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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Midwest > News Release
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25-1274-CHI
Tuesday, August 12, 2025

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Consumer Price Index, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area – July 2025

Area prices were up 0.7 percent over the past two months, up 1.8 percent from a year ago

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area advanced 0.7 percent for the two months ending in July 2025, 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 increased 0.6 percent over the two-month period. The energy index rose 3.4 percent from May to July 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 increased 1.8 percent for the 12 months ending in July. The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.0 percent over the year. Food prices rose 2.9 percent. Energy prices declined 3.2 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, from July 2022 through July 2025. An accessible version is available in View Chart Data link below the chart.
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Food

Food prices rose 0.3 percent for the two months ending in July. Prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) rose 0.5 percent, and prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) rose 0.2 percent for the same period.

Food prices rose 2.9 percent over the year. Prices for food at home rose 3.7 percent. Grocery food categories increasing over the year included other food at home (+5.8 percent) and nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials (+5.9 percent). Prices for food away from home advanced 2.2 percent.

Energy

The energy index increased 3.4 percent for the two months ending in July. Gasoline prices were up 0.9 percent over the past two months.

Energy prices declined 3.2 percent over the year. Gasoline prices were down 9.6 percent compared to July 2024.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 0.6 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for shelter (+0.9 percent) and recreation (+2.2 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for apparel (-2.8 percent) and public transportation.

The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.0 percent over the year. Components contributing to the increase included owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+3.9 percent), rent of primary residence (+3.7 percent), recreation (+5.3 percent), and medical care services. In contrast, prices were lower for lodging away from home.

The September 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area is scheduled to be released on October 15, 2025.


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 July 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Expenditure category

 Indexes Percent change from:
Historical
data		 May
2025		 Jun.
2025		 Jul.
2025		 Jul.
2024		 May
2025		 Jun.
2025

All items

 305.618 - 307.881 1.8 0.7 -

All items (1967=100)

 960.413 - 967.523 - - -

Food and beverages

 371.868 - 372.810 2.6 0.3 -

Food

 361.387 - 362.588 2.9 0.3 -

Food at home

 321.578 322.917 323.095 3.7 0.5 0.1

Cereals and bakery products

 352.124 355.758 354.952 2.7 0.8 -0.2

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 363.384 361.639 355.356 1.9 -2.2 -1.7

Dairy and related products

 317.276 318.190 316.200 2.3 -0.3 -0.6

Fruits and vegetables

 417.141 419.175 413.149 2.6 -1.0 -1.4

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

 205.822 207.738 206.288 5.9 0.2 -0.7

Other food at home

 265.278 266.524 273.171 5.8 3.0 2.5

Food away from home

 421.358 - 422.048 2.2 0.2 -

Alcoholic beverages

 444.473 - 441.704 -0.9 -0.6 -

Housing

 294.783 - 298.344 2.1 1.2 -

Shelter

 346.486 348.249 349.475 2.2 0.9 0.4

Rent of primary residence

 359.026 360.799 362.124 3.7 0.9 0.4

Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)

 372.760 375.931 376.174 3.9 0.9 0.1

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)

 372.760 375.931 376.174 3.9 0.9 0.1

Household furnishings and operations

 145.934 - 147.918 4.3 1.4 -

Apparel

 155.606 - 151.292 1.6 -2.8 -

Transportation

 247.764 - 250.397 -0.4 1.1 -

Private transportation

 237.062 - 241.151 -0.6 1.7 -

New and used motor vehicles(3)

 111.327 - 111.631 0.5 0.3 -

New vehicles(1)

 194.381 - 194.007 0.2 -0.2 -

Used cars and trucks(1)

 363.292 - 367.275 3.2 1.1 -

Motor fuel

 249.013 251.393 251.405 -9.6 1.0 0.0

Gasoline (all types)

 249.323 251.708 251.510 -9.6 0.9 -0.1

Unleaded regular(4)

 248.696 250.933 250.663 -9.9 0.8 -0.1

Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

 254.260 257.466 258.111 -8.0 1.5 0.3

Unleaded premium(4)

 323.455 328.152 328.651 -7.0 1.6 0.2

Medical care

 640.497 - 637.671 1.9 -0.4 -

Recreation(3)

 153.381 - 156.796 5.3 2.2 -

Education and communication(3)

 143.350 - 143.076 0.1 -0.2 -

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)

 1,271.770 - 1,275.997 1.7 0.3 -

Other goods and services

 482.167 - 484.945 -2.6 0.6 -

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

 Indexes Percent change from:
Historical
data		 May
2025		 Jun.
2025		 Jul.
2025		 Jul.
2024		 May
2025		 Jun.
2025

All items

 305.618 - 307.881 1.8 0.7 -

Food

 361.387 - 362.588 2.9 0.3 -

Energy

 260.026 268.099 268.737 -3.2 3.4 0.2

All items less food and energy

 308.531 - 310.506 2.0 0.6 -

All items less energy

 315.266 - 317.144 2.2 0.6 -

All items less medical care

 290.336 - 292.797 1.8 0.8 -

All items less shelter

 288.165 - 290.127 1.5 0.7 -

Commodities

 224.128 - 224.602 0.5 0.2 -

Commodities less food

 172.983 - 173.221 -1.0 0.1 -

Commodities less food & beverages

 163.252 - 163.550 -1.1 0.2 -

Durables

 112.677 - 113.732 0.5 0.9 -

Nondurables

 293.569 - 293.318 0.4 -0.1 -

Nondurables less food

 240.459 - 239.093 -2.2 -0.6 -

Nondurables less food & beverages

 225.578 - 224.312 -2.4 -0.6 -

Services

 377.460 - 381.374 2.4 1.0 -

Services less rent of shelter(1)

 426.438 - 431.552 2.6 1.2 -

Services less medical care services

 350.892 - 355.211 2.4 1.2 -

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.

 

Last Modified Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2025