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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Midwest > CPI Summary

Midwest Consumer Price Index Card

  • Current and archived PDF versions of this Midwest CPI Summary page are now available at www.bls.gov/regions/midwest/cpi-summary. (The tables below are updated several hours before the PDF version and the regional and local area news releases).
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the U.S. and Midwest Region, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item United States City Average Midwest Region
Index Percent change to
Jul 2026 from		 Index Percent change to
Jul 2026 from
Jul
2026		 Jul
2025		 Jun
2026		 Jul
2026		 Jul
2025		 Jun
2026

All items

 333.918 3.4 0.0 310.304 3.5 -0.2

All items (other base)(1)

 1,000.271     504.883    

Food and beverages

 346.945 2.9 0.1 333.170 2.7 0.1

Food

 350.164 3.0 0.1 335.007 2.8 0.0

Food at home

 321.643 2.7 0.0 302.475 2.2 -0.1

Cereals and bakery products

 369.882 2.7 0.3 347.089 2.5 -0.6

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 350.612 1.9 -0.1 339.351 1.8 -0.5

Dairy and related products

 271.337 -0.5 -0.1 253.080 0.5 -0.1

Fruits and vegetables

 369.550 5.1 -0.1 330.270 3.0 -0.4

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials

 237.393 4.1 0.7 227.828 4.1 1.1

Other food at home

 283.803 2.5 -0.2 267.027 1.9 0.3

Food away from home

 396.859 3.4 0.3 389.656 3.7 0.1

Alcoholic beverages

 301.367 2.1 0.2 307.088 1.4 0.8

Housing

 359.556 3.3 0.1 318.872 3.8 0.2

Shelter

 429.491 3.2 0.1 385.015 4.5 0.4

Rent of primary residence

 447.963 2.9 0.2 388.116 4.2 0.2

Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)

 442.503 3.2 0.3 393.555 4.2 0.3

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)

 442.442 3.2 0.3 393.370 4.2 0.3

Fuels and utilities

 353.712 4.9 0.2 316.288 4.9 -0.2

Household energy

 298.097 5.0 0.1 260.351 5.1 -0.3

Energy services

 302.594 4.3 0.1 269.716 5.0 -0.3

Electricity

 311.672 4.2 0.0 289.629 8.1 1.0

Utility (piped) gas service

 268.999 4.3 0.5 213.944 -2.4 -3.2

Furnishings and operations

 156.223 2.2 0.0 144.074 -1.8 -0.8

Apparel

 134.182 3.9 -1.3 126.345 6.4 -0.2

Transportation

 289.420 5.8 -0.6 275.650 5.0 -1.4

Private transportation

 287.661 4.9 -0.4 273.501 4.2 -0.9

New and used motor vehicles(3)

 126.403 -0.4 0.4 127.051 -0.7 0.2

New vehicles

 179.541 0.5 0.1 174.678 0.8 0.1

Used cars and trucks

 184.661 -1.9 0.7 185.094 -2.0 0.3

Motor fuel

 352.826 24.8 -2.2 343.186 23.3 -3.3

Gasoline (all types)

 350.846 24.6 -2.1 341.985 23.1 -3.2

Unleaded regular(4)

 343.100 25.3 -2.1 332.069 23.4 -3.3

Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

 385.347 23.0 -1.9 407.657 21.9 -3.1

Unleaded premium(4)

 377.822 21.5 -2.2 387.034 20.1 -2.6

Motor vehicle insurance(6)

 856.080 -4.5 -0.3 - - -

Medical care

 593.781 1.7 0.2 582.635 1.9 -0.3

Recreation(3)

 145.242 2.6 0.2 150.075 3.6 -0.9

Education and communication(3)

 147.498 0.5 0.7 144.339 0.4 0.5

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(7)

 914.224 2.7 0.6 103.496 2.8 0.6

Other goods and services

 607.421 4.3 0.0 583.393 1.8 -0.9

Commodity and service group

Commodities

 234.227 3.9 -0.2 226.868 3.3 -0.5

Commodities less food & beverages

 182.031 4.5 -0.4 178.773 3.6 -0.9

Nondurables less food & beverages

 246.986 9.1 -1.0 240.057 8.7 -1.6

Durables

 124.046 -0.2 0.4 123.002 -1.1 -0.1

Services

 432.343 3.1 0.1 395.827 3.6 0.0

Special indexes

All items less medical care

 321.373 3.5 0.0 297.531 3.6 -0.2

All items less shelter

 300.178 3.5 -0.1 285.989 3.0 -0.5

Energy

 325.150 14.7 -1.2 300.403 14.2 -1.9

All items less energy

 338.124 2.6 0.1 315.446 2.7 -0.1

All items less food and energy

 337.133 2.5 0.1 312.989 2.7 -0.1

Commodities less food

 185.960 4.4 -0.3 182.679 3.5 -0.8

Nondurables

 295.642 5.6 -0.4 285.369 5.4 -0.7

Nondurables less food

 250.155 8.6 -0.9 243.517 8.2 -1.5

Services less rent of shelter(2)

 446.532 3.0 0.1 416.626 2.7 -0.5

Services less medical care services

 415.297 3.1 0.1 376.935 3.6 0.0

Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)

All items

 327.104 3.4 0.0 304.553 3.6 -0.2

All items (other base)(1)

 974.343     492.529    

Footnotes
(1) Other base: United States City Average, 1967=100; Midwest Region, December 1977=100 base.
(2) Index is on a December 1982=100 base.
(3) Index on a December 1997=100 base.
(4) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
(5) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
(6) For the Midwest region, indexes on a December 1977=100 base.
(7) For the Midwest region, indexes on a December 2024=100 base.

Dash (-) indicates data not available.
Note: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Midwest region includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

 

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the East North Central and West North Central divisions, not seasonally adjusted
(December 2017=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item East North Central division(1) West North Central division(2)
Index Percent change to
Jul 2026 from		 Index Percent change to
Jul 2026 from
Jul
2026		 Jul
2025		 Jun
2026		 Jul
2026		 Jul
2025		 Jun
2026

All items

 134.460 3.4 -0.1 134.928 3.7 -0.5

Food and beverages

 137.647 2.7 0.1 137.115 2.8 0.1

Food

 138.701 2.9 0.1 138.474 2.8 0.0

Food at home

 134.126 2.3 0.1 134.122 2.0 -0.3

Cereals and bakery products

 135.704 2.1 -0.6 131.638 3.3 -0.6

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 140.467 2.9 0.2 132.185 -1.0 -2.4

Dairy and related products

 129.300 -0.3 -0.6 129.392 2.4 1.0

Fruits and vegetables

 122.144 2.3 -1.0 124.704 4.7 1.1

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials

 141.877 3.2 2.1 147.165 6.3 -1.4

Other food at home

 134.156 2.4 0.2 138.845 0.8 0.6

Food away from home

 145.036 3.7 0.0 144.598 3.7 0.4

Alcoholic beverages

 124.005 0.5 0.1 121.509 3.2 2.2

Housing

 143.399 3.9 0.3 141.947 3.7 0.2

Shelter

 145.751 4.4 0.6 143.407 4.7 0.2

Rent of primary residence

 146.374 4.2 0.2 144.130 4.1 0.3

Owners' equiv. rent of residences

 145.545 3.9 0.3 145.069 4.7 0.2

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence

 145.528 3.9 0.3 145.016 4.6 0.2

Furnishings and operations

 124.565 -2.3 -0.7 136.015 -0.8 -1.1

Apparel

 109.309 6.2 0.9 112.581 6.6 -2.9

Transportation

 139.666 4.5 -1.4 140.911 5.9 -1.2

Private transportation

 141.713 3.7 -1.1 144.083 5.2 -0.7

New and used motor vehicles

 133.643 -0.5 0.1 130.952 -0.9 0.3

New vehicles

 128.055 0.9 0.1 124.328 0.7 0.1

Used cars and trucks

 137.927 -2.0 0.1 133.753 -2.1 0.5

Motor fuel

 154.601 22.0 -3.9 158.883 26.3 -2.0

Gasoline (all types)

 155.191 21.8 -3.8 159.128 26.2 -1.8

Unleaded regular(3)

 154.979 22.2 -3.9 158.943 26.5 -1.8

Unleaded midgrade(3)

 159.837 20.2 -3.6 166.398 26.0 -1.9

Unleaded premium(3)

 158.937 18.5 -3.1 159.955 23.9 -1.5

Medical care

 120.019 2.3 0.3 124.768 1.1 -1.5

Recreation

 123.958 3.9 0.1 122.815 3.1 -3.0

Education and communication

 102.791 -0.3 0.5 108.198 1.9 0.6

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare

 114.674 0.0 0.3 124.529 8.2 1.4

Other goods and services

 140.661 2.0 -0.7 137.070 1.2 -1.2

Commodity and service group

Commodities

 128.913 3.5 -0.4 128.029 2.9 -0.9

Commodities less food & beverages

 123.985 4.1 -0.6 123.227 2.7 -1.4

Nondurables less food & beverages

 125.725 8.6 -1.4 128.080 9.2 -2.3

Durables

 122.103 -0.5 0.2 120.722 -2.3 -0.7

Services

 137.863 3.3 0.1 139.113 4.2 -0.3

Special indexes

All items less medical care

 136.044 3.5 -0.1 135.999 3.9 -0.4

All items less shelter

 129.367 2.9 -0.4 130.972 3.2 -0.9

Energy

 153.356 14.4 -2.6 148.543 13.7 -0.2

All items less energy

 133.006 2.6 0.2 133.985 3.0 -0.5

All items less food and energy

 131.967 2.5 0.2 133.320 3.1 -0.6

Commodities less food

 123.903 3.9 -0.6 123.116 2.8 -1.3

Nondurables

 132.080 5.2 -0.6 132.748 5.7 -1.0

Nondurables less food

 125.530 7.9 -1.3 127.602 8.8 -2.0

Services less rent of shelter

 129.639 2.2 -0.3 134.624 3.8 -0.9

Services less medical care services

 139.671 3.4 0.1 140.022 4.3 -0.3

Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)

All items

 135.243 3.3 -0.2 136.481 4.1 -0.4

Footnotes
(1) The East North Central division includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
(2) The West North Central division includes Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
(3) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.

Dash (-) indicates data not available.
Note: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
Index Percent change to
Jul 2026 from		 Index Percent change to
Jul 2026 from
Jul
2026		 Jul
2025		 Jun
2026		 Jul
2026		 Jul
2025		 May
2026		 Jun
2026

All items

 309.462 2.5 -0.1 - - - -

All items (1967=100)

 924.543     -      

Food and beverages

 338.799 2.4 0.5 - - - -

Food

 339.960 2.6 0.5 - - - -

Food at home

 308.929 1.3 0.9 286.358 4.1 -0.5 -0.6

Cereals and bakery products

 349.121 2.8 -2.8 376.914 9.0 0.8 -0.2

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 340.883 1.8 0.2 316.276 5.9 0.5 0.9

Dairy and related products

 260.054 -2.6 -1.2 206.410 3.3 3.6 9.7

Fruits and vegetables

 357.342 1.2 3.4 285.430 2.4 -5.4 -3.2

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

 278.502 0.7 2.1 276.797 3.0 0.3 -3.6

Other food at home

 254.720 1.6 2.2 261.952 2.1 -0.7 -2.6

Food away from home

 377.678 4.6 -0.1 - - - -

Alcoholic beverages

 319.777 0.1 0.3 - - - -

Housing

 340.447 3.6 0.0 - - - -

Shelter

 438.674 4.9 0.8 363.753 4.3 0.3 0.1

Rent of primary residence

 469.310 5.1 0.3 365.413 2.3 1.1 0.1

Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)

 450.839 4.4 0.4 350.872 2.8 0.6 0.0

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)

 450.839 4.4 0.4 350.872 2.8 0.6 0.0

Furnishings and operations

 104.771 -1.3 -1.6 - - - -

Apparel

 99.203 12.4 3.6 - - - -

Transportation

 248.448 1.3 -2.2 - - - -

Private transportation

 249.124 -0.4 -1.2 - - - -

New and used motor vehicles(3)

 118.586 0.7 0.3 - - - -

New vehicles(1)

 216.737 0.9 0.2 - - - -

Used cars and trucks(1)

 359.781 -2.0 0.1 - - - -

Motor fuel

 360.273 16.6 -3.8 362.026 26.2 -12.6 -2.6

Gasoline (all types)

 357.613 16.4 -3.8 360.260 25.9 -12.6 -2.4

Unleaded regular(4)

 344.253 16.6 -3.8 361.009 26.4 -13.0 -2.5

Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

 403.809 15.2 -3.8 444.401 23.9 -10.4 -2.2

Unleaded premium(4)

 396.454 14.8 -3.0 391.767 21.9 -8.9 -1.8

Medical care

 565.100 -1.8 -0.5 - - - -

Recreation(3)

 143.197 2.7 0.0 - - - -

Education and communication(3)

 140.414 -0.9 0.5 - - - -

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(6)

 95.880 -3.7 0.1 - - - -

Other goods and services

 524.889 -1.3 -0.5 - - - -

Commodity and service group

Commodities

 209.238 3.4 0.0 - - - -

Commodities less food & beverages

 148.873 4.1 -0.4 - - - -

Nondurables less food & beverages

 211.285 7.7 -1.0 - - - -

Durables

 94.027 0.0 0.4 - - - -

Services

 404.174 2.0 -0.2 - - - -

Special indexes

All items less medical care

 298.844 2.9 -0.1 - - - -

All items less shelter

 265.813 1.3 -0.6 - - - -

Energy

 284.143 7.4 -5.2 333.041 19.4 -6.0 -1.4

All items less energy

 315.044 2.2 0.2 - - - -

All items less food and energy

 311.399 2.1 0.1 - - - -

Commodities less food

 154.604 3.9 -0.3 - - - -

Nondurables

 274.429 4.5 -0.1 - - - -

Nondurables less food

 218.241 7.0 -0.9 - - - -

Services less rent of shelter(2)

 388.246 -1.0 -1.4 - - - -

Services less medical care serv

 390.715 2.4 -0.2 - - - -

Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)

All items

 299.847 2.3 -0.4 - - - -

All items (1967=100)

 880.609     -      

Footnotes
(1) Index is on a December 1977=100 base.
(2) Index is on a December 1982=100 base.
(3) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
(4) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
(5) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
(6) For the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI MSA, index is on a December 2024=100 base. For the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI MSA, index is on a December 1977=100 base.

Dash (-) indicates data not available.
Note: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item Index Percent change to
Jul 2026 from		 Index Percent change from
Jul
2026		 Jul
2025		 May
2026		 Jun
2026		 1st half 2026 2nd half 2025 1st half 2025

All items

 317.850 3.2 -0.6 - 314.936 2.1 3.1

All items (1967=100)

 998.853       989.696    

Food and beverages

 378.285 1.5 0.1 - 375.238 0.4 1.5

Food

 367.957 1.5 0.2 - 364.606 0.3 1.5

Food at home

 326.821 1.2 -0.5 0.1 324.113 0.2 1.8

Cereals and bakery products

 342.208 -3.6 -1.4 0.0 342.925 -1.0 -1.1

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 361.381 1.7 -1.2 -1.7 361.098 0.6 1.5

Dairy and related products

 323.601 2.3 2.2 4.4 311.217 -2.3 -2.8

Fruits and vegetables

 422.031 2.1 -1.3 0.7 416.961 0.3 2.4

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

 210.386 2.0 -0.4 -1.7 215.545 2.6 6.0

Other food at home

 277.676 1.6 -0.1 0.5 272.531 0.2 2.7

Food away from home

 429.951 1.9 1.1 - 425.582 0.4 1.1

Alcoholic beverages

 447.598 1.3 -0.6 - 449.101 1.6 1.0

Housing

 309.384 3.7 1.2 - 303.710 1.7 3.1

Shelter

 366.840 5.0 1.0 0.1 359.843 2.2 3.9

Rent of primary residence

 377.678 4.3 0.8 0.3 372.284 2.2 4.1

Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)

 394.215 4.8 0.9 0.3 386.644 2.0 4.0

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)

 394.215 4.8 0.9 0.3 386.644 2.0 4.0

Furnishings and operations

 145.271 -1.8 0.8 - 146.131 -0.8 0.3

Apparel

 156.225 3.3 -5.5 - 163.843 5.5 4.3

Transportation

 269.759 7.7 -0.5 - 260.846 4.2 4.8

Private transportation

 256.844 6.5 -0.8 - 248.245 2.8 4.2

New and used motor vehicles(3)

 110.466 -1.0 1.1 - 108.631 -2.0 -1.8

New vehicles(1)

 195.160 0.6 0.2 - 194.321 0.1 0.2

Used cars and trucks(1)

 359.519 -2.1 2.4 - 348.388 -4.1 -3.4

Motor fuel

 322.597 28.3 -9.0 0.6 287.483 14.8 14.5

Gasoline (all types)

 322.483 28.2 -8.9 0.6 287.241 15.3 14.3

Unleaded regular(4)

 322.221 28.5 -9.1 0.7 286.492 15.4 14.3

Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

 326.166 26.4 -7.9 0.1 293.355 14.3 14.4

Unleaded premium(4)

 412.244 25.4 -7.0 0.3 373.120 13.8 14.4

Medical care

 618.146 -3.1 -4.1 - 646.683 0.1 1.7

Recreation(3)

 163.554 4.3 -8.9 - 166.893 7.0 9.2

Education and communication(3)

 148.332 3.7 0.7 - 146.478 2.4 2.2

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(6)

 106.617 4.3 0.9 - 105.450 1.6 3.5

Other goods and services

 478.326 -1.4 -3.1 - 474.665 -1.7 -1.5

Commodity and service group

Commodities

 227.296 1.2 -1.6 - 227.074 0.8 1.3

Commodities less food & beverages

 165.154 1.0 -2.6 - 165.713 1.0 1.1

Nondurables less food & beverages

 232.776 3.8 -6.9 - 237.039 4.4 4.3

Durables

 112.045 -1.5 1.3 - 111.017 -1.8 -1.5

Services

 398.570 4.5 -0.1 - 392.943 2.9 4.2

Special indexes

All items less medical care

 304.013 3.8 -0.3 - 299.765 2.3 3.3

All items less shelter

 296.946 2.4 -1.6 - 295.943 2.1 2.8

Energy

 299.357 11.4 -2.1 0.8 273.685 5.6 5.7

All items less energy

 326.099 2.8 -0.6 - 324.570 1.9 3.0

All items less food and energy

 319.958 3.0 -0.7 - 318.686 2.2 3.3

Commodities less food

 174.958 1.0 -2.5 - 175.550 1.1 1.1

Nondurables

 300.463 2.4 -3.0 - 301.416 2.1 2.7

Nondurables less food

 247.507 3.5 -6.3 - 251.661 4.1 3.9

Services less rent of shelter(2)

 450.921 4.5 -1.6 - 447.830 4.1 5.2

Services less medical care serv

 372.598 4.9 0.1 - 366.126 3.0 4.3

Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)

All items

 315.845 4.0 -0.9 - 312.543 2.7 3.7

All items (1967=100)

 991.314       980.951    

Footnotes
(1) Index is on a April 1978=100 base.
(2) Index is on a December 1982=100 base.
(3) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
(4) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
(5) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
(6) Index is on a December 2024=100 base.

Dash (-) indicates data not available.
Note: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.