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23-1340-SAN
Tuesday, June 13, 2023

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Consumer Price Index, Los Angeles area — May 2023

Area prices were up 0.1 percent over the past month, up 3.2 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 May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the May increase was influenced by higher prices for shelter. (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 3.2 percent. (See chart 1 and table A.) Food prices rose 5.0 percent. Energy prices declined 11.5 percent, largely the result of a decrease in the price of gasoline. The index for all items less food and energy increased 4.3 percent over the year. (See table 1.)

Chart 1
Food

Food prices decreased 0.2 percent for the month of May. (See table 1.) Prices for food at home decreased 0.3 percent, led by lower prices for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (-2.0 percent). Prices for food away from home rose 0.1 percent for the same period.

Over the year, food prices rose 5.0 percent. Prices for food at home advanced 3.5 percent since a year ago, with higher prices in four of the six grocery categories. Prices for food away from home increased 7.2 percent.

Energy

The energy index was unchanged over the month. Higher prices for natural gas service (7.3 percent) and electricity (0.1 percent) were offset by lower prices for gasoline (-1.1 percent).

Energy prices decreased 11.5 percent over the year, largely due to lower prices for gasoline (-18.8 percent). Prices for natural gas service declined 14.6 percent, but prices paid for electricity rose 5.9 percent during the past year.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.2 percent in May. Higher prices for used cars and trucks (3.2 percent) and shelter (0.3 percent) were partially offset by lower prices for household furnishings and operations (-2.4 percent) and medical care (-0.5 percent).

Over the year, the index for all items less food and energy increased 4.3 percent. Components contributing to the increase included other goods and services (10.7 percent) and shelter (5.3 percent). Partly offsetting the increases was a price decrease in used cars and trucks (-3.3 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

1.03.3-0.30.71.13.60.57.90.73.8

May

0.23.10.40.90.63.90.88.00.13.2

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 June 2023 Consumer Price Index for the Los Angeles area is scheduled to be released on July 12, 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.

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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
Mar.
2023
Apr.
2023
May
2023
May
2022
Mar.
2023
Apr.
2023

Expenditure category

All items

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASA0
317.873320.089320.5143.20.80.1

All items (1967=100)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49AAA0
939.139945.686946.941---

Food and beverages

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAF
326.415327.758327.0814.90.2-0.2

Food

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAF1
327.761329.226328.6965.00.3-0.2

Food at home

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAF11
314.606315.427314.3873.5-0.1-0.3

Cereals and bakery products

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAF111
351.276351.041344.27810.3-2.0-1.9

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAF112
336.977335.803329.252-2.8-2.3-2.0

Dairy and related products

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASEFJ
301.819302.758305.6625.11.31.0

Fruits and vegetables

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAF113
418.124414.965415.7600.0-0.60.2

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAF114
297.162300.587296.0640.9-0.4-1.5

Other food at home

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAF115
250.317253.955257.97410.03.11.6

Food away from home

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASEFV
336.738339.214339.5517.20.80.1

Alcoholic beverages

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAF116
286.385286.036283.4922.0-1.0-0.9

Housing

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAH
361.422363.296364.0314.80.70.2

Shelter

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAH1
412.253414.561415.8775.30.90.3

Rent of primary residence(2)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASEHA
437.677438.691442.0565.81.00.8

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

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASEHC
426.221428.620430.2335.20.90.4

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

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASEHC01
426.197428.596430.2095.20.90.4

Fuels and utilities

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAH2
456.124447.043455.7473.3-0.11.9

Household energy

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAH21
407.268397.137403.3120.3-1.01.6

Energy services(2)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASEHF
405.473395.397401.7070.5-0.91.6

Electricity(2)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASEHF01
468.011467.839468.1035.90.00.1

Utility (piped) gas service(2)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASEHF02
321.310287.225308.215-14.6-4.17.3

Household furnishings and operations

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAH3
131.741134.939131.6470.9-0.1-2.4

Apparel

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAA
119.449120.942120.6554.71.0-0.2

Transportation

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAT
261.838263.222264.314-4.20.90.4

Private transportation

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAT1
262.710263.565265.202-3.60.90.6

New and used motor vehicles(4)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASETA
112.348112.801113.6042.91.10.7

New vehicles(1)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASETA01
196.038196.422196.3771.60.20.0

Used cars and trucks(1)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASETA02
355.382369.888381.702-3.37.43.2

Motor fuel

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASETB
370.173371.650367.636-18.7-0.7-1.1

Gasoline (all types)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASETB01
360.457362.041358.187-18.8-0.6-1.1

Gasoline, unleaded regular(4)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASS47014
361.216362.753358.808-19.1-0.7-1.1

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASS47015
344.842346.674343.047-18.3-0.5-1.0

Gasoline, unleaded premium(4)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASS47016
345.131346.816343.438-17.8-0.5-1.0

Medical care

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAM
553.804559.580556.6631.60.5-0.5

Recreation(6)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAR
121.343123.357123.0543.81.4-0.2

Education and communication(6)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAE
156.557156.792157.3363.20.50.3

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

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASEEB
2,186.1492,224.9712,234.5117.32.20.4

Other goods and services

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAG
504.268529.236534.20710.75.90.9

Commodity and service group

All items

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASA0
317.873320.089320.5143.20.80.1

Commodities

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAC
216.305217.448217.508-0.40.60.0

Commodities less food & beverages

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASACL11
160.539161.504161.781-4.40.80.2

Nondurables less food & beverages

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASANL11
223.709225.613224.661-6.20.4-0.4

Durables

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAD
102.119102.501103.231-1.41.10.7

Services

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAS
407.577410.795411.5775.11.00.2

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASA0L5
307.469309.535310.0933.30.90.2

All items less shelter

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASA0L2
276.112278.294278.3161.80.80.0

Commodities less food

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASACL1
165.928166.880167.101-4.10.70.1

Nondurables

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASAN
276.579278.246277.4100.00.3-0.3

Nondurables less food

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASANL1
230.475232.268231.206-5.60.3-0.5

Services less rent of shelter(3)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASASL2RS
412.108416.881416.8354.91.10.0

Services less medical care services

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASASL5
393.347396.440397.5185.41.10.3

Energy

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASA0E
386.921383.630383.790-11.5-0.80.0

All items less energy

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASA0LE
315.825318.361318.8034.40.90.1

All items less food and energy

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49ASA0L1E
313.828316.523317.1104.31.00.2

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: Tuesday, June 13, 2023