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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim advanced 0.3 percent from January to February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the all items less food and energy index was unchanged. The food index advanced 0.4 percent, and the energy index rose 4.1 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 3.1 percent for the 12 months ending in February. The food index rose 3.6 percent, and the energy index increased 0.1 percent. The index for all items less food and energy increased 3.2 percent over the same time period.
FoodThe food index advanced 0.4 percent in February. The food at home index (grocery store purchases) advanced 0.5 percent, with higher prices in 4 of the 6 grocery categories. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) rose 0.4 percent for the same period.
The food index rose 3.6 percent over the year. The food at home index increased 2.5 percent, with higher prices in 4 of the 6 grocery categories. The food away from home index increased 4.8 percent.
EnergyThe energy index increased 4.1 percent over the month. Gasoline prices increased 5.4 percent.
The energy index rose 0.1 percent over the year. Gasoline prices declined 1.2 percent.
All items less food and energyThe index for all items less food and energy was unchanged in February. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for new and used motor vehicles (+0.5 percent) and shelter (+0.2 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for recreation (-1.0 percent) and household furnishings and operations (-0.9 percent).
The index for all items less food and energy increased 3.2 percent over the year, reflecting higher prices for medical care (+4.5 percent) and shelter (+4.1 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for household furnishings and operations (-1.9 percent) and new and used motor vehicles (-1.4 percent).
Month | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |||||
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1-month | 12-month | 1-month | 12-month | 1-month | 12-month | 1-month | 12-month | 1-month | 12-month | |
January |
0.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 7.5 | 1.9 | 5.8 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 3.3 |
February |
0.4 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 7.4 | -0.3 | 5.1 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 3.1 |
March |
0.5 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 8.5 | 0.1 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 4.0 | ||
April |
1.1 | 3.6 | 0.5 | 7.9 | 0.7 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 3.9 | ||
May |
0.6 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 8.0 | 0.1 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 3.9 | ||
June |
0.6 | 4.0 | 1.1 | 8.6 | 0.5 | 2.5 | -0.2 | 3.2 | ||
July |
0.6 | 3.9 | -0.2 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 3.4 | ||
August |
0.2 | 4.0 | 0.1 | 7.6 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 2.9 | ||
September |
0.3 | 4.6 | 0.5 | 7.8 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 0.2 | 2.8 | ||
October |
0.9 | 5.4 | 0.6 | 7.5 | -0.1 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 3.0 | ||
November |
0.6 | 6.0 | -0.8 | 6.0 | -0.4 | 2.8 | -0.2 | 3.2 | ||
December |
0.4 | 6.6 | -0.6 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 3.4 |
The March 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Los Angeles area is scheduled to be released on April 10, 2025.
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.
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.
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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Expenditure category |
Indexes | Percent change from - | |||||
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Historical data |
Dec. 2024 |
Jan. 2025 |
Feb. 2025 |
Feb. 2024 |
Dec. 2024 |
Jan. 2025 |
|
All items |
334.531 | 337.508 | 338.438 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 0.3 | |
All items (1967=100) |
988.352 | 997.148 | 999.896 | ||||
Food and beverages |
343.210 | 345.446 | 346.876 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | |
Food |
346.201 | 348.368 | 349.918 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | |
Food at home |
326.477 | 328.687 | 330.330 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.5 | |
Cereals and bakery products |
347.042 | 338.999 | 344.478 | -2.0 | -0.7 | 1.6 | |
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs |
363.011 | 372.786 | 380.412 | 7.9 | 4.8 | 2.0 | |
Dairy and related products |
307.040 | 308.451 | 308.651 | 4.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | |
Fruits and vegetables |
419.089 | 424.222 | 411.762 | -0.9 | -1.7 | -2.9 | |
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1) |
311.966 | 322.282 | 316.153 | 4.2 | 1.3 | -1.9 | |
Other food at home |
264.856 | 261.947 | 268.186 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 2.4 | |
Food away from home |
363.688 | 365.785 | 367.215 | 4.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | |
Alcoholic beverages |
278.601 | 281.575 | 281.304 | -0.8 | 1.0 | -0.1 | |
Housing |
387.844 | 390.173 | 391.060 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | |
Shelter |
447.233 | 448.717 | 449.707 | 4.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | |
Rent of primary residence |
474.878 | 476.538 | 477.991 | 4.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | |
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2) |
465.756 | 467.334 | 468.203 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | |
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2) |
465.729 | 467.307 | 468.176 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | |
Household furnishings and operations |
127.715 | 130.511 | 129.369 | -1.9 | 1.3 | -0.9 | |
Apparel |
122.148 | 124.744 | 125.013 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 0.2 | |
Transportation |
264.907 | 270.012 | 272.254 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 0.8 | |
Private transportation |
268.267 | 273.198 | 276.965 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 1.4 | |
New and used motor vehicles(3) |
108.757 | 108.380 | 108.940 | -1.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | |
New vehicles(1) |
191.723 | 192.453 | 192.365 | -0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |
Used cars and trucks(1) |
346.848 | 348.417 | 349.394 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | |
Motor fuel |
331.846 | 337.536 | 355.658 | -1.3 | 7.2 | 5.4 | |
Gasoline (all types) |
323.376 | 328.949 | 346.746 | -1.2 | 7.2 | 5.4 | |
Gasoline, unleaded regular(4) |
323.070 | 328.712 | 346.790 | -1.3 | 7.3 | 5.5 | |
310.732 | 315.708 | 332.290 | -1.2 | 6.9 | 5.3 | ||
Gasoline, unleaded premium(4) |
313.114 | 318.269 | 334.485 | -0.9 | 6.8 | 5.1 | |
Medical care |
592.940 | 598.407 | 598.201 | 4.5 | 0.9 | 0.0 | |
Recreation(3) |
123.271 | 126.120 | 124.919 | 2.3 | 1.3 | -1.0 | |
Education and communication(3) |
157.967 | 158.285 | 158.692 | -1.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | |
Tuition, other school fees, and child care(1) |
2,334.667 | 2,335.063 | 2,339.440 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
Other goods and services |
538.255 | 534.190 | 536.124 | 1.4 | -0.4 | 0.4 | |
Footnotes |
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- Data not available. |
Special aggregate index |
Indexes | Percent change from - | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Historical data |
Dec. 2024 |
Jan. 2025 |
Feb. 2025 |
Feb. 2024 |
Dec. 2024 |
Jan. 2025 |
|
All items |
334.531 | 337.508 | 338.438 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 0.3 | |
Food |
346.201 | 348.368 | 349.918 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | |
Energy |
365.910 | 372.147 | 387.235 | 0.1 | 5.8 | 4.1 | |
All items less food and energy |
332.660 | 335.585 | 335.558 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 | |
All items less energy |
334.555 | 337.376 | 337.567 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | |
All items less medical care |
323.263 | 326.132 | 327.111 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.3 | |
All items less shelter |
284.390 | 288.042 | 288.946 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.3 | |
Commodities |
217.032 | 219.157 | 220.271 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | |
Commodities less food |
160.835 | 162.813 | 163.713 | -0.6 | 1.8 | 0.6 | |
Commodities less food & beverages |
155.594 | 157.519 | 158.436 | -0.6 | 1.8 | 0.6 | |
Durables |
98.105 | 99.170 | 98.619 | -2.2 | 0.5 | -0.6 | |
Nondurables |
281.856 | 284.504 | 287.069 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 0.9 | |
Nondurables less food & beverages |
218.075 | 221.079 | 224.700 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 1.6 | |
Nondurables less food |
224.638 | 227.676 | 231.090 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 1.5 | |
Services |
439.458 | 443.181 | 443.906 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | |
Services less rent of shelter(1) |
439.811 | 447.056 | 447.469 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 0.1 | |
Services less medical care services |
424.560 | 428.123 | 428.855 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | |
- Data not available. |
Last Modified Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2025