The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington was down 0.3 percent for the two months ending in March, 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 declined 0.4 percent. The energy index fell 0.6 percent, and the food index was up 0.5 percent over the two-month period. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect the impact of seasonal influences.)

The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area all items CPI-U increased 2.2 percent for the 12 months ending in March. The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.2 percent over the year. Food prices rose 3.2 percent. Energy prices decreased 0.2 percent.

  

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

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
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
Mar 2025	2.2	2.2

The food index rose 0.5 percent for the two months ending in March. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) rose 1.4 percent, with higher prices in 5 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) declined 0.5 percent for the same period.

The food index rose 3.2 percent over the year. The food at home index advanced 4.2 percent. All six major grocery store food group indexes rose over the year, led by fruits and vegetables (+6.9 percent) and other food at home (includes sugar, sweets, fats, and oils, for example) (+3.1 percent). The food away from home index rose 2.0 percent.

The energy index decreased 0.6 percent over the two-month period. Gasoline prices rose 0.7 percent.

The energy index decreased 0.2 percent from March 2024 to March 2025. Over the year, the gasoline index declined 7.1 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy was down 0.4 percent for the two months ending in March. Among the index’s components, prices were lower for public transportation, lodging away from home, and medical care commodities. In contrast, prices were higher for owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+0.5 percent), medical care services, and recreation (+0.6 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 2.2 percent over the year. Components contributing to the increase included owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+4.2 percent) and recreation (+5.8 percent).

The Consumer Price Index for May 2025 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).

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 March 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025
All items		305.019	-	304.173	2.2	-0.3	-
All items (1967=100)		958.532	-	955.873	-	-	-
Food and beverages		367.808	-	369.422	3.0	0.4	-
Food		357.007	-	358.874	3.2	0.5	-
Food at home		314.406	314.162	318.668	4.2	1.4	1.4
Cereals and bakery products		337.137	338.708	346.922	2.0	2.9	2.4
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		349.117	352.350	353.483	4.8	1.3	0.3
Dairy and related products		319.310	320.434	324.685	4.0	1.7	1.3
Fruits and vegetables		395.468	393.701	411.536	6.9	4.1	4.5
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		202.238	198.110	204.632	5.8	1.2	3.3
Other food at home		265.233	265.048	263.782	3.1	-0.5	-0.5
Food away from home		421.447	-	419.496	2.0	-0.5	-
Alcoholic beverages		445.543	-	443.414	1.4	-0.5	-
Housing		294.146	-	293.513	3.2	-0.2	-
Shelter		345.006	346.223	345.160	3.3	0.0	-0.3
Rent of primary residence		355.512	356.465	356.234	3.8	0.2	-0.1
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		369.269	370.435	371.255	4.2	0.5	0.2
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		369.269	370.435	371.255	4.2	0.5	0.2
Household furnishings and operations		145.163	-	145.802	2.2	0.4	-
Apparel		158.538	-	156.892	-0.2	-1.0	-
Transportation		251.213	-	246.580	-1.2	-1.8	-
Private transportation		237.519	-	238.367	-0.7	0.4	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		110.275	-	109.947	-1.9	-0.3	-
New vehicles(1)		193.608	-	193.384	-0.3	-0.1	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		357.983	-	358.034	0.2	0.0	-
Motor fuel		248.961	249.267	250.685	-7.2	0.7	0.6
Gasoline (all types)		249.348	249.581	251.029	-7.1	0.7	0.6
Unleaded regular(4)		248.468	248.982	250.460	-7.4	0.8	0.6
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		255.362	254.140	255.915	-5.7	0.2	0.7
Unleaded premium(4)		326.380	323.497	324.944	-4.5	-0.4	0.4
Medical care		629.710	-	630.925	0.0	0.2	-
Recreation(3)		151.948	-	152.850	5.8	0.6	-
Education and communication(3)		143.218	-	143.298	0.3	0.1	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,271.770	-	1,271.770	2.1	0.0	-
Other goods and services		481.256	-	482.385	-1.0	0.2	-
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 March 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate inde	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025
All items		305.019	-	304.173	2.2	-0.3	-
Food		357.007	-	358.874	3.2	0.5	-
Energy		257.581	258.404	256.135	-0.2	-0.6	-0.9
All items less food and energy		308.603	-	307.393	2.2	-0.4	-
All items less energy		314.778	-	313.954	2.3	-0.3	-
All items less medical care		290.159	-	289.232	2.4	-0.3	-
All items less shelter		287.926	-	286.677	1.4	-0.4	-
Commodities		223.827	-	223.997	0.5	0.1	-
Commodities less food		173.892	-	173.557	-1.2	-0.2	-
Commodities less food & beverages		164.138	-	163.849	-1.4	-0.2	-
Durables		112.562	-	112.746	-1.2	0.2	-
Nondurables		293.136	-	293.254	1.0	0.0	-
Nondurables less food		243.056	-	241.831	-1.1	-0.5	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		228.234	-	227.078	-1.4	-0.5	-
Services		376.591	-	374.798	2.9	-0.5	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		426.335	-	422.063	2.4	-1.0	-
Services less medical care services		351.188	-	348.945	3.1	-0.6	-
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.