The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell increased 0.7 percent from December to February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted the index for all items less food and energy rose 0.4 percent over the two-month period. The energy index increased 3.9 percent from December to February and the index for food rose 0.9 percent over the same period. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect the impact of seasonal influences.)

The Atlanta area all items CPI-U advanced 2.1 percent for the 12 months ending February. The index for all items less food and energy rose 2.2 percent over the last 12 months. The food index increased 2.3 percent for the 12 months ending February. The energy index rose 0.7 percent over the same period.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, February 2022–February 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Feb 2022	10.6	10.1
Apr 2022	10.8	9.8
Jun 2022	11.5	9.7
Aug 2022	11.7	11.0
Oct 2022	10.7	10.4
Dec 2022	8.1	8.2
Feb 2023	7.2	7.5
Apr 2023	5.8	6.6
Jun 2023	4.6	5.6
Aug 2023	4.4	3.9
Oct 2023	3.2	3.4
Dec 2023	3.6	3.3
Feb 2024	3.3	3.2
Apr 2024	3.1	2.8
Jun 2024	2.6	2.5
Aug 2024	1.7	2.3
Oct 2024	1.9	2.6
Dec 2024	2.6	3.1
Feb 2025	2.1	2.2

The food index rose 0.9 percent from December to February. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) increased 1.6 percent over the bi-monthly period. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) increased 0.5 percent from December to February. Prices increased in three of the six major grocery store food groups, including meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (+2.5 percent).  

The food index rose 2.3 percent over the last 12 months. The food away from home index increased 2.8 percent over the past year. The index for food at home increased 1.9 percent over this 12-month span. Prices increased in four of the six major grocery store food groups, including meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (+5.3 percent).

The energy index increased 3.9 percent from December to February. The gasoline index rose 2.0 percent over the two-month pricing period.

The energy index increased 0.7 percent over the past 12 months. The gasoline index declined 3.5 percent over this 12-month span.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.4 percent from December to February. Indexes with notable increases over the two-month pricing period include apparel (+5.0 percent), household furnishings and operations (+2.8 percent), and other goods and services (+2.3 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy rose 2.2 percent over the past 12 months. The shelter index (+2.5 percent) was the largest contributor to the total 12-month increase in the all items less food and energy index. The index for owners’ equivalent rent increased 2.8 percent over the past year. Household furnishings and operations (+5.0 percent) was also among the notable indexes to increase over the last 12 months.

The Consumer Price Index for March 2025 is scheduled to be released on Thursday, April 10, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. (ET). The April 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell area is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).

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 Atlanta 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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Core Based Statistical Area is comprised of Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Haralson, Heard, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Meriwether, Morgan, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Rockdale, Spalding, and Walton Counties in Georgia.

Refer to the national CPI news release technical note or the Handbook of Methods for more information.

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Table 1. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, CPI-U by expenditure category for February 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Feb. 2024	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025
All items		314.086	-	316.352	2.1	0.7	-
All items (1967=100)		947.186	-	954.020	-	-	-
Food and beverages		325.876	-	328.806	2.3	0.9	-
Food		343.799	-	346.998	2.3	0.9	-
Food at home		310.106	311.911	311.509	1.9	0.5	-0.1
Cereals and bakery products		259.864	261.425	261.610	1.8	0.7	0.1
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		364.358	367.710	373.576	5.3	2.5	1.6
Dairy and related products		270.624	276.809	265.292	2.9	-2.0	-4.2
Fruits and vegetables		331.776	337.845	336.524	-1.0	1.4	-0.4
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		350.389	354.717	348.452	3.6	-0.6	-1.8
Other food at home		271.386	267.534	268.470	-0.2	-1.1	0.3
Food away from home		401.784	-	408.394	2.8	1.6	-
Alcoholic beverages		171.118	-	171.806	2.6	0.4	-
Housing		343.020	-	345.255	2.9	0.7	-
Shelter		390.336	389.787	389.898	2.5	-0.1	0.0
Rent of primary residence		404.964	405.129	406.291	0.2	0.3	0.3
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)		384.335	384.388	385.058	2.8	0.2	0.2
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)		384.335	384.388	385.058	2.8	0.2	0.2
Household furnishings and operations		149.633	-	153.861	5.0	2.8	-
Apparel		152.948	-	160.552	-2.1	5.0	-
Transportation		280.384	-	280.026	0.9	-0.1	-
Private transportation		281.603	-	283.325	1.2	0.6	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		132.110	-	132.068	-3.4	0.0	-
New vehicles(1)		299.173	-	299.983	-1.4	0.3	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		265.734	-	267.275	0.5	0.6	-
Motor fuel		260.166	262.033	265.397	-3.7	2.0	1.3
Gasoline (all types)		258.481	260.275	263.669	-3.5	2.0	1.3
Unleaded regular(4)		251.696	253.486	256.804	-3.6	2.0	1.3
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		334.612	336.600	341.275	-3.1	2.0	1.4
Unleaded premium(4)		292.103	293.852	297.562	-2.9	1.9	1.3
Medical care		519.764	-	520.745	-	0.2	-
Recreation(3)		100.264	-	100.813	0.2	0.5	-
Education and communication(3)		141.715	-	142.233	0.1	0.4	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,581.316	-	1,581.316	1.8	0.0	-
Other goods and services		502.866	-	514.269	1.8	2.3	-
Footnotes (1) Index is on a December 1977=100 base. (2) Index is on a December 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. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, CPI-U by special aggregate index for February 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Feb. 2024	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025
All items		314.086	-	316.352	2.1	0.7	-
Food		343.799	-	346.998	2.3	0.9	-
Energy		265.986	272.865	276.248	0.7	3.9	1.2
All items less food and energy		314.721	-	316.115	2.2	0.4	-
All items less energy		318.499	-	320.119	2.2	0.5	-
All items less medical care		302.638	-	304.955	2.0	0.8	-
All items less shelter		287.035	-	290.445	1.7	1.2	-
Commodities		219.391	-	223.150	0.6	1.7	-
Commodities less food		171.014	-	174.688	-0.4	2.1	-
Commodities less food & beverages		171.456	-	175.249	-0.5	2.2	-
Durables		126.365	-	127.790	-1.1	1.1	-
Nondurables		267.045	-	272.177	1.2	1.9	-
Nondurables less food		214.052	-	220.152	0.1	2.8	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		219.288	-	225.877	0.0	3.0	-
Services		403.791	-	404.513	2.8	0.2	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		431.768	-	435.174	3.6	0.8	-
Services less medical care services		389.747	-	390.560	2.9	0.2	-
Footnotes (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.