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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > New England > CPI Summary

New England Consumer Price Index Card

 
Consumer Price Indexes for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city averages and selected areas, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item U.S. City
Average		 Northeast
region		 Boston-
Cambridge-
Newton
Oct
2021		 Percent change from
Oct
2020		 Oct
2021		 Percent change from
Oct
2020		 Oct
2021		 Percent change from
Oct
2020

All Items

 276.589 6.2 288.236 5.4    

All Items (1967 = 100)(1)

 828.538   453.884      

Food and Beverages

 282.943 5.1 287.264 4.7    

Food

 284.205 5.3 288.670 4.9    

Food at home

 265.478 5.4 270.004 4.0 265.552 -0.5

Food away from home

 313.592 5.3 320.371 6.2    

Alcoholic beverages

 264.748 2.2 267.533 1.0    

Housing

 285.310 4.5 304.637 4.1    

Shelter

 338.671 3.5 374.986 2.2 369.605 3.2

Rent of primary residence(2)

 352.892 2.7 376.831 1.3 380.134 1.5

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)(3)

 347.522 3.1 388.619 1.8 395.130 2.7

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)(3)

 347.535 3.1 388.285 1.8 395.130 2.7

Fuels and utilities

 270.577 10.4 252.666 15.9    

Household energy

 225.447 12.7 223.704 18.4 255.807 20.3

Energy services(2)(4)

 228.484 11.2 219.600 13.6 266.018 16.7

Electricity(2)

 229.641 6.5 219.185 8.6 307.451 8.8

Utility (piped) gas service(2)

 220.668 28.1 203.917 25.6 189.775 37.6

Household furnishings and operations

 134.745 6.2 131.833 8.2    

Apparel

 124.323 4.3 128.269 5.2    

Transportation

 241.042 18.7 233.253 17.0    

Private transportation

 241.413 20.3 232.151 20.1    

Motor fuel

 289.665 49.6 283.299 48.9 282.358 53.4

Gasoline

 288.501 49.6 282.237 49.1 279.498 53.8

Medical Care

 527.564 1.3 550.296 0.5    

Recreation(5)

 127.301 3.9 132.516 2.8    

Education and Communication(5)

 143.974 1.8 152.601 2.4    

Other Goods and Services

 483.592 4.2 536.030 4.4    

Energy

 255.338 30.0 247.925 30.8 264.842 33.3

Footnotes
(1) For the Northeast, December 1977 = 100.
(2) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
(3) Index is on a December 1982=100 base.
(4) This index series was formerly titled Gas (piped) and electricity.
(5) Indexes are on a December 1997=100 base.

Northeast region includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH includes Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, and Suffolk Counties in Massachusetts and Rockingham and Strafford Counties in New Hampshire.

 

Consumer Price Indexes for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), U.S. city averages and selected areas, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item U.S. City
Average		 Northeast
region		 Boston-
Cambridge-
Newton
Oct
2021		 Percent change from
Oct
2020		 Oct
2021		 Percent change from
Oct
2020		 Oct
2021		 Percent change from
Oct
2020

All Items

 271.552 6.9 285.769 6.0    

All Items (1967 = 100)(1)

 808.869   446.356      

Food and Beverages

 282.495 5.3 286.540 4.8    

Food

 283.159 5.4 287.632 5.1    

Food at home

 265.368 5.6 269.773 4.3 259.322 -0.1

Food away from home

 314.268 5.3 322.469 6.2    

Alcoholic beverages

 270.169 2.2 267.077 1.0    

Housing

 281.548 4.5 303.087 4.2    

Shelter

 331.311 3.4 370.797 2.0 374.821 2.7

Rent of primary residence(2)

 349.828 2.8 371.796 1.3 380.134 1.5

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)(3)

 313.766 3.2 342.135 1.9 347.251 2.7

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)(3)

 313.783 3.2 342.179 1.9 347.251 2.7

Fuels and utilities

 268.584 10.3 254.130 15.2    

Household energy

 223.567 12.5 225.275 17.5 254.297 19.0

Energy services(2)(4)

 227.426 11.3 221.922 13.9 264.817 15.9

Electricity(2)

 227.057 6.8 220.663 8.8 307.452 8.8

Utility (piped) gas service(2)

 222.367 29.3 206.700 25.7 189.780 37.6

Household furnishings and operations

 128.760 6.4 125.061 9.1    

Apparel

 124.010 4.5 127.652 4.8    

Transportation

 245.569 20.9 239.507 18.5    

Private transportation

 244.989 22.0 237.071 20.7    

Motor fuel

 290.172 49.5 281.978 48.1 282.711 53.7

Gasoline

 289.136 49.6 281.165 48.3 279.502 53.8

Medical Care

 535.167 1.2 552.327 0.3    

Recreation(5)

 121.258 3.5 133.454 3.3    

Education and Communication(5)

 130.890 1.2 138.255 2.1    

Other Goods and Services

 533.907 4.6 619.974 4.6    

Energy

 255.485 31.0 249.218 31.3 264.602 35.0

Footnotes
(1) For the Northeast, December 1977 = 100.
(2) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
(3) Index is on a December 1982=100 base.
(4) This index series was formerly titled Gas (piped) and electricity.
(5) Indexes are on a December 1997=100 base.

Northeast region includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH includes Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, and Suffolk Counties in Massachusetts and Rockingham and Strafford Counties in New Hampshire.