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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
Dec
2019		 Percent change from
Dec
2018		 Dec
2019		 Percent change from
Dec
2018		 Dec
2019		 Percent change from
Dec
2018

All Items

 256.974 2.3 270.429 1.9    

All Items (1967 = 100)(1)

 769.781   425.844      

Food and Beverages

 259.403 1.7 265.571 1.9    

Food

 259.823 1.8 266.209 2.0    

Food at home

 241.750 0.7 251.134 1.0 255.142 1.2

Food away from home

 288.078 3.1 292.114 3.2    

Alcoholic beverages

 252.361 0.5 256.346 1.0    

Housing

 268.236 2.6 289.370 1.6    

Shelter

 321.766 3.2 360.599 2.0 350.481 2.7

Rent of primary residence(2)

 336.789 3.7 366.084 3.0 365.705 2.4

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

 330.527 3.3 374.302 2.2 376.453 3.0

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

 330.569 3.3 373.986 2.2 376.453 3.0

Fuels and utilities

 241.788 -0.2 228.305 -0.5    

Household energy

 198.426 -1.0 200.981 -1.1 255.474 -1.0

Energy services(2)(4)

 201.446 -1.2 197.669 -1.6 268.780 -1.5

Electricity(2)

 209.725 -0.4 199.567 -0.8 304.177 0.1

Utility (piped) gas service(2)

 173.652 -3.5 179.213 -3.2 200.074 -4.2

Household furnishings and operations

 123.462 1.0 119.756 -0.1    

Apparel

 119.111 -1.2 118.918 -4.2    

Transportation

 208.482 1.9 204.829 1.1    

Private transportation

 204.610 2.0 197.333 0.9    

Motor fuel

 230.189 7.6 223.213 1.8 223.269 -2.8

Gasoline

 228.857 7.9 222.068 1.8 220.686 -2.8

Medical Care

 509.689 4.6 539.822 5.9    

Recreation(5)

 121.545 1.5 126.481 2.0    

Education and Communication(5)

 138.839 1.4 146.595 3.2    

Other Goods and Services

 455.413 2.3 502.127 2.4    

Energy

 212.982 3.4 210.063 0.1 239.637 -1.7

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
Dec
2019		 Percent change from
Dec
2018		 Dec
2019		 Percent change from
Dec
2018		 Dec
2019		 Percent change from
Dec
2018

All Items

 250.452 2.3 266.403 1.9    

All Items (1967 = 100)(1)

 746.021   416.107      

Food and Beverages

 258.208 1.7 264.163 1.8    

Food

 258.221 1.7 264.575 1.9    

Food at home

 241.033 0.8 250.152 1.0 248.643 1.2

Food away from home

 288.119 3.0 293.121 3.1    

Alcoholic beverages

 256.963 0.8 255.661 0.8    

Housing

 264.317 2.6 287.505 1.7    

Shelter

 314.846 3.3 357.060 2.2 356.806 2.7

Rent of primary residence(2)

 333.299 3.7 361.272 3.0 365.705 2.4

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

 298.390 3.3 329.216 2.2 330.837 3.0

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

 298.420 3.3 329.251 2.2 330.837 3.0

Fuels and utilities

 239.527 -0.5 229.000 -0.6    

Household energy

 196.258 -1.2 201.652 -1.3 254.367 -1.2

Energy services(2)(4)

 200.027 -1.3 198.959 -1.7 267.032 -1.4

Electricity(2)

 206.636 -0.6 200.268 -0.9 304.178 0.1

Utility (piped) gas service(2)

 173.595 -3.9 180.747 -3.0 200.079 -4.2

Household furnishings and operations

 117.552 0.8 112.572 0.2    

Apparel

 119.225 -0.9 119.367 -3.6    

Transportation

 207.894 2.2 207.194 1.1    

Private transportation

 204.687 2.3 200.587 1.0    

Motor fuel

 230.617 7.9 222.770 1.7 223.248 -2.8

Gasoline

 229.424 8.1 221.781 1.8 220.689 -2.8

Medical Care

 516.071 5.0 541.283 6.2    

Recreation(5)

 116.211 1.4 126.871 1.9    

Education and Communication(5)

 126.492 1.2 132.550 3.0    

Other Goods and Services

 499.468 2.8 580.334 2.4    

Energy

 212.138 3.8 209.796 0.1 235.437 -2.0

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.