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Tuesday, November 19, 2002
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: OCTOBER 2002
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent in October, before
seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The October
level of 181.3 (1982-84=100) was 2.0 percent higher than its level in October 2001.
The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) also rose 0.2 percent in
October, prior to seasonal adjustment. The October level of 177.3 was 1.9 percent higher than the index in October
2001.
CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)
On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.3 percent in October, following an increase of 0.2 percent
in September. The index for food rose 0.1 percent in October. The index for food at home declined 0.1 percent,
reflecting decreases in the indexes for fruits and vegetables and for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs. Energy costs
advanced for the fourth consecutive month--up 1.9 percent in October--and accounted for about half of the overall
October advance. Within energy, the index for petroleum-based energy rose 3.3 percent and the index for energy
services increased 0.4 percent. Excluding food and energy, the CPI-U rose 0.2 percent after increasing 0.1 percent in
September. Larger increases in the indexes for shelter, for medical care, and for recreation more than offset a sharp
drop in cigarette prices.
Table A. Percent changes in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)
Seasonally adjusted
Expenditure
Category

Changes from preceding month
2002
May June July Aug. Sep.
.0
.1
.1
.3
.2
-.2
.1
.2
-.1
.2
.3
.1
.1
.3
.1
-.6
-.9 -1.0
1.1
.1
-.4
.1
.3
.4
.3
.5
.2
.7
.2
.3
-.1
-.3
.1
.1
.0

Compound
annual rate
3-mos. ended
Oct. ’02
3.1
.9
2.9
4.7
5.1
4.7
1.5

Apr.
Oct.
All Items
.5
.3
Food and beverages
.1
.1
Housing
.3
.3
Apparel
-.6
.0
Transportation
1.7
.6
Medical care
.5
.6
Recreation
.3
.3
Education and
communication
-.2
.6
.3
.7
.7
-.2
.0
2.2
Other goods and
services
1.5
-.5
1.0
.0
.5
.4
-.5
1.2
Special Indexes
Energy
4.5
-.7
.0
.4
.6
.7
1.9
13.4
Food
.1
-.2
.0
.2
-.1
.2
.1
.9
All Items less
food and energy
.3
.2
.1
.2
.3
.1
.2
2.3
See page 3 and table 7 for the release of the Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
(C-CPI-U), a new supplemental index of consumer price change.

Unadjusted
12-mos.
ended
Oct.’02
2.0
1.0
2.7
-2.1
1.7
4.8
1.0
2.1
3.4
3.0
.9
2.2

During the first 10 months of 2002, the CPI-U rose at a 2.7 percent seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR).
This compares with an increase of 1.6 percent for all of 2001. The index for energy, which declined 13.0 percent in
2001, increased at a 14.2 percent SAAR in the first 10 months of 2002. Petroleum-based energy costs increased at
a 31.8 percent annual rate and charges for energy services rose at a 0.3 percent annual rate. The food index has
increased at a 1.2 percent SAAR thus far this year, following a 2.8 percent rise for all of 2001. Excluding food and
energy, the CPI-U advanced at a 2.1 percent SAAR in the first 10 months, following a 2.7 percent rise in all of 2001.
The food and beverages index increased 0.1 percent in October. The index for food at home declined 0.1
percent in October, following a 0.3 percent increase in September. Decreases in the indexes for fruits and vegetables
and for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs--down 0.9 and 0.4 percent, respectively--more than offset increases in the other
major food at home groups. Within the fruits and vegetables group, the index for fresh vegetables declined 1.8
percent, the index for fresh fruits fell 0.2 percent, and the index for processed fruits and vegetables decreased 0.4
percent. Each of the main groups within the index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs declined in October. The index
for meats decreased 0.2 percent, reflecting a drop in prices for lamb and mutton; the indexes for pork and for beef
were unchanged and rose 0.1 percent, respectively. The indexes for cereal and bakery products and for other food at
home rose 0.4 and 0.3 percent, respectively. The other two major food at home groups--dairy products and
nonalcoholic beverages--each increased 0.1 percent. The small advance in the index for dairy products was its first
increase in five months, while the index for nonalcoholic beverages had registered a 2.2 percent increase in
September. The other two components of the food and beverages index, food away from home and alcoholic
beverages, increased 0.2 and 0.4 percent, respectively.
The index for housing rose 0.3 percent in October, following a 0.1 percent rise in September. Shelter costs,
which increased 0.1 percent in September, advanced 0.2 percent in October. Within shelter, the indexes for rent and
owners' equivalent rent each increased 0.3 percent, while the index for lodging away from home was unchanged.
(Prior to seasonal adjustment, the index for lodging away from home declined 0.5 percent.) The index for fuels and
utilities rose 0.4 percent in October, the same as in September. The index for fuel oil increased 1.9 percent in
October, and prices for fuel oil have risen 8.6 percent in the first 10 months of 2002. In October, the index for natural
gas rose 2.9 percent, while the index for electricity declined 0.5 percent. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, fuel oil prices
rose 4.3 percent and charges for natural gas rose 3.0 percent, while charges for electricity fell 4.7 percent.) The index
for household furnishings and operations rose 0.3 percent in October.
The transportation index rose 0.6 percent in October. The index for gasoline increased for the fifth
consecutive month--up 3.8 percent in October. Gasoline prices have risen 29.9 percent thus far this year, but remain
15.1 percent below their peak level in May 2001. The index for new vehicles increased 0.4 percent in October,
following a 0.5 percent rise in September. During the last 12 months, however, new vehicle prices have declined 1.1
percent. (As of October, about 35 percent of the new vehicle sample was represented by 2003 models. The 2003
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. For a report on quality changes for the 2003 vehicles represented in the
Producer Price Index sample, see news release USDL-02-634, dated November 15, 2002.) The index for used cars
and trucks declined 1.6 percent in October to a level 4.5 percent lower than in October 2001. Airline fares declined
for the second consecutive month--down 2.4 percent in October--and are 5.1 percent lower than a year ago.
The index for apparel was unchanged in October, following a 0.1 percent increase in September. (Prior to
seasonal adjustment, apparel prices rose 1.8 percent, reflecting price increases associated with the continued
introduction of fall-winter wear.)
The medical care index rose 0.6 percent in October to a level 4.8 percent above its level a year ago. The
index for medical care commodities--prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and medical supplies--increased 0.3
percent. The index for medical care services rose 0.7 percent in October. Charges for professional services rose 0.6
percent and those for hospital and related services increased 0.9 percent.
The index for recreation, which was unchanged in September, rose 0.3 percent in October. Increases in the
indexes for admissions to movies, theaters, concerts, and sporting events and for cable television--up 1.4 and 1.0
percent, respectively--more than offset declines in the indexes for pets and pet products, for photography, and for
toys.
The index for education and communication, which declined 0.2 percent in September, was unchanged in
October. The education index rose 0.3 percent, reflecting a 0.5 percent increase in the index for college tuition and

fees. The index for communication costs declined 0.3 percent, reflecting decreases in the indexes for telephone
services and for personal computers and peripheral equipment--down 0.2 and 1.9 percent, respectively.
The index for other goods and services fell 0.5 percent in October, largely as a result of a 3.1 percent decline
in the index for tobacco and smoking products. Prices for cigarettes decreased 3.3 percent, reflecting increased
discounting of some major brands.
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 0.2 percent
in October.

Table B. Percent changes in CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)
Seasonally adjusted
Compound
Expenditure
Changes from preceding month
annual rate
Category
2002
3-mos. ended
Apr. May June July Aug. Sep. Oct.
Oct. ’02
All Items
.6
-.1
.1
.2
.3
.2
.2
2.8
Food and beverages
.0
-.2
.1
.1
-.1
.2
.1
.9
Housing
.2
.3
.1
.2
.2
.2
.3
2.8
Apparel
-.2
-.8
-.9 -1.0
1.1
.1
-.2
4.0
Transportation
1.9
-.6
.2
.4
.5
.3
.5
4.8
Medical care
.4
.5
.1
.8
.2
.3
.7
4.9
Recreation
.3
-.2
-.3
.1
.0
.0
.3
1.2
Education and
communication
-.4
.7
.3
.7
.7
-.2
.0
2.2
Other goods and
services
2.2
-.9
1.5
.0
.8
.6
-.9
1.9
Special Indexes
Energy
5.0 -1.3
.2
.4
.7
.7
1.9
14.2
Food
-.1
-.2
.1
.2
-.1
.2
.1
.7
All Items less
food and energy
.3
.1
.1
.2
.3
.2
.1
2.2

Unadjusted
12-mos.
ended
Oct. ’02
1.9
.9
2.6
-2.2
1.7
4.9
.8
1.8
4.3
3.3
.8
2.0

Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U)
The C-CPI-U rose 0.2 percent in October on a not seasonally adjusted basis. The October level of 106.2
(December 1999=100) was 1.7 percent higher than the index in October 2001. Table 7 contains the most recent
indexes for all items and the component series that are published. Data will be published monthly in the CPI Detailed
Report and are available on the CPI home page: http://www.bls.gov/cpi/. Please note that the indexes for the post2000 period are subject to revision.

Consumer Price Index data for November are scheduled for release on Tuesday, December 17, 2002, at 8:30
A.M. (EST).

NOTE ON A NEW, SUPPLEMENTAL INDEX
OF CONSUMER PRICE CHANGE
The Bureau of Labor Statistics began publishing a consumer price index (CPI) called the Chained Consumer
Price Index for All Urban Consumers, effective with release of July data on August 16, 2002. Designated the C-CPIU, the index supplements the existing indexes already produced by the BLS: the CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)
and the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W).
The C-CPI-U 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 new measure, said to be a “superlative” index, is designed to be a closer approximation to a “cost-of-living”
index than the CPI-U and CPI-W. The use of expenditure data for both a base period and the current period in order
to average price change across item categories distinguishes the C-CPI-U from the other CPI measures, which use only
a single expenditure base period to compute the price change over time. In 1999, the BLS introduced a geometric
mean estimator for averaging prices within most of the index’s item categories in order to approximate the effect of
consumers’ responses to changes in relative prices within these item categories. The geometric mean estimator is used
in the C-CPI-U in the same item categories in which it is now used in the CPI-U and CPI-W. (See Monthly Labor
Review, October 1998, pp. 3-7.)
Expenditure data required for the calculation of the C-CPI-U are available only with a time lag. Thus, the CCPI-U is being issued first in preliminary form using the latest available expenditure data at this time and will be subject
to two subsequent revisions. Accordingly, with release of the July data, “final” values of the C-CPI-U have been issued
for the 12 months of 2000, “interim” values have been issued for the 12 months of 2001, and “initial” values have been
issued for January-July of 2002. In February 2003, with release of the January 2003 index, revised interim indexes for
the 12 months of 2002 will be published, and the index values for 2001 will be revised and will become final. Then, in
February 2004, when the monthly expenditure data from calendar year 2002 become available, C-CPI-U indexes for
the 12 months of 2002 will be issued in final form and values for the 12 months of 2003 will be revised and issued as
interim. The C-CPI-U index revisions are expected to be small, but in principle each monthly index could be revised
from its previously published level.

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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 establishmentsdepartment 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 26 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 CPIU and CPI-W are considered final when released, but the C-CPI-U is issued in preliminary form and subject to two
annual revisions.
The index measures price change from a designed reference date. For the CPI-U and the CPI-W the reference
base is 1982-84 equals 100.0. The reference base for the C-CPI-U is December 1999 equals 100.
An increase of 16.5 percent from the reference base, for example, is shown as 116.5. This change can also be
expressed in dollars as follows: the price of a base period market basket of goods and services in the CPI has risen
from $10 in 1982-84 to $11.65.
For further details visit the CPI home page on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/cpi/ or contact our CPI Information
and Analysis Section on (202) 691-7000.

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 12month period.
Index Point Change
CPI
Less previous index
Equals index point change

115.7
111.2
4.5

Percent Change
Index point difference
Divided by the previous index
Equals
Results multiplied by one hundred
Equals percent change

4.5
111.2
0.040
0.040x100
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. The updated seasonal data at the end of 1977 replaced data from 1967 through 1977.
Subsequent annual updates have replaced 5 years of seasonal data; e.g., data from 1997 through 2001 were replaced
at the end of 2001. 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: 39 of the 73 components are seasonally adjusted for 2002.
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, natural 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 a large increase in
coffee prices due to adverse weather. The procedure was used to account for unusual butter fat supply reductions and
decreases in milk supply affecting the Fats and oils series. For the Water and sewerage maintenance index, the
procedure was used to account for a data collection anomaly. It was used to offset an increase in summer demand in
the Midwest and South for Electricity. For New vehicles, New cars, and New trucks, the procedure was used to offset
the effects of a model changeover combined with financing incentives.

A description of Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment, as well as a list of unusual events modeled and seasonal
factors for these items may be obtained by writing the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Consumer Prices and
Price Indexes, Washington, DC 20212 or by calling Daniel Chow on (202) 691-6968 or sending e-mail to
Chow_Dan@BLS.GOV. If you have general questions about the CPI, please call our information staff at (202) 6917000.

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
2001

Unadjusted
indexes
Sep.
2002

Oct.
2002

Unadjusted
percent change to
Oct. 2002 from—
Oct.
2001

Seasonally adjusted
percent change from—

Sep.
2002

July to
Aug.

Aug. to
Sep.

Sep. to
Oct.

Expenditure category
All items .....................................................................................
All items (1967=100) .................................................................

100.000

181.0
542.1

181.3
543.2

2.0

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.3

-

-

-

-

-

-

Food and beverages ...............................................................
Food ......................................................................................
Food at home ......................................................................
Cereals and bakery products ............................................
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ...........................................
Dairy and related products 1 ..............................................
Fruits and vegetables ........................................................
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .............
Other food at home ...........................................................
Sugar and sweets ............................................................
Fats and oils ....................................................................
Other foods ......................................................................
Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 .......................................
Food away from home 1 .......................................................
Other food away from home 1 2 .........................................
Alcoholic beverages ..............................................................

15.719
14.688
8.468
1.298
2.271
.916
1.204
.967
1.811
.315
.265
1.232
.289
6.220
.383
1.031

176.9
176.4
175.2
198.4
161.8
166.3
218.4
140.2
160.8
159.6
155.3
177.0
109.7
179.2
118.8
183.9

177.1
176.5
175.1
198.9
161.3
166.5
217.4
140.5
160.9
159.9
155.9
177.0
109.8
179.6
119.1
184.7

1.0
.9
-.1
1.9
-1.3
-2.5
1.8
.4
.0
2.2
-2.3
.0
.8
2.3
3.2
2.2

.1
.1
-.1
.3
-.3
.1
-.5
.2
.1
.2
.4
.0
.1
.2
.3
.4

-.1
-.1
-.3
-.1
-.4
-.2
.2
-.6
-.4
-.3
-.6
-.3
-.7
.2
.3
.3

.2
.2
.3
.4
-.2
-.5
.0
2.2
.5
-.3
1.1
.6
.4
.2
.6
-.2

.1
.1
-.1
.4
-.4
.1
-.9
.1
.3
.4
.1
.3
.1
.2
.3
.4

Housing ...................................................................................
Shelter ...................................................................................
Rent of primary residence 3 .................................................
Lodging away from home 2 3 ................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 .................
Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 .................................
Fuels and utilities ...................................................................
Fuels ....................................................................................
Fuel oil and other fuels ......................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ...............................................
Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .................
Household furnishings and operations ..................................
Household operations 1 2 .....................................................

40.873
31.522
6.421
2.702
22.046
.353
4.511
3.654
.188
3.466
.857
4.840
.820

181.5
209.2
200.7
117.6
216.2
110.0
147.2
131.0
115.2
138.7
113.6
128.1
119.7

181.4
209.7
201.3
117.0
216.8
110.0
144.4
127.9
119.3
134.9
113.9
128.0
119.7

2.7
3.6
3.4
2.2
3.7
2.9
-.1
-.9
-1.8
-.7
3.0
-.8
2.6

-.1
.2
.3
-.5
.3
.0
-1.9
-2.4
3.6
-2.7
.3
-.1
.0

.3
.4
.2
1.8
.3
.9
.3
.5
1.8
.4
.3
-.3
.2

.1
.1
.1
-.6
.2
.4
.4
.4
1.2
.4
.2
-.2
.4

.3
.2
.3
.0
.3
.0
.4
.5
1.7
.4
.4
.3
.0

Apparel ....................................................................................
Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................
Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................
Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel 1 ..............................................
Footwear ...............................................................................

4.399
1.122
1.807
.203
.874

124.6
120.1
118.0
126.2
121.6

126.8
122.8
120.5
127.7
123.0

-2.1
-3.7
-1.3
-2.9
-1.5

1.8
2.2
2.1
1.2
1.2

1.1
-.4
2.0
1.1
.9

.1
.1
-.4
1.5
.6

.0
-.2
.3
1.2
-.3

Transportation .........................................................................
Private transportation ............................................................
New and used motor vehicles 2 ...........................................
New vehicles .....................................................................
Used cars and trucks .........................................................
Motor fuel ............................................................................
Gasoline (all types) ............................................................
Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ...................................
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................
Public transportation ..............................................................

17.055
15.845
8.614
5.083
2.195
2.564
2.536
.421
1.400
1.211

154.0
150.0
98.7
138.7
152.2
121.7
121.1
107.4
191.4
206.5

154.9
151.1
98.9
139.5
150.7
124.5
123.9
106.9
191.8
203.4

1.7
2.0
-1.7
-1.1
-4.5
7.1
7.2
1.3
3.1
-2.7

.6
.7
.2
.6
-1.0
2.3
2.3
-.5
.2
-1.5

.4
.3
.2
-.1
.5
.8
.5
.3
.6
.8

.3
.3
.1
.5
-.8
1.0
1.0
-.3
.0
-.9

.6
.7
-.2
.4
-1.6
3.4
3.8
-.5
.1
-1.6

Medical care ............................................................................
Medical care commodities .....................................................
Medical care services ............................................................
Professional services 3 .........................................................
Hospital and related services 3 ............................................

5.810
1.377
4.434
2.784
1.353

287.7
257.9
295.2
254.8
373.3

289.2
258.3
297.1
256.0
376.7

4.8
3.2
5.4
3.1
9.3

.5
.2
.6
.5
.9

.2
.2
.2
.0
.7

.3
.2
.4
.0
.7

.6
.3
.7
.6
.9

See footnotes at end of table.

Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and
service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-U

Relative
importance,
December
2001

Unadjusted
percent change to
Oct. 2002 from—

Unadjusted
indexes
Sep.
2002

Oct.
2002

Oct.
2001

Seasonally adjusted
percent change from—

Sep.
2002

July to
Aug.

Aug. to
Sep.

Sep. to
Oct.

Expenditure category
Recreation 2 .............................................................................
Video and audio 2 ...................................................................

6.019
1.645

106.2
102.3

106.4
102.6

1.0
1.3

0.2
.3

0.1
-.3

0.0
.3

0.3
.4

Education and communication 2 ..............................................
Education 2 .............................................................................
Educational books and supplies ..........................................
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .............................
Communication 1 2 .................................................................
Information and information processing 1 2 ..........................
Telephone services 1 2 .......................................................
Information and information processing other than
telephone services 1 5 ................................................
Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ..........

5.813
2.726
.220
2.506
3.087
2.903
2.324

109.5
129.6
323.2
372.8
92.5
90.7
100.1

109.4
129.9
323.2
373.8
92.2
90.4
99.9

2.1
6.3
5.2
6.3
-1.5
-2.3
.0

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

.7
.6
.1
.7
.6
.8
1.1

-.2
.6
-.1
.7
-.8
-.9
-.5

.0
.3
-.1
.4
-.3
-.3
-.2

.580
.275

17.8
21.1

17.7
20.7

-12.4
-21.6

-.6
-1.9

-.5
-1.3

-2.7
-4.1

-.6
-1.9

Other goods and services .......................................................
Tobacco and smoking products 1 ...........................................
Personal care 1 ......................................................................
Personal care products 1 ......................................................
Personal care services 1 ......................................................
Miscellaneous personal services .........................................

4.312
.928
3.384
.706
.901
1.562

297.0
485.8
174.9
154.4
189.2
275.2

295.4
470.6
175.3
154.6
189.3
276.0

3.4
9.5
1.7
-.5
1.8
3.3

-.5
-3.1
.2
.1
.1
.3

.5
2.4
-.1
-.2
.2
.0

.4
1.6
.0
.1
.1
-.1

-.5
-3.1
.2
.1
.1
.3

41.300
15.719
25.582
13.493
4.399
9.094
12.089
58.700
31.169
.353
3.466
.857
.820
6.638
4.434
10.963

150.2
176.9
134.8
147.2
124.6
165.2
120.6
211.5
217.9
110.0
138.7
113.6
119.7
210.1
295.2
249.1

150.7
177.1
135.5
148.4
126.8
166.0
120.6
211.7
218.4
110.0
134.9
113.9
119.7
210.9
297.1
249.7

.1
1.0
-.4
1.6
-2.1
3.5
-2.4
3.4
3.6
2.9
-.7
3.0
2.6
3.7
5.4
3.4

.3
.1
.5
.8
1.8
.5
.0
.1
.2
.0
-2.7
.3
.0
.4
.6
.2

.2
-.1
.3
1.2
1.1
1.3
.0
.4
.4
.9
.4
.3
.2
.5
.2
.4

.2
.2
.1
-.6
.1
-1.0
-.2
.2
.1
.4
.4
.2
.4
.1
.4
.1

.1
.1
.2
.8
.0
1.3
-.2
.3
.3
.0
.4
.4
.0
.1
.7
.3

85.312
68.478
94.190
26.612
14.524
10.125
29.212
27.531
54.266
6.218
93.782
79.094
23.860
2.752
55.234

181.8
171.9
175.3
136.7
149.3
166.1
162.2
220.0
204.1
126.1
188.4
191.3
143.6
122.0
218.9
$ .553
$ .184

182.2
172.2
175.6
137.3
150.6
166.9
163.0
219.9
204.2
125.8
188.8
191.8
143.9
124.8
219.5
$ .552
$ .184

2.2
1.4
1.9
-.4
1.7
3.3
1.4
3.2
3.2
3.0
2.0
2.2
-1.2
6.8
3.7

.2
.2
.2
.4
.9
.5
.5
.0
.0
-.2
.2
.3
.2
2.3
.3

.4
.2
.3
.3
1.1
1.2
.6
.5
.4
.6
.3
.3
.2
.8
.4

.2
.2
.2
.1
-.6
-.9
-.2
.3
.2
.7
.1
.1
.0
1.0
.1

.3
.2
.2
.2
.7
1.3
.3
.4
.2
1.9
.2
.2
-.1
3.3
.3

-

-

-

-

-

Commodity and service group
Commodities .............................................................................
Food and beverages ...............................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ...................................
Nondurables less food and beverages ..................................
Apparel ................................................................................
Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................
Durables ................................................................................
Services .....................................................................................
Rent of shelter 4 .......................................................................
Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 .....................................
Gas (piped) and electricity 3 .....................................................
Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .....................
Household operations 1 2 .........................................................
Transportation services ...........................................................
Medical care services ..............................................................
Other services .........................................................................
Special indexes
All items less food .....................................................................
All items less shelter ..................................................................
All items less medical care ........................................................
Commodities less food ..............................................................
Nondurables less food ...............................................................
Nondurables less food and apparel ...........................................
Nondurables ..............................................................................
Services less rent of shelter 4 ....................................................
Services less medical care services ..........................................
Energy .......................................................................................
All items less energy .................................................................
All items less food and energy ................................................
Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................
Energy commodities ............................................................
Services less energy services ...............................................
Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1982-84=$1.00) .....
Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ..........

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 converted to a geometric means estimator in
January, 1999.

-

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)
Seasonally adjusted indexes

Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for
3 months ended—

CPI-U
July
2002

Aug.
2002

Sep.
2002

Oct.
2002

Jan.
2002

Apr.
2002

July
2002

6 months
ended—
Oct.
2002

Apr.
2002

Oct.
2002

Expenditure category
All items .....................................................................................

179.9

180.5

180.8

181.3

0.0

4.3

0.9

3.1

2.2

2.0

Food and beverages ...............................................................
Food ......................................................................................
Food at home ......................................................................
Cereals and bakery products ............................................
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ...........................................
Dairy and related products 1 ..............................................
Fruits and vegetables ........................................................
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .............
Other food at home ...........................................................
Sugar and sweets ............................................................
Fats and oils ....................................................................
Other foods ......................................................................
Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 .......................................
Food away from home 1 .......................................................
Other food away from home 1 2 .........................................
Alcoholic beverages ..............................................................

176.7
176.1
175.3
197.7
162.4
167.6
219.9
138.5
160.5
160.2
154.6
176.6
110.1
178.5
117.7
183.7

176.6
176.0
174.8
197.6
161.7
167.2
220.3
137.6
159.9
159.7
153.6
176.0
109.3
178.8
118.1
184.2

177.0
176.4
175.4
198.4
161.4
166.3
220.4
140.6
160.7
159.3
155.3
177.0
109.7
179.2
118.8
183.9

177.1
176.5
175.2
199.1
160.7
166.5
218.4
140.7
161.2
160.0
155.4
177.5
109.8
179.6
119.1
184.7

1.1
1.1
.7
3.3
-1.7
-2.1
8.1
-2.8
.0
2.3
-3.2
.5
.0
1.8
.3
2.2

1.8
1.8
1.8
2.3
2.0
-2.8
6.6
1.4
.7
6.2
-3.3
.0
-3.3
1.8
4.9
2.4

.0
-.2
-2.2
-.8
-1.5
-2.6
-4.1
-3.1
-2.5
.8
-4.5
-2.7
8.0
3.0
2.8
1.8

.9
.9
-.2
2.9
-4.1
-2.6
-2.7
6.5
1.8
-.5
2.1
2.1
-1.1
2.5
4.8
2.2

1.5
1.5
1.3
2.8
.1
-2.4
7.3
-.7
.4
4.3
-3.2
.2
-1.6
1.8
2.6
2.3

.5
.3
-1.2
1.0
-2.8
-2.6
-3.4
1.6
-.4
.1
-1.3
-.3
3.4
2.7
3.8
2.0

Housing ...................................................................................
Shelter ...................................................................................
Rent of primary residence 3 .................................................
Lodging away from home 2 3 ................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 .................
Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 .................................
Fuels and utilities ...................................................................
Fuels ....................................................................................
Fuel oil and other fuels ......................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ...............................................
Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .................
Household furnishings and operations ..................................
Household operations 1 2 .....................................................

180.3
208.2
200.0
116.8
215.1
108.6
143.2
126.8
115.5
133.9
113.0
128.5
119.0

180.9
209.0
200.4
118.9
215.7
109.6
143.7
127.4
117.6
134.4
113.3
128.1
119.2

181.1
209.3
200.7
118.2
216.2
110.0
144.3
127.9
119.0
134.9
113.5
127.8
119.7

181.6
209.8
201.3
118.2
216.8
110.0
144.9
128.5
121.0
135.5
113.9
128.2
119.7

2.7
5.0
4.4
5.7
4.7
-1.9
-5.9
-7.8
-38.1
-5.2
4.0
-1.2
3.8

3.0
4.2
3.5
7.0
4.0
3.0
-1.9
-3.4
13.8
-4.4
3.3
-.9
2.1

1.8
2.1
3.1
-7.5
3.0
5.3
2.3
2.6
9.5
2.1
1.4
.0
2.0

2.9
3.1
2.6
4.9
3.2
5.3
4.8
5.5
20.5
4.9
3.2
-.9
2.4

2.8
4.6
3.9
6.3
4.4
.6
-4.0
-5.6
-16.0
-4.8
3.6
-1.1
2.9

2.4
2.6
2.8
-1.5
3.1
5.3
3.5
4.0
14.9
3.5
2.3
-.5
2.2

Apparel ....................................................................................
Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................
Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................
Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel 1 ..............................................
Footwear ...............................................................................

122.4
121.1
114.0
122.9
119.8

123.7
120.6
116.3
124.3
120.9

123.8
120.7
115.8
126.2
121.6

123.8
120.4
116.1
127.7
121.2

-7.7
-5.9
-7.6
-18.4
-11.8

4.6
3.0
5.7
13.1
11.2

-9.2
-9.0
-9.6
-17.4
-8.5

4.7
-2.3
7.6
16.6
4.8

-1.7
-1.6
-1.2
-3.9
-1.0

-2.5
-5.7
-1.4
-1.9
-2.1

Transportation .........................................................................
Private transportation ............................................................
New and used motor vehicles 2 ...........................................
New vehicles .....................................................................
Used cars and trucks .........................................................
Motor fuel ............................................................................
Gasoline (all types) ............................................................
Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ...................................
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................
Public transportation ..............................................................

153.3
149.3
99.0
139.3
152.9
118.8
118.4
107.4
190.0
206.6

153.9
149.8
99.2
139.2
153.7
119.7
119.0
107.7
191.2
208.2

154.3
150.3
99.3
139.9
152.4
120.9
120.2
107.4
191.2
206.3

155.2
151.4
99.1
140.4
149.9
125.0
124.8
106.9
191.4
203.1

-8.4
-9.1
-.8
.0
-3.3
-43.9
-43.5
2.7
3.3
.0

11.5
12.4
-5.5
-5.5
-8.0
101.1
96.7
2.3
4.6
-3.2

.0
.3
-.8
-1.4
1.3
-5.2
-3.6
2.3
1.7
-1.2

5.1
5.7
.4
3.2
-7.6
22.6
23.4
-1.8
3.0
-6.6

1.1
1.1
-3.1
-2.8
-5.7
6.3
5.4
2.5
3.9
-1.6

2.5
3.0
-.2
.9
-3.3
7.8
9.1
.2
2.3
-3.9

Medical care ............................................................................
Medical care commodities .....................................................
Medical care services ............................................................
Professional services 3 .........................................................
Hospital and related services 3 ............................................

286.5
257.0
293.8
254.8
368.0

287.1
257.5
294.4
254.9
370.6

288.0
257.9
295.5
255.0
373.3

289.8
258.8
297.7
256.5
376.7

5.0
3.6
5.3
3.3
9.0

4.4
2.9
4.8
1.4
11.8

5.5
3.8
5.9
4.9
6.3

4.7
2.8
5.4
2.7
9.8

4.7
3.2
5.1
2.3
10.4

5.1
3.3
5.7
3.8
8.0

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)
Seasonally adjusted indexes

Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for
3 months ended—

CPI-U
July
2002

Aug.
2002

Sep.
2002

Oct.
2002

Jan.
2002

Apr.
2002

July
2002

6 months
ended—
Oct.
2002

Apr.
2002

Oct.
2002

Expenditure category
Recreation 2 .............................................................................
Video and audio 1 2 ................................................................

106.1
102.5

106.2
102.2

106.2
102.5

106.5
102.9

1.5
2.4

2.3
2.0

-1.1
-.8

1.5
1.6

1.9
2.2

0.2
.4

Education and communication 2 ..............................................
Education 2 .............................................................................
Educational books and supplies ..........................................
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .............................
Communication 1 2 .................................................................
Information and information processing 1 2 ..........................
Telephone services 1 2 .......................................................
Information and information processing other than
telephone services 1 5 ................................................
Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ..........

108.2
126.4
320.9
363.1
92.6
90.8
99.5

109.0
127.2
321.2
365.6
93.2
91.5
100.6

108.8
128.0
320.9
368.0
92.5
90.7
100.1

108.8
128.4
320.6
369.4
92.2
90.4
99.9

1.9
4.7
-4.8
5.6
-.9
-1.3
1.6

-1.9
6.4
19.6
5.2
-9.1
-9.2
-8.1

6.5
7.6
7.7
7.5
6.3
3.6
5.4

2.2
6.5
-.4
7.1
-1.7
-1.8
1.6

.0
5.5
6.7
5.4
-5.1
-5.3
-3.4

4.4
7.0
3.6
7.3
2.2
.9
3.5

18.4
22.3

18.3
22.0

17.8
21.1

17.7
20.7

-14.9
-24.6

-15.5
-24.9

-4.2
-10.1

-14.4
-25.8

-15.2
-24.8

-9.4
-18.3

Other goods and services .......................................................
Tobacco and smoking products 1 ...........................................
Personal care 1 ......................................................................
Personal care products 1 ......................................................
Personal care services 1 ......................................................
Miscellaneous personal services .........................................

294.5
467.2
175.0
154.6
188.7
275.4

295.9
478.2
174.9
154.3
189.1
275.4

297.0
485.8
174.9
154.4
189.2
275.2

295.4
470.6
175.3
154.6
189.3
276.0

2.3
2.7
2.1
-.5
.9
5.3

8.2
29.2
2.8
.5
3.5
3.4

2.2
5.1
1.4
-2.0
1.7
3.6

1.2
2.9
.7
.0
1.3
.9

5.2
15.2
2.5
.0
2.2
4.4

1.7
4.0
1.0
-1.0
1.5
2.2

149.7
176.7
134.2
145.1
122.4
163.1
121.3
210.0
216.8
108.6
133.9
113.0
119.0
209.3
293.8
247.0

150.0
176.6
134.6
146.8
123.7
165.2
121.3
210.8
217.6
109.6
134.4
113.3
119.2
210.3
294.4
248.1

150.3
177.0
134.8
145.9
123.8
163.6
121.1
211.2
217.9
110.0
134.9
113.5
119.7
210.6
295.5
248.4

150.5
177.1
135.1
147.1
123.8
165.7
120.9
211.8
218.6
110.0
135.5
113.9
119.7
210.8
297.7
249.1

-5.2
1.1
-9.1
-12.4
-7.7
-13.9
-2.2
4.0
5.0
-1.9
-5.2
4.0
3.8
4.6
5.3
3.5

5.8
1.8
8.4
20.2
4.6
27.0
-5.1
3.1
4.6
3.0
-4.4
3.3
2.1
3.5
4.8
1.8

-1.8
.0
-2.9
-4.0
-9.2
-1.5
-1.0
3.1
1.7
5.3
2.1
1.4
2.0
3.7
5.9
5.0

2.2
.9
2.7
5.6
4.7
6.5
-1.3
3.5
3.4
5.3
4.9
3.2
2.4
2.9
5.4
3.4

.1
1.5
-.7
2.6
-1.7
4.5
-3.7
3.5
4.8
.6
-4.8
3.6
2.9
4.1
5.1
2.7

.1
.5
-.1
.7
-2.5
2.5
-1.1
3.3
2.5
5.3
3.5
2.3
2.2
3.3
5.7
4.2

180.6
170.9
174.3
136.1
147.5
164.2
161.1
217.7
202.5
122.5
187.6
190.5
143.4
119.2
217.7

181.3
171.3
174.9
136.5
149.1
166.1
162.0
218.7
203.4
123.2
188.2
191.1
143.7
120.2
218.6

181.6
171.7
175.2
136.7
148.2
164.6
161.6
219.3
203.9
124.1
188.4
191.3
143.7
121.4
218.9

182.1
172.1
175.6
137.0
149.3
166.7
162.1
220.1
204.4
126.4
188.7
191.6
143.5
125.4
219.6

-.2
-2.1
-.2
-8.7
-11.2
-12.7
-5.4
1.7
2.9
-25.0
2.4
2.6
-2.2
-42.8
4.6

4.8
4.1
4.2
8.0
18.9
24.0
10.8
2.6
4.1
34.1
2.4
2.6
-.3
94.7
3.8

1.1
.7
.7
-2.6
-3.4
-.7
-2.0
4.1
2.2
-1.3
1.1
1.5
-2.2
-4.6
3.0

3.4
2.8
3.0
2.7
5.0
6.2
2.5
4.5
3.8
13.4
2.4
2.3
.3
22.5
3.5

2.3
.9
2.0
-.7
2.7
4.0
2.4
2.2
3.5
.3
2.4
2.6
-1.2
5.5
4.2

2.2
1.8
1.8
.0
.7
2.7
.2
4.3
3.0
5.8
1.7
1.9
-1.0
8.1
3.3

Commodity and service group
Commodities .............................................................................
Food and beverages ...............................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ...................................
Nondurables less food and beverages ..................................
Apparel ................................................................................
Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................
Durables ................................................................................
Services .....................................................................................
Rent of shelter 4 .......................................................................
Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 .....................................
Gas (piped) and electricity 3 .....................................................
Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .....................
Household operations 1 2 .........................................................
Transportation services ...........................................................
Medical care services ..............................................................
Other services .........................................................................
Special indexes
All items less food .....................................................................
All items less shelter ..................................................................
All items less medical care ........................................................
Commodities less food ..............................................................
Nondurables less food ...............................................................
Nondurables less food and apparel ...........................................
Nondurables ..............................................................................
Services less rent of shelter 4 ....................................................
Services less medical care services ..........................................
Energy .......................................................................................
All items less energy .................................................................
All items less food and energy ................................................
Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................
Energy commodities ............................................................
Services less energy services ...............................................

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 converted to a geometric means estimator in

January, 1999.
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)
All items

CPI-U
U.S. city average ...........................................

Indexes

Percent change to
Oct.2002 from—

Pricing
schedule
1

July
2002

Aug.
2002

Sep.
2002

Oct.
2002

Oct.
2001

Aug.
2002

Percent change to
Sep.2002 from—

Sep.
2002

Sep.
2001

July
2002

Aug.
2002

M

180.1

180.7

181.0

181.3

2.0

0.3

0.2

1.5

0.5

0.2

Northeast urban .............................................
Size A - More than 1,500,000 ...................
Size B/C 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 .................

M
M
M

188.3
190.1
111.8

189.3
191.3
112.0

189.5
191.2
112.6

189.9
191.5
113.0

2.6
2.8
2.2

.3
.1
.9

.2
.2
.4

2.4
2.5
2.0

.6
.6
.7

.1
-.1
.5

Midwest urban ...............................................
Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000) ..............................................

M
M
M

175.3
177.5
111.3

175.8
178.2
111.4

176.2
178.8
111.5

176.3
178.7
111.9

2.1
2.4
1.7

.3
.3
.4

.1
-.1
.4

.9
1.5
-.1

.5
.7
.2

.2
.3
.1

M

169.4

169.7

170.0

170.2

2.0

.3

.1

.7

.4

.2

South urban ...................................................
Size A - More than 1,500,000 ...................
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ...............
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000) ..............................................

M
M
M

173.6
174.8
111.0

173.8
175.4
110.9

174.2
175.7
111.2

174.9
176.5
111.6

1.9
2.0
1.7

.6
.6
.6

.4
.5
.4

1.2
1.4
.9

.3
.5
.2

.2
.2
.3

M

172.2

172.7

172.6

172.9

1.8

.1

.2

1.7

.2

-.1

West urban ....................................................
Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................

M
M
M

184.7
187.4
112.5

185.3
187.9
113.0

185.7
188.2
113.1

185.8
188.4
113.3

1.8
2.1
1.1

.3
.3
.3

.1
.1
.2

1.8
1.9
1.3

.5
.4
.5

.2
.2
.1

M
M
M

164.6
111.4
173.3

165.3
111.5
173.9

165.5
111.8
174.3

165.8
112.1
174.3

2.3
1.6
1.6

.3
.5
.2

.2
.3
.0

1.8
.9
1.3

.5
.4
.6

.1
.3
.2

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ..................
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ..
New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA ........................................

M
M

181.2
182.2

181.6
183.0

182.1
183.4

182.8
183.7

2.6
3.0

.7
.4

.4
.2

1.3
2.6

.5
.7

.3
.2

M

192.0

193.1

193.3

193.7

3.1

.3

.2

2.8

.7

.1

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ....
Cleveland-Akron, OH .....................................
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ....................................
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ......

1
1
1
1

195.7
173.4
172.9
113.4

-

199.1
174.6
173.2
114.0

-

-

-

-

3.3
.0
.2
2.1

1.7
.7
.2
.5

-

Atlanta, GA ....................................................
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ...................
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD .......................................
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ..........
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ...................

2
2
2
2

-

179.7
180.9
160.1
175.2

-

179.4
180.4
162.6
177.0

1.5
3.2
2.0
1.6

-.2
-.3
1.6
1.0

-

-

-

-

2
2
2

-

188.3
193.5
190.3

-

185.8
194.3
190.9

1.6
1.4
1.6

-1.3
.4
.3

-

-

-

-

Region and area size2

Size classes
A 4 ..............................................................
B/C 3 ...........................................................
D ................................................................
Selected local areas5

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
2001

Unadjusted
indexes
Sep.
2002

Oct.
2002

Unadjusted
percent change to
Oct. 2002 from—
Oct.
2001

Seasonally adjusted
percent change from—

Sep.
2002

July to
Aug.

Aug. to
Sep.

Sep. to
Oct.

Expenditure category
All items .....................................................................................
All items (1967=100) .................................................................

100.000

177.0
527.3

177.3
528.2

1.9

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.2

-

-

-

-

-

-

Food and beverages ...............................................................
Food ......................................................................................
Food at home ......................................................................
Cereals and bakery products ............................................
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ...........................................
Dairy and related products 1 ..............................................
Fruits and vegetables ........................................................
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .............
Other food at home ...........................................................
Sugar and sweets ............................................................
Fats and oils ....................................................................
Other foods ......................................................................
Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 .......................................
Food away from home 1 .......................................................
Other food away from home 1 2 .........................................
Alcoholic beverages ..............................................................

17.229
16.228
9.798
1.468
2.831
1.021
1.307
1.132
2.038
.339
.316
1.383
.310
6.430
.275
1.001

176.2
175.7
174.3
198.4
161.5
166.1
217.5
139.6
160.3
159.5
155.2
177.2
110.1
179.0
119.3
183.4

176.3
175.7
174.2
198.9
161.2
166.4
216.2
139.9
160.3
159.5
155.8
177.2
110.1
179.4
119.6
184.3

.9
.8
-.1
1.9
-1.2
-2.6
1.9
.5
-.1
2.1
-2.1
-.1
.5
2.2
3.4
2.1

.1
.0
-.1
.3
-.2
.2
-.6
.2
.0
.0
.4
.0
.0
.2
.3
.5

-.1
-.1
-.2
-.3
-.4
-.2
.3
-.7
-.3
-.2
-.5
-.3
-.8
.2
.3
.2

.2
.2
.2
.6
-.4
-.5
.0
2.3
.5
-.1
1.0
.5
.2
.2
.7
-.2

.1
.1
-.1
.3
-.3
.2
-.9
.1
.2
.2
.1
.3
.0
.2
.3
.6

Housing ...................................................................................
Shelter ...................................................................................
Rent of primary residence 3 .................................................
Lodging away from home 2 3 ................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 .................
Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 .................................
Fuels and utilities ...................................................................
Fuels ....................................................................................
Fuel oil and other fuels ......................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ...............................................
Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .................
Household furnishings and operations ..................................
Household operations 1 2 .....................................................

38.141
29.212
8.395
1.523
18.980
.314
4.829
3.955
.177
3.778
.873
4.101
.357

177.0
203.0
200.0
117.7
196.4
110.1
146.5
129.9
114.5
137.6
113.7
123.9
120.2

176.9
203.5
200.6
117.7
196.9
110.1
143.6
126.7
118.6
133.8
114.0
123.9
120.4

2.6
3.5
3.4
2.5
3.6
2.9
-.3
-.9
-2.3
-.9
3.1
-1.3
2.4

-.1
.2
.3
.0
.3
.0
-2.0
-2.5
3.6
-2.8
.3
.0
.2

.2
.2
.2
1.6
.2
.9
.4
.5
1.6
.4
.3
-.3
.3

.2
.2
.1
-.3
.4
.4
.3
.2
1.6
.2
.3
-.4
.2

.3
.3
.3
.3
.3
.0
.5
.6
2.1
.5
.3
.3
.2

Apparel ....................................................................................
Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................
Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................
Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel 1 ..............................................
Footwear ...............................................................................

4.831
1.243
1.864
.256
1.165

123.5
119.8
116.8
128.4
121.4

125.5
122.3
119.3
129.5
122.3

-2.2
-3.9
-.7
-3.0
-2.1

1.6
2.1
2.1
.9
.7

1.1
-.5
2.3
1.2
.9

.1
-.2
-.3
1.3
.4

-.2
-.5
.3
.9
-.7

Transportation .........................................................................
Private transportation ............................................................
New and used motor vehicles 2 ...........................................
New vehicles .....................................................................
Used cars and trucks .........................................................
Motor fuel ............................................................................
Gasoline (all types) ............................................................
Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ...................................
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................
Public transportation ..............................................................

19.393
18.452
10.145
4.897
4.099
3.153
3.120
.530
1.438
.941

153.1
150.4
99.0
139.8
153.1
122.1
121.6
106.7
192.9
201.9

154.0
151.4
99.0
140.7
151.5
124.9
124.4
106.2
193.3
199.2

1.7
1.9
-2.1
-1.0
-4.5
7.5
7.7
1.4
3.1
-2.2

.6
.7
.0
.6
-1.0
2.3
2.3
-.5
.2
-1.3

.5
.4
.2
.0
.4
.8
.8
.3
.7
.7

.3
.3
-.1
.5
-.8
1.2
1.3
-.3
-.1
-.9

.5
.6
-.4
.4
-1.6
3.5
3.4
-.5
.1
-1.2

Medical care ............................................................................
Medical care commodities .....................................................
Medical care services ............................................................
Professional services 3 .........................................................
Hospital and related services 3 ............................................

4.620
1.006
3.614
2.245
1.092

286.7
252.5
294.9
256.8
368.9

288.3
252.8
296.9
258.2
372.6

4.9
3.1
5.4
3.1
9.4

.6
.1
.7
.5
1.0

.2
.1
.2
.0
.8

.3
.2
.3
.0
.6

.7
.2
.8
.7
1.1

See footnotes at end of table.

Table 4. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by expenditure category
and commodity and service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-W

Relative
importance,
December
2001

Unadjusted
percent change to
Oct. 2002 from—

Unadjusted
indexes
Sep.
2002

Oct.
2002

Oct.
2001

Seasonally adjusted
percent change from—

Sep.
2002

July to
Aug.

Aug. to
Sep.

Sep. to
Oct.

Expenditure category
Recreation 2 .............................................................................
Video and audio 2 ...................................................................

5.649
1.803

104.4
101.4

104.6
101.8

0.8
1.2

0.2
.4

0.0
-.3

0.0
.1

0.3
.6

Education and communication 2 ..............................................
Education 2 .............................................................................
Educational books and supplies ..........................................
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .............................
Communication 1 2 .................................................................
Information and information processing 1 2 ..........................
Telephone services 1 2 .......................................................
Information and information processing other than
telephone services 1 5 ................................................
Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ..........

5.637
2.382
.203
2.178
3.255
3.107
2.591

109.1
129.3
323.9
364.9
93.9
92.7
100.3

109.0
129.6
324.2
365.7
93.6
92.4
100.2

1.8
6.0
4.0
6.2
-1.4
-1.9
.1

-.1
.2
.1
.2
-.3
-.3
-.1

.7
.7
.3
.8
.7
.8
1.1

-.2
.6
.0
.7
-.7
-.7
-.5

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

.516
.253

18.5
20.8

18.3
20.4

-12.9
-21.8

-1.1
-1.9

-1.0
-1.8

-2.1
-4.1

-1.1
-1.9

Other goods and services .......................................................
Tobacco and smoking products 1 ...........................................
Personal care 1 ......................................................................
Personal care products 1 ......................................................
Personal care services 1 ......................................................
Miscellaneous personal services .........................................

4.499
1.441
3.059
.815
.900
1.161

307.8
488.4
174.4
155.2
190.0
274.9

304.9
473.1
174.8
155.5
190.1
275.9

4.3
9.8
1.7
-.4
1.9
3.4

-.9
-3.1
.2
.2
.1
.4

.8
2.5
-.1
-.1
.2
.1

.6
1.6
.1
.1
.1
.0

-.9
-3.1
.2
.2
.1
.3

45.559
17.229
28.330
14.685
4.831
9.854
13.645
54.441
28.898
.314
3.778
.873
.357
6.573
3.614
10.033

151.0
176.2
136.4
149.4
123.5
169.1
121.1
207.6
195.5
110.1
137.6
113.7
120.2
208.8
294.9
244.1

151.4
176.3
136.9
150.6
125.5
169.7
121.0
207.8
196.1
110.1
133.8
114.0
120.4
210.0
296.9
244.6

.1
.9
-.4
2.2
-2.2
4.3
-2.7
3.4
3.6
2.9
-.9
3.1
2.4
4.5
5.4
3.3

.3
.1
.4
.8
1.6
.4
-.1
.1
.3
.0
-2.8
.3
.2
.6
.7
.2

.2
-.1
.4
1.6
1.1
1.6
.0
.3
.2
.9
.4
.3
.3
.5
.2
.5

.2
.2
.1
-.8
.1
-1.1
-.2
.2
.2
.4
.2
.3
.2
.2
.3
.1

.1
.1
.1
.8
-.2
1.3
-.3
.3
.3
.0
.5
.3
.2
.2
.8
.2

83.772
70.788
95.380
29.331
15.687
10.855
31.915
25.543
50.827
7.109
92.891
76.663
26.001
3.330
50.663

177.1
169.5
172.2
138.1
151.5
169.6
163.2
195.3
200.6
125.3
184.3
186.5
144.4
122.2
215.4
$ .565
$ .190

177.5
169.7
172.5
138.6
152.6
170.3
163.9
195.2
200.7
125.2
184.7
186.9
144.5
125.1
216.1
$ .564
$ .189

2.1
1.3
1.8
-.3
2.1
4.2
1.5
3.3
3.2
3.3
1.9
2.0
-1.2
7.2
3.7

.2
.1
.2
.4
.7
.4
.4
-.1
.0
-.1
.2
.2
.1
2.4
.3

.4
.4
.3
.4
1.3
1.6
.7
.5
.4
.7
.3
.3
.3
.8
.3

.2
.1
.2
.1
-.7
-1.1
-.2
.2
.4
.7
.1
.2
-.1
1.2
.2

.3
.2
.2
.1
.8
1.3
.3
.4
.2
1.9
.1
.1
-.3
3.4
.3

-

-

-

-

-

Commodity and service group
Commodities .............................................................................
Food and beverages ...............................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ...................................
Nondurables less food and beverages ..................................
Apparel ................................................................................
Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................
Durables ................................................................................
Services .....................................................................................
Rent of shelter 4 .......................................................................
Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 .....................................
Gas (piped) and electricity 3 .....................................................
Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .....................
Household operations 1 2 .........................................................
Transportation services ...........................................................
Medical care services ..............................................................
Other services .........................................................................
Special indexes
All items less food .....................................................................
All items less shelter ..................................................................
All items less medical care ........................................................
Commodities less food ..............................................................
Nondurables less food ...............................................................
Nondurables less food and apparel ...........................................
Nondurables ..............................................................................
Services less rent of shelter 4 ....................................................
Services less medical care services ..........................................
Energy .......................................................................................
All items less energy .................................................................
All items less food and energy ................................................
Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................
Energy commodities ............................................................
Services less energy services ...............................................
Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1982-84=$1.00) .....
Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ..........

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 converted to a geometric means estimator in
January, 1999.

-

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)
Seasonally adjusted indexes

Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for
3 months ended—

CPI-W
July
2002

Aug.
2002

Sep.
2002

Oct.
2002

Jan.
2002

Apr.
2002

July
2002

6 months
ended—
Oct.
2002

Apr.
2002

Oct.
2002

Expenditure category
All items .....................................................................................

176.0

176.5

176.8

177.2

-0.5

4.4

0.9

2.8

2.0

1.8

Food and beverages ...............................................................
Food ......................................................................................
Food at home ......................................................................
Cereals and bakery products ............................................
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ...........................................
Dairy and related products 1 ..............................................
Fruits and vegetables ........................................................
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .............
Other food at home ...........................................................
Sugar and sweets ............................................................
Fats and oils ....................................................................
Other foods ......................................................................
Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 .......................................
Food away from home 1 .......................................................
Other food away from home 1 2 .........................................
Alcoholic beverages ..............................................................

176.0
175.5
174.4
198.0
162.3
167.4
218.6
137.9
160.0
159.7
154.4
176.9
110.8
178.4
118.2
183.4

175.9
175.3
174.0
197.5
161.7
167.0
219.2
137.0
159.5
159.4
153.6
176.4
109.9
178.7
118.5
183.8

176.3
175.7
174.4
198.6
161.1
166.1
219.1
140.1
160.3
159.3
155.2
177.2
110.1
179.0
119.3
183.4

176.4
175.8
174.2
199.1
160.6
166.4
217.1
140.2
160.6
159.6
155.4
177.7
110.1
179.4
119.6
184.5

1.1
1.2
.5
3.1
-1.5
-2.6
8.1
-3.1
.2
3.1
-3.5
.5
-.7
1.8
.3
1.6

1.6
1.6
1.8
2.0
1.5
-2.3
7.0
2.0
.5
4.9
-3.0
.2
-2.9
1.6
5.6
3.1

.0
.0
-2.0
.2
-.7
-3.0
-4.3
-3.1
-2.5
.5
-4.0
-2.9
8.8
3.0
2.8
1.3

.9
.7
-.5
2.2
-4.1
-2.4
-2.7
6.8
1.5
-.3
2.6
1.8
-2.5
2.3
4.8
2.4

1.4
1.4
1.2
2.6
.0
-2.4
7.6
-.6
.4
4.0
-3.3
.3
-1.8
1.7
3.0
2.3

.5
.3
-1.3
1.2
-2.4
-2.7
-3.5
1.7
-.5
.1
-.8
-.6
3.0
2.6
3.8
1.9

Housing ...................................................................................
Shelter ...................................................................................
Rent of primary residence 3 .................................................
Lodging away from home 2 3 ................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 .................
Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 .................................
Fuels and utilities ...................................................................
Fuels ....................................................................................
Fuel oil and other fuels ......................................................
Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ...............................................
Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .................
Household furnishings and operations ..................................
Household operations 1 2 .....................................................

175.8
202.0
199.4
116.5
195.4
108.7
142.4
125.6
114.6
132.9
113.1
124.6
119.7

176.2
202.5
199.8
118.4
195.7
109.7
143.0
126.2
116.4
133.4
113.4
124.2
120.0

176.5
203.0
200.0
118.1
196.4
110.1
143.4
126.5
118.3
133.7
113.7
123.7
120.2

177.0
203.6
200.6
118.5
196.9
110.1
144.1
127.3
120.8
134.4
114.0
124.1
120.4

2.6
4.8
4.4
6.7
4.5
-2.2
-5.4
-7.3
-38.6
-4.9
4.0
-1.3
3.1

2.6
3.9
3.5
7.7
3.8
3.0
-2.2
-3.4
12.2
-4.1
3.3
-1.3
1.7

2.1
2.4
3.3
-10.0
3.1
5.7
1.7
1.6
7.3
1.5
1.8
-.6
2.4

2.8
3.2
2.4
7.0
3.1
5.3
4.9
5.5
23.5
4.6
3.2
-1.6
2.4

2.6
4.3
4.0
7.2
4.1
.4
-3.8
-5.4
-17.0
-4.5
3.6
-1.3
2.4

2.4
2.8
2.9
-1.8
3.1
5.5
3.3
3.5
15.1
3.0
2.5
-1.1
2.4

Apparel ....................................................................................
Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................
Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................
Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel 1 ..............................................
Footwear ...............................................................................

121.5
121.3
112.4
125.3
119.7

122.8
120.7
115.0
126.8
120.8

122.9
120.5
114.7
128.4
121.3

122.7
119.9
115.1
129.5
120.5

-8.0
-5.3
-7.7
-18.9
-10.0

6.3
4.0
8.0
16.7
8.3

-10.2
-9.3
-11.5
-18.1
-8.2

4.0
-4.5
10.0
14.1
2.7

-1.1
-.8
-.2
-2.7
-1.3

-3.3
-7.0
-1.4
-3.3
-2.9

Transportation .........................................................................
Private transportation ............................................................
New and used motor vehicles 2 ...........................................
New vehicles .....................................................................
Used cars and trucks .........................................................
Motor fuel ............................................................................
Gasoline (all types) ............................................................
Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ...................................
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................
Public transportation ..............................................................

152.4
149.7
99.4
140.4
153.9
119.1
118.5
106.7
191.6
202.0

153.1
150.3
99.6
140.4
154.5
120.1
119.5
107.0
192.9
203.5

153.5
150.7
99.5
141.1
153.2
121.5
121.0
106.7
192.7
201.7

154.2
151.6
99.1
141.6
150.7
125.7
125.1
106.2
192.9
199.2

-9.4
-9.6
-1.2
-.3
-3.3
-43.4
-43.6
2.3
3.2
-.2

12.4
13.0
-6.2
-5.2
-7.9
104.2
103.7
2.7
4.5
-2.5

.0
.3
.0
-1.4
1.6
-6.4
-5.9
2.7
1.9
-.6

4.8
5.2
-1.2
3.5
-8.1
24.1
24.2
-1.9
2.7
-5.4

.9
1.1
-3.7
-2.8
-5.6
7.5
7.2
2.5
3.9
-1.4

2.4
2.7
-.6
1.0
-3.4
7.7
8.1
.4
2.3
-3.0

Medical care ............................................................................
Medical care commodities .....................................................
Medical care services ............................................................
Professional services 3 .........................................................
Hospital and related services 3 ............................................

285.4
251.8
293.5
256.9
363.5

286.0
252.1
294.2
256.9
366.4

286.9
252.5
295.2
257.0
368.5

288.8
253.1
297.5
258.7
372.6

4.9
4.0
5.1
3.2
8.9

4.1
2.4
4.7
1.1
11.0

5.8
3.9
6.4
5.0
7.4

4.9
2.1
5.6
2.8
10.4

4.5
3.2
4.9
2.2
9.9

5.3
3.0
6.0
3.9
8.9

See footnotes at end of table.

Table 5. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by
expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
Seasonally adjusted indexes

Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for
3 months ended—

CPI-W
July
2002

Aug.
2002

Sep.
2002

Oct.
2002

Jan.
2002

Apr.
2002

July
2002

6 months
ended—
Oct.
2002

Apr.
2002

Oct.
2002

Expenditure category
Recreation 2 .............................................................................
Video and audio 1 2 ................................................................

104.5
101.7

104.5
101.4

104.5
101.5

104.8
102.1

1.2
2.4

2.3
2.0

-1.5
-1.2

1.2
1.6

1.7
2.2

-0.2
.2

Education and communication 2 ..............................................
Education 2 .............................................................................
Educational books and supplies ..........................................
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .............................
Communication 1 2 .................................................................
Information and information processing 1 2 ..........................
Telephone services 1 2 .......................................................
Information and information processing other than
telephone services 1 5 ................................................
Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ..........

107.9
126.2
321.7
355.3
93.9
92.7
99.7

108.7
127.1
322.6
358.0
94.6
93.4
100.8

108.5
127.9
322.7
360.6
93.9
92.7
100.3

108.5
128.3
323.2
361.8
93.6
92.4
100.2

1.9
4.0
-10.9
5.4
-.8
-.8
1.2

-3.0
6.0
17.8
4.8
-8.6
-9.4
-7.7

6.6
7.3
9.2
7.0
5.7
4.4
5.4

2.2
6.8
1.9
7.5
-1.3
-1.3
2.0

-.6
5.0
2.5
5.1
-4.8
-5.2
-3.4

4.4
7.1
5.5
7.3
2.2
1.5
3.7

19.1
22.1

18.9
21.7

18.5
20.8

18.3
20.4

-16.1
-24.9

-15.0
-26.5

-4.1
-6.9

-15.7
-27.4

-15.5
-25.7

-10.1
-17.8

Other goods and services .......................................................
Tobacco and smoking products 1 ...........................................
Personal care 1 ......................................................................
Personal care products 1 ......................................................
Personal care services 1 ......................................................
Miscellaneous personal services .........................................

303.5
468.8
174.4
155.3
189.4
275.0

306.0
480.7
174.3
155.1
189.8
275.2

307.8
488.4
174.4
155.2
190.0
275.2

304.9
473.1
174.8
155.5
190.1
275.9

2.2
2.4
1.9
-.5
1.1
4.6

10.9
29.8
2.8
.8
3.7
3.9

2.4
5.4
1.2
-2.3
1.5
3.9

1.9
3.7
.9
.5
1.5
1.3

6.5
15.3
2.3
.1
2.4
4.2

2.1
4.5
1.0
-.9
1.5
2.6

150.5
176.0
135.7
146.9
121.5
166.3
121.8
206.0
194.7
108.7
132.9
113.1
119.7
208.0
293.5
242.0

150.8
175.9
136.3
149.2
122.8
169.0
121.8
206.7
195.1
109.7
133.4
113.4
120.0
209.0
294.2
243.3

151.1
176.3
136.4
148.0
122.9
167.2
121.6
207.2
195.5
110.1
133.7
113.7
120.2
209.5
295.2
243.5

151.2
176.4
136.6
149.2
122.7
169.4
121.2
207.9
196.1
110.1
134.4
114.0
120.4
210.0
297.5
244.1

-5.7
1.1
-9.6
-13.0
-8.0
-15.1
-2.5
3.8
4.7
-2.2
-4.9
4.0
3.1
5.3
5.1
3.1

6.6
1.6
9.6
23.3
6.3
31.7
-5.4
3.0
4.0
3.0
-4.1
3.3
1.7
4.6
4.7
1.5

-1.8
.0
-2.9
-4.8
-10.2
-1.7
-.7
3.2
2.5
5.7
1.5
1.8
2.4
4.3
6.4
4.9

1.9
.9
2.7
6.4
4.0
7.7
-2.0
3.7
2.9
5.3
4.6
3.2
2.4
3.9
5.6
3.5

.3
1.4
-.4
3.6
-1.1
5.7
-4.0
3.4
4.4
.4
-4.5
3.6
2.4
4.9
4.9
2.3

.0
.5
-.1
.7
-3.3
2.9
-1.3
3.5
2.7
5.5
3.0
2.5
2.4
4.1
6.0
4.2

175.9
168.4
171.2
137.4
149.3
167.0
161.9
193.4
199.0
121.7
183.6
185.7
144.1
119.4
214.2

176.6
169.0
171.7
138.0
151.2
169.7
163.0
194.4
199.7
122.5
184.1
186.3
144.6
120.4
214.9

176.9
169.2
172.0
138.2
150.2
167.9
162.6
194.7
200.4
123.4
184.3
186.6
144.5
121.8
215.4

177.4
169.5
172.4
138.3
151.4
170.1
163.1
195.4
200.9
125.8
184.5
186.7
144.0
126.0
216.1

-.9
-2.6
-.9
-9.2
-12.1
-13.9
-6.1
1.7
2.9
-26.2
1.8
2.2
-2.2
-42.8
4.5

5.2
4.9
4.6
9.2
22.0
28.9
11.6
2.3
3.5
38.1
2.2
2.2
.0
98.6
3.5

.9
.2
.7
-2.9
-3.9
-1.7
-2.0
4.9
2.9
-2.6
1.3
1.5
-2.5
-5.8
3.4

3.5
2.6
2.8
2.6
5.7
7.6
3.0
4.2
3.9
14.2
2.0
2.2
-.3
24.0
3.6

2.1
1.1
1.8
-.4
3.5
5.3
2.4
2.0
3.2
1.0
2.0
2.2
-1.1
6.6
4.0

2.2
1.4
1.8
-.1
.8
2.9
.5
4.6
3.4
5.5
1.6
1.8
-1.4
8.1
3.5

Commodity and service group
Commodities .............................................................................
Food and beverages ...............................................................
Commodities less food and beverages ...................................
Nondurables less food and beverages ..................................
Apparel ................................................................................
Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................
Durables ................................................................................
Services .....................................................................................
Rent of shelter 4 .......................................................................
Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 .....................................
Gas (piped) and electricity 3 .....................................................
Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .....................
Household operations 1 2 .........................................................
Transportation services ...........................................................
Medical care services ..............................................................
Other services .........................................................................
Special indexes
All items less food .....................................................................
All items less shelter ..................................................................
All items less medical care ........................................................
Commodities less food ..............................................................
Nondurables less food ...............................................................
Nondurables less food and apparel ...........................................
Nondurables ..............................................................................
Services less rent of shelter 4 ....................................................
Services less medical care services ..........................................
Energy .......................................................................................
All items less energy .................................................................
All items less food and energy ................................................
Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................
Energy commodities ............................................................
Services less energy services ...............................................

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 converted to a geometric means estimator in

January, 1999.
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)
All items

CPI-W
U.S. city average ...........................................

Indexes

Percent change to
Oct.2002 from—

Pricing
schedule
1

July
2002

Aug.
2002

Sep.
2002

Oct.
2002

Oct.
2001

Aug.
2002

Percent change to
Sep.2002 from—

Sep.
2002

Sep.
2001

July
2002

Aug.
2002

M

176.1

176.6

177.0

177.3

1.9

0.4

0.2

1.3

0.5

0.2

Northeast urban .............................................
Size A - More than 1,500,000 ...................
Size B/C 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 .................

M
M
M

184.7
185.2
111.7

185.7
186.4
112.0

186.2
186.7
112.5

186.5
186.9
112.9

2.6
2.7
2.5

.4
.3
.8

.2
.1
.4

2.4
2.4
2.4

.8
.8
.7

.3
.2
.4

Midwest urban ...............................................
Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000) ..............................................

M
M
M

170.8
172.1
110.9

171.3
172.8
111.0

171.7
173.4
111.1

171.8
173.3
111.4

2.0
2.3
1.5

.3
.3
.4

.1
-.1
.3

.5
1.2
-.6

.5
.8
.2

.2
.3
.1

M

167.3

167.6

167.8

168.1

1.9

.3

.2

.4

.3

.1

South urban ...................................................
Size A - More than 1,500,000 ...................
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ...............
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000) ..............................................

M
M
M

171.1
172.2
110.2

171.3
172.7
110.2

171.7
172.9
110.5

172.3
173.7
110.9

1.5
1.8
1.4

.6
.6
.6

.3
.5
.4

.8
1.2
.5

.4
.4
.3

.2
.1
.3

M

172.1

172.8

173.0

173.2

1.4

.2

.1

1.3

.5

.1

West urban ....................................................
Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................

M
M
M

179.8
180.8
112.2

180.3
181.3
112.5

180.7
181.7
112.7

180.8
181.7
112.9

1.7
2.1
1.0

.3
.2
.4

.1
.0
.2

1.7
2.0
1.2

.5
.5
.4

.2
.2
.2

M
M
M

162.7
110.9
172.0

163.4
111.0
172.5

163.8
111.3
172.9

164.0
111.6
173.0

2.3
1.5
1.5

.4
.5
.3

.1
.3
.1

1.8
.6
1.1

.7
.4
.5

.2
.3
.2

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ..................
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ..
New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA ........................................

M
M

175.1
175.0

175.5
175.6

175.8
176.3

176.5
176.5

2.7
3.2

.6
.5

.4
.1

1.2
2.8

.4
.7

.2
.4

M

187.1

188.1

188.6

188.8

3.0

.4

.1

2.7

.8

.3

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ....
Cleveland-Akron, OH .....................................
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ....................................
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ......

1
1
1
1

194.1
164.5
172.6
113.1

-

197.7
165.7
172.9
113.7

-

-

-

-

3.0
-.5
.2
1.9

1.9
.7
.2
.5

-

Atlanta, GA ....................................................
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ...................
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD .......................................
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ..........
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ...................

2
2
2
2

-

176.8
175.0
158.0
172.8

-

176.3
175.0
160.3
174.5

1.3
3.5
1.6
1.6

-.3
.0
1.5
1.0

-

-

-

-

2
2
2

-

186.7
189.3
184.8

-

185.6
190.0
185.5

1.8
1.3
1.3

-.6
.4
.4

-

-

-

-

Region and area size2

Size classes
A 4 ..............................................................
B/C 3 ...........................................................
D ................................................................
Selected local areas5

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,
1999-2000

Unadjusted
percent change to
Oct. 2002 from—

Unadjusted
indexes
Sep.
2002

Oct.
2002

Oct.
2001

Sep.
2002

Expenditure category
All items .....................................................................................
Food and beverages ...............................................................
Food ......................................................................................
Food at home ......................................................................
Food away from home .........................................................
Alcoholic beverages ..............................................................
Housing ...................................................................................
Shelter ...................................................................................
Fuels and utilities 1 .................................................................
Household furnishings and operations ..................................
Apparel ....................................................................................
Transportation .........................................................................
Private transportation ............................................................
Public transportation ..............................................................
Medical care ............................................................................
Medical care commodities .....................................................
Medical care services ............................................................
Recreation ...............................................................................
Education and communication ................................................
Education ..............................................................................
Communication .....................................................................
Other goods and services .......................................................

100.000
15.451
14.432
8.335
6.096
1.019
40.040
30.643
4.376
5.020
4.819
17.770
16.520
1.250
5.563
1.330
4.233
6.124
6.068
2.546
3.522
4.164

106.0
106.2
106.2
105.3
107.6
106.4
109.4
110.7
113.8
98.2
94.8
103.0
103.0
102.3
112.7
109.6
113.7
102.1
97.6
118.3
84.7
111.3

106.2
106.3
106.3
105.2
107.8
106.8
109.3
111.0
111.4
98.1
96.5
103.6
103.8
100.7
113.3
109.7
114.4
102.2
97.4
118.6
84.2
110.8

1.7
1.0
1.0
.0
2.4
2.0
2.4
3.4
-.2
-1.2
-2.4
1.6
1.9
-2.7
4.7
3.1
5.1
.2
-.1
6.3
-4.4
3.0

0.2
.1
.1
-.1
.2
.4
-.1
.3
-2.1
-.1
1.8
.6
.8
-1.6
.5
.1
.6
.1
-.2
.3
-.6
-.4

57.098
42.902
12.953
29.949
78.851
6.717

110.4
100.5
91.8
104.5
105.5
R111.7

110.5
100.8
91.7
105.0
105.7
111.3

3.2
-.3
-3.4
1.1
1.7
2.7

.1
.3
-.1
.5
.2
-.4

Commodity and service group
Services 2 ...................................................................................
Commodities .............................................................................
Durables ..................................................................................
Nondurables ..............................................................................
All items less food and energy ................................................
Energy 3 .....................................................................................
1
2
3
R

Revised index for U.S. city average: Aug. 2002=113.6.
Revised index for U.S. city average: Aug. 2002=110.5.
Revised index for U.S. city average: July 2002=111.2.
Revised.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Indexes for 2002 are initial estimates. Indexes for 2001 are interim adjustments.