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Wednesday, March 12, 2025

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Consumer Price Index, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell — February 2025

Area prices increased 0.7 percent over the two months and 2.1 percent over the year

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.

  Chart 1. Line chart of the over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, February 2022–February 2025. An accessible version is available in View Chart Data link below the chart.
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Food

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).

Energy

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.

All items less food and energy

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).

Publication updates and changes

In accordance with annual practice, relative importance weights have been updated and are available online in the CPI Supplemental Table of Contents.

Effective with the January 2025 data release, several indexes and average price series were discontinued. More information is available on the CPI discontinued series page. Direct any inquiries to the CPI office using one of the CPI contact information options listed online.


Technical Note

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.

Information in this release will be made available to individuals with sensory impairments upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.

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.

 

Last Modified Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2025