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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
Jan
2026		 Percent change from
Jan
2025		 Jan
2026		 Percent change from
Jan
2025		 Jan
2026		 Percent change from
Jan
2025		 Jan
2026		 Percent change from
Jan
2025		 Jan
2026		 Percent change from
Jan
2025		 Jan
2026		 Percent change from
Jan
2025

All items

 325.252 2.4     326.890 2.7     339.104 2.8 314.740 1.9

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 974.310       965.071       533.986   510.552  

Food and beverages

 342.096 2.8     323.912 3.8     344.911 3.2 336.155 2.8

Food

 345.165 2.9     333.957 4.0     348.045 3.4 340.422 2.8

Food at home

 317.431 2.1 320.740 4.1 309.748 4.4 308.156 3.5 321.550 2.8 314.766 2.1

Cereals and bakery products

 366.830 3.1 411.177 3.7 430.244 2.2 373.935 0.8 404.599 5.0 369.508 1.5

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 346.613 2.2 368.078 2.5 337.611 2.7 341.633 6.8 331.603 1.1 343.643 3.4

Dairy and related products

 271.185 -0.3 246.383 1.6 293.624 0.9 269.270 -3.5 285.444 1.7 272.677 -0.2

Fruits and vegetables

 358.840 0.8 302.628 1.9 304.184 6.4 335.738 6.6 367.243 4.1 337.640 0.1

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 235.761 4.5 249.411 17.4 300.260 13.2 247.130 6.5 247.870 6.6 232.045 5.5

Other food at home

 279.657 2.1 301.216 2.4 255.802 3.8 269.602 0.8 282.738 1.3 279.151 2.0

Food away from home

 390.471 4.0     367.182 3.4     395.464 4.2 383.916 3.9

Alcoholic beverages

 298.623 2.0     230.565 0.8     301.824 1.3 276.746 2.6

Housing

 352.540 3.4     348.667 3.9     377.742 4.0 329.384 3.2

Shelter

 421.526 3.0 443.623 4.5 414.687 3.2 391.777 3.0 462.912 3.5 384.923 2.6

Rent of primary residence

 441.718 2.8 419.710 4.2 443.341 2.7 455.260 2.8 469.717 4.1 406.689 1.9

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 435.241 3.3 459.673 4.9 428.903 3.6 413.193 3.2 483.234 3.9 388.924 2.9

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 435.222 3.3 459.673 4.9 428.903 3.6 413.193 3.2 482.730 3.9 388.819 2.9

Fuels and utilities

 342.177 6.1             341.988 6.6 325.517 6.2

Household energy

 287.540 6.6             307.642 6.7 265.296 6.7

Energy services

 293.976 7.2             311.840 8.7 265.870 6.9

Electricity

 299.731 6.3             316.807 7.7 258.368 6.4

Utility (piped) gas service

 270.302 9.8             280.305 10.9 293.493 9.5

Household furnishings and operations

 154.138 3.9     136.072 4.0     154.036 5.4 153.163 4.6

Apparel

 130.685 1.7     166.797 9.1     132.651 0.4 139.285 2.2

Transportation

 267.521 -1.1     272.930 0.8     265.924 0.3 265.442 -2.4

Private transportation

 266.280 -1.3     279.497 -1.5     265.175 0.3 266.686 -2.6

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 123.696 -0.9     125.852 -1.1     124.676 -1.0 124.407 -1.1

New vehicles(3)

 178.668 0.4     227.914 0.1     175.688 0.6 185.771 0.3

Used cars and trucks(3)

 177.714 -2.0     390.672 -2.1     189.951 -2.1 176.177 -2.4

Motor fuel

 256.211 -7.3 270.357 -6.9 276.120 -7.6 256.885 -9.3 254.755 -4.8 233.971 -8.9

Gasoline

 254.887 -7.5 266.806 -6.9 272.043 -7.6 250.927 -9.3 253.928 -5.0 232.497 -9.0

Motor vehicle insurance(3)

 892.491 0.5                    

Medical care

 590.169 3.2     534.197 0.1     587.501 1.5 552.374 2.3

Recreation(5)

 143.627 2.5     133.232 -4.3     147.433 2.2 142.326 0.7

Education and communication(5)

 146.883 0.5     171.209 1.3     159.496 0.6 140.755 0.1

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

 905.102 2.9     1,744.713 1.9     1,530.170 3.7 1,586.872 2.0

Other goods and services

 597.390 5.9     575.799 8.9     644.126 4.8 581.978 7.6

Energy

 272.668 -0.1 273.996 4.8 281.045 4.0 301.597 -1.0 286.700 2.2 244.732 -1.0

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. 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
Jan
2026		 Percent change from
Jan
2025		 Jan
2026		 Percent change from
Jan
2025		 Jan
2026		 Percent change from
Jan
2025		 Jan
2026		 Percent change from
Jan
2025		 Jan
2026		 Percent change from
Jan
2025		 Jan
2026		 Percent change from
Jan
2025

All items

 317.942 2.2     323.650 3.4     336.799 2.8 308.238 1.6

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 947.051       969.296       526.062   499.226  

Food and beverages

 341.484 2.7     323.216 4.0     342.942 3.2 335.028 2.6

Food

 343.437 2.8     329.759 4.1     345.222 3.2 337.994 2.6

Food at home

 316.880 1.9 330.874 4.0 303.961 4.2 310.657 2.9 321.080 2.8 312.305 1.9

Cereals and bakery products

 368.384 3.0 423.105 4.5 413.511 4.9 360.154 1.2 401.656 5.3 367.201 1.3

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 347.908 2.5 372.905 2.0 331.111 3.0 355.939 5.6 330.327 0.9 341.856 3.6

Dairy and related products

 269.332 -0.3 249.834 2.4 286.165 0.9 252.460 -2.6 285.803 2.0 268.368 -0.5

Fruits and vegetables

 353.888 0.4 291.009 2.4 308.559 6.4 346.596 5.7 367.762 3.9 332.757 -0.7

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 233.647 3.5 263.952 15.1 308.400 10.8 254.543 5.4 244.965 5.7 229.537 4.8

Other food at home

 279.171 2.0 309.593 2.5 248.596 2.5 253.246 -0.4 285.571 1.7 277.614 1.8

Food away from home

 391.309 3.9     366.211 3.7     395.192 4.0 383.005 3.8

Alcoholic beverages

 306.272 2.3     242.299 2.7     301.991 2.0 285.198 2.6

Housing

 348.511 3.4     348.017 4.7     378.666 4.3 330.229 3.1

Shelter

 413.385 3.1 454.166 4.6 414.494 3.9 405.222 2.9 459.536 3.7 386.828 2.5

Rent of primary residence

 439.657 2.9 419.710 4.2 443.341 2.7 455.260 2.8 463.155 4.0 404.419 1.9

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 392.695 3.3 408.796 4.9 390.901 3.6 374.805 3.2 425.378 3.9 361.228 2.8

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 392.661 3.2 408.796 4.9 390.901 3.6 374.805 3.2 425.437 3.9 361.144 2.8

Fuels and utilities

 339.087 6.1             346.550 7.5 325.227 5.9

Household energy

 284.325 6.6             312.078 7.8 262.219 6.4

Energy services

 290.762 7.0             313.759 9.2 264.289 6.5

Electricity

 295.024 6.2             321.351 8.6 253.871 6.1

Utility (piped) gas service

 266.932 9.9             278.809 10.8 303.315 9.2

Household furnishings and operations

 145.429 3.3     116.910 4.3     147.493 4.7 142.650 4.6

Apparel

 130.660 1.7     182.856 6.4     134.997 1.6 137.669 1.0

Transportation

 270.566 -1.4     293.365 -0.5     273.082 0.6 263.248 -2.8

Private transportation

 268.987 -1.7     287.933 -1.6     269.771 0.2 263.606 -2.9

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 122.660 -1.1     127.438 0.3     122.500 -1.3 120.616 -1.0

New vehicles(3)

 178.716 0.4     227.436 0.1     173.257 0.6 183.054 0.3

Used cars and trucks(3)

 178.711 -1.9     390.797 -2.1     189.764 -2.1 177.361 -2.4

Motor fuel

 256.784 -7.5 270.999 -6.9 273.430 -7.5 260.105 -9.4 254.715 -4.9 232.291 -9.1

Gasoline

 255.394 -7.7 266.805 -6.9 272.045 -7.6 250.940 -9.3 253.838 -5.1 231.218 -9.2

Motor vehicle insurance(3)

 903.140 0.4                    

Medical care

 598.502 3.2     570.096 -0.2     578.136 1.3 567.861 2.2

Recreation(5)

 135.125 2.7     120.439 -2.6     148.352 2.0 132.206 0.8

Education and communication(5)

 130.143 -0.2     136.173 0.0     140.616 -0.5 121.378 -0.8

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

 869.062 3.0     1,626.986 1.6     1,526.361 4.4 1,460.240 2.3

Other goods and services

 663.773 6.2     663.497 18.5     749.712 4.9 637.910 8.0

Energy

 268.427 -0.8 266.710 4.2 280.021 2.8 284.863 -1.7 285.782 2.4 240.185 -1.8

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
Jan 2026 from --
Dec
2025		 Jan
2026		 Jan
2025		 Nov
2025		 Dec
2025

U.S. city average

 324.054 325.252 2.4 0.3 0.4

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 301.159 302.224 1.3 0.1 0.4

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 344.602 347.690 3.0 0.6 0.9

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

 350.003 350.947 2.9 0.7 0.3

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

   348.343 1.4 0.1  

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

   303.255 -0.3 0.3  

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

   339.525 2.6 0.6  

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

   310.428 1.8 0.8  

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

   139.602 3.2 0.5  

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

   391.981 2.6 0.2  

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

   310.244 2.3 0.5  

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

   326.890 2.7 0.8  

Urban Hawaii

   355.266 2.4 1.1  

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

 316.769        

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

 327.542        

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

 297.783        

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

 277.453        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

 359.125        

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

 328.861        

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

 186.730        

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

 358.568        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

 365.447        

St. Louis, MO-IL

 291.208        

Urban Alaska

 272.355        

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
Jan 2026 from --
Dec
2025		 Jan
2026		 Jan
2025		 Nov
2025		 Dec
2025

U.S. city average

 317.014 317.942 2.2 0.2 0.3

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 291.288 291.952 0.9 -0.3 0.2

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 332.062 334.679 3.0 0.5 0.8

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

 343.497 344.732 2.8 0.7 0.4

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

   348.618 1.2 0.3  

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

   312.906 -0.2 0.2  

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

   331.324 2.1 0.5  

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

   306.607 1.8 0.9  

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

   140.384 3.4 0.2  

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

   369.084 2.1 0.2  

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

   305.590 2.5 0.0  

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

   323.650 3.4 1.5  

Urban Hawaii

   353.370 2.1 0.8  

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

 310.859        

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

 319.181        

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

 291.425        

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

 272.171        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

 353.875        

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

 329.825        

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

 184.878        

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

 353.216        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

 359.292        

St. Louis, MO-IL

 290.373        

Urban Alaska

 271.308        

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