The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area advanced 0.5 percent for the two months ending in May 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 0.4 percent over the two-month period. The energy index rose 1.5 percent from March to May and the index for food was up 0.7 percent. (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 rose 2.4 percent for the 12 months ending in May. The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.5 percent over the year. Food prices rose 3.2 percent. Energy prices fell 0.7 percent.

  

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

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
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
May 2025	2.4	2.5

Food prices increased 0.7 percent for the two months ending in May. Prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) increased 0.9 percent, and prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) advanced 0.4 percent for the same period.

Food prices rose 3.2 percent over the year. Prices for food at home rose 4.2 percent. Grocery food categories increasing over the year included meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (+6.5 percent) and nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials (+7.2 percent). Prices for food away from home advanced 2.1 percent.

The energy index rose 1.5 percent for the two months ending in May. Gasoline prices were down 0.7 percent over the past two months.

Energy prices fell 0.7 percent over the year. Gasoline prices were down 8.0 percent compared to May 2024.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.4 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for public transportation, medical care services, and shelter (+0.4 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for apparel (-0.8 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.5 percent over the year. Components contributing to the increase included owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+3.7 percent), recreation (+12.4 percent), and medical care services. In contrast, prices were lower for lodging away from home.

The July 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area is scheduled to be released on August 12, 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 May 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	May 2025	May 2024	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025
All items		304.173	-	305.618	2.4	0.5	-
All items (1967=100)		955.873	-	960.413	-	-	-
Food and beverages		369.422	-	371.868	2.9	0.7	-
Food		358.874	-	361.387	3.2	0.7	-
Food at home		318.668	318.674	321.578	4.2	0.9	0.9
Cereals and bakery products		346.922	349.986	352.124	3.1	1.5	0.6
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		353.483	353.924	363.384	6.5	2.8	2.7
Dairy and related products		324.685	320.427	317.276	2.8	-2.3	-1.0
Fruits and vegetables		411.536	405.923	417.141	5.4	1.4	2.8
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		204.632	201.860	205.822	7.2	0.6	2.0
Other food at home		263.782	266.952	265.278	2.6	0.6	-0.6
Food away from home		419.496	-	421.358	2.1	0.4	-
Alcoholic beverages		443.414	-	444.473	-0.3	0.2	-
Housing		293.513	-	294.783	2.5	0.4	-
Shelter		345.160	346.650	346.486	2.3	0.4	0.0
Rent of primary residence		356.234	357.068	359.026	3.9	0.8	0.5
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		371.255	371.932	372.760	3.7	0.4	0.2
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		371.255	371.932	372.760	3.7	0.4	0.2
Household furnishings and operations		145.802	-	145.934	4.2	0.1	-
Apparel		156.892	-	155.606	3.7	-0.8	-
Transportation		246.580	-	247.764	-1.1	0.5	-
Private transportation		238.367	-	237.062	-0.9	-0.5	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		109.947	-	111.327	0.0	1.3	-
New vehicles(1)		193.384	-	194.381	0.3	0.5	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		358.034	-	363.292	1.2	1.5	-
Motor fuel		250.685	256.760	249.013	-8.0	-0.7	-3.0
Gasoline (all types)		251.029	257.243	249.323	-8.0	-0.7	-3.1
Unleaded regular(4)		250.460	256.830	248.696	-8.2	-0.7	-3.2
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		255.915	261.518	254.260	-7.1	-0.6	-2.8
Unleaded premium(4)		324.944	331.069	323.455	-6.3	-0.5	-2.3
Medical care		630.925	-	640.497	1.8	1.5	-
Recreation(3)		152.850	-	153.381	12.4	0.3	-
Education and communication(3)		143.298	-	143.350	0.3	0.0	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,271.770	-	1,271.770	2.1	0.0	-
Other goods and services		482.385	-	482.167	-2.5	0.0	-
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 May 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate inde	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	May 2025	May 2024	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025
All items		304.173	-	305.618	2.4	0.5	-
Food		358.874	-	361.387	3.2	0.7	-
Energy		256.135	253.766	260.026	-0.7	1.5	2.5
All items less food and energy		307.393	-	308.531	2.5	0.4	-
All items less energy		313.954	-	315.266	2.6	0.4	-
All items less medical care		289.232	-	290.336	2.4	0.4	-
All items less shelter		286.677	-	288.165	2.3	0.5	-
Commodities		223.997	-	224.128	0.8	0.1	-
Commodities less food		173.557	-	172.983	-0.8	-0.3	-
Commodities less food & beverages		163.849	-	163.252	-0.8	-0.4	-
Durables		112.746	-	112.677	-0.4	-0.1	-
Nondurables		293.254	-	293.569	1.2	0.1	-
Nondurables less food		241.831	-	240.459	-1.0	-0.6	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		227.078	-	225.578	-1.1	-0.7	-
Services		374.798	-	377.460	3.1	0.7	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		422.063	-	426.438	3.9	1.0	-
Services less medical care services		348.945	-	350.892	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.