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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: JANUARY 2008 

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.5 percent in January before seasonal 

adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The January level of 211.080 

(1982-84=100) was 4.3 percent higher than in January 2007. 

The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) increased 0.5 percent in 

January prior to seasonal adjustment. The January level of 206.744 (1982-84=100) was 4.6 percent higher than in 

January 2007. 

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

not seasonally adjusted basis. The January level of 121.895 (December 1999=100) was 3.9 percent higher than in 

January 2007. Please note that the indexes for the post-2006 period are subject to revision. Previously published and 

revised data for 2006 and 2007 are shown on page 5.

CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)

On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U increased 0.4 percent in January. The indexes for food and for energy 

each advanced 0.7 percent, following increases in December of 0.1 and 1.7 percent, respectively. The index for all items 

less food and energy rose 0.3 percent, following increases of 0.2 percent in each of the preceding nine months. The 

January advance reflects larger increases than in December in the indexes for apparel, for medical care, for recreation, for 

education and communication, and for other goods and services. 

 

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

Expenditure

Category

Seasonally adjusted

Unadjusted

12-mos.

ended

Jan. 2008

Changes from preceding month Compound

annual rate

3-mos. ended

Jan. 2008 July

2007

Aug.

2007

Sep.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

All items ................................. .2 .0 .4 .3 .9 .4 .4 6.8 4.3 

Food and beverages ........... .3 .4 .5 .2 .4 .1 .7 4.6 4.8 

Housing ............................... .2 .1 .3 .2 .4 .3 .2 3.5 3.0 

Apparel ................................ .4 -.5 .2 .1 .6 .1 .4 4.6 -.2 

Transportation ..................... .3 -.6 .7 .3 3.5 1.0 .5 22.3 9.4 

Medical care ........................ .6 .5 .4 .5 .4 .3 .5 5.1 4.9 

Recreation ........................... -.1 -.1 .2 .3 .2 .0 .2 1.6 1.0 

Education and

communication .............. .2 .3 .2 .3 .0 .3 .4 2.8 3.4 

Other goods and services ... .1 .1 .3 .2 .2 .3 .4 3.9 3.0 

Special indexes:

Energy ................................. .1 -1.7 1.4 1.0 6.9 1.7 .7 43.6 19.6 

Food .................................... .3 .4 .5 .2 .4 .1 .7 4.7 4.9 

All items less food and

energy ........................... .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .3 3.1 2.5 

Note: Seasonal factors have been recalculated to reflect developments during 2007. For this reason, some of the 

seasonally adjusted figures above and elsewhere in this report differ from those previously published. See the technical 

note on page 9 for details. 
The food and beverages index rose 0.7 percent in January, up from 0.1 in December and the largest 

monthly increase since last February. The index for food at home advanced 0.9 percent, following virtually no 

change in December. The index for fruits and vegetables increased 2.2 percent in January, following a decline 

of 0.3 percent in December. The indexes for fresh vegetables, for fresh fruits, and for processed fruits and 

vegetables increased 3.3, 1.8, and 0.7 percent, respectively. The index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs 

advanced 0.8 percent in January, following a decrease of 0.1 percent in December. Prices for poultry, for fish 

and seafood, for pork, and for other meats each increased, while beef prices were virtually unchanged. The 

index for dairy products rose 0.2 percent after a 0.2 percent decrease in December as a 2.1 percent increase in 

cheese prices more than offset a small decline in milk prices. The index for nonalcoholic beverages rose 1.6 

percent in January, reflecting increases in prices for carbonated drinks and for coffee. The indexes for cereal 

and bakery products and for other food at home rose 0.6 and 0.4 percent, respectively. The other two 

components of the food and beverages index--food away from home and alcoholic beverages--each increased 

0.4 percent. 

The index for housing increased 0.2 percent in January. The index for shelter increased 0.3 percent in 

January, the same as in December. Within shelter, the indexes for rent and for owners' equivalent rent each 

increased 0.3 percent and the index for lodging away from home rose 1.1 percent. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, 

the index for lodging away from home increased 5.0 percent.) The index for fuels and utilities was virtually 

unchanged in January. The index for household fuels declined 0.1 percent as declines in the indexes for natural 

gas and electricity--down 2.2 and 0.1 percent, respectively--more than offset a 4.5 percent increase in the index 

for fuel oil. The indexes for garbage and trash collection and for water and sewerage treatment rose 1.0 and 0.5 

percent, respectively. The index for household furnishings and operations increased 0.1 percent in January, 

following virtually no change in each of the preceding two months. 

The transportation index increased 0.5 percent in January. The index for gasoline rose 1.2 percent, 

accounting for about two-thirds of the overall transportation increase. As of January, gasoline prices were 2.1 

percent below their peak level recorded in May 2007. The index for new vehicles declined 0.3 percent in 

January. (As of January, about 76 percent of the new car sample consisted of 2008 models. The 2008 models 

will continue to be phased in, with adjustments for quality change, over the next several months as they replace 

old models at dealerships. For a report on quality changes for the 2008 vehicles represented in the Producer 

Price Index sample, see news release USDL-07-1787 dated November 14, 2007.) The index for used cars and 

trucks rose 0.2 percent. During the last 12 months, new vehicle prices have declined 0.6 percent, while prices 

for used cars and trucks rose 1.4 percent. The index for public transportation increased 0.4 percent in January, 

largely reflecting a 0.8 percent increase in the index for airline fares. 

The index for apparel rose 0.4 percent in January, its fifth consecutive monthly advance. (Prior to 

seasonal adjustment, apparel prices declined 2.1 percent, largely as a result of post-holiday discounting.) 

Medical care costs rose 0.5 percent in January. The index for medical care commodities--prescription 

drugs, nonprescription drugs, and medical supplies--rose 0.5 percent. The index for medical care services rose 

0.6 percent. The indexes for professional services and for hospital and related services advanced 0.4 and 1.0 

percent, respectively. 

The index for recreation, which was virtually unchanged in December, increased 0.2 percent in January.

Upturns in the indexes for sporting goods and for admissions to movies, theaters, and concerts coupled with a 

larger increase in the index for club dues and fees for participant sports and group exercises largely accounted 

for the January advance. 

The index for education and communication increased 0.4 percent in January. Educational costs rose 0.6 

percent, reflecting increases in prices for college textbooks and charges for child care and nursery school--up 0.9 

and 0.8 percent, respectively. The index for communication rose 0.1 percent. Within the communication group, 

the index for telephone services rose 0.1 percent and the index for personal computers and peripheral equipment 

increased 1.0 percent. 

The index for other goods and services increased 0.4 percent in January. The index for tobacco and 

smoking products rose 1.1 percent accounting for about 55 percent of the monthly increase in this major group. 

 
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 0.4 

percent in January. 

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

Expenditure

Category

Seasonally adjusted

Unadjusted

12-mos.

ended

Jan. 2008

Changes from preceding month Compound

annual rate

3-mos. ended

Jan. 2008 July

2007

Aug.

2007

Sep.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

All items ................................. .2 .0 .4 .3 1.0 .4 .4 7.7 4.6 

Food and beverages ........... .3 .5 .5 .2 .3 .1 .7 4.5 4.9 

Housing ............................... .1 .0 .2 .3 .4 .2 .2 3.5 3.1 

Apparel ................................ .5 -.2 .0 .1 .4 .2 .8 5.6 .5 

Transportation ..................... .3 -.6 .7 .3 3.8 1.1 .7 24.6 10.2 

Medical care ........................ .6 .5 .4 .5 .4 .3 .6 5.4 5.1 

Recreation ........................... -.1 -.1 .3 .2 .1 .1 .2 1.3 .7 

Education and

communication .............. .2 .3 .1 .3 .0 .2 .3 2.2 3.0 

Other goods and services ... .2 .1 .4 .2 .2 .4 .5 4.5 3.4 

Special indexes:

Energy ................................. .1 -1.8 1.4 1.1 7.2 1.8 .8 45.9 20.4 

Food .................................... .3 .5 .5 .2 .3 .1 .7 4.6 5.0 

All items less food and

energy ........................... .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .3 3.1 2.4 

Consumer Price Index data for February are scheduled for release on Friday, March 14, 2008, at 8:30 

A.M. (EDT). 
Month-to-month percent changes in the U.S. City Average Consumer Price Index for All Urban 

Consumers (CPI-U) for All Items and for All Items less food and energy, seasonally adjusted, using former and 

recalculated seasonal factors for 2007. 

All Items 

2007 Former Recalculated Difference 

 

January .2 .1 -.1 

February .4 .3 -.1 

March .6 .5 -.1 

April .4 .3 -.1 

May .7 .5 -.2 

June .2 .3 .1 

July .1 .2 .1 

August -.1 .0 .1 

September .3 .4 .1 

October .3 .3 .0 

November .8 .9 .1 

December .3 .4 .1 

All Items less food and energy 

2007 Former Recalculated Difference 

 

January .3 .2 -.1 

February .2 .2 .0 

March .1 .1 .0 

April .2 .2 .0 

May .1 .2 .1 

June .2 .2 .0 

July .2 .2 .0 

August .2 .2 .0 

September .2 .2 .0 

October .2 .2 .0 

November .3 .2 -.1 

December .2 .2 .0 

C-CPI-U Index Revisions 

In accordance with the previously-announced schedule, the Bureau of Labor Statistics is revising the 

2006 and 2007 values of the Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U), effective with 

the release of January 2008 data. 

The C-CPI-U was introduced with release of July data on August 16, 2002. The index in its final form 

employs a Tornqvist formula and utilizes 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 

C-CPI-U was designed to be a closer approximation to a “cost-of-living” index than the CPI-U and CPI-W. The 
use of expenditure data for both a base period and a current period distinguishes the C-CPI-U from the other 

CPI measures, which use only a single expenditure base period to compute price change over time. 

Because the current expenditure data required for the calculation of the C-CPI-U are available only with 

a time lag, the index is issued first in preliminary form, using the latest available expenditure data at the time of 

publication, and is subject to two subsequent revisions. The preliminary values for each month of the preceding 

two years are revised annually with release of the January index. Expenditure data for the year 2006 are now 

available, and the C-CPI-U indexes for that year are now in final form. The initial indexes for 2007 are now 

revised interim indexes. The C-CPI-U U.S. All Items index values for 2006 and 2007 as previously published 

and revised are shown below. 

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.Patrick@bls.gov or Cage.Rob@bls.gov

U.S. City Average C-CPI-U All Items 

2006 Interim Final

January 115.2 115.2

February 115.5 115.4

March 116.1 116.0

April 116.8 116.9

May 117.3 117.5

June 117.5 117.7

July 117.7 118.1

August 117.9 118.3

September 117.7 117.8

October 117.2 117.1

November 117.0 116.9

December 117.1 117.0

Annual average 116.9 117.0

2007 Initial Interim

January 117.427 117.310

February 118.030 117.897

March 118.962 118.978

April 119.552 119.712

May 120.041 120.290

June 120.230 120.478

July 120.157 120.384

August 120.077 120.198

September 120.423 120.538

October 120.699 120.823

November 121.178 121.443

December 121.088 121.322

Annual average n.a. 119.948
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Brief Explanation of the CPI 

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

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

(1) the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), which covers households of wage earners 

and clerical workers that comprise approximately 32 percent of the total population and (2) the CPI for All 

Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the Chained CPI for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U), which cover 

approximately 87 percent of the total population and include in addition to wage earners and clerical worker 

households, groups such as professional, managerial, and technical workers, the self-employed, short-term 

workers, the unemployed, and retirees and others not in the labor force. 

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

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

are collected in 87 urban areas across the country from about 50,000 housing units and approximately 23,000 

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

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

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

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

in other areas. Prices of most goods and services are obtained by personal visits or telephone calls of the 

Bureau’s trained representatives. 

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

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

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

size of city, by region of the country, for cross-classifications of regions and population-size classes, and for 27 

local areas. Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of prices among cities; they only measure the 

average change in prices for each area since the base period. For the C-CPI-U data are issued only at the 

national level. It is important to note that the CPI-U and CPI-W are considered final when released, but the CCPI-U is issued in preliminary form and subject to two annual revisions. 

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

reference base is 1982-84 equals 100.0. The reference base for the C-CPI-U is December 1999 equals 100. 

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

expressed in dollars as follows: the price of a base period market basket of goods and services in the CPI has 

risen from $10 in 1982-84 to $11.65. 

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

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

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

retail prices and not the complete universe of all prices. BLS calculates and publishes estimates of the 1-month, 

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

estimates can be used to construct confidence intervals for hypothesis testing. For example, the estimated 

standard error of the 1 month percent change is 0.06 percent for the U.S. All Items Consumer Price Index. This 

means that if we repeatedly sample from the universe of all retail prices using the same methodology, and 

estimate a percentage change for each sample, then 95% of these estimates would be within 0.12 percent of the 

1 month percentage change based on all retail prices. For a 1-month change of 0.2 percent in the All Items CPI 

for All Urban Consumers, we are 95 percent confident that the actual percent change based on all retail prices 

would fall between 0.08 and 0.32 percent. For the latest data, including information on how to use the estimates 

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

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

(http://www.bls.gov/cpi), using the following link http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpivar2006.pdf
Calculating Index Changes 

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

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

base period while percent changes are not. The example below illustrates the computation of index point and 

percent changes. 

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

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

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

Index Point Change

CPI 202.416 

Less previous index 201.800 

Equals index point change .616 

Percent Change

Index point difference .616 

Divided by the previous index 201.800 

Equals 0.003 

Results multiplied by one hundred 0.003x100 

Equals percent change 0.3

Regions Defined 

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

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

Vermont. 

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

Wisconsin. 

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

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

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

Wyoming. 
A Note on Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Data 

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

publishes seasonally adjusted as well as unadjusted changes each month. 

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

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

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

changeovers, holidays, and sales. 

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

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

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

adjustment for seasonal variation. 

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

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

year, the last 5 years of seasonally adjusted data are revised. Data from January 2003 through December 2007 

were replaced in January 2008. Exceptions to the usual revision schedule were: the updated seasonal data at the 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

series for the last 5 years, but the seasonally adjusted indexes will be used before that period. Note: 48 of the 73 

components are seasonally adjusted for 2008. 

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 seasonal factors introduced in January 2008, BLS adjusted 20 series using Intervention Analysis 

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

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

refineries from Hurricane Katrina. 

 

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

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

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

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

Statistics, Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes, Washington, DC 20212 or contact Jeff Wilson at 

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

our information staff at (202) 691-7000. 
Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and

service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-U

Relative

importance,

December

2007

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2008 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

All items ........................................................................................ 100.000 210.036 211.080 4.3 0.5 0.9 0.4 0.4 

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

 629.174 632.301 - - - - -

Food and beverages .................................................................. 14.914 206.936 208.837 4.8 .9 .4 .1 .7 

Food ......................................................................................... 13.833 206.704 208.618 4.9 .9 .4 .1 .7 

Food at home ......................................................................... 7.660 205.208 207.983 5.8 1.4 .5 .0 .9 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................... 1.030 226.461 228.661 5.7 1.0 .7 .6 .6 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. 1.807 198.755 200.035 5.5 .6 .0 -.1 .8 

Dairy and related products ................................................... .887 205.299 206.905 12.8 .8 .5 -.2 .2 

Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... 1.156 272.482 279.072 6.1 2.4 2.0 -.3 2.2 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................ .928 153.648 157.863 4.5 2.7 -.3 -.3 1.6 

Other food at home .............................................................. 1.852 174.057 176.085 3.0 1.2 .2 .2 .4 

Sugar and sweets .............................................................. .277 178.631 180.193 2.9 .9 .7 .4 -.1 

Fats and oils ....................................................................... .205 176.068 181.813 6.9 3.3 .7 1.0 1.3 

Other foods ........................................................................ 1.369 188.325 190.037 2.4 .9 .0 .0 .4 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... .404 115.267 115.162 .4 -.1 .5 -.1 -.1 

Food away from home 1 ......................................................... 6.173 210.233 211.070 3.9 .4 .3 .2 .4 

Other food away from home 1 2 ........................................... .297 145.814 146.649 4.1 .6 .4 -.6 .6 

Alcoholic beverages ................................................................. 1.080 208.704 210.425 3.7 .8 .2 .2 .4 

Housing ...................................................................................... 42.427 210.933 212.244 3.0 .6 .4 .3 .2 

Shelter ...................................................................................... 32.596 242.372 243.871 3.1 .6 .3 .3 .3 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................... 5.765 239.102 239.850 3.9 .3 .4 .4 .3 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................... 2.564 133.545 140.176 4.9 5.0 -.2 .3 1.1 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 .................. 23.942 249.532 250.106 2.8 .2 .3 .3 .3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... .325 117.003 117.435 .0 .4 .3 .0 .4 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 5.128 203.006 204.796 5.4 .9 1.1 .3 .0 

Household energy .................................................................. 4.215 183.516 185.107 5.3 .9 1.3 .3 -.1 

Fuel oil and other fuels ......................................................... .351 299.296 306.937 34.7 2.6 8.9 2.5 3.7 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ................................................. 3.864 185.155 186.475 3.0 .7 .6 .1 -.5 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................... .913 146.878 148.277 5.4 1.0 .6 .5 .6 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 4.702 126.066 126.515 -.5 .4 .0 .0 .1 

Household operations 1 2 ....................................................... .737 142.100 142.828 2.4 .5 .4 .3 .5 

Apparel ....................................................................................... 3.731 118.257 115.795 -.2 -2.1 .6 .1 .4 

Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... .935 112.026 110.691 .3 -1.2 -.1 -.2 .7 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... 1.600 109.418 104.367 -1.4 -4.6 .8 .8 .2 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... .185 113.779 113.861 1.3 .1 .8 -.9 1.2 

Footwear .................................................................................. .679 122.258 121.148 .2 -.9 1.1 -.9 .6 

Transportation ............................................................................ 17.688 189.984 190.839 9.4 .5 3.5 1.0 .5 

Private transportation ............................................................... 16.583 186.134 186.978 9.6 .5 3.7 1.0 .6 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. 7.191 94.754 94.834 .0 .1 .0 .0 -.1 

New vehicles ........................................................................ 4.632 136.664 136.827 -.6 .1 .0 -.1 -.3 

Used cars and trucks 1 ......................................................... 1.773 136.943 137.203 1.4 .2 -.2 .2 .2 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 5.482 258.132 260.523 34.4 .9 11.8 2.8 1.1 

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 5.215 256.790 259.338 34.5 1.0 11.8 2.8 1.2 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ..................................... .356 123.928 124.282 3.8 .3 .4 .4 .3 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................... 1.123 226.120 227.732 3.9 .7 .3 .3 .7 

Public transportation ................................................................ 1.106 233.408 234.334 5.8 .4 1.3 .9 .4 

Medical care ............................................................................... 6.231 357.661 360.459 4.9 .8 .4 .3 .5 

Medical care commodities ........................................................ 1.601 293.610 295.355 2.5 .6 .4 .3 .5 

Medical care services ............................................................... 4.630 376.940 380.135 5.7 .8 .4 .3 .6 

Professional services ............................................................. 2.626 304.784 306.529 3.8 .6 .2 .3 .4 

Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 1.467 515.677 523.313 8.5 1.5 .6 .5 1.0 

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

service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-U

Relative

importance,

December

2007

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2008 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ............................................................................... 5.647 111.705 112.083 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.2 

Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 1.843 102.691 102.986 .2 .3 -.2 .3 .0 

Education and communication 2 ................................................ 6.086 121.506 121.762 3.4 .2 .0 .3 .4 

Education 2 .............................................................................. 2.944 176.927 177.440 5.9 .3 .5 .5 .6 

Educational books and supplies ............................................. .207 434.352 437.822 7.9 .8 .6 .8 .1 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................ 2.736 510.016 511.301 5.7 .3 .5 .5 .6 

Communication 2 ..................................................................... 3.142 83.282 83.396 .7 .1 -.5 .0 .1 

Information and information processing 1 2 ............................ 2.975 80.546 80.642 .5 .1 -.5 .0 .1 

Telephone services 1 2 ......................................................... 2.342 98.792 98.906 2.1 .1 -.3 .0 .1 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ............. .634 10.215 10.229 -6.2 .1 -1.7 .1 .1 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 6 ......... .242 8.936 9.026 -12.0 1.0 -4.1 -.1 1.0 

Other goods and services .......................................................... 3.277 337.633 339.052 3.0 .4 .2 .3 .4 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ .731 566.696 572.684 5.4 1.1 .2 .8 1.1 

Personal care ........................................................................... 2.546 197.643 198.112 2.4 .2 .2 .1 .2 

Personal care products 1 ....................................................... .639 158.236 158.201 .3 .0 .1 -.2 .0 

Personal care services 1 ........................................................ .629 219.656 219.932 2.8 .1 .3 .5 .1 

Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... 1.044 329.908 332.183 3.8 .7 .2 .4 .6 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ................................................................................ 41.269 170.511 171.179 5.7 .4 1.8 .5 .5 

Food and beverages .................................................................. 14.914 206.936 208.837 4.8 .9 .4 .1 .7 

Commodities less food and beverages ...................................... 26.356 150.162 150.303 6.2 .1 2.6 .7 .4 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..................................... 15.519 188.635 188.692 11.8 .0 5.5 -.2 1.4 

Apparel ................................................................................... 3.731 118.257 115.795 -.2 -2.1 .6 .1 .4 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................... 11.787 236.735 238.389 16.0 .7 5.4 1.2 1.6 

Durables ................................................................................... 10.837 112.093 112.300 -.9 .2 .1 -.1 -.1 

Services ....................................................................................... 58.731 249.225 250.648 3.3 .6 .3 .3 .3 

Rent of shelter 4 ......................................................................... 32.271 252.669 254.239 3.1 .6 .3 .3 .4 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... .325 117.003 117.435 .0 .4 .3 .0 .4 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................................... 3.864 185.155 186.475 3.0 .7 .6 .1 -.5 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ....................... .913 146.878 148.277 5.4 1.0 .6 .5 .6 

Household operations 1 2 ........................................................... .737 142.100 142.828 2.4 .5 .4 .3 .5 

Transportation services .............................................................. 5.350 236.504 237.347 2.6 .4 .4 .4 .5 

Medical care services ................................................................. 4.630 376.940 380.135 5.7 .8 .4 .3 .6 

Other services ............................................................................ 10.641 289.945 290.905 3.4 .3 .2 .3 .3 

Special indexes

All items less food ........................................................................ 86.167 210.610 211.512 4.2 .4 1.0 .4 .3 

All items less shelter .................................................................... 67.404 199.734 200.609 4.9 .4 1.2 .4 .4 

All items less medical care ........................................................... 93.769 202.600 203.569 4.2 .5 .9 .4 .4 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 27.436 152.344 152.531 6.1 .1 2.5 .6 .4 

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 16.599 189.844 190.000 11.2 .1 5.1 .2 1.0

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. 12.868 233.014 234.667 14.8 .7 5.1 1.3 1.2 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 30.432 198.422 199.346 8.2 .5 2.6 .3 .8 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... 26.460 263.966 265.311 3.6 .5 .3 .3 .2 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 54.101 238.894 240.201 3.1 .5 .2 .3 .3 

Energy .......................................................................................... 9.698 217.506 219.465 19.6 .9 6.9 1.7 .7 

All items less energy .................................................................... 90.302 210.890 211.846 2.8 .5 .3 .2 .4

All items less food and energy ................................................... 76.469 212.356 213.138 2.5 .4 .2 .2 .3 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................... 21.602 140.014 139.845 .2 -.1 .1 .0 .2 

Energy commodities ............................................................... 5.834 261.976 264.660 34.4 1.0 11.6 2.8 1.3 

Services less energy services .................................................. 54.867 255.785 257.220 3.4 .6 .3 .3 .4 

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

 $ .476 $ .474 - - - - -

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

 $ .159 $ .158 - - - - -

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

item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.

6 This item will be rebased to December 2007=100 beginning with the

release of March 2008 data. All historical data will be revised to reflect the

new 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—

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Apr.

2007

July

2007

Oct.

2007

Jan.

2008 July

2007

Jan.

2008

Expenditure category

All items .............................................................................. 209.055 210.930 211.680 212.516 4.4 3.9 2.6 6.8 4.1 4.7 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 205.985 206.740 206.929 208.326 5.5 4.7 4.5 4.6 5.1 4.6 

Food ................................................................................ 205.636 206.414 206.584 208.026 5.6 4.8 4.6 4.7 5.2 4.6 

Food at home ................................................................ 204.056 204.982 205.001 206.921 7.5 5.2 4.5 5.7 6.3 5.1 

Cereals and bakery products ...................................... 225.016 226.575 227.852 229.175 6.3 4.0 5.0 7.6 5.2 6.3 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................... 198.436 198.357 198.250 199.747 10.5 5.2 3.4 2.7 7.8 3.0 

Dairy and related products .......................................... 204.544 205.627 205.278 205.698 8.4 29.2 12.9 2.3 18.4 7.5 

Fruits and vegetables .................................................. 262.008 267.159 266.288 272.105 11.2 -5.5 4.0 16.3 2.5 10.0 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ....... 155.354 154.933 154.480 156.941 4.6 5.1 4.1 4.1 4.8 4.1 

Other food at home ..................................................... 174.686 175.064 175.436 176.178 3.4 3.1 2.3 3.5 3.3 2.9 

Sugar and sweets ..................................................... 178.095 179.285 179.933 179.774 1.7 3.7 2.3 3.8 2.7 3.1 

Fats and oils .............................................................. 175.380 176.692 178.470 180.743 3.6 6.6 4.6 12.8 5.1 8.6 

Other foods ............................................................... 189.591 189.597 189.640 190.435 3.8 2.4 1.8 1.8 3.1 1.8 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................ 114.850 115.396 115.267 115.162 2.3 -1.0 -.6 1.1 .6 .3 

Food away from home 1 ............................................... 209.275 209.854 210.233 211.070 3.1 4.4 4.6 3.5 3.7 4.0 

Other food away from home 1 2 .................................. 146.074 146.628 145.814 146.649 6.5 4.6 3.6 1.6 5.6 2.6 

Alcoholic beverages ........................................................ 209.252 209.711 210.143 210.953 4.2 3.6 3.6 3.3 3.9 3.4 

Housing ............................................................................. 211.110 211.861 212.409 212.920 3.5 2.8 2.2 3.5 3.2 2.9 

Shelter ............................................................................. 242.635 243.295 243.974 244.744 2.8 3.4 2.7 3.5 3.1 3.1 

Rent of primary residence 3 .......................................... 237.122 238.050 238.925 239.745 4.0 3.3 3.8 4.5 3.7 4.2 

Lodging away from home 2 ........................................... 144.875 144.578 145.050 146.695 .3 16.4 -1.3 5.1 8.0 1.8 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ......... 248.045 248.790 249.425 250.051 2.9 2.0 2.9 3.3 2.4 3.1 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ......................... 116.640 116.997 117.003 117.435 .5 -3.3 .2 2.8 -1.4 1.5 

Fuels and utilities ............................................................ 202.591 204.915 205.615 205.567 10.5 2.7 2.9 6.0 6.5 4.5 

Household energy ......................................................... 183.354 185.667 186.261 185.991 11.7 2.3 2.5 5.9 6.9 4.2 

Fuel oil and other fuels ................................................ 264.654 288.217 295.293 306.227 17.7 22.4 27.3 79.3 20.0 51.1 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................... 187.206 188.264 188.470 187.489 11.2 .7 .6 .6 5.8 .6 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .......... 145.748 146.602 147.262 148.142 4.9 5.1 5.0 6.7 5.0 5.9 

Household furnishings and operations ............................ 126.377 126.406 126.414 126.493 .3 -.7 -1.7 .4 -.2 -.7 

Household operations 1 2 ............................................. 141.013 141.610 142.100 142.828 2.1 1.3 .9 5.2 1.7 3.1 

Apparel .............................................................................. 118.430 119.125 119.240 119.759 -2.9 -1.3 -.9 4.6 -2.1 1.8 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. 112.422 112.341 112.167 112.941 -.8 2.3 -2.0 1.9 .7 -.1

Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. 108.734 109.575 110.443 110.658 -4.1 -6.9 -1.6 7.3 -5.5 2.7 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... 114.786 115.708 114.632 116.049 -3.7 -4.7 9.7 4.5 -4.2 7.0 

Footwear ......................................................................... 122.165 123.519 122.469 123.246 -3.9 3.7 -2.4 3.6 -.2 .5 

Transportation ................................................................... 186.134 192.718 194.653 195.722 9.3 7.8 1.7 22.3 8.5 11.5 

Private transportation ...................................................... 182.124 188.833 190.738 191.811 9.8 8.2 1.3 23.0 9.0 11.6 

New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................... 94.384 94.372 94.405 94.318 -.5 .8 .0 -.3 .1 -.1 

New vehicles ............................................................... 135.984 136.038 135.953 135.597 .6 -.7 -1.0 -1.1 -.1 -1.1 

Used cars and trucks 1 ............................................... 136.950 136.616 136.943 137.203 -2.6 5.0 2.8 .7 1.1 1.7 

Motor fuel ...................................................................... 243.617 272.290 279.928 283.011 38.0 26.3 2.6 82.1 32.1 36.7 

Gasoline (all types) ..................................................... 242.460 271.068 278.588 281.880 38.3 26.3 2.6 82.7 32.2 36.9 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................ 123.017 123.487 123.928 124.282 3.2 2.7 5.0 4.2 3.0 4.6 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .......................... 224.826 225.440 226.137 227.730 4.4 3.4 2.4 5.3 3.9 3.8 

Public transportation ....................................................... 233.276 236.368 238.571 239.414 2.4 1.1 9.3 10.9 1.7 10.1 

Medical care ...................................................................... 356.384 357.745 358.861 360.815 4.1 5.0 5.6 5.1 4.5 5.3 

Medical care commodities .............................................. 292.110 293.352 294.241 295.763 -.3 2.3 3.0 5.1 1.0 4.1 

Medical care services ..................................................... 375.763 377.152 378.338 380.459 5.4 5.8 6.4 5.1 5.6 5.7 

Professional services .................................................... 304.197 304.874 305.907 307.011 3.4 3.8 4.4 3.8 3.6 4.1 

Hospital and related services 3 ..................................... 511.704 514.748 517.505 522.889 7.4 7.9 9.7 9.0 7.7 9.4 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category

and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-U

Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Apr.

2007

July

2007

Oct.

2007

Jan.

2008 July

2007

Jan.

2008

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ...................................................................... 111.793 111.978 112.008 112.242 0.2 0.4 1.7 1.6 0.3 1.6 

Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 103.132 102.974 103.291 103.337 -1.9 .5 1.4 .8 -.7 1.1 

Education and communication 2 ....................................... 120.741 120.792 121.127 121.578 4.1 3.5 3.1 2.8 3.8 2.9 

Education 2 ..................................................................... 174.058 174.992 175.861 176.895 6.0 5.2 5.6 6.7 5.6 6.1 

Educational books and supplies ................................... 430.155 432.699 436.329 436.635 9.5 7.8 8.3 6.2 8.6 7.2 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ...................... 501.501 504.173 506.547 509.715 5.7 5.0 5.4 6.7 5.4 6.0 

Communication 2 ............................................................ 83.663 83.254 83.287 83.392 2.1 1.7 .5 -1.3 1.9 -.4 

Information and information processing 1 2 .................. 80.946 80.519 80.546 80.642 2.2 .8 .5 -1.5 1.5 -.5 

Telephone services 1 2 ............................................... 99.031 98.775 98.792 98.906 3.0 4.0 1.9 -.5 3.5 .7 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 .... 10.385 10.204 10.215 10.229 -1.1 -12.0 -5.3 -5.9 -6.7 -5.6 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 6 9.324 8.946 8.936 9.026 -3.3 -20.6 -11.1 -12.2 -12.4 -11.6 

Other goods and services ................................................. 335.843 336.671 337.641 339.063 2.7 2.6 2.8 3.9 2.7 3.3 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... 560.626 561.967 566.696 572.684 3.1 4.7 4.9 8.9 3.9 6.9 

Personal care .................................................................. 196.884 197.373 197.648 198.120 2.6 2.1 2.2 2.5 2.3 2.4 

Personal care products 1 .............................................. 158.381 158.561 158.236 158.201 2.5 -.5 -.2 -.5 1.0 -.3 

Personal care services 1 ............................................... 217.887 218.604 219.656 219.932 2.5 2.5 2.2 3.8 2.5 3.0 

Miscellaneous personal services .................................. 328.406 329.106 330.466 332.309 3.4 2.3 4.6 4.8 2.9 4.7 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ....................................................................... 168.707 171.679 172.460 173.359 5.8 4.7 2.1 11.5 5.2 6.7 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 205.985 206.740 206.929 208.326 5.5 4.7 4.5 4.6 5.1 4.6 

Commodities less food and beverages ............................. 148.044 151.881 152.893 153.519 5.9 4.6 .6 15.6 5.3 7.9 

Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... 183.229 193.322 192.968 195.609 11.7 5.1 2.4 29.9 8.4 15.3 

Apparel .......................................................................... 118.430 119.125 119.240 119.759 -2.9 -1.3 -.9 4.6 -2.1 1.8 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... 227.299 239.667 242.577 246.553 17.5 13.3 -1.7 38.4 15.4 16.6 

Durables .......................................................................... 112.084 112.158 112.098 112.020 -.9 -1.4 -.9 -.2 -1.1 -.5 

Services .............................................................................. 249.062 249.821 250.537 251.317 3.5 3.2 3.0 3.7 3.4 3.3 

Rent of shelter 4 ................................................................ 252.924 253.589 254.282 255.206 2.9 3.5 2.6 3.7 3.2 3.1 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ............................. 116.640 116.997 117.003 117.435 .5 -3.3 .2 2.8 -1.4 1.5 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................. 187.206 188.264 188.470 187.489 11.2 .7 .6 .6 5.8 .6 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .............. 145.748 146.602 147.262 148.142 4.9 5.1 5.0 6.7 5.0 5.9 

Household operations 1 2 ................................................. 141.013 141.610 142.100 142.828 2.1 1.3 .9 5.2 1.7 3.1 

Transportation services ..................................................... 235.183 236.041 236.887 238.174 .7 1.8 2.9 5.2 1.2 4.1 

Medical care services ....................................................... 375.763 377.152 378.338 380.459 5.4 5.8 6.4 5.1 5.6 5.7 

Other services ................................................................... 288.331 288.944 289.835 290.834 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.5 

Special indexes

All items less food ............................................................... 209.644 211.701 212.548 213.281 4.2 3.7 2.3 7.1 4.0 4.7 

All items less shelter ........................................................... 198.248 200.627 201.415 202.288 5.2 4.1 2.6 8.4 4.6 5.5 

All items less medical care .................................................. 201.639 203.518 204.248 205.033 4.4 3.8 2.4 6.9 4.1 4.6 

Commodities less food ........................................................ 150.301 154.047 155.044 155.681 5.8 4.6 .8 15.1 5.2 7.7 

Nondurables less food ........................................................ 184.419 193.857 194.184 196.169 12.5 6.1 .0 28.0 9.3 13.2 

Nondurables less food and apparel .................................... 224.472 235.954 239.022 241.905 17.2 12.3 -2.2 34.9 14.8 14.9 

Nondurables ........................................................................ 195.263 200.294 200.818 202.477 9.2 5.3 3.0 15.6 7.2 9.1 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ............................................. 263.189 263.971 264.852 265.500 4.3 3.6 2.8 3.6 3.9 3.2 

Services less medical care services ................................... 238.851 239.387 240.112 240.726 3.4 3.4 2.6 3.2 3.4 2.9 

Energy ................................................................................. 210.690 225.218 229.076 230.633 24.6 14.4 2.6 43.6 19.4 21.4 

All items less energy ........................................................... 210.518 211.070 211.498 212.281 2.5 2.8 2.6 3.4 2.7 3.0 

All items less food and energy .......................................... 212.115 212.626 213.103 213.765 2.0 2.5 2.3 3.1 2.2 2.7

Commodities less food and energy commodities ........... 139.993 140.163 140.200 140.422 -.5 .0 -.1 1.2 -.2 .6 

Energy commodities ..................................................... 246.129 274.623 282.263 286.070 36.6 26.1 4.1 82.5 31.2 37.8 

Services less energy services ......................................... 255.400 256.130 256.897 257.857 3.0 3.4 3.2 3.9 3.2 3.5 

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

item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means

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

5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 6 This item will be rebased to December 2007=100 beginning with the

release of March 2008 data. All historical data will be revised to reflect the

new 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

Jan.2008 from—

Percent change to

Dec.2007 from—

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Dec.

2006

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

U.S. city average ............................................ M 208.936 210.177 210.036 211.080 4.3 0.4 0.5 4.1 0.5 -0.1 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban .............................................. M 221.951 223.356 223.425 224.325 3.9 .4 .4 3.8 .7 .0 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 224.636 225.766 225.688 226.310 3.6 .2 .3 3.6 .5 .0 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 130.761 132.049 132.323 133.301 4.8 .9 .7 4.4 1.2 .2 

Midwest urban ................................................ M 199.455 200.762 200.227 201.427 4.3 .3 .6 3.8 .4 -.3 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 200.927 202.012 201.519 202.830 4.0 .4 .7 3.5 .3 -.2 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 127.349 128.392 128.040 128.753 4.8 .3 .6 4.1 .5 -.3 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 195.054 196.569 195.819 196.708 4.9 .1 .5 4.7 .4 -.4 

South urban .................................................... M 202.155 203.437 203.457 204.510 4.9 .5 .5 4.4 .6 .0 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 204.779 205.698 206.078 207.221 4.8 .7 .6 4.4 .6 .2 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 128.600 129.556 129.368 129.937 4.9 .3 .4 4.5 .6 -.1 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 200.712 202.550 202.878 204.524 4.3 1.0 .8 3.5 1.1 .2 

West urban ..................................................... M 213.917 214.904 214.733 215.739 3.8 .4 .5 4.1 .4 -.1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 217.314 218.196 218.020 219.036 3.8 .4 .5 4.0 .3 -.1 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 129.866 130.581 130.481 131.328 4.0 .6 .6 4.4 .5 -.1 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 191.324 192.224 192.140 193.045 4.0 .4 .5 3.9 .4 .0 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 128.869 129.848 129.718 130.431 4.7 .4 .5 4.4 .7 -.1 

D ................................................................. M 200.941 202.525 202.333 203.200 4.4 .3 .4 4.0 .7 -.1 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... M 206.696 207.821 207.155 208.757 4.7 .5 .8 4.7 .2 -.3 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... M 218.696 219.943 219.373 220.918 3.9 .4 .7 4.2 .3 -.3 

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

NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 228.552 229.504 229.395 229.869 3.7 .2 .2 3.7 .4 .0 

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

 230.689 - 231.980 3.4 .6 - - - -

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 1 - 197.726 - 199.686 4.2 1.0 - - - -

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

 196.465 - 197.079 4.3 .3 - - - -

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 - 135.151 - 136.293 4.9 .8 - - - -

Atlanta, GA ..................................................... 2 201.938 -

 202.751 - - - - 4.1 .4 -

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. 2 201.786 -

 200.201 - - - - 1.9 -.8 -

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 184.922 - 186.246 - - - - 3.9 .7 -

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. 2 215.159 -

 217.319 - - - - 5.8 1.0 -

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ 2 218.929 -

 219.025 - - - - 3.5 .0 -

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... 2 217.949 -

 218.485 - - - - 3.8 .2 -

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 218.427 - 218.966 - - - - 4.6 .2 -

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

 most other goods and services priced as indicated: 

 M - Every month. 

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

 2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December. 2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See technical notes. 3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually

and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the January and July issues of the CPI

Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN;

Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS;

Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phoenix-Mesa, AZ;

Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA;

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base. - Data not available.

 

NOTE: Local area indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. 

Each local index has a smaller sample size than the national index and is,

therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement

error. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national

index, although their long-term trends are similar. Therefore, the Bureau of

Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national

average CPI for use in their escalator clauses. 

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Table 4. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by expenditure category

and commodity and service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-W

Relative

importance,

December

2007

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2008 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

All items ........................................................................................ 100.000 205.777 206.744 4.6 0.5 1.0 0.4 0.4 

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

 612.948 615.828 - - - - -

Food and beverages .................................................................. 15.926 206.141 208.055 4.9 .9 .3 .1 .7 

Food ......................................................................................... 14.901 205.855 207.794 5.0 .9 .3 .1 .7 

Food at home ......................................................................... 8.595 204.141 206.870 5.8 1.3 .4 .0 .9 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................... 1.110 226.696 229.105 5.9 1.1 .7 .5 .6 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. 2.192 198.489 199.686 5.6 .6 -.1 .0 .7 

Dairy and related products ................................................... .965 205.149 206.652 13.1 .7 .6 -.2 .1 

Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... 1.218 269.533 275.843 6.0 2.3 2.0 -.4 2.2 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................ 1.094 152.883 157.130 4.3 2.8 -.2 -.4 1.5 

Other food at home .............................................................. 2.016 173.511 175.572 3.1 1.2 .1 .2 .5 

Sugar and sweets .............................................................. .279 177.051 178.902 2.9 1.0 .5 .3 .1 

Fats and oils ....................................................................... .232 176.736 182.307 6.9 3.2 .8 .9 1.2 

Other foods ........................................................................ 1.504 188.646 190.364 2.5 .9 -.1 .0 .5 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... .438 115.658 115.658 .8 .0 .4 -.1 .0 

Food away from home 1 ......................................................... 6.305 209.931 210.776 3.9 .4 .2 .2 .4 

Other food away from home 1 2 ........................................... .218 144.454 145.625 3.6 .8 .3 -.5 .8 

Alcoholic beverages ................................................................. 1.025 208.934 210.473 3.8 .7 .1 .3 .4 

Housing ...................................................................................... 39.994 206.638 207.692 3.1 .5 .4 .2 .2 

Shelter ...................................................................................... 30.397 235.480 236.550 3.1 .5 .3 .3 .3 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................... 7.979 238.216 238.955 3.9 .3 .4 .3 .3 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................... 1.233 133.179 139.825 5.4 5.0 .0 .2 1.3 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 .................. 20.888 226.151 226.703 2.8 .2 .3 .3 .3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... .297 117.396 117.740 .0 .3 .3 .0 .3 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 5.637 200.831 202.663 5.1 .9 1.1 .3 .0 

Household energy .................................................................. 4.670 180.379 182.025 5.0 .9 1.2 .3 -.1 

Fuel oil and other fuels ......................................................... .323 298.656 306.087 34.9 2.5 8.7 2.3 3.7 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ................................................. 4.347 183.066 184.522 2.8 .8 .6 .1 -.4 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................... .966 147.186 148.528 5.4 .9 .6 .5 .5 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 3.960 121.880 122.322 -.2 .4 .0 .0 .2 

Household operations 1 2 ....................................................... .339 144.659 145.431 2.6 .5 .3 .3 .5 

Apparel ....................................................................................... 3.998 118.126 115.866 .5 -1.9 .4 .2 .8 

Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... 1.031 112.487 111.494 1.6 -.9 .0 .3 1.0 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... 1.619 109.375 104.456 -1.2 -4.5 .4 .8 .5 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... .251 116.419 116.323 1.2 -.1 .8 -1.3 1.7 

Footwear .................................................................................. .821 122.029 121.137 .5 -.7 .8 -.7 .6

Transportation ............................................................................ 20.054 189.967 190.918 10.2 .5 3.8 1.1 .7 

Private transportation ............................................................... 19.287 187.159 188.093 10.4 .5 3.9 1.1 .7 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. 7.952 93.733 93.842 .1 .1 -.1 .0 .0 

New vehicles ........................................................................ 4.172 137.736 137.931 -.6 .1 .0 -.1 -.2 

Used cars and trucks 1 ......................................................... 3.103 137.791 138.052 1.5 .2 -.2 .2 .2 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 6.940 259.032 261.531 34.6 1.0 11.7 2.8 1.2 

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 6.597 257.792 260.457 34.8 1.0 11.7 2.8 1.2 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ..................................... .446 123.786 124.416 4.1 .5 .4 .4 .5 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................... 1.169 228.692 230.255 3.8 .7 .3 .3 .7 

Public transportation ................................................................ .767 231.363 232.594 5.3 .5 1.1 .7 .5 

Medical care ............................................................................... 5.192 357.745 360.710 5.1 .8 .4 .3 .6 

Medical care commodities ........................................................ 1.295 285.913 287.703 2.3 .6 .5 .3 .5 

Medical care services ............................................................... 3.897 378.119 381.507 5.9 .9 .4 .3 .6 

Professional services ............................................................. 2.159 307.333 309.169 4.0 .6 .2 .3 .4 

Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 1.260 510.961 518.853 8.6 1.5 .5 .5 1.2 

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

2007

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2008 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2007

Dec.

2007

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ............................................................................... 5.341 108.702 109.046 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 

Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 1.987 102.523 102.839 .5 .3 -.2 .4 .1 

Education and communication 2 ................................................ 5.987 117.782 118.097 3.0 .3 .0 .2 .3 

Education 2 .............................................................................. 2.377 174.276 175.134 5.6 .5 .5 .5 .6 

Educational books and supplies ............................................. .204 437.391 441.207 7.9 .9 .5 .8 .1 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................ 2.174 491.554 493.797 5.4 .5 .5 .5 .7 

Communication 2 ..................................................................... 3.609 85.834 85.935 1.1 .1 -.4 .0 .1 

Information and information processing 1 2 ............................ 3.488 83.917 84.008 .9 .1 -.5 .0 .1 

Telephone services 1 2 ......................................................... 2.869 98.887 98.988 2.0 .1 -.3 .0 .1 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ............. .619 10.722 10.737 -5.2 .1 -1.5 .1 .1 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 6 ......... .228 8.843 8.937 -11.3 1.1 -3.9 -.3 1.1 

Other goods and services .......................................................... 3.508 348.830 350.630 3.4 .5 .2 .4 .5 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ 1.183 568.410 574.724 5.5 1.1 .2 .9 1.1 

Personal care ........................................................................... 2.325 195.467 195.885 2.4 .2 .2 .1 .2 

Personal care products 1 ....................................................... .647 158.407 158.167 .4 -.2 .1 -.1 -.2 

Personal care services 1 ........................................................ .560 219.945 220.324 2.8 .2 .3 .5 .2 

Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... .910 330.850 333.154 4.1 .7 .3 .3 .5 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ................................................................................ 44.745 172.952 173.711 6.4 .4 1.9 .5 .6 

Food and beverages .................................................................. 15.926 206.141 208.055 4.9 .9 .3 .1 .7 

Commodities less food and beverages ...................................... 28.819 154.086 154.345 7.4 .2 2.9 .8 .6 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..................................... 17.315 196.636 196.910 13.5 .1 5.9 .0 1.6 

Apparel ................................................................................... 3.998 118.126 115.866 .5 -1.9 .4 .2 .8 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................... 13.318 249.863 251.751 17.9 .8 6.1 1.6 1.4 

Durables ................................................................................... 11.504 112.450 112.688 -.5 .2 .1 .0 .0 

Services ....................................................................................... 55.255 244.275 245.484 3.2 .5 .3 .3 .3 

Rent of shelter 4 ......................................................................... 30.100 227.035 228.071 3.2 .5 .3 .3 .3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... .297 117.396 117.740 .0 .3 .3 .0 .3 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................................... 4.347 183.066 184.522 2.8 .8 .6 .1 -.4 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ....................... .966 147.186 148.528 5.4 .9 .6 .5 .5 

Household operations 1 2 ........................................................... .339 144.659 145.431 2.6 .5 .3 .3 .5 

Transportation services .............................................................. 5.266 236.020 236.883 2.2 .4 .3 .3 .5 

Medical care services ................................................................. 3.897 378.119 381.507 5.9 .9 .4 .3 .6 

Other services ............................................................................ 10.042 278.783 279.780 3.1 .4 .1 .3 .3 

Special indexes

All items less food ........................................................................ 85.099 205.575 206.371 4.6 .4 1.1 .4 .4 

All items less shelter .................................................................... 69.603 197.174 198.113 5.3 .5 1.3 .4 .5 

All items less medical care ........................................................... 94.808 199.431 200.329 4.6 .5 1.1 .4 .4 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 29.844 156.073 156.365 7.2 .2 2.8 .8 .6 

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 18.341 197.551 197.892 12.9 .2 5.5 .0 1.5

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. 14.343 245.286 247.136 16.7 .8 5.6 1.5 1.3 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 33.241 202.222 203.268 9.0 .5 3.0 .0 1.1 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... 25.155 233.314 234.576 3.3 .5 .3 .3 .2 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 51.358 234.468 235.557 3.0 .5 .2 .3 .3 

Energy .......................................................................................... 11.610 218.104 220.163 20.4 .9 7.2 1.8 .8 

All items less energy .................................................................... 88.390 205.155 205.991 2.9 .4 .2 .2 .4

All items less food and energy ................................................... 73.489 205.377 205.992 2.4 .3 .2 .2 .3 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................... 22.581 140.815 140.696 .5 -.1 .1 .1 .3 

Energy commodities ............................................................... 7.264 261.928 264.633 34.6 1.0 11.5 2.8 1.4 

Services less energy services .................................................. 50.908 250.925 252.103 3.3 .5 .3 .3 .3 

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

 $ .486 $ .484 - - - - -

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

 $ .163 $ .162 - - - - -

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

item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.

6 This item will be rebased to December 2007=100 beginning with the

release of March 2008 data. All historical data will be revised to reflect the

new 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—

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Apr.

2007

July

2007

Oct.

2007

Jan.

2008 July

2007

Jan.

2008

Expenditure category

All items .............................................................................. 204.496 206.586 207.386 208.301 4.9 4.1 2.7 7.7 4.5 5.1 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 205.286 205.952 206.145 207.555 5.8 4.9 4.5 4.5 5.3 4.5 

Food ................................................................................ 204.918 205.618 205.780 207.222 5.9 5.0 4.6 4.6 5.4 4.6 

Food at home ................................................................ 203.172 204.016 204.017 205.887 7.7 5.4 4.6 5.5 6.6 5.0 

Cereals and bakery products ...................................... 225.315 226.906 228.116 229.488 7.2 3.8 4.8 7.6 5.5 6.2 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................... 198.156 198.016 197.974 199.343 10.4 5.8 3.5 2.4 8.1 3.0 

Dairy and related products .......................................... 204.364 205.536 205.206 205.370 9.4 30.4 12.5 2.0 19.5 7.1 

Fruits and vegetables .................................................. 259.781 264.861 263.920 269.770 11.5 -6.0 3.8 16.3 2.4 9.9 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ....... 154.693 154.322 153.768 156.112 4.3 5.5 3.8 3.7 4.9 3.8 

Other food at home ..................................................... 174.215 174.463 174.809 175.682 3.3 3.1 2.8 3.4 3.2 3.1 

Sugar and sweets ..................................................... 176.844 177.710 178.326 178.505 1.4 3.3 2.9 3.8 2.4 3.4 

Fats and oils .............................................................. 176.163 177.527 179.208 181.290 4.4 5.5 5.7 12.2 4.9 8.9 

Other foods ............................................................... 189.947 189.803 189.809 190.770 3.5 2.6 2.2 1.7 3.1 2.0 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................ 115.378 115.803 115.658 115.658 2.4 -.3 .1 1.0 1.0 .5 

Food away from home 1 ............................................... 209.037 209.518 209.931 210.776 3.2 4.2 4.7 3.4 3.7 4.0 

Other food away from home 1 2 .................................. 144.764 145.233 144.454 145.625 7.3 4.1 .9 2.4 5.7 1.6 

Alcoholic beverages ........................................................ 209.364 209.491 210.180 211.034 4.5 4.0 3.4 3.2 4.3 3.3 

Housing ............................................................................. 206.312 207.123 207.639 208.096 3.8 2.6 2.4 3.5 3.2 3.0 

Shelter ............................................................................. 234.946 235.668 236.320 236.955 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.5 3.0 3.2 

Rent of primary residence 3 .......................................... 236.309 237.208 237.988 238.767 4.1 3.5 3.8 4.2 3.8 4.0 

Lodging away from home 2 ........................................... 144.420 144.435 144.750 146.621 .8 15.7 -.9 6.2 8.0 2.6 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ......... 224.774 225.451 226.048 226.656 2.8 2.0 2.8 3.4 2.4 3.1 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ......................... 116.982 117.370 117.396 117.740 .7 -3.5 .2 2.6 -1.4 1.4 

Fuels and utilities ............................................................ 200.708 202.933 203.522 203.514 10.5 2.2 2.8 5.7 6.3 4.3 

Household energy ......................................................... 180.525 182.704 183.168 182.988 11.6 1.7 2.4 5.6 6.5 4.0 

Fuel oil and other fuels ................................................ 264.919 287.993 294.530 305.305 18.5 23.8 27.8 76.4 21.1 50.1 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................... 185.208 186.277 186.409 185.607 11.1 .2 .6 .9 5.5 .7 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .......... 146.020 146.890 147.594 148.371 4.8 5.2 5.0 6.6 5.0 5.8 

Household furnishings and operations ............................ 122.158 122.149 122.123 122.389 -.1 -.3 -1.4 .8 -.2 -.3 

Household operations 1 2 ............................................. 143.886 144.275 144.659 145.431 2.1 2.0 2.0 4.4 2.1 3.2 

Apparel .............................................................................. 118.131 118.615 118.809 119.760 -2.3 -1.3 -.2 5.6 -1.8 2.7 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. 112.414 112.382 112.718 113.796 .3 1.2 -.1 5.0 .7 2.4 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. 108.946 109.374 110.224 110.735 -4.1 -6.0 -1.0 6.7 -5.1 2.8 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... 117.039 118.008 116.423 118.421 -4.4 -3.6 8.7 4.8 -4.0 6.7 

Footwear ......................................................................... 122.065 123.012 122.170 122.938 -2.3 4.1 -2.4 2.9 .8 .2 

Transportation ................................................................... 185.904 192.987 195.050 196.402 10.2 8.9 1.6 24.6 9.5 12.5 

Private transportation ...................................................... 182.995 190.157 192.213 193.565 10.5 9.2 1.3 25.2 9.9 12.6 

New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................... 93.452 93.401 93.445 93.452 -.7 1.3 .2 .0 .3 .1 

New vehicles ............................................................... 137.119 137.175 137.046 136.764 .3 -.3 -1.3 -1.0 .0 -1.2 

Used cars and trucks 1 ............................................... 137.798 137.457 137.791 138.052 -2.5 5.1 2.7 .7 1.2 1.7 

Motor fuel ...................................................................... 244.600 273.216 280.926 284.180 38.5 26.9 2.6 82.2 32.5 36.7 

Gasoline (all types) ..................................................... 243.513 272.061 279.754 283.087 38.7 27.1 2.4 82.6 32.8 36.8 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................ 122.830 123.302 123.786 124.416 3.1 3.3 5.0 5.3 3.2 5.1 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .......................... 227.303 227.993 228.691 230.251 4.5 3.4 2.1 5.3 4.0 3.7 

Public transportation ....................................................... 231.689 234.266 236.012 237.118 2.3 .9 8.7 9.7 1.6 9.2 

Medical care ...................................................................... 356.371 357.778 358.906 361.100 4.3 4.9 5.9 5.4 4.6 5.7 

Medical care commodities .............................................. 284.407 285.747 286.734 288.251 -.8 1.7 3.0 5.5 .5 4.3 

Medical care services ..................................................... 376.812 378.222 379.384 381.817 5.7 5.8 6.7 5.4 5.7 6.1 

Professional services .................................................... 306.728 307.357 308.431 309.634 3.8 3.7 4.6 3.8 3.7 4.2 

Hospital and related services 3 ..................................... 506.732 509.438 512.146 518.313 7.4 7.3 10.4 9.5 7.4 9.9 

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—

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Apr.

2007

July

2007

Oct.

2007

Jan.

2008 July

2007

Jan.

2008

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ...................................................................... 108.860 108.936 108.995 109.201 0.0 -0.1 1.8 1.3 -0.1 1.5

Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 102.822 102.659 103.054 103.205 -1.7 .4 1.8 1.5 -.7 1.7 

Education and communication 2 ....................................... 117.318 117.277 117.559 117.947 3.8 3.3 2.6 2.2 3.6 2.4 

Education 2 ..................................................................... 171.706 172.588 173.490 174.582 5.9 4.7 5.1 6.9 5.3 6.0 

Educational books and supplies ................................... 433.903 436.077 439.590 439.883 9.3 7.9 8.7 5.6 8.6 7.1 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ...................... 483.966 486.458 488.861 492.237 5.6 4.4 4.7 7.0 5.0 5.9 

Communication 2 ............................................................ 86.185 85.810 85.837 85.933 2.4 2.3 .8 -1.2 2.3 -.2 

Information and information processing 1 2 .................. 84.282 83.894 83.917 84.008 2.4 1.7 .8 -1.3 2.1 -.2 

Telephone services 1 2 ............................................... 99.149 98.874 98.887 98.988 2.9 4.1 1.7 -.6 3.5 .5 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 .... 10.877 10.710 10.722 10.737 .0 -10.9 -4.4 -5.0 -5.6 -4.7 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 6 9.229 8.866 8.843 8.937 -1.8 -19.9 -10.7 -12.1 -11.3 -11.4 

Other goods and services ................................................. 346.874 347.645 348.898 350.676 3.1 3.1 3.0 4.5 3.1 3.7 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... 562.134 563.435 568.410 574.724 3.2 4.9 5.0 9.3 4.0 7.1 

Personal care .................................................................. 194.878 195.302 195.524 195.924 3.1 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.7 2.1 

Personal care products 1 .............................................. 158.408 158.579 158.407 158.167 2.8 -.3 -.1 -.6 1.2 -.4 

Personal care services 1 ............................................... 218.149 218.897 219.945 220.324 2.6 2.6 2.1 4.0 2.6 3.0 

Miscellaneous personal services .................................. 329.823 330.664 331.721 333.520 4.6 2.9 4.6 4.6 3.7 4.6 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ....................................................................... 170.962 174.229 175.167 176.292 6.5 5.5 2.3 13.1 6.0 7.5 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 205.286 205.952 206.145 207.555 5.8 4.9 4.5 4.5 5.3 4.5 

Commodities less food and beverages ............................. 151.648 155.974 157.215 158.122 6.9 5.9 1.0 18.2 6.4 9.3 

Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... 190.513 201.748 201.649 204.777 14.1 5.8 2.9 33.5 9.9 17.2 

Apparel .......................................................................... 118.131 118.615 118.809 119.760 -2.3 -1.3 -.2 5.6 -1.8 2.7 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... 239.066 253.733 257.755 261.377 20.6 15.5 -3.0 42.9 18.0 17.8 

Durables .......................................................................... 112.367 112.470 112.476 112.528 -1.2 -.9 -.5 .6 -1.1 .0 

Services .............................................................................. 243.793 244.542 245.199 245.868 3.7 2.9 3.0 3.4 3.3 3.2 

Rent of shelter 4 ................................................................ 226.511 227.238 227.878 228.476 3.2 3.2 2.8 3.5 3.2 3.1 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ............................. 116.982 117.370 117.396 117.740 .7 -3.5 .2 2.6 -1.4 1.4 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................. 185.208 186.277 186.409 185.607 11.1 .2 .6 .9 5.5 .7 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .............. 146.020 146.890 147.594 148.371 4.8 5.2 5.0 6.6 5.0 5.8 

Household operations 1 2 ................................................. 143.886 144.275 144.659 145.431 2.1 2.0 2.0 4.4 2.1 3.2 

Transportation services ..................................................... 234.618 235.256 235.963 237.214 .7 1.5 2.3 4.5 1.1 3.4 

Medical care services ....................................................... 376.812 378.222 379.384 381.817 5.7 5.8 6.7 5.4 5.7 6.1 

Other services ................................................................... 277.727 278.127 278.909 279.758 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.0 3.2 3.1 

Special indexes

All items less food ............................................................... 204.232 206.575 207.491 208.298 4.7 3.9 2.3 8.2 4.3 5.2 

All items less shelter ........................................................... 195.609 198.217 199.078 200.108 5.7 4.5 2.6 9.5 5.1 6.0 

All items less medical care .................................................. 198.163 200.258 201.041 201.908 4.9 4.0 2.5 7.8 4.5 5.1 

Commodities less food ........................................................ 153.700 157.933 159.164 160.074 6.8 5.8 1.1 17.6 6.3 9.0 

Nondurables less food ........................................................ 191.807 202.374 202.296 205.318 13.5 5.8 2.9 31.3 9.6 16.2 

Nondurables less food and apparel .................................... 235.467 248.761 252.459 255.821 19.3 14.7 -2.6 39.3 17.0 16.5 

Nondurables ........................................................................ 198.841 204.803 204.783 206.961 9.7 5.2 4.3 17.4 7.5 10.6 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ............................................. 232.837 233.423 234.129 234.673 4.4 3.4 2.4 3.2 3.9 2.8 

Services less medical care services ................................... 234.070 234.646 235.252 235.849 3.5 3.0 2.5 3.1 3.3 2.8 

Energy ................................................................................. 211.122 226.219 230.224 232.031 25.5 15.1 2.5 45.9 20.2 22.3 

All items less energy ........................................................... 204.575 205.063 205.468 206.280 2.6 2.8 2.7 3.4 2.7 3.0 

All items less food and energy .......................................... 204.872 205.315 205.774 206.456 2.0 2.3 2.3 3.1 2.1 2.7

Commodities less food and energy commodities ........... 140.700 140.789 140.900 141.352 -.4 .5 .2 1.9 .0 1.0 

Energy commodities ..................................................... 246.446 274.866 282.540 286.486 37.3 26.7 3.8 82.6 31.9 37.7 

Services less energy services ......................................... 250.128 250.837 251.555 252.403 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.7 3.1 3.4 

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

item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means

estimator. 4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base

5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 6 This item will be rebased to December 2007=100 beginning with the

release of March 2008 data. All historical data will be revised to reflect the

new 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

Jan.2008 from—

Percent change to

Dec.2007 from—

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Jan.

2008

Jan.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Dec.

2006

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

U.S. city average ............................................ M 204.338 205.891 205.777 206.744 4.6 0.4 0.5 4.3 0.7 -0.1 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban .............................................. M 218.151 219.871 220.146 221.065 4.2 .5 .4 4.1 .9 .1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 219.275 220.710 220.824 221.492 3.9 .4 .3 3.8 .7 .1 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 131.080 132.485 132.856 133.766 5.0 1.0 .7 4.7 1.4 .3 

Midwest urban ................................................ M 194.384 196.056 195.493 196.617 4.7 .3 .6 4.1 .6 -.3 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 194.843 196.343 195.839 196.963 4.3 .3 .6 3.8 .5 -.3 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 126.879 128.129 127.740 128.561 5.3 .3 .6 4.4 .7 -.3 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 193.074 194.907 194.099 194.850 4.8 .0 .4 4.6 .5 -.4 

South urban .................................................... M 199.319 200.849 200.850 201.814 5.3 .5 .5 4.7 .8 .0 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 202.906 203.991 204.370 205.304 5.3 .6 .5 4.8 .7 .2 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 127.265 128.407 128.206 128.767 5.4 .3 .4 4.8 .7 -.2 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 200.942 202.913 203.333 204.954 4.9 1.0 .8 3.9 1.2 .2 

West urban ..................................................... M 208.304 209.629 209.488 210.342 4.2 .3 .4 4.3 .6 -.1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 210.025 211.268 211.095 212.040 4.2 .4 .4 4.3 .5 -.1 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 129.419 130.356 130.309 130.935 4.3 .4 .5 4.6 .7 .0 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 189.471 190.680 190.622 191.461 4.4 .4 .4 4.2 .6 .0 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 128.103 129.268 129.156 129.830 5.1 .4 .5 4.7 .8 -.1 

D ................................................................. M 199.275 201.016 200.867 201.685 4.5 .3 .4 4.1 .8 -.1 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... M 199.558 200.887 200.217 201.525 4.9 .3 .7 4.9 .3 -.3 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... M 211.259 212.844 212.282 213.825 4.6 .5 .7 4.6 .5 -.3 

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

NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 222.624 223.716 223.873 224.557 4.1 .4 .3 4.0 .6 .1 

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

 230.440 - 231.291 3.1 .4 - - - -

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 1 - 188.488 - 190.115 4.7 .9 - - - -

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

 198.521 - 199.407 4.8 .4 - - - -

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 - 134.844 - 135.826 5.3 .7 - - - -

Atlanta, GA ..................................................... 2 200.714 -

 202.034 - - - - 4.6 .7 -

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. 2 196.237 -

 195.866 - - - - 2.5 -.2 -

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 183.426 - 184.975 - - - - 4.2 .8 -

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. 2 213.454 -

 215.561 - - - - 5.9 1.0 -

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ 2 218.061 -

 218.791 - - - - 3.6 .3 -

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... 2 213.133 -

 214.204 - - - - 4.2 .5 -

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 213.107 - 214.024 - - - - 4.8 .4 -

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

 most other goods and services priced as indicated: 

 M - Every month. 

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

 2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December. 2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See technical notes. 3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually

and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the January and July issues of the CPI

Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN;

Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS;

Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phoenix-Mesa, AZ;

Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA;

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base. - Data not available.

 

NOTE: Local area indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. 

Each local index has a smaller sample size than the national index and is,

therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement

error. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national

index, although their long-term trends are similar. Therefore, the Bureau of

Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national

average CPI for use in their escalator clauses. 

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Table 7. Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure

category and commodity and service group

(December 1999=100, unless otherwise noted)

C-CPI-U Relative

importance,

2005-2006

 Unadjusted

 indexes

 Unadjusted

 percent change to

 Jan. 2008 from—

 Dec.

 2007

 Jan.

 2008

 Jan.

 2007

 Dec.

 2007

Expenditure category

All items ...................................................................................... 100.000 121.322 121.895 3.9 0.5 

Food and beverages ................................................................ 14.726 121.638 122.754 4.6 .9 

Food ....................................................................................... 13.648 121.694 122.818 4.7 .9 

Food at home ....................................................................... 7.557 118.456 120.057 5.3 1.4 

Food away from home .......................................................... 6.091 125.981 126.480 3.9 .4 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 1.077 121.283 122.294 4.1 .8 

Housing .................................................................................... 42.421 125.440 126.224 2.8 .6 

Shelter .................................................................................... 32.409 127.841 128.649 3.0 .6 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 5.004 149.631 150.932 4.7 .9 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 5.008 95.081 95.406 -.8 .3 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 3.988 88.224 86.315 -.6 -2.2 

Transportation .......................................................................... 17.393 126.437 126.959 9.2 .4 

Private transportation ............................................................. 16.285 127.421 127.949 9.4 .4 

Public transportation ............................................................... 1.108 114.952 115.411 6.3 .4 

Medical care ............................................................................. 6.085 139.369 140.429 4.6 .8 

Medical care commodities ...................................................... 1.615 124.573 125.286 2.4 .6 

Medical care services ............................................................. 4.470 144.832 146.032 5.4 .8 

Recreation ................................................................................ 5.935 104.682 104.981 .0 .3 

Education and communication ................................................. 6.196 106.084 106.292 2.3 .2 

Education ............................................................................... 2.771 163.920 164.392 5.7 .3 

Communication ...................................................................... 3.425 73.370 73.458 -.3 .1 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 3.257 125.658 126.147 2.9 .4 

Commodity and service group

Services ...................................................................................... 58.427 129.311 130.051 3.2 .6 

Commodities .............................................................................. 41.573 111.351 111.721 4.9 .3 

Durables ................................................................................... 11.817 84.086 84.227 -1.4 .2 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 29.756 125.520 126.020 7.6 .4 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 77.561 115.807 116.208 2.2 .3 

Energy ........................................................................................ 8.790 185.223 186.870 19.3 .9 

Indexes for 2008 are initial estimates. Indexes for 2007 are interim adjustments.

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