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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Western > News Release
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25-213-SAN
Wednesday, February 12, 2025

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Consumer Price Index, Honolulu Area — January 2025

Area prices up 1.0 percent over the two months, up 4.1 percent over the year

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.

Food

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.

Energy

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.

All items less food and energy

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.

Publication updates and changes

In accordance with annual practice, relative importance weights have been updated and are available online in the CPI Supplemental Table of Contents.

Effective with the January 2025 data release, several indexes and average price series were discontinued. More information is available on the CPI discontinued series page. Direct any inquiries to the CPI office using one of the CPI contact information options listed online.


Technical Note

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.

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

Information in this release will be made available to individuals with sensory impairments upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.

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.

 

Last Modified Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2025