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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Midwest > News Release
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Wednesday, June 11, 2025

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

Area prices were up 0.5 percent over the past two months, up 2.4 percent from a year ago

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area advanced 0.5 percent for the two months ending in May 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 0.4 percent over the two-month period. The energy index rose 1.5 percent from March to May and the index for food was up 0.7 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 rose 2.4 percent for the 12 months ending in May. The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.5 percent over the year. Food prices rose 3.2 percent. Energy prices fell 0.7 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 May 2022 through May 2025. An accessible version is available in View Chart Data link below the chart.
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Food

Food prices increased 0.7 percent for the two months ending in May. Prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) increased 0.9 percent, and prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) advanced 0.4 percent for the same period.

Food prices rose 3.2 percent over the year. Prices for food at home rose 4.2 percent. Grocery food categories increasing over the year included meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (+6.5 percent) and nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials (+7.2 percent). Prices for food away from home advanced 2.1 percent.

Energy

The energy index rose 1.5 percent for the two months ending in May. Gasoline prices were down 0.7 percent over the past two months.

Energy prices fell 0.7 percent over the year. Gasoline prices were down 8.0 percent compared to May 2024.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.4 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for public transportation, medical care services, and shelter (+0.4 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for apparel (-0.8 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.5 percent over the year. Components contributing to the increase included owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+3.7 percent), recreation (+12.4 percent), and medical care services. In contrast, prices were lower for lodging away from home.

The July 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area is scheduled to be released on August 12, 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 May 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Expenditure category

 Indexes Percent change from:
Historical
data		 Mar.
2025		 Apr.
2025		 May
2025		 May
2024		 Mar.
2025		 Apr.
2025

All items

 304.173 - 305.618 2.4 0.5 -

All items (1967=100)

 955.873 - 960.413 - - -

Food and beverages

 369.422 - 371.868 2.9 0.7 -

Food

 358.874 - 361.387 3.2 0.7 -

Food at home

 318.668 318.674 321.578 4.2 0.9 0.9

Cereals and bakery products

 346.922 349.986 352.124 3.1 1.5 0.6

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 353.483 353.924 363.384 6.5 2.8 2.7

Dairy and related products

 324.685 320.427 317.276 2.8 -2.3 -1.0

Fruits and vegetables

 411.536 405.923 417.141 5.4 1.4 2.8

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

 204.632 201.860 205.822 7.2 0.6 2.0

Other food at home

 263.782 266.952 265.278 2.6 0.6 -0.6

Food away from home

 419.496 - 421.358 2.1 0.4 -

Alcoholic beverages

 443.414 - 444.473 -0.3 0.2 -

Housing

 293.513 - 294.783 2.5 0.4 -

Shelter

 345.160 346.650 346.486 2.3 0.4 0.0

Rent of primary residence

 356.234 357.068 359.026 3.9 0.8 0.5

Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)

 371.255 371.932 372.760 3.7 0.4 0.2

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)

 371.255 371.932 372.760 3.7 0.4 0.2

Household furnishings and operations

 145.802 - 145.934 4.2 0.1 -

Apparel

 156.892 - 155.606 3.7 -0.8 -

Transportation

 246.580 - 247.764 -1.1 0.5 -

Private transportation

 238.367 - 237.062 -0.9 -0.5 -

New and used motor vehicles(3)

 109.947 - 111.327 0.0 1.3 -

New vehicles(1)

 193.384 - 194.381 0.3 0.5 -

Used cars and trucks(1)

 358.034 - 363.292 1.2 1.5 -

Motor fuel

 250.685 256.760 249.013 -8.0 -0.7 -3.0

Gasoline (all types)

 251.029 257.243 249.323 -8.0 -0.7 -3.1

Unleaded regular(4)

 250.460 256.830 248.696 -8.2 -0.7 -3.2

Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

 255.915 261.518 254.260 -7.1 -0.6 -2.8

Unleaded premium(4)

 324.944 331.069 323.455 -6.3 -0.5 -2.3

Medical care

 630.925 - 640.497 1.8 1.5 -

Recreation(3)

 152.850 - 153.381 12.4 0.3 -

Education and communication(3)

 143.298 - 143.350 0.3 0.0 -

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)

 1,271.770 - 1,271.770 2.1 0.0 -

Other goods and services

 482.385 - 482.167 -2.5 0.0 -

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

 Indexes Percent change from:
Historical
data		 Mar.
2025		 Apr.
2025		 May
2025		 May
2024		 Mar.
2025		 Apr.
2025

All items

 304.173 - 305.618 2.4 0.5 -

Food

 358.874 - 361.387 3.2 0.7 -

Energy

 256.135 253.766 260.026 -0.7 1.5 2.5

All items less food and energy

 307.393 - 308.531 2.5 0.4 -

All items less energy

 313.954 - 315.266 2.6 0.4 -

All items less medical care

 289.232 - 290.336 2.4 0.4 -

All items less shelter

 286.677 - 288.165 2.3 0.5 -

Commodities

 223.997 - 224.128 0.8 0.1 -

Commodities less food

 173.557 - 172.983 -0.8 -0.3 -

Commodities less food & beverages

 163.849 - 163.252 -0.8 -0.4 -

Durables

 112.746 - 112.677 -0.4 -0.1 -

Nondurables

 293.254 - 293.569 1.2 0.1 -

Nondurables less food

 241.831 - 240.459 -1.0 -0.6 -

Nondurables less food & beverages

 227.078 - 225.578 -1.1 -0.7 -

Services

 374.798 - 377.460 3.1 0.7 -

Services less rent of shelter(1)

 422.063 - 426.438 3.9 1.0 -

Services less medical care services

 348.945 - 350.892 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: Wednesday, June 11, 2025