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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
Sep
2025		 Percent change from
Sep
2024		 Sep
2025		 Percent change from
Sep
2024		 Sep
2025		 Percent change from
Sep
2024		 Sep
2025		 Percent change from
Sep
2024		 Sep
2025		 Percent change from
Sep
2024		 Sep
2025		 Percent change from
Sep
2024

All items

 324.800 3.0     325.312 2.5     337.321 3.1 314.350 2.7

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 972.957       960.412       531.178   509.919  

Food and beverages

 339.443 3.0     321.058 3.0     341.421 2.9 334.034 3.0

Food

 342.405 3.1     330.909 3.1     344.314 3.0 338.158 3.1

Food at home

 316.042 2.7 313.922 0.5 306.047 2.5 303.083 3.2 319.039 2.6 313.583 2.5

Cereals and bakery products

 361.894 1.6 403.277 0.7 434.172 3.9 370.686 0.1 395.469 3.0 365.152 -0.2

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 349.716 5.2 371.822 6.3 338.921 5.7 328.122 8.4 334.895 4.2 345.535 5.8

Dairy and related products

 271.583 0.7 241.393 0.2 297.863 2.8 270.122 -2.5 280.220 -0.1 275.808 1.4

Fruits and vegetables

 358.019 1.3 303.958 -0.9 303.495 3.3 333.149 5.5 359.906 1.4 337.878 0.8

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 231.144 5.3 227.018 -1.0 279.150 5.0 230.648 1.6 239.824 6.6 227.182 5.6

Other food at home

 277.710 1.9 292.165 -2.0 248.172 -1.8 273.897 2.0 284.258 1.2 276.877 1.5

Food away from home

 385.451 3.7     365.590 3.7     389.544 3.7 379.816 3.8

Alcoholic beverages

 297.507 2.0     228.487 1.8     301.604 2.0 276.687 2.5

Housing

 349.773 3.9     343.716 3.3     372.529 4.3 327.079 3.7

Shelter

 418.598 3.6 437.120 3.8 410.457 3.1 391.560 3.8 458.349 3.9 382.240 3.3

Rent of primary residence

 438.212 3.4 413.743 4.3 440.915 2.8 452.566 3.1 464.135 4.7 404.807 2.5

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 431.245 3.8 450.840 3.6 423.731 3.3 412.724 4.3 476.567 3.9 386.298 3.6

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 431.246 3.8 450.840 3.6 423.731 3.3 412.724 4.3 476.083 3.9 386.209 3.6

Fuels and utilities

 334.686 5.8             326.436 8.6 320.344 5.4

Household energy

 280.642 6.2             291.596 8.8 261.425 5.8

Energy services

 286.838 6.4             294.295 9.8 262.037 6.0

Electricity

 296.887 5.1             305.375 7.0 257.248 5.1

Utility (piped) gas service

 251.728 11.7             252.195 17.0 272.691 12.1

Household furnishings and operations

 154.023 4.1     135.865 5.0     151.993 3.8 153.561 4.8

Apparel

 135.424 -0.1     167.874 -0.4     139.600 1.1 143.195 -1.3

Transportation

 274.301 1.7     275.352 1.4     269.232 1.0 272.408 1.4

Private transportation

 274.710 1.8     285.945 0.7     270.103 1.5 275.266 1.5

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 126.275 1.7     128.276 1.5     126.778 1.5 127.307 1.8

New vehicles(3)

 178.770 0.8     228.174 0.4     175.890 0.7 185.818 0.7

Used cars and trucks(3)

 187.121 5.1     409.628 4.7     199.514 4.8 186.124 4.9

Motor fuel

 286.672 -0.4 298.934 1.1 294.158 -3.6 273.218 -0.3 275.561 -1.5 258.212 -1.6

Gasoline

 285.595 -0.5 295.163 1.1 289.928 -3.6 266.881 -0.5 275.114 -1.5 256.991 -1.7

Motor vehicle insurance(3)

 890.473 3.1                    

Medical care

 584.858 3.3     532.931 -0.2     588.710 2.9 545.776 1.9

Recreation(5)

 141.827 3.0     141.243 4.0     146.092 3.2 141.732 2.8

Education and communication(5)

 147.501 0.4     169.007 -0.1     159.813 0.7 141.566 0.3

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

 904.193 2.9     1,730.788 1.4     1,529.296 3.9 1,585.542 2.2

Other goods and services

 585.873 4.1     546.688 3.5     635.558 4.3 555.306 3.7

Energy

 283.589 2.8 273.327 7.3 273.528 0.4 284.595 0.6 285.494 4.4 254.344 2.0

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. 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
Sep
2025		 Percent change from
Sep
2024		 Sep
2025		 Percent change from
Sep
2024		 Sep
2025		 Percent change from
Sep
2024		 Sep
2025		 Percent change from
Sep
2024		 Sep
2025		 Percent change from
Sep
2024		 Sep
2025		 Percent change from
Sep
2024

All items

 318.139 2.9     319.811 2.5     334.906 3.0 308.423 2.6

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 947.640       957.799       523.105   499.526  

Food and beverages

 338.814 2.9     320.123 2.7     339.523 2.9 333.045 2.9

Food

 340.724 3.0     326.731 2.7     341.715 2.9 335.933 3.0

Food at home

 315.620 2.6 323.869 0.9 301.074 2.2 304.396 3.0 318.605 2.5 311.422 2.5

Cereals and bakery products

 363.229 1.5 413.019 1.1 407.924 3.8 353.257 -1.3 391.637 2.3 362.616 -0.5

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 350.438 5.0 374.746 5.8 330.458 5.9 342.618 7.7 333.189 4.0 343.891 5.8

Dairy and related products

 269.591 0.7 242.891 0.1 291.759 3.5 253.906 -1.3 280.269 -0.3 271.712 1.7

Fruits and vegetables

 353.787 0.9 291.032 -0.6 308.274 1.9 341.708 5.9 361.511 1.5 333.506 -0.1

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 229.748 4.7 242.295 -0.4 290.079 3.4 236.118 1.1 238.594 6.5 224.997 5.0

Other food at home

 277.408 1.9 301.510 -1.7 243.988 -1.7 255.225 1.6 286.538 1.2 275.651 1.7

Food away from home

 386.071 3.6     363.935 3.6     389.425 3.6 378.818 3.8

Alcoholic beverages

 304.373 2.0     238.346 1.8     300.290 2.0 284.545 2.0

Housing

 345.678 3.9     341.363 3.7     372.962 4.5 327.939 3.6

Shelter

 410.401 3.6 446.756 4.0 408.865 3.3 404.015 3.0 454.587 4.1 384.290 3.2

Rent of primary residence

 436.151 3.4 413.743 4.3 440.915 2.8 452.566 3.1 457.862 4.7 402.426 2.5

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 389.144 3.8 400.941 3.6 386.187 3.3 374.380 4.3 419.615 4.0 358.967 3.6

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 389.116 3.8 400.941 3.6 386.187 3.3 374.380 4.3 419.675 4.0 358.886 3.6

Fuels and utilities

 332.381 6.0             331.288 9.2 321.612 5.7

Household energy

 278.329 6.3             296.783 9.6 259.952 6.1

Energy services

 284.578 6.5             297.679 10.2 262.076 6.2

Electricity

 292.430 5.2             309.660 7.8 253.605 5.4

Utility (piped) gas service

 249.649 12.3             254.583 17.0 285.097 13.4

Household furnishings and operations

 145.373 3.4     116.909 6.3     145.417 2.5 142.127 4.0

Apparel

 135.793 0.0     186.407 3.3     140.813 -0.1 142.026 -2.1

Transportation

 278.898 1.7     298.449 2.0     275.950 0.7 271.501 1.7

Private transportation

 278.675 1.8     295.016 0.8     274.753 0.9 272.963 1.8

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 125.768 2.0     128.872 2.4     125.304 1.8 123.544 2.2

New vehicles(3)

 178.784 0.8     227.695 0.4     173.453 0.8 183.172 0.8

Used cars and trucks(3)

 188.116 5.0     409.759 4.7     199.083 4.7 187.386 4.9

Motor fuel

 288.218 -0.3 299.778 1.1 291.257 -3.6 276.867 -0.5 275.289 -1.5 257.744 -1.4

Gasoline

 287.151 -0.4 295.162 1.1 289.929 -3.6 266.894 -0.5 275.165 -1.5 256.936 -1.5

Motor vehicle insurance(3)

 900.338 3.1                    

Medical care

 593.705 3.5     570.076 0.1     580.749 3.1 561.680 1.9

Recreation(5)

 133.168 2.5     124.459 3.3     146.003 2.1 131.517 1.9

Education and communication(5)

 131.233 0.1     134.879 -0.8     141.703 0.1 122.737 0.2

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

 869.570 3.2     1,611.446 1.0     1,523.998 4.5 1,456.932 2.6

Other goods and services

 648.632 4.3     578.913 1.6     738.352 3.9 606.500 4.0

Energy

 281.553 2.7 267.898 6.7 275.488 -0.5 271.267 -0.1 286.408 4.5 251.997 2.0

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
Sep 2025 from --
Aug
2025		 Sep
2025		 Sep
2024		 Jul
2025		 Aug
2025

U.S. city average

 323.976 324.800 3.0 0.5 0.3

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 303.636 304.472 2.9 0.9 0.3

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 344.503 345.865 3.5 0.7 0.4

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

 347.266 348.096 3.0 0.5 0.2

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

   349.271 3.3 0.7  

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

   304.221 1.9 0.6  

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

   339.728 3.1 1.0  

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

   310.400 2.6 0.8  

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

   138.029 3.6 0.2  

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

   390.747 3.9 0.1  

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

   309.669 3.3 -0.1  

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

   325.312 2.5 0.8  

Urban Hawaii

   350.230 2.2 0.5  

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

 318.877        

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

 326.294        

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

 299.658        

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

 278.771        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

 357.009        

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

 326.334        

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

 187.112        

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

 357.992        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

 365.211        

St. Louis, MO-IL

 294.026        

Urban Alaska

 273.815        

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
Sep 2025 from --
Aug
2025		 Sep
2025		 Sep
2024		 Jul
2025		 Aug
2025

U.S. city average

 317.306 318.139 2.9 0.6 0.3

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 294.708 295.312 2.7 0.7 0.2

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 331.281 332.864 3.5 0.8 0.5

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

 341.162 342.226 3.0 0.4 0.3

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

   349.833 3.0 0.8  

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

   313.833 1.9 0.7  

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

   332.040 2.9 0.9  

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

   306.293 2.2 0.9  

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

   139.280 4.0 0.5  

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

   369.615 3.5 0.4  

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

   305.701 3.3 0.1  

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

   319.811 2.5 0.6  

Urban Hawaii

   350.404 2.4 0.5  

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

 312.343        

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

 318.254        

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

 293.650        

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

 273.224        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

 351.451        

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

 326.211        

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

 185.759        

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

 353.869        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

 360.227        

St. Louis, MO-IL

 292.520        

Urban Alaska

 271.842        

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