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Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region — July 2025

Regional prices rose 0.1 percent in July, up 2.6 percent over the year

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Midwest region advanced 0.1 percent in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The advance was led by a 0.2-percent rise in the all items less food and energy index. The energy index declined 0.3 percent, and the index for food fell 0.2 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 increased 2.6 percent for the 12 months ending in July, largely driven by a 3.0-percent rise in the index for all items less food and energy. The food index advanced 2.4 percent, while the energy index declined 1.7 percent.

Food

Food prices decreased 0.2 percent for the month of July. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) fell 0.5 percent, while the index for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) rose 0.3 percent for the same period. Within the index for food at home, a decrease in the index for nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials (-2.6 percent) contributed most to the decline over the month.

The index for food advanced 2.4 percent over the year. The index for food away from home was up 3.6 percent, and the food at home index rose 1.6 percent. While all six grocery categories contributed to the increase, the meats, poultry, fish, and eggs index led advances (+4.6 percent).

Energy

The energy index declined 0.3 percent over the month. The indexes for utility (piped) gas service and gasoline both decreased, 1.9 percent and 0.5 percent, respectively. Prices for electricity increased 0.6 percent in July.

From July 2024 to July 2025, the energy index fell 1.7 percent, almost entirely due to lower prices for gasoline (-12.0 percent). Prices for utility (piped) gas service advanced 14.6 percent, and prices for electricity increased 7.4 percent over the same period.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.2 percent in July. Among index components, prices were higher for owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+0.3 percent), household furnishings and operations (+0.9 percent), and recreation (+0.6 percent). Prices were lower for apparel (-2.1 percent) and public transportation over the month.

The index for all items less food and energy increased 3.0 percent over the year. Components contributing to the increase included owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+5.1 percent), medical care services (+3.6 percent), and rent of primary residence (+5.0 percent).

The Consumer Price Index for August 2025 is scheduled to be released on Thursday, September 11, 2025.

Changes to the 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 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.

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.

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. Midwest region 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

297.342 299.529 299.836 2.6 0.8 0.1

All items (December 1977 = 100)

483.792 487.350 487.850 - - -

Food and beverages

322.872 324.690 324.255 2.4 0.4 -0.1

Food

324.441 326.297 325.767 2.4 0.4 -0.2

Food at home

295.100 297.298 295.847 1.6 0.3 -0.5

Cereals and bakery products

340.431 343.292 338.643 0.3 -0.5 -1.4

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

336.031 331.587 333.221 4.6 -0.8 0.5

Dairy and related products

246.743 250.552 251.794 1.8 2.0 0.5

Fruits and vegetables

322.279 319.934 320.627 0.2 -0.5 0.2

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials

217.138 224.799 218.873 1.8 0.8 -2.6

Other food at home

259.493 263.419 262.001 1.0 1.0 -0.5

Food away from home

373.201 374.352 375.610 3.6 0.6 0.3

Alcoholic beverages

300.700 301.958 302.965 1.9 0.8 0.3

Housing

302.984 306.269 307.119 4.6 1.4 0.3

Shelter

365.681 367.531 368.499 4.1 0.8 0.3

Rent of primary residence

369.841 371.382 372.598 5.0 0.7 0.3

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(1)

374.985 376.508 377.795 5.1 0.7 0.3

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(1)

374.880 376.399 377.676 5.1 0.7 0.3

Fuels and utilities

290.217 302.248 301.527 7.8 3.9 -0.2

Household energy

236.278 248.463 247.621 9.1 4.8 -0.3

Energy services

244.449 257.665 256.918 9.1 5.1 -0.3

Electricity

249.311 266.313 267.940 7.4 7.5 0.6

Utility (piped) gas service

216.955 223.375 219.114 14.6 1.0 -1.9

Household furnishings and operations

142.399 145.288 146.647 4.8 3.0 0.9

Apparel

121.473 121.256 118.745 -0.8 -2.2 -2.1

Transportation

261.649 262.577 262.629 -0.9 0.4 0.0

Private transportation

260.383 261.740 262.479 -0.9 0.8 0.3

New and used motor vehicles(2)

126.766 127.365 127.889 1.8 0.9 0.4

New vehicles

173.548 173.313 173.304 0.5 -0.1 0.0

New cars(3)

168.040 167.837 168.095 0.5 0.0 0.2

Used cars and trucks

185.251 187.538 188.932 4.3 2.0 0.7

Motor fuel

276.696 279.272 278.312 -11.8 0.6 -0.3

Gasoline (all types)

276.541 279.088 277.751 -12.0 0.4 -0.5

Gasoline, unleaded regular(3)

267.901 270.413 269.007 -12.4 0.4 -0.5

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(3)(4)

332.157 334.956 334.412 -10.0 0.7 -0.2

Gasoline, unleaded premium(3)

320.216 322.699 322.268 -8.4 0.6 -0.1

Medical care

563.672 569.926 571.648 2.9 1.4 0.3

Medical care commodities

393.099 394.902 395.971 -0.2 0.7 0.3

Medical care services

620.366 628.264 630.212 3.6 1.6 0.3

Professional services

477.936 485.310 487.287 3.9 2.0 0.4

Recreation(2)

143.995 143.978 144.889 2.0 0.6 0.6

Education and communication(2)

143.358 143.737 143.723 0.3 0.3 0.0

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(5)

1,353.575 1,354.088 1,358.311 2.5 0.3 0.3

Other goods and services

569.205 574.322 573.208 3.1 0.7 -0.2

(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 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

297.342 299.529 299.836 2.6 0.8 0.1

Food

324.441 326.297 325.767 2.4 0.4 -0.2

Energy

255.799 263.912 263.011 -1.7 2.8 -0.3

All items less food and energy

302.589 304.271 304.849 3.0 0.7 0.2

All items less energy

305.047 306.750 307.167 2.9 0.7 0.1

All items less medical care

284.865 286.851 287.087 2.6 0.8 0.1

All items less shelter

275.208 277.532 277.606 1.9 0.9 0.0

Commodities

218.220 219.723 219.642 0.6 0.7 0.0

Commodities less food

175.141 176.469 176.536 -0.4 0.8 0.0

Commodities less food & beverages

171.256 172.576 172.623 -0.5 0.8 0.0

Durables

122.321 123.614 124.409 2.8 1.7 0.6

Nondurables

270.243 271.689 270.816 -0.3 0.2 -0.3

Nondurables less food

225.142 226.254 225.124 -2.9 0.0 -0.5

Nondurables less food & beverages

220.923 222.027 220.781 -3.2 -0.1 -0.6

Services

378.419 381.312 382.035 3.8 1.0 0.2

Services less rent of shelter(1)

401.024 405.162 405.637 3.4 1.2 0.1

Services less medical care services

360.547 363.052 363.680 3.8 0.9 0.2

(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.

 

Last Modified Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2025