The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater increased 1.2 percent from November to January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted the index for all items less food and energy also increased 1.2 percent over the two-month period. The energy index rose 1.3 percent from November to January and the index for food increased 0.8 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 Tampa area all items CPI-U advanced 2.3 percent for the 12 months ending in January. The index for all items less food and energy rose 2.8 percent over the last 12 months. The food index increased 0.7 percent for the 12 months ending in January. The energy index fell 2.6 percent over the same period.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, January 2022–January 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Jan 2022	9.6	9.0
Mar 2022	10.2	8.8
May 2022	11.3	9.9
Jul 2022	11.2	10.1
Sep 2022	10.5	10.1
Nov 2022	9.6	9.7
Jan 2023	8.9	8.7
Mar 2023	7.7	9.3
May 2023	7.3	9.0
Jul 2023	5.9	7.3
Sep 2023	6.7	7.3
Nov 2023	5.2	6.0
Jan 2024	3.9	4.8
Mar 2024	3.7	4.3
May 2024	1.8	2.0
Jul 2024	2.4	3.0
Sep 2024	1.2	2.0
Nov 2024	1.6	2.0
Jan 2025	2.3	2.8

The food index rose 0.8 percent from November to January. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) increased 1.8 percent over the bi-monthly period. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) was little changed from November to January, up 0.1 percent.

The food index rose 0.7 percent over the last year. The food away from home index increased 2.5 percent over the past 12 months. In comparison, the index for food at home declined 0.6 percent over this 12-month span, with lower prices in 2 of the 6 major grocery store food groups: cereals and bakery products (-7.6 percent) and dairy and related products (-4.8 percent).

The energy index increased 1.3 percent from November to January. The gasoline index rose 2.1 percent over the two-month pricing period.

The energy index decreased 2.6 percent over the past 12 months. The gasoline index increased 2.9 percent over this 12-month span.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.2 percent from November to January. Indexes with notable increases over the two-month pricing period include shelter (+0.8 percent) and medical care (+2.4 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy rose 2.8 percent over the past 12 months. The shelter index (+3.7 percent) was the largest contributor to the increase, due in part to the increases in the owners’ equivalent rent (+3.7 percent) and rent (+4.5 percent) indexes. Medical care (+6.9 percent) was also an index to have a notable increase over the last year.

The Consumer Price Index for February 2025 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, March 12, 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 Tampa 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 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Core Based Statistical Area includes Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, and Pinellas Counties in Florida.

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Table 1. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, CPI-U by expenditure category for January 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1987=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		299.638	-	303.197	2.3	1.2	-
Food and beverages		297.578	-	299.863	0.9	0.8	-
Food		299.699	-	302.117	0.7	0.8	-
Food at home		305.365	303.105	305.730	-0.6	0.1	0.9
Cereals and bakery products		319.813	319.398	309.553	-7.6	-3.2	-3.1
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		326.929	308.582	327.101	3.1	0.1	6.0
Dairy and related products		275.883	272.712	276.029	-4.8	0.1	1.2
Fruits and vegetables		406.174	407.286	400.925	0.9	-1.3	-1.6
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials		214.807	224.880	226.096	0.1	5.3	0.5
Other food at home		240.792	241.569	243.883	1.2	1.3	1.0
Food away from home		292.377	-	297.558	2.5	1.8	-
Alcoholic beverages		254.089	-	254.244	4.0	0.1	-
Housing		333.609	-	335.866	2.7	0.7	-
Shelter		394.554	393.116	397.543	3.7	0.8	1.1
Rent of primary residence		410.268	410.490	411.849	4.5	0.4	0.3
Owners' equivalent rent of residences		418.416	417.559	419.480	3.7	0.3	0.5
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence		418.416	417.559	419.480	3.7	0.3	0.5
Household furnishings and operations		157.366	-	157.895	0.3	0.3	-
Apparel		138.869	-	135.160	-5.5	-2.7	-
Transportation		257.264	-	264.222	1.9	2.7	-
Private transportation		267.334	-	270.090	0.6	1.0	-
New and used motor vehicles(1)		133.949	-	132.650	-1.8	-1.0	-
New vehicles		149.086	-	148.225	-1.2	-0.6	-
Used cars and trucks		166.738	-	167.063	0.2	0.2	-
Motor fuel		334.749	332.066	341.841	2.9	2.1	2.9
Gasoline (all types)		326.512	323.898	333.245	2.9	2.1	2.9
Unleaded regular(2)		314.790	312.193	321.531	2.8	2.1	3.0
Unleaded midgrade(2)(3)		337.038	335.418	343.178	3.2	1.8	2.3
Unleaded premium(2)		374.091	371.531	380.044	3.1	1.6	2.3
Medical care		525.257	-	538.105	6.9	2.4	-
Recreation(1)		133.557	-	134.002	-0.3	0.3	-
Education and communication(1)		131.139	-	134.183	0.5	2.3	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare		704.271	-	703.374	-	-0.1	-
Other goods and services		376.054	-	375.039	1.4	-0.3	-
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. (2) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. (3) 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. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, CPI-U by special aggregate index for January 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1987=100)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2024	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024
All items		299.638	-	303.197	2.3	1.2	-
Food		299.699	-	302.117	0.7	0.8	-
Energy		250.674	256.798	254.033	-2.6	1.3	-1.1
All items less food and energy		303.944	-	307.649	2.8	1.2	-
All items less energy		303.152	-	306.708	2.6	1.2	-
All items less medical care		287.490	-	290.566	1.8	1.1	-
All items less shelter		259.715	-	263.527	1.4	1.5	-
Commodities		210.613	-	211.758	0.2	0.5	-
Commodities less food		172.763	-	173.512	0.1	0.4	-
Commodities less food & beverages		168.838	-	169.585	-0.1	0.4	-
Durables		106.827	-	106.882	-2.2	0.1	-
Nondurables		271.810	-	274.278	1.6	0.9	-
Nondurables less food		244.631	-	247.117	2.7	1.0	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		243.990	-	246.629	2.6	1.1	-
Services		379.761	-	385.452	3.3	1.5	-
Services less rent of shelter		352.330	-	361.145	2.6	2.5	-
Services less medical care services		365.570	-	370.870	3.1	1.4	-
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.