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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
Aug
2026
Sep
2026
Percent change
Annual
average
2024 to
2025
12 months
ended
Aug
2026
Sep
2026

U.S. City Average

321.943 334.980 336.940 2.6 3.4 3.7

Northeast region(1)

334.618 349.921 351.570 3.2 3.9 4.2

Northeast City Size Class (population)

A (over 2.5 million)

339.690 355.292 357.150 3.3 4.1 4.4

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

196.340 205.287 206.139 3.0 3.6 4.1

South region(3)

311.997 323.394 325.120 2.2 3.1 3.4

South City Size Class (population)

A (over 2.5 million)

317.828 327.903 329.474 1.9 2.9 3.0

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

197.209 205.030 206.194 2.4 3.3 3.7

Metropolitan areas

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

324.099 340.008   3.2 4.2  

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

321.993   338.730 2.2   4.1

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

324.525 333.784   3.1 2.3  

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.