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Bureau of Labor Statistics > 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-
Feb
2021		 Mar
2021		 Apr
2021		 Apr
2020		 Feb
2021		 Mar
2021

Expenditure category

All items

 286.474 287.481 289.493 3.2 1.1 0.7

All items (1967=100)

 828.156 831.067 836.885      

Food and beverages

 284.117 284.883 287.011 2.1 1.0 0.7

Food

 284.173 285.064 287.250 2.1 1.1 0.8

Food at home

 267.500 268.347 271.550 0.3 1.5 1.2

Cereals and bakery products

 309.918 303.628 315.173 1.6 1.7 3.8

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 262.388 269.027 274.012 1.4 4.4 1.9

Dairy and related products

 238.089 241.454 241.696 1.3 1.5 0.1

Fruits and vegetables

 339.875 346.307 341.386 -0.1 0.4 -1.4

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

 269.623 269.176 268.312 0.6 -0.5 -0.3

Other food at home

 235.309 230.122 235.774 -1.7 0.2 2.5

Food away from home

 315.561 316.538 317.349 4.3 0.6 0.3

Alcoholic beverages

 278.558 277.606 278.888 2.7 0.1 0.5

Housing

 311.974 310.552 312.728 2.0 0.2 0.7

Shelter

 393.648 394.286 395.644 1.0 0.5 0.3

Rent of primary residence

 409.559 408.227 408.794 0.3 -0.2 0.1

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)

 402.698 402.372 403.234 0.8 0.1 0.2

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)

 402.200 401.873 402.735 0.8 0.1 0.2

Fuels and utilities

 208.407 193.473 201.608 8.1 -3.3 4.2

Household energy

 198.628 181.670 190.667 8.5 -4.0 5.0

Energy services

 193.004 174.193 184.739 6.1 -4.3 6.1

Electricity

 194.225 167.492 185.167 6.6 -4.7 10.6

Utility (piped) gas service

 177.211 175.635 171.113 4.9 -3.4 -2.6

Household furnishings and operations

 115.554 115.735 116.919 7.4 1.2 1.0

Apparel

 126.288 128.362 124.678 6.7 -1.3 -2.9

Transportation

 221.064 227.756 233.736 12.5 5.7 2.6

Private transportation

 213.608 222.646 227.887 15.6 6.7 2.4

New and used motor vehicles(3)

 95.783 99.374 103.688 14.7 8.3 4.3

New vehicles(1)

 211.041 211.071 213.183 3.3 1.0 1.0

Used cars and trucks(1)

 289.542 296.015 324.917 20.7 12.2 9.8

Motor fuel

 207.391 227.671 231.080 28.6 11.4 1.5

Gasoline (all types)

 206.574 226.859 230.269 29.0 11.5 1.5

Gasoline, unleaded regular(4)

 204.726 225.485 228.945 30.0 11.8 1.5

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

 217.639 235.458 238.882 21.7 9.8 1.5

Gasoline, unleaded premium(4)

 222.091 238.980 241.999 22.2 9.0 1.3

Motor vehicle insurance(1)

 762.383 777.234 777.234 12.8 1.9 0.0

Medical care

 535.385 534.617 536.584 1.0 0.2 0.4

Recreation(3)

 130.026 130.501 130.753 -0.1 0.6 0.2

Education and communication(3)

 150.812 151.034 151.253 2.2 0.3 0.1

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

 1,272.387 1,272.387 1,272.387 1.3 0.0 0.0

Other goods and services

 435.976 449.941 449.590 1.7 3.1 -0.1

Commodity and service group

All items

 286.474 287.481 289.493 3.2 1.1 0.7

Commodities

 195.862 198.043 199.643 5.3 1.9 0.8

Commodities less food and beverages

 143.892 146.576 147.839 8.2 2.7 0.9

Nondurables less food and beverages

 181.498 186.010 185.512 8.5 2.2 -0.3

Durables

 95.693 96.474 99.179 7.9 3.6 2.8

Services

 362.424 362.581 364.959 2.3 0.7 0.7

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care

 275.672 276.752 278.764 3.3 1.1 0.7

All items less shelter

 243.940 245.093 247.366 4.6 1.4 0.9

Commodities less food

 148.825 151.418 152.689 7.9 2.6 0.8

Nondurables

 233.802 236.576 237.337 4.7 1.5 0.3

Nondurables less food

 187.313 191.512 191.117 8.0 2.0 -0.2

Services less rent of shelter(2)

 339.904 339.566 343.048 3.9 0.9 1.0

Services less medical care services

 347.179 347.407 349.744 2.4 0.7 0.7

Energy

 204.830 201.575 208.610 16.1 1.8 3.5

All items less energy

 296.442 297.816 299.431 2.5 1.0 0.5

All items less food and energy

 300.637 302.100 303.634 2.6 1.0 0.5

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 Apr 2021 from- Percent change to Mar 2021 from-
Jan
2021		 Feb
2021		 Mar
2021		 Apr
2021		 Apr
2020		 Feb
2021		 Mar
2021		 Mar
2020		 Jan
2021		 Feb
2021

U.S. city average

 261.582 263.014 264.877 267.054 4.2 1.5 0.8 2.6 1.3 0.7

U.S. city average (1967=100)

 783.584 787.872 793.455 799.975            

Region(1)

Northeast

 275.427 276.473 278.197 280.234 3.3 1.4 0.7 2.1 1.0 0.6

New England(2)

 105.658 105.962 106.992 107.566 2.7 1.5 0.5 1.8 1.3 1.0

Middle Atlantic(2)

 105.606 106.044 106.567 107.426 3.5 1.3 0.8 2.2 0.9 0.5

Midwest

 242.552 244.477 246.246 248.169 4.9 1.5 0.8 3.0 1.5 0.7

East North Central(2)

 105.024 105.925 106.623 107.470 4.9 1.5 0.8 2.8 1.5 0.7

West North Central(2)

 105.629 106.315 107.239 108.042 5.0 1.6 0.7 3.2 1.5 0.9

South

 252.067 253.386 255.319 257.207 4.4 1.5 0.7 2.9 1.3 0.8

South Atlantic(2)

 106.719 107.243 107.943 108.722 4.2 1.4 0.7 2.9 1.1 0.7

East South Central(2)

 105.077 105.706 106.817 107.669 5.7 1.9 0.8 4.0 1.7 1.1

West South Central(2)

 104.111 104.684 105.565 106.354 4.3 1.6 0.7 2.4 1.4 0.8

West

 277.238 278.702 280.625 283.507 3.9 1.7 1.0 2.4 1.2 0.7

Mountain(2)

 107.854 108.386 109.308 110.748 4.2 2.2 1.3 2.5 1.3 0.9

Pacific(2)

 107.680 108.262 108.947 109.951 3.8 1.6 0.9 2.4 1.2 0.6

Selected local areas(1)

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

 246.008 247.387 248.984 251.491 4.6 1.7 1.0 2.6 1.2 0.6

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

 280.178 281.347 282.648 285.808 3.6 1.6 1.1 2.2 0.9 0.5

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

 285.525 286.474 287.481 289.493 3.2 1.1 0.7 2.0 0.7 0.4

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

 286.615   289.240         1.3 0.9  

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX(4)

 242.513   246.995         3.4 1.8  

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO(4)

 272.156   274.430         1.6 0.8  

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

 256.379   259.187         3.0 1.1  

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(4)

 109.550   110.981         3.6 1.3  

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA(4)

 307.688   315.035         4.1 2.4  

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

 239.135   242.910         4.9 1.6  

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

 270.535   272.347         2.6 0.7  

Urban Hawaii(4)

 287.634   290.361         1.8 0.9  

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA(7)

   252.972   257.074 6.0 1.6        

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

   261.917   266.534 2.9 1.8        

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI(7)

   240.570   244.708 5.4 1.7        

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

   232.442   236.604 4.5 1.8        

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

   275.849   280.390 4.1 1.6        

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

   262.167   265.355 3.5 1.2        

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

   147.186   150.787 4.9 2.4        

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA(7)

   304.387   309.419 3.8 1.7        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA(7)

   286.950   290.068 3.4 1.1        

St. Louis, MO-IL(7)

   237.018   242.022 5.4 2.1        

Urban Alaska(7)

   229.478   233.519 4.8 1.8        

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 Apr 2021 from- Percent change to Mar 2021 from-
Jan
2021		 Feb
2021		 Mar
2021		 Apr
2021		 Apr
2020		 Feb
2021		 Mar
2021		 Mar
2020		 Jan
2021		 Feb
2021

U.S. city average

 255.296 256.843 258.935 261.237 4.7 1.7 0.9 3.0 1.4 0.8

U.S. city average (1967=100)

 760.447 765.056 771.287 778.147            

Region(1)

Northeast

 271.700 272.771 274.475 276.633 3.5 1.4 0.8 2.3 1.0 0.6

New England(2)

 105.695 106.046 107.154 107.806 3.2 1.7 0.6 2.2 1.4 1.0

Middle Atlantic(2)

 105.602 106.037 106.568 107.462 3.6 1.3 0.8 2.4 0.9 0.5

Midwest

 236.840 238.792 240.899 243.152 5.7 1.8 0.9 3.4 1.7 0.9

East North Central(2)

 105.364 106.304 107.148 108.192 5.8 1.8 1.0 3.3 1.7 0.8

West North Central(2)

 105.655 106.345 107.520 108.420 5.7 2.0 0.8 3.7 1.8 1.1

South

 247.339 248.802 251.042 252.967 4.9 1.7 0.8 3.2 1.5 0.9

South Atlantic(2)

 106.735 107.310 108.127 108.853 4.6 1.4 0.7 3.2 1.3 0.8

East South Central(2)

 105.145 105.854 107.205 108.246 6.2 2.3 1.0 4.3 2.0 1.3

West South Central(2)

 104.054 104.716 105.727 106.604 4.9 1.8 0.8 2.8 1.6 1.0

West

 269.125 270.740 272.841 275.807 4.4 1.9 1.1 2.9 1.4 0.8

Mountain(2)

 108.310 108.905 110.009 111.541 4.9 2.4 1.4 3.1 1.6 1.0

Pacific(2)

 107.939 108.605 109.363 110.444 4.3 1.7 1.0 2.8 1.3 0.7

Selected local areas(1)

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

 237.602 239.091 240.820 243.551 5.2 1.9 1.1 2.8 1.4 0.7

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

 271.129 272.816 274.097 277.126 4.2 1.6 1.1 2.7 1.1 0.5

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

 279.909 280.994 281.761 283.926 3.3 1.0 0.8 2.1 0.7 0.3

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

 285.461   288.652         1.5 1.1  

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX(4)

 248.287   253.289         3.8 2.0  

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO(4)

 263.594   266.488         2.4 1.1  

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

 251.086   254.963         4.3 1.5  

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(4)

 110.204   111.823         4.1 1.5  

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA(4)

 291.490   298.292         4.5 2.3  

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

 235.808   240.096         5.1 1.8  

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

 266.855   269.318         3.1 0.9  

Urban Hawaii(4)

 284.959   288.147         1.9 1.1  

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA(7)

   249.806   253.190 5.9 1.4        

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

   259.765   263.766 2.8 1.5        

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI(7)

   236.446   240.670 6.1 1.8        

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

   227.056   231.886 5.2 2.1        

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

   271.476   276.274 4.3 1.8        

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

   263.450   266.593 3.4 1.2        

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

   146.173   149.951 5.1 2.6        

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA(7)

   297.170   302.294 4.1 1.7        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA(7)

   282.795   286.700 3.7 1.4        

St. Louis, MO-IL(7)

   235.134   240.449 5.9 2.3        

Urban Alaska(7)

   229.145   233.438 5.2 1.9        

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.