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, May 2025 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Expenditure category	Relative importance Apr. 2025	Unadjusted indexes			Unadjusted percent change		Seasonally adjusted percent change
Expenditure category	Relative importance Apr. 2025	May 2024	Apr. 2025	May 2025	May 2024- May 2025	Apr. 2025- May 2025	Feb. 2025- Mar. 2025	Mar. 2025- Apr. 2025	Apr. 2025- May 2025
All items	100.000	314.069	320.795	321.465	2.4	0.2	-0.1	0.2	0.1
Food	13.638	329.120	337.747	338.598	2.9	0.3	0.4	-0.1	0.3
Food at home	8.001	305.679	311.840	312.491	2.2	0.2	0.5	-0.4	0.3
Cereals and bakery products	1.090	356.758	355.976	360.325	1.0	1.2	-0.1	-0.5	1.1
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs	1.648	323.414	344.883	343.032	6.1	-0.5	1.3	-1.6	-0.4
Dairy and related products(1)	0.730	266.749	271.750	271.348	1.7	-0.1	1.0	-0.2	-0.1
Fruits and vegetables	1.298	353.084	349.187	351.335	-0.5	0.6	-0.5	-0.4	0.3
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials	0.910	219.354	227.738	226.252	3.1	-0.7	0.6	0.7	-0.3
Other food at home	2.324	272.796	275.270	276.606	1.4	0.5	0.5	-0.1	0.7
Food away from home(1)	5.637	367.099	380.039	381.228	3.8	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.3

Energy	6.387	290.139	279.888	280.097	-3.5	0.1	-2.4	0.7	-1.0
Energy commodities	3.217	326.788	290.949	288.959	-11.6	-0.7	-6.1	-0.2	-2.4
Fuel oil	0.074	368.137	345.315	336.589	-8.6	-2.5	-4.2	-1.3	0.9
Motor fuel	3.083	321.561	285.351	283.403	-11.9	-0.7	-6.2	-0.1	-2.6
Gasoline (all types)	3.002	320.981	284.526	282.614	-12.0	-0.7	-6.3	-0.1	-2.6
Energy services	3.170	265.029	280.577	282.947	6.8	0.8	1.6	1.5	0.4
Electricity	2.388	277.584	286.652	290.055	4.5	1.2	0.9	0.8	0.9
Utility (piped) gas service	0.782	222.024	256.501	255.981	15.3	-0.2	3.6	3.7	-1.0

All items less food and energy	79.975	318.629	326.815	327.509	2.8	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1
Commodities less food and energy commodities	19.332	165.555	165.916	166.021	0.3	0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0
Apparel	2.539	132.433	132.544	131.223	-0.9	-1.0	0.4	-0.2	-0.4
New vehicles	4.352	177.958	178.795	178.728	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.3
Used cars and trucks	2.385	180.971	182.861	184.224	1.8	0.7	-0.7	-0.5	-0.5
Medical care commodities(1)	1.511	416.001	414.709	417.149	0.3	0.6	-1.1	0.4	0.6
Alcoholic beverages(1)	0.830	290.094	294.880	294.478	1.5	-0.1	0.2	0.0	-0.1
Tobacco and smoking products(1)	0.483	1,534.064	1,616.786	1,630.128	6.3	0.8	0.6	0.3	0.8
Services less energy services	60.643	416.048	429.724	430.841	3.6	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.2
Shelter	35.436	399.274	413.389	414.689	3.9	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3
Rent of primary residence	7.460	417.772	432.956	433.698	3.8	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)	26.166	409.208	425.106	426.214	4.2	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.3
Medical care services	6.741	611.904	629.307	630.162	3.0	0.1	0.5	0.5	0.2
Physicians' services(1)	1.814	415.581	428.574	427.488	2.9	-0.3	0.3	0.3	-0.3
Hospital services(1)(3)	1.954	417.163	430.162	432.089	3.6	0.4	1.1	0.6	0.4
Transportation services	6.288	435.299	445.550	447.544	2.8	0.4	-1.4	0.1	-0.2
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair(1)	1.026	405.487	426.849	426.264	5.1	-0.1	0.8	0.7	-0.1
Motor vehicle insurance	2.827	836.941	892.553	895.262	7.0	0.3	-0.8	0.6	0.7
Airline fares	0.880	280.958	255.592	260.319	-7.3	1.8	-5.3	-2.8	-2.7
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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