The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Urban Hawaii advanced 1.0 percent from November 2024 to January 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the all items less food and energy index increased 1.0 percent. The food index increased 1.9 percent, while the energy index was unchanged. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The Honolulu area all items CPI-U advanced 4.1 percent for the 12 months ending in January. The index for all items less food and energy rose 4.7 percent, and the food index rose 4.3. In contrast, the energy index declined 4.3 percent over the same time period.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Urban Hawaii, January 2022–January 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Jan 2022	6.0	3.9
Mar 2022	7.5	5.3
May 2022	7.0	4.3
Jul 2022	6.8	3.9
Sep 2022	6.6	4.1
Nov 2022	5.8	3.6
Jan 2023	5.2	3.7
Mar 2023	3.3	3.0
May 2023	2.0	2.5
Jul 2023	2.1	3.3
Sep 2023	2.2	3.0
Nov 2023	3.6	4.8
Jan 2024	3.9	4.7
Mar 2024	4.8	5.6
May 2024	5.2	5.8
Jul 2024	4.5	5.0
Sep 2024	4.2	4.9
Nov 2024	3.5	4.4
Jan 2025	4.1	4.7

The food index advanced 1.9 percent from November 2024 to January 2025. The index  for food at home (grocery store purchases) advanced 3.4 percent, with higher prices in 4 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. The index for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) decreased 0.6 percent for the same period.

The food index rose 4.3 percent over the year. The index for food at home increased 4.7 percent, with higher prices in all six major grocery store food groups. The food away from home index increased 3.4 percent.

The energy index was unchanged from November 2024 to January 2025. Gasoline prices declined 0.5 percent.

The energy index declined 4.3 percent from January 2024 to January 2025. Gasoline prices fell 2.1 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.0 percent from  November 2024  to January 2025. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for household furnishings and operations (+3.8 percent) and shelter (+0.4 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for other goods and services (-0.6 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy increased 4.7 percent over the year, reflecting higher prices for shelter (+5.3 percent) and medical care (+3.4 percent). The education and communication index declined 1.1 percent).

The March 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Honolulu area is scheduled to be released on April 10, 2025.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time in a fixed market basket of goods and services. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Hawaii is published bi-monthly. The set of components and sub-aggregates published for regional and metropolitan indexes is more limited than at the U.S. city average level; these indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a much smaller sample size than the national or regional indexes and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local-area indexes are more volatile than the national or regional indexes. In addition, local indexes are not adjusted for seasonal influences. 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.

Percent changes for all-items data previously found in Table A of this release can be accessed in Chart 1 for this release and its attendant data table. A full all-items data series history for the original index value and for 1-month, 2-month, 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month percent changes can be accessed via BLS data query tools. A direct link to the all-items series is provided in Table 1 of this release under historical data.

The Urban Hawaii Core Based Statistical Area includes Honolulu County in the State of Hawaii.

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Table 1. Urban Hawaii, CPI-U by expenditure category for January 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2024	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024
All items		343.189	-	346.772	4.1	1.0	-
All items (1967=100)		944.788	-	954.654	-	-	-
Food and beverages		370.895	-	377.536	4.4	1.8	-
Food		374.870	-	381.896	4.3	1.9	-
Food at home		352.270	352.584	364.242	4.7	3.4	3.3
Cereals and bakery products		404.250	391.264	422.018	6.6	4.4	7.9
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		331.613	328.314	342.932	6.2	3.4	4.5
Dairy and related products		295.509	293.189	292.501	1.1	-1.0	-0.2
Fruits and vegetables		404.635	412.791	423.858	4.1	4.8	2.7
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		439.513	429.663	430.710	0.6	-2.0	0.2
Other food at home		351.216	359.735	367.487	4.7	4.6	2.2
Food away from home		396.615	-	394.422	3.4	-0.6	-
Alcoholic beverages		306.766	-	304.875	6.4	-0.6	-
Housing		375.561	-	377.819	4.4	0.6	-
Shelter		411.835	413.229	413.375	5.3	0.4	0.0
Rent of primary residence		412.877	416.069	415.567	5.2	0.7	-0.1
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		421.893	425.154	425.114	5.3	0.8	0.0
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		421.893	425.154	425.114	5.3	0.8	0.0
Household furnishings and operations		166.674	-	172.945	1.8	3.8	-
Apparel		124.574	-	127.202	0.4	2.1	-
Transportation		275.977	-	283.173	6.8	2.6	-
Private transportation		281.094	-	283.017	2.9	0.7	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		122.461	-	123.037	1.7	0.5	-
New vehicles(1)		188.052	-	189.462	0.6	0.7	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		310.813	-	313.328	1.7	0.8	-
Motor fuel		355.087	353.977	353.349	-2.1	-0.5	-0.2
Gasoline (all types)		364.448	363.328	362.666	-2.1	-0.5	-0.2
Unleaded regular(4)		377.538	376.447	375.885	-2.2	-0.4	-0.1
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		305.196	304.259	303.606	-1.5	-0.5	-0.2
Unleaded premium(4)		344.338	343.046	342.015	-1.6	-0.7	-0.3
Medical care		521.072	-	524.931	3.4	0.7	-
Recreation(3)		154.757	-	155.534	3.7	0.5	-
Education and communication(3)		151.326	-	152.042	-1.1	0.5	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		2,056.458	-	2,056.536	2.4	0.0	-
Other goods and services		642.561	-	638.615	0.2	-0.6	-
Footnotes (1) Index is on a December 1977=100 base. (2) Index is on a December 1982=100 base. (3) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. (4) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. (5) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

Table 2. Urban Hawaii, CPI-U by special aggregate index for January 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2024	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024
All items		343.189	-	346.772	4.1	1.0	-
Food		374.870	-	381.896	4.3	1.9	-
Energy		361.041	360.499	361.000	-4.3	0.0	0.1
All items less food and energy		340.825	-	344.183	4.7	1.0	-
All items less energy		344.189	-	347.995	4.6	1.1	-
All items less medical care		333.644	-	337.204	4.1	1.1	-
All items less shelter		312.754	-	317.648	3.3	1.6	-
Commodities		253.143	-	256.816	2.3	1.5	-
Commodities less food		188.714	-	190.818	0.6	1.1	-
Commodities less food & beverages		184.257	-	186.398	0.4	1.2	-
Durables		123.818	-	125.993	-0.8	1.8	-
Nondurables		311.104	-	315.248	3.4	1.3	-
Nondurables less food		249.866	-	251.107	1.9	0.5	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		246.297	-	247.670	1.6	0.6	-
Services		421.802	-	425.492	5.0	0.9	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		428.759	-	436.029	4.6	1.7	-
Services less medical care services		413.030	-	416.946	5.4	0.9	-
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.