New York-New Jersey Consumer Price Index Card

 

Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Indexes and percent changes for selected periods, New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item and Group Indexes Percent change from-
Feb
2012		 Mar
2012		 Apr
2012		 Apr
2011		 Feb
2012		 Mar
2012
 

Expenditure category

  
 

All items

 250.285 251.887 252.349 2.4 0.8 0.2

All items (1967=100)

 723.540 728.171 729.507      
 

Food and beverages

 242.470 242.203 242.597 3.5 0.1 0.2

Food

 242.208 241.884 242.256 3.7 0.0 0.2

Food at home

 243.360 242.428 242.545 4.2 -0.3 0.0

Food away from home

 247.169 247.632 248.345 3.0 0.5 0.3

Alcoholic beverages

 242.387 242.927 243.636 0.6 0.5 0.3
 

Housing

 262.504 263.648 263.310 1.2 0.3 -0.1

Shelter

 320.751 322.080 321.721 1.9 0.3 -0.1

Rent of primary residence (1)

324.670 325.323 326.117 2.2 0.4 0.2

Owners' equivalent rent of residences (1) (2)

327.814 328.984 329.219 1.7 0.4 0.1

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (1) (2)

327.659 328.833 329.059 1.7 0.4 0.1

Fuels and utilities

 194.362 196.419 194.044 -4.4 -0.2 -1.2

Household energy

 190.831 193.145 190.355 -5.5 -0.2 -1.4

Energy services (1) (3)

172.204 174.637 171.964 -6.5 -0.1 -1.5

Electricity (1)

175.962 176.213 174.990 -2.0 -0.6 -0.7

Utility (piped) gas service (1)

159.461 166.159 160.683 -15.2 0.8 -3.3

Household furnishings and operations

 122.507 122.266 123.736 1.5 1.0 1.2
 

Apparel

 119.832 127.061 127.399 4.1 6.3 0.3
 

Transportation

 226.009 228.950 231.835 3.4 2.6 1.3

Private transportation

 215.867 218.496 220.918 3.5 2.3 1.1

Motor fuel

 288.323 300.810 310.219 4.0 7.6 3.1

Gasoline (all types)

 287.100 299.659 309.185 3.9 7.7 3.2

Gasoline, unleaded regular (4)

291.156 304.028 313.535 3.8 7.7 3.1

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade (4) (5)

286.330 298.680 308.666 4.5 7.8 3.3

Gasoline, unleaded premium (4)

278.905 290.438 300.082 4.2 7.6 3.3
 

Medical care

 408.337 409.317 410.020 4.8 0.4 0.2
 

Recreation (6)

118.512 118.547 118.524 3.4 0.0 0.0
 

Education and communication (6)

138.570 138.471 138.576 2.2 0.0 0.1
 

Other goods and services

 388.643 391.090 391.012 2.5 0.6 0.0
 

Commodity and service group

  
 

All items

 250.285 251.887 252.349 2.4 0.8 0.2

Commodities

 192.473 194.735 195.827 2.9 1.7 0.6

Commodities less food and beverages

 158.812 162.193 163.571 2.5 3.0 0.8

Nondurables less food and beverages

 201.293 207.455 209.459 3.0 4.1 1.0

Durables

 104.634 104.776 105.396 1.8 0.7 0.6

Services

 299.875 300.914 300.840 2.1 0.3 0.0
 

Special aggregate indexes

  
 

All items less medical care

 243.263 244.878 245.329 2.2 0.8 0.2

All items less shelter

 222.789 224.500 225.286 2.6 1.1 0.4

Commodities less food

 162.316 165.626 166.990 2.4 2.9 0.8

Nondurables

 224.297 227.455 228.715 3.1 2.0 0.6

Nondurables less food

 204.127 209.984 211.920 2.8 3.8 0.9

Services less rent of shelter (2)

287.545 288.292 288.548 2.3 0.3 0.1

Services less medical care services

 291.014 292.085 291.895 1.9 0.3 -0.1

Energy

 230.974 237.342 239.373 -0.9 3.6 0.9

All items less energy

 253.938 255.079 255.390 2.7 0.6 0.1

All items less food and energy

 257.658 259.089 259.389 2.5 0.7 0.1

Footnotes
(1) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator.
(2) Index is on a December 1982=100 base.
(3) This index series was formerly titled Gas (piped) and electricity.
(4) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
(5) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
(6) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
The New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA consolidated area comprises the five boroughs of New York City, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess, and Orange Counties in New York State; Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Monmouth, Middlesex, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union, and Warren Counties in New Jersey; Fairfield County and parts of Litchfield, New Haven, and Middlesex Counties in Connecticut; and Pike County in Pennsylvania.

 

Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
CPI-U Indexes Percent change to Apr 2012 from- Percent change to Mar 2012 from-
Jan
2012		 Feb
2012		 Mar
2012		 Apr
2012		 Apr
2011		 Feb
2012		 Mar
2012		 Mar
2011		 Jan
2012		 Feb
2012

U.S. city average

 226.665 227.663 229.392 230.085 2.3 1.1 0.3 2.7 1.2 0.8

U.S. city average (1967=100)

 678.988 681.977 687.157 689.232            
 

Region

  
 

Northeast urban

 242.879 243.850 245.125 245.850 2.3 0.8 0.3 2.5 0.9 0.5

Midwest urban

 216.368 216.855 218.975 219.405 2.3 1.2 0.2 2.8 1.2 1.0

South urban

 220.497 221.802 223.314 224.275 2.5 1.1 0.4 2.8 1.3 0.7

West urban

 228.980 229.995 232.039 232.561 2.1 1.1 0.2 2.4 1.3 0.9
 

Selected local areas (1)

 
 

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI (2)

219.585 219.626 222.351 222.416 1.7 1.3 0.0 2.1 1.3 1.2

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA (2)

233.441 234.537 236.941 236.866 1.5 1.0 0.0 2.0 1.5 1.0

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA (2)

249.322 250.285 251.887 252.349 2.4 0.8 0.2 2.6 1.0 0.6

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT (3)

245.891   247.166         1.8 0.5  

Cleveland-Akron, OH (3)

211.985   214.743         2.6 1.3  

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (3)

209.203   212.618         2.7 1.6  

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (3) (4)

148.163   150.074         2.8 1.3  

Atlanta, GA (5)

  210.600   212.895 1.8 1.1        

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI (5)

  214.836   216.194 2.1 0.6        

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX (5)

  204.291   206.088 2.2 0.9        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL (5)

  234.043   236.095 2.0 0.9        

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD (5)

  235.857   237.782 2.0 0.8        

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA (5)

  236.880   238.985 2.1 0.9        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA (5)

  235.744   237.931 2.9 0.9        

Footnotes
(1) In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phonex-Mesa, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
(2) Area data published monthly.
(3) Area data published bimonthly (January, March, May, July, September, November).
(4) Index on a November 1996=100 base.
(5) Area data published bimonthly (February, April, June, August, October, December).

Regions are defined as follows:
Northeast-Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont;
South-Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia;
Midwest- Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; and
West- Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

 

Table 3. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all items index, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
CPI-W Indexes Percent change to Apr 2012 from- Percent change to Mar 2012 from-
Jan
2012		 Feb
2012		 Mar
2012		 Apr
2012		 Apr
2011		 Feb
2012		 Mar
2012		 Mar
2011		 Jan
2012		 Feb
2012

U.S. city average

 223.216 224.317 226.304 227.012 2.4 1.2 0.3 2.9 1.4 0.9

U.S. city average (1967=100)

 664.891 668.171 674.090 676.199            
 

Region

  
 

Northeast urban

 241.321 242.371 243.768 244.581 2.4 0.9 0.3 2.7 1.0 0.6

Midwest urban

 212.756 213.248 215.788 216.160 2.4 1.4 0.2 3.2 1.4 1.2

South urban

 218.571 220.080 221.792 222.872 2.6 1.3 0.5 3.0 1.5 0.8

West urban

 223.849 224.956 227.271 227.686 2.0 1.2 0.2 2.5 1.5 1.0
 

Selected local areas (1)

 
 

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI (2)

214.298 214.022 217.065 217.174 1.7 1.5 0.1 2.3 1.3 1.4

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA (2)

226.245 227.585 230.281 230.023 1.3 1.1 -0.1 2.0 1.8 1.2

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA (2)

245.541 246.539 248.152 248.706 2.5 0.9 0.2 2.7 1.1 0.7

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT (3)

247.006   248.800         1.8 0.7  

Cleveland-Akron, OH (3)

203.575   206.615         2.7 1.5  

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (3)

214.557   218.793         3.6 2.0  

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (3) (4)

148.489   150.619         2.8 1.4  

Atlanta, GA (5)

  210.269   212.600 2.0 1.1        

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI (5)

  212.037   213.905 2.7 0.9        

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX (5)

  203.603   205.790 2.4 1.1        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL (5)

  232.605   235.443 2.5 1.2        

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD (5)

  236.815   238.802 2.3 0.8        

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA (5)

  234.648   236.626 2.2 0.8        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA (5)

  232.081   234.808 2.8 1.2        

Footnotes
(1) In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phonex-Mesa, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
(2) Area data published monthly.
(3) Area data published bimonthly (January, March, May, July, September, November).
(4) Index on a November 1996=100 base.
(5) Area data published bimonthly (February, April, June, August, October, December).

Regions are defined as follows:
Northeast-Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont;
South-Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia;
Midwest- Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; and
West- Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.