The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater increased 0.7 percent from January to March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted the energy index increased 5.5 percent from January to March. The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.3 percent over the same period. The food index rose 1.3 percent from January to March. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect the impact of seasonal influences.)

The Tampa area all items CPI-U advanced 2.1 percent for the 12 months ending March. The index for all items less food and energy also rose 2.1 percent over the last 12 months. The food index increased 4.3 percent for the 12 months ending March. The energy index declined 0.4 percent over the last year.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, March 2022–March 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Mar 2022	10.2	8.8
May 2022	11.3	9.9
Jul 2022	11.2	10.1
Sep 2022	10.5	10.1
Nov 2022	9.6	9.7
Jan 2023	8.9	8.7
Mar 2023	7.7	9.3
May 2023	7.3	9.0
Jul 2023	5.9	7.3
Sep 2023	6.7	7.3
Nov 2023	5.2	6.0
Jan 2024	3.9	4.8
Mar 2024	3.7	4.3
May 2024	1.8	2.0
Jul 2024	2.4	3.0
Sep 2024	1.2	2.0
Nov 2024	1.6	2.0
Jan 2025	2.3	2.8
Mar 2025	2.1	2.1

The food index rose 1.3 percent from January to March. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) increased 2.7 percent over the two-month span, with higher prices in each of the six major grocery store food group indexes. Notable increases within the food at home category include cereals and bakery products (+7.9 percent) and dairy and related products (+7.8 percent). The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) declined 0.4 percent over the bi-monthly period.

The food index rose 4.3 percent over the last 12 months. The food at home index also increased 4.3 percent over this 12-month span, with higher prices in all six major grocery store food group indexes. The index for food away from home increased 4.8 percent over the past year.

The energy index increased 5.5 percent from January to March. The gasoline index declined 2.2 percent over the two-month pricing period.

The energy index declined 0.4 percent over the past 12 months. The gasoline index fell 9.9 percent over this 12-month span.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.3 percent from January to March. The shelter index rose 1.0 percent over the bi-monthly period, due in part to a 0.5-percent increase in the owners’ equivalent rent index. Other indexes with notable increases over the two-month pricing period include apparel (+6.8 percent) and household furnishings and operations (+1.5 percent). In comparison, the recreation index declined 1.9 percent from January to March.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 2.1 percent over the past 12 months. The shelter index (+3.8 percent) was the largest contributor to the total 12-month increase in the all items less food and energy index. The index for owners’ equivalent rent also increased 3.8 percent over this 12-month span, as did the index for rent. Medical care (+6.3 percent) was also an index to have a notable increase over the last year.

The Consumer Price Index for April 2025 is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. (ET). The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater Consumer Price Index for May 2025 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).

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 Tampa 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 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Core Based Statistical Area includes Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, and Pinellas Counties in Florida.

Refer to the national CPI news release technical note or the Handbook of Methods for more information.

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Table 1. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, CPI-U by expenditure category for March 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1987=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025
All items		303.197	-	305.407	2.1	0.7	-
Food and beverages		299.863	-	303.066	4.0	1.1	-
Food		302.117	-	305.981	4.3	1.3	-
Food at home		305.730	313.792	314.102	4.3	2.7	0.1
Cereals and bakery products		309.553	330.821	334.028	5.3	7.9	1.0
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		327.101	324.910	329.323	7.8	0.7	1.4
Dairy and related products		276.029	307.062	297.594	5.0	7.8	-3.1
Fruits and vegetables		400.925	413.836	404.350	0.2	0.9	-2.3
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials		226.096	230.005	228.648	4.3	1.1	-0.6
Other food at home		243.883	243.095	247.326	3.6	1.4	1.7
Food away from home		297.558	-	296.298	4.8	-0.4	-
Alcoholic beverages		254.244	-	247.949	-0.6	-2.5	-
Housing		335.866	-	341.830	4.1	1.8	-
Shelter		397.543	397.483	401.586	3.8	1.0	1.0
Rent of primary residence		411.849	412.118	413.638	3.8	0.4	0.4
Owners' equivalent rent of residences		419.480	418.974	421.689	3.8	0.5	0.6
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence		419.480	418.974	421.689	3.8	0.5	0.6
Household furnishings and operations		157.895	-	160.270	1.5	1.5	-
Apparel		135.160	-	144.310	2.0	6.8	-
Transportation		264.222	-	260.598	-2.8	-1.4	-
Private transportation		270.090	-	266.699	-3.8	-1.3	-
New and used motor vehicles(1)		132.650	-	132.827	-4.2	0.1	-
New vehicles		148.225	-	148.272	-0.8	0.0	-
Used cars and trucks		167.063	-	167.560	0.0	0.3	-
Motor fuel		341.841	339.446	334.242	-9.9	-2.2	-1.5
Gasoline (all types)		333.245	330.778	325.794	-9.9	-2.2	-1.5
Unleaded regular(2)		321.531	318.994	314.079	-10.3	-2.3	-1.5
Unleaded midgrade(2)(3)		343.178	341.569	337.020	-8.0	-1.8	-1.3
Unleaded premium(2)		380.044	378.277	373.315	-7.4	-1.8	-1.3
Medical care		538.105	-	540.852	6.3	0.5	-
Recreation(1)		134.002	-	131.482	-5.0	-1.9	-
Education and communication(1)		134.183	-	133.844	-0.9	-0.3	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare		703.374	-	703.374	-	0.0	-
Other goods and services		375.039	-	376.291	1.7	0.3	-
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. (2) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. (3) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

Table 2. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, CPI-U by special aggregate index for March 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1987=100)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025
All items		303.197	-	305.407	2.1	0.7	-
Food		302.117	-	305.981	4.3	1.3	-
Energy		254.033	253.132	267.947	-0.4	5.5	5.9
All items less food and energy		307.649	-	308.720	2.1	0.3	-
All items less energy		306.708	-	308.081	2.3	0.4	-
All items less medical care		290.566	-	292.744	1.8	0.7	-
All items less shelter		263.527	-	264.959	1.1	0.5	-
Commodities		211.758	-	210.416	-0.8	-0.6	-
Commodities less food		173.512	-	170.916	-3.1	-1.5	-
Commodities less food & beverages		169.585	-	167.093	-3.2	-1.5	-
Durables		106.882	-	104.827	-4.4	-1.9	-
Nondurables		274.278	-	274.958	1.5	0.2	-
Nondurables less food		247.117	-	244.933	-1.4	-0.9	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		246.629	-	244.724	-1.5	-0.8	-
Services		385.452	-	390.795	3.6	1.4	-
Services less rent of shelter		361.145	-	367.793	3.1	1.8	-
Services less medical care services		370.870	-	375.943	3.4	1.4	-
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.