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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: JUNE 2002

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.1 percent in June, before seasonal

adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The June level of 179.9

(1982-84=100) was 1.1 percent higher than its level in June 2001.

The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) also rose 0.1 percent in

June, prior to seasonal adjustment. The June level of 175.9 was 0.7 percent higher than the index in June 2001.

CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)

On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U increased 0.1 percent in June after registering no change in May.

The indexes for food and for energy, each of which declined in May, were both unchanged in June. An increase of

0.3 percent in the index for petroleum-based energy was offset by a 0.2 percent decline in the index for energy

services. The index for food at home declined 0.2 percent as four of the six grocery store food groups registered

declines. Excluding food and energy, the CPI-U rose 0.1 percent in June after increasing 0.2 percent in May. Smaller

increases in the indexes for shelter and for medical care, coupled with declines in the indexes for recreation and for

communication, more than offset a sharp upturn in the index for tobacco and smoking products.

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

Seasonally adjusted UnCompound adjusted

Expenditure Changes from preceding month annual rate 12-mos.

Category 2001 2002 3-mos. ended ended

Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June June ’02 June ’02

All Items -.1 .2 .2 .3 .5 .0 .1 2.5 1.1

 Food and beverages .0 .3 .2 .2 .1 -.2 .1 -.5 1.7

 Housing .2 .2 .3 .1 .3 .3 .1 2.7 1.9

 Apparel -.6 -.7 .5 1.2 -.6 -.6 -.9 -7.7 -2.9

 Transportation -.9 .3 -.2 1.2 1.7 -.4 .1 5.7 -3.1

 Medical care .3 .5 .3 .4 .5 .5 .2 4.6 4.5

 Recreation -.1 .2 .1 .2 .3 -.1 -.3 -.4 1.3

 Education and

 communication .2 .3 .2 -.5 -.2 .6 .3 2.7 2.4

 Other goods and

 services -1.0 .3 1.0 -.6 1.5 -.5 1.0 8.4 4.7

 Special Indexes

 Energy -3.0 .9 -.8 3.8 4.5 -.7 .0 15.8 -11.1

 Food .0 .3 .2 .2 .1 -.2 .0 -.7 1.6

 All Items less

 food and energy .1 .2 .3 .1 .3 .2 .1 1.9 2.3

See pages 5 through 7 for notes on changes introduced into the CPI in 2002 and for a note on a new supplemental

index of consumer price change.
Consumer prices increased at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 2.5 percent in the second quarter

after advancing at a 3.0 percent rate in the first three months of 2002. This brings the year-to-date annual rate to 2.7

percent and compares with an increase of 1.6 percent in all of 2001. The index for energy, which had declined

sharply in 2001, turned up in the first half of 2002, advancing at a 16.2 percent SAAR. Petroleum-based energy

costs increased at a 39.9 percent annual rate, while charges for energy services declined at a 1.2 percent annual rate.

The food index rose at a 1.1 percent SAAR in the first half of 2002. The index for grocery store food prices

increased at a 0.2 percent annual rate, as price increases for fruits and vegetables and for cereal and bakery products-

-up at annual rates of 6.4 and 2.4 percent, respectively--were largely offset by declines in the indexes for dairy

products, for nonalcoholic beverages, and for other food at home. The index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs was

unchanged.

 The CPI-U excluding food and energy advanced at a 1.9 percent SAAR in the second quarter, following an

increase at a 2.1 percent rate in the first three months of 2002. The advance at a 2.0 percent SAAR for the first half

of 2002 compares with a 2.7 percent rise in all of 2001. This moderation reflects a larger decrease in the index for

commodities less food and energy commodities, which declined at a 1.7 percent SAAR in the first half of 2002 after

declining 0.3 percent in all of 2001, as well as a smaller increase in the index for services less energy services. The

latter index rose at a 3.6 percent SAAR in the first half of 2002 after increasing 4.0 percent in all of 2001, largely as a

result of a smaller increase in shelter costs--up at a SAAR of 3.5 percent thus far in 2002 after increasing 4.2 percent

in all of 2001. The annual rates for selected groups for the last seven and 1⁄2 years are shown below.

Percentage change 12 months SAAR 6

 ended in December mos. ended

in June

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

All items 2.5 3.3 1.7 1.6 2.7 3.4 1.6 2.7

 Food and beverages 2.1 4.2 1.6 2.3 2.0 2.8 2.8 1.3

 Housing 3.0 2.9 2.4 2.3 2.2 4.3 2.9 2.5

 Apparel .1 -.2 1.0 -.7 -.5 -1.8 -3.2 -2.1

 Transportation 1.5 4.4 -1.4 -1.7 5.4 4.1 -3.8 5.4

 Medical care 3.9 3.0 2.8 3.4 3.7 4.2 4.7 4.5

 Recreation 2.8 3.0 1.5 1.2 .8 1.7 1.5 .8

 Education and

 Communication 4.0 3.4 3.0 .7 1.6 1.3 3.2 1.3

 Other goods and services 4.3 3.6 5.2 8.8 5.1 4.2 4.5 5.7

Special indexes

 Energy -1.3 8.6 -3.4 -8.8 13.4 14.2 -13.0 16.2

 Energy commodities -3.3 13.8 -6.9 -15.1 29.5 15.7 -24.5 39.9

 Energy services .8 3.8 .2 -3.3 1.2 12.7 -1.5 -1.2

 All items less energy 2.9 2.9 2.1 2.4 2.0 2.6 2.8 1.8

 Food 2.1 4.3 1.5 2.3 1.9 2.8 2.8 1.1

 All items less

 food and energy 3.0 2.6 2.2 2.4 1.9 2.6 2.7 2.0
The food and beverages index increased 0.1 percent in June. The index for food at home declined for the

second consecutive month--down 0.2 percent in June. The index for fruits and vegetables, which had risen sharply in

each of the first three months of 2002, declined for the third consecutive month, down 0.2 percent in June. Within the

fruits and vegetables group, the indexes for fresh fruits and for processed fruits and vegetables declined 1.7 and 0.8

percent, respectively, more than offsetting a 1.5 percent rise in the index for fresh vegetables. The index for meats,

poultry, fish, and eggs declined for the third consecutive month--down 0.4 percent in June. The indexes for beef, for

pork, for poultry, and for fish and seafood all registered declines. The index for dairy products, reflecting a sharp

drop in cheese prices, fell 0.6 percent in June. The index for nonalcoholic beverages declined for the second

consecutive month--down 0.4 percent in June--reflecting another decrease in prices for carbonated beverages. The

indexes for cereal and bakery products and for other food at home, each of which declined in May, turned up in June,

advancing 0.1 and 0.5 percent, respectively. The other two components of the food and beverages index--food away

from home and alcoholic beverages--increased 0.3 and 0.1 percent, respectively,

The index for housing rose 0.1 percent in June. Shelter costs, which increased 0.2 percent in May, rose 0.1

percent in June. Within shelter, the indexes for rent and for owners' equivalent rent each rose 0.3 percent, while the

index for lodging away from home decreased 1.1 percent. The index for fuels and utilities declined 0.1 percent in

June, reflecting a 1.1 percent drop in the index for natural gas. The indexes for fuel oil and for electricity rose 0.7 and

0.1 percent, respectively. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, natural gas and fuel oil prices declined 0.3 and 1.9 percent,

respectively, while charges for electricity rose 6.2 percent.) The index for household furnishings and operations turned

down in June, declining 0.3 percent.

The transportation index rose 0.1 percent in June, following a 0.4 percent decline in May, reflecting the

movement in the gasoline index. The index for gasoline rose 0.4 percent in June, following a 2.8 percent decline in

May. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, gasoline prices declined 1.1 percent in June after registering no change in May.)

The index for new vehicles declined for the sixth consecutive month, down 0.1 percent. The index for used cars and

trucks rose 0.1 percent in June, registering its first increase in six months. During the last 12 months, the index for new

vehicles has declined 1.8 percent and the index for used cars and trucks has fallen 4.2 percent. Airline fares, which

had advanced in each of the first five months of 2002 after declining in each of the last six months of 2001, fell 0.6

percent in June. During the last 12 months, the index for airline fares has decreased 4.5 percent.

The index for apparel declined 0.9 percent in June, following a 0.6 percent drop in May. (Prior to seasonal

adjustment, apparel prices fell 3.5 percent, largely as a result of seasonal price discounting of spring-summer apparel.)

The medical care index rose 0.2 percent in June to a level 4.5 percent above its level a year ago. The index

for medical care commodities--prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and medical supplies--increased 0.3

percent. The index for medical care services rose 0.2 percent in June. Charges for professional services rose 0.1

percent and those for hospital and related services increased 0.3 percent.

The index for recreation declined for the second consecutive month, down 0.3 percent in June. Downturns in

the indexes for sporting goods and for pets, pet products and services, coupled with another decline in prices for toys,

more than offset upturns in the indexes for admissions to movies, theaters, and concerts and for admissions to sporting

events--up 1.1 and 0.9 percent, respectively.

The index for education and communication increased 0.3 percent in June. Education costs rose 0.8 percent

while the index for communication costs declined 0.1 percent. Within the later category, the index for telephone

services, which had risen 1.1 percent in May, fell 0.1 percent in June, reflecting decreases in long distance charges.

Prices for personal computers and peripheral equipment, which in May increased for the first time in more than two

years, turned back down in June, declining 1.7 percent. During the last 12 months, these prices have fallen 24.2

percent.

The index for other goods and services, which declined 0.5 percent in May, increased 1.0 percent in June.

Prices for cigarettes, which declined 2.9 percent in May, increased 4.3 percent in June, reflecting decreased

discounting of some major brands.
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 0.1 percent

in June.

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

Seasonally adjusted UnCompound adjusted

Expenditure Changes from preceding month annual rate 12-mos.

Category 2001 2002 3-mos. ended ended

Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June June ’02 June ’02

All Items -.2 .2 .2 .3 .6 -.1 .1 2.5 .7

 Food and beverages .0 .3 .2 .2 .0 -.2 .1 -.5 1.7

 Housing .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .3 .1 2.3 1.8

 Apparel -.7 -1.0 .5 1.3 -.2 -.8 -.9 -7.5 -2.6

 Transportation -.9 .2 -.3 1.4 1.9 -.6 .2 6.0 -3.5

 Medical care .3 .5 .2 .4 .4 .5 .1 4.4 4.5

 Recreation -.1 .3 .1 .2 .3 -.2 -.3 -.8 1.1

 Education and

 communication .1 .4 .1 -.5 -.4 .7 .3 2.3 2.1

 Other goods and

 services -1.3 .2 1.5 -1.0 2.2 -.9 1.5 11.7 5.4

 Special Indexes

 Energy -3.0 1.0 -.8 4.1 5.0 -1.3 .2 16.3 -11.5

 Food -.1 .3 .2 .2 -.1 -.2 .1 -.9 1.6

 All Items less

 food and energy .1 .1 .2 .1 .3 .1 .1 2.0 2.1

Consumer Price Index data for July are scheduled for release on Friday, August 16, 2002, at 8:30 A.M.

(EDT).

CPI (Old Weights)

For the first six months of 2002, BLS has calculated Old Weights CPI-U and Old Weights CPI-W based on

the 1993-95 expenditure pattern used in the CPI from 1998 through 2001. These Old Weight data are contained in

tables 1(OW)-4(OW). From May to June 2002, the Old Weights CPI-U increased 0.1 percent while the Old

Weights CPI-W increased 0.2 percent. Note these series are not seasonally adjusted.
Changes in the Consumer Price Index in 2002

Expenditure Weight Update

As announced in December 1998, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has updated the consumption

expenditure weights in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and in the Consumer Price Index

for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) to the 1999-2000 period, effective with release of data for

January 2002. The newer weights replace the 1993-95 weights, which were first used in the index effective with

January 1998 data. Additionally, CPI expenditure weights will be updated at two-year intervals subsequent to the 2002

updating. Thus, for example, CPI expenditure weights will be updated to the 2001-02 period effective with release of

CPI data for January 2004.

Historically, the introduction of a comprehensive new set of expenditure weights attached to the categories of

goods and services in the CPI “market basket” has taken place in the context of the periodic major revisions of the

index. Such major revisions have taken place approximately once each decade—in 1940, 1953, 1964, 1978, 1987

and, most recently, in 1998.

The goal in employing more current expenditure weights is to have the CPI reflect, as much as possible, the

inflation currently experienced by consumers. More specifically, the use of more current weights will help to ensure that

the relative importance of CPI item categories, such as food away from home, college tuition, or medical care services,

more accurately reflects how consumers are allocating their spending.

Publication of Overlap CPIs

For the first six months of 2002, BLS will continue to calculate and publish selected CPI-U and CPI-W

“overlap” indexes on a not seasonally adjusted basis. These indexes will be compiled using the 1993-95 expenditure

pattern that was introduced into the CPI in 1998. Comparison of these index series to the corresponding updated

series will enable users of the CPI to observe the effects of the expenditure weight change. The subsequent expenditure

updates scheduled in 2004 and every two years thereafter also will be accompanied by the publication of overlap

indexes for a six-month period using the previous expenditure pattern.

Publication of CPI for the Phoenix Area

Effective with release of the July 2002 Consumer Price Index (CPI), BLS will initiate publication of consumer

price data specific to the Phoenix-Mesa, Arizona, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As with the national CPI and other

local area CPIs, data will be published for each of two population groups, that for all urban consumers (CPI-U) and

that for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W). The Phoenix-Mesa CPI will be published on a semi-annual

basis with a reference base of December 2001 = 100. The same amount of item detail will be available for PhoenixMesa as is presently available for all other areas published on a semi-annual basis.

Change to Published Item Structure

Effective with release of the January 2002 CPI, BLS began publishing an item index for leased cars and trucks.

This index series is available monthly at the U.S. City Average area level for both the CPI-U and CPI-W with a

December 2001 = 100 reference base.
NOTE ON A NEW, SUPPLEMENTAL INDEX

 OF CONSUMER PRICE CHANGE

 The Bureau of Labor Statistics will begin publishing a consumer price index (CPI) called the Chained

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, effective with release of July data in August 2002. Designated the CCPI-U, the index will supplement the existing indexes already produced by the BLS: the CPI for All Urban Consumers

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

The C-CPI-U will employ a Tornqvist formula and utilize expenditure data in adjacent time periods in order to

reflect the effect of any substitution that consumers make across item categories in response to changes in relative

prices. The new measure, said to be a “superlative” index, is designed to be a closer approximation to a “cost-of-living”

index than the present measures. The use of expenditure data for both a base period and the current period in order to

average price change across item categories distinguishes the C-CPI-U from the existing CPI measures, which use only

a single expenditure base period to compute the price change over time. In 1999, the BLS introduced a geometric

mean estimator for averaging prices within most of the index’s item categories in order to approximate the effect of

consumers’ responses to changes in relative prices within these item categories. The geometric mean estimator will be

used in the C-CPI-U in the same item categories in which it is now used in the CPI-U and CPI-W. (See Monthly

Labor Review, October 1998, pp. 3-7.)

Expenditure data required for the calculation of the C-CPI-U are available only with a time lag. Thus, the CCPI-U will be issued first in preliminary form using the latest available expenditure data at that time and will be subject

to two subsequent revisions. Accordingly, at the time of its introduction in August, “final” values of the C-CPI-U will be

issued for the 12 months of 2000, “interim” values will be issued for the 12 months of 2001, and “initial” values will be

issued for January-July of 2002. In February 2003, with release of the January 2003 index, revised interim indexes for

the 12 months of 2002 will be published, and the index values for 2001 will be revised and will become final. Then, in

February 2004, when the monthly expenditure data from calendar year 2002 become available, C-CPI-U indexes for

the 12 months of 2002 will be issued in final form and values for the 12 months of 2003 will be revised and issued as

interim. The C-CPI-U index revisions are expected to be small, but in principle each monthly index could be revised

from its previously published level.

BLS previously has calculated superlative indexes on an experimental basis, although these are not comparable

to the C-CPI-U in all computational details. (See, for example, Monthly Labor Review, December 1993, pp. 25-33.)

Based on BLS research, the C-CPI-U is estimated to increase at an average annual rate of 0.1 to 0.2 percentage point

less than the CPI-U.

The C-CPI-U will be issued for national averages only and will not be seasonally adjusted. It will employ a

December 1999=100 reference base. Data for periods prior to December 1999 will not be calculated. The

component series that will be published are listed below:

All items Medical care

Food and beverages Medical care commodities

Food Medical care services

Food at home Recreation

Food away from home Education and communication

Alcoholic beverages Education

Housing Communication

Shelter Other goods and services

Fuels and utilities Services

Household furnishings and operations Commodities

Apparel Durables

Transportation Nondurables

Private transportation All items less food and energy

Public transportation Energy
These indexes will be published monthly in the CPI news release and the CPI Detailed Report, and the series

will be available electronically at the same site as other CPI data: http://www.bls.gov/cpi/.

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

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes

2 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Room 3130

Washington, DC 20212

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

Jackman_P@bls.gov or Cage_R@bls.gov .
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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 in a market basket of goods

and services. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes CPIs for two population groups: (1) a CPI for All Urban

Consumers (CPI-U) which covers approximately 87 percent of the total population and (2) a CPI for Urban Wage

Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) which covers 32 percent of the total population. The CPI-U includes, in

addition to wage earners and clerical workers, groups such as professional, managerial, and technical workers, the selfemployed, short-term workers, the unemployed, and retirees and others not in the labor force.

 The CPI is 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 establishmentsdepartment 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. Separate indexes are also published by size of city, by region of the country, for crossclassifications of regions and population-size classes, and for 26 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.

 The index measures price change from a designed reference date—1982-84 which equals 100.0. An increase of

16.5 percent, 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 115.7

Less previous index 111.2

Equals index point change 4.5

Percent Change

Index point difference 4.5

Divided by the previous index 111.2

Equals 0.040

Results multiplied by one hundred 0.040x100

Equals percent change 4.0

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

pensionplans, 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. The updated seasonal data at the end of 1977 replaced data from 1967 through 1977.

Subsequent annual updates have replaced 5 years of seasonal data; e.g., data from 1997 through 2001 were replaced

at the end of 2001. 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 for the last 5 years, but the seasonally adjusted indexes will be used

before that period. Note: 39 of the 73 components are seasonally adjusted for 2002.

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

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

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

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

Analysis Seasonal Adjustment allows for better estimates of seasonally adjusted data. Extreme values and/or sharp

movements which might distort the seasonal pattern are estimated and removed from the data prior to calculation of

seasonal factors. Beginning with the calculation of seasonal factors for 1996, X-12-ARIMA software was used for

Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment.

 For the fuel oil, natural gas, motor fuels, and educational books and supplies indexes, this procedure was used to

offset the effects that extreme price volatility would otherwise have had on the estimates of seasonally adjusted data for

those series. For the Nonalcoholic beverages index, the procedure was used to offset the effects of a large increase in

coffee prices due to adverse weather. The procedure was used to account for unusual butter fat supply reductions and

decreases in milk supply affecting the Fats and oils series. For the Water and sewerage maintenance index, the

procedure was used to account for a data collection anomaly. It was used to offset an increase in summer demand in

the Midwest and South for Electricity. For New vehicles, New cars, and New trucks, the procedure was used to offset

the effects of a model changeover combined with financing incentives.

 A description of Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment, as well as a list of unusual events modeled and seasonal

factors for these items may be obtained by writing the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Consumer Prices and

Price Indexes, Washington, DC 20212 or by calling Daniel Chow on (202) 691-6968 or sending e-mail to

Chow_Dan@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

2001

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

June 2002 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

May

2002

June

2002

June

2001

May

2002

Mar. to

Apr.

Apr. to

May

May to

June

Expenditure category

All items ..................................................................................... 100.000 179.8 179.9 1.1 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.1 

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

 538.5 538.9 - - - - -

Food and beverages ............................................................... 15.719 176.4 176.4 1.7 .0 .1 -.2 .1 

Food ...................................................................................... 14.688 175.8 175.8 1.6 .0 .1 -.2 .0 

Food at home ...................................................................... 8.468 175.5 175.0 1.0 -.3 .0 -.5 -.2 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................ 1.298 198.2 198.7 2.3 .3 .3 -.1 .1 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ........................................... 2.271 162.4 161.9 .1 -.3 -.1 -.1 -.4 

Dairy and related products 1 .............................................. .916 169.0 168.0 .7 -.6 -.4 .2 -.6 

Fruits and vegetables ........................................................ 1.204 221.0 217.4 2.6 -1.6 -1.8 -1.4 -.2 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ............. .967 138.0 137.5 -.8 -.4 .4 -.9 -.4 

Other food at home ........................................................... 1.811 160.0 160.8 .8 .5 1.1 -1.0 .5 

Sugar and sweets ............................................................ .315 157.9 158.7 1.9 .5 2.1 -1.4 .5 

Fats and oils .................................................................... .265 155.9 154.6 -1.3 -.8 -.1 -.4 -.5 

Other foods ...................................................................... 1.232 176.1 177.4 1.0 .7 1.1 -1.0 .7 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ....................................... .289 108.9 109.0 1.2 .1 .2 .8 .1 

Food away from home 1 ....................................................... 6.220 177.6 178.2 2.6 .3 .1 .2 .3 

Other food away from home 1 2 ......................................... .383 117.1 117.6 4.4 .4 .5 .2 .4 

Alcoholic beverages .............................................................. 1.031 183.3 183.5 2.5 .1 .2 .2 .1 

Housing ................................................................................... 40.873 179.7 180.7 1.9 .6 .3 .3 .1 

Shelter ................................................................................... 31.522 207.5 208.1 3.7 .3 .4 .2 .1 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................. 6.421 198.8 199.3 4.0 .3 .2 .3 .3 

Lodging away from home 2 3 ................................................ 2.702 120.1 120.9 -2.3 .7 1.6 .3 -1.1 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ................. 22.046 213.7 214.3 4.2 .3 .3 .2 .3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................. .353 107.6 107.8 .7 .2 .4 .4 .2 

Fuels and utilities ................................................................... 4.511 141.5 146.2 -6.1 3.3 .2 .8 -.1 

Fuels .................................................................................... 3.654 125.1 130.3 -8.0 4.2 .2 1.1 -.2

Fuel oil and other fuels ...................................................... .188 114.4 112.7 -13.0 -1.5 2.9 1.0 .6 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................... 3.466 132.1 138.0 -7.6 4.5 .0 1.1 -.2 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................. .857 112.7 112.6 3.2 -.1 .4 .1 .1 

Household furnishings and operations .................................. 4.840 128.9 128.7 -.4 -.2 -.1 .3 -.3 

Household operations 1 2 ..................................................... .820 118.4 118.8 2.9 .3 -.4 .0 .3 

Apparel .................................................................................... 4.399 127.1 122.7 -2.9 -3.5 -.6 -.6 -.9 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ....................................................... 1.122 124.3 120.8 -4.0 -2.8 -.6 -1.6 -.7 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ................................................... 1.807 119.4 113.7 -3.2 -4.8 -.5 -.7 -.9 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel 1 .............................................. .203 127.4 124.9 -1.9 -2.0 -.8 -1.2 -2.0 

Footwear ............................................................................... .874 124.5 121.2 -.7 -2.7 -.7 .5 -1.2 

Transportation ......................................................................... 17.055 153.8 153.4 -3.1 -.3 1.7 -.4 .1 

Private transportation ............................................................ 15.845 149.5 149.1 -3.2 -.3 1.8 -.5 .1 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ........................................... 8.614 99.1 98.8 -2.3 -.3 -.3 -.2 -.1 

New vehicles ..................................................................... 5.083 139.8 139.2 -1.8 -.4 -.2 -.2 -.1 

Used cars and trucks ......................................................... 2.195 151.8 152.2 -4.2 .3 -.5 -.3 .1 

Motor fuel ............................................................................ 2.564 121.4 120.1 -15.4 -1.1 9.9 -2.8 .3

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................ 2.536 120.8 119.5 -15.4 -1.1 10.1 -2.8 .4 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ................................... .421 106.8 106.7 2.2 -.1 .3 .0 -.1 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................ 1.400 189.9 190.0 4.0 .1 .5 .5 .1 

Public transportation .............................................................. 1.211 211.9 211.3 -2.3 -.3 .5 2.1 -.2 

Medical care ............................................................................ 5.810 284.1 284.7 4.5 .2 .5 .5 .2 

Medical care commodities ..................................................... 1.377 255.4 256.4 3.3 .4 .2 .2 .3 

Medical care services ............................................................ 4.434 291.2 291.7 4.8 .2 .6 .6 .2 

Professional services 3 ......................................................... 2.784 252.9 253.2 2.7 .1 .3 .2 .1 

Hospital and related services 3 ............................................ 1.353 364.5 365.3 8.5 .2 1.1 .8 .3 

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

2001

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

June 2002 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

May

2002

June

2002

June

2001

May

2002

Mar. to

Apr.

Apr. to

May

May to

June

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 6.019 106.4 106.2 1.3 -0.2 0.3 -0.1 -0.3 

Video and audio 2 ................................................................... 1.645 103.1 103.0 1.7 -.1 .1 .1 .1 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 5.813 106.6 106.9 2.4 .3 -.2 .6 .3 

Education 2 ............................................................................. 2.726 123.5 124.3 6.3 .6 .4 .4 .8 

Educational books and supplies .......................................... .220 315.6 317.4 8.0 .6 .6 .8 .6 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ............................. 2.506 354.6 356.8 6.1 .6 .4 .3 .8 

Communication 1 2 ................................................................. 3.087 91.9 91.8 -1.4 -.1 -.9 .8 -.1 

Information and information processing 1 2 .......................... 2.903 90.7 90.6 -1.6 -.1 -.9 .8 -.1 

Telephone services 1 2 ....................................................... 2.324 99.3 99.2 .2 -.1 -.9 1.1 -.1 

Information and information processing other than

telephone services 1 5 ................................................ .580 18.5 18.4 -14.0 -.5 -1.1 -.5 -.5 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 .......... .275 23.0 22.6 -24.2 -1.7 -.9 .4 -1.7 

Other goods and services ....................................................... 4.312 291.5 294.4 4.7 1.0 1.5 -.5 1.0 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ........................................... .928 449.0 467.4 11.0 4.1 6.5 -2.7 4.1 

Personal care 1 ...................................................................... 3.384 174.7 174.9 2.9 .1 .2 .2 .1 

Personal care products 1 ...................................................... .706 154.8 155.4 .5 .4 .2 -.4 .4 

Personal care services 1 ...................................................... .901 188.3 188.3 2.3 .0 .3 .2 .0 

Miscellaneous personal services ......................................... 1.562 274.2 274.6 4.9 .1 .2 .3 .3 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ............................................................................. 41.300 150.5 149.8 -1.5 -.5 .7 -.5 .0 

Food and beverages ............................................................... 15.719 176.4 176.4 1.7 .0 .1 -.2 .1 

Commodities less food and beverages ................................... 25.582 135.4 134.4 -3.6 -.7 1.2 -.7 -.1 

Nondurables less food and beverages .................................. 13.493 147.4 145.7 -3.7 -1.2 1.6 -1.0 -.4 

Apparel ................................................................................ 4.399 127.1 122.7 -2.9 -3.5 -.6 -.6 -.9

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ................. 9.094 164.1 164.0 -3.8 -.1 2.4 -1.0 -.6 

Durables ................................................................................ 12.089 121.7 121.3 -2.6 -.3 -.2 -.1 -.1 

Services ..................................................................................... 58.700 208.8 209.8 2.8 .5 .3 .4 .1 

Rent of shelter 4 ....................................................................... 31.169 216.1 216.8 3.7 .3 .4 .1 .2 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ..................................... .353 107.6 107.8 .7 .2 .4 .4 .2 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ..................................................... 3.466 132.1 138.0 -7.6 4.5 .0 1.1 -.2 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ..................... .857 112.7 112.6 3.2 -.1 .4 .1 .1 

Household operations 1 2 ......................................................... .820 118.4 118.8 2.9 .3 -.4 .0 .3 

Transportation services ........................................................... 6.638 208.9 209.0 3.5 .0 .3 .7 .1 

Medical care services .............................................................. 4.434 291.2 291.7 4.8 .2 .6 .6 .2 

Other services ......................................................................... 10.963 244.5 245.1 3.5 .2 .2 .4 .3 

Special indexes

All items less food ..................................................................... 85.312 180.4 180.6 .9 .1 .6 .1 .1 

All items less shelter .................................................................. 68.478 170.9 170.9 -.1 .0 .5 .0 .0 

All items less medical care ........................................................ 94.190 174.2 174.4 .9 .1 .5 .0 .1 

Commodities less food .............................................................. 26.612 137.3 136.3 -3.3 -.7 1.2 -.6 -.1 

Nondurables less food ............................................................... 14.524 149.5 148.0 -3.3 -1.0 1.5 -.9 -.3 

Nondurables less food and apparel ........................................... 10.125 165.0 164.9 -3.3 -.1 2.2 -.9 -.5 

Nondurables .............................................................................. 29.212 162.1 161.2 -.9 -.6 .9 -.6 -.1

Services less rent of shelter 4 .................................................... 27.531 216.0 217.5 2.0 .7 .2 .5 .3 

Services less medical care services .......................................... 54.266 201.6 202.6 2.7 .5 .4 .3 .1 

Energy ....................................................................................... 6.218 122.9 124.9 -11.1 1.6 4.5 -.7 .0 

All items less energy ................................................................. 93.782 187.4 187.3 2.2 -.1 .3 .1 .1 

All items less food and energy ................................................ 79.094 190.2 190.1 2.3 -.1 .3 .2 .1 

Commodities less food and energy commodities .................. 23.860 144.4 143.4 -1.0 -.7 .1 -.3 -.1 

Energy commodities ............................................................ 2.752 121.6 120.3 -14.7 -1.1 9.4 -2.7 .3 

Services less energy services ............................................... 55.234 216.6 217.2 3.7 .3 .4 .3 .1 

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

 $ .556 $ .556 - - - - -

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

 $ .186 $ .186 - - - - -

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 converted to a geometric means estimator in

January, 1999.

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—

Mar.

2002

Apr.

2002

May

2002

June

2002

Sep.

2001

Dec.

2001

Mar.

2002

June

2002

Dec.

2001

June

2002

Expenditure category

All items ..................................................................................... 178.6 179.5 179.5 179.7 0.7 -1.8 3.0 2.5 -0.6 2.7 

Food and beverages ............................................................... 176.6 176.7 176.3 176.4 2.8 1.4 3.0 -.5 2.1 1.3 

Food ...................................................................................... 176.1 176.2 175.8 175.8 2.8 1.4 3.0 -.7 2.1 1.1 

Food at home ...................................................................... 176.3 176.3 175.4 175.1 2.1 1.2 3.2 -2.7 1.6 .2 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................ 197.6 198.1 198.0 198.1 3.3 1.2 3.7 1.0 2.3 2.4 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ........................................... 163.1 163.0 162.9 162.2 .0 .7 2.2 -2.2 .4 .0 

Dairy and related products 1 .............................................. 169.4 168.7 169.0 168.0 6.1 3.3 -3.2 -3.3 4.7 -3.3 

Fruits and vegetables ........................................................ 226.3 222.2 219.0 218.5 2.1 -3.9 30.3 -13.1 -.9 6.4 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ............. 139.0 139.6 138.3 137.7 2.3 1.2 -2.8 -3.7 1.7 -3.3 

Other food at home ........................................................... 159.7 161.5 159.9 160.7 2.0 3.8 -4.9 2.5 2.9 -1.2

Sugar and sweets ............................................................ 156.6 159.9 157.7 158.5 1.6 2.3 -1.3 4.9 1.9 1.8 

Fats and oils .................................................................... 156.6 156.4 155.8 155.0 3.3 -.8 -4.0 -4.0 1.3 -4.0 

Other foods ...................................................................... 175.8 177.8 176.0 177.3 1.8 5.6 -6.1 3.5 3.7 -1.5 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ....................................... 107.8 108.0 108.9 109.0 4.5 -1.5 -2.6 4.5 1.5 .9 

Food away from home 1 ....................................................... 177.1 177.2 177.6 178.2 3.5 2.1 2.5 2.5 2.8 2.5 

Other food away from home 1 2 ......................................... 116.3 116.9 117.1 117.6 9.9 .7 2.8 4.5 5.2 3.7 

Alcoholic beverages .............................................................. 182.5 182.9 183.3 183.5 2.9 1.8 2.9 2.2 2.4 2.6 

Housing ................................................................................... 178.9 179.5 180.0 180.1 .5 2.0 2.3 2.7 1.2 2.5 

Shelter ................................................................................... 206.2 207.1 207.6 207.8 3.0 4.6 3.8 3.1 3.8 3.5 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................. 198.2 198.5 199.0 199.5 4.7 4.6 4.1 2.6 4.6 3.4 

Lodging away from home 2 3 ................................................ 117.2 119.1 119.4 118.1 -11.1 1.7 -2.4 3.1 -4.9 .3 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ................. 212.8 213.5 213.9 214.5 4.5 5.1 4.0 3.2 4.8 3.6 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................. 106.8 107.2 107.6 107.8 -1.1 -1.5 1.9 3.8 -1.3 2.8 

Fuels and utilities ................................................................... 142.1 142.4 143.6 143.5 -13.1 -11.9 -3.6 4.0 -12.5 .1 

Fuels .................................................................................... 125.8 126.0 127.4 127.2 -16.4 -14.8 -5.5 4.5 -15.6 -.6 

Fuel oil and other fuels ...................................................... 109.7 112.9 114.0 114.7 -7.4 -47.2 -2.2 19.5 -30.1 8.1 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................... 133.2 133.2 134.7 134.4 -17.1 -11.8 -5.8 3.7 -14.5 -1.2 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................. 112.2 112.6 112.7 112.8 4.1 2.9 4.0 2.2 3.5 3.1 

Household furnishings and operations .................................. 128.6 128.5 128.9 128.5 .3 .3 -2.1 -.3 .3 -1.2 

Household operations 1 2 ..................................................... 118.9 118.4 118.4 118.8 3.5 2.4 5.9 -.3 3.0 2.7 

Apparel .................................................................................... 126.1 125.4 124.7 123.6 -3.4 -3.4 3.9 -7.7 -3.4 -2.1 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ....................................................... 124.7 124.0 122.0 121.1 -5.3 -4.1 5.6 -11.1 -4.7 -3.1 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ................................................... 117.5 116.9 116.1 115.1 -3.6 -5.3 4.2 -7.9 -4.5 -2.1 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel 1 .............................................. 129.9 128.9 127.4 124.9 6.4 -2.5 4.4 -14.5 1.9 -5.5 

Footwear ............................................................................... 123.4 122.5 123.1 121.6 1.6 -5.4 7.5 -5.7 -2.0 .7 

Transportation ......................................................................... 150.7 153.3 152.7 152.8 -4.7 -16.8 5.2 5.7 -11.0 5.4 

Private transportation ............................................................ 146.6 149.2 148.4 148.5 -4.6 -17.2 5.9 5.3 -11.2 5.6 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ........................................... 99.5 99.2 99.0 98.9 -1.6 1.2 -6.2 -2.4 -.2 -4.3 

New vehicles ..................................................................... 140.1 139.8 139.5 139.3 -1.1 3.1 -6.8 -2.3 1.0 -4.6 

Used cars and trucks ......................................................... 153.2 152.4 152.0 152.2 -3.7 -2.8 -7.7 -2.6 -3.2 -5.2 

Motor fuel ............................................................................ 109.6 120.4 117.0 117.4 -21.9 -67.5 53.3 31.7 -49.6 42.1 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................ 108.5 119.5 116.2 116.7 -22.0 -67.1 49.0 33.8 -49.4 41.2 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ................................... 106.5 106.8 106.8 106.7 3.1 2.3 2.7 .8 2.7 1.7 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................ 188.3 189.2 190.1 190.2 4.2 3.5 3.9 4.1 3.9 4.0 

Public transportation .............................................................. 206.1 207.2 211.5 211.1 -6.5 -7.3 -4.3 10.1 -6.9 2.6 

Medical care ............................................................................ 281.4 282.7 284.0 284.6 4.3 4.7 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.5 

Medical care commodities ..................................................... 254.1 254.6 255.2 255.9 3.4 3.9 3.4 2.9 3.7 3.1 

Medical care services ............................................................ 288.0 289.6 291.2 291.7 4.5 4.9 4.7 5.2 4.7 5.0 

Professional services 3 ......................................................... 251.1 251.8 252.4 252.7 3.6 3.3 1.4 2.6 3.4 2.0 

Hospital and related services 3 ............................................ 358.6 362.4 365.2 366.4 6.1 8.2 11.1 9.0 7.1 10.0 

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—

Mar.

2002

Apr.

2002

May

2002

June

2002

Sep.

2001

Dec.

2001

Mar.

2002

June

2002

Dec.

2001

June

2002

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 106.1 106.4 106.3 106.0 2.3 1.5 1.9 -0.4 1.9 0.8 

Video and audio 1 2 ................................................................ 102.6 102.7 102.8 102.9 1.2 .8 3.6 1.2 1.0 2.4 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 106.7 106.5 107.1 107.4 3.9 3.1 .0 2.7 3.5 1.3 

Education 2 ............................................................................. 123.6 124.1 124.6 125.6 6.9 4.7 7.1 6.6 5.8 6.9 

Educational books and supplies .......................................... 313.2 315.0 317.5 319.3 10.5 -9.8 26.4 8.0 -.1 16.8 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ............................. 355.1 356.6 357.8 360.8 6.9 5.8 5.5 6.6 6.3 6.0 

Communication 1 2 ................................................................. 92.0 91.2 91.9 91.8 .0 1.3 -5.9 -.9 .6 -3.4 

Information and information processing 1 2 .......................... 90.8 90.0 90.7 90.6 -.4 1.3 -6.3 -.9 .4 -3.6 

Telephone services 1 2 ....................................................... 99.1 98.2 99.3 99.2 .8 2.0 -2.4 .4 1.4 -1.0 

Information and information processing other than

telephone services 1 5 ................................................ 18.8 18.6 18.5 18.4 -19.0 -9.5 -18.7 -8.2 -14.4 -13.6 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 .......... 23.1 22.9 23.0 22.6 -35.6 -19.4 -30.5 -8.4 -27.9 -20.2 

Other goods and services ....................................................... 288.5 292.9 291.5 294.4 9.7 -1.9 3.0 8.4 3.7 5.7 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ........................................... 433.4 461.4 449.0 467.4 23.7 -10.6 1.6 35.3 5.1 17.2 

Personal care 1 ...................................................................... 174.1 174.4 174.7 174.9 4.5 1.6 3.5 1.9 3.1 2.7 

Personal care products 1 ...................................................... 155.1 155.4 154.8 155.4 2.3 -.3 -.8 .8 1.0 .0 

Personal care services 1 ...................................................... 187.3 187.9 188.3 188.3 3.1 2.0 1.9 2.2 2.5 2.0 

Miscellaneous personal services ......................................... 272.4 273.0 273.9 274.6 7.1 4.3 4.8 3.3 5.7 4.1 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ............................................................................. 149.3 150.4 149.7 149.7 -.8 -8.7 3.0 1.1 -4.8 2.0 

Food and beverages ............................................................... 176.6 176.7 176.3 176.4 2.8 1.4 3.0 -.5 2.1 1.3 

Commodities less food and beverages ................................... 133.6 135.2 134.3 134.2 -3.4 -14.8 3.1 1.8 -9.3 2.4 

Nondurables less food and beverages .................................. 144.3 146.6 145.2 144.6 -4.7 -20.8 13.2 .8 -13.1 6.8 

Apparel ................................................................................ 126.1 125.4 124.7 123.6 -3.4 -3.4 3.9 -7.7 -3.4 -2.1 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ................. 159.8 163.7 162.1 161.1 -3.5 -26.9 17.8 3.3 -16.0 10.3 

Durables ................................................................................ 121.8 121.6 121.5 121.4 -2.2 .0 -6.6 -1.3 -1.1 -4.0 

Services ..................................................................................... 207.7 208.4 209.2 209.5 2.0 3.0 3.1 3.5 2.5 3.3 

Rent of shelter 4 ....................................................................... 215.0 215.9 216.1 216.5 3.3 4.8 4.0 2.8 4.1 3.4 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ..................................... 106.8 107.2 107.6 107.8 -1.1 -1.5 1.9 3.8 -1.3 2.8 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ..................................................... 133.2 133.2 134.7 134.4 -17.1 -11.8 -5.8 3.7 -14.5 -1.2 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ..................... 112.2 112.6 112.7 112.8 4.1 2.9 4.0 2.2 3.5 3.1 

Household operations 1 2 ......................................................... 118.9 118.4 118.4 118.8 3.5 2.4 5.9 -.3 3.0 2.7 

Transportation services ........................................................... 206.7 207.4 208.9 209.1 2.2 3.2 3.6 4.7 2.7 4.1 

Medical care services .............................................................. 288.0 289.6 291.2 291.7 4.5 4.9 4.7 5.2 4.7 5.0 

Other services ......................................................................... 243.6 244.0 244.9 245.6 4.5 3.7 2.7 3.3 4.1 3.0 

Special indexes

All items less food ..................................................................... 179.0 180.1 180.2 180.3 .4 -2.4 3.0 2.9 -1.0 2.9 

All items less shelter .................................................................. 169.7 170.6 170.6 170.6 -.5 -4.6 2.6 2.1 -2.6 2.4 

All items less medical care ........................................................ 173.1 174.0 174.0 174.1 .2 -2.1 2.8 2.3 -.9 2.6 

Commodities less food .............................................................. 135.4 137.0 136.2 136.1 -3.1 -14.1 2.7 2.1 -8.7 2.4 

Nondurables less food ............................................................... 146.6 148.8 147.4 146.9 -4.4 -19.7 12.6 .8 -12.4 6.6 

Nondurables less food and apparel ........................................... 161.0 164.5 163.1 162.3 -3.1 -24.9 16.1 3.3 -14.7 9.5 

Nondurables .............................................................................. 160.5 161.9 160.9 160.7 -1.2 -9.5 7.3 .5 -5.5 3.8 

Services less rent of shelter 4 .................................................... 215.0 215.5 216.5 217.1 1.1 .9 2.1 4.0 1.0 3.0 

Services less medical care services .......................................... 200.6 201.4 202.0 202.2 2.3 2.9 2.6 3.2 2.6 2.9 

Energy ....................................................................................... 117.6 122.9 122.0 122.0 -19.1 -43.4 16.5 15.8 -32.3 16.2 

All items less energy ................................................................. 186.6 187.1 187.2 187.4 2.4 2.6 2.0 1.7 2.5 1.8 

All items less food and energy ................................................ 189.3 189.8 190.1 190.2 2.6 2.6 2.1 1.9 2.6 2.0 

Commodities less food and energy commodities .................. 144.1 144.2 143.8 143.6 .6 -1.4 -1.9 -1.4 -.4 -1.7 

Energy commodities ............................................................ 110.2 120.6 117.4 117.8 -21.0 -66.1 49.9 30.6 -48.2 39.9 

Services less energy services ............................................... 215.3 216.1 216.8 217.1 3.5 4.0 3.8 3.4 3.8 3.6 

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 converted to a geometric means estimator in

January, 1999. 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

June2002 from—

Percent change to

May2002 from—

Mar.

2002

Apr.

2002

May

2002

June

2002

June

2001

Apr.

2002

May

2002

May

2001

Mar.

2002

Apr.

2002

U.S. city average ........................................... M 178.8 179.8 179.8 179.9 1.1 0.1 0.1 1.2 0.6 0.0 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban ............................................. M 187.0 187.8 187.7 187.8 1.3 .0 .1 1.7 .4 -.1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ................... M 188.6 189.3 189.2 189.5 1.7 .1 .2 1.9 .3 -.1 

Size B/C 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................. M 111.2 111.9 112.0 111.6 .5 -.3 -.4 1.1 .7 .1 

Midwest urban ............................................... M 173.6 174.7 174.8 175.3 .9 .3 .3 .3 .7 .1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 .................. M 176.0 177.3 177.2 177.7 1.4 .2 .3 .9 .7 -.1 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 110.2 110.7 110.8 111.2 .0 .5 .4 -.7 .5 .1 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) .............................................. M 167.1 168.1 168.2 168.9 .8 .5 .4 .2 .7 .1 

South urban ................................................... M 172.1 173.1 173.2 173.5 .8 .2 .2 .9 .6 .1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ................... M 173.3 174.2 174.6 174.9 1.3 .4 .2 1.6 .8 .2 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ............... M 110.0 110.8 110.7 110.9 .5 .1 .2 .5 .6 -.1 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) .............................................. M 169.9 170.5 170.6 171.6 .1 .6 .6 -.2 .4 .1 

West urban .................................................... M 184.0 185.1 184.8 184.5 1.4 -.3 -.2 1.9 .4 -.2 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 .................. M 186.2 187.2 187.5 187.2 1.5 .0 -.2 2.2 .7 .2 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 112.8 113.7 112.5 112.2 .9 -1.3 -.3 1.3 -.3 -1.1 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 163.4 164.2 164.3 164.5 1.5 .2 .1 1.7 .6 .1 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 110.7 111.4 111.2 111.3 .5 -.1 .1 .5 .5 -.2 

D ................................................................ M 171.5 172.4 172.4 173.0 .5 .3 .3 .3 .5 .0 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI .................. M 179.8 180.9 181.4 182.1 1.6 .7 .4 .9 .9 .3 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA .. M 181.1 182.2 182.6 181.9 1.7 -.2 -.4 2.9 .8 .2 

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

NY-NJ-CT-PA ........................................ M 191.1 191.8 191.4 191.5 1.7 -.2 .1 2.2 .2 -.2 

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT .... 1 194.7 -

 194.8 - - - - 2.0 .1 -

Cleveland-Akron, OH ..................................... 1 173.7 - 173.0 - - - - -.4 -.4 -

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX .................................... 1 172.1 -

 172.9 - - - - 2.1 .5 -

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 111.9 - 112.8 - - - - 2.5 .8 -

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

 178.6 - 179.1 .7 .3 - - - -

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

 179.0 - 179.0 1.8 .0 - - - -

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ................... 2 - 158.8 - 158.3 -.8 -.3 - - - -

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

 175.0 - 174.4 .5 -.3 - - - -

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

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

 183.1 - NA - - - - - -

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

 193.0 - 193.2 1.2 .1 - - - -

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ................... 2 - 188.8 - 189.4 1.7 .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; 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. NA Data not adequate for publication. - 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

2001

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

June 2002 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

May

2002

June

2002

June

2001

May

2002

Mar. to

Apr.

Apr. to

May

May to

June

Expenditure category

All items ..................................................................................... 100.000 175.8 175.9 0.7 0.1 0.6 -0.1 0.1 

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

 523.6 524.0 - - - - -

Food and beverages ............................................................... 17.229 175.7 175.7 1.7 .0 .0 -.2 .1 

Food ...................................................................................... 16.228 175.1 175.2 1.6 .1 -.1 -.2 .1

Food at home ...................................................................... 9.798 174.4 174.1 1.0 -.2 -.1 -.5 -.1 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................ 1.468 198.2 198.6 2.4 .2 .2 .1 -.1 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ........................................... 2.831 162.1 161.8 .2 -.2 -.2 .0 -.4 

Dairy and related products 1 .............................................. 1.021 168.7 167.8 .5 -.5 -.3 .0 -.5 

Fruits and vegetables ........................................................ 1.307 219.1 216.4 2.8 -1.2 -1.9 -1.7 .1 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ............. 1.132 137.3 136.9 -.7 -.3 .4 -1.1 -.4 

Other food at home ........................................................... 2.038 159.7 160.4 .8 .4 1.1 -.9 .6 

Sugar and sweets ............................................................ .339 157.6 158.8 2.1 .8 1.9 -1.4 1.0 

Fats and oils .................................................................... .316 155.7 154.3 -1.3 -.9 -.2 -.3 -.5 

Other foods ...................................................................... 1.383 176.7 177.9 1.1 .7 1.2 -1.0 .7 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ....................................... .310 109.5 109.6 1.5 .1 .2 .9 .1 

Food away from home 1 ....................................................... 6.430 177.5 178.0 2.6 .3 .1 .2 .3 

Other food away from home 1 2 ......................................... .275 117.7 118.1 4.7 .3 .5 .3 .3 

Alcoholic beverages .............................................................. 1.001 183.1 183.2 2.7 .1 .4 .2 .1 

Housing ................................................................................... 38.141 175.1 176.1 1.8 .6 .2 .3 .1 

Shelter ................................................................................... 29.212 201.2 201.7 3.8 .2 .3 .2 .1 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................. 8.395 198.1 198.7 4.0 .3 .2 .3 .3 

Lodging away from home 2 3 ................................................ 1.523 120.7 120.4 -2.3 -.2 1.3 .3 -2.3 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ................. 18.980 194.2 194.7 4.1 .3 .3 .3 .3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................. .314 107.6 107.9 .7 .3 .3 .4 .3 

Fuels and utilities ................................................................... 4.829 140.7 145.6 -6.2 3.5 .1 .6 .1 

Fuels .................................................................................... 3.955 123.9 129.1 -8.1 4.2 .2 .7 .1 

Fuel oil and other fuels ...................................................... .177 114.0 112.2 -13.2 -1.6 2.8 .7 .4 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................... 3.778 131.0 136.9 -7.8 4.5 .0 .7 .1 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................. .873 112.7 112.7 3.3 .0 .3 .1 .2 

Household furnishings and operations .................................. 4.101 125.0 124.8 -.9 -.2 .0 .1 -.2 

Household operations 1 2 ..................................................... .357 119.1 119.6 2.7 .4 -.4 .1 .4 

Apparel .................................................................................... 4.831 126.2 122.0 -2.6 -3.3 -.2 -.8 -.9 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ....................................................... 1.243 124.6 121.1 -4.1 -2.8 -.2 -1.7 -.9 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ................................................... 1.864 118.2 112.7 -2.5 -4.7 -.2 -.8 -.9 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel 1 .............................................. .256 129.9 127.5 -.9 -1.8 .0 -1.4 -1.8 

Footwear ............................................................................... 1.165 124.4 121.0 -.9 -2.7 -.5 .5 -1.3 

Transportation ......................................................................... 19.393 152.7 152.4 -3.5 -.2 1.9 -.6 .2 

Private transportation ............................................................ 18.452 149.8 149.5 -3.6 -.2 1.9 -.7 .2 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ........................................... 10.145 99.3 99.1 -2.6 -.2 -.3 -.2 -.1 

New vehicles ..................................................................... 4.897 140.9 140.3 -1.7 -.4 -.2 -.2 -.1 

Used cars and trucks ......................................................... 4.099 152.7 153.0 -4.4 .2 -.4 -.3 .1 

Motor fuel ............................................................................ 3.153 121.8 120.4 -15.3 -1.1 10.3 -3.3 .5 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................ 3.120 121.2 119.9 -15.2 -1.1 10.1 -3.1 .5 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ................................... .530 106.0 105.9 2.2 -.1 .3 .0 -.1 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................ 1.438 191.4 191.5 3.9 .1 .5 .5 .1 

Public transportation .............................................................. .941 206.3 205.9 -1.7 -.2 .4 1.8 -.1 

Medical care ............................................................................ 4.620 282.9 283.6 4.5 .2 .4 .5 .1 

Medical care commodities ..................................................... 1.006 250.3 251.3 3.3 .4 .2 .4 .1 

Medical care services ............................................................ 3.614 290.6 291.3 4.8 .2 .5 .6 .1 

Professional services 3 ......................................................... 2.245 255.0 255.3 2.7 .1 .1 .3 .1 

Hospital and related services 3 ............................................ 1.092 359.4 360.6 8.6 .3 1.1 .8 .4 

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

2001

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

June 2002 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

May

2002

June

2002

June

2001

May

2002

Mar. to

Apr.

Apr. to

May

May to

June

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 5.649 104.9 104.6 1.1 -0.3 0.3 -0.2 -0.3 

Video and audio 2 ................................................................... 1.803 102.3 102.2 1.5 -.1 .1 .1 .1 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 5.637 106.5 106.7 2.1 .2 -.4 .7 .3 

Education 2 ............................................................................. 2.382 123.5 124.4 6.1 .7 .3 .4 .9 

Educational books and supplies .......................................... .203 316.3 318.2 6.7 .6 .7 .9 .6 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ............................. 2.178 347.7 350.3 6.1 .7 .3 .3 .9 

Communication 1 2 ................................................................. 3.255 93.3 93.1 -1.3 -.2 -.8 .8 -.2 

Information and information processing 1 2 .......................... 3.107 92.5 92.4 -1.3 -.1 -1.0 .9 -.1 

Telephone services 1 2 ....................................................... 2.591 99.4 99.3 .1 -.1 -.9 1.0 -.1 

Information and information processing other than

telephone services 1 5 ................................................ .516 19.2 19.1 -14.0 -.5 -1.0 -.5 -.5 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 .......... .253 22.7 22.3 -24.1 -1.8 -1.3 .9 -1.8 

Other goods and services ....................................................... 4.499 299.1 303.5 5.4 1.5 2.2 -.9 1.5 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ........................................... 1.441 450.1 468.7 11.2 4.1 6.6 -2.7 4.1 

Personal care 1 ...................................................................... 3.059 174.0 174.4 2.6 .2 .1 .1 .2 

Personal care products 1 ...................................................... .815 155.4 156.2 .5 .5 .1 -.5 .5 

Personal care services 1 ...................................................... .900 189.1 189.0 2.3 -.1 .4 .2 -.1 

Miscellaneous personal services ......................................... 1.161 273.6 274.1 4.8 .2 .2 .3 .4 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ............................................................................. 45.559 151.2 150.5 -1.6 -.5 .9 -.6 .1 

Food and beverages ............................................................... 17.229 175.7 175.7 1.7 .0 .0 -.2 .1 

Commodities less food and beverages ................................... 28.330 136.8 135.9 -3.7 -.7 1.5 -.8 .0 

Nondurables less food and beverages .................................. 14.685 149.3 147.8 -3.8 -1.0 1.8 -1.1 -.7 

Apparel ................................................................................ 4.831 126.2 122.0 -2.6 -3.3 -.2 -.8 -.9

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ................. 9.854 167.2 167.3 -3.9 .1 2.8 -1.1 -.7 

Durables ................................................................................ 13.645 122.0 121.6 -2.9 -.3 -.2 .0 -.2

Services ..................................................................................... 54.441 204.8 205.8 2.8 .5 .3 .3 .2 

Rent of shelter 4 ....................................................................... 28.898 193.9 194.3 3.8 .2 .4 .2 .1 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ..................................... .314 107.6 107.9 .7 .3 .3 .4 .3 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ..................................................... 3.778 131.0 136.9 -7.8 4.5 .0 .7 .1 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ..................... .873 112.7 112.7 3.3 .0 .3 .1 .2 

Household operations 1 2 ......................................................... .357 119.1 119.6 2.7 .4 -.4 .1 .4 

Transportation services ........................................................... 6.573 207.1 207.3 4.2 .1 .3 .6 .1 

Medical care services .............................................................. 3.614 290.6 291.3 4.8 .2 .5 .6 .1 

Other services ......................................................................... 10.033 239.7 240.4 3.4 .3 .1 .4 .3 

Special indexes

All items less food ..................................................................... 83.772 175.8 175.9 .6 .1 .7 -.1 .1 

All items less shelter .................................................................. 70.788 168.4 168.4 -.4 .0 .7 -.2 .1 

All items less medical care ........................................................ 95.380 171.0 171.2 .6 .1 .6 -.1 .1 

Commodities less food .............................................................. 29.331 138.5 137.6 -3.5 -.6 1.5 -.8 .1 

Nondurables less food ............................................................... 15.687 151.4 150.0 -3.4 -.9 1.8 -1.1 -.7 

Nondurables less food and apparel ........................................... 10.855 167.9 168.0 -3.4 .1 2.6 -1.1 -.7 

Nondurables .............................................................................. 31.915 162.9 162.2 -1.0 -.4 .9 -.6 -.2 

Services less rent of shelter 4 .................................................... 25.543 191.6 193.2 1.9 .8 .2 .5 .3 

Services less medical care services .......................................... 50.827 197.9 198.9 2.7 .5 .3 .4 .1 

Energy ....................................................................................... 7.109 122.2 124.1 -11.5 1.6 5.0 -1.3 .2 

All items less energy ................................................................. 92.891 183.3 183.2 2.1 -.1 .2 .1 .1 

All items less food and energy ................................................ 76.663 185.4 185.3 2.1 -.1 .3 .1 .1 

Commodities less food and energy commodities .................. 26.001 145.0 144.2 -1.0 -.6 .2 -.4 -.1 

Energy commodities ............................................................ 3.330 121.9 120.5 -14.8 -1.1 10.0 -3.1 .5 

Services less energy services ............................................... 50.663 213.0 213.5 3.8 .2 .3 .3 .2 

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

 $ .569 $ .568 - - - - -

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

 $ .191 $ .191 - - - - -

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 converted to a geometric means estimator in

January, 1999.

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—

Mar.

2002

Apr.

2002

May

2002

June

2002

Sep.

2001

Dec.

2001

Mar.

2002

June

2002

Dec.

2001

June

2002

Expenditure category

All items ..................................................................................... 174.6 175.6 175.5 175.7 0.7 -2.9 3.0 2.5 -1.1 2.8 

Food and beverages ............................................................... 176.0 176.0 175.7 175.8 2.8 1.4 3.0 -.5 2.1 1.3 

Food ...................................................................................... 175.6 175.5 175.1 175.2 2.8 1.4 3.3 -.9 2.1 1.2 

Food at home ...................................................................... 175.4 175.3 174.4 174.2 2.3 .9 3.5 -2.7 1.6 .3 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................ 197.6 197.9 198.0 197.8 4.0 .6 4.6 .4 2.3 2.5 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ........................................... 163.0 162.6 162.6 162.0 .5 .5 2.5 -2.4 .5 .0 

Dairy and related products 1 .............................................. 169.2 168.7 168.7 167.8 6.1 2.9 -3.2 -3.3 4.5 -3.3 

Fruits and vegetables ........................................................ 225.3 221.0 217.3 217.5 2.1 -3.7 31.2 -13.1 -.8 6.8 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ............. 138.4 139.0 137.5 137.0 2.6 1.2 -2.6 -4.0 1.9 -3.3 

Other food at home ........................................................... 159.3 161.0 159.5 160.4 1.8 4.1 -4.9 2.8 2.9 -1.1

Sugar and sweets ............................................................ 156.5 159.5 157.3 158.8 1.3 2.3 -1.0 6.0 1.8 2.4 

Fats and oils .................................................................... 156.3 156.0 155.5 154.8 3.1 -.8 -3.7 -3.8 1.2 -3.8 

Other foods ...................................................................... 176.1 178.2 176.5 177.7 1.4 6.0 -6.3 3.7 3.7 -1.4 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ....................................... 108.3 108.5 109.5 109.6 4.5 -.7 -2.5 4.9 1.9 1.1 

Food away from home 1 ....................................................... 177.0 177.1 177.5 178.0 3.5 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.9 2.3 

Other food away from home 1 2 ......................................... 116.8 117.4 117.7 118.1 10.3 .7 3.5 4.5 5.4 4.0 

Alcoholic beverages .............................................................. 182.0 182.8 183.1 183.2 3.9 1.1 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.8 

Housing ................................................................................... 174.5 174.9 175.4 175.5 .7 1.6 2.3 2.3 1.2 2.3 

Shelter ................................................................................... 200.2 200.8 201.3 201.6 4.0 4.4 4.1 2.8 4.2 3.5 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................. 197.5 197.8 198.3 198.9 4.7 4.4 4.2 2.9 4.5 3.5 

Lodging away from home 2 3 ................................................ 118.1 119.6 119.9 117.2 -8.7 .7 2.4 -3.0 -4.1 -.3 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ................. 193.3 193.9 194.4 194.9 4.6 5.0 3.8 3.4 4.8 3.6 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................. 106.9 107.2 107.6 107.9 -1.5 -1.9 2.3 3.8 -1.7 3.0 

Fuels and utilities ................................................................... 141.6 141.8 142.6 142.8 -13.4 -11.4 -3.6 3.4 -12.4 -.1 

Fuels .................................................................................... 124.9 125.1 126.0 126.1 -16.6 -14.4 -5.3 3.9 -15.5 -.8 

Fuel oil and other fuels ...................................................... 109.5 112.6 113.4 113.8 -4.8 -46.6 -3.9 16.7 -28.7 5.9 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................... 132.4 132.4 133.3 133.4 -17.5 -11.3 -5.5 3.1 -14.5 -1.3 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................. 112.3 112.6 112.7 112.9 3.7 2.9 4.4 2.2 3.3 3.3 

Household furnishings and operations .................................. 124.8 124.8 124.9 124.6 .0 .0 -3.1 -.6 .0 -1.9 

Household operations 1 2 ..................................................... 119.5 119.0 119.1 119.6 3.5 2.1 5.2 .3 2.8 2.7 

Apparel .................................................................................... 125.1 124.8 123.8 122.7 -2.8 -3.2 3.3 -7.5 -3.0 -2.2 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ....................................................... 124.6 124.3 122.2 121.1 -6.2 -3.8 4.6 -10.8 -5.0 -3.4 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ................................................... 116.1 115.9 115.0 114.0 -2.7 -4.4 4.2 -7.0 -3.6 -1.6 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel 1 .............................................. 131.7 131.7 129.9 127.5 8.0 -2.4 4.4 -12.2 2.7 -4.3 

Footwear ............................................................................... 122.9 122.3 122.9 121.3 1.3 -4.2 4.7 -5.1 -1.5 -.3 

Transportation ......................................................................... 149.6 152.4 151.5 151.8 -4.5 -18.4 5.2 6.0 -11.7 5.6 

Private transportation ............................................................ 146.8 149.6 148.6 148.9 -4.3 -19.2 5.9 5.8 -12.1 5.9 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ........................................... 99.7 99.4 99.2 99.1 -1.6 .8 -6.9 -2.4 -.4 -4.7 

New vehicles ..................................................................... 141.2 140.9 140.6 140.4 -.8 3.7 -7.3 -2.2 1.4 -4.8 

Used cars and trucks ......................................................... 153.9 153.3 152.8 153.0 -4.2 -2.8 -8.1 -2.3 -3.5 -5.3 

Motor fuel ............................................................................ 109.8 121.1 117.1 117.7 -18.9 -68.3 52.5 32.0 -49.3 41.9 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................ 109.3 120.3 116.6 117.2 -19.3 -68.4 53.5 32.2 -49.5 42.4 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ................................... 105.7 106.0 106.0 105.9 3.1 1.9 3.1 .8 2.5 1.9 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................ 189.7 190.7 191.6 191.7 4.2 3.3 3.7 4.3 3.7 4.0 

Public transportation .............................................................. 201.4 202.3 205.9 205.7 -4.7 -7.0 -3.3 8.8 -5.8 2.6 

Medical care ............................................................................ 280.2 281.4 282.9 283.2 4.3 4.8 4.2 4.4 4.5 4.3 

Medical care commodities ..................................................... 249.0 249.4 250.3 250.5 3.2 4.3 3.1 2.4 3.7 2.8 

Medical care services ............................................................ 287.5 289.0 290.6 291.0 4.7 4.8 4.6 5.0 4.7 4.8 

Professional services 3 ......................................................... 253.5 253.8 254.5 254.8 3.8 3.1 1.9 2.1 3.4 2.0 

Hospital and related services 3 ............................................ 353.2 357.1 360.1 361.7 6.4 8.0 10.2 10.0 7.2 10.1 

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—

Mar.

2002

Apr.

2002

May

2002

June

2002

Sep.

2001

Dec.

2001

Mar.

2002

June

2002

Dec.

2001

June

2002

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 104.6 104.9 104.7 104.4 1.9 0.4 2.3 -0.8 1.2 0.8 

Video and audio 1 2 ................................................................ 101.9 102.0 102.1 102.2 .0 1.2 3.6 1.2 .6 2.4 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 106.6 106.2 106.9 107.2 3.5 2.7 .0 2.3 3.1 1.1 

Education 2 ............................................................................. 123.6 124.0 124.5 125.6 7.3 4.0 6.7 6.6 5.7 6.7 

Educational books and supplies .......................................... 312.6 314.7 317.5 319.5 12.9 -10.7 17.7 9.1 .4 13.3 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ............................. 348.2 349.3 350.5 353.8 6.5 5.5 5.6 6.6 6.0 6.1 

Communication 1 2 ................................................................. 93.3 92.6 93.3 93.1 .0 1.3 -5.4 -.9 .6 -3.1 

Information and information processing 1 2 .......................... 92.6 91.7 92.5 92.4 .0 1.3 -5.4 -.9 .6 -3.2 

Telephone services 1 2 ....................................................... 99.3 98.4 99.4 99.3 .8 2.0 -2.4 .0 1.4 -1.2 

Information and information processing other than

telephone services 1 5 ................................................ 19.5 19.3 19.2 19.1 -16.8 -10.8 -19.7 -8.0 -13.9 -14.0 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 .......... 22.8 22.5 22.7 22.3 -33.0 -22.0 -30.8 -8.5 -27.7 -20.4 

Other goods and services ....................................................... 295.2 301.7 299.1 303.5 11.0 -2.9 2.6 11.7 3.8 7.1 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ........................................... 434.1 462.7 450.1 468.7 23.8 -10.2 1.1 35.9 5.4 17.2 

Personal care 1 ...................................................................... 173.7 173.9 174.0 174.4 3.6 2.1 3.3 1.6 2.8 2.5 

Personal care products 1 ...................................................... 156.0 156.2 155.4 156.2 1.8 -.3 .0 .5 .8 .3 

Personal care services 1 ...................................................... 188.0 188.7 189.1 189.0 2.8 2.2 1.9 2.1 2.5 2.0 

Miscellaneous personal services ......................................... 271.9 272.4 273.3 274.4 6.1 4.6 4.8 3.7 5.3 4.3 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ............................................................................. 149.8 151.2 150.3 150.4 -.5 -9.6 2.7 1.6 -5.2 2.2 

Food and beverages ............................................................... 176.0 176.0 175.7 175.8 2.8 1.4 3.0 -.5 2.1 1.3 

Commodities less food and beverages ................................... 134.7 136.7 135.6 135.6 -2.8 -16.1 2.7 2.7 -9.7 2.7 

Nondurables less food and beverages .................................. 146.0 148.7 147.0 145.9 -2.9 -22.5 14.3 -.3 -13.2 6.8 

Apparel ................................................................................ 125.1 124.8 123.8 122.7 -2.8 -3.2 3.3 -7.5 -3.0 -2.2 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ................. 162.5 167.0 165.1 163.9 -2.3 -29.7 20.2 3.5 -17.1 11.5 

Durables ................................................................................ 122.2 122.0 122.0 121.8 -2.2 -.3 -7.2 -1.3 -1.3 -4.3 

Services ..................................................................................... 203.8 204.4 205.1 205.5 2.2 2.8 3.2 3.4 2.5 3.3 

Rent of shelter 4 ....................................................................... 192.8 193.5 193.9 194.1 3.7 4.7 3.8 2.7 4.2 3.3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ..................................... 106.9 107.2 107.6 107.9 -1.5 -1.9 2.3 3.8 -1.7 3.0 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ..................................................... 132.4 132.4 133.3 133.4 -17.5 -11.3 -5.5 3.1 -14.5 -1.3 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ..................... 112.3 112.6 112.7 112.9 3.7 2.9 4.4 2.2 3.3 3.3 

Household operations 1 2 ......................................................... 119.5 119.0 119.1 119.6 3.5 2.1 5.2 .3 2.8 2.7 

Transportation services ........................................................... 205.1 205.8 207.1 207.4 3.3 4.5 4.6 4.6 3.9 4.6 

Medical care services .............................................................. 287.5 289.0 290.6 291.0 4.7 4.8 4.6 5.0 4.7 4.8 

Other services ......................................................................... 238.9 239.1 240.0 240.8 4.2 3.4 2.6 3.2 3.8 2.9 

Special indexes

All items less food ..................................................................... 174.3 175.5 175.4 175.6 .5 -3.8 3.0 3.0 -1.7 3.0 

All items less shelter .................................................................. 167.2 168.3 168.0 168.1 -.2 -5.8 2.7 2.2 -3.1 2.4 

All items less medical care ........................................................ 169.9 170.9 170.7 170.9 .5 -3.3 2.9 2.4 -1.4 2.6 

Commodities less food .............................................................. 136.4 138.4 137.3 137.4 -2.5 -15.7 2.7 3.0 -9.3 2.8 

Nondurables less food ............................................................... 148.2 150.8 149.2 148.2 -2.6 -21.8 14.1 .0 -12.7 6.8 

Nondurables less food and apparel ........................................... 163.5 167.7 165.8 164.7 -1.4 -27.5 18.5 3.0 -15.4 10.5 

Nondurables .............................................................................. 161.2 162.7 161.8 161.5 -1.0 -10.6 7.5 .7 -5.9 4.1 

Services less rent of shelter 4 .................................................... 190.7 191.1 192.0 192.6 .8 .8 1.9 4.0 .8 3.0 

Services less medical care services .......................................... 197.0 197.6 198.3 198.5 2.5 2.7 2.7 3.1 2.6 2.9 

Energy ....................................................................................... 116.7 122.5 120.9 121.2 -17.6 -46.4 18.3 16.3 -33.6 17.3 

All items less energy ................................................................. 182.7 183.0 183.1 183.3 2.7 2.2 2.0 1.3 2.5 1.7 

All items less food and energy ................................................ 184.5 185.0 185.2 185.4 2.9 2.4 1.5 2.0 2.7 1.7 

Commodities less food and energy commodities .................. 144.7 145.0 144.4 144.3 .8 -1.4 -2.4 -1.1 -.3 -1.8 

Energy commodities ............................................................ 110.2 121.2 117.4 118.0 -18.0 -67.3 49.3 31.5 -48.2 40.1 

Services less energy services ............................................... 211.8 212.4 213.1 213.5 3.7 4.3 3.9 3.2 4.0 3.6 

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 converted to a geometric means estimator in

January, 1999. 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

June2002 from—

Percent change to

May2002 from—

Mar.

2002

Apr.

2002

May

2002

June

2002

June

2001

Apr.

2002

May

2002

May

2001

Mar.

2002

Apr.

2002

U.S. city average ........................................... M 174.7 175.8 175.8 175.9 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.8 0.6 0.0 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban ............................................. M 183.1 184.2 184.1 184.2 1.2 .0 .1 1.4 .5 -.1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ................... M 183.6 184.5 184.3 184.6 1.3 .1 .2 1.5 .4 -.1 

Size B/C 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................. M 110.8 111.7 111.7 111.4 .8 -.3 -.3 1.2 .8 .0 

Midwest urban ............................................... M 169.1 170.3 170.3 170.7 .4 .2 .2 -.2 .7 .0 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 .................. M 170.6 172.2 172.0 172.3 1.1 .1 .2 .6 .8 -.1 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 109.7 110.2 110.3 110.7 -.6 .5 .4 -1.5 .5 .1 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) .............................................. M 164.8 166.0 166.1 166.7 .5 .4 .4 -.2 .8 .1 

South urban ................................................... M 169.6 170.8 170.8 171.1 .5 .2 .2 .5 .7 .0 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ................... M 170.5 171.7 171.9 172.3 1.1 .3 .2 1.3 .8 .1 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ............... M 109.3 110.2 110.1 110.2 .2 .0 .1 .2 .7 -.1 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) .............................................. M 170.2 171.2 171.1 171.8 -.3 .4 .4 -.5 .5 -.1 

West urban .................................................... M 179.0 180.0 180.0 179.7 1.4 -.2 -.2 1.9 .6 .0 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 .................. M 179.5 180.5 181.0 180.7 1.6 .1 -.2 2.3 .8 .3 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 112.2 112.9 112.3 112.0 1.0 -.8 -.3 1.3 .1 -.5 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 161.3 162.4 162.5 162.6 1.2 .1 .1 1.4 .7 .1 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 110.1 110.9 110.7 110.7 .1 -.2 .0 .0 .5 -.2 

D ................................................................ M 170.2 171.3 171.1 171.7 .3 .2 .4 .0 .5 -.1 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI .................. M 173.5 174.8 175.3 175.9 1.4 .6 .3 .7 1.0 .3 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA .. M 173.8 174.8 175.4 174.7 1.6 -.1 -.4 2.9 .9 .3 

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

NY-NJ-CT-PA ........................................ M 185.6 186.6 186.4 186.5 1.5 -.1 .1 1.9 .4 -.1 

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT .... 1 193.2 -

 193.3 - - - - 1.7 .1 -

Cleveland-Akron, OH ..................................... 1 164.1 - 164.0 - - - - -1.0 -.1 -

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX .................................... 1 171.4 -

 172.5 - - - - 2.0 .6 -

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 111.4 - 112.4 - - - - 2.3 .9 -

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

 175.5 - 176.5 .6 .6 - - - -

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

 173.4 - 173.2 1.6 -.1 - - - -

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ................... 2 - 156.8 - 156.7 -1.1 -.1 - - - -

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

 172.5 - 172.0 .5 -.3 - - - -

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

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

 182.3 - NA - - - - - -

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

 188.8 - 189.1 1.2 .2 - - - -

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ................... 2 - 183.6 - 184.1 1.5 .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; 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. NA Data not adequate for publication. - 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 1 (OW). Old Weight Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure

category and commodity and service group 

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Relative

importance,

December

2001

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

June 2002 from—

May

2002

June

2002

June

2001

May

2002

Expenditure category

All items .............................................................................................. 100.000 179.9 180.1 1.2 0.1 

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

 538.9 539.5 - -

Food and beverages ......................................................................... 16.393 176.5 176.4 1.7 -.1 

Food ............................................................................................... 15.403 175.9 175.9 1.7 .0 

Food at home ............................................................................... 9.661 175.7 175.3 1.2 -.2 

Cereals and bakery products ...................................................... 1.535 198.3 198.8 2.4 .3 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................................... 2.620 162.4 162.0 .2 -.2 

Dairy and related products ......................................................... 1.093 168.7 167.7 .5 -.6 

Fruits and vegetables ................................................................. 1.427 221.9 218.8 3.3 -1.4 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ....................... 1.023 138.5 137.9 -.5 -.4 

Other food at home ..................................................................... 1.961 160.2 161.2 1.1 .6 

Sugar and sweets ..................................................................... .364 158.3 158.9 2.1 .4 

Fats and oils ............................................................................. .297 156.0 155.0 -1.1 -.6 

Other foods ............................................................................... 1.301 176.3 177.9 1.3 .9 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 ................................................... .307 109.3 109.9 2.0 .5 

Food away from home .................................................................. 5.743 177.5 178.0 2.5 .3 

Other food away from home 1 ..................................................... .182 116.5 117.0 3.9 .4 

Alcoholic beverages ....................................................................... .990 183.5 183.7 2.6 .1 

Housing ............................................................................................ 40.516 179.5 180.5 1.8 .6 

Shelter ............................................................................................ 31.037 207.3 207.8 3.5 .2 

Rent of primary residence 2 ........................................................... 7.300 198.9 199.4 4.1 .3 

Lodging away from home 1 2 ......................................................... 2.306 119.9 120.3 -2.7 .3 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 2 3 .......................... 21.064 213.7 214.3 4.2 .3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 ............................................. .366 107.5 107.8 .7 .3 

Fuels and utilities ............................................................................ 4.934 141.6 146.0 -6.2 3.1 

Fuels ............................................................................................. 3.998 125.2 130.0 -8.2 3.8 

Fuel oil and other fuels ............................................................... .276 114.7 112.9 -12.9 -1.6 

Gas (piped) and electricity 2 ........................................................ 3.722 132.1 137.7 -7.8 4.2 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 1 .......................... .936 112.6 112.6 3.2 .0 

Household furnishings and operations ........................................... 4.545 129.1 128.8 -.3 -.2 

Household operations 1 ................................................................. .959 118.2 118.6 2.7 .3 

Apparel ............................................................................................. 4.242 126.3 122.3 -3.2 -3.2 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................................. 1.187 124.6 121.3 -3.6 -2.6 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................................ 1.687 117.9 112.7 -4.1 -4.4 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ......................................................... .250 127.0 124.4 -2.3 -2.0 

Footwear ......................................................................................... .769 124.9 121.5 -.5 -2.7 

Transportation .................................................................................. 16.639 154.5 154.0 -2.7 -.3 

Private transportation ..................................................................... 15.281 150.2 149.8 -2.7 -.3 

New and used motor vehicles 1 ..................................................... 7.328 99.0 98.8 -2.3 -.2 

New vehicles .............................................................................. 4.604 139.7 139.1 -1.8 -.4 

Used cars and trucks .................................................................. 1.824 151.7 152.1 -4.3 .3 

Motor fuel ...................................................................................... 2.578 121.6 120.3 -15.3 -1.1 

Gasoline (all types) ..................................................................... 2.559 120.9 119.6 -15.4 -1.1 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment .............................................. .533 106.9 106.9 2.4 .0 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ......................................... 1.656 189.7 189.7 3.8 .0 

Public transportation ....................................................................... 1.357 211.9 211.2 -2.4 -.3 

Medical care ..................................................................................... 5.995 284.5 285.0 4.6 .2 

Medical care commodities .............................................................. 1.295 255.6 256.5 3.4 .4 

Medical care services ..................................................................... 4.700 291.5 292.0 4.9 .2 

Professional services 2 .................................................................. 2.933 253.0 253.3 2.8 .1 

Hospital and related services 2 ...................................................... 1.502 365.2 366.0 8.7 .2 

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

category and commodity and service group -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Relative

importance,

December

2001

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

June 2002 from—

May

2002

June

2002

June

2001

May

2002

Expenditure category

Recreation 1 ...................................................................................... 5.909 106.4 106.2 1.3 -0.2 

Video and audio 1 ............................................................................ 1.629 103.0 103.0 1.7 .0 

Education and communication 1 ........................................................ 5.397 107.3 107.6 3.1 .3 

Education 1 ...................................................................................... 2.914 123.5 124.2 6.2 .6 

Educational books and supplies ................................................... .215 315.5 317.4 8.0 .6 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ...................................... 2.699 354.6 356.7 6.1 .6 

Communication 1 ............................................................................. 2.483 92.8 92.7 -.4 -.1 

Information and information processing 1 ...................................... 2.279 91.6 91.5 -.7 -.1 

Telephone services 1 ................................................................... 2.146 99.4 99.3 .3 -.1 

Information and information processing other than telephone

services 4 ............................................................................. .133 18.7 18.6 -13.1 -.5 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 ...................... .054 23.1 22.7 -23.8 -1.7 

Other goods and services ................................................................. 4.909 292.0 295.9 5.2 1.3 

Tobacco and smoking products ...................................................... 1.402 449.3 467.7 11.1 4.1 

Personal care ................................................................................. 3.507 174.6 174.9 2.9 .2 

Personal care products ................................................................. .719 154.8 155.5 .6 .5 

Personal care services ................................................................. 1.000 188.2 188.2 2.2 .0 

Miscellaneous personal services .................................................. 1.562 274.3 274.6 4.9 .1 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ....................................................................................... 40.624 150.8 150.2 -1.2 -.4 

Food and beverages ......................................................................... 16.393 176.5 176.4 1.7 -.1 

Commodities less food and beverages ............................................ 24.231 136.0 135.1 -3.1 -.7 

Nondurables less food and beverages ........................................... 13.948 147.1 145.9 -3.6 -.8 

Apparel ......................................................................................... 4.242 126.3 122.3 -3.2 -3.2 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......................... 9.706 163.8 164.0 -3.8 .1 

Durables ......................................................................................... 10.283 121.9 121.5 -2.4 -.3 

Services .............................................................................................. 59.376 208.8 209.7 2.8 .4 

Rent of shelter 3 ................................................................................ 30.671 215.9 216.5 3.6 .3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 ................................................. .366 107.5 107.8 .7 .3 

Gas (piped) and electricity 2 .............................................................. 3.722 132.1 137.7 -7.8 4.2 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 1 .............................. .936 112.6 112.6 3.2 .0 

Household operations 1 ..................................................................... .959 118.2 118.6 2.7 .3 

Transportation services .................................................................... 7.010 209.5 209.5 3.7 .0 

Medical care services ....................................................................... 4.700 291.5 292.0 4.9 .2 

Other services .................................................................................. 11.012 244.6 245.1 3.5 .2 

Special indexes

All items less food ............................................................................... 84.597 180.6 180.8 1.0 .1 

All items less shelter ........................................................................... 68.963 171.2 171.2 .1 .0 

All items less medical care ................................................................. 94.005 174.4 174.5 .9 .1 

Commodities less food ....................................................................... 25.221 137.8 136.9 -2.9 -.7 

Nondurables less food ........................................................................ 14.938 149.3 148.1 -3.3 -.8 

Nondurables less food and apparel .................................................... 10.696 164.9 165.1 -3.2 .1 

Nondurables ....................................................................................... 30.341 162.0 161.3 -.9 -.4 

Services less rent of shelter 3 .............................................................. 28.705 216.3 217.7 2.1 .6 

Services less medical care services ................................................... 54.676 201.5 202.5 2.7 .5 

Energy ................................................................................................ 6.576 122.4 124.4 -11.5 1.6 

All items less energy ........................................................................... 93.424 187.5 187.5 2.3 .0 

All items less food and energy .......................................................... 78.020 190.4 190.4 2.4 .0 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ........................... 22.366 144.7 144.0 -.6 -.5 

Energy commodities ..................................................................... 2.855 121.2 119.8 -15.1 -1.2 

Services less energy services ........................................................ 55.654 216.6 217.1 3.7 .2 

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

 $ .556 $ .555 - -

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

 $ .186 $ .185 - -

1 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 2 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. 

All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means

estimator in January, 1999.

3 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 4 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 (OW). Old Weight Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city

average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group 

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Relative

importance,

December

2001

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

June 2002 from—

May

2002

June

2002

June

2001

May

2002

Expenditure category

All items .............................................................................................. 100.000 175.9 176.2 0.9 0.2 

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

 524.0 524.7 - -

Food and beverages ......................................................................... 18.048 175.7 175.7 1.7 .0 

Food ............................................................................................... 16.993 175.2 175.2 1.6 .0 

Food at home ............................................................................... 10.838 174.6 174.3 1.1 -.2 

Cereals and bakery products ...................................................... 1.682 198.1 198.6 2.4 .3 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................................... 3.127 162.1 161.8 .2 -.2 

Dairy and related products ......................................................... 1.202 168.3 167.5 .4 -.5 

Fruits and vegetables ................................................................. 1.483 220.2 217.6 3.4 -1.2 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ....................... 1.162 137.7 137.1 -.5 -.4 

Other food at home ..................................................................... 2.183 159.9 160.7 1.0 .5 

Sugar and sweets ..................................................................... .406 158.0 158.7 2.1 .4 

Fats and oils ............................................................................. .340 155.6 154.8 -1.0 -.5 

Other foods ............................................................................... 1.437 176.8 178.1 1.2 .7 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 ................................................... .343 109.3 109.8 1.7 .5 

Food away from home .................................................................. 6.155 177.4 177.9 2.5 .3 

Other food away from home 1 ..................................................... .224 116.9 117.5 4.2 .5 

Alcoholic beverages ....................................................................... 1.055 183.2 183.3 2.7 .1 

Housing ............................................................................................ 37.348 174.9 176.0 1.7 .6 

Shelter ............................................................................................ 28.251 201.0 201.5 3.7 .2 

Rent of primary residence 2 ........................................................... 8.858 198.2 198.6 4.0 .2 

Lodging away from home 1 2 ......................................................... 1.340 118.9 119.9 -2.7 .8 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 2 3 .......................... 17.737 194.2 194.7 4.1 .3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 ............................................. .316 107.6 107.8 .6 .2 

Fuels and utilities ............................................................................ 5.046 141.1 145.7 -6.1 3.3 

Fuels ............................................................................................. 4.121 124.3 129.3 -8.0 4.0 

Fuel oil and other fuels ............................................................... .243 114.7 112.9 -12.6 -1.6 

Gas (piped) and electricity 2 ........................................................ 3.877 131.3 137.2 -7.6 4.5 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 1 .......................... .925 112.7 112.7 3.3 .0 

Household furnishings and operations ........................................... 4.051 125.3 124.9 -.8 -.3 

Household operations 1 ................................................................. .426 118.5 119.1 2.3 .5 

Apparel ............................................................................................. 4.577 125.2 121.1 -3.3 -3.3 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................................. 1.291 124.5 121.2 -4.0 -2.7 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................................ 1.698 115.7 110.5 -4.4 -4.5 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ......................................................... .318 129.3 126.5 -1.6 -2.2 

Footwear ......................................................................................... .928 125.3 121.8 -.2 -2.8 

Transportation .................................................................................. 18.798 153.5 153.0 -3.1 -.3 

Private transportation ..................................................................... 17.737 150.6 150.2 -3.2 -.3 

New and used motor vehicles 1 ..................................................... 8.672 99.3 99.0 -2.7 -.3 

New vehicles .............................................................................. 4.836 140.8 140.2 -1.8 -.4 

Used cars and trucks .................................................................. 3.061 152.6 152.9 -4.4 .2 

Motor fuel ...................................................................................... 3.192 121.8 120.4 -15.3 -1.1 

Gasoline (all types) ..................................................................... 3.168 121.2 119.8 -15.3 -1.2 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment .............................................. .661 105.8 105.8 2.1 .0 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ......................................... 1.727 191.3 191.3 3.7 .0 

Public transportation ....................................................................... 1.061 206.5 205.9 -1.7 -.3 

Medical care ..................................................................................... 4.906 283.1 283.7 4.5 .2 

Medical care commodities .............................................................. .956 250.2 251.2 3.3 .4 

Medical care services ..................................................................... 3.950 290.8 291.3 4.8 .2 

Professional services 2 .................................................................. 2.490 255.1 255.3 2.7 .1 

Hospital and related services 2 ...................................................... 1.238 359.7 360.8 8.7 .3 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2 (OW). Old Weight Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city

average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Relative

importance,

December

2001

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

June 2002 from—

May

2002

June

2002

June

2001

May

2002

Expenditure category

Recreation 1 ...................................................................................... 5.670 104.8 104.6 1.1 -0.2 

Video and audio 1 ............................................................................ 1.810 102.3 102.3 1.6 .0 

Education and communication 1 ........................................................ 5.277 107.3 107.6 3.0 .3 

Education 1 ...................................................................................... 2.684 123.7 124.5 6.2 .6 

Educational books and supplies ................................................... .213 319.7 321.7 7.9 .6 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ...................................... 2.471 347.9 350.2 6.0 .7 

Communication 1 ............................................................................. 2.593 94.1 94.0 -.3 -.1 

Information and information processing 1 ...................................... 2.442 93.3 93.2 -.4 -.1 

Telephone services 1 ................................................................... 2.329 99.5 99.4 .2 -.1 

Information and information processing other than telephone

services 4 ............................................................................. .113 19.4 19.3 -13.1 -.5 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 ...................... .044 22.7 22.4 -23.8 -1.3 

Other goods and services ................................................................. 5.376 299.8 304.9 5.9 1.7 

Tobacco and smoking products ...................................................... 2.053 450.5 469.1 11.3 4.1 

Personal care ................................................................................. 3.323 174.1 174.4 2.6 .2 

Personal care products ................................................................. .813 155.2 156.1 .5 .6 

Personal care services ................................................................. 1.006 188.9 188.9 2.2 .0 

Miscellaneous personal services .................................................. 1.314 274.0 274.4 4.9 .1 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ....................................................................................... 45.337 151.4 150.9 -1.4 -.3 

Food and beverages ......................................................................... 18.048 175.7 175.7 1.7 .0 

Commodities less food and beverages ............................................ 27.289 137.3 136.5 -3.3 -.6 

Nondurables less food and beverages ........................................... 15.269 149.0 147.8 -3.8 -.8 

Apparel ......................................................................................... 4.577 125.2 121.1 -3.3 -3.3 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......................... 10.692 166.8 167.2 -4.0 .2 

Durables ......................................................................................... 12.020 122.3 121.9 -2.6 -.3 

Services .............................................................................................. 54.663 204.8 205.9 2.9 .5 

Rent of shelter 3 ................................................................................ 27.936 193.6 194.1 3.7 .3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 ................................................. .316 107.6 107.8 .6 .2 

Gas (piped) and electricity 2 .............................................................. 3.877 131.3 137.2 -7.6 4.5 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 1 .............................. .925 112.7 112.7 3.3 .0 

Household operations 1 ..................................................................... .426 118.5 119.1 2.3 .5 

Transportation services .................................................................... 6.882 207.8 207.9 4.5 .0 

Medical care services ....................................................................... 3.950 290.8 291.3 4.8 .2 

Other services .................................................................................. 10.351 239.9 240.5 3.4 .3 

Special indexes

All items less food ............................................................................... 83.007 175.9 176.2 .7 .2 

All items less shelter ........................................................................... 71.749 168.7 168.8 -.1 .1 

All items less medical care ................................................................. 95.094 171.2 171.4 .7 .1 

Commodities less food ....................................................................... 28.344 139.0 138.2 -3.1 -.6 

Nondurables less food ........................................................................ 16.324 151.0 150.0 -3.4 -.7 

Nondurables less food and apparel .................................................... 11.747 167.6 167.9 -3.5 .2 

Nondurables ....................................................................................... 33.317 162.8 162.2 -1.0 -.4 

Services less rent of shelter 3 .............................................................. 26.728 191.9 193.4 2.0 .8 

Services less medical care services ................................................... 50.713 197.9 198.9 2.7 .5 

Energy ................................................................................................ 7.312 122.2 124.0 -11.6 1.5 

All items less energy ........................................................................... 92.688 183.4 183.4 2.2 .0 

All items less food and energy .......................................................... 75.695 185.5 185.6 2.3 .1 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ........................... 24.909 145.3 144.7 -.6 -.4 

Energy commodities ..................................................................... 3.435 121.6 120.1 -15.1 -1.2 

Services less energy services ........................................................ 50.786 213.0 213.5 3.8 .2 

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

 $ .568 $ .568 - -

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

 $ .191 $ .191 - -

1 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 2 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. 

All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means

estimator in January, 1999.

3 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 4 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 3 (OW). Old Weight Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index 

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Area

All items 

Pricing

schedule 1

Indexes Percent change to 

June 2002 from—

Percent change to 

May 2002 from—

Mar.

2002

Apr.

2002

May

2002

June

2002

June

2001

Apr.

2002

May

2002

May

2001

Mar.

2002

Apr.

2002

U.S. city average ........................................... M 178.8 179.9 179.9 180.1 1.2 0.1 0.1 1.2 0.6 0.0 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban ............................................. M 187.0 187.8 187.7 187.8 1.3 .0 .1 1.7 .4 -.1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ................... M 188.5 189.2 189.1 189.4 1.6 .1 .2 1.9 .3 -.1 

Size B/C 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................. M 111.4 112.1 112.2 111.8 .7 -.3 -.4 1.3 .7 .1 

Midwest urban ............................................... M 173.7 174.8 174.9 175.5 1.0 .4 .3 .4 .7 .1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 .................. M 176.0 177.3 177.3 177.8 1.4 .3 .3 1.0 .7 .0 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 110.3 110.9 111.0 111.4 .2 .5 .4 -.5 .6 .1 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) .............................................. M 167.0 168.0 168.2 168.8 .8 .5 .4 .2 .7 .1 

South urban ................................................... M 172.2 173.4 173.4 173.7 .9 .2 .2 1.0 .7 .0 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ................... M 173.3 174.5 174.7 175.0 1.3 .3 .2 1.6 .8 .1 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ............... M 110.2 111.0 110.9 111.1 .7 .1 .2 .7 .6 -.1 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) .............................................. M 169.8 170.5 170.7 171.6 .1 .6 .5 -.2 .5 .1 

West urban .................................................... M 184.0 185.1 185.0 184.7 1.5 -.2 -.2 2.0 .5 -.1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 .................. M 186.1 187.2 187.7 187.3 1.6 .1 -.2 2.3 .9 .3 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 112.9 113.7 112.7 112.5 1.2 -1.1 -.2 1.4 -.2 -.9 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 163.3 164.3 164.4 164.5 1.5 .1 .1 1.7 .7 .1 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 110.8 111.6 111.4 111.5 .6 -.1 .1 .6 .5 -.2 

D ................................................................ M 171.5 172.5 172.5 173.2 .6 .4 .4 .3 .6 .0 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI .................. M 179.7 180.7 181.2 181.9 1.5 .7 .4 .8 .8 .3 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA .. M 180.8 181.9 182.4 181.7 1.6 -.1 -.4 2.8 .9 .3 

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

NY-NJ-CT-PA ........................................ M 190.9 191.7 191.5 191.7 1.8 .0 .1 2.2 .3 -.1 

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT .... 1 194.6 -

 194.7 - - - - 2.0 .1 -

Cleveland-Akron, OH ..................................... 1 173.4 -

 173.3 - - - - -.2 -.1 -

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX .................................... 1 172.2 - 173.1 - - - - 2.2 .5 -

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 111.7 -

 112.6 - - - - 2.3 .8 -

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

 178.7 - 178.7 .5 .0 - - - -

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI ............................. 2 - 179.1 - 179.2 1.9 .1 - - - -

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ................... 2 -

 158.8 - 158.3 -.8 -.3 - - - -

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

 175.5 - 175.0 .9 -.3 - - - -

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

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

 183.1 - NA - - - - - -

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA .......... 2 - 193.2 - 193.6 1.4 .2 - - - -

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ................... 2 -

 188.5 - 188.6 1.2 .1 - - - -

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

 most other goods and services priced as indicated: 

 M - Every month. 

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

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

notes. 3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually

and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the January and July issues of the CPI

Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN;

Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS;

Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; 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. NA Data not adequate for publication. - 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 (OW). Old Weight Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all items

index 

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Area

All items 

Pricing

schedule 1

Indexes Percent change to 

June 2002 from—

Percent change to 

May 2002 from—

Mar.

2002

Apr.

2002

May

2002

June

2002

June

2001

Apr.

2002

May

2002

May

2001

Mar.

2002

Apr.

2002

U.S. city average ........................................... M 174.7 176.0 175.9 176.2 0.9 0.1 0.2 0.9 0.7 -0.1 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban ............................................. M 183.2 184.3 184.1 184.3 1.2 .0 .1 1.4 .5 -.1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ................... M 183.7 184.5 184.3 184.8 1.4 .2 .3 1.5 .3 -.1 

Size B/C 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................. M 110.8 111.8 111.7 111.4 .8 -.4 -.3 1.2 .8 -.1 

Midwest urban ............................................... M 169.3 170.6 170.6 171.2 .6 .4 .4 -.1 .8 .0 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 .................. M 170.7 172.2 172.2 172.7 1.3 .3 .3 .7 .9 .0 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 109.9 110.6 110.6 111.1 -.3 .5 .5 -1.3 .6 .0 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) .............................................. M 164.5 165.8 165.9 166.5 .4 .4 .4 -.3 .9 .1 

South urban ................................................... M 169.8 171.2 171.1 171.5 .7 .2 .2 .6 .8 -.1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ................... M 170.2 171.6 171.7 172.1 .9 .3 .2 1.2 .9 .1 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ............... M 109.6 110.6 110.4 110.6 .5 .0 .2 .5 .7 -.2 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) .............................................. M 170.7 171.7 171.8 172.5 .1 .5 .4 -.1 .6 .1 

West urban .................................................... M 178.8 180.0 179.8 179.6 1.3 -.2 -.1 1.8 .6 -.1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 .................. M 179.2 180.2 180.7 180.4 1.4 .1 -.2 2.1 .8 .3 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 112.4 113.3 112.2 112.0 1.0 -1.1 -.2 1.2 -.2 -1.0 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 161.3 162.4 162.4 162.7 1.3 .2 .2 1.4 .7 .0 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 110.3 111.2 111.0 111.1 .5 -.1 .1 .3 .6 -.2 

D ................................................................ M 170.3 171.4 171.4 172.0 .5 .4 .4 .2 .6 .0 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI .................. M 173.2 174.4 175.0 175.6 1.3 .7 .3 .6 1.0 .3 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA .. M 173.2 174.1 174.6 174.1 1.3 .0 -.3 2.4 .8 .3 

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

NY-NJ-CT-PA ........................................ M 185.6 186.6 186.5 186.8 1.6 .1 .2 1.9 .5 -.1 

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT .... 1 193.2 -

 193.2 - - - - 1.6 .0 -

Cleveland-Akron, OH ..................................... 1 164.8 - 164.9 - - - - -.4 .1 -

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX .................................... 1 171.6 -

 172.4 - - - - 2.0 .5 -

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 111.1 -

 112.1 - - - - 2.0 .9 -

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

 175.5 - 176.0 .3 .3 - - - -

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

 173.6 - 173.6 1.9 .0 - - - -

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ................... 2 -

 156.4 - 156.4 -1.3 .0 - - - -

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................ 2 - 172.9 - 172.7 .9 -.1 - - - -

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

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

 182.4 - NA - - - - - -

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

 188.9 - 189.2 1.2 .2 - - - -

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ................... 2 - 183.4 - 183.5 1.2 .1 - - - -

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

 most other goods and services priced as indicated: 

 M - Every month. 

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

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

notes. 3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually

and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the January and July issues of the CPI

Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN;

Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS;

Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; 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. NA Data not adequate for publication. - 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.