The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn area advanced 0.8 percent for the two months ending in April 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Julie Wilson noted that the index for all items less food and energy increased 0.9 percent over the two-month period. The energy index rose 1.8 percent from February to April and the index for food was up 0.2 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn area all items CPI-U rose 1.4 percent for the 12 months ending in April. The index for all items less food and energy advanced 2.0 percent over the year. The food index rose 1.7 percent, and the index for energy was down 5.2 percent compared to April 2024.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, April 2022–April 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Apr 2022	8.3	6.3
Jun 2022	9.7	6.1
Aug 2022	8.6	6.7
Oct 2022	8.5	6.2
Dec 2022	6.2	5.5
Feb 2023	7.0	6.8
Apr 2023	6.6	7.6
Jun 2023	4.7	7.8
Aug 2023	5.9	7.7
Oct 2023	3.4	5.6
Dec 2023	4.5	5.5
Feb 2024	2.8	3.3
Apr 2024	3.5	4.0
Jun 2024	3.4	3.8
Aug 2024	3.5	4.2
Oct 2024	3.3	3.9
Dec 2024	2.8	3.3
Feb 2025	3.3	4.2
Apr 2025	1.4	2.0

Food prices increased 0.2 percent for the two months ending in April. Prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) increased 0.2 percent.

Food prices rose 1.7 percent over the year. Prices for food at home increased 1.1 percent. Grocery food categories increasing over the year included meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (+5.9 percent) and nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials (+3.1 percent).

The energy index increased 1.8 percent for the two months ending in April. Gasoline prices were up 0.6 percent over the past two months.

Energy prices declined 5.2 percent over the year. Gasoline prices were down 12.5 percent compared to April 2024.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.9 percent over the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for shelter (+1.4 percent), medical care services, and other goods and services (+2.0 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for recreation (-1.3 percent) and apparel (-2.7 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 2.0 percent over the year. Components contributing to the increase included owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+3.3 percent), rent of primary residence (+2.9 percent), and education and communication (+2.9 percent). In contrast, the index for lodging away from home was lower over the past 12 months.

The June 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn area is scheduled to be released on July 15, 2025.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time in a fixed market basket of goods and services. The Consumer Price Index for Detroit is published bi-monthly. The set of components and sub-aggregates published for regional and metropolitan indexes is more limited than at the U.S. city average level; these indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a much smaller sample size than the national or regional indexes and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local-area indexes are more volatile than the national or regional indexes. In addition, local indexes are not adjusted for seasonal influences. NOTE: Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of prices between cities; they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base period.

Percent changes for all-items data previously found in Table A of this release can be accessed in Chart 1 for this release and its attendant data table. A full all-items data series history for the original index value and for 1-month, 2-month, 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month percent changes can be accessed via BLS data query tools. A direct link to the all-items series is provided in Table 1 of this release under historical data.

The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, Core Based Statistical Area includes Lapeer, Livingston, Macomb, Oakland, St. Clair, and Wayne Counties in Michigan.

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Table 1. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, CPI-U by expenditure category for April 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2024	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025
All items		293.925	-	296.397	1.4	0.8	-
All items (1967=100)		873.668	-	881.017	-	-	-
Food and beverages		290.942	-	291.706	1.9	0.3	-
Food		291.599	-	292.164	1.7	0.2	-
Food at home		274.212	273.460	274.760	1.1	0.2	0.5
Cereals and bakery products		351.564	348.112	353.381	1.3	0.5	1.5
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		291.796	289.344	293.133	5.9	0.5	1.3
Dairy and related products		197.290	204.104	205.271	-1.4	4.0	0.6
Fruits and vegetables		272.740	266.294	269.341	-0.1	-1.2	1.1
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		269.771	280.564	274.322	3.1	1.7	-2.2
Other food at home		259.044	255.703	256.086	-1.3	-1.1	0.1
Food away from home		321.102	-	-	-	-	-
Alcoholic beverages		278.141	-	281.386	3.9	1.2	-
Housing		290.463	-	294.349	1.9	1.3	-
Shelter		338.438	339.611	343.101	1.8	1.4	1.0
Rent of primary residence		356.050	354.998	356.397	2.9	0.1	0.4
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		336.062	335.246	337.858	3.3	0.5	0.8
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		336.062	335.246	337.858	3.3	0.5	0.8
Household furnishings and operations		143.752	-	143.400	1.4	-0.2	-
Apparel		116.771	-	113.669	5.9	-2.7	-
Transportation		322.221	-	323.631	-1.0	0.4	-
Private transportation		333.491	-	333.480	-1.0	0.0	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		145.100	-	145.319	1.1	0.2	-
New vehicles(1)		259.019	-	260.857	0.8	0.7	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		381.191	-	384.489	1.6	0.9	-
Motor fuel		277.576	272.436	279.233	-12.5	0.6	2.5
Gasoline (all types)		276.685	271.500	278.318	-12.5	0.6	2.5
Unleaded regular(4)		276.411	270.992	278.138	-13.0	0.6	2.6
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		345.250	341.452	346.574	-10.2	0.4	1.5
Unleaded premium(4)		309.100	305.516	310.011	-8.0	0.3	1.5
Medical care		498.621	-	508.727	1.1	2.0	-
Recreation(3)		128.807	-	127.150	1.2	-1.3	-
Education and communication(3)		163.377	-	163.410	2.9	0.0	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		-	-	-	-	-	-
Other goods and services		545.082	-	556.244	1.5	2.0	-
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.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

Table 2. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, CPI-U by special aggregate index for April 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate inde	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2024	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025
All items		293.925	-	296.397	1.4	0.8	-
Food		291.599	-	292.164	1.7	0.2	-
Energy		267.500	268.626	272.378	-5.2	1.8	1.4
All items less food and energy		302.701	-	305.327	2.0	0.9	-
All items less energy		300.146	-	302.436	1.9	0.8	-
All items less medical care		285.942	-	288.058	1.4	0.7	-
All items less shelter		280.056	-	281.585	1.2	0.5	-
Commodities		213.102	-	212.974	-0.3	-0.1	-
Commodities less food		178.062	-	177.639	-1.4	-0.2	-
Commodities less food & beverages		174.335	-	173.783	-1.7	-0.3	-
Durables		134.962	-	136.062	1.0	0.8	-
Nondurables		246.955	-	246.086	-0.7	-0.4	-
Nondurables less food		209.122	-	206.995	-2.9	-1.0	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		204.475	-	201.938	-3.4	-1.2	-
Services		375.988	-	380.957	2.3	1.3	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		431.876	-	437.214	2.7	1.2	-
Services less medical care services		368.563	-	372.705	2.3	1.1	-
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.