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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
Oct
2026		 Percent change from
Oct
2025		 Oct
2026		 Percent change from
Oct
2025		 Oct
2026		 Percent change from
Oct
2025		 Oct
2026		 Percent change from
Oct
2025		 Oct
2026		 Percent change from
Oct
2025		 Oct
2026		 Percent change from
Oct
2025

All items

 337.511 - 343.851 - - - 336.317 - 353.171 - 325.197 -

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 1,011.032   993.365   -   1,005.895   556.137   527.514  

Food and beverages

 349.025 - 318.527 - - - 354.028 - 350.896 - 342.039 -

Food

 352.359 - 322.146 - - - 353.665 - 354.092 - 346.641 -

Food at home

 322.876 - 324.042 - 315.750 - 309.853 - 326.294 - 319.208 -

Cereals and bakery products

 369.068 - 409.792 - 433.854 - 366.745 - 403.307 - 371.859 -

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 351.844 - 370.320 - 348.849 - 338.598 - 337.210 - 348.324 -

Dairy and related products

 271.311 - 241.227 - 288.076 - 274.432 - 284.255 - 269.805 -

Fruits and vegetables

 373.930 - 320.347 - 306.780 - 332.061 - 374.200 - 348.161 -

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 239.221 - 236.055 - 313.988 - 254.291 - 251.710 - 234.890 -

Other food at home

 284.335 - 311.087 - 261.816 - 276.930 - 290.024 - 284.163 -

Food away from home

 400.850 - 309.585 - - - 416.284 - 404.080 - 393.437 -

Alcoholic beverages

 301.812 - 265.583 - - - 354.260 - 306.959 - 277.519 -

Housing

 361.843 - 370.306 - - - 347.113 - 390.774 - 336.006 -

Shelter

 432.745 - 450.987 - 428.092 - 406.562 - 477.658 - 391.774 -

Rent of primary residence

 451.486 - 431.462 - 446.836 - 468.252 - 484.024 - 412.717 -

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 446.813 - 472.057 - 441.529 - 430.311 - 498.448 - 396.622 -

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 446.736 - 472.057 - 441.529 - 430.311 - 497.933 - 396.506 -

Fuels and utilities

 354.052 - - - - - - - 366.323 - 331.696 -

Household energy

 297.158 - - - - - - - 331.475 - 268.447 -

Energy services

 298.282 - - - - - - - 313.696 - 268.450 -

Electricity

 307.673 - - - - - - - 323.676 - 260.414 -

Utility (piped) gas service

 263.875 - - - - - - - 272.097 - 299.207 -

Household furnishings and operations

 156.550 - 164.133 - - - 143.193 - 156.222 - 159.362 -

Apparel

 138.437 - 117.155 - - - 118.341 - 138.875 - 148.075 -

Transportation

 296.187 - 316.417 - - - 291.954 - 294.861 - 291.936 -

Private transportation

 293.386 - 317.789 - - - 302.463 - 286.820 - 293.254 -

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 125.287 - 135.048 - - - 137.854 - 126.187 - 126.158 -

New vehicles(3)

 180.039 0.7 243.174 1.2 - - 279.849 0.9 177.674 1.1 186.901 0.6

Used cars and trucks(3)

 180.768 -3.3 341.130 -3.4 - - 319.321 -3.4 192.494 -3.4 180.375 -3.0

Motor fuel

 384.431 - 399.486 - 393.561 - 361.861 - 374.630 - 348.565 -

Gasoline

 380.510 37.4 394.190 38.3 388.351 36.9 353.064 37.3 372.298 39.2 345.043 39.0

Motor vehicle insurance

 854.597 - - - - - - - - - - -

Medical care

 595.467 - 628.099 - - - 539.372 - 595.921 - 556.593 -

Recreation(5)

 146.857 - 156.099 - - - 161.719 - 153.691 - 145.724 -

Education and communication(5)

 150.958 - 144.779 - - - 167.775 - 165.536 - 143.421 -

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

 939.783 - 1,287.451 - - - 1,536.534 - 107.703 - 104.643 -

Other goods and services

 611.456 - 755.038 - - - 628.859 - 656.046 - 592.682 -

Energy

 340.061 - 333.891 - 349.837 - 351.046 - 350.957 - 301.230 -

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
Oct
2026		 Percent change from
Oct
2025		 Oct
2026		 Percent change from
Oct
2025		 Oct
2026		 Percent change from
Oct
2025		 Oct
2026		 Percent change from
Oct
2025		 Oct
2026		 Percent change from
Oct
2025		 Oct
2026		 Percent change from
Oct
2025

All items

 331.147 - 345.086 - - - 327.685 - 351.043 - 319.521 -

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 986.387   1,002.360   -   976.837   548.310   517.499  

Food and beverages

 348.359 - 325.853 - - - 349.042 - 349.178 - 340.683 -

Food

 350.497 - 328.161 - - - 348.326 - 351.462 - 343.869 -

Food at home

 322.448 - 334.956 - 311.057 - 311.556 - 326.152 - 316.459 -

Cereals and bakery products

 370.783 - 410.020 - 411.062 - 350.782 - 400.185 - 369.350 -

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 352.463 - 378.376 - 342.145 - 354.138 - 334.107 - 345.455 -

Dairy and related products

 269.867 - 246.355 - 281.333 - 255.955 - 285.048 - 266.063 -

Fruits and vegetables

 369.733 - 307.359 - 309.718 - 340.704 - 376.506 - 343.561 -

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 236.880 - 249.560 - 330.106 - 264.521 - 249.451 - 231.828 -

Other food at home

 284.347 - 320.523 - 255.733 - 257.884 - 294.280 - 282.718 -

Food away from home

 401.434 - 309.558 - - - 412.210 - 404.504 - 392.330 -

Alcoholic beverages

 309.648 - 280.010 - - - 357.649 - 308.104 - 286.303 -

Housing

 357.229 - 375.692 - - - 357.435 - 391.425 - 336.097 -

Shelter

 424.137 - 465.321 - 426.398 - 419.721 - 474.314 - 393.389 -

Rent of primary residence

 449.584 - 431.462 - 446.836 - 468.252 - 477.128 - 410.648 -

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 403.150 - 419.810 - 402.409 - 390.333 - 439.265 - 367.994 -

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 403.092 - 419.810 - 402.409 - 390.333 - 439.339 - 367.902 -

Fuels and utilities

 350.276 - - - - - - - 367.118 - 331.675 -

Household energy

 293.323 - - - - - - - 331.549 - 265.761 -

Energy services

 295.597 - - - - - - - 316.238 - 267.662 -

Electricity

 303.673 - - - - - - - 330.463 - 256.466 -

Utility (piped) gas service

 259.243 - - - - - - - 269.952 - 313.593 -

Household furnishings and operations

 146.261 - 160.970 - - - 128.714 - 149.119 - 145.816 -

Apparel

 137.514 - 126.234 - - - 126.306 - 137.337 - 147.626 -

Transportation

 303.589 - 331.566 - - - 275.450 - 304.376 - 292.921 -

Private transportation

 301.223 - 334.612 - - - 281.468 - 296.039 - 293.591 -

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 124.195 - 135.450 - - - 129.883 - 123.935 - 122.295 -

New vehicles(3)

 179.945 0.7 253.040 1.2 - - 272.944 0.9 175.185 1.1 184.193 0.6

Used cars and trucks(3)

 181.627 -3.4 341.115 -3.4 - - 319.338 -3.4 192.263 -3.4 181.803 -2.9

Motor fuel

 387.831 - 400.436 - 390.286 - 367.148 - 375.733 - 349.137 -

Gasoline

 384.044 37.9 394.189 38.3 388.353 36.9 353.081 37.3 372.345 39.1 346.636 39.9

Motor vehicle insurance

 862.259 - - - - - - - - - - -

Medical care

 604.051 - 616.723 - - - 538.280 - 586.150 - 570.925 -

Recreation(5)

 139.381 - 152.700 - - - 138.125 - 154.909 - 136.608 -

Education and communication(5)

 133.295 - 133.473 - - - 145.921 - 145.610 - 123.328 -

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

 902.034 - 1,224.901 - - - 1,499.460 - 108.171 - 105.229 -

Other goods and services

 679.494 - 797.418 - - - 828.723 - 763.128 - 647.632 -

Energy

 340.816 - 335.012 - 353.387 - 337.468 - 352.078 - 301.399 -

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
Oct 2026 from --
Sep
2026		 Oct
2026		 Oct
2025		 Aug
2026		 Sep
2026

U.S. city average

 336.940 337.511   0.8 0.2

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 313.415 314.384   1.1 0.3

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 358.725 360.965   1.1 0.6

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

 363.870 366.054   1.0 0.6

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

 362.575        

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

 313.240        

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

 353.428        

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

 321.701        

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

 142.969        

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

 409.029        

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

 315.640        

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

 338.730        

Urban Hawaii

 368.586        

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

   328.490   0.1  

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

   336.317   0.8  

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

   313.363   0.8  

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

   285.903   1.3  

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

   372.471   0.6  

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

   343.851   1.1  

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

   191.563   -0.1  

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

   371.820   0.5  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

   380.386   -0.2  

St. Louis, MO-IL

   307.008   1.4  

Urban Alaska

   283.657   0.3  

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
Oct 2026 from --
Sep
2026		 Oct
2026		 Oct
2025		 Aug
2026		 Sep
2026

U.S. city average

 330.654 331.147   0.8 0.1

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 304.624 305.932   1.2 0.4

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 346.660 348.729   1.3 0.6

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

 357.558 359.620   1.0 0.6

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

 361.306        

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

 324.285        

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

 344.459        

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

 321.439        

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

 144.435        

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

 388.364        

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

 314.697        

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

 336.598        

Urban Hawaii

 366.755        

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

   321.580   0.0  

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

   327.685   0.7  

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

   308.776   1.0  

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

   280.973   1.6  

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

   366.193   0.4  

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

   345.086   1.7  

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

   189.909   0.0  

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

   366.951   0.8  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

   371.627   -0.2  

St. Louis, MO-IL

   307.453   1.4  

Urban Alaska

   281.637   0.3  

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