The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area advanced 1.5 percent for the two months ending in January 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1.) Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the energy index increased 6.3 percent, and the food index rose 0.8 percent from November to January. The all items less food and energy index advanced 1.3 percent over the past two months. Within the all items less food and energy category, indexes for recreation and apparel increased and the indexes for other goods and services and shelter decreased. (See table 1 and table 2.) (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area all items CPI-U advanced 3.0 percent for the 12 months ending in January. The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.9 percent over the year. Energy prices increased 6.4 percent. Food prices rose 2.5 percent.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, January 2022–January 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Jan 2022	7.2	5.7
Mar 2022	8.2	6.6
May 2022	8.7	5.8
Jul 2022	8.2	5.0
Sep 2022	7.4	5.3
Nov 2022	5.3	3.7
Jan 2023	5.1	3.8
Mar 2023	3.4	3.0
May 2023	1.8	2.4
Jul 2023	1.0	2.4
Sep 2023	2.2	3.2
Nov 2023	2.8	3.7
Jan 2024	2.6	3.5
Mar 2024	2.7	3.2
May 2024	2.6	3.0
Jul 2024	3.5	3.8
Sep 2024	1.9	2.4
Nov 2024	1.7	1.9
Jan 2025	3.0	2.9

Food prices advanced 0.8 percent for the two months ending in January. Prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) and prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) both rose 0.8 percent for the same period.

Food prices rose 2.5 percent over the year. Prices for food at home increased 1.3 percent as all six major grocery store food group indexes rose over the year. Increasing indexes included meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (+2.6 percent); other food at home (includes sugar, sweets, fats, and oils, for example) (+1.0 percent); and nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials (+2.8 percent). Prices for food away from home increased 4.2 percent.

The energy index increased 6.3 percent for the two months ending in January. Gasoline prices rose 1.7 percent.

Energy prices increased 6.4 percent over the year. The gasoline index was up 6.3 percent compared to a year ago.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.3 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for recreation (+5.8 percent) and apparel (+8.6 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for other goods and services (-2.2 percent) and shelter (-0.1 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.9 percent over the year. The indexes for shelter (+3.4 percent) and recreation (+3.0 percent) were higher over the year.

The March 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area is scheduled to be released on Thursday, April 10, 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 Minneapolis 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 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Core Based Statistical Area includes Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti, Le Sueur, Mille Lacs, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne, Sibley, Washington, and Wright Counties in Minnesota and Pierce and St. Croix Counties in Wisconsin.

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Table 1. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, CPI-U by expenditure category for January 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2024	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024
All items		300.531	-	305.019	3.0	1.5	-
All items (1967=100)		944.428	-	958.532	-	-	-
Food and beverages		365.331	-	367.808	2.3	0.7	-
Food		354.295	-	357.007	2.5	0.8	-
Food at home		312.065	311.987	314.406	1.3	0.8	0.8
Cereals and bakery products		345.435	347.605	337.137	1.1	-2.4	-3.0
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		350.603	346.730	349.117	2.6	-0.4	0.7
Dairy and related products		308.324	323.987	319.310	1.4	3.6	-1.4
Fruits and vegetables		389.534	397.169	395.468	0.3	1.5	-0.4
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		200.658	192.294	202.238	2.8	0.8	5.2
Other food at home		260.603	259.585	265.233	1.0	1.8	2.2
Food away from home		418.158	-	421.447	4.2	0.8	-
Alcoholic beverages		446.696	-	445.543	1.1	-0.3	-
Housing		291.282	-	294.146	3.6	1.0	-
Shelter		345.517	346.123	345.006	3.4	-0.1	-0.3
Rent of primary residence		353.931	355.224	355.512	3.8	0.4	0.1
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		367.423	368.663	369.269	3.5	0.5	0.2
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		367.423	368.663	369.269	3.5	0.5	0.2
Household furnishings and operations		140.415	-	145.163	3.1	3.4	-
Apparel		146.047	-	158.538	2.5	8.6	-
Transportation		246.821	-	251.213	3.6	1.8	-
Private transportation		235.775	-	237.519	3.8	0.7	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		109.831	-	110.275	0.2	0.4	-
New vehicles(1)		193.294	-	193.608	-0.5	0.2	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		355.059	-	357.983	0.8	0.8	-
Motor fuel		244.938	240.699	248.961	6.1	1.6	3.4
Gasoline (all types)		245.120	240.876	249.348	6.3	1.7	3.5
Unleaded regular(4)		243.990	239.684	248.468	6.2	1.8	3.7
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		252.891	249.142	255.362	6.4	1.0	2.5
Unleaded premium(4)		323.799	319.111	326.380	7.2	0.8	2.3
Medical care		629.695	-	629.710	1.8	0.0	-
Recreation(3)		143.645	-	151.948	3.0	5.8	-
Education and communication(3)		141.198	-	143.218	0.0	1.4	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,270.750	-	1,271.770	2.1	0.1	-
Other goods and services		492.144	-	481.256	0.3	-2.2	-
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.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

Table 2. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, CPI-U by special aggregate index for January 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate inde	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2024	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024
All items		300.531	-	305.019	3.0	1.5	-
Food		354.295	-	357.007	2.5	0.8	-
Energy		242.376	248.438	257.581	6.4	6.3	3.7
All items less food and energy		304.628	-	308.603	2.9	1.3	-
All items less energy		310.961	-	314.778	2.8	1.2	-
All items less medical care		285.508	-	290.159	3.1	1.6	-
All items less shelter		281.439	-	287.926	2.7	2.3	-
Commodities		219.828	-	223.827	1.8	1.8	-
Commodities less food		169.718	-	173.892	1.3	2.5	-
Commodities less food & beverages		159.944	-	164.138	1.3	2.6	-
Durables		110.691	-	112.562	-1.0	1.7	-
Nondurables		287.796	-	293.136	2.7	1.9	-
Nondurables less food		235.711	-	243.056	3.1	3.1	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		220.476	-	228.234	3.3	3.5	-
Services		371.769	-	376.591	3.6	1.3	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		414.651	-	426.335	3.6	2.8	-
Services less medical care services		346.129	-	351.188	3.6	1.5	-
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.