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Northeast Consumer Price Index Card

 
Consumer Price Indexes for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city average and selected areas, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item U.S. city
average
Northeast
region
New England division(1) Boston-
Cambridge-
Newton
Middle Atlantic division(1) New York-
Newark-
Jersey City
Nov
2024
Percent change from
Nov
2023
Nov
2024
Percent change from
Nov
2023
Nov
2024
Percent change from
Nov
2023
Nov
2024
Percent change from
Nov
2023
Nov
2024
Percent change from
Nov
2023
Nov
2024
Percent change from
Nov
2023

All items

315.493 2.7 327.277 3.5 124.443 3.1 338.512 3.1 125.931 3.7 338.535 4.3

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

945.076   515.361       983.894       978.659  

Food and beverages

330.260 2.3 331.460 1.9 128.562 0.4 349.006 1.2 129.557 2.5 340.701 1.8

Food

332.904 2.4 333.979 2.0 129.633 0.5 353.910 1.3 130.295 2.5 342.364 1.8

Food at home

307.972 1.6 309.891 1.0 122.453 -1.3 316.667 0.5 127.088 2.0 320.692 1.4

Food away from home

373.530 3.6 377.043 3.5 141.423 3.5 422.001 2.5 135.153 3.5 385.128 2.6

Alcoholic beverages

292.831 1.8 296.810 0.5 115.803 -1.1 299.650 0.2 119.174 1.5 311.501 0.7

Housing

338.048 4.1 359.129 5.2 130.558 5.5 370.972 5.2 128.879 5.1 371.019 5.8

Shelter

406.250 4.7 443.365 5.7 130.868 6.4 437.445 5.8 128.053 5.4 465.192 5.7

Rent of primary residence(3)

426.651 4.4 447.338 5.7 133.071 5.9 462.584 6.1 127.714 5.6 475.507 5.5

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(3)(4)

418.669 4.9 462.352 6.2 132.322 7.1 472.757 5.5 128.824 5.7 481.683 6.3

Fuels and utilities

315.136 2.9 307.171 4.1 146.647 3.6 429.338 5.5 133.758 4.4 261.373 5.9

Household energy

262.285 2.1 274.004 4.0 147.982 3.7 363.006 6.8 133.864 4.1 250.919 5.9

Energy services(3)

267.204 2.8 274.049 7.4 152.778 8.8 394.296 9.4 134.339 6.8 241.293 9.4

Electricity(3)

275.801 3.1 280.868 6.7 153.316 8.2 413.115 7.2 135.695 6.0 232.914 7.1

Utility (piped) gas service(3)

236.179 1.8 241.584 9.1 150.731 10.1 340.280 13.8 131.510 8.7 242.855 13.9

Household furnishings and operations

147.746 0.4 145.936 2.4 111.611 0.1 146.271 -1.5 129.116 3.3 139.163 6.9

Apparel

129.542 1.1 130.635 1.9 104.590 1.3 135.260 2.0 105.879 2.2 125.464 4.1

Transportation

268.450 0.5 264.331 1.3 123.947 -0.9 231.265 -0.9 133.677 2.2    

Private transportation

267.494 0.3 262.828 1.1 127.243 -0.6 241.286 -1.0 138.203 1.9 287.747 3.3

Motor fuel

274.518 -8.4 265.748 -11.1 121.115 -10.5 269.335 -11.9 120.447 -11.5 243.025 -13.4

Gasoline

273.570 -8.1 265.179 -11.0 121.809 -10.3 266.737 -11.9 120.557 -11.4 241.961 -13.4

Medical care

568.773 3.1 574.290 4.3 121.446 5.7 758.008 4.8 112.328 3.5 562.489 2.2

Recreation(5)

138.341 1.5 142.989 1.8 109.385 1.3 116.547 0.4 118.161 2.0 157.552 3.2

Education and communication(5)

145.790 0.7 157.764 2.0 108.622 2.1 178.050 1.7 113.938 2.0 164.166 3.6

Other goods and services

566.688 3.4 612.907 2.2 131.876 1.0 659.799 3.0 125.757 2.6 504.755 3.3

Energy

268.213 -3.2 271.093 -2.7 135.901 -2.5 318.761 -1.2 128.563 -2.8 252.766 -1.7

All items less food and energy

321.947 3.3 338.937 4.3 122.593 4.1 345.572 3.7 124.932 4.4 352.992 5.2

Footnotes
(1) Index is on a December 2017=100 base.
(2) For the Northeast, December 1977=100.
(3) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
(4) Index is on a December 1982=100 base.
(5) Index is on a December 1997=100 base.

Northeast region includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

New England division includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, includes Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, and Suffolk Counties in Massachusetts and Rockingham and Strafford Counties in New Hampshire.

Middle Atlantic division includes the states of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, includes Bronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties in New York; Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, and Union Counties in New Jersey; and Pike County in Pennsylvania.