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Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Northeast

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, all items, in the United States and selected areas in the Northeast, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Area
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data
Annual
average
2022
Jul
2023
Aug
2023
Percent change
Annual
average
2021 to
2022
12 months
ended
Jul
2023
Aug
2023

U.S. City Average

292.655 305.691 307.026 8.0 3.2 3.7

Northeast region(1)

303.320 313.952 315.441 7.0 2.6 2.8

Northeast City Size Class (population)

A (greater than 2,500,000)

305.197 317.576 319.371 6.6 3.2 3.6

B/C (2,500,000 or less)(2)

179.916 184.946 185.600 7.5 1.9 1.8

New England(3)(4)

116.276 119.390 119.875 7.1 2.1 2.3

Middle Atlantic(5)(4)

116.339 120.775 121.377 6.9 2.8 3.0

Metropolitan areas

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH(6)

314.356 324.746   7.1 2.8  

New York-Newark-Jersey City

310.141 322.496 324.380 6.1 3.2 3.5

Footnotes
(1) The Northeast region includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
(2) December 1996=100.
(3) The New England division includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
(4) December 2017=100.
(5) The Middle Atlantic division includes New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
(6) Published in alternate months.

Source: Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households.