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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mountain-Plains > News Release
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Tuesday, May 13, 2025

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Consumer Price Index, St. Louis area – April 2025

Area prices rose 1.2 percent in March and April, up 2.2 percent over the year

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.

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

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.

Energy

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.

All items less food and energy

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).


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 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.

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. 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.

 

Last Modified Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2025