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New York-New Jersey Consumer Price Index Card

 
Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Indexes and percent changes for selected periods, New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item and Group Indexes Percent change from-
Mar
2017		 Apr
2017		 May
2017		 May
2016		 Mar
2017		 Apr
2017

Expenditure category

All items

 267.582 267.948 268.183 1.8 0.2 0.1

All items (1967=100)

 773.542 774.600 775.280      

Food and beverages

 259.424 260.491 259.929 1.2 0.2 -0.2

Food

 259.498 260.674 260.113 1.3 0.2 -0.2

Food at home

 250.689 252.619 251.321 0.3 0.3 -0.5

Food away from home

 278.974 279.083 279.580 2.6 0.2 0.2

Alcoholic beverages

 254.000 253.582 253.006 -0.8 -0.4 -0.2

Housing

 289.620 289.908 290.950 2.7 0.5 0.4

Shelter

 366.030 366.709 367.192 2.5 0.3 0.1

Rent of primary residence(1)

 378.523 378.952 380.197 2.6 0.4 0.3

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(1)(2)

 371.896 372.122 373.435 2.5 0.4 0.4

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(1)(2)

 371.431 371.660 372.968 2.5 0.4 0.4

Fuels and utilities

 186.430 186.115 191.160 8.8 2.5 2.7

Household energy

 178.134 177.792 183.438 10.2 3.0 3.2

Energy services(1)(3)

 171.430 171.091 178.062 9.9 3.9 4.1

Electricity(1)

 176.237 174.619 185.867 8.8 5.5 6.4

Utility (piped) gas service(1)

 153.583 155.490 154.628 12.2 0.7 -0.6

Household furnishings and operations

 110.465 109.807 109.909 -2.6 -0.5 0.1

Apparel

 133.045 130.086 126.946 -1.2 -4.6 -2.4

Transportation

 211.912 214.862 215.630 1.3 1.8 0.4

Private transportation

 197.863 199.689 199.906 1.6 1.0 0.1

Motor fuel

 191.121 197.812 198.945 9.6 4.1 0.6

Gasoline (all types)

 190.285 196.995 198.136 9.5 4.1 0.6

Gasoline, unleaded regular(4)

 188.519 195.682 196.769 9.8 4.4 0.6

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

 202.504 206.500 208.296 8.4 2.9 0.9

Gasoline, unleaded premium(4)

 204.318 208.244 209.683 7.9 2.6 0.7

Medical care

 476.228 471.473 474.273 2.8 -0.4 0.6

Recreation(6)

 123.262 123.860 123.371 3.1 0.1 -0.4

Education and communication(6)

 142.675 142.737 142.055 -0.6 -0.4 -0.5

Other goods and services

 418.840 416.715 417.646 0.8 -0.3 0.2

Commodity and service group

All items

 267.582 267.948 268.183 1.8 0.2 0.1

Commodities

 188.169 187.872 187.359 0.5 -0.4 -0.3

Commodities less food and beverages

 144.434 143.523 143.062 0.0 -0.9 -0.3

Nondurables less food and beverages

 183.575 181.968 181.267 1.9 -1.3 -0.4

Durables

 94.884 94.726 94.537 -3.4 -0.4 -0.2

Services

 334.838 335.718 336.528 2.4 0.5 0.2

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care

 258.519 259.097 259.225 1.8 0.3 0.0

All items less shelter

 228.609 228.849 228.984 1.4 0.2 0.1

Commodities less food

 148.607 147.706 147.239 -0.1 -0.9 -0.3

Nondurables

 223.143 222.795 222.148 1.5 -0.4 -0.3

Nondurables less food

 187.884 186.345 185.651 1.6 -1.2 -0.4

Services less rent of shelter(2)

 311.779 312.899 314.084 2.3 0.7 0.4

Services less medical care services

 323.561 324.510 325.345 2.3 0.6 0.3

Energy

 185.553 187.875 191.888 9.9 3.4 2.1

All items less energy

 277.401 277.587 277.470 1.4 0.0 0.0

All items less food and energy

 282.391 282.411 282.368 1.4 0.0 0.0

Footnotes
 (1) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator.
(2) Index is on a December 1982=100 base.
(3) This index series was formerly titled Gas (piped) and electricity.
(4) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
(5) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
(6) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.

Note: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
The New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA consolidated area comprises the five boroughs of New York City, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess, and Orange Counties in New York State; Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Monmouth, Middlesex, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union, and Warren Counties in New Jersey; Fairfield County and parts of Litchfield, New Haven, and Middlesex Counties in Connecticut; and Pike County in Pennsylvania.

 

Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
CPI-U Indexes Percent change to May 2017 from- Percent change to Apr 2017 from-
Feb
2017		 Mar
2017		 Apr
2017		 May
2017		 May
2016		 Mar
2017		 Apr
2017		 Apr
2016		 Feb
2017		 Mar
2017

U.S. city average

 243.603 243.801 244.524 244.733 1.9 0.4 0.1 2.2 0.4 0.3

U.S. city average (1967=100)

 729.727 730.320 732.486 733.110            

Region

Northeast urban

 258.768 258.510 259.165 259.386 1.7 0.3 0.1 1.9 0.2 0.3

Midwest urban

 228.633 228.824 229.682 229.705 1.4 0.4 0.0 1.8 0.5 0.4

South urban

 236.052 236.154 236.728 236.774 1.7 0.3 0.0 2.0 0.3 0.2

West urban

 252.252 252.949 253.806 254.380 2.6 0.6 0.2 2.9 0.6 0.3

Selected local areas(1)

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI(2)

 232.491 232.225 233.066 233.443 1.8 0.5 0.2 1.7 0.2 0.4

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA(2)

 253.815 254.525 254.971 255.674 2.5 0.5 0.3 2.7 0.5 0.2

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA(2)

 267.662 267.582 267.948 268.183 1.8 0.2 0.1 2.0 0.1 0.1

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT(3)

   265.070   266.256 2.1 0.4        

Cleveland-Akron, OH(3)

   222.849   223.089 0.5 0.1        

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX(3)

   223.782   225.264 2.1 0.7        

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV(3)(4)

   158.558   158.844 0.7 0.2        

Atlanta, GA(5)

 229.493   230.974         3.2 0.6  

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI(5)

 224.957   226.484         2.3 0.7  

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX(5)

 219.061   219.852         2.0 0.4  

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL(5)

 256.890   255.708         2.8 -0.5  

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD(5)

 248.345   248.411         1.3 0.0  

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA(5)

 271.626   274.589         3.8 1.1  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA(5)

 259.503   261.560         3.1 0.8  

Footnotes
 (1) In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phonex-Mesa, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
(2) Area data published monthly.
(3) Area data published bimonthly (January, March, May, July, September, November).
(4) Index on a November 1996=100 base.
(5) Area data published bimonthly (February, April, June, August, October, December).

Regions are defined as follows:
Northeast-Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont;
South-Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia;
Midwest- Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; and
West- Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

 

Table 3. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all items index, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
CPI-W Indexes Percent change to May 2017 from- Percent change to Apr 2017 from-
Feb
2017		 Mar
2017		 Apr
2017		 May
2017		 May
2016		 Mar
2017		 Apr
2017		 Apr
2016		 Feb
2017		 Mar
2017

U.S. city average

 237.477 237.656 238.432 238.609 1.8 0.4 0.1 2.1 0.4 0.3

U.S. city average (1967=100)

 707.371 707.906 710.215 710.744            

Region

Northeast urban

 255.028 254.725 255.359 255.598 1.8 0.3 0.1 2.0 0.1 0.2

Midwest urban

 222.507 222.671 223.577 223.575 1.2 0.4 0.0 1.7 0.5 0.4

South urban

 231.825 231.920 232.552 232.494 1.6 0.2 0.0 2.0 0.3 0.3

West urban

 243.810 244.489 245.454 246.096 2.6 0.7 0.3 2.8 0.7 0.4

Selected local areas(1)

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI(2)

 224.141 223.928 224.891 224.984 1.5 0.5 0.0 1.7 0.3 0.4

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA(2)

 244.254 244.932 245.417 246.153 2.4 0.5 0.3 2.5 0.5 0.2

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA(2)

 262.086 262.165 262.486 262.825 2.0 0.3 0.1 2.0 0.2 0.1

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT(3)

   263.888   264.713 2.2 0.3        

Cleveland-Akron, OH(3)

   212.802   212.936 0.5 0.1        

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX(3)

   228.407   230.106 2.2 0.7        

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV(3)(4)

   158.532   158.768 0.8 0.1        

Atlanta, GA(5)

 226.214   227.310         2.9 0.5  

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI(5)

 219.319   221.222         2.3 0.9  

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX(5)

 214.667   215.313         2.1 0.3  

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL(5)

 252.875   251.127         2.6 -0.7  

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD(5)

 249.740   249.592         1.3 -0.1  

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA(5)

 265.569   268.896         3.7 1.3  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA(5)

 255.471   257.648         3.3 0.9  

Footnotes
 (1) In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phonex-Mesa, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
(2) Area data published monthly.
(3) Area data published bimonthly (January, March, May, July, September, November).
(4) Index on a November 1996=100 base.
(5) Area data published bimonthly (February, April, June, August, October, December).

Regions are defined as follows:
Northeast-Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont;
South-Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia;
Midwest- Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; and
West- Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.