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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Midwest > News Release
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Thursday, April 10, 2025

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Consumer Price Index, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area — March 2025

Area prices were down 0.3 percent over the past two months, up 2.2 percent from a year ago

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington was down 0.3 percent for the two months ending in March, 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 declined 0.4 percent. The energy index fell 0.6 percent, and the food index was up 0.5 percent over the two-month period. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect the impact of seasonal influences.)

The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area all items CPI-U increased 2.2 percent for the 12 months ending in March. The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.2 percent over the year. Food prices rose 3.2 percent. Energy prices decreased 0.2 percent.

  Line chart of over-the-year percent changes in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, CPI-U all items and all items less food and energy indexes, from March 2022 through March 2025. An accessible version is available in the View Chart Data link below the chart.
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Food

The food index rose 0.5 percent for the two months ending in March. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) rose 1.4 percent, with higher prices in 5 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 3.2 percent over the year. The food at home index advanced 4.2 percent. All six major grocery store food group indexes rose over the year, led by fruits and vegetables (+6.9 percent) and other food at home (includes sugar, sweets, fats, and oils, for example) (+3.1 percent). The food away from home index rose 2.0 percent.

Energy

The energy index decreased 0.6 percent over the two-month period. Gasoline prices rose 0.7 percent.

The energy index decreased 0.2 percent from March 2024 to March 2025. Over the year, the gasoline index declined 7.1 percent.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy was down 0.4 percent for the two months ending in March. Among the index’s components, prices were lower for public transportation, lodging away from home, and medical care commodities. In contrast, prices were higher for owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+0.5 percent), medical care services, and recreation (+0.6 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 2.2 percent over the year. Components contributing to the increase included owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+4.2 percent) and recreation (+5.8 percent).

The Consumer Price Index for May 2025 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).

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 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.

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. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, CPI-U by expenditure category for March 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Expenditure category

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

All items

 305.019 - 304.173 2.2 -0.3 -

All items (1967=100)

 958.532 - 955.873 - - -

Food and beverages

 367.808 - 369.422 3.0 0.4 -

Food

 357.007 - 358.874 3.2 0.5 -

Food at home

 314.406 314.162 318.668 4.2 1.4 1.4

Cereals and bakery products

 337.137 338.708 346.922 2.0 2.9 2.4

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 349.117 352.350 353.483 4.8 1.3 0.3

Dairy and related products

 319.310 320.434 324.685 4.0 1.7 1.3

Fruits and vegetables

 395.468 393.701 411.536 6.9 4.1 4.5

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

 202.238 198.110 204.632 5.8 1.2 3.3

Other food at home

 265.233 265.048 263.782 3.1 -0.5 -0.5

Food away from home

 421.447 - 419.496 2.0 -0.5 -

Alcoholic beverages

 445.543 - 443.414 1.4 -0.5 -

Housing

 294.146 - 293.513 3.2 -0.2 -

Shelter

 345.006 346.223 345.160 3.3 0.0 -0.3

Rent of primary residence

 355.512 356.465 356.234 3.8 0.2 -0.1

Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)

 369.269 370.435 371.255 4.2 0.5 0.2

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)

 369.269 370.435 371.255 4.2 0.5 0.2

Household furnishings and operations

 145.163 - 145.802 2.2 0.4 -

Apparel

 158.538 - 156.892 -0.2 -1.0 -

Transportation

 251.213 - 246.580 -1.2 -1.8 -

Private transportation

 237.519 - 238.367 -0.7 0.4 -

New and used motor vehicles(3)

 110.275 - 109.947 -1.9 -0.3 -

New vehicles(1)

 193.608 - 193.384 -0.3 -0.1 -

Used cars and trucks(1)

 357.983 - 358.034 0.2 0.0 -

Motor fuel

 248.961 249.267 250.685 -7.2 0.7 0.6

Gasoline (all types)

 249.348 249.581 251.029 -7.1 0.7 0.6

Unleaded regular(4)

 248.468 248.982 250.460 -7.4 0.8 0.6

Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

 255.362 254.140 255.915 -5.7 0.2 0.7

Unleaded premium(4)

 326.380 323.497 324.944 -4.5 -0.4 0.4

Medical care

 629.710 - 630.925 0.0 0.2 -

Recreation(3)

 151.948 - 152.850 5.8 0.6 -

Education and communication(3)

 143.218 - 143.298 0.3 0.1 -

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)

 1,271.770 - 1,271.770 2.1 0.0 -

Other goods and services

 481.256 - 482.385 -1.0 0.2 -

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

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

All items

 305.019 - 304.173 2.2 -0.3 -

Food

 357.007 - 358.874 3.2 0.5 -

Energy

 257.581 258.404 256.135 -0.2 -0.6 -0.9

All items less food and energy

 308.603 - 307.393 2.2 -0.4 -

All items less energy

 314.778 - 313.954 2.3 -0.3 -

All items less medical care

 290.159 - 289.232 2.4 -0.3 -

All items less shelter

 287.926 - 286.677 1.4 -0.4 -

Commodities

 223.827 - 223.997 0.5 0.1 -

Commodities less food

 173.892 - 173.557 -1.2 -0.2 -

Commodities less food & beverages

 164.138 - 163.849 -1.4 -0.2 -

Durables

 112.562 - 112.746 -1.2 0.2 -

Nondurables

 293.136 - 293.254 1.0 0.0 -

Nondurables less food

 243.056 - 241.831 -1.1 -0.5 -

Nondurables less food & beverages

 228.234 - 227.078 -1.4 -0.5 -

Services

 376.591 - 374.798 2.9 -0.5 -

Services less rent of shelter(1)

 426.335 - 422.063 2.4 -1.0 -

Services less medical care services

 351.188 - 348.945 3.1 -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: Thursday, April 10, 2025