.8 5.1 3.6 

Fuels and utilities ............................................................ 212.231 213.407 212.484 213.115 6.7 5.3 -3.9 1.7 6.0 -1.1 

Household energy ......................................................... 186.400 187.614 186.387 186.978 7.0 4.6 -5.8 1.2 5.8 -2.3

Fuel oil and other fuels 1 ............................................. 263.269 264.904 267.283 278.516 77.3 -4.6 -22.7 25.3 30.1 -1.6 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 5 ..................................... 191.240 192.489 191.045 191.184 3.6 5.3 -4.6 -.1 4.5 -2.4 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .......... 172.010 172.296 173.079 173.455 5.6 7.8 4.3 3.4 6.7 3.8 

Household furnishings and operations ............................ 121.071 121.001 120.681 120.687 -1.4 -5.8 -2.2 -1.3 -3.7 -1.7 

Household operations 1 2 ............................................. 153.634 153.542 152.851 152.729 -4.8 2.2 3.5 -2.3 -1.4 .5 

Apparel .............................................................................. 119.544 119.017 118.544 118.175 -.5 -7.6 6.2 -4.5 -4.1 .7 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. 112.845 112.965 112.281 111.728 -4.2 -6.9 9.7 -3.9 -5.6 2.7 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. 106.821 106.111 105.776 105.596 1.0 -11.6 6.1 -4.5 -5.5 .6

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... 120.885 118.376 116.525 114.553 4.3 -2.3 11.0 -19.4 1.0 -5.4 

Footwear ......................................................................... 128.294 127.689 127.444 127.691 2.6 -6.4 3.7 -1.9 -2.0 .9 

Transportation ................................................................... 189.020 192.130 193.376 196.286 16.3 -3.7 -4.7 16.3 5.8 5.3 

Private transportation ...................................................... 185.661 188.845 190.087 193.039 16.8 -4.2 -4.9 16.9 5.8 5.4 

New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................... 96.827 97.221 96.958 96.498 8.0 2.1 4.2 -1.4 5.0 1.4 

New vehicles ............................................................... 139.218 139.526 139.661 139.363 -1.1 .5 1.3 .4 -.3 .9

Used cars and trucks .................................................. 145.889 146.935 146.033 144.761 24.8 5.5 9.0 -3.1 14.7 2.8

Motor fuel ...................................................................... 224.320 234.907 239.792 251.389 41.1 -17.7 -20.7 57.7 7.8 11.8 

Gasoline (all types) ..................................................... 224.891 233.750 237.478 248.433 46.3 -17.2 -20.0 48.9 10.1 9.1 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................ 137.218 137.612 137.728 138.153 4.9 1.6 3.9 2.8 3.2 3.3 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1 ....................... 250.143 251.084 251.938 252.546 .3 3.1 .4 3.9 1.7 2.2 

Public transportation ....................................................... 247.744 247.825 248.885 249.803 5.0 6.9 .6 3.4 6.0 2.0

Medical care ...................................................................... 389.453 390.299 392.737 393.364 4.1 5.0 1.3 4.1 4.5 2.7 

Medical care commodities 1 ............................................ 305.764 306.541 307.322 307.539 2.9 5.7 -.5 2.3 4.3 .9 

Medical care services ..................................................... 414.049 414.900 417.992 418.780 4.5 4.7 1.9 4.6 4.6 3.3

Professional services .................................................... 331.963 332.739 334.108 333.960 3.9 1.9 3.1 2.4 2.9 2.8

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—

July

2010

Aug.

2010

Sep.

2010

Oct.

2010

Jan.

2010

Apr.

2010

July

2010

Oct.

2010 Apr.

2010

Oct.

2010

Expenditure category

Hospital and related services 3 ..................................... 606.994 609.797 618.805 622.544 8.0 11.8 3.0 10.6 9.9 6.7 

Recreation 2 ...................................................................... 109.992 109.813 109.532 109.427 -1.9 .0 -.6 -2.0 -1.0 -1.3

Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 99.646 99.260 99.299 99.197 .0 -2.8 -1.7 -1.8 -1.4 -1.8 

Education and communication 2 ....................................... 125.256 125.272 125.137 125.048 1.3 2.5 1.1 -.7 1.9 .2 

Education 2 ..................................................................... 197.893 197.914 197.532 197.794 4.1 7.0 4.6 -.2 5.5 2.2 

Educational books and supplies ................................... 510.490 504.799 507.899 509.466 6.2 3.9 3.3 -.8 5.0 1.2 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ...................... 556.699 557.331 555.849 556.496 3.9 7.2 4.7 -.1 5.5 2.2 

Communication 2 ............................................................ 87.375 87.388 87.340 87.168 -.8 -.2 -.9 -.9 -.5 -.9 

Information and information processing 1 2 .................. 85.186 85.201 85.154 84.978 -1.0 -.2 -1.0 -1.0 -.6 -1.0 

Telephone services 1 2 ............................................... 102.185 102.239 102.325 102.135 -1.2 -1.4 .2 -.2 -1.3 .0 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 6 .... 9.957 9.947 9.891 9.864 -.7 4.4 -5.1 -3.7 1.8 -4.4 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 7 ..... 76.168 76.335 76.253 75.608 -3.4 -3.0 -5.9 -2.9 -3.2 -4.4 

Other goods and services ................................................. 411.916 413.142 413.007 411.642 3.5 .3 6.8 -.3 1.9 3.2

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... 824.198 827.609 828.794 826.468 7.0 .7 16.5 1.1 3.8 8.6 

Personal care .................................................................. 204.671 205.143 204.868 204.132 1.3 .1 1.7 -1.0 .7 .3 

Personal care products 1 .............................................. 161.416 161.376 161.132 160.174 -1.4 -.2 -.5 -3.0 -.8 -1.8 

Personal care services 1 ............................................... 230.769 230.625 230.624 229.635 .2 1.9 1.6 -2.0 1.0 -.2 

Miscellaneous personal services .................................. 355.713 356.397 356.667 357.305 3.8 2.4 1.7 1.8 3.1 1.8 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ....................................................................... 176.029 177.262 177.809 178.870 7.5 -2.8 -2.1 6.6 2.2 2.1 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 218.851 219.203 219.852 220.003 1.8 1.8 .0 2.1 1.8 1.0

Commodities less food and beverages ............................. 153.086 154.660 155.148 156.567 11.0 -5.4 -3.4 9.4 2.5 2.8 

Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... 193.805 196.796 197.981 200.534 18.4 -11.5 -4.8 14.6 2.4 4.4 

Apparel .......................................................................... 119.544 119.017 118.544 118.175 -.5 -7.6 6.2 -4.5 -4.1 .7 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... 244.635 249.977 252.387 257.082 22.1 -11.2 -7.9 22.0 4.1 6.0 

Durables .......................................................................... 112.840 113.188 112.925 112.468 4.5 -.1 1.8 -1.3 2.1 .2 

Services .............................................................................. 256.860 257.025 257.115 257.372 .2 1.7 1.0 .8 .9 .9 

Rent of shelter 4 ................................................................ 233.052 233.137 233.640 233.826 -1.0 -1.3 .3 1.3 -1.1 .8 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ............................. 126.950 127.526 127.718 128.130 8.5 1.8 3.5 3.8 5.1 3.6 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 5 ........................................... 191.240 192.489 191.045 191.184 3.6 5.3 -4.6 -.1 4.5 -2.4 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .............. 172.010 172.296 173.079 173.455 5.6 7.8 4.3 3.4 6.7 3.8 

Household operations 1 2 ................................................. 153.634 153.542 152.851 152.729 -4.8 2.2 3.5 -2.3 -1.4 .5 

Transportation services ..................................................... 260.234 260.588 261.213 262.351 1.8 5.2 2.2 3.3 3.5 2.7 

Medical care services ....................................................... 414.049 414.900 417.992 418.780 4.5 4.7 1.9 4.6 4.6 3.3 

Other services ................................................................... 297.141 297.236 296.788 296.741 1.3 1.9 2.2 -.5 1.6 .8 

Special indexes

All items less food ............................................................... 212.194 213.004 213.269 214.020 3.6 -.7 -.4 3.5 1.4 1.5 

All items less shelter ........................................................... 204.964 206.024 206.412 207.262 5.5 -.4 -.9 4.6 2.5 1.8 

All items less medical care .................................................. 206.132 206.865 207.125 207.781 3.3 -.6 -.5 3.2 1.3 1.4 

Commodities less food ........................................................ 155.506 157.049 157.535 158.926 10.7 -5.3 -3.1 9.1 2.4 2.8 

Nondurables less food ........................................................ 195.686 198.552 199.695 202.081 17.4 -10.9 -4.4 13.7 2.3 4.3 

Nondurables less food and apparel .................................... 241.864 246.763 248.977 252.930 21.1 -10.5 -7.1 19.6 4.1 5.4

Nondurables ........................................................................ 206.494 208.421 209.473 211.654 7.8 -4.0 -3.7 10.4 1.7 3.1 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ............................................. 251.382 251.873 251.937 252.325 2.6 4.0 .5 1.5 3.3 1.0 

Services less medical care services ................................... 245.438 245.645 245.846 246.090 .2 1.0 .5 1.1 .6 .8 

Energy ................................................................................. 203.561 209.481 211.343 217.469 25.4 -8.8 -14.5 30.3 6.9 5.5 

All items less energy ........................................................... 215.408 215.528 215.669 215.670 1.0 .8 1.4 .5 .9 1.0 

All items less food and energy .......................................... 215.198 215.269 215.303 215.274 .8 .5 1.8 .1 .7 1.0 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ........... 146.172 146.280 146.012 145.595 2.9 -1.6 2.5 -1.6 .7 .5 

Energy commodities ..................................................... 227.010 237.307 242.121 253.766 42.5 -17.2 -20.8 56.2 8.7 11.2 

Services less energy services ......................................... 264.007 264.048 264.313 264.583 -.1 1.4 1.5 .9 .7 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

Oct.2010 from—

Percent change to

Sep.2010 from—

July

2010

Aug.

2010

Sep.

2010

Oct.

2010

Oct.

2009

Aug.

2010

Sep.

2010

Sep.

2009

July

2010

Aug.

2010

U.S. city average ............................................ M 213.898 214.205 214.306 214.623 1.5 0.2 0.1 1.4 0.2 0.0 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban .............................................. M 231.380 231.694 231.566 232.396 1.8 .3 .4 1.5 .1 -.1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 231.615 231.995 231.881 232.672 1.7 .3 .3 1.2 .1 .0 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 140.283 140.390 140.295 140.848 2.1 .3 .4 2.1 .0 -.1 

Midwest urban ................................................ M 203.877 204.273 204.442 204.329 1.8 .0 -.1 1.9 .3 .1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 203.363 203.593 203.946 203.906 1.6 .2 .0 1.7 .3 .2 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 134.136 134.426 134.361 134.093 2.0 -.2 -.2 2.2 .2 .0 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 201.950 202.896 203.086 203.548 1.7 .3 .2 1.8 .6 .1 

South urban .................................................... M 208.440 208.740 209.155 209.376 1.6 .3 .1 1.7 .3 .2 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 210.592 210.831 211.393 211.409 1.4 .3 .0 1.3 .4 .3 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 133.227 133.420 133.680 133.923 1.7 .4 .2 1.8 .3 .2 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 214.840 215.354 215.346 215.451 1.5 .0 .0 2.1 .2 .0 

West urban ..................................................... M 215.824 216.048 215.804 216.273 .7 .1 .2 .6 .0 -.1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 218.499 218.784 218.524 219.017 .9 .1 .2 .7 .0 -.1 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 133.471 133.480 133.346 133.622 .3 .1 .2 .4 -.1 -.1 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 197.908 198.168 198.278 198.576 1.4 .2 .2 1.2 .2 .1 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 134.420 134.581 134.644 134.840 1.6 .2 .1 1.7 .2 .0 

D ................................................................. M 209.161 209.863 209.864 210.160 1.5 .1 .1 1.7 .3 .0 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... M 206.307 206.338 206.897 206.894 1.2 .3 .0 1.3 .3 .3 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... M 218.367 218.752 218.427 219.339 .9 .3 .4 .5 .0 -.1 

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

NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 236.330 236.820 236.725 237.483 1.9 .3 .3 1.4 .2 .0 

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ..... 1 236.657 -

 236.844 ---- .5 .1 -

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 1 195.477 - 196.787 ---- 2.1 .7 -

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... 1 203.537 - 205.602 ---- .6 1.0 -

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 141.926 - 142.755 ---- 1.5 .6 -

Atlanta, GA ..................................................... 2 - 203.745 - 201.887 1.1 -.9 ----

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. 2 - 201.359 - 201.864 .8 .3 ----

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 - 193.276 - 193.110 2.0 -.1 ----

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. 2 - 220.790 - 221.497 .5 .3 ----

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ 2 - 228.523 - 228.676 1.8 .1 ----

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... 2 - 224.195 - 224.352 1.2 .1 ----

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 - 223.444 - 223.112 .8 -.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

 Oct. 2010 from—

 Sep.

 2010

 Oct.

 2010

 Oct.

 2009

 Sep.

 2010

Expenditure category

All items ...................................................................................... 100.000 126.418 126.614 1.0 0.2 

Food and beverages ................................................................ 14.519 128.713 128.946 1.3 .2 

Food ....................................................................................... 13.493 128.683 128.904 1.3 .2 

Food at home ....................................................................... 7.780 123.467 123.746 1.3 .2 

Food away from home .......................................................... 5.712 135.821 135.954 1.3 .1 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 1.027 129.566 129.959 .9 .3 

Housing .................................................................................... 42.074 128.505 128.240 -.3 -.2 

Shelter .................................................................................... 32.119 131.106 131.161 -.4 .0 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 5.231 161.361 158.349 2.4 -1.9 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 4.724 92.177 92.140 -3.0 .0 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 3.772 89.951 91.154 -1.9 1.3 

Transportation .......................................................................... 17.199 131.313 132.737 5.1 1.1 

Private transportation ............................................................. 16.013 131.858 133.434 5.2 1.2 

Public transportation ............................................................... 1.186 123.963 123.470 4.4 -.4 

Medical care ............................................................................. 6.294 151.186 151.393 3.1 .1 

Medical care commodities ...................................................... 1.570 133.004 133.097 2.3 .1 

Medical care services ............................................................. 4.723 157.867 158.118 3.3 .2 

Recreation ................................................................................ 6.625 102.617 102.437 -2.0 -.2 

Education and communication ................................................. 6.288 113.302 113.108 1.0 -.2 

Education ............................................................................... 2.804 187.500 187.174 3.6 -.2 

Communication ...................................................................... 3.484 72.993 72.869 -1.1 -.2 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 3.229 138.734 138.471 1.5 -.2 

Commodity and service group

Services ...................................................................................... 59.383 135.941 135.745 .7 -.1 

Commodities .............................................................................. 40.617 114.721 115.403 1.5 .6 

Durables ................................................................................... 10.376 80.769 80.612 -.4 -.2 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 30.241 132.423 133.571 2.1 .9 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 76.901 120.061 120.149 .3 .1 

Energy ........................................................................................ 9.606 186.018 187.484 6.2 .8 

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.