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, October 2020 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Expenditure category	Relative importance Sep. 2020	Unadjusted indexes			Unadjusted percent change		Seasonally adjusted percent change
Expenditure category	Relative importance Sep. 2020	Oct. 2019	Sep. 2020	Oct. 2020	Oct. 2019- Oct. 2020	Sep. 2020- Oct. 2020	Jul. 2020- Aug. 2020	Aug. 2020- Sep. 2020	Sep. 2020- Oct. 2020
All items	100.000	257.346	260.280	260.388	1.2	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.0
Food	14.084	259.632	269.163	269.828	3.9	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.2
Food at home	7.781	242.340	251.369	251.937	4.0	0.2	-0.1	-0.4	0.1
Cereals and bakery products	1.004	276.470	284.416	284.740	3.0	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.3
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs	1.743	250.592	265.386	265.796	6.1	0.2	-1.7	-0.4	0.4
Dairy and related products	0.789	220.738	230.656	229.155	3.8	-0.7	1.5	-0.5	-0.9
Fruits and vegetables	1.341	301.318	306.249	309.071	2.6	0.9	0.2	-0.4	0.1
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials	0.933	170.842	177.848	178.400	4.4	0.3	0.1	-0.8	-0.1
Other food at home	1.972	211.492	218.358	218.758	3.4	0.2	0.5	-0.6	0.3
Food away from home(1)	6.304	286.791	297.080	297.893	3.9	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.3

Energy	6.182	216.351	198.858	196.458	-9.2	-1.2	0.9	0.8	0.1
Energy commodities	3.034	240.279	199.741	196.835	-18.1	-1.5	2.0	-0.1	-0.5
Fuel oil	0.073	282.534	201.474	202.805	-28.2	0.7	3.9	-5.3	-0.3
Motor fuel	2.903	236.346	196.756	193.647	-18.1	-1.6	2.0	0.1	-0.6
Gasoline (all types)	2.841	235.168	195.888	192.792	-18.0	-1.6	2.0	0.1	-0.5
Energy services	3.148	202.556	207.454	205.445	1.4	-1.0	-0.2	1.6	0.8
Electricity	2.472	212.829	218.395	215.570	1.3	-1.3	-0.2	0.9	1.2
Utility (piped) gas service	0.676	169.138	171.873	172.255	1.8	0.2	-0.2	4.2	-0.7

All items less food and energy	79.734	265.059	269.054	269.328	1.6	0.1	0.4	0.2	0.0
Commodities less food and energy commodities	20.323	144.577	146.096	146.261	1.2	0.1	1.0	0.8	-0.2
Apparel	2.780	126.154	119.354	119.172	-5.5	-0.2	0.6	-0.5	-1.2
New vehicles	3.716	145.726	147.361	147.956	1.5	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.4
Used cars and trucks	2.788	138.407	152.887	154.381	11.5	1.0	5.4	6.7	-0.1
Medical care commodities	1.603	383.498	383.031	380.371	-0.8	-0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.8
Alcoholic beverages	1.032	253.207	257.730	258.936	2.3	0.5	0.3	-0.2	0.3
Tobacco and smoking products	0.601	1,134.550	1,183.975	1,186.127	4.5	0.2	0.4	0.4	-0.2
Services less energy services	59.411	340.302	345.880	346.220	1.7	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.1
Shelter	33.281	320.762	327.116	327.273	2.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1
Rent of primary residence	7.833	334.680	342.910	343.615	2.7	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)	24.166	328.762	336.095	336.965	2.5	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.2
Medical care services	7.337	545.652	567.525	565.999	3.7	-0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.3
Physicians' services	1.822	384.901	392.474	392.099	1.9	-0.1	0.1	-0.3	0.0
Hospital services(3)	2.222	344.363	355.129	354.289	2.9	-0.2	0.1	0.6	-0.6
Transportation services	5.066	326.582	308.143	309.965	-5.1	0.6	0.0	-0.9	0.1
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair(1)	1.093	298.925	308.198	308.569	3.2	0.1	0.6	0.2	0.1
Motor vehicle insurance	1.585	571.975	540.491	531.217	-7.1	-1.7	0.5	-3.5	-2.3
Airline fares	0.607	269.871	197.424	215.993	-20.0	9.4	1.2	-2.0	6.3
Footnotes (1) Not seasonally adjusted. (2) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. (3) Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.

Last Modified Date: November 12, 2020

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

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