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, March 2025 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Expenditure category	Relative importance Feb. 2025	Unadjusted indexes			Unadjusted percent change		Seasonally adjusted percent change
Expenditure category	Relative importance Feb. 2025	Mar. 2024	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2024- Mar. 2025	Feb. 2025- Mar. 2025	Dec. 2024- Jan. 2025	Jan. 2025- Feb. 2025	Feb. 2025- Mar. 2025
All items	100.000	312.332	319.082	319.799	2.4	0.2	0.5	0.2	-0.1
Food	13.651	328.043	336.274	337.751	3.0	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.4
Food at home	8.030	305.426	311.284	312.815	2.4	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5
Cereals and bakery products	1.101	354.666	357.627	358.450	1.1	0.2	-0.4	0.4	-0.1
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs	1.656	322.589	344.781	348.179	7.9	1.0	1.9	1.6	1.3
Dairy and related products(1)	0.728	266.274	269.432	272.244	2.2	1.0	0.3	-1.0	1.0
Fruits and vegetables	1.320	352.841	353.197	350.379	-0.7	-0.8	-0.5	-0.5	-0.5
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials	0.906	221.423	225.510	226.835	2.4	0.6	0.9	-0.5	0.6
Other food at home	2.318	272.352	273.067	275.216	1.1	0.8	0.3	-0.5	0.5
Food away from home(1)	5.621	364.546	376.991	378.363	3.8	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.4

Energy	6.329	285.002	275.867	275.734	-3.3	0.0	1.1	0.2	-2.4
Energy commodities	3.190	313.861	286.942	284.059	-9.5	-1.0	1.9	-0.9	-6.1
Fuel oil	0.081	388.191	376.776	358.803	-7.6	-4.8	6.2	0.8	-4.2
Motor fuel	3.043	307.684	280.143	277.604	-9.8	-0.9	1.8	-0.9	-6.2
Gasoline (all types)	2.960	306.513	279.059	276.558	-9.8	-0.9	1.8	-1.0	-6.3
Energy services	3.139	267.658	276.377	278.929	4.2	0.9	0.3	1.4	1.6
Electricity	2.372	278.233	283.194	285.983	2.8	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.9
Utility (piped) gas service	0.767	230.601	250.380	252.218	9.4	0.7	1.8	2.5	3.6

All items less food and energy	80.019	317.088	325.252	325.933	2.8	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.1
Commodities less food and energy commodities	19.394	165.875	165.559	165.707	-0.1	0.1	0.3	0.2	-0.1
Apparel	2.557	133.640	132.774	134.082	0.3	1.0	-1.4	0.6	0.4
New vehicles	4.357	178.247	178.038	178.168	0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.1
Used cars and trucks	2.378	180.891	181.361	181.932	0.6	0.3	2.2	0.9	-0.7
Medical care commodities(1)	1.530	408.919	417.702	412.995	1.0	-1.1	1.2	0.1	-1.1
Alcoholic beverages(1)	0.833	289.360	294.211	294.847	1.9	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.2
Tobacco and smoking products(1)	0.481	1,509.166	1,601.921	1,612.246	6.8	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.6
Services less energy services	60.626	413.179	427.309	428.368	3.7	0.2	0.5	0.3	0.1
Shelter	35.389	396.174	410.635	411.990	4.0	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.2
Rent of primary residence	7.459	415.219	430.603	431.798	4.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)	26.149	406.155	422.567	423.955	4.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4
Medical care services	6.713	608.528	623.392	626.888	3.0	0.6	0.0	0.3	0.5
Physicians' services(1)	1.812	415.118	425.684	427.102	2.9	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.3
Hospital services(1)(3)	1.932	412.365	423.005	427.689	3.7	1.1	0.9	0.1	1.1
Transportation services	6.327	429.591	445.910	442.901	3.1	-0.7	1.8	-0.8	-1.4
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair(1)	1.016	404.475	420.480	424.012	4.8	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.8
Motor vehicle insurance	2.853	827.852	895.970	890.353	7.5	-0.6	2.0	0.3	-0.8
Airline fares	0.907	266.481	262.136	252.620	-5.2	-3.6	1.2	-4.0	-5.3
Footnotes (1) Not seasonally adjusted. (2) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. (3) Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.

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