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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > CPI Summary

Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card

Monthly and Bimonthly Indexes

Consumer Price Indexes for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city averages and selected areas, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item U.S. city average Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington Washington-Arlington-Alexandria(1) Baltimore-Columbia-Towson(1) Northeast region South region
Mar
2024		 Percent change from
Mar
2023		 Mar
2024		 Percent change from
Mar
2023		 Mar
2024		 Percent change from
Mar
2023		 Mar
2024		 Percent change from
Mar
2023		 Mar
2024		 Percent change from
Mar
2023		 Mar
2024		 Percent change from
Mar
2023

All items

 312.332 3.5     313.108 3.4     321.741 3.4 304.490 3.8

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 935.609       924.381       506.645   493.926  

Food and beverages

 325.491 2.2     306.162 2.4     327.161 1.8 320.761 2.4

Food

 328.043 2.2     315.426 2.5     329.700 1.9 324.498 2.4

Food at home

 305.426 1.2 307.840 0.2 292.197 1.0 288.536 -2.0 307.985 0.5 303.610 1.4

Cereals and bakery products

 354.666 0.2 417.025 0.5 392.478 1.5 358.599 -1.0 385.043 0.6 363.914 0.5

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 322.589 1.3 339.282 -0.7 308.305 -1.6 287.512 -7.6 310.715 -0.3 317.579 2.2

Dairy and related products

 266.274 -1.9 234.431 -2.8 282.607 -1.5 268.420 -5.2 274.334 -2.4 266.715 -2.5

Fruits and vegetables

 352.841 2.0 303.867 -0.9 302.184 0.6 314.923 -0.4 354.327 0.8 336.449 3.0

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 221.423 2.4 224.843 8.2 264.948 3.7 220.021 -1.3 226.084 4.7 216.555 0.9

Other food at home

 272.352 1.4 291.335 -1.7 245.938 3.4 273.661 2.2 279.385 0.1 272.818 1.7

Food away from home

 364.546 4.2     347.858 4.7     368.267 4.6 359.756 4.2

Alcoholic beverages

 289.360 2.4     219.852 0.5     292.242 1.3 268.652 2.1

Housing

 331.247 4.7     327.768 4.2     348.586 4.6 310.868 5.2

Shelter

 396.174 5.7 412.391 6.7 390.880 4.7 368.568 4.7 428.807 5.9 363.186 6.2

Rent of primary residence

 415.219 5.7 387.091 7.1 419.086 3.2 426.604 6.0 430.137 5.5 388.327 6.5

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 406.155 5.9 421.393 6.6 401.478 5.7 388.959 4.8 443.041 6.1 364.627 6.3

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 406.206 5.9 421.393 6.6 401.478 5.7 388.959 4.8 442.589 6.1 364.608 6.3

Fuels and utilities

 314.168 3.3     286.345 4.5     301.048 -0.1 299.955 4.1

Household energy

 263.767 2.8 226.969 2.3 225.471 4.3 283.254 3.0 269.460 -0.6 244.436 3.7

Energy services

 267.658 3.1 236.717 2.4 230.674 5.0 304.587 4.3 264.152 -0.4 244.278 3.8

Electricity

 278.233 5.0 241.199 6.8 255.439 4.0 286.139 5.3 276.287 2.4 240.298 4.6

Utility (piped) gas service

 230.601 -3.2 207.862 -7.9 166.265 8.1 248.676 -3.4 221.949 -6.4 250.598 -0.4

Household furnishings and operations

 148.038 -0.8     133.076 0.8     144.696 -0.1 148.788 -0.7

Apparel

 133.640 0.4     165.085 -1.8     137.397 -0.4 144.767 1.7

Transportation

 272.485 4.0     271.791 3.2     261.965 4.0 274.736 4.3

Private transportation

 272.008 4.4     282.679 3.7     260.322 4.4 277.229 4.7

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 125.250 -0.8     126.967 -0.3     125.142 0.4 127.089 -1.0

New vehicles(3)

 178.247 -0.1     228.478 -0.9     174.742 0.7 185.738 -0.3

Used cars and trucks(3)

 180.891 -2.2     394.714 -1.4     192.925 -1.0 180.573 -2.6

Motor fuel

 307.684 1.0 308.621 -0.6 327.587 3.7 302.487 4.8 286.761 -0.3 287.353 2.0

Gasoline

 306.513 1.3 304.647 -0.5 322.860 3.7 295.325 4.9 285.969 -0.1 285.884 2.2

Motor vehicle insurance(3)

 827.852 22.2                    

Medical care

 559.935 2.2     531.637 3.7     573.512 2.2 529.761 1.8

Recreation(5)

 138.183 1.8     129.382 1.6     141.669 2.5 138.500 2.1

Education and communication(5)

 145.822 0.2     166.142 1.3     155.399 0.4 141.224 0.4

Tuition, other school fees, and child care(3)

 850.973 2.7     1,688.272 6.5     1,410.245 2.2 1,507.531 3.5

Other goods and services

 553.666 4.7     528.631 7.6     610.058 4.1 529.387 4.6

Energy

 285.002 2.1 258.908 1.0 276.662 4.1 303.056 4.1 277.320 -0.7 259.962 3.3

Footnotes
(1) 1998-2017 indexes based on a substantially smaller sample.
(2) For the Northeast and the South, Dec. 1977=100.
(3) For Washington, Nov. 1977=100. For Baltimore, March 1978=100. For Philadelphia, December 1977=100.
(4) For the U.S., Philadelphia, Northeast, & South, Dec. 1982 = 100. For Washington & Baltimore, Nov. 1982=100.
(5) December 1997=100.

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, CBSA includes Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania; Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Salem Counties in New Jersey; New Castle County in Delaware; and Cecil County in Maryland.

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, CBSA includes the District of Columbia; Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, Prince George's in Maryland; Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Rappahannock, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren Counties, and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park Cities in Virginia; and Jefferson County in West Virginia.

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, CBSA includes Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Carroll, Harford, Howard, Queen Anne's Counties in Maryland.

Northeast region includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

South region includes the District of Columbia and the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

 

Consumer Price Indexes for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), U.S. city averages and selected areas, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item U.S. city average Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington Washington-Arlington-Alexandria(1) Baltimore-Columbia-Towson(1) Northeast region South region
Mar
2024		 Percent change from
Mar
2023		 Mar
2024		 Percent change from
Mar
2023		 Mar
2024		 Percent change from
Mar
2023		 Mar
2024		 Percent change from
Mar
2023		 Mar
2024		 Percent change from
Mar
2023		 Mar
2024		 Percent change from
Mar
2023

All items

 306.502 3.5     308.636 2.9     318.991 3.5 299.665 3.8

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 912.977       924.330       498.246   485.341  

Food and beverages

 325.352 2.4     306.460 2.1     325.836 1.9 320.583 2.7

Food

 326.947 2.4     312.846 2.2     327.860 1.9 323.079 2.7

Food at home

 305.221 1.3 317.102 -0.4 288.865 0.8 291.710 -2.8 307.334 0.5 302.088 1.6

Cereals and bakery products

 356.401 0.1 425.934 -0.5 368.642 0.6 347.817 -1.0 382.586 0.3 363.354 0.4

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 323.600 1.7 343.813 -0.8 302.001 -2.0 302.891 -7.1 309.770 -0.6 316.533 2.7

Dairy and related products

 264.196 -1.6 235.978 -2.7 274.555 -2.7 250.162 -5.1 274.220 -2.1 262.259 -2.1

Fruits and vegetables

 349.259 2.1 291.277 -2.3 309.932 1.2 324.460 -2.4 354.531 0.8 334.159 3.2

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 221.569 2.3 238.725 5.3 282.778 4.7 223.781 -0.2 226.139 3.9 215.979 1.2

Other food at home

 272.173 1.5 299.472 -1.2 241.969 4.3 255.350 0.7 281.347 0.5 271.627 1.7

Food away from home

 365.765 4.4     347.447 4.5     369.866 4.9 359.292 4.3

Alcoholic beverages

 296.681 2.4     228.070 0.3     289.740 0.8 279.630 2.3

Housing

 327.430 4.7     324.723 3.2     348.099 4.6 311.827 5.2

Shelter

 388.198 5.7 419.069 6.8 388.236 4.2 382.977 4.7 423.895 6.0 365.250 6.2

Rent of primary residence

 413.258 5.8 387.091 7.1 419.086 3.2 426.604 6.0 424.547 5.6 386.133 6.6

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 366.579 5.9 374.753 6.6 365.906 5.7 352.823 4.8 389.711 6.1 338.887 6.2

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 366.599 5.9 374.753 6.6 365.906 5.7 352.823 4.8 389.741 6.1 338.852 6.2

Fuels and utilities

 311.752 3.6     290.567 3.9     301.890 0.3 300.638 4.3

Household energy

 261.423 3.1 224.754 1.6 229.596 4.2 271.897 4.0 270.276 -0.2 242.926 3.9

Energy services

 266.000 3.4 236.612 1.5 236.917 5.0 301.785 4.2 265.012 0.1 244.413 4.0

Electricity

 274.747 5.4 241.197 6.8 255.439 4.0 286.137 5.3 278.016 4.0 237.154 4.4

Utility (piped) gas service

 227.923 -4.2 207.858 -7.9 166.267 8.1 248.676 -3.4 221.374 -7.9 260.066 0.6

Household furnishings and operations

 141.307 -0.9     115.382 -1.0     140.694 -0.4 139.184 -0.3

Apparel

 133.863 0.7     174.724 -2.9     138.783 1.1 144.067 1.6

Transportation

 277.475 4.6     293.735 3.2     267.350 4.8 273.996 4.4

Private transportation

 276.758 5.0     291.570 3.1     264.430 5.0 275.020 4.8

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 124.527 -1.1     126.556 -0.6     123.513 0.2 122.984 -1.5

New vehicles(3)

 178.195 -0.3     227.998 -0.9     172.117 0.6 182.934 -0.4

Used cars and trucks(3)

 182.122 -2.3     394.841 -1.4     192.793 -1.1 181.952 -2.6

Motor fuel

 309.382 1.1 309.421 -0.5 324.353 3.6 306.407 4.9 286.219 -0.4 286.306 1.8

Gasoline

 308.318 1.3 304.646 -0.5 322.862 3.7 295.339 4.9 285.758 -0.2 285.338 2.0

Motor vehicle insurance(3)

 839.719 22.6                    

Medical care

 566.918 2.1     569.605 6.5     564.108 2.2 545.984 2.0

Recreation(5)

 130.854 1.2     119.707 1.1     142.752 2.3 130.803 1.2

Education and communication(5)

 130.721 -0.4     132.333 -0.6     139.352 -0.3 122.931 -0.5

Tuition, other school fees, and child care(3)

 815.246 2.7     1,578.186 5.3     1,402.694 2.3 1,373.311 3.4

Other goods and services

 612.197 5.0     566.058 7.3     706.650 4.9 575.218 4.2

Energy

 284.395 2.2 254.697 0.4 284.777 4.5 292.070 4.9 276.787 -0.4 258.983 3.2

Footnotes
(1) 1998-2017 indexes based on a substantially smaller sample.
(2) For the Northeast and the South, Dec. 1977=100.
(3) For Washington, Nov. 1977=100. For Baltimore, March 1978=100. For Philadelphia, December 1977=100.
(4) For the U.S., Philadelphia, Northeast, & South, Dec. 1982 = 100. For Washington & Baltimore, Nov. 1984=100.
(5) December 1997=100.

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, CBSA includes Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania; Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Salem Counties in New Jersey; New Castle County in Delaware; and Cecil County in Maryland.

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, CBSA includes the District of Columbia; Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, Prince George's in Maryland; Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Rappahannock, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren Counties, and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park Cities in Virginia; and Jefferson County in West Virginia.

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, CBSA includes Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Carroll, Harford, Howard, Queen Anne's Counties in Maryland.

Northeast region includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

South region includes the District of Columbia and the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

 

Consumer Price Indexes and percent changes for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), all items, U.S. city averages and selected areas, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Area Index Percent change to
Mar 2024 from --
Feb
2024		 Mar
2024		 Mar
2023		 Jan
2024		 Feb
2024

U.S. city average

 310.326 312.332 3.5 1.3 0.6

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 287.394 289.069 3.1 1.1 0.6

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 328.232 330.671 4.0 1.2 0.7

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA

 328.606 329.829 3.4 0.6 0.4

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

   335.599 3.3 1.5  

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

   298.719 4.9 0.9  

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

   325.485 2.8 0.7  

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

   297.769 2.7 0.6  

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

   133.144 4.3 1.4  

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

   370.858 3.6 0.8  

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL(2)

   299.030 3.7 0.9  

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV(3)

   313.108 3.4 1.0  

Urban Hawaii

   338.060 4.8 1.5  

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

 309.912        

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

 311.665        

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

 284.455        

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

 272.772        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

 345.151        

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

 311.227        

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

 181.010        

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

 345.151        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

 349.288        

St. Louis, MO-IL

 281.311        

Urban Alaska

 261.340        

Footnotes
(1) December 2017=100.
(2) 1987=100.
(3) 1998-2017 indexes based on a substantially smaller sample.
(4) December 2001=100.

 

Consumer Price Indexes and percent changes for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), all items, U.S. city averages and selected areas, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Area Index Percent change to
Mar 2024 from --
Feb
2024		 Mar
2024		 Mar
2023		 Jan
2024		 Feb
2024

U.S. city average

 304.284 306.502 3.5 1.4 0.7

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 279.146 281.252 3.6 1.3 0.8

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 315.625 318.280 3.9 1.4 0.8

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA

 323.061 324.298 3.7 0.5 0.4

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

   336.088 3.5 1.0  

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

   308.737 5.0 0.9  

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

   318.479 2.9 0.9  

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

   294.621 2.9 1.1  

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

   134.144 4.8 1.7  

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

   351.778 3.6 0.9  

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL(2)

   295.163 3.7 0.9  

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV(3)

   308.636 2.9 1.1  

Urban Hawaii

   337.685 5.0 1.6  

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

 302.545        

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

 305.402        

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

 279.611        

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

 268.902        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

 340.387        

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

 311.504        

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

 180.826        

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

 341.595        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

 342.387        

St. Louis, MO-IL

 279.655        

Urban Alaska

 259.326        

Footnotes
(1) December 2017=100.
(2) 1987=100.
(3) 1998-2017 indexes based on a substantially smaller sample.
(4) December 2001=100.