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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Midwest > CPI Summary

Midwest Consumer Price Index Card

  • Current and archived PDF versions of this Midwest CPI Summary page are now available at www.bls.gov/regions/midwest/cpi-summary. (The tables below are updated several hours before the PDF version and the regional and local area news releases).
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the U.S. and Midwest Region, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item United States City Average Midwest Region
Index Percent change to
Mar 2026 from		 Index Percent change to
Mar 2026 from
Mar
2026		 Mar
2025		 Feb
2026		 Mar
2026		 Mar
2025		 Feb
2026

All items

 330.213 3.3 1.0 306.366 3.4 0.9

All items (other base)(1)

 989.172     498.474    

Food and beverages

 343.691 2.6 0.1 330.058 2.3 0.0

Food

 346.796 2.7 0.1 331.874 2.4 0.0

Food at home

 318.755 1.9 0.0 300.276 1.4 -0.3

Cereals and bakery products

 365.909 2.1 -0.3 345.327 1.3 -1.2

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 345.203 -0.9 -0.3 338.435 0.9 -0.3

Dairy and related products

 267.992 -1.6 -0.6 246.381 -1.9 -2.1

Fruits and vegetables

 364.219 4.0 0.4 324.947 2.4 -0.3

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials

 237.455 4.7 -0.3 227.835 3.4 -0.9

Other food at home

 283.125 2.9 0.3 265.863 1.6 0.9

Food away from home

 392.652 3.8 0.2 384.821 3.8 0.4

Alcoholic beverages

 299.718 1.7 0.3 304.276 1.6 0.3

Housing

 355.096 3.4 0.4 313.326 4.0 -0.1

Shelter

 424.450 3.0 0.4 377.851 3.9 0.4

Rent of primary residence

 442.864 2.6 0.2 380.836 3.5 0.1

Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)

 437.086 3.1 0.2 387.109 3.9 0.3

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)

 437.059 3.1 0.2 386.975 3.9 0.3

Fuels and utilities

 345.233 5.6 0.5 303.012 6.0 -2.8

Household energy

 289.820 5.8 0.6 246.883 6.4 -3.9

Energy services

 292.978 5.0 -0.2 255.056 6.2 -4.2

Electricity

 299.028 4.6 0.8 262.957 6.4 0.0

Utility (piped) gas service

 268.466 6.4 -3.3 221.139 5.5 -11.8

Furnishings and operations

 155.381 4.0 0.1 146.629 2.7 -0.5

Apparel

 138.582 3.4 1.8 129.617 3.6 0.9

Transportation

 283.431 5.0 5.1 269.345 3.8 5.4

Private transportation

 282.369 4.4 5.4 266.393 3.0 5.4

New and used motor vehicles(3)

 123.726 -0.9 0.4 124.705 -0.7 0.3

New vehicles

 179.000 0.5 0.1 173.906 0.7 0.1

Used cars and trucks

 176.154 -3.2 0.3 177.718 -2.8 0.4

Motor fuel

 331.034 19.2 25.0 312.083 15.7 25.3

Gasoline (all types)

 328.874 18.9 24.9 310.954 15.4 25.3

Unleaded regular(4)

 321.202 19.4 25.9 302.018 15.8 26.2

Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

 361.474 17.4 21.6 369.787 13.7 21.3

Unleaded premium(4)

 356.710 16.5 19.7 352.617 12.6 18.4

Motor vehicle insurance(6)

 897.145 0.8 0.0 - - -

Medical care

 592.286 3.1 -0.1 582.450 3.9 0.1

Recreation(3)

 143.898 2.2 -0.1 149.907 4.3 0.5

Education and communication(3)

 146.668 0.0 0.1 143.404 -0.2 0.0

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(6)

 907.156 2.8 0.1 1,385.685 2.3 0.0

Other goods and services

 596.439 3.8 -0.3 578.199 2.3 0.7

Commodity and service group

Commodities

 231.583 3.4 2.3 223.977 2.9 2.1

Commodities less food & beverages

 179.750 4.0 3.8 176.124 3.1 3.4

Nondurables less food & beverages

 243.884 7.9 7.6 235.457 6.7 7.3

Durables

 122.494 0.1 0.1 121.722 0.0 -0.2

Services

 427.594 3.1 0.3 390.815 3.8 0.3

Special indexes

All items less medical care

 317.558 3.3 1.2 293.404 3.4 1.0

All items less shelter

 296.952 3.4 1.4 283.173 3.2 1.2

Energy

 310.280 12.5 11.9 278.745 11.3 9.2

All items less energy

 335.301 2.6 0.3 312.989 2.9 0.4

All items less food and energy

 334.391 2.6 0.3 310.637 2.9 0.4

Commodities less food

 183.676 3.9 3.7 180.010 3.1 3.3

Nondurables

 292.452 4.9 3.3 281.435 4.3 3.1

Nondurables less food

 247.132 7.4 7.0 239.021 6.3 6.7

Services less rent of shelter(2)

 442.058 3.4 0.3 414.166 3.7 0.1

Services less medical care services

 410.526 3.1 0.4 371.854 3.6 0.3

Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)

All items

 323.500 3.3 1.3 300.313 3.4 1.2

All items (other base)(1)

 963.607     485.673    

Footnotes
(1) Other base: United States City Average, 1967=100; Midwest Region, December 1977=100 base.
(2) Index is on a December 1982=100 base.
(3) Index on a December 1997=100 base.
(4) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
(5) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
(6) For the Midwest region, indexes on a December 1977=100 base.

Dash (-) indicates data not available.
Note: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Midwest region includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

 

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the East North Central and West North Central divisions, not seasonally adjusted
(December 2017=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item East North Central division(1) West North Central division(2)
Index Percent change to
Mar 2026 from		 Index Percent change to
Mar 2026 from
Mar
2026		 Mar
2025		 Feb
2026		 Mar
2026		 Mar
2025		 Feb
2026

All items

 132.774 3.4 0.9 133.171 3.4 1.1

Food and beverages

 136.238 2.3 0.0 136.117 2.3 0.0

Food

 137.201 2.4 0.0 137.648 2.4 0.0

Food at home

 132.874 1.3 -0.4 133.811 1.7 -0.1

Cereals and bakery products

 135.100 1.4 -1.4 130.784 1.2 -0.6

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 139.352 1.7 -0.5 133.686 -1.1 0.2

Dairy and related products

 125.976 -2.5 -2.8 125.740 -0.4 -0.3

Fruits and vegetables

 120.908 3.0 0.3 120.872 0.8 -1.9

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials

 139.747 0.4 -1.7 152.611 11.0 1.2

Other food at home

 133.556 1.7 1.2 138.275 1.4 0.2

Food away from home

 143.138 4.1 0.5 143.016 3.3 0.3

Alcoholic beverages

 123.849 1.9 0.3 118.295 0.9 0.3

Housing

 141.132 4.4 0.0 138.984 3.2 -0.1

Shelter

 143.256 4.1 0.4 140.268 3.3 0.4

Rent of primary residence

 143.756 3.7 0.0 141.158 3.3 0.3

Owners' equiv. rent of residences

 143.681 4.2 0.2 141.548 3.1 0.5

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence

 143.663 4.2 0.2 141.502 3.1 0.5

Furnishings and operations

 127.565 3.3 -0.7 136.764 1.2 -0.2

Apparel

 110.458 1.7 -0.3 119.745 7.9 3.8

Transportation

 137.024 4.0 5.5 136.662 3.5 5.1

Private transportation

 138.720 3.4 5.8 139.063 2.3 4.8

New and used motor vehicles

 131.502 -0.3 0.3 128.012 -1.6 0.3

New vehicles

 127.416 0.7 0.1 123.918 0.6 0.1

Used cars and trucks

 132.524 -2.5 0.3 128.320 -3.6 0.5

Motor fuel

 142.725 17.4 26.4 139.597 11.8 23.0

Gasoline (all types)

 143.343 17.2 26.4 139.605 11.5 23.0

Unleaded regular(3)

 143.172 17.6 27.3 139.326 11.5 23.6

Unleaded midgrade(3)

 147.087 14.8 21.5 145.924 11.0 20.9

Unleaded premium(3)

 146.729 13.4 18.6 141.258 10.9 17.9

Medical care

 119.075 3.6 -0.1 126.810 4.5 0.5

Recreation

 123.810 4.7 0.6 122.700 3.6 0.3

Education and communication

 101.850 -1.6 0.2 108.123 2.8 -0.4

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare

 114.219 -0.4 0.0 122.600 7.6 0.0

Other goods and services

 139.677 2.5 0.5 135.192 1.7 1.3

Commodity and service group

Commodities

 127.086 3.1 2.1 126.779 2.4 2.0

Commodities less food & beverages

 121.915 3.6 3.5 121.858 2.3 3.1

Nondurables less food & beverages

 123.197 6.5 7.2 125.896 7.2 7.3

Durables

 120.526 0.6 -0.3 119.992 -1.4 -0.2

Services

 136.273 3.7 0.2 137.005 4.0 0.5

Special indexes

All items less medical care

 134.277 3.4 1.0 133.854 3.3 1.1

All items less shelter

 128.032 3.1 1.1 129.814 3.4 1.4

Energy

 143.685 12.8 9.8 134.614 7.9 7.7

All items less energy

 131.913 2.8 0.2 133.064 3.1 0.6

All items less food and energy

 130.944 2.8 0.3 132.384 3.2 0.7

Commodities less food

 121.906 3.6 3.4 121.684 2.2 3.0

Nondurables

 130.140 4.2 3.1 131.190 4.5 3.2

Nondurables less food

 123.170 6.2 6.7 125.342 6.7 6.8

Services less rent of shelter

 128.949 3.2 -0.1 133.656 4.9 0.5

Services less medical care services

 138.033 3.6 0.2 137.591 3.8 0.4

Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)

All items

 133.419 3.3 1.1 134.435 3.6 1.3

Footnotes
(1) The East North Central division includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
(2) The West North Central division includes Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
(3) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.

Dash (-) indicates data not available.
Note: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
Index Percent change to
Mar 2026 from		 Index Percent change to
Mar 2026 from
Mar
2026		 Mar
2025		 Feb
2026		 Mar
2026		 Mar
2025		 Jan
2026		 Feb
2026

All items

 306.592 2.3 0.7 - - - -

All items (1967=100)

 915.969     -      

Food and beverages

 338.889 3.3 0.9 - - - -

Food

 340.000 3.6 1.0 - - - -

Food at home

 308.272 1.4 0.8 285.608 4.4 1.1 0.6

Cereals and bakery products

 349.756 3.9 -0.1 359.422 3.2 -1.6 -1.8

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 340.773 -0.2 -0.3 313.606 8.4 1.3 0.9

Dairy and related products

 262.743 0.5 -0.1 198.330 -2.8 0.0 0.0

Fruits and vegetables

 355.834 2.1 1.1 281.910 5.9 0.3 0.8

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

 276.543 2.2 -1.0 295.867 5.5 6.7 2.8

Other food at home

 253.040 0.6 3.5 265.060 3.7 0.8 0.6

Food away from home

 378.963 7.2 1.1 - - - -

Alcoholic beverages

 320.524 -0.9 -0.1 - - - -

Housing

 333.601 3.4 -0.1 - - - -

Shelter

 428.799 4.0 0.5 353.867 4.2 2.5 1.1

Rent of primary residence

 460.749 4.7 0.3 356.479 0.4 0.0 0.0

Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)

 445.246 4.1 0.3 342.972 2.3 0.8 0.3

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)

 445.246 4.1 0.3 342.972 2.3 0.8 0.3

Furnishings and operations

 107.099 2.5 0.4 - - - -

Apparel

 97.199 0.7 -2.4 - - - -

Transportation

 248.438 1.8 5.4 - - - -

Private transportation

 248.356 0.5 6.6 - - - -

New and used motor vehicles(3)

 116.937 -0.5 0.3 - - - -

New vehicles(1)

 215.346 0.5 -0.1 - - - -

Used cars and trucks(1)

 345.687 -2.5 0.3 - - - -

Motor fuel

 339.158 15.5 26.4 323.161 18.6 27.5 23.8

Gasoline (all types)

 336.711 15.3 26.4 321.452 18.4 27.4 23.6

Unleaded regular(4)

 324.378 15.7 27.3 321.931 18.8 28.4 24.5

Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

 377.578 13.1 21.6 396.032 16.0 21.6 19.0

Unleaded premium(4)

 370.973 12.4 19.2 351.506 15.1 18.4 16.3

Medical care

 566.017 -1.2 -1.5 - - - -

Recreation(3)

 143.734 3.0 0.0 - - - -

Education and communication(3)

 139.124 -3.8 0.3 - - - -

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)

 1,273.071 -4.6 -0.1 - - - -

Other goods and services

 527.891 1.7 -1.2 - - - -

Commodity and service group

Commodities

 208.036 3.0 2.0 - - - -

Commodities less food & beverages

 147.330 2.7 2.8 - - - -

Nondurables less food & beverages

 207.467 4.6 4.8 - - - -

Durables

 93.967 0.7 0.5 - - - -

Services

 399.586 1.8 -0.1 - - - -

Special indexes

All items less medical care

 295.816 2.6 0.9 - - - -

All items less shelter

 265.166 1.4 0.8 - - - -

Energy

 267.863 8.1 8.5 309.191 15.1 17.3 15.9

All items less energy

 313.113 1.9 0.2 - - - -

All items less food and energy

 309.120 1.6 0.1 - - - -

Commodities less food

 153.098 2.6 2.7 - - - -

Nondurables

 272.387 3.8 2.5 - - - -

Nondurables less food

 214.676 4.0 4.4 - - - -

Services less rent of shelter(2)

 388.944 -0.4 -0.7 - - - -

Services less medical care serv

 385.553 2.1 0.1 - - - -

Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)

All items

 297.629 2.3 1.1 - - - -

All items (1967=100)

 874.094     -      

Footnotes
(1) Index is on a December 1977=100 base.
(2) Index is 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.

Dash (-) indicates data not available.
Note: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item Index Percent change to
Mar 2026 from		 Index Percent change from
Mar
2026		 Mar
2025		 Jan
2026		 Feb
2026		 2nd half 2025 1st half 2025 2nd half 2024

All items

 312.610 2.8 0.7 - 308.525 1.0 2.2

All items (1967=100)

 982.386       969.546    

Food and beverages

 374.288 1.3 0.0 - 373.646 1.0 2.5

Food

 363.506 1.3 -0.1 - 363.450 1.2 2.9

Food at home

 322.119 1.1 -0.2 0.1 323.417 1.6 3.7

Cereals and bakery products

 340.438 -1.9 -1.5 -0.9 346.319 -0.1 0.3

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 358.855 1.5 0.8 0.6 358.909 0.9 2.9

Dairy and related products

 308.711 -4.9 0.8 -2.0 318.442 -0.5 1.1

Fruits and vegetables

 414.449 0.7 0.9 0.9 415.550 2.1 4.2

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

 217.468 6.3 1.1 -0.2 210.039 3.3 7.8

Other food at home

 269.554 2.2 -1.7 0.5 272.093 2.5 5.2

Food away from home

 426.023 1.6 0.1 - 423.759 0.7 1.9

Alcoholic beverages

 450.300 1.6 0.8 - 442.029 -0.6 -0.9

Housing

 301.072 2.6 0.3 - 298.695 1.3 2.1

Shelter

 357.021 3.4 0.4 0.2 352.090 1.7 2.3

Rent of primary residence

 371.232 4.2 0.9 0.3 364.318 1.9 3.3

Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)

 384.307 3.5 0.5 0.3 379.117 1.9 3.7

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)

 384.307 3.5 0.5 0.3 379.117 1.9 3.7

Furnishings and operations

 147.033 0.8 -0.1 - 147.296 1.1 3.9

Apparel

 166.506 6.1 4.4 - 155.260 -1.2 3.3

Transportation

 258.197 4.7 2.0 - 250.382 0.6 0.6

Private transportation

 246.583 3.4 3.2 - 241.375 1.4 0.9

New and used motor vehicles(3)

 107.948 -1.8 -0.3 - 110.836 0.2 0.6

New vehicles(1)

 194.133 0.4 0.3 - 194.035 0.1 0.4

Used cars and trucks(1)

 344.803 -3.7 -0.7 - 363.191 0.7 2.6

Motor fuel

 280.117 11.7 21.8 22.4 250.339 -0.3 -3.1

Gasoline (all types)

 279.906 11.5 21.8 22.4 249.207 -0.9 -3.6

Unleaded regular(4)

 279.222 11.5 22.5 23.1 248.164 -1.0 -3.7

Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

 285.426 11.5 18.0 19.2 256.731 0.1 -3.0

Unleaded premium(4)

 362.900 11.7 15.8 16.4 327.993 0.5 -2.5

Medical care

 652.664 3.4 1.3 - 645.729 1.6 3.0

Recreation(3)

 161.748 5.8 1.8 - 155.948 2.1 7.7

Education and communication(3)

 144.226 0.6 -2.7 - 143.059 -0.2 0.4

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)

 1,313.305 3.3 0.0 - 1,295.360 1.9 2.5

Other goods and services

 468.981 -2.8 1.7 - 482.762 0.1 -2.4

Commodity and service group

Commodities

 226.609 1.2 1.3 - 225.196 0.5 1.5

Commodities less food & beverages

 165.423 1.0 2.1 - 164.029 0.1 0.7

Nondurables less food & beverages

 237.433 4.6 6.1 - 226.999 -0.2 0.8

Durables

 110.494 -2.0 -1.2 - 113.036 0.3 0.8

Services

 388.755 3.7 0.3 - 382.054 1.4 2.5

Special indexes

All items less medical care

 297.091 2.7 0.7 - 293.132 1.0 2.1

All items less shelter

 293.835 2.5 0.9 - 289.970 0.7 2.1

Energy

 261.390 2.1 7.6 3.0 259.254 0.1 -0.7

All items less energy

 322.827 2.8 0.4 - 318.482 1.1 2.4

All items less food and energy

 316.854 3.1 0.4 - 311.912 1.1 2.3

Commodities less food

 175.281 1.0 2.0 - 173.707 0.0 0.7

Nondurables

 301.199 2.7 2.6 - 295.159 0.5 1.8

Nondurables less food

 252.105 4.2 5.6 - 241.678 -0.2 0.6

Services less rent of shelter(2)

 441.332 4.6 0.3 - 430.284 1.1 2.9

Services less medical care serv

 361.151 3.5 0.1 - 355.384 1.3 2.3

Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)

All items

 310.280 3.2 1.2 - 304.249 0.9 1.9

All items (1967=100)

 973.847       954.919    

Footnotes
(1) Index is on a April 1978=100 base.
(2) Index is 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.

Dash (-) indicates data not available.
Note: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.