The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area advanced 0.7 percent for the two months ending in July 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 0.6 percent over the two-month period. The energy index rose 3.4 percent from May to July and the index for food was up 0.3 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 increased 1.8 percent for the 12 months ending in July. The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.0 percent over the year. Food prices rose 2.9 percent. Energy prices declined 3.2 percent.

  

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

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
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
Jul 2025	1.8	2.0

Food prices rose 0.3 percent for the two months ending in July. Prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) rose 0.5 percent, and prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) rose 0.2 percent for the same period.

Food prices rose 2.9 percent over the year. Prices for food at home rose 3.7 percent. Grocery food categories increasing over the year included other food at home (+5.8 percent) and nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials (+5.9 percent). Prices for food away from home advanced 2.2 percent.

The energy index increased 3.4 percent for the two months ending in July. Gasoline prices were up 0.9 percent over the past two months.

Energy prices declined 3.2 percent over the year. Gasoline prices were down 9.6 percent compared to July 2024.

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 0.6 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for shelter (+0.9 percent) and recreation (+2.2 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for apparel (-2.8 percent) and public transportation.

The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.0 percent over the year. Components contributing to the increase included owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+3.9 percent), rent of primary residence (+3.7 percent), recreation (+5.3 percent), and medical care services. In contrast, prices were lower for lodging away from home.

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

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	May 2025	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025	Jul. 2024	May 2025	Jun. 2025
All items		305.618	-	307.881	1.8	0.7	-
All items (1967=100)		960.413	-	967.523	-	-	-
Food and beverages		371.868	-	372.810	2.6	0.3	-
Food		361.387	-	362.588	2.9	0.3	-
Food at home		321.578	322.917	323.095	3.7	0.5	0.1
Cereals and bakery products		352.124	355.758	354.952	2.7	0.8	-0.2
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		363.384	361.639	355.356	1.9	-2.2	-1.7
Dairy and related products		317.276	318.190	316.200	2.3	-0.3	-0.6
Fruits and vegetables		417.141	419.175	413.149	2.6	-1.0	-1.4
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		205.822	207.738	206.288	5.9	0.2	-0.7
Other food at home		265.278	266.524	273.171	5.8	3.0	2.5
Food away from home		421.358	-	422.048	2.2	0.2	-
Alcoholic beverages		444.473	-	441.704	-0.9	-0.6	-
Housing		294.783	-	298.344	2.1	1.2	-
Shelter		346.486	348.249	349.475	2.2	0.9	0.4
Rent of primary residence		359.026	360.799	362.124	3.7	0.9	0.4
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		372.760	375.931	376.174	3.9	0.9	0.1
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		372.760	375.931	376.174	3.9	0.9	0.1
Household furnishings and operations		145.934	-	147.918	4.3	1.4	-
Apparel		155.606	-	151.292	1.6	-2.8	-
Transportation		247.764	-	250.397	-0.4	1.1	-
Private transportation		237.062	-	241.151	-0.6	1.7	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		111.327	-	111.631	0.5	0.3	-
New vehicles(1)		194.381	-	194.007	0.2	-0.2	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		363.292	-	367.275	3.2	1.1	-
Motor fuel		249.013	251.393	251.405	-9.6	1.0	0.0
Gasoline (all types)		249.323	251.708	251.510	-9.6	0.9	-0.1
Unleaded regular(4)		248.696	250.933	250.663	-9.9	0.8	-0.1
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		254.260	257.466	258.111	-8.0	1.5	0.3
Unleaded premium(4)		323.455	328.152	328.651	-7.0	1.6	0.2
Medical care		640.497	-	637.671	1.9	-0.4	-
Recreation(3)		153.381	-	156.796	5.3	2.2	-
Education and communication(3)		143.350	-	143.076	0.1	-0.2	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,271.770	-	1,275.997	1.7	0.3	-
Other goods and services		482.167	-	484.945	-2.6	0.6	-
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 July 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate inde	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	May 2025	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025	Jul. 2024	May 2025	Jun. 2025
All items		305.618	-	307.881	1.8	0.7	-
Food		361.387	-	362.588	2.9	0.3	-
Energy		260.026	268.099	268.737	-3.2	3.4	0.2
All items less food and energy		308.531	-	310.506	2.0	0.6	-
All items less energy		315.266	-	317.144	2.2	0.6	-
All items less medical care		290.336	-	292.797	1.8	0.8	-
All items less shelter		288.165	-	290.127	1.5	0.7	-
Commodities		224.128	-	224.602	0.5	0.2	-
Commodities less food		172.983	-	173.221	-1.0	0.1	-
Commodities less food & beverages		163.252	-	163.550	-1.1	0.2	-
Durables		112.677	-	113.732	0.5	0.9	-
Nondurables		293.569	-	293.318	0.4	-0.1	-
Nondurables less food		240.459	-	239.093	-2.2	-0.6	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		225.578	-	224.312	-2.4	-0.6	-
Services		377.460	-	381.374	2.4	1.0	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		426.438	-	431.552	2.6	1.2	-
Services less medical care services		350.892	-	355.211	2.4	1.2	-
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.