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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mountain-Plains > News Release
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25-1278-KAN
Tuesday, August 12, 2025

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Consumer Price Index, Denver-Aurora-Lakewood — July 2025

Area prices rose 0.4 percent in June and July, up 2.1 percent over the year

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.

  Line chart of 12-month percent changes in the CPI-U all items and all items less food and energy for Denver, not seasonally adjusted. An accessible version is available in View Chart Data link below the chart.
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Food

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.

Energy

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.

All items less food and energy

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.

Changes to CPI

With this release, BLS has replaced survey data collected for the CPI’s wireless telephone services index with secondary source data and non-traditional index methods. Additional information is available on the CPI website, www.bls.gov/cpi/additional-resources/alternative-data-wireless-telephone.htm, and in a new factsheet “Measuring Price Change in the CPI: Wireless Telephone Services,” www.bls.gov/cpi/factsheets/wireless-telephone-service.htm.

With the release of October 2025 data on November 13, 2025, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will remove long-term care (LTC) insurance from the health insurance index. Changes in the market for LTC insurance have made it out of scope and ineligible for pricing in the CPI market basket.


Technical Note

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.

Information in this release will be made available to individuals with sensory impairments upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.

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.

 

Last Modified Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2025