The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim increased 0.9 percent in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the all items less food and energy index increased 0.9 percent. The energy index increased 1.7 percent, and the food index advanced 0.6 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, month-to-month changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The Los Angeles area all items CPI-U advanced 3.3 percent for the 12 months ending in January. The index for all items less food and energy rose 3.7 percent, and the food index advanced 3.3 percent over the year. Energy prices declined 1.9 percent over the same time period.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, January 2022–January 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Jan 2022	7.5	5.5
Feb 2022	7.4	5.9
Mar 2022	8.5	6.2
Apr 2022	7.9	5.8
May 2022	8.0	5.8
Jun 2022	8.6	6.0
Jul 2022	7.7	5.7
Aug 2022	7.6	6.2
Sep 2022	7.8	6.3
Oct 2022	7.5	6.0
Nov 2022	6.0	5.2
Dec 2022	4.9	4.5
Jan 2023	5.8	4.5
Feb 2023	5.1	4.5
Mar 2023	3.7	4.3
Apr 2023	3.8	4.5
May 2023	3.2	4.3
Jun 2023	2.5	4.0
Jul 2023	2.7	3.4
Aug 2023	3.3	3.5
Sep 2023	3.2	3.2
Oct 2023	2.4	2.7
Nov 2023	2.8	2.8
Dec 2023	3.5	3.4
Jan 2024	2.5	3.7
Feb 2024	3.4	3.8
Mar 2024	4.0	4.3
Apr 2024	3.9	3.8
May 2024	3.9	3.8
Jun 2024	3.2	3.6
Jul 2024	3.4	4.2
Aug 2024	2.9	3.9
Sep 2024	2.8	4.1
Oct 2024	3.0	4.3
Nov 2024	3.2	4.1
Dec 2024	3.4	4.1
Jan 2025	3.3	3.7

Food prices advanced 0.6 percent in January. Prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) advanced 0.7 percent, with higher prices in 4 of the 6 major grocery store groups. Prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) rose 0.6 percent.

The food index increased 3.3 percent over the year. Prices for food at home increased 2.2 percent, with higher prices in 5 of the 6 major grocery store groups. Prices for food away from home increased 4.4 percent.

The energy index increased 1.7 percent in January. Gasoline prices increased 1.7 percent.

Energy prices declined 1.9 percent from January 2024 to January 2025. Gasoline prices declined 3.4 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.9 percent in January. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for recreation (+2.3 percent) and shelter (+0.3 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for other goods and services (-0.8 percent) and new and used motor vehicles (-0.3 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy increased 3.7 percent over the year, reflecting higher prices for medical care (+7.4 percent) and shelter (+4.5 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for new and used motor vehicles (-3.0 percent) and household furnishings and operations (-2.9 percent).

The February 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Los Angeles area is scheduled to be released on March 12, 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 Los Angeles is published 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Core Based Statistical Area includes Los Angeles and Orange Counties in California.

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Table 1. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 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		333.718	334.531	337.508	3.3	1.1	0.9
All items (1967=100)		985.952	988.352	997.148	-	-	-
Food and beverages		342.195	343.210	345.446	3.0	1.0	0.7
Food		345.157	346.201	348.368	3.3	0.9	0.6
Food at home		325.112	326.477	328.687	2.2	1.1	0.7
Cereals and bakery products		345.951	347.042	338.999	-3.0	-2.0	-2.3
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		360.635	363.011	372.786	7.1	3.4	2.7
Dairy and related products		304.710	307.040	308.451	1.9	1.2	0.5
Fruits and vegetables		417.448	419.089	424.222	1.1	1.6	1.2
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		309.019	311.966	322.282	4.6	4.3	3.3
Other food at home		265.123	264.856	261.947	0.5	-1.2	-1.1
Food away from home		363.021	363.688	365.785	4.4	0.8	0.6
Alcoholic beverages		278.076	278.601	281.575	-2.0	1.3	1.1
Housing		386.880	387.844	390.173	3.8	0.9	0.6
Shelter		444.885	447.233	448.717	4.5	0.9	0.3
Rent of primary residence		472.970	474.878	476.538	4.9	0.8	0.3
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		463.445	465.756	467.334	4.3	0.8	0.3
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		463.418	465.729	467.307	4.3	0.8	0.3
Household furnishings and operations		130.263	127.715	130.511	-2.9	0.2	2.2
Apparel		121.354	122.148	124.744	-2.0	2.8	2.1
Transportation		263.807	264.907	270.012	3.1	2.4	1.9
Private transportation		267.061	268.267	273.198	3.9	2.3	1.8
New and used motor vehicles(3)		108.429	108.757	108.380	-3.0	0.0	-0.3
New vehicles(1)		191.198	191.723	192.453	-0.5	0.7	0.4
Used cars and trucks(1)		345.620	346.848	348.417	1.7	0.8	0.5
Motor fuel		337.436	331.846	337.536	-3.4	0.0	1.7
Gasoline (all types)		328.883	323.376	328.949	-3.4	0.0	1.7
Gasoline, unleaded regular(4)		328.642	323.070	328.712	-3.5	0.0	1.7
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		315.743	310.732	315.708	-3.3	0.0	1.6
Gasoline, unleaded premium(4)		318.212	313.114	318.269	-2.9	0.0	1.6
Medical care		592.688	592.940	598.407	7.4	1.0	0.9
Recreation(3)		123.213	123.271	126.120	3.9	2.4	2.3
Education and communication(3)		158.016	157.967	158.285	-0.7	0.2	0.2
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		2,334.717	2,334.667	2,335.063	2.1	0.0	0.0
Other goods and services		538.345	538.255	534.190	-0.6	-0.8	-0.8
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a December 1977=100 base. (2) Indexes 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. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 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		333.718	334.531	337.508	3.3	1.1	0.9
Food		345.157	346.201	348.368	3.3	0.9	0.6
Energy		371.101	365.910	372.147	-1.9	0.3	1.7
All items less food and energy		331.515	332.660	335.585	3.7	1.2	0.9
All items less energy		333.426	334.555	337.376	3.6	1.2	0.8
All items less medical care		322.435	323.263	326.132	3.1	1.1	0.9
All items less shelter		284.301	284.390	288.042	2.5	1.3	1.3
Commodities		217.404	217.032	219.157	0.5	0.8	1.0
Commodities less food		161.732	160.835	162.813	-1.7	0.7	1.2
Commodities less food & beverages		156.513	155.594	157.519	-1.7	0.6	1.2
Durables		98.891	98.105	99.170	-2.7	0.3	1.1
Nondurables		281.792	281.856	284.504	1.5	1.0	0.9
Nondurables less food		225.480	224.638	227.676	-1.0	1.0	1.4
Nondurables less food & beverages		218.991	218.075	221.079	-0.9	1.0	1.4
Services		437.530	439.458	443.181	4.7	1.3	0.8
Services less rent of shelter(1)		438.542	439.811	447.056	5.1	1.9	1.6
Services less medical care services		422.514	424.560	428.123	4.5	1.3	0.8
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.