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Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U. S. city average, special aggregate indexes

Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, special aggregate indexes, May 2025 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Special aggregate indexes Relative
importance
Apr.
2025		 Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change Seasonally adjusted percent change
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 less food

 86.362 311.714 318.161 318.804 2.3 0.2 -0.1 0.3 0.0

All items less shelter

 64.564 284.261 288.084 288.519 1.5 0.2 -0.2 0.2 0.0

All items less food and shelter

 50.926 273.211 275.956 276.298 1.1 0.1 -0.4 0.2 -0.1

All items less food, shelter, and energy

 44.539 274.001 278.830 279.195 1.9 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0.0

All items less food, shelter, energy, and used cars and trucks

 42.154 279.247 284.264 284.537 1.9 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1

All items less medical care

 91.749 301.981 308.420 309.061 2.3 0.2 -0.1 0.2 0.1

All items less energy

 93.613 319.309 327.535 328.249 2.8 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2

Commodities

 36.187 224.786 224.494 224.646 -0.1 0.1 -0.4 0.0 -0.1

Commodities less food, energy, and used cars and trucks

 16.947 163.893 164.093 164.039 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0

Commodities less food

 22.549 180.794 177.584 177.506 -1.8 0.0 -1.0 0.0 -0.4

Commodities less food and beverages

 21.719 177.054 173.672 173.602 -1.9 0.0 -1.0 0.0 -0.4

Services

 63.813 402.200 415.924 417.126 3.7 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.2

Services less rent of shelter(1)

 28.789 415.639 429.054 430.191 3.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2

Services less medical care services

 57.073 386.111 399.536 400.762 3.8 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3

Durables

 10.901 123.167 122.916 123.180 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 -0.1

Nondurables

 25.286 279.631 279.429 279.441 -0.1 0.0 -0.9 -0.1 -0.3

Nondurables less food

 11.648 238.200 231.195 230.536 -3.2 -0.3 -2.3 -0.1 -0.9

Nondurables less food and beverages

 10.818 234.992 227.306 226.632 -3.6 -0.3 -2.5 -0.1 -0.9

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel

 8.279 303.965 291.083 290.844 -4.3 -0.1 -3.3 -0.1 -1.0

Nondurables less food and apparel

 9.109 301.139 289.877 289.624 -3.8 -0.1 -3.0 -0.1 -0.9

Housing

 44.246 332.777 344.801 345.938 4.0 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.3

Education and communication(2)

 5.664 145.955 146.354 146.395 0.3 0.0 0.3 -0.1 0.1

Education(2)

 2.551 296.691 306.829 307.504 3.6 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.3

Communication(2)

 3.113 74.736 73.228 73.133 -2.1 -0.1 0.1 -0.4 -0.1

Information and information processing(2)

 3.061 70.318 68.822 68.732 -2.3 -0.1 0.1 -0.4 -0.1

Information technology, hardware and services(3)

 1.631 7.050 6.777 6.768 -4.0 -0.1 0.4 -0.7 -0.1

Recreation(2)

 5.293 138.118 140.627 140.630 1.8 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.1

Video and audio(2)

 1.066 117.916 119.394 119.687 1.5 0.2 -0.6 -0.3 0.4

Pets, pet products and services(2)

 1.161 223.379 227.266 228.349 2.2 0.5 -0.3 0.2 0.6

Photography(2)

 0.075 85.614 85.742 85.949 0.4 0.2 -0.9 0.5 0.3

Food and beverages

 14.468 326.545 334.918 335.687 2.8 0.2 0.4 -0.1 0.3

Domestically produced farm food

 6.742 316.232 322.132 322.940 2.1 0.3 0.5 -0.5 0.3

Other services

 10.040 414.873 425.090 425.136 2.5 0.0 0.4 -0.2 0.1

Apparel less footwear

 1.964 124.300 124.860 123.492 -0.7 -1.1 0.5 -0.1 -0.4

Fuels and utilities

 4.389 311.649 328.138 330.265 6.0 0.6 1.1 1.1 0.4

Household energy

 3.304 260.721 274.805 276.951 6.2 0.8 1.4 1.4 0.5

Medical care

 8.251 564.249 576.988 578.250 2.5 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.3

Transportation

 16.601 276.623 272.503 272.946 -1.3 0.2 -1.8 0.0 -0.7

Private transportation

 15.187 275.609 272.793 272.979 -1.0 0.1 -1.6 0.1 -0.5

New and used motor vehicles(2)

 7.397 125.162 125.514 125.850 0.5 0.3 -0.3 0.0 -0.3

Utilities and public transportation

 7.756 260.241 265.541 267.113 2.6 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.2

Household furnishings and operations

 4.421 146.719 150.485 150.690 2.7 0.1 0.0 1.0 0.3

Other goods and services

 2.938 556.772 576.398 578.031 3.8 0.3 1.0 0.1 0.5

Personal care

 2.455 281.294 289.965 290.478 3.3 0.2 1.0 0.1 0.5

Footnotes
(1) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
(2) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
(3) Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
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Last Modified Date: June 11, 2025