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Consumer Price Index, Denver-Aurora-Lakewood — January 2025

Area prices rose 0.2 percent in December and January, up 2.3 percent over the year

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood area advanced 0.2 percent for the two months ending in January 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the food index was up 1.6 percent, and the all items less food and energy index rose by 0.1 percent in December and January. The energy index was down 1.1 percent over the past two months. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The Denver-Aurora-Lakewood area all items CPI-U advanced 2.3 percent for the 12 months ending in January. The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.4 percent, and the food index rose 4.0 percent. The index for energy declined 2.5 percent over the same period.

Food

Food prices advanced 1.6 percent for the two months ending in January. Prices for food at home (grocery store prices) rose 1.9 percent, and prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) increased 1.1 percent for the same period. Within the food at home category, the indexes for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (+5.8 percent), fruit and vegetables (+2.9 percent), and nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials (+3.6 percent) contributed to the rise.

Food prices rose 4.0 percent over the year. Prices for food away from home advanced 5.8 percent since a year ago. Prices for food at home increased 2.1 percent, led by a rise in the index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (+6.6 percent).

Energy

The energy index declined 1.1 percent for the two months ending in January. Gasoline prices fell 1.5 percent.

From January 2024 to January 2025, energy prices decreased 2.5 percent. Prices paid for gasoline increased 10.7 percent.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.1 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+0.8 percent), recreation (+2.2 percent), medical care (+1.2 percent), and apparel (+3.5 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for lodging away from home, public transportation, and rent of primary residence (-0.7 percent).

Over the year, the index for all items less food and energy increased 2.4 percent. Components contributing to the increase included owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+1.9 percent), new and used motor vehicles (+4.0 percent), and medical care (+2.8 percent). Partly offsetting the increases was a price decrease in the index for lodging away from home.

The March 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood 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 Denver 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 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO, Core Based Statistical Area is comprised of Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin, Jefferson, and Park counties in Colorado.

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

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Table 1. Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO, CPI-U by expenditure category for January 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Expenditure category

IndexesPercent change from:
Historical
data
Nov.
2024
Dec.
2024
Jan.
2025
Jan.
2024
Nov.
2024
Dec.
2024

All items

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSA0
330.160-330.8502.30.2-

All items (1967=100)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BAA0
1,100.946-1,103.246---

Food and beverages

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSAF
307.912-312.6083.81.5-

Food

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSAF1
316.126-321.3174.01.6-

Food at home

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSAF11
282.229278.808287.5012.11.93.1

Cereals and bakery products

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSAF111
338.277345.330341.6442.31.0-1.1

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSAF112
282.813276.367299.3266.65.88.3

Dairy and related products

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSEFJ
236.373235.259235.730-0.1-0.30.2

Fruits and vegetables

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSAF113
324.592324.719333.9010.92.92.8

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSAF114
192.101191.843198.9512.53.63.7

Other food at home

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSAF115
256.643247.918253.9860.0-1.02.4

Food away from home

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSEFV
363.822-367.8425.81.1-

Alcoholic beverages

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSAF116
234.849-234.3000.9-0.2-

Housing

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSAH
335.694-335.2060.0-0.1-

Shelter

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSAH1
393.691395.381392.5350.6-0.3-0.7

Rent of primary residence

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSEHA
410.167411.269407.227-0.2-0.7-1.0

Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSEHC
389.997393.933392.9891.90.8-0.2

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSEHC01
389.997393.933392.9891.90.8-0.2

Household furnishings and operations

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSAH3
143.640-143.5250.7-0.1-

Apparel

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSAA
112.430-116.3782.83.5-

Transportation

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSAT
340.319-336.6738.3-1.1-

Private transportation

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSAT1
342.415-341.9029.2-0.1-

New and used motor vehicles(3)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSETA
135.052-134.5974.0-0.3-

New vehicles(1)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSETA01
257.407-258.6010.60.5-

Used cars and trucks(1)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSETA02
358.783-361.3652.30.7-

Motor fuel

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSETB
251.337244.021247.3419.8-1.61.4

Gasoline (all types)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSETB01
248.289241.126244.49410.7-1.51.4

Unleaded regular(4)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSS47014
239.015231.729235.10411.1-1.61.5

Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSS47015
250.670244.229247.0129.8-1.51.1

Unleaded premium(4)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSS47016
280.895274.421277.7029.4-1.11.2

Medical care

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSAM
728.145-736.5412.81.2-

Recreation(3)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSAR
183.764-187.8622.82.2-

Education and communication(3)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSAE
131.466-131.4371.20.0-

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSEEB
1,246.240-1,245.3973.3-0.1-

Other goods and services

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSAG
466.115-460.5273.3-1.2-

(1) Index is on a January 1978=100 base.
(2) Index is on a November 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. Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO, CPI-U by special aggregate index for January 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Special aggregate index

IndexesPercent change from:
Historical
data
Nov.
2024
Dec.
2024
Jan.
2025
Jan.
2024
Nov.
2024
Dec.
2024

All items

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSA0
330.160-330.8502.30.2-

Food

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSAF1
316.126-321.3174.01.6-

Energy

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSA0E
217.066214.055214.769-2.5-1.10.3

All items less food and energy

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSA0L1E
348.115-348.4152.40.1-

All items less energy

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSA0LE
342.045-342.9912.60.3-

All items less medical care

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSA0L5
311.735-312.1252.30.1-

All items less shelter

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSA0L2
299.955-301.5803.50.5-

Commodities

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSAC
210.779-212.7112.90.9-

Commodities less food

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSACL1
168.157-169.0192.30.5-

Commodities less food & beverages

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSACL11
165.388-166.2812.40.5-

Durables

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSAD
128.462-128.7420.20.2-

Nondurables

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSAN
255.580-258.7474.21.2-

Nondurables less food

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSANL1
205.752-207.4104.50.8-

Nondurables less food & beverages

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSANL11
203.565-205.3534.80.9-

Services

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSAS
436.980-436.3852.1-0.1-

Services less rent of shelter(1)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSASL2RS
492.395-493.4464.20.2-

Services less medical care services

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS48BSASL5
413.005-412.1261.9-0.2-

(1) Indexes on a November 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