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Wednesday, May 11, 2022

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Consumer Price Index, Los Angeles area — April 2022

Area prices were up 0.5 percent over the past month, up 7.9 percent from a year ago

Prices in the Los Angeles area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.5 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the April increase was influenced by higher prices for shelter and new and used motor vehicles. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, month-to-month changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

Over the last 12 months, the CPI-U rose 7.9 percent. (See chart 1 and table A.) Food prices advanced 7.5 percent. Energy prices jumped 34.2 percent, largely the result of an increase in the price of gasoline. The index for all items less food and energy increased 5.8 percent over the year. (See table 1.)

Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Los Angeles, April 2019-April 2022
Food

Food prices rose 0.4 percent for the month of April. (See table 1.) Prices for food at home edged up 0.1 percent over the month as three categories rose, and three categories declined. Food away from home advanced 0.6 percent.

Over the year, food prices advanced 7.5 percent. Prices for food at home increased 9.5 percent since a year ago, led by an 11.7 percent increase for fruits and vegetables. Prices for food away from home increased 5.2 percent.

Energy

The energy index was unchanged over the month. Decreases in electricity prices (-2.7 percent) and natural gas prices (-1.7 percent) were countered by higher gasoline prices (1.2 percent).

Energy prices jumped 34.2 percent over the year, largely due to higher prices for gasoline (46.2 percent). Prices paid for natural gas service rose 25.1 percent, and prices for electricity advanced 14.0 percent during the past year.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.6 percent in April. Higher prices for new and used motor vehicles (2.3 percent), medical care (0.7 percent), and shelter (0.6 percent) were partially offset by lower prices for household furnishings and operations (-3.4 percent) and apparel (-2.9 percent).

Over the year, the index for all items less food and energy increased 5.8 percent. Components contributing to the increase were new and used motor vehicles (15.1 percent), medical care (6.5 percent), and shelter (4.4 percent).

Table A. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, CPI-U 1-month and 12-month percent changes, all items index, not seasonally adjusted
Month20182019202020212022
1-month12-month1-month12-month1-month12-month1-month12-month1-month12-month

January

0.83.50.73.20.83.10.20.91.17.5

February

0.73.60.12.50.33.40.41.00.37.4

March

0.43.80.62.70.71.90.52.21.58.5

April

0.44.01.03.3-0.30.71.13.60.57.9

May

0.44.10.23.10.40.90.63.9

June

-0.24.00.03.30.51.40.64.0

July

0.23.90.13.30.61.90.63.9

August

0.23.90.03.00.12.00.24.0

September

0.53.90.53.0-0.31.20.34.6

October

0.54.10.73.20.20.70.95.4

November

-0.33.6-0.33.20.11.00.66.0

December

-0.33.2-0.63.0-0.21.50.46.6

The May 2022 Consumer Price Index for the Los Angeles area is scheduled to be released on June 10, 2022.


Technical Note

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measures of the average change in prices over time in a fixed market basket of goods and services. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes CPIs for two population groups: (1) a CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) which covers approximately 93 percent of the total U.S. population and (2) a CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) which covers approximately 29 percent of the total U.S. population. The CPI-U includes, in addition to wage earners and clerical workers, groups such as professional, managerial, and technical workers, the self-employed, short-term workers, the unemployed, and retirees and others not in the labor force.

The CPI is based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, and fuels, transportation fares, charges for doctors' and dentists' services, drugs, and the other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day living. Each month, prices are collected in 75 urban areas across the country from about 6,000 housing units and approximately 22,000 retail establishments—department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling stations, and other types of stores and service establishments. All taxes directly associated with the purchase and use of items are included in the index.

The index measures price changes from a designated reference date; for most of the CPI-U the reference base is 1982-84 equals 100. An increase of 7 percent from the reference base, for example, is shown as 107.000.  Alternatively, that relationship can also be expressed as the price of a base period market basket of goods and services rising from $100 to $107. For further details see the CPI home page on the Internet at www.bls.gov/cpi and the CPI section of the BLS Handbook of Methods available on the internet at www.bls.gov/opub/hom/cpi/.

In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each location are averaged together with weights that represent their importance in the spending of the appropriate population group. Local data are then combined to obtain a U.S. city average. Because the sample size of a local area is smaller, the local area index is subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error than the national index. In addition, local indexes are not adjusted for seasonal influences. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national index, although their long-term trends are quite similar. NOTE: Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of prices between cities; they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base period.

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan area includes Los Angeles and Orange Counties in California.

Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.

Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Indexes and percent changes for selected periods

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item and Group

IndexesPercent change from-
Historical
data
Feb.
2022
Mar.
2022
Apr.
2022
Apr.
2021
Feb.
2022
Mar.
2022

Expenditure category

All items

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASA0
302.164306.679308.3027.92.00.5

All items (1967=100)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49AAA0
892.725906.065910.861---

Food and beverages

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAF
303.742307.249308.5817.51.60.4

Food

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAF1
304.383308.115309.2227.51.60.4

Food at home

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAF11
291.759298.567298.9799.52.50.1

Cereals and bakery products

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAF111
302.848312.021314.43211.03.80.8

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAF112
325.612333.696333.2248.52.3-0.1

Dairy and related products

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASEFJ
275.947279.034284.2039.83.01.9

Fruits and vegetables

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAF113
404.906421.214418.36011.73.3-0.7

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAF114
282.701291.248284.2382.90.5-2.4

Other food at home

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAF115
222.709224.184227.00011.31.91.3

Food away from home

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASEFV
312.864312.426314.4225.20.50.6

Alcoholic beverages

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAF116
275.374275.507279.9007.31.61.6

Housing

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAH
343.245344.997345.1995.40.60.1

Shelter

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAH1
389.980391.014393.3934.40.90.6

Rent of primary residence(2)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASEHA
413.909414.737416.4413.70.60.4

Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)(3)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASEHC
403.608404.757406.3473.80.70.4

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(1)(2)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASEHC01
403.585404.733406.3233.80.70.4

Fuels and utilities

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAH2
419.106431.131423.28313.81.0-1.8

Household energy

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAH21
373.176387.909378.54216.71.4-2.4

Energy services(2)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASEHF
371.495385.556376.31716.51.3-2.4

Electricity(2)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASEHF01
431.726449.175437.22314.01.3-2.7

Utility (piped) gas service(2)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASEHF02
298.413307.719302.47725.11.4-1.7

Household furnishings and operations

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAH3
134.455135.380130.7588.7-2.7-3.4

Apparel

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAA
117.926118.761115.2764.0-2.2-2.9

Transportation

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAT
250.475266.393272.99920.99.02.5

Private transportation

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAT1
254.166269.276272.87721.47.41.3

New and used motor vehicles(4)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASETA
108.029108.100110.53515.12.32.3

New vehicles(1)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASETA01
192.755189.915191.96710.7-0.41.1

Used cars and trucks(1)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASETA02
398.415392.079389.98721.9-2.1-0.5

Motor fuel

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASETB
359.445435.041441.00046.322.71.4

Gasoline (all types)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASETB01
351.114425.278430.41646.222.61.2

Gasoline, unleaded regular(4)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASS47014
352.034427.284432.30146.822.81.2

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASS47015
335.663404.341409.66744.722.01.3

Gasoline, unleaded premium(4)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASS47016
335.327402.677408.09943.821.71.3

Medical care

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAM
537.117538.381542.1866.50.90.7

Recreation(6)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAR
115.548117.521118.3137.02.40.7

Education and communication(6)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAE
152.117151.545152.1973.60.10.4

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

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASEEB
2,080.5652,079.7042,079.7048.80.00.0

Other goods and services

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAG
471.452476.838479.1172.21.60.5

Commodity and service group

All items

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASA0
302.164306.679308.3027.92.00.5

Commodities

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAC
209.458215.759216.38712.13.30.3

Commodities less food & beverages

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASACL11
160.431167.491167.80515.94.60.2

Nondurables less food & beverages

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASANL11
218.087236.491236.81219.98.60.1

Durables

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAD
104.662104.113104.37911.0-0.30.3

Services

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAS
383.772386.484389.0205.71.40.7

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASA0L5
291.852296.477298.0098.02.10.5

All items less shelter

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASA0L2
263.316269.412270.69910.22.80.5

Commodities less food

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASACL1
165.550172.522172.94715.44.50.2

Nondurables

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAN
262.283273.383274.21012.64.50.3

Nondurables less food

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASANL1
224.443241.939242.51918.88.10.2

Services less rent of shelter(3)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASASL2RS
385.112390.423393.2447.82.10.7

Services less medical care services

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASASL5
369.433372.207374.6715.71.40.7

Energy

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASA0E
367.030418.559418.38234.214.00.0

All items less energy

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASA0LE
300.237301.947303.6896.11.10.6

All items less food and energy

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASA0L1E
299.588300.952302.8035.81.10.6

Footnotes
(1) Indexes on a December 1977=100 base.
(2) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator.
(3) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
(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.

- Data not available
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 

Last Modified Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2022