Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 1.2 percent in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) The June increase was influenced by higher prices for gasoline. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, month-to-month changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

Over the last 12 months, the CPI-U increased 8.8 percent. (See chart 1 and table A.) Food prices jumped 10.6 percent. Energy prices jumped 36.6 percent, largely the result of an increase in the price of gasoline. The index for all items less food and energy advanced 6.2 percent over the year. (See table 1.)

Food

Food prices advanced 1.4 percent for the month of June. (See table 1.) Prices for food at home advanced 1.4 percent with increases in all six food categories. Prices for food away from home also rose 1.4 percent for the same period.

Over the year, food prices increased 10.6 percent. Food at home jumped 12.8 percent for the year. All food subcategories rose by double-digits percentages since a year ago. Overall, prices for food away from home advanced 7.6 percent.

Energy

The energy index increased 5.4 percent over the month. The increase was mainly due to higher prices for gasoline (7.9 percent). Prices for natural gas service increased 5.6 percent, but prices for electricity decreased 0.5 percent for the same period.

Energy prices jumped 36.6 percent over the year, largely due to higher prices for gasoline (52.0 percent). Prices paid for natural gas service jumped 27.8 percent, and prices for electricity rose 10.5 percent during the past year.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.8 percent in June. Higher prices for and new and used motor vehicles (1.9 percent) and shelter (0.7 percent) were partially offset by lower prices for medical care services (-0.1 percent).

Over the year, the index for all items less food and energy advanced 6.2 percent. Components contributing to the increase included household furnishings and operations (10.3 percent) and shelter (6.2 percent).

Table A. West region CPI-U 1-month and 12-month percent changes, all items index, not seasonally adjusted

Month	2018		2019		2020		2021		2022
	1-month	12-month	1-month	12-month	1-month	12-month	1-month	12-month	1-month	12-month
January	0.5	3.1	0.2	2.7	0.3	2.9	0.2	1.4	0.9	7.7
February	0.5	3.1	0.2	2.4	0.4	3.1	0.5	1.6	0.8	8.1
March	0.4	3.2	0.4	2.4	-0.2	2.5	0.7	2.4	1.3	8.7
April	0.4	3.2	0.8	2.9	-0.4	1.3	1.0	3.9	0.7	8.3
May	0.5	3.5	0.5	2.9	0.1	0.8	0.8	4.7	0.8	8.3
June	0.2	3.6	0.0	2.7	0.4	1.2	0.9	5.1	1.2	8.8
July	0.1	3.6	0.0	2.7	0.5	1.7	0.6	5.2
August	0.2	3.6	0.1	2.6	0.3	1.9	0.2	5.0
September	0.3	3.4	0.3	2.6	0.0	1.6	0.2	5.3
October	0.4	3.5	0.5	2.8	0.2	1.2	0.8	6.0
November	-0.2	3.3	-0.1	2.8	0.0	1.4	0.5	6.5
December	-0.2	3.1	-0.2	2.8	-0.1	1.5	0.4	7.1

The July 2022 Consumer Price Index for the West Region is scheduled to be released on August 10, 2022.

Technical Note

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measures of the average change in prices over time in a fixed market basket of goods and services. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes CPIs for two population groups: (1) a CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) which covers approximately 93 percent of the total U.S. population and (2) a CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) which covers approximately 29 percent of the total U.S. population. The CPI-U includes, in addition to wage earners and clerical workers, groups such as professional, managerial, and technical workers, the self-employed, short-term workers, the unemployed, and retirees and others not in the labor force.

The CPI is based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, and fuels, transportation fares, charges for doctors' and dentists' services, drugs, and the other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day living. Each month, prices are collected in 75 urban areas across the country from about 6,000 housing units and approximately 22,000 retail establishments—department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling stations, and other types of stores and service establishments. All taxes directly associated with the purchase and use of items are included in the index.

The index measures price changes from a designated reference date; for most of the CPI-U the reference base is 1982-84 equals 100. An increase of 7 percent from the reference base, for example, is shown as 107.000.  Alternatively, that relationship can also be expressed as the price of a base period market basket of goods and services rising from $100 to $107. For further details see the CPI home page on the Internet at www.bls.gov/cpi and the CPI section of the BLS Handbook of Methods available on the internet at www.bls.gov/opub/hom/cpi/.

In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each location are averaged together with weights that represent their importance in the spending of the appropriate population group. Local data are then combined to obtain a U.S. city average. Because the sample size of a local area is smaller, the local area index is subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error than the national index. In addition, local indexes are not adjusted for seasonal influences. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national index, although their long-term trends are quite similar. NOTE: Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of prices between cities; they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base period.

The West Region covered in this release is comprised of the following thirteen states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

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Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Indexes and percent changes for selected periods

West (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group	Indexes				Percent change from-
	Historical data	Apr. 2022	May 2022	Jun. 2022	Jun. 2021	Apr. 2022	May 2022
Expenditure category
All Items		307.145	309.645	313.496	8.8	2.1	1.2
All items (December 1977=100)		496.483	500.524	506.748
Food and beverages		309.523	312.918	317.106	10.3	2.4	1.3
Food		310.827	314.456	318.838	10.6	2.6	1.4
Food at home		296.397	299.993	304.172	12.8	2.6	1.4
Cereals and bakery products		296.523	300.153	305.463	12.7	3.0	1.8
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		333.278	338.424	342.481	13.5	2.8	1.2
Dairy and related products		266.489	275.029	277.787	13.4	4.2	1.0
Fruits and vegetables		380.205	381.664	385.744	10.3	1.5	1.1
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials		207.667	210.726	211.020	10.6	1.6	0.1
Other food at home		249.705	251.380	257.084	14.8	3.0	2.3
Food away from home		327.934	331.529	336.151	7.6	2.5	1.4
Alcoholic beverages		288.754	288.689	290.005	5.0	0.4	0.5
Housing		333.144	335.311	337.805	7.2	1.4	0.7
Shelter		380.733	382.726	385.252	6.2	1.2	0.7
Rent of primary residence(1)		402.333	404.198	406.873	5.6	1.1	0.7
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(1)(2)		399.367	401.519	404.144	6.1	1.2	0.7
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(1)(2)		399.190	401.344	403.973	6.0	1.2	0.7
Fuels and utilities		366.517	373.469	377.106	12.5	2.9	1.0
Household energy		316.902	325.330	329.280	15.1	3.9	1.2
Energy services(1)		317.845	326.508	329.956	14.4	3.8	1.1
Electricity(1)		352.316	356.644	354.959	10.5	0.8	-0.5
Utility (piped) gas service(1)		257.317	276.358	291.702	27.8	13.4	5.6
Household furnishings and operations		152.675	153.479	155.275	10.3	1.7	1.2
Apparel		122.895	122.382	122.336	5.7	-0.5	0.0
Transportation		279.914	285.185	295.312	18.9	5.5	3.6
Private transportation		276.601	280.414	290.744	18.6	5.1	3.7
New and used motor vehicles(3)		127.166	127.860	130.289	8.7	2.5	1.9
New vehicles		169.815	171.505	172.591	9.5	1.6	0.6
New cars and trucks(3)(4)
New cars(4)		168.523	170.996	172.281	10.7	2.2	0.8
Used cars and trucks		198.827	200.407	204.799	7.4	3.0	2.2
Motor fuel		415.438	430.133	463.924	52.5	11.7	7.9
Gasoline (all types)		412.907	427.409	461.261	52.0	11.7	7.9
Gasoline, unleaded regular(4)		409.882	424.606	458.717	52.8	11.9	8.0
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		391.619	404.185	435.612	50.3	11.2	7.8
Gasoline, unleaded premium(4)		398.622	411.339	441.970	48.7	10.9	7.4
Medical Care		563.983	566.873	567.250	4.9	0.6	0.1
Medical care commodities		426.330	427.357	430.052	3.0	0.9	0.6
Medical care services		606.513	609.977	609.643	5.3	0.5	-0.1
Professional services		386.357	387.767	387.899	3.3	0.4	0.0
Recreation(3)		122.587	122.490	123.361	3.3	0.6	0.7
Education and communication(3)		141.206	141.034	141.800	0.9	0.4	0.5
Tuition, other school fees, and child care(6)		1,564.665	1,566.464	1,582.560	4.5	1.1	1.0
Other goods and services		497.305	499.546	500.908	5.2	0.7	0.3
Commodity and Service Group
All Items		307.145	309.645	313.496	8.8	2.1	1.2
Commodities		223.972	226.272	230.794	12.9	3.0	2.0
Commodities less food & beverages		180.579	182.356	186.739	14.6	3.4	2.4
Nondurables less food & beverages		240.215	243.622	252.083	21.4	4.9	3.5
Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel		321.910	327.889	341.968	25.7	6.2	4.3
Durables		128.152	128.840	130.502	8.2	1.8	1.3
Services		382.716	385.326	388.311	6.3	1.5	0.8
Rent of shelter(2)		405.700	407.841	410.511	6.2	1.2	0.7
Transportation services		349.770	355.856	365.608	9.0	4.5	2.7
Other services		380.983	381.253	383.227	2.7	0.6	0.5
Special aggregate indexes:
All items less medical care		295.328	297.802	301.783	9.1	2.2	1.3
All items less food		306.706	309.031	312.800	8.5	2.0	1.2
All items less shelter		278.335	281.050	285.454	10.2	2.6	1.6
Commodities less food		184.938	186.692	191.052	14.3	3.3	2.3
Nondurables		275.383	278.804	285.238	15.1	3.6	2.3
Nondurables less food		244.446	247.677	255.785	20.2	4.6	3.3
Nondurables less food and apparel		318.396	323.822	336.728	23.7	5.8	4.0
Services less rent of shelter(2)		396.432	399.962	403.705	6.3	1.8	0.9
Services less medical care services		367.087	369.635	372.832	6.4	1.6	0.9
Energy		378.794	390.935	411.874	36.6	8.7	5.4
All items less energy		304.966	306.854	309.614	6.8	1.5	0.9
All items less food and energy		304.805	306.402	308.894	6.2	1.3	0.8
Commodities less food and energy commodities		160.950	161.495	163.061	7.1	1.3	1.0
Energy commodities		422.320	437.032	471.276	52.3	11.6	7.8
Services less energy services		387.970	390.245	393.215	5.9	1.4	0.8
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) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. (3) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. (4) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. (5) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. (6) Indexes on a December 1977=100 base.
- Data not available Regions defined as the four Census regions. West includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Data not seasonally adjusted.