The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Midwest region advanced 0.3 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The all items less food and energy index increased 0.2 percent, while the food index and energy index were both up 0.7 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, month-to-month changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The Midwest Region all items CPI-U was up 2.7 percent for the 12 months ending in March. The index for all items less food and energy rose 3.3 percent, while food prices increased 2.8 percent. Energy prices decreased 3.2 percent over the year.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Midwest region, March 2022–March 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Mar 2022	8.6	6.4
Apr 2022	8.2	6.0
May 2022	8.8	5.9
Jun 2022	9.5	5.7
Jul 2022	8.6	5.4
Aug 2022	8.1	5.8
Sep 2022	8.1	6.2
Oct 2022	7.4	5.8
Nov 2022	6.8	5.5
Dec 2022	6.0	5.2
Jan 2023	6.0	4.9
Feb 2023	5.6	5.0
Mar 2023	4.9	5.4
Apr 2023	4.9	5.5
May 2023	3.7	5.0
Jun 2023	2.4	4.8
Jul 2023	2.9	5.0
Aug 2023	3.4	4.5
Sep 2023	3.2	4.2
Oct 2023	2.9	4.3
Nov 2023	2.9	4.2
Dec 2023	3.2	4.1
Jan 2024	2.7	3.7
Feb 2024	2.8	3.4
Mar 2024	2.8	3.2
Apr 2024	2.8	3.1
May 2024	2.7	3.0
Jun 2024	2.5	2.9
Jul 2024	2.7	2.9
Aug 2024	2.6	3.2
Sep 2024	2.5	3.4
Oct 2024	2.6	3.1
Nov 2024	2.6	3.2
Dec 2024	3.0	3.3
Jan 2025	3.4	3.6
Feb 2025	3.1	3.6
Mar 2025	2.7	3.3

The food index advanced 0.7 percent for the month of March. Prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) increased 0.9 percent, and prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) rose 0.4 percent for the same period. Five of the six grocery indexes within the food at home category were up, led by a 1.2 percent advance in the other food at home index. The fruits and vegetables index saw a decline of 1.3 percent over the month.

Food prices were up 2.8 percent over the year. The index for food at home advanced 2.3 percent, while the index for food away from home rose 3.6 percent. Five of the six grocery indexes saw increases over the year, led by a 6.9 percent advance in the meats, poultry, fish and eggs category.

The energy index was up 0.7 percent over the month due to higher prices for electricity (+1.7 percent) and gasoline (+0.3 percent). The index for natural gas service fell 0.1 percent over the same period.

From March 2024 to March 2025, the energy index decreased 3.2 percent, primarily due to lower prices for gasoline (-11.9 percent). The indexes for natural gas service and electricity both rose, up 13.1 percent and 3.9 percent, respectively, during the past year.

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 0.2 percent in March. Index component increases included owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+0.4 percent), other goods and services (+0.9 percent), and recreation (+0.3 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for public transportation and medical care commodities (-1.3 percent) over the month.

The index for all items less food and energy increased 3.3 percent over the year. Components contributing most to the increase included owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+5.3 percent), rent of primary residence (+5.2 percent), and medical care services (+2.9 percent).

The April 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Midwest Region is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at 7:30 a.m. (CT).

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 the Midwest region is published 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.

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 Midwest region is comprised of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

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

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Table 1. Midwest region CPI-U by expenditure category for March 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025
All items		294.404	295.232	296.227	2.7	0.6	0.3
All items (December 1977 = 100)		479.012	480.359	481.978	-	-	-
Food and beverages		320.556	320.415	322.547	2.7	0.6	0.7
Food		322.136	321.931	324.172	2.8	0.6	0.7
Food at home		294.516	293.462	296.054	2.3	0.5	0.9
Cereals and bakery products		338.148	338.826	340.818	1.8	0.8	0.6
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		324.041	331.644	335.454	6.9	3.5	1.1
Dairy and related products		251.144	245.643	251.048	2.0	0.0	2.2
Fruits and vegetables		326.762	321.443	317.404	-0.4	-2.9	-1.3
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials		218.751	216.613	220.284	2.1	0.7	1.7
Other food at home		260.743	258.454	261.617	1.0	0.3	1.2
Food away from home		367.631	369.069	370.579	3.6	0.8	0.4
Alcoholic beverages		298.204	299.030	299.526	1.4	0.4	0.2
Housing		298.054	299.829	301.272	5.1	1.1	0.5
Shelter		359.714	361.995	363.701	5.3	1.1	0.5
Rent of primary residence		364.642	366.602	367.844	5.2	0.9	0.3
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(1)		369.534	371.025	372.563	5.3	0.8	0.4
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(1)		369.424	370.912	372.460	5.3	0.8	0.4
Fuels and utilities		281.975	283.843	285.841	5.6	1.4	0.7
Household energy		228.351	229.873	232.131	6.3	1.7	1.0
Energy services		236.042	237.604	240.061	6.4	1.7	1.0
Electricity		242.930	243.026	247.167	3.9	1.7	1.7
Utility (piped) gas service		206.188	209.829	209.547	13.1	1.6	-0.1
Household furnishings and operations		141.955	142.314	142.770	3.4	0.6	0.3
Apparel		120.615	124.705	125.152	1.8	3.8	0.4
Transportation		260.724	259.767	259.464	-1.7	-0.5	-0.1
Private transportation		258.869	258.225	258.567	-1.7	-0.1	0.1
New and used motor vehicles(2)		125.632	125.536	125.646	-0.2	0.0	0.1
New vehicles		172.372	172.396	172.698	0.0	0.2	0.2
New cars(3)		167.398	167.133	167.531	0.3	0.1	0.2
Used cars and trucks		182.357	182.365	182.904	0.6	0.3	0.3
Motor fuel		272.994	268.941	269.749	-11.9	-1.2	0.3
Gasoline (all types)		272.634	268.487	269.396	-11.9	-1.2	0.3
Gasoline, unleaded regular(3)		263.957	259.931	260.866	-12.4	-1.2	0.4
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(3)(4)		329.448	324.318	325.370	-9.3	-1.2	0.3
Gasoline, unleaded premium(3)		317.237	312.552	313.020	-7.8	-1.3	0.1
Medical care		564.371	561.298	560.753	2.3	-0.6	-0.1
Medical care commodities		396.135	395.363	390.260	-0.2	-1.5	-1.3
Medical care services		620.125	616.198	617.472	2.9	-0.4	0.2
Professional services		476.763	475.670	476.959	2.6	0.0	0.3
Recreation(2)		142.609	143.264	143.742	1.4	0.8	0.3
Education and communication(2)		143.096	143.453	143.686	0.5	0.4	0.2
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(5)		1,353.722	1,354.169	1,354.169	3.1	0.0	0.0
Other goods and services		556.202	560.538	565.343	4.0	1.6	0.9
(1) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. (2) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. (3) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. (4) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. (5) Indexes on a December 1977=100 base.
- Data not available. Note: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

Table 2. Midwest region CPI-U by special aggregate index for March 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025
All items		294.404	295.232	296.227	2.7	0.6	0.3
Food		322.136	321.931	324.172	2.8	0.6	0.7
Energy		249.642	248.755	250.401	-3.2	0.3	0.7
All items less food and energy		299.816	301.009	301.746	3.3	0.6	0.2
All items less energy		302.348	303.336	304.289	3.2	0.6	0.3
All items less medical care		281.726	282.760	283.839	2.8	0.8	0.4
All items less shelter		273.332	273.646	274.394	1.5	0.4	0.3
Commodities		216.750	216.877	217.752	0.2	0.5	0.4
Commodities less food		174.001	174.228	174.628	-1.3	0.4	0.2
Commodities less food & beverages		170.152	170.366	170.761	-1.4	0.4	0.2
Durables		121.426	121.299	121.752	0.2	0.3	0.4
Nondurables		268.489	268.829	269.946	0.2	0.5	0.4
Nondurables less food		223.836	224.596	224.827	-2.4	0.4	0.1
Nondurables less food & beverages		219.683	220.439	220.655	-2.6	0.4	0.1
Services		373.936	375.511	376.621	4.3	0.7	0.3
Services less rent of shelter(1)		398.125	398.871	399.340	3.1	0.3	0.1
Services less medical care services		355.709	357.728	358.830	4.5	0.9	0.3
(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.