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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-
Oct
2011		 Nov
2011		 Dec
2011		 Dec
2010		 Oct
2011		 Nov
2011

Expenditure category

All items

 250.051 249.317 248.307 2.7 -0.7 -0.4

All items (1967=100)

 722.862 720.740 717.820

Food and beverages

 240.155 239.385 240.948 4.1 0.3 0.7

Food

 239.606 238.869 240.450 4.3 0.4 0.7

Food at home

 240.312 239.140 241.762 5.5 0.6 1.1

Food away from home

 245.045 244.831 245.155 2.9 0.0 0.1

Alcoholic beverages

 244.149 242.925 244.206 1.3 0.0 0.5

Housing

 262.854 262.528 261.610 1.1 -0.5 -0.3

Shelter

 320.655 320.318 319.315 1.8 -0.4 -0.3

Rent of primary residence (1)

323.820 324.090 323.923 2.1 0.0 -0.1

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

328.100 327.977 327.406 1.7 -0.2 -0.2

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

327.983 327.849 327.263 1.7 -0.2 -0.2

Fuels and utilities

 200.050 199.732 195.905 -3.1 -2.1 -1.9

Household energy

 197.295 196.935 192.588 -3.9 -2.4 -2.2

Energy services (1) (3)

181.957 181.240 176.287 -7.8 -3.1 -2.7

Electricity (1)

180.675 177.956 173.910 -7.1 -3.7 -2.3

Utility (piped) gas service (1)

178.691 182.399 175.620 -9.3 -1.7 -3.7

Household furnishings and operations

 120.356 120.032 121.548 -0.3 1.0 1.3

Apparel

 130.489 126.712 120.247 3.1 -7.8 -5.1

Transportation

 224.943 223.567 221.334 6.2 -1.6 -1.0

Private transportation

 213.589 211.998 210.394 6.3 -1.5 -0.8

Motor fuel

 278.707 274.793 266.344 10.2 -4.4 -3.1

Gasoline (all types)

 277.757 273.528 264.876 9.9 -4.6 -3.2

Gasoline, unleaded regular (4)

280.644 276.093 267.285 9.6 -4.8 -3.2

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade (4) (5)

279.482 275.866 267.373 10.8 -4.3 -3.1

Gasoline, unleaded premium (4)

272.727 269.327 260.878 10.8 -4.3 -3.1

Medical care

 395.287 396.753 399.502 4.0 1.1 0.7

Recreation (6)

116.651 116.565 116.489 2.8 -0.1 -0.1

Education and communication (6)

138.075 138.172 138.132 2.0 0.0 0.0

Other goods and services

 385.998 387.114 387.276 1.6 0.3 0.0

Commodity and service group

All items

 250.051 249.317 248.307 2.7 -0.7 -0.4

Commodities

 192.254 191.082 189.805 4.0 -1.3 -0.7

Commodities less food and beverages

 159.568 158.268 155.718 3.9 -2.4 -1.6

Nondurables less food and beverages

 203.183 200.774 195.597 4.9 -3.7 -2.6

Durables

 103.890 103.939 104.565 1.9 0.6 0.6

Services

 299.664 299.282 298.482 2.0 -0.4 -0.3

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care

 243.470 242.667 241.539 2.6 -0.8 -0.5

All items less shelter

 222.524 221.617 220.595 3.2 -0.9 -0.5

Commodities less food

 163.115 161.810 159.359 3.8 -2.3 -1.5

Nondurables

 224.304 222.623 220.525 4.5 -1.7 -0.9

Nondurables less food

 206.046 203.692 198.845 4.7 -3.5 -2.4

Services less rent of shelter (2)

287.193 286.743 286.160 2.2 -0.4 -0.2

Services less medical care services

 291.465 291.044 290.025 1.8 -0.5 -0.4

Energy

 231.151 229.351 223.324 2.4 -3.4 -2.6

All items less energy

 253.685 253.046 252.506 2.7 -0.5 -0.2

All items less food and energy

 257.837 257.213 256.281 2.4 -0.6 -0.4

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.
Schedule of Upcoming Releases for the Consumer Price Index

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 Dec 2011 from- Percent change to Nov 2011 from-
Sep
2011		 Oct
2011		 Nov
2011		 Dec
2011		 Dec
2010		 Oct
2011		 Nov
2011		 Nov
2010		 Sep
2011		 Oct
2011

U.S. city average

 226.889 226.421 226.230 225.672 3.0 -0.3 -0.2 3.4 -0.3 -0.1

U.S. city average (1967=100)

 679.658 678.258 677.684 676.014

Region

Northeast urban

 243.323 243.014 242.652 241.987 2.9 -0.4 -0.3 3.2 -0.3 -0.1

Midwest urban

 216.968 215.653 215.614 215.173 2.8 -0.2 -0.2 3.3 -0.6 0.0

South urban

 220.371 219.969 219.961 219.469 3.3 -0.2 -0.2 3.8 -0.2 0.0

West urban

 229.147 229.195 228.771 228.117 2.7 -0.5 -0.3 3.2 -0.2 -0.2

Selected local areas (1)

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

220.027 219.592 219.181 218.180 2.1 -0.6 -0.5 2.9 -0.4 -0.2

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

233.022 233.049 232.731 231.567 2.2 -0.6 -0.5 3.0 -0.1 -0.1

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

250.559 250.051 249.317 248.307 2.7 -0.7 -0.4 3.0 -0.5 -0.3

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

245.310 245.030 2.9 -0.1

Cleveland-Akron, OH (3)

213.004 211.225 2.5 -0.8

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (3)

209.255 209.283 4.0 0.0

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

147.658 147.565 3.3 -0.1

Atlanta, GA (5)

209.182 208.590 3.0 -0.3

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI (5)

212.927 213.505 3.5 0.3

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX (5)

201.398 200.477 3.1 -0.5

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL (5)

232.141 231.794 3.1 -0.1

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

235.440 234.312 2.8 -0.5

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

235.331 234.327 2.9 -0.4

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA (5)

235.916 234.812 3.5 -0.5

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.
Schedule of Upcoming Releases for the Consumer Price Index

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 Dec 2011 from- Percent change to Nov 2011 from-
Sep
2011		 Oct
2011		 Nov
2011		 Dec
2011		 Dec
2010		 Oct
2011		 Nov
2011		 Nov
2010		 Sep
2011		 Oct
2011

U.S. city average

 223.688 223.043 222.813 222.166 3.2 -0.4 -0.3 3.8 -0.4 -0.1

U.S. city average (1967=100)

 666.299 664.376 663.692 661.766

Region

Northeast urban

 241.838 241.549 241.167 240.431 3.2 -0.5 -0.3 3.5 -0.3 -0.2

Midwest urban

 213.626 212.038 211.969 211.459 3.1 -0.3 -0.2 3.7 -0.8 0.0

South urban

 218.787 218.109 218.030 217.463 3.6 -0.3 -0.3 4.1 -0.3 0.0

West urban

 224.237 224.268 223.785 222.968 2.8 -0.6 -0.4 3.5 -0.2 -0.2

Selected local areas (1)

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

215.005 214.145 213.704 212.597 2.5 -0.7 -0.5 3.4 -0.6 -0.2

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

226.096 226.116 225.786 224.444 2.2 -0.7 -0.6 3.2 -0.1 -0.1

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

246.877 246.297 245.546 244.586 3.0 -0.7 -0.4 3.3 -0.5 -0.3

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

246.424 246.349 3.1 0.0

Cleveland-Akron, OH (3)

204.981 202.824 2.7 -1.1

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (3)

214.567 214.581 4.7 0.0

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

148.352 148.038 3.6 -0.2

Atlanta, GA (5)

208.362 207.654 3.1 -0.3

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI (5)

209.427 210.199 3.9 0.4

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX (5)

200.464 199.480 3.4 -0.5

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL (5)

230.728 230.394 3.5 -0.1

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

236.478 235.194 3.1 -0.5

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

232.371 231.109 3.1 -0.5

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA (5)

232.697 231.297 3.8 -0.6

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.
Schedule of Upcoming Releases for the Consumer Price Index