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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
May
2026		 Percent change from
May
2025		 May
2026		 Percent change from
May
2025		 May
2026		 Percent change from
May
2025		 May
2026		 Percent change from
May
2025		 May
2026		 Percent change from
May
2025		 May
2026		 Percent change from
May
2025

All items

 335.123 4.2 - - 334.707 4.1 - - 350.338 5.0 323.705 3.9

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 1,003.880   -   988.148   -   551.676   525.095  

Food and beverages

 345.846 3.0 - - 328.137 4.0 - - 349.100 3.7 338.653 2.6

Food

 349.032 3.1 - - 338.696 4.3 - - 352.157 3.8 343.057 2.7

Food at home

 321.047 2.7 322.855 3.8 313.553 4.6 308.623 3.9 325.776 3.9 316.527 2.0

Cereals and bakery products

 367.300 1.9 409.618 0.9 420.340 2.7 382.499 3.5 401.746 1.5 369.075 1.6

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 349.340 1.8 365.480 -0.4 347.147 3.6 341.220 6.7 337.700 2.8 347.436 2.7

Dairy and related products

 268.523 -1.0 244.337 2.6 294.974 3.0 277.895 8.0 282.539 1.4 266.000 -3.2

Fruits and vegetables

 372.644 6.1 313.274 8.7 311.627 6.0 332.009 4.0 371.632 8.5 343.518 2.7

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 239.443 5.8 244.735 7.0 310.417 15.2 245.875 4.2 249.822 7.3 234.187 5.7

Other food at home

 282.209 2.0 307.852 4.4 256.204 2.0 267.903 0.1 291.216 2.9 280.689 1.6

Food away from home

 394.728 3.5 - - 373.363 3.8 - - 399.251 3.5 388.181 3.6

Alcoholic beverages

 300.726 2.1 - - 230.578 1.8 - - 306.839 2.6 277.147 1.6

Housing

 358.388 3.6 - - 355.746 4.8 - - 387.529 5.1 332.990 3.0

Shelter

 428.677 3.4 459.309 6.4 421.657 3.8 399.444 3.0 474.215 4.4 388.654 2.7

Rent of primary residence

 446.380 2.9 428.240 5.0 445.206 1.9 458.197 2.7 477.940 4.5 409.819 2.2

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 440.357 3.3 466.855 4.8 434.857 4.2 419.786 2.9 491.289 4.4 392.132 2.8

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 440.307 3.3 466.855 4.8 434.857 4.2 419.786 2.9 490.778 4.4 392.020 2.8

Fuels and utilities

 350.027 6.0 - - - - - - 361.280 11.8 327.531 4.1

Household energy

 294.715 6.4 - - - - - - 327.763 13.5 265.677 3.8

Energy services

 297.898 5.3 - - - - - - 319.232 9.2 265.919 3.7

Electricity

 307.226 5.9 - - - - - - 326.423 9.4 259.462 3.3

Utility (piped) gas service

 263.682 3.0 - - - - - - 282.774 8.8 287.033 6.1

Household furnishings and operations

 155.175 3.0 - - 140.896 7.3 - - 154.418 3.9 157.257 4.5

Apparel

 137.510 4.8 - - 171.964 10.3 - - 138.945 3.7 148.348 5.1

Transportation

 298.409 9.3 - - 291.609 7.3 - - 294.165 10.2 296.248 9.1

Private transportation

 296.443 8.6 - - 295.507 3.8 - - 292.000 9.5 297.248 8.5

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 124.791 -0.8 - - 126.360 -1.4 - - 125.782 -0.8 125.508 -1.0

New vehicles(3)

 179.155 0.2 - - 228.328 -0.1 - - 176.532 0.5 186.107 0.1

Used cars and trucks(3)

 180.554 -2.0 - - 395.126 -2.0 - - 191.950 -2.5 179.122 -2.1

Motor fuel

 399.294 40.9 416.939 45.7 412.847 40.2 384.164 41.4 387.239 45.0 367.002 42.7

Gasoline

 396.961 40.5 411.469 45.7 408.212 40.6 375.179 41.4 386.159 44.9 364.709 42.4

Motor vehicle insurance

 877.278 -2.0 - - - - - - - - - -

Medical care

 593.239 2.6 - - 526.942 -1.4 - - 597.851 2.5 555.696 2.1

Recreation(5)

 144.319 2.6 - - 133.244 -6.8 - - 147.846 2.9 142.958 1.2

Education and communication(5)

 147.628 0.8 - - 174.562 2.3 - - 161.850 1.7 141.636 0.9

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

 907.446 2.6 - - 102.188 0.3 - - 103.992 2.8 102.478 2.3

Other goods and services

 606.400 4.9 - - 587.135 9.2 - - 651.742 4.1 587.256 6.9

Energy

 346.042 23.5 337.265 27.7 345.320 25.9 384.464 29.3 354.082 26.2 308.679 22.9

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
May
2026		 Percent change from
May
2025		 May
2026		 Percent change from
May
2025		 May
2026		 Percent change from
May
2025		 May
2026		 Percent change from
May
2025		 May
2026		 Percent change from
May
2025		 May
2026		 Percent change from
May
2025

All items

 328.829 4.4 - - 332.020 5.1 - - 348.165 5.2 318.420 4.2

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 979.480   -   994.364   -   543.815   515.716  

Food and beverages

 345.174 3.0 - - 326.790 4.3 - - 347.086 3.6 337.261 2.5

Food

 347.229 3.1 - - 333.644 4.4 - - 349.307 3.6 340.319 2.6

Food at home

 320.363 2.7 333.478 3.6 307.907 4.7 310.904 3.9 325.111 3.8 313.883 2.0

Cereals and bakery products

 369.364 1.9 418.651 0.2 396.894 2.7 368.192 4.1 399.161 1.5 367.333 1.5

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 349.679 1.8 376.451 1.5 338.094 3.2 354.626 5.8 336.349 2.7 344.592 2.6

Dairy and related products

 267.025 -0.7 245.672 2.6 287.167 2.0 259.709 7.9 283.808 2.1 261.360 -3.5

Fruits and vegetables

 368.033 6.1 300.263 8.7 315.475 6.3 340.362 3.6 373.794 8.9 338.404 2.4

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 237.064 5.1 259.556 5.1 321.969 16.3 254.348 3.3 245.683 5.5 231.234 5.4

Other food at home

 281.592 2.0 314.603 3.1 251.353 2.2 252.231 1.1 292.714 2.7 279.528 1.8

Food away from home

 395.664 3.5 - - 369.593 3.6 - - 399.184 3.3 386.831 3.5

Alcoholic beverages

 308.041 2.2 - - 241.328 2.4 - - 307.090 3.2 285.532 1.7

Housing

 353.462 3.4 - - 353.909 5.1 - - 387.439 5.2 333.127 2.8

Shelter

 419.309 3.2 463.573 5.1 420.933 4.3 412.045 3.3 468.989 4.4 390.164 2.6

Rent of primary residence

 444.215 2.9 428.240 5.0 445.206 1.9 458.197 2.7 471.240 4.4 407.409 2.2

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 397.107 3.3 415.183 4.8 396.328 4.2 380.786 2.9 432.531 4.4 363.876 2.6

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 397.064 3.2 415.183 4.8 396.328 4.2 380.786 2.9 432.596 4.4 363.787 2.6

Fuels and utilities

 346.902 5.7 - - - - - - 365.496 11.6 327.628 3.6

Household energy

 291.358 6.0 - - - - - - 331.359 13.0 262.961 3.2

Energy services

 295.180 5.1 - - - - - - 323.282 9.7 264.955 3.2

Electricity

 303.070 5.8 - - - - - - 334.374 10.7 255.240 2.8

Utility (piped) gas service

 259.443 2.3 - - - - - - 281.769 7.8 296.864 5.8

Household furnishings and operations

 145.616 2.3 - - 118.380 4.0 - - 147.752 4.7 144.420 3.5

Apparel

 136.614 3.9 - - 183.611 5.0 - - 137.630 1.7 147.814 5.4

Transportation

 306.490 10.4 - - 327.447 11.0 - - 303.695 10.8 298.359 10.2

Private transportation

 305.154 10.1 - - 320.219 9.3 - - 301.963 11.1 298.856 10.0

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 123.908 -1.0 - - 127.657 -0.3 - - 123.630 -1.3 121.776 -0.9

New vehicles(3)

 179.118 0.2 - - 227.849 -0.1 - - 173.991 0.5 183.395 0.1

Used cars and trucks(3)

 181.671 -1.9 - - 395.253 -2.0 - - 191.808 -2.2 180.431 -2.1

Motor fuel

 402.292 41.1 417.930 45.7 410.184 40.6 389.121 41.4 386.533 44.8 367.172 43.2

Gasoline

 399.933 40.7 411.468 45.7 408.214 40.6 375.197 41.4 385.671 44.7 365.430 42.9

Motor vehicle insurance

 885.157 -2.4 - - - - - - - - - -

Medical care

 600.918 2.5 - - 563.813 -1.3 - - 588.927 2.3 569.698 1.8

Recreation(5)

 136.033 3.0 - - 119.738 -5.5 - - 149.115 3.8 133.135 1.5

Education and communication(5)

 130.807 0.2 - - 138.711 1.7 - - 143.069 1.1 122.043 0.1

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

 871.485 2.8 - - 101.857 0.4 - - 104.772 3.5 103.003 2.7

Other goods and services

 671.861 5.3 - - 639.757 13.6 - - 757.014 4.2 641.016 7.0

Energy

 347.399 24.9 340.524 31.6 351.301 28.2 369.019 30.7 356.954 27.1 309.291 24.3

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.
(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
May 2026 from --
Apr
2026		 May
2026		 May
2025		 Mar
2026		 Apr
2026

U.S. city average

 333.020 335.123 4.2 1.5 0.6

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 309.364 312.867 3.7 2.0 1.1

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 355.166 355.336 3.6 0.9 0.0

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

 359.774 361.362 5.1 1.5 0.4

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

   359.056 3.2 2.4  

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

   311.261 2.6 -0.3  

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

   351.621 5.0 1.8  

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

   319.899 4.7 2.3  

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

   142.170 3.4 1.0  

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

   401.605 3.8 1.1  

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

   316.435 3.2 1.5  

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

   334.707 4.1 1.3  

Urban Hawaii

   367.429 5.1 2.2  

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

 325.962        

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

 336.347        

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

 308.624        

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

 285.974        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

 369.561        

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

 338.030        

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

 190.720        

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

 369.215        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

 377.091        

St. Louis, MO-IL

 300.496        

Urban Alaska

 282.958        

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
May 2026 from --
Apr
2026		 May
2026		 May
2025		 Mar
2026		 Apr
2026

U.S. city average

 326.541 328.829 4.4 1.6 0.7

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 300.943 304.769 4.0 2.4 1.3

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 342.767 343.428 3.9 1.0 0.2

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

 353.632 355.046 5.1 1.5 0.4

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

   359.048 3.3 2.4  

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

   322.388 3.1 -0.5  

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

   340.362 4.2 1.5  

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

   318.833 5.7 2.8  

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

   143.459 3.4 1.3  

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

   381.325 4.1 1.4  

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

   313.808 3.7 1.7  

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

   332.020 5.1 1.4  

Urban Hawaii

   365.753 4.9 2.4  

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

 319.457        

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

 327.746        

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

 304.338        

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

 280.824        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

 364.240        

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

 339.929        

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

 189.530        

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

 363.533        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

 368.689        

St. Louis, MO-IL

 300.784        

Urban Alaska

 280.139        

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