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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
2025		 Percent change from
Aug
2024		 Aug
2025		 Percent change from
Aug
2024		 Aug
2025		 Percent change from
Aug
2024		 Aug
2025		 Percent change from
Aug
2024		 Aug
2025		 Percent change from
Aug
2024		 Aug
2025		 Percent change from
Aug
2024

All items

 323.976 2.9 326.334 3.3     326.294 2.8 336.936 3.3 313.558 2.6

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 970.489   942.761       975.919   530.571   508.635  

Food and beverages

 338.366 3.1 311.529 2.6     345.300 3.0 339.909 3.0 332.827 3.0

Food

 341.295 3.2 314.549 2.6     345.338 3.1 342.709 3.1 336.987 3.1

Food at home

 314.608 2.7 317.306 2.2 302.278 1.1 300.640 2.3 316.957 2.6 311.876 2.4

Cereals and bakery products

 359.740 1.1 413.698 -1.7 397.578 -4.7 365.675 -1.4 392.391 1.3 362.655 0.1

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 347.509 5.6 379.460 8.7 336.253 8.1 336.323 11.0 334.235 4.9 343.911 6.5

Dairy and related products

 272.840 1.3 243.718 0.7 299.900 4.0 269.196 -1.7 284.198 1.8 276.707 2.3

Fruits and vegetables

 356.104 1.9 305.801 2.2 300.810 0.5 319.263 1.8 355.209 0.9 333.272 0.5

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 229.406 4.6 225.346 2.5 272.975 1.9 236.484 8.2 233.740 5.7 226.613 4.3

Other food at home

 276.649 1.5 294.313 -0.4 252.341 -1.5 265.810 -3.3 282.967 1.6 275.564 0.8

Food away from home

 384.909 3.9 302.029 3.2     410.577 4.6 388.838 3.9 379.571 4.1

Alcoholic beverages

 296.908 1.9 265.897 3.2     339.732 2.0 301.399 2.1 274.977 1.9

Housing

 349.277 4.0 355.000 4.5     335.205 5.1 373.276 4.9 326.425 4.0

Shelter

 417.902 3.6 436.028 3.4 409.858 3.4 392.254 4.4 459.071 4.4 381.544 3.6

Rent of primary residence

 436.981 3.5 411.203 3.9 440.209 3.1 451.168 3.6 462.420 4.8 403.967 2.7

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 430.387 4.0 448.739 3.9 423.177 3.7 410.953 4.3 475.796 4.3 385.952 4.0

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 430.391 4.0 448.739 3.9 423.177 3.7 410.953 4.3 475.319 4.3 385.859 4.0

Fuels and utilities

 336.541 6.9             330.874 10.6 320.998 6.6

Household energy

 282.839 7.4             296.604 11.3 262.359 7.2

Energy services

 289.154 7.7             300.010 13.0 262.949 7.4

Electricity

 298.738 6.2             311.796 9.3 257.871 6.7

Utility (piped) gas service

 255.253 13.8             256.143 23.0 275.372 12.3

Household furnishings and operations

 153.039 3.9 158.148 8.4     144.457 7.1 151.078 3.3 152.386 3.9

Apparel

 131.989 0.2 115.989 2.7     120.177 -6.1 136.263 1.6 139.992 -1.4

Transportation

 273.910 0.9 281.859 2.2     282.083 -1.0 268.794 0.6 272.277 0.0

Private transportation

 274.710 1.0 293.253 1.0     292.679 0.2 269.836 0.8 275.518 0.0

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 126.820 2.1 135.549 1.3     136.977 2.0 127.301 1.8 127.762 2.1

New vehicles(3)

 178.698 0.7 240.264 1.0     277.832 0.5 175.870 0.7 185.694 0.6

Used cars and trucks(3)

 188.960 6.0 355.523 5.3     332.794 5.3 200.880 5.2 187.854 5.8

Motor fuel

 283.504 -6.5 292.044 -6.2 297.960 -8.6 276.739 -5.7 270.244 -8.6 258.098 -8.2

Gasoline

 282.358 -6.6 288.272 -6.3 293.650 -8.6 270.306 -6.0 269.680 -8.7 256.833 -8.3

Motor vehicle insurance(3)

 894.075 4.7                    

Medical care

 583.875 3.4 606.516 1.1     540.339 3.5 586.758 2.3 546.376 3.0

Recreation(5)

 141.394 2.3 137.902 0.0     154.084 3.3 145.925 2.1 140.747 1.8

Education and communication(5)

 147.152 0.3 143.353 4.0     162.137 -0.9 159.542 2.0 141.347 -0.7

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

 896.747 3.3 1,237.256 6.8     1,479.664 4.2 1,512.927 5.5 1,578.661 1.9

Other goods and services

 583.313 3.9 721.335 2.4     595.893 4.8 632.405 4.2 552.677 3.3

Energy

 283.247 0.2 275.074 5.1 284.293 1.8 302.208 1.4 286.402 2.5 254.760 -0.9

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
Aug
2025		 Percent change from
Aug
2024		 Aug
2025		 Percent change from
Aug
2024		 Aug
2025		 Percent change from
Aug
2024		 Aug
2025		 Percent change from
Aug
2024		 Aug
2025		 Percent change from
Aug
2024		 Aug
2025		 Percent change from
Aug
2024

All items

 317.306 2.8 326.211 2.9     318.254 2.2 334.157 3.1 307.743 2.4

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 945.157   947.535       948.724   521.935   498.424  

Food and beverages

 337.722 3.0 318.153 2.4     342.238 3.3 338.002 3.0 331.845 2.9

Food

 339.602 3.1 319.811 2.4     341.486 3.2 340.120 3.0 334.761 3.0

Food at home

 314.167 2.6 327.051 2.0 297.177 0.4 303.603 2.4 316.602 2.6 309.770 2.3

Cereals and bakery products

 362.137 1.5 426.239 -0.6 373.329 -4.1 350.152 -2.4 389.910 1.1 361.420 0.3

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 348.464 5.5 381.836 7.2 327.628 7.0 351.420 10.0 332.530 4.8 343.074 6.6

Dairy and related products

 270.907 1.1 245.257 0.6 294.233 4.9 253.732 -0.1 284.319 1.5 272.097 2.2

Fruits and vegetables

 352.479 1.6 292.599 1.9 305.397 -1.5 330.180 3.9 357.144 1.0 329.650 -0.1

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 227.135 3.5 239.818 2.4 284.166 0.3 244.166 7.7 231.727 5.0 223.870 3.4

Other food at home

 275.983 1.4 302.718 -0.4 247.046 -2.2 250.981 -3.1 285.185 1.6 273.610 0.8

Food away from home

 385.560 3.9 301.971 3.4     409.115 5.3 388.847 3.8 378.514 3.9

Alcoholic beverages

 303.796 1.9 281.910 3.6     347.699 2.4 300.231 2.1 282.907 1.3

Housing

 345.073 4.0 354.417 4.3     343.945 4.2 373.175 5.0 327.311 3.9

Shelter

 409.436 3.6 444.962 3.8 408.306 3.6 402.778 3.1 454.359 4.4 383.550 3.5

Rent of primary residence

 434.904 3.5 411.203 3.9 440.209 3.1 451.168 3.6 456.161 4.8 401.546 2.6

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 388.292 4.0 399.072 3.9 385.683 3.7 372.773 4.3 418.738 4.3 358.601 4.0

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 388.267 4.0 399.072 3.9 385.683 3.7 372.773 4.3 418.798 4.3 358.516 4.0

Fuels and utilities

 334.203 7.1             336.202 11.5 322.127 7.0

Household energy

 280.455 7.6             302.187 12.3 260.718 7.6

Energy services

 286.801 7.9             303.636 13.5 262.843 7.7

Electricity

 294.135 6.4             316.263 10.2 254.143 7.0

Utility (piped) gas service

 253.432 14.4             258.844 23.4 287.685 13.7

Household furnishings and operations

 144.491 3.0 143.009 1.9     130.698 5.6 144.171 1.7 141.112 3.1

Apparel

 132.492 0.6 129.679 3.4     131.218 0.8 137.092 0.6 139.632 -1.5

Transportation

 278.662 0.8 300.101 1.5     266.630 -0.5 275.510 0.1 271.377 0.1

Private transportation

 278.712 0.8 306.359 0.0     272.774 0.1 274.342 0.0 273.073 0.2

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 126.377 2.5 136.654 0.2     131.663 1.5 125.848 1.9 124.031 2.5

New vehicles(3)

 178.715 0.7 250.012 1.0     270.977 0.5 173.416 0.8 183.041 0.7

Used cars and trucks(3)

 190.005 5.9 355.507 5.3     332.811 5.3 200.390 5.1 189.128 5.7

Motor fuel

 284.957 -6.4 292.792 -6.3 295.020 -8.6 280.428 -5.9 269.966 -8.6 257.166 -8.2

Gasoline

 283.796 -6.5 288.272 -6.3 293.651 -8.6 270.319 -6.0 269.603 -8.6 256.315 -8.3

Motor vehicle insurance(3)

 904.871 4.7                    

Medical care

 593.181 3.7 596.761 1.4     538.816 2.6 578.253 2.5 562.485 2.9

Recreation(5)

 132.728 1.8 135.565 -0.1     131.341 3.0 145.874 1.1 130.827 1.2

Education and communication(5)

 130.911 -0.2 128.713 4.1     140.722 -3.3 141.481 1.3 122.571 -0.9

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

 859.385 3.1 1,181.274 6.7     1,424.802 3.3 1,500.603 5.4 1,450.282 2.1

Other goods and services

 645.032 4.0 757.669 0.0     779.767 3.9 734.033 3.9 603.774 3.7

Energy

 280.938 -0.2 269.390 4.3 285.807 -0.5 287.129 0.2 287.109 2.5 252.066 -1.3

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. 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
Aug 2025 from --
Jul
2025		 Aug
2025		 Aug
2024		 Jun
2025		 Jul
2025

U.S. city average

 323.048 323.976 2.9 0.4 0.3

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 301.871 303.636 3.1 0.4 0.6

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 343.624 344.503 3.3 0.4 0.3

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

 346.385 347.266 3.2 0.3 0.3

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

 346.856        

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

 302.413        

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

 336.208        

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

 307.881        

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

 137.708        

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

 390.179        

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

 310.071        

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

 322.730        

Urban Hawaii

 348.334        

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

   318.877 1.7 0.1  

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

   326.294 2.8 0.3  

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

   299.658 0.7 0.2  

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

   278.771 1.1 -0.1  

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

   357.009 2.5 -0.2  

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

   326.334 3.3 0.5  

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

   187.112 1.4 0.9  

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

   357.992 2.5 0.4  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

   365.211 2.8 0.2  

St. Louis, MO-IL

   294.026 2.6 0.2  

Urban Alaska

   273.815 2.4 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 2025 from --
Jul
2025		 Aug
2025		 Aug
2024		 Jun
2025		 Jul
2025

U.S. city average

 316.349 317.306 2.8 0.4 0.3

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 293.126 294.708 2.8 0.3 0.5

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 330.350 331.281 3.3 0.3 0.3

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

 340.842 341.162 3.1 0.2 0.1

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

 346.915        

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

 311.717        

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

 329.031        

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

 303.691        

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

 138.524        

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

 368.100        

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

 305.400        

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

 317.901        

Urban Hawaii

 348.619        

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

   312.343 1.8 0.3  

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

   318.254 2.2 0.5  

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

   293.650 0.7 0.3  

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

   273.224 0.7 -0.1  

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

   351.451 2.3 -0.1  

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

   326.211 2.9 0.6  

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

   185.759 1.0 0.6  

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

   353.869 2.7 0.4  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

   360.227 3.2 0.7  

St. Louis, MO-IL

   292.520 2.6 0.1  

Urban Alaska

   271.842 2.5 1.1  

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