Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U. S. city average, by expenditure category

Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, April 2025 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Expenditure category	Relative importance Mar. 2025	Unadjusted indexes			Unadjusted percent change		Seasonally adjusted percent change
Expenditure category	Relative importance Mar. 2025	Apr. 2024	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2024- Apr. 2025	Mar. 2025- Apr. 2025	Jan. 2025- Feb. 2025	Feb. 2025- Mar. 2025	Mar. 2025- Apr. 2025
All items	100.000	313.548	319.799	320.795	2.3	0.3	0.2	-0.1	0.2
Food	13.681	328.678	337.751	337.747	2.8	0.0	0.2	0.4	-0.1
Food at home	8.051	305.707	312.815	311.840	2.0	-0.3	0.0	0.5	-0.4
Cereals and bakery products	1.101	355.852	358.450	355.976	0.0	-0.7	0.4	-0.1	-0.5
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs	1.669	322.323	348.179	344.883	7.0	-0.9	1.6	1.3	-1.6
Dairy and related products(1)	0.734	267.474	272.244	271.750	1.6	-0.2	-1.0	1.0	-0.2
Fruits and vegetables	1.307	352.274	350.379	349.187	-0.9	-0.3	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials	0.909	220.712	226.835	227.738	3.2	0.4	-0.5	0.6	0.7
Other food at home	2.331	273.306	275.216	275.270	0.7	0.0	-0.5	0.5	-0.1
Food away from home(1)	5.629	365.813	378.363	380.039	3.9	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4

Energy	6.312	290.760	275.734	279.888	-3.7	1.5	0.2	-2.4	0.7
Energy commodities	3.151	328.797	284.059	290.949	-11.5	2.4	-0.9	-6.1	-0.2
Fuel oil	0.077	381.962	358.803	345.315	-9.6	-3.8	0.8	-4.2	-1.3
Motor fuel	3.009	323.189	277.604	285.351	-11.7	2.8	-0.9	-6.2	-0.1
Gasoline (all types)	2.927	322.434	276.558	284.526	-11.8	2.9	-1.0	-6.3	-0.1
Energy services	3.161	264.252	278.929	280.577	6.2	0.6	1.4	1.6	1.5
Electricity	2.390	276.653	285.983	286.652	3.6	0.2	1.0	0.9	0.8
Utility (piped) gas service	0.771	221.729	252.218	256.501	15.7	1.7	2.5	3.6	3.7

All items less food and energy	80.007	317.978	325.933	326.815	2.8	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.2
Commodities less food and energy commodities	19.367	165.700	165.707	165.916	0.1	0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.1
Apparel	2.577	133.502	134.082	132.544	-0.7	-1.1	0.6	0.4	-0.2
New vehicles	4.350	178.250	178.168	178.795	0.3	0.4	-0.1	0.1	0.0
Used cars and trucks	2.380	180.132	181.932	182.861	1.5	0.5	0.9	-0.7	-0.5
Medical care commodities(1)	1.509	410.743	412.995	414.709	1.0	0.4	0.1	-1.1	0.4
Alcoholic beverages(1)	0.833	289.717	294.847	294.880	1.8	0.0	0.5	0.2	0.0
Tobacco and smoking products(1)	0.483	1,509.890	1,612.246	1,616.786	7.1	0.3	0.6	0.6	0.3
Services less energy services	60.640	414.828	428.368	429.724	3.6	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.3
Shelter	35.426	397.539	411.990	413.389	4.0	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3
Rent of primary residence	7.463	416.386	431.798	432.956	4.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)	26.176	407.538	423.955	425.106	4.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4
Medical care services	6.736	610.151	626.888	629.307	3.1	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.5
Physicians' services(1)	1.814	415.648	427.102	428.574	3.1	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3
Hospital services(1)(3)	1.949	415.025	427.689	430.162	3.6	0.6	0.1	1.1	0.6
Transportation services	6.270	434.629	442.901	445.550	2.5	0.6	-0.8	-1.4	0.1
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair(1)	1.022	404.380	424.012	426.849	5.6	0.7	0.3	0.8	0.7
Motor vehicle insurance	2.829	839.077	890.353	892.553	6.4	0.2	0.3	-0.8	0.6
Airline fares	0.872	277.450	252.620	255.592	-7.9	1.2	-4.0	-5.3	-2.8
Footnotes (1) Not seasonally adjusted. (2) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. (3) Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.

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