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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: JULY 2007 

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) was virtually unchanged in July, before 

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

level of 208.299 (1982-84=100) was 2.4 percent higher than in July 2006. 

The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) decreased 0.1 

percent in July prior to seasonal adjustment. The July level of 203.700 (1982-84=100) was 2.3 percent higher 

than in July 2006. 

The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) decreased 0.1 percent in July 

on a not seasonally adjusted basis. The July level of 120.148 (December 1999=100) was 2.1 percent higher 

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

CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)

On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U advanced 0.1 percent in July, following a 0.2 percent increase 

in June. The index for energy declined for the second consecutive month, down 1.0 percent in July. The index 

for petroleum-based energy decreased 1.4 percent. The index for energy services fell 0.5 percent, resulting 

from a 1.7 percent decline in the index for natural gas. The food index rose 0.3 percent in July, reflecting a 0.5 

percent increase in food away from home. The index for food at home rose 0.1 percent in July after registering 

average monthly increases of 0.6 percent in the first six months of the year. The index for all items (cont.) 

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

 Seasonally adjusted Un-

 Compound adjusted

Expenditure Changes from preceding month annual rate 12-mos. 

Category 2007 3-mos. ended ended

 Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July July ’07 July ’07 

All Items .2 .4 .6 .4 .7 .2 .1 4.0 2.4

 Food and beverages .7 .8 .3 .4 .3 .5 .3 4.3 4.1 

 Housing .2 .4 .2 .2 .2 .3 .2 2.7 3.2 

 Apparel .3 .5 -1.0 -.3 -.3 -.6 .4 -1.9 -.3 

 Transportation -.8 .1 2.8 1.2 2.8 -.2 -.3 9.4 -.7 

 Medical care .8 .5 .1 .4 .3 .2 .6 4.8 4.3 

 Recreation .1 .0 .0 .1 .2 .0 -.1 .5 .0 

 Education and 

 communication -.1 .3 .5 .3 .6 .0 .2 3.4 2.3 

 Other goods and 

 services .8 .2 .2 .3 .3 .3 .0 2.5 3.8 

 Special Indexes 

 Energy -1.5 .9 5.9 2.4 5.4 -.5 -1.0 16.0 1.0 

 Food .7 .8 .3 .4 .3 .5 .3 4.4 4.2 

 All Items less 

 food and energy .3 .2 .1 .2 .1 .2 .2 2.5 2.2 
less food and energy advanced 0.2 percent in July, the same as in June. A smaller increase in the index for 

shelter was offset by an advance in the apparel index and larger increases in the indexes for medical care and 

for new and used vehicles. 

During the first seven months of 2007, the CPI-U rose at a 4.5 percent seasonally adjusted annual rate 

(SAAR). This compares with an increase of 2.5 percent for all of 2006. The index for energy, which rose 2.9 

percent in 2006, advanced at a 21.3 percent SAAR in the first seven months of 2007 despite registering declines 

in each of the last two months. Petroleum-based energy costs increased at a 36.9 percent annual rate and 

charges for energy services rose at a 3.8 percent annual rate. The food index has increased at a 5.7 percent 

SAAR thus far this year, following a 2.1 percent rise for all of 2006. Excluding food and energy, the CPI-U 

advanced at a 2.3 percent SAAR in the first seven months, following a 2.6 percent rise for all of 2006. 

 The food and beverages index rose 0.3 percent in July. The index for food at home, which increased 

0.6 percent in June, rose 0.1 percent in July. Another sharp increase in the index for dairy products was nearly 

offset by declines in the indexes for fruits and vegetables, for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs, and for 

nonalcoholic beverages. The index for dairy products increased 2.7 percent, following a 3.2 percent increase in 

June. Milk prices rose 6.4 percent and have risen 16.9 percent since the beginning of the year. The index for 

fruits and vegetables declined for the third consecutive month--down 1.1 percent in July. The indexes for fresh 

fruits and for fresh vegetables declined 2.3 and 0.5 percent, respectively, while the index for processed fruits 

and vegetables rose 0.2 percent. The index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs decreased 0.4 percent. The 

indexes for pork and for beef declined 0.9 and 0.7 percent, respectively, while poultry prices rose 0.3 percent.

The index for nonalcoholic beverages fell 0.1 percent. The indexes for cereal and bakery products and for other 

food at home increased 0.1 and 0.3 percent, respectively. The other two components of the food and beverages 

index--food away from home and alcoholic beverages--increased 0.5 and 0.1 percent, respectively. 

The index for housing increased 0.2 percent in July, following a 0.3 percent rise in June. The index for 

shelter rose 0.2 percent, following an increase of 0.4 percent in June. Within shelter, the index for rent rose 0.3 

percent; the index for owners' equivalent rent, 0.2 percent; and the index for lodging away from home, 0.8 

percent. The index for household energy decreased 0.2 percent as a 1.7 percent decline in the index for natural 

gas more than offset an increase of 4.2 percent in the index for fuel oil. The index for electricity was virtually 

unchanged. The index for household furnishings and operations decreased 0.2 percent in July. 

The transportation index declined for the second consecutive month--down 0.3 percent in July-- 

reflecting another decline in the index for motor fuels. The index for gasoline, which fell 1.1 percent in June, 

declined 1.7 percent in July. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, gasoline prices were 4.9 percent lower than their 

peak level recorded in May.) The index for new vehicles was virtually unchanged. (Prior to seasonal 

adjustment, new vehicle prices declined for the sixth consecutive month, down 0.3 percent in July.) The index 

for used cars and trucks increased 0.7 percent. During the last 12 months, new vehicle prices have declined 1.1 

percent and prices for used cars and trucks, 4.3 percent. The index for public transportation decreased 0.1 

percent in July. The index for airline fares was virtually unchanged in July. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, 

airline fares advanced 1.1 percent.)

The index for apparel, which had declined in each of the preceding four months, increased 0.4 percent in 

July. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, apparel prices declined 3.2 percent, reflecting continued seasonal 

discounting of spring-summer clothing. Prices for women’s and girls’ apparel registered the largest decline--

down 6.1 percent.) 

Medical care costs rose 0.6 percent in July. The index for medical care commodities--prescription 

drugs, nonprescription drugs, and medical supplies--increased 0.6 percent. The index for medical care services 

also rose 0.6 percent. The indexes for professional services and for hospital and related services increased 0.4 

and 0.9 percent, respectively.

The index for recreation declined 0.1 percent in July. Decreases in the indexes for video and audio and 

for toys--down 0.5 and 1.4 percent, respectively--more than offset increases in most other recreation categories. 

The index for education and communication increased 0.2 percent in July. Educational costs rose 0.5 

percent while the index for communication was virtually unchanged. Within the former group, the indexes for 

college textbooks and for college tuition and fees rose 0.7 and 0.5 percent, respectively. Within the 

communication group, the index for telephone services rose 0.1 percent as a 0.6 percent increase in land-line 

local charges more than offset a 0.2 percent decline in land-line long distance charges. The indexes for personal 
computers and peripheral equipment and for internet services and electronic information providers declined 1.0 

and 0.2 percent, respectively.

The index for other goods and services was virtually unchanged in July. The index for tobacco and 

smoking products rose 0.3 percent and has increased 6.2 percent during the last 12 months. The index for 

miscellaneous personal services fell 0.2 percent, reflecting a 1.6 percent decrease in the index for financial 

services.

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

On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers increased 0.1 

percent in July. 

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

 Seasonally adjusted Un-

 Compound adjusted

Expenditure Changes from preceding month annual rate 12-mos. 

Category 2007 3-mos. ended ended

 Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July July ’07 July ’07 

All Items .1 .4 .8 .5 .8 .1 .1 4.2 2.3

 Food and beverages .7 .8 .3 .4 .4 .5 .2 4.5 4.2 

 Housing .3 .4 .3 .2 .2 .2 .2 2.2 3.2 

 Apparel -.1 .5 -.8 -.4 -.3 -.9 .8 -1.6 .0 

 Transportation -1.0 .0 3.0 1.4 3.1 -.2 -.3 10.9 -.7 

 Medical care .8 .5 .1 .4 .3 .2 .7 4.7 4.4 

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

 Education and 

 communication -.1 .3 .4 .3 .6 .0 .3 3.3 2.2 

 Other goods and 

 services 1.0 .4 .2 .1 .3 .3 .1 3.0 4.1 

 Special Indexes 

 Energy -1.5 .8 6.2 2.6 5.8 -.7 -1.0 17.2 1.0 

 Food .6 .8 .3 .4 .4 .5 .3 4.6 4.3 

 All Items less 

 food and energy .2 .2 .1 .2 .1 .2 .3 2.3 2.1 

Consumer Price Index data for August are scheduled for release on Wednesday, September 19, 2007, at 

8:30 A.M. (EDT).
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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 unadjusted 

for seasonal variation. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

44 of the 73 components are seasonally adjusted for 2007. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ARIMA software was used for Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment. 

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

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

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

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

requirements in the United States. 

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

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

http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpisapage.htm.
For additional information on seasonal adjustment in the CPI, please write to the Bureau of Labor 

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

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

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

service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-U

Relative

importance,

December

2006

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

July 2007 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

June

2007

July

2007

July

2006

June

2007

Apr. to

May

May to

June

June to

July

Expenditure category

All items ........................................................................................ 100.000 208.352 208.299 2.4 0.0 0.7 0.2 0.1 

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

 624.129 623.970 - ----

Food and beverages .................................................................. 14.992 202.885 203.533 4.1 .3 .3 .5 .3 

Food ......................................................................................... 13.885 202.441 203.121 4.2 .3 .3 .5 .3 

Food at home ......................................................................... 7.896 200.950 201.401 4.6 .2 .4 .6 .1 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................... 1.103 222.605 223.297 4.1 .3 .0 .7 .1 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. 2.112 197.175 196.690 6.3 -.2 1.2 .5 -.4 

Dairy and related products ................................................... .821 191.435 197.899 9.5 3.4 .5 3.2 2.7 

Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... 1.211 258.337 254.616 2.2 -1.4 -.5 -1.1 -1.1 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................ .906 153.104 153.384 4.8 .2 .9 .3 -.1 

Other food at home .............................................................. 1.743 173.790 174.440 2.0 .4 .0 .7 .3 

Sugar and sweets .............................................................. .302 176.665 178.235 2.8 .9 -.2 .6 .6 

Fats and oils ....................................................................... .227 171.581 173.691 4.1 1.2 .8 .6 1.3 

Other foods 1 ...................................................................... 1.214 189.353 189.518 1.4 .1 -.1 .8 .1 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... .327 116.101 115.017 .0 -.9 -.5 1.2 -.9 

Food away from home 1 ......................................................... 5.989 205.934 206.931 3.6 .5 .2 .3 .5 

Other food away from home 2 .............................................. .281 143.157 144.785 5.8 1.1 .1 .0 1.1 

Alcoholic beverages 1 .............................................................. 1.107 207.383 207.624 3.1 .1 .2 .4 .1 

Housing ...................................................................................... 42.691 210.649 211.286 3.2 .3 .2 .3 .2 

Shelter ...................................................................................... 32.776 240.980 242.067 3.6 .5 .2 .4 .2 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................... 5.930 234.071 234.732 4.2 .3 .3 .3 .3 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................... 2.648 148.622 153.016 7.2 3.0 1.6 2.5 .8 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 .................. 23.830 245.690 246.149 3.1 .2 .1 .2 .2 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... .369 117.106 116.577 .2 -.5 -1.0 .6 -.5 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 5.264 206.199 206.140 3.8 .0 .0 .1 .0 

Household energy .................................................................. 4.368 188.040 187.624 3.6 -.2 -.1 .1 -.2 

Fuel oil and other fuels ......................................................... .338 241.589 245.680 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 3.4 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ................................................. 4.029 193.911 193.184 3.8 -.4 -.2 -.1 -.5 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................... .897 142.805 144.181 5.2 1.0 .3 .2 1.0 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 4.651 127.361 126.894 -.2 -.4 .0 .1 -.2 

Household operations 1 2 ....................................................... .792 140.527 140.691 3.0 .1 .2 .0 .1 

Apparel ....................................................................................... 3.726 117.225 113.500 -.3 -3.2 -.3 -.6 .4 

Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... .885 110.869 109.568 -.7 -1.2 -.4 -.2 1.4 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... 1.590 107.826 101.291 -1.0 -6.1 -.5 -1.9 -.2 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... .177 111.546 108.759 -4.9 -2.5 -1.2 .6 -.9 

Footwear .................................................................................. .749 120.602 119.375 .2 -1.0 .0 -.3 1.5

Transportation ............................................................................ 17.249 189.064 187.690 -.7 -.7 2.8 -.2 -.3 

Private transportation ............................................................... 16.188 185.175 183.619 -.7 -.8 3.0 -.2 -.3

New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. 7.581 93.842 93.961 -1.7 .1 -.2 .1 .3 

New vehicles ........................................................................ 4.982 135.820 135.415 -1.1 -.3 -.2 .0 .0 

Used cars and trucks 1 ......................................................... 1.716 135.067 136.024 -4.3 .7 .1 .4 .7 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 4.347 260.655 252.909 -1.1 -3.0 10.4 -1.0 -1.7 

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 4.303 259.686 251.883 -1.1 -3.0 10.5 -1.1 -1.7

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ..................................... .370 120.885 121.514 3.1 .5 .2 -.1 .5 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................... 1.145 222.553 223.487 3.1 .4 .2 .3 .4 

Public transportation ................................................................ 1.060 233.389 235.767 -.7 1.0 -.5 .8 -.1 

Medical care ............................................................................... 6.281 349.510 351.643 4.3 .6 .3 .2 .6

Medical care commodities ........................................................ 1.446 288.508 290.257 1.1 .6 .0 .0 .6 

Medical care services ............................................................... 4.834 367.758 370.008 5.4 .6 .4 .3 .6 

Professional services ............................................................. 2.817 300.052 301.131 3.9 .4 .2 .2 .4 

Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 1.630 494.916 499.400 6.4 .9 .7 .3 .9 

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

service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-U

Relative

importance,

December

2006

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

July 2007 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

June

2007

July

2007

July

2006

June

2007

Apr. to

May

May to

June

June to

July

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ............................................................................... 5.552 111.563 111.347 0.0 -0.2 0.2 0.0 -0.1 

Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 1.719 103.416 102.779 -2.1 -.6 .6 .2 -.5 

Education and communication 2 ................................................ 6.034 118.734 119.025 2.3 .2 .6 .0 .2 

Education 2 .............................................................................. 3.076 168.601 169.490 5.7 .5 .4 .2 .5 

Educational books and supplies ............................................. .204 415.635 418.394 8.3 .7 .3 .3 1.1 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................ 2.872 485.868 488.382 5.5 .5 .5 .2 .5 

Communication 2 ..................................................................... 2.958 83.594 83.553 -.9 .0 .7 -.2 .0 

Information and information processing 1 2 ............................ 2.769 80.880 80.840 -1.3 .0 .6 -.3 .0 

Telephone services 1 2 ......................................................... 2.225 98.485 98.570 3.1 .1 .9 .0 .1 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ............. .543 10.597 10.528 -17.1 -.7 -.8 -1.8 -.7 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ............ .203 9.700 9.601 -9.4 -1.0 -2.0 -2.7 -1.0 

Other goods and services .......................................................... 3.476 333.378 333.415 3.8 .0 .3 .3 .0 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ .712 552.314 553.987 6.2 .3 .4 .5 .3 

Personal care ........................................................................... 2.764 195.835 195.704 3.2 -.1 .3 .2 .0 

Personal care products 1 ....................................................... .708 158.771 158.457 2.2 -.2 .0 .1 -.2 

Personal care services 1 ........................................................ .677 215.860 216.720 3.4 .4 .4 -.2 .4 

Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... 1.188 325.259 324.579 3.7 -.2 .3 .3 -.2 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ................................................................................ 40.305 168.921 167.938 .9 -.6 1.3 .0 .0 

Food and beverages .................................................................. 14.992 202.885 203.533 4.1 .3 .3 .5 .3 

Commodities less food and beverages ...................................... 25.313 149.669 148.016 -.9 -1.1 1.9 -.2 -.2 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..................................... 14.191 187.249 183.947 .1 -1.8 2.9 -.3 -.6 

Apparel ................................................................................... 3.726 117.225 113.500 -.3 -3.2 -.3 -.6 .4 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................... 10.465 235.097 231.983 .2 -1.3 5.0 -.6 -.8 

Durables ................................................................................... 11.122 112.375 112.177 -2.1 -.2 -.2 -.1 .0 

Services ....................................................................................... 59.695 247.450 248.331 3.4 .4 .2 .3 .2 

Rent of shelter 4 ......................................................................... 32.407 251.200 252.358 3.7 .5 .3 .4 .3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... .369 117.106 116.577 .2 -.5 -1.0 .6 -.5 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................................... 4.029 193.911 193.184 3.8 -.4 -.2 -.1 -.5 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ....................... .897 142.805 144.181 5.2 1.0 .3 .2 1.0 

Household operations 1 2 ........................................................... .792 140.527 140.691 3.0 .1 .2 .0 .1 

Transportation services .............................................................. 5.638 233.202 234.632 .8 .6 -.4 .4 .4 

Medical care services ................................................................. 4.834 367.758 370.008 5.4 .6 .4 .3 .6 

Other services ............................................................................ 10.730 284.656 284.859 2.8 .1 .6 .1 .1

Special indexes

All items less food ........................................................................ 86.115 209.353 209.179 2.1 -.1 .7 .1 .1 

All items less shelter .................................................................... 67.224 197.913 197.408 1.8 -.3 .9 .1 .1

All items less medical care ........................................................... 93.719 201.178 201.042 2.3 -.1 .7 .2 .1 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 26.420 151.825 150.225 -.7 -1.1 1.8 -.2 -.2

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 15.299 188.463 185.382 .3 -1.6 2.7 -.3 -.5

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. 11.572 231.414 228.641 .5 -1.2 4.5 -.4 -.7 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 29.183 195.749 194.326 2.1 -.7 1.6 .0 -.2 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... 27.288 261.677 262.284 3.0 .2 .4 .4 .2 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 54.861 237.565 238.357 3.2 .3 .3 .4 .2 

Energy .......................................................................................... 8.715 221.088 217.274 1.0 -1.7 5.4 -.5 -1.0 

All items less energy .................................................................... 91.285 208.636 208.980 2.5 .2 .2 .3 .2

All items less food and energy ................................................... 77.401 210.474 210.756 2.2 .1 .1 .2 .2 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................... 21.735 139.589 138.757 -.6 -.6 -.1 -.1 .1 

Energy commodities ............................................................... 4.685 260.739 253.696 -.9 -2.7 9.8 -.9 -1.4 

Services less energy services .................................................. 55.666 252.955 253.998 3.3 .4 .3 .3 .3 

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

 $ .480 $ .480 - ----

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ............. - $ .160 $ .160 - ----

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

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

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

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

and commodity and service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-U

Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Apr.

2007

May

2007

June

2007

July

2007

Oct.

2006

Jan.

2007

Apr.

2007

July

2007 Jan.

2007

July

2007

Expenditure category

All items .............................................................................. 205.999 207.387 207.784 208.028 -2.7 2.7 5.7 4.0 0.0 4.9 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 201.562 202.227 203.192 203.709 3.5 2.5 6.1 4.3 3.0 5.2

Food ................................................................................ 201.111 201.794 202.773 203.311 3.7 2.4 6.1 4.4 3.1 5.3 

Food at home ................................................................ 199.525 200.339 201.525 201.731 4.4 1.2 8.4 4.5 2.8 6.4 

Cereals and bakery products ...................................... 220.386 220.379 221.959 222.231 2.1 3.7 7.1 3.4 2.9 5.2 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................... 194.211 196.611 197.568 196.783 6.4 3.3 10.2 5.4 4.8 7.8 

Dairy and related products .......................................... 186.388 187.354 193.257 198.511 -.4 3.4 8.3 28.7 1.5 18.0 

Fruits and vegetables .................................................. 264.641 263.352 260.558 257.781 16.1 -9.3 15.1 -10.0 2.6 1.8 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ....... 151.879 153.191 153.685 153.554 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.5 5.0 4.6 

Other food at home ..................................................... 172.566 172.559 173.792 174.356 -1.9 1.4 4.4 4.2 -.2 4.3

Sugar and sweets ..................................................... 175.639 175.236 176.267 177.285 1.6 4.6 1.4 3.8 3.1 2.6 

Fats and oils .............................................................. 169.685 171.038 172.105 174.272 1.9 1.7 1.6 11.3 1.8 6.3 

Other foods 1 ............................................................ 188.103 187.921 189.353 189.518 -3.6 .6 5.7 3.0 -1.5 4.4 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................ 115.310 114.692 116.101 115.017 -4.4 3.4 2.3 -1.0 -.6 .6 

Food away from home 1 ............................................... 204.725 205.233 205.934 206.931 2.8 4.2 3.1 4.4 3.5 3.7 

Other food away from home 2 ..................................... 143.105 143.226 143.183 144.700 3.6 9.7 5.7 4.5 6.6 5.1 

Alcoholic beverages 1 ..................................................... 206.166 206.599 207.383 207.624 1.2 2.1 6.5 2.9 1.7 4.6 

Housing ............................................................................. 208.547 208.912 209.617 209.959 2.4 4.4 3.4 2.7 3.4 3.1 

Shelter ............................................................................. 238.981 239.550 240.547 241.112 3.8 4.2 2.8 3.6 4.0 3.2 

Rent of primary residence 3 .......................................... 233.001 233.654 234.254 234.903 4.7 4.8 4.1 3.3 4.7 3.7 

Lodging away from home 2 ........................................... 139.332 141.581 145.059 146.182 1.8 8.4 -1.3 21.2 5.1 9.3 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ......... 245.079 245.277 245.778 246.191 4.1 3.5 3.0 1.8 3.8 2.4 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ......................... 117.559 116.386 117.106 116.577 -.7 4.3 .5 -3.3 1.8 -1.4 

Fuels and utilities ............................................................ 200.647 200.602 200.780 200.791 -4.9 10.7 10.2 .3 2.6 5.1 

Household energy ......................................................... 182.151 182.006 182.136 181.795 -6.7 11.6 11.4 -.8 2.0 5.2 

Fuel oil and other fuels ................................................ 235.916 240.264 244.933 253.273 -28.9 -8.9 23.7 32.8 -19.5 28.2 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................... 187.716 187.275 187.119 186.201 -4.4 13.4 10.5 -3.2 4.1 3.4 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .......... 142.184 142.552 142.805 144.181 4.4 6.0 4.5 5.7 5.2 5.1 

Household furnishings and operations ............................ 127.151 127.099 127.183 126.971 .9 -1.5 .4 -.6 -.3 -.1 

Household operations 1 2 ............................................. 140.252 140.465 140.527 140.691 6.0 2.7 2.1 1.3 4.3 1.7 

Apparel .............................................................................. 119.165 118.772 118.065 118.585 2.4 1.6 -3.3 -1.9 2.0 -2.6 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. 112.218 111.817 111.634 113.150 1.1 -5.8 -1.0 3.4 -2.5 1.2

Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. 111.548 110.951 108.817 108.619 4.8 6.9 -4.6 -10.1 5.8 -7.4

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... 113.572 112.180 112.895 111.839 -1.4 -8.8 -3.3 -6.0 -5.1 -4.7 

Footwear ......................................................................... 121.597 121.648 121.283 123.124 1.0 -.6 -4.2 5.1 .2 .3 

Transportation ................................................................... 182.835 187.879 187.592 187.002 -24.7 .4 17.4 9.4 -13.1 13.3 

Private transportation ...................................................... 178.995 184.318 183.924 183.322 -25.8 .3 18.6 10.0 -13.8 14.2 

New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................... 94.193 94.027 94.126 94.380 -2.9 -4.4 -.6 .8 -3.7 .1 

New vehicles ............................................................... 136.633 136.303 136.317 136.361 -1.7 -2.7 .8 -.8 -2.2 .0 

Used cars and trucks 1 ............................................... 134.363 134.481 135.067 136.024 -7.7 -11.1 -2.6 5.0 -9.4 1.1 

Motor fuel ...................................................................... 232.663 256.776 254.122 249.813 -63.5 8.5 82.3 32.9 -37.1 55.7 

Gasoline (all types) ..................................................... 231.531 255.731 253.031 248.717 -63.7 8.6 82.6 33.2 -37.2 55.9 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................ 120.714 120.990 120.885 121.514 3.4 2.9 3.2 2.7 3.2 3.0 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .......................... 221.683 222.104 222.723 223.624 2.8 1.3 5.0 3.5 2.0 4.3 

Public transportation ....................................................... 227.233 226.040 227.879 227.627 -3.8 .2 .2 .7 -1.8 .4

Medical care ...................................................................... 347.316 348.467 349.272 351.450 3.7 5.0 3.9 4.8 4.3 4.4 

Medical care commodities .............................................. 288.197 288.277 288.154 289.810 1.5 1.3 -.7 2.3 1.4 .8 

Medical care services ..................................................... 364.892 366.427 367.567 369.912 4.5 6.0 5.3 5.6 5.3 5.4

Professional services .................................................... 298.225 298.929 299.630 300.785 3.4 5.7 3.1 3.5 4.5 3.3

Hospital and related services 3 ..................................... 490.706 493.924 495.327 499.895 5.7 4.6 7.6 7.7 5.2 7.7 

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

and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-U

Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Apr.

2007

May

2007

June

2007

July

2007

Oct.

2006

Jan.

2007

Apr.

2007

July

2007 Jan.

2007

July

2007

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ...................................................................... 111.184 111.400 111.424 111.335 0.0 -0.5 0.1 0.5 -0.3 0.3

Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 102.512 103.089 103.318 102.766 -3.0 -3.9 -2.5 1.0 -3.5 -.8 

Education and communication 2 ....................................... 118.824 119.491 119.517 119.812 2.4 -.5 4.4 3.4 1.0 3.9 

Education 2 ..................................................................... 169.614 170.365 170.781 171.682 6.6 4.7 6.6 5.0 5.6 5.8 

Educational books and supplies ................................... 414.225 415.517 416.568 421.161 8.0 8.8 9.4 6.9 8.4 8.1 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ...................... 489.125 491.336 492.532 494.925 6.3 4.5 6.4 4.8 5.4 5.6 

Communication 2 ............................................................ 83.201 83.771 83.594 83.553 -1.4 -5.7 2.1 1.7 -3.6 1.9 

Information and information processing 1 2 .................. 80.683 81.151 80.880 80.840 -1.9 -6.0 2.2 .8 -4.0 1.5 

Telephone services 1 2 ............................................... 97.617 98.491 98.485 98.570 5.1 .4 3.0 4.0 2.7 3.5 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 .... 10.869 10.787 10.597 10.528 -22.9 -29.6 -1.1 -12.0 -26.3 -6.7 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ... 10.172 9.971 9.700 9.601 -7.3 -5.3 -3.3 -20.6 -6.3 -12.4 

Other goods and services ................................................. 331.436 332.499 333.375 333.462 4.0 6.3 2.5 2.5 5.2 2.5

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... 547.663 549.703 552.314 553.987 -.3 18.3 3.1 4.7 8.6 3.9 

Personal care .................................................................. 194.830 195.427 195.833 195.739 5.2 3.4 2.4 1.9 4.3 2.1 

Personal care products 1 .............................................. 158.657 158.594 158.771 158.457 4.2 2.8 2.5 -.5 3.5 1.0 

Personal care services 1 ............................................... 215.380 216.228 215.860 216.720 4.3 4.5 2.5 2.5 4.4 2.5 

Miscellaneous personal services .................................. 322.914 324.032 325.136 324.498 7.0 2.8 3.3 2.0 4.8 2.6 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ....................................................................... 166.375 168.578 168.620 168.542 -10.8 1.0 9.4 5.3 -5.1 7.3 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 201.562 202.227 203.192 203.709 3.5 2.5 6.1 4.3 3.0 5.2

Commodities less food and beverages ............................. 146.671 149.471 149.116 148.786 -18.3 .2 11.4 5.9 -9.5 8.6 

Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... 180.348 185.615 184.980 183.925 -29.5 13.6 15.8 8.2 -10.5 11.9 

Apparel .......................................................................... 119.165 118.772 118.065 118.585 2.4 1.6 -3.3 -1.9 2.0 -2.6 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... 223.233 234.300 232.988 231.202 -36.3 3.0 33.3 15.1 -19.0 23.9 

Durables .......................................................................... 112.714 112.434 112.361 112.376 -2.8 -3.7 -.8 -1.2 -3.2 -1.0 

Services .............................................................................. 245.331 245.870 246.637 247.174 3.0 4.0 3.4 3.0 3.5 3.2 

Rent of shelter 4 ................................................................ 249.045 249.718 250.724 251.435 3.8 4.4 2.6 3.9 4.1 3.3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ............................. 117.559 116.386 117.106 116.577 -.7 4.3 .5 -3.3 1.8 -1.4 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................. 187.716 187.275 187.119 186.201 -4.4 13.4 10.5 -3.2 4.1 3.4 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .............. 142.184 142.552 142.805 144.181 4.4 6.0 4.5 5.7 5.2 5.1 

Household operations 1 2 ................................................. 140.252 140.465 140.527 140.691 6.0 2.7 2.1 1.3 4.3 1.7 

Transportation services ..................................................... 232.243 231.426 232.372 233.221 1.2 .7 -.2 1.7 .9 .7

Medical care services ....................................................... 364.892 366.427 367.567 369.912 4.5 6.0 5.3 5.6 5.3 5.4 

Other services ................................................................... 283.650 285.213 285.569 285.897 3.1 1.1 3.7 3.2 2.1 3.4 

Special indexes

All items less food ............................................................... 206.831 208.336 208.636 208.831 -3.9 2.8 5.7 3.9 -.6 4.8 

All items less shelter ........................................................... 195.393 197.122 197.285 197.405 -6.0 2.2 7.2 4.2 -2.0 5.7 

All items less medical care .................................................. 198.840 200.225 200.603 200.770 -3.2 2.6 5.9 3.9 -.4 4.9 

Commodities less food ........................................................ 148.873 151.608 151.287 150.973 -17.4 .3 11.1 5.8 -9.0 8.4 

Nondurables less food ........................................................ 181.876 186.872 186.289 185.359 -27.7 12.8 14.8 7.9 -9.7 11.3 

Nondurables less food and apparel .................................... 220.611 230.622 229.586 227.933 -33.4 2.8 30.5 14.0 -17.2 21.9

Nondurables ........................................................................ 191.486 194.573 194.630 194.200 -13.7 7.5 10.5 5.8 -3.7 8.1 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ............................................. 259.061 260.009 261.082 261.518 .8 2.9 4.5 3.8 1.9 4.2 

Services less medical care services ................................... 235.366 236.073 237.044 237.457 2.6 3.1 3.4 3.6 2.9 3.5 

Energy ................................................................................. 204.969 216.073 214.911 212.732 -43.1 10.1 43.3 16.0 -20.9 28.9 

All items less energy ........................................................... 207.720 208.092 208.656 209.158 2.4 2.2 2.6 2.8 2.3 2.7 

All items less food and energy .......................................... 209.634 209.948 210.436 210.933 2.3 2.0 1.9 2.5 2.2 2.2

Commodities less food and energy commodities ........... 140.050 139.880 139.809 140.013 -.6 -1.4 -.5 -.1 -1.0 -.3 

Energy commodities ..................................................... 234.008 257.001 254.792 251.255 -61.9 7.2 77.7 32.9 -36.1 53.7 

Services less energy services ......................................... 251.242 251.880 252.739 253.423 3.6 3.4 2.9 3.5 3.5 3.2 

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

item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means

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

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

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-U

All items 

Pricing

schedule 1

Indexes Percent change to

July2007 from—

Percent change to

June2007 from—

Apr.

2007

May

2007

June

2007

July

2007

July

2006

May

2007

June

2007

June

2006

Apr.

2007

May

2007

U.S. city average ............................................ M 206.686 207.949 208.352 208.299 2.4 0.2 0.0 2.7 0.8 0.2 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban .............................................. M 219.501 220.591 221.579 221.945 2.0 .6 .2 2.3 .9 .4 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 222.001 222.924 224.036 224.229 1.9 .6 .1 2.2 .9 .5 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 129.563 130.488 130.893 131.391 2.5 .7 .4 2.5 1.0 .3 

Midwest urban ................................................ M 197.405 199.194 199.263 198.989 2.3 -.1 -.1 2.7 .9 .0 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 199.378 200.818 200.666 200.369 2.1 -.2 -.1 2.6 .6 -.1 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 125.724 127.247 127.372 127.111 2.4 -.1 -.2 2.7 1.3 .1 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 191.685 193.467 194.442 194.815 2.5 .7 .2 2.7 1.4 .5 

South urban .................................................... M 199.618 200.804 201.675 201.571 2.3 .4 -.1 2.7 1.0 .4 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 201.818 202.840 204.152 203.953 2.5 .5 -.1 3.0 1.2 .6 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 127.000 127.893 128.265 128.226 2.2 .3 .0 2.6 1.0 .3 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 200.366 200.919 201.445 201.576 1.8 .3 .1 2.4 .5 .3 

West urban ..................................................... M 212.036 213.063 212.680 212.542 2.8 -.2 -.1 3.0 .3 -.2 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 215.540 216.640 215.901 215.855 2.8 -.4 .0 3.1 .2 -.3 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 128.843 129.129 129.262 129.067 2.8 .0 -.2 2.9 .3 .1 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 189.327 190.327 190.637 190.571 2.3 .1 .0 2.7 .7 .2 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 127.440 128.347 128.628 128.601 2.4 .2 .0 2.7 .9 .2 

D ................................................................. M 198.516 200.118 200.800 200.893 2.5 .4 .0 2.8 1.2 .3 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... M 204.019 205.686 206.092 205.561 3.1 -.1 -.3 3.6 1.0 .2 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... M 217.845 218.596 217.273 217.454 2.9 -.5 .1 2.9 -.3 -.6 

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

NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 225.780 227.146 228.258 228.628 2.5 .7 .2 2.5 1.1 .5 

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

 226.247 - 226.929 .8 .3 ----

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 1 - 196.216 - 197.010 2.0 .4 ----

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... 1 - 192.779 - 194.286 1.3 .8 ----

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 - 132.982 - 134.442 2.9 1.1 ----

Atlanta, GA ..................................................... 2 199.039 - 202.200 ---- 3.2 1.6 -

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. 2 200.418 - 201.585 ---- 2.4 .6 -

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 184.140 - 184.529 ---- 1.2 .2 -

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. 2 210.904 - 212.820 ---- 4.4 .9 -

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ 2 215.270 - 217.255 ---- 1.6 .9 -

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... 2 215.842 - 216.123 ---- 3.4 .1 -

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 215.767 - 215.510 ---- 3.5 -.1 -

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

 most other goods and services priced as indicated:

 M - Every month.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement

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

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

Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national

average CPI for use in their escalator clauses. 

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

and commodity and service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-W

Relative

importance,

December

2006

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

July 2007 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

June

2007

July

2007

July

2006

June

2007

Apr. to

May

May to

June

June to

July

Expenditure category

All items ........................................................................................ 100.000 203.906 203.700 2.3 -0.1 0.8 0.1 0.1 

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

 607.374 606.759 - ----

Food and beverages .................................................................. 16.475 202.185 202.823 4.2 .3 .4 .5 .2 

Food ......................................................................................... 15.457 201.722 202.409 4.3 .3 .4 .5 .3 

Food at home ......................................................................... 9.244 200.059 200.569 4.7 .3 .5 .6 .1 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................... 1.285 223.009 223.663 4.1 .3 .0 .7 .1 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. 2.623 196.660 196.323 6.3 -.2 1.3 .4 -.3 

Dairy and related products ................................................... .928 191.235 198.027 9.8 3.6 .6 3.2 2.9 

Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... 1.332 256.565 252.703 2.3 -1.5 -.5 -1.0 -1.2 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................ 1.082 152.501 152.829 5.0 .2 .9 .3 .1 

Other food at home .............................................................. 1.993 173.049 173.727 2.0 .4 .0 .7 .3 

Sugar and sweets .............................................................. .337 175.073 176.736 2.5 .9 -.3 .5 .6 

Fats and oils ....................................................................... .283 172.222 174.109 3.7 1.1 .8 .6 1.0 

Other foods 1 ...................................................................... 1.373 189.456 189.667 1.4 .1 -.1 .7 .1 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... .368 116.366 115.355 .1 -.9 -.3 1.2 -.9 

Food away from home 1 ......................................................... 6.213 205.691 206.657 3.6 .5 .3 .3 .5 

Other food away from home 2 .............................................. .279 143.018 144.439 6.0 1.0 .1 -.1 1.0 

Alcoholic beverages 1 .............................................................. 1.018 207.767 207.647 3.4 -.1 .1 .5 -.1 

Housing ...................................................................................... 40.463 205.711 206.183 3.2 .2 .2 .2 .2 

Shelter ...................................................................................... 30.570 233.040 233.848 3.6 .3 .2 .3 .2 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................... 8.021 233.188 233.855 4.3 .3 .3 .2 .3 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................... 1.430 148.948 153.107 7.4 2.8 2.0 2.5 .2 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 .................. 20.776 222.671 223.093 3.0 .2 .1 .2 .2 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... .342 117.503 116.912 .2 -.5 -.9 .6 -.5 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 5.779 204.396 204.272 3.8 -.1 -.1 -.1 .0

Household energy .................................................................. 4.842 185.178 184.725 3.6 -.2 -.1 -.2 -.2 

Fuel oil and other fuels ......................................................... .346 241.249 245.633 1.8 1.8 1.9 2.0 3.7 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ................................................. 4.496 191.771 191.010 3.8 -.4 -.3 -.3 -.5 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................... .937 143.086 144.432 5.1 .9 .2 .2 .9 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 4.114 122.826 122.550 -.1 -.2 -.1 .1 .1 

Household operations 1 2 ....................................................... .368 142.941 143.175 2.8 .2 .2 .1 .2 

Apparel ....................................................................................... 4.041 116.389 113.157 .0 -2.8 -.3 -.9 .8 

Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... .954 110.739 109.580 -.7 -1.0 -.6 .0 1.6 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... 1.680 107.422 101.709 .4 -5.3 -.5 -2.1 .5 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... .235 113.427 110.906 -4.3 -2.2 -1.0 .6 -.6 

Footwear .................................................................................. .954 120.367 119.278 .1 -.9 .2 -.5 1.3

Transportation ............................................................................ 19.515 189.205 187.606 -.7 -.8 3.1 -.2 -.3 

Private transportation ............................................................... 18.793 186.374 184.684 -.8 -.9 3.3 -.2 -.3

New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. 8.626 92.917 93.042 -2.0 .1 -.1 .1 .3 

New vehicles ........................................................................ 5.210 137.060 136.663 -.9 -.3 -.2 .0 .1 

Used cars and trucks 1 ......................................................... 2.675 135.917 136.880 -4.3 .7 .1 .4 .7 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 5.441 261.679 253.893 -.9 -3.0 10.5 -1.1 -1.5 

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 5.388 260.799 252.957 -.9 -3.0 10.6 -1.1 -1.6

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ..................................... .444 120.666 121.350 3.3 .6 .3 .0 .6 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................... 1.145 225.172 226.090 3.2 .4 .2 .3 .4 

Public transportation ................................................................ .723 231.549 233.390 -.3 .8 -.6 .8 -.2 

Medical care ............................................................................... 5.228 349.145 351.346 4.4 .6 .3 .2 .7

Medical care commodities ........................................................ 1.135 280.862 282.662 .8 .6 .0 -.2 .6 

Medical care services ............................................................... 4.094 368.384 370.696 5.4 .6 .4 .3 .7 

Professional services ............................................................. 2.338 302.346 303.481 3.9 .4 .2 .3 .4 

Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 1.378 489.292 493.563 6.2 .9 .5 .3 .9 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 4. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by expenditure category

and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-W

Relative

importance,

December

2006

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

July 2007 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

June

2007

July

2007

July

2006

June

2007

Apr. to

May

May to

June

June to

July

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ............................................................................... 5.022 108.681 108.403 -0.3 -0.3 0.2 -0.1 -0.1 

Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 1.867 103.001 102.358 -1.9 -.6 .6 .2 -.5 

Education and communication 2 ................................................ 5.605 115.746 115.980 2.2 .2 .6 .0 .3 

Education 2 .............................................................................. 2.329 166.758 167.527 5.8 .5 .4 .1 .6 

Educational books and supplies ............................................. .208 418.705 421.529 8.8 .7 .3 .2 1.1 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................ 2.121 470.329 472.395 5.4 .4 .4 .1 .6 

Communication 2 ..................................................................... 3.276 85.999 86.015 -.2 .0 .7 -.2 .0 

Information and information processing 1 2 ............................ 3.124 84.095 84.111 -.5 .0 .6 -.2 .0 

Telephone services 1 2 ......................................................... 2.633 98.603 98.721 3.2 .1 .9 .0 .1 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ............. .492 11.062 11.001 -17.3 -.6 -.7 -1.6 -.6 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ............ .178 9.583 9.495 -8.7 -.9 -1.9 -2.6 -.9 

Other goods and services .......................................................... 3.652 343.939 344.221 4.1 .1 .3 .3 .1 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ 1.139 553.538 555.366 6.1 .3 .4 .5 .3 

Personal care ........................................................................... 2.513 193.858 193.792 3.1 .0 .3 .2 .0 

Personal care products 1 ....................................................... .771 158.739 158.445 2.2 -.2 .0 .1 -.2 

Personal care services 1 ........................................................ .618 216.174 217.040 3.5 .4 .4 -.1 .4 

Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... .962 326.572 326.135 3.9 -.1 .4 .4 -.2 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ................................................................................ 44.175 171.216 170.252 1.0 -.6 1.6 .0 .0 

Food and beverages .................................................................. 16.475 202.185 202.823 4.2 .3 .4 .5 .2 

Commodities less food and beverages ...................................... 27.700 153.367 151.724 -.7 -1.1 2.3 -.3 -.1 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..................................... 15.699 195.053 191.603 .3 -1.8 3.3 -.5 -.5 

Apparel ................................................................................... 4.041 116.389 113.157 .0 -2.8 -.3 -.9 .8 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................... 11.658 248.347 244.695 .4 -1.5 5.6 -1.0 -.5 

Durables ................................................................................... 12.001 112.485 112.425 -2.1 -.1 -.2 .0 .1 

Services ....................................................................................... 55.825 242.241 242.901 3.3 .3 .2 .2 .2 

Rent of shelter 4 ......................................................................... 30.227 224.655 225.455 3.6 .4 .2 .3 .2 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... .342 117.503 116.912 .2 -.5 -.9 .6 -.5 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................................... 4.496 191.771 191.010 3.8 -.4 -.3 -.3 -.5 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ....................... .937 143.086 144.432 5.1 .9 .2 .2 .9 

Household operations 1 2 ........................................................... .368 142.941 143.175 2.8 .2 .2 .1 .2 

Transportation services .............................................................. 5.600 232.623 233.737 1.0 .5 -.4 .4 .4 

Medical care services ................................................................. 4.094 368.384 370.696 5.4 .6 .4 .3 .7 

Other services ............................................................................ 9.761 274.670 274.766 2.5 .0 .6 .0 .1

Special indexes

All items less food ........................................................................ 84.543 204.121 203.750 1.9 -.2 .9 .0 .1 

All items less shelter .................................................................... 69.430 195.489 194.913 1.7 -.3 1.1 .0 .1 

All items less medical care ........................................................... 94.772 197.783 197.504 2.2 -.1 .8 .1 .1 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 28.718 155.339 153.730 -.6 -1.0 2.2 -.3 -.1

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 16.717 195.988 192.714 .4 -1.7 3.2 -.4 -.5

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. 12.676 243.806 240.471 .6 -1.4 5.2 -.5 -.8 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 32.174 199.476 198.000 2.2 -.7 1.9 -.1 -.2 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... 25.598 231.965 232.367 2.9 .2 .4 .4 .1 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 51.732 232.848 233.415 3.1 .2 .3 .4 .1 

Energy .......................................................................................... 10.282 221.832 217.795 1.0 -1.8 5.8 -.7 -1.0 

All items less energy .................................................................... 89.718 202.582 202.849 2.4 .1 .2 .2 .3

All items less food and energy ................................................... 74.261 203.132 203.310 2.1 .1 .1 .2 .3 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................... 22.932 140.019 139.352 -.5 -.5 -.1 -.1 .3 

Energy commodities ............................................................... 5.786 261.460 254.282 -.7 -2.7 10.0 -.9 -1.3 

Services less energy services .................................................. 51.329 247.606 248.434 3.3 .3 .2 .3 .3 

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

 $ .490 $ .491 - ----

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ............. - $ .165 $ .165 - ----

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

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

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

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Table 5. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by

expenditure category and commodity and service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-W

Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Apr.

2007

May

2007

June

2007

July

2007

Oct.

2006

Jan.

2007

Apr.

2007

July

2007 Jan.

2007

July

2007

Expenditure category

All items .............................................................................. 201.449 203.070 203.289 203.547 -4.2 2.7 6.7 4.2 -0.8 5.4 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 200.788 201.521 202.484 202.990 3.7 2.2 6.4 4.5 3.0 5.4

Food ................................................................................ 200.328 201.088 202.040 202.586 4.0 2.1 6.4 4.6 3.1 5.5 

Food at home ................................................................ 198.516 199.429 200.582 200.860 4.7 .8 8.6 4.8 2.7 6.7

Cereals and bakery products ...................................... 220.802 220.710 222.309 222.475 2.5 3.2 7.6 3.1 2.8 5.3 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................... 193.636 196.102 196.937 196.383 6.4 3.3 10.1 5.8 4.9 7.9 

Dairy and related products .......................................... 185.923 187.105 193.100 198.664 -.9 3.1 9.1 30.4 1.1 19.3 

Fruits and vegetables .................................................. 262.893 261.575 258.830 255.779 18.3 -11.3 16.5 -10.4 2.4 2.2 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ....... 151.119 152.510 152.979 153.081 5.3 5.2 4.2 5.3 5.3 4.7 

Other food at home ..................................................... 171.861 171.900 173.083 173.641 -2.1 1.3 4.4 4.2 -.4 4.3

Sugar and sweets ..................................................... 174.315 173.743 174.680 175.813 .7 4.5 1.2 3.5 2.6 2.3 

Fats and oils .............................................................. 170.483 171.928 172.917 174.579 1.9 .0 3.1 10.0 .9 6.5

Other foods 1 ............................................................ 188.165 188.049 189.456 189.667 -3.6 .8 5.5 3.2 -1.4 4.3 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................ 115.432 115.035 116.366 115.355 -4.8 3.4 2.4 -.3 -.8 1.0 

Food away from home 1 ............................................... 204.519 205.046 205.691 206.657 2.8 4.3 3.2 4.2 3.5 3.7 

Other food away from home 2 ..................................... 142.978 143.120 143.004 144.409 3.0 10.5 6.4 4.1 6.7 5.2 

Alcoholic beverages 1 ..................................................... 206.342 206.636 207.767 207.647 2.0 2.0 7.1 2.6 2.0 4.8 

Housing ............................................................................. 203.924 204.238 204.709 205.060 2.2 4.5 3.8 2.2 3.4 3.0 

Shelter ............................................................................. 231.576 232.091 232.821 233.328 4.0 4.1 3.1 3.1 4.0 3.1 

Rent of primary residence 3 .......................................... 232.171 232.806 233.368 234.070 4.7 4.7 4.4 3.3 4.7 3.8 

Lodging away from home 2 ........................................... 138.971 141.776 145.318 145.591 1.5 9.6 -.8 20.5 5.4 9.3 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ......... 222.148 222.344 222.727 223.171 3.9 3.4 3.0 1.9 3.7 2.4 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ......................... 117.945 116.828 117.503 116.912 -.3 4.0 .7 -3.5 1.8 -1.4 

Fuels and utilities ............................................................ 199.188 199.088 198.891 198.917 -5.1 11.8 10.3 -.5 3.0 4.7 

Household energy ......................................................... 179.743 179.556 179.274 178.981 -6.8 12.9 11.5 -1.7 2.6 4.7 

Fuel oil and other fuels ................................................ 235.366 239.903 244.615 253.612 -30.6 -8.0 24.8 34.8 -20.1 29.7 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................... 186.072 185.598 185.008 184.154 -4.4 14.6 10.6 -4.1 4.6 3.0 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .......... 142.451 142.786 143.086 144.432 4.7 5.7 4.3 5.7 5.2 5.0 

Household furnishings and operations ............................ 122.617 122.542 122.643 122.706 .0 -1.0 .1 .3 -.5 .2 

Household operations 1 2 ............................................. 142.471 142.780 142.941 143.175 3.8 3.3 2.1 2.0 3.5 2.1 

Apparel .............................................................................. 118.646 118.255 117.216 118.157 4.5 -.2 -2.7 -1.6 2.1 -2.2 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. 112.055 111.391 111.352 113.122 1.8 -8.5 .6 3.9 -3.5 2.2

Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. 111.258 110.729 108.380 108.877 8.0 7.8 -4.7 -8.3 7.9 -6.5

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... 115.362 114.205 114.892 114.249 1.0 -8.3 -6.0 -3.8 -3.7 -4.9 

Footwear ......................................................................... 121.393 121.623 120.984 122.575 2.0 -2.4 -2.8 4.0 -.2 .5 

Transportation ................................................................... 182.297 187.996 187.605 187.060 -26.7 .0 19.3 10.9 -14.4 15.0 

Private transportation ...................................................... 179.472 185.340 184.886 184.340 -27.6 .1 20.1 11.3 -14.9 15.6 

New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................... 93.122 93.015 93.140 93.427 -3.7 -4.8 -.6 1.3 -4.2 .4 

New vehicles ............................................................... 137.725 137.497 137.508 137.606 -1.7 -2.3 .6 -.3 -2.0 .1 

Used cars and trucks 1 ............................................... 135.192 135.320 135.917 136.880 -7.9 -11.0 -2.5 5.1 -9.5 1.2 

Motor fuel ...................................................................... 233.190 257.662 254.852 250.930 -63.5 8.0 82.6 34.1 -37.2 56.5 

Gasoline (all types) ..................................................... 232.197 256.779 253.987 249.916 -63.7 8.0 83.1 34.2 -37.4 56.7 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................ 120.367 120.709 120.666 121.350 3.8 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.2 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .......................... 224.295 224.729 225.350 226.248 2.8 1.3 5.1 3.5 2.1 4.3 

Public transportation ....................................................... 226.292 224.919 226.686 226.344 -2.1 .0 .8 .1 -1.0 .5

Medical care ...................................................................... 347.186 348.209 348.922 351.204 3.9 4.8 4.2 4.7 4.3 4.5 

Medical care commodities .............................................. 281.058 281.075 280.455 282.230 1.4 1.2 -1.0 1.7 1.3 .3 

Medical care services ..................................................... 365.689 367.054 368.229 370.659 4.6 5.8 5.7 5.5 5.2 5.6

Professional services .................................................... 300.604 301.184 301.939 303.150 3.2 5.3 3.6 3.4 4.2 3.5

Hospital and related services 3 ..................................... 486.111 488.533 489.841 494.151 5.8 4.3 7.8 6.8 5.1 7.3 

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—

Apr.

2007

May

2007

June

2007

July

2007

Oct.

2006

Jan.

2007

Apr.

2007

July

2007 Jan.

2007

July

2007

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ...................................................................... 108.379 108.634 108.505 108.354 -0.7 -0.2 -0.3 -0.1 -0.4 -0.2

Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 102.106 102.693 102.875 102.335 -2.7 -3.3 -2.4 .9 -3.0 -.8 

Education and communication 2 ....................................... 115.644 116.328 116.283 116.590 2.5 -1.0 4.0 3.3 .7 3.7 

Education 2 ..................................................................... 167.711 168.397 168.623 169.643 7.2 4.9 6.4 4.7 6.0 5.5 

Educational books and supplies ................................... 417.479 418.662 419.674 424.475 9.2 9.7 9.3 6.9 9.4 8.1 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ...................... 473.429 475.426 476.013 478.632 6.9 4.4 6.1 4.5 5.6 5.3 

Communication 2 ............................................................ 85.521 86.139 85.998 86.016 -.5 -4.9 2.3 2.3 -2.7 2.3 

Information and information processing 1 2 .................. 83.760 84.304 84.095 84.111 -.5 -5.3 2.4 1.7 -2.9 2.1 

Telephone services 1 2 ............................................... 97.738 98.610 98.603 98.721 5.1 .6 2.9 4.1 2.8 3.5 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 .... 11.322 11.243 11.062 11.001 -24.4 -30.5 .0 -10.9 -27.5 -5.6 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ... 10.036 9.843 9.583 9.495 -7.5 -4.6 -1.8 -19.9 -6.0 -11.3 

Other goods and services ................................................. 341.796 342.916 343.960 344.296 2.8 7.3 3.2 3.0 5.0 3.1

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... 548.812 550.888 553.538 555.366 -.5 17.8 3.2 4.9 8.3 4.0 

Personal care .................................................................. 192.859 193.446 193.875 193.854 4.3 2.9 3.2 2.1 3.6 2.6 

Personal care products 1 .............................................. 158.578 158.566 158.739 158.445 3.9 2.6 2.8 -.3 3.3 1.2 

Personal care services 1 ............................................... 215.658 216.489 216.174 217.040 4.3 4.5 2.6 2.6 4.4 2.6 

Miscellaneous personal services .................................. 323.928 325.230 326.471 325.826 6.0 2.4 4.9 2.4 4.2 3.6 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ....................................................................... 168.201 170.823 170.779 170.814 -12.2 1.0 10.6 6.4 -5.8 8.5 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 200.788 201.521 202.484 202.990 3.7 2.2 6.4 4.5 3.0 5.4

Commodities less food and beverages ............................. 149.718 153.103 152.618 152.445 -20.2 .2 13.2 7.5 -10.6 10.3 

Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... 187.019 193.212 192.248 191.368 -32.1 14.1 18.8 9.6 -12.0 14.1 

Apparel .......................................................................... 118.646 118.255 117.216 118.157 4.5 -.2 -2.7 -1.6 2.1 -2.2 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... 234.256 247.338 244.925 243.756 -39.3 3.7 37.4 17.2 -20.7 26.9 

Durables .......................................................................... 112.746 112.470 112.454 112.574 -3.4 -3.1 -1.2 -.6 -3.3 -.9 

Services .............................................................................. 240.432 240.902 241.430 241.916 2.9 4.1 3.7 2.5 3.5 3.1 

Rent of shelter 4 ................................................................ 223.171 223.723 224.459 224.974 4.1 4.2 2.9 3.3 4.2 3.1 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ............................. 117.945 116.828 117.503 116.912 -.3 4.0 .7 -3.5 1.8 -1.4 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................. 186.072 185.598 185.008 184.154 -4.4 14.6 10.6 -4.1 4.6 3.0 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .............. 142.451 142.786 143.086 144.432 4.7 5.7 4.3 5.7 5.2 5.0 

Household operations 1 2 ................................................. 142.471 142.780 142.941 143.175 3.8 3.3 2.1 2.0 3.5 2.1 

Transportation services ..................................................... 232.280 231.324 232.207 233.079 2.3 .5 .0 1.4 1.4 .7

Medical care services ....................................................... 365.689 367.054 368.229 370.659 4.6 5.8 5.7 5.5 5.2 5.6 

Other services ................................................................... 273.512 275.131 275.263 275.533 3.0 .7 3.4 3.0 1.8 3.2 

Special indexes

All items less food ............................................................... 201.471 203.249 203.332 203.538 -5.5 2.7 6.7 4.2 -1.5 5.4 

All items less shelter ........................................................... 192.646 194.686 194.721 194.892 -7.5 2.1 8.3 4.7 -2.8 6.5 

All items less medical care .................................................. 195.330 196.957 197.159 197.352 -4.7 2.6 6.8 4.2 -1.1 5.5 

Commodities less food ........................................................ 151.734 155.051 154.607 154.434 -19.5 .2 13.0 7.3 -10.2 10.1 

Nondurables less food ........................................................ 188.232 194.216 193.378 192.421 -30.4 13.5 17.9 9.2 -11.1 13.5 

Nondurables less food and apparel .................................... 230.802 242.814 241.567 239.642 -36.9 3.3 35.0 16.2 -19.3 25.3

Nondurables ........................................................................ 194.614 198.318 198.136 197.686 -15.5 8.0 12.2 6.5 -4.5 9.3 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ............................................. 229.610 230.420 231.283 231.603 .4 3.1 4.6 3.5 1.7 4.0 

Services less medical care services ................................... 230.911 231.538 232.397 232.694 2.3 3.3 3.6 3.1 2.8 3.4 

Energy ................................................................................. 205.146 217.017 215.500 213.434 -44.7 10.2 45.6 17.2 -21.9 30.6 

All items less energy ........................................................... 201.876 202.235 202.670 203.217 2.4 1.8 2.7 2.7 2.1 2.7 

All items less food and energy .......................................... 202.572 202.846 203.171 203.719 2.2 1.8 2.0 2.3 2.0 2.1

Commodities less food and energy commodities ........... 140.479 140.348 140.228 140.638 -.6 -1.4 -.4 .5 -1.0 .0 

Energy commodities ..................................................... 234.055 257.569 255.141 251.878 -62.2 7.0 78.8 34.1 -36.4 54.9 

Services less energy services ......................................... 246.269 246.851 247.513 248.158 3.5 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.1 

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

item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means

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

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Table 6. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all items index 

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-W

All items 

Pricing

schedule 1

Indexes Percent change to

July2007 from—

Percent change to

June2007 from—

Apr.

2007

May

2007

June

2007

July

2007

July

2006

May

2007

June

2007

June

2006

Apr.

2007

May

2007

U.S. city average ............................................ M 202.130 203.661 203.906 203.700 2.3 0.0 -0.1 2.7 0.9 0.1 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban .............................................. M 215.802 217.008 217.794 217.879 2.1 .4 .0 2.3 .9 .4 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 216.766 217.739 218.624 218.523 2.0 .4 .0 2.2 .9 .4 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 129.856 130.881 131.234 131.521 2.3 .5 .2 2.4 1.1 .3 

Midwest urban ................................................ M 192.379 194.553 194.538 194.219 2.2 -.2 -.2 2.7 1.1 .0 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 193.403 195.325 195.105 194.725 2.1 -.3 -.2 2.6 .9 -.1 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 125.159 126.897 126.995 126.738 2.4 -.1 -.2 2.7 1.5 .1 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 189.901 191.801 192.455 192.804 2.2 .5 .2 2.6 1.3 .3 

South urban .................................................... M 196.730 198.175 198.838 198.673 2.3 .3 -.1 2.8 1.1 .3 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 199.837 201.167 202.215 201.867 2.4 .3 -.2 3.0 1.2 .5 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 125.598 126.639 126.930 126.878 2.2 .2 .0 2.6 1.1 .2 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 200.520 201.358 201.709 201.809 1.9 .2 .0 2.4 .6 .2 

West urban ..................................................... M 206.521 207.795 207.311 206.927 2.6 -.4 -.2 2.9 .4 -.2 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 208.393 209.674 208.726 208.388 2.5 -.6 -.2 2.8 .2 -.5 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 128.376 128.962 129.097 128.840 2.7 -.1 -.2 2.9 .6 .1 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 187.531 188.791 188.909 188.642 2.2 -.1 -.1 2.7 .7 .1 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 126.624 127.710 127.942 127.866 2.3 .1 -.1 2.7 1.0 .2 

D ................................................................. M 197.059 198.771 199.237 199.207 2.3 .2 .0 2.6 1.1 .2 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... M 197.067 199.109 199.279 198.700 3.1 -.2 -.3 3.6 1.1 .1 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... M 210.195 211.145 209.614 209.444 2.4 -.8 -.1 2.7 -.3 -.7 

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

NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 219.791 221.396 222.322 222.237 2.5 .4 .0 2.6 1.2 .4 

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

 225.395 - 226.465 1.1 .5 ----

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 1 - 186.889 - 187.344 1.7 .2 ----

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... 1 - 195.216 - 196.198 1.2 .5 ----

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 - 132.330 - 133.766 3.1 1.1 ----

Atlanta, GA ..................................................... 2 197.856 - 200.943 ---- 3.4 1.6 -

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. 2 195.417 - 196.701 ---- 2.4 .7 -

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 182.774 - 183.380 ---- 1.1 .3 -

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. 2 208.921 - 210.938 ---- 4.2 1.0 -

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ 2 214.668 - 216.511 ---- 1.6 .9 -

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... 2 211.189 - 211.422 ---- 3.0 .1 -

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 210.388 - 210.550 ---- 3.3 .1 -

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

 most other goods and services priced as indicated:

 M - Every month.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement

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

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

Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national

average CPI for use in their escalator clauses. 

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

category and commodity and service group

(December 1999=100, unless otherwise noted)

C-CPI-U Relative

importance,

2003-2004

 Unadjusted

 indexes

 Unadjusted

 percent change to

 July 2007 from—

 June

 2007

 July

 2007

 July

 2006

 June

 2007

Expenditure category

All items ...................................................................................... 100.000 120.221 120.148 2.1 -0.1

Food and beverages ................................................................ 15.072 119.518 119.858 4.0 .3 

Food ....................................................................................... 13.943 119.525 119.883 4.1 .3 

Food at home ....................................................................... 8.029 116.642 116.835 4.3 .2 

Food away from home .......................................................... 5.914 123.404 123.998 3.6 .5 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 1.130 119.690 119.814 3.0 .1 

Housing .................................................................................... 42.173 125.839 126.141 3.1 .2 

Shelter .................................................................................... 32.495 127.298 127.787 3.6 .4 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 4.702 155.348 155.227 4.0 -.1 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 4.977 96.314 95.931 -.7 -.4 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 4.076 88.075 85.132 -.8 -3.3 

Transportation .......................................................................... 17.095 122.385 121.878 -.8 -.4 

Private transportation ............................................................. 15.988 123.099 122.465 -.8 -.5 

Public transportation ............................................................... 1.107 114.763 115.966 -.8 1.0 

Medical care ............................................................................. 6.055 136.168 136.965 4.1 .6 

Medical care commodities ...................................................... 1.458 121.996 122.728 .9 .6 

Medical care services ............................................................. 4.597 141.118 141.939 5.1 .6 

Recreation ................................................................................ 5.863 105.312 104.985 -1.0 -.3 

Education and communication ................................................. 6.190 104.780 104.669 1.0 -.1 

Education ............................................................................... 2.751 156.766 156.637 5.1 -.1 

Communication ...................................................................... 3.439 74.708 74.615 -2.0 -.1 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 3.475 123.973 123.745 3.9 -.2 

Commodity and service group

Services ...................................................................................... 58.763 128.673 129.028 3.1 .3 

Commodities .............................................................................. 41.237 109.766 109.173 .6 -.5 

Durables ................................................................................... 12.340 84.914 84.722 -2.5 -.2 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 28.897 122.743 121.916 2.0 -.7 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 78.707 115.047 115.068 1.8 .0 

Energy ........................................................................................ 7.351 188.863 185.867 1.4 -1.6 

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

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