The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach rose 1.9 percent from February to April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted that the energy index increased 18.7 percent over the two-month span. The index for all items less food and energy increased 1.0 percent over the same period. The index for food increased 0.3 percent from February to April. (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 3.8 percent for the 12 months ending April. The index for all items less food and energy rose 3.1 percent over the last 12 months. The energy index increased 17.4 percent for the 12 months ending April. The food index rose 2.3 percent over the last year.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, April 2023–April 2026

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
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
Apr 2025	2.2	2.6
Jun 2025	3.1	3.2
Aug 2025	2.5	2.4
Oct 2025	-	-
Dec 2025	2.6	2.5
Feb 2026	2.1	2.4
Apr 2026	3.8	3.1
Note: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

The index for food increased 0.3 percent from February to April. The index for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) increased 1.7 percent over the two-month span. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) fell 0.5 percent over the two-month period. Prices decreased in 4 of the 6 major grocery store food groups, including cereals and bakery products (-3.2 percent) and meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (-1.2 percent).

The food index rose 2.3 percent over the last 12 months. The index for food at home rose 2.4 percent over this 12-month span, as prices increased in all 6 major grocery store food groups. The food away from home index increased 1.4 percent over the past year.

The energy index increased 18.7 percent from February to April. The gasoline index rose 40.2 percent over the two-month pricing period.

The energy index increased 17.4 percent over the past 12 months. The gasoline index rose 34.2 percent over this 12-month span.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.0 percent from February to April. The shelter index also rose 1.0 percent over the two-month period, due in part to a 0.9-percent increase in the owners’ equivalent rent index.

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 3.1 percent over the past year. The shelter index increased 3.8 percent over this 12-month span. The index for owners’ equivalent rent rose 3.5 percent over the last 12 months, as did the index for rent.

The Consumer Price Index for May 2026 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. (ET). The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach Consumer Price Index for June 2026 is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, July 14, 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 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.

The Miami-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, 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 April 2026, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026
All items		362.650	-	369.561	3.8	1.9	-
All items (November 1977=100)		584.542	-	595.681			-
Food and beverages		341.460	-	342.460	3.2	0.3	-
Food		347.100	-	348.084	2.3	0.3	-
Food at home		323.951	322.500	322.439	2.4	-0.5	0.0
Cereals and bakery products		409.714	417.128	396.449	0.6	-3.2	-5.0
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		330.764	327.510	326.792	1.7	-1.2	-0.2
Dairy and related products		270.530	261.310	264.857	0.5	-2.1	1.4
Fruits and vegetables		335.314	339.860	348.360	4.4	3.9	2.5
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		361.745	356.728	364.480	6.4	0.8	2.2
Other food at home		270.490	269.639	268.204	2.5	-0.8	-0.5
Food away from home		389.692	-	396.482	1.4	1.7	-
Alcoholic beverages		259.089	-	260.319	12.5	0.5	-
Housing		415.586	-	420.095	3.5	1.1	-
Shelter		488.770	491.134	493.857	3.8	1.0	0.6
Rent of primary residence		487.193	487.964	490.539	3.5	0.7	0.5
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)		492.936	495.079	497.581	3.5	0.9	0.5
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)		492.936	495.079	497.581	3.5	0.9	0.5
Household furnishings and operations		207.416	-	213.814	0.8	3.1	-
Apparel		189.946	-	183.185	-1.1	-3.6	-
Transportation		273.279	-	298.709	6.0	9.3	-
Private transportation		280.953	-	305.483	4.9	8.7	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		128.137	-	129.108	-1.7	0.8	-
New vehicles(1)		280.620	-	281.036	0.1	0.1	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		359.697	-	364.861	-3.1	1.4	-
Motor fuel		263.082	332.547	369.410	34.6	40.4	11.1
Gasoline (all types)		260.213	328.390	364.690	34.2	40.2	11.1
Unleaded regular(4)		255.393	325.483	361.454	35.1	41.5	11.1
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		265.365	320.779	357.861	30.1	34.9	11.6
Unleaded premium(4)		287.769	343.149	380.934	29.1	32.4	11.0
Medical care		673.301	-	674.840	3.6	0.2	-
Recreation(3)		138.396	-	142.177	4.7	2.7	-
Education and communication(3)		140.141	-	138.476	4.2	-1.2	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		-	-	-	-	-	-
Other goods and services		549.870	-	539.063	8.8	-2.0	-
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. 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 April 2026, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026
All items		362.650	-	369.561	3.8	1.9	-
Food		347.100	-	348.084	2.3	0.3	-
Energy		234.073	262.643	277.806	17.4	18.7	5.8
All items less food and energy		381.445	-	385.235	3.1	1.0	-
All items less energy		376.730	-	380.123	2.9	0.9	-
All items less medical care		349.012	-	356.183	3.8	2.1	-
All items less shelter		296.890	-	304.596	3.8	2.6	-
Commodities		250.339	-	258.138	3.6	3.1	-
Commodities less food		203.026	-	213.562	5.1	5.2	-
Commodities less food & beverages		200.081	-	210.835	4.7	5.4	-
Durables		153.238	-	153.726	-1.8	0.3	-
Nondurables		296.521	-	308.658	5.6	4.1	-
Nondurables less food		250.213	-	273.126	10.8	9.2	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		248.047	-	272.348	10.0	9.8	-
Services		448.357	-	454.668	3.9	1.4	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		399.132	-	407.748	4.2	2.2	-
Services less medical care services		428.501	-	435.003	4.0	1.5	-
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a November 1982=100 base.
- Data not available. Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.