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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
Mar
2025		 Percent change from
Mar
2024		 Mar
2025		 Percent change from
Mar
2024		 Mar
2025		 Percent change from
Mar
2024		 Mar
2025		 Percent change from
Mar
2024		 Mar
2025		 Percent change from
Mar
2024		 Mar
2025		 Percent change from
Mar
2024

All items

 319.799 2.4     320.604 2.4     332.049 3.2 310.183 1.9

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 957.974       946.511       522.876   503.161  

Food and beverages

 334.920 2.9     314.261 2.6     336.415 2.8 328.811 2.5

Food

 337.751 3.0     323.351 2.5     339.037 2.8 332.860 2.6

Food at home

 312.815 2.4 312.809 1.6 297.714 1.9 301.712 4.6 314.865 2.2 309.531 2.0

Cereals and bakery products

 358.450 1.1 403.770 -3.2 423.337 7.9 367.337 2.4 388.698 0.9 364.296 0.1

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 348.179 7.9 372.024 9.7 337.185 9.4 333.696 16.1 335.051 7.8 341.813 7.6

Dairy and related products

 272.244 2.2 239.742 2.3 296.100 4.8 265.497 -1.1 284.201 3.6 271.425 1.8

Fruits and vegetables

 350.379 -0.7 302.356 -0.5 292.854 -3.1 326.419 3.7 346.088 -2.3 333.037 -1.0

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 226.835 2.4 223.569 -0.6 264.441 -0.2 237.796 8.1 233.459 3.3 221.845 2.4

Other food at home

 275.216 1.1 291.635 0.1 238.780 -2.9 267.350 -2.3 281.730 0.8 273.186 0.1

Food away from home

 378.363 3.8     359.019 3.2     382.235 3.8 372.381 3.5

Alcoholic beverages

 294.847 1.9     228.984 4.2     300.369 2.8 272.519 1.4

Housing

 343.512 3.7     338.529 3.3     365.171 4.8 321.598 3.5

Shelter

 411.990 4.0 428.823 4.0 405.103 3.6 386.253 4.8 449.620 4.9 376.747 3.7

Rent of primary residence

 431.798 4.0 405.228 4.7 434.586 3.7 445.358 4.4 454.054 5.6 400.242 3.1

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 423.955 4.4 443.126 5.2 415.689 3.5 406.370 4.5 468.164 5.7 379.796 4.2

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 423.969 4.4 443.126 5.2 415.689 3.5 406.370 4.5 467.691 5.7 379.733 4.1

Fuels and utilities

 327.077 4.1             323.324 7.4 312.596 4.2

Household energy

 273.881 3.8             289.911 7.6 254.037 3.9

Energy services

 278.929 4.2             289.980 9.8 254.318 4.1

Electricity

 285.983 2.8             295.460 6.9 247.978 3.2

Utility (piped) gas service

 252.218 9.4             259.020 16.7 275.406 9.9

Household furnishings and operations

 149.420 0.9     131.519 -1.2     146.566 1.3 149.253 0.3

Apparel

 134.082 0.3     164.135 -0.6     137.607 0.2 143.383 -1.0

Transportation

 270.061 -0.9     268.864 -1.1     264.316 0.9 269.429 -1.9

Private transportation

 270.344 -0.6     282.907 0.1     264.218 1.5 271.908 -1.9

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 124.857 -0.3     127.345 0.3     125.432 0.2 125.892 -0.9

New vehicles(3)

 178.168 0.0     227.831 -0.3     174.938 0.1 185.367 -0.2

Used cars and trucks(3)

 181.932 0.6     399.004 1.1     194.535 0.8 181.024 0.2

Motor fuel

 277.604 -9.8 283.307 -8.2 290.267 -11.4 263.793 -12.8 265.201 -7.5 253.256 -11.9

Gasoline

 276.558 -9.8 279.658 -8.2 285.990 -11.4 257.672 -12.7 264.517 -7.5 251.915 -11.9

Motor vehicle insurance(3)

 890.353 7.5                    

Medical care

 574.739 2.6     532.938 0.2     582.998 1.7 540.453 2.0

Recreation(5)

 140.740 1.9     139.283 7.7     146.875 3.7 140.756 1.6

Education and communication(5)

 146.621 0.5     171.281 3.1     159.123 2.4 140.989 -0.2

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

 882.237 3.7     1,740.485 3.1     1,479.463 4.9 1,560.521 3.5

Other goods and services

 574.766 3.8     534.419 1.1     622.444 2.0 548.562 3.6

Energy

 275.734 -3.3 262.736 1.5 270.040 -2.4 290.223 -4.2 280.359 1.1 248.270 -4.5

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
Mar
2025		 Percent change from
Mar
2024		 Mar
2025		 Percent change from
Mar
2024		 Mar
2025		 Percent change from
Mar
2024		 Mar
2025		 Percent change from
Mar
2024		 Mar
2025		 Percent change from
Mar
2024		 Mar
2025		 Percent change from
Mar
2024

All items

 313.250 2.2     314.534 1.9     329.918 3.4 304.308 1.5

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 933.077       941.995       515.314   492.861  

Food and beverages

 334.611 2.8     312.594 2.0     335.288 2.9 328.067 2.3

Food

 336.441 2.9     318.767 1.9     337.368 2.9 330.868 2.4

Food at home

 312.738 2.5 324.190 2.2 293.053 1.4 303.206 3.9 315.267 2.6 307.654 1.8

Cereals and bakery products

 360.321 1.1 415.863 -2.4 398.534 8.1 351.422 1.0 385.000 0.6 362.760 -0.2

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 348.470 7.7 381.622 11.0 330.190 9.3 347.619 14.8 335.308 8.2 338.134 6.8

Dairy and related products

 270.116 2.2 241.701 2.4 289.606 5.5 249.238 -0.4 282.881 3.2 268.089 2.2

Fruits and vegetables

 346.318 -0.8 289.644 -0.6 298.251 -3.8 331.395 2.1 348.125 -1.8 330.007 -1.2

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 227.120 2.5 239.512 0.3 275.583 -2.5 247.297 10.5 233.695 3.3 220.831 2.2

Other food at home

 275.172 1.1 300.410 0.3 233.554 -3.5 250.802 -1.8 284.526 1.1 272.480 0.3

Food away from home

 379.225 3.7     356.164 2.5     382.754 3.5 371.430 3.4

Alcoholic beverages

 301.576 1.6     236.677 3.8     298.263 2.9 280.993 0.5

Housing

 339.579 3.7     334.681 3.1     365.566 5.0 322.347 3.4

Shelter

 403.916 4.0 438.133 4.5 401.430 3.4 397.705 3.8 445.700 5.1 378.650 3.7

Rent of primary residence

 429.738 4.0 405.228 4.7 434.586 3.7 445.358 4.4 447.933 5.5 397.908 3.0

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 382.534 4.4 394.081 5.2 378.859 3.5 368.616 4.5 412.115 5.7 352.969 4.2

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 382.519 4.3 394.081 5.2 378.859 3.5 368.616 4.5 412.175 5.8 352.898 4.1

Fuels and utilities

 324.747 4.2             326.016 8.0 313.586 4.3

Household energy

 271.469 3.8             292.549 8.2 252.315 3.9

Energy services

 276.811 4.1             291.363 9.9 254.072 4.0

Electricity

 282.313 2.8             298.029 7.2 244.883 3.3

Utility (piped) gas service

 249.593 9.5             259.543 17.2 284.790 9.5

Household furnishings and operations

 141.525 0.2     113.496 -1.6     141.414 0.5 138.233 -0.7

Apparel

 133.898 0.0     179.432 2.7     138.933 0.1 142.291 -1.2

Transportation

 274.567 -1.0     292.766 -0.3     271.435 1.5 268.467 -2.0

Private transportation

 274.226 -0.9     290.604 -0.3     269.407 1.9 269.456 -2.0

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 124.138 -0.3     126.965 0.3     123.734 0.2 122.003 -0.8

New vehicles(3)

 178.114 0.0     227.353 -0.3     172.433 0.2 182.564 -0.2

Used cars and trucks(3)

 182.914 0.4     399.132 1.1     193.964 0.6 182.252 0.2

Motor fuel

 278.829 -9.9 284.042 -8.2 287.398 -11.4 267.315 -12.8 265.231 -7.3 252.275 -11.9

Gasoline

 277.859 -9.9 279.657 -8.2 285.992 -11.4 257.684 -12.7 264.624 -7.4 251.357 -11.9

Motor vehicle insurance(3)

 901.935 7.4                    

Medical care

 582.440 2.7     570.449 0.1     574.911 1.9 555.589 1.8

Recreation(5)

 131.977 0.9     124.350 3.9     147.586 3.4 130.682 -0.1

Education and communication(5)

 130.852 0.1     137.255 3.7     142.037 1.9 122.590 -0.3

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

 846.465 3.8     1,620.656 2.7     1,468.585 4.7 1,431.133 4.2

Other goods and services

 633.726 3.5     562.485 -0.6     719.483 1.8 597.122 3.8

Energy

 273.457 -3.8 257.490 1.1 270.131 -5.1 275.406 -5.7 279.644 1.0 245.655 -5.1

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
Mar 2025 from --
Feb
2025		 Mar
2025		 Mar
2024		 Jan
2025		 Feb
2025

U.S. city average

 319.082 319.799 2.4 0.7 0.2

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 298.457 299.831 3.7 0.5 0.5

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 338.438 340.648 3.0 0.9 0.7

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

 342.333 342.508 3.8 0.4 0.1

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

   343.972 2.5 0.1  

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

   303.017 1.4 -0.4  

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

   331.575 1.9 0.2  

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

   304.173 2.2 -0.3  

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

   136.511 2.5 1.0  

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

   384.880 3.8 0.8  

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

   305.407 2.1 0.7  

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

   320.604 2.4 0.8  

Urban Hawaii

   346.816 2.6 0.0  

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

 316.352        

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

 321.541        

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

 293.925        

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

 275.619        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

 355.029        

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

 320.935        

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

 184.264        

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

 354.432        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

 358.096        

St. Louis, MO-IL

 286.933        

Urban Alaska

 269.022        

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
Mar 2025 from --
Feb
2025		 Mar
2025		 Mar
2024		 Jan
2025		 Feb
2025

U.S. city average

 312.460 313.250 2.2 0.7 0.3

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 290.020 291.079 3.5 0.6 0.4

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 326.240 328.246 3.1 1.0 0.6

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

 336.648 337.269 4.0 0.5 0.2

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

   345.599 2.8 0.4  

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

   312.076 1.1 -0.5  

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

   324.852 2.0 0.1  

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

   300.586 2.0 -0.2  

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

   137.608 2.6 1.4  

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

   364.528 3.6 0.8  

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

   301.253 2.1 1.0  

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

   314.534 1.9 0.5  

Urban Hawaii

   346.075 2.5 0.0  

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

 309.440        

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

 314.196        

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

 288.908        

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

 270.750        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

 349.310        

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

 321.743        

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

 183.386        

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

 350.836        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

 351.165        

St. Louis, MO-IL

 285.237        

Urban Alaska

 266.796        

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