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(NOTE: This release was reissued on Friday, April 15, 2011, to correct errors in the January 2011 data. 

Corrections have been made to Table 7. There were no changes made to the text of the release.) 

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX – JANUARY 2011 

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.4 percent in January on a 

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

the all items index increased 1.6 percent before seasonal adjustment. 

Increases in indexes for energy commodities and for food accounted for over two thirds of the all items 

increase. The indexes for gasoline and fuel oil both increased in January, continuing their recent strong 

upward trend. The index for food at home posted its largest increase in over two years with all six major 

grocery store food group indexes rising.

The index for all items less food and energy also rose in January. The indexes for apparel, shelter, airline 

fares, and recreation all posted increases. In contrast, the indexes for new vehicles and for used cars and 

trucks declined in January.

Over the last 12 months, the food index has risen 1.8 percent with the food at home index up 2.1 

percent; both 12-month changes are the highest since 2009. The energy index has increased 7.3 percent 

over the last 12 months, with the gasoline index up 13.4 percent. The index for all items less food and 

energy has risen 1.0 percent. 

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Jan'10 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan'11

Chart 1. One-month percent change in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), seasonally adjusted, Jan. 2010 - Jan. 2011

Percent change

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Consumer Price Index Data for January 2011 

Chart 2. 12-month percent change in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), not seasonally adjusted, Jan. 2010 - Jan. 2011

Percent change

All items All items less food and energy

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

Jan'10 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan'11
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Food

The food index rose 0.5 percent in January. The food at home index increased 0.7 percent, the largest 

increase since 2008. All six major grocery store food groups posted increases. The index for 

nonalcoholic beverages increased the most, rising 1.5 percent, with the indexes for carbonated drinks 

and coffee both rising sharply. The fruits and vegetables index increased 1.3 percent with the index for 

fresh vegetables up 2.1 percent. The indexes for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs and for cereals and bakery 

products increased 0.9 percent and 0.8 percent, respectively. The indexes for dairy and related products 

and for other food at home posted slight increases. Over the past 12 months, the index for meats, 

poultry, fish, and eggs has risen 6.2 percent with the other grocery store food group indexes posting 

smaller increases. The index for food away from home rose 0.2 percent in January and has risen 1.5 

percent over the past 12 months.

Energy

The energy index continued its recent string of increases, rising 2.1 percent in January. The gasoline 

index rose 3.5 percent and has increased seven months in a row. (Before seasonal adjustment, gasoline 

prices rose 3.8 percent in January.) The index for household energy declined in January, falling 0.2 

percent. A 6.8 percent increase in the index for fuel oil was more than offset by a 1.2 percent decrease in 

the natural gas index and a 0.5 percent decline in the electricity index. The indexes for gasoline and fuel 

oil have risen significantly over the last 12 months, but the index for natural gas has declined 6.4 

percent.

All items less food and energy 

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.2 percent in January after increasing 0.1 percent in 

each of the previous two months. The shelter index rose 0.1 percent in January, with the rent index 

increasing 0.2 percent and the index for owners’ equivalent rent rising 0.1 percent. The apparel index, 

which increased 0.1 percent in December, rose 1.0 percent in January. The index for airline fares 

increased for the fifth month in a row, rising 2.2 percent in January. The medical care index rose 

slightly, edging up 0.1 percent, with the medical care commodities index increasing 0.5 percent while 

the index for medical care services declined 0.1 percent. The recreation index turned up in January, 

rising 0.2 percent after declining 0.2 percent in December, as did the index for household furnishings 

and operations, which increased 0.1 percent in January after declining in each of the four prior months. 

In contrast to these increases, the index for new vehicles fell 0.1 percent in January and the index for 

used cars and trucks declined 0.3 percent. 

The index for all items less food and energy increased 1.0 percent over the last 12 months. The shelter 

index has gone up 0.6 percent over that time period with the rent index up 1.0 percent. The index for 

airline fares has risen 9.8 percent and the indexes for medical care, for used cars and trucks, and for 

tobacco also increased. The apparel index is unchanged from a year ago, while the indexes for 

household furnishings and operations and for recreation have declined.
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Not seasonally adjusted CPI measures 

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 1.6 percent over the last 12 

months to an index level of 220.223 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index increased 0.5 percent prior 

to seasonal adjustment. 

The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) increased 1.8 

percent over the last 12 months to an index level of 216.400 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index 

rose 0.5 percent prior to seasonal adjustment. 

The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) increased 1.4 percent over the 

last 12 months. For the month, the index increased 0.5 percent on a not seasonally adjusted basis. Please 

note that the indexes for the post-2009 period are subject to revision.

The Consumer Price Index for February 2011 is scheduled to be released on Thursday, March 17, 

2011, at 8:30 a.m. (EDT).

Effective with this release of CPI data, the following series have been re-titled: 

Recreation services has become Other recreation services 

Gas (piped) and electricity has become Energy services 

Canned fish and seafood has become Shelf stable fish and seafood 

The Recreation services index did not include all services under the major group Recreation, specifically 

video and audio related services, pet services, and photography and film services are excluded. The new 

title, Other recreation services, reflects these exclusions. 

Gas (piped) and electricity has been presented as Energy services in Table A of the CPI News Release 

since August 2009. At that time, the format text of the News Release was updated to focus on Food, 

Energy, and All items less food and energy instead of the major groups (Food, Housing, Apparel, 

Transportation, Medical care, Education and communication, Recreation, and Other goods and services).

The title has been changed in the remainder of the publication tables in January 2011 to improve 

consistency.

The title for Canned fish and seafood has changed to Shelf stable fish and seafood to better reflect current 

packaging methods. 
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Revised seasonally adjusted changes

Over-the-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 2010. 

All Items 

2010 Former Recalculated Difference 

January .2 .1 -.1 

February .0 .0 .0 

March .1 .0 -.1 

April -.1 .0 .1 

May -.2 -.1 .1 

June -.1 -.2 -.1 

July .3 .3 .0 

August .3 .2 -.1 

September .1 .2 .1 

October .2 .2 .0 

November .1 .1 .0 

December .5 .4 -.1 

All Items less food and energy 

2010 Former Recalculated Difference 

January -.1 -.1 .0 

February .1 .1 .0 

March .0 .0 .0 

April .0 .0 .0 

May .1 .1 .0 

June .2 .1 -.1 

July .1 .1 .0 

August .0 .1 .1 

September .0 .0 .0 

October .0 .0 .0 

November .1 .1 .0 

December .1 .1 .0 
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C-CPI-U Index Revisions 

As scheduled, effective with release of data for January 2011, the Chained Consumer Price Index for All 

Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) has undergone its annual revision. 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. Therefore, C-CPI-U indexes for the 12 months of 2009 will be issued in final 

form – employing monthly expenditure weights from 2009. Values for the 12 months of 2010 will be 

revised and issued as interim, using expenditure weights from the 2007-2008 period. Calculation of the 

initial value of the January 2011 C-CPI-U index, and all subsequent months in 2011, will also be based 

upon 2007-2008 expenditure weights.

For more information on the C-CPI-U, contact Rob Cage by telephone at (202) 691-6959 or by 

electronic mail at Cage.Rob@bls.gov . 

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Brief Explanation of the CPI 

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

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

groups: (1) the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), which covers households 

of wage earners and clerical workers that comprise approximately 32 percent of the total population and 

(2) the CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the Chained CPI for All Urban Consumers (C-CPIU), which cover approximately 87 percent of the total population and include in addition to wage 

earners and clerical worker households, groups such as professional, managerial, and technical workers, 

the self-employed, short-term workers, the unemployed, and retirees and others not in the labor force. 

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

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

living. Prices are collected each month in 87 urban areas across the country from about 4,000 housing 

units and approximately 26,000 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 
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prices among cities; they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base period.

For the C-CPI-U data are issued only at the national level. It is important to note that the CPI-U and 

CPI-W are considered final when released, but the C-CPI-U is issued in preliminary form and subject to 

two annual revisions. 

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

reference base is 1982-84 equals 100. 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 116.500. 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 0.03 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 0.06 percent of the 1 month percentage change based on all retail prices.

For example, for a 1-month change of 0.2 percent in the All Items CPI for All Urban Consumers, we are 

95 percent confident that the actual percent change based on all retail prices would fall between 0.14 and 

0.26 percent. For the latest data, including information on how to use the estimates of standard error, 

see “Variance Estimates for Price Changes in the Consumer Price Index, January-December 2010”. 

These data are available on the CPI home page (http://www.bls.gov/cpi), or by using the following link 

http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpivar2010.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. 
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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. 
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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 2006 through 

December 2010 were replaced in January 2011. 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. 

Effective with the publication of data from January 2006 through December 2010 in January 2011, the 

Video and audio series and the Information technology, hardware and services series were changed from 

independently adjusted to dependently adjusted. This resulted in an increase in the number of seasonal 

components used in deriving seasonal movement of the All items and 54 other lower level aggregations, 

from 73 for the publication of January 1998 through December 2005 data to 82 for the publication of 

seasonally adjusted data for January 2006 and later. Each year the seasonal status of every series is 

reevaluated based upon certain statistical criteria. If any of the 82 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 before that period will not be changed. Note: 37 of the 82 components are not seasonally 

adjusted for 2011. 

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 2011, BLS adjusted 29 series using Intervention Analysis 

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

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

damage to oil refineries from Hurricane Katrina. 

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

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

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

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

Statistics, Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes, Washington, DC 20212 or contact David 

Levin at (202) 691-6968, or by e-mail at Levin.David@bls.gov. If you have general questions about the 

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

service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-U

Relative

importance,

December

2010

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2011 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2010

Jan.

2011

Jan.

2010

Dec.

2010

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

All items ........................................................................................ 100.000 219.179 220.223 1.6 0.5 0.1 0.4 0.4 

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

 656.563 659.692 - ----

Food and beverages .................................................................. 14.792 221.278 223.160 1.8 .9 .1 .1 .5 

Food ......................................................................................... 13.742 220.946 222.912 1.8 .9 .2 .1 .5 

Food at home ......................................................................... 7.816 216.955 220.016 2.1 1.4 .2 .2 .7 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................... 1.090 250.592 253.349 1.0 1.1 .3 .4 .8 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. 1.813 212.019 214.344 6.2 1.1 .4 -.3 .9 

Dairy and related products 1 ................................................ .839 202.056 202.349 1.7 .1 .0 .4 .1 

Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... 1.152 277.089 285.619 2.3 3.1 -.1 1.8 1.3 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................ .926 159.229 164.019 .2 3.0 .6 -1.1 1.5 

Other food at home .............................................................. 1.996 190.147 191.468 .2 .7 .0 .1 .2 

Sugar and sweets 1 ............................................................ .297 203.098 202.648 1.4 -.2 -1.2 1.3 -.2 

Fats and oils ....................................................................... .232 200.476 207.813 3.8 3.7 .8 -.4 2.1 

Other foods ........................................................................ 1.466 202.776 203.610 -.5 .4 .1 -.1 -.1 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... .432 122.419 120.930 -.5 -1.2 -.9 1.5 -1.2 

Food away from home 1 ......................................................... 5.926 227.722 228.181 1.5 .2 .1 .1 .2 

Other food away from home 1 2 ........................................... .329 160.681 160.643 2.0 .0 .2 .2 .0 

Alcoholic beverages ................................................................. 1.051 224.215 224.975 1.2 .3 .0 .0 .2 

Housing ...................................................................................... 41.460 216.142 216.739 .4 .3 .0 .2 .1 

Shelter ...................................................................................... 31.955 248.972 249.462 .6 .2 .1 .1 .1 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................... 5.925 250.986 251.555 1.0 .2 .2 .2 .2 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................... .776 125.665 128.630 2.3 2.4 -1.0 1.0 -1.0 

Owners’ equivalent rent of residences 3 4 .............................. 24.905 257.452 257.775 .5 .1 .1 .1 .1 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ................ 23.310 257.444 257.764 .5 .1 .1 .1 .1 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... .349 126.194 126.192 1.5 .0 .3 -1.0 .0 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 5.096 212.505 214.045 1.3 .7 -.3 .8 -.1

Household energy .................................................................. 4.000 186.338 187.704 .2 .7 -.5 .8 -.2 

Fuel oil and other fuels 1 ...................................................... .309 298.037 314.130 11.8 5.4 3.5 4.1 5.4 

Energy services 3 ................................................................. 3.691 188.443 189.088 -.7 .3 -.8 .6 -.6 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................... 1.095 174.543 175.754 5.3 .7 .4 .5 .3 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 4.409 123.931 124.342 -2.3 .3 -.2 -.1 .1 

Household operations 1 2 ....................................................... .772 150.648 151.189 1.1 .4 .0 .3 .4 

Apparel ....................................................................................... 3.601 118.071 116.664 .0 -1.2 .1 .1 1.0 

Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... .882 109.711 109.985 .2 .2 -.3 -.3 1.0 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... 1.520 105.739 102.438 -.9 -3.1 .3 .0 1.5 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... .192 112.558 110.096 -2.8 -2.2 1.0 .4 -1.9 

Footwear .................................................................................. .700 126.585 126.286 -.7 -.2 -1.0 -.1 .8 

Transportation ............................................................................ 17.308 198.280 200.835 5.4 1.3 .3 2.0 1.3 

Private transportation ............................................................... 16.082 193.545 196.087 5.2 1.3 .2 2.0 1.3 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. 6.333 97.046 97.128 .5 .1 -.1 -.1 -.2 

New vehicles ........................................................................ 3.513 138.567 138.925 .1 .3 -.2 -.1 -.1 

Used cars and trucks ........................................................... 2.055 142.454 142.555 2.4 .1 .1 -.1 -.3 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 5.079 256.025 265.703 13.5 3.8 .6 6.5 3.9

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 4.865 255.319 264.979 13.4 3.8 .7 6.7 3.5 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ..................................... .408 139.223 140.487 3.9 .9 .3 .3 .9 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1 ................................ 1.172 250.134 250.726 2.1 .2 .0 .1 .2 

Public transportation ................................................................ 1.227 257.172 259.634 7.7 1.0 1.8 1.4 1.7 

Medical care ............................................................................... 6.627 391.946 393.858 2.9 .5 .2 .2 .1

Medical care commodities 1 ..................................................... 1.633 317.199 318.929 2.7 .5 .2 .1 .5 

Medical care services ............................................................... 4.994 415.079 417.025 3.0 .5 .2 .3 -.1 

Professional services ............................................................. 2.830 330.651 331.921 2.3 .4 .3 .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

2010

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2011 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2010

Jan.

2011

Jan.

2010

Dec.

2010

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

Hospital and related services ................................................. 1.703 621.176 625.897 6.3 0.8 0.1 0.7 -0.1 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................... 6.293 112.345 112.638 -.6 .3 .0 -.2 .2 

Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 1.816 97.167 97.325 -2.6 .2 -.1 -.7 .0 

Education and communication 2 ................................................ 6.421 130.548 130.665 1.2 .1 .2 -.1 .2 

Education 2 .............................................................................. 3.107 203.343 204.057 4.2 .4 .5 .4 .6 

Educational books and supplies ............................................. .204 513.904 522.026 4.3 1.6 .5 .7 1.2 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................ 2.903 584.840 586.386 4.2 .3 .5 .4 .5 

Communication 2 ..................................................................... 3.313 83.913 83.783 -1.4 -.2 -.1 -.6 -.2 

Information and information processing 2 .............................. 3.138 80.730 80.422 -1.7 -.4 -.1 -.7 -.4 

Telephone services 1 2 ......................................................... 2.334 101.739 101.412 -1.3 -.3 -.1 -.6 -.3 

Information technology, hardware and services 5 ................ .804 9.232 9.181 -2.9 -.6 -.1 -.9 -.8 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 6 ............... .228 73.559 72.947 -6.9 -.8 -.4 -2.1 -1.7 

Other goods and services .......................................................... 3.497 384.502 384.689 1.9 .0 .3 .2 .1 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ .906 827.680 828.079 5.2 .0 -.1 .8 .0 

Personal care ........................................................................... 2.591 207.196 207.298 .7 .0 .4 .0 .1 

Personal care products 1 ....................................................... .671 160.656 160.920 -.4 .2 .3 .2 .2 

Personal care services 1 ........................................................ .638 230.159 229.933 .6 -.1 .1 .2 -.1 

Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... 1.055 356.475 357.576 2.3 .3 .3 .1 .1 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ................................................................................ 40.012 176.015 177.480 2.2 .8 .1 .8 .9

Food and beverages .................................................................. 14.792 221.278 223.160 1.8 .9 .1 .1 .5 

Commodities less food and beverages ...................................... 25.219 151.854 153.102 2.5 .8 .1 1.3 1.1 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..................................... 15.474 193.856 196.248 4.7 1.2 .7 2.2 1.8 

Apparel ................................................................................... 3.601 118.071 116.664 .0 -1.2 .1 .1 1.0

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................... 11.873 245.458 250.293 6.1 2.0 .6 3.0 2.0 

Durables ................................................................................... 9.745 110.512 110.696 -.9 .2 -.4 .0 -.1

Services ....................................................................................... 59.988 262.074 262.701 1.2 .2 .1 .2 .1 

Rent of shelter 4 ......................................................................... 31.607 259.418 259.934 .6 .2 .3 .2 -.1 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... .349 126.194 126.192 1.5 .0 .3 -1.0 .0 

Energy services 3 ....................................................................... 3.691 188.443 189.088 -.7 .3 -.8 .6 -.6 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ....................... 1.095 174.543 175.754 5.3 .7 .4 .5 .3 

Household operations 1 2 ........................................................... .772 150.648 151.189 1.1 .4 .0 .3 .4 

Transportation services .............................................................. 6.140 263.264 263.984 3.4 .3 .4 .2 .6 

Medical care services ................................................................. 4.994 415.079 417.025 3.0 .5 .2 .3 -.1 

Other services ............................................................................ 11.340 310.824 311.299 1.4 .2 .2 .0 .2

Special indexes

All items less food ........................................................................ 86.258 218.921 219.820 1.6 .4 .1 .5 .4

All items less shelter .................................................................... 68.045 209.996 211.273 2.1 .6 .1 .6 .5

All items less medical care ........................................................... 93.373 210.712 211.714 1.5 .5 .1 .4 .4 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 26.270 154.443 155.682 2.4 .8 .1 1.2 1.1 

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 16.525 195.703 198.007 4.4 1.2 .7 2.2 1.6

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. 12.923 242.401 246.854 5.7 1.8 .6 2.7 1.9 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 30.266 208.028 210.205 3.3 1.0 .5 1.2 1.1 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... 28.382 285.481 286.292 2.0 .3 .1 .3 .1 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 54.994 250.191 250.737 1.1 .2 .3 .2 .0 

Energy .......................................................................................... 9.079 217.953 223.266 7.3 2.4 .1 4.0 2.1 

All items less energy .................................................................... 90.921 221.045 221.666 1.1 .3 .1 .1 .2

All items less food and energy ................................................... 77.179 221.795 222.177 1.0 .2 .1 .1 .2 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................... 20.882 142.830 142.845 -.2 .0 .0 -.1 .2 

Energy commodities ............................................................... 5.388 259.903 269.970 13.4 3.9 .7 6.4 4.0 

Services less energy services .................................................. 56.297 269.572 270.199 1.4 .2 .2 .1 .1 

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

 $ .456 $ .454 - ----

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ............. - $ .152 $ .152 - ----

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 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base. - Data not available.

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

and commodity and service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-U

Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

Dec.

2010

Jan.

2011

Apr.

2010

July

2010

Oct.

2010

Jan.

2011 July

2010

Jan.

2011

Expenditure category

All items .............................................................................. 218.970 219.240 220.186 221.062 0.3 0.0 2.5 3.9 0.1 3.2 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 220.914 221.237 221.524 222.602 1.7 .1 2.3 3.1 .9 2.7

Food ................................................................................ 220.545 220.884 221.190 222.314 1.8 -.1 2.4 3.2 .9 2.8 

Food at home ................................................................ 216.576 216.999 217.375 218.983 2.8 -.7 2.1 4.5 1.0 3.3 

Cereals and bakery products ...................................... 250.195 250.935 251.870 253.956 -1.7 -2.1 2.1 6.1 -1.9 4.1 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................... 211.671 212.605 211.984 213.942 8.4 7.2 4.9 4.4 7.8 4.6 

Dairy and related products 1 ....................................... 201.291 201.277 202.056 202.349 -3.3 3.5 4.7 2.1 .0 3.4 

Fruits and vegetables .................................................. 270.664 270.268 275.074 278.517 11.1 -13.8 2.1 12.1 -2.2 7.0 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ....... 161.052 162.016 160.310 162.636 .3 -2.0 -1.3 4.0 -.9 1.3 

Other food at home ..................................................... 191.134 191.146 191.289 191.580 -.3 .2 .2 .9 -.1 .6 

Sugar and sweets 1 .................................................. 202.962 200.586 203.098 202.648 2.0 .8 3.6 -.6 1.4 1.5 

Fats and oils .............................................................. 201.926 203.503 202.623 206.878 1.5 -.8 4.7 10.2 .3 7.4

Other foods ............................................................... 204.004 204.250 204.090 203.922 -1.0 .2 -1.2 -.2 -.4 -.7

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................ 121.698 120.623 122.419 120.930 2.4 -.8 -1.2 -2.5 .8 -1.8 

Food away from home 1 ............................................... 227.287 227.512 227.722 228.181 .6 .8 2.8 1.6 .7 2.2 

Other food away from home 1 2 .................................. 160.036 160.392 160.681 160.643 3.1 1.5 1.8 1.5 2.3 1.6 

Alcoholic beverages ........................................................ 224.344 224.449 224.494 224.951 .0 2.3 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.2

Housing ............................................................................. 216.407 216.472 216.850 216.983 -.1 .1 .4 1.1 .0 .8 

Shelter ............................................................................. 248.759 249.019 249.321 249.523 -.2 1.0 .4 1.2 .4 .8 

Rent of primary residence 3 .......................................... 249.816 250.347 250.844 251.249 .1 .7 .7 2.3 .4 1.5 

Lodging away from home 2 ........................................... 134.328 132.990 134.258 132.892 5.3 16.5 -6.9 -4.2 10.7 -5.6 

Owners’ equivalent rent of residences 3 4 .................... 256.876 257.166 257.402 257.659 -.5 .6 .6 1.2 .0 .9 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ....... 256.869 257.158 257.394 257.648 -.5 .6 .6 1.2 .0 .9 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ......................... 127.111 127.501 126.194 126.192 1.7 3.2 4.0 -2.9 2.4 .5 

Fuels and utilities ............................................................ 214.665 214.089 215.738 215.607 4.7 -3.2 2.2 1.8 .7 2.0 

Household energy ......................................................... 189.145 188.274 189.867 189.553 4.1 -5.2 1.5 .9 -.7 1.2

Fuel oil and other fuels 1 ............................................. 276.551 286.367 298.037 314.130 -3.9 -22.1 25.6 66.5 -13.5 44.6 

Energy services 3 ........................................................ 192.656 191.182 192.310 191.114 4.7 -3.8 .0 -3.2 .4 -1.6 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .......... 173.197 173.971 174.824 175.400 7.0 4.6 4.5 5.2 5.8 4.8 

Household furnishings and operations ............................ 124.670 124.473 124.307 124.382 -4.6 -1.9 -1.5 -.9 -3.3 -1.2 

Household operations 1 2 ............................................. 150.151 150.180 150.648 151.189 1.5 1.8 -1.6 2.8 1.7 .6 

Apparel .............................................................................. 119.028 119.132 119.208 120.456 -5.3 3.7 -3.0 4.9 -.9 .9 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. 111.977 111.637 111.304 112.414 -4.8 7.2 -2.7 1.6 1.0 -.6

Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. 105.964 106.288 106.330 107.957 -8.1 3.2 -5.6 7.7 -2.6 .9

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... 112.026 113.107 113.587 111.436 -1.4 10.1 -15.9 -2.1 4.2 -9.3 

Footwear ......................................................................... 128.587 127.336 127.149 128.166 -4.7 1.8 1.5 -1.3 -1.5 .1 

Transportation ................................................................... 196.477 197.102 200.956 203.622 -.7 -3.5 12.1 15.4 -2.1 13.7 

Private transportation ...................................................... 191.952 192.348 196.183 198.730 -1.3 -3.8 12.9 14.9 -2.5 13.9 

New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................... 97.307 97.253 97.173 97.000 1.5 1.8 -.1 -1.3 1.7 -.7 

New vehicles ............................................................... 138.318 138.095 137.923 137.752 .7 .8 .7 -1.6 .7 -.5

Used cars and trucks .................................................. 143.987 144.162 144.058 143.664 5.1 6.1 -.4 -.9 5.6 -.7 

Motor fuel ...................................................................... 249.436 250.892 267.320 277.665 -10.2 -16.8 44.6 53.5 -13.5 49.0 

Gasoline (all types) ..................................................... 248.933 250.744 267.635 277.129 -10.7 -17.6 46.1 53.6 -14.2 49.8 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................ 138.289 138.768 139.223 140.487 1.3 4.6 3.1 6.5 2.9 4.8 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1 ....................... 249.824 249.872 250.134 250.726 2.9 .3 3.7 1.5 1.6 2.6 

Public transportation ....................................................... 251.921 256.463 260.181 264.616 8.2 .2 1.9 21.7 4.2 11.4 

Medical care ...................................................................... 391.924 392.587 393.537 393.843 4.3 1.4 4.0 2.0 2.8 3.0 

Medical care commodities 1 ............................................ 316.082 316.794 317.199 318.929 5.3 -.5 2.5 3.7 2.3 3.1 

Medical care services ..................................................... 415.526 416.152 417.315 417.004 4.0 2.0 4.5 1.4 3.0 3.0

Professional services .................................................... 330.724 331.641 332.107 331.974 2.2 2.9 2.6 1.5 2.6 2.1

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

and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-U

Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

Dec.

2010

Jan.

2011

Apr.

2010

July

2010

Oct.

2010

Jan.

2011 July

2010

Jan.

2011

Expenditure category

Hospital and related services ........................................ 620.720 621.219 625.757 624.854 9.4 3.4 10.0 2.7 6.4 6.3 

Recreation 2 ...................................................................... 113.013 112.988 112.727 112.939 -.1 -.2 -1.8 -.3 -.2 -1.0

Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 98.674 98.576 97.871 97.904 -3.8 -2.3 -1.3 -3.1 -3.0 -2.2 

Education and communication 2 ....................................... 130.257 130.500 130.328 130.548 2.3 1.9 -.1 .9 2.1 .4 

Education 2 ..................................................................... 200.725 201.763 202.558 203.738 5.4 4.7 .6 6.1 5.1 3.3 

Educational books and supplies ................................... 508.034 510.408 514.054 520.236 3.0 4.2 .2 10.0 3.6 5.0 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ...................... 577.249 580.254 582.411 585.549 5.6 4.8 .6 5.9 5.2 3.2 

Communication 2 ............................................................ 84.564 84.465 83.943 83.760 -.4 -.6 -.8 -3.7 -.5 -2.3 

Information and information processing 2 ..................... 81.393 81.292 80.761 80.399 -.5 -.7 -.8 -4.8 -.6 -2.8 

Telephone services 1 2 ............................................... 102.458 102.329 101.739 101.412 -1.3 .3 -.1 -4.0 -.5 -2.1 

Information technology, hardware and services 5 ....... 9.339 9.328 9.246 9.171 1.9 -3.3 -3.0 -7.0 -.7 -5.0 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 6 ..... 75.802 75.503 73.943 72.662 -4.4 -4.6 -2.3 -15.6 -4.5 -9.2 

Other goods and services ................................................. 382.709 383.748 384.680 385.031 .3 5.4 -.6 2.4 2.8 .9 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... 821.529 820.854 827.680 828.079 .6 16.8 1.1 3.2 8.4 2.2 

Personal care .................................................................. 206.431 207.246 207.326 207.547 .2 1.8 -1.2 2.2 1.0 .5 

Personal care products 1 .............................................. 159.951 160.401 160.656 160.920 -.1 -.6 -3.5 2.4 -.3 -.6 

Personal care services 1 ............................................... 229.343 229.623 230.159 229.933 1.8 1.5 -2.0 1.0 1.7 -.5 

Miscellaneous personal services .................................. 356.204 357.200 357.711 358.181 2.5 2.7 1.7 2.2 2.6 2.0 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ....................................................................... 175.603 175.807 177.291 178.833 -1.3 -1.9 5.0 7.6 -1.6 6.3 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 220.914 221.237 221.524 222.602 1.7 .1 2.3 3.1 .9 2.7

Commodities less food and beverages ............................. 151.437 151.586 153.502 155.178 -3.1 -3.0 6.6 10.3 -3.1 8.4 

Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... 191.598 192.897 197.199 200.839 -6.5 -3.9 10.7 20.7 -5.2 15.6 

Apparel .......................................................................... 119.028 119.132 119.208 120.456 -5.3 3.7 -3.0 4.9 -.9 .9 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... 241.692 243.168 250.350 255.448 -6.2 -7.0 16.5 24.8 -6.6 20.6 

Durables .......................................................................... 111.143 110.661 110.632 110.557 -.9 .5 -1.2 -2.1 -.2 -1.6 

Services .............................................................................. 262.060 262.363 262.782 263.034 1.5 1.2 .9 1.5 1.3 1.2 

Rent of shelter 4 ................................................................ 259.237 259.975 260.617 260.471 -1.2 .2 1.5 1.9 -.5 1.7 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ............................. 127.111 127.501 126.194 126.192 1.7 3.2 4.0 -2.9 2.4 .5 

Energy services 3 .............................................................. 192.656 191.182 192.310 191.114 4.7 -3.8 .0 -3.2 .4 -1.6 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .............. 173.197 173.971 174.824 175.400 7.0 4.6 4.5 5.2 5.8 4.8 

Household operations 1 2 ................................................. 150.151 150.180 150.648 151.189 1.5 1.8 -1.6 2.8 1.7 .6 

Transportation services ..................................................... 261.594 262.751 263.379 264.832 4.5 1.5 2.7 5.0 3.0 3.9 

Medical care services ....................................................... 415.526 416.152 417.315 417.004 4.0 2.0 4.5 1.4 3.0 3.0 

Other services ................................................................... 310.443 311.135 311.102 311.610 2.0 2.6 -.4 1.5 2.3 .6 

Special indexes

All items less food ............................................................... 218.742 219.001 220.049 220.885 .1 .0 2.5 4.0 .0 3.2 

All items less shelter ........................................................... 209.786 210.063 211.276 212.429 .6 -.5 3.5 5.1 .0 4.3 

All items less medical care .................................................. 210.497 210.750 211.688 212.578 .0 -.1 2.4 4.0 .0 3.2

Commodities less food ........................................................ 154.039 154.188 156.060 157.709 -3.0 -2.8 6.4 9.9 -2.9 8.1 

Nondurables less food ........................................................ 193.557 194.920 199.211 202.374 -6.0 -3.9 10.2 19.5 -5.0 14.8 

Nondurables less food and apparel .................................... 238.870 240.332 246.849 251.499 -5.6 -6.3 14.9 22.9 -6.0 18.8

Nondurables ........................................................................ 206.493 207.592 210.033 212.320 -1.7 -2.8 6.4 11.8 -2.2 9.1 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ............................................. 285.682 286.073 286.792 287.061 3.4 1.0 1.5 1.9 2.2 1.7 

Services less medical care services ................................... 250.112 250.769 251.378 251.378 .6 .5 1.2 2.0 .6 1.6 

Energy ................................................................................. 216.262 216.506 225.151 229.915 -3.9 -11.6 22.8 27.7 -7.8 25.3 

All items less energy ........................................................... 220.985 221.259 221.434 221.922 .7 1.2 .7 1.7 1.0 1.2 

All items less food and energy .......................................... 221.795 222.059 222.210 222.587 .5 1.4 .4 1.4 1.0 .9 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ........... 143.417 143.373 143.228 143.571 -1.3 1.0 -.9 .4 -.2 -.2 

Energy commodities ..................................................... 252.524 254.408 270.712 281.416 -9.8 -17.1 43.5 54.2 -13.5 48.8 

Services less energy services ......................................... 269.162 269.632 269.986 270.374 1.2 1.6 .9 1.8 1.4 1.4 

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 1982=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 6 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base.

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

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-U

All items 

Pricing

schedule 1

Indexes Percent change to

Jan.2011 from—

Percent change to

Dec.2010 from—

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

Dec.

2010

Jan.

2011

Jan.

2010

Nov.

2010

Dec.

2010

Dec.

2009

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

U.S. city average ............................................ M 218.711 218.803 219.179 220.223 1.6 0.6 0.5 1.5 0.2 0.2 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban .............................................. M 234.671 235.094 235.141 235.969 1.6 .4 .4 1.6 .2 .0 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 236.560 236.806 236.828 237.564 1.5 .3 .3 1.4 .1 .0 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 139.746 140.282 140.351 141.001 1.9 .5 .5 2.0 .4 .0 

Midwest urban ................................................ M 208.689 208.816 209.270 210.388 1.9 .8 .5 1.8 .3 .2 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 209.182 209.344 209.936 210.928 1.7 .8 .5 1.7 .4 .3 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 134.074 134.058 134.267 135.061 2.0 .7 .6 1.9 .1 .2 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 205.565 206.014 206.136 207.551 2.0 .7 .7 1.7 .3 .1 

South urban .................................................... M 212.026 211.996 212.488 213.589 1.7 .8 .5 1.4 .2 .2 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 213.589 213.424 213.850 215.127 1.6 .8 .6 1.4 .1 .2 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 134.890 134.892 135.240 135.925 1.8 .8 .5 1.5 .3 .3 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 215.390 215.736 216.189 216.750 1.3 .5 .3 1.4 .4 .2 

West urban ..................................................... M 221.708 221.671 222.081 223.149 1.4 .7 .5 1.3 .2 .2 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 226.058 225.847 226.112 227.281 1.5 .6 .5 1.4 .0 .1 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 133.745 133.930 134.328 134.917 1.2 .7 .4 .9 .4 .3 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 199.842 199.844 200.123 201.059 1.6 .6 .5 1.5 .1 .1 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 135.174 135.289 135.579 136.260 1.7 .7 .5 1.5 .3 .2 

D ................................................................. M 211.831 212.124 212.541 213.417 1.6 .6 .4 1.6 .3 .2 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... M 213.332 213.066 213.778 215.155 1.4 1.0 .6 1.2 .2 .3 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... M 226.794 225.941 226.639 228.652 1.8 1.2 .9 1.3 -.1 .3 

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

NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 241.981 241.960 241.874 242.639 1.5 .3 .3 1.4 .0 .0 

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

 238.103 - 239.814 1.1 .7 ----

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 1 - 206.168 - 207.587 2.2 .7 ----

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... 1 - 201.168 - 203.199 .5 1.0 ----

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 - 142.915 - 144.327 2.3 1.0 ----

Atlanta, GA ..................................................... 2 202.913 - 202.519 ---- 1.0 -.2 -

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. 2 205.824 - 206.384 ---- 1.2 .3 -

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 195.094 - 194.479 ---- 1.9 -.3 -

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. 2 223.631 - 224.907 ---- .9 .6 -

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ 2 228.543 - 228.017 ---- 1.4 -.2 -

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... 2 228.107 - 227.658 ---- 1.5 -.2 -

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 227.251 - 226.862 ---- .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

2010

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2011 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2010

Jan.

2011

Jan.

2010

Dec.

2010

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

All items ........................................................................................ 100.000 215.262 216.400 1.8 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.5 

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

 641.200 644.591 - ----

Food and beverages .................................................................. 16.401 220.508 222.385 1.8 .9 .2 .1 .5 

Food ......................................................................................... 15.315 220.062 222.039 1.9 .9 .2 .1 .5 

Food at home ......................................................................... 8.906 215.748 218.804 2.2 1.4 .2 .1 .8 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................... 1.236 251.419 253.991 1.1 1.0 .3 .4 .7 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. 2.227 211.858 214.127 6.3 1.1 .4 -.3 .9 

Dairy and related products 1 ................................................ .917 200.958 201.170 1.8 .1 .1 .4 .1 

Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... 1.219 273.977 282.396 2.3 3.1 -.1 1.9 1.2 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................ 1.091 158.654 163.586 .1 3.1 .8 -1.2 1.5 

Other food at home .............................................................. 2.217 189.176 190.656 .2 .8 .0 .0 .3 

Sugar and sweets 1 ............................................................ .324 202.206 201.824 1.6 -.2 -1.0 1.3 -.2 

Fats and oils ....................................................................... .258 200.925 208.026 3.6 3.5 .8 -.4 2.1 

Other foods ........................................................................ 1.635 202.520 203.614 -.7 .5 .1 -.2 .1 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... .463 122.267 121.161 -.7 -.9 -.9 1.3 -.9 

Food away from home 1 ......................................................... 6.409 227.871 228.279 1.5 .2 .1 .1 .2 

Other food away from home 1 2 ........................................... .326 161.657 161.635 2.5 .0 .3 .1 .0 

Alcoholic beverages ................................................................. 1.086 225.592 225.994 1.1 .2 .1 .0 .1 

Housing ...................................................................................... 39.228 212.861 213.442 .4 .3 .1 .2 .1 

Shelter ...................................................................................... 29.811 243.120 243.569 .6 .2 .1 .1 .1 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................... 8.396 249.246 249.848 .9 .2 .2 .2 .2 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................... .436 127.369 130.091 2.3 2.1 -.8 .9 -1.3 

Owners’ equivalent rent of residences 3 4 .............................. 20.672 233.278 233.565 .5 .1 .1 .1 .1 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ................ 19.942 233.278 233.564 .5 .1 .1 .1 .1 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... .306 127.674 127.690 1.9 .0 .3 -.7 .0 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 5.633 210.860 212.409 1.3 .7 -.3 .7 .0 

Household energy .................................................................. 4.476 184.079 185.463 .3 .8 -.4 .8 .0 

Fuel oil and other fuels 1 ...................................................... .301 299.558 315.348 11.0 5.3 3.4 4.0 5.3 

Energy services 3 ................................................................. 4.175 187.077 187.874 -.4 .4 -.7 .6 -.4 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................... 1.157 175.008 176.175 5.2 .7 .4 .5 .3 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 3.784 120.007 120.345 -2.4 .3 -.1 -.1 .1 

Household operations 1 2 ....................................................... .364 153.116 153.583 1.4 .3 .0 .2 .3 

Apparel ....................................................................................... 3.668 117.127 115.649 -.6 -1.3 .0 .0 1.0 

Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... .921 109.849 110.386 .4 .5 -.1 -.2 1.3 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... 1.502 104.988 101.701 -1.1 -3.1 .1 -.2 1.5 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... .280 115.832 113.268 -3.2 -2.2 1.1 .7 -2.1 

Footwear .................................................................................. .750 125.691 125.474 -1.4 -.2 -1.0 -.1 .9 

Transportation ............................................................................ 19.418 197.832 200.635 5.9 1.4 .2 2.2 1.4 

Private transportation ............................................................... 18.631 194.477 197.275 5.8 1.4 .2 2.3 1.4 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. 6.914 96.151 96.227 .8 .1 .0 -.1 -.2 

New vehicles ........................................................................ 3.320 139.567 139.871 .0 .2 -.2 -.1 -.2 

Used cars and trucks ........................................................... 3.003 143.377 143.479 2.5 .1 .1 -.1 -.3 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 6.470 257.025 266.820 13.5 3.8 .5 6.7 3.9

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 6.193 256.443 266.224 13.4 3.8 .4 7.2 3.5 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ..................................... .479 139.150 140.289 3.6 .8 .4 .4 .8 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1 ................................ 1.184 252.759 253.310 2.2 .2 .0 .1 .2 

Public transportation ................................................................ .787 254.312 256.604 7.0 .9 1.4 1.5 1.5 

Medical care ............................................................................... 5.355 393.616 395.536 3.2 .5 .2 .3 .1

Medical care commodities 1 ..................................................... 1.318 308.823 310.488 2.8 .5 .3 .2 .5 

Medical care services ............................................................... 4.038 418.568 420.540 3.3 .5 .2 .3 -.1 

Professional services ............................................................. 2.220 334.032 335.368 2.4 .4 .3 .1 .1 

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

2010

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2011 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2010

Jan.

2011

Jan.

2010

Dec.

2010

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

Hospital and related services ................................................. 1.414 623.692 628.321 7.0 0.7 0.1 0.8 -0.1 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................... 5.862 108.561 109.039 -.8 .4 -.3 -.3 .4 

Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 1.959 97.753 97.925 -2.5 .2 -.1 -.7 .1 

Education and communication 2 ................................................ 6.118 125.089 125.065 .6 .0 .1 -.2 .0 

Education 2 .............................................................................. 2.380 200.496 201.353 4.3 .4 .4 .4 .6 

Educational books and supplies ............................................. .199 515.937 526.152 4.5 2.0 .6 .6 1.6 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................ 2.181 564.149 565.760 4.3 .3 .4 .4 .5 

Communication 2 ..................................................................... 3.738 86.472 86.209 -1.6 -.3 -.1 -.7 -.4 

Information and information processing 2 .............................. 3.605 84.271 83.881 -1.8 -.5 -.1 -.7 -.5 

Telephone services 1 2 ......................................................... 2.823 101.327 100.882 -1.6 -.4 -.2 -.6 -.4 

Information technology, hardware and services 5 ................ .782 9.767 9.713 -2.7 -.6 -.1 -.9 -.8 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 6 ............... .208 73.078 72.433 -7.5 -.9 -.4 -2.2 -1.8 

Other goods and services .......................................................... 3.950 414.002 414.263 2.4 .1 .2 .4 .1 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ 1.450 832.741 832.904 5.2 .0 -.1 .9 .0 

Personal care ........................................................................... 2.500 205.084 205.264 .8 .1 .4 .2 .1 

Personal care products 1 ....................................................... .717 161.217 161.462 -.1 .2 .4 .3 .2 

Personal care services 1 ........................................................ .572 230.332 230.140 .6 -.1 .1 .2 -.1 

Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... 1.027 358.380 359.587 2.4 .3 .3 .3 .2 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ................................................................................ 43.898 179.331 180.958 2.6 .9 .1 1.0 .9 

Food and beverages .................................................................. 16.401 220.508 222.385 1.8 .9 .2 .1 .5 

Commodities less food and beverages ...................................... 27.497 156.997 158.473 3.0 .9 .1 1.5 1.2 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..................................... 17.244 203.292 206.142 5.2 1.4 .7 2.7 1.8 

Apparel ................................................................................... 3.668 117.127 115.649 -.6 -1.3 .0 .0 1.0

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................... 13.576 261.243 266.785 6.8 2.1 .4 3.3 2.2 

Durables ................................................................................... 10.253 111.789 111.973 -.5 .2 -.4 .0 .0 

Services ....................................................................................... 56.102 257.382 257.982 1.2 .2 .1 .1 .1 

Rent of shelter 4 ......................................................................... 29.504 234.278 234.715 .6 .2 .2 .2 .1 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... .306 127.674 127.690 1.9 .0 .3 -.7 .0 

Energy services 3 ....................................................................... 4.175 187.077 187.874 -.4 .4 -.7 .6 -.4 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ....................... 1.157 175.008 176.175 5.2 .7 .4 .5 .3 

Household operations 1 2 ........................................................... .364 153.116 153.583 1.4 .3 .0 .2 .3 

Transportation services .............................................................. 5.994 263.648 264.313 3.4 .3 .3 .1 .4 

Medical care services ................................................................. 4.038 418.568 420.540 3.3 .5 .2 .3 -.1 

Other services ............................................................................ 10.563 296.508 296.924 1.0 .1 .1 -.1 .1

Special indexes

All items less food ........................................................................ 84.685 214.225 215.215 1.8 .5 .1 .6 .4

All items less shelter .................................................................... 70.189 207.428 208.828 2.3 .7 .1 .7 .6

All items less medical care ........................................................... 94.645 208.036 209.141 1.7 .5 .1 .5 .5 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 28.583 159.342 160.795 2.9 .9 .1 1.5 1.2 

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 18.329 204.737 207.458 4.9 1.3 .7 2.5 1.7

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. 14.662 257.051 262.134 6.4 2.0 .5 3.1 2.0 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 33.644 212.541 214.950 3.5 1.1 .5 1.4 1.2 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... 26.598 251.847 252.563 1.8 .3 .1 .2 .1 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 52.065 246.115 246.643 1.0 .2 .2 .2 .1 

Energy .......................................................................................... 10.946 218.896 224.500 7.8 2.6 .1 4.2 2.3 

All items less energy .................................................................... 89.054 215.786 216.389 1.1 .3 .1 .1 .2

All items less food and energy ................................................... 73.739 215.303 215.627 .9 .2 .1 .1 .2 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................... 21.812 145.037 145.024 .0 .0 -.1 .0 .2 

Energy commodities ............................................................... 6.771 260.026 270.105 13.4 3.9 .6 6.6 4.0 

Services less energy services .................................................. 51.927 265.062 265.639 1.3 .2 .2 .1 .1 

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

 $ .465 $ .462 - ----

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ............. - $ .156 $ .155 - ----

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 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base. - Data not available.

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

expenditure category and commodity and service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-W

Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

Dec.

2010

Jan.

2011

Apr.

2010

July

2010

Oct.

2010

Jan.

2011 July

2010

Jan.

2011

Expenditure category

All items .............................................................................. 215.008 215.236 216.367 217.344 0.2 -0.2 3.0 4.4 0.0 3.7 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 220.129 220.515 220.782 221.853 1.7 .2 2.3 3.2 .9 2.7

Food ................................................................................ 219.665 220.065 220.351 221.486 1.8 .0 2.4 3.4 .9 2.9 

Food at home ................................................................ 215.391 215.914 216.235 217.871 2.7 -.4 1.9 4.7 1.1 3.3 

Cereals and bakery products ...................................... 250.800 251.623 252.705 254.540 -1.6 -2.1 2.3 6.1 -1.8 4.2 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................... 211.478 212.375 211.826 213.732 8.6 7.5 4.9 4.3 8.0 4.6 

Dairy and related products 1 ....................................... 199.890 200.084 200.958 201.170 -3.4 3.8 4.3 2.6 .1 3.5 

Fruits and vegetables .................................................. 267.850 267.492 272.546 275.896 11.1 -14.3 2.2 12.6 -2.4 7.2 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ....... 160.500 161.709 159.802 162.150 -.2 -1.4 -2.1 4.2 -.8 1.0 

Other food at home ..................................................... 190.180 190.223 190.252 190.804 -.8 .2 -.2 1.3 -.3 .6 

Sugar and sweets 1 .................................................. 201.469 199.542 202.206 201.824 2.0 .4 3.3 .7 1.2 2.0 

Fats and oils .............................................................. 202.128 203.735 202.870 207.171 .6 .0 3.9 10.4 .3 7.1

Other foods ............................................................... 203.933 204.121 203.773 203.965 -1.5 .3 -1.4 .1 -.6 -.7

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................ 121.806 120.723 122.267 121.161 2.2 -1.6 -1.3 -2.1 .3 -1.7 

Food away from home 1 ............................................... 227.412 227.634 227.871 228.279 .7 .6 3.1 1.5 .6 2.3 

Other food away from home 1 2 .................................. 160.988 161.428 161.657 161.635 3.6 1.6 3.2 1.6 2.6 2.4 

Alcoholic beverages ........................................................ 225.467 225.656 225.647 225.786 -.1 2.8 1.2 .6 1.3 .9

Housing ............................................................................. 213.009 213.124 213.535 213.712 .0 -.1 .5 1.3 .0 .9 

Shelter ............................................................................. 242.631 242.968 243.290 243.522 -.2 .8 .5 1.5 .3 1.0 

Rent of primary residence 3 .......................................... 247.999 248.584 249.110 249.556 .1 .6 .5 2.5 .3 1.5 

Lodging away from home 2 ........................................... 135.817 134.716 135.916 134.166 6.4 17.5 -8.0 -4.8 11.8 -6.4 

Owners’ equivalent rent of residences 3 4 .................... 232.736 233.011 233.235 233.453 -.5 .5 .6 1.2 .0 .9 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ....... 232.738 233.012 233.235 233.452 -.5 .5 .6 1.2 .0 .9 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ......................... 128.130 128.556 127.674 127.690 1.8 3.5 3.8 -1.4 2.7 1.2 

Fuels and utilities ............................................................ 213.331 212.762 214.276 214.330 4.8 -3.0 1.8 1.9 .8 1.8 

Household energy ......................................................... 187.154 186.318 187.766 187.675 4.3 -4.8 1.2 1.1 -.4 1.2

Fuel oil and other fuels 1 ............................................. 278.516 287.994 299.558 315.348 -4.6 -22.7 25.3 64.3 -14.1 43.5 

Energy services 3 ........................................................ 191.375 190.037 191.094 190.284 4.9 -3.5 -.2 -2.3 .6 -1.2 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .......... 173.678 174.458 175.249 175.803 7.1 4.4 4.3 5.0 5.8 4.6 

Household furnishings and operations ............................ 120.680 120.526 120.388 120.479 -5.3 -2.1 -1.6 -.7 -3.7 -1.1 

Household operations 1 2 ............................................. 152.729 152.778 153.116 153.583 2.2 3.5 -2.3 2.3 2.8 -.1 

Apparel .............................................................................. 118.154 118.143 118.126 119.268 -5.7 3.4 -3.5 3.8 -1.2 .1 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. 111.608 111.552 111.303 112.711 -4.8 6.2 -3.2 4.0 .5 .4

Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. 105.512 105.650 105.468 107.067 -8.4 2.1 -3.6 6.0 -3.3 1.1

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... 114.878 116.085 116.916 114.477 -1.9 9.2 -16.9 -1.4 3.5 -9.5 

Footwear ......................................................................... 127.694 126.414 126.296 127.404 -6.1 2.1 -.5 -.9 -2.1 -.7 

Transportation ................................................................... 196.014 196.502 200.880 203.697 -1.0 -3.9 13.7 16.6 -2.5 15.1 

Private transportation ...................................................... 192.771 193.154 197.516 200.277 -1.3 -4.1 14.2 16.5 -2.7 15.3 

New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................... 96.513 96.488 96.431 96.217 2.0 2.7 -.1 -1.2 2.3 -.7 

New vehicles ............................................................... 139.284 139.042 138.950 138.691 .5 .9 .4 -1.7 .7 -.7

Used cars and trucks .................................................. 144.920 145.103 145.000 144.598 5.1 6.0 -.2 -.9 5.6 -.5 

Motor fuel ...................................................................... 250.383 251.513 268.361 278.809 -10.0 -17.1 44.6 53.7 -13.6 49.1 

Gasoline (all types) ..................................................... 249.942 250.858 268.977 278.404 -10.6 -17.4 45.2 53.9 -14.0 49.5 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................ 138.153 138.654 139.150 140.289 1.6 3.9 2.8 6.3 2.7 4.5 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1 ....................... 252.546 252.610 252.759 253.310 3.1 .4 3.9 1.2 1.8 2.5 

Public transportation ....................................................... 249.494 253.078 256.908 260.787 7.0 .6 2.1 19.4 3.8 10.4 

Medical care ...................................................................... 393.428 394.161 395.218 395.575 4.7 1.7 4.0 2.2 3.2 3.1 

Medical care commodities 1 ............................................ 307.539 308.332 308.823 310.488 5.7 -.5 2.3 3.9 2.6 3.1 

Medical care services ..................................................... 418.870 419.554 420.827 420.595 4.4 2.5 4.5 1.7 3.4 3.1

Professional services .................................................... 334.046 334.979 335.472 335.757 2.1 2.9 2.6 2.1 2.5 2.3

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—

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

Dec.

2010

Jan.

2011

Apr.

2010

July

2010

Oct.

2010

Jan.

2011 July

2010

Jan.

2011

Expenditure category

Hospital and related services ........................................ 622.297 623.224 628.241 627.317 10.8 4.3 9.9 3.3 7.5 6.5 

Recreation 2 ...................................................................... 109.510 109.234 108.943 109.345 -.5 -.8 -1.5 -.6 -.6 -1.1

Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 99.210 99.092 98.429 98.510 -3.8 -2.6 -.9 -2.8 -3.2 -1.8 

Education and communication 2 ....................................... 125.155 125.259 124.955 124.959 1.9 1.3 -.1 -.6 1.6 -.4 

Education 2 ..................................................................... 198.117 199.002 199.846 200.978 5.8 4.4 1.1 5.9 5.1 3.5 

Educational books and supplies ................................... 510.572 513.501 516.326 524.385 3.5 3.0 .7 11.3 3.2 5.8 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ...................... 557.377 559.803 562.114 564.783 6.0 4.6 1.2 5.4 5.3 3.3 

Communication 2 ............................................................ 87.200 87.075 86.499 86.192 -.4 -.5 -.9 -4.5 -.5 -2.7 

Information and information processing 2 ..................... 85.009 84.882 84.299 83.864 -.4 -.5 -.9 -5.3 -.5 -3.1 

Telephone services 1 2 ............................................... 102.135 101.975 101.327 100.882 -1.4 .2 -.2 -4.8 -.6 -2.5 

Information technology, hardware and services 5 ....... 9.880 9.868 9.782 9.704 3.2 -3.1 -3.4 -6.9 .0 -5.2 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 6 ..... 75.439 75.142 73.494 72.178 -3.6 -5.5 -3.9 -16.2 -4.6 -10.3 

Other goods and services ................................................. 411.610 412.455 414.260 414.533 .2 6.8 -.2 2.9 3.5 1.3

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... 826.468 825.644 832.741 832.904 .7 16.5 1.1 3.2 8.3 2.1 

Personal care .................................................................. 204.107 204.886 205.285 205.476 .0 1.7 -1.0 2.7 .8 .8 

Personal care products 1 .............................................. 160.174 160.801 161.217 161.462 -.2 -.5 -3.0 3.3 -.3 .1 

Personal care services 1 ............................................... 229.635 229.855 230.332 230.140 1.9 1.6 -2.0 .9 1.7 -.5 

Miscellaneous personal services .................................. 357.563 358.618 359.558 360.275 2.4 1.9 2.1 3.1 2.1 2.6 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ....................................................................... 178.823 179.007 180.813 182.495 -1.4 -1.9 5.8 8.5 -1.7 7.1 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 220.129 220.515 220.782 221.853 1.7 .2 2.3 3.2 .9 2.7

Commodities less food and beverages ............................. 156.447 156.541 158.952 160.848 -3.2 -3.2 7.9 11.7 -3.2 9.8 

Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... 200.796 202.225 207.594 211.319 -7.5 -4.9 13.5 22.7 -6.2 18.0 

Apparel .......................................................................... 118.154 118.143 118.126 119.268 -5.7 3.4 -3.5 3.8 -1.2 .1 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... 257.451 258.599 267.257 273.060 -7.6 -7.1 19.7 26.5 -7.3 23.1 

Durables .......................................................................... 112.421 111.936 111.888 111.840 .3 1.3 -1.4 -2.1 .8 -1.7 

Services .............................................................................. 257.419 257.663 258.034 258.262 1.5 1.0 .9 1.3 1.3 1.1 

Rent of shelter 4 ................................................................ 233.844 234.338 234.729 234.950 -.8 .2 1.1 1.9 -.3 1.5 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ............................. 128.130 128.556 127.674 127.690 1.8 3.5 3.8 -1.4 2.7 1.2 

Energy services 3 .............................................................. 191.375 190.037 191.094 190.284 4.9 -3.5 -.2 -2.3 .6 -1.2 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .............. 173.678 174.458 175.249 175.803 7.1 4.4 4.3 5.0 5.8 4.6 

Household operations 1 2 ................................................. 152.729 152.778 153.116 153.583 2.2 3.5 -2.3 2.3 2.8 -.1 

Transportation services ..................................................... 262.227 263.053 263.406 264.463 5.0 2.2 3.1 3.5 3.6 3.3 

Medical care services ....................................................... 418.870 419.554 420.827 420.595 4.4 2.5 4.5 1.7 3.4 3.1 

Other services ................................................................... 296.818 297.133 296.889 297.247 1.6 2.1 -.2 .6 1.8 .2 

Special indexes

All items less food ............................................................... 213.996 214.194 215.473 216.422 -.1 -.3 3.1 4.6 -.2 3.9 

All items less shelter ........................................................... 207.256 207.446 208.883 210.141 .4 -.7 4.1 5.7 -.1 4.9 

All items less medical care .................................................. 207.782 207.992 209.116 210.104 .0 -.3 3.0 4.5 -.2 3.7 

Commodities less food ........................................................ 158.802 158.899 161.252 163.108 -3.1 -3.0 7.7 11.3 -3.0 9.5 

Nondurables less food ........................................................ 202.259 203.719 208.830 212.360 -7.0 -4.5 12.4 21.5 -5.8 16.9 

Nondurables less food and apparel .................................... 253.352 254.639 262.540 267.850 -7.0 -6.4 17.8 24.9 -6.7 21.3

Nondurables ........................................................................ 210.804 211.911 214.836 217.332 -2.4 -2.9 7.3 13.0 -2.6 10.1 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ............................................. 252.390 252.590 253.116 253.273 3.5 .9 1.5 1.4 2.2 1.5 

Services less medical care services ................................... 246.090 246.514 246.935 247.082 1.0 .6 1.0 1.6 .8 1.3 

Energy ................................................................................. 217.048 217.210 226.396 231.611 -4.2 -11.9 24.0 29.7 -8.1 26.8 

All items less energy ........................................................... 215.724 215.961 216.122 216.590 .7 1.2 .8 1.6 1.0 1.2 

All items less food and energy .......................................... 215.309 215.513 215.648 215.982 .5 1.5 .4 1.3 1.0 .8 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ........... 145.635 145.547 145.475 145.784 -1.2 1.6 -.9 .4 .2 -.3 

Energy commodities ..................................................... 252.793 254.251 270.984 281.694 -9.8 -17.3 43.7 54.2 -13.6 48.9 

Services less energy services ......................................... 264.613 265.038 265.330 265.675 1.3 1.4 1.0 1.6 1.4 1.3 

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 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base.

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

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-W

All items 

Pricing

schedule 1

Indexes Percent change to

Jan.2011 from—

Percent change to

Dec.2010 from—

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

Dec.

2010

Jan.

2011

Jan.

2010

Nov.

2010

Dec.

2010

Dec.

2009

Oct.

2010

Nov.

2010

U.S. city average ............................................ M 214.623 214.750 215.262 216.400 1.8 0.8 0.5 1.7 0.3 0.2 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban .............................................. M 232.396 232.962 233.082 233.914 1.8 .4 .4 1.9 .3 .1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 232.672 233.031 233.092 233.851 1.7 .4 .3 1.7 .2 .0 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 140.848 141.452 141.598 142.196 2.0 .5 .4 2.2 .5 .1 

Midwest urban ................................................ M 204.329 204.468 205.024 206.258 2.0 .9 .6 2.0 .3 .3 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 203.906 204.064 204.731 205.878 1.9 .9 .6 1.9 .4 .3 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 134.093 134.112 134.454 135.277 2.1 .9 .6 2.1 .3 .3 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 203.548 203.937 204.132 205.648 2.1 .8 .7 1.8 .3 .1 

South urban .................................................... M 209.376 209.352 209.994 211.216 1.8 .9 .6 1.6 .3 .3 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 211.409 211.222 211.712 213.058 1.6 .9 .6 1.4 .1 .2 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 133.923 133.927 134.405 135.207 2.0 1.0 .6 1.7 .4 .4 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 215.451 215.822 216.477 217.200 1.5 .6 .3 1.5 .5 .3 

West urban ..................................................... M 216.273 216.267 216.847 217.995 1.6 .8 .5 1.4 .3 .3 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 219.017 218.817 219.273 220.564 1.7 .8 .6 1.5 .1 .2 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 133.622 133.777 134.306 134.900 1.2 .8 .4 1.0 .5 .4 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 198.576 198.598 198.979 200.022 1.7 .7 .5 1.6 .2 .2 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 134.840 134.969 135.379 136.112 1.9 .8 .5 1.7 .4 .3 

D ................................................................. M 210.160 210.529 210.959 212.005 1.8 .7 .5 1.7 .4 .2 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... M 206.894 206.632 207.479 209.016 1.7 1.2 .7 1.6 .3 .4 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... M 219.339 218.694 219.619 221.540 2.0 1.3 .9 1.6 .1 .4 

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

NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 237.483 237.606 237.575 238.396 1.8 .3 .3 1.8 .0 .0 

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

 238.891 - 240.540 1.1 .7 ----

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 1 - 197.530 - 199.568 2.6 1.0 ----

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... 1 - 204.918 - 206.954 .7 1.0 ----

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 - 142.938 - 144.556 2.4 1.1 ----

Atlanta, GA ..................................................... 2 201.887 - 201.390 ---- 1.0 -.2 -

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. 2 201.864 - 202.280 ---- 1.3 .2 -

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 193.110 - 192.863 ---- 2.1 -.1 -

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. 2 221.497 - 222.510 ---- .7 .5 -

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ 2 228.676 - 228.072 ---- 1.5 -.3 -

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... 2 224.352 - 224.152 ---- 1.8 -.1 -

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 223.112 - 222.853 ---- .9 -.1 -

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

 most other goods and services priced as indicated:

 M - Every month.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement

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

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

Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national

average CPI for use in their escalator clauses. 

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

category and commodity and service group

(December 1999=100, unless otherwise noted)

C-CPI-U Relative

importance,

2007-2008

 Unadjusted

 indexes

 Unadjusted

 percent change to

 Jan. 2011 from—

 Dec.

 2010

 Jan.

 2011

 Jan.

 2010

 Dec.

 2010

Expenditure category

All items ...................................................................................... 100.000 126.228 R126.811 1.5 0.5 

Food and beverages ................................................................ 14.519 128.814 129.897 1.7 .8 

Food ....................................................................................... 13.493 128.840 129.971 1.8 .9 

Food at home ....................................................................... 7.780 123.560 125.260 2.1 1.4 

Food away from home .......................................................... 5.712 136.196 136.473 1.4 .2 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 1.027 129.155 129.622 1.1 .4 

Housing .................................................................................... 42.074 128.047 128.403 .2 .3 

Shelter .................................................................................... 32.119 131.430 131.696 .6 .2 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 5.231 156.201 157.336 .8 .7 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 4.724 91.857 92.128 -2.8 .3 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 3.772 88.735 87.458 -.4 -1.4 

Transportation .......................................................................... 17.199 133.545 R135.346 5.6 1.3 

Private transportation ............................................................. 16.013 134.136 135.961 5.4 1.4 

Public transportation ............................................................... 1.186 125.956 R127.460 8.0 1.2 

Medical care ............................................................................. 6.294 151.713 152.417 2.7 .5 

Medical care commodities ...................................................... 1.570 133.694 134.398 2.6 .5 

Medical care services ............................................................. 4.723 158.330 159.032 2.7 .4 

Recreation ................................................................................ 6.625 101.823 102.062 -1.4 .2 

Education and communication ................................................. 6.288 112.725 112.730 .8 .0 

Education ............................................................................... 2.804 187.638 188.254 4.1 .3 

Communication ...................................................................... 3.484 72.018 71.834 -1.8 -.3 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 3.229 140.044 140.089 1.5 .0 

Commodity and service group

Services ...................................................................................... 59.383 135.843 R136.170 1.1 .2 

Commodities .............................................................................. 40.617 114.639 115.538 2.0 .8 

Durables ................................................................................... 10.376 80.097 80.179 -1.6 .1 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 30.241 132.606 133.958 3.2 1.0 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 76.901 120.105 R120.281 .7 .1 

Energy ........................................................................................ 9.606 185.738 190.231 7.2 2.4 

R Revised.

Indexes for 2011 are initial estimates. Indexes for 2010 are interim adjustments.

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