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Geographic Information > New York–New Jersey > CPI Summary

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-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item and Group Indexes Percent change from-
Oct
2019		 Nov
2019		 Dec
2019		 Dec
2018		 Oct
2019		 Nov
2019

Expenditure category

All items

 279.255 279.468 279.816 2.2 0.2 0.1

All items (1967=100)

 807.287 807.902 808.908      

Food and beverages

 273.279 271.232 272.644 1.6 -0.2 0.5

Food

 273.370 271.226 272.678 1.6 -0.3 0.5

Food at home

 260.764 256.906 258.504 0.4 -0.9 0.6

Cereals and bakery products

 305.650 301.352 302.844 1.1 -0.9 0.5

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 257.535 251.183 256.300 0.5 -0.5 2.0

Dairy and related products

 229.767 228.754 227.681 1.4 -0.9 -0.5

Fruits and vegetables

 334.425 331.159 334.575 -0.7 0.0 1.0

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

 256.687 249.305 245.190 -0.5 -4.5 -1.7

Other food at home

 227.025 225.520 226.983 0.8 0.0 0.6

Food away from home

 298.679 298.940 300.220 3.1 0.5 0.4

Alcoholic beverages

 267.412 266.733 267.591 1.2 0.1 0.3

Housing

 303.491 304.498 305.331 2.0 0.6 0.3

Shelter

 386.148 387.012 387.979 2.2 0.5 0.2

Rent of primary residence

 402.619 404.275 404.797 3.0 0.5 0.1

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)

 393.549 395.433 395.838 1.9 0.6 0.1

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)

 393.061 394.943 395.348 1.9 0.6 0.1

Fuels and utilities

 191.750 195.591 195.743 1.0 2.1 0.1

Household energy

 182.209 186.271 186.140 0.7 2.2 -0.1

Energy services

 172.674 176.586 175.579 -0.4 1.7 -0.6

Electricity

 172.177 175.324 171.328 -0.1 -0.5 -2.3

Utility (piped) gas service

 163.461 168.327 171.997 -0.9 5.2 2.2

Household furnishings and operations

 109.011 108.530 109.437 1.0 0.4 0.8

Apparel

 123.379 118.933 115.059 -2.1 -6.7 -3.3

Transportation

 219.524 221.339 220.151 1.8 0.3 -0.5

Private transportation

 205.575 206.397 208.085 1.9 1.2 0.8

New and used motor vehicles(3)

 88.875 88.651 90.297 1.0 1.6 1.9

New vehicles(1)

 201.972 202.117 202.882 0.6 0.5 0.4

Used cars and trucks(1)

 266.558 264.906 264.946 0.2 -0.6 0.0

Motor fuel

 212.834 212.725 212.729 0.9 0.0 0.0

Gasoline (all types)

 211.818 211.705 211.706 0.9 -0.1 0.0

Gasoline, unleaded regular(4)

 210.090 210.034 210.067 0.8 0.0 0.0

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

 223.396 223.364 222.782 0.8 -0.3 -0.3

Gasoline, unleaded premium(4)

 226.229 225.608 225.454 1.6 -0.3 -0.1

Motor vehicle insurance(1)

 758.714 774.086 781.508 3.2 3.0 1.0

Medical care

 518.374 518.443 519.528 4.5 0.2 0.2

Recreation(3)

 126.975 127.234 128.159 3.1 0.9 0.7

Education and communication(3)

 147.038 147.417 147.649 3.4 0.4 0.2

Tuition, other school fees, and child care(1)

 1,241.481 1,241.715 1,241.750 3.7 0.0 0.0

Other goods and services

 441.435 438.292 439.804 1.7 -0.4 0.3

Commodity and service group

All items

 279.255 279.468 279.816 2.2 0.2 0.1

Commodities

 191.387 189.674 189.876 0.7 -0.8 0.1

Commodities less food and beverages

 142.574 141.116 140.753 -0.1 -1.3 -0.3

Nondurables less food and beverages

 182.270 179.968 179.142 0.0 -1.7 -0.5

Durables

 92.472 92.011 92.176 -0.3 -0.3 0.2

Services

 353.071 354.608 355.073 2.7 0.6 0.1

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care

 268.873 269.092 269.408 2.0 0.2 0.1

All items less shelter

 236.876 236.807 236.889 2.2 0.0 0.0

Commodities less food

 147.204 145.761 145.433 0.0 -1.2 -0.2

Nondurables

 229.035 226.803 227.011 0.9 -0.9 0.1

Nondurables less food

 187.410 185.191 184.455 0.1 -1.6 -0.4

Services less rent of shelter(2)

 328.421 330.752 330.667 3.4 0.7 0.0

Services less medical care services

 339.026 340.558 340.973 2.4 0.6 0.1

Energy

 196.399 198.918 198.837 0.8 1.2 0.0

All items less energy

 289.276 289.262 289.655 2.3 0.1 0.1

All items less food and energy

 294.023 294.338 294.570 2.4 0.2 0.1

Footnotes
(1) Index is on a December 1977=100 base.
(2) Index is on a December 1982=100 base.
(3) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
(4) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
(5) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.

The New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA consolidated area comprises the five boroughs of New York City, Dutchess, Nassau, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties in New York; Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, and Union Counties in New Jersey; 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 Dec 2019 from- Percent change to Nov 2019 from-
Sep
2019		 Oct
2019		 Nov
2019		 Dec
2019		 Dec
2018		 Oct
2019		 Nov
2019		 Nov
2018		 Sep
2019		 Oct
2019

U.S. city average

 256.759 257.346 257.208 256.974 2.3 -0.1 -0.1 2.1 0.2 -0.1

U.S. city average (1967=100)

 769.136 770.895 770.482 769.781            

Region(1)

Northeast

 270.563 270.348 270.643 270.429 1.9 0.0 -0.1 1.9 0.0 0.1

New England(2)

 104.346 104.079 104.359 104.273 2.1 0.2 -0.1 2.2 0.0 0.3

Middle Atlantic(2)

 103.535 103.518 103.572 103.492 1.9 0.0 -0.1 1.9 0.0 0.1

Midwest

 238.847 239.243 238.850 238.734 2.3 -0.2 0.0 1.9 0.0 -0.2

East North Central(2)

 103.564 103.804 103.614 103.605 2.4 -0.2 0.0 2.0 0.0 -0.2

West North Central(2)

 103.674 103.704 103.573 103.437 2.1 -0.3 -0.1 1.8 -0.1 -0.1

South

 246.891 247.423 247.385 247.289 2.1 -0.1 0.0 1.6 0.2 0.0

South Atlantic(2)

 104.108 104.365 104.419 104.478 2.5 0.1 0.1 2.0 0.3 0.1

East South Central(2)

 102.397 102.457 102.530 102.426 1.5 0.0 -0.1 0.7 0.1 0.1

West South Central(2)

 102.954 103.193 103.006 102.815 1.8 -0.4 -0.2 1.3 0.1 -0.2

West

 272.102 273.524 273.128 272.584 2.8 -0.3 -0.2 2.8 0.4 -0.1

Mountain(2)

 105.822 106.417 106.361 106.399 3.3 0.0 0.0 3.2 0.5 -0.1

Pacific(2)

 105.701 106.238 106.048 105.744 2.6 -0.5 -0.3 2.7 0.3 -0.2

Selected local areas(1)

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI(3)

 242.393 243.236 242.661 242.079 2.2 -0.5 -0.2 2.2 0.1 -0.2

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA(3)

 276.054 278.075 277.239 275.553 3.0 -0.9 -0.6 3.2 0.4 -0.3

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA(3)

 279.338 279.255 279.468 279.816 2.2 0.2 0.1 1.8 0.0 0.1

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH(4)

 281.603   283.526         2.1 0.7  

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX(4)

 239.815   238.768         1.8 -0.4  

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO(4)

 270.974   271.142         2.8 0.1  

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI(4)

 251.416   250.997         2.8 -0.2  

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(4)

 106.412   106.573         2.9 0.2  

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA(4)

 301.033   301.520         2.6 0.2  

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL(4)(5)

 229.219   229.740         2.0 0.2  

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV(4)(6)

 265.500   265.026         1.5 -0.2  

Urban Hawaii(4)

 282.106   282.248         0.9 0.1  

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA(7)

   245.860   245.076 3.3 -0.3        

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(6)(7)

   257.616   257.847 1.8 0.1        

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI(7)

   238.838   237.514 2.5 -0.6        

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX(7)

   230.041   228.765 1.0 -0.6        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL(7)

   271.381   270.918 2.0 -0.2        

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD(7)

   257.966   257.194 2.4 -0.3        

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(7)(8)

   145.833   144.910 3.4 -0.6        

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA(7)

   298.443   297.007 2.5 -0.5        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA(7)

   278.682   279.421 2.2 0.3        

St. Louis, MO-IL(7)

   231.653   231.420 2.1 -0.1        

Urban Alaska(7)

   227.552   226.527 0.0 -0.5        

Footnotes
(1) In January 2018, BLS introduced a new geographic area sample for the Consumer Price Index (CPI), based on data from the most recent Decennial Census. For additional information on the geographic revision, go to: www.bls.gov/cpi/additional-resources/geographic-revision-2018.htm.
(2) Index on a December 2017=100 base.
(3) Area data published monthly.
(4) Area data published for January, March, May, July, September, and November.
(5) 1987=100.
(6) 1998-2017 indexes based on a substantially smaller sample.
(7) Area data published for February, April, June, August, October, and December.
(8) December 2001=100.

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

 

Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All 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 Dec 2019 from- Percent change to Nov 2019 from-
Sep
2019		 Oct
2019		 Nov
2019		 Dec
2019		 Dec
2018		 Oct
2019		 Nov
2019		 Nov
2018		 Sep
2019		 Oct
2019

U.S. city average

 250.251 250.894 250.644 250.452 2.3 -0.2 -0.1 1.9 0.2 -0.1

U.S. city average (1967=100)

 745.422 747.336 746.592 746.021            

Region(1)

Northeast

 266.295 266.128 266.452 266.403 1.9 0.1 0.0 1.8 0.1 0.1

New England(2)

 104.125 103.920 104.286 104.230 2.0 0.3 -0.1 2.0 0.2 0.4

Middle Atlantic(2)

 103.343 103.317 103.375 103.367 1.9 0.0 0.0 1.7 0.0 0.1

Midwest

 232.901 233.174 232.714 232.645 2.5 -0.2 0.0 1.9 -0.1 -0.2

East North Central(2)

 103.720 103.912 103.685 103.707 2.6 -0.2 0.0 2.0 0.0 -0.2

West North Central(2)

 103.597 103.563 103.409 103.262 2.1 -0.3 -0.1 1.7 -0.2 -0.1

South

 242.339 242.824 242.614 242.619 2.2 -0.1 0.0 1.4 0.1 -0.1

South Atlantic(2)

 104.029 104.274 104.254 104.391 2.5 0.1 0.1 1.7 0.2 0.0

East South Central(2)

 102.561 102.632 102.673 102.610 1.7 0.0 -0.1 0.8 0.1 0.0

West South Central(2)

 102.859 103.061 102.837 102.682 1.9 -0.4 -0.2 1.2 0.0 -0.2

West

 263.328 265.185 264.619 263.892 2.7 -0.5 -0.3 2.7 0.5 -0.2

Mountain(2)

 105.885 106.569 106.516 106.438 3.1 -0.1 -0.1 3.0 0.6 0.0

Pacific(2)

 105.669 106.439 106.142 105.765 2.6 -0.6 -0.4 2.6 0.4 -0.3

Selected local areas(1)

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI(3)

 233.881 234.696 233.945 233.518 2.4 -0.5 -0.2 2.2 0.0 -0.3

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA(3)

 266.517 269.314 268.041 266.274 3.2 -1.1 -0.7 3.5 0.6 -0.5

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA(3)

 273.722 273.474 273.627 274.027 2.1 0.2 0.1 1.7 0.0 0.1

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH(4)

 279.876   282.162         1.7 0.8  

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX(4)

 245.411   244.253         2.0 -0.5  

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO(4)

 260.022   260.646         2.5 0.2  

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI(4)

 244.838   243.928         2.7 -0.4  

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(4)

 106.473   106.824         3.0 0.3  

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA(4)

 284.107   284.856         2.3 0.3  

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL(4)(5)

 226.631   226.518         1.3 0.0  

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV(4)(6)

 260.870   260.494         1.2 -0.1  

Urban Hawaii(4)

 278.876   279.140         1.1 0.1  

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA(7)

   242.086   241.387 3.3 -0.3        

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(6)(7)

   255.587   256.549 2.0 0.4        

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI(7)

   233.721   232.439 2.8 -0.5        

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX(7)

   224.596   223.329 0.6 -0.6        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL(7)

   266.510   266.585 1.9 0.0        

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD(7)

   258.257   258.000 2.6 -0.1        

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(7)(8)

   144.494   143.285 3.7 -0.8        

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA(7)

   291.707   289.456 2.2 -0.8        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA(7)

   274.358   274.954 2.0 0.2        

St. Louis, MO-IL(7)

   229.321   229.500 2.3 0.1        

Urban Alaska(7)

   225.143   224.251 0.1 -0.4        

Footnotes
(1) In January 2018, BLS introduced a new geographic area sample for the Consumer Price Index (CPI), based on data from the most recent Decennial Census. For additional information on the geographic revision, go to: www.bls.gov/cpi/additional-resources/geographic-revision-2018.htm.
(2) Index on a December 2017=100 base.
(3) Area data published monthly.
(4) Area data published for January, March, May, July, September, and November.
(5) 1987=100.
(6) 1998-2017 indexes based on a substantially smaller sample.
(7) Area data published for February, April, June, August, October, and December.
(8) December 2001=100.

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