The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area advanced 0.8 percent for the two months ending in January 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the index for all items less food and energy increased 1.0 percent over the two-month period. The energy index fell 2.3 percent from November to January 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 advanced 1.8 percent for the 12 months ending in January. The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.2 percent over the year. Food prices increased 1.9 percent. Energy prices fell 5.7 percent.

  

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

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Jan 2022	7.2	5.7
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

Food prices advanced 0.3 percent for the two months ending in January. Prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) advanced 0.7 percent, and prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) declined 0.1 percent for the same period.

Food prices increased 1.9 percent over the year. Prices for food at home increased 2.7 percent as 5 of the 6 major grocery store food group indexes rose over the year. Increasing indexes included other food at home (+3.4 percent), nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials (+6.3 percent), and fruits and vegetables (+3.9 percent). Prices for food away from home rose 1.0 percent.

The energy index declined 2.3 percent for the two months ending in January. Gasoline prices were down 9.8 percent over the past two months.

Energy prices fell 5.7 percent over the year. Gasoline prices were down 7.8 percent compared to January 2025.

The index for all items less food and energy increased 1.0 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for public transportation, shelter (+0.5 percent), recreation (+3.1 percent), and education and communication (+3.6 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for new and used motor vehicles (-1.9 percent) and other goods and services (-4.8 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.2 percent over the year. Components contributing to the increase included owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+3.5 percent), medical care services, and recreation (+4.6 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for new and used motor vehicles (-1.8 percent), lodging away from home, and other goods and services (-4.2 percent).

The March 2026 Consumer Price Index for the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area is scheduled to be released on Friday, April 10, 2026, at 7:30 a.m. (CT).

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.

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 January 2026, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Jan. 2025	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025
All items		308.116	-	310.428	1.8	0.8	-
All items (1967=100)		968.263	-	975.528	-	-	-
Food and beverages		372.907	-	374.265	1.8	0.4	-
Food		362.600	-	363.768	1.9	0.3	-
Food at home		320.705	323.260	322.802	2.7	0.7	-0.1
Cereals and bakery products		341.397	344.554	345.668	2.5	1.3	0.3
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		360.084	358.729	355.930	2.0	-1.2	-0.8
Dairy and related products		320.536	310.424	306.331	-4.1	-4.4	-1.3
Fruits and vegetables		402.245	410.058	410.836	3.9	2.1	0.2
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		210.411	212.661	215.073	6.3	2.2	1.1
Other food at home		269.310	274.904	274.244	3.4	1.8	-0.2
Food away from home		425.871	-	425.563	1.0	-0.1	-
Alcoholic beverages		442.950	-	446.518	0.2	0.8	-
Housing		297.800	-	300.240	2.1	0.8	-
Shelter		353.960	353.155	355.626	3.1	0.5	0.7
Rent of primary residence		366.230	366.825	367.876	3.5	0.4	0.3
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		381.004	380.263	382.233	3.5	0.3	0.5
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		381.004	380.263	382.233	3.5	0.3	0.5
Household furnishings and operations		145.907	-	147.180	1.4	0.9	-
Apparel		155.591	-	159.444	0.6	2.5	-
Transportation		250.806	-	253.025	0.7	0.9	-
Private transportation		242.365	-	238.980	0.6	-1.4	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		110.362	-	108.269	-1.8	-1.9	-
New vehicles(1)		194.067	-	193.512	0.0	-0.3	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		361.586	-	347.286	-3.0	-4.0	-
Motor fuel		254.857	239.497	230.023	-7.6	-9.7	-4.0
Gasoline (all types)		254.865	239.249	229.859	-7.8	-9.8	-3.9
Unleaded regular(4)		253.823	237.601	227.967	-8.3	-10.2	-4.1
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		262.503	250.146	241.984	-5.2	-7.8	-3.3
Unleaded premium(4)		335.119	322.314	313.310	-4.0	-6.5	-2.8
Medical care		650.650	-	644.508	2.3	-0.9	-
Recreation(3)		154.086	-	158.902	4.6	3.1	-
Education and communication(3)		143.116	-	148.225	3.5	3.6	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,310.418	-	1,313.305	3.3	0.2	-
Other goods and services		484.260	-	461.109	-4.2	-4.8	-
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 2026, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Jan. 2025	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025
All items		308.116	-	310.428	1.8	0.8	-
Food		362.600	-	363.768	1.9	0.3	-
Energy		248.625	245.887	242.875	-5.7	-2.3	-1.2
All items less food and energy		312.342	-	315.460	2.2	1.0	-
All items less energy		318.751	-	321.636	2.2	0.9	-
All items less medical care		292.506	-	295.171	1.7	0.9	-
All items less shelter		288.640	-	291.265	1.2	0.9	-
Commodities		224.853	-	223.730	0.0	-0.5	-
Commodities less food		173.530	-	171.808	-1.2	-1.0	-
Commodities less food & beverages		163.831	-	162.047	-1.3	-1.1	-
Durables		111.930	-	111.824	-0.7	-0.1	-
Nondurables		295.708	-	293.665	0.2	-0.7	-
Nondurables less food		243.299	-	238.821	-1.7	-1.8	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		228.642	-	223.741	-2.0	-2.1	-
Services		381.591	-	387.417	2.9	1.5	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		427.192	-	440.124	3.2	3.0	-
Services less medical care services		354.644	-	360.622	2.7	1.7	-
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.