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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
2024		 Percent change from
Sep
2023		 Sep
2024		 Percent change from
Sep
2023		 Sep
2024		 Percent change from
Sep
2023		 Sep
2024		 Percent change from
Sep
2023		 Sep
2024		 Percent change from
Sep
2023		 Sep
2024		 Percent change from
Sep
2023

All items

 315.301 2.4     317.382 2.6     327.156 3.4 306.078 2.1

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 944.502       937.001       515.171   496.502  

Food and beverages

 329.417 2.2     311.727 3.0     331.677 2.3 324.177 2.2

Food

 332.083 2.3     321.071 3.0     334.297 2.4 328.080 2.2

Food at home

 307.767 1.3 312.231 3.7 298.516 2.4 293.657 0.7 311.030 1.4 305.802 1.4

Cereals and bakery products

 356.088 0.1 400.348 -1.6 417.692 5.2 370.367 5.1 383.808 -0.6 365.993 0.6

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 332.525 3.9 349.699 3.9 320.508 4.8 302.749 4.4 321.462 4.5 326.451 4.3

Dairy and related products

 269.643 0.5 240.974 -0.8 289.737 2.2 277.132 -3.8 280.619 -0.4 272.076 1.1

Fruits and vegetables

 353.508 0.7 306.843 3.6 293.807 -0.6 315.789 -0.9 354.844 -0.4 335.299 0.9

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 219.488 1.3 229.371 14.0 265.766 2.3 227.046 1.7 224.999 4.7 215.122 0.0

Other food at home

 272.658 0.4 298.101 2.7 252.752 1.7 268.496 -2.8 280.835 0.5 272.812 0.5

Food away from home

 371.604 3.9     352.541 3.8     375.790 4.1 365.773 3.5

Alcoholic beverages

 291.683 1.5     224.537 2.9     295.662 0.6 269.818 1.9

Housing

 336.776 4.1     332.671 3.2     357.067 5.2 315.385 3.8

Shelter

 404.133 4.9 421.051 5.1 397.985 3.7 377.288 4.4 441.126 5.9 369.883 4.7

Rent of primary residence

 423.821 4.8 396.659 6.1 429.033 4.8 438.909 5.2 443.231 5.7 394.789 4.8

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 415.601 5.2 434.976 6.1 410.142 4.7 395.813 4.2 458.636 6.3 372.695 5.1

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 415.626 5.2 434.976 6.1 410.142 4.7 395.813 4.2 458.182 6.3 372.668 5.1

Fuels and utilities

 316.243 3.0     295.088 3.5     300.684 3.4 303.836 2.6

Household energy

 264.362 2.5 227.518 1.9 233.610 3.5 272.312 5.3 267.917 3.4 247.090 2.0

Energy services

 269.593 3.4 242.523 5.0 241.511 4.4 293.219 6.3 268.020 7.7 247.243 2.0

Electricity

 282.522 3.7 248.197 7.6 273.848 4.6 275.471 5.4 285.266 8.3 244.758 2.1

Utility (piped) gas service

 225.366 2.0 210.103 -2.1 160.661 3.8 239.279 17.7 215.519 5.6 243.267 1.4

Household furnishings and operations

 147.906 -0.5     129.359 -1.4     146.491 1.9 146.462 -2.1

Apparel

 135.537 1.8     168.631 0.3     138.114 0.8 145.106 1.4

Transportation

 269.604 -1.1     271.436 -0.6     266.495 1.2 268.606 -1.8

Private transportation

 269.771 -1.1     284.085 -0.8     266.229 1.2 271.302 -1.9

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 124.187 -2.4     126.372 -2.1     124.902 -1.9 125.006 -3.3

New vehicles(3)

 177.435 -1.3     227.225 -2.0     174.659 -0.5 184.444 -1.8

Used cars and trucks(3)

 178.072 -5.1     391.323 -3.8     190.349 -4.5 177.432 -5.5

Motor fuel

 287.876 -15.5 295.725 -15.6 305.162 -12.9 274.145 -13.5 279.895 -13.2 262.527 -15.2

Gasoline

 287.102 -15.3 292.067 -15.5 300.796 -12.9 268.349 -13.2 279.428 -13.1 261.513 -15.0

Motor vehicle insurance(3)

 863.292 16.3                    

Medical care

 566.266 3.3     533.869 3.5     572.052 2.8 535.448 3.9

Recreation(5)

 137.651 0.7     135.825 7.8     141.504 1.1 137.895 1.2

Education and communication(5)

 146.928 0.9     169.241 0.3     158.684 2.0 141.121 0.2

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

 878.467 3.6     1,706.679 1.4     1,471.231 3.6 1,551.043 4.2

Other goods and services

 562.638 3.5     528.255 4.4     609.443 2.7 535.578 3.6

Energy

 275.740 -6.8 254.801 -5.7 272.398 -4.7 282.936 -3.9 273.529 -4.0 249.271 -6.9

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
2024		 Percent change from
Sep
2023		 Sep
2024		 Percent change from
Sep
2023		 Sep
2024		 Percent change from
Sep
2023		 Sep
2024		 Percent change from
Sep
2023		 Sep
2024		 Percent change from
Sep
2023		 Sep
2024		 Percent change from
Sep
2023

All items

 309.046 2.2     311.877 2.3     325.038 3.5 300.647 1.8

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 920.555       934.038       507.692   486.932  

Food and beverages

 329.149 2.3     311.751 3.2     330.078 2.2 323.578 2.2

Food

 330.846 2.3     318.068 3.2     332.091 2.3 326.257 2.2

Food at home

 307.693 1.3 321.102 3.2 294.602 2.7 295.631 0.1 310.786 1.4 303.930 1.4

Cereals and bakery products

 357.763 -0.1 408.516 -2.4 392.806 5.3 358.050 5.3 382.687 -0.9 364.358 0.1

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 333.829 4.0 354.088 2.4 312.183 3.9 318.185 4.2 320.405 4.7 324.916 4.5

Dairy and related products

 267.807 0.6 242.624 -0.5 281.968 1.4 257.357 -4.0 281.054 0.2 267.283 1.2

Fruits and vegetables

 350.658 0.6 292.748 2.8 302.660 0.6 322.822 -3.3 356.100 -0.3 333.894 1.0

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 219.387 1.1 243.362 12.0 280.555 2.1 233.485 3.7 224.123 3.4 214.242 0.2

Other food at home

 272.354 0.5 306.709 3.8 248.265 2.3 251.183 -2.7 283.111 0.7 271.140 0.4

Food away from home

 372.491 4.0     351.296 4.0     375.806 3.8 365.109 3.5

Alcoholic beverages

 298.532 1.3     234.055 3.2     294.314 0.2 279.066 1.7

Housing

 332.743 4.1     329.286 3.1     356.960 5.4 316.578 3.9

Shelter

 396.040 4.9 429.726 5.8 395.678 4.0 392.195 4.4 436.777 6.1 372.356 4.9

Rent of primary residence

 421.661 4.8 396.659 6.1 429.033 4.8 438.909 5.2 437.392 5.7 392.524 4.8

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 374.904 5.2 386.832 6.1 373.803 4.7 359.040 4.2 403.496 6.3 346.410 5.1

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 374.902 5.2 386.832 6.1 373.803 4.7 359.040 4.2 403.544 6.3 346.365 5.1

Fuels and utilities

 313.535 3.1     302.302 4.7     303.469 4.5 304.164 2.4

Household energy

 261.711 2.6 227.143 2.1 240.609 5.6 261.701 6.4 270.777 4.7 245.057 1.6

Energy services

 267.212 3.1 241.820 4.0 248.399 4.4 290.518 6.6 270.109 8.0 246.704 1.6

Electricity

 277.910 3.5 248.196 7.6 273.848 4.6 275.469 5.4 287.148 8.8 240.635 1.6

Utility (piped) gas service

 222.299 1.3 210.099 -2.1 160.662 3.8 239.279 17.7 217.577 5.0 251.382 1.8

Household furnishings and operations

 140.639 -0.9     110.030 -4.3     141.833 1.2 136.651 -2.2

Apparel

 135.758 1.9     180.527 1.9     140.930 2.7 145.067 1.7

Transportation

 274.251 -1.5     292.700 -0.3     274.049 2.0 267.062 -2.6

Private transportation

 273.820 -1.5     292.724 -0.2     272.337 2.0 268.149 -2.7

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 123.326 -2.7     125.897 -2.2     123.110 -2.1 120.852 -3.8

New vehicles(3)

 177.294 -1.4     226.748 -2.0     172.154 -0.5 181.681 -1.8

Used cars and trucks(3)

 179.168 -5.1     391.448 -3.8     190.106 -4.5 178.648 -5.6

Motor fuel

 289.176 -15.4 296.624 -15.5 302.156 -12.8 278.206 -13.2 279.583 -12.7 261.379 -15.5

Gasoline

 288.421 -15.3 292.066 -15.5 300.797 -12.9 268.362 -13.2 279.294 -12.9 260.759 -15.3

Motor vehicle insurance(3)

 873.617 16.3                    

Medical care

 573.900 3.6     569.339 3.5     563.363 3.1 551.184 4.5

Recreation(5)

 129.975 0.1     120.452 1.9     143.043 1.2 129.024 0.0

Education and communication(5)

 131.144 0.4     136.012 -0.1     141.547 1.5 122.484 -0.2

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

 842.317 4.0     1,595.358 1.2     1,458.435 3.2 1,419.888 5.3

Other goods and services

 621.715 4.1     569.602 4.6     710.947 2.9 583.391 3.9

Energy

 274.106 -7.6 251.055 -6.6 276.882 -5.3 271.556 -4.7 274.064 -3.8 247.007 -7.9

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 2024 from --
Aug
2024		 Sep
2024		 Sep
2023		 Jul
2024		 Aug
2024

U.S. city average

 314.796 315.301 2.4 0.2 0.2

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 294.608 295.979 4.1 0.7 0.5

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 333.359 334.123 2.8 0.4 0.2

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

 336.534 337.889 3.8 0.7 0.4

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

   338.258 3.4 0.7  

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

   298.653 2.6 -0.4  

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

   329.379 1.4 0.0  

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

   302.414 1.9 0.0  

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

   133.179 1.4 0.0  

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

   376.221 2.5 0.3  

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

   299.722 1.2 -0.1  

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

   317.382 2.6 0.3  

Urban Hawaii

   342.676 4.2 0.7  

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

 313.437        

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

 317.366        

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

 297.572        

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

 275.644        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

 348.158        

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

 316.061        

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

 184.474        

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

 349.290        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

 355.179        

St. Louis, MO-IL

 286.561        

Urban Alaska

 267.313        

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 2024 from --
Aug
2024		 Sep
2024		 Sep
2023		 Jul
2024		 Aug
2024

U.S. city average

 308.640 309.046 2.2 0.2 0.1

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 286.784 287.531 4.3 0.5 0.3

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 320.660 321.488 2.6 0.4 0.3

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

 330.861 332.371 3.9 0.6 0.5

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

   339.697 2.9 1.0  

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

   307.954 2.3 -0.7  

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

   322.837 1.3 0.3  

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

   299.782 2.1 0.3  

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

   133.881 1.5 0.0  

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

   357.105 2.2 0.4  

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

   295.838 0.7 -0.1  

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

   311.877 2.3 -0.1  

Urban Hawaii

   342.294 4.4 0.7  

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

 306.821        

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

 311.289        

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

 291.483        

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

 271.429        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

 343.549        

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

 316.888        

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

 183.941        

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

 344.633        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

 349.156        

St. Louis, MO-IL

 285.215        

Urban Alaska

 265.190        

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