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Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Northeast

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, all items, in the United States and selected areas in the Northeast, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Area
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data
Annual
average
2023
Feb
2024
Mar
2024
Percent change
Annual
average
2022 to
2023
12 months
ended
Feb
2024
Mar
2024

U.S. City Average

304.702 310.326 312.332 4.1 3.2 3.5

Northeast region(1)

313.786 319.577 321.741 3.5 2.4 3.4

Northeast City Size Class (population)

A (greater than 2,500,000)

317.244 323.953 325.503 3.9 2.9 3.5

B/C (2,500,000 or less)(2)

184.975 187.790 189.446 2.8 1.9 3.2

New England(3)(4)

119.682 121.624 122.807 2.9 2.1 3.1

Middle Atlantic(4)(5)

120.582 122.922 123.601 3.6 2.6 3.5

Metropolitan areas

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH(6)

326.016   335.599 3.7   3.3

New York-Newark-Jersey City

321.998 328.606 329.829 3.8 2.9 3.4

Footnotes
(1) The Northeast region includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
(2) December 1996=100.
(3) The New England division includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
(4) December 2017=100.
(5) The Middle Atlantic division includes New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
(6) Published in alternate months.

Source: Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households.