The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach increased 1.4 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 increased 1.2 percent over the two-month period. The energy index rose 5.5 percent from December to February and the index for food increased 0.7 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 Miami area all items CPI-U advanced 2.9 percent for the 12 months ending February. The index for all items less food and energy rose 3.3 percent over the last 12 months. The food index increased 3.5 percent for the 12 months ending February, while the energy index fell 3.5 percent over the same period.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, February 2022–February 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Feb 2022	9.3	8.3
Apr 2022	9.1	7.5
Jun 2022	10.1	7.9
Aug 2022	10.2	9.3
Oct 2022	9.6	9.7
Dec 2022	9.9	10.4
Feb 2023	9.2	9.7
Apr 2023	9.0	10.5
Jun 2023	6.9	9.6
Aug 2023	7.8	8.6
Oct 2023	7.4	8.0
Dec 2023	5.7	6.2
Feb 2024	4.9	5.8
Apr 2024	4.5	5.8
Jun 2024	3.5	4.6
Aug 2024	2.6	4.0
Oct 2024	2.7	3.7
Dec 2024	2.8	3.4
Feb 2025	2.9	3.3

The food index rose 0.7 percent from December to February. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) also rose 0.7 percent over the two-month pricing period. Prices increased in three of the six major grocery store food groups, including fruits and vegetables (+4.2 percent). The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) increased 1.0 percent from December to February.

The food index rose 3.5 percent over the last 12 months. The food away from home index advanced 6.8 percent over the past year. The index for food at home increased 2.0 percent over this 12-month span, as prices rose in five of the six major grocery store food groups.

The energy index advanced 5.5 percent from December to February. The gasoline index rose 1.5 percent over the two-month pricing period.

The energy index fell 3.5 percent over the past 12 months. The gasoline index declined 6.4 percent over this 12-month span.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.2 percent from December to February. The apparel index advanced 16.1 percent over the two-month pricing period. The shelter index rose 0.5 percent from December to February, due in part to a 0.6-percent increase in the owners’ equivalent rent index.  

The index for all items less food and energy rose 3.3 percent over the past 12 months. The shelter index (+4.1 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 4.4 percent over the last year. The index for rent increased 4.2 percent over this 12-month span. Other indexes with notable increases over the last year include medical care (+5.1 percent) and apparel (+9.5 percent).

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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach 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 Miami 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Core Based Statistical Area includes Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach Counties in Florida.

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Table 1. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, 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		350.098	-	355.029	2.9	1.4	-
All items (November 1977=100)		564.310	-	572.257	-	-	-
Food and beverages		328.835	-	331.371	3.2	0.8	-
Food		336.914	-	339.434	3.5	0.7	-
Food at home		312.446	313.316	314.538	2.0	0.7	0.4
Cereals and bakery products		393.403	398.953	392.363	-2.8	-0.3	-1.7
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		298.012	300.866	303.763	2.2	1.9	1.0
Dairy and related products		269.930	260.925	262.385	1.8	-2.8	0.6
Fruits and vegetables		348.146	350.181	362.860	4.6	4.2	3.6
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		328.489	328.512	331.193	2.5	0.8	0.8
Other food at home		263.998	264.854	261.107	2.4	-1.1	-1.4
Food away from home		385.921	-	389.596	6.8	1.0	-
Alcoholic beverages		229.299	-	231.625	0.3	1.0	-
Housing		398.607	-	402.743	3.5	1.0	-
Shelter		471.683	474.437	474.129	4.1	0.5	-0.1
Rent of primary residence		469.633	471.468	472.079	4.2	0.5	0.1
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)		475.799	477.710	478.734	4.4	0.6	0.2
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)		475.799	477.710	478.734	4.4	0.6	0.2
Household furnishings and operations		195.255	-	197.550	0.4	1.2	-
Apparel		160.727	-	186.610	9.5	16.1	-
Transportation		277.579	-	281.110	-0.3	1.3	-
Private transportation		286.731	-	291.567	-1.0	1.7	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		129.723	-	130.611	-0.5	0.7	-
New vehicles(1)		279.885	-	280.252	-0.9	0.1	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		372.017	-	374.173	0.5	0.6	-
Motor fuel		274.469	280.518	278.542	-6.5	1.5	-0.7
Gasoline (all types)		271.790	277.783	275.761	-6.4	1.5	-0.7
Unleaded regular(4)		267.518	273.724	271.695	-6.5	1.6	-0.7
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		274.563	279.255	277.556	-5.3	1.1	-0.6
Unleaded premium(4)		295.550	300.107	298.132	-5.9	0.9	-0.7
Medical care		633.627	-	639.466	5.1	0.9	-
Recreation(3)		139.667	-	142.586	0.9	2.1	-
Education and communication(3)		134.469	-	135.333	0.4	0.6	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,176.218	-	1,176.218	2.3	0.0	-
Other goods and services		488.676	-	490.430	6.8	0.4	-
Footnotes (1) Index is on a November 1977=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. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, 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		350.098	-	355.029	2.9	1.4	-
Food		336.914	-	339.434	3.5	0.7	-
Energy		225.752	239.007	238.206	-3.5	5.5	-0.3
All items less food and energy		367.919	-	372.445	3.3	1.2	-
All items less energy		363.713	-	367.987	3.3	1.2	-
All items less medical care		337.605	-	342.472	2.7	1.4	-
All items less shelter		286.618	-	292.604	1.9	2.1	-
Commodities		243.061	-	247.489	1.4	1.8	-
Commodities less food		196.636	-	201.330	0.3	2.4	-
Commodities less food & beverages		194.791	-	199.583	0.3	2.5	-
Durables		154.033	-	155.765	-0.4	1.1	-
Nondurables		283.831	-	289.999	2.3	2.2	-
Nondurables less food		234.598	-	243.296	0.9	3.7	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		234.575	-	243.990	1.0	4.0	-
Services		431.697	-	436.966	3.6	1.2	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		383.052	-	392.157	2.6	2.4	-
Services less medical care services		413.205	-	418.214	3.5	1.2	-
Footnotes (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.