The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area increased 1.2 percent for the two months ending in September 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that prices for all items less food and energy were up 1.1 percent. The energy index rose 3.7 percent, while the food index advanced 0.8 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, month-to-month changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area all items CPI-U increased 3.6 percent for the 12 months ending in September. The index for all items less food and energy rose 3.1 percent over the year. The energy index advanced 16.6 percent, and the food index went up 2.0 percent.

Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, September 2023–September 2026

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
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
Sep 2025	2.6	2.8
Nov 2025	2.5	2.5
Jan 2026	1.8	2.2
Mar 2026	2.8	3.1
May 2026	4.7	4.4
Jul 2026	3.2	3.0
Sep 2026	3.6	3.1

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Food

The index for food increased 0.8 percent for the two months ending in September. The food at home index (grocery store purchases) advanced 1.2 percent, with increases led by a 2.1-percent increase to the index for other food at home (includes sugar, sweets, fats, and oils, for example), fruits and vegetables (+2.6 percent), and nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials (+3.7 percent). The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) rose 0.2 percent for the same period.

The food index increased 2.0 percent over the year. The index for food away from home was up 1.9 percent, while the food at home index advanced 2.1 percent. The index for other food at home led increases among the major grocery categories, up 5.9 percent over the month.

Energy

The energy index advanced 3.7 percent for the two months ending in September. Gasoline prices rose 9.4 percent.

From September 2025 to September 2026, the energy index increased 16.6 percent. The gasoline index was up 37.5 percent over the year. 

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 1.1 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for apparel (+13.6 percent), household furnishings and operations (+4.5 percent), medical care (+2.6 percent), and owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+0.5 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy increased 3.1 percent over the year. Components contributing to the increase included shelter (+3.7 percent) and apparel (+9.4 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for medical care (-2.5 percent).

The November 2026 Consumer Price Index for the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area is scheduled to be released on Thursday, December 10, 2026.

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

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Jul. 2026	Aug. 2026	Sep. 2026	Sep. 2025	Jul. 2026	Aug. 2026
All items		317.850	-	321.701	3.6	1.2	-
All items (1967=100)		998.853	-	1,010.954	-	-	-
Food and beverages		378.285	-	381.273	2.0	0.8	-
Food		367.957	-	370.864	2.0	0.8	-
Food at home		326.821	326.528	330.841	2.1	1.2	1.3
Cereals and bakery products		342.208	350.220	341.462	-2.2	-0.2	-2.5
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		361.381	356.832	359.962	0.5	-0.4	0.9
Dairy and related products		323.601	313.826	318.716	-1.8	-1.5	1.6
Fruits and vegetables		422.031	417.908	432.981	2.0	2.6	3.6
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		210.386	209.961	218.084	2.6	3.7	3.9
Other food at home		277.676	280.632	283.400	5.9	2.1	1.0
Food away from home		429.951	-	430.908	1.9	0.2	-
Alcoholic beverages		447.598	-	451.127	2.2	0.8	-
Housing		309.384	-	309.972	3.3	0.2	-
Shelter		366.840	365.483	365.905	3.7	-0.3	0.1
Rent of primary residence		377.678	378.312	379.125	4.1	0.4	0.2
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		394.215	395.051	396.057	4.2	0.5	0.3
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		394.215	395.051	396.057	4.2	0.5	0.3
Household furnishings and operations		145.271	-	151.873	2.0	4.5	-
Apparel		156.225	-	177.538	9.4	13.6	-
Transportation		269.759	-	273.878	8.5	1.5	-
Private transportation		256.844	-	262.581	8.1	2.2	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		110.466	-	110.609	-0.2	0.1	-
New vehicles(1)		195.160	-	195.365	0.5	0.1	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		359.519	-	359.573	-1.2	0.0	-
Motor fuel		322.597	334.284	353.364	37.8	9.5	5.7
Gasoline (all types)		322.483	333.942	352.932	37.5	9.4	5.7
Unleaded regular(4)		322.221	333.895	353.073	38.0	9.6	5.7
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		326.166	336.497	354.334	34.9	8.6	5.3
Unleaded premium(4)		412.244	424.422	446.525	33.8	8.3	5.2
Medical care		618.146	-	634.502	-2.5	2.6	-
Recreation(3)		163.554	-	163.200	3.5	-0.2	-
Education and communication(3)		148.332	-	151.903	6.2	2.4	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(6)		106.617	-	110.278	6.6	3.4	-
Other goods and services		478.326	-	485.054	1.1	1.4	-
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. (6) Indexes on a December 2024=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 September 2026, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Jul. 2026	Aug. 2026	Sep. 2026	Sep. 2025	Jul. 2026	Aug. 2026
All items		317.850	-	321.701	3.6	1.2	-
Food		367.957	-	370.864	2.0	0.8	-
Energy		299.357	302.602	310.395	16.6	3.7	2.6
All items less food and energy		319.958	-	323.515	3.1	1.1	-
All items less energy		326.099	-	329.578	3.0	1.1	-
All items less medical care		304.013	-	307.317	4.2	1.1	-
All items less shelter		296.946	-	303.088	3.7	2.1	-
Commodities		227.296	-	235.246	3.5	3.5	-
Commodities less food		174.958	-	183.619	4.2	5.0	-
Commodities less food & beverages		165.154	-	173.688	4.2	5.2	-
Durables		112.045	-	114.087	0.1	1.8	-
Nondurables		300.463	-	313.517	5.2	4.3	-
Nondurables less food		247.507	-	268.017	8.6	8.3	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		232.776	-	254.053	9.4	9.1	-
Services		398.570	-	397.890	3.7	-0.2	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		450.921	-	450.706	4.0	0.0	-
Services less medical care services		372.598	-	371.838	4.3	-0.2	-
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.