Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U. S. city average, special aggregate indexes

Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, special aggregate indexes, May 2024 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Special aggregate indexes	Relative importance Apr. 2024	Unadjusted indexes			Unadjusted percent change		Seasonally adjusted percent change
Special aggregate indexes	Relative importance Apr. 2024	May 2023	Apr. 2024	May 2024	May 2023- May 2024	Apr. 2024- May 2024	Feb. 2024- Mar. 2024	Mar. 2024- Apr. 2024	Apr. 2024- May 2024

All items less food	86.605	301.327	311.182	311.714	3.4	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.0
All items less shelter	63.857	278.336	284.224	284.261	2.1	0.0	0.4	0.3	-0.2
All items less food and shelter	50.463	267.496	273.263	273.211	2.1	0.0	0.4	0.3	-0.3
All items less food, shelter, and energy	43.436	268.970	273.967	274.001	1.9	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.0
All items less food, shelter, energy, and used cars and trucks	41.534	272.328	279.271	279.247	2.5	0.0	0.4	0.3	-0.1
All items less medical care	92.054	292.373	301.559	301.981	3.3	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.0
All items less energy	92.973	309.312	318.689	319.309	3.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2
Commodities	35.940	224.515	224.926	224.786	0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.2	-0.4
Commodities less food, energy, and used cars and trucks	16.704	165.049	164.141	163.893	-0.7	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1
Commodities less food	22.546	182.475	181.119	180.794	-0.9	-0.2	0.1	0.4	-0.6
Commodities less food and beverages	21.705	178.852	177.393	177.054	-1.0	-0.2	0.1	0.4	-0.7
Services	64.060	382.233	401.020	402.200	5.2	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.2
Services less rent of shelter(1)	28.325	395.956	415.161	415.639	5.0	0.1	0.8	0.2	0.0
Services less medical care services	57.572	366.070	384.975	386.111	5.5	0.3	0.6	0.3	0.2
Durables	10.021	128.059	123.372	123.167	-3.8	-0.2	-0.2	-0.5	-0.5
Nondurables	25.919	274.606	279.693	279.631	1.8	0.0	0.1	0.6	-0.4
Nondurables less food	12.524	234.724	238.653	238.200	1.5	-0.2	0.0	1.2	-0.9
Nondurables less food and beverages	11.684	231.597	235.493	234.992	1.5	-0.2	0.0	1.3	-1.0
Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel	9.076	299.013	304.097	303.965	1.7	0.0	0.0	1.3	-1.2
Nondurables less food and apparel	9.916	296.231	301.226	301.139	1.7	0.0	-0.1	1.3	-1.1
Housing	44.906	318.205	331.688	332.777	4.6	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.3
Education and communication(2)	5.827	145.205	146.040	145.955	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
Education(2)	2.449	288.843	295.736	296.691	2.7	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.4
Communication(2)	3.378	75.415	74.986	74.736	-0.9	-0.3	-0.1	0.2	-0.3
Information and information processing(2)	3.311	71.022	70.556	70.318	-1.0	-0.3	-0.1	0.2	-0.3
Information technology, hardware and services(3)	1.769	7.120	7.106	7.050	-1.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.2	-0.8
Recreation(2)	5.252	136.280	138.412	138.118	1.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.2	-0.2
Video and audio(2)	1.202	116.495	119.272	117.916	1.2	-1.1	0.6	0.3	-1.0
Pets, pet products and services(2)	1.048	219.876	223.045	223.379	1.6	0.1	1.0	-0.2	0.1
Photography(2)	0.075	84.267	87.154	85.614	1.6	-1.8	0.1	0.3	-1.7
Food and beverages	14.235	319.811	326.107	326.545	2.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
Domestically produced farm food	6.699	312.861	316.011	316.232	1.1	0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.1
Other services	9.751	402.996	414.998	414.873	2.9	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.0
Apparel less footwear	2.073	123.366	125.431	124.300	0.8	-0.9	0.7	1.5	-0.3
Fuels and utilities	4.339	297.818	311.410	311.649	4.6	0.1	0.5	-0.3	-0.1
Household energy	3.250	249.289	260.399	260.721	4.6	0.1	0.6	-0.6	-0.2
Medical care	7.946	547.420	561.612	564.249	3.1	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5
Transportation	16.340	268.862	276.687	276.623	2.9	0.0	0.8	0.7	-1.1
Private transportation	15.191	267.275	275.873	275.609	3.1	-0.1	0.9	0.7	-0.9
New and used motor vehicles(2)	6.233	129.619	125.017	125.162	-3.4	0.1	-0.2	-0.8	0.0
Utilities and public transportation	7.654	253.643	259.890	260.241	2.6	0.1	0.4	-0.3	-0.4
Household furnishings and operations	4.425	148.667	147.173	146.719	-1.3	-0.3	0.1	-0.5	-0.2
Other goods and services	2.886	536.518	556.486	556.772	3.8	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.2
Personal care	2.348	273.439	282.151	281.294	2.9	-0.3	0.4	0.5	-0.1
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. (2) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. (3) Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.

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