The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario was up 1.8 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 1.9 percent. The food index rose 1.6 percent, and the energy index increased 0.7 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The Riverside area all items CPI-U advanced 2.9 percent for the 12 months ending in January. The food index rose 4.0 percent, and the index for all items less food and energy increased 3.3 percent. In contrast, the energy index declined 2.3 percent over the same time period.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, January 2022–January 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Jan 2022	8.6	6.3
Mar 2022	10.0	6.9
May 2022	9.4	6.2
Jul 2022	9.2	6.2
Sep 2022	8.4	6.0
Nov 2022	7.5	6.4
Jan 2023	7.3	6.3
Mar 2023	4.6	5.9
May 2023	3.9	5.8
Jul 2023	3.4	5.1
Sep 2023	4.9	5.5
Nov 2023	4.3	5.1
Jan 2024	2.9	4.4
Mar 2024	4.3	4.7
May 2024	4.0	4.1
Jul 2024	2.8	3.6
Sep 2024	1.4	2.8
Nov 2024	1.1	1.9
Jan 2025	2.9	3.3

The food index advanced 1.6 percent from November 2024 to January 2025. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) advanced 2.3 percent, with higher prices in 4 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) rose 0.9 percent for the same period.

The food index rose 4.0 percent over the year. The food at home index increased 2.4 percent, with higher prices in 4 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. The food away from home index increased 5.9 percent.

The energy index increased 0.7 percent from November 2024 to January 2025. Gasoline prices declined 0.2 percent.

The energy index declined 2.3 percent from January 2024 to January 2025. Over the year, gasoline prices fell 2.5 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.9 percent from November 2024 to January 2025. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for recreation (+3.9 percent) and shelter (+2.0 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for other goods and services (-2.0 percent) and education and communication (-0.6 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy increased 3.3 percent over the year, reflecting higher prices for shelter (+4.2 percent) and new and used motor vehicles (+4.0 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for other goods and services (-6.8 percent) and education and communication (-3.2 percent).

The March 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Riverside 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 Riverside 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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Core Based Statistical Area includes Riverside and San Bernardino Counties in California.

Refer to the national CPI news release technical note or the Handbook of Methods for more information.

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Table 1. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, CPI-U by expenditure category for January 2025, not seasonally adjusted (December 2017=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		132.853	-	135.215	2.9	1.8	-
Food and beverages		136.970	-	139.318	4.0	1.7	-
Food		138.386	-	140.667	4.0	1.6	-
Food at home		132.063	133.273	135.076	2.4	2.3	1.4
Cereals and bakery products		152.483	152.414	153.935	0.3	1.0	1.0
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		140.677	143.668	150.220	13.1	6.8	4.6
Dairy and related products		112.634	118.878	116.880	3.6	3.8	-1.7
Fruits and vegetables		131.386	128.392	131.080	-1.1	-0.2	2.1
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials		131.164	132.083	130.744	0.3	-0.3	-1.0
Other food at home		121.762	123.198	123.660	-2.2	1.6	0.4
Food away from home		147.549	-	148.866	5.9	0.9	-
Alcoholic beverages		111.000	-	113.768	2.6	2.5	-
Housing		140.571	-	143.061	3.5	1.8	-
Shelter		140.760	142.129	143.614	4.2	2.0	1.0
Rent of primary residence		145.818	146.421	148.270	3.7	1.7	1.3
Owners' equiv. rent of residences		141.110	141.893	142.751	4.0	1.2	0.6
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence		141.110	141.893	142.751	4.0	1.2	0.6
Household furnishings and operations		119.240	-	119.737	1.7	0.4	-
Apparel		105.316	-	107.791	-3.8	2.4	-
Transportation		136.011	-	139.916	5.7	2.9	-
Private transportation		138.702	-	142.802	6.7	3.0	-
New and used motor vehicles		117.214	-	117.930	4.0	0.6	-
New vehicles		114.394	-	115.452	1.3	0.9	-
Used cars and trucks		131.594	-	132.659	1.7	0.8	-
Motor fuel		143.695	141.671	143.608	-2.5	-0.1	1.4
Gasoline (all types)		143.751	141.549	143.403	-2.5	-0.2	1.3
Unleaded regular(1)		143.808	141.548	143.448	-2.7	-0.3	1.3
Unleaded midgrade(1)		144.915	142.831	144.533	-2.3	-0.3	1.2
Unleaded premium(1)		142.698	140.708	142.395	-1.9	-0.2	1.2
Medical care		130.698	-	131.678	-	0.7	-
Recreation		108.816	-	113.102	0.3	3.9	-
Education and communication		107.577	-	106.929	-3.2	-0.6	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare		132.944	-	132.969	3.1	0.0	-
Other goods and services		127.982	-	125.424	-6.8	-2.0	-
Footnotes (1) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

Table 2. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, CPI-U by special aggregate index for January 2025, not seasonally adjusted (December 2017=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		132.853	-	135.215	2.9	1.8	-
Food		138.386	-	140.667	4.0	1.6	-
Energy		152.928	151.838	154.007	-2.3	0.7	1.4
All items less food and energy		129.715	-	132.187	3.3	1.9	-
All items less energy		130.908	-	133.349	3.4	1.9	-
All items less medical care		133.027	-	135.484	2.8	1.8	-
All items less shelter		128.770	-	130.875	2.2	1.6	-
Commodities		124.645	-	125.793	0.8	0.9	-
Commodities less food		117.604	-	118.137	-1.2	0.5	-
Commodities less food & beverages		117.847	-	118.278	-1.3	0.4	-
Durables		110.347	-	110.404	-1.4	0.1	-
Nondurables		131.367	-	133.070	1.7	1.3	-
Nondurables less food		124.307	-	125.406	-0.9	0.9	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		125.082	-	126.028	-1.1	0.8	-
Services		138.609	-	141.804	4.2	2.3	-
Services less rent of shelter		135.287	-	139.006	4.2	2.7	-
Services less medical care services		139.378	-	142.908	4.4	2.5	-
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.