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Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region — January 2025

Regional prices were up 0.6 percent in January, up 3.4 percent over the year

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Midwest Region advanced 0.6 percent in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The all items less food and energy index increased 0.4 percent. The energy index increased 2.5 percent in January, while the food index increased 0.8 percent over the month ending in January. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, month-to-month changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The Midwest all items CPI-U advanced 3.4 percent for the 12 months ending in January. The index for all items less food and energy increased 3.6 percent over the year, and food prices rose 2.1 percent, while energy prices increased 3.9 percent.

Food

Food prices advanced 0.8 percent for the month of January. Prices for food at home (grocery store prices) advanced 1.1 percent, with higher prices in 5 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. The index for food away from home rose 0.4 percent for the same period. The food at home index increase was led by the eggs index and the other fresh fruits index.

Over the year, food prices rose 2.1 percent. Prices for food at home increased 1.7 percent, and prices for food away from home increased 2.8 percent. Within the food at home category, meats, poultry, fish, and eggs advanced 4.6 percent.

Energy

The energy index increased 2.5 percent over the month. The indexes for electricity and gasoline both rose, 4.4 percent and 2.2 percent, respectively. Prices for natural gas service advanced 0.1 percent for the same period.

The energy index was up 3.9 percent from January 2024 to January 2025, mainly due to higher prices for gasoline (+4.9 percent). Prices for natural gas service and electricity also contributed, increasing 7.0 percent and 2.2 percent, respectively, during the past year.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.4 percent in January. Notable increases included the indexes for owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+0.4 percent), apparel (+3.1 percent), and recreation (+0.9 percent).

From January 2024 to January 2025, the index for all items less food and energy increased 3.6 percent, mainly due to an increase in prices for owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+5.5 percent). Other indexes with notable increases over the last year included rent of primary residence (+5.6 percent) and medical care (+2.7 percent).

The February 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Midwest Region is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, March 12, 2025.

Publication updates and changes

In accordance with annual practice, relative importance weights have been updated and are available online in the CPI Supplemental Table of Contents.

Effective with the January 2025 data release, several indexes and average price series were discontinued. More information is available on the CPI discontinued series page. Direct any inquiries to the CPI office using one of the CPI contact information options listed online.


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.

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 January 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Expenditure category

Indexes Percent change from:
Historical
data
Nov.
2024
Dec.
2024
Jan.
2025
Jan.
2024
Nov.
2024
Dec.
2024

All items

292.022 292.533 294.404 3.4 0.8 0.6

All items (December 1977 = 100)

475.136 475.968 479.012 - - -

Food and beverages

318.540 318.017 320.556 2.0 0.6 0.8

Food

320.020 319.500 322.136 2.1 0.7 0.8

Food at home

292.523 291.229 294.516 1.7 0.7 1.1

Cereals and bakery products

337.940 337.983 338.148 0.8 0.1 0.0

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

321.733 320.566 324.041 4.6 0.7 1.1

Dairy and related products

248.624 250.550 251.144 1.8 1.0 0.2

Fruits and vegetables

323.304 322.974 326.762 1.3 1.1 1.2

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials

216.537 213.591 218.751 0.9 1.0 2.4

Other food at home

259.400 257.083 260.743 0.8 0.5 1.4

Food away from home

365.247 366.314 367.631 2.8 0.7 0.4

Alcoholic beverages

297.695 297.128 298.204 0.8 0.2 0.4

Housing

295.121 296.426 298.054 4.8 1.0 0.5

Shelter

357.747 358.975 359.714 5.3 0.5 0.2

Rent of primary residence

362.342 363.549 364.642 5.6 0.6 0.3

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(1)

366.679 368.112 369.534 5.5 0.8 0.4

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(1)

366.568 368.009 369.424 5.5 0.8 0.4

Fuels and utilities

271.150 275.227 281.975 3.4 4.0 2.5

Household energy

217.633 221.988 228.351 3.4 4.9 2.9

Energy services

225.249 229.649 236.042 3.5 4.8 2.8

Electricity

232.112 232.737 242.930 2.2 4.7 4.4

Utility (piped) gas service

195.008 206.049 206.188 7.0 5.7 0.1

Household furnishings and operations

140.242 140.432 141.955 2.3 1.2 1.1

Apparel

119.990 116.989 120.615 1.3 0.5 3.1

Transportation

258.382 259.224 260.724 3.6 0.9 0.6

Private transportation

256.638 257.643 258.869 3.3 0.9 0.5

New and used motor vehicles(2)

125.072 125.103 125.632 1.3 0.4 0.4

New vehicles

171.950 171.976 172.372 -0.3 0.2 0.2

New cars(3)

166.715 167.102 167.398 -0.1 0.4 0.2

Used cars and trucks

181.134 181.695 182.357 1.5 0.7 0.4

Motor fuel

265.398 267.142 272.994 4.4 2.9 2.2

Gasoline (all types)

264.784 266.731 272.634 4.9 3.0 2.2

Gasoline, unleaded regular(3)

256.117 258.040 263.957 4.7 3.1 2.3

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(3)(4)

321.786 323.924 329.448 5.8 2.4 1.7

Gasoline, unleaded premium(3)

310.586 312.453 317.237 5.9 2.1 1.5

Medical care

560.810 562.210 564.371 2.7 0.6 0.4

Medical care commodities

393.770 393.832 396.135 1.3 0.6 0.6

Medical care services

616.206 618.063 620.125 3.0 0.6 0.3

Professional services

474.695 475.282 476.763 3.2 0.4 0.3

Recreation(2)

141.205 141.364 142.609 1.4 1.0 0.9

Education and communication(2)

142.093 142.210 143.096 -0.1 0.7 0.6

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(5)

1,351.587 1,349.108 1,353.722 3.2 0.2 0.3

Other goods and services

560.147 557.802 556.202 4.4 -0.7 -0.3

(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 January 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Special aggregate index

Indexes Percent change from:
Historical
data
Nov.
2024
Dec.
2024
Jan.
2025
Jan.
2024
Nov.
2024
Dec.
2024

All items

292.022 292.533 294.404 3.4 0.8 0.6

Food

320.020 319.500 322.136 2.1 0.7 0.8

Energy

240.223 243.448 249.642 3.9 3.9 2.5

All items less food and energy

298.074 298.479 299.816 3.6 0.6 0.4

All items less energy

300.547 300.826 302.348 3.4 0.6 0.5

All items less medical care

279.394 279.862 281.726 3.5 0.8 0.7

All items less shelter

270.797 271.041 273.332 2.4 0.9 0.8

Commodities

215.103 214.597 216.750 1.4 0.8 1.0

Commodities less food

172.569 172.091 174.001 1.0 0.8 1.1

Commodities less food & beverages

168.711 168.238 170.152 1.0 0.9 1.1

Durables

120.568 120.553 121.426 -0.4 0.7 0.7

Nondurables

266.372 265.515 268.489 2.2 0.8 1.1

Nondurables less food

221.714 220.632 223.836 2.3 1.0 1.5

Nondurables less food & beverages

217.475 216.365 219.683 2.4 1.0 1.5

Services

370.871 372.400 373.936 4.6 0.8 0.4

Services less rent of shelter(1)

393.718 395.624 398.125 3.6 1.1 0.6

Services less medical care services

352.703 354.210 355.709 4.8 0.9 0.4

(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: Wednesday, February 12, 2025