The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn area advanced 1.0 percent for the two months ending in February 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the indexes for both food and all items less food and energy increased 1.0 percent over the two-month period. The energy index rose 0.9 percent from December to February. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn area all items CPI-U increased 2.3 percent for the 12 months ending in February. The index for all items less food and energy rose 2.4 percent over the year. Food prices rose 2.9 percent. Energy prices declined 0.3 percent.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, February 2023–February 2026

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Feb 2023	7.0	6.8
Apr 2023	6.6	7.6
Jun 2023	4.7	7.8
Aug 2023	5.9	7.7
Oct 2023	3.4	5.6
Dec 2023	4.5	5.5
Feb 2024	2.8	3.3
Apr 2024	3.5	4.0
Jun 2024	3.4	3.8
Aug 2024	3.5	4.2
Oct 2024	3.3	3.9
Dec 2024	2.8	3.3
Feb 2025	3.3	4.2
Apr 2025	1.4	2.0
Jun 2025	1.3	1.7
Aug 2025	0.7	0.8
Oct 2025	-	-
Dec 2025	2.1	2.3
Feb 2026	2.3	2.4
Note: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

Food prices advanced 1.0 percent for the two months ending in February. Prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) increased 1.5 percent, and prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) rose 0.1 percent for the same period.

Food prices increased 2.9 percent over the year. Prices for food at home increased 3.5 percent as all six of the major grocery store food group indexes rose over the year. Grocery store index increases ranged from 6.7 percent for nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials to 0.5 percent for dairy and related products. Prices for food away from home rose 1.9 percent.

The energy index rose 0.9 percent for the two months ending in February. Gasoline prices increased 2.0 percent.

Energy prices declined 0.3 percent over the year. Over the year, the gasoline index declined 6.0 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.0 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for shelter (+1.4 percent) and apparel (+12.1 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for used cars and trucks (-4.0 percent) and other goods and services (-1.6 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy rose 2.4 percent over the year. Components contributing to the increase included shelter (+3.4 percent) and medical care services. In contrast, prices were lower for used cars and trucks (-2.5 percent).

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 Detroit 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.

The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Core Based Statistical Area includes Lapeer, Livingston, Macomb, Oakland, St. Clair, and Wayne Counties in Michigan.

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Table 1. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, CPI-U by expenditure category for February 2026, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Feb. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026
All items		297.783	-	300.640	2.3	1.0	-
All items (1967=100)		885.134	-	893.626	-	-	-
Food and beverages		295.721	-	298.588	2.6	1.0	-
Food		297.130	-	299.969	2.9	1.0	-
Food at home		279.492	282.380	283.812	3.5	1.5	0.5
Cereals and bakery products		358.410	365.308	366.136	4.1	2.2	0.2
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		306.578	309.508	310.712	6.5	1.3	0.4
Dairy and related products		184.258	198.270	198.284	0.5	7.6	0.0
Fruits and vegetables		287.050	281.148	279.547	2.5	-2.6	-0.6
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		266.326	277.221	287.729	6.7	8.0	3.8
Other food at home		264.326	262.908	263.422	1.7	-0.3	0.2
Food away from home		327.008	-	327.255	1.9	0.1	-
Alcoholic beverages		273.438	-	276.567	-0.6	1.1	-
Housing		297.777	-	300.980	3.6	1.1	-
Shelter		345.310	345.144	349.993	3.4	1.4	1.4
Rent of primary residence		355.916	356.376	356.477	0.1	0.2	0.0
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		340.033	340.305	342.099	1.8	0.6	0.5
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		340.033	340.305	342.099	1.8	0.6	0.5
Household furnishings and operations		149.007	-	149.059	3.7	0.0	-
Apparel		105.057	-	117.777	0.9	12.1	-
Transportation		319.222	-	319.516	-0.8	0.1	-
Private transportation		329.109	-	328.809	-1.4	-0.1	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		146.331	-	143.593	-1.0	-1.9	-
New vehicles(1)		261.414	-	262.129	1.2	0.3	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		387.186	-	371.754	-2.5	-4.0	-
Motor fuel		256.010	253.423	260.996	-6.0	1.9	3.0
Gasoline (all types)		254.905	252.387	260.013	-6.0	2.0	3.0
Unleaded regular(4)		253.198	250.630	258.557	-6.5	2.1	3.2
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		328.815	325.613	332.839	-3.6	1.2	2.2
Unleaded premium(4)		299.083	296.852	302.259	-2.2	1.1	1.8
Medical care		514.007	-	521.370	4.6	1.4	-
Recreation(3)		129.425	-	129.948	0.9	0.4	-
Education and communication(3)		158.752	-	-	-	-	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		-	-	-	-	-	-
Other goods and services		569.279	-	560.179	2.8	-1.6	-
Footnotes (1) Index is on a December 1977=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. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, CPI-U by special aggregate index for February 2026, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Feb. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026
All items		297.783	-	300.640	2.3	1.0	-
Food		297.130	-	299.969	2.9	1.0	-
Energy		264.320	263.683	266.803	-0.3	0.9	1.2
All items less food and energy		307.063	-	310.016	2.4	1.0	-
All items less energy		304.682	-	307.610	2.5	1.0	-
All items less medical care		289.261	-	291.906	2.1	0.9	-
All items less shelter		282.624	-	284.822	1.7	0.8	-
Commodities		212.347	-	215.311	1.0	1.4	-
Commodities less food		174.623	-	177.537	-0.3	1.7	-
Commodities less food & beverages		170.945	-	173.843	-0.3	1.7	-
Durables		136.831	-	134.924	0.0	-1.4	-
Nondurables		244.649	-	250.552	1.5	2.4	-
Nondurables less food		199.950	-	207.966	-0.6	4.0	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		194.942	-	203.279	-0.6	4.3	-
Services		384.262	-	386.957	2.9	0.7	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		442.443	-	442.633	2.5	0.0	-
Services less medical care services		375.753	-	377.914	2.5	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.