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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
Apr
2025		 Percent change from
Apr
2024		 Apr
2025		 Percent change from
Apr
2024		 Apr
2025		 Percent change from
Apr
2024		 Apr
2025		 Percent change from
Apr
2024		 Apr
2025		 Percent change from
Apr
2024		 Apr
2025		 Percent change from
Apr
2024

All items

 320.795 2.3 322.548 2.9     324.513 3.0 333.065 3.1 311.087 2.0

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 960.958   931.824       970.591   524.475   504.626  

Food and beverages

 334.918 2.7 308.113 2.5     344.783 3.1 335.870 2.3 329.159 2.5

Food

 337.747 2.8 311.211 2.6     345.905 3.4 338.507 2.2 333.203 2.6

Food at home

 311.840 2.0 312.149 1.0 298.885 2.5 301.911 2.3 312.927 1.1 309.515 2.0

Cereals and bakery products

 355.976 0.0 405.804 -4.8 423.406 8.8 361.934 1.6 386.588 -0.8 362.349 -0.5

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 344.883 7.0 370.020 8.8 332.418 7.7 332.253 9.0 331.727 5.9 339.900 7.4

Dairy and related products

 271.750 1.6 242.823 0.8 293.932 2.3 270.281 -0.7 279.432 1.0 275.328 3.0

Fruits and vegetables

 349.187 -0.9 296.986 -2.5 284.951 -3.1 318.799 -2.8 345.139 -3.1 331.094 -0.7

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 227.738 3.2 224.919 7.1 272.510 2.7 243.423 9.6 234.367 5.8 221.402 1.5

Other food at home

 275.270 0.7 291.277 -2.7 247.519 0.0 270.010 -2.0 280.012 -0.8 274.860 0.5

Food away from home

 380.039 3.9 300.866 4.8     409.547 5.3 384.341 4.0 373.342 3.6

Alcoholic beverages

 294.880 1.8 261.511 1.9     327.036 -0.1 299.600 2.8 272.935 1.5

Housing

 344.801 4.0 348.874 4.6     328.581 4.2 367.625 5.3 322.648 3.8

Shelter

 413.389 4.0 430.623 4.5 404.785 3.3 386.182 4.2 452.830 5.3 377.595 3.7

Rent of primary residence

 432.956 4.0 406.891 4.7 435.218 3.6 444.577 3.9 455.951 5.6 400.996 3.1

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 425.106 4.3 444.672 4.9 415.729 3.4 406.671 4.4 469.557 5.5 380.456 4.0

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 425.117 4.3 444.672 4.9 415.729 3.4 406.671 4.4 469.082 5.5 380.387 4.0

Fuels and utilities

 328.138 5.4             322.576 8.8 314.495 5.7

Household energy

 274.805 5.5             288.570 9.1 255.903 5.9

Energy services

 280.577 6.2             291.487 12.5 256.241 6.1

Electricity

 286.652 3.6             295.536 9.0 250.587 5.0

Utility (piped) gas service

 256.501 15.7             263.189 20.8 272.828 13.4

Household furnishings and operations

 150.485 2.3 151.355 3.7     135.963 0.4 148.388 2.2 150.526 2.9

Apparel

 132.544 -0.7 113.811 -0.9     122.352 -6.4 135.322 -0.1 142.585 -1.5

Transportation

 272.503 -1.5 280.838 0.8     286.717 -0.7 265.726 -0.8 271.702 -2.1

Private transportation

 272.793 -1.1 290.143 -0.8     293.046 -0.4 265.640 -0.1 274.143 -2.0

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 125.514 0.4 134.916 0.9     136.612 0.7 126.576 1.1 126.382 -0.1

New vehicles(3)

 178.795 0.3 240.060 0.4     279.225 0.9 175.704 0.4 185.980 0.2

Used cars and trucks(3)

 182.861 1.5 345.429 1.7     323.345 1.7 195.267 1.6 181.684 1.1

Motor fuel

 285.351 -11.7 287.845 -12.2 299.446 -12.7 278.501 -13.5 267.294 -11.6 259.694 -12.8

Gasoline

 284.526 -11.8 284.149 -12.2 295.109 -12.7 272.086 -13.6 266.658 -11.6 258.601 -12.8

Motor vehicle insurance(3)

 892.553 6.4                    

Medical care

 576.988 2.7 610.165 2.4     549.828 8.6 584.462 2.1 543.438 2.6

Recreation(5)

 140.627 1.6 138.795 -0.5     155.286 6.5 145.842 2.9 140.214 0.9

Education and communication(5)

 146.354 0.2 140.127 0.5     161.797 -1.3 158.726 2.1 140.461 -0.7

Tuition, other school fees, and child care(3)

 882.223 3.6 1,196.334 3.3     1,432.433 3.5 1,479.471 4.9 1,560.186 3.4

Other goods and services

 576.398 3.6 719.853 3.8     566.560 3.7 626.057 2.6 547.746 2.9

Energy

 279.888 -3.7 264.510 -0.3 274.139 -2.0 300.971 -3.6 280.382 -0.2 252.272 -4.3

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. For Philadelphia, December 1977=100.
(4) For the U.S., Philadelphia, Northeast, & South, Dec. 1982 = 100. For Washington & Baltimore, Nov. 1982=100.
(5) December 1997=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
Apr
2025		 Percent change from
Apr
2024		 Apr
2025		 Percent change from
Apr
2024		 Apr
2025		 Percent change from
Apr
2024		 Apr
2025		 Percent change from
Apr
2024		 Apr
2025		 Percent change from
Apr
2024		 Apr
2025		 Percent change from
Apr
2024

All items

 314.243 2.1 322.821 2.6     315.906 1.8 330.673 3.1 305.249 1.6

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 936.033   937.687       941.724   516.493   494.385  

Food and beverages

 334.475 2.7 314.897 2.2     340.322 3.1 334.359 2.2 328.283 2.4

Food

 336.271 2.7 316.653 2.2     341.089 3.4 336.413 2.1 331.107 2.5

Food at home

 311.496 2.0 322.853 1.3 293.523 2.2 304.141 2.4 312.896 1.2 307.512 2.0

Cereals and bakery products

 358.132 0.2 417.621 -4.0 397.749 9.3 346.062 1.6 384.402 -1.2 360.595 -0.7

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 345.094 6.8 377.955 8.7 325.049 7.5 345.907 8.9 331.527 6.1 336.737 7.1

Dairy and related products

 269.384 1.3 244.319 0.8 288.044 3.0 253.465 -0.7 278.915 0.4 271.679 3.1

Fruits and vegetables

 345.104 -1.0 284.749 -2.4 290.283 -3.7 331.149 -1.8 347.404 -2.7 328.119 -0.8

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 227.368 2.9 239.668 10.0 280.890 2.2 253.960 11.4 232.812 5.4 219.916 1.3

Other food at home

 274.815 0.7 299.946 -2.6 242.359 -0.9 253.234 -1.3 281.695 -0.8 273.972 0.7

Food away from home

 381.024 3.8 300.634 4.1     406.005 5.5 385.223 3.9 372.358 3.5

Alcoholic beverages

 302.028 1.7 275.910 1.7     334.953 0.1 297.827 3.0 280.833 0.4

Housing

 340.673 3.9 348.534 4.4     337.130 3.1 367.161 5.3 323.396 3.7

Shelter

 405.120 4.0 439.885 4.7 401.555 3.2 397.419 3.2 448.087 5.3 379.525 3.6

Rent of primary residence

 430.888 4.0 406.891 4.7 435.218 3.6 444.577 3.9 449.782 5.6 398.690 3.0

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 383.579 4.3 395.456 4.9 378.895 3.4 368.889 4.4 413.375 5.6 353.577 4.0

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 383.561 4.3 395.456 4.9 378.895 3.4 368.889 4.4 413.436 5.6 353.505 3.9

Fuels and utilities

 326.224 5.6             327.102 10.1 315.921 5.9

Household energy

 272.882 5.7             293.121 10.5 254.651 6.1

Energy services

 278.636 6.1             293.766 13.1 256.494 6.2

Electricity

 283.225 3.7             299.468 9.9 247.649 5.2

Utility (piped) gas service

 254.241 16.2             263.768 21.4 283.795 13.7

Household furnishings and operations

 142.030 1.1 137.425 -1.8     121.772 -3.6 140.951 0.0 139.041 1.1

Apparel

 132.465 -1.0 127.578 0.6     129.508 -3.2 137.479 0.4 141.188 -2.2

Transportation

 277.277 -1.7 299.320 0.2     268.461 -1.0 272.920 -0.6 270.942 -2.2

Private transportation

 276.960 -1.5 304.388 -1.4     273.074 -0.8 271.004 -0.2 271.885 -2.1

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 124.815 0.5 136.678 1.0     131.451 0.5 125.042 1.2 122.496 0.1

New vehicles(3)

 178.750 0.3 249.800 0.4     272.335 0.9 173.231 0.5 183.183 0.2

Used cars and trucks(3)

 183.921 1.4 345.413 1.7     323.362 1.7 194.721 1.5 182.898 1.0

Motor fuel

 286.877 -11.8 288.602 -12.2 296.491 -12.7 282.244 -13.5 267.523 -11.3 258.558 -12.9

Gasoline

 286.134 -11.8 284.149 -12.2 295.111 -12.7 272.100 -13.6 267.024 -11.4 257.843 -13.0

Motor vehicle insurance(3)

 904.549 6.4                    

Medical care

 584.610 2.8 606.773 3.8     545.058 6.9 576.839 2.5 558.258 2.3

Recreation(5)

 132.056 0.9 136.163 -0.7     131.069 4.1 147.336 3.4 130.429 -0.7

Education and communication(5)

 130.568 -0.3 125.732 0.3     143.154 -2.5 141.548 1.6 122.079 -0.9

Tuition, other school fees, and child care(3)

 846.529 3.7 1,141.919 2.9     1,387.346 3.6 1,468.647 4.7 1,430.593 4.1

Other goods and services

 636.197 3.5 749.243 1.7     747.530 3.6 726.750 2.6 597.044 3.3

Energy

 278.221 -4.4 259.081 -1.2 274.511 -5.6 286.097 -5.6 280.966 0.0 249.920 -5.0

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. For Philadelphia, December 1977=100.
(4) For the U.S., Philadelphia, Northeast, & South, Dec. 1982 = 100. For Washington & Baltimore, Nov. 1984=100.
(5) December 1997=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
Apr 2025 from --
Mar
2025		 Apr
2025		 Apr
2024		 Feb
2025		 Mar
2025

U.S. city average

 319.799 320.795 2.3 0.5 0.3

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 299.831 299.983 3.1 0.5 0.1

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 340.648 342.565 3.0 1.2 0.6

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

 342.508 344.047 3.9 0.5 0.4

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

 343.972        

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

 303.017        

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

 331.575        

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

 304.173        

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

 136.511        

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

 384.880        

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

 305.407        

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

 320.604        

Urban Hawaii

 346.816        

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

   316.810 1.9 0.1  

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

   324.513 3.0 0.9  

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

   296.397 1.4 0.8  

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

   278.069 1.2 0.9  

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

   356.054 2.2 0.3  

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

   322.548 2.9 0.5  

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

   185.077 0.3 0.4  

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

   355.707 1.3 0.4  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

   359.400 1.7 0.4  

St. Louis, MO-IL

   290.341 2.2 1.2  

Urban Alaska

   271.358 1.6 0.9  

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
Apr 2025 from --
Mar
2025		 Apr
2025		 Apr
2024		 Feb
2025		 Mar
2025

U.S. city average

 313.250 314.243 2.1 0.6 0.3

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 291.079 291.175 2.9 0.4 0.0

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 328.246 329.881 2.9 1.1 0.5

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

 337.269 338.206 3.8 0.5 0.3

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

 345.599        

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

 312.076        

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

 324.852        

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

 300.586        

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

 137.608        

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

 364.528        

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

 301.253        

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

 314.534        

Urban Hawaii

 346.075        

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

   309.823 1.9 0.1  

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

   315.906 1.8 0.5  

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

   290.647 1.3 0.6  

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

   272.791 0.7 0.8  

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

   350.572 1.8 0.4  

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

   322.821 2.6 0.3  

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

   184.146 0.0 0.4  

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

   352.077 1.6 0.4  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

   352.704 1.6 0.4  

St. Louis, MO-IL

   288.538 2.0 1.2  

Urban Alaska

   268.386 1.7 0.6  

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