Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U. S. city average, special aggregate indexes

Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, special aggregate indexes, April 2019 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Special aggregate indexes Relative
importance
Mar.
2019		 Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change Seasonally adjusted percent change
Apr.
2018		 Mar.
2019		 Apr.
2019		 Apr.
2018-
Apr.
2019		 Mar.
2019-
Apr.
2019		 Jan.
2019-
Feb.
2019		 Feb.
2019-
Mar.
2019		 Mar.
2019-
Apr.
2019

All items less food

 86.685 250.117 253.643 255.194 2.0 0.6 0.1 0.4 0.4

All items less shelter

 66.762 231.735 233.290 234.723 1.3 0.6 0.1 0.4 0.3

All items less food and shelter

 53.447 226.011 226.909 228.655 1.2 0.8 0.0 0.5 0.4

All items less food, shelter, and energy

 45.980 229.888 232.222 232.380 1.1 0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.0

All items less food, shelter, energy, and used cars and trucks

 43.575 235.421 237.836 238.012 1.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0

All items less medical care

 91.334 239.339 242.776 244.134 2.0 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.3

All items less energy

 92.534 255.750 260.505 260.925 2.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1

Commodities

 37.009 185.271 184.993 186.884 0.9 1.0 0.2 0.7 0.4

Commodities less food, energy, and used cars and trucks

 17.161 146.444 146.120 145.964 -0.3 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2

Commodities less food

 23.694 154.606 152.742 155.187 0.4 1.6 0.1 0.9 0.7

Commodities less food and beverages

 22.729 151.325 149.344 151.843 0.3 1.7 0.1 0.9 0.7

Services

 62.991 314.807 322.456 323.228 2.7 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.3

Services less rent of shelter(1)

 30.124 334.681 340.396 340.756 1.8 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1

Services less medical care services

 56.018 299.443 306.807 307.576 2.7 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3

Durables

 9.951 104.891 105.379 105.178 0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0.0 -0.3

Nondurables

 27.058 226.564 225.714 229.028 1.1 1.5 0.6 0.8 0.7

Nondurables less food

 13.743 203.427 198.584 204.336 0.4 2.9 0.5 1.6 1.5

Nondurables less food and beverages

 12.778 200.568 195.255 201.358 0.4 3.1 0.6 1.7 1.7

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel

 9.726 249.354 242.842 252.960 1.4 4.2 0.6 2.9 2.4

Nondurables less food and apparel

 10.691 248.132 242.500 251.663 1.4 3.8 0.5 2.6 2.1

Housing

 42.113 256.969 263.886 264.452 2.9 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3

Education and communication(2)

 6.524 135.943 137.082 137.182 0.9 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1

Education(2)

 3.027 255.564 263.905 263.944 3.3 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.2

Communication(2)

 3.497 73.808 72.943 73.032 -1.1 0.1 0.0 -0.2 0.0

Information and information processing(2)

 3.385 69.916 68.950 69.037 -1.3 0.1 -0.1 -0.3 0.0

Information technology, hardware and services(3)

 1.178 7.420 7.390 7.394 -0.4 0.1 -0.1 -0.7 -0.4

Recreation(2)

 5.676 118.966 120.743 120.821 1.6 0.1 -0.4 0.3 0.0

Video and audio(2)

 1.819 104.412 105.119 104.750 0.3 -0.4 -0.3 -0.4 -0.2

Pets, pet products and services(2)

 1.024 171.781 176.496 177.070 3.1 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.3

Photography(2)

 0.072 75.392 73.161 73.238 -2.9 0.1 -1.1 -0.2 -0.1

Food and beverages

 14.280 252.999 257.430 257.393 1.7 0.0 0.4 0.2 -0.1

Domestically produced farm food

 6.072 248.373 250.216 249.685 0.5 -0.2 0.3 0.5 -0.4

Other services

 11.533 350.431 357.332 357.646 2.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Apparel less footwear

 2.383 122.435 118.637 118.538 -3.2 -0.1 0.4 -1.9 -0.5

Fuels and utilities

 4.617 238.857 241.550 240.773 0.8 -0.3 -0.5 0.3 0.0

Household energy

 3.526 198.418 199.429 198.366 0.0 -0.5 -0.6 0.3 -0.1

Medical care

 8.666 484.034 492.306 493.331 1.9 0.2 -0.2 0.3 0.3

Transportation

 16.497 210.734 208.836 214.142 1.6 2.5 0.1 1.5 1.2

Private transportation

 15.363 206.149 204.680 209.918 1.8 2.6 0.1 1.7 1.3

New and used motor vehicles(2)

 6.981 99.117 99.975 99.984 0.9 0.0 -0.6 0.0 -0.4

Utilities and public transportation

 9.280 216.712 216.735 216.953 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 -0.1

Household furnishings and operations

 4.258 122.031 123.746 123.345 1.1 -0.3 0.1 0.0 -0.3

Other goods and services

 3.191 442.553 448.471 448.658 1.4 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.0

Personal care

 2.526 231.585 232.888 232.902 0.6 0.0 0.6 -0.3 0.0

Footnotes
(1) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
(2) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
(3) Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.

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