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

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

Area prices were up 1.5 percent over the past two months, up 3.0 percent from a year ago

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area advanced 1.5 percent for the two months ending in January 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1.) Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the energy index increased 6.3 percent, and the food index rose 0.8 percent from November to January. The all items less food and energy index advanced 1.3 percent over the past two months. Within the all items less food and energy category, indexes for recreation and apparel increased and the indexes for other goods and services and shelter decreased. (See table 1 and table 2.) (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 advanced 3.0 percent for the 12 months ending in January. The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.9 percent over the year. Energy prices increased 6.4 percent. Food prices rose 2.5 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 January 2022 through January 2025. An accessible version is available in View Chart Data link below the chart.
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Food

Food prices advanced 0.8 percent for the two months ending in January. Prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) and prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) both rose 0.8 percent for the same period.

Food prices rose 2.5 percent over the year. Prices for food at home increased 1.3 percent as all six major grocery store food group indexes rose over the year. Increasing indexes included meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (+2.6 percent); other food at home (includes sugar, sweets, fats, and oils, for example) (+1.0 percent); and nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials (+2.8 percent). Prices for food away from home increased 4.2 percent.

Energy

The energy index increased 6.3 percent for the two months ending in January. Gasoline prices rose 1.7 percent.

Energy prices increased 6.4 percent over the year. The gasoline index was up 6.3 percent compared to a year ago.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.3 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for recreation (+5.8 percent) and apparel (+8.6 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for other goods and services (-2.2 percent) and shelter (-0.1 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.9 percent over the year. The indexes for shelter (+3.4 percent) and recreation (+3.0 percent) were higher over the year.

The March 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area is scheduled to be released on Thursday, April 10, 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 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 January 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Expenditure category

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

All items

 300.531 - 305.019 3.0 1.5 -

All items (1967=100)

 944.428 - 958.532 - - -

Food and beverages

 365.331 - 367.808 2.3 0.7 -

Food

 354.295 - 357.007 2.5 0.8 -

Food at home

 312.065 311.987 314.406 1.3 0.8 0.8

Cereals and bakery products

 345.435 347.605 337.137 1.1 -2.4 -3.0

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 350.603 346.730 349.117 2.6 -0.4 0.7

Dairy and related products

 308.324 323.987 319.310 1.4 3.6 -1.4

Fruits and vegetables

 389.534 397.169 395.468 0.3 1.5 -0.4

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

 200.658 192.294 202.238 2.8 0.8 5.2

Other food at home

 260.603 259.585 265.233 1.0 1.8 2.2

Food away from home

 418.158 - 421.447 4.2 0.8 -

Alcoholic beverages

 446.696 - 445.543 1.1 -0.3 -

Housing

 291.282 - 294.146 3.6 1.0 -

Shelter

 345.517 346.123 345.006 3.4 -0.1 -0.3

Rent of primary residence

 353.931 355.224 355.512 3.8 0.4 0.1

Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)

 367.423 368.663 369.269 3.5 0.5 0.2

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)

 367.423 368.663 369.269 3.5 0.5 0.2

Household furnishings and operations

 140.415 - 145.163 3.1 3.4 -

Apparel

 146.047 - 158.538 2.5 8.6 -

Transportation

 246.821 - 251.213 3.6 1.8 -

Private transportation

 235.775 - 237.519 3.8 0.7 -

New and used motor vehicles(3)

 109.831 - 110.275 0.2 0.4 -

New vehicles(1)

 193.294 - 193.608 -0.5 0.2 -

Used cars and trucks(1)

 355.059 - 357.983 0.8 0.8 -

Motor fuel

 244.938 240.699 248.961 6.1 1.6 3.4

Gasoline (all types)

 245.120 240.876 249.348 6.3 1.7 3.5

Unleaded regular(4)

 243.990 239.684 248.468 6.2 1.8 3.7

Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

 252.891 249.142 255.362 6.4 1.0 2.5

Unleaded premium(4)

 323.799 319.111 326.380 7.2 0.8 2.3

Medical care

 629.695 - 629.710 1.8 0.0 -

Recreation(3)

 143.645 - 151.948 3.0 5.8 -

Education and communication(3)

 141.198 - 143.218 0.0 1.4 -

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)

 1,270.750 - 1,271.770 2.1 0.1 -

Other goods and services

 492.144 - 481.256 0.3 -2.2 -

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

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

All items

 300.531 - 305.019 3.0 1.5 -

Food

 354.295 - 357.007 2.5 0.8 -

Energy

 242.376 248.438 257.581 6.4 6.3 3.7

All items less food and energy

 304.628 - 308.603 2.9 1.3 -

All items less energy

 310.961 - 314.778 2.8 1.2 -

All items less medical care

 285.508 - 290.159 3.1 1.6 -

All items less shelter

 281.439 - 287.926 2.7 2.3 -

Commodities

 219.828 - 223.827 1.8 1.8 -

Commodities less food

 169.718 - 173.892 1.3 2.5 -

Commodities less food & beverages

 159.944 - 164.138 1.3 2.6 -

Durables

 110.691 - 112.562 -1.0 1.7 -

Nondurables

 287.796 - 293.136 2.7 1.9 -

Nondurables less food

 235.711 - 243.056 3.1 3.1 -

Nondurables less food & beverages

 220.476 - 228.234 3.3 3.5 -

Services

 371.769 - 376.591 3.6 1.3 -

Services less rent of shelter(1)

 414.651 - 426.335 3.6 2.8 -

Services less medical care services

 346.129 - 351.188 3.6 1.5 -

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, February 12, 2025