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errata

Index and average price data for electricity in Los Angeles for May through November 2022 were incorrectly published in the database. The error also includes related aggregate data within Los Angeles and several related areas. A list of affected series and the corrected indexes and average price values is available at https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/data-series-affected-by-consumer-price-index-data-suppression-for-utilities-and-related-series-in-2022.htm

 

Corrections to be made on 4/28/23.

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23-709-SAN
Wednesday, April 12, 2023

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Consumer Price Index, Los Angeles area — March 2023

Area prices were up 0.1 percent over the past month, up 3.7 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 0.1 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the March increase was influenced by higher prices for shelter and gasoline. (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 advanced 3.7 percent. (See chart 1 and table A.) Food prices increased 6.4 percent. Energy prices declined 7.6 percent, largely the result of a decrease in the price of gasoline. The index for all items less food and energy advanced 4.3 percent over the year. (See table 1.)

Food

Food prices declined 0.1 percent for the month of March. (See table 1.) Prices for food at home decreased 0.8 percent, with lower prices in four of the six grocery categories. Prices for food away from home increased 0.8 percent for the same period.

Over the year, food prices increased 6.4 percent. Prices for food at home increased 5.4 percent since a year ago, with higher prices in five of the six grocery categories. Prices for food away from home increased 7.8 percent.

Energy

The energy index declined 0.9 percent over the month. The decrease was mainly due to lower prices for natural gas service (-20.4 percent). Prices for gasoline advanced 3.6 percent for the same period.

Energy prices declined 7.6 percent over the year, largely due to lower prices for gasoline (-15.2 percent). Prices paid for natural gas service advanced 4.4 percent during the past year.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.2 percent in March. Higher prices for new and used motor vehicles (0.6 percent) and shelter (0.5 percent) were partially offset by lower prices for household furnishings and operations (-1.2 percent) and medical care (-0.5 percent).

Over the year, the index for all items less food and energy advanced 4.3 percent. Components contributing to the increase included shelter (5.4 percent), education and communication (3.3 percent), and medical care (2.9 percent). Partly offsetting the increases were price decreases in used cars and trucks (-9.4 percent) and household furnishings and operations (-2.7 percent).

Table A. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, CPI-U 1-month and 12-month percent changes, all items index, not seasonally adjusted
Month20192020202120222023
1-month12-month1-month12-month1-month12-month1-month12-month1-month12-month

January

0.73.20.83.10.20.91.17.51.95.8

February

0.12.50.33.40.41.00.37.4-0.35.1

March

0.62.70.71.90.52.21.58.50.13.7

April

1.03.3-0.30.71.13.60.57.9

May

0.23.10.40.90.63.90.88.0

June

0.03.30.51.40.64.01.18.6

July

0.13.30.61.90.63.9-0.27.7

August

0.03.00.12.00.24.00.17.6

September

0.53.0-0.31.20.34.60.57.8

October

0.73.20.20.70.95.40.67.5

November

-0.33.20.11.00.66.0-0.86.0

December

-0.63.0-0.21.50.46.6-0.64.9

The April 2023 Consumer Price Index for the Los Angeles area is scheduled to be released on May 10, 2023.


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
Jan.
2023
Feb.
2023
Mar.
2023
Mar.
2022
Jan.
2023
Feb.
2023

Expenditure category

All items

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASA0
318.591317.571317.8733.7-0.20.1

All items (1967=100)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49AAA0
941.261938.247939.139---

Food and beverages

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAF
324.189326.720326.4156.20.7-0.1

Food

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAF1
326.080328.229327.7616.40.5-0.1

Food at home

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAF11
314.820317.053314.6065.4-0.1-0.8

Cereals and bakery products

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAF111
348.891349.789351.27612.60.70.4

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAF112
339.692339.260336.9771.0-0.8-0.7

Dairy and related products

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASEFJ
305.558307.305301.8198.2-1.2-1.8

Fruits and vegetables

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAF113
414.795415.390418.124-0.70.80.7

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAF114
298.893301.326297.1622.0-0.6-1.4

Other food at home

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAF115
249.856255.402250.31711.70.2-2.0

Food away from home

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASEFV
331.980333.904336.7387.81.40.8

Alcoholic beverages

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAF116
277.175284.531286.3853.93.30.7

Housing

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAH
367.057361.568361.4224.8-1.50.0

Shelter

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAH1
409.720410.139412.2535.40.60.5

Rent of primary residence(2)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASEHA
433.967434.905437.6775.50.90.6

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

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASEHC
424.353424.743426.2215.30.40.3

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

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASEHC01
424.329424.718426.1975.30.40.3

Fuels and utilities

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAH2
580.765477.230456.1245.8-21.5-4.4

Household energy

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAH21
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Energy services(2)

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

Electricity(2)

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

Utility (piped) gas service(2)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASEHF02
839.299403.709321.3104.4-61.7-20.4

Household furnishings and operations

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAH3
130.530133.353131.741-2.70.9-1.2

Apparel

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAA
118.080120.473119.4490.61.2-0.8

Transportation

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAT
255.814259.474261.838-1.72.40.9

Private transportation

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAT1
256.904260.013262.710-2.42.31.0

New and used motor vehicles(4)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASETA
111.654111.731112.3483.90.60.6

New vehicles(1)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASETA01
194.759195.514196.0383.20.70.3

Used cars and trucks(1)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASETA02
354.971350.910355.382-9.40.11.3

Motor fuel

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASETB
341.285357.624370.173-14.98.53.5

Gasoline (all types)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASETB01
332.026348.035360.457-15.28.63.6

Gasoline, unleaded regular(4)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASS47014
332.348348.609361.216-15.58.73.6

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASS47015
318.398333.499344.842-14.78.33.4

Gasoline, unleaded premium(4)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASS47016
319.306333.803345.131-14.38.13.4

Medical care

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAM
558.533556.341553.8042.9-0.8-0.5

Recreation(6)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAR
120.785121.814121.3433.30.5-0.4

Education and communication(6)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAE
155.327155.873156.5573.30.80.4

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

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASEEB
2,178.7942,179.8632,186.1495.10.30.3

Other goods and services

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAG
502.040500.949504.2685.80.40.7

Commodity and service group

All items

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASA0
318.591317.571317.8733.7-0.20.1

Commodities

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAC
213.853215.603216.3050.31.10.3

Commodities less food & beverages

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASACL11
158.273159.604160.539-4.21.40.6

Nondurables less food & beverages

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASANL11
218.373222.267223.709-5.42.40.6

Durables

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAD
101.579101.582102.119-1.90.50.5

Services

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAS
411.538407.703407.5775.5-1.00.0

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASA0L5
308.024307.054307.4693.7-0.20.1

All items less shelter

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASA0L2
278.306276.631276.1122.5-0.8-0.2

Commodities less food

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASACL1
163.474164.958165.928-3.81.50.6

Nondurables

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAN
272.642275.948276.5791.21.40.2

Nondurables less food

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASANL1
224.834228.989230.475-4.72.50.6

Services less rent of shelter(3)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASASL2RS
426.829415.924412.1085.6-3.4-0.9

Services less medical care services

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASASL5
397.345393.426393.3475.7-1.00.0

Energy

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASA0E
432.933390.509386.921-7.6-10.6-0.9

All items less energy

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASA0LE
314.015315.304315.8254.60.60.2

All items less food and energy

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASA0L1E
312.000313.159313.8284.30.60.2

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, April 12, 2023