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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-
Mar
2020		 Apr
2020		 May
2020		 May
2019		 Mar
2020		 Apr
2020

Expenditure category

All items

 281.975 280.623 282.092 1.4 0.0 0.5

All items (1967=100)

 815.152 811.241 815.490      

Food and beverages

 274.523 281.042 284.171 5.4 3.5 1.1

Food

 274.371 281.380 284.654 5.6 3.7 1.2

Food at home

 261.184 270.644 274.785 7.1 5.2 1.5

Cereals and bakery products

 303.916 310.214 308.436 0.8 1.5 -0.6

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 261.942 270.179 284.368 13.9 8.6 5.3

Dairy and related products

 228.607 238.563 244.577 9.2 7.0 2.5

Fruits and vegetables

 330.553 341.610 339.187 3.2 2.6 -0.7

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

 257.368 266.718 273.103 8.7 6.1 2.4

Other food at home

 228.597 239.915 239.612 5.8 4.8 -0.1

Food away from home

 300.566 304.310 306.452 3.7 2.0 0.7

Alcoholic beverages

 271.981 271.661 272.738 2.5 0.3 0.4

Housing

 307.537 306.467 306.606 1.5 -0.3 0.0

Shelter

 392.352 391.605 391.742 2.0 -0.2 0.0

Rent of primary residence

 406.933 407.462 407.966 2.1 0.3 0.1

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)

 398.790 399.954 400.201 2.7 0.4 0.1

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)

 398.296 399.459 399.705 2.7 0.4 0.1

Fuels and utilities

 191.388 186.538 188.427 -1.1 -1.5 1.0

Household energy

 181.048 175.677 177.215 -2.1 -2.1 0.9

Energy services

 176.333 174.143 175.941 2.6 -0.2 1.0

Electricity

 176.153 173.661 176.674 2.5 0.3 1.7

Utility (piped) gas service

 164.509 163.078 162.310 1.2 -1.3 -0.5

Household furnishings and operations

 108.719 108.897 107.991 -2.2 -0.7 -0.8

Apparel

 125.096 116.808 112.596 -7.7 -10.0 -3.6

Transportation

 216.549 207.798 209.149 -7.8 -3.4 0.7

Private transportation

 206.133 197.195 197.741 -7.2 -4.1 0.3

New and used motor vehicles(3)

 91.029 90.428 93.208 3.5 2.4 3.1

New vehicles(1)

 206.395 206.343 210.982 3.3 2.2 2.2

Used cars and trucks(1)

 271.931 269.102 267.082 -0.3 -1.8 -0.8

Motor fuel

 197.019 179.650 171.070 -28.1 -13.2 -4.8

Gasoline (all types)

 195.949 178.549 169.939 -28.3 -13.3 -4.8

Gasoline, unleaded regular(4)

 193.704 176.078 167.074 -29.3 -13.7 -5.1

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

 211.825 196.358 188.304 -22.0 -11.1 -4.1

Gasoline, unleaded premium(4)

 213.898 198.041 192.902 -20.6 -9.8 -2.6

Motor vehicle insurance(1)

 792.842 688.887 681.767 -10.5 -14.0 -1.0

Medical care

 530.628 531.356 531.938 5.2 0.2 0.1

Recreation(3)

 130.358 130.864 139.590 10.7 7.1 6.7

Education and communication(3)

 148.035 148.037 147.976 2.5 0.0 0.0

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

 1,256.467 1,256.467 1,257.297 4.3 0.1 0.1

Other goods and services

 440.648 442.267 440.712 1.2 0.0 -0.4

Commodity and service group

All items

 281.975 280.623 282.092 1.4 0.0 0.5

Commodities

 190.403 189.595 189.287 -1.7 -0.6 -0.2

Commodities less food and beverages

 140.638 136.573 134.733 -7.7 -4.2 -1.3

Nondurables less food and beverages

 178.482 170.999 167.136 -11.0 -6.4 -2.3

Durables

 92.559 91.955 92.107 -1.3 -0.5 0.2

Services

 358.515 356.716 359.558 2.7 0.3 0.8

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care

 271.191 269.752 271.257 1.1 0.0 0.6

All items less shelter

 238.170 236.577 238.576 1.1 0.2 0.8

Commodities less food

 145.452 141.473 139.709 -7.1 -3.9 -1.2

Nondurables

 227.565 226.725 226.177 -1.8 -0.6 -0.2

Nondurables less food

 184.087 177.013 173.433 -9.9 -5.8 -2.0

Services less rent of shelter(2)

 333.199 330.281 335.975 3.5 0.8 1.7

Services less medical care services

 343.745 341.700 344.625 2.3 0.3 0.9

Energy

 189.692 179.746 177.516 -13.5 -6.4 -1.2

All items less energy

 292.781 292.130 293.925 2.4 0.4 0.6

All items less food and energy

 297.954 296.045 297.611 1.9 -0.1 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 May 2020 from- Percent change to Apr 2020 from-
Feb
2020		 Mar
2020		 Apr
2020		 May
2020		 May
2019		 Mar
2020		 Apr
2020		 Apr
2019		 Feb
2020		 Mar
2020

U.S. city average

 258.678 258.115 256.389 256.394 0.1 -0.7 0.0 0.3 -0.9 -0.7

U.S. city average (1967=100)

 774.886 773.199 768.029 768.044            

Region(1)

Northeast

 273.080 272.531 271.325 271.345 0.6 -0.4 0.0 0.8 -0.6 -0.4

New England(2)

 105.221 105.054 104.728 104.113 -0.1 -0.9 -0.6 0.7 -0.5 -0.3

Middle Atlantic(2)

 104.534 104.307 103.794 104.033 0.9 -0.3 0.2 0.9 -0.7 -0.5

Midwest

 240.421 239.163 236.474 237.291 -0.4 -0.8 0.3 -0.4 -1.6 -1.1

East North Central(2)

 104.271 103.675 102.423 102.887 -0.3 -0.8 0.5 -0.5 -1.8 -1.2

West North Central(2)

 104.316 103.887 102.911 103.019 -0.5 -0.8 0.1 -0.3 -1.3 -0.9

South

 248.412 248.136 246.254 245.696 -0.4 -1.0 -0.2 -0.2 -0.9 -0.8

South Atlantic(2)

 105.060 104.902 104.313 104.071 0.0 -0.8 -0.2 0.2 -0.7 -0.6

East South Central(2)

 102.771 102.751 101.878 101.703 -0.7 -1.0 -0.2 -0.6 -0.9 -0.8

West South Central(2)

 103.137 103.057 101.943 101.695 -1.0 -1.3 -0.2 -0.8 -1.2 -1.1

West

 274.412 273.995 272.913 273.062 0.8 -0.3 0.1 1.3 -0.5 -0.4

Mountain(2)

 106.753 106.621 106.275 106.425 1.3 -0.2 0.1 2.1 -0.4 -0.3

Pacific(2)

 106.583 106.411 105.963 105.988 0.6 -0.4 0.0 0.9 -0.6 -0.4

Selected local areas(1)

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

 244.407 242.655 240.364 242.650 0.4 0.0 1.0 0.3 -1.7 -0.9

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

 278.657 276.589 275.853 276.842 0.9 0.1 0.4 0.7 -1.0 -0.3

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

 282.577 281.975 280.623 282.092 1.4 0.0 0.5 1.1 -0.7 -0.5

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

   285.544   282.620 0.6 -1.0        

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX(4)

   238.865   236.317 -0.5 -1.1        

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO(4)

   270.120   271.379 1.9 0.5        

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

   251.570   251.243 0.0 -0.1        

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(4)

   107.162   106.899 0.9 -0.2        

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA(4)

   302.589   301.317 0.3 -0.4        

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

   231.619   231.032 0.9 -0.3        

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

   265.385   265.733 -0.1 0.1        

Urban Hawaii(4)

   285.321   285.834 1.3 0.2        

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA(7)

 247.042   242.617         -0.3 -1.8  

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

 259.121   258.978         0.1 -0.1  

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI(7)

 238.634   232.107         -0.8 -2.7  

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

 230.147   226.387         -1.3 -1.6  

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

 272.044   269.237         -0.5 -1.0  

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

 259.694   256.353         -0.1 -1.3  

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

 145.746   143.734         1.5 -1.4  

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA(7)

 299.690   298.074         1.1 -0.5  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA(7)

 282.115   280.484         1.3 -0.6  

St. Louis, MO-IL(7)

 233.374   229.592         -0.6 -1.6  

Urban Alaska(7)

 226.510   222.909         -2.5 -1.6  

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 May 2020 from- Percent change to Apr 2020 from-
Feb
2020		 Mar
2020		 Apr
2020		 May
2020		 May
2019		 Mar
2020		 Apr
2020		 Apr
2019		 Feb
2020		 Mar
2020

U.S. city average

 251.935 251.375 249.515 249.521 -0.1 -0.7 0.0 0.1 -1.0 -0.7

U.S. city average (1967=100)

 750.436 748.770 743.230 743.247            

Region(1)

Northeast

 268.726 268.182 267.161 267.089 0.5 -0.4 0.0 0.8 -0.6 -0.4

New England(2)

 105.058 104.861 104.414 103.591 -0.4 -1.2 -0.8 0.6 -0.6 -0.4

Middle Atlantic(2)

 104.292 104.076 103.694 103.901 0.8 -0.2 0.2 0.9 -0.6 -0.4

Midwest

 234.120 232.889 229.946 230.897 -0.6 -0.9 0.4 -0.8 -1.8 -1.3

East North Central(2)

 104.304 103.677 102.285 102.821 -0.6 -0.8 0.5 -0.8 -1.9 -1.3

West North Central(2)

 104.068 103.715 102.610 102.752 -0.7 -0.9 0.1 -0.6 -1.4 -1.1

South

 243.593 243.277 241.139 240.565 -0.7 -1.1 -0.2 -0.6 -1.0 -0.9

South Atlantic(2)

 104.927 104.771 104.110 103.859 -0.2 -0.9 -0.2 -0.1 -0.8 -0.6

East South Central(2)

 102.858 102.825 101.897 101.692 -0.9 -1.1 -0.2 -0.9 -0.9 -0.9

West South Central(2)

 102.989 102.848 101.592 101.340 -1.4 -1.5 -0.2 -1.2 -1.4 -1.2

West

 265.531 265.211 264.167 264.227 0.6 -0.4 0.0 1.2 -0.5 -0.4

Mountain(2)

 106.717 106.715 106.345 106.403 0.8 -0.3 0.1 1.8 -0.3 -0.3

Pacific(2)

 106.545 106.376 105.941 105.954 0.5 -0.4 0.0 0.9 -0.6 -0.4

Selected local areas(1)

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

 235.557 234.250 231.572 233.741 0.1 -0.2 0.9 0.0 -1.7 -1.1

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

 268.938 266.964 265.930 267.007 0.6 0.0 0.4 0.6 -1.1 -0.4

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

 276.412 275.913 274.876 276.413 1.4 0.2 0.6 1.1 -0.6 -0.4

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

   284.368   280.697 0.4 -1.3        

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX(4)

   244.096   240.961 -1.2 -1.3        

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO(4)

   260.362   261.444 2.0 0.4        

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

   244.419   243.744 -0.4 -0.3        

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(4)

   107.425   107.490 1.3 0.1        

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA(4)

   285.543   284.607 1.0 -0.3        

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

   228.416   227.246 0.2 -0.5        

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

   261.242   261.002 -0.4 -0.1        

Urban Hawaii(4)

   282.885   282.857 1.5 0.0        

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA(7)

 243.207   238.992         -0.5 -1.7  

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

 257.613   256.488         -0.3 -0.4  

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI(7)

 233.377   226.882         -1.0 -2.8  

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

 224.841   220.461         -2.0 -1.9  

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

 267.329   264.911         -0.7 -0.9  

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

 260.059   257.755         0.3 -0.9  

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

 144.346   142.659         1.8 -1.2  

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA(7)

 292.010   290.304         0.7 -0.6  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA(7)

 278.081   276.427         1.5 -0.6  

St. Louis, MO-IL(7)

 231.384   227.130         -0.7 -1.8  

Urban Alaska(7)

 224.731   221.826         -1.7 -1.3  

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.