State and Louisiana MSA’s Regional Price Parities Measures
Regional price parities measures (RPPs) are estimated by the BEA. These are measures of prices in a particular area relative to the country as a whole. The RPP for the nation is 100 so any amount below that implies lower prices for that area. The lower the RPP, the lower the prices for a particular category (or broad measure) of goods or services.
Louisiana and MSA RPPs: All Items
wdt_ID
Year
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Hammond
Houma-Thibodaux
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Monroe
New Orleans-Metairie
Shreveport-Bossier City
Louisiana
1
2008
91.2
94.6
90.2
92.3
90.1
92.3
88.9
99.2
92.4
92.8
2
2009
88.8
93.9
87.3
91.5
91.0
90.1
86.3
97.6
92.1
92.0
3
2010
91.1
95.2
91.6
95.5
91.1
92.2
91.0
98.7
93.0
93.8
4
2011
89.2
96.1
90.9
96.5
92.4
93.1
89.9
98.5
94.9
94.0
5
2012
92.7
95.8
88.9
96.8
93.3
92.9
88.7
99.0
94.9
94.3
6
2013
93.0
95.5
89.6
97.0
93.0
93.3
89.4
98.8
93.4
94.2
7
2014
92.6
96.1
88.7
95.2
94.2
91.5
89.6
98.5
95.0
94.3
8
2015
92.7
95.9
89.9
96.0
93.2
92.6
87.0
98.2
94.4
94.0
9
2016
93.9
96.4
89.2
96.1
93.3
92.6
88.3
99.1
93.6
94.5
10
2017
90.4
94.0
87.7
93.9
91.8
92.3
87.3
97.1
90.5
92.3
Year
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Hammond
Houma-Thibodaux
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Monroe
New Orleans-Metairie
Shreveport-Bossier City
Louisiana
Louisiana and MSA RPPs: Goods
wdt_ID
Year
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Hammond
Houma-Thibodaux
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Monroe
New Orleans-Metairie
Shreveport-Bossier City
Louisiana
1
2008
96.9
96.5
94.5
97.2
96.5
97.1
96.6
97.2
97.1
96.5
2
2009
94.6
94.1
91.3
95.1
94.1
94.9
94.2
95.0
94.9
94.1
3
2010
96.9
96.8
96.2
97.0
96.8
96.9
96.8
96.9
96.9
96.8
4
2011
96.5
96.2
94.2
96.9
96.2
96.8
96.3
96.9
96.8
96.2
5
2012
96.4
95.3
91.0
97.2
95.5
96.9
95.8
97.1
96.8
95.6
6
2013
96.8
96.0
93.0
97.3
96.2
97.1
96.4
97.2
97.1
96.2
7
2014
97.2
96.2
91.8
98.0
96.4
97.8
96.6
97.9
97.7
96.5
8
2015
96.3
95.2
91.1
97.0
95.6
96.7
95.6
96.9
96.6
95.5
9
2016
96.9
95.9
92.4
97.4
96.2
97.2
96.3
97.3
97.1
96.2
10
2017
96.8
95.7
92.0
97.4
96.1
97.1
96.2
97.3
97.0
96.0
Year
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Hammond
Houma-Thibodaux
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Monroe
New Orleans-Metairie
Shreveport-Bossier City
Louisiana
Louisiana and MSA RPPs: Utilities
wdt_ID
Year
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Hammond
Houma-Thibodaux
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Monroe
New Orleans-Metairie
Shreveport-Bossier City
Louisiana
1
2008
112.7
112.8
112.6
112.7
112.7
112.6
112.7
112.8
112.9
112.7
2
2009
101.6
101.8
101.6
101.8
101.8
101.7
101.8
101.8
101.9
101.8
3
2010
107.7
107.9
107.7
107.8
107.8
107.8
107.9
107.9
107.9
107.9
4
2011
105.5
105.7
105.5
105.7
105.6
105.6
105.7
105.7
105.8
105.7
5
2012
100.4
100.6
100.5
100.5
100.5
100.5
100.6
100.6
100.6
100.5
6
2013
101.0
101.2
101.0
101.1
101.1
101.0
101.1
101.2
101.2
101.1
7
2014
104.0
104.1
104.0
104.1
104.1
104.0
104.2
104.2
104.2
104.1
8
2015
102.0
102.2
102.0
102.1
102.1
102.1
102.2
102.2
102.2
102.2
9
2016
101.5
101.6
101.5
101.6
101.6
101.5
101.6
101.7
101.6
101.6
10
2017
76.9
77.6
81.3
76.4
77.6
76.8
78.1
76.9
77.8
77.9
Year
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Hammond
Houma-Thibodaux
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Monroe
New Orleans-Metairie
Shreveport-Bossier City
Louisiana
Louisiana and MSA RPPs: Services-Rents
wdt_ID
Year
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Hammond
Houma-Thibodaux
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Monroe
New Orleans-Metairie
Shreveport-Bossier City
Louisiana
1
2008
61.2
77.8
68.0
64.7
57.0
65.3
51.2
103.8
68.5
70.6
2
2009
57.1
83.6
67.1
64.5
67.8
60.3
49.6
101.2
71.0
74.1
3
2010
59.7
80.8
75.0
78.6
61.7
63.5
59.9
98.4
69.4
74.2
4
2011
53.7
84.2
71.6
80.6
64.2
67.4
55.6
93.7
73.7
73.8
5
2012
66.8
83.7
66.2
82.1
68.1
64.9
51.5
96.4
74.4
75.2
6
2013
68.8
81.6
63.7
86.0
67.2
65.8
54.6
97.0
68.5
74.6
7
2014
67.9
84.3
59.9
74.9
72.2
59.0
53.5
93.0
75.4
74.4
8
2015
67.4
83.6
65.3
80.5
66.9
64.1
49.6
92.5
73.6
73.8
9
2016
67.8
84.2
64.2
75.7
68.2
61.0
53.3
92.7
67.8
73.8
10
2017
61.7
78.4
64.4
72.9
67.3
65.4
51.7
90.7
61.7
71.0
Year
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Hammond
Houma-Thibodaux
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Monroe
New Orleans-Metairie
Shreveport-Bossier City
Louisiana
Louisiana and MSA RPPs: Services-Other
wdt_ID
Year
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Hammond
Houma-Thibodaux
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Monroe
New Orleans-Metairie
Shreveport-Bossier City
Louisiana
1
2008
98.2
97.7
95.2
98.6
97.7
98.4
97.8
98.5
98.4
97.7
2
2009
97.7
96.8
92.6
98.4
96.8
98.0
97.0
98.2
98.0
96.9
3
2010
99.1
98.3
94.1
99.8
98.3
99.5
98.5
99.7
99.5
98.3
4
2011
100.5
99.6
95.1
101.3
99.7
101.0
99.9
101.2
101.0
99.7
5
2012
101.0
100.3
97.3
101.5
100.4
101.3
100.6
101.4
101.3
100.5
6
2013
100.4
99.9
97.9
100.7
100.0
100.6
100.1
100.7
100.6
100.0
7
2014
100.2
99.9
98.4
100.5
100.0
100.4
100.0
100.5
100.4
100.0
8
2015
100.8
100.3
97.9
101.2
100.4
101.1
100.5
101.2
101.1
100.4
9
2016
102.1
100.7
96.1
102.8
101.2
102.5
101.3
102.7
102.4
101.1
10
2017
100.2
99.0
94.7
100.9
99.4
100.6
99.6
100.8
100.5
99.3
Year
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Hammond
Houma-Thibodaux
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Monroe
New Orleans-Metairie
Shreveport-Bossier City
Louisiana
State and Louisiana MSA’s Annual Inflation Rates
Inflation rates for the state and MSA’s are calculated by taking the percentage change in the Implicit Regional Price Deflators from the BEA.
Louisiana and MSA Inflation Rates
wdt_ID
Year
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Hammond
Houma-Thibodaux
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Monroe
New Orleans-Metairie
Shreveport-Bossier City
Louisiana
1
2009
-2.9
-1.0
-3.5
-1.2
0.8
-2.7
-3.1
-1.9
-0.7
-1.1
2
2010
4.5
3.2
6.9
6.3
1.8
4.2
7.3
3.0
2.8
3.7
3
2011
0.4
3.6
1.7
3.6
4.0
3.5
1.4
2.3
4.6
2.8
4
2012
5.8
1.5
-0.4
2.1
2.8
1.6
0.5
2.4
1.9
2.1
5
2013
1.7
1.1
2.1
1.6
1.0
1.7
2.1
1.2
-0.3
1.3
6
2014
1.1
2.0
0.5
-0.4
2.9
-0.4
1.7
1.2
3.3
1.7
7
2015
0.3
0.0
1.6
1.1
-0.9
1.4
-2.6
0.0
-0.4
-0.1
8
2016
2.3
1.5
0.2
1.1
1.1
1.0
2.4
1.9
0.1
1.5
9
2017
-2.0
-0.7
0.1
-0.5
0.2
1.5
0.7
-0.3
-1.6
-0.5
10
2018
-1.3
0.9
3.2
-2.4
0.5
-1.1
1.3
-1.2
1.5
0.4
Year
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Hammond
Houma-Thibodaux
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Monroe
New Orleans-Metairie
Shreveport-Bossier City
Louisiana
C2ER Cost of Living Index
These figures come from the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER). Currently, the website is posting 2022 annual averages. The farther above 100 a number is, the more the cost is above average.
