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Wednesday, February 12, 2025
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.
FoodFood 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).
EnergyThe 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 energyThe 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.
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.
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.
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Expenditure category | Indexes | Percent change from: | |||||
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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 | |
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. | |||||||
- Data not available. |
Special aggregate index | Indexes | Percent change from: | |||||
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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 | - | |
- Data not available. |
Last Modified Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2025