The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the St. Louis area advanced 1.2 percent for the two months ending in April 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that prices for all items less food and energy increased 1.1 percent, largely influenced by rising costs for owners’ equivalent rent of residences. The energy index was up 4.4 percent in March and April, while the food index advanced 0.6 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The St. Louis area all items CPI-U rose 2.2 percent for the 12 months ending in April. The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.9 percent over the year. Food prices were up 2.5 percent, while energy prices were down 6.0 percent.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, St. Louis, MO-IL, April 2022–April 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Apr 2022	8.4	5.7
Jun 2022	8.4	4.8
Aug 2022	7.5	5.3
Oct 2022	7.0	5.0
Dec 2022	6.2	5.0
Feb 2023	5.9	4.8
Apr 2023	4.2	4.6
Jun 2023	3.1	4.8
Aug 2023	3.1	3.7
Oct 2023	3.1	3.8
Dec 2023	2.8	3.6
Feb 2024	3.6	4.8
Apr 2024	4.0	4.2
Jun 2024	3.4	4.3
Aug 2024	3.3	4.1
Oct 2024	2.6	3.5
Dec 2024	3.1	3.4
Feb 2025	2.0	2.2
Apr 2025	2.2	2.9

Food prices increased 0.6 percent for the two months ending in April. Prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) advanced 0.8 percent, and prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) were up 0.5 percent for the same period. A 2.5-percent increase in other food at home prices led the food at home index rise. A decline in cereals and bakery products (-2.0 percent) slightly offset the increase.

Over the year, the food index advanced 2.5 percent. The food away from home index increased 3.9 percent, and the food at home index rose 1.6 percent. Within the grocery indexes, higher prices for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (+3.6 percent) and fruits and vegetables (+3.4 percent) contributed most to the increase.

The energy index increased 4.4 percent for the two months ending in April. Gasoline prices rose 1.5 percent over the same period.

From April 2024 to April 2025, energy prices fell 6.0 percent. The index for gasoline was down 14.2 percent over the year.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.1 percent during the two-month period, primarily driven by an increase to the index for owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+2.1 percent). The education and communication index (+2.3 percent) and public transportation index also contributed to the advance. Notable price declines occurred in the medical care index (-0.7 percent).

Over the year, the index for all items less food and energy advanced 2.9 percent. Component indexes contributing most to the increase included owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+6.2 percent) and rent of primary residence (+6.6 percent). Declines within the all items less food and energy index included the apparel index (-3.5 percent).

The Consumer Price Index for June 2025 is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, July 15, 2015, 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 St. Louis 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.

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 St. Louis, MO-IL, Core Based Statistical Area covered in this release includes Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair counties in Illinois; and Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, St. Charles, St. Louis, and Warren counties and St. Louis City in Missouri.

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Table 1. St. Louis, MO-IL, CPI-U by expenditure category for April 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2024	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025
All items		286.933	-	290.341	2.2	1.2	-
All items (1967=100)		852.239	-	862.362	-	-	-
Food and beverages		336.419	-	338.534	2.3	0.6	-
Food		336.869	-	338.946	2.5	0.6	-
Food at home		298.423	300.240	299.947	1.6	0.5	-0.1
Cereals and bakery products		264.125	267.110	258.789	-0.9	-2.0	-3.1
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		301.512	308.802	301.565	3.6	0.0	-2.3
Dairy and related products		186.596	183.856	186.126	-0.9	-0.3	1.2
Fruits and vegetables		443.607	433.524	442.015	3.4	-0.4	2.0
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		227.459	227.496	228.852	0.8	0.6	0.6
Other food at home		312.364	317.219	320.033	1.2	2.5	0.9
Food away from home		403.219	-	406.269	3.9	0.8	-
Alcoholic beverages		299.477	-	301.952	0.4	0.8	-
Housing		285.362	-	291.697	4.7	2.2	-
Shelter		344.437	350.125	350.998	5.7	1.9	0.2
Rent of primary residence		317.313	321.365	322.227	6.6	1.5	0.3
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		360.516	367.055	368.247	6.2	2.1	0.3
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		360.516	367.055	368.247	6.2	2.1	0.3
Household furnishings and operations		141.049	-	142.868	0.2	1.3	-
Apparel		142.091	-	142.822	-3.5	0.5	-
Transportation		249.887	-	250.615	0.1	0.3	-
Private transportation		256.166	-	255.446	-0.4	-0.3	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		118.243	-	118.140	0.0	-0.1	-
New vehicles(1)		261.885	-	263.357	0.0	0.6	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		395.540	-	398.962	1.6	0.9	-
Motor fuel		280.503	281.902	284.320	-14.3	1.4	0.9
Gasoline (all types)		275.460	277.073	279.678	-14.2	1.5	0.9
Unleaded regular(4)		263.965	265.486	268.109	-14.6	1.6	1.0
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		339.314	341.175	343.435	-12.2	1.2	0.7
Unleaded premium(4)		296.188	298.190	299.780	-11.3	1.2	0.5
Medical care		533.025	-	529.337	-0.4	-0.7	-
Recreation(3)		138.401	-	139.126	0.5	0.5	-
Education and communication(3)		146.038	-	149.451	-0.7	2.3	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,416.427	-	1,423.268	0.5	0.5	-
Other goods and services		398.248	-	406.719	2.2	2.1	-
(1) Index is on a March 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. St. Louis, MO-IL, CPI-U by special aggregate index for April 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2024	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025
All items		286.933	-	290.341	2.2	1.2	-
Food		336.869	-	338.946	2.5	0.6	-
Energy		253.573	255.170	264.741	-6.0	4.4	3.8
All items less food and energy		286.902	-	289.986	2.9	1.1	-
All items less energy		293.748	-	296.632	2.8	1.0	-
All items less medical care		274.552	-	278.347	2.5	1.4	-
All items less shelter		269.210	-	271.627	0.7	0.9	-
Commodities		226.380	-	228.755	-0.3	1.0	-
Commodities less food		180.418	-	182.991	-1.6	1.4	-
Commodities less food & beverages		175.576	-	178.140	-1.7	1.5	-
Durables		117.061	-	120.353	2.0	2.8	-
Nondurables		287.714	-	289.367	-1.0	0.6	-
Nondurables less food		245.848	-	247.111	-4.5	0.5	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		240.581	-	241.743	-5.0	0.5	-
Services		349.570	-	354.061	3.9	1.3	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		362.994	-	365.463	2.0	0.7	-
Services less medical care services		331.810	-	336.871	4.6	1.5	-
(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.