The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell increased 2.1 percent from December to February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted that the index for all items less food and energy increased 2.6 percent over the two-month span. The index for energy increased 0.4 percent over the same period. The index for food declined 0.1 percent from December to February. (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 2.3 percent for the 12 months ending February. The index for all items less food and energy also rose 2.3 percent over the last 12 months. The food index increased 4.0 percent for the 12 months ending February. The energy index fell 2.2 percent over the last year.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, February 2023–February 2026

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
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
Apr 2025	1.9	2.4
Jun 2025	1.8	2.4
Aug 2025	1.7	1.9
Oct 2025	-	-
Dec 2025	0.9	0.2
Feb 2026	2.3	2.3
Note: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

The index for food declined 0.1 percent from December to February. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) fell 0.6 percent over the two-month period. Prices decreased in 4 of the 6 major grocery store food groups, including nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials (-5.2 percent) and meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (-1.6 percent). The index for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) increased 0.7 percent from December to February.

The index for food rose 4.0 percent over the last 12 months. The food away from home index increased 6.4 percent over the past year. The index for food at home rose 2.3 percent over this 12-month span. Prices increased in 4 of the 6 major grocery store food groups, including other food at home (+5.1 percent) and meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (+3.4 percent).

The index for energy increased 0.4 percent from December to February. The gasoline index declined 2.5 percent over the two-month pricing period.

The index for energy decreased 2.2 percent over the past 12 months. The gasoline index fell 9.0 percent over this 12-month span.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 2.6 percent from December to February. The shelter index rose 0.6 percent over the bi-monthly period.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 2.3 percent over the past 12 months. The shelter index increased 1.9 percent over the past year, due in part to an increase in the owners’ equivalent rent index (+2.6 percent). Other indexes with notable increases over the last year include other goods and services (+11.1 percent) and household furnishings and operations (+4.9 percent).

The Consumer Price Index for March 2026 is scheduled to be released on Friday, April 10, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. (ET). The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell Consumer Price Index for April 2026 is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 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 includes 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, Pile, Rockdale, Spalding, and Walton Counties in Georgia.

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Table 1. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, CPI-U by expenditure category for February 2026, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Feb. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026
All items		316.769	-	323.537	2.3	2.1	-
All items (1967=100)		955.279	-	975.690	-	-	-
Food and beverages		341.636	-	341.336	3.8	-0.1	-
Food		361.001	-	360.735	4.0	-0.1	-
Food at home		320.704	319.267	318.816	2.3	-0.6	-0.1
Cereals and bakery products		272.805	274.030	270.783	3.5	-0.7	-1.2
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		392.775	379.880	386.341	3.4	-1.6	1.7
Dairy and related products		258.086	264.459	255.171	-3.8	-1.1	-3.5
Fruits and vegetables		334.409	341.893	343.466	2.1	2.7	0.5
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		363.796	347.947	344.719	-1.1	-5.2	-0.9
Other food at home		279.287	282.815	282.114	5.1	1.0	-0.2
Food away from home		431.405	-	434.365	6.4	0.7	-
Alcoholic beverages		-	-	174.208	1.4	-	-
Housing		350.497	-	353.677	2.4	0.9	-
Shelter		394.769	397.110	397.206	1.9	0.6	0.0
Rent of primary residence		407.473	407.758	408.255	0.5	0.2	0.1
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)		393.795	395.136	395.113	2.6	0.3	0.0
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)		393.795	395.136	395.113	2.6	0.3	0.0
Household furnishings and operations		159.169	-	161.330	4.9	1.4	-
Apparel		151.026	-	160.127	-0.3	6.0	-
Transportation		264.353	-	281.381	0.5	6.4	-
Private transportation		266.627	-	284.448	0.4	6.7	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		131.788	-	131.064	-0.8	-0.5	-
New vehicles(1)		298.535	-	300.589	0.2	0.7	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		268.878	-	257.269	-3.7	-4.3	-
Motor fuel		248.086	239.870	241.927	-8.8	-2.5	0.9
Gasoline (all types)		246.162	237.976	240.008	-9.0	-2.5	0.9
Unleaded regular(4)		238.608	230.187	232.078	-9.6	-2.7	0.8
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		325.054	316.220	319.433	-6.4	-1.7	1.0
Unleaded premium(4)		285.633	279.614	282.523	-5.1	-1.1	1.0
Medical care		524.926	-	520.369	-0.1	-0.9	-
Recreation(3)		101.133	-	103.561	2.7	2.4	-
Education and communication(3)		142.654	-	143.311	0.8	0.5	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,594.017	-	1,604.197	1.4	0.6	-
Other goods and services		-	-	571.527	11.1	-	-
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. 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 2026, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Feb. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026
All items		316.769	-	323.537	2.3	2.1	-
Food		361.001	-	360.735	4.0	-0.1	-
Energy		269.071	267.475	270.182	-2.2	0.4	1.0
All items less food and energy		315.299	-	323.470	2.3	2.6	-
All items less energy		321.154	-	328.432	2.6	2.3	-
All items less medical care		305.189	-	312.549	2.5	2.4	-
All items less shelter		289.036	-	297.874	2.6	3.1	-
Commodities		224.332	-	225.186	0.9	0.4	-
Commodities less food		172.251	-	173.315	-0.8	0.6	-
Commodities less food & beverages		172.604	-	173.714	-0.9	0.6	-
Durables		127.954	-	128.396	0.5	0.3	-
Nondurables		274.002	-	275.088	1.1	0.4	-
Nondurables less food		214.816	-	216.664	-1.6	0.9	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		219.816	-	221.842	-1.8	0.9	-
Services		404.153	-	416.301	2.9	3.0	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		427.634	-	453.615	4.2	6.1	-
Services less medical care services		389.820	-	402.948	3.2	3.4	-
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
- Data not available. Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.