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Consumer Price Index, Riverside Area — January 2025
Area prices up 1.8 percent over the two months, up 2.9 percent over the year The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario was up 1.8 percent from November 2024 to January 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the all items less food and energy index increased 1.9 percent. The food index rose 1.6 percent, and the energy index increased 0.7 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.) The Riverside area all items CPI-U advanced 2.9 percent for the 12 months ending in January. The food index rose 4.0 percent, and the index for all items less food and energy increased 3.3 percent. In contrast, the energy index declined 2.3 percent over the same time period.
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Food
The food index advanced 1.6 percent from November 2024 to January 2025. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) advanced 2.3 percent, with higher prices in 4 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) rose 0.9 percent for the same period.
The food index rose 4.0 percent over the year. The food at home index increased 2.4 percent, with higher prices in 4 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. The food away from home index increased 5.9 percent.
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2/12/25, 11:37 AM Consumer Price Index, Riverside Area — January 2025 : Western Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics https://www.bls.gov/regions/west/news-release/consumerpriceindex_riverside.htm 1/3 The energy index increased 0.7 percent from November 2024 to January 2025. Gasoline prices declined 0.2 percent.
The energy index declined 2.3 percent from January 2024 to January 2025. Over the year, gasoline prices fell 2.5 percent.
All items less food and energy
The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.9 percent from November 2024 to January 2025. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for recreation (+3.9 percent) and shelter (+2.0 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for other goods and services (-2.0 percent) and education and communication (-0.6 percent).
The index for all items less food and energy increased 3.3 percent over the year, reflecting higher prices for shelter (+4.2 percent) and new and used motor vehicles (+4.0 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for other goods and services (-6.8 percent) and education and communication (-3.2 percent).
The March 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Riverside area is scheduled to be released on April 10, 2025.
Publication updates and changes
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Effective with the January 2025 data release, several indexes and average price series were discontinued. More information is available on the CPI discontinued series page. Direct any inquiries to the CPI office using one of the CPI contact information options listed online.
Technical Note
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time in a fixed market basket of goods and services. The Consumer Price Index for Riverside is published bi-monthly. The set of components and sub-aggregates published for regional and metropolitan indexes is more limited than at the U.S. city average level; these indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a much smaller sample size than the national or regional indexes and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local-area indexes are more volatile than the national or regional indexes. In addition, local indexes are not adjusted for seasonal influences. 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.
Percent changes for all-items data previously found in Table A of this release can be accessed in Chart 1 for this release and its attendant data table. A full all-items data series history for the original index value and for 1-month, 2-month, 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month percent changes can be accessed via BLS data query tools. A direct link to the all-items series is provided in Table 1 of this release under historical data.
The Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Core Based Statistical Area includes Riverside and San Bernardino Counties in California.
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Table 1. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, CPI-U by expenditure category for January 2025, not seasonally adjusted (December 2017=100 unless otherwise noted)
Expenditure category
Indexes Percent change from -
Historical
data
Nov.
2024
Dec.
2024
Jan.
2025
Jan.
2024
Nov.
2024
Dec.
2024
All items
132.853 - 135.215 2.9 1.8 -
Food and beverages
136.970 - 139.318 4.0 1.7 -
Food
138.386 - 140.667 4.0 1.6 -
Food at home
132.063 133.273 135.076 2.4 2.3 1.4
Cereals and bakery products
152.483 152.414 153.935 0.3 1.0 1.0
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs
140.677 143.668 150.220 13.1 6.8 4.6
Dairy and related products
112.634 118.878 116.880 3.6 3.8 -1.7
Fruits and vegetables
131.386 128.392 131.080 -1.1 -0.2 2.1
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials
131.164 132.083 130.744 0.3 -0.3 -1.0
Other food at home
121.762 123.198 123.660 -2.2 1.6 0.4
Food away from home
147.549 - 148.866 5.9 0.9 -
Alcoholic beverages
111.000 - 113.768 2.6 2.5 -
Housing
140.571 - 143.061 3.5 1.8 -
Shelter
140.760 142.129 143.614 4.2 2.0 1.0
Rent of primary residence
145.818 146.421 148.270 3.7 1.7 1.3
Owners' equiv. rent of residences
141.110 141.893 142.751 4.0 1.2 0.6
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence
141.110 141.893 142.751 4.0 1.2 0.6
Household furnishings and operations
119.240 - 119.737 1.7 0.4 -
Apparel
105.316 - 107.791 -3.8 2.4 -
Transportation
136.011 - 139.916 5.7 2.9 -
Footnotes
(1) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. - Data not available.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 2/12/25, 11:37 AM Consumer Price Index, Riverside Area — January 2025 : Western Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics https://www.bls.gov/regions/west/news-release/consumerpriceindex_riverside.htm 2/3 Expenditure category
Indexes Percent change from -
Historical
data
Nov.
2024
Dec.
2024
Jan.
2025
Jan.
2024
Nov.
2024
Dec.
2024
Private transportation
138.702 - 142.802 6.7 3.0 -
New and used motor vehicles
117.214 - 117.930 4.0 0.6 -
New vehicles
114.394 - 115.452 1.3 0.9 -
Used cars and trucks
131.594 - 132.659 1.7 0.8 -
Motor fuel
143.695 141.671 143.608 -2.5 -0.1 1.4
Gasoline (all types)
143.751 141.549 143.403 -2.5 -0.2 1.3
Unleaded regular(1)
143.808 141.548 143.448 -2.7 -0.3 1.3
Unleaded midgrade(1)
144.915 142.831 144.533 -2.3 -0.3 1.2
Unleaded premium(1)
142.698 140.708 142.395 -1.9 -0.2 1.2
Medical care
130.698 - 131.678 - 0.7 -
Recreation
108.816 - 113.102 0.3 3.9 -
Education and communication
107.577 - 106.929 -3.2 -0.6 -
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare
132.944 - 132.969 3.1 0.0 -
Other goods and services
127.982 - 125.424 -6.8 -2.0 -
Footnotes
(1) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. - Data not available.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Table 2. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, CPI-U by special aggregate index for January 2025, not seasonally adjusted (December 2017=100 unless otherwise noted)
Special aggregate index
Indexes Percent change from:
Historical
data
Nov.
2024
Dec.
2024
Jan.
2025
Jan.
2024
Nov.
2024
Dec.
2024
All items
132.853 - 135.215 2.9 1.8 -
Food
138.386 - 140.667 4.0 1.6 -
Energy
152.928 151.838 154.007 -2.3 0.7 1.4
All items less food and energy
129.715 - 132.187 3.3 1.9 -
All items less energy
130.908 - 133.349 3.4 1.9 -
All items less medical care
133.027 - 135.484 2.8 1.8 -
All items less shelter
128.770 - 130.875 2.2 1.6 -
Commodities
124.645 - 125.793 0.8 0.9 -
Commodities less food
117.604 - 118.137 -1.2 0.5 -
Commodities less food & beverages
117.847 - 118.278 -1.3 0.4 -
Durables
110.347 - 110.404 -1.4 0.1 -
Nondurables
131.367 - 133.070 1.7 1.3 -
Nondurables less food
124.307 - 125.406 -0.9 0.9 -
Nondurables less food & beverages
125.082 - 126.028 -1.1 0.8 -
Services
138.609 - 141.804 4.2 2.3 -
Services less rent of shelter
135.287 - 139.006 4.2 2.7 -
Services less medical care services
139.378 - 142.908 4.4 2.5 -
- Data not available.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Last Modified Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2025
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