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

Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, March 2021 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Expenditure category	Relative importance Feb. 2021	Unadjusted indexes			Unadjusted percent change		Seasonally adjusted percent change
Expenditure category	Relative importance Feb. 2021	Mar. 2020	Feb. 2021	Mar. 2021	Mar. 2020- Mar. 2021	Feb. 2021- Mar. 2021	Dec. 2020- Jan. 2021	Jan. 2021- Feb. 2021	Feb. 2021- Mar. 2021
All items	100.000	258.115	263.014	264.877	2.6	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.6
Food	14.052	262.708	271.363	271.812	3.5	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1
Food at home	7.741	245.163	252.716	253.231	3.3	0.2	-0.1	0.3	0.1
Cereals and bakery products	0.993	277.646	284.095	284.746	2.6	0.2	-0.8	0.5	-0.1
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs	1.733	254.724	266.606	268.457	5.4	0.7	0.5	0.3	0.1
Dairy and related products	0.780	225.627	230.452	229.249	1.6	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	-0.5
Fruits and vegetables	1.343	299.641	309.993	311.168	3.8	0.4	-0.2	0.7	1.0
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials	0.935	174.454	180.202	180.018	3.2	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	-0.2
Other food at home	1.958	214.565	219.110	219.263	2.2	0.1	-0.3	0.1	0.0
Food away from home(1)	6.311	290.216	300.540	300.897	3.7	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.1

Energy	6.561	199.573	213.277	225.861	13.2	5.9	3.5	3.9	5.0
Energy commodities	3.418	207.215	227.412	252.840	22.0	11.2	7.3	6.6	8.9
Fuel oil(1)	0.096	229.794	267.613	276.100	20.2	3.2	5.4	9.9	3.2
Motor fuel	3.251	203.512	222.667	248.681	22.2	11.7	7.4	6.4	9.1
Gasoline (all types)	3.181	202.205	221.689	247.652	22.5	11.7	7.4	6.4	9.1
Energy services	3.143	201.439	209.296	209.623	4.1	0.2	-0.3	0.9	0.6
Electricity	2.431	211.332	216.998	216.528	2.5	-0.2	-0.2	0.7	0.0
Utility (piped) gas service	0.712	168.994	183.006	185.624	9.8	1.4	-0.4	1.6	2.5

All items less food and energy	79.387	267.312	270.696	271.713	1.6	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.3
Commodities less food and energy commodities	20.172	144.718	146.532	147.160	1.7	0.4	0.1	-0.2	0.1
Apparel	2.766	123.815	119.998	120.746	-2.5	0.6	2.2	-0.7	-0.3
New vehicles	3.731	147.124	149.515	149.321	1.5	-0.1	-0.5	0.0	0.0
Used cars and trucks	2.711	140.689	150.221	153.873	9.4	2.4	-0.9	-0.9	0.5
Medical care commodities(1)	1.553	384.498	374.905	375.111	-2.4	0.1	-0.1	-0.7	0.1
Alcoholic beverages	1.030	255.660	260.011	260.652	2.0	0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.3
Tobacco and smoking products(1)	0.617	1,162.660	1,228.750	1,236.352	6.3	0.6	1.8	0.6	0.6
Services less energy services	59.215	343.990	348.361	349.607	1.6	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.4
Shelter	33.125	324.615	329.005	330.122	1.7	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.3
Rent of primary residence	7.804	339.519	345.242	345.717	1.8	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)	24.115	332.864	338.918	339.565	2.0	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.2
Medical care services	7.323	557.889	572.378	573.009	2.7	0.1	0.5	0.5	0.1
Physicians' services(1)	1.865	386.483	405.897	407.048	5.3	0.3	1.6	2.0	0.3
Hospital services(3)	2.227	351.350	359.521	361.468	2.9	0.5	0.3	-0.1	0.6
Transportation services	5.095	321.610	313.160	316.345	-1.6	1.0	-0.3	-0.1	1.8
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair(1)	1.094	304.131	311.627	314.660	3.5	1.0	0.2	0.3	1.0
Motor vehicle insurance	1.626	579.462	560.386	565.166	-2.5	0.9	1.6	0.7	3.3
Airline fares	0.600	232.113	197.204	197.134	-15.1	0.0	-3.2	-5.1	0.4
Footnotes (1) Not seasonally adjusted. (2) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. (3) Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.

Last Modified Date: April 13, 2021

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

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