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Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Northeast

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, all items, in the United States and selected areas in the Northeast, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Area
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data
Annual
average
2025
Mar
2026
Apr
2026
Percent change
Annual
average
2024 to
2025
12 months
ended
Mar
2026
Apr
2026

U.S. City Average

321.943 330.213 333.020 2.6 3.3 3.8

Northeast region(1)

334.618 344.142 347.585 3.2 3.6 4.4

Northeast City Size Class (population)

A (greater than 2,500,000)

339.690 349.154 352.942 3.3 3.7 4.3

B/C (2,500,000 or less)(2)

196.340 202.068 203.903 3.0 3.6 4.4

New England(3)(4)

127.386 130.378 131.950 3.2 2.9 4.0

Middle Atlantic(4)(5)

128.691 132.634 133.849 3.1 4.0 4.5

Metropolitan areas

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH(6)

346.889 350.705   3.1 2.0  

New York-Newark-Jersey City

345.511 356.169 359.774 3.4 4.0 4.6

Footnotes
(1) The Northeast region includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
(2) December 1996=100.
(3) The New England division includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
(4) December 2017=100.
(5) The Middle Atlantic division includes New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
(6) Published in alternate months.

Source: Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households.