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.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO, January 2022–January 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Jan 2022	7.9	7.0
Mar 2022	9.1	8.0
May 2022	8.3	7.1
Jul 2022	8.2	6.6
Sep 2022	7.7	7.2
Nov 2022	6.9	6.7
Jan 2023	6.4	5.9
Mar 2023	5.7	5.6
May 2023	5.1	5.6
Jul 2023	4.7	5.8
Sep 2023	5.4	5.4
Nov 2023	4.5	4.8
Jan 2024	3.5	4.1
Mar 2024	2.8	3.4
May 2024	2.6	2.7
Jul 2024	1.9	2.4
Sep 2024	1.4	2.0
Nov 2024	2.0	2.5
Jan 2025	2.3	2.4

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).

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.

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.

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	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2024	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024
All items		330.160	-	330.850	2.3	0.2	-
All items (1967=100)		1,100.946	-	1,103.246	-	-	-
Food and beverages		307.912	-	312.608	3.8	1.5	-
Food		316.126	-	321.317	4.0	1.6	-
Food at home		282.229	278.808	287.501	2.1	1.9	3.1
Cereals and bakery products		338.277	345.330	341.644	2.3	1.0	-1.1
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		282.813	276.367	299.326	6.6	5.8	8.3
Dairy and related products		236.373	235.259	235.730	-0.1	-0.3	0.2
Fruits and vegetables		324.592	324.719	333.901	0.9	2.9	2.8
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		192.101	191.843	198.951	2.5	3.6	3.7
Other food at home		256.643	247.918	253.986	0.0	-1.0	2.4
Food away from home		363.822	-	367.842	5.8	1.1	-
Alcoholic beverages		234.849	-	234.300	0.9	-0.2	-
Housing		335.694	-	335.206	0.0	-0.1	-
Shelter		393.691	395.381	392.535	0.6	-0.3	-0.7
Rent of primary residence		410.167	411.269	407.227	-0.2	-0.7	-1.0
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		389.997	393.933	392.989	1.9	0.8	-0.2
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		389.997	393.933	392.989	1.9	0.8	-0.2
Household furnishings and operations		143.640	-	143.525	0.7	-0.1	-
Apparel		112.430	-	116.378	2.8	3.5	-
Transportation		340.319	-	336.673	8.3	-1.1	-
Private transportation		342.415	-	341.902	9.2	-0.1	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		135.052	-	134.597	4.0	-0.3	-
New vehicles(1)		257.407	-	258.601	0.6	0.5	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		358.783	-	361.365	2.3	0.7	-
Motor fuel		251.337	244.021	247.341	9.8	-1.6	1.4
Gasoline (all types)		248.289	241.126	244.494	10.7	-1.5	1.4
Unleaded regular(4)		239.015	231.729	235.104	11.1	-1.6	1.5
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		250.670	244.229	247.012	9.8	-1.5	1.1
Unleaded premium(4)		280.895	274.421	277.702	9.4	-1.1	1.2
Medical care		728.145	-	736.541	2.8	1.2	-
Recreation(3)		183.764	-	187.862	2.8	2.2	-
Education and communication(3)		131.466	-	131.437	1.2	0.0	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,246.240	-	1,245.397	3.3	-0.1	-
Other goods and services		466.115	-	460.527	3.3	-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	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2024	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024
All items		330.160	-	330.850	2.3	0.2	-
Food		316.126	-	321.317	4.0	1.6	-
Energy		217.066	214.055	214.769	-2.5	-1.1	0.3
All items less food and energy		348.115	-	348.415	2.4	0.1	-
All items less energy		342.045	-	342.991	2.6	0.3	-
All items less medical care		311.735	-	312.125	2.3	0.1	-
All items less shelter		299.955	-	301.580	3.5	0.5	-
Commodities		210.779	-	212.711	2.9	0.9	-
Commodities less food		168.157	-	169.019	2.3	0.5	-
Commodities less food & beverages		165.388	-	166.281	2.4	0.5	-
Durables		128.462	-	128.742	0.2	0.2	-
Nondurables		255.580	-	258.747	4.2	1.2	-
Nondurables less food		205.752	-	207.410	4.5	0.8	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		203.565	-	205.353	4.8	0.9	-
Services		436.980	-	436.385	2.1	-0.1	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		492.395	-	493.446	4.2	0.2	-
Services less medical care services		413.005	-	412.126	1.9	-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.