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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-
Jul
2017		 Aug
2017		 Sep
2017		 Sep
2016		 Jul
2017		 Aug
2017

Expenditure category

All items

 268.051 268.657 270.059 2.1 0.7 0.5

All items (1967=100)

 774.899 776.650 780.704      

Food and beverages

 260.865 260.948 261.175 1.5 0.1 0.1

Food

 261.032 261.084 261.243 1.6 0.1 0.1

Food at home

 252.610 252.606 252.197 1.1 -0.2 -0.2

Food away from home

 279.985 280.119 281.109 2.2 0.4 0.4

Alcoholic beverages

 254.156 254.669 255.792 0.4 0.6 0.4

Housing

 292.019 292.898 292.867 2.3 0.3 0.0

Shelter

 368.840 370.744 370.662 2.4 0.5 0.0

Rent of primary residence(1)

 381.149 383.150 383.268 2.6 0.6 0.0

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

 374.320 376.331 376.922 2.2 0.7 0.2

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

 373.857 375.867 376.459 2.2 0.7 0.2

Fuels and utilities

 191.358 189.107 190.718 4.8 -0.3 0.9

Household energy

 183.578 181.001 182.804 5.2 -0.4 1.0

Energy services(1)(3)

 179.315 175.878 176.600 3.8 -1.5 0.4

Electricity(1)

 189.160 185.424 186.545 1.1 -1.4 0.6

Utility (piped) gas service(1)

 152.258 149.533 149.520 10.2 -1.8 0.0

Household furnishings and operations

 109.606 109.195 108.094 -2.8 -1.4 -1.0

Apparel

 122.042 128.373 132.011 -0.9 8.2 2.8

Transportation

 211.441 211.533 217.462 5.2 2.8 2.8

Private transportation

 197.831 199.166 204.868 6.2 3.6 2.9

Motor fuel

 193.183 199.087 224.555 29.2 16.2 12.8

Gasoline (all types)

 192.374 198.243 223.701 29.2 16.3 12.8

Gasoline, unleaded regular(4)

 190.888 197.110 223.226 30.7 16.9 13.2

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

 203.080 206.501 228.957 22.3 12.7 10.9

Gasoline, unleaded premium(4)

 204.816 208.204 229.001 20.4 11.8 10.0

Medical care

 476.764 476.319 476.539 1.1 0.0 0.0

Recreation(6)

 123.631 123.381 123.685 3.2 0.0 0.2

Education and communication(6)

 142.300 141.397 142.094 -1.1 -0.1 0.5

Other goods and services

 423.644 420.290 422.606 1.7 -0.2 0.6

Commodity and service group

All items

 268.051 268.657 270.059 2.1 0.7 0.5

Commodities

 185.878 187.098 189.498 1.8 1.9 1.3

Commodities less food and beverages

 140.548 142.224 145.492 2.0 3.5 2.3

Nondurables less food and beverages

 177.281 180.952 187.843 4.9 6.0 3.8

Durables

 93.665 93.246 92.697 -3.4 -1.0 -0.6

Services

 337.418 337.573 338.253 2.2 0.2 0.2

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care

 258.985 259.633 261.083 2.1 0.8 0.6

All items less shelter

 228.127 228.207 230.219 1.8 0.9 0.9

Commodities less food

 144.826 146.474 149.693 1.9 3.4 2.2

Nondurables

 220.460 222.470 226.274 3.0 2.6 1.7

Nondurables less food

 181.961 185.451 192.012 4.6 5.5 3.5

Services less rent of shelter(2)

 314.170 312.425 313.950 1.8 -0.1 0.5

Services less medical care services

 325.986 326.062 326.694 2.1 0.2 0.2

Energy

 189.791 190.395 201.202 14.2 6.0 5.7

All items less energy

 277.521 278.132 278.666 1.3 0.4 0.2

All items less food and energy

 282.273 282.983 283.583 1.3 0.5 0.2

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 Sep 2017 from- Percent change to Aug 2017 from-
Jun
2017		 Jul
2017		 Aug
2017		 Sep
2017		 Sep
2016		 Jul
2017		 Aug
2017		 Aug
2016		 Jun
2017		 Jul
2017

U.S. city average

 244.955 244.786 245.519 246.819 2.2 0.8 0.5 1.9 0.2 0.3

U.S. city average (1967=100)

 733.775 733.269 735.466 739.359            

Region

Northeast urban

 259.335 258.833 259.508 260.875 1.9 0.8 0.5 1.6 0.1 0.3

Midwest urban

 229.780 229.820 230.443 231.030 1.5 0.5 0.3 1.5 0.3 0.3

South urban

 237.346 236.942 237.892 239.649 2.4 1.1 0.7 1.9 0.2 0.4

West urban

 254.469 254.708 255.282 256.504 2.9 0.7 0.5 2.7 0.3 0.2

Selected local areas(1)

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

 233.407 233.514 234.200 235.177 2.1 0.7 0.4 2.3 0.3 0.3

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

 255.275 256.023 256.739 257.890 3.1 0.7 0.4 2.8 0.6 0.3

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

 268.666 268.051 268.657 270.059 2.1 0.7 0.5 1.7 0.0 0.2

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

   266.429   269.757 2.7 1.2        

Cleveland-Akron, OH(3)

   223.529   224.879 1.8 0.6        

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX(3)

   225.613   229.056 3.2 1.5        

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

   158.850   160.293 1.7 0.9        

Atlanta, GA(5)

 233.882   235.818         3.5 0.8  

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI(5)

 226.525   226.759         1.3 0.1  

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX(5)

 220.805   221.255         2.2 0.2  

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL(5)

 255.134   255.898         2.3 0.3  

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

 247.713   248.919         1.4 0.5  

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

 275.304   275.893         3.0 0.2  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA(5)

 263.756   263.333         2.5 -0.2  

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 Sep 2017 from- Percent change to Aug 2017 from-
Jun
2017		 Jul
2017		 Aug
2017		 Sep
2017		 Sep
2016		 Jul
2017		 Aug
2017		 Aug
2016		 Jun
2017		 Jul
2017

U.S. city average

 238.813 238.617 239.448 240.939 2.3 1.0 0.6 1.9 0.3 0.3

U.S. city average (1967=100)

 711.352 710.766 713.243 717.684            

Region

Northeast urban

 255.462 254.887 255.723 257.297 2.0 0.9 0.6 1.7 0.1 0.3

Midwest urban

 223.625 223.626 224.366 225.026 1.5 0.6 0.3 1.3 0.3 0.3

South urban

 233.064 232.658 233.691 235.707 2.5 1.3 0.9 1.8 0.3 0.4

West urban

 246.155 246.373 246.978 248.379 3.0 0.8 0.6 2.8 0.3 0.2

Selected local areas(1)

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

 224.718 224.942 225.642 226.524 1.9 0.7 0.4 1.9 0.4 0.3

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

 245.900 246.681 247.260 248.550 3.2 0.8 0.5 2.9 0.6 0.2

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

 263.205 262.577 263.489 265.291 2.4 1.0 0.7 2.0 0.1 0.3

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

   265.002   267.760 2.8 1.0        

Cleveland-Akron, OH(3)

   213.214   214.373 1.7 0.5        

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX(3)

   230.395   233.845 3.3 1.5        

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

   158.624   160.197 1.8 1.0        

Atlanta, GA(5)

 230.677   232.927         3.5 1.0  

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI(5)

 221.132   221.213         1.1 0.0  

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX(5)

 215.829   216.384         2.0 0.3  

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL(5)

 250.910   251.206         1.9 0.1  

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

 248.833   250.152         1.5 0.5  

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

 269.508   269.827         2.9 0.1  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA(5)

 259.487   259.528         2.8 0.0  

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.