Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U. S. city average, by expenditure category

Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, April 2026 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Expenditure category	Relative importance Mar. 2026	Unadjusted indexes			Unadjusted percent change		Seasonally adjusted percent change
Expenditure category	Relative importance Mar. 2026	Apr. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025- Apr. 2026	Mar. 2026- Apr. 2026	Jan. 2026- Feb. 2026	Feb. 2026- Mar. 2026	Mar. 2026- Apr. 2026
All items	100.000	320.795	330.213	333.020	3.8	0.9	0.3	0.9	0.6
Food	13.560	337.747	346.796	348.499	3.2	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.5
Food at home	8.250	311.840	318.755	320.859	2.9	0.7	0.4	-0.2	0.7
Cereals and bakery products	1.027	355.976	365.909	365.366	2.6	-0.1	-0.2	-0.6	0.1
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs	1.949	344.883	345.203	349.965	1.5	1.4	0.0	-0.6	1.3
Dairy and related products(1)	0.741	271.750	267.992	270.164	-0.6	0.8	-0.6	-0.6	0.8
Fruits and vegetables	1.277	349.187	364.219	370.431	6.1	1.7	1.4	1.0	1.8
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials	0.999	227.738	237.455	239.417	5.1	0.8	0.8	-0.3	1.1
Other food at home	2.257	275.270	283.125	282.256	2.5	-0.3	0.8	0.0	-0.4
Food away from home(1)	5.310	380.039	392.652	393.546	3.6	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2

Energy	7.090	279.888	310.280	329.907	17.9	6.3	0.6	10.9	3.8
Energy commodities	3.856	290.949	339.203	375.993	29.2	10.8	1.1	21.3	5.6
Fuel oil	0.114	345.315	517.418	532.894	54.3	3.0	11.1	30.7	5.8
Motor fuel	3.683	285.351	331.034	368.371	29.1	11.3	0.8	21.5	5.7
Gasoline (all types)	3.573	284.526	328.874	365.392	28.4	11.1	0.8	21.2	5.4
Energy services	3.234	280.577	292.978	295.713	5.4	0.9	0.2	0.4	1.6
Electricity	2.475	286.652	299.028	304.095	6.1	1.7	-0.7	0.8	2.1
Utility (piped) gas service	0.759	256.501	268.466	264.314	3.0	-1.5	3.1	-0.9	-0.1

All items less food and energy	79.351	326.815	334.391	335.803	2.8	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.4
Commodities less food and energy commodities	19.002	165.916	167.666	167.790	1.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0
Apparel	2.513	132.544	138.582	138.074	4.2	-0.4	1.3	1.0	0.6
New vehicles	3.787	178.795	179.000	179.207	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	-0.2
Used cars and trucks	2.603	182.861	176.154	177.936	-2.7	1.0	-0.4	-0.4	0.0
Medical care commodities(1)	1.445	414.709	414.032	412.564	-0.5	-0.4	0.0	-1.0	-0.4
Alcoholic beverages(1)	0.829	294.880	299.718	300.555	1.9	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.3
Tobacco and smoking products(1)(2)	0.447	101.947	109.176	109.696	7.6	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.5
Services less energy services	60.348	429.724	441.419	443.766	3.3	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.5
Shelter	35.320	413.389	424.450	427.049	3.3	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.6
Rent of primary residence	7.732	432.956	442.864	445.029	2.8	0.5	0.1	0.2	0.5
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(3)	25.888	425.106	437.086	439.137	3.3	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.5
Medical care services	6.893	629.307	649.873	649.526	3.2	-0.1	0.6	0.0	0.0
Physicians' services(1)	1.674	428.574	437.338	439.842	2.6	0.6	0.3	0.7	0.6
Hospital services(1)(4)	2.169	430.162	454.881	453.638	5.5	-0.3	0.6	0.4	-0.3
Transportation services	6.404	445.550	461.066	464.696	4.3	0.8	0.2	0.6	0.3
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair(1)	1.043	426.849	449.675	448.821	5.1	-0.2	0.9	1.3	-0.2
Motor vehicle insurance	2.716	892.553	897.145	894.315	0.2	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.1
Airline fares	0.989	255.592	290.226	308.527	20.7	6.3	1.4	2.7	2.8
Footnotes (1) Not seasonally adjusted. (2) Indexes on a December 2024=100 base. (3) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. (4) Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.

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