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-
Jul
2012		 Aug
2012		 Sep
2012		 Sep
2011		 Jul
2012		 Aug
2012
 

Expenditure category

  
 

All items

 252.016 253.472 254.554 1.6 1.0 0.4

All items (1967=100)

 728.545 732.751 735.879      
 

Food and beverages

 243.866 244.211 244.015 1.9 0.1 -0.1

Food

 243.307 243.779 243.556 2.0 0.1 -0.1

Food at home

 243.116 243.344 242.835 1.5 -0.1 -0.2

Food away from home

 250.052 250.857 251.001 2.6 0.4 0.1

Alcoholic beverages

 247.947 246.486 246.684 1.1 -0.5 0.1
 

Housing

 265.403 266.008 266.552 1.1 0.4 0.2

Shelter

 324.246 325.299 325.264 1.6 0.3 0.0

Rent of primary residence (1)

328.979 329.964 330.906 2.5 0.6 0.3

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

331.195 332.036 332.480 1.5 0.4 0.1

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

331.019 331.857 332.300 1.4 0.4 0.1

Fuels and utilities

 198.977 198.149 202.433 -2.9 1.7 2.2

Household energy

 195.096 194.197 198.945 -3.8 2.0 2.4

Energy services (1) (3)

181.160 178.173 182.499 -5.5 0.7 2.4

Electricity (1)

187.778 183.321 190.635 -1.9 1.5 4.0

Utility (piped) gas service (1)

162.456 162.485 160.734 -12.5 -1.1 -1.1

Household furnishings and operations

 121.900 122.039 121.717 0.9 -0.2 -0.3
 

Apparel

 120.646 126.515 131.132 1.6 8.7 3.6
 

Transportation

 226.001 228.775 231.409 1.8 2.4 1.2

Private transportation

 214.664 218.182 220.918 2.2 2.9 1.3

Motor fuel

 281.734 296.917 309.887 6.5 10.0 4.4

Gasoline (all types)

 280.808 296.016 309.028 6.5 10.0 4.4

Gasoline, unleaded regular (4)

283.506 299.363 312.702 6.5 10.3 4.5

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade (4) (5)

282.980 296.945 310.115 6.7 9.6 4.4

Gasoline, unleaded premium (4)

276.488 290.172 301.927 6.5 9.2 4.1
 

Medical care

 413.555 414.055 414.170 4.8 0.1 0.0
 

Recreation (6)

118.500 118.698 118.623 1.5 0.1 -0.1
 

Education and communication (6)

138.508 139.613 140.191 1.7 1.2 0.4
 

Other goods and services

 391.136 391.735 391.219 1.8 0.0 -0.1
 

Commodity and service group

  
 

All items

 252.016 253.472 254.554 1.6 1.0 0.4

Commodities

 192.140 194.680 196.353 1.9 2.2 0.9

Commodities less food and beverages

 157.654 161.139 163.638 1.9 3.8 1.6

Nondurables less food and beverages

 199.261 205.953 211.162 3.2 6.0 2.5

Durables

 104.498 104.265 103.644 -0.7 -0.8 -0.6

Services

 303.369 303.899 304.478 1.4 0.4 0.2
 

Special aggregate indexes

  
 

All items less medical care

 244.860 246.341 247.451 1.4 1.1 0.5

All items less shelter

 223.828 225.443 226.966 1.6 1.4 0.7

Commodities less food

 161.363 164.711 167.152 1.8 3.6 1.5

Nondurables

 223.887 227.622 230.307 2.5 2.9 1.2

Nondurables less food

 202.522 208.767 213.703 3.0 5.5 2.4

Services less rent of shelter (2)

291.154 291.109 292.260 1.2 0.4 0.4

Services less medical care services

 294.407 294.959 295.561 1.2 0.4 0.2

Energy

 230.964 236.440 244.487 1.1 5.9 3.4

All items less energy

 255.853 256.921 257.322 1.6 0.6 0.2

All items less food and energy

 259.742 260.930 261.454 1.6 0.7 0.2

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

U.S. city average

 229.478 229.104 230.379 231.407 2.0 1.0 0.4 1.7 0.4 0.6

U.S. city average (1967=100)

 687.415 686.294 690.113 693.192            
 

Region

  
 

Northeast urban

 245.201 244.984 246.252 247.409 1.7 1.0 0.5 1.3 0.4 0.5

Midwest urban

 219.017 218.956 220.462 221.125 1.9 1.0 0.3 1.8 0.7 0.7

South urban

 223.004 222.667 223.919 225.052 2.1 1.1 0.5 1.6 0.4 0.6

West urban

 232.701 231.893 233.001 234.083 2.2 0.9 0.5 2.1 0.1 0.5
 

Selected local areas (1)

 
 

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

222.138 221.611 222.967 223.611 1.6 0.9 0.3 1.5 0.4 0.6

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

236.025 235.776 237.222 238.104 2.2 1.0 0.4 2.3 0.5 0.6

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

252.406 252.016 253.472 254.554 1.6 1.0 0.4 1.4 0.4 0.6

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

  246.326   249.488 1.7 1.3        

Cleveland-Akron, OH (3)

  214.612   216.851 1.8 1.0        

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (3)

  211.267   214.033 2.3 1.3        

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

  149.838   151.732 2.8 1.3        

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

U.S. city average

 226.036 225.568 227.056 228.184 2.0 1.2 0.5 1.7 0.5 0.7

U.S. city average (1967=100)

 673.291 671.899 676.329 679.690            
 

Region

  
 

Northeast urban

 243.670 243.422 244.813 246.087 1.8 1.1 0.5 1.4 0.5 0.6

Midwest urban

 215.455 215.341 217.113 217.940 2.0 1.2 0.4 1.8 0.8 0.8

South urban

 221.077 220.705 222.250 223.497 2.2 1.3 0.6 1.5 0.5 0.7

West urban

 227.543 226.460 227.681 228.798 2.0 1.0 0.5 2.0 0.1 0.5
 

Selected local areas (1)

 
 

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

216.311 215.690 217.378 218.243 1.5 1.2 0.4 1.2 0.5 0.8

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

228.917 228.446 230.229 231.085 2.2 1.2 0.4 2.5 0.6 0.8

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

248.488 248.162 249.734 250.980 1.7 1.1 0.5 1.5 0.5 0.6

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

  247.627   250.910 1.8 1.3        

Cleveland-Akron, OH (3)

  206.334   208.684 1.8 1.1        

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (3)

  216.677   220.012 2.5 1.5        

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

  150.523   152.663 2.9 1.4        

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.