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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Midwest > News Release
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Wednesday, March 12, 2025

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Consumer Price Index, Detroit-Warren-Dearborn area – February 2025

Area prices were up 0.7 percent over the past two months, up 3.3 percent from a year ago

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Detroit-Warren-Dearborn advanced 0.7 percent for the two months ending in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Julie Wilson noted that energy prices rose 0.7 percent and food prices were 0.2 percent higher over the past two months. The all items less food and energy index was up 0.8 percent. Within the all items less food and energy category, indexes for shelter and apparel increased and the indexes for public transportation and medical care decreased. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect the impact of seasonal influences.)

The Detroit area all items CPI-U advanced 3.3 percent for the 12 months ending in February. The index for all items less food and energy rose 4.2 percent, and the food index increased 0.9 percent. In contrast, the energy index fell 1.5 percent over the same period.

  Line chart of over-the-year percent changes in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, CPI-U all items and all items less food and energy, from February 2022 through February 2025. An accessible version is available in the View Chart Data link below the chart.
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Food

The food index rose 0.2 percent for the two months ending in February. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) advanced 0.5 percent, with higher prices in 3 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) declined 0.5 percent for the same period.

The food index rose 0.9 percent over the year. The food at home index declined 0.4 percent. Three of the six major grocery store food group indexes declined over the year, led by dairy and related products (-5.5 percent) and fruits and vegetables (-2.8 percent).

Energy

The energy index rose 0.7 percent over the past two months. Gasoline prices rose 2.7 percent.

The energy index declined 1.5 percent from February 2024 to February 2025. Over the year, the gasoline index declined 2.0 percent.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.8 percent for the two months ending in February. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for shelter (+0.8 percent) and apparel (+13.3 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for public transportation and medical care (-1.2 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 4.2 percent over the year. Indexes with increases included shelter (+6.3 percent) and new and used motor vehicles (+3.5 percent).

The April 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn area is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, May 13, 2025.

Publication updates and changes

In accordance with annual practice, relative importance weights have been updated and are available online in the CPI Supplemental Table of Contents.

Effective with the January 2025 data release, several indexes and average price series were discontinued. More information is available on the CPI discontinued series page. Direct any inquiries to the CPI office using one of the CPI contact information options listed online.


Technical Note

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.

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

Refer to the national CPI news release technical note or the Handbook of Methods for more information.

Information in this release will be made available to individuals with sensory impairments upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.

Table 1. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, CPI-U by expenditure category for February 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Expenditure category

 Indexes Percent change from:
Historical
data		 Dec.
2024		 Jan.
2025		 Feb.
2025		 Feb.
2024		 Dec.
2024		 Jan.
2025

All items

 291.791 - 293.925 3.3 0.7 -

All items (1967=100)

 867.326 - 873.668 - - -

Food and beverages

 290.068 - 290.942 1.0 0.3 -

Food

 291.160 - 291.599 0.9 0.2 -

Food at home

 272.933 274.101 274.212 -0.4 0.5 0.0

Cereals and bakery products

 367.042 345.883 351.564 0.9 -4.2 1.6

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 285.009 288.130 291.796 4.0 2.4 1.3

Dairy and related products

 200.206 202.825 197.290 -5.5 -1.5 -2.7

Fruits and vegetables

 273.925 282.283 272.740 -2.8 -0.4 -3.4

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

 258.398 270.185 269.771 1.2 4.4 -0.2

Other food at home

 255.542 255.229 259.044 -1.1 1.4 1.5

Food away from home

 322.615 - 321.102 - -0.5 -

Alcoholic beverages

 271.834 - 278.141 3.0 2.3 -

Housing

 288.756 - 290.463 5.3 0.6 -

Shelter

 335.824 336.986 338.438 6.3 0.8 0.4

Rent of primary residence

 353.201 354.551 356.050 7.3 0.8 0.4

Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)

 334.269 334.898 336.062 6.5 0.5 0.3

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)

 334.269 334.898 336.062 6.5 0.5 0.3

Household furnishings and operations

 142.926 - 143.752 2.6 0.6 -

Apparel

 103.088 - 116.771 10.5 13.3 -

Transportation

 318.860 - 322.221 2.1 1.1 -

Private transportation

 327.482 - 333.491 2.7 1.8 -

New and used motor vehicles(3)

 144.069 - 145.100 3.5 0.7 -

New vehicles(1)

 258.539 - 259.019 0.3 0.2 -

Used cars and trucks(1)

 379.665 - 381.191 1.4 0.4 -

Motor fuel

 270.338 279.535 277.576 -2.3 2.7 -0.7

Gasoline (all types)

 269.323 278.612 276.685 -2.0 2.7 -0.7

Unleaded regular(4)

 268.266 278.122 276.411 -2.4 3.0 -0.6

Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

 341.789 347.930 345.250 -0.7 1.0 -0.8

Unleaded premium(4)

 308.566 313.433 309.100 0.9 0.2 -1.4

Medical care

 504.773 - 498.621 0.8 -1.2 -

Recreation(3)

 127.352 - 128.807 2.3 1.1 -

Education and communication(3)

 - - 163.377 2.8 - -

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)

 - - - - - -

Other goods and services

 538.553 - 545.082 1.8 1.2 -

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 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Special aggregate inde

 Indexes Percent change from:
Historical
data		 Dec.
2024		 Jan.
2025		 Feb.
2025		 Feb.
2024		 Dec.
2024		 Jan.
2025

All items

 291.791 - 293.925 3.3 0.7 -

Food

 291.160 - 291.599 0.9 0.2 -

Energy

 265.578 266.721 267.500 -1.5 0.7 0.3

All items less food and energy

 300.184 - 302.701 4.2 0.8 -

All items less energy

 297.965 - 300.146 3.7 0.7 -

All items less medical care

 283.387 - 285.942 3.6 0.9 -

All items less shelter

 278.095 - 280.056 1.9 0.7 -

Commodities

 210.211 - 213.102 1.2 1.4 -

Commodities less food

 174.142 - 178.062 1.5 2.3 -

Commodities less food & beverages

 170.504 - 174.335 1.4 2.2 -

Durables

 135.345 - 134.962 0.5 -0.3 -

Nondurables

 242.254 - 246.955 1.4 1.9 -

Nondurables less food

 200.670 - 209.122 2.3 4.2 -

Nondurables less food & beverages

 195.839 - 204.475 2.3 4.4 -

Services

 374.522 - 375.988 4.4 0.4 -

Services less rent of shelter(1)

 432.162 - 431.876 2.5 -0.1 -

Services less medical care services

 366.307 - 368.563 5.0 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.

 

Last Modified Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2025