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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
Apr
2026		 Percent change from
Apr
2025		 Apr
2026		 Percent change from
Apr
2025		 Apr
2026		 Percent change from
Apr
2025		 Apr
2026		 Percent change from
Apr
2025		 Apr
2026		 Percent change from
Apr
2025		 Apr
2026		 Percent change from
Apr
2025

All items

 333.020 3.8 338.030 4.8 - - 336.347 3.6 347.585 4.4 322.170 3.6

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 997.578   976.551   -   1,005.986   547.341   522.605  

Food and beverages

 345.336 3.1 317.508 3.0 - - 353.501 2.5 348.510 3.8 338.692 2.9

Food

 348.499 3.2 320.900 3.1 - - 354.047 2.4 351.671 3.9 343.038 3.0

Food at home

 320.859 2.9 323.173 3.5 313.831 5.0 309.952 2.7 325.914 4.2 317.138 2.5

Cereals and bakery products

 365.366 2.6 416.129 2.5 433.788 2.5 380.463 5.1 405.382 4.9 370.378 2.2

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 349.965 1.5 358.902 -3.0 339.926 2.3 345.025 3.8 336.001 1.3 346.877 2.1

Dairy and related products

 270.164 -0.6 243.888 0.4 291.262 -0.9 273.447 1.2 282.849 1.2 272.337 -1.1

Fruits and vegetables

 370.431 6.1 319.815 7.7 313.928 10.2 325.075 2.0 373.844 8.3 340.783 2.9

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 239.417 5.1 244.279 8.6 309.069 13.4 247.223 1.6 252.189 7.6 234.655 6.0

Other food at home

 282.256 2.5 307.155 5.5 258.460 4.4 274.619 1.7 289.385 3.3 281.496 2.4

Food away from home

 393.546 3.6 307.771 2.3 - - 417.192 1.9 397.484 3.4 386.955 3.6

Alcoholic beverages

 300.555 1.9 267.052 2.1 - - 341.405 4.4 305.029 1.8 278.090 1.9

Housing

 357.345 3.6 364.529 4.5 - - 343.068 4.4 385.228 4.8 332.467 3.0

Shelter

 427.049 3.3 445.444 3.4 419.151 3.5 397.716 3.0 469.459 3.7 387.791 2.7

Rent of primary residence

 445.029 2.8 425.896 4.7 444.389 2.1 457.190 2.8 475.463 4.3 408.775 1.9

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 439.137 3.3 465.155 4.6 432.775 4.1 417.763 2.7 488.564 4.0 391.247 2.8

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 439.100 3.3 465.155 4.6 432.775 4.1 417.763 2.7 488.047 4.0 391.138 2.8

Fuels and utilities

 347.960 6.0 - - - - - - 366.601 13.6 326.572 3.8

Household energy

 292.624 6.5 - - - - - - 333.596 15.6 264.950 3.5

Energy services

 295.713 5.4 - - - - - - 325.566 11.7 265.181 3.5

Electricity

 304.095 6.1 - - - - - - 331.164 12.1 257.846 2.9

Utility (piped) gas service

 264.314 3.0 - - - - - - 291.825 10.9 291.819 7.0

Household furnishings and operations

 156.377 3.9 159.551 5.4 - - 144.753 6.5 155.360 4.7 158.079 5.0

Apparel

 138.074 4.2 117.746 3.5 - - 130.849 6.9 139.423 3.0 148.738 4.3

Transportation

 291.752 7.1 310.924 10.7 - - 297.397 3.7 285.590 7.5 291.856 7.4

Private transportation

 290.314 6.4 317.629 9.5 - - 301.832 3.0 283.910 6.9 293.178 6.9

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 124.210 -1.0 134.100 -0.6 - - 134.647 -1.4 125.396 -0.9 124.873 -1.2

New vehicles(3)

 179.207 0.2 241.398 0.6 - - 279.140 0.0 176.536 0.5 186.216 0.1

Used cars and trucks(3)

 177.936 -2.7 336.143 -2.7 - - 314.653 -2.7 189.436 -3.0 176.360 -2.9

Motor fuel

 368.371 29.1 379.339 31.8 387.120 29.3 358.144 28.6 349.317 30.7 344.098 32.5

Gasoline

 365.392 28.4 374.327 31.7 382.455 29.6 349.584 28.5 347.594 30.4 341.338 32.0

Motor vehicle insurance

 894.315 0.2 - - - - - - - - - -

Medical care

 591.661 2.5 630.168 3.3 - - 554.375 0.8 597.769 2.3 552.092 1.6

Recreation(5)

 143.920 2.3 139.704 0.7 - - 156.818 1.0 147.601 1.2 142.518 1.6

Education and communication(5)

 146.588 0.2 142.507 1.7 - - 164.653 1.8 161.003 1.4 140.594 0.1

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

 907.601 2.9 1,261.717 5.5 - - 1,498.010 4.6 104.138 3.6 102.440 2.3

Other goods and services

 601.760 4.4 736.828 2.4 - - 632.155 11.6 650.191 3.9 580.681 6.0

Energy

 329.907 17.9 321.736 21.6 332.568 21.3 366.296 21.7 341.568 21.8 297.338 17.9

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
Apr
2026		 Percent change from
Apr
2025		 Apr
2026		 Percent change from
Apr
2025		 Apr
2026		 Percent change from
Apr
2025		 Apr
2026		 Percent change from
Apr
2025		 Apr
2026		 Percent change from
Apr
2025		 Apr
2026		 Percent change from
Apr
2025

All items

 326.541 3.9 339.929 5.3 - - 327.746 3.7 345.652 4.5 316.783 3.8

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 972.667   987.380   -   977.021   539.890   513.065  

Food and beverages

 344.975 3.1 324.517 3.1 - - 349.585 2.7 347.271 3.9 337.458 2.8

Food

 347.019 3.2 326.543 3.1 - - 349.335 2.4 349.628 3.9 340.472 2.8

Food at home

 320.606 2.9 333.601 3.3 307.244 4.7 311.587 2.4 326.178 4.2 314.652 2.3

Cereals and bakery products

 367.071 2.5 426.036 2.0 411.374 3.4 361.266 4.4 402.852 4.8 367.657 2.0

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 351.043 1.7 366.032 -3.2 332.799 2.4 359.038 3.8 335.050 1.1 345.221 2.5

Dairy and related products

 268.496 -0.3 245.936 0.7 284.317 -1.3 256.144 1.1 284.682 2.1 268.031 -1.3

Fruits and vegetables

 367.120 6.4 307.802 8.1 317.483 9.4 332.576 0.4 378.779 9.0 335.430 2.2

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 237.396 4.4 259.437 8.2 313.407 11.6 257.082 1.2 249.069 7.0 231.997 5.5

Other food at home

 281.853 2.6 315.402 5.2 252.945 4.4 257.995 1.9 291.775 3.6 280.122 2.2

Food away from home

 394.463 3.5 307.266 2.2 - - 415.544 2.3 397.275 3.1 385.691 3.6

Alcoholic beverages

 308.055 2.0 281.739 2.1 - - 348.462 4.0 305.005 2.4 286.709 2.1

Housing

 352.471 3.5 368.940 5.9 - - 353.761 4.9 385.925 5.1 332.571 2.8

Shelter

 418.194 3.2 458.986 4.3 418.560 4.2 410.449 3.3 465.520 3.9 389.411 2.6

Rent of primary residence

 442.934 2.8 425.896 4.7 444.389 2.1 457.190 2.8 468.877 4.2 406.482 2.0

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 396.086 3.3 413.672 4.6 394.430 4.1 378.951 2.7 429.912 4.0 363.139 2.7

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 396.038 3.3 413.672 4.6 394.430 4.1 378.951 2.7 429.972 4.0 363.052 2.7

Fuels and utilities

 343.909 5.4 - - - - - - 370.842 13.4 326.410 3.3

Household energy

 288.276 5.6 - - - - - - 337.089 15.0 261.832 2.8

Energy services

 292.126 4.8 - - - - - - 329.311 12.1 263.798 2.8

Electricity

 299.066 5.6 - - - - - - 338.792 13.1 253.378 2.3

Utility (piped) gas service

 259.572 2.1 - - - - - - 290.082 10.0 302.977 6.8

Household furnishings and operations

 146.185 2.9 155.094 12.9 - - 130.743 7.4 147.816 4.9 144.992 4.3

Apparel

 137.614 3.9 130.239 2.1 - - 138.427 6.9 138.346 0.6 148.593 5.2

Transportation

 299.085 7.9 328.975 9.9 - - 279.228 4.0 294.886 8.0 293.916 8.5

Private transportation

 297.846 7.5 333.683 9.6 - - 283.177 3.7 292.509 7.9 294.477 8.3

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 123.155 -1.3 134.428 -1.6 - - 128.601 -2.2 123.107 -1.5 121.176 -1.1

New vehicles(3)

 179.192 0.2 251.193 0.6 - - 272.253 0.0 174.043 0.5 183.534 0.2

Used cars and trucks(3)

 179.016 -2.7 336.128 -2.7 - - 314.670 -2.7 189.276 -2.8 177.611 -2.9

Motor fuel

 370.601 29.2 380.240 31.8 384.326 29.6 363.105 28.6 349.641 30.7 343.634 32.9

Gasoline

 367.730 28.5 374.326 31.7 382.457 29.6 349.601 28.5 347.319 30.1 341.640 32.5

Motor vehicle insurance

 905.756 0.1 - - - - - - - - - -

Medical care

 598.844 2.4 619.652 2.1 - - 548.569 0.6 588.025 1.9 565.128 1.2

Recreation(5)

 135.504 2.6 136.043 -0.1 - - 132.430 1.0 148.156 0.6 132.424 1.5

Education and communication(5)

 129.700 -0.7 130.543 3.8 - - 143.039 -0.1 142.181 0.4 121.021 -0.9

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

 871.655 3.0 1,203.326 5.4 - - 1,465.784 5.7 104.989 4.2 102.949 2.7

Other goods and services

 667.121 4.9 777.249 3.7 - - 837.196 12.0 756.522 4.1 635.573 6.5

Energy

 329.463 18.4 321.997 24.3 337.142 22.8 350.986 22.7 343.037 22.1 296.767 18.7

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

U.S. city average

 330.213 333.020 3.8 1.9 0.9

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 306.592 309.364 3.1 1.6 0.9

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 352.221 355.166 3.7 2.0 0.8

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

 356.169 359.774 4.6 1.8 1.0

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

 350.705        

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

 312.058        

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

 345.416        

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

 312.610        

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

 140.728        

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

 397.284        

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

 311.681        

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

 330.277        

Urban Hawaii

 359.495        

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

   325.962 2.9 0.7  

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

   336.347 3.6 2.8  

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

   308.624 4.1 2.7  

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

   285.974 2.8 2.4  

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

   369.561 3.8 1.9  

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

   338.030 4.8 1.7  

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

   190.720 3.0 1.7  

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

   369.215 3.8 1.7  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

   377.091 4.9 1.3  

St. Louis, MO-IL

   300.496 3.5 2.3  

Urban Alaska

   282.958 4.3 3.6  

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
Apr 2026 from --
Mar
2026		 Apr
2026		 Apr
2025		 Feb
2026		 Mar
2026

U.S. city average

 323.500 326.541 3.9 2.2 0.9

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 297.629 300.943 3.4 2.2 1.1

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 340.105 342.767 3.9 2.1 0.8

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

 349.962 353.632 4.6 2.0 1.0

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

 350.666        

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

 324.112        

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

 335.228        

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

 310.280        

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

 141.610        

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

 376.122        

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

 308.568        

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

 327.542        

Urban Hawaii

 357.176        

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

   319.457 3.1 1.1  

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

   327.746 3.7 3.1  

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

   304.338 4.7 3.0  

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

   280.824 2.9 2.7  

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

   364.240 3.9 1.9  

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

   339.929 5.3 2.2  

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

   189.530 2.9 2.3  

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

   363.533 3.3 1.8  

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

   368.689 4.5 1.2  

St. Louis, MO-IL

   300.784 4.2 3.1  

Urban Alaska

   280.139 4.4 3.3  

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