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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > CPI Summary

Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card

Monthly and Bimonthly Indexes

Consumer Price Indexes for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city averages and selected areas, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item U.S. city average Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington Washington-Arlington-Alexandria(1) Baltimore-Columbia-Towson(1) Northeast region South region
Jul
2026		 Percent change from
Jul
2025		 Jul
2026		 Percent change from
Jul
2025		 Jul
2026		 Percent change from
Jul
2025		 Jul
2026		 Percent change from
Jul
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2026		 Percent change from
Jul
2025

All items

 333.918 3.4 - - 335.716 4.0 - - 349.414 4.1 322.638 3.2

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 1,000.271   -   991.128   -   550.221   523.363  

Food and beverages

 346.945 2.9 - - 331.208 4.7 - - 350.115 3.4 340.454 2.7

Food

 350.164 3.0 - - 342.151 5.0 - - 353.186 3.5 344.962 2.7

Food at home

 321.643 2.7 321.679 3.8 316.730 5.6 313.925 4.5 326.135 3.5 318.144 2.3

Cereals and bakery products

 369.882 2.7 410.148 0.0 435.972 3.1 392.917 7.6 406.655 3.3 373.125 1.9

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 350.612 1.9 371.490 2.5 344.780 2.8 343.652 4.3 337.594 2.1 346.807 1.6

Dairy and related products

 271.337 -0.5 242.117 1.5 291.453 -2.4 279.653 2.2 284.944 1.3 271.303 -1.5

Fruits and vegetables

 369.550 5.1 306.257 4.3 313.645 6.8 332.017 3.9 370.812 7.8 345.140 3.0

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 237.393 4.1 233.006 4.9 309.715 17.6 253.191 9.2 250.930 7.0 232.862 4.3

Other food at home

 283.803 2.5 312.220 7.1 263.826 7.5 275.577 1.7 289.728 1.8 283.354 3.2

Food away from home

 396.859 3.4 - - 377.208 4.2 - - 401.649 3.4 390.607 3.4

Alcoholic beverages

 301.367 2.1 - - 230.512 1.7 - - 307.659 2.2 277.355 2.0

Housing

 359.556 3.3 - - 358.621 4.6 - - 387.415 4.1 334.537 3.0

Shelter

 429.491 3.2 447.405 2.7 420.950 2.8 401.550 2.9 474.745 3.9 389.215 2.7

Rent of primary residence

 447.963 2.9 428.741 4.7 445.589 1.5 462.982 2.9 480.389 4.3 410.637 2.1

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 442.503 3.2 468.716 4.7 434.875 3.1 422.937 3.4 493.938 4.2 393.498 2.7

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 442.442 3.2 468.716 4.7 434.875 3.1 422.937 3.4 493.422 4.2 393.387 2.7

Fuels and utilities

 353.712 4.9 - - - - - - 358.888 7.7 332.783 3.8

Household energy

 298.097 5.0 - - - - - - 324.652 8.4 270.755 3.2

Energy services

 302.594 4.3 - - - - - - 319.944 5.7 271.164 3.1

Electricity

 311.672 4.2 - - - - - - 327.713 4.3 263.223 1.9

Utility (piped) gas service

 268.999 4.3 - - - - - - 282.293 9.0 301.134 10.4

Household furnishings and operations

 156.223 2.2 - - 143.491 8.6 - - 153.567 1.7 160.097 4.8

Apparel

 134.182 3.9 - - 166.279 7.8 - - 133.070 -0.2 144.453 4.5

Transportation

 289.420 5.8 - - 286.280 4.7 - - 289.266 8.1 286.930 5.3

Private transportation

 287.661 4.9 - - 292.410 1.9 - - 285.093 6.3 288.439 4.6

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 126.403 -0.4 - - 127.675 -0.6 - - 127.703 0.2 127.146 -0.7

New vehicles(3)

 179.541 0.5 - - 228.625 0.3 - - 177.076 0.8 186.404 0.4

Used cars and trucks(3)

 184.661 -1.9 - - 403.929 -1.8 - - 196.510 -2.1 183.615 -1.7

Motor fuel

 352.826 24.8 375.155 28.4 371.624 24.3 347.319 25.0 349.573 29.1 327.124 26.6

Gasoline

 350.846 24.6 370.232 28.4 367.782 24.8 339.193 25.0 348.313 28.9 325.040 26.4

Motor vehicle insurance

 856.080 -4.5 - - - - - - - - - -

Medical care

 593.781 1.7 - - 531.607 -0.4 - - 594.418 1.8 556.571 1.6

Recreation(5)

 145.242 2.6 - - 134.565 -3.8 - - 150.138 3.1 144.085 1.8

Education and communication(5)

 147.498 0.5 - - 176.096 3.2 - - 162.667 2.0 141.078 -0.1

Tuition, other school fees, and child care(6)

 914.224 2.7 - - 102.385 0.1 - - 105.105 3.2 103.323 2.6

Other goods and services

 607.421 4.3 - - 600.406 11.4 - - 656.270 3.8 588.161 6.7

Energy

 325.150 14.7 324.265 16.3 347.148 22.9 353.091 16.2 336.450 16.7 292.105 14.6

Footnotes
(1) 1998-2017 indexes based on a substantially smaller sample.
(2) For the Northeast and the South, Dec. 1977=100.
(3) For Philadelphia, Dec. 1977=100. For Washington, Nov. 1977=100. For Baltimore, March 1978=100.
(4) For the U.S., Philadelphia, Northeast, & South, Dec. 1982 = 100. For Washington & Baltimore, Nov. 1982=100.
(5) December 1997=100.
(6) For Washington, Northeast, & South, December 2024=100. For Philadelphia, Dec. 1977=100. For Baltimore, March 1978=100.

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, CBSA includes Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania; Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Salem Counties in New Jersey; New Castle County in Delaware; and Cecil County in Maryland.

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, CBSA includes the District of Columbia; Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, Prince George's in Maryland; Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Rappahannock, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren Counties, and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park Cities in Virginia; and Jefferson County in West Virginia.

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, CBSA includes Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Carroll, Harford, Howard, Queen Anne's Counties in Maryland.

Northeast region includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

South region includes the District of Columbia and the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

 

Consumer Price Indexes for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), U.S. city averages and selected areas, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item U.S. city average Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington Washington-Arlington-Alexandria(1) Baltimore-Columbia-Towson(1) Northeast region South region
Jul
2026		 Percent change from
Jul
2025		 Jul
2026		 Percent change from
Jul
2025		 Jul
2026		 Percent change from
Jul
2025		 Jul
2026		 Percent change from
Jul
2025		 Jul
2026		 Percent change from
Jul
2025		 Jul
2026		 Percent change from
Jul
2025

All items

 327.104 3.4 - - 332.247 4.5 - - 347.271 4.2 316.615 3.2

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 974.343   -   995.043   -   542.418   512.793  

Food and beverages

 346.224 2.9 - - 329.546 4.8 - - 348.232 3.5 339.075 2.6

Food

 348.291 3.0 - - 336.600 5.0 - - 350.450 3.5 342.209 2.6

Food at home

 321.026 2.7 333.261 4.4 310.245 5.4 315.875 4.6 325.704 3.6 315.529 2.1

Cereals and bakery products

 371.397 2.5 417.068 -1.4 412.532 3.9 375.438 7.6 403.542 3.1 370.569 1.7

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 350.667 1.7 382.234 5.0 337.145 3.0 362.022 5.2 334.013 1.5 344.297 1.3

Dairy and related products

 270.059 -0.1 246.736 2.8 284.327 -2.8 260.858 2.1 286.798 2.0 267.222 -1.4

Fruits and vegetables

 365.074 5.1 293.990 4.5 316.628 6.4 337.891 3.2 374.446 8.5 340.080 2.7

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 235.115 3.8 245.059 4.2 317.342 15.8 261.260 8.5 247.869 6.5 230.179 4.0

Other food at home

 283.822 2.7 320.603 6.9 257.732 7.5 257.673 1.3 292.880 2.2 282.274 3.3

Food away from home

 397.569 3.4 - - 373.866 4.1 - - 401.884 3.5 389.185 3.3

Alcoholic beverages

 308.876 2.1 - - 241.186 1.6 - - 308.274 2.8 285.760 1.9

Housing

 354.863 3.1 - - 356.957 4.9 - - 388.431 4.4 334.598 2.7

Shelter

 420.595 3.1 462.045 4.1 420.157 3.2 414.642 3.3 470.793 4.1 390.902 2.6

Rent of primary residence

 445.835 2.9 428.741 4.7 445.589 1.5 462.982 2.9 473.628 4.2 408.337 2.2

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 399.083 3.2 416.838 4.7 396.344 3.1 383.644 3.4 435.000 4.3 365.166 2.6

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 399.033 3.2 416.838 4.7 396.344 3.1 383.644 3.4 435.072 4.3 365.073 2.6

Fuels and utilities

 350.599 4.7 - - - - - - 364.887 7.6 332.038 3.1

Household energy

 294.757 4.7 - - - - - - 330.306 8.2 267.062 2.3

Energy services

 299.589 4.1 - - - - - - 325.074 6.0 269.145 2.3

Electricity

 307.345 4.3 - - - - - - 337.244 5.7 258.213 1.4

Utility (piped) gas service

 264.132 2.9 - - - - - - 281.620 7.5 312.090 9.5

Household furnishings and operations

 145.996 1.2 - - 119.169 5.1 - - 147.317 2.8 146.443 3.6

Apparel

 133.389 3.1 - - 177.143 2.4 - - 132.322 -1.8 144.070 5.2

Transportation

 295.424 6.2 - - 316.459 5.9 - - 297.648 8.2 287.216 5.8

Private transportation

 294.015 5.6 - - 310.449 4.6 - - 293.561 7.2 287.873 5.5

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 125.603 -0.6 - - 128.360 -0.7 - - 125.925 -0.1 123.221 -0.7

New vehicles(3)

 179.474 0.5 - - 228.145 0.3 - - 174.555 0.8 183.707 0.4

Used cars and trucks(3)

 185.641 -1.9 - - 404.058 -1.8 - - 196.285 -1.9 185.000 -1.7

Motor fuel

 354.750 24.9 376.046 28.4 369.533 24.8 351.806 25.0 349.314 29.1 327.168 27.1

Gasoline

 352.731 24.7 370.232 28.4 367.784 24.8 339.209 25.0 348.076 28.9 325.639 26.9

Motor vehicle insurance

 861.867 -4.9 - - - - - - - - - -

Medical care

 601.657 1.5 - - 570.503 -0.3 - - 585.953 1.8 569.908 1.3

Recreation(5)

 137.598 3.6 - - 120.137 -2.6 - - 151.517 3.7 134.759 2.6

Education and communication(5)

 130.295 -0.2 - - 139.892 2.8 - - 143.179 1.0 121.156 -1.1

Tuition, other school fees, and child care(6)

 877.916 3.0 - - 102.115 0.3 - - 105.659 3.8 103.816 3.4

Other goods and services

 673.257 4.7 - - 647.531 14.1 - - 763.739 4.2 641.092 6.6

Energy

 324.300 15.4 324.084 18.8 347.018 22.1 337.939 17.1 339.227 17.3 290.801 15.2

Footnotes
(1) 1998-2017 indexes based on a substantially smaller sample.
(2) For the Northeast and the South, Dec. 1977=100.
(3) For Washington, Nov. 1977=100. For Baltimore, March 1978=100.
(4) For the U.S., Philadelphia, Northeast, & South, Dec. 1982 = 100. For Washington & Baltimore, Nov. 1984=100.
(5) December 1997=100.
(6) For Washington, Northeast, & South, December 2024=100. For Philadelphia, Dec. 1977=100. For Baltimore, March 1978=100.

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, CBSA includes Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania; Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Salem Counties in New Jersey; New Castle County in Delaware; and Cecil County in Maryland.

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, CBSA includes the District of Columbia; Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, Prince George's in Maryland; Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Rappahannock, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren Counties, and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park Cities in Virginia; and Jefferson County in West Virginia.

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, CBSA includes Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Carroll, Harford, Howard, Queen Anne's Counties in Maryland.

Northeast region includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

South region includes the District of Columbia and the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

 

Consumer Price Indexes and percent changes for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), all items, U.S. city averages and selected areas, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Area Index Percent change to
Jul 2026 from --
Jun
2026		 Jul
2026		 Jul
2025		 May
2026		 Jun
2026

U.S. city average

 333.952 333.918 3.4 -0.4 0.0

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 309.915 309.462 2.5 -1.1 -0.1

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 354.325 355.311 3.4 0.0 0.3

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA

 360.529 362.189 4.6 0.2 0.5

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

   359.707 3.7 0.2  

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

   311.093 2.9 -0.1  

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

   349.209 3.9 -0.7  

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

   317.850 3.2 -0.6  

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

   142.088 3.2 -0.1  

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

   400.877 2.7 -0.2  

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL(2)

   315.964 1.9 -0.1  

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV(3)

   335.716 4.0 0.3  

Urban Hawaii

   367.836 5.6 0.1  

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

 327.650        

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

 334.324        

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

 310.851        

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

 281.293        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

 369.764        

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

 342.280        

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

 190.704        

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

 369.913        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

 380.849        

St. Louis, MO-IL

 302.095        

Urban Alaska

 280.761        

Footnotes
(1) December 2017=100.
(2) 1987=100.
(3) 1998-2017 indexes based on a substantially smaller sample.
(4) December 2001=100.

 

Consumer Price Indexes and percent changes for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), all items, U.S. city averages and selected areas, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Area Index Percent change to
Jul 2026 from --
Jun
2026		 Jul
2026		 Jul
2025		 May
2026		 Jun
2026

U.S. city average

 327.075 327.104 3.4 -0.5 0.0

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 300.988 299.847 2.3 -1.6 -0.4

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 341.981 342.467 3.7 -0.3 0.1

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA

 354.440 355.714 4.4 0.2 0.4

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

   358.558 3.4 -0.1  

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

   321.907 3.3 -0.1  

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

   340.070 3.4 -0.1  

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

   315.845 4.0 -0.9  

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

   143.306 3.5 -0.1  

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

   378.917 2.9 -0.6  

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL(2)

   314.065 2.8 0.1  

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV(3)

   332.247 4.5 0.1  

Urban Hawaii

   365.731 4.9 0.0  

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

 321.404        

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

 325.039        

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

 306.082        

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

 275.303        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

 364.463        

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

 339.934        

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

 188.672        

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

 364.483        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

 371.339        

St. Louis, MO-IL

 302.930        

Urban Alaska

 279.334        

Footnotes
(1) December 2017=100.
(2) 1987=100.
(3) 1998-2017 indexes based on a substantially smaller sample.
(4) December 2001=100.