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Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Northeast

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, all items, in the United States and selected areas in the Northeast, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Area
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data
Annual
average
2024
Apr
2025
May
2025
Percent change
Annual
average
2023 to
2024
12 months
ended
Apr
2025
May
2025

U.S. City Average

313.689 320.795 321.465 2.9 2.3 2.4

Northeast region(1)

324.397 333.065 333.531 3.4 3.1 2.8

Northeast City Size Class (population)

A (greater than 2,500,000)

328.828 338.237 338.655 3.7 3.5 3.2

B/C (2,500,000 or less)(2)

190.629 195.353 195.660 3.1 2.7 2.4

New England(3)(4)

123.468 126.900 127.147 3.2 3.0 2.8

Middle Atlantic(4)(5)

124.772 128.048 128.197 3.5 3.2 2.8

Metropolitan areas

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH(6)

336.376   347.897 3.2   3.0

New York-Newark-Jersey City

334.209 344.047 343.886 3.8 3.9 3.4

Footnotes
(1) The Northeast region includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, 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) The Middle Atlantic division includes New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
(6) 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.