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 2020 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Expenditure category	Relative importance Mar. 2020	Unadjusted indexes			Unadjusted percent change		Seasonally adjusted percent change
Expenditure category	Relative importance Mar. 2020	Apr. 2019	Mar. 2020	Apr. 2020	Apr. 2019- Apr. 2020	Mar. 2020- Apr. 2020	Jan. 2020- Feb. 2020	Feb. 2020- Mar. 2020	Mar. 2020- Apr. 2020
All items	100.000	255.548	258.115	256.389	0.3	-0.7	0.1	-0.4	-0.8
Food	13.862	257.708	262.708	266.757	3.5	1.5	0.4	0.3	1.5
Food at home	7.652	241.878	245.163	251.717	4.1	2.7	0.5	0.5	2.6
Cereals and bakery products	0.989	276.640	277.646	285.160	3.1	2.7	0.5	0.1	2.9
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs	1.687	249.203	254.724	266.263	6.8	4.5	0.2	0.1	4.3
Dairy and related products	0.778	217.510	225.627	228.755	5.2	1.4	1.1	0.6	1.5
Fruits and vegetables	1.323	303.503	299.641	304.809	0.4	1.7	0.0	0.8	1.5
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials	0.923	170.727	174.454	179.235	5.0	2.7	0.5	0.9	2.9
Other food at home	1.954	211.078	214.565	219.233	3.9	2.2	0.8	0.6	1.9
Food away from home(1)	6.210	282.798	290.216	290.639	2.8	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1

Energy	6.256	222.499	199.573	183.081	-17.7	-8.3	-2.0	-5.8	-10.1
Energy commodities	3.174	253.547	207.215	174.001	-31.4	-16.0	-3.5	-10.4	-20.0
Fuel oil	0.084	291.424	229.794	194.716	-33.2	-15.3	-8.5	-13.7	-15.6
Motor fuel	3.028	249.550	203.512	170.378	-31.7	-16.3	-3.3	-10.4	-20.4
Gasoline (all types)	2.957	248.499	202.205	168.891	-32.0	-16.5	-3.4	-10.5	-20.6
Energy services	3.082	201.341	201.439	200.899	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.5	0.1
Electricity	2.412	210.525	211.332	211.040	0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	0.1
Utility (piped) gas service	0.670	171.004	168.994	167.751	-1.9	-0.7	-0.9	-1.4	0.2

All items less food and energy	79.882	262.332	267.312	266.089	1.4	-0.5	0.2	-0.1	-0.4
Commodities less food and energy commodities	20.300	144.851	144.718	143.613	-0.9	-0.8	0.2	-0.3	-0.7
Apparel	2.908	125.542	123.815	118.394	-5.7	-4.4	0.4	-2.0	-4.7
New vehicles	3.741	147.840	147.124	147.007	-0.6	-0.1	0.1	-0.4	0.0
Used cars and trucks	2.587	140.458	140.689	139.411	-0.7	-0.9	0.4	0.8	-0.4
Medical care commodities	1.623	381.256	384.498	383.911	0.7	-0.2	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
Alcoholic beverages	1.032	251.758	255.660	256.423	1.9	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3
Tobacco and smoking products	0.595	1,105.201	1,162.660	1,159.847	4.9	-0.2	0.6	1.0	-0.4
Services less energy services	59.582	335.468	343.990	342.776	2.2	-0.4	0.2	0.0	-0.4
Shelter	33.303	316.263	324.615	324.522	2.6	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
Rent of primary residence	7.820	328.678	339.519	340.135	3.5	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)	24.134	323.426	332.864	333.358	3.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.2
Medical care services	7.273	529.371	557.889	559.994	5.8	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.5
Physicians' services	1.809	382.150	386.483	386.862	1.2	0.1	0.2	0.3	-0.1
Hospital services(3)	2.217	335.198	351.350	352.676	5.2	0.4	-0.1	0.4	0.5
Transportation services	5.332	325.114	321.610	307.250	-5.5	-4.5	0.3	-1.9	-4.7
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair(1)	1.088	295.266	304.131	304.376	3.1	0.1	0.7	0.6	0.1
Motor vehicle insurance	1.713	570.492	579.462	534.842	-6.2	-7.7	0.5	0.6	-7.2
Airline fares	0.719	268.767	232.113	203.342	-24.3	-12.4	-0.3	-12.6	-15.2
Footnotes (1) Not seasonally adjusted. (2) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. (3) Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.

Last Modified Date: May 12, 2020

Consumer Price Index

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

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