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

U.S. City Average

321.943 326.785 330.213 2.6 2.4 3.3

Northeast region(1)

334.618 340.945 344.142 3.2 2.7 3.6

Northeast City Size Class (population)

A (over 2.5 million)

339.690 346.336 349.154 3.3 2.7 3.7

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

196.340 199.922 202.068 3.0 2.7 3.6

South region(3)

311.997 315.689 319.643 2.2 1.8 3.0

South City Size Class (population)

A (over 2.5 million)

317.828 321.211 325.447 1.9 1.6 2.9

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

197.209 199.703 202.120 2.4 2.0 3.2

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   330.277 2.2   3.0

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.