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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: JANUARY 2006 

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.8 percent in January, before seasonal 

adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The January level of 198.3 (1982-

84=100) was 4.0 percent higher than in January 2005. 

The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) also increased 0.8 percent in 

January, prior to seasonal adjustment. The January level of 194.0 (1982-84=100) was 4.1 percent higher than in January 2005. 

The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) increased 0.7 percent in January on a not 

seasonally adjusted basis. The January level of 115.2 (December 1999=100) was 3.4 percent higher than in January 2005. 

Please note that the indexes for the post-2004 period are subject to revision. Previously published and revised data for 2004 and 

2005 are shown on page 5. 

CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)

On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U advanced 0.7 percent in January, following declines in each of the previous 

two months. Energy costs increased 5.0 percent in January, its first advance since September and accounted for about 70 

percent of the advance in the overall CPI-U. Within energy, the index (cont. on page 2.) 

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

 Seasonally adjusted Un-

 Compound adjusted

Expenditure Changes from preceding month annual rate 12-mos. 

Category 2005 2006 3-mos. ended ended

 July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Jan.’06 Jan.’06

All Items .6 .6 1.2 .3 -.7 -.1 .7 -.2 4.0

 Food and beverages .2 .1 .3 .2 .3 .1 .5 3.4 2.6 

 Housing .4 .2 .5 .9 .4 .2 .5 4.1 4.3 

 Apparel -.6 .7 -.1 -.3 .1 -.3 .3 .7 -1.0 

 Transportation 2.1 2.3 5.0 -1.2 -4.9 -.7 1.8 -14.7 7.3 

 Medical care .4 .1 .3 .6 .5 .2 .1 3.5 4.0 

 Recreation .1 .3 .4 .2 -.1 .1 .0 .0 .9 

 Education and 

 communication .1 .0 .6 .0 .4 .2 .4 4.3 2.7 

 Other goods and 

 services .5 .2 .2 .1 .3 .4 .3 4.0 2.9 

Special indexes: 

 Energy 5.3 5.1 11.8 .0 -8.1 -2.1 5.0 -20.6 24.8 

 Food .2 .1 .2 .3 .3 .1 .5 3.4 2.6 

 All items less 

 food and energy .2 .1 .1 .2 .2 .1 .2 2.4 2.1 

 Note: Seasonal factors have been recalculated to reflect developments during 2005. For this reason, some of the seasonally 

adjusted figures above and elsewhere in this report differ from those previously published. See the technical note on page 9 for 

details. 

Effective with this month’s release the CPI expenditure weights have been updated to 2003-04. See page 4 for notes on changes 

introduced into the CPI in 2006. 
for petroleum-based energy increased 5.7 percent and the index for energy services rose 4.2 percent. The food 

index rose 0.5 percent in January after increasing 0.1 percent in December. Increases in fresh fruit and 

vegetable prices accounted for more than half of the 0.5 percent rise in the index for food at home. The index 

for all items less food and energy increased 0.2 percent in January, following a 0.1 percent increase in 

December, reflecting upturns in the indexes for new vehicles and for apparel. 

The food and beverages index rose 0.5 percent in January. The index for food at home also rose 0.5 

percent, following a 0.1 percent increase in December. Each of the six major grocery store food groups 

contributed to the acceleration in January. The index for fruits and vegetables registered the largest advance--

up 1.7 percent, following a 0.7 percent rise in December. The indexes for fresh fruits and for fresh vegetables 

increased 2.7 and 2.1 percent, respectively, while the index for processed fruits and vegetables decreased 0.7 

percent. The indexes for cereal and bakery products and for dairy products, each of which declined in 

December, rose 0.5 percent in January. The index for other food at home also rose 0.5 percent, reflecting 

large increases in the indexes for fats and oils and for spices, seasonings, condiments, and sauces. The index 

for nonalcoholic beverages also turned up in January, reflecting price increases for carbonated and 

noncarbonated juices and drinks. The index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs, which was unchanged in 

December, increased 0.1 percent in January. Price increases for beef, for fish and seafood, and for eggs--up 

0.6, 0.9, and 3.6 percent, respectively--were largely offset by decreases in prices for pork, for other meats, and 

for poultry. The other two components of the food and beverages index--food away from home and alcoholic 

beverages--increased 0.3 and 0.8 percent, respectively. 

The index for housing, which rose 0.2 percent in December, increased 0.5 percent in January. The 

index for fuels and utilities, which decreased 1.3 percent in December, increased 3.4 percent in January. The 

index for fuel oil declined for the fourth consecutive month--down 1.9 percent in January. This decline was 

more than offset by increased charges for energy services. The indexes for electricity and for natural gas each 

turned up in January, advancing 5.5 and 1.7 percent, respectively. The index for shelter increased 0.1 percent 

in January, following a 0.3 percent rise in December. Within shelter, the index for rent rose 0.1 percent; 

owners' equivalent rent increased 0.2 percent; and the index for lodging away from home rose 0.5 percent. 

(Prior to seasonal adjustment, the index for lodging away from home increased 3.8 percent.) The index for 

household furnishings and operations, which rose 0.5 percent in December, declined 0.3 percent in January. 

The transportation index rose 1.8 percent in January. Gasoline prices, which had declined in each of 

the preceding three months, rose 6.4 percent in January and accounted for almost 90 percent of the January 

transportation advance. The index for new vehicles increased 0.6 percent in January, following declines in 

each of the preceding two months. (As of January, about 85 percent of the new vehicle sample was 

represented by 2006 models. The 2006 models will continue to be phased in, with appropriate adjustments for 

quality change, over the next several months as they replace old models at dealerships.) The index for used 

cars and trucks increased 0.1 percent in January. The index for public transportation rose 1.3 percent in 

January, reflecting an upturn in airline fares. Airline fares rose 1.2 percent in January, following large 

declines in November and December. 

The index for apparel rose 0.3 percent in January, following a 0.3 percent decline in December. (Prior 

to seasonal adjustment, apparel prices fell 2.2 percent, reflecting post-holiday discounting.) 

Medical care costs rose 0.1 percent in January and are 4.0 percent higher than a year ago. The index 

for medical care commodities--prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and medical supplies--increased 0.4 

percent. The index for medical care services was virtually unchanged in January. A 0.3 percent decrease in 

the index for professional services was offset by a 0.7 percent increase in the index for hospital and related 

services. 

The index for recreation was unchanged in January. Increases in the indexes for newspapers and 

magazines--up 0.8 percent--for sporting goods, for pets, pet products and services, and for club membership 

dues and fees for participant sports--each up 0.3 percent--were offset by declines in the indexes for video and 

audio, for toys, and for admissions to movies, theaters, concerts, and sporting events. 

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

0.7 percent, reflecting increases in the indexes for child care and nursery school and for college textbooks--up 

1.1 and 1.4 percent, respectively. Communication costs increased 0.2 percent as a 5.3 percent increase in 
postal charges more than offset a 0.9 percent decrease in the index for personal computers and peripheral 

equipment. 

The index for other goods and services increased 0.3 percent in January, reflecting increases of 0.4 

percent in the index for tobacco and smoking products and 0.2 percent in the index for personal care. 

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

On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers increased 0.7 

percent in January. 

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

 Seasonally adjusted Un-

 Compound adjusted

Expenditure Changes from preceding month annual rate 12-mos. 

Category 2005 2006 3-mos. ended ended

 July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Jan.’06 Jan.’06

All Items .7 .7 1.4 .2 -.8 -.1 .7 -.1.0 4.1

 Food and beverages .2 .1 .2 .3 .3 .2 .4 3.4 2.5 

 Housing .4 .3 .6 .9 .4 .1 .5 4.0 4.5 

 Apparel -.3 .6 -.4 -.2 .0 -.3 .0 -1.0 -1.6 

 Transportation 2.3 2.5 5.3 -1.3 -5.2 -.7 1.8 -15.5 7.6 

 Medical care .3 .1 .3 .6 .6 .2 .1 3.5 4.0 

 Recreation .0 .3 .4 .3 -.2 .0 .0 -.7 .7 

 Education and 

 communication .0 -.1 .7 -.1 .4 .1 .4 4.0 2.3 

 Other goods and 

 services .6 .2 .3 .0 .3 .4 .3 4.0 3.0 

Special indexes: 

 Energy 5.5 5.3 12.1 -.3 -8.7 -2.1 5.0 -22.3 24.7 

 Food .1 .1 .2 .3 .3 .2 .4 3.4 2.6 

 All items less 

 food and energy .2 .2 .1 .3 .2 .2 .2 1.9 2.0 

Consumer Price Index data for February are scheduled for release on Thursday, March 16, 2006, at 8:30 

A.M. (EST). 

CPI (Old Weights)

For the first six months of 2006, BLS also will calculate Old Weights CPI-U and Old Weights CPI-W 

based on the 2001-02 expenditure pattern used in the CPI from 2004 through 2005. These Old Weight data 

are contained in tables 1(OW)-4(OW). From December 2005 to January 2006, the Old Weight CPI-U rose 0.8 

percent and the Old Weight CPI-W also rose 0.8 percent. Note these series are not seasonally adjusted. 
Changes in the Consumer Price Index in 2006 

Expenditure Weight Update 

As announced, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has updated the consumption expenditure weights in 

the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage 

Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) to the 2003-04 period. The updated expenditure weights for these 

indexes replace the 2001-2002 weights that were introduced effective with the January 2004 CPI release. As 

originally announced by BLS in December 1998, CPI expenditure weights will continue to be updated at twoyear intervals subsequent to the 2006 updating. 

For the first six months of 2006, BLS will continue to calculate and publish selected CPI-U and CPI-W 

“overlap” indexes using the 2001-2002 expenditure pattern that was introduced into the CPI in 2004. These 

indexes will be compiled on a not seasonally adjusted basis. Comparison of these index series to the 

corresponding updated series will enable users of the CPI to observe the effects of the expenditure weight 

change. The subsequent expenditure updates scheduled in 2008 and every two years thereafter also will be 

accompanied by the publication of overlap indexes for a six-month period using the previous expenditure 

pattern. 

Change to Published Item Structure 

Effective with release of the January 2006 CPI, BLS began publishing item indexes for Health 

insurance and for Care of invalids and elderly at home. Note, the Health insurance index only reflects changes 

in the cost for individual insurance carriers of administering policies, maintaining reserves, and profits. The 

CPI does not directly reflect health insurance premiums for use in the index. (For details on how health 

insurance is treated in the CPI, see “Measuring Price Change for Medical Care in the CPI,” on the CPI home 

page http://www.bls.gov/cpi/) These indexes are available at the U.S. City Average area level for both the 

CPI-U and CPI-W with a December 2005 = 100 reference base. In addition, new indexes based on 

substantially smaller samples will be published for the CPI-U only on a December 2005 = 100 reference base. 

These are: 1) Food at elementary and secondary schools, 2) Infants’ furniture, and 3) Infants’ equipment. 

C-CPI-U Index Revisions 

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

2004 and 2005 values of the Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U), effective 

with the release of January 2006 data. 

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

employs a Tornqvist formula and utilizes expenditure data in adjacent time periods in order to reflect the 

effect of any substitution that consumers make across item categories in response to changes in relative prices. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

2004 are now available, and the C-CPI-U indexes for that year are now in final form. The initial indexes for 

2005 are now revised interim indexes. The C-CPI-U U.S. All Items index values for 2004 and 2005 as 

originally published and revised are shown below. 
For more information on the C-CPI-U, write to: 

Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes 

2 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Room 3130 

Washington, DC 20212 

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

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

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

2004 Interim Final

January 108.3 108.5

February 108.9 109.1

March 109.6 109.7

April 109.9 110.0

May 110.3 110.6

June 110.6 110.8

July 110.5 110.7

August 110.5 110.7

September 110.8 111.0

October 111.3 111.6

November 111.3 111.6

December 110.9 111.2

Annual average 110.2 110.5

2005 Initial Interim

January 111.1 111.4

February 111.7 112.0

March 112.5 112.7

April 113.1 113.3

May 113.1 113.3

June 113.0 113.3

July 113.4 113.6

August 113.8 114.0

September 114.7 115.1

October 115.0 115.4

November 114.4 114.8

December 114.0 114.4

Annual average n.a. 113.6
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 2005. 

All Items 

2005 Former Recalculated Difference 

 

January .1 .1 .0 

February .4 .4 .0 

March .6 .6 .0 

April .5 .5 .0 

May -.1 -.1 .0 

June .0 -.1 -.1 

July .5 .6 .1 

August .5 .6 .1 

September 1.2 1.2 .0 

October .2 .3 .1 

November -.6 -.7 -.1 

December -.1 -.1 .0 

All Items less food and energy 

2005 Former Recalculated Difference 

 

January .2 .3 .1 

February .3 .2 -.1 

March .4 .3 -.1 

April .0 .1 .1 

May .1 .1 .0 

June .1 .0 -.1 

July .1 .2 .1 

August .1 .1 .0 

September .1 .1 .0 

October .2 .2 .0 

November .2 .2 .0 

December .2 .1 -.1 
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Brief Explanation of the CPI 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

the Bureau’s trained representatives. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Information and Analysis Section on (202) 691-7000. 
Calculating Index Changes 

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

changes rather than changes in index points, because index point changes are affected by 

the level of the index in relation to its base period while percent changes are not. The 

example below illustrates the computation of index point and percent changes. 

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

are computed according to the standard formula for compound growth rates. These data 

indicate what the percent change would be if the current rate were maintained for a 12- 

month period. 

Index Point Change

CPI 115.7 

Less previous index 111.2 

Equals index point change 4.5 

Percent Change

Index point difference 4.5 

Divided by the previous index 111.2 

Equals 0.040 

Results multiplied by one hundred 0.040x100 

Equals percent change 4.0

Regions Defined 

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

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

Vermont. 

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

Wisconsin. 

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

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

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

Wyoming. 
A Note on Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Data 

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

publishes seasonally adjusted as well as unadjusted changes each month. 

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

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

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

changeovers, holidays, and sales. 

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

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

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

for seasonal variation. 

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

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

year, the last 5 years of seasonally adjusted data are revised. Data from January 2001 through December 2005 

were replaced in January 2006. 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 for the last 5 years, 

but the seasonally adjusted indexes will be used before that period. Note: 43 of the 73 components are 

seasonally adjusted for 2006. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

from the data prior to calculation of seasonal factors. Beginning with the calculation of seasonal factors for 

1996, X-12-ARIMA software was used for Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment. 

 For the Fuel oil, Utility (piped) gas, Motor fuels, and Educational books and supplies indexes, this 

procedure was used to offset the effects that extreme price volatility would otherwise have had on the 

estimates of seasonally adjusted data for those series. For the Nonalcoholic beverages index, the procedure 

was used to offset the effects of sharp rises in the price of coffee futures. The procedure was used to account 

for unusual butter fat supply reductions, changes in milk supply, and large swings in soybean oil inventories 

affecting the Fats and oils series. For Dairy products, it mitigated the effects of significant changes in milk, 

butter and cheese production levels. For Fresh vegetable series, the method was used to account for the 

effects of hurricane-related disruptions. For Electricity, it was used to offset an increase in demand due to 

warmer than expected weather, increased rates to conserve supplies, and declining natural gas inventories. 
For New vehicle series, the procedure was used to offset the effects of a model changeover combined with 

financing incentives. 

 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 Daniel Chow on 

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

our information staff at (202) 691-7000. 

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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

2005

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2006 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

All items ...................................................................................... 100.000 196.8 198.3 4.0 0.8 -0.7 -0.1 0.7 

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

 589.4 593.9 - - - - -

Food and beverages ................................................................ 15.051 193.2 194.5 2.6 .7 .3 .1 .5 

Food ....................................................................................... 13.942 192.9 194.1 2.6 .6 .3 .1 .5 

Food at home ....................................................................... 7.988 191.7 193.4 2.4 .9 .3 .1 .5 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................. 1.098 208.4 210.6 1.4 1.1 .2 -.1 .5 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ............................................ 2.133 185.7 185.8 1.3 .1 .7 .0 .1 

Dairy and related products ................................................. .852 183.2 183.7 .2 .3 .7 -.3 .5 

Fruits and vegetables ......................................................... 1.219 252.3 258.5 6.4 2.5 .0 .7 1.7 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .............. .910 145.5 147.2 3.5 1.2 .4 -.1 .3 

Other food at home ............................................................ 1.777 167.6 169.1 2.1 .9 -.3 .2 .5 

Sugar and sweets ............................................................. .302 167.8 169.3 3.9 .9 .4 1.0 .2 

Fats and oils ..................................................................... .231 165.2 169.9 -.3 2.8 .1 -.3 1.4 

Other foods 1 .................................................................... 1.244 183.3 184.3 2.2 .5 -.5 .2 .5 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ....................................... .328 112.4 112.6 2.3 .2 .5 -.3 .2 

Food away from home 1 ....................................................... 5.953 196.0 196.6 3.0 .3 .2 .2 .3 

Other food away from home 2 ............................................ .277 133.7 134.1 5.2 .3 .3 .2 .2 

Alcoholic beverages 1 ............................................................ 1.109 196.4 198.0 1.9 .8 .2 -.4 .8 

Housing .................................................................................... 42.380 198.3 200.0 4.3 .9 .4 .2 .5 

Shelter .................................................................................... 32.260 225.6 226.8 2.6 .5 .3 .3 .1 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................. 5.832 220.5 220.9 3.0 .2 .2 .2 .1 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................. 2.611 122.8 127.5 4.0 3.8 1.1 .8 .5 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ................. 23.442 232.8 233.4 2.5 .3 .2 .3 .2 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................. .375 116.1 115.9 -2.2 -.2 .1 .2 -.2 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 5.371 191.6 198.7 19.1 3.7 1.2 -1.3 3.4 

Fuels ..................................................................................... 4.494 174.7 182.1 22.2 4.2 1.4 -1.6 3.8 

Fuel oil and other fuels ....................................................... .339 227.8 229.5 26.7 .7 -3.8 -1.0 -1.2 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................... 4.155 180.0 188.1 21.9 4.5 1.8 -1.6 4.2 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................. .877 132.9 134.0 5.0 .8 .5 .4 .7 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 4.749 126.4 126.5 .3 .1 .1 .5 -.3 

Household operations 1 2 ..................................................... .779 133.3 134.1 4.8 .6 .7 .6 .6 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 3.786 117.5 114.9 -1.0 -2.2 .1 -.3 .3 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ........................................................ .915 114.1 112.4 -2.3 -1.5 -.2 -.3 .2 

Women’s and girls’ apparel .................................................... 1.612 108.9 103.0 -2.0 -5.4 1.0 -.4 -.6 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................. .183 115.0 113.3 -3.6 -1.5 -.3 .8 .2 

Footwear ................................................................................ .759 121.4 122.3 2.4 .7 -1.0 -.4 2.1 

Transportation .......................................................................... 17.415 172.7 175.9 7.3 1.9 -4.9 -.7 1.8

Private transportation ............................................................. 16.329 168.9 172.1 7.2 1.9 -5.1 -.8 1.8 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ........................................... 7.858 95.8 96.2 .4 .4 -.3 -.2 .3 

New vehicles ...................................................................... 5.155 138.3 139.3 -.4 .7 -.1 -.1 .6 

Used cars and trucks 1 ....................................................... 1.799 139.2 139.3 1.3 .1 -.9 -.1 .1 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 4.191 187.3 199.2 27.4 6.4 -16.0 -2.7 6.2 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 4.148 186.2 198.2 27.4 6.4 -16.1 -2.7 6.4 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ................................... .362 114.0 114.4 3.4 .4 .5 .4 .4 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................. 1.131 210.7 211.2 3.5 .2 .2 .1 .2 

Public transportation ............................................................... 1.087 217.6 219.9 7.6 1.1 .1 -.5 1.3 

Medical care ............................................................................. 6.220 328.4 329.5 4.0 .3 .5 .2 .1 

Medical care commodities ...................................................... 1.457 280.8 282.0 3.8 .4 .6 .2 .4 

Medical care services ............................................................. 4.764 342.0 342.9 4.1 .3 .5 .2 .0 

Professional services ........................................................... 2.815 284.9 284.7 3.1 -.1 .4 .2 -.3 

Hospital and related services 3 ............................................ 1.576 449.7 453.6 5.2 .9 .7 .2 .7 

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

2005

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2006 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 5.637 109.7 109.9 0.9 0.2 -0.1 0.1 0.0 

Video and audio 2 ................................................................... 1.783 103.9 104.1 -.1 .2 -.2 .0 -.2 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 6.047 115.3 115.7 2.7 .3 .4 .2 .4 

Education 2 ............................................................................. 2.967 157.6 158.3 6.4 .4 .5 .4 .7 

Educational books and supplies ........................................... .196 374.3 379.2 6.1 1.3 .7 .5 .5 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .............................. 2.771 455.3 457.2 6.4 .4 .5 .5 .7 

Communication 2 .................................................................... 3.080 84.3 84.5 -1.1 .2 .2 -.1 .2 

Information and information processing 1 2 .......................... 2.895 82.2 82.1 -1.3 -.1 .2 .0 -.1 

Telephone services 1 2 ....................................................... 2.245 95.2 95.2 .4 .0 .6 .0 .0 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ........... .650 13.1 13.0 -8.5 -.8 -1.5 .0 -.8 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 .......... .236 11.7 11.6 -17.1 -.9 -1.6 -2.5 -.9 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 3.463 317.3 318.2 2.9 .3 .3 .4 .3 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ........................................... .710 513.1 515.1 4.3 .4 .4 .4 .4 

Personal care ......................................................................... 2.752 187.6 188.1 2.5 .3 .4 .4 .2 

Personal care products 1 ...................................................... .710 155.4 155.8 1.8 .3 .0 .3 .3 

Personal care services 1 ...................................................... .675 206.6 206.4 2.2 -.1 .2 .7 -.1 

Miscellaneous personal services .......................................... 1.172 306.6 308.2 3.2 .5 .3 .4 .3 

Commodity and service group

Commodities .............................................................................. 40.790 160.0 161.3 3.8 .8 -2.2 -.3 .9 

Food and beverages ................................................................ 15.051 193.2 194.5 2.6 .7 .3 .1 .5 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................... 25.739 141.3 142.6 4.5 .9 -3.6 -.6 1.1 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................... 14.163 166.3 168.7 8.7 1.4 -4.3 -.7 2.3 

Apparel ................................................................................. 3.786 117.5 114.9 -1.0 -2.2 .1 -.3 .3 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................. 10.377 200.4 206.0 12.4 2.8 -7.8 -1.1 2.5 

Durables ................................................................................. 11.576 114.9 115.3 -.6 .3 -.3 -.1 .1 

Services ...................................................................................... 59.210 233.2 234.9 4.1 .7 .4 .1 .5 

Rent of shelter 4 ....................................................................... 31.884 235.0 236.2 2.7 .5 .3 .3 .1 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ..................................... .375 116.1 115.9 -2.2 -.2 .1 .2 -.2 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ..................................................... 4.155 180.0 188.1 21.9 4.5 1.8 -1.6 4.2 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ..................... .877 132.9 134.0 5.0 .8 .5 .4 .7 

Household operations 1 2 ......................................................... .779 133.3 134.1 4.8 .6 .7 .6 .6 

Transportation services ............................................................ 5.707 227.8 228.2 2.9 .2 .3 .0 .4 

Medical care services ............................................................... 4.764 342.0 342.9 4.1 .3 .5 .2 .0 

Other services .......................................................................... 10.669 272.3 273.2 3.1 .3 .4 .3 .3 

Special indexes

All items less food ...................................................................... 86.058 197.4 199.0 4.2 .8 -.8 -.1 .7 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 67.740 187.7 189.3 4.6 .9 -1.1 -.2 .9 

All items less medical care ......................................................... 93.780 190.0 191.6 4.0 .8 -.7 -.1 .7 

Commodities less food ............................................................... 26.848 143.3 144.7 4.4 1.0 -3.5 -.5 1.1 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 15.272 168.1 170.5 8.3 1.4 -4.0 -.7 2.2 

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................ 11.486 199.2 204.3 11.3 2.6 -7.2 -1.0 2.3 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 29.214 180.1 182.0 5.5 1.1 -2.1 -.3 1.5 

Services less rent of shelter 4 .................................................... 27.325 248.8 251.2 5.8 1.0 .6 .0 .9 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 54.446 224.2 225.9 4.1 .8 .3 .2 .5 

Energy ........................................................................................ 8.685 180.0 189.5 24.8 5.3 -8.1 -2.1 5.0 

All items less energy .................................................................. 91.315 200.1 200.8 2.2 .3 .2 .2 .2 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 77.373 202.1 202.6 2.1 .2 .2 .1 .2 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ................... 22.319 140.1 139.9 .1 -.1 -.1 .0 .2 

Energy commodities ............................................................. 4.530 190.7 202.1 27.3 6.0 -15.3 -2.6 5.7 

Services less energy services ................................................ 55.055 238.7 239.7 2.9 .4 .3 .3 .2 

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

 $ .508 $ .504 - - - - -

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

 $ .170 $ .168 - - - - -

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

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

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

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

and commodity and service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-U

Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Apr.

2005

July

2005

Oct.

2005

Jan.

2006

July

2005

Jan.

2006

Expenditure category

All items ...................................................................................... 199.1 197.8 197.7 199.0 5.8 2.1 8.5 -0.2 3.9 4.0 

Food and beverages ................................................................ 192.4 192.9 193.1 194.0 3.9 1.1 2.1 3.4 2.4 2.7 

Food ....................................................................................... 192.0 192.5 192.7 193.6 3.9 1.1 2.3 3.4 2.5 2.8 

Food at home ....................................................................... 190.7 191.2 191.4 192.4 4.8 -.4 1.5 3.6 2.1 2.5 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................. 209.7 210.1 209.9 211.0 1.2 -.4 2.3 2.5 .4 2.4 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ............................................ 184.5 185.7 185.7 185.8 4.2 -1.7 .0 2.8 1.2 1.4 

Dairy and related products ................................................. 181.7 183.0 182.5 183.4 .0 -1.5 -1.1 3.8 -.8 1.3 

Fruits and vegetables ......................................................... 245.6 245.5 247.2 251.5 10.0 .8 4.9 10.0 5.3 7.4 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .............. 145.6 146.2 146.1 146.5 8.8 .8 2.2 2.5 4.7 2.4 

Other food at home ............................................................ 168.2 167.7 168.1 169.0 4.7 .0 1.7 1.9 2.3 1.8 

Sugar and sweets ............................................................. 166.7 167.4 169.0 169.3 5.3 3.2 .7 6.4 4.2 3.5 

Fats and oils ..................................................................... 167.5 167.6 167.1 169.4 -1.9 -3.0 -.7 4.6 -2.5 1.9 

Other foods 1 .................................................................... 184.0 183.0 183.3 184.3 6.1 .0 2.2 .7 3.0 1.4 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ....................................... 112.1 112.7 112.4 112.6 2.6 2.6 2.2 1.8 2.6 2.0 

Food away from home 1 ....................................................... 195.2 195.6 196.0 196.6 2.8 3.2 3.3 2.9 3.0 3.1 

Other food away from home 2 ............................................ 133.2 133.6 133.9 134.2 6.4 7.3 3.7 3.0 6.8 3.4 

Alcoholic beverages 1 ............................................................ 196.8 197.1 196.4 198.0 3.3 -.2 2.1 2.5 1.5 2.3 

Housing .................................................................................... 198.6 199.4 199.7 200.6 4.0 2.5 6.5 4.1 3.2 5.3 

Shelter .................................................................................... 225.8 226.5 227.2 227.4 3.3 2.0 2.0 2.9 2.6 2.4 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................. 219.4 219.9 220.4 220.7 3.0 3.0 3.4 2.4 3.0 2.9 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................. 130.4 131.8 132.8 133.4 10.4 -2.4 -.6 9.5 3.8 4.3 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ................. 231.6 232.1 232.7 233.2 2.7 2.3 2.1 2.8 2.5 2.4 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................. 115.8 115.9 116.1 115.9 -1.0 -.3 -7.6 .3 -.7 -3.7 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 193.7 196.0 193.5 200.0 11.2 7.6 47.7 13.7 9.4 29.6 

Fuels ..................................................................................... 177.2 179.6 176.8 183.6 12.8 8.0 59.0 15.2 10.4 35.4 

Fuel oil and other fuels ....................................................... 242.1 233.0 230.7 227.9 38.0 31.2 80.7 -21.5 34.6 19.1 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................... 181.8 185.1 182.1 189.8 10.9 6.1 57.4 18.8 8.5 36.8 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................. 131.9 132.6 133.1 134.0 4.5 6.0 3.1 6.5 5.2 4.8 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 126.1 126.2 126.8 126.4 -.3 .3 .3 1.0 .0 .6 

Household operations 1 2 ..................................................... 131.6 132.5 133.3 134.1 3.8 3.8 4.1 7.8 3.8 5.9 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 118.9 119.0 118.7 119.1 -.7 -4.9 1.0 .7 -2.8 .8 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ........................................................ 115.1 114.9 114.6 114.8 .0 -9.5 1.8 -1.0 -4.9 .3

Women’s and girls’ apparel .................................................... 109.5 110.6 110.2 109.5 -1.1 -5.3 -1.4 .0 -3.2 -.7 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................. 114.3 113.9 114.8 115.0 -.3 -8.4 -7.7 2.5 -4.5 -2.7 

Footwear ................................................................................ 123.9 122.7 122.2 124.8 .0 2.3 4.3 2.9 1.2 3.6 

Transportation .......................................................................... 184.4 175.4 174.1 177.2 17.8 3.8 27.0 -14.7 10.6 4.1 

Private transportation ............................................................. 180.8 171.5 170.2 173.3 18.5 3.4 28.2 -15.6 10.7 4.0 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ........................................... 95.9 95.6 95.4 95.7 .8 .4 1.3 -.8 .6 .2 

New vehicles ...................................................................... 137.7 137.6 137.4 138.2 -.6 -3.4 1.2 1.5 -2.0 1.3 

Used cars and trucks 1 ....................................................... 140.6 139.4 139.2 139.3 1.8 8.7 -1.1 -3.6 5.2 -2.4 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 237.5 199.4 194.1 206.2 88.0 10.1 123.2 -43.2 43.9 12.6 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 236.4 198.4 193.0 205.4 87.4 10.3 123.7 -43.0 43.8 12.9 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ................................... 113.0 113.6 114.0 114.4 .7 4.0 4.0 5.0 2.4 4.5 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................. 209.6 210.1 210.4 210.8 3.0 3.6 5.1 2.3 3.3 3.7 

Public transportation ............................................................... 223.1 223.4 222.3 225.1 9.7 10.3 6.7 3.6 10.0 5.2 

Medical care ............................................................................. 327.0 328.7 329.4 329.8 4.8 3.9 4.0 3.5 4.3 3.7 

Medical care commodities ...................................................... 278.9 280.5 281.1 282.3 2.2 3.7 4.3 5.0 3.0 4.6 

Medical care services ............................................................. 340.7 342.5 343.2 343.3 5.6 4.0 3.8 3.1 4.8 3.5 

Professional services ........................................................... 284.6 285.6 286.3 285.3 4.7 3.0 3.6 1.0 3.9 2.3

Hospital and related services 3 ............................................ 445.4 448.7 449.7 452.7 6.3 4.1 4.1 6.7 5.2 5.4 

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

and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-U

Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Apr.

2005

July

2005

Oct.

2005

Jan.

2006

July

2005

Jan.

2006

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 110.0 109.9 110.0 110.0 0.0 0.4 3.3 0.0 0.2 1.7 

Video and audio 2 ................................................................... 104.6 104.4 104.4 104.2 .4 -4.5 5.5 -1.5 -2.1 1.9 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 114.3 114.8 115.0 115.5 3.2 .7 2.5 4.3 2.0 3.4 

Education 2 ............................................................................. 155.3 156.1 156.8 157.9 6.6 6.5 5.6 6.9 6.6 6.2 

Educational books and supplies ........................................... 372.4 374.9 376.9 378.9 4.0 5.7 7.5 7.2 4.8 7.3 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .............................. 448.3 450.5 452.7 455.8 6.8 6.6 5.4 6.9 6.7 6.1 

Communication 2 .................................................................... 84.2 84.4 84.3 84.5 -.5 -4.2 -.9 1.4 -2.3 .2 

Information and information processing 1 2 .......................... 82.0 82.2 82.2 82.1 .0 -4.7 -1.0 .5 -2.4 -.2 

Telephone services 1 2 ....................................................... 94.6 95.2 95.2 95.2 2.1 -3.7 .9 2.6 -.8 1.7 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ........... 13.3 13.1 13.1 13.0 -8.2 -8.4 -8.5 -8.7 -8.3 -8.6 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 .......... 12.2 12.0 11.7 11.6 -16.1 -16.7 -17.5 -18.3 -16.4 -17.9 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 315.4 316.5 317.7 318.5 2.1 3.5 1.9 4.0 2.8 3.0

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ........................................... 509.4 511.2 513.1 515.1 2.5 5.3 4.9 4.6 3.9 4.7 

Personal care ......................................................................... 186.5 187.2 187.9 188.3 2.0 3.1 1.1 3.9 2.5 2.5 

Personal care products 1 ...................................................... 155.0 155.0 155.4 155.8 .8 4.2 .0 2.1 2.5 1.0 

Personal care services 1 ...................................................... 204.8 205.2 206.6 206.4 2.8 1.2 1.8 3.2 2.0 2.5 

Miscellaneous personal services .......................................... 305.6 306.5 307.6 308.5 3.0 3.5 2.7 3.9 3.2 3.3 

Commodity and service group

Commodities .............................................................................. 164.8 161.2 160.7 162.1 8.4 1.5 12.6 -6.4 4.9 2.6 

Food and beverages ................................................................ 192.4 192.9 193.1 194.0 3.9 1.1 2.1 3.4 2.4 2.7 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................... 148.4 143.1 142.3 143.9 11.8 1.4 18.9 -11.6 6.5 2.5 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................... 178.8 171.2 170.0 173.9 15.0 6.4 27.1 -10.5 10.6 6.6 

Apparel ................................................................................. 118.9 119.0 118.7 119.1 -.7 -4.9 1.0 .7 -2.8 .8 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................. 223.0 205.6 203.4 208.5 32.7 6.8 47.4 -23.6 19.1 6.1 

Durables ................................................................................. 115.2 114.9 114.8 114.9 -1.4 -.3 .0 -1.0 -.9 -.5 

Services ...................................................................................... 233.1 234.1 234.4 235.5 3.9 2.5 5.7 4.2 3.2 4.9 

Rent of shelter 4 ....................................................................... 235.2 235.9 236.6 236.9 3.9 2.1 1.7 2.9 3.0 2.3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ..................................... 115.8 115.9 116.1 115.9 -1.0 -.3 -7.6 .3 -.7 -3.7 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ..................................................... 181.8 185.1 182.1 189.8 10.9 6.1 57.4 18.8 8.5 36.8 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ..................... 131.9 132.6 133.1 134.0 4.5 6.0 3.1 6.5 5.2 4.8 

Household operations 1 2 ......................................................... 131.6 132.5 133.3 134.1 3.8 3.8 4.1 7.8 3.8 5.9 

Transportation services ............................................................ 227.7 228.3 228.3 229.1 2.9 3.6 2.9 2.5 3.3 2.7 

Medical care services ............................................................... 340.7 342.5 343.2 343.3 5.6 4.0 3.8 3.1 4.8 3.5 

Other services .......................................................................... 270.6 271.6 272.4 273.1 3.1 1.8 3.8 3.7 2.4 3.8 

Special indexes

All items less food ...................................................................... 200.3 198.7 198.6 199.9 6.0 2.3 9.5 -.8 4.1 4.2 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 190.9 188.8 188.4 190.1 7.0 2.2 11.7 -1.7 4.6 4.8 

All items less medical care ......................................................... 192.5 191.1 191.0 192.3 6.0 1.9 8.8 -.4 3.9 4.1 

Commodities less food ............................................................... 150.3 145.1 144.4 146.0 11.3 1.4 18.4 -11.0 6.2 2.7 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 180.0 172.8 171.6 175.4 14.3 6.1 25.4 -9.8 10.1 6.3 

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................ 219.8 204.0 202.0 206.6 29.5 6.4 43.0 -21.9 17.4 5.6 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 186.3 182.4 181.8 184.6 10.0 2.7 14.0 -3.6 6.3 4.8 

Services less rent of shelter 4 .................................................... 248.0 249.5 249.5 251.7 4.3 4.1 8.8 6.1 4.2 7.5 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 224.2 224.9 225.4 226.6 3.9 2.8 5.5 4.4 3.3 4.9 

Energy ........................................................................................ 205.0 188.3 184.3 193.5 46.3 9.0 90.9 -20.6 26.3 23.1 

All items less energy .................................................................. 199.9 200.3 200.7 201.1 2.7 1.4 2.2 2.4 2.0 2.3 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 202.0 202.5 202.8 203.2 2.4 1.6 2.0 2.4 2.0 2.2 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ................... 140.3 140.2 140.2 140.5 -.3 -.6 .6 .6 -.4 .6 

Energy commodities ............................................................. 239.0 202.5 197.3 208.6 84.4 11.3 120.2 -42.0 43.3 13.0 

Services less energy services ................................................ 238.4 239.2 239.8 240.2 3.5 2.2 2.7 3.1 2.8 2.9 

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

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

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

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

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-U

All items 

Pricing

schedule 1

Indexes Percent change to

Jan.2006 from—

Percent change to

Dec.2005 from—

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Dec.

2004

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

U.S. city average ............................................ M 199.2 197.6 196.8 198.3 4.0 0.4 0.8 3.4 -1.2 -0.4 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban .............................................. M 211.5 210.0 209.0 211.0 4.1 .5 1.0 3.5 -1.2 -.5 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 213.8 212.2 211.3 213.2 4.0 .5 .9 3.5 -1.2 -.4 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 125.2 124.3 123.6 124.8 4.5 .4 1.0 3.7 -1.3 -.6 

Midwest urban ................................................ M 192.1 190.3 189.7 190.8 3.6 .3 .6 3.2 -1.2 -.3 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 193.7 192.1 191.6 192.7 3.7 .3 .6 3.2 -1.1 -.3 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 122.6 121.3 120.9 121.6 3.7 .2 .6 3.1 -1.4 -.3 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 186.8 185.0 184.4 185.3 4.0 .2 .5 4.1 -1.3 -.3 

South urban .................................................... M 192.5 190.7 190.1 191.5 4.3 .4 .7 3.7 -1.2 -.3 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 194.5 192.9 191.9 193.6 4.5 .4 .9 3.8 -1.3 -.5 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 122.5 121.4 121.2 122.0 4.2 .5 .7 3.5 -1.1 -.2 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 193.6 190.7 189.7 191.0 4.8 .2 .7 4.3 -2.0 -.5 

West urban ..................................................... M 202.6 201.4 200.0 201.7 3.7 .1 .9 3.0 -1.3 -.7 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 205.4 204.2 203.0 204.7 4.1 .2 .8 3.3 -1.2 -.6 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 123.6 122.8 121.8 122.9 2.8 .1 .9 2.4 -1.5 -.8 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 182.1 180.8 180.0 181.4 4.1 .3 .8 3.4 -1.2 -.4 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 123.1 122.0 121.6 122.5 3.9 .4 .7 3.3 -1.2 -.3 

D ................................................................. M 192.2 190.2 189.3 190.1 3.9 -.1 .4 3.8 -1.5 -.5 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... M 197.9 197.3 196.4 197.5 4.0 .1 .6 3.6 -.8 -.5 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... M 206.9 205.6 203.9 206.0 5.4 .2 1.0 4.5 -1.4 -.8 

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

NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 216.6 215.3 214.2 215.9 3.7 .3 .8 3.6 -1.1 -.5 

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

 218.6 - 220.5 4.4 .9 - - - -

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 1 - 189.9 - 190.3 3.8 .2 - - - -

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

 187.8 - 188.6 4.8 .4 - - - -

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 - 125.4 - 126.3 4.1 .7 - - - -

Atlanta, GA ..................................................... 2 193.9 -

 188.7 - - - - 3.0 -2.7 -

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. 2 195.1 -

 192.4 - - - - 3.8 -1.4 -

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 179.2 - 177.2 - - - - 4.2 -1.1 -

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. 2 198.8 -

 197.4 - - - - 4.7 -.7 -

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ 2 207.5 -

 204.9 - - - - 3.6 -1.3 -

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... 2 205.9 -

 203.4 - - - - 2.0 -1.2 -

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 203.3 - 200.9 - - - - 3.0 -1.2 -

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

2005

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2006 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

All items ...................................................................................... 100.000 192.5 194.0 4.1 0.8 -0.8 -0.1 0.7 

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

 573.3 577.7 - - - - -

Food and beverages ................................................................ 16.537 192.5 193.8 2.5 .7 .3 .2 .4 

Food ....................................................................................... 15.519 192.2 193.4 2.6 .6 .3 .2 .4 

Food at home ....................................................................... 9.347 190.7 192.4 2.3 .9 .3 .2 .5 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................. 1.275 208.4 210.8 1.5 1.2 .2 .0 .7 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ............................................ 2.653 185.6 185.4 1.1 -.1 .7 -.1 -.1 

Dairy and related products ................................................. .965 183.0 183.5 .2 .3 .7 -.3 .3 

Fruits and vegetables ......................................................... 1.338 249.6 256.2 6.7 2.6 .0 .9 1.5 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .............. 1.087 144.9 146.7 3.6 1.2 .4 .0 .3 

Other food at home ............................................................ 2.030 167.1 168.5 1.9 .8 -.2 .2 .5 

Sugar and sweets ............................................................. .337 166.9 168.3 3.8 .8 .5 .9 .1 

Fats and oils ..................................................................... .287 165.6 170.4 .0 2.9 .1 -.2 1.5 

Other foods 1 .................................................................... 1.406 183.7 184.4 2.0 .4 -.4 .2 .4 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ....................................... .370 112.9 113.0 2.1 .1 .6 -.3 .1 

Food away from home 1 ....................................................... 6.172 195.8 196.4 3.0 .3 .2 .2 .3 

Other food away from home 2 ............................................ .275 133.6 133.7 5.0 .1 .2 .3 .1 

Alcoholic beverages 1 ............................................................ 1.018 196.3 198.0 1.9 .9 .3 -.4 .9 

Housing .................................................................................... 40.161 194.2 195.8 4.5 .8 .4 .1 .5 

Shelter .................................................................................... 30.069 219.2 220.0 2.6 .4 .3 .3 .0 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................. 7.880 219.7 220.1 3.0 .2 .3 .3 .1 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................. 1.412 122.4 126.1 3.2 3.0 .9 1.1 -.5 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ................. 20.429 211.2 211.7 2.5 .2 .2 .2 .2 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................. .348 116.4 116.2 -2.2 -.2 .2 .2 -.2 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 5.900 190.2 197.3 18.9 3.7 1.3 -1.2 3.3 

Fuels ..................................................................................... 4.984 172.4 179.7 21.9 4.2 1.4 -1.5 3.8 

Fuel oil and other fuels ....................................................... .347 227.4 228.9 26.5 .7 -4.0 -.9 -1.6 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................... 4.637 178.3 186.4 21.6 4.5 1.9 -1.5 4.2 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................. .916 133.2 134.3 5.0 .8 .5 .4 .7 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 4.193 121.9 122.0 .1 .1 .0 .2 -.2 

Household operations 1 2 ..................................................... .363 136.0 136.7 4.9 .5 .6 .5 .5 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 4.090 117.2 114.3 -1.6 -2.5 .0 -.3 .0 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ........................................................ .982 113.5 112.0 -2.3 -1.3 -.3 -.3 .1 

Women’s and girls’ apparel .................................................... 1.689 108.3 102.1 -3.0 -5.7 .7 -.3 -1.1 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................. .242 117.6 115.8 -3.9 -1.5 -.3 .8 .3 

Footwear ................................................................................ .964 120.9 121.6 2.4 .6 -1.1 -.2 1.8 

Transportation .......................................................................... 19.669 171.6 174.9 7.6 1.9 -5.2 -.7 1.8

Private transportation ............................................................. 18.931 168.8 172.2 7.6 2.0 -5.4 -.8 1.9 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ........................................... 8.944 94.8 95.2 .6 .4 -.4 -.2 .3 

New vehicles ...................................................................... 5.380 139.3 140.3 -.3 .7 -.1 -.1 .6 

Used cars and trucks 1 ....................................................... 2.801 140.0 140.1 1.3 .1 -.8 -.1 .1 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 5.244 188.0 199.9 27.4 6.3 -16.0 -2.6 6.2 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 5.193 187.0 198.9 27.4 6.4 -16.0 -2.6 6.2 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ................................... .434 113.6 113.9 3.5 .3 .5 .4 .3 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................. 1.130 213.2 213.6 3.7 .2 .2 .1 .2 

Public transportation ............................................................... .738 216.6 219.0 7.7 1.1 .0 -.4 1.3 

Medical care ............................................................................. 5.171 328.2 329.1 4.0 .3 .6 .2 .1 

Medical care commodities ...................................................... 1.140 273.9 275.0 3.7 .4 .7 .2 .4 

Medical care services ............................................................. 4.030 342.8 343.6 4.1 .2 .6 .2 .0 

Professional services ........................................................... 2.336 287.4 287.2 3.0 -.1 .3 .2 -.3 

Hospital and related services 3 ............................................ 1.332 446.4 450.1 5.3 .8 .8 .2 .6 

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

2005

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2006 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Dec. to

Jan.

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 5.097 107.1 107.2 0.7 0.1 -0.2 0.0 0.0 

Video and audio 2 ................................................................... 1.928 103.2 103.3 -.1 .1 -.1 -.1 -.2 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 5.635 112.6 113.1 2.3 .4 .4 .1 .4 

Education 2 ............................................................................. 2.243 155.6 156.7 6.4 .7 .5 .5 .8 

Educational books and supplies ........................................... .199 375.5 380.6 6.0 1.4 .6 .5 .6 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .............................. 2.044 440.5 443.3 6.4 .6 .5 .5 .8 

Communication 2 .................................................................... 3.392 86.2 86.3 -.8 .1 .3 .0 .1 

Information and information processing 1 2 .......................... 3.244 84.6 84.6 -1.1 .0 .4 -.1 .0 

Telephone services 1 2 ....................................................... 2.653 95.3 95.3 .4 .0 .5 .0 .0 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ........... .590 13.6 13.6 -8.1 .0 -.7 -.7 .0 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 .......... .208 11.6 11.4 -16.8 -1.7 -1.7 -1.7 -1.7 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 3.640 326.6 327.6 3.0 .3 .3 .4 .3 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ........................................... 1.137 515.0 517.1 4.5 .4 .4 .4 .4 

Personal care ......................................................................... 2.504 185.8 186.3 2.3 .3 .3 .4 .3 

Personal care products 1 ...................................................... .774 155.4 155.8 1.6 .3 -.1 .3 .3 

Personal care services 1 ...................................................... .616 206.9 206.6 2.1 -.1 .2 .7 -.1 

Miscellaneous personal services .......................................... .949 307.0 308.6 3.1 .5 .3 .4 .3 

Commodity and service group

Commodities .............................................................................. 44.601 161.2 162.6 4.0 .9 -2.4 -.4 1.0

Food and beverages ................................................................ 16.537 192.5 193.8 2.5 .7 .3 .2 .4 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................... 28.064 143.4 144.8 4.9 1.0 -3.9 -.6 1.2 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................... 15.599 170.8 173.5 9.3 1.6 -4.6 -.8 2.5 

Apparel ................................................................................. 4.090 117.2 114.3 -1.6 -2.5 .0 -.3 .0 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................. 11.509 207.8 214.2 13.5 3.1 -8.5 -1.2 2.7 

Durables ................................................................................. 12.465 114.9 115.2 -.3 .3 -.3 -.1 .2 

Services ...................................................................................... 55.399 229.2 230.7 4.2 .7 .4 .1 .5 

Rent of shelter 4 ....................................................................... 29.721 211.2 211.9 2.6 .3 .3 .3 .0 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ..................................... .348 116.4 116.2 -2.2 -.2 .2 .2 -.2 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ..................................................... 4.637 178.3 186.4 21.6 4.5 1.9 -1.5 4.2 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ..................... .916 133.2 134.3 5.0 .8 .5 .4 .7 

Household operations 1 2 ......................................................... .363 136.0 136.7 4.9 .5 .6 .5 .5 

Transportation services ............................................................ 5.659 228.3 228.6 2.6 .1 .2 .1 .2 

Medical care services ............................................................... 4.030 342.8 343.6 4.1 .2 .6 .2 .0 

Other services .......................................................................... 9.726 263.5 264.4 2.8 .3 .4 .2 .3 

Special indexes

All items less food ...................................................................... 84.481 192.3 193.9 4.4 .8 -1.0 -.2 .8 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 69.931 184.8 186.6 4.8 1.0 -1.3 -.3 1.0 

All items less medical care ......................................................... 94.829 186.7 188.2 4.1 .8 -.9 -.1 .7 

Commodities less food ............................................................... 29.082 145.3 146.8 4.9 1.0 -3.7 -.6 1.2 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 16.617 172.4 175.1 8.8 1.6 -4.4 -.7 2.4 

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................ 12.527 205.9 211.9 12.4 2.9 -7.8 -1.2 2.6 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 32.136 182.2 184.2 5.7 1.1 -2.4 -.3 1.5 

Services less rent of shelter 4 .................................................... 25.679 221.1 223.4 6.0 1.0 .7 .0 1.0 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 51.369 220.6 222.2 4.2 .7 .5 .2 .5 

Energy ........................................................................................ 10.228 179.3 188.8 24.7 5.3 -8.7 -2.1 5.0 

All items less energy .................................................................. 89.772 194.9 195.4 2.0 .3 .2 .2 .2 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 74.253 195.9 196.2 2.0 .2 .2 .2 .2 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ................... 23.491 140.4 140.2 .2 -.1 -.1 -.1 .1 

Energy commodities ............................................................. 5.591 190.7 202.0 27.3 5.9 -15.4 -2.5 5.7 

Services less energy services ................................................ 50.762 234.6 235.4 2.8 .3 .3 .3 .1 

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

 $ .520 $ .516 - - - - -

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

 $ .174 $ .173 - - - - -

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

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

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

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

expenditure category and commodity and service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-W

Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Apr.

2005

July

2005

Oct.

2005

Jan.

2006

July

2005

Jan.

2006

Expenditure category

All items ...................................................................................... 195.1 193.5 193.3 194.6 6.1 2.3 9.3 -1.0 4.2 4.0 

Food and beverages ................................................................ 191.7 192.2 192.5 193.3 3.9 .8 2.1 3.4 2.3 2.7 

Food ....................................................................................... 191.3 191.8 192.1 192.9 3.9 .8 2.3 3.4 2.4 2.9 

Food at home ....................................................................... 189.7 190.3 190.6 191.5 4.6 -.6 1.5 3.8 1.9 2.7 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................. 209.5 210.0 209.9 211.3 1.4 -1.0 2.5 3.5 .2 3.0 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ............................................ 184.4 185.7 185.6 185.4 3.5 -1.3 -.2 2.2 1.1 1.0 

Dairy and related products ................................................. 181.5 182.8 182.3 182.9 .2 -1.7 -1.1 3.1 -.8 1.0 

Fruits and vegetables ......................................................... 243.1 243.2 245.3 249.0 10.7 1.0 5.1 10.1 5.7 7.6

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .............. 144.9 145.5 145.5 146.0 9.1 .3 2.2 3.1 4.6 2.7 

Other food at home ............................................................ 167.5 167.2 167.6 168.4 4.4 .0 1.2 2.2 2.2 1.7 

Sugar and sweets ............................................................. 165.8 166.6 168.1 168.3 5.0 3.7 .2 6.2 4.4 3.2 

Fats and oils ..................................................................... 167.6 167.7 167.4 169.9 -1.6 -3.3 -.5 5.6 -2.5 2.5 

Other foods 1 .................................................................... 184.1 183.4 183.7 184.4 5.9 -.2 1.8 .7 2.8 1.2 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ....................................... 112.5 113.2 112.9 113.0 1.5 2.9 2.2 1.8 2.2 2.0 

Food away from home 1 ....................................................... 195.1 195.5 195.8 196.4 3.0 2.9 3.6 2.7 3.0 3.1 

Other food away from home 2 ............................................ 133.0 133.3 133.7 133.9 6.1 8.0 3.7 2.7 7.0 3.2 

Alcoholic beverages 1 ............................................................ 196.5 197.0 196.3 198.0 3.8 -1.2 1.9 3.1 1.2 2.5 

Housing .................................................................................... 194.3 195.1 195.2 196.2 4.1 2.8 7.3 4.0 3.4 5.6 

Shelter .................................................................................... 218.8 219.5 220.1 220.2 3.4 2.2 1.8 2.6 2.8 2.2 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................. 218.4 219.0 219.6 219.9 3.2 3.0 3.0 2.8 3.1 2.9 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................. 129.8 131.0 132.5 131.9 10.4 .0 -3.0 6.6 5.1 1.7 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ................. 210.1 210.6 211.0 211.5 2.7 2.3 2.1 2.7 2.5 2.4 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................. 116.0 116.2 116.4 116.2 -1.0 -.3 -7.9 .7 -.7 -3.7 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 192.1 194.6 192.2 198.6 11.2 7.4 45.9 14.2 9.3 29.1 

Fuels ..................................................................................... 174.6 177.1 174.5 181.1 13.0 7.5 56.5 15.7 10.2 34.6 

Fuel oil and other fuels ....................................................... 242.1 232.4 230.4 226.8 39.0 30.5 83.2 -23.0 34.7 18.8 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................... 179.9 183.3 180.5 188.1 11.3 6.2 54.4 19.5 8.7 35.8 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................. 132.2 132.9 133.4 134.3 4.5 6.0 3.1 6.5 5.2 4.8 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 121.9 121.9 122.2 121.9 -.3 -.3 1.0 .0 -.3 .5 

Household operations 1 2 ..................................................... 134.5 135.3 136.0 136.7 3.1 5.3 4.6 6.7 4.2 5.6 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 118.5 118.5 118.2 118.2 -1.7 -3.6 .0 -1.0 -2.6 -.5 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ........................................................ 114.8 114.5 114.2 114.3 -.3 -8.9 2.1 -1.7 -4.7 .2 

Women’s and girls’ apparel .................................................... 109.1 109.9 109.6 108.4 -2.5 -3.9 -2.9 -2.5 -3.2 -2.7 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................. 116.8 116.4 117.3 117.6 -1.9 -8.9 -6.9 2.8 -5.5 -2.2 

Footwear ................................................................................ 123.0 121.7 121.5 123.7 .7 3.3 3.3 2.3 2.0 2.8 

Transportation .......................................................................... 184.0 174.5 173.2 176.4 18.8 4.3 28.6 -15.5 11.3 4.2 

Private transportation ............................................................. 181.4 171.6 170.3 173.5 19.1 4.3 29.3 -16.3 11.5 4.0 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ........................................... 95.1 94.7 94.5 94.8 .4 1.7 1.3 -1.3 1.1 .0 

New vehicles ...................................................................... 138.7 138.6 138.4 139.2 -.6 -3.7 1.7 1.4 -2.1 1.6 

Used cars and trucks 1 ....................................................... 141.4 140.2 140.0 140.1 1.7 8.9 -1.4 -3.6 5.3 -2.5 

Motor fuel ............................................................................. 238.5 200.4 195.1 207.1 86.8 10.7 123.8 -43.1 43.8 12.8 

Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. 237.3 199.3 194.1 206.1 87.8 10.3 123.9 -43.1 43.9 12.9 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ................................... 112.6 113.2 113.6 113.9 1.1 3.7 4.4 4.7 2.4 4.5 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................. 212.1 212.6 212.9 213.4 3.3 3.9 5.3 2.5 3.6 3.9 

Public transportation ............................................................... 221.6 221.6 220.8 223.6 9.8 9.3 8.0 3.7 9.6 5.8 

Medical care ............................................................................. 326.7 328.6 329.2 329.5 4.9 3.8 4.1 3.5 4.3 3.8 

Medical care commodities ...................................................... 271.8 273.7 274.2 275.3 2.0 3.3 4.1 5.3 2.7 4.7 

Medical care services ............................................................. 341.5 343.4 344.0 344.0 5.7 4.0 4.1 3.0 4.8 3.5 

Professional services ........................................................... 287.2 288.2 288.7 287.7 4.7 3.3 3.3 .7 4.0 2.0 

Hospital and related services 3 ............................................ 441.8 445.5 446.2 448.7 6.3 3.9 4.4 6.4 5.1 5.4 

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.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Apr.

2005

July

2005

Oct.

2005

Jan.

2006

July

2005

Jan.

2006

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ............................................................................. 107.5 107.3 107.3 107.3 0.0 0.0 3.8 -0.7 0.0 1.5 

Video and audio 2 ................................................................... 103.8 103.7 103.6 103.4 .4 -4.2 5.2 -1.5 -1.9 1.8 

Education and communication 2 .............................................. 111.8 112.3 112.4 112.9 2.9 .0 2.2 4.0 1.5 3.1 

Education 2 ............................................................................. 153.4 154.2 155.0 156.2 6.1 6.3 5.4 7.5 6.2 6.4 

Educational books and supplies ........................................... 373.9 376.0 377.9 380.2 4.2 5.4 7.4 6.9 4.8 7.1 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .............................. 434.0 436.3 438.3 442.0 6.3 6.5 5.1 7.6 6.4 6.4 

Communication 2 .................................................................... 85.9 86.2 86.2 86.3 .0 -4.1 -.9 1.9 -2.1 .5 

Information and information processing 1 2 .......................... 84.4 84.7 84.6 84.6 .0 -4.6 -.5 1.0 -2.3 .2 

Telephone services 1 2 ....................................................... 94.8 95.3 95.3 95.3 2.1 -3.3 .8 2.1 -.6 1.5 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ........... 13.8 13.7 13.6 13.6 -7.9 -10.6 -8.2 -5.7 -9.2 -7.0 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 .......... 12.0 11.8 11.6 11.4 -13.8 -19.6 -15.1 -18.5 -16.8 -16.8 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 324.6 325.6 326.8 327.8 1.8 4.2 2.1 4.0 3.0 3.1

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ........................................... 511.3 513.2 515.0 517.1 2.4 6.1 4.9 4.6 4.2 4.8 

Personal care ......................................................................... 184.8 185.3 186.0 186.5 1.3 3.3 .9 3.7 2.3 2.3 

Personal care products 1 ...................................................... 155.0 154.9 155.4 155.8 .8 4.8 -1.0 2.1 2.8 .5 

Personal care services 1 ...................................................... 205.0 205.5 206.9 206.6 2.4 1.0 1.8 3.2 1.7 2.5 

Miscellaneous personal services .......................................... 305.9 306.7 308.0 308.9 2.3 3.8 2.5 4.0 3.0 3.2 

Commodity and service group

Commodities .............................................................................. 166.5 162.5 161.9 163.5 9.2 1.8 13.5 -7.0 5.4 2.7 

Food and beverages ................................................................ 191.7 192.2 192.5 193.3 3.9 .8 2.1 3.4 2.3 2.7 

Commodities less food and beverages .................................... 151.3 145.4 144.5 146.3 12.6 2.2 20.5 -12.6 7.3 2.6 

Nondurables less food and beverages ................................... 184.8 176.3 174.9 179.3 16.5 7.0 29.3 -11.4 11.7 7.0 

Apparel ................................................................................. 118.5 118.5 118.2 118.2 -1.7 -3.6 .0 -1.0 -2.6 -.5 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................. 233.9 214.1 211.5 217.2 35.5 7.4 53.0 -25.6 20.6 6.7 

Durables ................................................................................. 115.2 114.9 114.8 115.0 -.7 .0 .3 -.7 -.3 -.2 

Services ...................................................................................... 228.8 229.8 230.0 231.1 3.8 2.7 6.0 4.1 3.3 5.0 

Rent of shelter 4 ....................................................................... 210.8 211.5 212.1 212.1 3.3 2.7 1.7 2.5 3.0 2.1 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ..................................... 116.0 116.2 116.4 116.2 -1.0 -.3 -7.9 .7 -.7 -3.7 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ..................................................... 179.9 183.3 180.5 188.1 11.3 6.2 54.4 19.5 8.7 35.8 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ..................... 132.2 132.9 133.4 134.3 4.5 6.0 3.1 6.5 5.2 4.8 

Household operations 1 2 ......................................................... 134.5 135.3 136.0 136.7 3.1 5.3 4.6 6.7 4.2 5.6 

Transportation services ............................................................ 227.7 228.2 228.5 229.0 2.4 3.1 2.7 2.3 2.7 2.5 

Medical care services ............................................................... 341.5 343.4 344.0 344.0 5.7 4.0 4.1 3.0 4.8 3.5 

Other services .......................................................................... 262.0 263.0 263.6 264.3 2.7 1.2 3.7 3.6 2.0 3.7 

Special indexes

All items less food ...................................................................... 195.6 193.6 193.3 194.8 6.6 2.6 10.7 -1.6 4.6 4.3 

All items less shelter ................................................................... 188.5 186.1 185.6 187.4 7.6 2.2 12.6 -2.3 4.9 4.9 

All items less medical care ......................................................... 189.5 187.7 187.5 188.9 6.3 2.2 9.6 -1.3 4.2 4.0 

Commodities less food ............................................................... 153.0 147.3 146.4 148.2 12.1 2.2 19.9 -12.0 7.1 2.8 

Nondurables less food ................................................................ 185.7 177.5 176.3 180.5 16.1 6.4 27.4 -10.7 11.2 6.6 

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................ 229.6 211.7 209.2 214.6 32.2 6.8 48.2 -23.7 18.8 6.3 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 189.2 184.7 184.1 186.9 10.3 3.1 15.3 -4.8 6.7 4.8 

Services less rent of shelter 4 .................................................... 220.2 221.7 221.7 223.9 4.2 4.0 9.0 6.9 4.1 7.9 

Services less medical care services ........................................... 220.0 221.0 221.4 222.6 3.8 2.8 5.5 4.8 3.3 5.1 

Energy ........................................................................................ 205.7 187.9 183.9 193.1 48.2 9.4 91.8 -22.3 27.3 22.0 

All items less energy .................................................................. 194.6 195.0 195.3 195.7 2.5 1.5 2.1 2.3 2.0 2.2 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 195.7 196.0 196.3 196.6 2.3 1.7 2.1 1.9 2.0 2.0 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ................... 140.7 140.6 140.5 140.7 .0 .0 .6 .0 .0 .3 

Energy commodities ............................................................. 239.6 202.7 197.6 208.8 84.4 11.6 121.5 -42.3 43.4 13.0 

Services less energy services ................................................ 234.0 234.7 235.3 235.6 3.4 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.9 2.7 

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

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

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

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

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-W

All items 

Pricing

schedule 1

Indexes Percent change to

Jan.2006 from—

Percent change to

Dec.2005 from—

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Dec.

2004

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

U.S. city average ............................................ M 195.2 193.4 192.5 194.0 4.1 0.3 0.8 3.5 -1.4 -0.5 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban .............................................. M 208.1 206.5 205.5 207.5 4.3 .5 1.0 3.4 -1.2 -.5 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 208.9 207.3 206.4 208.2 4.0 .4 .9 3.4 -1.2 -.4 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 125.4 124.4 123.7 125.2 4.7 .6 1.2 3.6 -1.4 -.6 

Midwest urban ................................................ M 187.6 185.6 185.1 186.2 4.0 .3 .6 3.5 -1.3 -.3 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 188.5 186.7 186.2 187.3 3.8 .3 .6 3.4 -1.2 -.3 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 122.2 120.6 120.3 121.1 4.0 .4 .7 3.4 -1.6 -.2 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 184.9 183.0 182.4 183.5 4.4 .3 .6 4.3 -1.4 -.3 

South urban .................................................... M 190.2 188.0 187.2 188.8 4.6 .4 .9 3.8 -1.6 -.4 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 193.2 191.1 189.7 191.6 4.9 .3 1.0 4.0 -1.8 -.7 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 121.4 120.0 119.8 120.7 4.3 .6 .8 3.6 -1.3 -.2 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 194.4 191.0 189.8 191.0 5.0 .0 .6 4.6 -2.4 -.6 

West urban ..................................................... M 197.8 196.4 194.9 196.3 3.6 -.1 .7 2.9 -1.5 -.8 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 199.1 197.7 196.2 197.6 3.9 -.1 .7 3.2 -1.5 -.8 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 123.2 122.4 121.3 122.3 2.9 -.1 .8 2.3 -1.5 -.9 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 180.9 179.3 178.4 179.8 4.2 .3 .8 3.5 -1.4 -.5 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 122.4 121.2 120.7 121.7 4.0 .4 .8 3.3 -1.4 -.4 

D ................................................................. M 191.3 189.0 187.9 188.7 4.3 -.2 .4 4.0 -1.8 -.6 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... M 191.9 191.1 190.2 191.2 4.2 .1 .5 3.9 -.9 -.5 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... M 200.0 198.4 196.5 198.3 5.2 -.1 .9 4.2 -1.8 -1.0 

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

NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 211.0 209.9 208.7 210.2 3.8 .1 .7 3.4 -1.1 -.6 

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

 217.7 - 219.5 4.4 .8 - - - -

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 1 - 180.8 - 181.4 4.0 .3 - - - -

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

 188.9 - 189.9 5.3 .5 - - - -

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 - 125.2 - 126.1 4.5 .7 - - - -

Atlanta, GA ..................................................... 2 193.1 -

 187.2 - - - - 3.1 -3.1 -

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. 2 190.5 -

 187.9 - - - - 4.0 -1.4 -

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 178.4 - 175.1 - - - - 4.4 -1.8 -

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. 2 197.4 -

 195.5 - - - - 4.8 -1.0 -

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ 2 207.6 -

 205.2 - - - - 3.7 -1.2 -

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... 2 202.6 -

 199.3 - - - - 1.7 -1.6 -

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 198.6 - 196.1 - - - - 3.0 -1.3 -

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

 most other goods and services priced as indicated: 

 M - Every month. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement

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

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

Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national

average CPI for use in their escalator clauses. 

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

category and commodity and service group

(December 1999=100, unless otherwise noted)

C-CPI-U Relative

importance,

2003-2004

 Unadjusted

 indexes

 Unadjusted

 percent change to

 Jan. 2006 from—

 Dec.

 2005

 Jan.

 2006

 Jan.

 2005

 Dec.

 2005

Expenditure category

All items ...................................................................................... 100.000 114.4 115.2 3.4 0.7 

Food and beverages ................................................................ 15.072 114.2 114.9 2.5 .6 

Food ....................................................................................... 13.943 114.3 115.0 2.6 .6 

Food at home ....................................................................... 8.029 111.9 112.9 2.3 .9 

Food away from home .......................................................... 5.914 117.5 117.8 3.0 .3 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 1.130 113.1 114.0 1.8 .8 

Housing .................................................................................... 42.173 119.1 120.0 3.7 .8 

Shelter .................................................................................... 32.495 119.3 119.9 2.6 .5 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 4.702 146.5 152.0 17.4 3.8 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 4.977 96.7 96.7 -.1 .0 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 4.076 88.5 86.3 -1.3 -2.5 

Transportation .......................................................................... 17.095 114.8 116.6 6.2 1.6 

Private transportation ............................................................. 15.988 115.4 117.3 6.1 1.6 

Public transportation ............................................................... 1.107 107.0 108.1 7.5 1.0 

Medical care ............................................................................. 6.055 128.4 128.8 4.0 .3 

Medical care commodities ...................................................... 1.458 118.9 119.4 3.6 .4 

Medical care services ............................................................. 4.597 131.7 132.0 4.0 .2 

Recreation ................................................................................ 5.863 104.9 105.1 .5 .2 

Education and communication ................................................. 6.190 102.5 102.8 1.6 .3 

Education ............................................................................... 2.751 146.3 147.0 6.4 .5 

Communication ...................................................................... 3.439 76.3 76.4 -2.3 .1 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 3.475 118.1 118.5 2.7 .3 

Commodity and service group

Services ...................................................................................... 58.763 121.6 122.5 3.8 .7 

Commodities .............................................................................. 41.237 105.4 106.0 2.8 .6 

Durables ................................................................................... 12.340 87.9 88.1 -1.1 .2 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 28.897 113.8 114.7 4.6 .8 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 78.707 111.0 111.3 1.8 .3 

Energy ........................................................................................ 7.351 156.0 164.3 23.5 5.3 

Indexes for 2006 are initial estimates. Indexes for 2005 are interim adjustments.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Table 1 (OW). Old Weight Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure

category and commodity and service group 

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Relative

importance,

December

2005

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2006 from—

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Expenditure category

All items ............................................................................................... 100.000 196.8 198.3 4.0 0.8 

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

 589.4 594.0 - -

Food and beverages .......................................................................... 15.127 193.2 194.5 2.6 .7 

Food ................................................................................................ 14.151 192.9 194.2 2.7 .7 

Food at home ................................................................................ 8.049 191.7 193.4 2.4 .9 

Cereals and bakery products ....................................................... 1.157 208.4 210.5 1.4 1.0 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ...................................................... 2.229 185.7 186.0 1.4 .2 

Dairy and related products .......................................................... .836 183.2 183.6 .2 .2 

Fruits and vegetables .................................................................. 1.242 252.3 258.5 6.4 2.5 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ........................ .885 145.5 147.4 3.7 1.3 

Other food at home ...................................................................... 1.700 167.6 169.2 2.2 1.0 

Sugar and sweets ...................................................................... .297 167.8 169.3 3.9 .9 

Fats and oils .............................................................................. .246 165.2 169.9 -.3 2.8 

Other foods ................................................................................ 1.157 183.3 184.3 2.2 .5 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 ................................................... .295 112.4 112.7 2.4 .3 

Food away from home ................................................................... 6.102 196.0 196.6 3.0 .3 

Other food away from home 1 ..................................................... .338 133.7 134.0 5.1 .2 

Alcoholic beverages ........................................................................ .976 196.4 198.0 1.9 .8 

Housing ............................................................................................. 42.224 198.3 200.0 4.3 .9 

Shelter ............................................................................................. 32.442 225.6 226.7 2.6 .5 

Rent of primary residence 2 ........................................................... 6.116 220.5 220.9 3.0 .2 

Lodging away from home 1 ........................................................... 3.009 122.8 126.9 3.5 3.3 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 2 3 .......................... 22.951 232.8 233.4 2.5 .3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 ............................................. .366 116.1 115.9 -2.2 -.2 

Fuels and utilities ............................................................................. 5.538 191.6 198.4 18.9 3.5 

Fuels .............................................................................................. 4.592 174.7 181.9 22.1 4.1 

Fuel oil and other fuels ................................................................ .360 227.8 229.8 26.8 .9 

Gas (piped) and electricity 2 ........................................................ 4.233 180.0 187.8 21.7 4.3 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 1 .......................... .946 132.9 134.0 5.0 .8 

Household furnishings and operations ............................................ 4.243 126.4 126.6 .4 .2 

Household operations 1 ................................................................. .717 133.3 134.0 4.8 .5 

Apparel .............................................................................................. 3.677 117.5 114.6 -1.3 -2.5 

Men’s and boys’ apparel .................................................................. .927 114.1 112.2 -2.4 -1.7 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................................. 1.568 108.9 102.5 -2.5 -5.9 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................................... .177 115.0 113.1 -3.7 -1.7 

Footwear .......................................................................................... .747 121.4 122.6 2.7 1.0 

Transportation ................................................................................... 17.650 172.7 175.9 7.3 1.9 

Private transportation ...................................................................... 16.595 168.9 172.2 7.3 2.0 

New and used motor vehicles 1 ..................................................... 7.519 95.8 96.2 .4 .4 

New vehicles ............................................................................... 4.521 138.3 139.3 -.4 .7 

Used cars and trucks ................................................................... 1.998 139.2 139.3 1.3 .1 

Motor fuel ....................................................................................... 4.460 187.3 199.2 27.4 6.4 

Gasoline (all types) ...................................................................... 4.418 186.2 198.2 27.4 6.4 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment ............................................... .366 114.0 114.4 3.4 .4 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .......................................... 1.344 210.7 211.2 3.5 .2 

Public transportation ........................................................................ 1.055 217.6 219.8 7.5 1.0 

Medical care ...................................................................................... 6.186 328.4 329.5 4.0 .3 

Medical care commodities ............................................................... 1.488 280.8 282.1 3.9 .5 

Medical care services ...................................................................... 4.698 342.0 342.9 4.1 .3 

Professional services ..................................................................... 2.776 284.9 284.7 3.1 -.1 

Hospital and related services 2 ...................................................... 1.540 449.7 453.4 5.2 .8 

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

category and commodity and service group -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Relative

importance,

December

2005

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2006 from—

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Expenditure category

Recreation 1 ...................................................................................... 5.605 109.7 110.1 1.1 0.4 

Video and audio 1 ............................................................................ 1.637 103.9 104.0 -.2 .1 

Education and communication 1 ........................................................ 5.791 115.3 115.7 2.7 .3 

Education 1 ...................................................................................... 3.008 157.6 158.4 6.5 .5 

Educational books and supplies .................................................... .223 374.3 379.4 6.2 1.4 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ....................................... 2.784 455.3 457.4 6.4 .5 

Communication 1 ............................................................................. 2.784 84.3 84.5 -1.1 .2 

Information and information processing 1 ...................................... 2.612 82.2 82.1 -1.3 -.1 

Telephone services 1 ................................................................... 2.123 95.2 95.2 .4 .0 

Information technology, hardware and services 4 ....................... .489 13.1 13.0 -8.5 -.8 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 ...................... .156 11.7 11.6 -17.1 -.9 

Other goods and services .................................................................. 3.739 317.3 318.2 2.9 .3 

Tobacco and smoking products ....................................................... .824 513.1 515.3 4.3 .4 

Personal care .................................................................................. 2.916 187.6 188.0 2.5 .2 

Personal care products .................................................................. .645 155.4 155.5 1.6 .1 

Personal care services .................................................................. .647 206.6 206.4 2.2 -.1 

Miscellaneous personal services ................................................... 1.449 306.6 308.1 3.2 .5 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ........................................................................................ 39.974 160.0 161.4 3.9 .9 

Food and beverages .......................................................................... 15.127 193.2 194.5 2.6 .7 

Commodities less food and beverages ............................................. 24.847 141.3 142.7 4.6 1.0 

Nondurables less food and beverages ............................................ 14.289 166.3 168.8 8.8 1.5 

Apparel .......................................................................................... 3.677 117.5 114.6 -1.3 -2.5 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ........................... 10.612 200.4 206.2 12.5 2.9 

Durables .......................................................................................... 10.558 114.9 115.3 -.6 .3 

Services ............................................................................................... 60.026 233.2 234.9 4.1 .7 

Rent of shelter 3 ................................................................................ 32.076 235.0 236.2 2.7 .5 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 ................................................. .366 116.1 115.9 -2.2 -.2 

Gas (piped) and electricity 2 .............................................................. 4.233 180.0 187.8 21.7 4.3 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 1 .............................. .946 132.9 134.0 5.0 .8 

Household operations 1 ..................................................................... .717 133.3 134.0 4.8 .5 

Transportation services ..................................................................... 6.194 227.8 228.1 2.9 .1 

Medical care services ........................................................................ 4.698 342.0 342.9 4.1 .3 

Other services ................................................................................... 10.795 272.3 273.3 3.1 .4 

Special indexes

All items less food ................................................................................ 85.849 197.4 199.0 4.2 .8 

All items less shelter ............................................................................ 67.558 187.7 189.4 4.7 .9 

All items less medical care .................................................................. 93.814 190.0 191.6 4.0 .8 

Commodities less food ........................................................................ 25.823 143.3 144.8 4.5 1.0 

Nondurables less food ......................................................................... 15.265 168.1 170.6 8.3 1.5 

Nondurables less food and apparel ..................................................... 11.588 199.2 204.6 11.5 2.7 

Nondurables ........................................................................................ 29.416 180.1 182.0 5.5 1.1 

Services less rent of shelter 3 .............................................................. 27.950 248.8 251.1 5.8 .9 

Services less medical care services .................................................... 55.328 224.2 225.9 4.1 .8 

Energy ................................................................................................. 9.052 180.0 189.4 24.7 5.2 

All items less energy ............................................................................ 90.948 200.1 200.7 2.2 .3 

All items less food and energy ........................................................... 76.797 202.1 202.6 2.1 .2 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ............................ 21.004 140.1 139.9 .1 -.1 

Energy commodities ...................................................................... 4.819 190.7 202.1 27.3 6.0 

Services less energy services ......................................................... 55.793 238.7 239.7 2.9 .4 

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

 $ .508 $ .504 - -

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

 $ .170 $ .168 - -

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

All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric

means estimator.

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

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Table 2 (OW). Old Weight Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city

average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group 

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Relative

importance,

December

2005

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2006 from—

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Expenditure category

All items ............................................................................................... 100.000 192.5 194.0 4.1 0.8 

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

 573.3 578.0 - -

Food and beverages .......................................................................... 16.817 192.5 193.9 2.6 .7 

Food ................................................................................................ 15.758 192.2 193.5 2.7 .7 

Food at home ................................................................................ 9.374 190.7 192.5 2.4 .9 

Cereals and bakery products ....................................................... 1.310 208.4 210.5 1.4 1.0 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ...................................................... 2.787 185.6 185.9 1.4 .2 

Dairy and related products .......................................................... .946 183.0 183.3 .1 .2 

Fruits and vegetables .................................................................. 1.365 249.6 256.1 6.7 2.6 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ........................ 1.051 144.9 146.8 3.7 1.3 

Other food at home ...................................................................... 1.914 167.1 168.6 2.0 .9 

Sugar and sweets ...................................................................... .312 166.9 168.5 3.9 1.0 

Fats and oils .............................................................................. .298 165.6 170.0 -.2 2.7 

Other foods ................................................................................ 1.304 183.7 184.6 2.1 .5 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 ................................................... .335 112.9 113.2 2.3 .3 

Food away from home ................................................................... 6.385 195.8 196.4 3.0 .3 

Other food away from home 1 ..................................................... .255 133.6 133.8 5.1 .1 

Alcoholic beverages ........................................................................ 1.059 196.3 197.7 1.7 .7 

Housing ............................................................................................. 39.247 194.2 195.9 4.6 .9 

Shelter ............................................................................................. 29.666 219.2 220.1 2.7 .4 

Rent of primary residence 2 ........................................................... 8.000 219.7 220.1 3.0 .2 

Lodging away from home 1 ........................................................... 1.739 122.4 127.3 4.2 4.0 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 2 3 .......................... 19.607 211.2 211.7 2.5 .2 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 ............................................. .321 116.4 116.1 -2.3 -.3 

Fuels and utilities ............................................................................. 5.903 190.2 197.1 18.7 3.6 

Fuels .............................................................................................. 4.935 172.4 179.5 21.8 4.1 

Fuel oil and other fuels ................................................................ .337 227.4 229.2 26.7 .8 

Gas (piped) and electricity 2 ........................................................ 4.598 178.3 186.1 21.4 4.4 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 1 .......................... .968 133.2 134.3 5.0 .8 

Household furnishings and operations ............................................ 3.677 121.9 122.0 .1 .1 

Household operations 1 ................................................................. .326 136.0 136.6 4.8 .4 

Apparel .............................................................................................. 4.020 117.2 114.5 -1.4 -2.3 

Men’s and boys’ apparel .................................................................. 1.009 113.5 111.9 -2.4 -1.4 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................................. 1.582 108.3 102.2 -2.9 -5.6 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................................... .226 117.6 115.7 -4.0 -1.6 

Footwear .......................................................................................... .970 120.9 122.0 2.7 .9 

Transportation ................................................................................... 20.141 171.6 174.9 7.6 1.9 

Private transportation ...................................................................... 19.348 168.8 172.2 7.6 2.0 

New and used motor vehicles 1 ..................................................... 8.889 94.8 95.2 .6 .4 

New vehicles ............................................................................... 4.550 139.3 140.4 -.2 .8 

Used cars and trucks ................................................................... 3.465 140.0 140.1 1.3 .1 

Motor fuel ....................................................................................... 5.443 188.0 199.9 27.4 6.3 

Gasoline (all types) ...................................................................... 5.396 187.0 199.0 27.5 6.4 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment ............................................... .451 113.6 114.0 3.5 .4 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .......................................... 1.362 213.2 213.7 3.7 .2 

Public transportation ........................................................................ .793 216.6 218.5 7.4 .9 

Medical care ...................................................................................... 5.059 328.2 329.2 4.1 .3 

Medical care commodities ............................................................... 1.127 273.9 275.0 3.7 .4 

Medical care services ...................................................................... 3.931 342.8 343.7 4.2 .3 

Professional services ..................................................................... 2.275 287.4 287.3 3.0 .0 

Hospital and related services 2 ...................................................... 1.297 446.4 450.0 5.3 .8 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2 (OW). Old Weight Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city

average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group -Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Item and group

Relative

importance,

December

2005

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2006 from—

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Dec.

2005

Expenditure category

Recreation 1 ...................................................................................... 5.408 107.1 107.3 0.8 0.2 

Video and audio 1 ............................................................................ 1.816 103.2 103.2 -.2 .0 

Education and communication 1 ........................................................ 5.419 112.6 113.1 2.3 .4 

Education 1 ...................................................................................... 2.416 155.6 156.6 6.3 .6 

Educational books and supplies .................................................... .220 375.5 380.4 6.0 1.3 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ....................................... 2.196 440.5 443.1 6.3 .6 

Communication 1 ............................................................................. 3.003 86.2 86.3 -.8 .1 

Information and information processing 1 ...................................... 2.861 84.6 84.6 -1.1 .0 

Telephone services 1 ................................................................... 2.399 95.3 95.3 .4 .0 

Information technology, hardware and services 4 ....................... .462 13.6 13.6 -8.1 .0 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 ...................... .140 11.6 11.4 -16.8 -1.7 

Other goods and services .................................................................. 3.889 326.6 327.6 3.0 .3 

Tobacco and smoking products ....................................................... 1.275 515.0 517.4 4.5 .5 

Personal care .................................................................................. 2.614 185.8 186.2 2.3 .2 

Personal care products .................................................................. .696 155.4 155.5 1.4 .1 

Personal care services .................................................................. .605 206.9 206.6 2.1 -.1 

Miscellaneous personal services ................................................... 1.154 307.0 308.4 3.1 .5 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ........................................................................................ 44.564 161.2 162.7 4.1 .9 

Food and beverages .......................................................................... 16.817 192.5 193.9 2.6 .7 

Commodities less food and beverages ............................................. 27.747 143.4 145.0 5.1 1.1 

Nondurables less food and beverages ............................................ 15.719 170.8 173.8 9.4 1.8 

Apparel .......................................................................................... 4.020 117.2 114.5 -1.4 -2.3 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ........................... 11.700 207.8 214.3 13.5 3.1 

Durables .......................................................................................... 12.027 114.9 115.3 -.2 .3 

Services ............................................................................................... 55.436 229.2 230.8 4.2 .7 

Rent of shelter 3 ................................................................................ 29.345 211.2 212.1 2.7 .4 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 ................................................. .321 116.4 116.1 -2.3 -.3 

Gas (piped) and electricity 2 .............................................................. 4.598 178.3 186.1 21.4 4.4 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 1 .............................. .968 133.2 134.3 5.0 .8 

Household operations 1 ..................................................................... .326 136.0 136.6 4.8 .4 

Transportation services ..................................................................... 6.109 228.3 228.5 2.6 .1 

Medical care services ........................................................................ 3.931 342.8 343.7 4.2 .3 

Other services ................................................................................... 9.837 263.5 264.4 2.8 .3 

Special indexes

All items less food ................................................................................ 84.242 192.3 194.0 4.5 .9 

All items less shelter ............................................................................ 70.334 184.8 186.6 4.8 1.0 

All items less medical care .................................................................. 94.941 186.7 188.3 4.1 .9 

Commodities less food ........................................................................ 28.806 145.3 146.9 4.9 1.1 

Nondurables less food ......................................................................... 16.778 172.4 175.3 8.9 1.7 

Nondurables less food and apparel ..................................................... 12.759 205.9 212.0 12.5 3.0 

Nondurables ........................................................................................ 32.537 182.2 184.4 5.8 1.2 

Services less rent of shelter 3 .............................................................. 26.091 221.1 223.3 5.9 1.0 

Services less medical care services .................................................... 51.504 220.6 222.2 4.2 .7 

Energy ................................................................................................. 10.378 179.3 188.8 24.7 5.3 

All items less energy ............................................................................ 89.622 194.9 195.5 2.1 .3 

All items less food and energy ........................................................... 73.864 195.9 196.3 2.0 .2 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ............................ 23.026 140.4 140.2 .2 -.1 

Energy commodities ...................................................................... 5.780 190.7 202.1 27.3 6.0 

Services less energy services ......................................................... 50.838 234.6 235.5 2.8 .4 

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

 $ .520 $ .515 - -

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

 $ .174 $ .173 - -

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

All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric

means estimator.

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

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

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Area

All items 

Pricing

schedule 1

Indexes Percent change to 

Jan. 2006 from—

Percent change to 

Dec. 2005 from—

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Dec.

2004

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

U.S. city average ............................................ M 199.2 197.6 196.8 198.3 4.0 0.4 0.8 3.4 -1.2 -0.4 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban .............................................. M 211.5 210.0 209.0 211.1 4.2 .5 1.0 3.5 -1.2 -.5 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 213.8 212.2 211.3 213.3 4.0 .5 .9 3.5 -1.2 -.4 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 125.2 124.3 123.6 124.9 4.6 .5 1.1 3.7 -1.3 -.6 

Midwest urban ................................................ M 192.1 190.3 189.7 190.8 3.6 .3 .6 3.2 -1.2 -.3 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 193.7 192.1 191.6 192.7 3.7 .3 .6 3.2 -1.1 -.3 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 122.6 121.3 120.9 121.6 3.7 .2 .6 3.1 -1.4 -.3 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 186.8 185.0 184.4 185.4 4.0 .2 .5 4.1 -1.3 -.3 

South urban .................................................... M 192.5 190.7 190.1 191.6 4.4 .5 .8 3.7 -1.2 -.3 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 194.5 192.9 191.9 193.7 4.6 .4 .9 3.8 -1.3 -.5 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 122.5 121.4 121.2 122.0 4.2 .5 .7 3.5 -1.1 -.2 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 193.6 190.7 189.7 191.1 4.8 .2 .7 4.3 -2.0 -.5 

West urban ..................................................... M 202.6 201.4 200.0 201.6 3.7 .1 .8 3.0 -1.3 -.7 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 205.4 204.2 203.0 204.6 4.0 .2 .8 3.3 -1.2 -.6 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 123.6 122.8 121.8 122.9 2.8 .1 .9 2.4 -1.5 -.8 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 182.1 180.8 180.0 181.5 4.1 .4 .8 3.4 -1.2 -.4 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 123.1 122.0 121.6 122.5 3.9 .4 .7 3.3 -1.2 -.3 

D ................................................................. M 192.2 190.2 189.3 190.2 3.9 .0 .5 3.8 -1.5 -.5 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... M 197.9 197.3 196.4 197.6 4.1 .2 .6 3.6 -.8 -.5 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... M 206.9 205.6 203.9 205.9 5.4 .1 1.0 4.5 -1.4 -.8 

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

NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 216.6 215.3 214.2 215.9 3.7 .3 .8 3.6 -1.1 -.5 

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

 218.6 - 221.0 4.6 1.1 - - - -

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 1 -

 189.9 - 190.3 3.8 .2 - - - -

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... 1 - 187.8 - 188.7 4.8 .5 - - - -

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 -

 125.4 - 126.3 4.1 .7 - - - -

Atlanta, GA ..................................................... 2 193.9 -

 188.7 - - - - 3.0 -2.7 -

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. 2 195.1 - 192.4 - - - - 3.8 -1.4 -

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 179.2 -

 177.2 - - - - 4.2 -1.1 -

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. 2 198.8 -

 197.4 - - - - 4.7 -.7 -

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ 2 207.5 -

 204.9 - - - - 3.6 -1.3 -

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... 2 205.9 - 203.4 - - - - 2.0 -1.2 -

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 203.3 -

 200.9 - - - - 3.0 -1.2 -

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 map in technical

notes. 3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually

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

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

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

Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; 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 (OW). Old Weight Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all items

index 

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

Area

All items 

Pricing

schedule 1

Indexes Percent change to 

Jan. 2006 from—

Percent change to 

Dec. 2005 from—

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Jan.

2006

Jan.

2005

Nov.

2005

Dec.

2005

Dec.

2004

Oct.

2005

Nov.

2005

U.S. city average ............................................ M 195.2 193.4 192.5 194.0 4.1 0.3 0.8 3.5 -1.4 -0.5 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban .............................................. M 208.1 206.5 205.5 207.6 4.3 .5 1.0 3.4 -1.2 -.5 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 208.9 207.3 206.4 208.4 4.1 .5 1.0 3.4 -1.2 -.4 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 125.4 124.4 123.7 125.1 4.6 .6 1.1 3.6 -1.4 -.6 

Midwest urban ................................................ M 187.6 185.6 185.1 186.2 4.0 .3 .6 3.5 -1.3 -.3 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 188.5 186.7 186.2 187.4 3.9 .4 .6 3.4 -1.2 -.3 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 122.2 120.6 120.3 121.0 4.0 .3 .6 3.4 -1.6 -.2 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 184.9 183.0 182.4 183.5 4.4 .3 .6 4.3 -1.4 -.3 

South urban .................................................... M 190.2 188.0 187.2 188.9 4.7 .5 .9 3.8 -1.6 -.4 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 193.2 191.1 189.7 191.8 5.0 .4 1.1 4.0 -1.8 -.7 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 121.4 120.0 119.8 120.7 4.3 .6 .8 3.6 -1.3 -.2 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 194.4 191.0 189.8 191.3 5.2 .2 .8 4.6 -2.4 -.6 

West urban ..................................................... M 197.8 196.4 194.9 196.4 3.6 .0 .8 2.9 -1.5 -.8 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 199.1 197.7 196.2 197.8 4.1 .1 .8 3.2 -1.5 -.8 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 123.2 122.4 121.3 122.4 2.9 .0 .9 2.3 -1.5 -.9 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 180.9 179.3 178.4 179.9 4.2 .3 .8 3.5 -1.4 -.5 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 122.4 121.2 120.7 121.7 4.0 .4 .8 3.3 -1.4 -.4 

D ................................................................. M 191.3 189.0 187.9 188.9 4.4 -.1 .5 4.0 -1.8 -.6 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... M 191.9 191.1 190.2 191.4 4.3 .2 .6 3.9 -.9 -.5 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... M 200.0 198.4 196.5 198.4 5.3 .0 1.0 4.2 -1.8 -1.0 

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

NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 211.0 209.9 208.7 210.2 3.8 .1 .7 3.4 -1.1 -.6 

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

 217.7 - 219.9 4.6 1.0 - - - -

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 1 - 180.8 - 181.5 4.0 .4 - - - -

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

 188.9 - 190.1 5.4 .6 - - - -

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 -

 125.2 - 126.2 4.6 .8 - - - -

Atlanta, GA ..................................................... 2 193.1 -

 187.2 - - - - 3.1 -3.1 -

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. 2 190.5 -

 187.9 - - - - 4.0 -1.4 -

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 178.4 -

 175.1 - - - - 4.4 -1.8 -

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. 2 197.4 - 195.5 - - - - 4.8 -1.0 -

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ 2 207.6 -

 205.2 - - - - 3.7 -1.2 -

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... 2 202.6 -

 199.3 - - - - 1.7 -1.6 -

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 198.6 - 196.1 - - - - 3.0 -1.3 -

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

 most other goods and services priced as indicated: 

 M - Every month. 

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

 2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December. 2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical

notes. 3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually

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

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

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

Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; 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.