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-
Jun
2012		 Jul
2012		 Aug
2012		 Aug
2011		 Jun
2012		 Jul
2012
 

Expenditure category

  
 

All items

 252.406 252.016 253.472 1.4 0.4 0.6

All items (1967=100)

 729.670 728.545 732.751      
 

Food and beverages

 243.277 243.866 244.211 2.3 0.4 0.1

Food

 242.701 243.307 243.779 2.3 0.4 0.2

Food at home

 242.567 243.116 243.344 2.1 0.3 0.1

Food away from home

 249.357 250.052 250.857 2.6 0.6 0.3

Alcoholic beverages

 247.595 247.947 246.486 1.5 -0.4 -0.6
 

Housing

 265.684 265.403 266.008 0.7 0.1 0.2

Shelter

 324.138 324.246 325.299 1.4 0.4 0.3

Rent of primary residence (1)

328.237 328.979 329.964 2.3 0.5 0.3

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

330.829 331.195 332.036 1.4 0.4 0.3

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

330.658 331.019 331.857 1.4 0.4 0.3

Fuels and utilities

 200.152 198.977 198.149 -4.3 -1.0 -0.4

Household energy

 196.937 195.096 194.197 -5.3 -1.4 -0.5

Energy services (1) (3)

183.582 181.160 178.173 -6.4 -2.9 -1.6

Electricity (1)

192.570 187.778 183.321 -3.1 -4.8 -2.4

Utility (piped) gas service (1)

160.089 162.456 162.485 -12.9 1.5 0.0

Household furnishings and operations

 122.997 121.900 122.039 0.7 -0.8 0.1
 

Apparel

 122.113 120.646 126.515 2.0 3.6 4.9
 

Transportation

 227.460 226.001 228.775 0.6 0.6 1.2

Private transportation

 215.439 214.664 218.182 0.9 1.3 1.6

Motor fuel

 282.826 281.734 296.917 0.4 5.0 5.4

Gasoline (all types)

 281.804 280.808 296.016 0.3 5.0 5.4

Gasoline, unleaded regular (4)

284.463 283.506 299.363 0.1 5.2 5.6

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade (4) (5)

284.618 282.980 296.945 0.7 4.3 4.9

Gasoline, unleaded premium (4)

277.064 276.488 290.172 1.1 4.7 4.9
 

Medical care

 412.349 413.555 414.055 5.2 0.4 0.1
 

Recreation (6)

118.824 118.500 118.698 1.0 -0.1 0.2
 

Education and communication (6)

138.652 138.508 139.613 2.3 0.7 0.8
 

Other goods and services

 390.343 391.136 391.735 2.1 0.4 0.2
 

Commodity and service group

  
 

All items

 252.406 252.016 253.472 1.4 0.4 0.6

Commodities

 192.498 192.140 194.680 1.3 1.1 1.3

Commodities less food and beverages

 158.456 157.654 161.139 0.7 1.7 2.2

Nondurables less food and beverages

 200.023 199.261 205.953 1.3 3.0 3.4

Durables

 105.307 104.498 104.265 -0.5 -1.0 -0.2

Services

 303.785 303.369 303.899 1.4 0.0 0.2
 

Special aggregate indexes

  
 

All items less medical care

 245.304 244.860 246.341 1.2 0.4 0.6

All items less shelter

 224.413 223.828 225.443 1.3 0.5 0.7

Commodities less food

 162.133 161.363 164.711 0.7 1.6 2.1

Nondurables

 224.009 223.887 227.622 1.7 1.6 1.7

Nondurables less food

 203.223 202.522 208.767 1.3 2.7 3.1

Services less rent of shelter (2)

292.174 291.154 291.109 1.4 -0.4 0.0

Services less medical care services

 294.864 294.407 294.959 1.1 0.0 0.2

Energy

 232.521 230.964 236.440 -2.6 1.7 2.4

All items less energy

 256.129 255.853 256.921 1.7 0.3 0.4

All items less food and energy

 260.190 259.742 260.930 1.6 0.3 0.5

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 Aug 2012 from- Percent change to Jul 2012 from-
May
2012		 Jun
2012		 Jul
2012		 Aug
2012		 Aug
2011		 Jun
2012		 Jul
2012		 Jul
2011		 May
2012		 Jun
2012

U.S. city average

 229.815 229.478 229.104 230.379 1.7 0.4 0.6 1.4 -0.3 -0.2

U.S. city average (1967=100)

 688.423 687.415 686.294 690.113            
 

Region

  
 

Northeast urban

 245.709 245.201 244.984 246.252 1.3 0.4 0.5 1.1 -0.3 -0.1

Midwest urban

 219.145 219.017 218.956 220.462 1.8 0.7 0.7 1.3 -0.1 0.0

South urban

 223.356 223.004 222.667 223.919 1.6 0.4 0.6 1.4 -0.3 -0.2

West urban

 233.053 232.701 231.893 233.001 2.1 0.1 0.5 1.8 -0.5 -0.3
 

Selected local areas (1)

 
 

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

222.262 222.138 221.611 222.967 1.5 0.4 0.6 1.1 -0.3 -0.2

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

237.032 236.025 235.776 237.222 2.3 0.5 0.6 1.9 -0.5 -0.1

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

252.652 252.406 252.016 253.472 1.4 0.4 0.6 1.1 -0.3 -0.2

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

246.582   246.326         0.8 -0.1  

Cleveland-Akron, OH (3)

214.607   214.612         1.4 0.0  

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (3)

212.226   211.267         1.3 -0.5  

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

150.155   149.838         1.4 -0.2  

Atlanta, GA (5)

  214.277   215.504 1.5 0.6        

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI (5)

  214.464   217.098 1.5 1.2        

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX (5)

  204.829   203.959 0.7 -0.4        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL (5)

  233.991   236.110 1.4 0.9        

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

  237.405   239.557 1.4 0.9        

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

  239.806   241.170 2.8 0.6        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA (5)

  239.540   240.213 2.7 0.3        

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 Aug 2012 from- Percent change to Jul 2012 from-
May
2012		 Jun
2012		 Jul
2012		 Aug
2012		 Aug
2011		 Jun
2012		 Jul
2012		 Jul
2011		 May
2012		 Jun
2012

U.S. city average

 226.600 226.036 225.568 227.056 1.7 0.5 0.7 1.3 -0.5 -0.2

U.S. city average (1967=100)

 674.973 673.291 671.899 676.329            
 

Region

  
 

Northeast urban

 244.394 243.670 243.422 244.813 1.4 0.5 0.6 1.1 -0.4 -0.1

Midwest urban

 215.713 215.455 215.341 217.113 1.8 0.8 0.8 1.2 -0.2 -0.1

South urban

 221.690 221.077 220.705 222.250 1.5 0.5 0.7 1.2 -0.4 -0.2

West urban

 228.189 227.543 226.460 227.681 2.0 0.1 0.5 1.6 -0.8 -0.5
 

Selected local areas (1)

 
 

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

216.829 216.311 215.690 217.378 1.2 0.5 0.8 0.6 -0.5 -0.3

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

230.180 228.917 228.446 230.229 2.5 0.6 0.8 1.9 -0.8 -0.2

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

248.955 248.488 248.162 249.734 1.5 0.5 0.6 1.2 -0.3 -0.1

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

248.130   247.627         0.7 -0.2  

Cleveland-Akron, OH (3)

206.301   206.334         1.3 0.0  

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (3)

218.017   216.677         1.5 -0.6  

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

150.848   150.523         1.5 -0.2  

Atlanta, GA (5)

  213.248   214.727 1.1 0.7        

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI (5)

  211.938   215.060 2.2 1.5        

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX (5)

  204.041   202.688 0.5 -0.7        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL (5)

  232.966   235.409 1.7 1.0        

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

  238.105   240.408 1.6 1.0        

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

  236.890   238.445 3.0 0.7        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA (5)

  236.222   236.750 2.7 0.2        

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.