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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
Dec
2025		 Percent change from
Dec
2024		 Dec
2025		 Percent change from
Dec
2024		 Dec
2025		 Percent change from
Dec
2024		 Dec
2025		 Percent change from
Dec
2024		 Dec
2025		 Percent change from
Dec
2024		 Dec
2025		 Percent change from
Dec
2024

All items

 324.054 2.7 328.861 3.9     327.542 3.4 337.880 3.3 313.675 2.2

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 970.722   950.060       979.651   532.058   508.824  

Food and beverages

 340.780 3.0 313.223 2.1     350.133 3.4 343.296 3.3 335.808 3.0

Food

 343.795 3.1 316.486 2.2     350.376 3.3 346.388 3.4 340.017 3.0

Food at home

 315.664 2.4 316.672 1.3 303.470 1.8 306.496 2.5 319.676 2.9 314.286 2.4

Cereals and bakery products

 361.984 1.5 411.674 -2.7 419.547 1.0 379.962 3.7 393.911 2.2 368.013 0.7

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 346.815 3.9 371.141 5.7 339.802 6.6 337.839 6.5 333.729 4.2 346.275 5.1

Dairy and related products

 268.951 -0.9 245.632 -0.4 295.546 1.5 268.978 -2.8 283.654 1.4 271.234 -0.5

Fruits and vegetables

 355.246 0.5 292.174 -2.0 290.488 -4.0 323.218 1.8 358.372 1.0 332.261 -0.7

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 232.021 5.1 235.830 2.6 272.763 3.5 238.658 3.1 242.381 6.9 230.206 5.7

Other food at home

 279.814 2.7 299.901 2.1 254.768 2.5 275.661 0.3 286.081 2.4 280.123 2.6

Food away from home

 389.889 4.1 306.843 3.3     413.337 4.7 394.291 4.2 383.662 3.9

Alcoholic beverages

 298.085 2.1 264.337 1.4     342.187 4.4 300.737 1.3 277.282 3.0

Housing

 351.072 3.6 359.371 5.6     335.763 4.6 376.454 4.5 327.911 3.3

Shelter

 420.134 3.2 442.864 4.6 412.009 3.1 392.556 3.9 461.612 3.9 383.736 2.8

Rent of primary residence

 440.667 2.9 417.061 4.0 442.978 3.2 455.994 3.2 468.186 4.2 406.324 2.1

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 434.166 3.4 457.301 4.6 427.389 3.7 412.750 3.5 481.287 3.9 388.201 3.0

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 434.153 3.3 457.301 4.6 427.389 3.7 412.750 3.5 480.787 3.9 388.098 3.0

Fuels and utilities

 338.484 6.7             339.425 9.2 321.009 5.7

Household energy

 284.047 7.4             305.078 9.8 260.673 6.1

Energy services

 290.037 7.7             307.749 10.8 261.123 6.2

Electricity

 295.121 6.7             311.925 10.0 253.546 5.5

Utility (piped) gas service

 268.415 10.8             278.065 12.5 289.550 10.5

Household furnishings and operations

 153.484 4.0 149.476 5.8     141.829 4.1 153.423 5.3 152.345 4.3

Apparel

 128.122 0.6 115.522 4.4     117.692 2.7 129.514 0.8 137.324 -0.1

Transportation

 268.630 0.4 283.384 3.0     281.708 0.3 265.707 1.2 267.121 -0.3

Private transportation

 268.511 0.6 293.862 2.8     288.599 0.3 266.530 1.9 268.768 -0.2

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 124.913 0.5 134.205 0.6     135.589 0.4 125.853 0.7 125.729 0.3

New vehicles(3)

 178.034 0.3 239.870 0.7     275.915 -0.2 175.143 0.4 185.016 0.2

Used cars and trucks(3)

 183.265 1.6 347.960 1.7     325.714 1.7 196.263 1.7 181.816 1.3

Motor fuel

 262.906 -3.2 279.419 0.4 276.968 -3.3 248.645 -3.1 261.726 -1.1 237.849 -5.0

Gasoline

 261.466 -3.4 275.750 0.3 272.832 -3.4 242.792 -3.1 260.957 -1.2 236.257 -5.2

Motor vehicle insurance(3)

 892.879 2.8                    

Medical care

 587.144 3.2 613.005 2.8     544.054 6.4 588.217 2.6 548.027 1.7

Recreation(5)

 142.505 3.0 139.254 1.5     155.994 1.9 145.690 2.5 142.106 1.9

Education and communication(5)

 146.392 0.5 140.256 -0.6     163.033 1.1 159.273 0.9 140.423 -0.1

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

 904.622 2.9 1,261.717 5.6     1,480.891 3.4 1,529.402 3.9 1,586.098 1.8

Other goods and services

 588.451 4.2 733.019 5.8     600.505 6.7 643.021 5.6 560.320 3.9

Energy

 274.131 2.3 275.893 10.6 274.256 5.4 293.614 4.8 288.129 5.6 244.278 0.7

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
Dec
2025		 Percent change from
Dec
2024		 Dec
2025		 Percent change from
Dec
2024		 Dec
2025		 Percent change from
Dec
2024		 Dec
2025		 Percent change from
Dec
2024		 Dec
2025		 Percent change from
Dec
2024		 Dec
2025		 Percent change from
Dec
2024

All items

 317.014 2.6 329.825 3.9     319.181 3.0 335.685 3.3 307.433 2.1

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 944.287   958.030       951.488   524.322   497.922  

Food and beverages

 340.141 2.9 319.233 1.9     346.104 3.4 341.200 3.1 334.965 3.0

Food

 342.083 3.0 321.032 1.9     345.640 3.3 343.470 3.1 337.920 3.0

Food at home

 315.249 2.3 326.173 1.1 297.972 1.4 308.294 2.5 319.203 2.7 312.270 2.4

Cereals and bakery products

 364.114 1.6 425.306 -1.9 396.569 1.4 363.563 3.5 391.982 2.2 366.042 0.6

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 347.970 4.0 374.795 5.5 332.751 7.0 354.990 6.7 331.829 3.7 344.769 5.0

Dairy and related products

 266.668 -1.1 247.410 -0.3 288.540 2.1 251.427 -2.1 283.443 1.2 267.061 -0.6

Fruits and vegetables

 351.438 0.4 280.080 -2.0 294.575 -5.1 332.933 1.8 360.073 1.1 328.660 -0.9

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 229.934 4.2 250.420 2.2 282.421 2.5 245.776 2.4 239.065 5.6 227.976 5.3

Other food at home

 279.368 2.7 306.857 1.6 249.193 2.0 257.558 0.1 288.818 2.7 278.819 2.6

Food away from home

 390.605 4.0 306.731 3.4     411.141 5.0 393.917 3.9 382.848 3.9

Alcoholic beverages

 305.143 2.2 279.208 1.9     349.515 4.4 300.443 1.7 285.399 2.8

Housing

 347.027 3.6 360.554 5.8     347.297 4.6 377.415 4.8 328.805 3.2

Shelter

 412.099 3.2 452.125 4.4 411.788 3.7 406.011 3.4 458.314 4.0 385.833 2.8

Rent of primary residence

 438.560 2.9 417.061 4.0 442.978 3.2 455.994 3.2 461.797 4.2 404.004 2.1

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 391.712 3.3 406.687 4.6 389.522 3.7 374.403 3.5 423.789 3.9 360.585 3.0

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 391.679 3.3 406.687 4.6 389.522 3.7 374.403 3.5 423.849 3.9 360.499 3.0

Fuels and utilities

 335.726 6.8             344.298 10.3 320.586 5.3

Household energy

 281.273 7.5             309.953 11.1 257.613 5.7

Energy services

 287.395 7.6             310.525 11.7 259.567 5.8

Electricity

 291.104 6.7             317.593 11.3 249.105 5.2

Utility (piped) gas service

 265.473 11.1             276.686 12.8 300.186 10.2

Household furnishings and operations

 144.475 3.1 142.944 6.2     130.720 5.2 146.820 4.9 141.916 4.2

Apparel

 128.303 0.8 132.075 7.7     124.715 4.6 131.402 1.2 136.341 -0.4

Transportation

 272.599 0.5 303.400 3.1     263.512 -0.2 273.643 1.6 265.117 -0.1

Private transportation

 271.945 0.6 307.513 2.5     268.624 0.1 272.198 2.0 265.762 0.0

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 124.317 0.6 135.917 0.6     130.277 -0.1 124.369 0.8 121.900 0.4

New vehicles(3)

 178.059 0.3 249.602 0.7     269.107 -0.2 172.702 0.5 182.347 0.2

Used cars and trucks(3)

 184.283 1.6 347.945 1.7     325.732 1.7 196.051 1.7 183.015 1.3

Motor fuel

 263.516 -3.3 280.082 0.3 274.227 -3.4 251.921 -3.1 261.414 -1.1 236.074 -5.1

Gasoline

 262.029 -3.5 275.749 0.3 272.833 -3.4 242.803 -3.1 260.666 -1.2 234.918 -5.3

Motor vehicle insurance(3)

 903.842 3.0                    

Medical care

 596.082 3.2 606.275 3.0     543.378 6.0 579.795 2.6 563.670 1.6

Recreation(5)

 133.957 2.9 137.836 2.3     131.357 2.2 145.604 2.3 132.316 1.7

Education and communication(5)

 129.787 -0.2 126.619 0.1     141.623 -0.6 140.748 0.0 121.085 -0.8

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

 870.279 3.2 1,203.326 5.5     1,444.556 4.1 1,524.816 4.6 1,459.371 2.2

Other goods and services

 652.370 4.5 773.895 4.6     789.822 6.4 749.402 5.9 612.152 3.8

Energy

 270.477 1.9 269.500 10.2 273.972 4.4 277.042 4.1 287.724 5.9 239.974 0.0

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
Dec 2025 from --
Nov
2025		 Dec
2025		 Dec
2024		 Oct
2025		 Nov
2025

U.S. city average

 324.122 324.054 2.7   0.0

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 301.839 301.159 2.2   -0.2

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 345.650 344.602 3.0   -0.3

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

 348.620 350.003 3.4   0.4

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

 347.892        

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

 302.493        

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

 337.561        

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

 308.116        

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

 138.851        

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

 391.020        

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

 308.706        

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

 324.286        

Urban Hawaii

 351.357        

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

   316.769 0.9    

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

   327.542 3.4    

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

   297.783 2.1    

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

   277.453 1.6    

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

   359.125 2.6    

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

   328.861 3.9    

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

   186.730 2.2    

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

   358.568 3.0    

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

   365.447 3.1    

St. Louis, MO-IL

   291.208 2.0    

Urban Alaska

   272.355 1.9    

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
Dec 2025 from --
Nov
2025		 Dec
2025		 Dec
2024		 Oct
2025		 Nov
2025

U.S. city average

 317.414 317.014 2.6   -0.1

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 292.753 291.288 1.8   -0.5

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 333.118 332.062 3.1   -0.3

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

 342.426 343.497 3.2   0.3

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

 347.474        

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

 312.327        

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

 329.559        

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

 303.748        

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

 140.116        

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

 368.474        

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

 305.542        

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

 318.985        

Urban Hawaii

 350.703        

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

   310.859 1.5    

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

   319.181 3.0    

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

   291.425 1.7    

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

   272.171 1.2    

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

   353.875 2.6    

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

   329.825 3.9    

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

   184.878 1.7    

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

   353.216 3.1    

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

   359.292 3.1    

St. Louis, MO-IL

   290.373 2.4    

Urban Alaska

   271.308 2.9    

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