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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
Aug
2026		 Percent change from
Aug
2025		 Aug
2026		 Percent change from
Aug
2025		 Aug
2026		 Percent change from
Aug
2025		 Aug
2026		 Percent change from
Aug
2025		 Aug
2026		 Percent change from
Aug
2025		 Aug
2026		 Percent change from
Aug
2025

All items

 334.980 3.4 340.008 4.2 - - 333.784 2.3 349.921 3.9 323.394 3.1

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 1,003.450   982.263   -   998.319   551.018   524.590  

Food and beverages

 347.206 2.6 317.788 2.0 - - 353.746 2.4 349.741 2.9 340.304 2.2

Food

 350.418 2.7 321.284 2.1 - - 353.553 2.4 352.796 2.9 344.795 2.3

Food at home

 321.500 2.2 322.617 1.7 314.908 4.2 311.122 3.5 325.097 2.6 317.838 1.9

Cereals and bakery products

 369.171 2.6 411.532 -0.5 433.134 8.9 383.747 4.9 406.811 3.7 370.046 2.0

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 351.501 1.1 368.645 -2.9 345.276 2.7 345.504 2.7 337.122 0.9 347.685 1.1

Dairy and related products

 272.068 -0.3 244.642 0.4 289.920 -3.3 274.063 1.8 283.974 -0.1 270.327 -2.3

Fruits and vegetables

 367.507 3.2 303.071 -0.9 309.819 3.0 327.508 2.6 365.575 2.9 345.258 3.6

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 237.834 3.7 242.129 7.4 307.225 12.5 244.190 3.3 245.733 5.1 235.675 4.0

Other food at home

 283.370 2.4 312.205 6.1 262.043 3.8 277.435 4.4 292.037 3.2 281.390 2.1

Food away from home

 397.868 3.4 309.656 2.5 - - 413.488 0.7 402.608 3.5 390.710 2.9

Alcoholic beverages

 301.724 1.6 266.200 0.1 - - 351.668 3.5 307.479 2.0 277.473 0.9

Housing

 360.225 3.1 371.856 4.7 - - 345.398 3.0 388.151 4.0 335.000 2.6

Shelter

 430.611 3.0 455.318 4.4 423.024 3.2 402.341 2.6 475.997 3.7 389.729 2.1

Rent of primary residence

 448.997 2.7 428.306 4.2 445.993 1.3 466.212 3.3 481.417 4.1 411.111 1.8

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 443.642 3.1 468.552 4.4 436.123 3.1 425.195 3.5 495.071 4.1 394.186 2.1

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 443.579 3.1 468.552 4.4 436.123 3.1 425.195 3.5 494.560 4.0 394.072 2.1

Fuels and utilities

 353.268 5.0 - - - - - - 359.011 8.5 333.636 3.9

Household energy

 297.115 5.0 - - - - - - 324.428 9.4 271.067 3.3

Energy services

 300.729 4.0 - - - - - - 316.382 5.5 271.393 3.2

Electricity

 310.057 3.8 - - - - - - 324.528 4.1 264.218 2.5

Utility (piped) gas service

 266.448 4.4 - - - - - - 278.230 8.6 296.583 7.7

Household furnishings and operations

 156.072 2.0 160.944 1.8 - - 145.590 0.8 153.088 1.3 160.190 5.1

Apparel

 136.752 3.6 118.824 2.4 - - 121.256 0.9 137.822 1.1 146.391 4.6

Transportation

 290.778 6.2 301.215 6.9 - - 288.954 2.4 286.801 6.7 288.242 5.9

Private transportation

 289.246 5.3 311.709 6.3 - - 298.614 2.0 283.352 5.0 289.884 5.2

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 126.298 -0.4 134.963 -0.4 - - 138.937 1.4 127.368 0.1 127.137 -0.5

New vehicles(3)

 179.715 0.6 242.282 0.8 - - 279.673 0.7 177.217 0.8 186.629 0.5

Used cars and trucks(3)

 184.580 -2.3 348.412 -2.0 - - 326.137 -2.0 196.808 -2.0 183.702 -2.2

Motor fuel

 362.487 27.9 378.150 29.5 376.380 26.3 350.666 26.7 353.347 30.8 332.947 29.0

Gasoline

 359.738 27.4 373.162 29.4 372.098 26.7 342.311 26.6 351.817 30.5 330.146 28.5

Motor vehicle insurance

 848.231 -5.1 - - - - - - - - - -

Medical care

 593.003 1.6 625.319 3.1 - - 523.420 -3.1 594.996 1.4 555.384 1.6

Recreation(5)

 145.186 2.7 140.225 1.7 - - 156.681 1.7 149.349 2.3 143.944 2.3

Education and communication(5)

 150.304 2.1 145.395 1.4 - - 167.546 3.3 165.766 3.9 143.220 1.3

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

 927.005 3.4 1,298.008 4.9 - - 1,503.429 1.6 106.495 3.6 104.377 3.0

Other goods and services

 607.972 4.2 745.514 3.4 - - 630.992 5.9 658.090 4.1 590.344 6.8

Energy

 329.351 16.3 323.622 17.6 340.080 19.6 352.938 16.8 337.903 18.0 295.052 15.8

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
Aug
2026		 Percent change from
Aug
2025		 Aug
2026		 Percent change from
Aug
2025		 Aug
2026		 Percent change from
Aug
2025		 Aug
2026		 Percent change from
Aug
2025		 Aug
2026		 Percent change from
Aug
2025		 Aug
2026		 Percent change from
Aug
2025

All items

 328.481 3.5 339.457 4.1 - - 325.369 2.2 347.749 4.1 317.604 3.2

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 978.445   986.009   -   969.935   543.164   514.395  

Food and beverages

 346.609 2.6 325.721 2.4 - - 348.776 1.9 348.057 3.0 339.027 2.2

Food

 348.676 2.7 327.912 2.5 - - 348.152 2.0 350.262 3.0 342.162 2.2

Food at home

 321.186 2.2 334.579 2.3 309.052 4.0 312.081 2.8 325.141 2.7 315.311 1.8

Cereals and bakery products

 370.841 2.4 416.592 -2.3 408.697 9.5 365.474 4.4 404.310 3.7 366.796 1.5

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 352.330 1.1 384.849 0.8 337.802 3.1 360.027 2.4 335.038 0.8 345.250 0.6

Dairy and related products

 271.274 0.1 248.605 1.4 282.254 -4.1 254.814 0.4 285.697 0.5 266.103 -2.2

Fruits and vegetables

 363.344 3.1 290.845 -0.6 312.228 2.2 334.015 1.2 369.663 3.5 341.204 3.5

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 235.762 3.8 255.737 6.6 318.227 12.0 253.049 3.6 243.547 5.1 232.986 4.1

Other food at home

 283.230 2.6 319.202 5.4 256.765 3.9 259.737 3.5 294.888 3.4 280.083 2.4

Food away from home

 398.439 3.3 309.643 2.5 - - 410.338 0.3 402.817 3.6 389.495 2.9

Alcoholic beverages

 309.242 1.8 281.122 -0.3 - - 355.451 2.2 308.317 2.7 285.709 1.0

Housing

 355.584 3.0 373.085 5.3 - - 355.494 3.4 388.527 4.1 335.160 2.4

Shelter

 421.753 3.0 463.675 4.2 422.182 3.4 415.880 3.3 471.647 3.8 391.341 2.0

Rent of primary residence

 447.007 2.8 428.306 4.2 445.993 1.3 466.212 3.3 474.578 4.0 408.890 1.8

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 400.243 3.1 416.692 4.4 397.482 3.1 385.692 3.5 436.112 4.1 365.866 2.0

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 400.191 3.1 416.692 4.4 397.482 3.1 385.692 3.5 436.185 4.2 365.772 2.0

Fuels and utilities

 350.128 4.8 - - - - - - 362.664 7.9 333.652 3.6

Household energy

 293.908 4.8 - - - - - - 327.700 8.4 268.256 2.9

Energy services

 297.962 3.9 - - - - - - 319.743 5.3 270.327 2.8

Electricity

 305.724 3.9 - - - - - - 331.887 4.9 259.474 2.1

Utility (piped) gas service

 262.543 3.6 - - - - - - 276.709 6.9 312.203 8.5

Household furnishings and operations

 146.052 1.1 157.548 10.2 - - 128.496 -1.7 146.614 1.7 146.721 4.0

Apparel

 136.456 3.0 124.409 -4.1 - - 128.802 -1.8 137.864 0.6 146.124 4.6

Transportation

 297.453 6.7 321.552 7.1 - - 272.109 2.1 295.307 7.2 288.862 6.4

Private transportation

 296.098 6.2 327.971 7.1 - - 277.884 1.9 291.352 6.2 289.556 6.0

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 125.506 -0.7 136.076 -0.4 - - 131.290 -0.3 125.588 -0.2 123.229 -0.6

New vehicles(3)

 179.656 0.5 252.112 0.8 - - 272.772 0.7 174.728 0.8 183.945 0.5

Used cars and trucks(3)

 185.527 -2.4 348.396 -2.0 - - 326.154 -2.0 196.515 -1.9 185.102 -2.1

Motor fuel

 364.914 28.1 379.049 29.5 373.899 26.7 355.475 26.8 353.177 30.8 332.944 29.5

Gasoline

 362.277 27.7 373.161 29.4 372.100 26.7 342.327 26.6 351.464 30.4 330.925 29.1

Motor vehicle insurance

 854.498 -5.6 - - - - - - - - - -

Medical care

 600.982 1.3 611.816 2.5 - - 526.267 -2.3 585.167 1.2 569.058 1.2

Recreation(5)

 137.741 3.8 135.277 -0.2 - - 131.623 0.2 150.910 3.5 134.800 3.0

Education and communication(5)

 133.054 1.6 132.471 2.9 - - 145.724 3.6 146.243 3.4 123.286 0.6

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

 890.580 3.6 1,235.375 4.6 - - 1,467.896 3.0 107.112 4.0 105.107 3.4

Other goods and services

 674.650 4.6 788.910 4.1 - - 836.495 7.3 765.956 4.3 643.689 6.6

Energy

 329.180 17.2 323.535 20.1 345.073 20.7 338.245 17.8 339.603 18.3 294.301 16.8

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.
(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
Aug 2026 from --
Jul
2026		 Aug
2026		 Aug
2025		 Jun
2026		 Jul
2026

U.S. city average

 333.918 334.980 3.4 0.3 0.3

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 309.462 310.890 2.4 0.3 0.5

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 355.311 356.993 3.6 0.8 0.5

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

 362.189 362.328 4.3 0.5 0.0

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

 359.707        

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

 311.093        

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

 349.209        

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

 317.850        

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

 142.088        

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

 400.877        

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

 315.964        

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

 335.716        

Urban Hawaii

 367.836        

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

   328.150 2.9 0.2  

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

   333.784 2.3 -0.2  

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

   310.817 3.7 0.0  

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

   282.338 1.3 0.4  

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

   370.123 3.7 0.1  

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

   340.008 4.2 -0.7  

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

   191.724 2.5 0.5  

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

   370.130 3.4 0.1  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

   381.123 4.4 0.1  

St. Louis, MO-IL

   302.675 2.9 0.2  

Urban Alaska

   282.910 3.3 0.8  

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
Aug 2026 from --
Jul
2026		 Aug
2026		 Aug
2025		 Jun
2026		 Jul
2026

U.S. city average

 327.104 328.481 3.5 0.4 0.4

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 299.847 302.424 2.6 0.5 0.9

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 342.467 344.411 4.0 0.7 0.6

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

 355.714 356.036 4.4 0.5 0.1

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

 358.558        

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

 321.907        

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

 340.070        

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

 315.845        

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

 143.306        

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

 378.917        

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

 314.065        

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

 332.247        

Urban Hawaii

 365.731        

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

   321.717 3.0 0.1  

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

   325.369 2.2 0.1  

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

   305.798 4.1 -0.1  

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

   276.673 1.3 0.5  

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

   364.600 3.7 0.0  

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

   339.457 4.1 -0.1  

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

   189.960 2.3 0.7  

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

   364.198 2.9 -0.1  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

   372.239 3.3 0.2  

St. Louis, MO-IL

   303.182 3.6 0.1  

Urban Alaska

   280.888 3.3 0.6  

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