Chart 9. Density of CPI major groups, January 2019–July 2023 (in percent)
Period	All items	Apparel	Education and communication	Food and beverages	Housing	Medical care	Other goods and services	Recreation	Transportation
Jan 2019	69.08	48.10	87.12	80.26	67.02	56.11	70.17	63.32	69.89
Feb 2019	70.17	51.49	87.02	81.83	67.30	60.17	71.00	64.06	71.35
Mar 2019	69.49	54.29	87.06	80.50	66.84	61.22	69.30	60.59	70.04
Apr 2019	70.62	57.33	87.15	82.06	67.50	60.00	69.90	63.33	72.80
May 2019	70.18	54.58	86.64	80.69	67.91	59.59	68.63	61.47	72.06
Jun 2019	70.29	56.13	86.37	81.95	67.03	59.63	70.44	63.46	72.70
Jul 2019	69.85	52.81	84.24	80.97	67.95	57.86	69.96	63.49	70.98
Aug 2019	69.97	57.27	83.97	81.28	67.16	58.98	70.04	64.96	71.68
Sep 2019	67.68	54.52	85.17	80.70	64.35	57.59	68.62	62.93	67.34
Oct 2019	69.32	55.26	84.99	80.40	67.24	60.89	68.30	63.06	68.33
Nov 2019	68.19	53.31	81.87	79.13	67.44	55.95	66.59	59.75	67.69
Dec 2019	69.71	56.19	84.35	83.14	66.37	58.55	70.31	64.21	71.01
Jan 2020	69.55	54.10	85.34	81.92	67.56	55.63	68.93	61.68	70.14
Feb 2020	70.80	55.71	86.69	83.61	68.50	57.77	70.06	64.37	70.75
Mar 2020	63.22	51.66	86.24	66.45	62.27	50.92	58.77	58.43	64.64
Apr 2020	58.16	48.29	83.10	55.29	59.66	47.09	45.27	48.55	60.52
May 2020	57.51	46.19	82.68	54.07	60.02	44.30	44.10	45.20	60.20
Jun 2020	59.47	46.65	81.91	57.23	61.01	49.24	50.77	49.16	61.58
Jul 2020	58.58	45.67	76.17	59.98	59.11	47.54	53.24	50.06	61.00
Aug 2020	60.52	47.15	79.27	62.14	61.05	50.74	53.75	51.57	61.98
Sep 2020	58.98	50.08	81.16	61.94	58.92	50.19	52.97	51.53	57.13
Oct 2020	60.45	52.18	83.34	63.96	58.55	50.97	55.19	55.38	62.05
Nov 2020	60.24	52.20	85.18	63.82	59.01	50.52	55.53	50.57	60.71
Dec 2020	62.09	53.19	87.63	66.18	61.03	52.04	55.14	53.30	61.75
Jan 2021	60.26	52.03	86.20	66.74	57.55	49.98	56.56	52.89	60.86
Feb 2021	62.70	54.18	87.12	70.00	61.11	47.69	57.80	56.29	62.76
Mar 2021	62.48	56.31	83.33	67.17	61.60	48.98	56.94	55.46	63.79
Apr 2021	63.50	56.37	86.62	68.83	61.76	50.92	57.31	57.17	65.05
May 2021	62.16	54.99	83.29	67.24	61.79	48.56	53.88	51.57	63.59
Jun 2021	62.79	55.52	84.76	68.82	61.87	45.26	53.67	55.11	65.49
Jul 2021	60.87	54.78	84.88	68.09	56.95	48.02	54.83	57.88	64.43
Aug 2021	62.28	56.82	81.74	70.26	59.91	47.87	54.47	60.84	63.61
Sep 2021	60.84	55.55	81.48	70.43	58.83	48.48	53.94	57.80	58.64
Oct 2021	61.62	54.85	82.98	71.08	59.09	47.04	51.98	56.65	63.05
Dec 2021	62.98	55.11	84.03	72.24	60.80	47.05	54.72	59.85	63.79
Mar 2022	63.56	58.14	82.21	73.92	60.60	49.21	56.69	60.28	65.16
Apr 2022	63.80	58.77	84.41	76.01	60.34	46.76	57.97	62.00	65.06
May 2022	64.75	57.88	82.40	76.86	62.92	46.05	57.06	56.44	66.36
Jun 2022	64.93	58.56	83.24	77.08	62.85	44.13	58.19	58.84	66.90
Jul 2022	63.68	56.91	80.78	76.93	59.95	48.21	56.27	58.12	66.52
Aug 2022	64.39	58.16	79.38	78.92	61.39	45.09	60.33	62.97	65.42
Sep 2022	62.46	56.60	81.53	77.91	59.71	47.61	59.13	59.62	59.12
Oct 2022	62.99	55.15	82.06	77.63	59.31	44.11	59.66	59.86	64.53
Dec 2022	64.73	56.69	81.46	77.90	62.01	48.52	60.99	62.07	64.67
Mar 2023	63.77	55.42	80.13	78.85	61.64	51.05	59.99	58.23	60.64
Apr 2023	64.25	58.11	82.21	79.82	61.50	48.33	60.64	60.67	62.34
May 2023	64.79	55.47	79.72	79.76	62.44	53.24	60.61	59.10	62.56
Jun 2023	64.98	57.10	80.07	80.14	63.26	48.69	61.03	61.26	62.26
Jul 2023	63.70	53.70	79.86	78.00	61.21	51.88	59.95	58.50	61.98
Note: CPI = Consumer Price Index. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.