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Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic

 
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, all items, in the U.S., Northeast, and South, and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Area

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data
Annual
average
2025
Jan
2026
Feb
2026
Percent change
Annual
average
2024 to
2025
12 months
ended
Jan
2026
Feb
2026

U.S. City Average

321.943 325.252 326.785 2.6 2.4 2.4

Northeast region(1)

334.618 339.104 340.945 3.2 2.8 2.7

Northeast City Size Class (population)

A (over 2.5 million)

339.690 344.301 346.336 3.3 2.7 2.7

B/C (2.5 million or less)(2)

196.340 198.947 199.922 3.0 2.8 2.7

South region(3)

311.997 314.740 315.689 2.2 1.9 1.8

South City Size Class (population)

A (over 2.5 million)

317.828 319.877 321.211 1.9 1.6 1.6

B/C (2.5 million or less)(2)

197.209 199.248 199.703 2.4 2.1 2.0

Metropolitan areas

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD(4)

324.099   332.301 3.2   3.5

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV(4)(5)

321.993 326.890   2.2 2.7  

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(4)(5)

324.525   327.147 3.1   1.7

Footnotes
(1) The Northeast region includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
(2) December 1996=100.
(3) The South region includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
(4) Published in alternate months.
(5) 1998-2017 indexes based on a substantially smaller sample.

Source: Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households.