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25-155-CHI
Wednesday, February 12, 2025

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Consumer Price Index, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area – January 2025

Area prices were up 1.5 percent over the past two months, up 3.0 percent from a year ago

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.


Food

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.

Energy

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.

All items less food and energy

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.

Publication updates and changes

In accordance with annual practice, relative importance weights have been updated and are available online in the CPI Supplemental Table of Contents.

Effective with the January 2025 data release, several indexes and average price series were discontinued. More information is available on the CPI discontinued series page. Direct any inquiries to the CPI office using one of the CPI contact information options listed online.


Technical Note

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.

Refer to the national CPI news release technical note or the Handbook of Methods for more information.

Information in this release will be made available to individuals with sensory impairments upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.

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

IndexesPercent change from:
Historical
data
Nov.
2024
Dec.
2024
Jan.
2025
Jan.
2024
Nov.
2024
Dec.
2024

All items

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASA0
300.531-305.0193.01.5-

All items (1967=100)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24AAA0
944.428-958.532---

Food and beverages

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASAF
365.331-367.8082.30.7-

Food

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASAF1
354.295-357.0072.50.8-

Food at home

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASAF11
312.065311.987314.4061.30.80.8

Cereals and bakery products

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASAF111
345.435347.605337.1371.1-2.4-3.0

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASAF112
350.603346.730349.1172.6-0.40.7

Dairy and related products

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASEFJ
308.324323.987319.3101.43.6-1.4

Fruits and vegetables

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASAF113
389.534397.169395.4680.31.5-0.4

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASAF114
200.658192.294202.2382.80.85.2

Other food at home

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASAF115
260.603259.585265.2331.01.82.2

Food away from home

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASEFV
418.158-421.4474.20.8-

Alcoholic beverages

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASAF116
446.696-445.5431.1-0.3-

Housing

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASAH
291.282-294.1463.61.0-

Shelter

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASAH1
345.517346.123345.0063.4-0.1-0.3

Rent of primary residence

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASEHA
353.931355.224355.5123.80.40.1

Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASEHC
367.423368.663369.2693.50.50.2

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASEHC01
367.423368.663369.2693.50.50.2

Household furnishings and operations

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASAH3
140.415-145.1633.13.4-

Apparel

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASAA
146.047-158.5382.58.6-

Transportation

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASAT
246.821-251.2133.61.8-

Private transportation

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASAT1
235.775-237.5193.80.7-

New and used motor vehicles(3)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASETA
109.831-110.2750.20.4-

New vehicles(1)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASETA01
193.294-193.608-0.50.2-

Used cars and trucks(1)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASETA02
355.059-357.9830.80.8-

Motor fuel

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASETB
244.938240.699248.9616.11.63.4

Gasoline (all types)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASETB01
245.120240.876249.3486.31.73.5

Unleaded regular(4)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASS47014
243.990239.684248.4686.21.83.7

Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASS47015
252.891249.142255.3626.41.02.5

Unleaded premium(4)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASS47016
323.799319.111326.3807.20.82.3

Medical care

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASAM
629.695-629.7101.80.0-

Recreation(3)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASAR
143.645-151.9483.05.8-

Education and communication(3)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASAE
141.198-143.2180.01.4-

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASEEB
1,270.750-1,271.7702.10.1-

Other goods and services

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASAG
492.144-481.2560.3-2.2-

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

IndexesPercent change from:
Historical
data
Nov.
2024
Dec.
2024
Jan.
2025
Jan.
2024
Nov.
2024
Dec.
2024

All items

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASA0
300.531-305.0193.01.5-

Food

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASAF1
354.295-357.0072.50.8-

Energy

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASA0E
242.376248.438257.5816.46.33.7

All items less food and energy

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASA0L1E
304.628-308.6032.91.3-

All items less energy

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASA0LE
310.961-314.7782.81.2-

All items less medical care

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASA0L5
285.508-290.1593.11.6-

All items less shelter

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASA0L2
281.439-287.9262.72.3-

Commodities

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASAC
219.828-223.8271.81.8-

Commodities less food

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASACL1
169.718-173.8921.32.5-

Commodities less food & beverages

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASACL11
159.944-164.1381.32.6-

Durables

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASAD
110.691-112.562-1.01.7-

Nondurables

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASAN
287.796-293.1362.71.9-

Nondurables less food

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASANL1
235.711-243.0563.13.1-

Nondurables less food & beverages

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASANL11
220.476-228.2343.33.5-

Services

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASAS
371.769-376.5913.61.3-

Services less rent of shelter(1)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASASL2RS
414.651-426.3353.62.8-

Services less medical care services

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS24ASASL5
346.129-351.1883.61.5-

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.

 

Last Modified Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2025