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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southeast > News Release
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Wednesday, March 12, 2025

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Consumer Price Index, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach — February 2025

Area prices increased 1.4 percent over the two months and 2.9 percent over the year

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.

  Chart 1. Line chart of the over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, 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 0.7 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.

Energy

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.

All items less food and energy

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).

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 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.

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. 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.

 

Last Modified Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2025