The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Detroit-Warren-Dearborn increased 2.1 percent for the 12 months ending in December, 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 rose 2.3 percent over the year, and food prices advanced 2.1 percent. Energy prices declined 0.5 percent.

BLS did not collect survey data for October 2025 due to a lapse in appropriations. BLS is unable to retroactively collect these data. For a few indexes, BLS uses nonsurvey data sources instead of survey data to make the index calculations. BLS was able to retroactively acquire most of the nonsurvey data for October. Accordingly, all analysis in this release is over the year and not seasonally adjusted.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, December 2022–December 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Dec 2022	6.2	5.5
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
Note: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Food prices advanced 2.1 percent over the year. Prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) advanced 2.4 percent. Grocery food categories increasing over the year included meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (+7.6 percent) and other food at home (+3.4 percent). The index for dairy and related products was down 8.0 percent over the year. Prices for food away from home (restaurant, vending, and cafeteria purchases) were up 1.4 percent over the year.

The energy index declined 0.5 percent from December 2024 to December 2025. Over the year, the gasoline index declined 5.4 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 2.3 percent over the year. Components contributing to the increase included owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+1.7 percent), lodging away from home, and other goods and services (+5.7 percent).

The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn Consumer Price Index for February 2026 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).

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.

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

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

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025	Dec. 2024	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025
All items		-	-	297.783	2.1	-	-
All items (1967=100)		-	-	885.134	-	-	-
Food and beverages		-	-	295.721	1.9	-	-
Food		-	-	297.130	2.1	-	-
Food at home		-	280.638	279.492	2.4	-	-0.4
Cereals and bakery products		-	362.297	358.410	-2.4	-	-1.1
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		-	308.173	306.578	7.6	-	-0.5
Dairy and related products		-	193.795	184.258	-8.0	-	-4.9
Fruits and vegetables		-	283.637	287.050	4.8	-	1.2
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		-	265.557	266.326	3.1	-	0.3
Other food at home		-	263.809	264.326	3.4	-	0.2
Food away from home		-	-	327.008	1.4	-	-
Alcoholic beverages		-	-	273.438	0.6	-	-
Housing		-	-	297.777	3.1	-	-
Shelter		-	345.836	345.310	2.8	-	-0.2
Rent of primary residence		-	360.494	355.916	0.8	-	-1.3
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		-	341.601	340.033	1.7	-	-0.5
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		-	341.601	340.033	1.7	-	-0.5
Household furnishings and operations		-	-	149.007	4.3	-	-
Apparel		-	-	105.057	1.9	-	-
Transportation		-	-	319.222	0.1	-	-
Private transportation		-	-	329.109	0.5	-	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		-	-	146.331	1.6	-	-
New vehicles(1)		261.425	-	261.414	1.1	0.0	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		394.561	-	387.186	2.0	-1.9	-
Motor fuel		-	272.987	256.010	-5.3	-	-6.2
Gasoline (all types)		265.126	271.872	254.905	-5.4	-3.9	-6.2
Unleaded regular(4)		263.806	270.830	253.198	-5.6	-4.0	-6.5
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		338.775	344.479	328.815	-3.8	-2.9	-4.5
Unleaded premium(4)		306.499	311.263	299.083	-3.1	-2.4	-3.9
Medical care		-	-	514.007	1.8	-	-
Recreation(3)		-	-	129.425	1.6	-	-
Education and communication(3)		-	-	158.752	-	-	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		-	-	-	-	-	-
Other goods and services		-	-	569.279	5.7	-	-
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. NOTE: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

Table 2. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, CPI-U by special aggregate index for December 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025	Dec. 2024	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025
All items		-	-	297.783	2.1	-	-
Food		-	-	297.130	2.1	-	-
Energy		-	271.368	264.320	-0.5	-	-2.6
All items less food and energy		-	-	307.063	2.3	-	-
All items less energy		-	-	304.682	2.3	-	-
All items less medical care		-	-	289.261	2.1	-	-
All items less shelter		-	-	282.624	1.6	-	-
Commodities		-	-	212.347	1.0	-	-
Commodities less food		-	-	174.623	0.3	-	-
Commodities less food & beverages		-	-	170.945	0.3	-	-
Durables		-	-	136.831	1.1	-	-
Nondurables		-	-	244.649	1.0	-	-
Nondurables less food		-	-	199.950	-0.4	-	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		-	-	194.942	-0.5	-	-
Services		-	-	384.262	2.6	-	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		-	-	442.443	2.4	-	-
Services less medical care services		-	-	375.753	2.6	-	-
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. NOTE: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.