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Consumer Price Index Overview Table – New England

 
Consumer Price Indexes for All Urban Consumers, all items, in the U.S., Northeast, New England, and Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Area

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data		 Annual
average
2018		 Jul
2019		 Aug
2019		 Percent change
Annual
average
2017 to
2018		 12 months
ended
Jul
2019		 Aug
2019

U.S. City Average

 251.107 256.571 256.558 2.4 1.8 1.7

Northeast region(1)

 265.139 270.381 270.548 2.2 1.7 1.5

Northeast City Size Class (population)

A (over 2.5 million)

 268.112 273.632 274.118 2.0 1.9 1.9

B/C (2.5 million or less)(2)

 156.258 159.182 159.041 2.5 1.5 1.1

New England division(3)

New England(4)

 101.918 104.083 104.167   1.8 2.0

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH(5)

 275.815 280.943   3.3 2.0  

Footnotes
(1) The Northeast region includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
(2) December 1996=100.
(3) The New England division includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
(4) December 2017=100.
(5) Published in alternate months.

Source: Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households.