The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood area advanced 0.4 percent for the two months ending in July 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that a 0.8-percent increase to the index for all items less food and energy drove the rise. The index for energy was down 3.4 percent, and the index for food decreased 0.7 percent over the same period. (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 increased 2.1 percent for the 12 months ending in July, led by an all items less food and energy index advance of 2.7 percent. Food prices rose 2.0 percent, while energy prices declined 7.7 percent over the year.

  

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

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
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
Mar 2025	1.9	2.3
May 2025	2.2	2.7
Jul 2025	2.1	2.7

The food index decreased 0.7 percent for the two months ending in July. The food at home index (grocery store purchases) was down 1.1 percent, with lower prices seen in 4 of the 6 major grocery store categories. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) declined 0.2 percent for the same period. The indexes for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (-2.6 percent) and fruits and vegetables (-2.9 percent) led declines within the food at home category. The other food at home index and the index for nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials rose over the two-month period, increasing 0.7 percent and 0.8 percent, respectively.

Over the year, food prices rose 2.0 percent. Prices for food away from home increased 4.3 percent. Prices for food at home advanced 0.2 percent, with the index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (+4.5 percent) contributing most to the 12-month change.

The energy index declined 3.4 percent for the two months ending in July. The index for gasoline decreased 3.3 percent over the same period.

From July 2024 to July 2025, the energy index fell 7.7 percent. The index for gasoline declined 10.0 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 0.8 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+1.6 percent), medical care (+2.1 percent), and recreation (+2.8 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for lodging away from home, household furnishings and operations (-0.6 percent), and apparel (-1.4 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.7 percent over the year. Components contributing to the increase included owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+4.0 percent), medical care (+6.4 percent), and household furnishings and operations (+5.0 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for lodging away from home.

The September 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood area is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, October 15, 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 July 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	May 2025	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025	Jul. 2024	May 2025	Jun. 2025
All items		334.758	-	336.208	2.1	0.4	-
All items (1967=100)		1,116.279	-	1,121.115	-	-	-
Food and beverages		312.892	-	310.877	1.8	-0.6	-
Food		321.795	-	319.482	2.0	-0.7	-
Food at home		283.154	283.189	279.935	0.2	-1.1	-1.1
Cereals and bakery products		338.523	334.075	336.884	-0.7	-0.5	0.8
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		300.170	296.290	292.374	4.5	-2.6	-1.3
Dairy and related products		241.528	231.362	232.322	-2.6	-3.8	0.4
Fruits and vegetables		318.232	323.754	309.132	-1.3	-2.9	-4.5
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		197.385	200.195	198.991	5.2	0.8	-0.6
Other food at home		247.513	250.603	249.323	-2.6	0.7	-0.5
Food away from home		376.944	-	376.355	4.3	-0.2	-
Alcoholic beverages		232.604	-	233.570	-0.5	0.4	-
Housing		341.957	-	342.421	1.7	0.1	-
Shelter		399.691	403.688	401.388	1.6	0.4	-0.6
Rent of primary residence		410.647	411.320	410.810	0.0	0.0	-0.1
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		396.519	401.926	402.687	4.0	1.6	0.2
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		396.519	401.926	402.687	4.0	1.6	0.2
Household furnishings and operations		149.667	-	148.789	5.0	-0.6	-
Apparel		111.471	-	109.937	4.9	-1.4	-
Transportation		338.325	-	341.788	0.5	1.0	-
Private transportation		344.348	-	348.279	0.2	1.1	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		134.610	-	135.999	1.9	1.0	-
New vehicles(1)		258.640	-	258.428	0.6	-0.1	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		366.730	-	375.670	4.7	2.4	-
Motor fuel		265.196	264.223	256.737	-10.0	-3.2	-2.8
Gasoline (all types)		262.774	261.768	254.019	-10.0	-3.3	-3.0
Unleaded regular(4)		253.760	252.686	244.858	-10.5	-3.5	-3.1
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		263.473	262.790	255.487	-9.0	-3.0	-2.8
Unleaded premium(4)		293.996	293.285	286.049	-8.2	-2.7	-2.5
Medical care		750.451	-	765.998	6.4	2.1	-
Recreation(3)		185.666	-	190.801	3.3	2.8	-
Education and communication(3)		130.389	-	129.268	-1.5	-0.9	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,245.397	-	1,256.810	4.0	0.9	-
Other goods and services		485.299	-	485.196	6.8	0.0	-
(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 July 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	May 2025	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025	Jul. 2024	May 2025	Jun. 2025
All items		334.758	-	336.208	2.1	0.4	-
Food		321.795	-	319.482	2.0	-0.7	-
Energy		224.753	224.963	217.142	-7.7	-3.4	-3.5
All items less food and energy		352.390	-	355.183	2.7	0.8	-
All items less energy		346.499	-	348.627	2.6	0.6	-
All items less medical care		315.612	-	316.505	1.7	0.3	-
All items less shelter		303.860	-	305.194	2.3	0.4	-
Commodities		213.139	-	212.075	0.2	-0.5	-
Commodities less food		169.409	-	168.770	-0.7	-0.4	-
Commodities less food & beverages		166.730	-	166.047	-0.7	-0.4	-
Durables		130.037	-	130.336	0.9	0.2	-
Nondurables		258.293	-	256.110	-0.1	-0.8	-
Nondurables less food		206.300	-	204.266	-2.2	-1.0	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		204.287	-	202.028	-2.4	-1.1	-
Services		443.533	-	447.354	2.9	0.9	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		499.959	-	510.262	5.3	2.1	-
Services less medical care services		418.322	-	421.253	2.4	0.7	-
(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.