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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
Aug
2025
Sep
2025
Percent change
Annual
average
2023 to
2024
12 months
ended
Aug
2025
Sep
2025

U.S. City Average

313.689 323.976 324.800 2.9 2.9 3.0

Northeast region(1)

324.397 336.936 337.321 3.4 3.3 3.1

Northeast City Size Class (population)

A (greater than 2,500,000)

328.828 341.221 342.233 3.7 3.2 3.1

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

190.629 198.204 198.049 3.1 3.4 3.1

New England(3)(4)

123.468 128.465 128.307 3.2 3.7 3.2

Middle Atlantic(4)(5)

124.772 129.497 129.778 3.5 3.1 3.1

Metropolitan areas

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

336.376   349.271 3.2   3.3

New York-Newark-Jersey City

334.209 347.266 348.096 3.8 3.2 3.0

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.