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, February 2026 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Expenditure category	Relative importance Jan. 2026	Unadjusted indexes			Unadjusted percent change		Seasonally adjusted percent change
Expenditure category	Relative importance Jan. 2026	Feb. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Feb. 2025- Feb. 2026	Jan. 2026- Feb. 2026	Nov. 2025- Dec. 2025	Dec. 2025- Jan. 2026	Jan. 2026- Feb. 2026
All items	100.000	319.082	325.252	326.785	2.4	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.3
Food	13.702	336.274	345.165	346.564	3.1	0.4	0.7	0.2	0.4
Food at home	8.341	311.284	317.431	318.898	2.4	0.5	0.6	0.2	0.4
Cereals and bakery products	1.045	357.627	366.830	367.174	2.7	0.1	0.5	1.2	-0.2
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs	1.987	344.781	346.613	346.309	0.4	-0.1	-0.2	0.2	0.0
Dairy and related products(1)	0.761	269.432	271.185	269.599	0.1	-0.6	0.9	0.8	-0.6
Fruits and vegetables	1.278	353.197	358.840	362.604	2.7	1.0	0.4	0.1	1.4
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials	1.007	225.510	235.761	238.081	5.6	1.0	0.4	0.1	0.8
Other food at home	2.264	273.067	279.657	282.185	3.3	0.9	1.4	-0.3	0.8
Food away from home(1)	5.361	376.991	390.471	391.706	3.9	0.3	0.7	0.1	0.3

Energy	6.325	275.867	272.668	277.179	0.5	1.7	0.3	-1.5	0.6
Energy commodities	3.031	286.942	262.636	272.012	-5.2	3.6	-0.3	-3.3	1.1
Fuel oil	0.079	376.776	354.701	399.990	6.2	12.8	-0.8	-5.7	11.1
Motor fuel	2.894	280.143	256.211	264.748	-5.5	3.3	-0.3	-3.2	0.8
Gasoline (all types)	2.812	279.059	254.887	263.378	-5.6	3.3	-0.3	-3.2	0.8
Energy services	3.294	276.377	293.976	293.659	6.3	-0.1	1.0	0.2	0.2
Electricity	2.518	283.194	299.731	296.798	4.8	-1.0	0.2	-0.1	-0.7
Utility (piped) gas service	0.776	250.380	270.302	277.644	10.9	2.7	3.7	1.0	3.1

All items less food and energy	79.973	325.252	331.950	333.242	2.5	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.2
Commodities less food and energy commodities	19.156	165.559	166.484	167.206	1.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1
Apparel	2.406	132.774	130.685	136.132	2.5	4.2	0.3	0.3	1.3
New vehicles	3.837	178.038	178.668	178.841	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
Used cars and trucks	2.666	181.361	177.714	175.559	-3.2	-1.2	-0.9	-1.8	-0.4
Medical care commodities(1)	1.482	417.702	418.270	418.113	0.1	0.0	0.3	-0.1	0.0
Alcoholic beverages(1)	0.839	294.211	298.623	298.950	1.6	0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.1
Tobacco and smoking products(1)	0.453	1,601.921	1,727.752	1,730.321	8.0	0.1	-0.2	2.1	0.1
Services less energy services	60.816	427.309	438.161	439.805	2.9	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.3
Shelter	35.612	410.635	421.526	422.776	3.0	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.2
Rent of primary residence	7.830	430.603	441.718	442.157	2.7	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.1
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)	26.172	422.567	435.241	436.026	3.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2
Medical care services	6.953	623.392	645.667	648.936	4.1	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.6
Physicians' services(1)	1.683	425.684	433.225	434.430	2.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Hospital services(1)(3)	2.179	423.005	450.139	453.028	7.1	0.6	1.0	0.9	0.6
Transportation services	6.372	445.910	451.857	455.909	2.2	0.9	0.4	1.4	0.2
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair(1)	1.036	420.480	440.175	444.107	5.6	0.9	-1.3	0.1	0.9
Motor vehicle insurance	2.743	895.970	892.491	897.406	0.2	0.6	-	-0.4	-0.3
Airline fares	0.938	262.136	271.190	280.621	7.1	3.5	3.8	6.5	1.4
Footnotes (1) Not seasonally adjusted. (2) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. (3) Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
NOTE: The Oct 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

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