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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: APRIL 2007 

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.6 percent in April, before 

seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The 

April level of 206.686 (1982-84=100) was 2.6 percent higher than in April 2006. 

The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) increased 0.8 

percent in April, prior to seasonal adjustment. The April level of 202.130 (1982-84=100) was 2.5 percent 

higher than in April 2006. 

The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) increased 0.5 percent in 

April on a not seasonally adjusted basis. The April level of 119.543 (December 1999=100) was 2.3 percent 

higher than in April 2006. Please note that the indexes for the post-2005 period are subject to revision.

CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)

On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U advanced 0.4 percent in April, following a 0.6 percent 

increase in March. The index for energy increased 2.4 percent after advancing 5.9 percent in March. In 

April, the index for petroleum-based energy rose 4.6 percent versus a 10.1 percent increase in March. The 

food index rose 0.4 percent in April, slightly more than in March. The index for all items less food and energy 

advanced 0.2 percent in April, following a 0.1 percent rise in March; the index for shelter rose 0.3 percent 

after advancing 0.1 percent in March, resulting from an upturn in the index for lodging away from home. 

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

 Seasonally adjusted Un-

 Compound adjusted

Expenditure Changes from preceding month annual rate 12-mos. 

Category 2006 2007 3-mos. ended ended

 Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. Apr. ’07 Apr. ’07

All Items -.4 .0 .4 .2 .4 .6 .4 5.7 2.6

 Food and beverages .3 -.1 -.1 .7 .8 .3 .4 6.1 3.7 

 Housing .0 .4 .4 .2 .4 .2 .2 3.4 3.4 

 Apparel -.5 -.1 .2 .3 .5 -1.0 -.3 -3.3 -.4 

 Transportation -3.0 -.8 1.7 -.8 .1 2.8 1.2 17.4 .6 

 Medical care .3 .2 .2 .8 .5 .1 .4 3.9 4.0 

 Recreation .1 .1 -.3 .1 .0 .0 .1 .1 .3 

 Education and 

 communication .2 -.2 .2 -.1 .3 .5 .3 4.4 2.2 

 Other goods and 

 services .2 .1 .6 .8 .2 .2 .3 2.5 3.7 

 Special Indexes 

 Energy -6.7 -.2 4.2 -1.5 .9 5.9 2.4 43.3 2.9 

 Food .3 -.1 .0 .7 .8 .3 .4 6.1 3.7 

 All Items less 

 food and energy .1 .1 .1 .3 .2 .1 .2 1.9 2.3 
During the first four months of 2007, the CPI-U rose at a 4.8 percent seasonally adjusted annual rate 

(SAAR). This compares with an increase of 2.5 percent for all of 2006. The acceleration thus far this year was 

due to larger increases in the energy and food components. The index for energy advanced at a 25.3 percent 

SAAR in the first four months of 2007 compared with 2.9 percent in 2006. Petroleum-based energy costs 

increased at a 40.0 percent annual rate and charges for energy services rose at a 9.4 percent annual rate. The 

food index has increased at a 6.7 percent SAAR thus far this year, following a 2.1 percent rise for all of 2006.

Excluding food and energy, the CPI-U advanced at a 2.2 percent SAAR in the first four months, following a 2.6 

percent rise for all of 2006. 

The food and beverages index rose 0.4 percent in April. The index for food at home increased 0.5 

percent, following a 0.4 percent rise in March. Upturns in the indexes for fruits and vegetables and for cereal 

and bakery products were partially offset by smaller increases or downturns in the other four major grocery 

store food groups. The index for fruits and vegetables, which declined 1.4 percent in March, rose 0.4 percent in 

April. The indexes for fresh vegetables and for processed fruits and vegetables increased 1.6 and 0.6 percent, 

respectively, while the index for fresh fruits declined 0.9 percent. The index for cereal and bakery products 

advanced 0.9 percent after declining 0.3 percent in March; bread prices rose 2.0 percent. The index for meats, 

poultry, fish, and eggs, which increased 1.1 percent in March, advanced 0.9 percent in April. Prices for beef, 

and for poultry rose sharply for the second consecutive month--up 1.8 and 1.5 percent, respectively--while the 

indexes for pork and for other meats turned down after registering large increases in March. The indexes for 

dairy products and for other food at home each rose 0.5 percent, while index for nonalcoholic beverages 

declined 0.8 percent, largely as a result of a decline in prices for carbonated drinks. The other two components 

of the food and beverages index--food away from home and alcoholic beverages--increased 0.3 and 0.2 percent, 

respectively.

The index for housing rose 0.2 percent in April, the same as in March. The index for shelter increased 

0.3 percent in April, following an increase of 0.1 percent in March. Within shelter, the indexes for rent and 

owners' equivalent rent each increased 0.2 percent. The index for lodging away from home, which declined 2.3 

percent in March, advanced 1.9 percent. The index for household energy declined 0.1 percent as a 1.0 percent 

decrease in the index for natural gas was partially offset by increases in the indexes for fuel oil and for 

electricity--up 2.1 and 0.1 percent, respectively. The index for household furnishings and operations declined 

0.3 percent. 

The transportation index rose 1.2 percent in April, reflecting a 4.7 percent increase in the index for 

motor fuels. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, gasoline prices rose 10.2 percent in April, but were 5.0 percent 

lower than their peak level recorded in July 2006.) The index for new vehicles was virtually unchanged. (Prior 

to seasonal adjustment, new vehicle prices declined 0.2 percent in April and were 1.0 percent lower than in 

April 2006.) The index for used cars and trucks also was virtually unchanged in April. The index for public 

transportation declined 0.4 percent in April, reflecting a 0.9 percent decrease in the index for airline fares.

(Prior to seasonal adjustment, airline fares rose 1.0 percent.) 

The index for apparel declined 0.3 percent in April, following a 1.0 percent decrease in March. (Prior to 

seasonal adjustment, apparel prices rose 0.3 percent. Prices for men’s and boys’ apparel registered the largest 

advance--up 1.3 percent.) 

Medical care costs rose 0.4 percent in April and are 4.0 percent higher than a year ago. The index for 

medical care commodities--prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and medical supplies--increased 0.4 

percent, as did the index for medical care services . Within the later group, the index for professional services 

was virtually unchanged, while the index for hospital and related services increased 0.8 percent.

The index for recreation rose 0.1 percent in April. Increases in the indexes for club membership dues 

and fees for participant sports, for admissions to movies, theaters, concerts, and sporting events, and for fees for 

lessons and instructions--up 0.6, 0.6 and 0.5 percent, respectively--offset declines in the indexes for 

photography, for pets, pet products and services, and for other recreational goods.

The index for education and communication increased 0.3 percent in April. Educational costs rose 0.4 

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

for telephone services rose 0.1 percent. Land-line local service charges increased 0.5 percent, while long 

distance charges declined 0.2 percent and wireless telephone service charges were unchanged. The indexes for 
personal computers and peripheral equipment and for computer software and accessories declined 0.2 and 1.0 

percent, respectively. The index for internet services and electronic information providers advanced for the 

second consecutive month--up 0.6 percent in April--but was 23.5 percent lower than a year ago. 

The index for other goods and services increased 0.3 percent in April. A 0.4 percent decline in the index 

for tobacco and smoking products was more than offset by an increase in the index for personal care. Charges 

for laundry and dry cleaning services rose 1.5 percent. 

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

On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers increased 0.5 

percent in April. 

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

 Seasonally adjusted Un-

 Compound adjusted

Expenditure Changes from preceding month annual rate 12-mos. 

Category 2006 2007 3-mos. ended ended

 Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. Apr. ’07 Apr.’07

All Items -.7 .1 .5 .1 .4 .8 .5 6.7 2.5

 Food and beverages .3 -.1 -.1 .7 .8 .3 .4 6.4 3.7 

 Housing -.1 .4 .4 .3 .4 .3 .2 3.8 3.4 

 Apparel -.7 -.1 .2 -.1 .5 -.8 -.4 -2.7 -.5 

 Transportation -3.3 -.9 1.9 -1.0 .0 3.0 1.4 19.3 .6 

 Medical care .3 .2 .1 .8 .5 .1 .4 4.2 4.2 

 Recreation .1 .2 -.3 .1 .0 -.1 .0 -.3 .3 

 Education and 

 Communication .2 -.3 .1 -.1 .3 .4 .3 4.0 1.8 

 Other goods and 

 Services .2 .0 .8 1.0 .4 .2 .1 3.2 3.9 

Special Indexes 

 Energy -6.9 -.2 4.3 -1.5 .8 6.2 2.6 45.6 2.9 

 Food .3 -.1 -.1 .6 .8 .3 .4 6.4 3.7 

 All Items less 

 food and energy .1 .0 .1 .2 .2 .1 .2 2.0 2.2 

Consumer Price Index data for May are scheduled for release on Friday, June 15, 2007, at 8:30 A.M. 

(EDT).
Consumer Price Index Levels to Three Decimal Places 

Effective with this release of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the Bureau of Labor Statistics has begun 

computing percent changes based upon three decimal place indexes rather than one decimal place indexes. This 

change applies to the All Items Consumer Price Index and all component indexes for the CPI-U, CPI-W, and CCPI-U, for the U.S. City Average and for all other published areas. In addition, CPI index values are displayed 

to three decimal places in all paper and electronic publications. As in the past, percent changes are rounded to 

one decimal place. 

This change in procedure addresses a rounding issue that has resulted in published percent changes that 

are 0.1 percentage point higher or lower than the same percent changes based on unrounded index values (i.e., 

indexes to three or more decimal places). These differences can be particularly important when percent 

changes are very small. Publishing the index values to three decimal places, and using these values to compute 

percent changes, essentially eliminates the rounding differences. This change only affects the presentation of 

the index data. Index values continue to be calculated from underlying price data in the same manner as in the 

past, and no systematic upward or downward effect on the data is introduced. The levels of future indexes will 

be affected only in that they will be published to three decimal places rather than one. Official CPI data 

previously published will not be revised.

For more information contact Patrick Jackman or Ken Stewart either by telephone at (202) 691-6952 

and (202) 691-6966, respectively, or by electronic mail at Jackman.Patrick@bls.gov or Stewart.Ken@bls.gov

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 0.06 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 0.12 percent of the 

1 month percentage change based on all retail prices. 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 0.08 and 0.32 percent. For the latest data, including information on how to use the 

estimates of standard error, see “Variance Estimates for Changes in the Consumer Price Index, January 2005- 

December 2005 in the CPI Detailed Report, February 2006. These data are available on the CPI home page 

(http://www.bls.gov/cpi), using the following link http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpivar2006.pdf
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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-CPI-U), 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 in 87 urban areas across the country from about 50,000 housing units and approximately 

23,000 retail establishments-department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling stations, and other types of 

stores and service establishments. All taxes directly associated with the purchase and use of items are included 

in the index. Prices of fuels and a few other items are obtained every month in all 87 locations. Prices of most 

other commodities and services are collected every month in the three largest geographic areas and every other 

month in other areas. Prices of most goods and services are obtained 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 CCPI-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. 
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

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 unadjusted 

for seasonal variation. 

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

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

year, the last 5 years of seasonally adjusted data are revised. Data from January 2002 through December 2006 

were replaced in January 2007. Exceptions to the usual revision schedule were: the updated seasonal data at the 

end of 1977 replaced data from 1967 through 1977; and, in January 2002, dependently seasonally adjusted 

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

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

Seasonally Adjusted Series,” in the October 2001 issue of the CPI Detailed Report.

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

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

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

adjusted to not seasonally adjusted, not seasonally adjusted data will be used in the aggregation of the 

dependent series for the last 5 years, but the seasonally adjusted indexes will be used before that period. Note: 

44 of the 73 components are seasonally adjusted for 2007. 

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

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

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

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

Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment allows for better estimates of seasonally adjusted data. Extreme 

values and/or sharp movements which might distort the seasonal pattern are estimated and removed from the 

data prior to calculation of seasonal factors. Beginning with the calculation of seasonal factors for 1996, X-12-

ARIMA software was used for Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment. 

In January 2007, BLS adjusted 37 series using Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment, including 

selected food and beverage items, fuel oil, motor fuels, vehicles, jewelry, admission to sporting events and 

educational books and supplies. For example, this procedure was used for the Motor fuel series to offset the 

effects of damage to oil refineries from Hurricane Katrina, as well as the effects of implementing new fuel 

requirements in the United States. 

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

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

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 Jeff Wilson on 

(202) 691-6968 by e-mail at Wilson.Jeff@bls.gov. If you have general questions about the CPI, please call our 

information staff at (202) 691-7000. 
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

2006

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Apr. 2007 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Mar.

2007

Apr.

2007

Apr.

2006

Mar.

2007

Jan. to

Feb.

Feb. to

Mar.

Mar. to

Apr.

Expenditure category

All items ........................................................................................ 100.000 205.352 206.686 2.6 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.4 

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

 615.145 619.140 - ----

Food and beverages .................................................................. 14.992 200.869 201.292 3.7 .2 .8 .3 .4 

Food ......................................................................................... 13.885 200.403 200.820 3.7 .2 .8 .3 .4 

Food at home ......................................................................... 7.896 198.766 199.020 3.9 .1 1.1 .4 .5 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................... 1.103 218.458 220.494 4.5 .9 1.1 -.3 .9 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. 2.112 192.508 193.665 4.4 .6 .4 1.1 .9 

Dairy and related products ................................................... .821 185.724 185.821 2.5 .1 .2 1.3 .5 

Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... 1.211 263.910 261.967 6.2 -.7 4.7 -1.4 .4 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................ .906 153.894 151.799 3.8 -1.4 .2 1.7 -.8 

Other food at home .............................................................. 1.743 171.819 172.633 2.3 .5 .3 .2 .5 

Sugar and sweets .............................................................. .302 174.633 175.932 2.9 .7 -.7 .4 .7 

Fats and oils ....................................................................... .227 170.851 169.817 2.9 -.6 .9 -.3 -.1 

Other foods 1 ...................................................................... 1.214 186.962 188.103 2.1 .6 .5 .3 .6 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... .327 114.331 115.310 1.9 .9 .2 -.5 .9 

Food away from home 1 ......................................................... 5.989 204.082 204.725 3.4 .3 .4 .1 .3 

Other food away from home 2 .............................................. .281 141.366 143.155 5.4 1.3 .3 -.1 1.2 

Alcoholic beverages 1 .............................................................. 1.107 205.663 206.166 3.0 .2 .7 .6 .2 

Housing ...................................................................................... 42.691 208.080 208.541 3.4 .2 .4 .2 .2 

Shelter ...................................................................................... 32.776 238.980 239.735 3.9 .3 .3 .1 .3 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................... 5.930 232.495 232.980 4.5 .2 .4 .3 .2 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................... 2.648 142.247 144.832 3.2 1.8 .1 -2.3 1.9 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 .................. 23.830 244.602 244.993 3.9 .2 .3 .3 .2 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... .369 117.333 117.559 1.2 .2 -.1 .0 .2 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 5.264 196.414 196.393 2.9 .0 1.2 1.2 .0

Household energy .................................................................. 4.368 177.635 177.515 2.5 -.1 1.4 1.4 -.1 

Fuel oil and other fuels ......................................................... .338 236.863 240.090 1.6 1.4 -.2 3.5 2.1 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ................................................. 4.029 182.624 182.283 2.6 -.2 1.5 1.3 -.2 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................... .897 141.806 142.184 5.0 .3 .5 .3 .3 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 4.651 127.655 127.423 .4 -.2 .2 .2 -.3 

Household operations 1 2 ....................................................... .792 139.861 140.252 3.7 .3 .1 .1 .3 

Apparel ....................................................................................... 3.726 122.582 122.934 -.4 .3 .5 -1.0 -.3 

Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... .885 113.685 115.190 -2.4 1.3 -.2 -.6 .6 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... 1.590 116.911 117.118 .7 .2 .7 -1.4 -.5 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... .177 117.996 115.489 -2.3 -2.1 .9 .2 -1.9 

Footwear .................................................................................. .749 123.505 123.672 -1.9 .1 .1 -.7 -.5

Transportation ............................................................................ 17.249 180.346 185.231 .6 2.7 .1 2.8 1.2

Private transportation ............................................................... 16.188 176.468 181.478 .6 2.8 .0 2.9 1.4 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. 7.581 94.493 94.307 -1.8 -.2 -.2 .1 -.1 

New vehicles ........................................................................ 4.982 137.228 136.963 -1.0 -.2 -.1 .3 .0 

Used cars and trucks 1 ......................................................... 1.716 134.382 134.363 -4.3 .0 -.5 -.2 .0 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 4.347 220.515 242.944 3.2 10.2 .3 10.6 4.7 

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 4.303 219.473 241.897 3.2 10.2 .3 10.6 4.7 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ..................................... .370 120.485 120.714 4.2 .2 .4 .2 .2 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................... 1.145 221.160 221.508 3.6 .2 .6 .4 .3 

Public transportation ................................................................ 1.060 225.893 227.567 1.0 .7 .3 .1 -.4 

Medical care ............................................................................... 6.281 347.172 348.225 4.0 .3 .5 .1 .4

Medical care commodities ........................................................ 1.446 286.940 288.349 1.1 .5 -.3 -.3 .4 

Medical care services ............................................................... 4.834 365.164 366.070 5.0 .2 .7 .2 .4 

Professional services ............................................................. 2.817 298.990 299.248 3.7 .1 .7 .1 .0 

Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 1.630 490.104 492.110 5.9 .4 .6 .4 .8 

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

2006

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Apr. 2007 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Mar.

2007

Apr.

2007

Apr.

2006

Mar.

2007

Jan. to

Feb.

Feb. to

Mar.

Mar. to

Apr.

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ............................................................................... 5.552 111.244 111.481 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 

Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 1.719 102.886 103.181 -2.5 .3 -.1 -.5 .0 

Education and communication 2 ................................................ 6.034 118.231 118.301 2.2 .1 .3 .5 .3 

Education 2 .............................................................................. 3.076 168.114 168.152 6.0 .0 .6 .6 .4 

Educational books and supplies ............................................. .204 413.665 414.217 8.1 .1 .1 1.7 .5 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................ 2.872 484.532 484.601 5.9 .0 .6 .5 .4 

Communication 2 ..................................................................... 2.958 83.122 83.203 -1.5 .1 .1 .3 .1 

Information and information processing 1 2 ............................ 2.769 80.601 80.683 -1.7 .1 .1 .4 .1 

Telephone services 1 2 ......................................................... 2.225 97.514 97.617 2.3 .1 .2 .4 .1 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ............. .543 10.860 10.869 -15.7 .1 -.4 .1 .1 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ............ .203 10.191 10.172 -8.4 -.2 -.8 .2 -.2 

Other goods and services .......................................................... 3.476 331.144 331.743 3.7 .2 .2 .2 .3 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ .712 550.021 547.663 5.7 -.4 1.0 .2 -.4 

Personal care ........................................................................... 2.764 194.390 195.058 3.2 .3 .0 .1 .4 

Personal care products 1 ....................................................... .708 158.592 158.657 2.4 .0 .2 .4 .0 

Personal care services 1 ........................................................ .677 215.091 215.380 3.3 .1 .3 .2 .1 

Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... 1.188 321.299 323.321 3.9 .6 .0 .1 .7 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ................................................................................ 40.305 165.710 167.777 1.4 1.2 .4 1.2 .7 

Food and beverages .................................................................. 14.992 200.869 201.292 3.7 .2 .8 .3 .4 

Commodities less food and beverages ...................................... 25.313 146.037 148.749 .1 1.9 .1 1.8 .8 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..................................... 14.191 178.548 184.555 1.5 3.4 -.2 2.9 1.0 

Apparel ................................................................................... 3.726 122.582 122.934 -.4 .3 .5 -1.0 -.3

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................... 10.465 217.451 227.113 2.2 4.4 .2 4.9 2.3 

Durables ................................................................................... 11.122 113.163 112.989 -1.8 -.2 -.1 .1 -.2 

Services ....................................................................................... 59.695 244.671 245.265 3.4 .2 .4 .2 .3 

Rent of shelter 4 ......................................................................... 32.407 249.087 249.877 3.9 .3 .3 .0 .3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... .369 117.333 117.559 1.2 .2 -.1 .0 .2 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................................... 4.029 182.624 182.283 2.6 -.2 1.5 1.3 -.2 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ....................... .897 141.806 142.184 5.0 .3 .5 .3 .3 

Household operations 1 2 ........................................................... .792 139.861 140.252 3.7 .3 .1 .1 .3 

Transportation services .............................................................. 5.638 232.200 232.217 1.1 .0 .1 .0 -.2 

Medical care services ................................................................. 4.834 365.164 366.070 5.0 .2 .7 .2 .4 

Other services ............................................................................ 10.730 282.431 283.271 2.8 .3 .2 .3 .4

Special indexes

All items less food ........................................................................ 86.115 206.195 207.680 2.4 .7 .3 .7 .4

All items less shelter .................................................................... 67.224 194.482 196.062 2.0 .8 .4 .9 .5

All items less medical care ........................................................... 93.719 198.179 199.512 2.5 .7 .4 .6 .4 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 26.420 148.240 150.894 .2 1.8 .2 1.7 .8 

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 15.299 180.197 185.861 1.6 3.1 -.2 2.8 1.0

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. 11.572 215.400 224.126 2.2 4.1 .2 4.5 2.1 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 29.183 190.212 193.570 2.6 1.8 .3 1.6 .7 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... 27.288 257.864 258.261 2.9 .2 .4 .4 .2 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 54.861 234.809 235.378 3.3 .2 .3 .2 .3 

Energy .......................................................................................... 8.715 196.929 207.265 2.9 5.2 .9 5.9 2.4 

All items less energy .................................................................... 91.285 207.850 208.243 2.6 .2 .3 .1 .2

All items less food and energy ................................................... 77.401 209.923 210.311 2.3 .2 .2 .1 .2 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................... 21.735 141.056 140.995 -.5 .0 .1 -.1 -.1 

Energy commodities ............................................................... 4.685 222.620 243.957 3.1 9.6 .3 10.1 4.6 

Services less energy services .................................................. 55.666 251.026 251.714 3.5 .3 .3 .1 .3 

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

 $ .487 $ .484 - ----

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

 $ .163 $ .162 - ----

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

item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator.

4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. - Data not available.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category

and commodity and service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-U

Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Apr.

2007

July

2006

Oct.

2006

Jan.

2007

Apr.

2007 Oct.

2006

Apr.

2007

Expenditure category

All items .............................................................................. 203.153 203.906 205.146 205.999 4.9 -2.7 2.7 5.7 1.0 4.2 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 198.604 200.150 200.756 201.562 2.5 3.5 2.5 6.1 3.0 4.3

Food ................................................................................ 198.173 199.728 200.281 201.111 2.7 3.7 2.4 6.1 3.2 4.2 

Food at home ................................................................ 195.562 197.721 198.554 199.525 1.9 4.4 1.2 8.4 3.1 4.7 

Cereals and bakery products ...................................... 216.642 219.067 218.512 220.386 5.4 2.1 3.7 7.1 3.7 5.4 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................... 189.534 190.383 192.493 194.211 -2.1 6.4 3.3 10.2 2.1 6.7 

Dairy and related products .......................................... 182.720 183.143 185.540 186.388 -1.1 -.4 3.4 8.3 -.8 5.8 

Fruits and vegetables .................................................. 255.519 267.426 263.665 264.641 5.1 16.1 -9.3 15.1 10.5 2.2

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ....... 150.136 150.507 153.069 151.879 .3 5.0 5.0 4.7 2.6 4.9 

Other food at home ..................................................... 170.708 171.243 171.658 172.566 5.3 -1.9 1.4 4.4 1.7 2.9

Sugar and sweets ..................................................... 175.043 173.767 174.394 175.639 4.0 1.6 4.6 1.4 2.8 3.0 

Fats and oils .............................................................. 169.010 170.528 169.938 169.685 6.5 1.9 1.7 1.6 4.2 1.7

Other foods 1 ............................................................ 185.499 186.358 186.962 188.103 5.8 -3.6 .6 5.7 1.0 3.2 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................ 114.655 114.939 114.331 115.310 6.5 -4.4 3.4 2.3 .9 2.9 

Food away from home 1 ............................................... 203.171 203.909 204.082 204.725 3.5 2.8 4.2 3.1 3.2 3.6 

Other food away from home 2 ..................................... 141.129 141.604 141.393 143.105 2.7 3.6 9.7 5.7 3.1 7.7 

Alcoholic beverages 1 ..................................................... 202.968 204.385 205.663 206.166 2.4 1.2 2.1 6.5 1.8 4.3 

Housing ............................................................................. 206.799 207.616 208.072 208.547 3.4 2.4 4.4 3.4 2.9 3.9 

Shelter ............................................................................. 237.350 238.043 238.176 238.981 4.8 3.8 4.2 2.8 4.3 3.5 

Rent of primary residence 3 .......................................... 230.670 231.642 232.437 233.001 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.1 4.6 4.4 

Lodging away from home 2 ........................................... 139.802 139.913 136.702 139.332 3.9 1.8 8.4 -1.3 2.8 3.4 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ......... 243.279 243.988 244.646 245.079 5.0 4.1 3.5 3.0 4.5 3.2 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ......................... 117.417 117.320 117.333 117.559 .7 -.7 4.3 .5 .0 2.4 

Fuels and utilities ............................................................ 195.818 198.215 200.689 200.647 -3.2 -4.9 10.7 10.2 -4.1 10.5 

Household energy ......................................................... 177.287 179.714 182.293 182.151 -4.9 -6.7 11.6 11.4 -5.8 11.5 

Fuel oil and other fuels ................................................ 223.707 223.344 231.088 235.916 32.9 -28.9 -8.9 23.7 -2.8 6.1 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................... 183.084 185.812 188.185 187.716 -7.4 -4.4 13.4 10.5 -5.9 12.0 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .......... 140.634 141.349 141.806 142.184 5.1 4.4 6.0 4.5 4.8 5.2 

Household furnishings and operations ............................ 127.017 127.238 127.483 127.151 1.9 .9 -1.5 .4 1.4 -.5 

Household operations 1 2 ............................................. 139.526 139.733 139.861 140.252 4.2 6.0 2.7 2.1 5.1 2.4 

Apparel .............................................................................. 120.180 120.805 119.541 119.165 -2.3 2.4 1.6 -3.3 .0 -.9 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. 112.492 112.314 111.598 112.218 -3.8 1.1 -5.8 -1.0 -1.4 -3.4 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. 112.856 113.628 112.077 111.548 -3.9 4.8 6.9 -4.6 .4 1.0

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... 114.536 115.619 115.794 113.572 4.9 -1.4 -8.8 -3.3 1.7 -6.1

Footwear ......................................................................... 122.910 122.984 122.184 121.597 -3.8 1.0 -.6 -4.2 -1.4 -2.4 

Transportation ................................................................... 175.661 175.749 180.584 182.835 15.3 -24.7 .4 17.4 -6.8 8.5 

Private transportation ...................................................... 171.516 171.567 176.599 178.995 15.9 -25.8 .3 18.6 -7.3 9.1 

New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................... 94.328 94.141 94.273 94.193 .8 -2.9 -4.4 -.6 -1.0 -2.5 

New vehicles ............................................................... 136.360 136.204 136.601 136.633 -.6 -1.7 -2.7 .8 -1.2 -1.0 

Used cars and trucks 1 ............................................... 135.257 134.597 134.382 134.363 4.9 -7.7 -11.1 -2.6 -1.6 -7.0 

Motor fuel ...................................................................... 200.234 200.921 222.136 232.663 57.5 -63.5 8.5 82.3 -24.2 40.6 

Gasoline (all types) ..................................................... 199.170 199.842 221.080 231.531 57.5 -63.7 8.6 82.6 -24.4 40.8 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................ 119.759 120.196 120.485 120.714 7.5 3.4 2.9 3.2 5.4 3.1 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .......................... 219.001 220.213 221.071 221.683 5.1 2.8 1.3 5.0 4.0 3.1 

Public transportation ....................................................... 227.138 227.931 228.152 227.233 7.7 -3.8 .2 .2 1.8 .2

Medical care ...................................................................... 344.046 345.686 345.994 347.316 3.6 3.7 5.0 3.9 3.7 4.4 

Medical care commodities .............................................. 288.720 287.830 286.925 288.197 2.3 1.5 1.3 -.7 1.9 .3 

Medical care services ..................................................... 360.250 362.812 363.568 364.892 4.0 4.5 6.0 5.3 4.2 5.7

Professional services .................................................... 295.956 297.958 298.146 298.225 2.8 3.4 5.7 3.1 3.1 4.4

Hospital and related services 3 ..................................... 481.795 484.918 486.910 490.706 5.7 5.7 4.6 7.6 5.7 6.1 

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—

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Apr.

2007

July

2006

Oct.

2006

Jan.

2007

Apr.

2007 Oct.

2006

Apr.

2007

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ...................................................................... 111.160 111.150 111.118 111.184 1.8 0.0 -0.5 0.1 0.9 -0.2

Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 103.160 103.065 102.541 102.512 -.4 -3.0 -3.9 -2.5 -1.7 -3.2 

Education and communication 2 ....................................... 117.558 117.952 118.496 118.824 2.4 2.4 -.5 4.4 2.4 1.9 

Education 2 ..................................................................... 166.913 167.882 168.862 169.614 6.1 6.6 4.7 6.6 6.3 5.7 

Educational books and supplies ................................... 404.984 405.288 412.206 414.225 6.2 8.0 8.8 9.4 7.1 9.1 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ...................... 481.562 484.536 486.972 489.125 6.3 6.3 4.5 6.4 6.3 5.5 

Communication 2 ............................................................ 82.775 82.841 83.117 83.201 -.9 -1.4 -5.7 2.1 -1.2 -1.9 

Information and information processing 1 2 .................. 80.246 80.311 80.601 80.683 -1.0 -1.9 -6.0 2.2 -1.5 -2.0 

Telephone services 1 2 ............................................... 96.898 97.096 97.514 97.617 .8 5.1 .4 3.0 3.0 1.7 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 .... 10.900 10.853 10.860 10.869 -6.1 -22.9 -29.6 -1.1 -14.9 -16.6 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ... 10.259 10.174 10.191 10.172 -16.8 -7.3 -5.3 -3.3 -12.2 -4.3 

Other goods and services ................................................. 329.378 330.076 330.604 331.436 1.9 4.0 6.3 2.5 3.0 4.4

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... 543.477 548.896 550.021 547.663 2.7 -.3 18.3 3.1 1.2 10.5 

Personal care .................................................................. 193.694 193.702 193.988 194.830 1.7 5.2 3.4 2.4 3.4 2.9 

Personal care products 1 .............................................. 157.699 158.038 158.592 158.657 .0 4.2 2.8 2.5 2.1 2.6 

Personal care services 1 ............................................... 214.045 214.616 215.091 215.380 1.9 4.3 4.5 2.5 3.1 3.5 

Miscellaneous personal services .................................. 320.287 320.360 320.565 322.914 2.5 7.0 2.8 3.3 4.7 3.0 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ....................................................................... 162.690 163.297 165.295 166.375 7.0 -10.8 1.0 9.4 -2.3 5.1 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 198.604 200.150 200.756 201.562 2.5 3.5 2.5 6.1 3.0 4.3

Commodities less food and beverages ............................. 142.779 142.968 145.505 146.671 9.9 -18.3 .2 11.4 -5.2 5.6 

Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... 173.869 173.440 178.529 180.348 14.5 -29.5 13.6 15.8 -10.2 14.7 

Apparel .......................................................................... 120.180 120.805 119.541 119.165 -2.3 2.4 1.6 -3.3 .0 -.9 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... 207.739 208.104 218.217 223.233 24.5 -36.3 3.0 33.3 -10.9 17.2 

Durables .......................................................................... 112.933 112.806 112.900 112.714 .0 -2.8 -3.7 -.8 -1.4 -2.2 

Services .............................................................................. 243.298 244.229 244.701 245.331 3.4 3.0 4.0 3.4 3.2 3.7 

Rent of shelter 4 ................................................................ 247.426 248.104 248.206 249.045 4.9 3.8 4.4 2.6 4.4 3.5 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ............................. 117.417 117.320 117.333 117.559 .7 -.7 4.3 .5 .0 2.4 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................. 183.084 185.812 188.185 187.716 -7.4 -4.4 13.4 10.5 -5.9 12.0 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .............. 140.634 141.349 141.806 142.184 5.1 4.4 6.0 4.5 4.8 5.2 

Household operations 1 2 ................................................. 139.526 139.733 139.861 140.252 4.2 6.0 2.7 2.1 5.1 2.4 

Transportation services ..................................................... 232.384 232.643 232.641 232.243 2.8 1.2 .7 -.2 2.0 .2

Medical care services ....................................................... 360.250 362.812 363.568 364.892 4.0 4.5 6.0 5.3 4.2 5.7 

Other services ................................................................... 281.091 281.756 282.570 283.650 3.5 3.1 1.1 3.7 3.3 2.4 

Special indexes

All items less food ............................................................... 203.999 204.620 205.973 206.831 5.5 -3.9 2.8 5.7 .7 4.2 

All items less shelter ........................................................... 192.030 192.816 194.509 195.393 5.1 -6.0 2.2 7.2 -.6 4.7 

All items less medical care .................................................. 196.033 196.746 198.011 198.840 5.0 -3.2 2.6 5.9 .8 4.2 

Commodities less food ........................................................ 144.991 145.217 147.723 148.873 9.5 -17.4 .3 11.1 -4.9 5.6 

Nondurables less food ........................................................ 175.707 175.288 180.116 181.876 13.9 -27.7 12.8 14.8 -9.3 13.8 

Nondurables less food and apparel .................................... 206.407 206.835 216.051 220.611 22.2 -33.4 2.8 30.5 -9.8 15.8

Nondurables ........................................................................ 186.765 187.249 190.237 191.486 7.9 -13.7 7.5 10.5 -3.5 9.0 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ............................................. 256.241 257.370 258.518 259.061 3.4 .8 2.9 4.5 2.1 3.7 

Services less medical care services ................................... 233.396 234.204 234.638 235.366 4.1 2.6 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.3 

Energy ................................................................................. 187.340 188.952 200.164 204.969 24.9 -43.1 10.1 43.3 -15.7 25.6 

All items less energy ........................................................... 206.414 207.083 207.278 207.720 3.2 2.4 2.2 2.6 2.8 2.4 

All items less food and energy .......................................... 208.632 209.135 209.263 209.634 3.2 2.3 2.0 1.9 2.8 2.0

Commodities less food and energy commodities ........... 140.209 140.330 140.229 140.050 .3 -.6 -1.4 -.5 -.1 -.9 

Energy commodities ..................................................... 202.686 203.310 223.786 234.008 55.8 -61.9 7.2 77.7 -22.9 38.0 

Services less energy services ......................................... 249.469 250.220 250.502 251.242 4.2 3.6 3.4 2.9 3.9 3.1 

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

item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means

estimator. 4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index 

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-U

All items 

Pricing

schedule 1

Indexes Percent change to

Apr.2007 from—

Percent change to

Mar.2007 from—

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Apr.

2007

Apr.

2006

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Mar.

2006

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

U.S. city average ............................................ M 202.416 203.499 205.352 206.686 2.6 1.6 0.6 2.8 1.5 0.9 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban .............................................. M 215.813 216.651 218.334 219.501 2.2 1.3 .5 2.6 1.2 .8 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 218.365 219.330 220.936 222.001 2.4 1.2 .5 2.8 1.2 .7 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 127.237 127.546 128.691 129.563 1.8 1.6 .7 2.1 1.1 .9 

Midwest urban ................................................ M 193.068 194.458 196.389 197.405 2.3 1.5 .5 2.3 1.7 1.0 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 195.073 196.507 198.335 199.378 2.5 1.5 .5 2.3 1.7 .9 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 122.861 123.854 125.151 125.724 2.0 1.5 .5 2.3 1.9 1.0 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 187.587 188.122 190.365 191.685 2.1 1.9 .7 2.0 1.5 1.2 

South urban .................................................... M 195.021 195.950 197.904 199.618 2.5 1.9 .9 2.6 1.5 1.0 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 197.650 198.516 200.538 201.818 2.7 1.7 .6 3.1 1.5 1.0 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 123.817 124.521 125.726 127.000 2.3 2.0 1.0 2.2 1.5 1.0 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 196.077 196.043 198.204 200.366 2.7 2.2 1.1 3.1 1.1 1.1 

West urban ..................................................... M 207.790 208.995 210.778 212.036 3.3 1.5 .6 3.4 1.4 .9 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 211.102 212.549 214.393 215.540 3.3 1.4 .5 3.7 1.6 .9 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 126.244 126.805 127.848 128.843 3.2 1.6 .8 2.9 1.3 .8 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 185.608 186.673 188.309 189.327 2.7 1.4 .5 3.0 1.5 .9 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 124.571 125.243 126.424 127.440 2.4 1.8 .8 2.4 1.5 .9 

D ................................................................. M 194.724 194.945 196.999 198.516 2.6 1.8 .8 2.8 1.2 1.1 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... M 199.401 200.630 202.483 204.019 3.2 1.7 .8 2.5 1.5 .9 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... M 212.584 214.760 216.500 217.845 3.5 1.4 .6 3.8 1.8 .8 

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

NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 221.767 223.066 224.551 225.780 2.5 1.2 .5 2.9 1.3 .7 

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ..... 1 224.432 -

 226.427 ---- 2.3 .9 -

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 1 191.610 - 194.244 ---- 1.9 1.4 -

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... 1 188.890 -

 190.156 ---- .9 .7 -

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 129.956 - 131.945 ---- 4.1 1.5 -

Atlanta, GA ..................................................... 2 -

 194.886 - 199.039 2.7 2.1 ----

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. 2 -

 198.064 - 200.418 1.6 1.2 ----

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 - 181.217 - 184.140 1.6 1.6 ----

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. 2 -

 207.989 - 210.904 3.5 1.4 ----

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ 2 -

 213.152 - 215.270 1.7 1.0 ----

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... 2 -

 213.688 - 215.842 3.3 1.0 ----

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 - 211.704 - 215.767 4.0 1.9 ----

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

 most other goods and services priced as indicated:

 M - Every month.

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

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

2006

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Apr. 2007 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Mar.

2007

Apr.

2007

Apr.

2006

Mar.

2007

Jan. to

Feb.

Feb. to

Mar.

Mar. to

Apr.

Expenditure category

All items ........................................................................................ 100.000 200.612 202.130 2.5 0.8 0.4 0.8 0.5 

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

 597.561 602.083 - ----

Food and beverages .................................................................. 16.475 200.056 200.488 3.7 .2 .8 .3 .4 

Food ......................................................................................... 15.457 199.589 200.009 3.7 .2 .8 .3 .4 

Food at home ......................................................................... 9.244 197.735 197.989 3.9 .1 1.1 .5 .5 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................... 1.285 218.799 220.926 4.6 1.0 1.1 -.1 .9 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. 2.623 192.013 193.089 4.3 .6 .4 1.1 .9 

Dairy and related products ................................................... .928 185.095 185.326 2.5 .1 .3 1.3 .5 

Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... 1.332 261.627 260.068 6.6 -.6 4.7 -1.3 .6 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................ 1.082 153.329 150.995 3.6 -1.5 .1 1.8 -.8 

Other food at home .............................................................. 1.993 171.183 171.898 2.2 .4 .3 .2 .5 

Sugar and sweets .............................................................. .337 173.248 174.459 2.7 .7 -.8 .4 .7 

Fats and oils ....................................................................... .283 172.005 170.574 2.9 -.8 1.1 -.2 -.2 

Other foods 1 ...................................................................... 1.373 187.026 188.165 2.0 .6 .4 .3 .6 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... .368 114.402 115.432 1.8 .9 .3 -.7 .9 

Food away from home 1 ......................................................... 6.213 203.838 204.519 3.4 .3 .4 .1 .3 

Other food away from home 2 .............................................. .279 141.119 142.991 5.5 1.3 .4 .0 1.2 

Alcoholic beverages 1 .............................................................. 1.018 205.729 206.342 3.0 .3 .9 .5 .3 

Housing ...................................................................................... 40.463 203.203 203.588 3.4 .2 .4 .3 .2 

Shelter ...................................................................................... 30.570 231.315 231.957 4.0 .3 .3 .2 .3 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................... 8.021 231.634 232.126 4.6 .2 .4 .4 .3 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................... 1.430 141.335 144.370 3.3 2.1 -.4 -2.1 2.4 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 .................. 20.776 221.704 222.062 3.8 .2 .3 .3 .2 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... .342 117.653 117.945 1.2 .2 -.1 .0 .2 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 5.779 194.963 194.974 2.9 .0 1.2 1.3 .0

Household energy .................................................................. 4.842 175.303 175.223 2.6 .0 1.3 1.5 -.1 

Fuel oil and other fuels ......................................................... .346 236.103 239.516 1.6 1.4 .3 3.0 2.3 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ................................................. 4.496 181.092 180.803 2.7 -.2 1.4 1.4 -.2 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................... .937 142.070 142.451 4.9 .3 .5 .3 .3 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 4.114 123.134 122.881 .3 -.2 .1 .1 -.2 

Household operations 1 2 ....................................................... .368 142.069 142.471 3.5 .3 .1 .1 .3 

Apparel ....................................................................................... 4.041 122.021 122.475 -.5 .4 .5 -.8 -.4 

Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... .954 113.921 115.103 -2.0 1.0 .0 -.1 .3 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... 1.680 116.275 116.826 .8 .5 .5 -1.2 -.5 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... .235 120.167 117.530 -2.3 -2.2 1.0 -.5 -2.0 

Footwear .................................................................................. .954 122.870 123.339 -1.6 .4 .5 -.8 -.4

Transportation ............................................................................ 19.515 179.541 184.930 .6 3.0 .0 3.0 1.4

Private transportation ............................................................... 18.793 176.695 182.156 .5 3.1 .0 3.1 1.5 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. 8.626 93.365 93.234 -2.0 -.1 -.2 .1 .0 

New vehicles ........................................................................ 5.210 138.315 138.077 -1.0 -.2 -.2 .3 .0 

Used cars and trucks 1 ......................................................... 2.675 135.203 135.192 -4.3 .0 -.5 -.2 .0 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 5.441 221.011 243.574 3.2 10.2 .4 10.5 4.8 

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 5.388 220.052 242.613 3.2 10.3 .4 10.5 4.8 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ..................................... .444 120.170 120.367 4.4 .2 .4 .2 .2 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................... 1.145 223.683 224.086 3.6 .2 .5 .4 .3 

Public transportation ................................................................ .723 224.973 226.521 1.1 .7 .4 .1 -.2 

Medical care ............................................................................... 5.228 346.946 348.109 4.2 .3 .5 .1 .4

Medical care commodities ........................................................ 1.135 279.762 281.216 1.0 .5 -.4 -.3 .5 

Medical care services ............................................................... 4.094 365.827 366.870 5.1 .3 .8 .2 .4 

Professional services ............................................................. 2.338 301.339 301.599 3.7 .1 .8 .1 .0 

Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 1.378 485.074 487.336 6.0 .5 .7 .4 .8 

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

2006

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Apr. 2007 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Mar.

2007

Apr.

2007

Apr.

2006

Mar.

2007

Jan. to

Feb.

Feb. to

Mar.

Mar. to

Apr.

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ............................................................................... 5.022 108.461 108.680 0.3 0.2 0.0 -0.1 0.0 

Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 1.867 102.363 102.690 -2.1 .3 -.1 -.6 .1 

Education and communication 2 ................................................ 5.605 115.161 115.280 1.8 .1 .3 .4 .3 

Education 2 .............................................................................. 2.329 166.341 166.441 6.1 .1 .5 .6 .5 

Educational books and supplies ............................................. .208 417.027 417.583 8.5 .1 .1 1.7 .5 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................ 2.121 469.224 469.472 5.9 .1 .6 .5 .5 

Communication 2 ..................................................................... 3.276 85.408 85.523 -.9 .1 .1 .3 .1 

Information and information processing 1 2 ............................ 3.124 83.645 83.760 -1.0 .1 .1 .4 .1 

Telephone services 1 2 ......................................................... 2.633 97.625 97.738 2.2 .1 .2 .4 .1 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ............. .492 11.292 11.322 -16.1 .3 -.4 .2 .3 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ............ .178 10.040 10.036 -8.8 .0 -.8 .4 .0 

Other goods and services .......................................................... 3.652 341.719 342.057 3.9 .1 .4 .2 .1 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ 1.139 551.161 548.812 5.6 -.4 1.0 .2 -.4 

Personal care ........................................................................... 2.513 192.411 193.075 3.1 .3 .1 .2 .4 

Personal care products 1 ....................................................... .771 158.528 158.578 2.3 .0 .3 .3 .0 

Personal care services 1 ........................................................ .618 215.318 215.658 3.4 .2 .2 .3 .2 

Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... .962 322.090 324.252 4.0 .7 .3 .1 .8 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ................................................................................ 44.175 167.350 169.746 1.5 1.4 .4 1.4 .7 

Food and beverages .................................................................. 16.475 200.056 200.488 3.7 .2 .8 .3 .4 

Commodities less food and beverages ...................................... 27.700 148.836 152.034 .2 2.1 .1 2.1 .9 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..................................... 15.699 184.604 191.650 1.7 3.8 -.3 3.4 1.2 

Apparel ................................................................................... 4.041 122.021 122.475 -.5 .4 .5 -.8 -.4

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................... 11.658 227.564 238.898 2.4 5.0 .3 5.2 2.6 

Durables ................................................................................... 12.001 113.107 112.945 -2.0 -.1 -.2 .0 -.2 

Services ....................................................................................... 55.825 239.586 240.106 3.4 .2 .4 .3 .2 

Rent of shelter 4 ......................................................................... 30.227 222.970 223.590 4.0 .3 .2 .2 .3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... .342 117.653 117.945 1.2 .2 -.1 .0 .2 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................................... 4.496 181.092 180.803 2.7 -.2 1.4 1.4 -.2 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ....................... .937 142.070 142.451 4.9 .3 .5 .3 .3 

Household operations 1 2 ........................................................... .368 142.069 142.471 3.5 .3 .1 .1 .3 

Transportation services .............................................................. 5.600 232.332 232.218 1.2 .0 .1 .0 -.1 

Medical care services ................................................................. 4.094 365.827 366.870 5.1 .3 .8 .2 .4 

Other services ............................................................................ 9.761 272.474 273.342 2.5 .3 .2 .3 .4

Special indexes

All items less food ........................................................................ 84.543 200.616 202.335 2.3 .9 .3 .9 .5

All items less shelter .................................................................... 69.430 191.591 193.443 1.9 1.0 .4 1.0 .5 

All items less medical care ........................................................... 94.772 194.481 195.998 2.5 .8 .4 .8 .5 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 28.718 150.856 153.999 .3 2.1 .2 2.0 .9 

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 16.717 185.979 192.687 1.8 3.6 -.2 3.2 1.1

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. 12.676 224.712 235.083 2.5 4.6 .3 5.0 2.4 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 32.174 193.028 196.887 2.7 2.0 .3 1.9 .8 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... 25.598 228.479 228.811 2.7 .1 .4 .5 .2 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 51.732 230.221 230.708 3.3 .2 .3 .3 .3 

Energy .......................................................................................... 10.282 196.940 207.932 2.9 5.6 .8 6.2 2.6 

All items less energy .................................................................... 89.718 201.948 202.300 2.5 .2 .3 .1 .2

All items less food and energy ................................................... 74.261 202.816 203.154 2.2 .2 .2 .1 .2 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................... 22.932 141.482 141.450 -.5 .0 .1 -.1 -.1 

Energy commodities ............................................................... 5.786 222.509 244.148 3.1 9.7 .4 10.1 4.6 

Services less energy services .................................................. 51.329 245.923 246.539 3.5 .3 .3 .2 .3 

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

 $ .498 $ .495 - ----

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

 $ .167 $ .166 - ----

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

item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator.

4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. - Data not available.

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

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Apr.

2007

July

2006

Oct.

2006

Jan.

2007

Apr.

2007 Oct.

2006

Apr.

2007

Expenditure category

All items .............................................................................. 198.225 198.984 200.527 201.449 5.2 -4.2 2.7 6.7 0.4 4.7 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 197.677 199.249 199.913 200.788 2.3 3.7 2.2 6.4 3.0 4.3

Food ................................................................................ 197.244 198.801 199.437 200.328 2.5 4.0 2.1 6.4 3.2 4.3 

Food at home ................................................................ 194.473 196.534 197.484 198.516 1.9 4.7 .8 8.6 3.3 4.6

Cereals and bakery products ...................................... 216.798 219.095 218.810 220.802 5.2 2.5 3.2 7.6 3.8 5.4 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................... 189.036 189.882 191.953 193.636 -2.3 6.4 3.3 10.1 1.9 6.7 

Dairy and related products .......................................... 181.898 182.501 184.953 185.923 -1.1 -.9 3.1 9.1 -1.0 6.1 

Fruits and vegetables .................................................. 253.022 264.940 261.391 262.893 5.5 18.3 -11.3 16.5 11.7 1.7 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ....... 149.587 149.749 152.389 151.119 .0 5.3 5.2 4.2 2.6 4.7 

Other food at home ..................................................... 170.028 170.572 170.984 171.861 5.6 -2.1 1.3 4.4 1.7 2.8

Sugar and sweets ..................................................... 173.813 172.484 173.102 174.315 4.3 .7 4.5 1.2 2.5 2.8 

Fats and oils .............................................................. 169.191 171.051 170.779 170.483 6.9 1.9 .0 3.1 4.4 1.5

Other foods 1 ............................................................ 185.681 186.473 187.026 188.165 5.5 -3.6 .8 5.5 .9 3.1 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................ 114.759 115.151 114.402 115.432 6.5 -4.8 3.4 2.4 .7 2.9 

Food away from home 1 ............................................... 202.905 203.689 203.838 204.519 3.3 2.8 4.3 3.2 3.1 3.7 

Other food away from home 2 ..................................... 140.765 141.338 141.285 142.978 2.1 3.0 10.5 6.4 2.5 8.4 

Alcoholic beverages 1 ..................................................... 202.821 204.616 205.729 206.342 1.0 2.0 2.0 7.1 1.5 4.6 

Housing ............................................................................. 202.017 202.830 203.510 203.924 3.3 2.2 4.5 3.8 2.8 4.2 

Shelter ............................................................................. 229.798 230.467 230.875 231.576 4.6 4.0 4.1 3.1 4.3 3.6 

Rent of primary residence 3 .......................................... 229.696 230.703 231.583 232.171 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.4 4.6 4.5 

Lodging away from home 2 ........................................... 139.243 138.634 135.688 138.971 3.0 1.5 9.6 -.8 2.2 4.3 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ......... 220.518 221.169 221.773 222.148 4.9 3.9 3.4 3.0 4.4 3.2 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ......................... 117.748 117.622 117.653 117.945 .7 -.3 4.0 .7 .2 2.3 

Fuels and utilities ............................................................ 194.362 196.694 199.210 199.188 -3.9 -5.1 11.8 10.3 -4.5 11.1 

Household energy ......................................................... 174.925 177.263 179.858 179.743 -5.6 -6.8 12.9 11.5 -6.2 12.2 

Fuel oil and other fuels ................................................ 222.684 223.337 230.061 235.366 33.6 -30.6 -8.0 24.8 -3.7 7.1 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................... 181.459 184.020 186.511 186.072 -8.1 -4.4 14.6 10.6 -6.3 12.5 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .......... 140.947 141.636 142.070 142.451 4.8 4.7 5.7 4.3 4.8 5.0 

Household furnishings and operations ............................ 122.595 122.719 122.902 122.617 2.3 .0 -1.0 .1 1.1 -.5 

Household operations 1 2 ............................................. 141.729 141.886 142.069 142.471 4.7 3.8 3.3 2.1 4.3 2.7 

Apparel .............................................................................. 119.451 120.061 119.132 118.646 -3.3 4.5 -.2 -2.7 .5 -1.4 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. 111.883 111.899 111.739 112.055 -1.7 1.8 -8.5 .6 .0 -4.1

Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. 112.603 113.167 111.805 111.258 -7.1 8.0 7.8 -4.7 .2 1.4

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... 117.148 118.322 117.687 115.362 4.5 1.0 -8.3 -6.0 2.7 -7.1

Footwear ......................................................................... 122.250 122.846 121.891 121.393 -3.2 2.0 -2.4 -2.8 -.6 -2.6 

Transportation ................................................................... 174.417 174.491 179.761 182.297 16.9 -26.7 .0 19.3 -7.5 9.3 

Private transportation ...................................................... 171.432 171.483 176.866 179.472 17.1 -27.6 .1 20.1 -7.9 9.6 

New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................... 93.254 93.035 93.159 93.122 1.3 -3.7 -4.8 -.6 -1.3 -2.7 

New vehicles ............................................................... 137.513 137.293 137.675 137.725 -.6 -1.7 -2.3 .6 -1.1 -.8 

Used cars and trucks 1 ............................................... 136.063 135.411 135.203 135.192 4.9 -7.9 -11.0 -2.5 -1.7 -6.9 

Motor fuel ...................................................................... 200.603 201.411 222.605 233.190 57.6 -63.5 8.0 82.6 -24.2 40.4 

Gasoline (all types) ..................................................... 199.614 200.433 221.570 232.197 57.6 -63.7 8.0 83.1 -24.3 40.6 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................ 119.464 119.897 120.170 120.367 7.9 3.8 2.9 3.1 5.8 3.0 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .......................... 221.537 222.687 223.605 224.295 5.3 2.8 1.3 5.1 4.0 3.2 

Public transportation ....................................................... 225.827 226.645 226.760 226.292 5.8 -2.1 .0 .8 1.8 .4

Medical care ...................................................................... 343.619 345.415 345.778 347.186 3.8 3.9 4.8 4.2 3.8 4.5 

Medical care commodities .............................................. 281.738 280.701 279.756 281.058 2.5 1.4 1.2 -1.0 2.0 .1 

Medical care services ..................................................... 360.670 363.443 364.265 365.689 4.1 4.6 5.8 5.7 4.4 5.8

Professional services .................................................... 297.931 300.252 300.458 300.604 2.8 3.2 5.3 3.6 3.0 4.5

Hospital and related services 3 ..................................... 477.026 480.230 482.119 486.111 6.0 5.8 4.3 7.8 5.9 6.1 

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—

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Apr.

2007

July

2006

Oct.

2006

Jan.

2007

Apr.

2007 Oct.

2006

Apr.

2007

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ...................................................................... 108.456 108.489 108.351 108.379 2.2 -0.7 -0.2 -0.3 0.7 -0.2

Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 102.732 102.658 102.032 102.106 .0 -2.7 -3.3 -2.4 -1.3 -2.9 

Education and communication 2 ....................................... 114.517 114.825 115.329 115.644 2.1 2.5 -1.0 4.0 2.3 1.5 

Education 2 ..................................................................... 165.149 166.001 166.936 167.711 5.9 7.2 4.9 6.4 6.6 5.6 

Educational books and supplies ................................... 408.325 408.597 415.361 417.479 6.1 9.2 9.7 9.3 7.6 9.5 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ...................... 466.513 469.130 471.264 473.429 6.1 6.9 4.4 6.1 6.5 5.2 

Communication 2 ............................................................ 85.027 85.107 85.404 85.521 -.5 -.5 -4.9 2.3 -.5 -1.3 

Information and information processing 1 2 .................. 83.256 83.337 83.645 83.760 -.5 -.5 -5.3 2.4 -.5 -1.5 

Telephone services 1 2 ............................................... 97.045 97.233 97.625 97.738 .4 5.1 .6 2.9 2.7 1.7 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 .... 11.321 11.272 11.292 11.322 -5.8 -24.4 -30.5 .0 -15.6 -16.6 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ... 10.081 9.997 10.040 10.036 -20.1 -7.5 -4.6 -1.8 -14.0 -3.2 

Other goods and services ................................................. 339.151 340.563 341.327 341.796 2.3 2.8 7.3 3.2 2.6 5.2

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... 544.568 550.097 551.161 548.812 2.6 -.5 17.8 3.2 1.1 10.2 

Personal care .................................................................. 191.366 191.628 192.086 192.859 2.2 4.3 2.9 3.2 3.2 3.0 

Personal care products 1 .............................................. 157.505 157.992 158.528 158.578 .0 3.9 2.6 2.8 1.9 2.7 

Personal care services 1 ............................................... 214.254 214.773 215.318 215.658 2.1 4.3 4.5 2.6 3.2 3.6 

Miscellaneous personal services .................................. 320.102 321.057 321.437 323.928 2.7 6.0 2.4 4.9 4.3 3.6 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ....................................................................... 164.009 164.641 166.963 168.201 7.9 -12.2 1.0 10.6 -2.6 5.7 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 197.677 199.249 199.913 200.788 2.3 3.7 2.2 6.4 3.0 4.3

Commodities less food and beverages ............................. 145.155 145.360 148.351 149.718 11.1 -20.2 .2 13.2 -5.8 6.5 

Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... 179.125 178.618 184.774 187.019 16.4 -32.1 14.1 18.8 -11.1 16.5 

Apparel .......................................................................... 119.451 120.061 119.132 118.646 -3.3 4.5 -.2 -2.7 .5 -1.4 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... 216.359 217.028 228.357 234.256 27.2 -39.3 3.7 37.4 -12.1 19.4 

Durables .......................................................................... 113.096 112.926 112.934 112.746 .0 -3.4 -3.1 -1.2 -1.7 -2.2 

Services .............................................................................. 238.283 239.197 239.874 240.432 3.0 2.9 4.1 3.7 2.9 3.9 

Rent of shelter 4 ................................................................ 221.587 222.103 222.481 223.171 4.7 4.1 4.2 2.9 4.4 3.6 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ............................. 117.748 117.622 117.653 117.945 .7 -.3 4.0 .7 .2 2.3 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................. 181.459 184.020 186.511 186.072 -8.1 -4.4 14.6 10.6 -6.3 12.5 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .............. 140.947 141.636 142.070 142.451 4.8 4.7 5.7 4.3 4.8 5.0 

Household operations 1 2 ................................................. 141.729 141.886 142.069 142.471 4.7 3.8 3.3 2.1 4.3 2.7 

Transportation services ..................................................... 232.262 232.505 232.557 232.280 2.1 2.3 .5 .0 2.2 .2

Medical care services ....................................................... 360.670 363.443 364.265 365.689 4.1 4.6 5.8 5.7 4.4 5.8 

Other services ................................................................... 271.240 271.752 272.525 273.512 3.2 3.0 .7 3.4 3.1 2.0 

Special indexes

All items less food ............................................................... 198.224 198.835 200.544 201.471 5.8 -5.5 2.7 6.7 .0 4.7 

All items less shelter ........................................................... 188.864 189.663 191.634 192.646 5.6 -7.5 2.1 8.3 -1.2 5.1 

All items less medical care .................................................. 192.143 192.863 194.431 195.330 5.3 -4.7 2.6 6.8 .2 4.7 

Commodities less food ........................................................ 147.182 147.428 150.381 151.734 11.0 -19.5 .2 13.0 -5.5 6.4 

Nondurables less food ........................................................ 180.624 180.295 186.144 188.232 15.3 -30.4 13.5 17.9 -10.4 15.7 

Nondurables less food and apparel .................................... 214.118 214.716 225.427 230.802 25.4 -36.9 3.3 35.0 -11.0 18.1

Nondurables ........................................................................ 189.104 189.616 193.124 194.614 8.5 -15.5 8.0 12.2 -4.3 10.1 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ............................................. 227.051 228.013 229.109 229.610 2.9 .4 3.1 4.6 1.6 3.9 

Services less medical care services ................................... 228.855 229.602 230.290 230.911 3.8 2.3 3.3 3.6 3.1 3.5 

Energy ................................................................................. 186.769 188.349 200.028 205.146 26.6 -44.7 10.2 45.6 -16.3 26.6 

All items less energy ........................................................... 200.516 201.176 201.470 201.876 2.9 2.4 1.8 2.7 2.7 2.3 

All items less food and energy .......................................... 201.575 202.045 202.268 202.572 2.9 2.2 1.8 2.0 2.5 1.9

Commodities less food and energy commodities ........... 140.610 140.753 140.665 140.479 .3 -.6 -1.4 -.4 -.1 -.9 

Energy commodities ..................................................... 202.399 203.201 223.710 234.055 56.3 -62.2 7.0 78.8 -23.1 38.3 

Services less energy services ......................................... 244.423 245.136 245.594 246.269 4.1 3.5 3.2 3.1 3.8 3.1 

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

item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means

estimator. 4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 5 Indexes on a December 1988=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

Apr.2007 from—

Percent change to

Mar.2007 from—

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Apr.

2007

Apr.

2006

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Mar.

2006

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

U.S. city average ............................................ M 197.559 198.544 200.612 202.130 2.5 1.8 0.8 2.7 1.5 1.0 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban .............................................. M 212.054 212.649 214.517 215.802 2.3 1.5 .6 2.6 1.2 .9 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 213.163 213.892 215.629 216.766 2.5 1.3 .5 2.8 1.2 .8 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 127.395 127.587 128.888 129.856 1.8 1.8 .8 2.2 1.2 1.0 

Midwest urban ................................................ M 187.811 189.121 191.145 192.379 2.2 1.7 .6 2.2 1.8 1.1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 188.802 190.087 192.051 193.403 2.3 1.7 .7 2.2 1.7 1.0 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 122.103 123.121 124.508 125.159 1.9 1.7 .5 2.3 2.0 1.1 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 185.949 186.458 188.484 189.901 2.1 1.8 .8 2.0 1.4 1.1 

South urban .................................................... M 191.671 192.574 194.734 196.730 2.4 2.2 1.0 2.5 1.6 1.1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 195.057 196.032 198.254 199.837 2.6 1.9 .8 3.0 1.6 1.1 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 122.204 122.842 124.185 125.598 2.2 2.2 1.1 2.1 1.6 1.1 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 195.466 195.444 197.902 200.520 2.7 2.6 1.3 2.9 1.2 1.3 

West urban ..................................................... M 201.946 203.036 205.173 206.521 3.3 1.7 .7 3.5 1.6 1.1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 203.537 204.885 207.180 208.393 3.3 1.7 .6 3.7 1.8 1.1 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 125.593 126.161 127.333 128.376 3.2 1.8 .8 3.0 1.4 .9 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 183.443 184.447 186.331 187.531 2.7 1.7 .6 2.9 1.6 1.0 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 123.578 124.203 125.513 126.624 2.3 1.9 .9 2.4 1.6 1.1 

D ................................................................. M 192.985 193.060 195.247 197.059 2.5 2.1 .9 2.7 1.2 1.1 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... M 192.166 193.451 195.472 197.067 3.0 1.9 .8 2.4 1.7 1.0 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... M 204.498 206.632 208.929 210.195 3.6 1.7 .6 4.0 2.2 1.1 

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

NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 215.793 216.771 218.510 219.791 2.7 1.4 .6 3.1 1.3 .8 

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ..... 1 224.256 -

 225.918 ---- 2.5 .7 -

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 1 181.559 - 184.014 ---- 1.3 1.4 -

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... 1 190.187 -

 191.750 ---- 1.1 .8 -

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 128.978 - 131.234 ---- 3.8 1.7 -

Atlanta, GA ..................................................... 2 -

 193.446 - 197.856 3.1 2.3 ----

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. 2 -

 192.717 - 195.417 1.7 1.4 ----

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 - 179.288 - 182.774 1.5 1.9 ----

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. 2 -

 205.688 - 208.921 3.3 1.6 ----

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ 2 -

 212.986 - 214.668 1.7 .8 ----

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... 2 -

 208.803 - 211.189 3.1 1.1 ----

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 - 205.746 - 210.388 3.9 2.3 ----

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

 most other goods and services priced as indicated:

 M - Every month.

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

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

2003-2004

 Unadjusted

 indexes

 Unadjusted

 percent change to

 Apr. 2007 from—

 Mar.

 2007

 Apr.

 2007

 Apr.

 2006

 Mar.

 2007

Expenditure category

All items ...................................................................................... 100.000 118.953 119.543 2.3 0.5 

Food and beverages ................................................................ 15.072 118.366 118.596 3.6 .2 

Food ....................................................................................... 13.943 118.359 118.584 3.6 .2 

Food at home ....................................................................... 8.029 115.435 115.552 3.7 .1 

Food away from home .......................................................... 5.914 122.301 122.681 3.4 .3 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 1.130 118.710 119.009 2.9 .3 

Housing .................................................................................... 42.173 124.462 124.713 3.3 .2 

Shelter .................................................................................... 32.495 126.316 126.701 3.9 .3 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 4.702 147.974 147.904 3.2 .0 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 4.977 96.629 96.400 -.1 -.2 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 4.076 92.243 92.585 -.8 .4 

Transportation .......................................................................... 17.095 118.479 120.770 .2 1.9 

Private transportation ............................................................. 15.988 119.171 121.573 .2 2.0 

Public transportation ............................................................... 1.107 111.096 111.931 .9 .8 

Medical care ............................................................................. 6.055 135.269 135.687 3.7 .3 

Medical care commodities ...................................................... 1.458 121.296 121.932 .9 .5 

Medical care services ............................................................. 4.597 140.149 140.486 4.7 .2 

Recreation ................................................................................ 5.863 105.266 105.393 -.6 .1 

Education and communication ................................................. 6.190 104.456 104.544 1.1 .1 

Education ............................................................................... 2.751 156.322 156.367 6.0 .0 

Communication ...................................................................... 3.439 74.462 74.557 -2.5 .1 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 3.475 123.167 123.411 3.5 .2 

Commodity and service group

Services ...................................................................................... 58.763 127.328 127.634 3.3 .2 

Commodities .............................................................................. 41.237 108.594 109.528 .9 .9 

Durables ................................................................................... 12.340 85.616 85.458 -2.3 -.2 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 28.897 120.452 122.030 2.3 1.3 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 78.707 114.870 115.068 2.0 .2 

Energy ........................................................................................ 7.351 169.314 177.158 3.1 4.6 

Indexes for 2007 are initial estimates. Indexes for 2006 are interim adjustments.

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