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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
Nov
2019		 Percent change from
Nov
2018		 Nov
2019		 Percent change from
Nov
2018		 Nov
2019		 Percent change from
Nov
2018

All Items

 257.208 2.1 270.643 1.9 283.526 2.1

All Items (1967 = 100)(1)

 770.482   426.181   824.078  

Food and Beverages

 259.080 1.9 265.506 2.1 268.345 1.5

Food

 259.467 2.0 266.106 2.2 269.785 1.3

Food at home

 241.726 1.0 251.867 1.5 251.768 0.8

Food away from home

 287.255 3.2 290.793 3.0 301.331 2.0

Alcoholic beverages

 252.463 0.5 256.753 0.8 256.274 3.8

Housing

 267.925 2.9 289.297 2.0 297.126 3.5

Shelter

 321.267 3.3 360.772 2.5 352.412 4.0

Rent of primary residence(2)

 335.819 3.7 365.561 3.1 364.041 2.5

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

 329.745 3.3 373.820 2.3 374.641 3.1

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

 329.785 3.3 373.516 2.3 374.641 3.1

Fuels and utilities

 241.459 0.7 227.679 -0.5 302.251 -1.0

Household energy

 198.123 0.2 200.435 -1.2 255.453 -1.1

Energy services(2)(4)

 201.387 0.6 197.678 -0.1 268.780 -0.6

Electricity(2)

 210.365 0.5 199.705 -0.3 304.177 0.1

Utility (piped) gas service(2)

 171.629 1.1 179.008 0.4 200.074 -1.7

Household furnishings and operations

 123.733 1.6 119.253 0.1 129.152 4.2

Apparel

 122.986 -1.6 125.174 -2.4 135.676 -4.0

Transportation

 209.763 -0.1 205.488 -0.1 190.692 -3.2

Private transportation

 205.317 -0.2 196.995 -0.6 191.576 -3.2

Motor fuel

 233.851 -1.3 223.968 -4.6 223.122 -7.7

Gasoline

 232.575 -1.2 222.833 -4.6 220.542 -7.7

Medical Care

 507.541 4.2 536.649 5.6 701.424 6.9

Recreation(5)

 121.381 1.9 125.770 1.3 122.090 -1.5

Education and Communication(5)

 138.920 1.4 146.347 3.0 171.341 3.2

Other Goods and Services

 456.262 2.4 502.804 2.9 504.393 3.0

Energy

 214.636 -0.6 210.061 -2.7 239.561 -3.9

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
Nov
2019		 Percent change from
Nov
2018		 Nov
2019		 Percent change from
Nov
2018		 Nov
2019		 Percent change from
Nov
2018

All Items

 250.644 1.9 266.452 1.8 282.162 1.7

All Items (1967 = 100)(1)

 746.592   416.183   815.550  

Food and Beverages

 257.791 1.8 263.993 2.0 264.281 1.4

Food

 257.799 1.9 264.410 2.1 265.848 1.3

Food at home

 240.863 0.9 250.614 1.4 245.525 0.8

Food away from home

 287.298 3.2 291.899 3.1 309.375 2.3

Alcoholic beverages

 256.642 0.6 255.430 0.6 244.971 3.9

Housing

 263.944 2.8 287.199 2.0 302.975 3.0

Shelter

 314.240 3.4 356.948 2.5 356.907 3.3

Rent of primary residence(2)

 332.407 3.7 360.738 3.1 364.041 2.5

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

 297.670 3.3 328.842 2.2 329.245 3.1

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

 297.700 3.3 328.877 2.2 329.245 3.1

Fuels and utilities

 239.408 0.6 228.334 -0.3 302.918 -0.7

Household energy

 196.178 0.2 201.072 -0.9 254.322 -0.8

Energy services(2)(4)

 200.129 0.5 198.796 -0.1 267.032 -0.5

Electricity(2)

 207.449 0.4 200.427 -0.4 304.178 0.1

Utility (piped) gas service(2)

 171.486 0.7 180.051 0.4 200.079 -1.7

Household furnishings and operations

 117.762 1.2 111.901 0.4 135.378 5.0

Apparel

 122.663 -1.7 124.685 -2.3 139.949 -6.1

Transportation

 209.057 -0.2 207.687 -0.4 195.393 -3.7

Private transportation

 205.481 -0.3 200.230 -0.9 194.116 -3.9

Motor fuel

 234.235 -1.2 223.377 -4.8 223.103 -7.7

Gasoline

 233.090 -1.1 222.392 -4.8 220.545 -7.7

Medical Care

 513.609 4.6 537.544 5.8 701.038 7.5

Recreation(5)

 116.121 1.6 126.176 1.0 120.445 -1.7

Education and Communication(5)

 126.506 1.2 132.306 2.8 151.639 2.8

Other Goods and Services

 500.796 2.9 580.794 2.8 595.917 4.4

Energy

 214.004 -0.6 209.758 -2.8 235.344 -4.1

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.