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Tuesday, July 15, 2025
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the St. Louis area advanced 1.1 percent for the two months ending in June 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that prices for energy increased 11.2 percent, and the all items less food and energy index rose 0.7 percent. The index for food declined 0.7 percent over the two-month period. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)
The St. Louis area all items CPI-U advanced 2.5 percent for the 12 months ending in June. The index for all items less food and energy rose 3.0 percent over the year. Food prices increased 2.0 percent, while energy prices decreased 0.8 percent.
FoodThe index for food declined 0.7 percent for the two months ending in June. Prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) fell 1.0 percent, and prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) decreased 0.4 percent for the same period. Within the food from home category, the index for meats, poultry, fish and eggs contributed the most to the decline, falling 2.5 percent. The index for nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials was the only grocery store category to rise over the two-month period, increasing 3.1 percent.
Food prices rose 2.0 percent over the year. The index for food away from home advanced 3.5 percent. The index for food at home increased 0.9 percent, with 4 of the 6 main grocery categories contributing to the rise. The indexes for meats, poultry, fish and eggs (+2.6 percent) and nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials (+3.7 percent) rose, while the index for dairy and related products fell 3.2 percent over the 12-month period.
EnergyThe energy index advanced 11.2 percent for the two months ending in June. Gasoline prices declined 1.2 percent.
From June 2024 to June 2025, energy prices decreased 0.8 percent. The index for gasoline fell 9.7 percent.
All items less food and energyThe index for all items less food and energy increased 0.7 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for owners’ equivalent rent of residence (+0.8 percent), household furnishings and operations (+3.9 percent), and medical care (+1.1 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for apparel (-4.5 percent) and public transportation.
The index for all items less food and energy rose 3.0 percent over the year. Components contributing most to the increase included owners’ equivalent rent of residence (+5.5 percent), rent of primary residence (+5.6 percent), and household furnishings and operations (+4.1 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for apparel (-5.7 percent) and lodging away from home.
The August 2025 Consumer Price Index for the St. Louis area is scheduled to be released on Thursday, September 11, 2025.
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.
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.
Refer to the national CPI news release technical note or the Handbook of Methods for more information.
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Expenditure category |
Indexes | Percent change from: | |||||
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Historical data |
Apr. 2025 |
May 2025 |
Jun. 2025 |
Jun. 2024 |
Apr. 2025 |
May 2025 |
|
All items |
290.341 | - | 293.580 | 2.5 | 1.1 | - | |
All items (1967=100) |
862.362 | - | 871.981 | - | - | - | |
Food and beverages |
338.534 | - | 336.136 | 1.9 | -0.7 | - | |
Food |
338.946 | - | 336.471 | 2.0 | -0.7 | - | |
Food at home |
299.947 | 297.792 | 297.003 | 0.9 | -1.0 | -0.3 | |
Cereals and bakery products |
258.789 | 246.941 | 254.875 | -1.7 | -1.5 | 3.2 | |
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs |
301.565 | 299.079 | 293.886 | 2.6 | -2.5 | -1.7 | |
Dairy and related products |
186.126 | 184.632 | 183.602 | -3.2 | -1.4 | -0.6 | |
Fruits and vegetables |
442.015 | 440.310 | 434.226 | 2.2 | -1.8 | -1.4 | |
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1) |
228.852 | 230.013 | 235.898 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 2.6 | |
Other food at home |
320.033 | 321.480 | 317.982 | 0.5 | -0.6 | -1.1 | |
Food away from home |
406.269 | - | 404.647 | 3.5 | -0.4 | - | |
Alcoholic beverages |
301.952 | - | 300.878 | 1.2 | -0.4 | - | |
Housing |
291.697 | - | 301.467 | 5.2 | 3.3 | - | |
Shelter |
350.998 | 352.307 | 354.057 | 4.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | |
Rent of primary residence |
322.227 | 322.682 | 325.186 | 5.6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | |
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2) |
368.247 | 369.409 | 371.302 | 5.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | |
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2) |
368.247 | 369.409 | 371.302 | 5.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | |
Household furnishings and operations |
142.868 | - | 148.416 | 4.1 | 3.9 | - | |
Apparel |
142.822 | - | 136.429 | -5.7 | -4.5 | - | |
Transportation |
250.615 | - | 250.552 | 0.9 | 0.0 | - | |
Private transportation |
255.446 | - | 256.460 | 0.5 | 0.4 | - | |
New and used motor vehicles(3) |
118.140 | - | 119.320 | 0.9 | 1.0 | - | |
New vehicles(1) |
263.357 | - | 262.676 | 0.0 | -0.3 | - | |
Used cars and trucks(1) |
398.962 | - | 407.231 | 2.8 | 2.1 | - | |
Motor fuel |
284.320 | 282.021 | 280.865 | -9.7 | -1.2 | -0.4 | |
Gasoline (all types) |
279.678 | 277.401 | 276.306 | -9.7 | -1.2 | -0.4 | |
Unleaded regular(4) |
268.109 | 265.749 | 264.659 | -10.0 | -1.3 | -0.4 | |
343.435 | 342.501 | 340.868 | -7.8 | -0.7 | -0.5 | ||
Unleaded premium(4) |
299.780 | 298.990 | 298.249 | -7.0 | -0.5 | -0.2 | |
Medical care |
529.337 | - | 535.074 | 0.2 | 1.1 | - | |
Recreation(3) |
139.126 | - | 138.344 | 2.2 | -0.6 | - | |
Education and communication(3) |
149.451 | - | 150.518 | -0.5 | 0.7 | - | |
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1) |
1,423.268 | - | 1,423.268 | 0.5 | 0.0 | - | |
Other goods and services |
406.719 | - | 407.973 | 4.0 | 0.3 | - | |
(1) Index is on a March 1978=100 base. |
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- Data not available. |
Special aggregate index |
Indexes | Percent change from: | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Historical data |
Apr. 2025 |
May 2025 |
Jun. 2025 |
Jun. 2024 |
Apr. 2025 |
May 2025 |
|
All items |
290.341 | - | 293.580 | 2.5 | 1.1 | - | |
Food |
338.946 | - | 336.471 | 2.0 | -0.7 | - | |
Energy |
264.741 | 263.126 | 294.416 | -0.8 | 11.2 | 11.9 | |
All items less food and energy |
289.986 | - | 292.150 | 3.0 | 0.7 | - | |
All items less energy |
296.632 | - | 297.956 | 2.8 | 0.4 | - | |
All items less medical care |
278.347 | - | 281.461 | 2.8 | 1.1 | - | |
All items less shelter |
271.627 | - | 274.927 | 1.5 | 1.2 | - | |
Commodities |
228.755 | - | 228.668 | 0.6 | 0.0 | - | |
Commodities less food |
182.991 | - | 184.017 | 0.3 | 0.6 | - | |
Commodities less food & beverages |
178.140 | - | 179.229 | 0.2 | 0.6 | - | |
Durables |
120.353 | - | 123.542 | 4.7 | 2.6 | - | |
Nondurables |
289.367 | - | 287.116 | -0.5 | -0.8 | - | |
Nondurables less food |
247.111 | - | 245.020 | -3.0 | -0.8 | - | |
Nondurables less food & beverages |
241.743 | - | 239.582 | -3.4 | -0.9 | - | |
Services |
354.061 | - | 360.860 | 3.9 | 1.9 | - | |
Services less rent of shelter(1) |
365.463 | - | 376.095 | 2.8 | 2.9 | - | |
Services less medical care services |
336.871 | - | 343.703 | 4.4 | 2.0 | - | |
- Data not available. |
Last Modified Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2025