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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > New England > CPI Summary

New England Consumer Price Index Card

 
Consumer Price Indexes for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city averages and selected areas, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item U.S. City
Average		 Northeast
region		 Boston-
Cambridge-
Newton
Apr
2020		 Percent change from
Apr
2019		 Apr
2020		 Percent change from
Apr
2019		 Apr
2020		 Percent change from
Apr
2019

All Items

 256.389 0.3 271.325 0.8    

All Items (1967 = 100)(1)

 768.029   427.254      

Food and Beverages

 266.137 3.4 273.573 4.3    

Food

 266.757 3.5 274.617 4.5    

Food at home

 251.717 4.1 262.180 5.0 268.426 7.2

Food away from home

 290.639 2.8 296.492 3.6    

Alcoholic beverages

 256.423 1.9 258.802 2.0    

Housing

 270.184 2.2 291.569 1.3    

Shelter

 324.522 2.6 365.383 2.2 358.299 3.4

Rent of primary residence(2)

 340.135 3.5 369.142 2.7 369.300 3.0

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)(3)

 333.358 3.1 379.025 2.8 382.891 4.1

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)(3)

 333.392 3.1 378.705 2.8 382.891 4.1

Fuels and utilities

 239.897 -0.4 219.796 -4.5    

Household energy

 195.534 -1.4 191.620 -5.9 245.883 -6.8

Energy services(2)(4)

 200.899 -0.2 197.091 -1.6 273.278 -1.6

Electricity(2)

 211.040 0.2 202.391 -0.7 312.100 -1.2

Utility (piped) gas service(2)

 167.751 -1.9 172.177 -3.8 199.773 -2.4

Household furnishings and operations

 124.961 1.3 120.596 0.3    

Apparel

 118.394 -5.7 122.783 -5.0    

Transportation

 193.732 -9.5 192.380 -8.0    

Private transportation

 191.079 -9.0 186.784 -7.3    

Motor fuel

 170.378 -31.7 180.260 -24.3 184.985 -20.7

Gasoline

 168.891 -32.0 179.103 -24.4 182.696 -20.7

Medical Care

 517.053 4.8 549.330 5.8    

Recreation(5)

 121.935 0.9 128.377 2.2    

Education and Communication(5)

 139.378 1.6 147.043 2.9    

Other Goods and Services

 461.294 2.8 511.241 3.2    

Energy

 183.081 -17.7 187.095 -14.1 217.981 -12.3

Footnotes
(1) For the Northeast, December 1977 = 100.
(2) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
(3) Index is on a December 1982=100 base.
(4) This index series was formerly titled Gas (piped) and electricity.
(5) Indexes are on a December 1997=100 base.

Northeast region includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH includes Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, and Suffolk Counties in Massachusetts and Rockingham and Strafford Counties in New Hampshire.

 

Consumer Price Indexes for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), U.S. city averages and selected areas, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item U.S. City
Average		 Northeast
region		 Boston-
Cambridge-
Newton
Apr
2020		 Percent change from
Apr
2019		 Apr
2020		 Percent change from
Apr
2019		 Apr
2020		 Percent change from
Apr
2019

All Items

 249.515 0.1 267.161 0.8    

All Items (1967 = 100)(1)

 743.230   417.290      

Food and Beverages

 265.363 3.5 272.539 4.4    

Food

 265.458 3.6 273.254 4.5    

Food at home

 251.055 4.1 261.055 5.0 261.442 7.1

Food away from home

 291.016 2.8 298.030 3.7    

Alcoholic beverages

 262.715 2.8 259.159 2.2    

Housing

 266.340 2.3 289.705 1.5    

Shelter

 317.566 2.8 361.414 2.3 363.541 3.6

Rent of primary residence(2)

 336.682 3.5 364.277 2.6 369.300 3.0

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)(3)

 300.956 3.1 333.425 2.8 336.495 4.1

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)(3)

 300.988 3.1 333.462 2.8 336.495 4.1

Fuels and utilities

 238.191 -0.2 221.935 -3.6    

Household energy

 194.007 -1.1 193.834 -4.8 248.275 -5.5

Energy services(2)(4)

 199.328 -0.3 197.684 -1.7 271.735 -1.5

Electricity(2)

 207.884 0.1 202.491 -0.9 312.102 -1.2

Utility (piped) gas service(2)

 166.743 -2.1 173.021 -3.6 199.778 -2.4

Household furnishings and operations

 119.338 1.4 114.217 1.1    

Apparel

 118.269 -5.3 122.670 -3.2    

Transportation

 192.314 -10.2 195.278 -7.7    

Private transportation

 189.752 -10.0 189.710 -7.5    

Motor fuel

 170.364 -32.0 180.665 -23.8 184.829 -20.7

Gasoline

 169.020 -32.3 179.608 -24.0 182.698 -20.7

Medical Care

 524.534 5.4 552.290 6.5    

Recreation(5)

 116.480 0.9 128.729 2.2    

Education and Communication(5)

 126.979 1.4 132.955 2.7    

Other Goods and Services

 505.629 2.9 588.856 2.9    

Energy

 180.701 -18.8 186.658 -14.1 213.558 -12.6

Footnotes
(1) For the Northeast, December 1977 = 100.
(2) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
(3) Index is on a December 1982=100 base.
(4) This index series was formerly titled Gas (piped) and electricity.
(5) Indexes are on a December 1997=100 base.

Northeast region includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH includes Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, and Suffolk Counties in Massachusetts and Rockingham and Strafford Counties in New Hampshire.