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
87.8
92.3
85.0
88.8
86.9
87.9
85.7
99.1
89.0
90.7
2
2009
86.7
92.8
85.3
89.7
87.7
88.5
85.4
99.1
89.7
91.4
3
2010
86.9
92.5
85.6
90.3
87.5
88.3
86.5
97.8
90.3
91.2
4
2011
86.4
92.7
85.8
91.7
88.8
88.3
87.0
97.0
90.8
91.0
5
2012
87.7
93.1
85.3
92.2
88.4
88.6
86.8
96.5
90.6
91.4
6
2013
87.9
93.0
85.8
92.6
89.0
89.0
86.6
96.2
90.3
91.2
7
2014
88.6
93.1
85.4
92.6
88.8
88.7
85.6
95.8
90.3
90.9
8
2015
88.3
92.9
85.9
91.5
89.0
88.8
85.6
95.7
90.2
90.5
9
2016
87.2
92.3
85.0
90.2
87.9
87.5
83.1
94.7
89.6
89.9
10
2017
87.1
91.9
85.9
89.6
86.9
89.0
83.6
94.5
88.4
89.6
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
98.3
97.9
94.0
98.6
97.8
98.5
98.3
98.4
98.5
97.8
2
2009
98.2
97.8
94.1
98.6
97.8
98.5
98.2
98.4
98.4
97.8
3
2010
97.4
96.9
93.2
97.8
96.9
97.7
97.4
97.6
97.6
96.8
4
2011
97.1
96.6
92.4
97.6
96.6
97.4
97.2
97.4
97.4
96.6
5
2012
97.1
96.6
91.9
97.6
96.6
97.5
97.2
97.4
97.4
96.5
6
2013
97.0
96.4
91.4
97.5
96.4
97.4
97.1
97.3
97.3
96.3
7
2014
97.4
96.7
91.2
98.0
96.8
97.8
97.5
97.7
97.7
96.5
8
2015
97.6
96.9
91.5
98.2
97.0
98.0
97.6
97.9
97.9
96.7
9
2016
96.9
96.2
91.9
97.4
96.4
97.2
96.5
97.2
97.1
96.4
10
2017
97.0
96.2
91.9
97.4
96.4
97.3
96.5
97.2
97.2
96.4
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
63.7
79.6
72.7
62.7
61.9
62.0
56.4
107.8
66.0
73.8
2
2009
62.0
82.2
72.2
66.7
64.4
64.1
56.3
108.7
68.6
76.7
3
2010
59.8
82.1
71.3
69.1
63.0
63.5
56.5
104.8
70.3
76.8
4
2011
58.8
83.4
72.0
74.9
67.1
63.4
59.0
101.2
72.4
76.2
5
2012
63.0
85.2
70.7
77.9
66.4
64.8
58.6
98.8
72.2
77.6
6
2013
64.7
85.0
70.8
80.4
67.8
66.8
59.2
97.6
71.8
76.9
7
2014
67.2
86.1
70.6
81.2
68.5
67.1
57.3
96.1
73.1
77.7
8
2015
66.6
85.3
72.2
76.8
69.6
67.8
58.4
95.2
73.2
76.2
9
2016
65.9
85.7
71.3
75.1
69.2
66.5
55.2
93.6
74.3
76.1
10
2017
65.9
84.2
73.7
73.4
66.3
71.2
56.5
92.9
70.8
75.2
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
94.8
94.3
89.7
95.2
94.3
95.1
94.8
95.0
95.0
93.8
2
2009
94.4
94.0
89.8
94.8
93.9
94.7
94.4
94.6
94.6
93.4
3
2010
94.1
93.8
90.8
94.3
93.7
94.3
94.1
94.2
94.2
93.3
4
2011
94.2
93.9
91.6
94.4
93.9
94.3
94.2
94.3
94.3
93.6
5
2012
94.2
94.1
92.6
94.4
94.1
94.3
94.2
94.3
94.3
93.8
6
2013
94.0
94.1
94.0
94.0
94.1
94.0
94.0
94.0
94.0
93.9
7
2014
93.4
93.5
93.5
93.4
93.5
93.4
93.4
93.4
93.4
93.3
8
2015
93.5
93.5
93.2
93.5
93.5
93.5
93.5
93.5
93.5
93.3
9
2016
92.6
92.6
92.1
92.6
92.6
92.6
92.6
92.6
92.6
92.4
10
2017
92.6
92.6
92.1
92.6
92.6
92.6
92.6
92.6
92.6
92.4
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
-1.3
0.3
0.3
0.7
0.9
0.6
-0.4
-0.1
0.6
0.6
2
2010
2.0
1.4
2.1
2.6
1.3
1.6
3.0
0.4
2.5
1.6
3
2011
1.8
2.7
2.7
3.9
4.1
2.4
3.0
1.7
3.0
2.3
4
2012
3.4
2.4
1.3
2.6
1.5
2.3
1.8
1.4
1.7
2.4
5
2013
1.8
1.2
2.1
1.9
2.0
1.9
1.3
1.0
1.0
1.1
6
2014
2.3
1.7
0.9
1.5
1.3
1.1
0.2
1.1
1.5
1.2
7
2015
-0.2
-0.1
0.7
-1.2
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.0
0.0
-0.2
8
2016
-0.3
0.3
-0.1
-0.5
-0.3
-0.7
-2.2
-0.2
0.3
0.2
9
2017
1.6
1.2
2.7
1.1
0.4
3.4
2.3
1.5
0.2
1.4
10
2018
0.9
1.8
1.8
1.5
1.6
1.8
2.7
1.4
1.7
1.5
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 2019 annual averages. The farther above 100 a number is, the more the cost is above average.
