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(NOTE: This release was reissued on Friday, July 16, 2010, to correct errors in the January-February 

2010 data. Corrections have been made to Table 7. There were no changes made to the text of the 

release.) 

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX – FEBRUARY 2010 

On a seasonally adjusted basis, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) was 

unchanged in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the 

index increased 2.1 percent before seasonal adjustment. 

The unchanged all items index was the result of a decline in the energy index being offset by slight 

increases in the indexes for food and for all items less food and energy. Within the latter group, declines 

in the indexes for apparel and household furnishings and operations were more than offset by continuing 

increases in the indexes for medical care and used cars and trucks. The 12-month increase in the index 

for all items less food and energy now stands at 1.3 percent, the lowest since February 2004. 

The food index also edged up in February. The food at home index rose slightly, the net result of the 

major grocery store food group indexes posting a mix of modest increases and decreases. In contrast, the 

energy index declined in February. Decreases in the indexes for gasoline, electricity, and fuel oil more 

than offset an increase in the index for natural gas. 

 

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Chart 1. One-month percent change in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), seasonally adjusted, Feb. 2009 - Feb. 2010

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Chart 2. 12-month percent change in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), not seasonally adjusted, Feb. 2009 - Feb. 2010

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Consumer Price Index Data for February 2010 

Food 

The food index rose 0.1 percent in February after increasing 0.2 percent in January. The indexes for food 

away from home and food at home both rose 0.1 percent. Within the latter group, the index for meats, 

poultry, fish, and eggs posted the largest increase among major grocery store food groups, rising 0.4 

percent as the indexes for pork and for eggs both rose 2.6 percent. The index for other food at home rose 

0.2 percent, and the index for cereals and bakery products was unchanged. The indexes for fruits and 

vegetables and for dairy and related products both decreased 0.1 percent in February after rising in 

January, and the nonalcoholic beverages index fell 0.4 percent. Over the last 12 months, the food index 

declined 0.2 percent, with the index for food away from home rising 1.4 percent but the food at home 

index falling 1.5 percent. 

 

Energy 

After rising 2.8 percent in January, the energy index declined 0.5 percent in February, the first decrease 

since April 2009. The decline was the result of a decrease in the gasoline index, which fell 1.4 percent. 

(Before seasonal adjustment, gasoline prices fell 2.8 percent in February.) The index for household 

energy rose 0.4 percent in February due to an increase in the index for natural gas, which rose 3.9 

percent in February after increasing 3.5 percent in January. This more than offset declines in the fuel oil 

index, which fell 2.4 percent, and the electricity index, which fell 0.5 percent, its third consecutive 

decrease. Over the last 12 months the energy index has risen 14.4 percent with the gasoline index up 

36.8 percent but the index for household energy down 3.0 percent. 

All items less food and energy 

The index for all items less food and energy, which declined 0.1 percent in January, increased 0.1 

percent in February. The medical care index rose in February, increasing 0.5 percent for the second 

straight month. The index for medical care services increased 0.4 percent and the medical care 

commodities index rose 0.8 percent with the prescription drug index up 0.6 percent. The index for used 

cars and trucks continued to rise, increasing 0.7 percent in February, while the index for new vehicles 

rose 0.1 percent. The shelter index, which declined in January, was unchanged in February, as both rent 

and owners’ equivalent rent were unchanged. The apparel index decreased 0.7 percent, as did the index 

for airline fares. The index for household furnishings and operations declined 0.4 percent, and the index 

for recreation fell 0.1 percent. 

Not seasonally adjusted CPI measures 

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 2.1 percent over the last 12 

months to an index level of 216.741 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index was unchanged prior to 

seasonal adjustment. 

The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) increased 2.8 

percent over the last 12 months to an index level of 212.544 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index 

was unchanged prior to seasonal adjustment. 
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The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) increased 2.2 percent over the 

last 12 months. For the month, the index was unchanged on a not seasonally adjusted basis. Please note 

that the indexes for the post-2008 period are subject to revision.

The Consumer Price Index for March 2010 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, April 14, 

2010, at 8:30 a.m. (EDT). 
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Information from this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. 

Voice phone: 202-691-5200, Federal Relay Services: 1-800-877-8339. 

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 25,000 retail establishments-department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling 

stations, and other types of stores and service establishments. All taxes directly associated with the 

purchase and use of items are included in the index. Prices of fuels and a few other items are obtained 

every month in all 87 locations. Prices of most other commodities and services are collected every 

month in the three largest geographic areas and every other month in other areas. Prices of most goods 

and services are obtained by personal visits or telephone calls of the Bureau’s trained representatives. 

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

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

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

also published by size of city, by region of the country, for cross-classifications of regions and 

population-size classes, and for 27 local areas. Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of 

prices among cities; they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base period. 

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

CPI-W are considered final when released, but the 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 100.0. The reference base for the C-CPI-U is December 1999 equals 

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

can also be expressed in dollars as follows: the price of a base period market basket of goods and 

services in the CPI has risen from $10 in 1982-84 to $11.65. 

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

Information and Analysis Section on (202) 691-7000. 
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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 0.04 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 0.08 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 0.12 and 

0.28 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 2008”. 

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/cpivar2008.pdf 

Calculating Index Changes 

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

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

relation to its base period while percent changes are not. The example below illustrates the computation 

of index point and percent changes. 

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

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

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

Index Point Change

CPI 202.416 

Less previous index 201.800 

Equals index point change .616 

Percent Change

Index point difference .616 

Divided by the previous index 201.800 

Equals 0.003 

Results multiplied by one hundred 0.003x100 

Equals percent change 0.3
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Regions Defined 

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

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

and Vermont. 

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

and Wisconsin. 

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

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

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

Washington, and Wyoming. 

A Note on Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Data 

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

publishes seasonally adjusted as well as unadjusted changes each month. 

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

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

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

cycles, model changeovers, holidays, and sales. 

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

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

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

before adjustment for seasonal variation. 

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

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

Each year, the last 5 years of seasonally adjusted data are revised. Data from January 2005 through 

December 2009 were replaced in January 2010. Exceptions to the usual revision schedule were: the 

updated seasonal data at the end of 1977 replaced data from 1967 through 1977; and, in January 2002, 

dependently seasonally adjusted series were revised for January 1987-December 2001 as a result of a 

change in the aggregation weights for dependently adjusted series. For further information, please see 

“Aggregation of Dependently Adjusted Seasonally Adjusted Series,” in the October 2001 issue of the 

CPI Detailed Report. 

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

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

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

from seasonally adjusted to not seasonally adjusted, not seasonally adjusted data will be used in the 

aggregation of the dependent series for the last 5 years, but the seasonally adjusted indexes will be used 

before that period. Note: 46 of the 73 components are seasonally adjusted for 2010. 

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. 
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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 2010, BLS adjusted 30 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

2009

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Feb. 2010 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Jan.

2010

Feb.

2010

Feb.

2009

Jan.

2010

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Jan. to

Feb.

Expenditure category

All items ........................................................................................ 100.000 216.687 216.741 2.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 

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

 649.098 649.259 - - - - -

Food and beverages .................................................................. 14.795 219.223 219.140 -.1 .0 .1 .2 .0 

Food ......................................................................................... 13.738 218.874 218.778 -.2 .0 .1 .2 .1 

Food at home ......................................................................... 7.801 215.404 215.118 -1.5 -.1 .2 .4 .1 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................... 1.108 250.725 251.361 -1.1 .3 .4 -.5 .0 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. 1.745 201.870 202.343 -2.7 .2 -.1 .4 .4 

Dairy and related products 1 ................................................ .820 198.949 198.800 -2.8 -.1 .5 2.1 -.1 

Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... 1.153 279.119 274.963 -1.3 -1.5 .4 1.3 -.1 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................ .952 163.684 162.775 -.9 -.6 .0 .2 -.4 

Other food at home .............................................................. 2.023 190.994 191.572 -.4 .3 .2 -.3 .2 

Sugar and sweets .............................................................. .295 199.777 201.942 2.7 1.1 .3 -.3 1.4 

Fats and oils ....................................................................... .232 200.220 200.919 -2.2 .3 .6 .2 -.1 

Other foods ........................................................................ 1.496 204.719 205.008 -.8 .1 .2 -.3 .0 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... .439 121.564 121.172 -1.1 -.3 1.0 -.7 -.3 

Food away from home 1 ......................................................... 5.937 224.916 225.081 1.4 .1 .1 .1 .1 

Other food away from home 1 2 ........................................... .326 157.517 158.569 2.5 .7 .0 .3 .7 

Alcoholic beverages ................................................................. 1.056 222.401 222.496 1.3 .0 .0 -.1 -.2 

Housing ...................................................................................... 41.960 215.925 215.841 -.6 .0 .0 -.3 .0 

Shelter ...................................................................................... 32.289 247.950 248.001 -.4 .0 .0 -.5 .0 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................... 5.966 249.144 249.017 .3 -.1 .0 .0 .0 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................... .769 125.778 128.991 -5.0 2.6 .1 -2.1 .1 

Owners’ equivalent rent of residences 3 4 .............................. 25.206 256.591 256.483 .3 .0 .0 -.1 .0 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ................ 23.593 256.589 256.479 .3 .0 .0 -.1 .0 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... .347 124.360 124.439 3.1 .1 1.3 .4 .1 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 5.081 211.381 210.819 -1.3 -.3 -.1 .5 .5 

Household energy .................................................................. 4.028 187.330 186.345 -3.0 -.5 -.2 .5 .4 

Fuel oil and other fuels 1 ...................................................... .276 280.850 277.284 14.5 -1.3 .9 6.9 -1.3 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ................................................. 3.752 190.439 189.549 -4.2 -.5 -.3 .0 .5 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................... 1.052 166.857 168.078 6.6 .7 .4 .8 .7 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 4.590 127.209 126.945 -1.7 -.2 .0 -.1 -.4 

Household operations 1 2 ....................................................... .781 149.510 149.707 -.3 .1 .0 -.4 .1 

Apparel ....................................................................................... 3.695 116.678 118.869 .0 1.9 .4 -.1 -.7 

Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... .903 109.762 111.351 -3.3 1.4 -.2 .2 -.5 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... 1.580 103.353 106.818 1.0 3.4 .9 .1 -.9 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... .196 113.248 114.318 .7 .9 -.2 1.0 -1.1 

Footwear .................................................................................. .721 127.205 127.737 2.8 .4 .2 .3 -.5

Transportation ............................................................................ 16.685 190.512 189.577 11.8 -.5 .7 1.3 -.1 

Private transportation ............................................................... 15.497 186.308 185.274 12.4 -.6 .7 1.6 -.1 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. 6.386 96.660 97.020 5.2 .4 .3 .2 .4 

New vehicles ........................................................................ 3.573 138.743 138.851 3.5 .1 -.2 -.5 .1 

Used cars and trucks ........................................................... 2.012 139.174 140.218 14.1 .8 2.2 1.5 .7 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 4.525 234.106 227.674 36.0 -2.7 1.7 4.8 -1.3 

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 4.337 233.727 227.198 36.8 -2.8 2.3 4.4 -1.4 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ..................................... .401 135.277 135.649 1.1 .3 .4 .4 .3 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1 ................................ 1.167 245.567 245.969 1.8 .2 .0 .1 .2 

Public transportation ................................................................ 1.187 241.058 241.967 4.5 .4 1.2 -1.8 -.1 

Medical care ............................................................................... 6.513 382.688 385.907 3.6 .8 .1 .5 .5 

Medical care commodities 1 ..................................................... 1.611 310.494 312.864 3.5 .8 -.1 .7 .8 

Medical care services ............................................................... 4.902 404.937 408.447 3.7 .9 .2 .5 .4 

Professional services ............................................................. 2.796 324.397 325.969 2.8 .5 .2 .5 .2 

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

2009

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Feb. 2010 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Jan.

2010

Feb.

2010

Feb.

2009

Jan.

2010

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Jan. to

Feb.

Expenditure category

Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 1.619 588.631 598.549 7.2 1.7 0.6 0.4 1.1 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................... 6.437 113.310 113.345 -1.0 .0 -.3 -.1 -.1 

Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 1.894 99.940 99.532 -2.1 -.4 -.1 -.2 -.7 

Education and communication 2 ................................................ 6.434 129.072 129.105 2.3 .0 .2 .3 .2 

Education 2 .............................................................................. 3.035 195.850 196.137 4.7 .1 .4 .3 .5 

Educational books and supplies ............................................. .200 500.551 502.812 7.0 .5 .4 .4 .7 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................ 2.835 562.841 563.544 4.6 .1 .4 .3 .5 

Communication 2 ..................................................................... 3.399 84.974 84.905 .0 -.1 .1 .2 -.1 

Information and information processing 1 2 ............................ 3.225 81.817 81.743 -.4 -.1 .0 .1 -.1 

Telephone services 1 2 ......................................................... 2.392 102.729 102.288 .4 -.4 .2 .0 -.4 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ............. .833 9.457 9.540 -3.9 .9 -.5 .4 .9 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 6 ............... .246 78.323 77.961 -11.1 -.5 -.5 -.6 -.5 

Other goods and services .......................................................... 3.483 377.652 377.992 7.6 .1 .2 .1 .1 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ .871 786.857 785.714 28.5 -.1 .3 .4 -.1 

Personal care ........................................................................... 2.612 205.789 206.137 1.4 .2 .1 -.1 .1 

Personal care products 1 ....................................................... .688 161.627 162.029 -.3 .2 .3 -.4 .2 

Personal care services 1 ........................................................ .642 228.629 228.107 1.0 -.2 .0 .1 -.2 

Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... 1.048 349.605 350.780 2.8 .3 .2 .1 .3 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ................................................................................ 39.816 173.646 173.419 4.5 -.1 .3 .8 -.2 

Food and beverages .................................................................. 14.795 219.223 219.140 -.1 .0 .1 .2 .0 

Commodities less food and beverages ...................................... 25.021 149.439 149.162 7.5 -.2 .4 1.1 -.3 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..................................... 15.044 187.484 186.882 11.5 -.3 .7 1.6 -.3 

Apparel ................................................................................... 3.695 116.678 118.869 .0 1.9 .4 -.1 -.7 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................... 11.349 235.821 233.447 15.8 -1.0 .8 2.3 -.3 

Durables ................................................................................... 9.978 111.731 111.753 2.3 .0 .3 .0 .0 

Services ....................................................................................... 60.184 259.459 259.792 .6 .1 .1 -.2 .1 

Rent of shelter 4 ......................................................................... 31.942 258.382 258.435 -.4 .0 .0 -.3 -.3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... .347 124.360 124.439 3.1 .1 1.3 .4 .1 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................................... 3.752 190.439 189.549 -4.2 -.5 -.3 .0 .5 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ....................... 1.052 166.857 168.078 6.6 .7 .4 .8 .7 

Household operations 1 2 ........................................................... .781 149.510 149.707 -.3 .1 .0 -.4 .1 

Transportation services .............................................................. 6.060 255.216 256.365 3.3 .5 .3 -.3 .4 

Medical care services ................................................................. 4.902 404.937 408.447 3.7 .9 .2 .5 .4 

Other services ............................................................................ 11.347 306.916 307.171 1.9 .1 .1 .2 .1 

Special indexes

All items less food ........................................................................ 86.262 216.362 216.440 2.5 .0 .2 .2 .0 

All items less shelter .................................................................... 67.711 206.892 206.948 3.4 .0 .2 .5 .0 

All items less medical care ........................................................... 93.487 208.499 208.432 2.0 .0 .2 .1 .0 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 26.078 152.035 151.767 7.3 -.2 .4 1.1 -.3 

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 16.100 189.578 189.015 10.8 -.3 .6 1.6 -.3 

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. 12.405 233.498 231.353 14.3 -.9 .7 2.1 -.3 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 29.838 203.588 203.219 5.3 -.2 .3 .9 -.2 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... 28.243 280.730 281.432 1.7 .3 .2 .1 .3 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 55.282 248.023 248.178 .3 .1 .1 -.2 -.1 

Energy .......................................................................................... 8.553 208.026 204.455 14.4 -1.7 .8 2.8 -.5 

All items less energy .................................................................... 91.447 219.287 219.708 1.1 .2 .1 -.1 .1 

All items less food and energy ................................................... 77.708 220.086 220.602 1.3 .2 .1 -.1 .1 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................... 21.276 143.125 143.711 2.5 .4 .1 .1 -.1 

Energy commodities ............................................................... 4.801 238.069 231.735 34.4 -2.7 1.6 4.9 -1.3 

Services less energy services .................................................. 56.432 266.519 266.967 .9 .2 .1 -.2 .1 

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

 $ .461 $ .461 - - - - -

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

 $ .154 $ .154 - - - - -

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—

Nov.

2009

Dec.

2009

Jan.

2010

Feb.

2010

May

2009

Aug.

2009

Nov.

2009

Feb.

2010 Aug.

2009

Feb.

2010

Expenditure category

All items .............................................................................. 216.859 217.224 217.587 217.591 0.3 4.8 2.4 1.4 2.5 1.9 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 217.952 218.253 218.731 218.838 -1.6 -.7 .3 1.6 -1.1 1.0 

Food ................................................................................ 217.482 217.801 218.339 218.494 -1.9 -.9 .1 1.9 -1.4 1.0 

Food at home ................................................................ 213.206 213.655 214.479 214.628 -4.8 -2.6 -1.2 2.7 -3.7 .7 

Cereals and bakery products ...................................... 251.806 252.805 251.452 251.354 -3.3 -1.1 .7 -.7 -2.2 .0 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................... 200.929 200.779 201.682 202.506 -6.3 -4.0 -3.4 3.2 -5.1 -.2 

Dairy and related products 1 ....................................... 193.914 194.792 198.949 198.800 -15.6 -7.3 3.2 10.5 -11.5 6.8 

Fruits and vegetables .................................................. 268.326 269.428 272.854 272.571 -3.1 -3.5 -4.9 6.5 -3.3 .6 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ....... 162.164 162.202 162.499 161.872 -.7 -.6 -1.5 -.7 -.6 -1.1 

Other food at home ..................................................... 190.868 191.326 190.812 191.211 -2.2 -.5 .3 .7 -1.4 .5 

Sugar and sweets ..................................................... 198.960 199.524 198.862 201.656 -.2 -1.3 6.8 5.5 -.7 6.2 

Fats and oils .............................................................. 197.875 199.004 199.460 199.352 -5.2 -2.3 -4.0 3.0 -3.8 -.5 

Other foods ............................................................... 205.086 205.455 204.762 204.793 -2.2 .0 -.3 -.6 -1.1 -.5 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................ 121.263 122.422 121.564 121.172 .8 -3.0 -2.0 -.3 -1.1 -1.2 

Food away from home 1 ............................................... 224.633 224.789 224.916 225.081 1.9 1.2 1.7 .8 1.5 1.3 

Other food away from home 1 2 .................................. 157.027 156.990 157.517 158.569 1.0 4.2 .8 4.0 2.6 2.4 

Alcoholic beverages ........................................................ 222.717 222.792 222.488 221.954 1.4 2.4 2.8 -1.4 1.9 .7 

Housing ............................................................................. 216.881 216.880 216.185 216.181 -1.0 -.5 .1 -1.3 -.7 -.6 

Shelter ............................................................................. 249.173 249.216 248.029 247.976 1.1 .0 -.8 -1.9 .6 -1.3 

Rent of primary residence 3 .......................................... 248.786 248.788 248.885 248.813 1.7 .1 -.7 .0 .9 -.3 

Lodging away from home 2 ........................................... 132.339 132.480 129.698 129.776 -6.3 -5.6 -.9 -7.5 -6.0 -4.3 

Owners’ equivalent rent of residences 3 4 .................... 256.721 256.708 256.509 256.449 1.8 .5 -.8 -.4 1.2 -.6 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ....... 256.721 256.708 256.507 256.445 1.8 .5 -.8 -.4 1.2 -.6 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ......................... 122.243 123.812 124.360 124.439 .1 3.7 1.4 7.4 1.9 4.3 

Fuels and utilities ............................................................ 211.881 211.685 212.757 213.770 -14.2 -1.9 8.8 3.6 -8.3 6.2 

Household energy ......................................................... 188.492 188.120 188.982 189.753 -18.4 -3.8 9.7 2.7 -11.4 6.1 

Fuel oil and other fuels 1 ............................................. 260.250 262.649 280.850 277.284 -25.4 23.8 44.1 28.9 -3.9 36.3 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................... 192.829 192.284 192.250 193.283 -17.9 -5.5 7.5 .9 -11.9 4.2 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .......... 164.557 165.138 166.463 167.696 7.0 6.6 5.1 7.9 6.8 6.5 

Household furnishings and operations ............................ 127.605 127.577 127.392 126.879 .7 -2.5 -2.7 -2.3 -.9 -2.5 

Household operations 1 2 ............................................. 150.135 150.172 149.510 149.707 -1.8 2.8 -1.0 -1.1 .5 -1.0 

Apparel .............................................................................. 120.247 120.684 120.613 119.814 -1.0 3.9 -1.2 -1.4 1.4 -1.3 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. 112.382 112.109 112.296 111.748 -5.2 -1.2 -4.6 -2.2 -3.3 -3.4 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. 108.114 109.085 109.196 108.261 -.2 7.5 -3.5 .5 3.6 -1.5 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... 113.941 113.668 114.757 113.551 2.7 9.4 -7.2 -1.4 6.0 -4.4 

Footwear ......................................................................... 128.697 128.979 129.343 128.641 3.1 4.5 3.8 -.2 3.8 1.8 

Transportation ................................................................... 189.647 191.018 193.593 193.332 .2 30.3 12.8 8.0 14.2 10.4 

Private transportation ...................................................... 185.085 186.356 189.316 189.062 .8 31.9 12.2 8.9 15.3 10.5 

New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................... 95.996 96.255 96.422 96.794 4.1 2.3 11.8 3.4 3.2 7.5 

New vehicles ............................................................... 138.532 138.214 137.470 137.648 6.9 .6 9.4 -2.5 3.7 3.3 

Used cars and trucks .................................................. 135.010 137.922 139.990 140.963 -2.3 12.5 29.9 18.8 4.9 24.3 

Motor fuel ...................................................................... 232.878 236.762 248.088 244.826 -7.7 156.6 18.2 22.2 53.9 20.2 

Gasoline (all types) ..................................................... 232.144 237.449 247.897 244.409 -4.5 154.5 17.2 22.9 55.9 20.0 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................ 134.234 134.781 135.277 135.649 .7 -2.4 2.1 4.3 -.9 3.2 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1 ....................... 245.511 245.417 245.567 245.969 1.3 1.7 3.4 .7 1.5 2.0 

Public transportation ....................................................... 246.516 249.551 245.058 244.713 -7.7 9.4 21.6 -2.9 .5 8.7 

Medical care ...................................................................... 380.212 380.732 382.737 384.703 3.5 2.7 3.6 4.8 3.1 4.2 

Medical care commodities 1 ............................................ 308.546 308.221 310.494 312.864 3.4 1.5 3.6 5.7 2.4 4.7 

Medical care services ..................................................... 402.295 403.177 405.006 406.755 3.5 3.1 3.5 4.5 3.3 4.0 

Professional services .................................................... 322.528 323.045 324.784 325.373 2.6 2.4 2.8 3.6 2.5 3.2 

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—

Nov.

2009

Dec.

2009

Jan.

2010

Feb.

2010

May

2009

Aug.

2009

Nov.

2009

Feb.

2010 Aug.

2009

Feb.

2010

Expenditure category

Hospital and related services 3 ..................................... 581.662 585.044 587.561 593.869 6.9 6.6 6.6 8.7 6.8 7.6 

Recreation 2 ...................................................................... 113.968 113.598 113.524 113.415 -1.4 1.7 -2.2 -1.9 .2 -2.1 

Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 100.563 100.440 100.255 99.571 -.6 -.8 -3.1 -3.9 -.7 -3.5 

Education and communication 2 ....................................... 128.255 128.528 128.872 129.141 2.9 2.4 1.1 2.8 2.7 2.0 

Education 2 ..................................................................... 193.869 194.587 195.209 196.252 5.5 5.6 3.0 5.0 5.5 4.0 

Educational books and supplies ................................... 494.815 496.737 498.880 502.169 5.6 9.8 6.5 6.1 7.7 6.3 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ...................... 557.176 559.232 561.001 563.950 5.5 5.2 2.7 5.0 5.3 3.8 

Communication 2 ............................................................ 84.770 84.815 84.974 84.905 .5 -.7 -.6 .6 -.1 .0 

Information and information processing 1 2 .................. 81.688 81.728 81.817 81.743 -.1 -1.0 -.7 .3 -.5 -.2 

Telephone services 1 2 ............................................... 102.528 102.707 102.729 102.288 1.5 1.6 -.6 -.9 1.5 -.8 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 .... 9.467 9.423 9.457 9.540 -5.9 -10.8 -1.3 3.1 -8.4 .9 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 6 ..... 78.784 78.356 77.925 77.518 -14.6 -20.8 -1.5 -6.3 -17.8 -3.9 

Other goods and services ................................................. 376.960 377.651 377.853 378.091 22.0 4.7 3.8 1.2 13.0 2.5 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... 781.538 783.794 786.857 785.714 114.7 13.2 9.7 2.2 55.9 5.9 

Personal care .................................................................. 205.770 206.065 205.935 206.209 1.2 1.7 1.6 .9 1.4 1.3 

Personal care products 1 .............................................. 161.753 162.275 161.627 162.029 1.3 -1.4 -1.8 .7 .0 -.5 

Personal care services 1 ............................................... 228.358 228.343 228.629 228.107 3.1 .0 1.4 -.4 1.5 .5 

Miscellaneous personal services .................................. 349.284 349.935 350.113 351.082 .9 3.6 4.8 2.1 2.2 3.4 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ....................................................................... 173.284 173.830 175.196 174.878 .9 10.5 4.2 3.7 5.6 4.0 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 217.952 218.253 218.731 218.838 -1.6 -.7 .3 1.6 -1.1 1.0 

Commodities less food and beverages ............................. 149.463 150.092 151.759 151.280 2.5 18.1 6.6 5.0 10.0 5.8 

Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... 188.385 189.796 192.765 192.192 -2.8 36.8 7.3 8.3 15.4 7.8 

Apparel .......................................................................... 120.247 120.684 120.613 119.814 -1.0 3.9 -1.2 -1.4 1.4 -1.3 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... 234.760 236.606 241.982 241.214 -1.7 50.9 8.8 11.5 21.8 10.1 

Durables .......................................................................... 111.269 111.607 111.565 111.514 1.9 -.3 6.9 .9 .8 3.8 

Services .............................................................................. 260.129 260.290 259.716 260.045 .0 1.0 1.2 -.1 .5 .6 

Rent of shelter 4 ................................................................ 259.852 259.963 259.168 258.517 1.0 -.1 -.4 -2.0 .5 -1.2 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ............................. 122.243 123.812 124.360 124.439 .1 3.7 1.4 7.4 1.9 4.3 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................. 192.829 192.284 192.250 193.283 -17.9 -5.5 7.5 .9 -11.9 4.2 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .............. 164.557 165.138 166.463 167.696 7.0 6.6 5.1 7.9 6.8 6.5 

Household operations 1 2 ................................................. 150.135 150.172 149.510 149.707 -1.8 2.8 -1.0 -1.1 .5 -1.0 

Transportation services ..................................................... 255.733 256.494 255.735 256.676 1.0 3.4 7.3 1.5 2.2 4.3 

Medical care services ....................................................... 402.295 403.177 405.006 406.755 3.5 3.1 3.5 4.5 3.3 4.0 

Other services ................................................................... 306.204 306.521 306.985 307.265 1.5 3.7 .9 1.4 2.6 1.2 

Special indexes

All items less food ............................................................... 216.787 217.160 217.489 217.469 .7 5.8 2.8 1.3 3.2 2.0 

All items less shelter ........................................................... 206.649 207.147 208.128 208.155 -.1 7.2 4.0 2.9 3.5 3.5 

All items less medical care .................................................. 208.770 209.126 209.424 209.353 .1 5.0 2.3 1.1 2.5 1.7 

Commodities less food ........................................................ 152.066 152.681 154.302 153.820 2.4 17.4 6.4 4.7 9.7 5.6 

Nondurables less food ........................................................ 190.304 191.439 194.517 193.959 -2.2 34.3 6.2 7.9 14.6 7.1 

Nondurables less food and apparel .................................... 232.549 234.233 239.081 238.287 -1.5 45.8 8.0 10.2 19.8 9.1 

Nondurables ........................................................................ 203.673 204.280 206.144 205.792 -2.2 15.9 4.2 4.2 6.5 4.2 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ............................................. 280.508 281.171 281.417 282.121 -1.2 2.0 3.7 2.3 .4 3.0 

Services less medical care services ................................... 248.944 249.198 248.690 248.541 -.1 .6 1.4 -.6 .2 .4 

Energy ................................................................................. 208.041 209.699 215.536 214.379 -13.6 56.8 14.2 12.8 16.4 13.5 

All items less energy ........................................................... 219.462 219.695 219.524 219.646 1.6 1.0 1.3 .3 1.3 .8 

All items less food and energy .......................................... 220.546 220.764 220.463 220.579 2.3 1.4 1.6 .1 1.9 .8 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ........... 143.513 143.702 143.863 143.761 4.6 1.2 3.6 .7 2.9 2.1 

Energy commodities ..................................................... 235.831 239.662 251.449 248.149 -9.0 145.5 19.6 22.6 49.5 21.1 

Services less energy services ......................................... 267.018 267.248 266.630 266.894 1.4 1.5 .8 -.2 1.5 .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 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

Feb.2010 from—

Percent change to

Jan.2010 from—

Nov.

2009

Dec.

2009

Jan.

2010

Feb.

2010

Feb.

2009

Dec.

2009

Jan.

2010

Jan.

2009

Nov.

2009

Dec.

2009

U.S. city average ............................................ M 216.330 215.949 216.687 216.741 2.1 0.4 0.0 2.6 0.2 0.3 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban .............................................. M 231.708 231.462 232.294 232.382 2.5 .4 .0 3.0 .3 .4 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 233.785 233.475 234.109 234.183 2.1 .3 .0 2.7 .1 .3 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 137.646 137.597 138.416 138.491 3.4 .6 .1 3.8 .6 .6 

Midwest urban ................................................ M 206.247 205.613 206.564 206.563 2.5 .5 .0 2.9 .2 .5 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 207.277 206.399 207.325 207.329 2.3 .5 .0 2.6 .0 .4 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 131.952 131.742 132.417 132.451 2.6 .5 .0 2.9 .4 .5 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 203.047 202.738 203.490 203.274 3.5 .3 -.1 3.9 .2 .4 

South urban .................................................... M 209.738 209.476 210.056 210.020 2.3 .3 .0 2.8 .2 .3 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 211.424 210.971 211.762 211.503 1.7 .3 -.1 2.3 .2 .4 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 133.342 133.252 133.517 133.575 2.5 .2 .0 3.0 .1 .2 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 213.372 213.159 213.873 214.007 3.5 .4 .1 3.9 .2 .3 

West urban ..................................................... M 219.728 219.307 219.989 220.179 1.4 .4 .1 1.9 .1 .3 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 223.489 223.058 223.852 223.989 1.4 .4 .1 1.8 .2 .4 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 133.335 133.132 133.366 133.513 1.4 .3 .1 2.1 .0 .2 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 197.697 197.246 197.948 197.949 1.8 .4 .0 2.3 .1 .4 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 133.663 133.535 133.954 134.028 2.4 .4 .1 2.9 .2 .3 

D ................................................................. M 209.567 209.192 209.984 210.098 3.0 .4 .1 3.2 .2 .4 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... M 212.206 211.185 212.104 212.456 2.5 .6 .2 2.2 .0 .4 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... M 224.317 223.643 224.610 224.620 1.4 .4 .0 1.8 .1 .4 

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

NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 238.777 238.427 238.970 238.862 1.8 .2 .0 2.4 .1 .2 

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ..... 1 236.589 -

 237.266 - - - - 2.8 .3 -

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 1 201.471 - 203.037 - - - - 2.4 .8 -

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... 1 201.958 -

 202.106 - - - - 1.8 .1 -

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 140.718 - 141.124 - - - - 2.6 .3 -

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

 200.456 - 202.646 1.7 1.1 - - - -

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

 203.880 - 203.380 .7 -.2 - - - -

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 - 190.932 - 192.412 2.4 .8 - - - -

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

 222.943 - 222.505 .9 -.2 - - - -

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

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

 224.800 - 226.529 2.8 .8 - - - -

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

 224.239 - 226.145 1.8 .8 - - - -

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 - 225.596 - 226.085 .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

2009

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Feb. 2010 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Jan.

2010

Feb.

2010

Feb.

2009

Jan.

2010

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Jan. to

Feb.

Expenditure category

All items ........................................................................................ 100.000 212.568 212.544 2.8 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.0 

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

 633.176 633.105 - - - - -

Food and beverages .................................................................. 16.425 218.354 218.299 -.2 .0 .1 .2 .1 

Food ......................................................................................... 15.333 217.900 217.837 -.3 .0 .2 .2 .1 

Food at home ......................................................................... 8.900 214.049 213.839 -1.5 -.1 .2 .4 .1 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................... 1.257 251.195 251.757 -1.2 .2 .3 -.6 -.1 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. 2.144 201.411 202.139 -2.7 .4 .0 .4 .6 

Dairy and related products 1 ................................................ .898 197.663 197.583 -2.7 .0 .4 2.1 .0 

Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... 1.223 276.025 271.974 -1.4 -1.5 .5 1.2 -.1 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................ 1.123 163.439 162.524 -.8 -.6 .1 .2 -.3 

Other food at home .............................................................. 2.254 190.354 190.831 -.4 .3 .3 -.2 .1 

Sugar and sweets .............................................................. .321 198.694 200.880 2.8 1.1 .1 -.2 1.4 

Fats and oils ....................................................................... .259 200.741 201.356 -2.3 .3 .6 .2 .0 

Other foods ........................................................................ 1.674 204.957 205.117 -.7 .1 .2 -.3 -.1 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... .472 122.051 121.482 -1.2 -.5 .9 -.6 -.5 

Food away from home 1 ......................................................... 6.433 225.015 225.168 1.4 .1 .1 .0 .1 

Other food away from home 1 2 ........................................... .321 157.670 158.826 2.8 .7 .0 .5 .7 

Alcoholic beverages ................................................................. 1.092 223.565 223.621 1.6 .0 .0 -.1 -.3 

Housing ...................................................................................... 39.753 212.529 212.401 -.4 -.1 .0 -.1 .0 

Shelter ...................................................................................... 30.171 242.019 242.002 .0 .0 .0 -.3 .0 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................... 8.476 247.574 247.448 .2 -.1 .0 .0 .0 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................... .432 127.150 130.571 -4.2 2.7 -.1 -2.0 .5 

Owners’ equivalent rent of residences 3 4 .............................. 20.959 232.463 232.354 .3 .0 .0 -.1 .0 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ................ 20.218 232.463 232.353 .3 .0 .0 -.1 .0 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... .303 125.299 125.367 3.6 .1 1.3 .7 .1 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 5.632 209.691 209.171 -1.5 -.2 -.1 .6 .2 

Household energy .................................................................. 4.517 184.843 183.918 -3.3 -.5 -.3 .6 .1 

Fuel oil and other fuels 1 ...................................................... .271 284.061 281.157 13.9 -1.0 1.1 7.1 -1.0 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ................................................. 4.246 188.607 187.730 -4.2 -.5 -.3 .2 .2 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................... 1.114 167.473 168.774 6.8 .8 .4 .8 .8 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 3.950 123.339 123.097 -1.4 -.2 .0 -.1 -.4 

Household operations 1 2 ....................................................... .369 151.499 151.535 -.4 .0 -.2 -.6 .0 

Apparel ....................................................................................... 3.788 116.310 118.607 -.1 2.0 .2 .0 -.5 

Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... .945 109.893 111.575 -4.1 1.5 -.5 .0 -.4 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... 1.568 102.860 106.496 .9 3.5 .9 .1 -.5 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... .285 117.028 117.789 1.5 .7 -.1 1.6 -1.2 

Footwear .................................................................................. .781 127.267 127.843 2.7 .5 .2 .1 -.4

Transportation ............................................................................ 18.647 189.544 188.406 13.5 -.6 1.1 1.7 -.1 

Private transportation ............................................................... 17.881 186.457 185.268 13.9 -.6 1.0 1.8 -.1 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. 6.952 95.464 95.819 6.8 .4 .6 .3 .4 

New vehicles ........................................................................ 3.385 139.857 139.905 3.4 .0 -.2 -.5 .1 

Used cars and trucks ........................................................... 2.944 140.023 141.079 14.3 .8 2.2 1.5 .7 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 5.774 235.083 228.569 36.0 -2.8 2.2 4.9 -1.2 

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 5.530 234.825 228.207 36.8 -2.8 2.4 4.4 -1.5 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ..................................... .472 135.383 135.694 1.1 .2 .4 .4 .2 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1 ................................ 1.180 247.975 248.479 1.7 .2 -.1 .1 .2 

Public transportation ................................................................ .766 239.739 240.418 4.8 .3 1.3 -1.8 -.2 

Medical care ............................................................................... 5.261 383.443 386.919 3.8 .9 .2 .5 .6 

Medical care commodities 1 ..................................................... 1.301 301.890 304.320 3.5 .8 -.1 .7 .8 

Medical care services ............................................................... 3.961 407.286 411.114 3.9 .9 .3 .5 .5 

Professional services ............................................................. 2.195 327.439 329.020 2.9 .5 .2 .6 .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

2009

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Feb. 2010 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Jan.

2010

Feb.

2010

Feb.

2009

Jan.

2010

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Jan. to

Feb.

Expenditure category

Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 1.339 587.101 598.149 7.9 1.9 0.6 0.4 1.3 

Recreation 2 ............................................................................... 6.031 109.964 110.076 -1.1 .1 -.3 .0 .0 

Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 2.046 100.473 100.084 -1.7 -.4 -.1 -.1 -.6 

Education and communication 2 ................................................ 6.175 124.293 124.334 1.8 .0 .2 .2 .2 

Education 2 .............................................................................. 2.327 193.049 193.641 4.8 .3 .3 .3 .6 

Educational books and supplies ............................................. .196 503.416 505.356 6.8 .4 .4 .4 .6 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................ 2.131 542.531 544.155 4.6 .3 .3 .3 .6 

Communication 2 ..................................................................... 3.848 87.617 87.501 -.2 -.1 .1 .1 -.1 

Information and information processing 1 2 ............................ 3.715 85.433 85.314 -.4 -.1 .1 .0 -.1 

Telephone services 1 2 ......................................................... 2.906 102.504 102.038 .1 -.5 .2 -.1 -.5 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ............. .809 9.978 10.077 -3.5 1.0 -.3 .4 1.0 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 6 ............... .225 78.278 77.939 -11.1 -.4 -.6 -.3 -.7 

Other goods and services .......................................................... 3.919 404.632 404.722 10.7 .0 .2 .1 .0 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ 1.397 791.959 790.710 28.6 -.2 .3 .4 -.2 

Personal care ........................................................................... 2.522 203.575 203.824 1.2 .1 .2 .0 .1 

Personal care products 1 ....................................................... .733 161.689 162.073 -.3 .2 .3 -.3 .2 

Personal care services 1 ........................................................ .577 228.793 228.169 .9 -.3 .0 .1 -.3 

Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... 1.019 351.329 352.366 2.6 .3 .2 .3 .2 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ................................................................................ 43.589 176.413 176.118 5.7 -.2 .5 .9 -.1 

Food and beverages .................................................................. 16.425 218.354 218.299 -.2 .0 .1 .2 .1 

Commodities less food and beverages ...................................... 27.164 153.834 153.444 9.4 -.3 .7 1.3 -.3 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..................................... 16.703 195.981 195.059 13.6 -.5 .8 1.9 -.4 

Apparel ................................................................................... 3.788 116.310 118.607 -.1 2.0 .2 .0 -.5 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................... 12.915 249.801 246.914 18.6 -1.2 .9 2.5 -.5 

Durables ................................................................................... 10.461 112.511 112.618 3.7 .1 .5 .1 .1 

Services ....................................................................................... 56.411 254.918 255.199 .7 .1 .0 -.1 .1 

Rent of shelter 4 ......................................................................... 29.868 233.252 233.234 -.1 .0 .0 -.2 -.2 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... .303 125.299 125.367 3.6 .1 1.3 .7 .1 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................................... 4.246 188.607 187.730 -4.2 -.5 -.3 .2 .2 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ....................... 1.114 167.473 168.774 6.8 .8 .4 .8 .8 

Household operations 1 2 ........................................................... .369 151.499 151.535 -.4 .0 -.2 -.6 .0 

Transportation services .............................................................. 5.918 255.577 256.809 3.5 .5 .3 -.2 .4 

Medical care services ................................................................. 3.961 407.286 411.114 3.9 .9 .3 .5 .5 

Other services ............................................................................ 10.631 293.972 294.230 1.7 .1 .1 .2 .1 

Special indexes

All items less food ........................................................................ 84.667 211.440 211.423 3.4 .0 .3 .4 .0 

All items less shelter .................................................................... 69.829 204.128 204.101 4.1 .0 .3 .6 .0 

All items less medical care ........................................................... 94.739 205.589 205.461 2.8 -.1 .2 .3 .0 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 28.256 156.200 155.820 9.1 -.2 .6 1.3 -.3 

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 17.795 197.701 196.831 12.8 -.4 .8 1.8 -.4 

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. 14.007 246.455 243.829 17.1 -1.1 .8 2.3 -.5 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 33.128 207.611 207.092 6.3 -.2 .4 1.1 -.2 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... 26.543 247.985 248.586 1.6 .2 .2 .1 .3 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 52.450 244.090 244.205 .4 .0 .1 -.1 .0 

Energy .......................................................................................... 10.291 208.222 204.494 15.5 -1.8 1.1 3.1 -.6 

All items less energy .................................................................... 89.709 214.048 214.472 1.5 .2 .1 .0 .1 

All items less food and energy ................................................... 74.376 213.647 214.172 1.9 .2 .1 .0 .1 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................... 22.211 145.065 145.722 3.7 .5 .3 .2 .0 

Energy commodities ............................................................... 6.045 238.217 231.808 34.8 -2.7 2.1 5.0 -1.2 

Services less energy services .................................................. 52.165 262.146 262.559 1.1 .2 .1 -.1 .1 

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

 $ .470 $ .470 - - - - -

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

 $ .158 $ .158 - - - - -

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

item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 4 Indexes on a December 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—

Nov.

2009

Dec.

2009

Jan.

2010

Feb.

2010

May

2009

Aug.

2009

Nov.

2009

Feb.

2010 Aug.

2009

Feb.

2010

Expenditure category

All items .............................................................................. 212.417 212.920 213.638 213.644 0.4 6.2 2.8 2.3 3.3 2.6 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 217.109 217.426 217.876 218.037 -1.8 -.7 .2 1.7 -1.3 1.0 

Food ................................................................................ 216.553 216.887 217.376 217.593 -2.0 -1.0 .0 1.9 -1.5 1.0 

Food at home ................................................................ 211.914 212.400 213.166 213.428 -4.7 -2.7 -1.4 2.9 -3.7 .7 

Cereals and bakery products ...................................... 252.586 253.427 251.835 251.687 -3.0 -1.2 .9 -1.4 -2.1 -.3 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................... 200.374 200.365 201.172 202.401 -6.5 -4.2 -3.6 4.1 -5.4 .2 

Dairy and related products 1 ....................................... 192.695 193.546 197.663 197.583 -15.4 -7.3 3.5 10.5 -11.4 7.0 

Fruits and vegetables .................................................. 265.811 267.011 270.176 270.020 -3.2 -3.6 -5.0 6.5 -3.4 .6 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ....... 161.582 161.738 162.068 161.550 -.3 -1.0 -1.8 -.1 -.6 -1.0 

Other food at home ..................................................... 190.110 190.619 190.215 190.493 -2.2 -.2 .0 .8 -1.2 .4 

Sugar and sweets ..................................................... 197.888 198.163 197.745 200.465 -.1 -.5 6.7 5.3 -.3 6.0 

Fats and oils .............................................................. 198.650 199.828 200.194 200.243 -6.3 -2.3 -3.8 3.2 -4.3 -.3 

Other foods ............................................................... 205.097 205.590 205.030 204.886 -1.9 .1 -.6 -.4 -.9 -.5 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................ 121.647 122.796 122.051 121.482 .4 -2.9 -1.9 -.5 -1.3 -1.2 

Food away from home 1 ............................................... 224.815 224.940 225.015 225.168 1.8 1.3 1.8 .6 1.5 1.2 

Other food away from home 1 2 .................................. 156.853 156.830 157.670 158.826 -.3 6.3 .2 5.1 2.9 2.6 

Alcoholic beverages ........................................................ 223.819 223.876 223.748 223.101 1.7 2.9 3.2 -1.3 2.3 1.0 

Housing ............................................................................. 213.130 213.065 212.818 212.780 -1.0 -.3 .4 -.7 -.6 -.1 

Shelter ............................................................................. 242.620 242.592 241.969 241.916 1.5 .2 -.7 -1.2 .8 -.9 

Rent of primary residence 3 .......................................... 247.276 247.237 247.305 247.213 1.7 .0 -.9 -.1 .9 -.5 

Lodging away from home 2 ........................................... 133.804 133.606 130.907 131.519 -6.2 -4.1 .0 -6.7 -5.1 -3.4 

Owners’ equivalent rent of residences 3 4 .................... 232.633 232.585 232.351 232.286 1.9 .5 -.7 -.6 1.2 -.7 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ....... 232.633 232.585 232.351 232.286 1.9 .5 -.7 -.6 1.2 -.7 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ......................... 122.830 124.415 125.299 125.367 .7 3.7 1.9 8.5 2.2 5.2 

Fuels and utilities ............................................................ 210.569 210.281 211.617 212.146 -14.2 -1.4 7.9 3.0 -8.0 5.4 

Household energy ......................................................... 186.409 185.937 187.075 187.283 -18.1 -3.1 8.5 1.9 -10.9 5.2 

Fuel oil and other fuels 1 ............................................. 262.340 265.130 284.061 281.157 -25.8 19.5 44.1 31.9 -5.9 37.9 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................... 191.296 190.655 191.039 191.397 -17.7 -4.3 6.7 .2 -11.2 3.4 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .......... 165.035 165.662 167.045 168.416 6.9 6.6 5.1 8.4 6.8 6.8 

Household furnishings and operations ............................ 123.776 123.744 123.590 123.126 1.2 -3.0 -1.7 -2.1 -.9 -1.9 

Household operations 1 2 ............................................. 152.747 152.486 151.499 151.535 -.4 4.5 -2.4 -3.1 2.0 -2.8 

Apparel .............................................................................. 119.871 120.151 120.099 119.483 -1.2 4.0 -1.9 -1.3 1.4 -1.6 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. 112.900 112.285 112.252 111.820 -6.0 -.6 -5.9 -3.8 -3.3 -4.8 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. 107.522 108.442 108.554 107.988 -2.0 7.6 -3.4 1.7 2.7 -.9 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... 116.678 116.548 118.441 117.058 4.7 7.7 -7.0 1.3 6.2 -2.9 

Footwear ......................................................................... 128.856 129.173 129.256 128.706 3.6 5.2 2.6 -.5 4.4 1.0 

Transportation ................................................................... 187.971 189.949 193.144 192.920 -1.5 36.2 13.5 11.0 15.9 12.2 

Private transportation ...................................................... 184.689 186.609 190.031 189.821 -1.3 37.5 13.2 11.6 16.5 12.4 

New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................... 94.438 95.030 95.343 95.710 2.6 4.3 15.5 5.5 3.5 10.4 

New vehicles ............................................................... 139.664 139.358 138.596 138.749 6.3 .8 9.7 -2.6 3.5 3.4 

Used cars and trucks .................................................. 135.844 138.813 140.866 141.875 -2.2 12.6 30.2 19.0 5.0 24.4 

Motor fuel ...................................................................... 232.924 237.946 249.602 246.705 -11.2 163.6 16.2 25.9 53.0 20.9 

Gasoline (all types) ..................................................... 233.205 238.841 249.318 245.597 -4.7 153.8 17.7 23.0 55.5 20.3 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................ 134.346 134.892 135.383 135.694 .5 -2.5 2.3 4.1 -1.0 3.2 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1 ....................... 247.972 247.812 247.975 248.479 1.3 1.4 3.5 .8 1.4 2.1 

Public transportation ....................................................... 244.557 247.857 243.274 242.675 -5.9 9.8 20.5 -3.0 1.6 8.1 

Medical care ...................................................................... 380.838 381.504 383.504 385.728 3.7 2.7 3.7 5.2 3.2 4.5 

Medical care commodities 1 ............................................ 299.972 299.777 301.890 304.320 3.5 1.3 3.5 5.9 2.4 4.7 

Medical care services ..................................................... 404.460 405.483 407.372 409.435 3.8 3.2 3.8 5.0 3.5 4.4 

Professional services .................................................... 325.379 325.933 327.911 328.390 2.7 2.4 2.9 3.8 2.5 3.3 

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—

Nov.

2009

Dec.

2009

Jan.

2010

Feb.

2010

May

2009

Aug.

2009

Nov.

2009

Feb.

2010 Aug.

2009

Feb.

2010

Expenditure category

Hospital and related services 3 ..................................... 579.659 583.389 585.929 593.708 7.5 7.1 7.0 10.1 7.3 8.5 

Recreation 2 ...................................................................... 110.559 110.221 110.176 110.176 -1.1 1.0 -2.7 -1.4 -.1 -2.0 

Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 101.026 100.934 100.793 100.171 -.2 -.6 -2.8 -3.3 -.4 -3.1 

Education and communication 2 ....................................... 123.678 123.911 124.142 124.338 2.3 2.1 .9 2.2 2.2 1.5 

Education 2 ..................................................................... 191.203 191.835 192.430 193.654 5.2 5.4 3.4 5.2 5.3 4.3 

Educational books and supplies ................................... 497.706 499.745 501.581 504.554 5.5 10.2 6.1 5.6 7.8 5.9 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ...................... 537.418 539.155 540.811 544.275 5.2 5.0 3.1 5.2 5.1 4.2 

Communication 2 ............................................................ 87.469 87.545 87.616 87.501 .3 -.2 -.9 .1 .1 -.4 

Information and information processing 1 2 .................. 85.331 85.404 85.433 85.314 .0 -.4 -.9 -.1 -.2 -.5 

Telephone services 1 2 ............................................... 102.413 102.585 102.504 102.038 1.3 1.5 -.8 -1.5 1.4 -1.1 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 .... 9.969 9.935 9.978 10.077 -6.4 -9.7 -1.7 4.4 -8.1 1.3 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 6 ..... 78.673 78.163 77.929 77.391 -15.3 -19.8 -1.6 -6.4 -17.6 -4.0 

Other goods and services ................................................. 403.360 404.292 404.888 404.813 34.1 5.6 4.6 1.4 19.0 3.0 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... 786.541 789.173 791.959 790.710 116.5 12.6 9.7 2.1 56.1 5.9 

Personal care .................................................................. 203.399 203.727 203.775 203.895 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.3 1.1 

Personal care products 1 .............................................. 161.784 162.231 161.689 162.073 1.4 -1.7 -1.5 .7 -.2 -.4 

Personal care services 1 ............................................... 228.614 228.614 228.793 228.169 3.1 -.1 1.5 -.8 1.5 .4 

Miscellaneous personal services .................................. 350.374 351.092 352.090 352.853 1.0 2.9 3.7 2.9 1.9 3.3 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ....................................................................... 175.805 176.635 178.233 177.989 .9 13.2 4.9 5.1 6.9 5.0 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 217.109 217.426 217.876 218.037 -1.8 -.7 .2 1.7 -1.3 1.0 

Commodities less food and beverages ............................. 153.502 154.519 156.580 156.171 2.6 22.7 7.8 7.1 12.2 7.5 

Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... 196.863 198.438 202.280 201.470 -1.3 41.7 8.6 9.7 18.3 9.1 

Apparel .......................................................................... 119.871 120.151 120.099 119.483 -1.2 4.0 -1.9 -1.3 1.4 -1.6 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... 248.738 251.007 257.262 255.925 .9 58.4 10.3 12.1 26.4 11.2 

Durables .......................................................................... 111.728 112.317 112.382 112.465 1.4 1.0 10.0 2.7 1.2 6.3 

Services .............................................................................. 255.245 255.350 255.157 255.440 .1 1.1 1.2 .3 .6 .8 

Rent of shelter 4 ................................................................ 234.029 234.082 233.607 233.241 1.3 .1 -.3 -1.3 .7 -.8 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ............................. 122.830 124.415 125.299 125.367 .7 3.7 1.9 8.5 2.2 5.2 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................. 191.296 190.655 191.039 191.397 -17.7 -4.3 6.7 .2 -11.2 3.4 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .............. 165.035 165.662 167.045 168.416 6.9 6.6 5.1 8.4 6.8 6.8 

Household operations 1 2 ................................................. 152.747 152.486 151.499 151.535 -.4 4.5 -2.4 -3.1 2.0 -2.8 

Transportation services ..................................................... 255.455 256.122 255.588 256.694 2.0 3.4 6.6 2.0 2.7 4.2 

Medical care services ....................................................... 404.460 405.483 407.372 409.435 3.8 3.2 3.8 5.0 3.5 4.4 

Other services ................................................................... 293.299 293.681 294.133 294.301 1.4 3.4 .5 1.4 2.4 .9 

Special indexes

All items less food ............................................................... 211.499 212.031 212.790 212.759 .8 7.6 3.3 2.4 4.2 2.9 

All items less shelter ........................................................... 203.704 204.406 205.615 205.643 -.1 9.0 4.4 3.9 4.4 4.1 

All items less medical care .................................................. 205.514 206.007 206.680 206.620 .2 6.4 2.8 2.2 3.3 2.5 

Commodities less food ........................................................ 155.883 156.879 158.886 158.469 2.5 21.9 7.7 6.8 11.8 7.2 

Nondurables less food ........................................................ 198.543 200.048 203.681 202.891 -1.2 38.9 8.2 9.1 17.1 8.6 

Nondurables less food and apparel .................................... 245.496 247.582 253.287 252.038 .7 53.0 9.7 11.1 24.1 10.4 

Nondurables ........................................................................ 207.442 208.232 210.553 210.177 -2.5 19.4 4.3 5.4 7.9 4.8 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ............................................. 247.833 248.380 248.589 249.271 -1.5 1.9 3.6 2.3 .2 3.0 

Services less medical care services ................................... 244.619 244.797 244.523 244.557 -.2 .7 1.3 -.1 .3 .6 

Energy ................................................................................. 207.897 210.195 216.617 215.259 -14.8 64.5 12.8 14.9 18.4 13.9 

All items less energy ........................................................... 213.906 214.189 214.235 214.406 2.1 1.3 1.7 .9 1.7 1.3 

All items less food and energy .......................................... 213.749 214.023 213.979 214.141 3.0 1.7 2.1 .7 2.4 1.4 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ........... 145.242 145.608 145.835 145.848 5.9 2.1 5.2 1.7 4.0 3.4 

Energy commodities ..................................................... 235.286 240.247 252.253 249.339 -12.0 154.3 17.3 26.1 49.6 21.6 

Services less energy services ......................................... 262.192 262.385 262.136 262.409 1.8 1.6 .7 .3 1.7 .5 

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

item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means

estimator.

4 Indexes on a December 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

Feb.2010 from—

Percent change to

Jan.2010 from—

Nov.

2009

Dec.

2009

Jan.

2010

Feb.

2010

Feb.

2009

Dec.

2009

Jan.

2010

Jan.

2009

Nov.

2009

Dec.

2009

U.S. city average ............................................ M 212.003 211.703 212.568 212.544 2.8 0.4 0.0 3.3 0.3 0.4 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban .............................................. M 229.048 228.794 229.744 229.874 3.1 .5 .1 3.6 .3 .4 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 229.541 229.180 229.919 230.099 2.7 .4 .1 3.2 .2 .3 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 138.527 138.522 139.364 139.379 4.1 .6 .0 4.5 .6 .6 

Midwest urban ................................................ M 201.553 200.999 202.180 202.044 3.2 .5 -.1 3.6 .3 .6 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 201.626 200.820 201.957 201.758 2.9 .5 -.1 3.2 .2 .6 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 131.823 131.639 132.502 132.507 3.4 .7 .0 3.7 .5 .7 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 200.748 200.471 201.414 201.118 3.9 .3 -.1 4.4 .3 .5 

South urban .................................................... M 206.859 206.716 207.405 207.325 3.1 .3 .0 3.7 .3 .3 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 209.161 208.788 209.619 209.288 2.3 .2 -.2 3.0 .2 .4 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 132.129 132.136 132.508 132.528 3.3 .3 .0 3.9 .3 .3 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 213.396 213.184 213.984 214.172 4.3 .5 .1 4.7 .3 .4 

West urban ..................................................... M 214.228 213.919 214.664 214.710 2.0 .4 .0 2.5 .2 .3 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 216.286 215.988 216.905 216.850 1.9 .4 .0 2.4 .3 .4 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 133.149 132.983 133.238 133.325 2.0 .3 .1 2.8 .1 .2 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 196.187 195.779 196.606 196.516 2.4 .4 .0 2.9 .2 .4 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 133.139 133.072 133.589 133.619 3.2 .4 .0 3.7 .3 .4 

D ................................................................. M 207.739 207.417 208.297 208.368 3.8 .5 .0 4.1 .3 .4 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... M 205.136 204.196 205.529 205.627 2.8 .7 .0 2.7 .2 .7 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... M 216.618 216.233 217.290 217.090 1.8 .4 -.1 2.3 .3 .5 

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

NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 233.893 233.448 234.067 234.153 2.4 .3 .0 2.9 .1 .3 

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ..... 1 236.859 -

 237.999 - - - - 3.4 .5 -

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 1 192.871 - 194.529 - - - - 3.0 .9 -

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... 1 205.297 -

 205.456 - - - - 3.0 .1 -

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 140.608 - 141.155 - - - - 3.5 .4 -

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

 199.331 - 201.407 2.0 1.0 - - - -

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

 199.614 - 198.913 1.4 -.4 - - - -

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 - 188.842 - 190.351 2.9 .8 - - - -

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

 221.067 - 221.074 1.6 .0 - - - -

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

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

 224.732 - 226.539 3.3 .8 - - - -

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

 220.121 - 222.049 2.4 .9 - - - -

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 - 220.905 - 221.215 1.1 .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

 Feb. 2010 from—

 Jan.

 2010

 Feb.

 2010

 Feb.

 2009

 Jan.

 2010

Expenditure category

All items ...................................................................................... 100.000 R125.628 R125.604 2.2 0.0 

Food and beverages ................................................................ 14.519 127.981 127.923 -.3 .0 

Food ....................................................................................... 13.493 127.962 127.895 -.4 -.1 

Food at home ....................................................................... 7.780 123.115 122.940 -1.7 -.1 

Food away from home .......................................................... 5.712 134.554 134.648 1.3 .1 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 1.027 128.680 128.745 1.1 .1 

Housing .................................................................................... 42.074 R128.296 R128.240 -.7 .0 

Shelter .................................................................................... 32.119 130.799 130.840 -.4 .0 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 5.231 R157.973 R157.467 -1.3 -.3 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 4.724 94.503 94.268 -2.0 -.2 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 3.772 86.984 88.474 .0 1.7 

Transportation .......................................................................... 17.199 130.159 129.375 13.8 -.6 

Private transportation ............................................................. 16.013 131.066 130.185 14.6 -.7 

Public transportation ............................................................... 1.186 118.303 118.725 4.4 .4 

Medical care ............................................................................. 6.294 148.326 149.521 3.3 .8 

Medical care commodities ...................................................... 1.570 130.850 131.864 3.2 .8 

Medical care services ............................................................. 4.723 154.738 156.001 3.3 .8 

Recreation ................................................................................ 6.625 103.359 103.267 -2.7 -.1 

Education and communication ................................................. 6.288 111.806 111.783 1.4 .0 

Education ............................................................................... 2.804 180.738 181.011 4.5 .2 

Communication ...................................................................... 3.484 73.401 73.285 -1.0 -.2 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 3.229 136.994 137.103 6.1 .1 

Commodity and service group

Services ...................................................................................... 59.383 R134.619 R134.773 .4 .1 

Commodities .............................................................................. 40.617 114.592 114.347 4.9 -.2 

Durables ................................................................................... 10.376 81.555 81.503 1.2 -.1 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 30.241 131.785 131.435 6.2 -.3 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 76.901 119.269 119.518 1.0 .2 

Energy ........................................................................................ 9.606 R185.213 R181.912 17.1 -1.8 

R Revised.

Indexes for 2010 are initial estimates. Indexes for 2009 are interim adjustments.

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